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"The Diary of Yesterday"
Chapter 1
It was a beautiful day in Nebraska. Megan, Molly, Patrick and some of their pony friends were spending two weeks at Abby's house. Abby and Mike had gone on a vacation to the beach, along with Brooke. That meant Megan and her sister, along with their friends had the house to themselves. Julie was spending time with Charlotte.
While Firefly and Patrick did the double inside out loop in the safety and seclusion of Megan's backyard/corn field, Megan, Molly, Fizzy, Baby Rainbow Star and Baby Lofty were busy inside. Megan had wanted to clean out the attic and she had asked her sister and friends to help.
Danny hadn't wanted to do it at first. He had called it "girlswork", all because Megan had turned it into a game for her younger sister and the baby ponies. That automatically made Danny not want to help. He decided to retire to the TV room with Surprise. They were going to play a few games of Super Nintendo.
About twenty minutes after Danny had left, he returned.
"Come to help us?" Megan asked, knowing the answer was most likely no.
Danny shook his head.
"You kidding? The only cleaning I do is my room and the living room and that's back at home."
Megan swatted him playfully with a pillow.
"Well, if you didn't come in here to help us," Megan said, "then what are you doing here?"
"I came to ask my dear younger cousin something." He turned to Molly, who looked up from the box of old toys she was going through. "Hey squirt, what season of "Punky Brewster" Is "Divorce: Anderson Style" in?"
Molly thought for a moment and then said, "Third Season, sixth episode."
"Thanks," Danny said, before leaving the room.
Megan smiled at her little sunshine. She certainly knew her "Punky Brewster" well.
After Danny left, there was a crash. Megan sighed, but giggled. She knew Fizzy had done it.
"I'm sorry, Megan," Fizzy said, blushing a little. "I didn't mean it."
"Aw, it's okay," Megan said. "Let's just clean it up." She came over and started helping Fizzy clean up the mess. As she put the last thing back into the box, Baby Rainbow Star came over to her mother and asked, "Mama, what dis?" She had a book in her small front hooves. She placed it on the floor and Megan took it carefully in her hands. The cover was a worn blue with some faded writing on it. As she glanced at it, Molly came over to her and looked over her shoulder.
"The Diary of Yesterday," Molly read. She sat down beside Megan and Baby Lofty crawled into Molly's lap. She thought of Molly as her best friend and a big sister.
"I wonder what's inside." Megan said.
"Well, there's only one way to find out," Molly said.
Fizzy came over and stood beside Molly. She nuzzled her and Molly suddenly felt the need to jump on her back. She didn't know why, Something was telling her to.
"Here goes nothin'!" Megan said.
Baby Rainboe Star crawled into her mother's lap and clung on for all it was worth.
As Megan opened the diary, it looked ordinary enough, but as Megan and her friends learned a long time ago, looks can be deceiving. Very deceiving.
Just then, Patrick and Firefly came in. They wanted to see what was up.
"Hey!" Firefly said. "What cha up to, my sweet girl?" She asked, using her special name for Megan.
"Just looking through this old diary," Megan answered. "I found it after Fizzy knocked over some boxes."
Patrick came over and patted Megan's shoulder.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" He said. "Open it."
Megan giggled and did so. As she flipped to the first page, a strange light suddenly shot out of the book and surrounded all of them! It whirled and swirled until it had engulfed everyone in the room and soon Megan felt as if she was being pulled against her will. She held onto Baby Rainbow Star tightly and Patrick held onto her hand with his left while gripping Firefly as gently as he could. Fizzy and Molly were on Patrick's other side and Baby Lofty was in Molly's arms.
As the wind died down, Megan felt herself fall onto hard, dirt. She got up, brushed herself off and made sure that the others were okay.
"IS everyone all right?" Megan asked.
"Fantastic," Firefly said, shaking out her wings.
"Yeah," Fizzy said. "What was that all about?"
Megan shrugged.
"I'm not sure," she glanced over and was relieved to see that Molly and Baby Lofty were okay. She then glanced down to see that Baby Rainbow Star was shaking. "Aw, shh, it's okay, sweetheart. You're all right. Mama has you. It's okay." She gave her daughter a kiss and turned to the others. "We have to figure out where we are." She said. She touched her neck and sighed with relief. The Rainbow of Light was still there.
"Wow!" Firefly said aloud. "When that Diary said Yesterday, it really meant it. Look!" She pointed to a farm that looked like it was about two hundred years old.
"Oh no!" Megan said, feeling the blood drain from her face. "Don't tell me we've…."
"Traveled back in time!" Patrick finished.
"I'm afraid so," a voice said from behind them.
Megan whirled around to see a farmer who looked to be three years older than Mike standing there. He looked curiously at them. "What year do you come from?" He asked.
"1989," Megan replied.
"Wow!" The man said. "Well, I hate to tell you, little lady, but you and your friends are further away from home than you think."
"What do you mean?" Firefly asked.
The man regarded her strangely for a moment. He then answered her question.
"Well, todays date is June 14, 1896."
Megan gasped as realization finally hit. She felt a wave of guilt wash over her. It was all her fault that they were in this mess. If she hadn't opened the diary, then this would never have happened.
Patrick and Firefly saw her face and quickly tried to reassure her.
"It's not your fault, my sweet girl," Firefly said, nuzzling Megan. 'I promise."
"Firefly's right," Patrick said.
"If it's anyone's fault," Fizzy said, "it's mine."
"It isn't your fault, either, Fizzy," Patrick said. "You guys didn't know this was gonna happen. Good grief, I sound like Mike."
"How we get out of here, Megan?" Baby Lofty asked.
"I don't know," Megan replied. "But we'll find a way, don't worry."
Patrick began thinking. He put his hand on his chin, and stared up at the sky. This was how he always thought hard and long about something.
"Ponyland!" Patrick shouted. "We gotta get to Ponyland!"
"But we can't!" Firefly shouted. "It probably doesn't exist yet!"
"Why Ponyland, Patrick?" Megan asked.
"Uncle Mike's great-great-great-great so on and so on and so on
grandfather!" Patrick shouted. "You know, Samuel Collins? The one Mike's always talking about?"
"What about him?" Megan asked.
"I don't get it, either," Fizzy replied, shaking her head.
"Maybe he can help us," Patrick explained.
"Patrick, you're crazy," Firefly said. "Samuel Collins probably isn't even still alive to help us! It's only 1896, Samuel Collins was casting spells three hundred years from where we were, and . . . ."
"And Mike was going through his old family history last week. He found Samuel, and according to that, he died in 1902. Sorcerers live for a long, long, LONG time, Firefly."
"You've been reading Harry Potter again, haven't you?" Megan asked, only half teasing.
"Trust me, you guys," Patrick said, ignoring Megan's comment, "I know what I'm talking about. We need a Rainbow to get to Ponyland!"
"I think maybe I can help with that," Megan replied. She opened the heart shaped locket around her neck, and the Rainbow of Light came out of it. It swooped underneath everyone's feet, and carried them to Ponyland. Or the Ponyland of that time.
"Where Paradise Estate, Mama?" Baby Rainbow Star asked.
"Where Lullabye Nursery?" Baby Lofty asked.
"Where's Applejack's apple orchard?" Molly asked. "And Cherries Jubilee's cherry trees? And Posey's garden?"
"They don't exist yet my spunky Punky," Patrick said.
"But Dream Castle does," Firefly said. "That's been there since we all moved to Ponyland."
"All we have to do now is see if we can find Samuel Collins," Patrick said. "Oh man, I wish Uncle Mike was here."
"So do I," Fizzy said. "I'm nervous."
The group walked along until they reached a clearing by a stream, where the Sea Ponies often swam. But there were no Sea Ponies there now. Only a man with red hair and emerald eyes. He was wearing a green outfit and holding a magic wand with a shamrock on top. He was waving the wand around, creating multi-colored birds with long, flowing tail feathers. Furthermore, he could have been Mike's twin brother.
"Uncle Mike!" Baby Lofty shouted. "That Uncle Mike's magic wand, and that Uncle Mike!"
"Uncle Mike here too!" Baby Rainbow Star cheered.
"That's not Mike," Patrick said. "That's who we're looking for."
"He sure looks like Mike," Molly said. "How do you know it isn't him, Patrick? After all, that's Mike's magic wand he's using."
"It's Samuel!" Fizzy exclaimed. "I remember the picture the Moochick showed us, and Mike looks exactly like his
great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather!"
Patrick nodded. But he wasn't sure if he wanted to go down there and bother Samuel while he was working. Patrick didn't want to be rude, but this was an emergency.
"Maybe we ought to wait until he stops working," Patrick said.
"No way!" Firefly shouted. "I'm gonna go talk to him right now!"
"Firefly, wait!" Megan shouted.
But Firefly wasn't going to listen. She flew down to Samuel, did the double inside out loop, and tossed him on her back. He wasn't too thrilled with the pink Pegasus.
"What is the meanin' of this?!" He shouted. "I demand an explanation!"
"Boy, you're related to Mike all right," Firefly said. "Same Irish accent and slight temper! Listen, Samuel, we need your help."
Samuel held on tightly, but the minute Firefly landed, he jumped off her back and glared at her. He took out his magic wand and pointed it at Firefly.
"Hey!" Megan shouted, running to protect her mother figure. She jumped on Firefly's back and stared Samuel in the eye. "You hurt my Mom, you'll find out what the Rainbow of Light can really do."
"Holy macanoli!" Molly exclaimed. She as proud of her eldest sister.
"Sweet girl, calm down," Firefly cautioned, "I think Samuel can be reasoned with."
Megan took a deep breath and nodded. She would give him a chance to prove it.
Samuel thought for a moment. He laughed at the name the pony had called the girl with dark blonde hair. He was smart enough not to comment. He didn't want to hurt an innocent girl and he certainly didn't want to really mess with a pony who could fly. He lowered his wand and gave Megan a glare.
"I'm glad we agree with each other," Megan said. She remained on Firefly and hung on as she performed her double inside out loop just for fun. She wanted to help Megan calm down.
"That girl really loves you," Samuel said, speaking for the first time since Firefly had landed.
"You got that right, " Megan said, still glaring at Mike's grandfather. "And I would do ANYTHING for her as well as my sister, friends and my boyfriend." she gestured to Fizzy, Molly, Patrick, Baby Rainbow Star and Baby Lofty.
Samuel nodded and smiled for the first time.
"You have a heart as big as Ponyland." He said. "I admire that. What do you need my help for?"
Megan sighed with relief. She dismounted from Firefly, sat down and explained everything that had happened.
:"And now we can't get back home!" Fizzy said. "Can ya help us Mr. Collins?, please"
Samuel thought for a moment. Then said. "I can try, but I'm warnin' ya now, I haven't been that good at time travelin' myself. I can't guarantee that you'll end up back home."
Megan shivered at this as Baby Rainbow Star buried her face in her shoulder.
"Okay." Patrick said, while climbing on Firefly, "we'll take our chances."
Samuel nodded and smiled at Patrick.
"You are a boy of adventure. Like to take risks, huh?"
"More than you know," Fizzy said, smiling at Patrick.
Firefly nodded and nuzzled Patrick.
"Yup. That's my kiddo."
Molly and Megan giggled as they came over to stand next to Fizzy and Firefly.
"All right, here goes." Samuel waved his magic wand over the group and Megan felt the sensation of being pulled against her will once again. she relaxed though and let it take her. After the wind cleared however, the group found themselves back in Ponyland. They hadn't gone anywhere.
Patrick frowned and glared at Samuel as the man gave him an apologetic look.
"I told you I wasn't good at this. the only thing I can think of is that there is a reason that my magic wand isnt' sendin' you and your friends back home. It must mean you have something' to do here first."
"What do ya mean?" Fizzy asked. "We came here by accident."
Samuel shook his head and smiled at them sincerely.
"There's one thin' I believe in my heart and that is, there are no accidents. At least not in events."
Megan smiled at him and nodded.
"Well, I guess if we need to stick here, we need to stick here. The only question is now, what do we need to do to get back home?"
"Me hungry Mama," Baby Rainbow Star whined. She only whined if she was really hungry or tired.
"Okay, sweetheart. Let's see what we can find to eat. Hopefully, the kitchen is still in tact." Megan walked towards Dream Castle with everyone else following her. She didn't know her way around Dream Castle as well as she did Paradise Estate. she had only come when the ponies were living in Dream Castle a few times. Three times in fact.
"I'll show you where it is, my sweet girl," Firefly said, sensing Megan's nervousness. "I know my way around here like the back of my…." Her sentence was cut short as they stepped inside. "Where's Dream Castle?"
The group looked around and gasped. This was not the Dream Castle Firefly remembered, or Megan for that matter. It was totally different. It was furnished in a nice way and nothing was broken, but it looked very much like it had been redone.
Megan was just about to suggest to go and ask Samuel for help when a pony came out of the door on their right. She looked royal.
"Princess Tiffany?" Patrick asked, recognizing her at once.
"Certainly not!" The blue Pegasus said rather indignently. "I am Princess Moon Song and you are trespassing on my castle. Now if you wouldn't mind, get out!"
Patrick rolled his eyes and Firefly glared at Princess Moon Song with something of loathing on her face.
Baby Rainbow Star whimpered in her mother's arms and Baby Lofty buried her face in Molly's shoulder.
Just then, Molly spoke up.
"You can't just ask us to leave!" She exclaimed. "This is our home too."
"Way to go my precious peanut!" Firefly said, giving Molly a patt with her front right hoof. "Tell her whose boss."
Molly grinned, but her grin was replaced with a frown as Princess Moon Song called, "Guards! Guards! Put them in the dungeon!"
"Oops!" Molly said, looking at Megan with an apologetic stare. "Holy macanoli, I just made a huge mistake!"
"I'd say you did, my little sunshine," Megan said, "but you were brave and that I'm proud of you for." She then jumped on Firefly as Molly jumped on Fizzy. Fizzy winked out and Firefly took to the air. Before the guards could catch them, the group was gone. They headed outside and down the path leading to the mushromp.
"Maybe the Moochick can help us," Fizzy said, trying to catch her breath.
"Somehow I don't think that the Moochick is even alive," Megan said. "Maybe his anscestor can help."
Fizzy nodded and followed the familiar path while Firefly followed in the air. Something told Megan that they were more likely to run into pigs who could fly, then getting help from whoever lived in the mushromp. But she was willing to try anything if it would get them back home…