The end of an era

(Cuz there was only one book shown in the episode, we're using this, for the most part, to have some knowledge of the other books so our chars can have conversation about the other books. If its not in there, feel free to come up with some stuff too! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustForFun/DaringDo)

(I know this is posted in the Library, but I'm using this section as the representation of a bookstore)

Blackberry groggily trotted up to the bookstore, It was early-- still dark. The book store wouldnt be opening for another hour or so, but it was a special occasion. He rubbed his eyes and looked up at the poster of the cover. Daring Do and the End of Time! It was the end of an era, this was being reported to be the official final book in the Daring Do series. The cover gave no hints at how it was going to end-- Daring Do was again present on the cover, however she appeared hurt, laying and looking up in shock-- standing behind her, as if to protect her, was a pony he didn't recognize... He had a wild mane and deep dark eyes-- his coat was dark brown and he had an hour glass cutie mark. He also had a very obvious red bowtie on... very odd... Behind them... was something... It was a shadow... He wasnt quite sure how to explain it-- it looked like a big torso-- a head on top-- two arms off either side that looked like they were reaching out to scoop up the two-- but that was it-- no detailwork at all on the creature behind them. Clearly whatever it was was the upcoming end...

Blackberry yawned and glanced to his left. The line was already partially down the street. He was not the only pony excited for this book. He had read these books since he was just a foal, he grew up with Daring Do and was not going to miss her final adventure. He had saved up just enough bits to be able to get this book. It'd be the start of the rebuilding of his collection, as he no longer had any of his old Daring Do books.

Blackberry trotted down the line of ponies. The ones in front looked like they may have spent the night there. A pink tent at the very front of the line. He glanced at some of the ponies. He even saw one dressed as Daring Do herself. He rolled his eyes, sure it was cool that the last book was being released, but dressing up as the character? that just seems a bit... silly... finally Blackberry reached the end of the line, about twenty ponies back. He knew they'd have more than enough books-- at least for where he was in line.

And now... It was time to wait. For the End of Time.

Iccy Shuffled a bit right ahead of Blackberry. He was definitely proud of his Herpy jacket, Although it wasn't a well-known bit of clothing for him. He smiled Softly as he waited for the time to come around, reading a "Expanded-universe" Comic book.

Blackberry looked up just in time to see a familiar blue pony walk past him and get in line right behind him. He turned to see Moon Whistle looking over the line. "Hello Moon Whistle," he greeted her with a smile, "long time no see, havn't seen you in years"

"I never knew you were into Daring Do too," Blackberry said, striking up a little bit of conversation, "You always seemed so focus on astronomy back in school," he said.

Iccy blinked and turned around. He waved at Moon Whistle, smiling pleasantly, putting the comic back in his bag. "H-Hey!"

Blackberry smiled and nodded as Moon Whistle explained her interest in the Daring Do books. He remembered Moon always being one of the quieter fillys back when they were in school. He never really got to know her that well though, although they were always on friendly terms.

Blackberry looked a hair surprise when Moon cut out mid sentence. He blinked and then turned to see where she was staring just in time for Iccy to great them.

"Oh, hello!" Blackberry greated Iccy. This particular pony he didn't recognize, but he was never one to turn down a friendly pony.

Iccy blinked a bit when Moon trailed off. "M-Moon? Y-You alright?" He asked, Genuinely confused about why She acted like that. He shook his head and smiled. "I-I a-actually got t-to watch t-the screening o-of The C-Cove of C-Candles, W-When t-they were t-trying to M-Move onto f-film. I-It w-was amazing..." he explained, Shifting his bag. "M-Miss Starlight's e-even more a-annoying w-with voice." He explained with a deadpan, sighing.

Blackberry blinked when Iccy began to speak, he'd never seen another pony with such a stutter before. He hated to admit it to himself that it was a little hard to understand the pony a couple times.

Blackberry turned back to Moon Whistle as she stammered through her sentence. Was he the only one able to form a complete sentence around here anymore!? "Yeah-- the characters are really well done," Blackberry interjected, "even characters in the background are developed enough to make them likeable."

"So--" Blackberry looked between Iccy and Moon with a grin, "whats going to happen to cause the end of time?"

Iccy hummed a bit, thinking. "W-We'll meet Darring's M-Mom." He predicted, nodding. "T-They wouldn't Allude to h-her w-without at least r-revealing what h-happened to her." he explained, smiling. "H-How about you guys? W-What do you t-think?"

"There's definitely a new character," Blackberry said with a nod, "I don't recall a bowtie wearing pony anywhere before in the series. He's definitely relevant to the plot too with how he is protecting Daring on the cover." Blackberry speculated.

"Personally-- I think that the figure in the back is some sort of great evil," Blackberry explained, "and that time itself will end in the story-- and this new pony is some sort of time traveler and they've got to go back before the end to stop the end from happening!" Blackberry said, clearly getting excited by his idea.

"Thats absurd." Called Doctor Whooves from further up in line.

Blackberry sighed a little, "you guys don't think thats too crazy, do you?" He asked with a weak smile.

Flora plodded quietly to the end of the long line of ponies. She hadn't read any of the Daring Do books yet, but she liked doing things out of order. It made no sense, and that made her smile. Other ponies seemed pretty pumped about it's release, considering some of the adoring fans she could pick out among the crowd. She reached her place in line and promptly sat where she was, blinking at the ponies in front of her with one ear idly turned towards their conversation. The book sounded like it was going to be great, according to their speculations. She smiled and flapped her wings a little, excited.

Iccy shrugged softly. "T-There's a whole w-wing dedicated to Time s-spells in the Academy Library... I-I've heard a r-rumor that There's a t-time travel s-spell there." he admitted, shrugging. "D-Doesn't seem so f-far-fetched when you t-think of t-that."

"Well, yeah, there's supposedly a time travel spell in that big library that not everyone has access to..." Blackberry began to pick apart Iccy's idea a little bit, "Which means that this bowtie pony has somehow found a spell that was more or less thought to be a rumor." he pointed out.

"And dont get me started on messing up the whole time space continuity deal" Blackberry said, letting his nerdness show a little, "I mean, if they went back to change something, then they wouldnt need to go back in time later and change it... oh nevermind..." Blackberry sighed as he thought about it.

He glanced over his shoulder away from Iccy to see the new pony Moon was speaking to, "hello..." he said meakly.

Flora nodded at the smaller blue pony, waving. "Hi, how are you?" She chirped. The shorter mare seemed like a happy pony, but was a little... nervous looking. Or maybe uncomfortable?
Another pony greeted her quietly, and she smiled a crooked smile. This pony looked a tad bit feminine, but had a strong-looking expression in his bright eyes and a slightly different build. He was certainly pretty, and once she got over the initial thought that his mane made him look more like a mare, he instead seemed handsome and rather obviously a stallion.
"Hello." She shuffled her hooves a bit, gathering her thoughts.
"Why would a pony even invent a time spell? Time traveling seems so... risky. And anything can result in some kind of...like...paradox, right?" Flora tilted her head a bit and looked at the purple stallion quizzically.

Iccy nodded, thinking. "T-Time travel doesn't s-seem to be that rigid... I-I mean, N-Not many have e-ever done it, s-so no one knows, B-But I don't think It'd end in a p-paradox. Maybe your m-memories of the past w-will change, m-maybe not. Maybe It e-ends in w-what ponies call a S-Stable-Time loop." He said, before blushing and looking at the ground. "H-heard it on the r-radio once."

Iccy opened a saddlebag on the jacket, pulling out a sandwich. Y-You guys w-want anything?"

Blackberry shook his head and raised a hoof to Iccy's offer, he had learned to eat light since his time in Manehatten. Probably a reason why he was a bit on the skinny side.

Blackberry lowered his gaze to the ground before looking back at the other ponies, first at Iccy infront of him in line, then at the two fillys behind him in the line. "Well-- we've got the big monster on the cover-- whatever it is--" he began to muse, "So what if whatever it is has some kind of control over time-- trying do something to create a paradox or something along those lines to just make time stop?"

"You know what that silhouette reminds me of?" Blackberry asked to the others, as he thought about it, "the statue of Koloktos that Ahuizotl brought to life in Shrine of the Silver Money... and that was just a living statue of Koloktos... imagine if that was just a lead up for the introduction of Koloktos himself to rip time apart!" Blackberry said curiously.

Flora nodded thoughtfully at the grey unicorn's insights. "It could I guess... I would never mess with it. I would be scared of changing something important, like with the butterfly effect, y'know?" She sighed, watching him pull out a sandwich. "I'll just have a bite, if that's alright?" She says, smiling.
She listened to the darker stallion quietly, nodding her head, then looked confused. "Honestly I don't know anything about any of that... I haven't even read any of the other Daring Do books." A sheepish grin flashed across her face.

Iccy nodded toward The Pegasus, Floating over another Sandwich from the pocket. "W-Well, Until we t-time travel, we'll n-never know." He said, shrugging. "I-In any case, The S-Shadowy Figure IS i-interesting... Maybe I-It could be K-Koloktos, Or, It c-could be something different a-altogether."

He hummed in thought for a moment... "I-If it DOES involve T-Time Travel, I-I think... I think w-we might have a t-team-up of Daring and h-her mother." He Mused, nodding.

And, Finally, Back to The Pegasus, he nodded and smiled. "T-The Library has t-the rest of t-the series, if y-you're I-Interested..."

"I'd like to imagine that, whatever that is, has been something that the books have been leading up to for a while," Blackberry explained, "It'd feel silly if the final book in all this just had some random evil power that just came out of the blue..." he said.

He turned his head quickly in surprise to look at Flora in surprise, "You havn't read any of the books yet?" he asked, "and you're choosing to start out with the last one? arent you afraid of spoilers?" he asked honestly.