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// Loop 42 
// Story: The Time Thief 
// by Reading4HalfMyLife 
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When Astral woke up, she woke up with a plan.

In the next loop, she was going to spend the entirety of it hiding from everypony in the Everfree. Of course, that would take a lot of preparation.

Thankfully, most of the looks she garnered from walking down the street with a wagon was not suspicion but all consuming terror, as the residents of Ponyville were by now used to the Cutie Mark Crusader's shenanigans.

The stallion in the stall visibly quaked when she walked up to him. "Could I have a tent and some of your dry food please?" She asked of him, pretending to ignore the whimper he let out. "Oh, and a sleeping bag! That would be nice!"





On the way back home, Astral smiled at Billingual, who was just passing after getting his groceries.

"Wie geht es dir?" She greeted as she passed, watching as he smiled and nodded at her, only to stop dead a few paces ahead and turn to stare at her.

Smothering her giggle, Astral instead decided to focus on the task at hand. It was going to be hard to carry all these things with her through the next loop, but she was pretty sure her mother had one of those big travel bags with her somewhere. 

This could work!