Author's Note: This chapter is filler and does not move the story ahead. It only explains the history of Captain Gutt and his crew and how they've gotten their equipment and met the mane six. You could basically skip this chapter, unless you want to hear those answers. If you want the answers, or if you're just interested at all, go right ahead by all means!

Inside some studio, three ponies sat together at a desk, staring straight into a camera.

"Hello, everypony," said the purple one. "I'm Twilight Sparkle."

"I'm Pinkie Pie!" The pink one followed.

"I'm Rarity," said the white.

"And I'm Batman," Hissed a voice from the shadows.

The three startled mares turned to the shadows, trying to see the source of the horrifying voice. In the darkness though, they could only make out his eyes. They all simply looked at the shadow confused before a voice off screen called out to them.

"Just ignore him for now, girls."

The three ponies turned back to the camera, and Twilight cleared her throat and smiled before she continued.

"A lot of you probably have a lot of questions about this story. Things like 'Where did Gutt get those talismen?' and 'how does Gutt know Twilight and her friends?'."

"Well the wait is over!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Because right now, ALL will become clear!" She spoke in a dark foreboding tone at the last statement.

Rarity cleared her throat as she began the tale. "It all started with Doctor Whooves and Derpy, who were on another time-traveling adventure in their time machine, and traveled back to the Ice Age, where Gutt and his crew found them out at sea. Gutt was fascinated by the time machine-"

"I think it's called the Tardis, Rarity," Twilight interrupted.

"Ah, yes, sorry," Rarity nodded as she continued. "So the crew tortured the Doctor and Derpy into telling about how to use the Tardis, and so they used it to jump ahead into Equestria, in our time."

"Amazed by the new world, and all the new foods to try, they robbed a few small towns searching for food like they normally did," Twilight continued, "But as their amazing new adventures continued, Gutt set his sights on magic. He wanted to use it to become more than what he already was; to steal more food, to crush more of his enemies, to become a greater pirate than he ever dreamed of!"

"Eventually," Pinkie picked up, "they ran into the Diamond Dogs, and started this underground trade with them. The crew would go around stealing gems and gold instead of just food, trading regular with the dogs to buy enchanted gemstones."

"Yes, the diamond dogs actually have them," Rarity added. She glanced at the clock. "Oh!" She squeaked before turning back to the camera. "And now, a word from our sponsor!"

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(He passes by a vault where thousands of gleaming gems are seen.)

"Woo! Just look at all of 'em! Can't you imagine yourself with one of these? To wear as jewelry? To decorate your house? Oh, and let's not forget the magic gems again!"

(A clip of creatures with magic gems goes by, doing all sorts of things: Causing explosions, levitating things, conjuring storms, becoming invisible.)

"You think you got cool powers in Bioshock? You ain't seen nothing!"

"We take bits of course, but we have other deals! Just bring us a few of your regular gems, and trade them in for an enchanted gem! Or visa-versa!"

"Here at Diamond Dogs', we ensure our customer's 100% satisfaction, or their money-back!"

(Fido pops out from a rock)

"You hear that, folks?" Fido repeated. "We give refunds! How many places you know these days give refunds?"

Captain Gutt - Satisfied Customer

"Well, ya see," Gutt began as he sat in his chair, "My crew and I were planning to rob this bank thing, and no way we could go up against unicorns without magic of our own, so we got a few gems came to Diamond Dogs, and now look at what I got!" He lifted his arm, revealing a gauntlet with an orange gem embedded in the palm.

"And now look what I can do!" He raised his hand, and there was a large boom that shook the camera and blasted a large whole in the wall. "Pretty cool, huh?"

Trixie

Trixie sits in the same chair, wearing an evil-looking amulet with a red stone around her neck. "I came looking for a magical gem that could hopefully improve my magic, and they sold me this amulet here," She said. "It really works, I must say. Now, I can truly feel like The Great and Powerful Trixie!"

Princess Luna

Princess Luna now sits in the chair, wearing a beautiful necklace and a tiara, and a few bracelets on her legs.

"I know many don't trust the diamond dogs," She says, "and frankly I can see why. They have good reason for that. But they're good at what they do; collecting gems. And they know how to drive a hard bargain. I-I don't know. I just waltzed in and the teenage foal in me just awakened, you know? I was all like 'I'm going shopping!' I guess you can see that here, right?" She held up her jewelry to show the cameral.

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"Welcome back!" Pinkie exclaimed as the camera returned to the desk. "And now, back with the story!"

"So Gutt and his crew started using their magic gems to pull off tougher heists, finding greater treasures and beating greater enemies," Twilight continued. "So many had tried to stop him. The authorities were all over the place looking for him, a few towns had bounties on his head... it was crazy! It wasn't long before he set his sights on the biggest target of his reign!

"He set his sights on the Royal Canterlot Talisman Bank! A vault that held countless artifacts and talismans. A vault only Princess Celestia and Princess Luna could open."

"He ponynapped Blueblood and Cadence and held them hostage to force Celestia to open the vault for them," Pinkie continued.

"Inside the vault, they found all kinds of magic gems," Rarity added. "Much more than the Diamond Dogs could provide them."

"One of the things they found was that crystal ball you've seen before," Twilight went on. "It has the power to look into different time periods and dimensions, and lets its user jump to them. They used the ball to make their escape back to their time zone, bringing most of the magic gems with them."

"Since then," Rarity picked up, "They've been taking their powers for joyrides, jumping all over time and space, robbing the innocent as they went along. They've shown their faces back in Equestria a few times as a matter of fact."

"And since then," Twilight continued, "the six of us have actually been tasked by Celestia to try and stop Gutt. Not just to stop the robberies, but also because if he keeps jumping across time and space like this, it will eventually rip apart the space-time continuum!"

"It's complicated," Pinkie whispered. "I mean, what happened to the simple story about getting the train over the mountain to the town here?"

"Pinkie's right," Rarity nodded. "That space-time aspect is another story. The focus of this one is on getting the birthday train over the mountain."

"Seems like a pretty big thing to leave out, don't you think?" Batman asked from the shadows.

"Again, we're just keeping it simple here," Twilight replied.

"And that still doesn't explain where they got that Truck from," Batman added.

"Well, you're a detective, right?" Rarity said, a little snobbishly. "It's quite simple. They jumped ahead to the future, where cars and trucks exist, and stole a truck. It makes land travel much easier for them."

"What doesn't make sense to me though," Twilight added, "is that why didn't they grab some useful weapons? Like guns or tasers? Or anything else they have in the future?"

"Gutt's a simple guy with simple tastes," Pinkie shrugged.

"Oh, and another thing," Rarity added. "You may have noticed that the boar from Gutt's crew is not in this story."

"What's that guys name again?" Pinkie asked. "I think it was Borris, right?"

"It's Dobson," Twilight answered. "And he died on one of the heists that the crew was on, I think."

"But really, who cares?" Rarity asked. "He was the LEAST interesting of the pirates. I remember nothing about him from the movie."

"Yeah, that guy was boring!" Pinkie said, rolling her eyes. "All he was good for pretty much was head-butting people."

"Well, anyway," Twilight said with a smile after a deep breath, "We hope this helps the story make more sense to all of you. Thank you for reading, and we'll see you next chapter!"

She, Rarity, and Pinkie all smiled and waved at the screen. When the director shouted "cut!", Pinkie turned back to the shadow.

"So, Batman, how did you-"

She stopped when she noticed that Batman was not there. She scratched her head, trying to figure out where he went, but then decided to ignore it. After all, it's Batman!

"Okay, who's up for pizza?" She asked, turning to her two friends. They both smiled and nodded as they all got up from their desk and headed for the door, chatting away.

Down the hall, they passed buy one conference room with the door open. Inside, Shira was on a laptop, skyping with Diego. Raz came over and sat down beside her, a coffee mug in each hand.

Author's Note: That note about the space-time continuum, I thought of making an actual story about that idea. I was going to title it Captain Gutt: Master of Time and Space. I don't think I'm ever going to get to it though, so I'm offering it up for adoption to anyone who wants to try.