My Little Pony: A Race Against Time

Chapter 7 - Time Travel, Part 2

Author's Note: "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" belongs to DHX Media and Hasbro.

Also, "The Powerpuff Girls" is owned by Cartoon Network.


When Twilight opened her eyes, she tried to remember the last thing that had happened.

[Crash!]

Pinkie Pie's eyes rolled around in circles, but after shaking her head a few times, they went back to normal.

"Well, that was something new," said Pinkie. "Now, then... oh, hello there!"

...

"Why are you doing that? I'm not Pac-Man."

...

"Um, I can see you, ya know!"

The narrator sighed, and said, "Yes, I know you can, Pinkie... what are you doing here?"

"What do you mean?" asked the pink unicorn. "You brought me here."

"No, I didn't," replied the narrator. "The cloaked pony did."

Pinkie Pie gave a shrug, and said, "Well, somepony did, and now I'm here."

"Then, I hate to disappoint you, Pinkie, but you can't be in here right now."

The party-planning pony continued to ask questions. "Why not?"

"Because that's not how the story goes, okay? Just leave, please..."

Pinkie Pie let out a sigh, and said, "Fine, I'll go... um... ooh, that place looks fun!"

[Whoosh!]

"Well, glad that's over," said the narrator. "Last thing I need is to have Pinkie Pie in some place she doesn't belong..."

"What do you mean?" said Pinkie Pie.

"Gaaah! What the - how'd you get back in here?"

Pinkie Pie tilted her head. "I wasn't here before... I was helping Stardust and Starlight and Discord and-"

"Get back to wherever the hooded pony sent you NOW!"

Pinkie Pie was silent, for a moment, before she said, "Okie dokie lokie!"

[Whoosh!]

The narrator sighed, and said, "Finally... now to get back to Twilight."

However, before he continued the rest of the story, he failed to notice a slight difference between the two times that Pinkie Pie had appeared..


And the last thing that Twilight remembered was-

"Twilight?"

The alicorn stood up on all fours, and opened her eyes to see another familiar pony in front of her.

"Sunset?"

The former student of Princess Celestia gave her a warm smile, and said, "Nice to see you too, Twi - oof!"

Her sentence was cut off after Twilight gave her a tight hug. "I was so worried... I thought something terrible happened to you."

"Well, I mean, I'm still breathing, thank goodness," replied Sunset, trying to be a little comedic.

Twilight chuckled, and said, "I can see that, thanks..."

But then, her expression went from joy to sadness. "My friends were turned to stone by some cloaked pony that I've never even met."

Sunset nodded her head. "Yeah, he mentioned doing something like that before he used his staff to send me... wherever the heck we are."

Twilight looked around, and didn't feel too sure herself about their current location.

"Neither do-"

*gasp* "Oh, my gosh, more talking ponies!"

Sunset looked at Twilight, and asked, "Why are you talking like Pinkie Pie?"

"Huh?" Twilight said, looking at her friend like she was crazy. "I didn't even finish talking."

"Well, then who was-" started Sunset, but then, there was a trio of"whoosh" sounds.

"Wow, Bubbles, you were right!" The voice belonged to a small girl, who was wearing a pink dress with a black stripe, as well as a small red bow in her hair.

"You see? They're so pretty and colorful!" cried the young girl who was floating in the air next to her.

She had on a similar dress, but her color was blue instead of pink, and her yellow hair was tied up in two pigtails... and, for some reason, she sounded similar to Twilight, but at a higher speaking pitch.

"Well, then let's make sure that these two don't escape from us this time," replied the green-dress-wearing little girl.

Sunset gulped, and asked, "Um... any ideas so far, Twilight?"

The alicorn shook her head, yelling, "Run!"

Whoosh!

As they took off, Blossom had a look of determination on her face. "Alright, girls, guess we're going to do this the hard way."

Whoosh!

"Hey, wait for us!" yelled Buttercup, as she raced after her sister.

Whoosh!

"Ooh, ooh, I call the purple one with wings!" exclaimed an excited Bubbles, before joining her sisters in chasing the talking ponies.


Inside the Crystal Castle, the young dragon was still searching for his friends.

"Twilight? Pinkie?" He cried. "I'm sorry I ate the rest of the cotton candy I brought, but I can get mo - whoa!"

He stopped in front of a door that he didn't remember ever seeing before.

"Wow," admired Spike. "It looks a lot like Twilight's Cutie Mark..."

He also noticed the surrounding carvings of the Cutie Marks that belonged to the rest of the Mane Six.

"Twilight!" Spike called out, knocking on the door. "Are you in there?"

Suddenly, Twilight's Cutie Mark started to light up, and Spike stepped back while the doors began to open sideways.

"Twilight...?" Spike carefully entered the room, looking for any sign of-

*gasp*

The little dragon couldn't believe his eyes.

"Spike?"

Before going in, however, Spike turned to see Princess Cadence.

"Oh, hi, your Highness," greeted Spike. "Where's Flurry Heart?"

Cadence smirked at the young reptile. "She's with Shining Armor... but may I ask why you're in this room?"

Spike chuckled nervously, and said, "Well, um, I was looking for Twilight and the others, but then I saw this cool-looking door and-"

Before he could finish, however, Cadence entered the room herself. "Huh..."

"I didn't touch anything!" Spike cried.

The princess laughed, and shook her head. "No, Spike, I'm just surprised that the statues were already done."

Spike went after her, and took a closer look at the five statues of his friends.

To Cadence's amusement, his eyes turned into hearts as he walked over to the one that looked like Rarity.

"Whoever built this was full of talent," said the lovestruck dragon. "They even got her eyes and mane-style right."

Cadence shook her head. "Alright, come on, Romeo, your friends are probably back outside... wouldn't want to damage that perfection, would you?"

"Oh, no, m'am," replied Spike. "I'd hate to think what would happen if Rarity ever found that out!"

He walked away from the statue, and followed Cadence out of the room, with the princess closing the door.

"Well, well, well," chuckled the cloaked pony, floating down from the ceiling. "This might be easier than I thought."


For some reason that she didn't really care about, Pinkie Pie had found herself running across a grassy field.

Huh, I wonder if Stardust - began Pinkie, but then, she heard a familiar voice.

Come on, and smile, smile, smile...

Ooh, I wonder who MisterDavey and Dave Davey are?

Come on, and smile, smile, smile...

Pinkie Pie had a confused look on her face. Why is my voice singing that faster than usual? And who is Foo - oh, my gosh!

She looked in front of her, and saw three of her friends having a picnic by a nice-looking tree.

"Hi, Twilight!" Pinkie Pie yelled, waving her arm in the air.

She saw her friend look up from the book that she'd been reading, and happily waved back at her.

Then, when she finally caught up to Twilight, Pinkie Pie stopped running.

"What's up?" greeted the cheerful pony.

"Hey, Pinkie," said Twilight, smiling up at her. "For a minute there, I didn't think you would stop."

Pinkie Pie rolled her eyes, and said, "Well, duh, if I didn't, then something bad would have probably happened."


Rainbow Dash felt like she had been in a tornado, trainwreck, and thunderstorm all rolled up into one.

I seriously need to stop eating that much at parties.

But before Rainbow could do anything else, she heard a familiar voice.

"Soooo, are we making cupcakes or not?"

The winged pony saw that she was inside a kitchen, with all kinds of mixing stuff in front of her, and next to her was-

"Pinkie Pie? You're okay!"

The pink pony replied, "Um, duh, why wouldn't I be? It's just cupcake baking."

"But you... we... Twilight..." said Rainbow, trying to remember what had happened earlier. "Um... shouldn't we go find the others?"

Pinkie Pie thought about it for a moment, and said, "Okie dokie loki!"

Rainbow chuckled, and began to walk out of the door. "Alright, let's go..."

Pinkie looked at the mallet nearby, simply gave a shrug, and followed Rainbow out of the door.


Author's Note: I apologize if anyone is annoyed by the amount of multiple Pinkie Pie's.