//------------------------------// // First Intern. // Story: Mares in Black // by MrAquino //------------------------------// The duo came out of what looked like the road leading to Ponyville Bon Bon drove slowly, making the two, at least to other the all the other ponies, look like a regular stallion pulling around two mares in black suits around town. Lyra couldn't help but giggle at the idea that ponies thought they were sitting in a cart when, in reality, they were in a completely different & advanced vehicle. "Agent B-B," a crackled voice said from a part of the vehicle "come in, are you right there? Over." Bon Bon picked up a weird box, hanging on a spiral cord. She clicked on the button and Spoke. "Roger that," Bon Bon replied "I'm here with Agent L.H., teaching her the daily lives of being a new M.I.B. agent, over." "Good. We've got a Class 1 Intern right now near Sweet Apple Acres, a citizen named Applejack reported a strange creature terrorizing her farm last night." "Is she certain that it isn't Timber Wolves?" "Timber Wolves don't eat apples." "Touche. We'll be over there in five minutes." Bon Bon stepped on the pedal and drove fast, heading towards the farm. --- The duo arrived in front of Sweet Apple acres. A couple of M.I.B. agents were also there, standing in front and blocking the entrance to the farm itself. An orange, earth pony mare with a cowboy hat, next to a large red stallion, a smaller filly, and an elderly green pony, ran to them with steam coming out of her ears! "What the Hay is going on!?!?!?" She yelled in a western accent "Ah just simply said we got some apples being stolen from a weird creature, and all of a sudden, you fellows in suits came along and cut off my farm!!!" "Relax madam," Bon Bon said "We're from the wanted ponies center and we quarantined this area to help make sure that this prisoner doesn't escape. Now, could you please tell my assistant and I on what happened last night?" "...Alright. Name's Applejack, and if it'll make you happy, Ah'll tell ya'll what happened. It happened last night, almost at... midnight, ah believe. Ah heard a weird that belonged to some sort of... machine, but it was hard to tell. It didn't matter really, ah was half asleep and went back to it. In the mornin', however, Ah was bucking some apples and saw something weird: it was another pony, but it looked liked it had some weird device in it's hooves. Ah yelled at him and gave it a good chase through the farm, but it escaped. Ah know that it's still in the farm somewhere, but I have no idea where." "Don't worry miss," Lyra said "We'll find this other pony for you. Can we?" "Of course we can." Bon Bon replied "Please, be patient. This'll be over in about... two hours." "TWO HOURS!?!?!?" Lyra and Applejack yelled together. They both turned and awkwardly stared at each other. "There's a lot of things that go into negotiations." "...Alright." Applejack said "Just hurry up! We got a big order by some folks in Canterlot." "Will do!" Lyra replied. The duo walked past the guards, who made way without any question. "So... how are we going to find this... fellow?" Bon Bon turned and gave her a stern look. "OH!!! Right, glasses. Need to keep a note on that." "Good." Bon Bon replied "I'm glad to see you're learning. Set your glasses to 'detective mode' and we'll play back the security." "Detective mode? Security?" "It's a little thing we got from an intern named 'Bruce Wayne', who found his way home, luckily, and yes, we have security all over the land. Even right now, we're being recorded." Lyra stiffened and looked around, trying to find something that was watching her. "Don't worry, it's for interns and M.I.B. agents only. Now, the playback. Follow me on this." Lyra looked at Bon Bon and, following her, and clicked a button next to her left ear. She was surprised to see everything go back in time in a couple of seconds, along with everything following in almost pure black & white. "According to Applejack, a weird noise was heard at around midnight, she lives in the upstairs, so she must've gained the chance to hear the approximate area it came from. Later, in the day, she noticed a weird figure in the distance and gave him a chase." Lyra sat down and watched everything in motion, as Bon Bon was explaining what happened. The playback stopped when the 3-D hologram of past Applejack began to chase the figure. "Come on L.H., We've got to follow where they stopped." Lyra got up and followed the Applejack, as she chased the figure in slow motion, allowing the two to walk instead of run. The figure disappeared into a thorny bush as Applejack stopped. "Alright, since Applejack stopped here, the figure ran into this bush, which means one thing." "The... figure probably got cut up and bleed a bit?" "BINGO!!! You're learning!!! Now we just got to scan and find us some DNA-" "And follow our culprit to where he's at!!!" "Exactly!!!" The two began to look everywhere for some sort of blood, or anything suspicious. Lyra stopped as she detected small, red liquid on the floor. "B-B! Over here!!!" Bon Bon ran over and looked at the weird liquid. "That's blood alright. Scanning... Ah Ha!!! Our culprit is a Time Lord!!!" "A time, what!?!?!?" "Time Lords are a rare species of interns that travel through space, time, and dimensions! They're not evil, nor are they good, but they are well respected and feared to many! It's T.A.R.D.I.S. shouldn't be too far." "It's what!?!?!?" "It's short for 'Time And Relative Dimension In Space', which is what it travels in." "Really? Why was it here?" "A Time-Lord's reasons can range from making sure something in history doesn't change at all, to just having fun." "...Really?" "Really. Come on, I found a trail." The two began to follow a trail of blood. They stopped at a perfect square formed in the soil on the ground. "Is this where a T.A.R.D.I.S. is at?" "Yes. And by the looks of it, our Time-Lord got away." "Where?" "Hard to tell, but I got a feeling I know where I can find one. Follow me." The duo exited the farm and went back to the apple family. "So?" Applejack asked, blocking their path "Where is that varmint at?" "Yeah!" The little filly added "We need to catch that varmint!!!" "Don't worry," Bon Bon said, pulling out her neuralizer "just stare into this." "What's that gonna do?" Applejack asked. A bright flash appeared and the four ponies stood with a blank face. "You four were hearing some new construction for a new outhouse in the farm last night. If you ask me, try to build it yourselves, it's cheaper and a great bonding experience." "...You heard her!!!" Applejack yelled, forgetting everything that happened "Big Mac! Get the wood! Granny, Draw the plans! Applebloom, you and I are building!!! LET'S GO!!!" the 4 ran back into their farmhouse, getting ready to build an outhouse. Lyra had her mouth opened with pure shock. "How did you-?" Lyra began to ask "You'll learn how to use your surroundings to make a perfect cover up." Bon Bon replied. "Come on, he's in one of these houses." "'He'?" "He's a male here, been a citizen in this town for a while. He got married to a... Derpy Hooves... and has a job at maintaining the town's clock tower." the duo walked into town and stopped at a normal looking house. Bon Bon knocked on the door. The door opened and a gray, cross eyed, yellow mane pegasus mare answered the door. "Oh!" The pegasus said "Hello! Is there a problem?" "We're from the clockwork society and we need to speak to your husband, Mr. Time Turner." Bon Bon replied "My Husband? Did he do something wrong?" "This is more what we may call an... accidental thing." "Oh! Is anypony hurt?" "Nope. Is he here?" "Dear!!!" "Coming!!!" A door opened above and some hooves cooped on the floor, down from the stairs came a light brown earth pony with a darker shade of brown mane. Lyra ran inside and tackled the stallion before he could say anything! "ALRIGHT BUSTER!!!" Lyra yelled, holding down the stallion "Tell us: What evil schemes were you planning at the Apple family at Midnight, last night?" "What do you mean by 'evil schemes'!?!?!?" The stallion replied in confusion and fear. Lyra punched him in the face! "Don't play games with me!!! TALK!!!" "AGENT!!!" Bon Bon yelled. Lyra turned and looked her mentor "He's not evil!!! He's actually the most helpful intern to us!!!" Lyra's face went into a surprised scrunch face, as the intern had one eye lowered with the other raised. "I'm so sorry sir! Please, it's my first day on the job!" Lyra got up and helped Time Turner up "It's no problem." Their intern replied while getting back to his hooves "Just... think before acting." "What's going on?" Derpy asked "Derpy," Time Turner responded "can you go upstairs and take care of Ditzy? I have to talk to my coworkers for a bit." "Oh, sure." She opened her wings and flew upstairs. "Agent B-B. How's it been? Any reason why you're here?" "Well," Bon Bon replied "as you may notice, it's Agent's L.H.'s first day on the job as an M.I.B. agent." "So I see." "But we got reports that YOU were in the Apple family's barn last night at around Midnight last night, is that true?" "Oh!!! That was my past self!!! It was when I arrived in Ponyville for the first time!!!" "Wait, WHAT!?!?!?" Lyra yelled "Time travel," Bon Bon responded "Make's sense. Care to explain what you were doing?" "AH! Yes," Time Turner responded "my T.A.R.D.I.S. had a malfunctioning and I did my best to try to fix it. In the morning, I needed pieces, so I took some Timey Wimey stuff to find my tools, and that's when I was chased by that mare, Applejack! I escaped and traveled back to when that wretched Nightmare Moon tried to block out the sun!" "What happened after that?" Lyra asked, really interested "Ah, yes, you see, the M.I.B. found my T.A.R.D.I.S. and had me locked up a bit. I was tired of running away, and I figured that this was the end of my traveling, so I agreed to settle here, help out a bit with some cases, and lived a pretty decent life here. Of course, that's where I found my love... my wife... Derpy... and I have to thank the M.I.B. for it." "Interesting. Tell me, what do you look like without your disguise?" "...Like this. I've been like this." "Really?" "Glasses." Bon Bon replied. Lyra clicked on her glasses and looked through the lenses until it landed in 'X-Ray vision'. She was a bit surprised to see the insides of a pony, but seeing that he had Two hearts, one in the left side and the other on the right, it freaked her out a bit. "Don't worry," he replied "That's the only thing that sets me apart from you ponies." "Alright then," Lyra said "This whole case turned out to be you... past you, entering here for the first time and escaped to when Princess Twilight was just a newcomer to Ponyville, got captured by the M.I.B., agreed to live under their rules, and found love with that pegasus?" "Yes! And I now have a beautiful daughter." "A daughter?" Bon Bon asked "Can we see her?" "Perhaps, another time." "Alright then. Is the T.A.R.D.I.S. safe?" "As safe as Equestria with you around." "Good. Come on Agent, let's get going." "Uh... ok." Lyra followed Bon Bon out of the door. "That was... anticlimactic." "Not everything we do is going to be filled with explosions & lasers. Truth be told, I wish that doesn't happen to you until I retire." "When will you retire?" "Never." Unbeknownst to them, the same pegasus from earlier looked out her window and watched the two leave, holding a small filly in her front hooves. "What's a T.A.R.D.I.S.?" She asked herself