So recently a giant electric explosion occurred in the weather factory. It was apparently set off by a Mare name Puffy Smoke, or as she called herself; Misty Storm. From what I heard though it seemed like the Weathermare put a stop to Misty's plan, permanently... I don't have full details so I'm not going to be accusing anypony, but I hope Rainbow didn't actually...
Anyways, I was decorating The Well with Hearts Warming decorations. Y'know, holiday spirit and all. But Shelly suddenly reported a distress flare went off in the open plains between Canterlot and Ponyville. It could've been a basic bandit raid, but the explosion I heard as I was getting my costume on said otherwise.
I ran to the springpad, readjusted it to shoot me to the plains, then got on and fired away! Now I may not be a Pegasus, but I love flying! As I was getting closer to my landing point I saw exactly who was behind the explosion; My good old pal, Tick-Tock. I landed a few feet away from him and the thing he was blowing up. By the look of it I figured it was some kind of wagon.
To my left I saw a fairly burnt body. I decided that possibly dead pony comes first, Tick-Tock get's a hoof to the face later, and the definitely destroyed wagon comes never. I ran to the pony and saw that she was breathing, quite well I may add. Next I saw Tick-Tock continuing to explode the terrain of where the wagon once was. I swear he has some sort of fetish for explosions.
I trotted up to him before he lit the next fuse and tapped him on the shoulder. "Wha!-" He was asking as he was turning his head to me, but I politely interrupted him with a hoof to the face; Knocking him back and giving him a nosebleed.
"Well isn't this a nice reunion. I've gotta ask though, why did you blow that wagon into oblivion?" I asked with a slight chuckle.
"That's none of your beeswax! But hey, at least we get a rematch." Tick-Tock said as he got into a fighting stance. He hopped up and threw a bomb at me which I easily kicked into the air. As Tick-Tock landed back on the ground I was already there to send a punch his way. Surprisingly he was able to just barely dodge my hoof. It seemed to surprise him too.
I wasn't surprised enough to stop however, so I gave him a hard buck to the side, sending him away and onto the ground. He rolled over onto his hooves and sent a bomb at me like a bowling ball. I easily jumped over it and sent a concussion blast at him which he interrupted midair with another bomb.
He tossed three smaller bombs at me which I blocked with a shield spell. But instead of an explosion, now there was smoke, not toxic, but hard to see through. I heard Tick-Tock galloping towards me, so I waited for the right time, then ducked under a punch of his and sprung up, delivering a mean uppercut to his jaw. He staggered back then turned and tried to buck me only for me to grab his legs, spin him around, then let him fly for a short while. After his flight he got a face-full of dirt.
As he was getting up and shoveling dirt out of his mouth I asked him another question. "So how'd you get out of jail?"
Tick-Tock finished spitting out dirt then turned to me. "Wouldn't you like to know." He laughed.
"That's kind of the point of asking." I said calmly.
"Well I ain't gonna tell you!" He replied in defiance.
I shrugged. "Okay then, well it's time for you to go back anyway." I began walking towards him.
"Not if-!" I cut him off with a concussion blast.
I tied him up and teleported him to the police station then teleported the comedically burnt mare to the Ponyville hospital. As for me, I barely had enough energy to teleport back to The Well, but I did. Immediately afterwards I fell unconscious.
That was honestly more fun than a chore. Nopony was really hurt, Tick-Tock wasn't annoying, and the poor wagon got absolutely rekt. Yay for comedy being there to lighten a mood! Though I did wonder what was in that wagon.
[Omnipotent perspective]
A powerful flow of magic found itself drawn to the Everfree Forest, and smaller portions spread out across Equestria and through time.
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What’s that? Actual character intrigue? I didn’t think past me could do it.
Are bandit attacks really as common as you make it sound? Especially since we have no prior knowledge of you encountering one?
Again, just… casually landed that. Somehow.
How many bombs does this guy have? And where does he keep them? XD
Ah, good thing it was the comedic type of burning. Thought it was serious for a second! (Tonal whiplash from injuries in previous chapters being taken seriously. I know it was intentional from past me to make Tick-Tock seem like less of a serious threat, but still. Also, don’t even get me started on Tick-Tock’s name, mine came first.)
Oh no, there better not have been time travel planned! (Thankfully, that isn’t really the case.)
Just a simple filler action chapter that has possibly huge story implications. Not very much to analyze.