S2 E20 everypony! Dragon Quest is up next!

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Malibu was on his way to the Golden Oaks library to visit his best friend/adopted sister Twilight Sparkle, wanting to read some more Daring Do books as well. He opened the door. "Hi Twilight— er, what's going on?"

For in front of him, Twilight was looking rather sleep deprived, writing down on what looked like a schedule. She turned, grinning in a crazy manner that reminded Malibu a lot like when she freaked out about the overdue letter. "Hey, Mal! You're just in time! I just figured out how to reorganize my late schedule! If I can find a way to read 'The Art of Invisibility Spells' and 'Thornhoof's Brief History of Canterlot' at the same time, that could leave me a half-hour scheduling window!"

Malibu hoof palmed himself, thinking that Twilight had way been passed freaking out but not really. "Twi, have you been sleeping at all?" She shook her head, but then the two heard the wind blow somehow inside. "Huh?" Twilight yelped, seeing magic flashes from the middle of the library. Malibu's eyes widened a little from that. "What's going on?" Malibu asked, shielding his eyes from the light.

The light flashed once, and it all faded; revealing a unicorn dressed in tatty black clothing, having a messy mane, and wearing an eye patch. To Malibu, it looked like...

"T-Twilight?!" Malibu yelled out, wondering how there was another one of her. Present Twilight also yelled out in shock. The battered Twilight shook her head, glancing at the two. "Twilight, Malibu, you've got to listen to me!" She gasped.

Present Twilight blinked her eyes. "Who are you? I mean, you're me, but I'm me too! How can there be two mes? It's not scientifically possible!" She poked her hoof into what could possibly be a future Twilight. "You're not scientifically possible!"

Malibu just remained quiet, unable how to take this all in, jaw dropped down. Future Twilight pushed away present Twilight's hoof. "Twilight, please, I have a very important message for you from the future!" That made Malibu suddenly get excited as he managed to speak. "You mean... you time travelled?" He squeaked out loud. Future Twilight nodded, looking impatient. "That's right, now listen!" She said before being interrupted yet again.

Present Twilight walked around her future self. "What happened to you? The future must be awful!" Future Twi hoofpalmed herself. "I don't have much time—."

"Is there some epic pony war in the distant future or something?" Twilight pressed on, Future Twi looking deadpanned. "Actually, I'm from next Tuesday morning. But that's not important right now—." Malibu rolled his eyes when Twilight kept on asking questions. "I can't believe that time travel is really possible! How did you... I mean I figure it out?"

Future Twi swished her tail. "The time spells are in the Canterlot Archives. But that's not import—." Twilight gasped. "Really, where? I've never seen them!"

"They're in the Star Swirl the Bearded Wing. Now, you have to listen to—." Once again Future Twi got interrupted. "Is time travel fun? Or does it hurt? I have so many quest—."

Finally, Malibu thought to himself but it was short lived when he saw the magic sparks on Future Twi. "I have something extremely important to tell you about the future. So you've got to listen! Whatever you do, don't—." The two friends shielded their eyes when the magic flashed, making her disappear.

Twilight glanced about. "Future Twilight?" Malibu himself looked around for her. "I think she's gone," He informed. Twilight groaned. "Oh no! What was she trying to warn us about? Her clothes, her mane, that scar... oh! What a mess she is, or I am, or I will be..." she wound up gasping, a hoof over her mouth. Malibu winced, knowing sooner or later she was going to go all Twilght-crazy.

"She must want me to prevent whatever horrible thing happens in the future! Will you help me, Malibu?!" Squealed Twilight, her eyes bulging, causing Malibu to jerk back from her sudden movement towards him. "S-sure. What do you wanna do?" He asked. Twilight began to run to the door. "We gotta tell everypony, to keep them safe!" She proclaimed, Malibu racing after her.

She wound up accidentally crashing into Fluttershy while the yellow pegasus and Pinkie Pie were bringing over some party supplies, Malibu managing to stop himself. Twilight pulled herself out of the supplies, her face wearing joke glasses. She jumped onto the bridge. "Listen, everypony! I've got something really important to say!" Malibu watched how the crowd would react but they laughed; mostly at her joke glasses.

Twilight frowned and threw them off. "This is no laughing matter! We have a crisis on our hooves!" Instant reaction change and the crowd gasped in fear. Malibu still wondered what future Twilight wanted to say. "I've just been visited by myself from the future!" She revealed, the crowd laughing once more. Rolling her eyes, she jumped off the bridge. "This isn't a joke! My future self tried to warn me about a horrible disaster that's going to occur sometime before next Tuesday morning!"

Applejack's eyes were full of worry rightfully so. "What kind of disaster?" Malibu shrugged. "We don't know, future Twilight got sucked back to the future before she could explain," he said, Pinkie having balloons tied on her preventing her from running. "Run for your life!" She screamed.

Rarity looked rather upset at the thought. "What ever should we do, Twilight? How do we stop the disaster if we don't know what it is?" Twilight gave a determined smile. "We'll just have to work together to make sure we're safe. Rainbow Dash, you and the other pegasi spread out over Equestria, and look for any kind of problem that could lead to a disaster." Rainbow nodded. "You got it!" She and her group zipped off into the sky.

"Everypony else—." Twilight started, Pinkie Pie still screaming, before she halted. "Anypony else wanna panic with me? No? AAAAH!" She resumes her running and screaming, Malibu chuckling inwardly. Only Pinkie. "Everypony else... time to disaster proof Equestria!" Twilight finished.

The whole town got together to remove any kind of problem on the streets, even fixing the dam as well which had a bad crack. After a time, Malibu felt like they were going a tad overboard when fixing one small crack in Twilght's library and cutting a strand of hair from Pinkie Pie's mane.

Soon everything on her checklist was finished, Twilight checking it off. "And done, and done, and done!" She stated. Malibu shifted his hooves. "Hey, Twi, do you think we could be overreacting a tad? What if it wasn't a danger she was telling us about?" Twilight gave him a look. "I'm not taking chances, Malibu. We have to make sure that the future is protected." She said.

Malibu frowned slightly after Twilight continued to ask the others if there was an all clear, which there was. "But still... future Twilight looked like she'd been through a horrible ordeal. I just have this nagging feeling we should be looking for something bigger than loose bolts and leaky pipes," Twilight muttered to herself. It caused the teal alicorn rolling his eyes. "You're gonna keep on thinking about this no matter what I say, aren't you?" He asked, right as a huge bellowing roar almost knocked him off of his hooves.

Turning about, his eyes rounded when seeing a huge looking black dog that had three heads of all things, bellowing at everypony in the town. Pinkie Pie gazed at the crowd. "Ok, everypony, follow my lead! AAAAAH!" She began to run along with the others, minus him and Twilight. Spike's face was terrified looking.

"T-Twilight, what is that?!" Yelped Malibu, pointing to the dog creature. "That's Cerberus!" Twilight revealed. "He's supposed to be guarding the gates of Tartarus." Malibu couldn't believe that, recalling sometimes when Maggie read them books about greek Mythology and that Cerberus was a big part of the stories, especially Hercules. But now to see the Equestrian version and that he ran out of Tartarus (his mom told him about the place) was bad news. "But if he's here, then... all those evil creatures could get loose and destroy Equestria!" He gasped.

Spike looked ready to faint. "Destroy Equestria?!" It made Twilight smile however. "Yeah! Isn't it great!" Malibu glared. "You have a pretty warped definition of what's great right now, Twi," He growled, while Twilight went to face Cerberus. "Hey, Cerberus! You look like you could use some obedience training!" Her horn lit up. "Magic obedience training!"

Cerberus towered over them, Malibu wincing and closing his eyes, ready for the dog to chomp them, until he heard Fluttershy. She was petting him. He stared with an open jaw. "Who's the cute widdle three-headed dog?" Cooed Flutter, scratching his tummy. Cerberus looked much calmer now.

Malibu always still felt admiration for Fluttershy being able to tame the fiercest animal, especially when she did that dragon that time ago. "Wow, I knew you were good with animals but this is amazing!" Twilight exclaimed with a smile. Fluttershy kept up with the petting. "Aww, he's just a big furry guy who got out of his yard, that's all. Right, Cerberus? Who's a good boy?" She glanced to Malibu. "You want to pet him? He really is a sweetheart."

The former gargoyle swallowed at how big he was but flapped up with his alicorn wings to join Fluttershy, reaching nervously to pet Cerberus's surprisingly soft black fur. Cerberus cooed, panting at him. It reminded Malibu of the dog in his doner's clan, Bronx. He couldn't help grinning slightly. Cerberus really was cute. Kind of.

They were startled suddenly when Pinkie ran by still screaming even though the danger was passed. "Pinkie." Twilight asked calmly, halting the party pony in her tracks. "Yes, Twilight?"

"You have a ball I can borrow?" Twilight questioned. She nodded, reaching into a hole in a tree. "I have balls stashed all over Ponyville. In case of ball emergency." Malibu knew there was no stoping Pinkie Pie with her randomness, and resourcefulness too, apparently. Twilight levitated the ball. "Hey, Cerberus! Look what I have!" Cerberus panted heavily, following the ball. "I'll be back as soon as I've returned him to the gates of Tartarus. Once he's back at home, there'll be no disaster."

"Be careful, Twi," Malibu called out as she ran off into the distance, helping the village to clean up the mess Cerberus made, knowing he was in for a good night's sleep tonight. But meanwhile during Ceberus's absence, a certain evil centaur named Tirek had managed to break free of his prison, readying himself for taking over Equestria when his strength comes back.

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Malibu woke the next morning, stretching after their excursion yesterday with Cerberus, going to the library to check on things, seeing that Twilight returned. "Cerberus is back home, I assume?" He asked. Twilight nodded, looking rather messy. "Yep. I got him home right on time. Nothing escaped," She said. Malibu sighed. "That's good. No more disasters now, right?"

Right as he said those words Spike belched out a letter, hitting Twilight on the cheek and giving her a paper cut, having her yelp out. Spike rolled it out and Malibu saw a picture of Cerberus on it. "What's the big deal, it's just a 'lost dog' flyer." Spike replied. "I guess the Princess hasn't heard we found Cerberus yet."

"I'll tell mom that we were able to get Cerberus home later with my journal," Malibu offered, but Twilight was more distracted by her cut, looking in the mirror. "It's not that, it's this!" She yelped, pointing. Spike folded his arms. "A papercut? Really Twilight, you need to toughen up. Just clean it out and you'll be fine."

Before Malibu himself could speak up Twilight did instead. "I don't have time for another one of your lectures, Spike! This is serious!" That made Malibu and Spike look at each other incredulously. "His lectures? Twi, do you get what you're saying?" He asked. But Twilight just ignored him. "I did everything I could of to change the future. But it didn't work!" She thought for a moment. "So maybe it's not what I do... maybe it's what I don't do!"

Malibu blinked when she teleported to the other end of the living room. "If I just stand right here and don't move a muscle until next Tuesday, I can't possibly do whatever it is that future Twilight wanted to warn me not to do!"

Soon Twilight had her body freeze up completely, not even blinking. A small chuckle and the roll of his eyes escaped him. There are times when Twilight was ridiculous when including her breakdown from before. Spike smiled smugly. "Really? So no matter what happens, you're not gonna move a muscle huh?" Twilight just darted her eyes in response. "Then maybe you won't mind if I..." He zipped away, returning with ice cream. "Eat an entire tub of ice cream!"

Spike began to munch noisily on it, somewhat irritating Malibu to an extent that he was deliberately annoying Twilight to make her move. She looked at him in desperation so he spoke up. "Spike, stop this now! And think of a stomachache if you eat all that! Not to mention the brain freezes!" He said to him, stomping his hoof. The baby dragon shrugged. "Stomach ache and brain freeze, huh? That's future Spike's problem. Now if you'll excuse me." He ate more, Malibu getting ready to take the tub away until Rainbow came on scene.

"Hey guys, another pegasus just got back from Baltimare with an all clear and—." She halted, seeing what was happening, beginning to laugh. "What's goin' on, Mal? Aren't you or Twilight going to stop him!"

Malibu opened his mouth though Spike beat him. "She sure isn't! In fact, she's not gonna move until next Tuesday! She thinks it'll prevent the disaster from happening!" He chortled. Now the young gargoyle had to admit that was funny, holding a hoof over his mouth, Twilight glaring at him. Rainbow chuckled. "Oh, this is too rich!" She pointed. "Hey, Twilight! There's a mouse right behind you!"

Twilight had tensed up sharply, before seeing no mouse. Malibu couldn't hold it in anymore, the three bursting out laughing. Spike grinned, grabbing a feather. "Wait, wait, wait, let me try!" He began to tickle Twilight with it, Malibu watching how she was struggling to keep from laughing too, until she had enough and used her magic to toss Spike against the wall.

Spike hit the wall, burping out a great burst of flame that strikes Twilight hard, Malibu holding up his hoof and shielding his eyes from the light. Rainbow gasped in horror at what had happened, Malibu now seeing the result; the fire having burnt a lot of Twilight's mane.

"Oh no!" Rainbow cried out in terror, Malibu cringing, not wanting to say anything to upset his friend.

"What happened?" Twilight asked in annoyance from her situation. Spike covered his eyes. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! It was a total accident!"

Twilight glared. "Show me!"

Malibu pawed the ground. "I really don't know if you want to—."

"Show me!"

Spike held out a mirror for her, Twilight finally seeing the burnt mane, making her gasp aloud. "Oh no! This is the same mane cut as future Twilight!" Malibu saw how that made sense, remembering how future Twi had a messy mane the same way. Rainbow grinned.

"It really doesn't look... too bad..." She tried to compliment, Malibu glaring at his marefriend. Twilight glared too.

"I don't care how it looks! It's Just another sign that the future hasn't changed!" She began to pace around. "Not doing anything didn't work either! Oh, I wish there was a way to know what was going to happen so I could stop it!"

Spike tapped his chin, thinking. "You wanna see the future?" Malibu and Twilight looked at him. "I think I know somepony who can help?"

"Who?" Malibu asked, following Spike outside while Rainbow Dash continued her patrols.

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They approached a tent that looked like it belonged to a fortune teller. Both Malibu and Twilight were confused. "What the heck is this?" Malibu questioned now, Spike grinning at him.

"It's Madam Pinkie's place!" He revealed, Twilight raising her brow.

"Madam Pinkie?" Malibu wondered now how many jobs that Pinkie Pie had on the side, while they went inside, hearing Pinkie talking to them. "Come! Enter the chamber of Madam Pinkie Pie! For the answers you seek, let us consult the mystical orb of fate's destiny..."

The gang looked around at all the fortune telling stuff, Malibu seeing the crystal ball there on the table. Pinkie noted them looking at it. "You like my mystical orb of fate's destiny? I just got it! Cool, huh?"

Twilight nodded, as did Malibu. "Yeah, best we've ever seen," She commented, while Pinkie continued on in her spooky voice. "Look deep into the crystal ball... for soon, it will reveal all! Ah yes, I see something... it is a vision of the future! I see... you Twilight." Malibu and Twilight glanced at each other in eagerness. "You will get a really cool birthday present next year..." Pinkie finished, which somewhat disappointed them.

"And...?" Malibu pressed, both hooves on the table, but Pinkie just sat up, smiling.

"That's it!"

Twilight's face fell. "Are you sure?" Pinkie leaned back on the chair.

"Yup, cool birthday present."

Malibu groaned, hoof palming himself again. "Pinkie, you know we need your Pinkie Sense to tell us what future Twilight wanted us to know!" He stated. Pinkie shook her head. "Oh, my fortune telling has nothing to do with my Pinkie Sense, sillies! It's only good for vague and immediate events!"

Her tail suddenly twitched, causing a flower pot to fall on Twilight's head, making her wince in pain. "Like that, see?" She stroked her chin. "Where did that even come from?"

Malibu got Twilight to her feet, taking off the flower pot. "Thanks again anyway," He said in disappointment, the three of them leaving so he could put a bandage on Twilight's head. So much for that.

...

Just when Malibu thought that Twilight wouldn't be worrying about what future Twi said after their discouragement at Pinkie's tent, he was wrong; she went off the chain, having stayed up all night long. Malibu was distracted with helping her that he forgot to let his mom know about the time traveling.

Pinkie Pie had just come into the library door, eyes rounding at the sight of Twilight zipping around the library, Malibu laying there on the floor in exhaustion for he too hadn't slept either trying to calm her down. Spike kept up his ice cream binging as well.

"Off by point zero two from yesterday. Carry the fifteen... negative azimuth on the fourteenth moon..."

Spike noticed Pinkie Pie come in. "Hey, Pinkie," He greeted while Malibu just groaned, waving his hoof a little. "Are you alright Malibu? And Twilight's really serious about finding out about that cool birthday present, isn't she?"

Malibu blinked his tired eyes. "No use stopping Twilight when she's had her mind set on something. Not even sleeping will stop her," He muttered, glaring a little. Spike shrugged. "Who cares? As long as I can keep eating ice cream. Sorry, future Spike!" He said, grinning while eating more.

Twilight kept up her maddening frenzy. "Is... Twilight ok?" Pinkie Pie questioned to Malibu, who gave a small glare at his friend. "Ah, Pinkie, I'm happy you're here. Can you help me recalibrate the apertures on the nine-and-quarter catadioptric telescopes?"

Pinkie smiled, Malibu figuring she had no idea what Twilight said. "Sure!"

The mulberry unicorn gave a crazed smile. "So I was thinking, after we came to see Madam Pinkie and the flowerpot landed on my head—see the bandage Malibu wrapped around me? Like the bandage from the future?" Pinkie looked from the telescope. "Nice!" She replied.

Malibu rolled his eyes. "I'm not sure she wanted you to compliment it," He grumbled. Twilight continued her rambling. "I had an epiphany after that flowerpot. Doing things didn't work. Not doing things didn't work. And I couldn't predict the future either, so I only had one other choice... monitor... everything! She declared, her eyes bulging right into Pinkie's face, somewhat scaring Malibu. He usually hated sleep deprived Twilight. She never made sense in this state.

"Makes sense to me!" Pinkie yelped, grinning nervously. Twilight raced around again.

"That way no matter what happens in the future, I'll be ready!" She looked through another telescope. "I thought I saw something last night in the Horsehead Nebula. But after staring at it for three straight hours, I realized— I was wrong!" She squeaked out, sounding rather deranged. Pinkie looked worried. "Three hours? But when did you sleep?"

Twilight shook her head. "Oh, I didn't sleep. I haven't slept since future Twilight was here. There are three days left until next Tuesday, I can sleep all I want after that!" She shouted, Malibu finally having enough, using his magic and grabbing Twilight who cried out. "Twilight, this is going insane. I've given up what future Twilight was trying to say days ago. It was probably nothing important," He declared, Making Twilight gasp, using her own magic to get herself out of his bubble.

"How can you say it, Mal? I thought you wanted to know!" Twilight shrieked, her eyes darting back and forth. Malibu shook his head.

"This is from you not having slept. All of us need to sleep. Us gargoyles are able to get a full days rest except for now that I'm a pony. And Tuesday's not three days from now, Tuesday's tomorrow," he added in, much to his regret, for Twilight now looked more panicked.

"Pinkie, did you finish recalibrating the apertures on the nine-and-quarter-inch catadioptric telescopes?" She yelled out, Pinkie shrugging. "I have no idea!"

Malibu covered himself with his wings. "What have I done?" He whispered, before suddenly hearing Twilight shout in pain. He looked up, seeing her cover her eye. "My eye!" She screamed. He ran up to her. "What happened?"

"Looked... at the sun with... the telescope... ugh!" Twilight whimpered, holding her eye more. Malibu winced. That could hurt your vision. Pinkie Pie ran to grab an eyepatch. "Don't worry, Twilight! I have eye patches stashed all over Ponyville in case of eye patch emergency." She wrapped it around her eye. "There! Now you look like a pirate. A sleepy pirate, with a really weird mane cut!"

Malibu's ears fell when he recognized it, and Twilight did too. "The eye patch, another sign!" She tossed some papers in the air. "Nearly all the signs have come true! I haven't done a thing to prevent the catastrophe! If Tuesday's tomorrow, and the disaster happens by Tuesday morning, then there's only one solution." She took a deep breath. "I'll just have to... stop time!"

This greatly ticked off the teal alicorn, feeling like it was going too far now. "WHAT?!" Malibu roared out, his wings spread all the way, making Twilight plop down onto her bottom, seeing his eyes glowing red. "Twilight, you'll do nothing but mess up the lifestyle of everypony if you do this! Time can't be messed with, my mom taught me!" He shouted, poking her chest with his hoof. Twilight whimpered, giving him a pleading look.

"I have no choice! And this is to protect Equestria! Just for a few moments, Malibu! I won't stop it forever! Please?" Malibu didn't know if he could trust this still, heart racing against his chest, before soon, he gave in, hoping his adopted mother would understand. "Alright. But don't blame me if we mess up the time continuum," He growled.

.....

Eventually the three decided to go to Canterlot to find where the Star Swirl the Bearded Wing was at the castle, Malibu feeling guilty for breaking into his own old home just to steal a scroll.

Malibu, Pinkie Pie and Spike were all forced to wear weird black tight suits that were almost like what ninjas wore. He could feel it tightening on his skin and legs, which he hated but Malibu now was willing to do what it takes to get Twilight out of this madness.

Spike carried a ice cream cone with him while Twilight spoke her plan. "Ok, the Canterlot archives are right over there. Let's move!" She hissed, crawling low to the ground after pointing to a building. Malibu's ears were left lowered while following his friends through the courtyard.

"Uhh, I don't think we need to sneak around, Twilight. It's not illegal to walk around Canterlot," Spike pointed out, Malibu agreeing with him. But Twilight remained distracted, spotting a guard. "Guard!" She posed as a statue. "Come on, you guys!" She said quietly, the other three rolling their eyes and doing another statue nearby, the guard not even noticing.

Malibu grunted, itching himself, hating his outfit. "I still don't know why we need this itchy thing on," He grumbled, left hind hoof scratching. Pinkie tilted her head. "Aren't we wearing them for fun?" She asked. Twilight shook her head.

"No, there's nothing fun about this!" She said in her hushed tone. Pinkie looked down.

"Oh. Are you sure?" Twilight got right into their faces, the three leaning back. "Focus, guys! The only way to prevent this disaster is to stop time! Time spells are kept in the most secure section of the archives. That's why we're sneaking around!"

Pinkie Pie then smiled again. "Awesome! That sounds fun!"

Malibu glared at her. "Look at Twilight, Pink. Does this seem like fun to you?" He growled, making her face fall again, shaking her head, the group continuing to sneak along the yard, Pinkie looking down at Spike. "I still don't understand how sneaking into the archives is gonna help her find out about her birthday present," She whispered, Malibu wondering why Pinkie was still on that from before.

Soon they reached the window, Twilight looking in. "The coast is clear. Now slowly lift me into the window so we can— AH!" Malibu had shoved her into the window with his magic, causing her to flush. "Guess I deserved it," She mumbled shyly, Malibu nodding after he flew in, Pinkie and Spike following behind. Spike groaned. "Let's get this over with!" Malibu agreed with the baby dragon.

They snuck around the hallway like spies, Malibu feeling rather ridiculous having to do this at all. This was his former home, why should he play along? Twilight crept along the ground. "Ok, if my calculations are correct, the Star Swirl the Bearded wing should be right... here."

"Uh, Twilight?" Spike asked, for Malibu saw they were back at the window again. "What is it, Spike?" Twilight asked. Malibu pointed the obvious. "This is the same window we came in, duh," He said.

Pinkie poked her head inside, somehow appearing back outside again. "Cool! Can we climb in the window again? That was super fun!" Malibu slapped himself again, feeling quite foolish right now for even tagging along.

Twilight's face looked desperate. "I don't understand. It's supposed to be right here... how are we supposed to find it now?" Pinkie pointed.

"Maybe we should ask somepony in the Star Swirl the Bearded wing?" The teal alicorn looked around, staring in surprise that the library was right in front of their window the whole time. Twilight tilted her head. "Huh. How did I miss that?" She next gazed in awe at all the scrolls. Malibu himself had never been in there since Celestia had warned him about possibly dangerous spells inside including the time ones.

"Oh, look at all those priceless magic scrolls. There are more than I ever imagined!" Twilight breathed, Malibu somewhat letting his stress down a little, agreeing with Twilight about how impressive the scrolls were, until they heard footsteps. "Twilight, the guard!" Yelped Pinkie Pie.

Malibu's eyes widened, not wanting to get caught now that they were so close here, freezing still. Twilight trembled. "What do we do? What do we do?!" She next cowered down.

The guard soon seemed to recognize her. "Hey, Twilight! And Malibu! Haven't seen you guys in a while. Let me open it for you." He used his magic to open the gate, stunning the two friends a little. "Uh, thanks," Malibu said, grinning awkwardly and waving at him, for he somewhat knew that guy too.

Inside, Malibu could feel the ancient magic vibrating off of each scroll, feeling nervous about being in here, Twilight suddenly noticing herself in the mirror. "Oh no!" She gasped, Spike and Pinkie Pie running into her. "Look! I look just like future Twilight... the last sign has come true!" Malibu's ears fell, wondering now what was gonna happen.

"And that's bad, right?" Pinkie asked the obvious, Malibu nodding. Twilight was prancing about in nervousness. "Come on! It's almost Tuesday morning! The disaster could happen at any moment!"

Spike's face was filled with worry too. "But how do we find the time stopping spell? There must be a million scrolls here!" Twilight's face looked ready to crack. "I. Don't. Know!"

Malibu put a hoof on her. "Just breath. We will find it," He said in a determined voice, Twilight nodding, as the gang started sorting through all the scrolls there, taking up much of their time.

Celestia's sun soon was on the horizon, Malibu hearing birds twittering, dread going through him, tossing a useless scroll aside. "Twilight, Malibu! It's over! It's officially Tuesday morning!" Spike yelled out, Malibu watching Twilight panicking overtime.

"Nnngh! No! Tuesday morning, the disaster! INCOMING!" Twilight shrieked, pushing Spike aside and cowering down, Malibu doing the same and covering his body with his wings, readying for any kind of explosion, something.

A few moments passed, so far nothing. He peeked open his eyes, still seeing the pretty sunrise out the window. Where was the disaster? He heard Spike. "I dunno, Twilight. I don't see any disasters. Looks like a pretty nice day." Spike observed, folding his arms.

Still shaking lightly, Malibu collected himself, standing up, suddenly seeing his mom. "Good morning, my son and Twilight. Love the new hairstyle. Well, happy Tuesday!" She said in her usual cheerful mode before going off to do her business, leaving Malibu mystified at what had happened. No disasters. All this for nothing.

Twilight herself was just as stunned. "Why isn't anypony surprised to see me sneaking around in here?" Malibu raised his brow at her. "Duh," He said, a slight grin on his face now.

"So... I was just making myself frantic over nothing? And that there was no disaster coming?" Twilight pondered. Malibu chuckled, punching her lightly. "Bingo," He replied jokingly.

Spike though was still confused. "I don't get it. If future Twilight wasn't warning you about a disaster, then what was she trying to tell you?" Twilight and Malibu looked at one another in confusion, before they soon began to laugh off all the stress they've endured. Malibu felt like he needed it.

"And it is all because I couldn't stop worrying and let the future handle itself!" Twilight concluded, soon voicing out what she learned like a letter. "Well, not anymore. From now on, I'm gonna solve problems as they come, and stop worrying about every little thing!" She soon recited, much to Malibu's joy.

Spike grinned. "That's great! Does that mean no more late night pacing?" Twilight shook her head.

"No more late night pacing. If only I had learned this lesson a week ago, we wouldn't have had to go through all this," she laughed. Malibu agreed on that one. "And at least you didn't have to freeze time," He said.

Pinkie suddenly came with a scroll. "Twilight, Malibu, I found something!" Twilight took the scroll and the two read it. "It doesn't stop time, but it lets you go back in time! It says you can go back once and it only lasts for a few moments. Does that help?"

Twilight grinned. "Pinkie, you're a genius!" Malibu though felt a bit nervous around this time travel spell. "Now I can go back and tell past Twilight that she doesn't need to go berserk with worry about a disaster that's never gonna come! You want to come with me Mal?"

Malibu shook his head rapidly. "Uh uh. No way. I don't need to go back in time, thanks," He stated quickly, Twilight shrugging as she started the spell.

The other three watched in awe from Twilight's magic swirling around her, soon having her body disappear. Malibu waited with bated breath, knowing now his own past self was freaking out over the appearance of future Twilight.

After a few seconds; a flash came back, returning Twilight to the future which was now the present. "—waste your time... worrying... about..." She groaned in exasperation. "Ugh! I can't believe I just did that!" Malibu chuckled, remembering when past Twilight kept interrupting his current one.

Pinkie walked up. "Did you tell her about the cool birthday present?"

Twilight kept glaring. "Remember last week when future Twilight came to warn me about something? That was me trying to warn myself not to worry so much!" Malibu had a hard time believing that was the whole thing they were struggling to figure out the entire time, feeling rather stupid now.

"Now I'm gonna spend the next week freaking out over a disaster that doesn't even exsist! Ugh!" Fumed Twilight in a heated way. Malibu then gave his adopted sister a playful nudge. "Hey, easy. All past Twi's problem now, not yours," He assured gently, Twilight's angry face soon melting into a smile. "Suppose you're right, Mal. Thanks for being here for me."

Malibu shrugged. "What friends do," he said, suddenly hearing Spike's stomach gurgle. "Oh... my stomach..." He collapsed from eating too much ice cream. "I, I think it's all that ice cream. I thought the stomachache was gonna be future Spike's problem... but now I amfuture Spike. Ohh..." He held his belly in pain.

The three ponies all laughed from his joke, Twilight lifting Spike onto her back. "Come on, future Spike and Malibu. Let's go home."

"Right behind ya!" Malibu said, feeling more cheerful than he had the past week, eager to not think about time traveling again for a long time.

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Can't wait to get to the dragon lands in this series and write Garble!

P.S. won't be the last time Malibu sees time traveling (cutie re-mark in season 5)