MLP S426 The Future at Hoof

The Future at Hoof

[The episode begins with the Mane Six and Statice at the Crystal Empire. Twilight is shown to be giggling excitedly as they are walking in a museum. Rainbow Dash is bored to the point of sleeping on top of Statice’s back. The green stallion is also bored. Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy are calm. Pinkie Pie is bouncing happily by their side.]

Rainbow Dash: [sleepy and drooling over Statice’s shoulder] Can you explain to me why are we here, Twilight? I’m not much of a museum fan.

[Rainbow Dash stops her sentence to snore in Statice’s ear. Statice does not mind until she starts to nibble at it. He blushes at the gesture while Fluttershy and Applejack are shown to be uncomfortable. Fluttershy is sad and Applejack is a little angry.]

Twilight Sparkle: [unaware of the commotion] Princess Celestia has found one of Starswirl the Bearded’s lost artifacts and she wants us to be the first ones to witness it.

Statice: [pushes Rainbow’s lips away from his ear] Are you aware that nopony besides you cares about Starswirl?

Twilight Sparkle: [ignores Statice’s comment] Don’t be like that, my faithful student! Starswirl the Bearded is a revolutionary just like you. He created over 200 spells and was the teacher of Clover the Clever.

Statice: [rolls his eyes] He is also the creator of the spell that swapped your friends’ cutie marks and nearly ruined their lives. I don’t understand why do I have to repeat that every time that you praise the guy.

Twilight Sparkle: [excitedly kicks her front hooves] It’s here!

[Twilight gallops to the artifact, which is revealed to be a mirror similar to the one in “Equestria Girls” but larger.]

Statice: [rolls his eyes] Ooh! A magical mirror! How original!

Twilight Sparkle: [glares at Statice] Shut it, Statice! You cannot judge a book by its cover!

Pinkie Pie: [points at the mirror and giggles] But that is a mirror, Twilight!

Rarity: [admires her reflection] At least it does serve its purpose.

Twilight Sparkle: [affronted] It’s not a beauty mirror, Rarity!

Applejack: [unsurely] I don’t think this is a good idea, Twilight. We’ve already got enough magical mirrors for a lifetime. What if this one sends you to a magical dimension?

Fluttershy: [trembles] Something bad is not coming out of it, right?

Pinkie Pie: [brings the party cannon] We should throw it a party!

[Twilight groans in disgust at her friends’ ignorance. The opening credits roll. Twilight is shown pacing in front of her bored or confused friends.]

Twilight Sparkle: [with lecturing tone] Listen up. This magical mirror is designed for a specific purpose. Some verses written on the side of it will describe what it does.

Statice: [rolls his eyes] Magical rhymes! Isn’t this a little cliché?

[Rainbow Dash snickers at the comment.]

Twilight Sparkle: [offended] It’s not cliché!

Statice: [mockingly] You’re right! If it were cliché it would involve a specific deadline on which the magic works like every 30 moons or so.

[Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie begin to laugh.]

Rarity: [politely]  Maybe you should read the instructions, darling. We need to listen to the instructions if we are to see what it does.

[Twilight sighs and reads the verses.]

This gift for the present is for today
It shows glimpses of futures your way
Use them to wisely choose the past you’ll away
And live with an arriving new day

Rainbow Dash: [snorts] Those are cheesy lyrics! What’s with the old magicians being obsessed with rhyming!

Pinkie Pie: [bouncing] Maybe they should have taken classes with Zecora! She knows her way around rhyming! Or maybe Starswirl should have made a song. They are very useful to instruct somepony on what to do. Like my Cupcake Song!

[Twilight covers Pinkie Pie’s mouth as she prepares to sings.]

Rarity: [confused] What does that mean, Twilight?

Twilight Sparkle: [rubs her chin with a hoof] I assume that it is a prophet mirror. It can tell you the future but the wording suggests that there is more than one future to be shown in it.

Rainbow Dash: [chuckles] You’re saying that this mirror shows possible futures? Not even Daring Doo books are that ridiculous!

Twilight Sparkle: [offended] It’s not ridiculous!

Pinkie Pie: [excitedly marches on her hooves in one place] What should we ask? What should we ask?

Fluttershy: [paws the floor] I’m not sure if it’s a good idea. What if we were to have a perfect future and then we ruin it by trying to force it to happen? I wouldn’t be capable of living with myself if I were to change my future just by knowing it.

Twilight Sparkle: [sighs] It doesn’t change the future. My hypothesis is that it shows possible futures depending on one factor.

Applejack: [unsurely] I’m not sure that this is a good idea, Twilight. I am curious to see my future but I don’t want to spoil it.

Statice: [bored] I’m going out for jousting. It’s way more fun than sitting around here trying to talk about magical mirrors.

Twilight Sparkle: [stomps a hoof] Stay here, Statice! This is educational data for your studies in friendship and magic. It’s essential for the Magic of Friendship!

Statice: [irritated] You girls are like my wives. Can you imagine what would happen if I were to marry any of you in the future?

[The mirror glows with a strong white light before the image is divided into six. Twilight is very excited. Fluttershy is cowering behind Statice. The rest of the group are interested in what is inside the mirrors.]

Pinkie Pie: [interested] This is all glowing and sparkling. I wonder what the mirror is going to show us.

[One of the six images shows Statice’s castle. It is painted pink and looks livelier than what it usually is.]

Statice: [enraged] What did you do to my castle, Pinkie?

Pinkie Pie: [giggles] The correct question would be what will I do to your castle,
Statice. The answer is that I have done nothing with it…yet.

[The camera goes to the inside of the castle. Several foals are shown cheering happily as Statice comes out dressed as a magician.]

Statice: [bows down to the audience] Welcome to the Circus of the Magical Laughter! I am the ringmaster and magician, Statice! And here I have my lovely partner in fun named Pinkie Pie!

[Statice takes off his hat and uses his magic to open Hammerspace. Pinkie Pie appears with bunny ears and giggling.]

Pinkie Pie: [nuzzles Statice] It’s time to bring my own sidekick into the mix. Come forth Rose Joke!

[A unicorn filly dressed as a jester comes in. She has Pinkie’s coat color and Statice’s eyes. Her cutie mark is a flower that splashes water.]

Statice: [smiles at Rose Joke] Are you ready to make your folks proud?

Rose Joke: [beams at Statice and Pinkie] Yes!

Pinkie Pie: [pecks Statice on the cheek] It’s time to make these ponies smile, my husband?

[In the present, everypony is shocked. Statice and Pinkie Pie are paralyzed.]

Statice and Pinkie Pie: [horrified] We’re married?

Twilight Sparkle: [worried] I think I figured out what happened. The mirror works by showing you alternate futures to come if you were to take one decision. You basically asked to see six futures on which you are married with each of us.

[The Mane Six gasp in horror while Statice is dismayed.]

Statice: [groans] OH! Now I have to memorize six anniversary dates!

[Back in the future, Pinkie Pie and Rose Joke are bouncing around. The castle is now a giant park with games and a pool.]

Rose Joke: [doing backflips] That was an amazing party like always. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next one.

Statice: [exhausted] You mean the one that will come in two hours?

Pinkie Pie: [bounces excitedly] Ooh! I can’t wait that much for that one! Let’s warm up before starting on that one.

Statice: [collapses] How about we don’t party anymore for a while. I am too exhausted to continue.

[Pinkie and Rose deflate.]

Pinkie Pie: [with trembling lips] You don’t like our parties?

Rose Joke: [with teary eyes] You don’t love us anymore, daddy?

Statice: [sighs] Fine. You can have the party. Just let me recharge my…

Pinkie Pie and Rose Joke: [tackle Statice] Yay!

[Both mother and daughter begin kissing Statice’s cheeks. The image disappears as Statice is blushing and Pinkie Pie is giggling.]

Statice: [horrified] I can’t believe this! I was tamed by Pinkie Pie!

Pinkie Pie: [snickers] I don’t think it’s so bad. You’re a good husband and a good father. That future is not so bad!

Statice: [alarmed and blushing] Next future!

[The scene goes to Sweet Apple Acres. Statice is shown with his three children. They are all the same size as Big Macintosh, Applejack, and Apple Bloom. The oldest is a stallion resembling Big Macintosh with green coat and red mane and a cutie mark of an apple surrounded by a horse shoe. The middle is a mare that resembles Applejack with a green coat and an orange mane and wearing her mother’s Stetson with a cutie mark of an apple surrounded by sparks. The youngest is a filly that resembles Apple Bloom with a green coat and yellow mane and she has a cutie mark of an apple surrounded by flowers.]

Statice: [marches in front of the group] It’s my anniversary with your mother. You three know that this means that Applejack wants me for herself on this day. Go visit your cousin Little Cherry and stay there for the night! Uncle Big Macintosh Sr. will be waiting for you. Am I left clear to all of you, Big Macintosh Jr., Applejack Jr., and Apple Bloom Jr.?

Big Macintosh Jr.: Eeyup. Don’t worry, dad. We won’t cause any problems for you and our mom.

[In the present, Applejack is staring at Statice in surprise.]

Applejack: [shocked] I can understand you naming our first daughter as Applejack Jr. But I don’t understand is why did you name our son Big Macintosh Jr. and our daughter Apple Bloom Jr.?

Statice: [defensively] Cut me some slack, Applejack! I’m not good with naming stuff.

Rainbow Dash: [chuckles] I second on that!

Statice: [tries to maintain some dignity] Besides, you do have to admit that our son looks like Big Macintosh and our daughter looks like Apple Bloom.

[In the future, Apple Bloom Jr. goes to Statice and hugs his leg.]

Apple Bloom Jr.: [with begging eyes] Are we going to do some gardening after we come back, daddy?

Statice: [calmly rubs her head with a hoof] Of course we will. Make sure to fulfill your farm duties before leaving. Applejack will be upset if she has to do the applebucking on her wedding anniversary.

Applejack Jr.: [waves her front legs] Yeehaw! You bet we will do it, pops! By the way, can you teach me some of your spells after I’m done harvesting the apples and cultivating the apple flowers?

[In the present, Statice and Applejack are shocked. Applejack Jr. levitates her hat in a green aura and reveals that she is a unicorn. Future Statice kindly puts her Stetson back on her head.]

Statice: [chuckles] You may but you have to promise to use only your hind legs for the applebucking. Your mother is not a supporter of magic in farm duties and I don’t want her scolding me in this day.

[The three ponies nod their heads at their father. Big Macintosh Jr. nearly breaks Statice’s back with a bear hug. Applejack Jr. and Apple Bloom Jr. kiss him on each cheek before they leave happily. Statice looks at them when a rope latches onto his stomach, pinning his arms into the sides. He is then flung into a tree and then pinned by two orange hooves on his shoulders.]

Statice: [groans in mild pain] Must you always go rodeo on me in every anniversary we have, Applejack?

[An older Applejack is shown without her Stetson and without her mane and tail tied into ponytails. She is standing on her hind legs as she pins Statice’s shoulders with her front hooves.]

Applejack: [winks at him] I’m just making our anniversaries more exciting. Besides you liked the one last year when I tied you and you had to stay on my back while I tried to buck you off of me.

Statice: [looks at both sides in surprise] To this day, I can’t believe that I liked it.

Applejack: [pecks him on the cheek] And to this day I can’t believe that I inherited my hat to my daughter. Well, somepony needs to keep my legacy living. I’m happy to tell you that our winnings in selling the apple flowers have increased our money supply. We could take a week vacation if we wanted to do it.

[Applejack speaks with a husky voice, while Statice blushes.]

Statice: [nervously] It sounds like a nice plan.

Applejack: [grins] I already have a plan for today. Let’s put it in motion right now.

[Applejack untangles Statice from her rope, making him spin like a top. She then catches her with one foreleg, dips him, and kisses him while pinning him to the ground. The image distorts as the present Applejack and Statice are disturbed.]

Statice: [disturbed] I can’t believe that you lassoed me for our anniversary twice! You’re sick, Applejack!

Applejack: [angrily] I don’t want to hear that coming from the stallion with no name skills! If we do get married in the future I get to name the babies.

Twilight Sparkle: [fascinated] Can you believe that Applejack Jr. is an unicorn? I wonder if she would be the Element of Honesty or the Element of Magic if the Elements of Harmony were inheritable.

Pinkie Pie: [bounces happily and points a hoof] Ooh! The third image is showing! The third image is showing!

Statice: [sighs] The next ones are Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight. Let’s see how hard I have it with the next one.

[The image distorts as the Wonderbolt Academy is shown.]

Pinkie Pie: [points at the image happily] That’s the Wonderbolt Academy!

Twilight Sparkle: [surprised] That means that the next one to be married with Statice is…

Rarity: [squeals] This is going to be so good!

[Statice and Rainbow Dash look horrified as the camera focuses on the inside of the Wonderbolt Academy. Spitfire and Soarin are standing in a balcony watching several recruits with a smile on their faces. Rainbow Dash appears older and wearing a military uniform with a Wonderbolts uniform beneath him.]

Rainbow Dash: [excitedly squeals in the present] That’s me! I got to be a Wonderbolt! This is so awesome!

[The camera focuses on six mares of different coats. Three of them have their mother’s blue coat but one has a red mane, another has a green mane, and the third one has an orange mane. The other three mares have green coats but one has a blue mane, the second has a purple mane, and the third one has a yellow mane. The Rainbow Dash in the future is speaking proudly.]

Rainbow Dash: [looks at the recruits happily] As the principal of the Wonderbolts Academy and the Captain of the Wonderbolts I declare that you are all graduated! Come pick up your diplomas!

[In the present, Rainbow Dash is hugging Statice, not noticing that she is choking him.]

Rainbow Dash: [squeals] I’m the Captain of the Wonderbolts! I’m the Captain of the Wonderbolts!

Statice: [gasps] My neck is killing me!

[In the future, the six mares appear in front of Rainbow Dash. They all have the same eyes but their cutie marks are lightning of one color.]

Rainbow Dash: [hugs the red mane mare] You did your mother proud with your speed, Crimson Rays!

Crimson Rays: [beams at her mother] Dad always said that red is the fastest traveling color of the rainbow!

Rainbow Dash: [hugs the blue mane mare] Your cloud busting left me impressed, Cyan Cloud!

Cyan Cloud: [throws fake punches in the air] What would you expect when your mother is a black belt in martial arts and your father is a mercenary who fought for a living.

Rainbow Dash: [hugs the yellow mane mare] I heard you did well in your weather combat practice, Golden Light!

Golden Light: [bucks the air] I learned from the best weather mare in Ponyville! Besides, dad has a natural talent with lightning! He gave me some ideas every time that he turned into a Pegasus!

Rainbow Dash: [hugs the green mane mare] Your obstacle course records were off the charts, Jade Breeze. No matter what came in your way you always managed to find a way through.

Jade Breeze: [spins around her mother] I found a way around, above, and bellow! I don’t like anything preventing me from flying in my sky!

Rainbow Dash: [hugs the orange mane mare] You were the best in hoof-to-hoof combat in the whole Academy, Amber Light. I heard that you once used only a hind leg to beat all of your opponents in one day!

Amber Light: [lays on her back smugly] It’s just like Cyan Cloud said, mom! Fighting is natural when you’re the daughter of the Element of Loyalty. Although dad does have some sick moves when he fights in Pegasus form!

Rainbow Dash: [hugs the purple mane mare] You were the best lead pony among your group, Violet Haze. Your talent with weather cleaning is beyond anything this academy has ever seen.

Violet Haze: [hugs Rainbow Dash back] I wouldn’t feel good with myself if I did not uphold the legacy that our mother started.

Rainbow Dash: [proudly] What can I say? I’m just the Element of Loyalty, saved Equestria countless times from the bad guys, became the youngest member to join the Wonderbolts and become team captain. Years later, I’m still in top shape after giving birth to six daughters in one go!

[In the present, Statice and Rainbow Dash are clearly in shock.]

Statice: [horrified] Six daughters!

Rainbow Dash: [squeals in delight] I’m going to be the best Wonderbolt ever!

Applejack: [whistles] You look fine there, Applejack. You kept your shape after giving birth to such a litter.

Rainbow Dash: [smugly] Why wouldn’t I be in top shape? I’m awesome! And so are my daughters! They’re the best of the best at Wonderbolt Academy!

Pinkie Pie: [bounces happily] We should throw them a party for their accomplishments!

Rarity: [curiously] I am happy for you, darling. But we must ponder on where is Statice. He certainly would not miss his daughters’ best day.

Rainbow Dash: [threateningly pokes Statice’s chest with a hoof] You better not be, Statice!

[The future shows Statice coming to the graduation and approaching Rainbow Dash and her daughters. A stallion, slightly shorter than the mares, arrives with him as well. He is a unicorn with green coat and rainbow mane but with his father’s eyes. His cutie mark is six lines of color spreading in different directions.]

Statice: [whistles at the group] Delivery for the six best students that ever set hoof for the Wonderbolts Academy!

Rainbow Mares: [excitedly] Daddy!

[The mares tackle Statice while the stallion is worried. He looks worried while Rainbow Dash covers his eyes with her hooves and kisses him on top of the head.]

Rainbow Dash: [rubs the stallion’s head] I’m glad you came to see mommy’s speech for your sisters, Rainbow Specter!

Rainbow Specter: [embarrassed] Mom! Not in front of the Academy!

Rainbow Dash: [chuckles] I’m surprised that you’re saying that when your sisters are doing the same with your daddy.

[Statice comes out with lipstick prints that match that of his daughters. He embarrassingly wipes the lipstick and hugs Rainbow Dash.]

Statice: [smiles at his wife] I did the cleaning. I picked up Rainbow Specter from his magic classes. I already cooked dinner and Pinkie Pie is in our castle preparing for the party. Do you want anything else?

Rainbow Dash: [seductively rubs Statice’s chest] I wouldn’t mind my trophy husband to give me a hoof rub after the ceremony. But first, we’ll prepare for the party with a little sugar.

[Rainbow Dash forcefully grabs Statice’s face and plants a forceful kiss in Statice’s mouth. Rainbow Specter and his sister gag in disgust. The other graduates are disturbed. Spitfire is annoyed and Soarin is happy.]

Spitfire: [yells angrily] Get a room, you two!

Soarin: [chuckles] That couple is the best at showing their love for each other.

Spitfire: [narrows her eyes at Soarin] Don’t push it, Soarin.

[Soarin gulps. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash is still kissing Statice.]

Rainbow Specter: [gags] Do you really need to do this in front of us?

Rainbow Dash: [pauses to look at her children] Girls! Here is your first mission! Take your little brother back to the castle so that you can enjoy your graduation party!

Amber Light: [grabs Specter with her hooves] How about we make this interesting and play Specter-Ball!

Rainbow Specter: [protests] Not Specter-Ball!

[Amber Light flies away carrying Rainbow Specter on her hooves.]

Violet Haze: [flies after her siblings] The one who brings Specter back to the house gets to eat the biggest slice of cake. The one who reaches last has to clean up the dishes!

Crimson Rays: [flies after them] Ha! I better get a huge plate ‘cause I’m the one who is bringing Specter back first.

Cyan Cloud: [flies into the clouds] They better be prepared to have a cloud ninja ready to steal Specter out of their hooves.

Golden Light: [flies above her sister] You girls are going to feel the taste of defeat because the weather always goes at my favor.

Jade Breeze: [follows the group from behind] They can try to keep Specter out of my reach but once I get him nothing will be able to get on my way!

[Several paparazzi arrive as Statice and Rainbow Dash see their children leave. Statice looks annoyed but Rainbow is pleased. She gives a perverted smile to Statice before planting a wet kiss for the paparazzi to photograph and publish. In the present, Statice is disgusted.]

Statice: [irritated] I can’t believe this! I’m a trophy husband to Rainbow Dash and I have to father six mares?

Rarity: [snorts] You make it seem like having a mare for a child is bad, Statice.

Statice: [rolls his eyes] I don’t mind having a daughter, Rarity. But having six at a time is a real challenge. At least, I had a son in that timeline. It’s a shame that his sisters treat him like a hoofball. They must have got it from their mother.

Rainbow Dash: [offended] Hey! I didn’t like that future as much as you did! I was out of character.

Applejack: [disapprovingly] You mean that you were being a braggart that was kissing with her husband just to get the attention of the media.

Rainbow Dash: [frustrated] I’m talking about the hoof rub, Applejack! I don’t like other ponies touching my hooves!

[The rest of the group look at her in disbelief.]

Twilight Sparkle: [annoyed] Really? You don’t mind kissing Statice in the eyes of several paparazzi but the thing that bothered you is him giving you a hoof rub.

Rainbow Dash: [blush] There is a whole side of me that I don’t want to understand in the future.

Applejack: [frustrated] Can we go back to check on the future?

Twilight Sparkle: [looks at the last three images closely] They’re not ready yet. One is about to come but it will take some time.

Rarity: [smiles at Statice] The way I see it, Statice, you were a good husband. Your daughters do love you.

Pinkie Pie: [giggles] And at least this time your daughters have better names than the ones you had with Applejack.

Statice: [smirks] They probably came from Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash: [smiles softly] They probably came from you. The names our children had were kind of poetic yet awesome.

Statice: [nods his head] Thanks, Rainbow.

Twilight Sparkle: [beams at the group] I got it. The fourth future is about to come.

[The image goes to the Everfree Forest. Statice’s castle is in plain view but it is now connected by a pavement road with gates. It looks more majestic in appearance than its average appearance. Statice walks into the castle and enters into a portal, appearing in a mansion in Canterlot. Present Statice frowns.]

Statice: [does a face hoof] I think I know who my wife is on this future.

Rarity: [offscreen] Darling!

[Statice’s eyes are covered by two white hooves. He turns around to see Rarity dressed in a beautiful blue dress. She is wearing silver bracelets with diamonds on her forelegs. She has silver earrings on her neck and is smiling seductively at Statice. On top of her horn is a beautiful platinum ring with an amethyst.]

Statice: [smiles at Rarity] I’m home.

[In the present, Rarity’s eyes are glistening as she sees a close look of her jewelry.]

Rarity: [squeals and hugs Statice] You’re the best husband I could ever had. You really love me a lot if you gave me such fine jewelry!

[Rarity begins to kiss Statice’s cheek, making him blush.]

Statice: [protests as she tries to push Rarity away] Cut it out, Rarity! It’s a possible future! It has not happened yet!

[In the future, Statice comes out with a star shaped sapphire. Rarity’s eyes glisten at the reflection.]

Rarity: [gasp] Is that an Ice Sapphire? This piece of jewelry has such a natural beauty that rivals the Fire Ruby that Spike gave me.

Statice: [shrugs his shoulders] I came back to my castle to bring it to you. You’d be surprised at how much of my old treasure is in perfect conditions to gift.

Rarity: [tackles Statice] Get over here, my wonderful husband!

[Rarity starts kissing Statice, making him blush. In the present, the Mane Six are looking at Statice with a knowing smile.]

Statice: [annoyed] Don’t judge me! That could have been anything.

[Back in the future, Rarity is wiping her lipstick from Statice’s face.]

Rarity: [gives Statice a suit] Fancypants has invited us to another party. We must be there in two hours.

Statice: [groans] Again? I don’t want to be surrounded by snobs, Rarity!

Rarity: [pouts cutely] Please? Do it for me!

Statice: [annoyed] Fine. But let’s rehearse the rules. I behave as long as they treat me with respect and I am not speaking with that fake noble accent.

Rarity: [makes a humph but smiles at him] Very well. In return for your service, I will do something special for you…

[Rarity whispers into Statice’s ear. He slowly blushes until his whole face is red. Rarity gives him a seductive smile until the door opens. A unicorn with white mane and purple coat with yellow eyes appears. She wears the same mane style and Rarity before she comes in and kisses Statice on the cheek. Her cutie mark is a crystal surrounded by a golden ring and light.]

Statice: [lifts a random bag] I brought the platinum, Unique. Now you are free to craft your jewelry.

Unique: [giggles and kisses Statice’s cheek] Thank you, Daddy!

Statice: [smiles at Rarity] She has the same eye of fashion that you do, Rarity.

Rarity: [hugs Statice’s arm to hers] She learned to craft metal and stones from you, darling. I still conserve every piece of jewelry that you ever crafted for me.

[In the present, the group is smiling at Statice. Rarity is shedding tears as she looks at Statice lovingly.]

Statice: [embarrassed] Don’t say anything.

Rainbow Dash: [snorts in laughter] You really are a good husband!

Twilight Sparkle: [sincerely] I agree with Rainbow Dash, Statice! Most husbands buy jewelry from local craftsmen. Not anypony goes to get precious stones and metals and then uses his magic to turn them into jewelry for their wife.

Statice: [crosses his legs defiantly] It’s no big deal. The spell I used for the jewelry is probably the one I used to build my castle for the first time. The materials are kind of easy to get when you inherited a fortune for a dragon.

Fluttershy: [whispers but is still smiling] I think that it’s a big deal. You are actually giving your fortune to make beautiful gifts to Rarity.

Statice: [annoyed] Can we go to the end of this story?

[The camera goes back to the mirror. Statice hears a knock on the door and sees a stallion with white mane and blue coat. He resembles Fancypants in appearance but with softer features. His cutie mark is a shield of arms with two swords crossed in between.]

Statice: [annoyed] Who are you?

Noble Soul: [nervously] It’s me, Mr. Statice. I’m Noble Soul. I’m the son of Fancypants. We met a party a couple of years ago. I came to take your daughter on a date.

Statice: [narrows his eyes] Are your lips kissed?

Noble Soul: [blinks and backs away in fear] No, sir. I’ve never had my first kiss.

Statice: [lights his horn in magic] Good. They will remain that way by the end of your date. Did I make myself clear?

Noble Soul: [gulps] Yes, sir.

[Statice surrounds him with magic a little bit before Unique comes.]

Unique: [excitedly] You came!

[Unique charges at Noble Soul and hugs him. She is about to kiss him on the lips when a force field appears around him. She gasps and then attempts to kiss him again repeatedly, only to end in failure.]

Statice: [crosses his forelegs] You may date Noble Soul, Unique, but you are forbidden to kiss him until you are old enough. This spell will prevent you from kissing him.

Unique: [whines] But why, Daddy? He is my one true love!

Statice: [rolls his eyes] You barely even know him for a few years and you only met him a few times. You try to kiss him and that barrier will appear. If you break the barrier then the date is over.

[Unique’s eyes fill with tears before she cries a river and gallops into her room. Her facial expression is the same one Rarity had in “A Dog and Pony Show” when Rarity was called a mule. Statice is annoyed and Noble Soul is disturbed. Rarity comes in.]

Rarity: [glares at Statice] You were overprotective again, weren’t you?

Statice: [groans] I’ll go get Unique.

[Statice is shown back again with Unique. She kisses him on the cheek before taking Noble Soul’s arm and walk away from the house.]

Rarity: [hugs Statice’s arm] Did you do anything good today?

Statice: [shrugs his shoulders] I’m still helping Spike lose weight after he entered into a depression for our wedding.

Rarity: [ashamed] Poor Spike. That notice really broke his heart.

Statice: [annoyed] He should have thought of that for aiming so high. Now I have to help him lose weight after years of him stuffing himself to deal with the heartache!

[In the present, the group is disturbed.]

Twilight Sparkle: [worried] Spike is overweight.

Rainbow Dash: [glares at Statice] What did you expect him to do after his best friend betrayed him by marrying the pony he loved?

Statice: [snorts] You’re talking about it as if Spike ever had a shot with her in the first place.

[In the future, Rarity walks in with a silver collar and wearing her Ice Sapphire happily on her neck. She nuzzles Statice and wraps her forelegs around his arm.]

Rarity: [kisses Statice’s neck] Are you ready, darling?

Statice: [with a gentleman’s face] Yes, my lady!

[Both of them leave the house and the image disappears. Rarity is fawning while Statice is annoyed.]

Statice: [talks to himself] It’s just two more futures. I can tolerate it.

Pinkie Pie: [excitedly] That means that it’s a close match between Twilight and Fluttershy!

Fluttershy: [hides herself in her wings] Meep!

Applejack: [winces] I don’t think that this is going to be a good idea. They just broke up recently.

Rainbow Dash: [snorts] So did you and Statice! Nothing bad is going to happen.

Twilight Sparkle: [focuses her eyes on the image] It’s coming in!

[The image focuses on Fluttershy’s cottage. Fluttershy is humming to herself as she sings to her hummingbirds. Statice enters into his home covered in bites and scratches.]

Statice: [exclaims in exhaustion] I’m home!

[Statice drops into the floor. Fluttershy flies to him and stands on his back, massaging him with her front hooves.]

Fluttershy: [worried] Oh my goodness! You had a bad day!

Statice: [winces] You had no idea. Ever since Angel and most of the animals moved in my castle they decided to have a big family. You got any idea of how hard it is to feed a large clan of bunnies that hate me.

Fluttershy: [concerned] I don’t think that Angel and his family hate you.

Statice: [relaxed] Speaking about family, how are our children doing?

[A male Pegasus enters into the house. He has a green coat and yellow mane with Fluttershy’s eyes and shy personality. His cutie mark is a flower being carried by a breeze of wind. Next to him is a filly with yellow coat and pink mane that resembles Fluttershy, except that she is a unicorn and she has Statice’s eyes and strong personality. Her cutie mark is an Ursa Minor.]

Fluttershy: [happily] Dandelion! Gleam Shy! I’m so happy to see you both.

Dandelion: [meekly] I am happy to see you too mother. We went to play with the animals outside of the cottage.

Gleam Shy: [respectful but aggressive] Can you teach me your animal spells, Dad? I want to try to see how it feels to be an animal by having echolocation or taming them with sound.

Statice: [groans] Maybe you should wait a little bit, Gleam Shy! My back is killing me! Those animals living at my castle are savages.

Gleam Shy: [sighs] I guess that I can go with Princess Twilight. You did teach her that spell, right?

Statice: [moans in pleasure as Fluttershy uses all hooves on him] Yes! I mean-yes. It was one of the ten spells that she originally learned from me.

Gleam Shy: [smiles] Awesome! I’ll see you around, Dad!

Statice: [to Gleam Shy as she leaves the cottage] Don’t forget to show me the spell! I don’t think Twilight can do it correctly!

[In the present, Twilight glares at Statice, who shrugs his shoulders.]

Dandelion: [paws the ground with his hoof] The Great Butterfly Migration is here and I would like to go. You don’t mind if I skip the chores, if that’s okay with you?

Fluttershy: [flies to hug Dandelion] Of course you can watch the migration. We’ll meet you in one or two hours! Have fun!

[Fluttershy kisses Dandelion on the cheek before he flies away. She then looks seductively at Statice. The green stallion stands up and stretches himself, fixing his spine.]

Statice: [thankful] That massage did its wonders. Thank you, Fluttershy.

Fluttershy: [flies to Statice] It’s spring.

Statice: [looks at the windows calmly] I have a calendar, Fluttershy. I am aware that it is spring.

Fluttershy: [hugs and rubs Statice’s chest] How about we celebrate its arrival the correct way?

Statice: [groans] Again? What is it with you and spring?

Fluttershy: [with a seductive smile] I can’t help it. I get in touch with my wild side in spring.

Statice: [sighs] Fine. We can have our spring kissing sessions but only an hour!

[Fluttershy squeals before pouncing on Statice and kissing him. The image is distorted. Fluttershy is shown to be blushing while Statice looks humiliated.]

Fluttershy: [embarrassed] Oh my goodness! I never thought that I would act like that after getting married.

Statice: [annoyed] What are you complaining about? I’m the one who is tamed. I don’t live in my castle anymore!

Pinkie Pie: [eats popcorn] Only one future is left. It’s Twilight’s future with Statice.

Twilight Sparkle: [blushes and covers her eyes] This is going to be so embarrassing.

Statice: [avoids looking at the image] As if us being teacher and student was not big of a challenge.

[The image shows Statice, Twilight, and Spike in the future. They all look the same, except for Spike, who is slightly bigger and older.]

Twilight Sparkle: [in the present] That’s as far as Spike is going to grow up?

Statice: [shrugs his shoulders in the present] Maybe this future is not as distant as the other ones. Rose Joke was a filly in my future with Pinkie Pie and Big Macintosh Jr. was as old as present Big Macintosh in my future with Applejack.

[In the future, Twilight and Statice hug and kiss on the lips.]

Twilight Sparkle: [happily] How have you been doing on the school?

Statice: [relaxed] I did fine.

Twilight Sparkle: [glares at him] I heard that you once again threatened to fail a student for talking back to you.

Statice: [defensively] He insulted my Taking You Out with Me spell! It may be incomplete and forbidden but I do not appreciate somepony else insulting my spells. They’re like my babies!

[A foal is heard crying.]

Twilight Sparkle: [glares at Statice] Excellent! You made Orion cry!

Statice: [mockingly] He is probably crying because you gave him a stupid name. At least he inherited your alicorn appearance so he won’t have to worry about bullies in school teasing him about his name.

Twilight Sparkle: [affronted] Orion is a beautiful name!

Spike: [coughs in his fist] It is not.

Statice: [takes a breath and speaks calmly] Look. How about we enjoy our stay? We are both exhausted for your job as a Princess and my job as a teacher.

Twilight Sparkle: [sits down] You’re right. My back is killing me. My hooves are killing me. I’ve been stressed out ever since I gave birth to Orion.

[Twilight levitates Orion. He has his mother’s coat and his father’s mane. His eyes are the same shape as Statice’s but the same color as Twilight’s.]

Statice: [lovingly] How do you think he’ll be? Will he be like you or me? No offense, Twilight, but I don’t want him to feel burdened because he is trying to make us proud.

Twilight Sparkle: [nuzzles Statice] It’s okay. I don’t want him to be like you either. I don’t want him to live with painful memories or with lots of ponies holding grudges against him.

Spike: [goes to sleep] I’m sure that he will be as good of a pony as you guys are, if not better. All we can do is wait to see what happens!

[Twilight and Statice look at Orion lovingly.]

Statice: [rubs his son’s hoof] Will you be my like your Mom or your Dad? What will be your cutie mark?

Twilight Sparkle: [kisses Orion’s head] What kind of cutie mark will you have? How many good friends will you make, my little prince?

Statice: [rubs Twilight’s stomach as he talks with Orion] What kind of brother will you be to your sister to come?

Twilight Sparkle: [nuzzles Statice] Did the doctors told you that it was going to be a girl already? The news traveled fast!

Statice: [smugly] Who do you think taught those doctors the spell to check on the baby’s gender when you are pregnant? By the way, I call dibs on naming our daughter.

Twilight Sparkle: [pecks Statice on the cheek] Fair enough.

[The two of them cuddle with Orion. The image distorts as the mirror returns to normal. Statice and Twilight are in complete shock.]

Statice: [shocked] Wow. My married life with Twilight is not so bad.

Twilight Sparkle: [amazed] You are a wonderful husband, Statice.

Statice: [confused] You named our future son, Orion?

Twilight Sparkle: [stunned] I like astronomy so I named him after a constellation. What about you? You have a Taking You Out with Me spell! Why would you teach a forbidden spell especially if it is incomplete?

Statice: [embarrassed] I designed it against an opponent that may want to destroy me so that he would not have the satisfaction of doing so. The reason that the spell is incomplete is that if I completed it then I would not be able to make it out of there alive. I can complete it but I chose not to unless I have nothing to lose.

Princess Celestia: [offscreen] Did you like what you see?

Everypony: [gasps] Princess Celestia!

[They all bow to her except Twilight and Statice.]

Princess Celestia: [smiles at the pair] What did you think of the mirror that Starswirl the Bearded made to see into the future?

Statice: [annoyed] It sucked. I don’t think I know what kind of future I want to have anymore.

Princess Celestia: [confused] And what brings you to that conclusion, my little pony?

Statice: [stammers] All of the futures involve me being married to one of my six friends and having children with them. How can I be confident about what to do with my present if I don’t know which future to choose?

Twilight Sparkle: [worried] He is right, Celestia. He can only have one future with one of us while the others disappear from existence. How can we feel good about the mirror knowing that our children may disappear if Statice does not choose to marry with us?

Pinkie Pie: [deflates] I really want to bring smiles, laughter, and happiness with my daughter, Rose Joke.

Applejack: [takes off her hat] And I would like to have a successful life with my three kids, even if their father has no naming skills.

Rainbow Dash: [sadly] I’m confident that I can become a Wonderbolts and the captain of the team. But I don’t think that I can have an excellent family like my six daughters or my unicorn son.

Rarity: [paws the ground with her hoof] My future is a dream come true, Princess. But I don’t know if I should have it for myself or let the other girls make theirs into a reality. It is a complicated choice to make.

Fluttershy: [weakly] It is not something that I wanted to know. The future I have with Statice is wonderful but I don’t think hat I can live with myself knowing that Statice could have had good lives with any of my friends if he had not chosen me.

Princess Celestia: [sighs] The future is not written in stone, my little ponies. What you saw was a possibility of the future. Starswirl was even more prone to panic than Twilight as he considered it his responsibility to keep peace in Equestria as the strongest unicorn.

Statice: [whispers to Rainbow Dash] Sounds like an arrogant punk.

Princess Celestia: [puts a hoof on the mirror] Using this mirror, Starswirl was capable of preparing contingency plans for any kind of catastrophe that may come into Equestria. It was an excellent idea at first but there was a cost.

Twilight Sparkle: [worried] What was the cost?

Princess Celestia: [sadly] One day, he decided to ask what would happen if he had made a decision to accept a friendship. Some ponies had attempted to be friends with him that day so he decided to use the mirror to choose which one was the most suitable one for himself.

Rarity: [snorts] That’s just arrogant! He didn’t want to make friends unless they were on his best standards? He sounds like an elitist.

Princess Celestia: [disappointed] He was indeed. He asked the mirror to see the future that he may had with his possible friends. Each and every future was glorious as he saw the possible rewards of having a friend could have. Unfortunately, he was afraid that if he chose a friend he was not going to be friends with the others.

Pinkie Pie: [horrified] That’s awful! Why would he limit himself to just having one friend? I want to have lots of friends!

Princess Celestia: [sadly] He could not bring himself to choose one without hurting the other so he decided to be their friend by not linking himself to them so as to not show preference to either of them.

Applejack: [outraged] That doesn’t make a lick of sense!

Princess Celestia: [sadly] Indeed. I used the mirror once to check on what would have happened if Starswirl had completed the spell. He needed to make friends in order to complete it but he decided not to have them.

Rainbow Dash: [angry] You’re saying that his dude made the spell that nearly ruined our lives and he could have prevented all of it from happening if he had just grown a spine and made friends?

Princess Celestia: [disappointed] Starswirl the Bearded was a great magician but he was never a good friend. He lived a lonely life and that is why I had Twilight make friends when Nightmare Moon returned.

Twilight Sparkle: [surprised] You did this to protect me?

Princess Celestia: [takes a deep breath] I knew that you were the Element of Magic ever since I first saw you, Twilight. I was always proud of your desire to excel, your loyalty to me, and your sense of responsibility. The only disappointment I ever had back then was your obsession with studies.

Twilight Sparkle: [sadly] You were disappointed with me?

Princess Celestia: [looks at a statue of Starswirl] I was disappointed at what you could have become. I could not let you end like Starswirl especially since you were the Element of Magic. The day you guessed the return of Nightmare Moon I knew that it was a sign of fate that you were destined to recover the Elements of Harmony.

Pinkie Pie: [eats popcorn] This is getting good!

Princess Celestia: [smiles at the group] When I found out that the Summer Sun Celebration was in Ponyville, near the Everfree Forest on which I hid the Elements of Harmony I knew that you needed to be there.

Twilight Sparkle: [surprised] But how?

Princess Celestia: [pats Twilight’s head] You bring the best qualities of anypony, Twilight Sparkle. Have you noticed how many ponies wanted to be your friends in Canterlot? I knew that if you went to Ponyville not only were you going to find the Elements of Harmony but also the friends you needed to help you unlock your true potential.

Twilight Sparkle: [with a smile and tears in her eyes] Princess…

Statice: [rudely] What does that have to do with the mirror?

[A needle scratch is heard. Twilight glares at Statice but Celestia speaks to him.]

Princess Celestia: [with a motherly tone] The mirror is designed to show you what you can become and let it be a guide to what you should do at the present. What did you learn about yourself, Statice? It was you who asked the question if you appeared in each one of the reflections.

Statice: [hesitantly] I learned that my future wives are my bosses.

[The girls giggle as the show’s theme song is played.]

Pinkie Pie: [hugs Statice] I learned that you can care about the happiness of others, especially that of your family. You can always have fun if you make your wife and your daughter laugh with you.

Applejack: [puts her hat on Statice’s head] I learned that you can have the responsibility to raise your kids. As long as you are true to yourself as a father and husband you will always be the stallion of the family.

Rainbow Dash: [puts Statice in a playful headlock] I learned that you’re loyalty to your family makes you a great housekeeper. You were loyal to our son to pick him at school and to our daughters by coming to their graduation. And you were loyal to me by helping me raise our big family.

Rarity: [pecks Statice on the cheek] I learned that you are generous enough to sacrifice your treasure so that you can turn it into gifts for the ones you love. Even when you don’t like to do something you are willing to do something you hate for the sake of making somepony you love happy.

Fluttershy: [nuzzles Statice] You were kind in giving your castle to my animals, Statice. It was nice of you to care about our daughter’s development in magic. You were gentle with me in that future, even to the point in which you let me do anything that I wanted with you.

Twilight Sparkle: [kisses Statice on the head] You let friendship make a magic on you and that was changing you for the better. You and I did not fight like we always do in the present. If this is what you will become by being a true friend then you have a bright future ahead of you, regardless of which path you take.

Princess Celestia: [lifts her head] Now that your lesson is over we have one thing left to do. We cannot let what you saw in the mirror affect the way on which you will live on the present. I will use a memory spell to make you forget about the futures you saw while keeping the emotions you felt inside of you.

Pinkie Pie: [sadly] So we’re going to forget about Rose Joke or any of the other children born from my friends?

Princess Celestia: [with a small smile] Yes. But as long as the paternal pride and love that you felt when you saw them in the mirror remains you will always be ready to accept the future with a smile on your face.

[The group stares at each other before nodding their heads. Celestia uses her magic and envelops the screen with a white light. The group is now seen in the grass, watching the night sky.]

Statice: [rubs his head] What happened?

Rainbow Dash: [chuckles] We probably got bored with the museum and fell asleep.

Twilight Sparkle: [disappointed] I don’t remember anything! I really wanted to check on that new attraction.

Applejack: [relaxed] We can visit it again someday, Twilight. For the time being, we should just gaze at the stars.

Rarity: [hums to herself] It is a beautiful night. I wonder if I will be able to experience these moments when I get married.

[Statice gasps silently but then relaxes.]

Fluttershy: [happily] I hope you do and I hope I do as well.

Pinkie Pie: [laughs] Maybe we should try to talk about our ideal husbands…and wife in Statice’s case.

Statice: [smirks] Forget about it. That stuff is for the future. For the time being, let’s just all be friends and enjoy the stars.

[Statice notices Twilight and looks at the stars reflected in her eyes. He closes his eyes and looks at the stars again.]

Statice: [whispers to himself] Let’s make some fond memories…

[Screen fades to black. Closing credits roll.]