Max watched as the mechanics began to work and turn. Then a big pin was pulled back and the Doctor suddenly became paralyzed.
“Oh dear” said Doctor. Max quickly looked to the doctor and then back at the pin as it then fell forwards and hit a metal bell. A loud sound came out of the bell and Max was shaken.
The Doctor jumped out of the bell tower and then Max followed. The two began to fall and Max saw the ground coming closer and closer. He then quickly looked to the Doctor and he saw that he was falling.
Max grabbed the Doctor and then spread his wings to slow them down. They then safely touched down on the ground.
“You ok?” Max asked as he brushed himself down.
“Yes...thank you for that. I guess I should have thought before I jumped out of that bell tower”
“Well, it was a split second reaction”
“All the same thank you for saving me and fixing that clock. That reminds me...” said the Doctor before he stopped and looked at Max. “How did you power that battery?”
Max froze in the thought as he too didn’t know what happened.
“I think...” Max began but he couldn’t really say for sure what happened. His knowledge of most things was blank thanks to the amnesia.
“Never mind, I was just a little curious about what happened” the Doctor said. Then he looked to the big clock and sighed.
“I wonder what’s up with him, sighing all of a sudden at the sight of the clock”
“Is there something wrong?” Max asked as he too looked at the two big handles.
“The time on the clock, it’s wrong...” said the doctor as he looked to his clock on his wrist. “It needs to be 4 o’clock, not 1 o’clock”
“I could help, as I have wings” Max said as he stretched his wings out and then began to hover. Max then flew up to the clock and looked at it. There were two handles, one big and one short.
“Damn amnesia, now I have no idea what the hay this is” Max thought as he put his hoof to his chin. Then he saw the big handle was pointing to the top and the smaller one was pointing to the number one.
Max grabbed the big handle and moved it round a spin and the small handle moved to the number two.
“There we go, now a couple more to get it to the number 4” Max thought as he turned it round another two times until the big handle was on the number four. Max then flew back and observed the clock.
Then Max flew down again and stood next to the Doctor.
“Is that right?” Max asked.
“Yeah, it’s right. But you seemed to have some trouble up there. You forgot how to work a clock?” The Doctor said as he then smiled.
“Just had my thoughts clouded, that’s all. Anyway I think it’s time for me to get going now”
“Ok, thanks for the help...umm, what was your name again?”
“It’s Max Plasma, nice to meet you Doctor” Max said as he held out his hoof.
“There we go” said the Doctor as he shaked Max’s hoof. “Again, thanks for the help”
“No problem, see you later, Doctor” said Max as he then trotted back towards the performance area.
The Doctor stood there for a few seconds and watched Max trot away. Then he turned away and began to walk back to his shop. But then he thought about the name again and he looked back.
“Max...”
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Max soon got back to presentation and it was coming to a end. Max walked towards Serene and stood next to her.
“Hello again” Max said as he smiled.
“Oh, welcome back. So, did you find anything on your, solo discovery quest thingy?” said Serene.
“Well, I met some pony called the Doctor and I helped him fix a clock”
“The Doctor, I’ve heard of him but never really talked to him”
“Well, he was nice to talk to...” Max then turned his attention back to the stage. Spitfire was standing back for a bit and another Pegasus in a Wonderbolt costume was talking.
“That’s Soarin’, he’s Spitfires right hand colt. He works with Spitfire a lot” Serene said.
“Wow, Soarin’...”
“Soarin’...where have I heard that name before. It feels like I should know him but...nothing”
Max then looked and saw that everyone started to cheer. The presentation seemed to be over as then every pony began to walk away. Max then swiftly moved through the crowd as it countered him.
Soon he was at the stage and he turned right so that he came to the backstage door. He waited there and watched all of the ponies leave the once flooded area.
Then the door opened and Spitfire walked out. She pushed her goggles up onto her head and then observed Max.
“It’s been a long time, Max” Spitfire said.
“The problem is, I don’t know how long it’s been”
“Last thing I heard was that you got put into a coma. They told every pony who knew you that you could be in that coma for life”
“Do you know anything about how I got into the coma?” Max asked.
“I’m really sorry Max, but I wasn’t around when you had that...umm” She then froze in though.
“Something doesn’t feel right about this”
“Let’s move onto something else, how about..umm” said Max before he too was stuck.
“What do I need to know, because she knows me a lot, but...”
“At school, you always had these dreams...” Spitfire began. “You said that one day you were going to be the fastest Pegasus in the world. You were even going to be a Wonderbolt. But over all of that you most of all wanted to be a hero”
“A hero?” Max said as he put on the most confused face.
“I don’t know exactly how this was going to be but a lot of the time you would stand up to bullies. You protected people even when you were outnumbered. One time I heard that you got beat up pretty bad when you tried to defend someone, but you never gave up...”
“I did that! Wow” Said Max.
“Apart from that I can’t really tell you much, because you avoided conversation about your family a lot” She then sighed and smiled warmly at Max. “But it’s good to see you again and to hear your voice”
“It’s nice to know that there is some pony that still knows me. Thanks Spitfire” Max said as he then smiled warmly at Spitfire.
“I’ve got to go now so, I’ll catch you around”
“Ok, see you later” Max said as Spitfire then walked back into the backstage area. Max then turned away from the stage and walked back over to where Serene was.
“So, how did it go?” Asked Serene.
“It was ok, I guess. I found out a little about myself but I am going to have to work a bit harder to get information”. Max then looked to the sky and saw that the sun was beginning to go down. “looks like it’s going to get dark soon”
“Yeah, I should be getting back now” said Serene as she began to walk forward. “Its been nice meeting you Max, maybe we will see each other again sometime”
“Maybe we will, goodbye” Max said and then Serene walked away. Max then looked around at the empty area. He was now alone and every pony had gone back to their homes.
A thunder sounded above and Max looked up to see rain begin to fall. He looked straight ahead and let the rain fall on him. It somewhat comforted him but he couldn’t think why.
“After this day, the rain just...cools me down”
His thought was broken when he heard a pony yelling to him. Max suddenly turned to see Twilight in her library shouting at him.
“What was that Twilight?” Max shouted back.
“Why are you just standing in the rain?”
“I don’t know...”
“Well come inside before you get a cold” Twilight said as she stepped back and gestured for Max to come inside. Max then ran over to the door and walked inside.
He was dripping wet with rain water and then all of a sudden he shivered.
“Let me get you a towel” said Twilight as she ran off to the upstairs of her house. Max stood there and looked around. The library had many books that Max had never seen before; then again he wouldn’t have remembered then.
“He you go” Twilight said as a towel hovered over to Max. Max stared at the towel and then took it out of the air.
“How does that work, hovering towels?”
Max then dried his mane with the towel and then he continued to look are around the library. After drying his mane Max then walked into the middle of the room so he could get the full view of everything.
“There are a lot of books here. Does every pony have this many books in their house?” Max asked.
“No silly, it’s because this is a library”
“Oh, that makes sense now”
“I wonder why this rain suddenly came, must have missed the weather schedule” Twilight said as she looked out of her window.
“I think I will be ok to get back to my house” Max said as he put the towel on the table.
“You sure you don’t want to stay for the night?”
“Staying here...that sounds better than freezing my hooves off outside”
“That sounds nice, thank you Twilight” Max said as he stepped away from the door.
“I have a spare bed so everything will be ok”
“Thanks” Max then walked back into the middle of the room and looked at the books again. Each one had its own unique title and contents. All of a sudden a single book hovered over towards Max and it landed in front of him.
“You can read this one, it’s about equestrian and its workings” Twilight said. Max picked up the book and he then sat at the table. He then began to read it. Twilight then began to walk up the stairs and she stopped and looked at Max. “I’m going to hit the hay now so you can go to sleep when you are ready”
“Good night Twilight” Max said as he looked up at her and smiled. She smiled back and then continued to walk up the stairs. Max then sat back and thought to himself.
“What a day. Met some new ponies, found out about a ability. Some weird stuff is going on in this world. I still can’t think about why I had that racing spirit but I guess that was just me. And I stood up to that pony like it was nothing, it’s almost like my personality is coming through...”