• Published 12th Feb 2019
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Earthling or Equestrian? - Tjtbomb



The Mad Tinker, a unique name, with many meanings. A mercenary, an Alias, an alien, a harbinger of death, a dangerous ally, and finally... Friend.

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#3- SURPRISE!!!

Twilight's POV

I was having a beautiful dream about meeting Starswirl when Spike shook me awake.

"Twilight!"

"Whaaaat..."

"Princess Luna needs you and the others at the Castle! She says its an emergency!"

"P-Princess Luna!?"

That woke me up. I jumped up, sending Spike flying, and ran down the hall, fixing my mane as I went.

(Timeskip brought to you by fat, immovable, Human.)

"We're here!" I shouted as I burst into the throne room with the rest of the girls lagging behind me. They were all still half asleep.

Luna stood before me with a worried expression.

"Dear Twilight, we are in need of your help. According to Discord, we have a possibly dangerous newcomer to Equestria residing in the Everfree Forest. We regret we don't have more to tell you, but we could learn naught else. We must know who or what this new pony is immediately."

Rainbow Dash zipped forward.

"You can count on us your Highness!"

Luna smiled.

"Of course. Please let come to us as soon as possible when you get back."

I turned and talked over my shoulder as we hurried out, "Don't worry! We will!"

"Remember! He's dangerous! He may not accept your friendship!"

(Timeskip brought to you by food)

The sun was just coming up as we entered the The Everfree.

"Alright girls, we need to find this new pony as quickly as possible. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, you two fly overhead and look around."

"Alright!" "O-ok..."

"The rest of us will have to search on the ground. Come get the rest of us if you find them. Luna said they were dangerous, so be careful everypony!"

(Rainbow Dash POV)

I zoomed high over the Everfree looking for anything out of the ordinary. Honestly, who was crazy enough to live out here? An hour later, nopony had seen anything unusual. That is, until I spotted a weird clearing in the trees up ahead. I flew lower and found a bunch of messed up trees.

"Whoa! What did that!?"

I turned a flashy 360 and flew off to find the others.

"Twi's gonna want to see this!"

(Another hour later)

(Twilight's POV)

We finally managed to get to the weird clearing Rainbow Dash mentioned. At first, all I saw was a bunch of trees on the ground, but as I got closer, I realized the bizarre nature of them.

What in Celestia?

The trees were all chopped down, they didn't break. And it wasn't the usual kind of axe cuts either. It was all one cut per tree, straight down the middle, across the side, and one that just halved a tree perfectly. Everyone was more than a little spooked. Except for Applejack. Applejack was furious.

"Who in tarnation cut down all these Apple trees?"

Rainbow Dash kicked aside some branches.

"Hey Girls! Check this out!"

We trotted over to Dashie.

"Somepony's been eating apples! A lot of them!"

She was right, there was an incredible amount of seeds and stems lying on the ground, way more than anypony could eat. And there, by the pile, was a long trail of marks going into the forest. Fluttershy pointed them out.

"A-are those t-tracks?"

I examined them closely. From what I could tell, it was bipedal, and left bizarre, oval-like tracks that sunk deep into the ground. It was apparently rather heavy. Applejack whistled.

"I reckon they are. I don't have a clue what kind of varmint made them though. Big feller, by the looks of him. He ate every bit of those apples"

I looked down the trail.

"They just go deeper into the forest. I guess we should follow them. Come on Girls! We have to find them!"

They agreed and followed along the trail with me, Dashie and Fluttershy flying low with us. After a few hours of following the aimless trail, we eventually heard a low rumble reverberating through the forest. Pinkie Pie jumped a bit. Rarity listened carefully to the sound.

"It sounds like somepony's snoring. Rather loudly at that."

I took charge.

"Alright Girls, stay quiet, remember the princess said they're dangerous. We just want to get a look before we introduce ourselves."

They nodded and we sneaked towards the low snoring. After a minute, we came to a stream and spotted something under a tree. The source of the obnoxiously loud snores. A campfire smoldered nearby. I couldn't quite tell what this mystery being was, it was curled into a ball and hidden by the shadow of the tree above it. The girls started whispering behind me excitedly.

"What is it?"

"I don't know."

I turned and just before I could shush them-

Snap

Somepony stepped on a twig.

The snoring halted immediately. I slowly turned around and was struck by a small pair of piercing blue eyes that stared straight back into mine.