Chapter 12
In a time of ancient gods, warlords and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. So did Conrad as Time Turner relayed the information to him that Lyra, Bonbon, Twilight and Pinkie were all coming after him at the same time.
"Now just calm down," said Turner, "I'm going to keep you hidden while Big Mac and Applejack try to get them to leave."
"How are you going to get me past them?!" Conrad cried.
"Simple," Turner said confidently, "We wait until the last second, and then we sneak out. Now, no matter what happens, when I tell you to run, you run, and where I tell you to go, you go there. Understood?"
Conrad nodded quickly.
"Good." Turner peeked out the barn door and saw Applejack and Big Macintosh moving to greet the four mares coming down the road. "Alright, now when I give the signal, we'll have a minute to get past them, and not a second more!"
"OK, what's the signal?"
"Hold my mane," Turner explained, "and when you hear my hoof stomp, run towards the gate and follow me back to my house."
"You mean towards the crazy mares?!" Conrad took a step back.
"Yes, but don't worry," said Turner, "Remember, I can control time? What could possibly go wrong?"
"Alright, Applejack. Where is he?" Twilight asked.
"Where is who?" Applejack replied.
"The alien!" Twilight snapped.
"My Concon!" Lyra whined.
"NEW PONY!" Pinkie screamed.
AJ and Mac exchanged an awkward glance.
"Again, who?"
"You know who we mean, AJ! Don't lie to us!" Twilight growled.
"My Conny needs me!" Lyra whimpered.
"You can't hide him forever!" the purple unicorn added.
"And y'all can't just come bargin' onto mah property demandin' things from us!" Applejack shouted, "If Ah got somethin' y'all want, ya shoulda asked civil like first. Now Ah have ta ask y'all to leave before Ah get real unpolite."
"You have no right to interfere with true love!" Lyra yelled back.
Pinkie felt her ear swivel, then her back began to itch. She hmmed and stuck her hind leg out ever so slightly, then grinned. She muttered to herself, "I'm sure the new pony will be along riiiight about now."
"Alright," said Turner, "Grab on."
Conrad grabbed Turner's mane. "Like this?"
Turner nodded, then raised his hoof. "Wait until they're totally focused on AJ. Aaaand..."
Clop.
At the sound of the hoof, Conrad bolted forward out of the barn and ran for the gate. Everything around him was frozen solid like someone had pressed the pause button on the world.
Turner was galloping ahead and stopped at the gate. He turned around and watched Conrad running towards him. "You're almost there! Thirty seconds left!"
Conrad panted, totally out of shape and lacked the adrenaline from the other day. As he passed Pinkie Pie, his foot caught on her hoof, and he flew forward and landed face down in the dirt with a loud grunt.
Turner facehoofed. "Princesses deliver us. Fifteen seconds! Get up!"
Conrad scrambled to his feet, but winced. "My ankle hurts!" He hobbled towards Turner and saw the world suddenly start moving again, a bird just above him going shooting off like a bullet.
Pinkie Pie gasped. "I found him! I found him! I found him!"
Conrad looked behind himself and saw the unicorns staring slack-jawed, while the Apples facehoofed. Pinkie was bouncing in place, pointing excitedly.
"Plan B!" Turner shouted.
"Plan B-EEP!" Conrad was scooped up and dropped on Big Mac's back. He instinctively grabbed onto the stallion's neck and pressed himself into his mane, clinging as tight as he could.
Big Macintos stormed into the orchard, putting a great deal of distance between himself and the startled mares.
Pinkie was now on Mac's back, holding onto Conrad. "I just wanted to say welcome to Ponyville!"
Cknrad screamed, and Mac jumped, hitting Pinkie against a branch and knocking her off. Seconds later, she was happily bounding beside them as though nothing had happened.
"Why don't you wanna come to your welcome party?!"
Mac shoved her aside and crashed her into a tree that exploded into a cloud of apples, leaves and confetti on impact.
Applejack, Lyra and Twilight joined the chase. AJ tried to knock the other mares aside. Turner came up beside Mac and told Conrad to switch mounts. Now Pinkie was on Applejack's back, swatting at Lyra.
"What's the real reason you don't wanna come to your welcome party?!"
The group came out of the orchard and raced through the streets of Ponyville.
"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight called, "Catch that human!"
Conrad looked up and saw the rainbow pegasus that destroyed Applejack's old barn. "Oh my god! TURNER! FASTER!"
"In case you haven't noticed, I'm not an athlete!" Turner shot back, and side rammed Lyra before she could charge her horn. He recovered enough energy to freeze time for a few seconds and dodge Rainbow's dive, causing her to lose control and crash into the ground. He ground to a halt and turned abruptly while Applejack and Big Macintosh fought the others down the street.
"Wait, isn't your house that way?" Conrad asked.
"One of them is bound to wait for us there!" Turner said, "I have a safe place we can fall back too for the time being."
The human groaned. "I have a very bad feeling about this."
Spike and Bonbon watched their friends run off into the orchard, staring silently as the storm of hoof falls eventually faded into silence.
The purple baby dragon idly traced a circle in the dirt with his hoof while the earth mare sniffed and flicked her eyes back and forth.
"Uh, so..." said Spike, rubbing the back of his head, "Think we should wait here?"
Bonbon sighed and hung her head down. "I don't know. I wish I knew what was going on."
"Yeah," Spike exhaled, "Me too."
Sorry, short chapter is short. I wrote this at dinner, so it was kind of rushed.
Another great chapter, and that ending
One thing though- dragons don't have hooves....
... Twi and them need to check themselves before they wreak themselves.
I'm seriously angry.
I just imagine all of the matter in that tree instantly transforming into those objects in a big comical "poof"
What he needs is another human to draw off the heat. Or for him to tell them about his fear of ponies
This is great, I request more. Politely, of course.
sorry but isnt it supposed to be Conrad?
poor guy lyra has just gone mmad
Just wait until he snap.
You never say that! You never, EVER say that!
Poor, Poor, Conrad and I wonder how much worse this is going to get before it gets better.
Turner must be completely stupid you never never never taunt the all powerful Murphy.
1059507 Nyah.. beat me to it
1060406
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1060425 well you might want to work quick, i'm probably going to die in a few hours
1060430 oh?
1060436 getting a spinal surgery that will either get me back on my feet or kill me.
1060440
well i wish you the best of luck,
i'd hate for you to die
1060446 well if i die then i'll die with my last thoughts being of my friends, family, and mlp.
1060453 that sounds like a good way to go
1060461 ya and who knows, maybe i will go to Equestria. here's hoping
1060465 you'd be the luckiest person on earth
1060469 or off earth, as the case would be. i wonder if i could choose what species i would be?
1060475 stay human
1060482 i dunno, maybe i could get some wings and magic. a human is only as powerful as his imagination after all.
1060489 true, whoops. were filling up the comments, better stop
1060498 if i'm gonna die then i'll leave all the comments i want, who is gonna yell at a dead man?
1060504 God :P
I don't know you, but I can tell you would be a top bloke
1060515 haha, well if i'm meetin god then there is no way i'm not going to Equestria! and besides i have to leave some kind of mark on the world, even if it is just a few comments.
1060524 yeah :)
1060543 anyone who is meant to die would want to live forever, and anyone who was meant to live forever would just want to die. looks like i was meant to die. ah well, not much i can do, might as well go out havin fun eh?
1060549 yeah. i hope you've had a good one :)
assuming the operation isnt a success
1060565 it has a 10% chance of success, and it's been alright i guess. never thought i would die at the age of 17 though.
1060572 10%? well atleast its something
I'll hope as hard as I can
1060584 for both surviving and if i don't, then for going to Equestria! well i gotta get prepped for the surgery, see ya in the next chapter
1060590 KAY good luck
1060590 Survive you shall, forsee it I do. My imagination is op, can I be an alicorn?
1060590 Good luck with the surgery. Hope you pull through.
1060594 Also, why do people keep having personal conversations in my comment pages? I'm not mad, it just seems strange.
1061045 sorry but the guy could be dead now....
lets hope it works out
1059193
What about pony shaped dragons? (referance to fanfic: ambassadors son)
1061303 I know. I'm praying for him.
dedacate the next chapter for him? :'(
This is absolutely hysterical. I love how pathetic and teary Conrad is. I love how everyone is completely out of their minds. I love how you gave the Doctor his own little backstory.
It's just simple perfection. Have a well-deserved fav and thumb.
1094683 Well well well RainbowdashFTW, now that you have eaten my face, becoming Slenderpony will be a snap!
Err...Lyra? I think you're delusional.
A rather difficult feat to accomplish considering Spike does not have hooves.