Time Travel Trouble [WIP] [Updated]

8/9/14

Notes: http://archive.heinessen.com/mlp/thread/19160287


>BZZZTTPHHH
>A portal appears from thin air and your body flings out of it
>You collapse onto the grass breathing heavily
"F-FUCK!" you shout
>You lay motionless on the ground for a minute, eyes closed
>You're either dead or something miraculous just happened here
>You open your eyes and gaze into the night sky
>The moon shimmers back at you
>Wait
>It was daytime when you stepped into your...
"H-Holy shit... D-Did it..?"
>You quickly pick yourself up and look around
>Trees surround you, and a small town with odd buildings lights up in the distance
"N-No way..." you stutter
>You grip your chest in shock
>This definitely isn't your apartment lawn
>This can't possibly be what you think it is
>You feel like you're going to have a heart attack
"I... I fucking did it... I don't believe it..."
>Repeating it over and over isn't enough for you
>The portal you've been working on, the portal to Equestria... worked
>Well, either that or you passed out and this is a dream
>If that's the case, this is the best lucid dream you've had ever
>You could never get those to work, so better not waste this if that's the case
>You reach down and grab a patch of grass
>Feels real enough
>You toss that aside and start moving
>Your body feels weak, but you slowly jog towards the light of the town
>Approaching the back of the closest house you peek around
>Your jaw literally drops
>It's exactly what you imagined
>Ponies
>Furiously you rub your eyes and stare back
>Your head aches in disbelief
>This is too much for your brain to handle

"Breath Anon..." you whisper to yourself
>This is too incredible
>So many things you want to do, so many places you want to see
>So many ponies you want to...
>Your brain clicks wildly
>You have to see if she's here
"Of course she'd be here... right..?"
>Time to find out
>Slowly you creep behind the buildings, avoiding any and all that appear to have residents awake inside them
>You feel like you've been creeping for a good 10 minutes until you stop
"Where the hell can it be, I know it's here somewhere!"
>You poke your head out more clearly to try and find things you remember from the show
>Nothing is clicking, it's all just unfamiliar houses and buildings
>Your chest aches
>This better not be some alternate dimension bullshit
>You sigh to yourself
"I guess if it is, this is nice enough just being..."
>Then you see it
>How could you miss the giant fucking tree on the edge of the town
"She's here..."
>Your heart beats intensely the more you stare at it
>Seeing it with your own eyes is breathtaking
>Quickly your eyes dash around, looking for an opening
>No one's around so you book it towards the tree
>Your heart is pumping, your palms are getting sweaty
"H-Holy shit I need to calm down..."
>Just seeing her for real would be enough for you, anything besides that is an incredible bonus
>Multiple thoughts rush through your head at the speed of sound
"Has she seen a human before?"
"Oh man I hope this is like one of those fics where ponies aren't scared of humans."
"I wonder how soft she feels."
"I hope her voice is the same"
>You roll towards a lower window and peer inside
>Completely black
>You don't know what you were expecting, really

>It is nighttime, so obviously she'd be in bed
>Should you wait until daytime to meet her?
>Where the hell would you sleep until daytime?
>What if some pony finds you while you're sleeping? What then?
"Fuck it."
>You head towards the front door and go for a knock
>You stop yourself at the last second
"What the hell am I thinking." you whisper to yourself
>Quickly you dash back into the bushes and peer through them
>You see a few ponies in the distance talking, and some more walking around, but none seem to notice anything
>Close one
>Seriously your excitement is getting the better of you
>You look up and notice the lights on the top floor are still on
>She must be reading or something?
>God damn it you can't wait, you have to see her
>You jump out of the bushes and dash towards one of the lower sections of the tree
>Quickly and efficiently you hoist yourself up onto what seems like a small room
>From here you reach for a branch, and wiggle yourself up
>You sit on the branch and look around
>The view from here is pretty good, and you're not even half way up
>A brightly lit window sits right above you
>Slowly you lift yourself onto what seems like a custom built platform
>Careful not to slip, you inch yourself closer to the window to get a better look
>Your heart feels like its going to fly out of your chest, for more than one reason
>You're kinda surprised you didn't slip and fall down the tree from excitement
>Also it just dawns on you this isn't kinda fucking creepy
>Actually really creepy
>You shake your head and continue carefully inching closer
>The closer you get the more you can hear voices
>Her voice
>You're grinning like you won the lottery
>Finally you get up to the window and gaze in
>"O-Oh Anon!~ Please d-don't stop!~"
"What."

>"K-Keep going.. r-right there!~" she moans
>"Hah, you like that, huh?" the man says
>"Mmhm!~ she coos, biting her lower lip
>You just stare wide eyed, mouth agape
>What the hell are you looking at right now
"Anon...? What..?"
>You look at the man fucking Twilight senseless
>He bares a striking resemblance to...
"Wait..."
"Is that.. IS THAT ME?" you shout
>They're fucking so loud they can't possibly hear you outside
>Your brain deflates as you try and comprehend a few things
>Words can't come out as you speak
>How do you genuinely describe something like this?
>You completely forgot about enjoying the experience of seeing her the first time
>Instead you're filled with rage
>Your fists tighten as you slip down and hop from the branch of the tree
>You rush to the front door and slam on it with your fist
>A moment of silence for a bit, before you hear Twilight speak
>"L-Library's closed for today -- Sorry!~"
"No it's not! Open up Twilight!" you shout
>Silence again before you hear yourself
>"I'll deal with it Twi, hold on." you hear muffled behind the door
>He opens the door just enough to put his face through
>It's you, no doubt
>"Look pal, you--"
>Quickly your fist reaches his face, throwing him back and ripping the door open
>Yes, you just punched yourself
>And it felt fucking good
>You slowly walk into the library and see Twilight rush over to the collapsed Anon
>"What the hell do you think--!" she starts to say, before looking directly at you
>"A-Anon?"
>God fucking damn it, you really wanted to enjoy your first moments with her
>Not like this

>She stares and you, then back at yourself on the floor, then back to you
>"I.. uh.. what's going on?" she says
>Anon picks himself up off the ground
>"I know what this is, I thought I prevented this."
>You stare at yourself intensely
"Prevented what?" you ask, fists still clenched
>He notices your stance and reacts unexpectedly
>"Relax Anon, you might not know what's going on, but I do."
>"You do?" Twilight asks
"So what the hell is all this?"
>"Sit down Anon. Twi, go get me a glass of water, will ya?"
>"S-Sure.." she complies
>He quickly pulls up 2 chairs and you have a seat
>You're confused, but still angry
>You want answers
"How is there already a version of me here? I JUST got the portal working."
>"I know."
"How?"
>He frowns
>"Because I'm you, you idiot."
"No, how did you know I got the portal working? You're not answering my questions!"
>Twilight hovers a glass in front of you and sits between the both of you
>She's just as confused as you are, you think
>"Anon, I'm you. Like, literally you. I'm just you from the future of arriving here."
"Well yeah no shit you're me. I already know this."
>"No, I mean.. ugh.. alright. Think of it this way."
>He rips a book from the wall and snatches a quill
>He sketches down a timeline of sorts and shoves it towards you
>"Pretend there exist 20 Anons trying to reach this dimension. They are listed as Anon 1, Anon 2, Anon 3, etc."
"Okay..."
>"Now each Anon is different right? Well in this case, pretend I'm Anon 12. The twelfth Anon to successfully reach Equestria. If you somehow arrived after me, you should be Anon 13, since you're the next version in the cycle. But I prevented any further Anons from arriving here."
"Dude what the fuck. How did I get here then?"
>He rubs his temples for a bit
>"Because I forgot to take in account of myself. I removed any possibility of future Anons from getting here, but I forgot about closing one last thing. Myself."

>Twilight has been listening intensely the entire time
>Clearly your future self didn't inform her of any of this
"So what happens now?" she asks
>He looks over at her before looking back at you
>"We need to destroy the portal you came into before more versions enter."
"We can't, it's back on Earth!" you retort
>He rubs his chin before speaking again
>"No, there's a way back. It's how I got rid of the previous versions."
>You squint in his direction
"How did you get rid of previous versions of us?"
>"How do you think?"
>You look over towards Twilight and she gives you a small shrug
>Before you can speak again he cuts you off
>"Twi, you remember that spell? Looks like we need to use it one last time."
>She nods her head reluctantly and stands up
"What are we doing?" you ask
>He quickly tosses on a shirt and looks at you
>"We're going back to Earth."
"W-What! No!"
>"Relax. We're just going to change a few things. If something happens to you, I'll cease to exist here, remember?"
>That's right
>If you were to disappear, he would too, if he actually is you from the future
>But if he were to disappear...
>"You ready Twi?" he asks
>"I'm ready Anon." she replies
>Her horn glows a bright purple in front of the both of you
>A once low buzz now gets ear piercingly louder
>You instinctively put your hand in front of your face to shield your eyes from the increasing light but it's too intense
>This is same feeling you had when you arrived here
>Your chest tightens and your head aches as you're surrounded by whiteness again
>You blink just once
>"We're here Anon, get up."
>A hand pulls you up, as you wobble to try and maintain your balance and vision
>Your eyes adjust to the background
>It's your apartment

>Everything looks the same before you left
>Your clothes still scattered on your floor
>Open books litter your work desk
>The teleporter before you still flashing furiously
>"This looks exactly how I remember it..." Anon says
>You were about to say the same thing
"Yeah... How long have you been in Equestria?"
>He picks up one of the books on your desk
>"Who knows. I have no concept of time anymore."
>You cross your arms
"I don't blame you. Why care about time in paradise?"
>He looks towards you and smiles
>"Exactly."
>The teleporter whirs and shines in the corner of your eye
>You can't help but stare back at it
"So what happens now?" you ask
>He redirects his gaze towards the teleporter as well
>"We have to destroy this."
>You quickly retort
"We can't! How will we get back?"
>"We?"
>He points his finger towards your chest
>You hadn't noticed until now, but your entire body is covered in a purple aura
"What is..?"
>"Magic, remember?"
>You scan your body all around
>"Oh right, this would be my... your.. first time."
>You stare at him in confusion before speaking
"Wait, I'm being sent back to Equestria? What about you?"
>He opens your closet and pulls out your work equipment
>"I'll soon cease to exist. You will go back to where I started. You'll take my place."
>Your head starts becoming foggy and you drop to your knees
>"Shit! Anon hurry, I need you to take this!"
>He quickly places a small slip of paper, torn from what seems like a scroll into your hands
>"Good luck Anon."
>Before you can react your vision darkens further and you feel yourself fall over

>BZZZTTPHHH
>A portal appears from thin air and your body flings out of it
>You collapse onto the grass breathing heavily
"F-FUCK!" you instinctively shout
>You lay motionless on the ground for a minute, eyes closed
"Wait..."
>You rip open your eyes
>The same moon from before shines brightly, staring back at you
"This..."
>You pull yourself to your feet, looking around
>The same trees and background town greet you once more
>Everything appears exactly as you first saw it, like déjà vu.
>Except...
>You look down at the slip of paper you were given
"To Twilight" you read aloud
>Your future self must of had this planned from the start
>Quickly you dash towards the town again, making effort to remain unseen
>Twilights tree house greets you again as you approach
>You instinctively go for the front door again
>Once more, you stop yourself
"Not this shit again..."
>You head towards the lower section of the tree again and hoist yourself up quietly
>Grabbing the same branch from before, you pull yourself up, careful not to fall
>With ease you manage to grip the final platform to where her window would be located
>You slowly pull yourself up, careful not to make any noise
>Speaking of noise... you don't hear any
>No voices or sounds come from inside the treehouse, yet the light is on
>You inch forward as you once did and reach the window
>Hesitantly you peer inside
"..."

>Inside you see her... alone
>Twilight sits alone, snuggled up in her bed, reading an indistinguishable book
>You sigh a breath of relief
>Your future self told the truth, you are now experiencing his time line
>Twilight's spell must of been fixed to send you not just back to Equestria, but to back when you first came here
>But since she didn't know when you came here, she sent you back to when your future self first arrived here
>You smack your head for not understanding earlier
>Twilight hears your audible slap and looks out her window, staring directly at you
>You both stare at each other wide eyed for a moment, before she immediately jumps out of her bed
"No no no no wait!" you instinctively yell out
"Fuck fuck fuck, what was I thinking?!" you yell as you hop down the tree
>You head towards the door and give a few knocks
>Obviously theres no answer
>As quiet, but as audible as you can, you yell through the door
"Twilight, I need to talk to you! You shouldn't know who this is, because well... we haven't met yet. But...  uh..."
>How the hell do you go about this
>An idea strikes you
>Fuck it, lets go all out
"Twilight Sparkle, I've not only traveled here from an alternate dimension, but from an alternate time and universe as well. I would just like to have a word with you regarding your future self."
>No answer
"O-Oh, and I come in peace."
>A small crack opens in the front door and you see a familiar purple eyeball look through
>"W-What is this." you hear her peep
>You hold your hands up surrender style
"Hey. I really need to talk to you."
>She eyeballs you up for a bit before speaking again
>"How d-do you know my name?"
"I told you, I'm from another universe. I hold uh... vast knowledge."
>She scoffs and then closes the door
"Oh come on Twi!"
>Silence
>You shuffle through your pocket and pull out the note
>You've been so caught up in the moment you almost forgot about this
>Lightly tapping on the door once more, you quietly shout out
"I have a note for you. At least take it, I don't know what it says myself, but I suppose its regarding an inter dimensional time spell. Or something at least."
>The door creeks open just a crack
>You slowly slide the note vertical through the crack and you see it fly away with a familiar purple aura
>The door closes again and you sit in silence

>You stand on her doorstep for what feels like 5 minutes
>You're kinda wishing you actually read the note earlier, so you can at least feel confident on what's going on
>For all you know the note could of said "When this monkey like creature shows up at your door, blast him with a spell" or some shit
>Imagine that
>The door opens fully before you, slightly making you jump
>The purple pony stands in front of you now, hovering the note beside her
>She looks at you for a bit, then switches back to the note
>You'd open your mouth to speak but you honestly can't think of anything
>She speaks first regardless
>"I'm not sure what this is but..."
>You stare in silence at her
>"Come in, quickly."
>The door closes behind you as you enter
>"Sit down." she says, as she hovers a chair over to a nearby table
>She places the note down on the table in front of you and you have a look
>You try and read it but it looks like gibberish. The handwriting is really weird, incredibly difficult to make out.
>"That's my handwriting." she says
>You internally chuckle. Of course it would be.
>"I don't know how this exists but.. apparently I wrote down everything explaining your situation here."
>You sigh in relief
"Well that's good, because if I'm honest, I can barely keep up."
>She smiles
>"Well... I'm not quite sure I can handle all this information at once... this is a little too... exciting for me."
>Your brow raises
"Exciting?"
>She blushes and looks away
>"W-Well yeah! Not only have I just met someone who traveled through time and different dimensions but... I mean... you're a human being! I-I've never even seen one until now!"
>You rub your chin
"Yeah I suppose all that is nice."
>You ponder for a moment
"Wait, you're telling me you've got magic but you haven't found an inter dimensional travel spell yet?"
>She looks at you intensely
>"N-No! Never! If one existed, it'd have to be locked away in Canterlot archives or something!"
>Hmm
"What if Princess Celestia found one and stashed it away?"
>"You know the Princess!?" she blurts out
>You poke her nose with your finger
"I already told you, I have a vast knowledge of things."

>"W-Wow..." she stutters
>She stares at you in awe instead of fear now
>At least it's something
"Anyways." you cough
"I'm not sure if it's specified in the note or not, but in some amount of time, another version of me is going to successfully reach Equestria via portal."
>"Wow... okay..."
>God damn it her genuine wonder is so fucking cute
"I didn't have enough time to go over a game plan with my future self but, we have to prevent the other version of me from reaching here."
>She physically ponders for a moment, tapping her hoof on her chin
"Any ideas?"
>"Hmm... We can't do that." she states
>You shake your head
"What? Why not?"
>She looks up at you
>"Well if we prevent that version of you from reaching here, wouldn't that make this version... you... disappear?"
>Oh god damn it not this again
"This cycle... It.. It can't be broken then..." you moan
>You plop your head into your arms on the table
>You're doomed to repeat an endless cycle
>When the new Anon gets here, you two will have to travel back to Earth to destroy the teleporter. You'll have to stay behind and have him repeat the cycle.
>It's literally endless
>"Wait..."
>You look up at Twilight, who's closely studying the note
>"This says here I created a spell that alters dimensions? It says it's how I sent you back to this.. "Earth" place?"
>Your arm props your head up on the table
"You sure did. You not only sent me back to earth, but you sent me back in time to live out my future here in place of my other self."
>"Oh my Celestia..." she mutters
>She speaks again
>"The spell... it's listed here on this page."
"Is it? That saves us a lot of time."
>"There's also something else here."
>She slides the note over towards your side of the table
>Her hoof points to a certain written table on the bottom

>"Do you see this here?" she asks
>You make out the text but not the contents of the actual spell
>A Unicorn only thing, you guess
"Danger. Untested. Last Resort..?"
>You scratch your head
"What is the spell listed below this?" you ask
>She looks at it for a bit
>"Seems to be a combination of the earlier ones. A mix of dimensional, and time spells."
>You desperately try and make out the contents but it's literally blurry letters to you
"I don't understand, what does the spell contain?"
>Her expression changes dramatically
>"It's... wow... it's a spell that... well it..."
"It what?"
>She pauses, as if to try and comprehend it herself
>"It copies and moves this dimension over to another plane of existence."
"What does that mean specifically?"
>"Well... it makes it so that when something, anyone, tries to interfere with any time or inter dimensional travel on this dimension, it gets sent to the original dimension, leaving this one unchanged."
>Your mouth drops open
"So you're telling me that this spell... it prevents any further travel in this dimension? As in, no one can travel to or out of this dimension?"
>Both your eyes are bulging at this point
>"T-That's correct. This spell alters time and space itself."
>You push yourself on the back of your chair
"Holy shit this is just too much."
>She throws her hooves up into the air
>"This is incredible!"
>What now?
>"Mister uh.. um.."
"Anon."
>"Right..."
>"Mister Anon, I, Twilight Sparkle, have the opportunity to preform a spell in which could alter the very time and space around us! Can you believe that!?"
>You frown
"I've been doing this all day sweetheart."
>Your comment slows her down none, as she glides past you, hovering the note in front of her