"Oh..."
W froze in place, so did ponies. He was analyzing everething as fast as he could.
'Alright, wave from earlier made us visible and physically stable. That means, ponies can now interract with us. As far as I can tell, thay can get scared easily. Add the fact that we were living here for a while now without them knowing and...Shit!'
He quickly rushed towards Micheal.
While mares were staring at the unknown being, Hitch was analyzing everething as fast as he could.
'Alright Hitch...There are those weird looking things. They look EXTREMELY dangerous...But so did pegasi and unicorns before the magic returning. Wait...Maybe they are creatures awakened by this? Just how long did they sleep for? Pretty long for sure. Which means that they must be hungry...OH APPLES!'
Hitch quickly sprinted towards Izzy.
Micheal stared in unicorn's eyes. Now it was different from before...She was focused on him. It felt...Good? Micheal tilted his head slightly.
'Wait, does it mean that I can...'
He carefully raised his limb.
Izzy looked at the unknown creature. It was looking back at her with visible curiosity. When it tilted it's small head, Izzy nearly melted.
'Aww, he is so cute! Can he talk though? And is it HE in the first pla-'
She noticed creature's movement. Izzy locked her eyes on it's limb as it...
Booped her nose.
They both quietly gasped.
'She is so fluffy and adorable!'
'He is so warm and cute!'
Out of all creatures standing there, Pipp was the only one who was able to move. Well, it was mostly her habit...To snap a picture. Pipp didn't even notice that she did it.
Suddenly, both unicorn and spirit felt that they were dragged from behind. Micheal and Izzy were yanked away from each other.
Hitch and W both shouted "GET BACK!"
Micheal flew a little back and fell on sand. Izzy got pushed away and landed on her rump.
When W appeared before Hitch he covered himself with his limbs. Sheriff accidentally slapped him with a hoof, while turning. It sent the spirit back, to the Micheal.
"OUF!" W landed near to his friend. He groaned and put arm on his head.
Micheal looked at him and quickly moved towards W "Oi, W, you alive there?!" he helped him up.
W shook his head "I guess..."
Micheal looked back at the ponies "Why would he do it to you..?"
W hissed as he pressed arm on his head "Don't know...But we better go back.."
Finally, all of the ponies snapped out of their trans. Zipp, Sunny and Pipp ran towards Izzy. Unicorn simply clipped her eyes, processing what just happened.
Sunnny shook her "Izzy! Are you alright?!"
Zipp quickly moved her wings in front of the unicorn "Ahooy! Maretime Bay to Izzy!"
Unicorn shook her head and clipped her eyes "Oh...Uh, yeah, I'm alright!"
Hitch looked at her and then back on the unknown creatures...Who weren't there.
Hitch quickly looked around "Oh no...OH PEBBLES!"
Sunny looked at him "Something is wrong?"
Hitch quickly walked around "In fact, yes! And thing time, it might be something BIG!" he looked up in hopes of somehow finding creatures in the sky "They are GONE!"
Zipp landed near to him "Isn't that like...Good?"
Hitch nervously chuckled "Good? No that's terrible! We don't know what those things are! What if they are dangerous? What if Maretime Bay is under threat?!"
Izzy looked at her nose and rubbed it with her hoof "I dunno...The blue one seemed cute and harmless"
Hitch turned around "Oh, he sure did..." he then quickly raised his hoof and pointed at unicorn "But what if it was fake! What if they are trying to fool us?" he approached Izzy and narrowed his eyes "Besides, what did he do to you?"
Izzy tilted her head "Booped me I think?"
Hitch hesitated "He...What?"
Izzy giggled "This cute little buddy booped me on the nose!"
Sunny rubbed back of her head "Well, that defenetly sounds friendly" she then looked at the sheriff "Hitch, I think you overreacted again.. "
Hitch shook his head "Well, alright...Maybe I DID" he then raised his hoof "But in my defence, I will say that I was helping my friend!" his eyes widened "Besides...There were two of them...What if there are a lot of those things, and now they will invade us?!"
Sunny face hoofed "Oh my...Hitch, calm down!"
They started to argue with each other. Izzy and Pipp were sitting in the middle, glancing at both of them.
Zipp suddenly stomped with her hoof, gaining attention "Alright guys, it's all interesting and stuff, but what are going to do now?"
Hitch's ears fell back "That's...A good question"
W with the help of Micheal sat down on the sofa, grunting. It took them some time to get back home, since they couldn't fly as good as they did before. Plus Micheal had to carry W. They both were breathing hard.
Micheal huffed "Damn...Who knew that those ponies were so strong?"
W put a hand to his face and groaned "More like we are so weak...This slap wasn't even hard enough to be considered harmful" Spirit layed back on his back "Not for ponies at least"
Micheal raised his arms "But why would he hit you?!"
W facepalmed "Because YOU acted way too fast!"
Micheal levitated there
, confused "..what do you mean?"
W sighed "OK, look...Those ponies never saw something like us before. For sure they would be at least frustrated!" he then pointed at Micheal "BUT in addition, one of those mysterious creatures thinks that it would be a good idea to act reckless and...What did you even do to this pony?"
Micheal seemed to smile innocently "I booped her!"
W was dumbfounded "..You what?"
Micheal repeated "I bo-"
W interrupted him "No, no, I understand what do you mean. WHY did you do this?"
Micheal shrugged "I dunno. But I think she looked really cute"
W raised a bit "So, you decided to risk with your and my lives, maybe ruin our first impression on them...Just to boop a pony..?"
Micheal processed what his friend said and nodded "Yeah!"
W stared at him. He then slowly raised from the sofa. W levitated towards Micheal and put his hand on spirit's...shoulder?
W raised his head "You know...I should probably be angry and stuff. But..."
Micheal got a bit nervous "..but?"
W sighed annoyed "I am mad...But not as much as I thought I would be. Maybe I kinda expected it from you" he removed his hand and plumped back onto the sofa "Well, I think we better start thinking. Fighting wouldn't bring us anywhere anyway"
Micheal tilted his head "Start thinking ab-"
W interrupted him again "About our current actions. We can either try to avoid ponies at this point and try to fly and become invisible again...Somehow" he huffed "Or we could try to meet uo with those again...Which is easier, but it has risks"
Micheal hummed "Ah! I like the second plan!"
W looked at him, seemingly annoyed "Didn't you hear that this plan had RISKS?"
Micheal shrugged "Not unless we try something bad, right?"
W wanted to argue, but then thought "..You know what? Yeah, you've got the point. We will meet those ponies soon"
Micheal tilted his head "Why not now?"
W raised both his hands "First, I'm tired. Second, it will just feel weird. We escaped, and now we are coming back. Kind of embarrassing, you know?"
Micheal rubbed back of his head "..yeah, kind of"
Hitch was in his station with Sunny. Sprout was away right now, as well as Izzy, Pipp and Zipp. Sheriff was thinking about the recent events.
Hitch groaned in frustration "APPLES! What do we even do at this point?!" he walked in circles "Even if we manage to find them...Will they listen? Can these creatures even understand us? What if they become hostile?!" he then stopped "Wait...What if they come for revenge?!"
Sunny started to really worry about her friend "Hitch, I think that you are exaggerating.."
Sheriff turned around and looked at his friend "Sunny, we are talking about the unknown, levitating and BLAZING creatures! Yes, they might be small...But we know absolutely NOTHING about them!" he then sat on the floor and put hooves on his head "And I even hit one of them! Do you understand that I could have-"
Hitch stopped talking when Sunny put her hoof on his mouth. She looked a bit annoyed, yet worried.
Sunny removed her hoof "Sure, we have never even thought that there could be something like those...Creatures" she smiled "But I'm pretty sure that everething will be fine. We will rest today and tomorrow, we will look for them. How is that for a plan?"
Hitch stared at her and then chuckled "Oh Sunny, you always have a way to cheer me up...You know what? Yeah, let's do this!" he then stood up "Besides, stressing out won't help us at all. Let's go and get our well deserved rest!"
Sunny raised her hoof up "Now THAT'S a Hitch I know!"
And so, two ponies exited the station and walked towards their homes. They had a job to do tomorrow. And they had to get their rest to be prepared
Micheal was already asleep. He just layed on the sofa and...Turned off. At least that's what W assumed. He on the other hand, was levitating in front of the flower. W was staring at it for a good 10 minutes now. He felt something...Weird. Something he never experienced before.
W extended his limb and gently touched the plant's leaf "We are...Alive?.."