Camille's Time Trial

While the others were going after the Thunder Demon Chi. Camille was in the Dojo of the Rough Riders' London house training with Roxanne as she was testing some of her new powers.

"Training again, Camille?" Roxanne asked.

"Of course. The purpose of this is to unlock some of my other powers. Hopefully by doing this I'll be able to help the team out."

"Well, try not to exert yourself."

"Yes Roxanne. I'll remember that."

As Camille took Roxanne's advice a new power of hers was about to reveal itself as a vortex appeared.

"Okay that's new." Camille said.

"What is it?" Roxanne asked.

"If I had to guess it looks like I unlocked a time vortex. It doesn't seem to be dangerous but just in case have Kira and Tori use the Van to come pick me up just in case."

"Just be careful."

"I will be. I'll be back soon."

Camille then walked through the vortex as she followed it to where it would lead her. She was used to this as it was similar to the vortex that took her to the world where Canterlot High resided. Once she was out of the vortex she found herself in New York City.

"I'm in New York City. But why did the vortex lead me?"

She then head a boy laughing. She looked over and saw a boy roughly around seven to eight running around. It was none other than Dustin Bowers. She could tell it was him due to his trademark sunglasses.

'It's Dustin. But he looks younger. I wonder what's going on today?' she thought.

"Dustin!" Came three voices.

Camille had a good idea as to what was coming next as those voices were familiar to her. She saw it was the Trinity who were also younger.

Dustin looked over, "Girls, what is it?" he asked while sounding a bit annoyed.

"We've been looking for you, Dustin. We wanna play dress up." Janice explained.

"Good for you." he replied dryly.

"And we want you to join us." Rhonda said.

"We've already got an outfit for you to try." Suzy added.

"I pass." Dustin answered.

Camille thought, 'Dustin was right about the Trinity causing him problems since he was young. Still now that I know where they live I could easily tell their parents and give him some help.'

"Get him!" Janie ordered. The three ran for Dustin.

"Oh, jeez!" He ran for it.

Camille saw that even though Dustin was younger in this time period he was still fast for his age, "I can't imagine he can use his spirit energy as well as he can at age 11."

True to Camille's word Dustin was tempted to use his spirit energy to outrun the Trinity but he knew that he needed more training to use it.

"Oh dear. They caught up to him." she gasped.

They dogpiled him, and he couldn't get up. Camille saw that as the Trinity dogpiled him they stuck him in the frilly outfit that they wanted him to wear and she nearly puked at the sight of it.

"Now that is embarrassing. Even I wouldn't be caught dead in something like that."

"Get this off me!" Dustin ordered, as he ripped it off before anyone could see him.

"I better wait to see what Dustin says next." Camille said to herself.

"Why would you do that to me? When I said 'no' I meant no!" Dustin snapped at the trio.

Camille agreed with that as the Trinity spoke next, "We just wanted you have fun with us." Janie answered.

"Yeah. We thought you would've liked it." Suzy added.

"Well, I don't and you're gonna be in for it once I tell your parents!" Dustin warned them.

"You think they'll believe you? You're a boy." Rhonda said.

"So what?"

"Everyone knows little boys like to come up with stuff to get us girls in trouble." Janie said smugly.

Camille thought, 'They obviously are dumber than Dustin said they were if they think Dustin's gonna believe that.'

"I'm still gonna tell them." Dustin stuck true to his threat.

"Restrain him!" Suzy ordered. They dogpiled him again and dragged him over to a tree.

Camille had seen enough and recorded enough footage before she decided it was time to spring into action. She jumped into the fray and freed Dustin from the Trinity's hands.

"Run." She told Dustin.

"Who're you?" Dustin asked in confusion.

"A friend and I'm here to help you. Now go and take this with you," Dustin took the tape and decided to make a break for it. She spoke to the three, "As for you three. Your little line about how everyone thinks little boys like to make up stuff to get little girls like yourself in trouble is a load of garbage."

"How would you know?" Janie challenged.

"You'll find out." The girls were confused.

Right on cue the parents of the Trinity arrived and they didn't look happy to see the girls at all. Dustin was with the parents as well and he had told them everything and showed them the tape.

Dustin watched smugly as each girl got a lecture about their behavior. Camille also watched as each girl was then dragged home by their parents and placed on house arrest for three weeks with no contact with each other in the process.

Dustin smiled, as he himself decided to head home.

Camille then decided to open a time vortex to check on Dustin three weeks from this moment. Once the vortex was opened she walked through it and found herself three weeks from the day she saved Dustin from the trinity.

"Okay I'm back in New York. Now I gotta go check on Dustin and help him sharpen his senses. Knowing the Trinity they're gonna want payback on him in this time and payback on me once I return to the present day.

She went to the park and saw Dustin was doing sit ups with his shirt off.

Camille was about to go talk to him but she sensed that something wasn't right. She then used some magic to pick up the voices of the Trinity and overheard what they were planning to do.

"I can't believe Dustin got us in trouble like that." Janie said in disbelief.

"Don't think that. He must care about us in some way." Suzy said with hope.

"Maybe he just wants to play hard to get. Like boys do in the movies." Rhonda suggested.

Camille shook her head knowing that Dustin didn't care about the Trinity at all and that they were a pest but she then heard what they planned to do about it.

"Don't forget, girls. It wasn't just Dustin who got us into trouble. That older girl also jumped in and helped him." Suzy reminded them.

"If it wasn't for her none of this would've happened." Janie added.

"I hope we never see her again." Rhonda said.

Camille snickered quietly knowing that the Trinity was unaware that she had another tape recorder and had moved in closer to record the conversation.

"Girls, what do you say we finish what we started before that Jezebel interfered?" Janie asked.

"Girl, you know it." Rhonda agreed.

"Not to sound like an idiot but what were we gonna do Dustin before that Jezebel interfered?" Suzy asked.

"We'd tie him to one of the trees until he confessed he loves us." Janie explained.

"And we draw heart symbols on him in the process." Rhonda put in.

"Thanks for reminding me but where is Dustin?" Suzy asked.

"There he is over there doing sit ups." Janie motioned to him.

"Without his shirt." Suzy noticed.

"Now's the time to strike." Rhonda said.

Dustin who finished his exercise was about to grab his shirt. Before he could however he sensed something was not right, "Trouble."

Dustin grabbed his shirt and began to make his way out of the park but what he didn't know was that Camille had heard what the Trinity were up to and that she would help him once again.

The Trinity chased after him with determination.

Camille chased after the Trinity to prevent them from harming Dustin while duplicating the footage and sending it to the homes of the trinity yet again while making sure the Parents heard every word of what was on the tape.

The trio caught Dustin and started dragging him over to a tree, "You won't get away with this. Your parents are gonna put you on house arrest just like they did last time."

"It doesn't have to be this way. Just admit you love us and we'll forget this whole thing." Janie said.

"Not gonna happen!" Dustin shouted.

"Then you leave us no choice." Suzy replied.

Before the trinity could proceed Camille jumped in and kicked them away from Dustin.

"You again?!" Janie asked in annoyance.

"That's right. You didn't really think you'd get away with this did you?"

"Now this is twice I owe you." Dustin said.

"Don't worry about it, now watch closely. I'm about to teach you how to defend yourself."

"Ok."

The Trinity were pissed off at seeing Camille stand in their way not once but twice so they decided to get her only for the older girl to easily beat them back.

"Anything other stupid ploys you wish to try?" Camille smirked.

"Dustin will be ours one day!" Suzy declared.

Camille burst out laughing loudly at that comment.

"What's so funny?!" Janie demanded.

"It's funny because you three are so delusional!"

"We are not." Rhonda replied.

"Yeah you are."

"We don't have to say anything to you." Suzy said.

"Now get away from Dustin." Janie ordered.

"No."

"We're not going anywhere until Dustin says he loves us." Janie warned her.

"I think its clear Dustin has no feelings for you in that way."

"That's your opinion." Suzy said.

"No it's fact. I have no feelings for the three of you in that way." Dustin snapped.

"You tell them," Camille said before turning to the three, "Oh, and by the way I'd brace yourself for what's coming next. Your parents are here and standing right behind you."

"Like we're falling for that." Rhonda called it.

They heard throats cleared. They looked back and winced seeing it was true.

Dustin looked at Camille, "Stinks to be them."

"Let's head back to your place. You're gonna love what's coming next." Camille smiled.

"Sure, but who are you really?"

"Like I said three weeks ago I'm a friend. I'd tell you the full story but you'll have to wait till you're 11 alright?"

"Why? Will I see you again in that many years?"

"Of course you will. I promise. Now let's go you're gonna miss what happens to Janie, Suzy, and Rhonda." So the two hurried.

When they arrived at Dustin's house Dustin saw that Camille had set up some monitors each showing Janie, Suzy, and Rhonda getting spankings and put on house arrest for a month.

"Finally. This is what I've waited to see." Dustin smirked.

"How long have you been waiting?"

"A whole year."

"What happened?"

"Ever since I was introduced to those three it's been a nightmare. They're under this delusion that I love them but am just playing hard to get."

"Who introduced you to them?"

"My dad is old friends with their parents."

"Well, why don't you tell your dad what you've just told me and show them the evidence that I gathered to back it up. Hopefully he'll place you with a better babysitter. Tell him that I'm personally recommending Arisa Shiba."

"I'll take your word for it."

"Very well then. Oh, by the way I forgot to ask, do you believe in magic?"

"Of course I do."

"Well, I can tell you that I got here by using a time travel spell. I'm from the future. Oh and by the way I'll pay a visit to you on your ninth birthday to help you out once again."

"Really?"

"Yes I will but for now I suggest you sharpen your senses and train indoors. The Trinity will be looking for payback on both of us."

Camille then opened a time portal and walked through it as Dustin took her advice to heart. When Camille got to the other side she found herself in New York once again only she was in Dustin's back yard.

"Yep this is the time period I wanted to arrive in. Minutes before Dustin's Ninth's Birthday Party actually begins. If what I can recall is true his biggest package is going to be the three of them inside it. Which means I had better get going," She hid out until Dustin's friends were coming over. Camille could see Dustin's friends arriving on cue, "Everyone's arriving, and..." She saw a big box being dropped off in front of the door step.

Camille knew that now was the time to intervene but as she made her way closer to the box she pressed her ear against it to listen to what the occupants were saying.

"Are you sure this is going to work, Janie?" Suzy asked.

"Absolutely. Dustin's going to be in for such a surprise."

"I hope so. My butt is sore from the spanking that my mom gave me thanks to that no good dirty rotten rat of a Jezebel." Rhonda said.

"Don't worry, this time our plan is full proof." Janie assured her.

Camille was on the outside and she giggled quietly to herself, "That's what they think."

Camille then used some magic to send the package to the local zoo where the Zookeepers took out the manure but what she didn't know was that the Trinity were about to meet a new friend in the form of a certain 4 year old girl who would grow up to be an animal catcher.

"Now that that's taken care of I'm gonna get Dustin a proper gift," Camille then used her magic to conjure up a go kart and put it in the package that she also conjured up, "Now to personally take it to Dustin." She knocked on the door as Ross answered.

"Hello. Can I help you?" Ross asked.

"Hello. I'm a friend of your son and I have a package for him."

"Oh, well please come in."

"About the three girls that you introduced Dustin to have you been paying attention to what Dustin's been saying about them?"

"Yes, I have." Ross said with regret

"Why did you introduce them in the first place?"

"Well, I'm friends of the girls' parents, and I thought my son and their daughters would get along well. I didn't expect the girls wanting to do that. Then again he gets that charm from me." he boasted.

"Tell me you hired a new babysitter for Dustin or left him in the care of the parents of one of his friends?" Camille hoped.

"Actually, he told me about some Shiba girl. I looked her up and she's very qualified."

"Good choice."

"Hey, Dustin!" Ross called.

Dustin and his friends saw Ross and Camille enter, "Dad? Oh, you again?"

"Yep and I bring you some gifts."

"Really?" Dustin asked with excitement.

"Yep would you like to open them?"

Dustin nodded happily as he went to open the first package and to his surprise it was a go kart, "This is awesome. But what's the second gift."

"Watch and be amazed."

Camille then used some magic to show Dustin, Ross, and the group the second package at the local zoo where the manure was and it was next to a huge pile of manure.

"Why show me this?" Dustin wondered.

"Watch."

The package then opened revealing the Trinity and the minute they emerged the pile of manure fell over and landed on them. Dustin and his friends burst into laughter.

"They actually tried to mail themselves in a package to you but I placed it at the local zoo." Camille explained.

"You are my hero." Dustin said with stars in his eyes.

"Thank you very much. So what's happened since I left? The Trinity try to come after you?"

"Yeah but each one of their attempts ended in Failure. Kinda like Wile Coyote's attempts to get Road Runner." Dustin joked.

"Now that is funny. But I must be going. I've got places to go and people to see."

Camille said her goodbyes to Dustin and her friends before leaving through the portal expecting it to take her home but instead it dropped her in another time period in New York City.

"Okay I'm not at home but I'm still in New York. Looks like something or somebody wants me to observe something. But what?" Camille then walked till she found herself at a familiar house, "This is Clara's house but what am I supposed to be looking at here?"

She heard something coming from the backyard. Camille went right to the backyard and saw what was going on. She saw Clara with Christina hauling an elephant in a cage.

"Thanks auntie for helping me with this elephant."

"Anything for my little niece. I still don't know how you managed to subdue the elephant so easily."

"I just showed him who was the boss." Clara boasted.

"Not that I don't trust you but why didn't you start smaller?"

"It's a long story."

"You can tell me some other time. Right now let's get this elephant inside before it start's calling for help. Are you sure you'll be able to handle it when I'm not around?"

"Right, auntie."

Camille watched as the two got it inside, "So that's how it happened?" Camille then followed the two inside the house intending to free the elephant and get it back to the Zoo while hopefully helping it to get payback on Clara in the process, "I can save this animal from a year's worth of being stuck here." Camille quickly followed the two all the way to Clara's room. Camille peeked inside.

She saw that the cage with the Elephant was placed in the room and while Clara and Christina were talking.

"So now that we got the elephant in can you tell me what happened to those mice you caught?" Christina asked Clara.

"Well, it was all going fun with them, but I accidentally squeezed them too much and they choked to death."

"Sounds like you don't know your own strength yet."

"I'm so ashamed." Clara said with guilt.

"Don't worry about it. For now just worry about keeping that elephant in line."

"I won't have a problem with that."

"Good to hear. How about we go get some ice cream?"

"Yes!"

So Christina and Clara left unaware that Camille had heard everything and recorded everything on a tape recorder. Once they were gone Camille went to the cage with the Elephant in it. She got out the Tongue of Saiping to speak to the elephant.

"Hello. I'm a friend and I'm here to help you."

"How?" The elephant asked.

"First things first we need to get you out of this cage." Camille easily picked the lock allowing the elephant to escape.

"Oh, thank goodness." the pachyderm said in relief.

"Thank me when we get you back to the zoo," Camille opened a vortex to allow herself and the Elephant to return to the Zoo and vanish in the process just before the door to Clara's room opened.

"Mr. Elephant, I brought some pea...nuts," Clara saw that the cage holding the elephant was empty and unlocked, "WHAT?!" she screamed.

Christina came running in, "Clara, what happened?"

"It's gone!"

"I'd love to help you reclaim your elephant but I'm afraid it's my time for me to go. Your mom is gonna be back in five minutes."

"But what am I supposed to do?"

"For now nothing," Christina then left on that note. When she got done stairs she them met up with Ava, "Hello, sis, just thought you'd like to know that Clara's been a sweet little angel all day."

"That's good to know." Ava replied.

Christina said nothing else as she left and when she did Ava saw a tape recorder on the table.

"I wonder what this is?" Ava then played the recorder and when it did she heard the conversation between Clara and her aunt from earlier, "What?"

Ava then heard the part about how Clara squeezed the mice to death and how she showed and elephant who was boss. As soon as she finished hearing the message she went straight to Clara's room and barged in.

"Clara!"

"Hi, mom." she greeted her innocently.

"Don't Hi, Mom me young lady you're in big trouble now."

Meanwhile at the Zoo, Camille and the Elephant were watching Clara getting her just desserts via magic circle.

"How do you feel now Mr. Elephant?" Camille asked.

"It feels nice to be back here. This habitat is much more to my liking."

"Yep good thing I healed up your trunk. What I'd like to know is how Clara and her aunt Christina grabbed you without anybody noticing? Surely you must've tried to call for help?"

"They plugged up my trunk to keep me from making a sound."

"Well, you won't have to worry about that anytime soon. From what we see here Clara's on house arrest for a month and getting a spanking and extra chores in the process."

"Nice."

"Just do me a favor. Stay with the rest of the animals and I'll have the Zookeepers upgrade security."

The Elephant smiled as Camille did just that before she left via another portal. When Camille emerged she saw that she was at Clara's eighth birthday party and all her relatives were there which wasn't much of a surprise but the bigger surprise was who else was there.

"This should be interesting." Camille said. She noticed some more members of Clara's family. Some looked normal enough.

However some of the younger members there were in their early teens and if that wasn't scary enough the Trinity was also present.

"Why're those three there?" Camille decided to move in and find out as she was listening in on the conversation.

Clara spoke to the three, "I can't believe that you three came to my party. You three are the first friends outside of my cousins and Aunt."

"Like we'd miss this?" Suzy asked.

"And the best part is that we don't have any uninvited guests," Janie added, "Thanks to Clara's technically minded cousin Carla."

Carla who was in her early teens and resembled Clara only she had longer hair and wore overalls and a steampunk themed hat spoke, "Well, I'm happy to lend my little cousin a hand with her hobbies."

"This is definitely unexpected." Camille said in surprise.

As they spoke Carla sensed something, "I sense that we have an uninvited guest." Camille gasped knowing she was spotted.

"Where's is it?" Clara asked.

"Right over there." Carla pointed right over to Camille's direction.

Camille felt that she had better bolt for it so she bolted for town. She stopped someplace safe to catch her breath.

Back at the party Carla spoke to her cousin and her friends, "Looks like the guest has left but I have a feeling that we haven't seen the last of her."

"Who could it have been?" Clara asked.

"From what I can tell the guest was around my age and the same one that got your friends grounded." Carla explained.

"What?!" Rhonda gasped.

"Yep but I don't know how she's doing this but I will find out and when I do I will tell you and make her pay." Clara and the trinity then had to be content.

Over with Camille she entered a time portal that took her back to London where Roxanne was waiting, "Welcome back, Camille. You've been gone for only five minutes."

"Time travel. Gotta love it." Camille smiled.

"What did you see?"

"I was in the past of my friend Dustin Bowers. At first it was around three to four years ago." Camille explained.

"Anything else?"

"Well, I helped him deal with his Trinity problems."

"Way to go, girl. How about you tell me the rest over some tea?" Roxanne suggested.

"I'd love that." So Roxanne and Camille headed to the kitchen to have some tea and talk about Camille's new power.