Post Perfect Pear Re-Edit. · 4:54pm Jul 8th, 2017
So after the airing of The Perfect Pear It became evident that It would be necessary to go back and re-edit my earlier chapters. Thankfully It didn't require much other than changing some names, descriptions and a few lines of dialog. It feels good to have that weight off my shoulders and hopefully it'll help get my creative juices flowing. But anyway go check them out if you've got the time.
In the meantime I'm going to get back to work on the current chapter. But I could use a little help. I'm going to have Celestia send an investigator to the Orchard to determine the cause of the flying Apple Tree and I need game plan ideas for Apple Comet to run defense on. This will involve hiding his powers, dealing with the elephant in the room which is the rocket, the pendent and the crystal. And coming up with some convincing explanations that don't involve blowing his cover. Leave your suggestions in the comments below.
Well, before the detective actually arrives (his super-senses could pick up the detective's arrival several minutes in advance which, with his strength and speed, would actually be more time than he needs), he could use his super-strength and super-speed to move the rocket, pendant and crystal deep enough into the Everfree where said detective would be very unlikely to find it and then bury it in a twenty foot deep hole before covering his tracks with a full two minutes to spare. (loosely inspired by the first episode of the Krypto the Superdog cartoon series as well as Disney's animated 101 Dalmatians to a much lesser extent)
Then, once the detective actually arrives, simply act as normal as possible (i.e. no use of super-powers period).
As for explanations, well, I can't think of anything offhand. At least nothing that could fool an even moderately competent detective.