"You see, Morty! Candy did not need our help! She will be fine!" By the time Rick finished his sentence they were already in the garage.

"Yeah, but it was still really great to take her to that place and have some talk. You got very emotional, it was like you have known her for a very long time and…"

"Oh, really Morty? If you did not say, I would never have noticed!

"Wait, did you know her before?... ...Stucking in the 1910s was just a setup! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? Did you killed her parents and that Anthony guy and made Terry marry the other girl just to make her suffer? WHAT KIND OF DISGUSTING GAME WERE YOU PLAYING WITH HER AND ME, TOO?"

"Slow down you idiot! Yes, I knew Candy. And yes, actually the portal gun was functional all along. But I have never caused her any harm. I utterly respect her! Besides, I don't intervene in the past. I learned that from Candy!"

"Then how did you meet? And why did not she remember you?"

"Because we met later, Morty. (And propably I met another version of her.) Candy is, was your grandma's grandma! Why do you think I married Diane? And why do you think I divorced her? She was just like Candy! No, actually Candy is much nicer!... …Of course, I would never see her in a romantic way, that would be gross!"

"But you did not reveal this to me! I really liked her, too!"

"Of course, Morty. Everybody loves her! And fortunately, you and Summer still carry on some of her best qualities, I mean inner qualities, you both have a noble heart. (Beth is more like me and less like her.) But Jerry's genes took their toll on the freckles and the blond hair! I always thought that Candy's greatest mistake was nurturing that cowardly and mediocre Annie, incapable of living! Well, she married that Archie, and their worst characteristics are still manifesting in your father, and occasionally in you two as well!"

"Oh, Annie again, Granpa! I think she eventually grew a backbone. She was a bitch in that lame Catholic school, though! I really admire Candy that she could forgive her, I told her many times not do so."

"Summer! When did Rick take you to the past?"

"I did a project on Edwardian boarding schools three months ago. But Rick used it only as an excuse to introduce me to his idol!"

"Yeah, Morty. You know my secret. So what, I really like a person from the past, who was also my ex-wife's grandmother. No big deal."

"Actually, Rick. I think that's a good thing. Your admiration for Candy show that you have, have some morality." Morty was being honest. "By the way, are you sure that our revelation to Candy will have no effect on the future?"

"Don't worry about that. Travelling through a portal for those who do not eat much plastic food causes short term memory loss. She will only remember our visit to Pony Home as a dream…"

"So what happened to Candy? Whom did she marry? And what happened to the others?"

"Well, Stear died in the war a few days after we left… But I had a very good reason to hide this from you, Morty! There is no dimension where Stear survived and you also exist. Actually, in most of these dimensions, Stear still controls the Earth and I am only his weirdo sidekick."

"But I am not gonna tell you more. If you knew Diane's mother's family name, you would not ask whom had Candy married.

"Well, could you tell me, Rick?"

"You can look it up yourself! Anyway, you have already met her "he". But you should start from the beginning. I have just found a dimension where the Japanese made a shojo manga and anime about her teenage life! It's from the seventies and it's brilliant, kids."

"Is shojo only for girls?"

"You are very narrow-minded Summer! I bet both of you will love it. Though I don't think you should tell any of your friends that you watched it, Morty! Spoiler: one of my ancestors almost raped Candy, but she turned him into good person!"

"I hope that he was not you actually travelling in the past!..."

"No Morty, but I will have some cameos in the anime as well!

"..."

Candy got up and started to prepare for the day. At breakfast, she talked about her strange dream to Albert.

"In my dream, Rick and Morty dropped by and they told me that they were from the future. Morty offered me to help my problems with their advanced technology, but I declined. After that, they took me to Pony Hill."

"Interesting... And why did you refuse their help?"

"I don't know. I was in the mood?... Anyway, it was just a dream. I must have dreamed this because I read that book about the Time Traveller.

"The Time Machine? You finished it three weeks ago! I think the dream rather means that you miss Pony Hill. Rick and Morty are also from Michigan!"

"Maybe"

"Anyway, there is a letter from them for you…"

"It says they had to leave town immediately… They were glad that we have met and they are looking forward to seeing me and the others again." Yes, I think we will meet again… But, it's time to go now. I am getting late!

THE END