Chapter 5: Time Jumping

    "Galaxy!!" I cried. My husband had vanished before my eyes, and all I knew was that Comet was responsible. Quillton walked over to Sunset outside in front of the counter. Galaxy had disappeared with us in the back room where we were helping him recover. Valerium and Soul were sitting in a booth like nothing had happened. In fact, everypony looked like nothing had happened. Joy, Breeze, and Paradise were serving customers as usual, and Sunset was sitting at the front counter.

    "Sweetie, do you know what happened to Galaxy?" Quillton asked his wife. Sunset looked at him like he was crazy.

     "Who, honey?" She asked. Quillton chuckled nervously. I was scared. I hoped she knew what her husband meant.

      "Dearie, don't be ridiculous. Galaxy Nebula! You know, blue pegasus? Wears a tan stetson?" Quill asked. Sunset looked confused.

      "I'm sorry, Quillton, but I've never known a Galaxy Nebula." Sunset said. Quillton gasped. Me and Mocha gasped too. Then, Quillton dragged me and Mocha aside.

      "Quillton, what the fuck is going on? Why does everything look like it did three weeks ago, and where the hell is my husband?!" I demanded. The white earth pony pondered.

      "Well Crystal, it could be possible that Comet has found a way to travel back in time. That must've been his plan all along. Go back in time to a specific point in Galaxy's timeline and undo whatever happened the day he traveled to." He said. He looked at his wife. "But for Sunny to forget Galaxy...." He sighed. "I'll bet everypony else forgot him as well." He added. Mocha was confused.

       "Then how come we remember Galaxy? Are we immune to the effects or something?" She asked. Quillton shook his head.

       "No, Mochy. I'm afraid not. We only remember Galaxy because we're going to be the last ponies to forget him, at least I think. I'm just guessing here, this has never happened before. We're at the center of the hurricane. Eye of the storm, if you will. Near as I can figure, we're going to forget Galaxy eventually, so until we do eventually forget him, let's find a way to get Galaxy back." Quillton theorized. I nodded, but sometimes I never understood all this science stuff. "In any case, since we technically never knew Galaxy, everything we did will soon become undone." He told us. Mocha gasped.

       "You mean....I'll still be trapped in the Terror's mirror." Mocha gasped. Quillton nodded.

        "Followed by Chrysalis's Changeling attack, followed by Nightmare Moon and Crowley, etc. Every villain we fought will soon reappear, and we'll be helpless to stop them this time. Unless we find Comet and stop him from doing.....whatever it was he's undone! Ugh! Time Travel! It's so confusing!" Quillton sighed.

         "But you and Galaxy talk about Time Travel everyday." I said, confused. Quillton looked at me.

         "Yes, dearie. That we do. However, this form of Time Travel is overly complicated. You see, the day Galaxy met all of us is a fixed point in time, meaning, my dear Crystal Harmony, it has to happen. Otherwise the strands will unravel, causing chaos and panic everywhere." He told me. Then, it hit him like a tsunami. "Fixed point......That's it!" Quillton whooped in delight. Me and Mocha were confused. "The reason we remember Galaxy. It's because we were already there!" He told us.

         "So, that means it's already happened? That we save Galaxy and stopped Comet?" I asked. Quillton nodded.

         "In our future, yes. However, you and Galaxy won't have a future if we don't go right now!" He said. Soon, the three of us were racing to Twilight's castle to see if she had any spells for Time Travelling. Fortunately she did, but it was tricky. However, in order to do it, we needed to collect a few ingredients. A thorn from the Plunder Vines,  the Thaumaturgy Gemstone, which we still had, and the Terror's broken mirror, which we also still had. "OK, we've got the stone and the mirror. Somepony has to get the thorn." Quillton said. I cleared my throat and whistled innocently.

          "I'm guessing it's not a good idea to send Crys." Mocha said. Quillton nodded. Then he sighed.

          "I'll go. I know how to safely remove a Plunder Vine thorn without it touching my bare skin." Quillton said. Mocha seemed confused. The white earth pony groaned. "If you touch a Plunder Vine thorn with your bare hooves or any exposed skin, the effects are kind of crazy." He explained. "Let's see, there's hallucination, nausea, paranoia, and one last effect. Ah, yes! Madness." He explained. I gulped. Me and Mocha nodded, waiting for Quillton an hour later.

          "Think he's OK?" Mocha asked me. I shrugged. Mocha sighed. "Quillton's taking the situation just as hard as you, Crys. Galaxy was his buddy, his partner in all scientific endeavors." She told me.

          "Well, he is my husband. Mocha, I'm fucking worried. Like Quill said, soon the strands of time will unravel and we'll all forget my husband if we don't succeed. According to Quillton, the time jump spell he found will put us a few hours before Comet, long enough to stop him from undoing what he did. Then, me, Galaxy, and Melody will still have a future together." I explained. Mocha nodded.

           "OK, and if it doesn't work? I'm just asking." The coffee mare asked me. I shook my head, not wanting to think about it. Suddenly the door jingled, and there stood Quillton, bruised and battered, with a small rip in his shoulder.

            "Don't ask." He told us, noticing where we were staring. "Fighting Plunder Vines is a lot harder than you think. But!" Quillton spun the thorn. "Got the thorn. Now then, let's get to it, shall we girls?" He asked. We nodded and put the ingredients together. "OK, here we go." Quillton said. Then, Castiel appeared out of nowhere.

             "I'm going with you." He told us. I looked at him.

             "Castiel, this isn't....." I started before the angel cut me off.

              "Yes, it is. Comet has unraveled time, and I must aid you to fix it. I can help you defend against him should you be attacked. Plus, I've been in Galaxy's memory, I can guide us to the day he met you all." He said. Couldn't say no to that.

              "Alright, let's go then." Quillton said as the portal to the past opened up in front of us. Castiel walked in front, guiding us through to the day Galaxy met all of us. Hopefully, we arrived there before Comet did. I hoped my Galaxy was going to come back to me once we were finished fixing the time stream, as we plunged into unknown territory.