At a tower was a figure wearing a cloak, exited through the front door.
“I should be back in a couple of hours, probably at night, and don't worry. I'll be safe,” called out the sheep.
He sighed before locking the door. Weird glowing symbols appeared around it before disappearing a few seconds later. The sheep turned around and started walking forward at a brisk pace.
“You can do this, Jasper. You’ve spent months preparing for this day, and now, it's time,” he muttered.
Jasper passed by his garden as he continued forward, his walking pace gradually changing into a sprint.
“All those months of backbreaking work and toiling away in the lab, and now you’re finished,” said the sheep.
Jasper had been holed up in his tower for months reading, researching, and experimenting with spells, potions, and artifacts, trying to create something important ever since last Fall, and today, the sheep finished it. Jasper's cloven feet were now running on a stone pathway, going past some trees and nearing a cliff edge.
“Now, it's time I head for Ponyville,” said the sheep.
As soon as Jasper was at the edge, he jumped off. The tower and garden were a part of a floating island that belonged to the sheep. Its height prevented it from being spotted by most regular ponies, and its position above a mountain in the Everfree aided that thanks to their superstitions. As for Jasper falling through the air was nothing new for him. Wings made out of feathers sprouted from the sheep's back, stopping his fall as they flapped in the air.
Jasper inwardly sighed. “It's a good thing I tested out this spell a few times before I decided to jump off. That would've been bad,” said the sheep. If that spell didn't work, then he would've tried his other spells instead. “Now, to Ponyville.”
Jasper flew off towards the town of Ponyville.
Many Minutes Later
After a long flight, he arrived in Ponyville. The sheep had to use an invisibility spell so that no one could see him flying around above the town. Jasper landed in an alley that was located in between a store and a restaurant.
He sighed as the sheep exited the alley, wingless and visible. “That was one long flight. Next time, I'm going to have to move my home a bit closer to Ponyville,” thought Jasper.
The sheep walked out of the alley and headed in the direction of the library, planning to gather information. While walking, he didn't notice that ponies were starting to stare at him. After all, they had never actually seen a sheep walking on its hind legs before, or one like Jasper for that matter.
“I guess I should ask someone when the Summer Sun Celebration is supposed to happen. Afterwards, I can plan what to do later,” thought the sheep.
He would have thought more, but a hoof holding a banana appeared before Jasper.
“Banan!” said a male voice.
That surprised the sheep, causing him to snap out of his musings.
“Baaa!” bleated Jasper, cutely. He calmed down once he saw the banana. “Oh.”
The sheep turned to look and see who the hoof belonged to.
The unicorn stallion was holding the banana out from behind his stand, which was only stocked with bananas.
Seeing that the unicorn stallion was offering the banana to Jasper, he accepted the gift. “Thanks for the banana, but why'd you give me one? I would've paid for some anyway,” said the sheep, confused.
Luckily, somepony was there to cure him of his confusion.
“Don't worry about it. That's Banana Pie's way of making friends,” a female voice informed. “He gave me one and we became friends instantly.”
Jasper turned to see who the voice belonged. As soon as he saw who it was, the sheep became stunned.
The pegasus mare smiled. “Hello, and welcome to Ponyville. My name’s Cinnamon Bluebelle Melody, but my friends call me ‘Cinna’,” they introduced.
Jasper couldn’t believe that Cinna was actually here, even though she looks kind of different. During the months that had passed by, while he was held up in his lab, the sheep had created a few spells while working on his secret project. One of them allowed Jasper to travel to other universes. So, he traveled around to a few of them before returning back home to continue his project. The last universe the sheep had visited before returning was the pegasus mare’s.
He snapped out of his shock, and instead, Jasper had a smile on his face. “Uh, nice to meet you. My name’s Jasper,” responded the sheep.
Seeing that they didn't actually recognize Jasper, that let him know that the one in front of the sheep wasn’t Cinna, but at the same time is, as this one might in fact be the pegasus mare’s counterpart from this universe. It is his first time visiting Ponyville, so Jasper doesn’t know if those who he met before in other universes might exist in that one.
The sheep then realized something, and then he covered his face, blushing. “Ugh. I can’t believe I just bleated,” said Jasper, embarrassed. “I’m in my 20s yet I just did something like that.”
She reached over with a hoof and patted him on the back. “There, there. It’s okay,” said Cinna, sympathetic. The pegasus looked up at Banana Pie. “Right, Banana Pie?”
The unicorn stallion nodded. “Banan!” said Banana Pie, agreeing.
That made the sheep feel a bit better. Jasper looked up at both of them before looking back at Cinna. “Thanks. At least you’re not one of those ponies who likes to boop others on the nose,” he said, chuckling.
She shook her head, smiling. “Nope. I pretty much like doing that to friends only, and to those who are okay with me doing it,” said the pegasus mare. "And since you’re a friend…"
Cinna reached over to boop Jasper on the nose, but the sheep had dodged out of the way to avoid their hoof.
He smirked. “Nice try,” said the sheep.
The pegasus mare tried to boop Jasper again, but the sheep dodged out of the way. Too bad that Cinna didn’t give up. Over the next few seconds, he dodged out of the way of the pegasus’ hoof multiple times.
The sheep smirked. “You’re going to have to try a lot harder than that to boop me, Cinna,” he said.
Unfortunately for Jasper, they didn’t stop at that as Cinna had gotten an evil look on her face.
That made him feel worried. “That is not a good look,” thought the sheep.
Then, the pegasus mare started flapping her wings before flying off into the air.
Jasper backed away. “Oh, no. Not again,” thought the sheep, worried. “Cinna, please don’t…Banana Pie, help!”
He started running away while the pegasus mare had flown off after the sheep. The unicorn stallion, while smiling, reached down beneath the desk before bringing out a ‘Closed’ sign. Then, Banana Pie galloped after them as he wanted to join in on the chase too.
“Banan!” shouted the unicorn stallion.
That started an amusing chase through Ponyville.