The Time Thief

by Reading4HalfMyLife


Loop 78

A couple of stallions did a double take when the Unicorn walked in through the door.

It was rare for non Earth Ponies to frequent Earth Pony bars, and even rarer for the other races to be a female.

But the mare showed no doubt or hesitation, walking up to the stools and sitting down on them, giving the bartender a friendly nod of her head. He smiled, showing yellowing teeth "what can I get you?"

Astral hummed, scanning the menu, before looking over it. "What do you recommend?"

Ah, so fairly new to all this. Well then . . .

"Vodka cranberry" he said, sliding it across the table towards her, as she slid the money to him. "Have a nice one" he winked, before bustling off to help the next customer.

Astral eyed the drink with no small amount of trepidation. It was red, with a lime sticking out of the glass, and a couple of ice cubes floating inside it, stained a pink color.

Did she really want to do this? Sure, Dragonfly had seemed to enjoy it, but that didn't mean she would. After all, Dragonfly seemed to think politics was the most interesting thing ever, while she once doodled on the walls in the middle of court.

Ah well . . .

She took a small sip of it, pulling her head back slightly as she tried to process the taste. It was okay, a bit bitter. She took another sip, then another.


The stallion in the back was staring at her. Which, okay, a part of her should find concerning, but she had slightly bigger things to focus on.

"And then- and then! I just" she made the hoof gesture for rolling, before slamming her hooves down on the counter "boom! They went flying!"

"Uh-huh."

"And that's how I beat Luna and Celestia in a duel!"

"Uh-huh- wait, what?" The bartender did a double take, squinting at her.

Good. Bask in the glory of Astral Plane's victory.

"That's amazing" a voice behind her said, and she turned, using her grip on the table for balance, to see the stallion who had been staring at her climb onto the stool beside her.

Yes! Kneel before me, puny insect!

"I've never seen you here before" the stallion continued, tapping the counter for a refill. "I'm Livewire."

Astral glanced down at his Cutie Mark, to see three lightbulbs adorning it. She looked up in time to see him wink at her, and shake his rump a little. "Like what you see?"

She tilted her head slightly, puzzled. "Thought it would be more electric" she admitted, and if anything, his smile grew wider.

"Oh, but it can be."

Then he smacked her rump with his tail.

Astral's eyes widened, then narrowed.


And here's the thing about Astral Plane's magic:

It was out of control.

She had been trying to use as many spells as she could, but the pain still lingered. She had tried other spells as well - invisibility, gravity reversal, transfigurations- but none of them actually channeled her magic anymore. She needed bigger spells.

And, well, you know what they say about a lack of inhibition when drinking . . . .


BOOM!

All things considered, it was a fairly controlled explosion, and, at another time, Astral would of have been proud of herself for no killing everyone inside.

But, bigger fish to fry and all that.

On the outside, everything looked fine, the only problem seemed to be that all the glass had shattered. But on the inside . . .

The shockwave from the blast had knocked everything over, tables, chairs, ponies. There was glass on the floor from all the bottles that had been smashed to pieces from the spell, so everyone stayed very, very still.

The only pony that looked unharmed was the wobbly Unicorn standing on the bar itself, teeth bared down at the cowering stallion.

Astral looked so intimidating, her mane out of her bun and swirling around her shoulders as her eyes and horn glowed. So what if she swayed a little, and had to crouch a bit to stop from falling over? They probably all thought it was for intimidation or something.

The stallion, heedless of the glass, scrambled back a couple of paces, whimpering.

Yes. Yes! Fear her, impotent creature! How dare he make a mockery of the great Kr-

She blinked. What had she been thinking?

The thought was lost now, so she refocused on him. "Get out of my sight" she hissed, sounding impressive for somepony slurring their words.

There was total silence as everypony watched him leave in a hurry, before Astral found herself face to face with a very angry bartender. "You better be paying for damages" he hissed, and Astral blinked smugly.

"What damages?"

Her horn glowed as she cast the fix it spell, and she had to giggle at the sight of the ponies, just laying there, stunned, while the rest of he bar was back to it's original position.

Eventually, one of them, a light blue Earth Pony, snorted, which set his two friends off. He pulled himself up, and trotted over to her. "Best shit I've seen all day" he said with a grin. "I'm Lucky Day, and this" he waved to his two friends, an orange and a cream stallion "is Ornate and Meringue."

"Astral Plane."

"Lovely to meet you Astral. Wanna tell me how you did that?"