Sparity VS The Future!by FlameMistChaptersBreakfast Pt. 1Breakfast Pt. 2PartyDinnerBreakfast Pt. 1CRASH!!! Spike awoke to a loud bang coming from under him. He heard some giggles, and what sounded like little hooves running as fast as they could. He sat up in his bed. Only it wasn't his bed. It wasn't even his house. He looked around the room, it was too dark to see anything. He got out of the bed, and the floor beneath him creaked, like it could crumble beneath him at any minute. He reached for a light switch, which was not that hard to find, surprisingly. It was almost like he remembered… Almost. The lights flicked on, revealing the contents of the room he was in with greater detail. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" He roared. The whole house shook violently. Not only was he gigantic, but he had wings! He stared around the rather shaken up room. There were picture frames hung on the walls, pictures of... he and Rarity! They were a couple after all. The last thing Spike remembered was the two having their Six-Month date night. Back to the frames. The first one he recognized. It was his and Rarity's first kiss. He had secretly taken the picture when she was not looking, the flash scared her, causing her to jump out of the kiss, and the two of them shared a laugh. The second one was of him and her too, but they were much older, or at least, he was. The last height he remembered being was only a few inches higher than his friends, but certainly not this huge, and certainly without the large wings extending to either side of him. He looked over the various mementos of their relationship, and one frame particularly caught his eye. It was their.... wedding day? Next to that, was... oh no... He looked over at the bed, and, just as he expected, sleeping under the covers of the other side, was Rarity. Just as beautiful as always. He wanted to wake her, or at least figure out what was going on here, or maybe enjoy this strange dream while he had it. But, before he could make a definitive decision regarding what to do, Rarity unexpectedly sprung up in their bed, eyes wide open. "Ahhh... If it isn't another good round of beauty sleep. I wonder what Spike is up to, we haven't gone out for a while. Like... nine hours." She yawned and removed her eye covers, to see a shocking surprise. "SPIKE!?!?" she screamed. "You- you-" "I know, I know!" Her much older drakefriend replied in response to her stammering. "What- what happened?!" Rarity stared around the room, and she figured out enough to tell that this was some weird dream. She was about to pinch herself, HARD, when the door of the room opened. Standing there, framed in the doorway, was a little pink filly. Her purple hair and magenta eyes made her look like one adorable wad of pink. The only thing that wasn't somewhat pink on her was the little green bow under her dragon-like ears. "Mom, dad? Is everything alright?" She asked, a concerned look on her face. Rarity looked at Spike, and he looked at her. They suddenly both knew this wasn't a dream. "Hello? Are you guys alright?" The magenta filly repeated, two heads peeking from behind her. On her left was a colt that looked like Spike more than anything. He was green, with darker green scales on his back. His baby blue eyes and chubby appearance indicated that he was younger than the rest. On the filly's right was a strange pony. She was a light pinkish purple with hazy sapphire blue dragon-like eyes. Sprouting from behind her ears were two large white dragon horns, curving back behind her. She knew they were our kids. This was going to be awkward. Spike spoke first. "H-h-hi kids! Uhhh... isn't it... past your bedtime?" Spike glanced at the nearest clock. 6:07 AM. Spike banged his head onto his palm. The green colt giggled adorably. "Daddy, you’re silly!" "Don't you remember?" The horned pony looked at them strangely. "Oh! Yea! Er- Time for school?" Rarity smiled sheepishly. "No!" The youngest blurted, bursting into laughter. "Ready?" The lavender filly in the middle said. "On three. One... Two... Three!" "HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY!!!" The three shouted in unison. Both Spike and Rarity's jaws dropped at almost the same moment, and they looked at each other with stunned looks on their faces. The trio stepped aside to reveal a veritable plethora of banners, balloons, and all sorts of party decorations set up around the house. And that was just from looking through the door. When the couple stood outside their door, they could see that their kids had set up an awesome 20th Anniversary celebration. Or maybe they hadn't. A familiar pink party pony hopped into sight. "HI GUYS!" She smiled. "I've just been so excited for your anniversary and they've been excited and I've been excited and EVERYPONY has been excited! You're welcome for the decorations, by the way! Now you two hurry off to your perfect day of togetherness your friends have set up for you, while we get everything ready for tonight!" Pinkie said. Spike and Rarity stared. "Oh! Wow! How rude of me! I'll let you two get dressed first!" She said. The couple said nothing to each other as they separately put on dress clothes in their bathroom. It had gone by fast. Too fast. This might be a dream after all. Soon enough, the two were shoved out the door for their 'day of togetherness'. Rarity looked ahead to see a strange sight. What the hay? Rarity stared. It was strange. It wasn't a carriage, but it was like one. There were no horses driving it, nor any pony controlling the ropes. It was a coal-black carriage with what looked like two lights at the front, some in the back, two steel doors leading inside. Spike and Rarity's friends were in it. They waved and smiled. "Wow! I'm sure they'll have a PERFECT TIME!!! Our friends should be back from dropping them off soon!" Pinkie Pie smiled at the kids. She noticed the look on one of the filly's faces. "What's wrong, Claire?" "Oh... Uh... don't you think they were acting kind of... weird this morning?" the horned pony, Claire, responded. "Oh don't you worry your cute little head at all!" Pinkie Pie smiled, giving Claire a good hard noogie. "Your auntie Pinkie is on to them!" "Really? What's wrong?" The lavender filly asked. Pinkie took a large breath. "They're REALLY from 27 years in the past, and they somehow got transported here and they had no idea what was going on because they were all of a sudden married and in the past their relationship was so small and they were just so stunned cuz they didn't expect it to be their 20th anniversary and they didn't know about anything or how Ponyville changed and they don't even know the names of their own kids cuz they’re from the past!" She exhaled deeply. "Uhhh... Whatever, Pinkie." Claire rolled her eyes. "Okie Dokie Lokie!" Pinkie smiled. "Let's go through today's plan." Pinkie rolled out a diagram of Ponyville, pointing and drawing points with her hooves as she talked. "First, Spike and Rarity will go to that restaurant for breakfast, go see that movie they really wanted to see, then come to Sugarcube Corner for the party, and theeeennnn... We'll all go to dinner!" She explained. Oh, this was bad, this was simply terrible, I mean, this was the WORST POSSIBLE THING! I mean, I really love Spike and... this was even one of my DREAMS for the future... but... I'm not ready for this! Maybe Spike belongs here and he knows what happened? Whatever the case, I have to act casual, and that means not faint... Alright Rarity... act casual. Rarity thought. Applejack, RD and Twilight had taken them there in that strange carriage. Rarity had gotten a closer look at it when she got inside. Applejack had her hooves over a metal wheel that looked like it was almost... controlling it. Magical. "Now have a nice time you two!" Applejack waved as she backed out the strange black vehicle. "We need to fill ol' Bessie up. I feel like she's gonna break down any second." I thought I heard Applejack say to the others. They drove off back toward Rarity and Spike's house. "Man! It's like they've never seen a car before!" Rainbow laughed. DING DONG! "Ooooh! That must be them!" Pinkie hopped to the door. She opened it up. There stood... some rather aged three friends. First there was Twilight. She came here in the middle of a very busy schedule as the Princess of Friendship AND the wife of Flash Sentry. They had no children yet, though. Then, true to her usual style, Rainbow Dash swooped down from above at high speed only to cut her velocity sharply to avoid an accident. She was just as awesome as she was 27 years ago... or at least- that's how she preferred to be looked at. And of course, Applejack, who was still single much like both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, came in with her trademark Stetson and an easygoing smile. Unfortunately, owing to a prior engagement - namely her honeymoon with Big Macintosh - Fluttershy hadn't been able to make it for the celebration. "OOOOOOH!!!" Pinkie squeed. "You’re all here! This is gonna be so fun!" When they stepped out of the carriage (they're friends had brought them to their 'favorite' restaurant), Spike put his arm around Rarity's and politely walked with her to the building. Who am I kidding? THIS was why I dreamed of this future. Maybe this was going to be okay after all. Apparently, our friends had set up a movie for us as well. Thought Rarity as they walked inside. No, this couldn't be okay. It just COULDN'T. Even compared to how much I dearly love Spike, we need to get back to our own time. We must. And we were going to talk about it over breakfast. We simply had to. The couple strode into the restaurant. They walked up to the front desk to get a seat. Rarity was about to speak, but Spike stopped her by lifting a single claw. "One table for two." Spike requested politely. "As you wish, Spike." The stallion smiled. "Follow me." The workers must've known Spike because he and Rarity must have come here a lot in those 27 years. He'll have to use THAT to his advantage. Both he and Rarity just sat there at their table, silent for a while. Spike was about to say something, but then the waiter came to their table. "Have you decided yet?" He asked kindly. Spike spoke for both of them. "Yes, we'll both take the usual." He smiled, hoping this place knew them that well. "Of course." The waiter said, scribbling something on his notepad and walking off. "So... Rarity." Spike said. "Spike." Rarity fake-smiled. "You know Rarity... the truth is-" The waiter rounded the corner, with their food already done, which made Spike suggest this was planned with the restaurant by their friends, because they were the ones certainly being catered to the most in the place. They must have expected them to order 'the usual' and had it pre-made. Rarity must've expected the same, because she didn't say anything. "Breakfast is served." He smiled warmly, sliding the two platters on to their table. They both silently ate their food, saying nothing in the companionable silence as they enjoyed their meals. BRRRIIING!!!! "What the-" Rarity squinted. The sound was coming from a strange black machine hooked onto the wall. She saw one of the waiters rushed toward it. He picked up a black, banana-shaped attachment, protruding from the rest of the machine, a wire attached to it. "Uhh- I've got a call for a... Rarity?" He looked around the room, spotting Rarity, and smiled. Rarity walked up to the waiter awkwardly. He handed her the black... thing. He then trotted away. "Um... what-" Rarity called lightly to the waiter. He turned around, but Rarity smiled sheepishly. "N-nevermind." The waiter nodded in understanding, and kept on trotting. Rarity put the strange device to her ear like the waiter had. "HI MOMMY!" "Gah!" Rarity jumped at the sudden voice. She recognized it as her youngest son, the little Spike Junior. She glanced at Spike, who gave her a what? Look. "Mommy! It's me, T!" The voice continued. "T?" Rarity said. "Oh yes, T! I know who you are!" "No! T! Don't touch that!" Pinkie Pie's voice came from the machine this time. BEEEEEEP. "Call ended." A voice rang out. "Ah!" Rarity jumped. ‘Who was it this time?’ The thing was silent. "Huh." Rarity said, slowly placing the device back on its cradle. Author's Note Annndd... the chapter is over. #gotbored Breakfast Pt. 2Author's Note This chapter is rather short, but that's because I had to split the whole 'Breakfast' chapter into two because of certain reasons. Hope you don't mind. The next chapter should be out in like six days. Enjoy! Breakfast Pt. 2 Wow, this is interesting so far. What the... who is this? Oh, you don't have to mind me, I'll just be making some changes with this story. What is that supposed to mean? Hello? ..... Oh whatever. Rarity stared at the black machine for a few more seconds before awkwardly speed-trotting to her seat with Spike. She sat down rather quickly. "What was that about?" Spike asked. "I have no idea." Rarity said, looking back. Spike shifted in his seat for a minute. "Soo... should we finish eating?" Rarity stared blankly. She then had an idea. She knew who could help them. "No." "What?" Spike said. "Let's go!" "Go where?" Spike asked, grabbing Rarity's hoof as she tried to leave her seat. "We need to find out what's going on, and how else are we supposed to do it, just pretending like we belong here?" Rarity's voice raised a little, as she shook her hoof out of Spike's grip. "But!" Spike stuttered. Rarity didn't want to be sudden, but she was being logic, and Spike noticed. "Fine." He said. "But we can't just leave our food! We've got to pay!" "Sure." Rarity sat down. "But as soon as the waiter comes around and we pay, we're going to Twilight." "Twilight?" "Of course Twilight, who else?" Rarity hissed. "She can help us with this whole 'time' situation." Spike remembered the day where Twilight tried to stop time to save Ponyville from; quite frankly nothing. "Well I guess that's our best bet. But she's helping with the party!" "Well then we'll get help from all our friends." Rarity replied. They waited for a minute. "Well I guess we could eat a little more." Rarity said sheepishly. But right then a waiter walked up to their table. "So, how is your food? How is everything going? How's your day?" He asked, looking at the half-eaten food. "Good, good, and good." Rarity said. She paused. "We're actually finished with our food for today." "Uh." The waiter said. "Are you sure?" "Yea." Rarity said. "Umm... Ok." He said, taking our plates. "I'll be back with your check sheet." "Check sheet?" Rarity mouthed to Spike, who shrugged. Once again, in a few seconds the waiter was back with their 'check sheet'. It was a small white sheet of paper clipped on to what looked like a mini black leather clipboard, with some plastic pockets on it. He placed it on their table. "Okay, and when your done, just grab me next time I come around." He said. The two stared at it. "Whatever happened to bits?" Rarity asked the waiter. The waiter laughed. "Oh! Well, you can still pay with bits if you'd like!" "What else would we use?" Spike asked. "Well... Your card, of course!" The waiter said awkwardly. "Card?" Rarity squinted. "Why don't you just pay with bits!" The waiter said nervously, trying to avoid awkwardness. "Okay." Rarity said. She reached for her purse next to her cushioned seat. She dug in there for a minute, while the waiter, well; waited. "Uhhh... Why don't I come back!" "Wait! I think I found some!" Rarity shouted rather too loudly. "...No... Never mind." "Let me try!" Spike said, snatching the purse from Rarity. "Hey! I almost found some!" Rarity said, grabbing the purse back. Spike grabbed it once more, his strength overpowering Rarity's. "No! Hey, stop!" "No you stop!" Heads turned in the couple's direction. The waiter slowly backed away. But then the couple got in a game of tug of war with the poor purse. Tension... tension.... Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! RIIIIIIIIPPPPP!!!!. The purse tore in half, it's contents spilling everywhere. By now, the waiter had made a run for it, but in his place, Rarity spotted a shimmering silver-colored card. "AHA!" She yelled, jumping for the card, like it was the finish line of a race. Spike face-palmed. "So... You pay with the card itself!" Rarity rambled. "That is sooo weird! How do you think they fit all those bits into one card?" "I have no idea." Spike responded dully. The two were walking on a path that... well... they didn't exactly know where. "We don't even know where we live!" Spike stated. "We'll find it." Rarity said. "If Twilight's there, then she'll be able to help us, along with our friends." As the two rounded a corner, they suddenly saw two mares, who were what looked like Rainbow Dash and Applejack. They were standing side by side walking together down the path, like it was a casual day. "Hey look!" Spike pointed after seeing them. "RAINBOW DASH!!! APPLEJACK!!!" He called. The two, who were previously slightly leaning on each other, jumped fifteen feet at Spike's booming voice. They looked back. "Ohhh!!! Hey Spike!" Rainbow Dash said, her voice cracking a little. Soon Spike and Rarity were right next to them. Rarity smiled. Then her eyes went wide. "Hey! You guys could lead us to our house!" She said. The two mares looked at each other (they were once again very close to one another) blankly. "Uhhh... Your house?" Applejack stared. "Oh yeah." Rarity scratched the back of her mane sheepishly. "I was just thinking that... maybe we could walk to the party together?" "The party?" Applejack said nervously. "But you guys were supposed to see a movie!" "We changed out minds!" Spike butted in. "Changed your minds?" Applejack deadpanned. "I- I don't think the girls are ready yet." Rainbow squeaked. "Obviously." Spike said. "It's only Pinkie and Twilight now!" "Well-" Applejack started. "Oh, come on." Spike said. Before exchanging unsure glances, they agreed. "Sure, sugar cube." AJ said to Spike. "Yes!" Rarity said out loud, jumping in the air. Everyone stared. Rarity awkwardly laughed, her immaculate face turning a shade of burgundy. Spike noticed Rainbow whisper to AJ. "Are you sure-" "Of course we're sure!" Applejack said loudly, with a big fake grin on her face. Rainbow opened her mouth, but was interrupted again. "Let's go gang!" Applejack said, before pressed forward. Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Next stop, Spike and Rares house..." Rarity proudly marched along. "Let's go!" "Uh- Your house is this way, sugar cube." Applejack pointed in the opposite direction. "Oh yeah." Rarity blushed once again. PartyHey, It's me again. Did you miss me? Oh, brother. I hope you liked my mischief. Quit it! You're messing with my story! Pfft! I'm just having fun! I think you're forgetting the 'comedy' part of the story. You're forgetting the romance! People came here for Sparity! Yea! Sparity! What the... Who are you? Uh- Duh! I'm Pinkie Pie! Obviously. Everyone shut up! Awww! But- "Welpadoo!" Applejack exclaimed. "We're here!" The three ponies and dragon were standing in front of Spike and Rarity's house. "Great!" Rainbow Dash said. "Now we should be going." Spike and Rarity, who were next to RD and AJ, shrugged, as they walked up the steps to their doorway. "I guess they're not coming." Spike said. "No no!" AJ said. "We are!" "Are not!" Rainbow interrupted. Applejack frowned. "Uh... Actually; we both gotta go." Applejack said. "If anyone asks, say I'm doing chores and Rainbow's... uh- Doing chores! Kay bye!" The country pony said as she grabbed Rainbow's hoof, pulling her behind her. "Hm." Rarity said. She finally knocked on the door. A pink pony answered. "Hi guys!" She said. "I haven't seen both of you since the first chapter!" "The first what?" Rarity said, confused. "Oh, nevermind." Pinkie replied. Twilight seemed to notice the two at the door. She gasped. "SPIKE?!?!? RARITY?!?!?" She screamed. "What the hay are you two doing here! Nothing is ready!" "Oh, it's fine Twilight, they can help with the surprise for Spike and Rarity! Come on in!" Pinkie said brightly. The couple strutted inside. "Wait a minute..." Pinkie stroked an imaginary stubble. "SPIKE!? RARITY?!" She exploded. She shoved Spike and Rarity put the door, and slammed it on them. A few seconds later, she opened it again. "Sorry, It's a surprise!" She said, shutting the door again. "Well, so much for that." Spike said, getting up and walking down the hay bale steps in front of their house. "Wait wait wait!" Rarity said, stamping her hooves. "All we have to do is tell them it's an emergency!" "Oh yea! That'll work!" Spike said sarcastically. "We'll just-" "Sssh!" Rarity said, putting her hoof over Spike's mouth. "What?" Spike said, his voice muffled. He snatched Rarity's hoof and threw it back at her. "I think I hear something." "Oh really?" Spike said. "I thought you were about to teleport-" "Would you shut up!?" Rarity snapped at Spike. "But-" "Zip!" Rarity said once again. "Follow me." Spike followed Rarity down onto the sidewalk. She kept walking, then turned all of the sudden on one alley. Spike looked inside. Nobody there. "See?" Spike said. "What did I-" Then, they both heard a voice behind them. Spike knew that voice from anywhere. Rarity, even more so. "Discord!" They both hissed, as they spun around. Sure enough, their friendly neighborhood draconequus was standing behind them. "Oh! Well hello, I didn't see you guys there!" He laughed feverishly. The both glared at him. "Sooo... Are you both enjoying this little 'vacation' of yours? Or is the future just a little to much for you guys..." He said. "What the-" Spike said. "It was you?" Rarity bursted. "You sent us here?" "Well, I never said anything about that... I mean technically it was the author's fault." Discord grinned. "Author?" Spike glared at Discord curiously. "Oh... I forget the only pony that speaks my language is Pinkie Pie, so I'd better be on my way." The draconequues snickered, turning into the alley they were inspecting. "Hey!" Rarity called, turning straight into the alley. Obviously, Discord wasn't there. Rarity hardly enjoyed listening to that annoying creature. If he really was responsible for this awkward future thing, then it needs to be fixed immediately. But how? Discord did say that Pinkie Pie seemed to understand him, but clearly Pinkie and Twi are busy... How does Pinkie Pie understand him anyways? And what author was he talking about? "Um... Rarity?" Spike said. "What are we going to do now?" "I know exactly what we are going to do!" Rarity said proudly. "Go to that movie?" Spike shrugged. "No!" Rarity frowned. "Follow Rainbow and Applejack?" "No..." Rarity said, then she hesitated. "Wait, actually, that idea is better than mine." "Well, what was your-" Spike was interrupted by Rarity's enthusiastic voice. "LET'S GO!" 'Y'know I was being sarcastic..." Spike laughed as they walked down the path where the two ponies were previously going down. This is it. Applejack had to tell her. "Rainbow, this is not much of a good idea to me." Applejack confessed awkwardly, as the two walked toward Sweet Apple Acres. "What do you mean?" Rainbow asked curiously. "Ah mean, we should be helping Twi and Pinkie and Rarity's kids set up the party!" Applejack stated. "Oh, of all things you could of said, that's why you don't want to do this?" Rainbow frowned. "No... it's just that- Rainbow, this reality don't feel right to me. Ah just have a gut feelin' that this ain't gonna end well." Applejack blurted. "W-what do you mean?" Rainbow asked. "Come on, Rainbow, stop askin' questions. You know what I'm sayin'!" Applejack shouted. "This ain't gonna work out. It just ain't It's been fun... but I figured it'd be best for you and me, if-" "What are you talking about, AJ?" Rainbow asked, worringly. "What's gotten into you?" "Well, as you know, I've always been as straight as straight as a garden hoe." Applejack said. Rainbow laughed. "Garden hoe! Ha, get it..." AJ continued. "This is too much for me. Rainbow, ya have to understand." "But-" Rainbow started. "Ssh! Look who's running up the path!" AJ pointed. "Rarity? Spike?" "What do ya think they want?" Applejack asked. Rainbow shrugged. "But-" "Here they come!" Applejack said. "Act natural!" Rarity and Spike soon came to face with Rainbow and Applejack in front of the barn. "Oh, thank goodness for you two!" Rarity smiled. "We need your help?" "Yours too..." Applejack mumbled under her breath, glancing at Rainbow. "Yea." Spike said. "We seemed to have, travelled into the future!" "What?" Applejack stared, confused. "You see darling, we are really from twenty, erm... thirty years in the past. Please believe us! It was when we first started dating. We'd been together for six months!" Rarity explained. Applejack looked at them with the same expression. "Are you telling the truth." "Yes!" They both said. "I don't know what you two are talking about, but if it has something to do with time travel, Twilight will know how to help you!" Rainbow blurted. "I guess so." Applejack agreed. "Hm. What are you two doing anyway?" Spike asked. "Oh, Spike! Don't invade their privacy!" Hissed Rarity. "We- erm..." Applejack stuttered. "Rainbow was helping me with chores! Yes! We just finished." Spike raised an eyebrow. "You two better come with us." He said. "Yes, this whole situation is simply dreadful." Rarity said. "Of course!" Rainbow piped in. "Sure. Let's walk all the way back." Applejack said, scrunching her face. Rainbow nudged her. "Come on!" The three ponies and dragon walked back slowly. As they went down the head. A certain creature poked his head from a tree. "Hm hm... Oh yes... oh yes... MUAHAHAHAHA!!! Ha... ha... heh... he... I'm not very good at this." He frowned. "No matter, it's time for the next phase. I just wish these ponies would cooperate with me..." Knock knock knock! They were all at Spike and Rarity's door. Pinkie Pie answered once again. She acted as if this was the first time they knocked. "Spike! Rarity! I see your back from you breakfast! You brought Rainbow and Applejack?" She beamed. "Come on in!" Everyone walked in the house. Pinkie had set up the party. There was streamers, balloons, and a table filled with all kinds of snacks and a punch bowl. A large disco ball hung above it all. Also up on the ceiling was a light system the reflected lights off of the disco mat rolled across the floor. "This is... great..." Spike said. "But- we have to tell you s-" "Let's start!" Pinkie shouted. The lights dimmed and a synth sound started to rise. A spotlight shone on Pinkie Pie. She was wearing a top hat and bow tie, with a large black cane. She held up a strange looking black device in her other hand to her mouth. "MARES AND GENTLECOLTS!!!" Her voice echoed throughout the room. Silence. "LET'S PARTY!" A catchy beat rattled through the room, and the lights when dark. Lights of all colors flashed from above onto the floor, and mist started to appear. A familiar white pony with a blue mane appeared out of nowhere with a large DJ stand. Lasers started shooing everywhere. "Alright... stop stop stop!" Spike said. The DJ pony stopped the song. "Okay, first of all, you brought a DJ? I mean, come on! Really? Vinyl, go home." Spike grunted. Vinyl shrugged and started to put away her equipment. "Don't you think me and Rarity would just want a normal party, y'know, with a punch bowl and party games, like the old days?" Spike said. "And second of all-" "What are you talking about?" Pinkie said slowly. "Why have one of those parties when you have pyrotechnics digita- digi- di-" "Digital." Rainbow corrected. "-digimal lighting syst- syste-" "Systems..." Applejack rolled her eyes. "Yea, that!" Pinkie beamed. "Wow, you really picked up a lot from Cheese Sandwich, didn't you..." Spike said under his breath. "Oh, you mean that Vegas reject that tried to-" "Erm- Pinkie, dear. We just wanted to talk to you about something dreadfully important." Rarity said. "What I was getting to..." Spike grumbled. "Well sure! But hurry up so we can start the party!" Pinkie said casually. "Me and Spike... see- we woke up, and-" Rarity started. "You realized that you were somehow in the future! Because you were only from a time period long before this... eh, twenty something years. Twenty seven- Hey... didn't I already explain this to everyone?" Pinkie asked. "No, there's no way that happened." Applejack laughed. "Of course there is, AJ, Pinkie's "hunches" are always right." Rainbow said casually. "I have learned that." Twilight shrugged. "But that would mean-" "Yea... we are from the past." Rarity laughed nervously. "Could you help us?" "Oh puuulese! Discord, could you-" Pinkie's voice was cut off abruptly by a zipper that closed her mouth shut. "What the-" Twilight stared. "I didn't do that spell!" Applejack threw her hoofs up. "Oh, it's Pinkie Pie! Now let's see what we can do to help Spike and Rarity. If they really are telling the truth, we would need-" "Star-Swirl The Bearded's Time Fracturing Spell Level 6!" Twilight said. "I was just gonna say "time spell" but that works." Applejack shrugged. "The only place that spell is located is the Canterlot Archives!" Twilight said. "But what about the party?" Pinkie asked. "Can't you just remember the spell we used when you thought the world was gonna end and you had to stop time?" "I could find a way to remember that, that that was the only level 1 of Star-Swirl's Time Fracturing. In fact, a level six won't even work! We'd need to combine it with an old version of Similo Duplexis, and ancient wizard's teleportation spell. And we'd need to add one more spell into the mix, that would help us get back to our time safely while leaving Rarity and Spike's counterparts in their own times! A combination of Conforeputati and Spatectis should do the tri-" "Twilight, who are you?" Spike laughed. "Well then, let's help out our friends! Onward!" Rainbow pointed. Everyone galloped out of the room. Pinkie sighed. "Well... sorry Vinyl, I guess you'd better get back to that Nightclub... Well, Dayclub..." Vinyl smiled, then pointed to three eager kids. "Can we come?" They asked. Pinkie ran outside quickly, but it was too late. "Thanks for watching the kids, Pinkie!" Rarity called out from Applejack's automobile." "Dang it. I should have saw that one coming." Pinkie said. "Well, what now, kids?" But Spike and Rarity's kids weren't next to her. She went back inside to see the kids messing with one of Vinyl's suitcases. They pressed a lock and the suitcase flung open, revealing a square box, that quickly converted to a large speaker with ten subwoofers attached of all sizes. A giant red button sat up top. "Shiny!" T smiled at the button. He reached out to touch it. Suddenly, Vinyl came running down the stairs from the bathroom, holding up her hoofs as if a sign to say "Stop!". "T! Don't!" Pinkie yelled. Too late. T pressed the button. For the first time, Pinkie heard Vinyl talk. "Take cover!" Everything went in slow motion. Pinkie jumped behind a chair, and Vinyl bravely ran for a black knob on the machine, the speakers blasted out a large sound wave, and at the same time Vinyl yanked the knob, and shoved the wheeled machine out Spike and Rarity's conveniently opened door. BOOM! A large jolt in the Earth knocked the car off course for a second. Rainbow looked back too see a large blue shockwave emit near Spike and Rarity's house. "What is it?" AJ asked. "Eh, nothing. But it looks like Pinkie and the kids are already having fun." Rainbow smiled. "I hope their okay..." Twilight stared. Dinner"So... what is this thing, anyway? In our time, we didn't have anything like this. A self-driving cart!" "We call it an automobile, and yea, they are on the market now, but I'd still prefer stallion-steered because these are such pieces of junk. Though, it does help us out on the farm." Applejack explained. "Hm. How does it work?" Rarity asked. "Well, that's not something I know for sure, but it runs off of some kind of magic... erm- I don't really know." Applejack shrugged. "Also... what is it all about paying with a card instead of bits?" Rarity continued. "You mean bitcards?" Rainbow asked. "Sure." Rarity shrugged. "Wait, bit-" "Well... I guess somepony thought it would be nice to have all your money stored in one place. So thus the bank created a bitcard, where you can deposit bits onto your bit account, which you can withdraw from a ABM. Then, somepony made the credit and debit card... don't even get me started on what happened to the Banking Industry after that. Our economy is ruined." Rainbow folded her arms. "Er... she gets really opinionated on economic issues, especially when it comes to ABMs." Applejack frowned. "Our system would have this much more money if they charged for deposit!" Rainbow held her thumb and index fingers barley apart from each other. Everyone stared at her. Spike and Rarity were the most confused. "Er... I mean- Yea! Whatever... I can fly fast! Hey look, a bird!" She pointed. Applejack rolled her eyes. "Mah eye sockets are gettin' tired a' this." The car kept driving. "So... Why exactly are we drivin' tah Canterlot?" "Well, we could take the train." Spike suggested. Rainbow laughed. "Oh yea, The train tracks leading to Canterlot... well... one or two days ago, coincidentally, were destroyed epicly by Star-" "Ah ah ah!" Twilight put her hoof up. "Starlight Glimmer was practicing a spell, and it simply backfired-" "Destroying the track bridge to Canterlot!" Rainbow grinned. "Really?!" Spike asked. "Oh, yea! You should have seen it! It was one heck of an episode! Er... at least that's how Pinkie described it." Rainbow said. "We'll have tah take the hastily built magic dust bridge." Applejack said. "The train bridge should be done today!" Twilight said. "But I don't think it will be done soon enough. Unless you guys want to wait." She shrugged. "Magic dust objects?" Rarity asked. "Only you dreamed of having that kind of magical study complete..." Spike stared. "What? She talked about it a lot!" Rarity shrugged. "Actually, I did complete Star-Swirl's research on magical solid rendering with Princess Celestia quite a while ago. The basic factor is that any solid object can be created fairly easily within seconds, that is very strong and lasts up to 48 hours!" Twilight smiled. "Pfff... yea, yea." Rainbow said. "Okay, as I was saying, we're heading tah Canterlot because..." Applejack continued. "The archives." Twilight replied. "We could find a time spell that should be able to fix all this. I wonder if the Spike and Rarity we're used to travelled back to your bodies?" "Wouldn't that be something." Rarity laughed strangely. "Look, we know your still in that 'shocked' phase, but you need to start acting normal so we know it's actually you." Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Terribly sorry but... It's just a lot to take in. Rarity repeated. I mean... automobiles? Magical speech-transmitting machines? Bitcards? Magic dust? What's next?" Rarity asked. "Bye, Vinyl! Thanks for saving us!" Pinkie smiled. Vinyl gave a smile back as she loaded her equipment into a large chariot, and hopping in the front, waving goodbye. "Well that was a lost cause, we didn't even have a party!" Pinkie shrugged. The kids watched as the chariot drove off. "Now what?" Lavender asked. "Can't we go out to eat?" The horned pony asked, rummaging through Pinkie's saddlebags. "Clarity!" Pinkie shouted. "I keep very important things in there!" "Like a bitcard?" Claire asked. "Why's that important? I keep that on the desk in Sugarcube Corner!" Pinkie replied, shrugged. The kids stared. "What, now I can buy whatever I want there!" "Let's go there!" Claire said. "Cupcakes!" T shouted. "Ummm...." Pinkie Pie said nervously. "I don't know, I'm supposed to be watching you guys. Who knows how long they'll be gone..." "What do you mean?" Lavender asked. "Are they leaving? Going back in time or something? Leaving us? Will they ever be back?!" "Of course! I'm sure they'll be back! I mean, Twilight said-" Pinkie began. "Kids?" She soon saw the kids taking her saddlebags and taking them out the door. She rolled. Her eyes. "If we're gonna get to Canterlot and find Mom and Dad, then we'd better be prepared. We've got a bitcard, cupcakes... and other stuff." Lavender said to the two other fillies. "Guys! Your Mom and Dad will be back! I swear!" Pinkie said. "They just- Something happened with the time-space contin-" "Bye, Pinkie!" Lavender said, putting the large saddle bag on her back, as the two other fillies followed. "Yay!" T smiled. "You know guys..." Pinkie said. They turned. "We could take Cranky's chariot." Pinkie said willingly. They beamed. "Yay!" All three fillies squeal as Pinkie held the reins to Cranky's chariot, with Cranky himself pulling it. "Soo... where to?" Cranky asked. "Canterlot." Pinkie said. Cranky stopped. "Your gonna have to pay more than a friend discount on that one." "I can't believe it! We're going to Canterlot again. We've only gone three or four times! Mom never takes us!" Lavender said happily. "Three or four times?!" Pinkie rolled her eyes. "I just can't wait to see Mommy's boutique!" Claire said. "You've already seen it before..." Lavender said. "I know, but never without Mommy!" Claire replied. Lavender shrugged. The cart rolled on. Soon enough, the kids drifted to sleep, and Pinkie sat boredly in the cart. "This is gonna take days, isn't it?" "We're here!" Cranky said. Pinkie sat up. "Really?! It's been a half an hour!" "The mountain view Canterlot train stop! This train'll take you straight to Canterlot faster than the Ponyville train stop!" Cranky said. "No... Cranky, you don't get it. We wanted you to take us all the way to Canterlot." Pinkie said. "They haven't built a chariot route yet." Cranky replied. "They did a few days ago out of magic dust because the train bridge broke. Temporary, but after they built the train bridge back, they don't want anyone coming by chariot. Don't know why." Pinkie shrugged. "Soooo?!" "Uh... I don't even know which trail to take, let alone how long it is! I only have till dinner! I've gotta be home for Matilda!" Cranky replied nervously. "You still can't take the train?!" "Nope." Pinkie deadpanned. "Well... you could always try!" Cranky said. "Go on ahead! Take the kids and see if the conductor is in! If he is, give me signal." Pinkie woke up the kids. "Are we at Canterlot?" Lavender asked. "Not quite." Pinkie replied. Bouncing toward the train station. She knocked on the window of the train. Nothing. She walked past the train and knock on the conducter's office window. It opened. Pinkie gave a smile to Cranky, and off he went. "Wait!" Pinkie shouted. "I didn't say- Nevermind." "Can I help you?" A tan stallion asked from inside the door. "Yea! We're wondering when the train system to Canterlot will be running!" Pinkie said. "Funny you asked!" The conducter said. "In bout' one or two hours, the construction will be complete. See, Celestia and Luna wanted to get on that construction. They don't like people accessing Canterlot without the train." "One or two hours?!" Claire gasped. "What're we gonna do! Cranky left!" "Uhhhh...." "Bout' one or two hours left on the journey!" Applejack said. "Maybe more, depending on traffic." "Traffic?!" Rainbow said. "Traffic!!" Her voice echoed. "We're out in the middle of NOWHERELAND! No wonder visits to Canterlot have been dropping! It takes ten years to get there, and you have to take a route that literally is carved from rock!" The car was driving through a narrow dark canyon. "Oh, Rainbow. It isn't that bad." Twilight said. "And what exactly do you mean by "that bad"?" Rarity asked, looking around the gloomy enviornment. "I mean... we aren't surrounded by- creatures?" Twilight said. "Don't! Jinx it!" Rainbow shouted. "Can't this thing go any faster?" "Rain-bow." Applejack replied. "At least nobody has pull the cart themselves." "Don't jinx that, too!" Rainbow cringed. "Rainbow, leave it be." Applejack said. "I don't know about you guys, but this gloomy canyon has a terrible sense of color... why mix all blacks with grays? I don't get it!" Rarity said. "We're almost out of the canyon, stop whinin' everypony." Applejack rolled her eyes. 10 minutes later... the ponies complained again. "How close are we now?" Rainbow asked. "I can see the bridge!" Spike said. "You sure can!" AJ replied. "It's only 15.5 miles away! We're almost there!" "Um... what's that noise?" Rainbow asked, listening to the sputtering of the motor. "Relax, it just means we're out of fuel. I brought an extra tank." Applejack said. "I knew we'd need it. I'm always prepared." Spike looked at her nervously. "Uh... was it red with a yellow cap and a squiggly thing? "Umm... yea, could you grab it. Surely ya'll have seen it back there!" Applejack said. "Uh, about that, actually." Spike said, "I didn't exactly know what that was... so I moved it out to make room for me." "You what Applejack asked. "When!?" "How prepared are you now?" Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Actually, mah car has an emergency tank built in. But I've never used it it my whole life. I'd be surprised if the fuel still worked." Applejack said. "I don't know. Are you there's not another way?" "Applejack, you're gonna have to let go of your emergency tank." Rainbow laughed. "Well... it can get us about 25 miles. I just can't imagine the fact of usin' it." "It looks like you need it now." Twilight said. Applejack flipped the fuel switch from Normal to Emergency. "Let's go." She said dully. Everyone sighed. Rarity and Spike shut their eyes. When they opened them, it was about a half an hour later. They were in front of the large magical bridge. "Everyone ready?" Applejack asked. "We're about to cross this sturdy pixie dust bridge." She stepped on the gas. The car lurched forward. "Hey look, they're already rebuilding the train bridge, and it's almost done!" Twilight said. Everypony looked to their left to see the bridge being constructed by large numbers of spell unicorns. They were currently levitating a large stone arch toward the gap. In a matter of 2 minutes, they were over the bridge. "Hey! We didn't die!" Rainbow laughed. They drove the moving chariot through town, occasionally hitting traffic. "The archives tower is in the main castle, to the left!" Twilight said. "I can get us in. "Hey look, there's Lenny's!" Rainbow pointed to a french-style restaurant to their left. "We should totally eat there!" "Well, we did promise Spike and Rarity dinner..." Applejack said. Rarity shrugged. "Um, we don't really mind- we just want to get ho-" "Oh, fine, we'll eat if you guys insist." Twilight said. "C'mon, Rarity. This'll give us time to think this through." Spike said. "Hm. Suppose it would." Rarity said. "Let's dine then!" "Stoppitrightthere!" They heard a familiar voice behind them. A pink pony hopped out of a Canterlot chariot. And following her, three fillies. "Our kids?!" Spike and Rarity gasped. "How did you guys get here?" They pointed to Pinkie. "It was Lavender's idea!" Pinkie shrugged. "Hey, and by the way, the train system is back online! We watched them collapse the magic dust one!" "Oh, why didn't we bring them in the first place?" Rarity said, rushing up to T and picking him up. "Uhhh... because there was no room?" Pinkie said. Spike shrugged. "Everyone else just went into... Lenny's for dinner. Should we bring the kids and Pinkie?" "That's how we planned it!" Pinkie smiled. "You planned to bring us to Canterlot and eat at Lenny's?" Rarity cocked her head. "Well, not that." Pinkie said. Everyone went inside. "This is gonna be just like breakfast." Rarity rolled her eyes. Author's Note Sorry if it had some grammar mistakes, it's all but a rough draft.
Breakfast Pt. 1CRASH!!! Spike awoke to a loud bang coming from under him. He heard some giggles, and what sounded like little hooves running as fast as they could. He sat up in his bed. Only it wasn't his bed. It wasn't even his house. He looked around the room, it was too dark to see anything. He got out of the bed, and the floor beneath him creaked, like it could crumble beneath him at any minute. He reached for a light switch, which was not that hard to find, surprisingly. It was almost like he remembered… Almost. The lights flicked on, revealing the contents of the room he was in with greater detail. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" He roared. The whole house shook violently. Not only was he gigantic, but he had wings! He stared around the rather shaken up room. There were picture frames hung on the walls, pictures of... he and Rarity! They were a couple after all. The last thing Spike remembered was the two having their Six-Month date night. Back to the frames. The first one he recognized. It was his and Rarity's first kiss. He had secretly taken the picture when she was not looking, the flash scared her, causing her to jump out of the kiss, and the two of them shared a laugh. The second one was of him and her too, but they were much older, or at least, he was. The last height he remembered being was only a few inches higher than his friends, but certainly not this huge, and certainly without the large wings extending to either side of him. He looked over the various mementos of their relationship, and one frame particularly caught his eye. It was their.... wedding day? Next to that, was... oh no... He looked over at the bed, and, just as he expected, sleeping under the covers of the other side, was Rarity. Just as beautiful as always. He wanted to wake her, or at least figure out what was going on here, or maybe enjoy this strange dream while he had it. But, before he could make a definitive decision regarding what to do, Rarity unexpectedly sprung up in their bed, eyes wide open. "Ahhh... If it isn't another good round of beauty sleep. I wonder what Spike is up to, we haven't gone out for a while. Like... nine hours." She yawned and removed her eye covers, to see a shocking surprise. "SPIKE!?!?" she screamed. "You- you-" "I know, I know!" Her much older drakefriend replied in response to her stammering. "What- what happened?!" Rarity stared around the room, and she figured out enough to tell that this was some weird dream. She was about to pinch herself, HARD, when the door of the room opened. Standing there, framed in the doorway, was a little pink filly. Her purple hair and magenta eyes made her look like one adorable wad of pink. The only thing that wasn't somewhat pink on her was the little green bow under her dragon-like ears. "Mom, dad? Is everything alright?" She asked, a concerned look on her face. Rarity looked at Spike, and he looked at her. They suddenly both knew this wasn't a dream. "Hello? Are you guys alright?" The magenta filly repeated, two heads peeking from behind her. On her left was a colt that looked like Spike more than anything. He was green, with darker green scales on his back. His baby blue eyes and chubby appearance indicated that he was younger than the rest. On the filly's right was a strange pony. She was a light pinkish purple with hazy sapphire blue dragon-like eyes. Sprouting from behind her ears were two large white dragon horns, curving back behind her. She knew they were our kids. This was going to be awkward. Spike spoke first. "H-h-hi kids! Uhhh... isn't it... past your bedtime?" Spike glanced at the nearest clock. 6:07 AM. Spike banged his head onto his palm. The green colt giggled adorably. "Daddy, you’re silly!" "Don't you remember?" The horned pony looked at them strangely. "Oh! Yea! Er- Time for school?" Rarity smiled sheepishly. "No!" The youngest blurted, bursting into laughter. "Ready?" The lavender filly in the middle said. "On three. One... Two... Three!" "HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY!!!" The three shouted in unison. Both Spike and Rarity's jaws dropped at almost the same moment, and they looked at each other with stunned looks on their faces. The trio stepped aside to reveal a veritable plethora of banners, balloons, and all sorts of party decorations set up around the house. And that was just from looking through the door. When the couple stood outside their door, they could see that their kids had set up an awesome 20th Anniversary celebration. Or maybe they hadn't. A familiar pink party pony hopped into sight. "HI GUYS!" She smiled. "I've just been so excited for your anniversary and they've been excited and I've been excited and EVERYPONY has been excited! You're welcome for the decorations, by the way! Now you two hurry off to your perfect day of togetherness your friends have set up for you, while we get everything ready for tonight!" Pinkie said. Spike and Rarity stared. "Oh! Wow! How rude of me! I'll let you two get dressed first!" She said. The couple said nothing to each other as they separately put on dress clothes in their bathroom. It had gone by fast. Too fast. This might be a dream after all. Soon enough, the two were shoved out the door for their 'day of togetherness'. Rarity looked ahead to see a strange sight. What the hay? Rarity stared. It was strange. It wasn't a carriage, but it was like one. There were no horses driving it, nor any pony controlling the ropes. It was a coal-black carriage with what looked like two lights at the front, some in the back, two steel doors leading inside. Spike and Rarity's friends were in it. They waved and smiled. "Wow! I'm sure they'll have a PERFECT TIME!!! Our friends should be back from dropping them off soon!" Pinkie Pie smiled at the kids. She noticed the look on one of the filly's faces. "What's wrong, Claire?" "Oh... Uh... don't you think they were acting kind of... weird this morning?" the horned pony, Claire, responded. "Oh don't you worry your cute little head at all!" Pinkie Pie smiled, giving Claire a good hard noogie. "Your auntie Pinkie is on to them!" "Really? What's wrong?" The lavender filly asked. Pinkie took a large breath. "They're REALLY from 27 years in the past, and they somehow got transported here and they had no idea what was going on because they were all of a sudden married and in the past their relationship was so small and they were just so stunned cuz they didn't expect it to be their 20th anniversary and they didn't know about anything or how Ponyville changed and they don't even know the names of their own kids cuz they’re from the past!" She exhaled deeply. "Uhhh... Whatever, Pinkie." Claire rolled her eyes. "Okie Dokie Lokie!" Pinkie smiled. "Let's go through today's plan." Pinkie rolled out a diagram of Ponyville, pointing and drawing points with her hooves as she talked. "First, Spike and Rarity will go to that restaurant for breakfast, go see that movie they really wanted to see, then come to Sugarcube Corner for the party, and theeeennnn... We'll all go to dinner!" She explained. Oh, this was bad, this was simply terrible, I mean, this was the WORST POSSIBLE THING! I mean, I really love Spike and... this was even one of my DREAMS for the future... but... I'm not ready for this! Maybe Spike belongs here and he knows what happened? Whatever the case, I have to act casual, and that means not faint... Alright Rarity... act casual. Rarity thought. Applejack, RD and Twilight had taken them there in that strange carriage. Rarity had gotten a closer look at it when she got inside. Applejack had her hooves over a metal wheel that looked like it was almost... controlling it. Magical. "Now have a nice time you two!" Applejack waved as she backed out the strange black vehicle. "We need to fill ol' Bessie up. I feel like she's gonna break down any second." I thought I heard Applejack say to the others. They drove off back toward Rarity and Spike's house. "Man! It's like they've never seen a car before!" Rainbow laughed. DING DONG! "Ooooh! That must be them!" Pinkie hopped to the door. She opened it up. There stood... some rather aged three friends. First there was Twilight. She came here in the middle of a very busy schedule as the Princess of Friendship AND the wife of Flash Sentry. They had no children yet, though. Then, true to her usual style, Rainbow Dash swooped down from above at high speed only to cut her velocity sharply to avoid an accident. She was just as awesome as she was 27 years ago... or at least- that's how she preferred to be looked at. And of course, Applejack, who was still single much like both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, came in with her trademark Stetson and an easygoing smile. Unfortunately, owing to a prior engagement - namely her honeymoon with Big Macintosh - Fluttershy hadn't been able to make it for the celebration. "OOOOOOH!!!" Pinkie squeed. "You’re all here! This is gonna be so fun!" When they stepped out of the carriage (they're friends had brought them to their 'favorite' restaurant), Spike put his arm around Rarity's and politely walked with her to the building. Who am I kidding? THIS was why I dreamed of this future. Maybe this was going to be okay after all. Apparently, our friends had set up a movie for us as well. Thought Rarity as they walked inside. No, this couldn't be okay. It just COULDN'T. Even compared to how much I dearly love Spike, we need to get back to our own time. We must. And we were going to talk about it over breakfast. We simply had to. The couple strode into the restaurant. They walked up to the front desk to get a seat. Rarity was about to speak, but Spike stopped her by lifting a single claw. "One table for two." Spike requested politely. "As you wish, Spike." The stallion smiled. "Follow me." The workers must've known Spike because he and Rarity must have come here a lot in those 27 years. He'll have to use THAT to his advantage. Both he and Rarity just sat there at their table, silent for a while. Spike was about to say something, but then the waiter came to their table. "Have you decided yet?" He asked kindly. Spike spoke for both of them. "Yes, we'll both take the usual." He smiled, hoping this place knew them that well. "Of course." The waiter said, scribbling something on his notepad and walking off. "So... Rarity." Spike said. "Spike." Rarity fake-smiled. "You know Rarity... the truth is-" The waiter rounded the corner, with their food already done, which made Spike suggest this was planned with the restaurant by their friends, because they were the ones certainly being catered to the most in the place. They must have expected them to order 'the usual' and had it pre-made. Rarity must've expected the same, because she didn't say anything. "Breakfast is served." He smiled warmly, sliding the two platters on to their table. They both silently ate their food, saying nothing in the companionable silence as they enjoyed their meals. BRRRIIING!!!! "What the-" Rarity squinted. The sound was coming from a strange black machine hooked onto the wall. She saw one of the waiters rushed toward it. He picked up a black, banana-shaped attachment, protruding from the rest of the machine, a wire attached to it. "Uhh- I've got a call for a... Rarity?" He looked around the room, spotting Rarity, and smiled. Rarity walked up to the waiter awkwardly. He handed her the black... thing. He then trotted away. "Um... what-" Rarity called lightly to the waiter. He turned around, but Rarity smiled sheepishly. "N-nevermind." The waiter nodded in understanding, and kept on trotting. Rarity put the strange device to her ear like the waiter had. "HI MOMMY!" "Gah!" Rarity jumped at the sudden voice. She recognized it as her youngest son, the little Spike Junior. She glanced at Spike, who gave her a what? Look. "Mommy! It's me, T!" The voice continued. "T?" Rarity said. "Oh yes, T! I know who you are!" "No! T! Don't touch that!" Pinkie Pie's voice came from the machine this time. BEEEEEEP. "Call ended." A voice rang out. "Ah!" Rarity jumped. ‘Who was it this time?’ The thing was silent. "Huh." Rarity said, slowly placing the device back on its cradle. Author's Note Annndd... the chapter is over. #gotbored
Breakfast Pt. 2Author's Note This chapter is rather short, but that's because I had to split the whole 'Breakfast' chapter into two because of certain reasons. Hope you don't mind. The next chapter should be out in like six days. Enjoy! Breakfast Pt. 2 Wow, this is interesting so far. What the... who is this? Oh, you don't have to mind me, I'll just be making some changes with this story. What is that supposed to mean? Hello? ..... Oh whatever. Rarity stared at the black machine for a few more seconds before awkwardly speed-trotting to her seat with Spike. She sat down rather quickly. "What was that about?" Spike asked. "I have no idea." Rarity said, looking back. Spike shifted in his seat for a minute. "Soo... should we finish eating?" Rarity stared blankly. She then had an idea. She knew who could help them. "No." "What?" Spike said. "Let's go!" "Go where?" Spike asked, grabbing Rarity's hoof as she tried to leave her seat. "We need to find out what's going on, and how else are we supposed to do it, just pretending like we belong here?" Rarity's voice raised a little, as she shook her hoof out of Spike's grip. "But!" Spike stuttered. Rarity didn't want to be sudden, but she was being logic, and Spike noticed. "Fine." He said. "But we can't just leave our food! We've got to pay!" "Sure." Rarity sat down. "But as soon as the waiter comes around and we pay, we're going to Twilight." "Twilight?" "Of course Twilight, who else?" Rarity hissed. "She can help us with this whole 'time' situation." Spike remembered the day where Twilight tried to stop time to save Ponyville from; quite frankly nothing. "Well I guess that's our best bet. But she's helping with the party!" "Well then we'll get help from all our friends." Rarity replied. They waited for a minute. "Well I guess we could eat a little more." Rarity said sheepishly. But right then a waiter walked up to their table. "So, how is your food? How is everything going? How's your day?" He asked, looking at the half-eaten food. "Good, good, and good." Rarity said. She paused. "We're actually finished with our food for today." "Uh." The waiter said. "Are you sure?" "Yea." Rarity said. "Umm... Ok." He said, taking our plates. "I'll be back with your check sheet." "Check sheet?" Rarity mouthed to Spike, who shrugged. Once again, in a few seconds the waiter was back with their 'check sheet'. It was a small white sheet of paper clipped on to what looked like a mini black leather clipboard, with some plastic pockets on it. He placed it on their table. "Okay, and when your done, just grab me next time I come around." He said. The two stared at it. "Whatever happened to bits?" Rarity asked the waiter. The waiter laughed. "Oh! Well, you can still pay with bits if you'd like!" "What else would we use?" Spike asked. "Well... Your card, of course!" The waiter said awkwardly. "Card?" Rarity squinted. "Why don't you just pay with bits!" The waiter said nervously, trying to avoid awkwardness. "Okay." Rarity said. She reached for her purse next to her cushioned seat. She dug in there for a minute, while the waiter, well; waited. "Uhhh... Why don't I come back!" "Wait! I think I found some!" Rarity shouted rather too loudly. "...No... Never mind." "Let me try!" Spike said, snatching the purse from Rarity. "Hey! I almost found some!" Rarity said, grabbing the purse back. Spike grabbed it once more, his strength overpowering Rarity's. "No! Hey, stop!" "No you stop!" Heads turned in the couple's direction. The waiter slowly backed away. But then the couple got in a game of tug of war with the poor purse. Tension... tension.... Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! RIIIIIIIIPPPPP!!!!. The purse tore in half, it's contents spilling everywhere. By now, the waiter had made a run for it, but in his place, Rarity spotted a shimmering silver-colored card. "AHA!" She yelled, jumping for the card, like it was the finish line of a race. Spike face-palmed. "So... You pay with the card itself!" Rarity rambled. "That is sooo weird! How do you think they fit all those bits into one card?" "I have no idea." Spike responded dully. The two were walking on a path that... well... they didn't exactly know where. "We don't even know where we live!" Spike stated. "We'll find it." Rarity said. "If Twilight's there, then she'll be able to help us, along with our friends." As the two rounded a corner, they suddenly saw two mares, who were what looked like Rainbow Dash and Applejack. They were standing side by side walking together down the path, like it was a casual day. "Hey look!" Spike pointed after seeing them. "RAINBOW DASH!!! APPLEJACK!!!" He called. The two, who were previously slightly leaning on each other, jumped fifteen feet at Spike's booming voice. They looked back. "Ohhh!!! Hey Spike!" Rainbow Dash said, her voice cracking a little. Soon Spike and Rarity were right next to them. Rarity smiled. Then her eyes went wide. "Hey! You guys could lead us to our house!" She said. The two mares looked at each other (they were once again very close to one another) blankly. "Uhhh... Your house?" Applejack stared. "Oh yeah." Rarity scratched the back of her mane sheepishly. "I was just thinking that... maybe we could walk to the party together?" "The party?" Applejack said nervously. "But you guys were supposed to see a movie!" "We changed out minds!" Spike butted in. "Changed your minds?" Applejack deadpanned. "I- I don't think the girls are ready yet." Rainbow squeaked. "Obviously." Spike said. "It's only Pinkie and Twilight now!" "Well-" Applejack started. "Oh, come on." Spike said. Before exchanging unsure glances, they agreed. "Sure, sugar cube." AJ said to Spike. "Yes!" Rarity said out loud, jumping in the air. Everyone stared. Rarity awkwardly laughed, her immaculate face turning a shade of burgundy. Spike noticed Rainbow whisper to AJ. "Are you sure-" "Of course we're sure!" Applejack said loudly, with a big fake grin on her face. Rainbow opened her mouth, but was interrupted again. "Let's go gang!" Applejack said, before pressed forward. Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Next stop, Spike and Rares house..." Rarity proudly marched along. "Let's go!" "Uh- Your house is this way, sugar cube." Applejack pointed in the opposite direction. "Oh yeah." Rarity blushed once again.
PartyHey, It's me again. Did you miss me? Oh, brother. I hope you liked my mischief. Quit it! You're messing with my story! Pfft! I'm just having fun! I think you're forgetting the 'comedy' part of the story. You're forgetting the romance! People came here for Sparity! Yea! Sparity! What the... Who are you? Uh- Duh! I'm Pinkie Pie! Obviously. Everyone shut up! Awww! But- "Welpadoo!" Applejack exclaimed. "We're here!" The three ponies and dragon were standing in front of Spike and Rarity's house. "Great!" Rainbow Dash said. "Now we should be going." Spike and Rarity, who were next to RD and AJ, shrugged, as they walked up the steps to their doorway. "I guess they're not coming." Spike said. "No no!" AJ said. "We are!" "Are not!" Rainbow interrupted. Applejack frowned. "Uh... Actually; we both gotta go." Applejack said. "If anyone asks, say I'm doing chores and Rainbow's... uh- Doing chores! Kay bye!" The country pony said as she grabbed Rainbow's hoof, pulling her behind her. "Hm." Rarity said. She finally knocked on the door. A pink pony answered. "Hi guys!" She said. "I haven't seen both of you since the first chapter!" "The first what?" Rarity said, confused. "Oh, nevermind." Pinkie replied. Twilight seemed to notice the two at the door. She gasped. "SPIKE?!?!? RARITY?!?!?" She screamed. "What the hay are you two doing here! Nothing is ready!" "Oh, it's fine Twilight, they can help with the surprise for Spike and Rarity! Come on in!" Pinkie said brightly. The couple strutted inside. "Wait a minute..." Pinkie stroked an imaginary stubble. "SPIKE!? RARITY?!" She exploded. She shoved Spike and Rarity put the door, and slammed it on them. A few seconds later, she opened it again. "Sorry, It's a surprise!" She said, shutting the door again. "Well, so much for that." Spike said, getting up and walking down the hay bale steps in front of their house. "Wait wait wait!" Rarity said, stamping her hooves. "All we have to do is tell them it's an emergency!" "Oh yea! That'll work!" Spike said sarcastically. "We'll just-" "Sssh!" Rarity said, putting her hoof over Spike's mouth. "What?" Spike said, his voice muffled. He snatched Rarity's hoof and threw it back at her. "I think I hear something." "Oh really?" Spike said. "I thought you were about to teleport-" "Would you shut up!?" Rarity snapped at Spike. "But-" "Zip!" Rarity said once again. "Follow me." Spike followed Rarity down onto the sidewalk. She kept walking, then turned all of the sudden on one alley. Spike looked inside. Nobody there. "See?" Spike said. "What did I-" Then, they both heard a voice behind them. Spike knew that voice from anywhere. Rarity, even more so. "Discord!" They both hissed, as they spun around. Sure enough, their friendly neighborhood draconequus was standing behind them. "Oh! Well hello, I didn't see you guys there!" He laughed feverishly. The both glared at him. "Sooo... Are you both enjoying this little 'vacation' of yours? Or is the future just a little to much for you guys..." He said. "What the-" Spike said. "It was you?" Rarity bursted. "You sent us here?" "Well, I never said anything about that... I mean technically it was the author's fault." Discord grinned. "Author?" Spike glared at Discord curiously. "Oh... I forget the only pony that speaks my language is Pinkie Pie, so I'd better be on my way." The draconequues snickered, turning into the alley they were inspecting. "Hey!" Rarity called, turning straight into the alley. Obviously, Discord wasn't there. Rarity hardly enjoyed listening to that annoying creature. If he really was responsible for this awkward future thing, then it needs to be fixed immediately. But how? Discord did say that Pinkie Pie seemed to understand him, but clearly Pinkie and Twi are busy... How does Pinkie Pie understand him anyways? And what author was he talking about? "Um... Rarity?" Spike said. "What are we going to do now?" "I know exactly what we are going to do!" Rarity said proudly. "Go to that movie?" Spike shrugged. "No!" Rarity frowned. "Follow Rainbow and Applejack?" "No..." Rarity said, then she hesitated. "Wait, actually, that idea is better than mine." "Well, what was your-" Spike was interrupted by Rarity's enthusiastic voice. "LET'S GO!" 'Y'know I was being sarcastic..." Spike laughed as they walked down the path where the two ponies were previously going down. This is it. Applejack had to tell her. "Rainbow, this is not much of a good idea to me." Applejack confessed awkwardly, as the two walked toward Sweet Apple Acres. "What do you mean?" Rainbow asked curiously. "Ah mean, we should be helping Twi and Pinkie and Rarity's kids set up the party!" Applejack stated. "Oh, of all things you could of said, that's why you don't want to do this?" Rainbow frowned. "No... it's just that- Rainbow, this reality don't feel right to me. Ah just have a gut feelin' that this ain't gonna end well." Applejack blurted. "W-what do you mean?" Rainbow asked. "Come on, Rainbow, stop askin' questions. You know what I'm sayin'!" Applejack shouted. "This ain't gonna work out. It just ain't It's been fun... but I figured it'd be best for you and me, if-" "What are you talking about, AJ?" Rainbow asked, worringly. "What's gotten into you?" "Well, as you know, I've always been as straight as straight as a garden hoe." Applejack said. Rainbow laughed. "Garden hoe! Ha, get it..." AJ continued. "This is too much for me. Rainbow, ya have to understand." "But-" Rainbow started. "Ssh! Look who's running up the path!" AJ pointed. "Rarity? Spike?" "What do ya think they want?" Applejack asked. Rainbow shrugged. "But-" "Here they come!" Applejack said. "Act natural!" Rarity and Spike soon came to face with Rainbow and Applejack in front of the barn. "Oh, thank goodness for you two!" Rarity smiled. "We need your help?" "Yours too..." Applejack mumbled under her breath, glancing at Rainbow. "Yea." Spike said. "We seemed to have, travelled into the future!" "What?" Applejack stared, confused. "You see darling, we are really from twenty, erm... thirty years in the past. Please believe us! It was when we first started dating. We'd been together for six months!" Rarity explained. Applejack looked at them with the same expression. "Are you telling the truth." "Yes!" They both said. "I don't know what you two are talking about, but if it has something to do with time travel, Twilight will know how to help you!" Rainbow blurted. "I guess so." Applejack agreed. "Hm. What are you two doing anyway?" Spike asked. "Oh, Spike! Don't invade their privacy!" Hissed Rarity. "We- erm..." Applejack stuttered. "Rainbow was helping me with chores! Yes! We just finished." Spike raised an eyebrow. "You two better come with us." He said. "Yes, this whole situation is simply dreadful." Rarity said. "Of course!" Rainbow piped in. "Sure. Let's walk all the way back." Applejack said, scrunching her face. Rainbow nudged her. "Come on!" The three ponies and dragon walked back slowly. As they went down the head. A certain creature poked his head from a tree. "Hm hm... Oh yes... oh yes... MUAHAHAHAHA!!! Ha... ha... heh... he... I'm not very good at this." He frowned. "No matter, it's time for the next phase. I just wish these ponies would cooperate with me..." Knock knock knock! They were all at Spike and Rarity's door. Pinkie Pie answered once again. She acted as if this was the first time they knocked. "Spike! Rarity! I see your back from you breakfast! You brought Rainbow and Applejack?" She beamed. "Come on in!" Everyone walked in the house. Pinkie had set up the party. There was streamers, balloons, and a table filled with all kinds of snacks and a punch bowl. A large disco ball hung above it all. Also up on the ceiling was a light system the reflected lights off of the disco mat rolled across the floor. "This is... great..." Spike said. "But- we have to tell you s-" "Let's start!" Pinkie shouted. The lights dimmed and a synth sound started to rise. A spotlight shone on Pinkie Pie. She was wearing a top hat and bow tie, with a large black cane. She held up a strange looking black device in her other hand to her mouth. "MARES AND GENTLECOLTS!!!" Her voice echoed throughout the room. Silence. "LET'S PARTY!" A catchy beat rattled through the room, and the lights when dark. Lights of all colors flashed from above onto the floor, and mist started to appear. A familiar white pony with a blue mane appeared out of nowhere with a large DJ stand. Lasers started shooing everywhere. "Alright... stop stop stop!" Spike said. The DJ pony stopped the song. "Okay, first of all, you brought a DJ? I mean, come on! Really? Vinyl, go home." Spike grunted. Vinyl shrugged and started to put away her equipment. "Don't you think me and Rarity would just want a normal party, y'know, with a punch bowl and party games, like the old days?" Spike said. "And second of all-" "What are you talking about?" Pinkie said slowly. "Why have one of those parties when you have pyrotechnics digita- digi- di-" "Digital." Rainbow corrected. "-digimal lighting syst- syste-" "Systems..." Applejack rolled her eyes. "Yea, that!" Pinkie beamed. "Wow, you really picked up a lot from Cheese Sandwich, didn't you..." Spike said under his breath. "Oh, you mean that Vegas reject that tried to-" "Erm- Pinkie, dear. We just wanted to talk to you about something dreadfully important." Rarity said. "What I was getting to..." Spike grumbled. "Well sure! But hurry up so we can start the party!" Pinkie said casually. "Me and Spike... see- we woke up, and-" Rarity started. "You realized that you were somehow in the future! Because you were only from a time period long before this... eh, twenty something years. Twenty seven- Hey... didn't I already explain this to everyone?" Pinkie asked. "No, there's no way that happened." Applejack laughed. "Of course there is, AJ, Pinkie's "hunches" are always right." Rainbow said casually. "I have learned that." Twilight shrugged. "But that would mean-" "Yea... we are from the past." Rarity laughed nervously. "Could you help us?" "Oh puuulese! Discord, could you-" Pinkie's voice was cut off abruptly by a zipper that closed her mouth shut. "What the-" Twilight stared. "I didn't do that spell!" Applejack threw her hoofs up. "Oh, it's Pinkie Pie! Now let's see what we can do to help Spike and Rarity. If they really are telling the truth, we would need-" "Star-Swirl The Bearded's Time Fracturing Spell Level 6!" Twilight said. "I was just gonna say "time spell" but that works." Applejack shrugged. "The only place that spell is located is the Canterlot Archives!" Twilight said. "But what about the party?" Pinkie asked. "Can't you just remember the spell we used when you thought the world was gonna end and you had to stop time?" "I could find a way to remember that, that that was the only level 1 of Star-Swirl's Time Fracturing. In fact, a level six won't even work! We'd need to combine it with an old version of Similo Duplexis, and ancient wizard's teleportation spell. And we'd need to add one more spell into the mix, that would help us get back to our time safely while leaving Rarity and Spike's counterparts in their own times! A combination of Conforeputati and Spatectis should do the tri-" "Twilight, who are you?" Spike laughed. "Well then, let's help out our friends! Onward!" Rainbow pointed. Everyone galloped out of the room. Pinkie sighed. "Well... sorry Vinyl, I guess you'd better get back to that Nightclub... Well, Dayclub..." Vinyl smiled, then pointed to three eager kids. "Can we come?" They asked. Pinkie ran outside quickly, but it was too late. "Thanks for watching the kids, Pinkie!" Rarity called out from Applejack's automobile." "Dang it. I should have saw that one coming." Pinkie said. "Well, what now, kids?" But Spike and Rarity's kids weren't next to her. She went back inside to see the kids messing with one of Vinyl's suitcases. They pressed a lock and the suitcase flung open, revealing a square box, that quickly converted to a large speaker with ten subwoofers attached of all sizes. A giant red button sat up top. "Shiny!" T smiled at the button. He reached out to touch it. Suddenly, Vinyl came running down the stairs from the bathroom, holding up her hoofs as if a sign to say "Stop!". "T! Don't!" Pinkie yelled. Too late. T pressed the button. For the first time, Pinkie heard Vinyl talk. "Take cover!" Everything went in slow motion. Pinkie jumped behind a chair, and Vinyl bravely ran for a black knob on the machine, the speakers blasted out a large sound wave, and at the same time Vinyl yanked the knob, and shoved the wheeled machine out Spike and Rarity's conveniently opened door. BOOM! A large jolt in the Earth knocked the car off course for a second. Rainbow looked back too see a large blue shockwave emit near Spike and Rarity's house. "What is it?" AJ asked. "Eh, nothing. But it looks like Pinkie and the kids are already having fun." Rainbow smiled. "I hope their okay..." Twilight stared.
Dinner"So... what is this thing, anyway? In our time, we didn't have anything like this. A self-driving cart!" "We call it an automobile, and yea, they are on the market now, but I'd still prefer stallion-steered because these are such pieces of junk. Though, it does help us out on the farm." Applejack explained. "Hm. How does it work?" Rarity asked. "Well, that's not something I know for sure, but it runs off of some kind of magic... erm- I don't really know." Applejack shrugged. "Also... what is it all about paying with a card instead of bits?" Rarity continued. "You mean bitcards?" Rainbow asked. "Sure." Rarity shrugged. "Wait, bit-" "Well... I guess somepony thought it would be nice to have all your money stored in one place. So thus the bank created a bitcard, where you can deposit bits onto your bit account, which you can withdraw from a ABM. Then, somepony made the credit and debit card... don't even get me started on what happened to the Banking Industry after that. Our economy is ruined." Rainbow folded her arms. "Er... she gets really opinionated on economic issues, especially when it comes to ABMs." Applejack frowned. "Our system would have this much more money if they charged for deposit!" Rainbow held her thumb and index fingers barley apart from each other. Everyone stared at her. Spike and Rarity were the most confused. "Er... I mean- Yea! Whatever... I can fly fast! Hey look, a bird!" She pointed. Applejack rolled her eyes. "Mah eye sockets are gettin' tired a' this." The car kept driving. "So... Why exactly are we drivin' tah Canterlot?" "Well, we could take the train." Spike suggested. Rainbow laughed. "Oh yea, The train tracks leading to Canterlot... well... one or two days ago, coincidentally, were destroyed epicly by Star-" "Ah ah ah!" Twilight put her hoof up. "Starlight Glimmer was practicing a spell, and it simply backfired-" "Destroying the track bridge to Canterlot!" Rainbow grinned. "Really?!" Spike asked. "Oh, yea! You should have seen it! It was one heck of an episode! Er... at least that's how Pinkie described it." Rainbow said. "We'll have tah take the hastily built magic dust bridge." Applejack said. "The train bridge should be done today!" Twilight said. "But I don't think it will be done soon enough. Unless you guys want to wait." She shrugged. "Magic dust objects?" Rarity asked. "Only you dreamed of having that kind of magical study complete..." Spike stared. "What? She talked about it a lot!" Rarity shrugged. "Actually, I did complete Star-Swirl's research on magical solid rendering with Princess Celestia quite a while ago. The basic factor is that any solid object can be created fairly easily within seconds, that is very strong and lasts up to 48 hours!" Twilight smiled. "Pfff... yea, yea." Rainbow said. "Okay, as I was saying, we're heading tah Canterlot because..." Applejack continued. "The archives." Twilight replied. "We could find a time spell that should be able to fix all this. I wonder if the Spike and Rarity we're used to travelled back to your bodies?" "Wouldn't that be something." Rarity laughed strangely. "Look, we know your still in that 'shocked' phase, but you need to start acting normal so we know it's actually you." Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Terribly sorry but... It's just a lot to take in. Rarity repeated. I mean... automobiles? Magical speech-transmitting machines? Bitcards? Magic dust? What's next?" Rarity asked. "Bye, Vinyl! Thanks for saving us!" Pinkie smiled. Vinyl gave a smile back as she loaded her equipment into a large chariot, and hopping in the front, waving goodbye. "Well that was a lost cause, we didn't even have a party!" Pinkie shrugged. The kids watched as the chariot drove off. "Now what?" Lavender asked. "Can't we go out to eat?" The horned pony asked, rummaging through Pinkie's saddlebags. "Clarity!" Pinkie shouted. "I keep very important things in there!" "Like a bitcard?" Claire asked. "Why's that important? I keep that on the desk in Sugarcube Corner!" Pinkie replied, shrugged. The kids stared. "What, now I can buy whatever I want there!" "Let's go there!" Claire said. "Cupcakes!" T shouted. "Ummm...." Pinkie Pie said nervously. "I don't know, I'm supposed to be watching you guys. Who knows how long they'll be gone..." "What do you mean?" Lavender asked. "Are they leaving? Going back in time or something? Leaving us? Will they ever be back?!" "Of course! I'm sure they'll be back! I mean, Twilight said-" Pinkie began. "Kids?" She soon saw the kids taking her saddlebags and taking them out the door. She rolled. Her eyes. "If we're gonna get to Canterlot and find Mom and Dad, then we'd better be prepared. We've got a bitcard, cupcakes... and other stuff." Lavender said to the two other fillies. "Guys! Your Mom and Dad will be back! I swear!" Pinkie said. "They just- Something happened with the time-space contin-" "Bye, Pinkie!" Lavender said, putting the large saddle bag on her back, as the two other fillies followed. "Yay!" T smiled. "You know guys..." Pinkie said. They turned. "We could take Cranky's chariot." Pinkie said willingly. They beamed. "Yay!" All three fillies squeal as Pinkie held the reins to Cranky's chariot, with Cranky himself pulling it. "Soo... where to?" Cranky asked. "Canterlot." Pinkie said. Cranky stopped. "Your gonna have to pay more than a friend discount on that one." "I can't believe it! We're going to Canterlot again. We've only gone three or four times! Mom never takes us!" Lavender said happily. "Three or four times?!" Pinkie rolled her eyes. "I just can't wait to see Mommy's boutique!" Claire said. "You've already seen it before..." Lavender said. "I know, but never without Mommy!" Claire replied. Lavender shrugged. The cart rolled on. Soon enough, the kids drifted to sleep, and Pinkie sat boredly in the cart. "This is gonna take days, isn't it?" "We're here!" Cranky said. Pinkie sat up. "Really?! It's been a half an hour!" "The mountain view Canterlot train stop! This train'll take you straight to Canterlot faster than the Ponyville train stop!" Cranky said. "No... Cranky, you don't get it. We wanted you to take us all the way to Canterlot." Pinkie said. "They haven't built a chariot route yet." Cranky replied. "They did a few days ago out of magic dust because the train bridge broke. Temporary, but after they built the train bridge back, they don't want anyone coming by chariot. Don't know why." Pinkie shrugged. "Soooo?!" "Uh... I don't even know which trail to take, let alone how long it is! I only have till dinner! I've gotta be home for Matilda!" Cranky replied nervously. "You still can't take the train?!" "Nope." Pinkie deadpanned. "Well... you could always try!" Cranky said. "Go on ahead! Take the kids and see if the conductor is in! If he is, give me signal." Pinkie woke up the kids. "Are we at Canterlot?" Lavender asked. "Not quite." Pinkie replied. Bouncing toward the train station. She knocked on the window of the train. Nothing. She walked past the train and knock on the conducter's office window. It opened. Pinkie gave a smile to Cranky, and off he went. "Wait!" Pinkie shouted. "I didn't say- Nevermind." "Can I help you?" A tan stallion asked from inside the door. "Yea! We're wondering when the train system to Canterlot will be running!" Pinkie said. "Funny you asked!" The conducter said. "In bout' one or two hours, the construction will be complete. See, Celestia and Luna wanted to get on that construction. They don't like people accessing Canterlot without the train." "One or two hours?!" Claire gasped. "What're we gonna do! Cranky left!" "Uhhhh...." "Bout' one or two hours left on the journey!" Applejack said. "Maybe more, depending on traffic." "Traffic?!" Rainbow said. "Traffic!!" Her voice echoed. "We're out in the middle of NOWHERELAND! No wonder visits to Canterlot have been dropping! It takes ten years to get there, and you have to take a route that literally is carved from rock!" The car was driving through a narrow dark canyon. "Oh, Rainbow. It isn't that bad." Twilight said. "And what exactly do you mean by "that bad"?" Rarity asked, looking around the gloomy enviornment. "I mean... we aren't surrounded by- creatures?" Twilight said. "Don't! Jinx it!" Rainbow shouted. "Can't this thing go any faster?" "Rain-bow." Applejack replied. "At least nobody has pull the cart themselves." "Don't jinx that, too!" Rainbow cringed. "Rainbow, leave it be." Applejack said. "I don't know about you guys, but this gloomy canyon has a terrible sense of color... why mix all blacks with grays? I don't get it!" Rarity said. "We're almost out of the canyon, stop whinin' everypony." Applejack rolled her eyes. 10 minutes later... the ponies complained again. "How close are we now?" Rainbow asked. "I can see the bridge!" Spike said. "You sure can!" AJ replied. "It's only 15.5 miles away! We're almost there!" "Um... what's that noise?" Rainbow asked, listening to the sputtering of the motor. "Relax, it just means we're out of fuel. I brought an extra tank." Applejack said. "I knew we'd need it. I'm always prepared." Spike looked at her nervously. "Uh... was it red with a yellow cap and a squiggly thing? "Umm... yea, could you grab it. Surely ya'll have seen it back there!" Applejack said. "Uh, about that, actually." Spike said, "I didn't exactly know what that was... so I moved it out to make room for me." "You what Applejack asked. "When!?" "How prepared are you now?" Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Actually, mah car has an emergency tank built in. But I've never used it it my whole life. I'd be surprised if the fuel still worked." Applejack said. "I don't know. Are you there's not another way?" "Applejack, you're gonna have to let go of your emergency tank." Rainbow laughed. "Well... it can get us about 25 miles. I just can't imagine the fact of usin' it." "It looks like you need it now." Twilight said. Applejack flipped the fuel switch from Normal to Emergency. "Let's go." She said dully. Everyone sighed. Rarity and Spike shut their eyes. When they opened them, it was about a half an hour later. They were in front of the large magical bridge. "Everyone ready?" Applejack asked. "We're about to cross this sturdy pixie dust bridge." She stepped on the gas. The car lurched forward. "Hey look, they're already rebuilding the train bridge, and it's almost done!" Twilight said. Everypony looked to their left to see the bridge being constructed by large numbers of spell unicorns. They were currently levitating a large stone arch toward the gap. In a matter of 2 minutes, they were over the bridge. "Hey! We didn't die!" Rainbow laughed. They drove the moving chariot through town, occasionally hitting traffic. "The archives tower is in the main castle, to the left!" Twilight said. "I can get us in. "Hey look, there's Lenny's!" Rainbow pointed to a french-style restaurant to their left. "We should totally eat there!" "Well, we did promise Spike and Rarity dinner..." Applejack said. Rarity shrugged. "Um, we don't really mind- we just want to get ho-" "Oh, fine, we'll eat if you guys insist." Twilight said. "C'mon, Rarity. This'll give us time to think this through." Spike said. "Hm. Suppose it would." Rarity said. "Let's dine then!" "Stoppitrightthere!" They heard a familiar voice behind them. A pink pony hopped out of a Canterlot chariot. And following her, three fillies. "Our kids?!" Spike and Rarity gasped. "How did you guys get here?" They pointed to Pinkie. "It was Lavender's idea!" Pinkie shrugged. "Hey, and by the way, the train system is back online! We watched them collapse the magic dust one!" "Oh, why didn't we bring them in the first place?" Rarity said, rushing up to T and picking him up. "Uhhh... because there was no room?" Pinkie said. Spike shrugged. "Everyone else just went into... Lenny's for dinner. Should we bring the kids and Pinkie?" "That's how we planned it!" Pinkie smiled. "You planned to bring us to Canterlot and eat at Lenny's?" Rarity cocked her head. "Well, not that." Pinkie said. Everyone went inside. "This is gonna be just like breakfast." Rarity rolled her eyes. Author's Note Sorry if it had some grammar mistakes, it's all but a rough draft.
