ESF: The Return of Comet Nebula

     As we emerged through the other end of the portal, the four of us came out in mid air. Quillton yelped as he started to fall, me and Castiel flapping our wings. Mocha use a teleport spell to safely get her to the ground. She used her magic to slow Quill's descent. Quillton looked up at us as me and Cass floated down. "Pegasai." He groaned. "I wish I was a pegasus like Galaxy." He complained. I giggled before I looked around.

     "Where are we?" I asked. Quillton stood up, dusting himself off.

     "When are we, Crystal dearie." He corrected. I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "Anyways, I believe this is the day all of us met Galaxy. According to our time of arrival, Comet's not here yet." He explained to us. I gasped.

      "That means I can save Galaxy!" I exclaimed, starting to take off. Quillton grabbed my left hind-leg, causing me to yelp in surprise.

      "Whoa! Whoa! Easy there, Crystal!" He told me as he pulled me down. "Listen to me, we're in Galaxy's past. That means Galaxy doesn't know any of us yet. If his past self so much as even sees us, we expose him to our future and risk altering our timeline." Quillont explained, Castiel agreed.

       "Quillton is correct. In order for our timeline to revert back to how it was, we cannot affect Galaxy's past. All we have to do is stop Comet from altering today." The angel explained. Mocha and I were still confused.

        "OK, let me simplify this for you, girls." Quillton groaned. "If we don't stop Comet, we're all doomed. OK?" He asked. Me and Mocha nodded. "Simple minds." Quillton muttered to himself as he paced in a line.

        "So, how do we know when Comet arrives?" Mocha asked Quillton. He looked at Castiel.

        "I should be able to sense Comet when he arrives. Due to his essence being corrupted, I should be able to pick up on him easier than one of you." Castiel explained, glancing around.

         "Plus, change anything, change everything." Quillton warned. Me and Mocha looked at him with confused looks. "Look, our world as we know is the result of past events that have already transpired. If, for whatever reason those events fail to happen, well, then our future could drastically change, and not in the good way. You all remember Back to the Future Parts I and II?" Quillton asked. Mocha nodded.

          "Right! Marty altered the past and stopped his parents from meeting, and as a result, he began to not exist!" Mocha exclaimed. "Then, Biff or whatever that guy's name was changed Hill Valley with that sports almanac thingy and Marty's hometown was a living nightmare." Mocha added. Quillton nodded.

          "Exactly. So, how did he fix that? He made sure his parents met at the dance that one night, then went back in time and stopped Biff from getting that almanac by burning it. Just, treat the past like Back top the Future, and we all should be fine." Quillton told us. Meanwhile, about an hour later, Galaxy's brother arrived, landing flat on his face. Comet got up and shook his head.

            "Well, that could've been a better landing." He sighed as he fixed his stetson. "Now, if my calculations are right, this should be the day my brother meets those friends of his." Comet smirked. Then, he looked around town and groaned. "This could take awhile." He said as he set off, not knowing we were here. I poked my head out of a bush, yelping as Mocha pulled me back in by my tail.

             "Mocha! Careful! It took two hours to get my tail looking good!" I warned. Mocha rolled her eyes. Castiel looked around grimly.

             "We must tread carefully. Comet cannot yet discover that we are here." The angel said. We nodded and headed out. I flew by Mocha.

             "Wonder where our Comet is." I wondered. Quillton raced up.

             "Probably in his castle laughing it up that his plan succeeded. Ooh, when I get my hooves on Comet, he's going to wish he never messed with us. No pony, especially Galaxy's brother fucks with us like that and gets away with it." Quillton said. Suddenly, we all stopped cold in our tracks. A young pegasus with a black mane and tail and brown eyes was coming out of a cottage, heading to what seemed like a school.

             "Ponyville Elementary!" I gasped, recognizing the young pegasus. "That's Galaxy! Ohh, he's about to never meet us! We have to stop Comet, now!" I shouted. The others nodded and darted after me, making sure Comet didn't screw up the timeline. Back in our time, Melody was worried. She was with Soul, who thankfully also remembered Galaxy. Soul decided to stay behind and watch my daughter. Just as me, Mocha, Castiel, and Quillton arrived at the school, Comet was chuckling to himself. Young Galaxy was walking around when he and I both noticed a shy, purple pegasus sitting alone on a bench. I gasped.

               "Crystal, that's you." Mocha gasped. She was right. The purple pegasus was in fact me, but younger. She was more shy, and barely spoke. We hid behind a bush and saw Comet advancing. I took a deep breath and flew out of the bush. "Crystal, no!" Mocha called. Too late. I stopped right in front of Comet, defending younger me and Galaxy. Comet shook his head in disbelief.

                "Crystal?!" He yelped. I stood my ground, my face burning with anger. Comet growled. "So! You time-traveled to stop me from undoing this time-line, which means I already un-did it once before, huh?" He asked. I didn't reply. All I was focused on was defending me and Galaxy. That's when Mocha, Quillton, and Castiel piled on top of Comet, pinning him down. I turned to my younger self and Galaxy.

                  "What's going on?" Young Galaxy asked. I sighed and smiled.

                  "Hey, you see that purple pegasus on the bench there?" I asked. Young Galaxy turned and nodded. "She could really use a friend to be there for her." I whispered. Galaxy turned and smiled.

                   "It looks like she does." He said, walking over to her. Younger me turned to face him. Castiel had Comet chained while Mocha and Quillton watched the scene unfold.

                    "Hello." Younger me said in a shy voice. Galaxy smiled.

                    "Hi. I'm Galaxy." He said. Younger me shifted her mane out of her eyes.

                     "Crystal." She replied. Soon, the two of them were playing and giggling like they were best friends. The portal back to our time opened and we went through. I looked around, and to my surprise, there was no sign of my husband.