It's About Time, part 2

[no_vampires_plz]

"Future Twilight?"

Twilight blinks rapidly to clear the spots from her eyes in the wake of her future self's departure. She's once again alone in the room, with nothing but scattered papers and a scorch mark on the floor to indicate that the visitor from the future was ever there.

"Oh no! What was she trying to warn me about? Her clothes, her mane, that scar... oh, what a mess she is! ...I mean, I am... or I... will be..." Twilight gasps in sudden realization. "She must want me to prevent whatever horrible thing happens in the future!"

She turns and gallops down the stairs and out the front door. Whatever is going to happen, it's far, far more important than fixing the month's schedule.

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[needs_fern]

... And it turns out she doesn't need to. While Twilight was focusing on her magic, Cerberus rolled over and started wagging his tail.

The reason for this should be fairly clear, once one notices Fluttershy hovering just above, rubbing his belly. "Who's a cute widdle three-headed dog?" she croons.

[no_vampires_plz]

...or that works too.

"Wow, I knew you were good with animals, but this is amazing!"

[needs_fern]

Amazing? Aww, shucks.

"Aww, he's just a big furry guy who got out of his yard, that's all. Right, Cerberus? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?"

[havetubawilltravel]

"eeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Pinkie - still caught up in her own hysteria - hasn't noticed any of this and is still too trying to find a hiding place for herself. She trots back toward the group.

[no_vampires_plz]

"Pinkie," says Twilight sharply.

[havetubawilltravel]

Re-enter Pinkie, stage right!

"Yes, Twilight?" she asks, in a perfectly calm but curious way.

[no_vampires_plz]

"Do you have a ball I can borrow?"

[havetubawilltravel]

Zip! Zoom!

Pinkie thrusts her hoof into the hollow of an old oak tree, and briefly digs around within its contents. "I have balls stashed all over Ponyville!" She comes up with a large yellow specimen and holds it up with a grin. "In case of ball emergencies."

[no_vampires_plz]

Twilight takes the ball and levitates it enticingly in the air. "Hey, Cerberus?" she sing-songs at the demon dog. "Look what I have..."

Cerberus immediately perks up, all six of his eyes on the ball and his tail wagging like mad.

Twilight 'throws' the ball (still in her telekinetic grip) toward the outskirts of town. The demon dog bounds after it eagerly, with Twilight hot on his heels.

"I'll be back as soon as I've returned him to the gates of Tartarus," Twilight calls back over her shoulder. "Once he's back at home, there'll be no disaster!"

Wow. This turned out to be a lot easier than she thought it would be.