The future is bright.

Chapter 1- the jewel.

In the CMC treehouse, five mares sat, thinking about different ways to earn their cutie marks. The first was a yellow earth pony with a red mane and bow, her name was Applebloom. The second was a white unicorn with a purple and pink mane, her name was Sweetie belle. The third was an orange Pegasus with a purple mane. The fourth was a greyish unicorn with a yellow mane, her name was Dinky. The last was a bright orange earth pony with a dark orange mane, her name was Noi.

Together they called themselves the cutie mark crusaders. Originally they only consisted of the first three ponies, but they extended membership and Dinky and Noi joined up.

"Any ideas?" asked Applebloom

"no." replied Scootaloo

"oh oh!" yelled sweetie belle. "I know!"

"whats yer idea?" asked Applebloom.

"lets try gem collecting!" said sweetie belle. "Rarity does it all the time!"

"gem collecting eh?" said Applebloom. "what do yall think?"

"i think it could work." said Dinky.

"ill try it." said Noi.

"why not?" replied Scootaloo.

"then its settled." said Applebloom. "lets move out!"

Scootaloo rode her scooter into the rocky area where according to sweetie belle, rarity gets her gems from, the crusader's wagon tied onto the back with the four fillies inside.

"this is the place!" said sweetie belle.

Scootaloo stopped the scooter and got off.

"so wheres the gems?" asked Scootaloo.

The other crusaders got out.

"rarity says that she uses some kind of spell to find them." said sweetie belle.

"well we dont have that spell." said Applebloom.

"lets just start digging." said Noi.

The orange pony began to dig using her hooves, she obviously did not care about weather she got dirty or not.

"guess we dig." said Dinky.

Dinky began digging in a different spot.

"ah what the hay." said Applebloom.

Applebloom began to dig.

"i got something!" said Noi.

Noi stopped digging and walked up to the wagon with a diamond in her mouth.

"thats a nice diamond." said sweetie belle. "i bet it would look really nice in a wedding ring."

Scootaloo gaged.

"wedding." said Scootaloo disgusted. "im not getting married, like ever."

"but dont you want to have a family?" asked Noi.

"as if." said Scootaloo. "im too cool for that."

Sweetie belle rolled her eyes.

"i got something too!" said Dinky.

Dinky stopped digging and walked up to the others holding a bizarre white crystal.

"woah." said sweetie belle.

"check this out Applebloom!" said Scootaloo.

Applebloom stopped digging and approached her fellow crusaders.

"what kinda gem is dat?" asked Applebloom.

"beats me." said Dinky.

"rarity never showed me this kind before." said sweetie belle.

"maybe its really rare or something." said Noi.

Without warning the crystal began to glow brightly.

"holy smokes!" said Applebloom.

"whats going on?" asked Scootaloo.

The gem began to glow brighter.

"its too bright!" yelled sweetie belle.

"cover your eyes!" said Noi.

Then in a bright flash, the crusaders and the gem vanished in a bright light.

The crusaders lay asleep in the rocky area, their wagon nowhere in sight.

"ohhhh...." groaned Applebloom as she awoke. "wake up girls."

One by one the crusaders awoke.

"what happened?" asked Noi.

"my scooter!" yelled Scootaloo. "its gone!"

"girls look at the crystal......" said Dinky.

The crystal was now completely black.

"hold onto that." said Applebloom.

Dinky nodded and put the crystal away.

"we should head back to the clubhouse." said sweetie belle.

"this is going to be a long walk." said Applebloom.

The crusaders began a long walk to the clubhouse.

The crusaders walked through sweet apple acres.

"who could have stolen our wagon and scoot's scooter?" asked Noi.

"beats me." said Scootaloo. "but when i get my hooves on them....."

They reached the clubhouse and froze up.

"sweet celestia!" said Applebloom.

The clubhouse was run down and overgrown, as if it hadnt been used for many years.

"what happened to the clubhouse!?" asked Scootaloo.

"maybe that pony over there knows." said Dinky.

Dinky pointed at a yellow mare whose face they could not see pulling a wagon. Applebloom approached the mare.

"scuse me miss." said Applebloom.

The mare turned to face her. She had a red mane with a bow on it and a pair of 2x4s and an apple for a cutie mark. She looked alot like Applebloom.

"yes how can-"

The mare stopped upon seeing Applebloom.

"sweet celestia!" yelled the mare.

"whats going on!?" yelled Scootaloo.

"you cant be here....." said the mare.

"why not?" asked Applebloom.

"because your me...." replied the mare.

Applebloom froze up.

"what!?" said Applebloom.

"your me as a foal." began the mare. "im Applebloom."

The cmc gasped.

"but that means......" said sweetie belle.

Dinky took out the crystal.

"this thing sent us to the future!" said Dinky.

"maybe this aint so bad." said Applebloom. "we can as ourselves what our talent is."

"not sure thats such a good idea." said the older Applebloom. "could tear space and tine apart."

"dont want that." said Applebloom.

"what do we do Applebloom?" asked Noi.

"you talking to me or her?" asked Applebloom.

"just call me bloom." said the older Applebloom.

"well what now bloom?" asked Noi.

"i better get the gang together." said bloom. "think of a plan."

"Whats that noise?" asked a voice.

An orange mare with a long blonde ponytail and a stenson walked in. Applebloom recognized her as applejack, her sister.

"sis?!" asked applejack.

Applejack raised an eyebrow and looked at bloom.

"the hay is going on?" asked applejack.

The five fillies and two grown mares sat in the apple family home, drinking cider while Applebloom explained everything.

"and then i met mahself." said Applebloom.

"time travel eh?" said applejack. "guess that explains why your here."

"so now what?" asked Dinky.

"im going to get the girls." said bloom. "watch me and the girls while im out."

Bloom walked out the door.

"so whats the future like?" asked sweetie belle.

"its good." said applejack. "farm is running better than ever, thanks to mah leadership."

"what happened to granny smith?" asked Scootaloo.

Applejack lowered her head sadly.

"shes not with us anymore." said applejack.

Applebloom lowered her head as well.

"but shes smiling at us from up there." said applejack. "this farm is doing great! Specially since caramel stopped messing things up. Hes been a great worker."

"caramel?" asked Applebloom. "that farmhand who messes things up?"

"well hes my husband now."

Scootaloo spit out her cider at applejack's comment.

"aj and caramel?" said Scootaloo.

"hes real nice once ya get to know him." said applejack.

"big mac must have his work cut out for him." said sweetie belle.

"big mac dont live here no more." said applejack.

Applebloom nearly choked on her cider.

"what!?"

"he moved out after he got married." said applejack.

Without warning the crying of baby foals filled the house.

"kids must have woke up from their nap." said applejack. "ive got to go feed them."

Applejack got up and headed upstairs.

"so lets review." began Applebloom. "caramel and aj got married, big mac doesn't live here anymore, granny smith passed away, and the apple farm is more profitable than ever."

"wonder how future rainbow dash is." said Scootaloo.

Bloom trotted into the house.

"the girls will be here shortly." said bloom.

"why did bog mac leave the farm?" asked Applebloom.

"mac needed to be with his wife." said bloom. "he still comes by to help with the annual harvest."

"what was so important?" said a voice.

Bloom turned to face a white unicorn mare with a long curly purple and pink mane and a bell for a cutie mark. She was the older sweetie belle.

"see for yourself." said bloom.

The older sweetie belle walked into the home and looked at her younger self.

"oh my." said the older sweetie belle.

"i really like your mane." said the younger sweetie belle. "can i call you belle?"

The older sweetie belle smiled.

"why thank you, and belle is fine."

The next pony to enter was a light orange earth pony with a darker orange mane with a carrot and a trowel for a cutie mark. She wore a green visor. She was the older Noi.

The older Noi looked at the young fillies.

"the hay is going on?" asked the older Noi.

The next pony to enter was a greyish colored unicorn mare with a blonde mane and sparkles for a cutie mark. The older Dinky.

"i heard what is this meeting about?" asked the older dinky.

The younger Dinky approached her older self.

"your me, arnt you?" asked Dinky.

"whats going on?" asked the older Dinky. "what am i looking at?"

"its complicated dinks." said bloom.

The next pony to enter was one the younger crusaders didnt recognize. She was a white pegasus mare with a light blue coat and a cloud for a cutie mark.

"whats going on?" asked the mare. "i was kinda in the middle of my job."

The younger crusaders looked at eachother and raised an eyebrow.

"whos that?" asked Applebloom.

The mare looked at the older Applebloom.

"whats with the foals?" asked the mare.

"uh girls, this is cotton cloudy." said bloom. "you haven't met her yet."

"INCOMMING!" yelled a voice.

A orange blur flew through the doorway and collided into a couch. The blur was revealed to be an orange pegasus mare with a purple mane, and a flaming wheel for a cutie mark. She wore a pair of goggles on her forehead.

"Scootaloo!" yelled bloom to the mare.

"sorry bloom." said the older Scootaloo.

"thats me?" asked Scootaloo. "i look awsome!"

The older Scootaloo looked at her younger self.

"is that me?" asked the older Scootaloo.

"can i call you scoots?" asked Scootaloo.

"it would make things less confusing, sure," said the older Scootaloo.

"everypony is here." said dinks, the older Dinky. "start explaining."

Bloom explained everything to her friends.

"time travel?" asked the older Noi.

"do you recall any of it?" asked belle to the older dinky..

"not really." said dinks.

"we should probably find out what that crystal they found was." said cloudy.

"twilight might know." said dinks.

"we cant really go though ponyvile with them without causing a scene." said scoots.

"i might be able to solve that." said belle.

that concludes our first chapter.

Next chapter, the girls go to the library, where they meet With twilight and her husband. Then the CMC learn more about their future selves.