Episode 20: Back to the Futurity
(Scene 1: We open outside of a classroom at Canterlot College.  We see Brad standing just outside the door as Norman can be seen at the Professor’s desk handing in a paper.  We see that the Professor is A.K. Yearling.  Norman waves and leaves)
Norman: (To Brad) Sorry about that.  I really needed to hand that paper in by the deadline.
Brad: No worries, Norm.  What was it about, anyways?
Norman: Ugh...The legal question of the removal of artifacts from archaeological digs at known burial sites.
Brad: Sounds boring.
(While this conversation is taking place, a man in an Arabian robe and mask had entered the room with a sword and is seemingly threatening Professor Yearling.  He spins the sword menacingly only for the Professor to produce a gun from her desk and shoot him.  Norman and Brad have completely missed all of this)
Norman: What can I say, she’s a boring professor. (Laughter as the two boys walk off frame)
(Scene change, back at the apartment, Norman goes to unlock the door)
Brad: You go on in, Norm.  I need to go over to Scott’s for a bit.
Norman: The Hipster?  The hell are you going over there for?
Brad: We’re thinking about maybe going to the casino again.
Norman: Promise me you won’t let your problem get the best of you this time?
Brad: Norm, I don’t have a gambling problem.  I can stop anytime.  In fact, Gambler’s Anonymous found that 50% of those who try to stop succeed on their first try.  I like those odds. (Laughter)
Norman: Whatever, just try not to lose your shirt.
Brad: With some of the girls at that casino?  I can’t make any promises, Norm. (Laughter)
(Scene change: Outside the door to Scott’s apartment)
Brad: (Knocks) Yo, Scott!  It’s me! (Waits a beat, knocks) Scott?  You there? (Pulling out a lockpicking kit from his pocket) I swore I would never use this other than to break into a girl’s house.  Oh well, here goes. (Laughter)
(Brad unlocks the door and is able to enter the apartment, he quietly closes the door behind him and turns to look inside, his eyes go wide.  Standing before him is Scott seemingly at the controls of the Tardis with a large central console taking up the center of the room.)
Brad: Scott!
Scott: (Noticing Brad) Oh!  Hey Brad! (Recognizing the situation) The hell are you doing here you freaking Pleb!?
Brad: I thought we were going to the casino.
(The room has begun shaking)
Scott: (Fighting the controls on the console) Did you not check your phone’s messages?
Brad: (Rocking back and forth from the turbulence) Hold on. (Pulls out phone) Oh!  A text..from you.
Scott: (Pauses briefly from the controls to signify “Continue” with his hand) (Laughter)
Brad: (Reading) Brad (Looking at Scott) That’s me! (Laughter) (Back to reading) Afraid business has come up and I can’t go to casino today.  Will make it up to you later.  Regards, Scott. (To Scott) Shoot...wish I saw that earlier. (Laughter)
Scott: (Rushing over to him) Well now you have.  If you’ll excuse me, I am going to have to ask you to leave and we can hang out later. (He pushes Brad toward the door of the apartment and throws open the door only to find that they are looking out into the middle of space) Damn it!  We’ve already left.
Brad: Cool trick, Bro...you made it look like space.  Guess I’ll be going back to my apartment, we can hang later. (He goes to leave but Scott grabs him and stops him, slamming the door.)
Scott: Sorry Brad, you’re with me for the foreseeable future.  Faust, another male companion. (Laughter)
(Scott goes over to the console and pulls on what looks like an emergency brake, the two are thrown forward as though brought to an immediate stop)
Scott: If we’re lucky, we haven’t gone too far and I can just drop you off here.  You may have to relive the last two hours or so.
Brad: Are you alright bro?  You haven’t been trying some of that girl with the pith helmets plants, have you? (Laughter)
Scott: Quiet you. (He throws open the door only to see a view of Canterlot High as Twilight comes out of the mirror.) Oh...oh my!  We are a bit farther back than I thought.
Brad: Isn’t this when Twily first came to school?
Scott: It would appear so.  Promise not to freak out?
Brad: Can’t make any guarantees. (Laughter)
Scott: We have gone back in time to when you were still in High School.
Brad: (Matter of Factly) Alright.
Scott: Thats it?  You’re not freaked out?
Brad: I go out with a horse girl from another dimension, my ex became a demon at Fall Formal, and my roommates girlfriend once became a living nightmare.  It takes a lot to rattle me. (Laughter)
Scott: Well, I can’t leave you here. It would be a disaster if you ran into yourself.
Brad: (Dressed as Norman) Way ahead of you, bro. (Laughter)
Scott: Norman!  How did you get here you Pl...Brad?
Brad: Yeah...spitting image huh?  Come on let’s go. (Goes to leave)
Scott: (Grabbing Brad by the Collar) Hold on a second, first let me lay down some ground rules.  1: Out there, you are to refer to me as The Doctor.
Brad: Why?  You haven’t even got your bachelors yet. (Laughter)
Scott: 2: You cannot interact with yourself, the consequences could be dire.
3: No outside food or Dr…(He looks and sees Brad running off toward the school) Damn it!  Tally ho, then! (He runs after Brad and catches up to him, the camera zooms out as we see the scene from EQG where Twilight gets her first look at the crowded halls.  That timelines Norman and Scott walk by in the foreground.  In the background we see Scott and Brad as “Norman”.  This explains the two sets of same characters.  Audience Laughter to end the scene.)
(Scene 2: We open on the interior of Scott’s “apartment”.  Brad is dressed as himself once again.)
Brad: So...how long have you been commanding a spaceship? (Laughter)
Scott: A lot longer than you would ever believe.  Also, its more of a time machine.
Brad: But we were in space.
Scott: And we also went back in time.
Brad: So...its a timeship then?
Scott: (Annoyed) Yeah...sure, let’s go with that. (He pulls on the brake) Right, I’ve gone forward a bit, I should be able to drop you off here.
(They throw open the door only to see they are in the auditorium during The CHS Battle of the Bands.  We see the stage where it has literally become a battle between Rainbow’s band and Trixie’s)
Brad: Well, we went forward...only about 6 months but we went forward.
Scott: Damn!  Something must be wrong with the internals of the machine.
(In the middle of the battle on stage, we see Norman step up to the microphone with a beat up acoustic guitar.  He begins to play and sing an off-key love song dedicated to Rarity.  It’s about as ugly as the fight that continues to rage on behind him.  He completes the song while the audience continues to look one in stunned silence)
Scott: You suck, pleb! (Laughter)
(Enter Celestia on stage, the fight continues_
Celestia: Well, thank you for that Norman.  That was...nice...I guess. (Laughter)  Now then, noting that you were the only one to come on stage and actually perform a song, I guess that make you the winner by default.
(About 3 people in the audience politely, awkwardly golf clap)
Norman: (Holding his 1st place ribbon) Did you hear that, Aryan Beauty?  I did it all for you.
(We see Rarity on top of Trixie.  Both are bruised but continue fighting)
Rarity: What was that darling?  I can’t hear you over the screams of my opponent. (Laughter)
(Norman leaveS the stage somewhat depressed)
Brad: If he only knew how lucky he is going to be in a few years time.
Scott: Come on, we need to get going, we’ve wasted too much time.  I’m taking you with me.
Brad: Where were you going in the first place?
Scott: Long and short, I need to stop something from happening 30 years ago.  If we let it happen, we may not have a world to return to.
Brad: What’s going to happen?
Scott: I have no clue, thats why we need to go back and investigate.
Brad: So where are we going?  
Scott: Canterlot College.
Brad: CC in the 80s.  (Getting excited) This is going to be (Quick Cut as we see Brad and Scott step out of the door in a typical 1980s scene at a college.  Pastels, Aha! playing over a large boombox, etc.) Bradical!
(Cut to 30 years in the future, Norman and Rarity are at a malt shop drinking a milkshake as a stereotypical couple would until Norman cringes so hard that he drives his face into the table)
(Laughter)
Rarity: Brain freeze, darling?
Norman: I have no clue. (Laughter)
(Meanwhile, back in the 80s, Brad and Scott are seen walking around the campus.  A younger version of Cheerilee and Mayor Mare can be seen in the background.  Brad watches them walk by and turns to follow them until Scott grabs him by the collar and pulls him on) (Laughter)
Brad: Aw come on.  Let me have some fun, Scott.
Scott: First, you are to refer to me as Doctor. Second, I can’t let you run roughshod here.  Every move you make could change history.
Brad: No worries, I won’t hurt a th…(crunch) Damn...think I stepped on a butterfly.
Scott: Eh?  That probably won’t do much in the long run.
(Thirty years in the future, humanized Carrot Top’s hair is now green.  Laughter)
(We see Brad and Scott walking from the front.  Behind them, a stone statue is seemingly keeping up with them)
Brad: So what are we looking for?
Scott: Anything suspicious. If we don’t stop whatever it is, the effect on the future could be catastrophic.  
Brad: Would the statue of the angel that has been tailing us for the last ten minutes count as suspicious.
Scott: No...highly dangerous yes, but not suspicious. (Laughter)
(The two look back at the statue)
Scott: Right, here’s the plan. First, don’t blink.  Second, run...run far far away.  I’ll hold it off. Got it? (He turns only to see that Brad has already run away)
Brad: Way ahead of you! (Laughter)
Scott: Damn it! (Back to the statue) Let’s do this!
(Cut to Brad running.  He looks back momentarily only to run into someone as they both fall to the ground)
Brad: (Getting up) Ow ow ow, I’m so sorry are you…
(He stops as he looks down at the girl he has run into.  She’s around Brad’s age.  Tanned skin, blonde hair in a side ponytail.  She wears a purple oversized sweater with leggings, a true eighties girl. Brad holds out his hand.  She takes it as he helps her up)
Brad: Are you alright.
Girl: Y...yeah. (Angrily) You should watch where you were going.
Brad: But it’s so hard when I am distracted by beauty.
(She just stops and stares into his eyes)
Brad: The name’s Flash. (He brushes her clothes off a bit)
Girl: I...I’m Hillary.
Brad: Well Hillary, why don’t I make it up to you with a coffee?
Hilary: I’d like that.
Brad: Well then, to the nearest Starbucks!
Hillary: What’s a Starbucks? (Laughter)
Brad: (V/O) Right...the first one didn’t open here till ‘98.  (Aloud) Right to the nearest diner then!
Hillary: Donut Joe’s?
Brad: It’s that old?
Hillary: It just opened last year?
Brad: R..right.  Of course!  I was just testing you.
Hillary: You’re so mysterious, (Seductively) I like that. (Laughter to end the scene)
 

(Scene 3: Inside Donut Joe’s Diner.  We see an older man behind the counter.  His young son, Joe Jr sits at the counter reading a comic book. Cut to a booth where Brad and Hillary are sitting)
Hillary: So Flash, I’ve never seen you around here before. What do you do for a living?
Brad: Oh, this and that.  Mainly I’m a Ra…(V/O) Wait a minute, no one here knows me, I can be anything I want…(aloud) Racecar driver.  That’s why they call me Flash. (Laughter)
(In the background, Scott can be seen fighting the angel statue) (Laughter)
Hillary: A racecar driver?  Sounds dangerous.  I like danger.
Brad: (Under his breath) I bet you do.
Hillary: Eh?
Brad: Hm, oh nothing.  What about you?
(Scott runs by in the background, an army of robots chasing after him) (Laughter)
Hillary: I’m studying business.  I want to run my own business.
Brad: Nice.
Hillary: Yeah!  More importantly, I am top of my class.  Pending something crazy derailing my life, I will be the Valedictorian.
Brad: Amazing.
Hillary: Yeah, and even if all else failed, I could always take over Dad’s apartment complex...As if!
(The two begin laughing as Scott rides by in the background on the back of a Dalek while wearing a cowboy hat) (Laughter)
Brad: I’m really enjoying this.
Hillary: So am I.  Would you want to go for a walk after this?
Brad: I’d love to see the campus.
Hillary: Well, what are we waiting for then?
(We get a short montage of Hillary showing Brad around the campus as he is treated to numerous sites he has already seen, although much newer.  He seems to be more enthralled with the girl in front of him than the tour of the campus.  For the first time ever, Brad seems to actually be into a girl on a truly different level than usual.  The montage ends on the two of them looking at each other and smiling)
Brad: The campus is amazing.  Much different than how I’ve seen it.
Hillary: What do you mean? I thought you said you’ve never been before.
Brad: Right, haha, testing you again.
Hillary: Well am I passing.
Brad: I dunno, seems tough.
(She leans in and kisses him)
Hillary: What about now?
Brad: With flying colors. Shall we get dinner?
Hillary: Depends.  Will there be dessert?
Brad: Do you want there to be?
Hillary: (Smiling) Let’s find out.
(We see the two at the same Italian restaurant from previous episodes)
Brad: Hasn’t changed at all.
Hillary: You’ve been here before?
Brad: Far more than I’d like to admit.  Foods still as good as always though.  Still can’t figure out why y friend Norman hates it so much. (Laughter)
Hillary: Do you enjoy living with him?
Brad: Norm?  Great guy.  Took me in as his roommate because it would save us both money.  Really stuck his neck out for me.  I owe him a lot. (awww)
Hillary: Sound like you guys are a lot like these two fellows who live at my dad’s apartment.
Brad: Where is your dad’s building.
Hillary: In town on…
(Scott interrupts busting into the restaurant fighting as alien in hand to hand combat.  Brad grabs Hillary’s hand and runs with her  to safety.  As he looks back, he sees Scott suffocating the alien under one of the jumbo slices of pizza)
Brad: Oh yeah...that’s why Norm hate’s this place. (Laughter)
(They continue running back to campus stopping outside Hillary’s office)
Hillary: What was that thing?
Brad: Probably some act for Halloween?
Hillary: It’s April.
Brad: Rehearsal probably. (Laughter)
Hillary: Still, I had a good time.
Brad: Same.
Hillary: (Nervous) So….do you wanna come upstairs with me?
Brad: S..sure.
(He stands still)
Hillary: Are you coming, silly?
Brad: I have no idea what to do?
Hillary: Never been with a girl before?
Brad: Not one who was willing. (Laughter)
(Hillary laughs, grabs him and pulls him into the Dorm.  Pan up to the night sky which becomes day.  Pan back down to the door where we see Scott pulling out a visibly undressed Brad)
Brad: No!  I wanna stay.
Scott: We have to go, whatever I was supposed to do here has been completed.  We can’t stay any longer.  It will screw up the timeline.
Brad: Just leave me here with Hillary.
Scott: No can do, Pleb.
Brad: Can’t I at least say goodbye to her.
Scott: Did it for you. I left her a letter.
(Cut to Hillary later that day reading the letter in V/O tears in her eyes but a smile on her face)
Hillary: (V/O) Dearest Hillary, I am so sorry I have to leave with such short notice but I have a race I must attend in Monaco this weekend. I will cherish our time together and when I return to the US I expect to find you here when I come back.  Until then, think fondly of me for I know I will of you.  Regards and love, Flash.  (Sighs then aloud) I will wait for you, Flash.
(Cut to the present day, Brad waves to Scott in his apartment and walks toward his own.  The next lines are a voice over)
Brad: (V/O) And so we returned home. According to Scott, it turned out we didn’t need to go back to stop something from happening but instead help something occur, whatever that means.  I wonder what Hillary is up to now?  She’s probably old enough to be my mother.  Wonder if she is still in town?
(Enter Harshwhinny outside his door)
Harshwhinny: Brad!  There you are!  I was about to knock on the door.  
Brad: What’s up?
Harshwhinny: We have new tenants moving into 806 so they will need curtains.  Can you and Norman do that tomorrow?
Brad: Sure.
(He notices she is still staring at him)
Brad: Are you alright?
Harshwhinny: (Snapping out of it) Hmm...oh yes.  Sorry, its just, well you remind me of someone I used to know when I went to Canterlot College.
Brad: You went to CC?
Harshwhinny: Sure!  Started studying business but I had to drop out.
Brad: (Starting to piece things together) W...why?
Harshwhinny: To take care of my Daughter, ofcourse.  
Brad: D...Daughter?!
(Enter Derpy)
Derpy: Hi mom!
Harshwhinny: Hello, dear! (Whispering to Brad) You know, I promised someone I would wait for them but I reckon you’d do to.
(Extreme zoom-in on Brad who takes a deep breath and begins to scream as we freezeframe with laughter to end the scene)
 
(After credits scene: We see Brad from behind hammering on Norman’s bedroom door.  Seconds pass and a groggy Norman answers)
Norman: What’s wrong?
Brad: You ever go back in time, make love to a beautiful girl, come back to the future, find out she had your daughter and then learn that that daughter was the first girl you ever raped?
Norman: (Stares at Brad for a few Seconds, as he slams the door) Goodnight Brad. (Laughter)