Three ponies sat in a shadowy room. The only thing that let them see was a dim candle in the centre of the table, which cast an eerie glow upon the cherry red liquid in the plastic cups.
"See I told you this tasted better than that nasty tea you always make me drink!" One of the Ponies spoke up
"I offered you a cup of tea; you were the one who drank the whole thing, and that was once!" The second pony rolled her eyes
"Look, now is not the time to get into another one of your arguments!" The third pony interrupted. She reached for her drink but ended up spilling it "arragh! Does this room have to be so dark?"
The second pony levitated her cup "One must always have a dark and mysterious room for dark and mysterious meetings."
"Honestly, I thought you would have been in this whole mess long enough at this point to understand that." The first pony adjusted her hoodie
"You two have issues."
"And you don't like it when we know more than you." The first pony countered
The third pony scowled "What do you mean?"
"Well would you look at this? Our happy little know it all knows nothing at all!" The first pony smirked
"That was rude yet brilliant." The second pony took a sip then turned to the third pony "Well we're from after this is all over; although we have reason to believe it's not over yet, yet the current problem you are dealing with is over, we are still dealing with what is technically the same problem but different, considering that we were actually always dealing with that problem but differently, so in some ways we are dealing with that problem because it's not over till it's over, I need an example here…"
"Pilot fish." The first pony said simply
"Yes! Pilot fish, an absolutely perfect example for what we're dealing with!"
"Why thank you!"
"Pilot fish? What's that supposed to mean? And what does that have to do with anything?"
"The point being that we are very used to you knowing everything cause the you we are always meeting is from the future and knows more than us. Now why were you here again?"
"The pony who has the journal, Derpy Hooves, she was arrested and the book was apprehended."
"Well that's a bit unfortunate isn't it?"
"And I need your help to get the book out of their hooves."
"And why do you want the book so badly?" The first pony leaned forward "What is so very important about this book that you have to have it? Is it worth something? Does it have any Sentimental value?"
"Oh don't pretend that you don't know, that thing could be the answer to this whole problem, I just want to know what's happening okay?"
The two mares stared at her for a few seconds, looked at each other than back to her
"Fine." The second pony finally said "Your best bet is to get Derpy out of there, wherever she goes, the journal goes."
The first pony tossed her a USB stick "This has all the R.I.F.T. security information, everything you need to get the job done, It's a heavily encrypted though, haven't had the time to unravel it yet" she took sip of the drink "besides, you need a good puzzle."
"But I'm not any good with computers" She stared at her for a few seconds "I'm gonna have to contact past you aren't I?"
"Yes."
"Well, then "The third pony stood up "I'd better get going." She walked towards the door
"Surprise?" The second pony asked
The white earth pony turned around with a dramatic flick of her yellow mane "Yes?"
"Don't do anything stupid."
She grinned "When have I done anything stupid?"