Intergalactic bounty hunter, Little Bits went through a lot of trouble just to capture her targets, Wander and Sylvia to turn them into Lord Hater for profit… and revenge. Even when she got a hold of a powerful potion that turn her into gigantic monster and was nearly indestructible, she was still defeated in the end. But before she was captured by the ponies that faced her, she mysteriously disappeared right before their eyes. No one was quite sure of how that happened; but soon, they decided to just dismiss it and proceeded to continue the celebration as planned.
The rest of the of the huge celebration of Luna’s Birthday went great, and Wander and Sylvia was proud to be a part of it. With their problem with Little Bits now behind them, the alien duo planned to make the most out of their stay in Equestria. Once everything was finished, everyone headed back to Ponyville where Wander and Sylvia once again spent the night at Twilight’s castle. Twilight truly didn’t mind it feeling that giving them hospitality was her duty as a princess.
Once morning came the following day, Sylvia found herself waking up as she slowly rose up and was stretching very strongly. Expecting Wander to still be there with her, Sylvia said, “Morning, Wander. Geez louise… after the day we had yesterday, I really slept like a baby last night. Am I right or am I right?”
However, when she looked beside her, she noticed that Wander was absent. She looked all around her to see if he was nearby, “Wander? Wander? Where are ya, buddy?!” But Wander was nowhere to be found. Sylvia then took out a pocket watch that she bought in Canterlot and noticed that it was much later than she thought it was. “Aw man. Did he allow me to sleep in so late? I told him that he didn’t have to do that. For florp sake.”
After Sylvia got up and stretched her legs, she went out her room and began going around the castle to try and find Wander. Eventually, it led her to the throne room; and as she entered, she called out, “Wander, are you in… h-here?”
But waiting inside was a small spread of breakfast foods laying on a moderate sized table. Twilight and Spike were there too doing their usual morning routine; and they noticed Sylvia’s arrival.
“Ah! Good morning, Sylvia!” said Spike, “Looks like you’re finally up! Help yourself to the spread! Well… what’s left of it.”
“There’s plenty enough left for you, Sylvia,” said Twilight, “And it’s still warm thanks to a spell I keep casting over it. Nothing says a bad morning than a cold breakfast.”
“What about that morning when you were in the mood for coffee but we were completely out?” Spike chuckled, “Now that was a bad morning.”
Twilight then gave him a light glare, “Let’s not talk about that, Spike.”
Suddenly, it accrued to Sylvia, “Wait a minute. Did Wander do all of this?”
“He did,” said Spike, “We offered to help him out, but he refused and said…” Suddenly, Spike said in a wacky, southern voice, ‘Ah can’t let you do that. After everything you did fer Sylvia and Ah, Ah can’t possibly ask you to do more. Ah want to do this to show mah appreciation fer you two bein’ such good hosts to us; and Ah won’t take no for an answer!’
“He was pretty persistent,” said Twilight, “It was kinda hard to not let him do what he wanted.”
“That sounds like Wander alright,” said Sylvia with a chuckle, “Do you two know where he went after playing chef?”
“I think he said something about going by Sweet Apple Acres before having a special playdate,” Spike responded, “We don’t know with whom though.”
That was all Sylvia needed to hear. “Alright then. I’ll find him in no time!” But as she was about to head out, she halted herself as she remembered the food that was still in front of her. She went over to it and licked her lips as she said, “But first… I guess I shouldn’t let this food go to waste.”
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After stuffing her face, Sylvia immediately headed out into Ponyville towards Sweet Apple Acres to find Wander. At first, she almost forgot her way there, but she eventually did as she saw the farmhouse up ahead in her path. “There it is! Man, I’m really learning my way around this place.”
Once she arrived on the farm’s grounds, Sylvia looked around to see if she could spot Wander anywhere, “Now where could that little do-gooder bumpkin possibly be… if he’s even still here.”
But sure enough, she heard a familiar voice shout, “1… 2… 3… 4…” She saw that it was Wander, standing next to a barrel with his eyes closed as he was counting, “7… 8… 9… 10! Ready or not, here Ah come!”
“Playing a good ol game of hide and seek, huh?” said Sylvia to herself with a smirk, “Whoever he's seeking stands no chance against him.”
And just as Sylvia suspected, in a matter of seconds, Wander zipped over to a giant bale of hay and pointed to it as he shouted, “Found ya!”
Suddenly, Apple Bloom jumped out of the bale while saying, “Ah nuts! Again?! That's 5 times in a row that you've found me so fast! Yer so good at this game!”
“Well, Ah don't like to brag,” said Wander, “but Ah am pretty awesome at hide n seek.”
“Well ya may be an awesome seeker,” Apple Bloom stated, “but let’s see if yer just as good at hidin’ as well.”
“Yer on!”
“So here you are, Wander,” said Sylvia as she approached, “So nice of you to let me sleep in even though I specifically remember refusing your request.”
“Sylvia!” Wander shouted, “Nice to see that yer finally awake!”
“Mornin’, Sylvia!” said Apple Bloom, “Nice to see ya, today!”
“Nice to see ya too, kido. So… playing a good ol’ game of hide n’ seek with Wander, huh?”
“Yep, and he’s really good at it too. He’s like… a wizard… or somethin’.”
Seeing that she had nothing planned, Sylvia turned to Wander to ask, “So anyway, Wander… were you up to doing anything together today? Um, by together I mean you and I… in case that wasn’t clear.”
“Oh, Ah got it, Syl. Ah’d be glad to do something together with you… later.”
“Later?” Sylvia questioned, “What, you got plans I don’t know about?”
“He told me that he came here to meet up with somepony,” said Apple Bloom, “Then Ah came to him and he requested to play hide n seek until that somepony gets here.”
“Oh yeah,” said Sylvia as she remembered, “Spike did say something about a playdate or something. So, who are you hanging out with if it’s not Apple Bloom here? Is it Fluttershy?”
“Not quite.”
Suddenly, a bright light flashed as a random door appeared out of nowhere in front of them. They heard a knock from the other side and a voice that said, “Knock knock, who could it be?” Then a figure came bursting through wearing a top hat and scarf and carrying a cane shouting, “It’s Discord!”
“Yippee,” said Sylvia in a sarcastic tone.
“Discord, you’ve finally come!” Wander exclaimed, “Ah’ve been waitin’ for you!”
“Of course,” Discord responded with the tip of his hat, “I wouldn’t dream on skipping out on our little get together.”
“Yer hangin’ out with Discord?” said Apple Bloom unsurely, “Are ya sure yer ready fer that?”
“You bet Ah am! Discord offered to give me an official tour of the chaotic realm where his home is! It’s goin’ to be craaaaaaaaaaaaaazy! But then again, Ah don’t expect anything less from this guy!”
“Oh, you flatter me too much.”
“Wow. Sounds like a good time,” said Apple Bloom feeling excited for Wander. She then took her leave back to her house, “You two have fun.”
“You can count on that,” Discord responded. But he suddenly looked over to the side and saw Sylvia staring at him with her arms folded and her foot tapping constantly. “Oh, hello there, Sylvia. I almost didn’t notice you standing there. You’re not joining us, are you?” He suddenly split his body apart into different pieces that were bouncing around Sylvia, “I’m not exactly sure if your simple, non-fun mind could handle the wackiness of my realm.”
After putting himself back together, Sylvia sighed and calmly stated, “No… I’m not actually. Me and my… simple mind will stay and explore out here in the normal and sane. Just make sure that no harm comes to my pal.” Sylvia then grabbed ahold of Discord’s scarf and pulled him down to her level and said, “Because if you don’t, Lord of chaos or not, me and my girls here will knock you into next week.”
“Feisty as ever I see,” said Discord as he pulled away and straightened his hat and scarf, “Worry not your little head, I'll see to it that he comes back in one piece.”
“Yeah, you better.”
Discord snapped his fingers that caused the door to his realm to appear again. But before Wander went, a certain thought came to him as he said, “Hey, Sylvia. Ya know… ever since yesterday, Ah still couldn't get it out of mah mind of how Little Bits disappeared from us just like that. Ah know she was tryin’ to destroy us and all that; but Ah just hope that wherever she is, she's okay and doin’ well.”
Sylvia rolled her eyes but smiled as she responded, “It’s nice to see that you haven’t changed, Wander. But to be honest, I really don’t care about her. But for you, I hope she’s okay too.”
Wander came up to Sylvia and hugged her feeling glad, “Aw. Thanks, Syl; but you don’t have to sugarcoat anything fer me.”
“Well look at the time,” said Discord as he opened his realm’s door, “Adventure, chaos, and some delicious plate of tea and cookies awaits!” Discord went on through but then stuck his head out and smirked at Sylvia as he said, “Now be a good girl and behave while were gone, okay?”
“He’s really trying my patience, isn’t he?” Sylvia groaned, “I swear…”
“Have fun explorin’, Sylvia!” said Wander as he walked towards the door, “Ah’ll be back to hang out with ya! Ah promise.”
After Wander left through the door followed by it disappearing, Sylvia was now left on her own to do whatever she felt like doing at the time. But suddenly pondering what Wander said to her, she said to herself, “Wander does have a point though. The way Little Bits just randomly vanished after we had her in our clutches was a bit weird. Was she really beamed up by Lord Hater? And if not, where did she go; and is she done dealing with us?”
Suddenly from some distance behind her, Apple Bloom called out, “Hey, Sylvia! Ya wanna help me and mah brother buck some apples?!”
Sylvia turned towards the barn where she saw Apple Bloom and her big brother who was hauling some heavy crates. Although in her eyes, he was just strutting his stuff. “S-sure. I’ll be right there!” She suddenly lost interest in her current thought and went off with the siblings and said with a dazed smirk, “Eh… I think I’ll worry about that later.”
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The previous day after Little Bits’ disappearance…
Sylvia’s main theory proved to be right on the nose. After being beaten, Little Bits was suddenly teleported from her enemies’ sight. Even she wasn’t quite sure what was going on; but she eventually materialized again somewhere. However, before she realized where she was, Little Bits’ arms were suddenly bounded by metal cufflinks and raised her up in the air, so she couldn’t get away.
She struggled with all her might but to no avail. Pretty soon, she was surrounded by a bunch of Watchdogs with Lord Hater proudly walking upfront with Peepers. It was now obvious to Little Bits of where she was as her eyes narrowed and hissed lightly.
“Well well well,” said Hater in a mocking tone, “Lookie what we have here. Our wittle kitty assassin friend. Defeated, humiliated, weaponless, at my mercy, and stark naked; just like last time. Well, except for that last part. Although, you still have that collar I guess.”
“Word Hater! What’s the big idea just teweporting me out fwom there?!” Little Bits protested,
“I had them wight where I wanted them!”
“If by that you mean you were completely decimated, captured and at the mercy of those sissy yet powerful ponies, then yeah. You totally had them right where you wanted them.”
Little Bits gasped upon hearing what Lord Hater said. He couldn’t have known that unless he was watching the whole time. “What?! You were watching?! Exactwy how much did you see?!”
Peepers responded, “Pretty much right at that moment that you were constantly being hugged by Wander and getting weaker… somehow to now. And by the way; trusting a draconequus, not a very bright idea.”
Little Bits Hissed again while showcasing her claws, “Come say that to my face, ya one-eyed punk!”
“Oh, save your breath,” said Hater, “You had your 2nd chance to fetch Wander and Sylvia for me; but once again you have FAILLED!!! And if I’m not mistaken, the agreement was to torture you instead if you did; and I might add you to my head-bangin’ megamix!” Hater took out his boombox and was playing his mix out loud while smiling and lightly bopping his head to it. “It’s really coming along quite nicely.”
Little Bits couldn’t help but constantly glare at Hater. She couldn’t believe the predicament that she was in. But she knew that Hater would get his way… if she didn’t have a back-up plan.
“Aw, don’t worry,” said Hater in a sarcastic tone, “It’s not like I’m going to kill you or anything. But who knows; once I’m done with you, you might wish I would.”
“Yeah yeah,” said Little Bits as she rolled her eyes, “we had an agweement and I failed you; and now I have to weceive my punishment.”
“Glad to see that we’re on the same page.”
A small smile suddenly came on Little Bits’ face as she said, “But unfortunatewy for you, a twue assassin is always pwepared for anything. And I pwedicted an outcome simiwar to this way before I went down to that pony infested pwanet.”
“Oh please,” said Hater, “Don’t think that your little cutsie wootsie shimmering look in your eyes is going to work this time. Last time was just a stupid fluke! A fluke, ya hear me?!”
“Sure. You keep tewing yourself that. But… that’s not the kind of pwepared I was talking about.”
Little Bits then acted as she swung one of her hind paws upward to press the middle of the tag on her collar. After five seconds, the tag began shooting 2 second delayed laser shots in front of her; and Hater and Peepers panicked as they quickly ducked and dodged out of the way.
“How did you…” shouted Hater.
After studying her surroundings and landing some warning shots at the other Watchdogs, Little Bits aimed her next shot in a way that made it ricochet a few times in the room only to break apart one of her restraints. Then she flipped around to destroy the other and landed on her four paws.
“Wow, she is so flexible,” said a random Watchdog.
“That collar was a gadget too?!” Peepers shouted, “I wondered why we didn’t see her wear it the last time. I figured that it was some kind of fashion statement.”
After standing back up, Little Bits shut her collar off and smirked back at Hater, “Face it, Hatey, I’m always one step ahead of you. And by the way, you can keep your stinkin’ weward! I’m done with you, your wackies, and your stupid, stupid face!”
“Get her!” Hater commanded.
Many Watchdogs tried to get a hold of her, but Little Bits still proved to be formidable by knocking away anyone that got in her way as she headed towards the exit.
“Oh, and FYI,” said Little Bits, “you’ll never be the gweatest in the gawaxy. Not now, not ever! Whew. Feels gweat to get that off my fuwy chest.”
With that, Little Bits left the room leaving Hater standing still while rapidly boiling from anger. Commander Peepers was a bit hesitant as she asked, “Um, s-s-sir… are you… okay?”
“I’M FINE!!!” Hater shouted as the top of his skull exploded, “Watchdogs, after her! Do not let her get off this ship!”
Little Bits was making a run for it looking for a way off Lord Hater’s ship. But before long, she found the main hull where some mini ships were docked. “Bingo.”
But she was suddenly bombarded with laser shots all around her from incoming Watchdogs that were after her as she was making her way to one of the ships. It was time for her to make her escape; and she sighed as she looked down at her collar and said, “Oh well, guess it’s time to wose this thing.”
Little Bits took off her collar and lifted the face of it to push a small button that was safely secure underneath it. After pressing it, Little Bits suddenly threw the collar behind her like a blade and the watchdogs behind her quickly dodged out of the way to prevent from being cut. The blade missed all of them and landed into a control panel nearby. But once the Watchdogs got themselves together, Little Bits was already inside one of the ships. They began firing at it, but it proved to be ineffective; and Little Bits was able fire up the ship and escaped into the vastness of space.
Lord Hater arrived on the scene just when Little Bits made her escape; and he shouted in rage while lifting his fist and shooting random lighting in the air, “UNBELIEVABLE!!! How could all of you just let her get away like that?! Not to mention that she took another one of my mini ships without my permission and didn’t even return the last one!”
“Actually, I think that one was destroyed… sir,” said Peepers.
“Whatever!!!” Hater shouted as he turned to his commander and shouted, “Peepers, lock on that ship and get ready to go after that little…”
But before Hater could finish, a random Watchdog shouted from behind him, “Sir! Lord Hater, sir! Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir!”
“What is it?!” Lord Hater shouted.
“It’s that collar blade thingy that Little Bits threw into that power unit! Its blinking and beeping really loudly!”
“What collar blade thi…”
But as Hater and Peepers turned around, they noticed the collar that was stuck in the nearby control panel. It was flashing and beeping; but it began to flash rapidly and beeping much faster. Hater suddenly realized what was going to happen as he groaned, “Oh poop.”
From outside Hater’s ship, a huge explosion could be seen that busted through the mouth port and the sides of the ship. Inside, everyone was either unconscious or struck with shock. Hater and Peepers were just standing there completely covered in ash and parts of their clothing torn.
The same Watchdog that spoke out earlier staggered his way to Hater and said, “That… e-explosion caused 80% of the ship’s main power to be damaged; and… the engines are completely offline… ‘cough’ sir. We won’t be moving for a while.” And then he collapsed.
Peepers then sighed and headed off as he said, “I’ll have the technicians work on it right away.”
While still standing there, Hater’s bottom jaw fell off; and he groaned as he said under his breath, “I really hate that cat.”
After making her escape, Little Bits witnessed the explosion that took place afterwards. She chuckled mischievously while saying to herself, “Well that was a bit cwose. I sure hope Hater found my goodbye gift to be… a bwast. Heh heh. Although, I sorta feel even more naked without it. Guess I was more attached to that thing than I thought.”
Little Bits then just sat there suddenly contemplating on how she was going to carry on from her position. “In any case, what do I do now? Do I try and find another bounty that’s not being sponsored by that skeleton nutcase?”
But for some reason while thinking that, Little Bits was suddenly remembering something that Wander had said to her before she had disappeared from Equestria.
‘Think about it. Of all the days that you were a bounty hunter, you’ve felt nothing but rage, greed, frustration, and stress.’
Little Bits shook her head trying to get Wander’s voice out of it. However, she found that it was a bit hard to do; and she admitted to herself, “Hmph. You know what? As much as I hate to admit it, Wander may be wight. I’ve been at this bounty hunter thing for a while now and I’ve ended up with wittle to no wiches at all. How is a intewwegent kitty supposed to make a wiving anyway?!”
Little Bits then slammed her paws on the ship control panel and caused a holographic map of different planets to come up. She looked at them and was curious of what each of them was filled with. But then she saw a planet that caught her attention. A planet that was filled with technology and entertainment. A light bulb suddenly went off in her head as she suddenly started chuckling again, “Heh heh heh. I think I just got an ingenious idea. And if all goes well, then maybe I will be the gweatest in the gawaxy; and the wichest!”
With that, Little Bits plotted a course to that exact planet feeling completely confident in her new plan to become rich and powerful. “Thank you, Wander. Thank you for giving me such inspiwation.”