Author's Note

Sorry this update took so long; I was busy and I had a bad case of writer's block. I also had to rewrite some of this chapter to make it fit in with what I was planning.

Mistaken for Poacher

Outskirts of Ponyville

Five Minutes Later

Twilight knew Ponyville was in trouble as soon as she saw the kampe.

For one thing, Rainbow Dash wasn't kidding about the monster being five stories high. For another, the bear, wolf, and lion heads on it's body drooled poison that burned five-foot diameter holes in the ground, meaning that close-range ground attacks would be useless. She wore a huge, green stopwatch around her neck.

"Fluttershy, what do you know about kampe?" Twilight asked.

"Well, the lion heads spit poison that paralyzes it's victims. the wolf's poison breaks the bones of whatever body part it's injected into, and the bear head poison makes the victim feel horrible pain."

"Okay. How do you defeat it?" Rarity asked.

"There might be a chance we can cut off it's oxygen for a while..."

"DARK SPARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!," The kampe screamed, so loudly that the ponies were forced to cover their ears. "I AM SKULLSMASH! YOU REMEMBER ME??? WHERE ARE YOU???!! I'll make you pay for what you did to my children!! I'm going to avenge their deaths!!"

"Who's Dark Spark?" Twilight wondered out loud.

"I'm not sure, Twi; maybe a poacher?" Applejack responded.

"Somepony poached kampe children?!" Fluttershy asked furiously, being pretty loud even for her standards. "Who would do that?! Kampe don't attack unless you provoke them!!"

"Calm down, Fluttershy," Rainbow said. "Remember, we have to get her away from Ponyville or else she's going to destroy it!"

"Pinkie Pie, can you block up the beast heads so they don't spill poison?" Twilight asked.

The pink earth pony produced her party cannon. "Of course I can!" She instantly started firing cake, balloons, and streamers into the mouths, the teeth either eagerly consuming the party favors or getting stuck together.

"Fluttershy, come with me so we can try to convince the kampe out of here. Rest of you help Pinkie!"

Rainbow, Rarity, and Applejack began to gather ammunition for the Party Cannon while the yellow pegasus and the Princess flew up towards the monster head.
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Library of Time

Same moment

The Bookkeeper was watching the battle through the scurrying bowl with only half her attention. The rest of it was lent to the lavender book magically hooked up to it. She flipped to the next page with her silver-colored magic.

“Planning a strategy as always, Twilight. Predictable. The question is, do you have a plan for what will happen next, or for what you will do when you discover your future?”

A sudden streak came from the scurrying bowl. Looking over at it, the Bookkeeper saw Twilight being hung upside down by her tail in one of Skullsmash’s claws. Fluttershy had been knocked to the ground; Fortunately, uninjured.

The deity left the book open on it’s current page and bent over the bowl with her game face on. “Alright, Sparkle, this is your first step towards defying your future. You’ve accomplished a lot in your years of life, and you still have a lot of potential; I’ll be very dissapointed if you die now at this monster.”

Back in Ponyville

"Dark Spark," Skullsmash grinned evilly. “I finally got you!"

Twilight just stared back at the murderous rage in the monster's eyes. She had honestly no idea why this kampe was accusing her of killing her children, or how the Princess of Friendship could’ve been mistaken for a poacher.

“You’re a lot smaller than I had anticipated,” Skullsmash muttered. "Then again, this was your younger self and you were a lot weaker."

“What??!” Twilight asked. "I'm not a poacher!"

“Don’t mistake me for a fool, little pony! I know your face and scent any- AKK!!!”

Rainbow had kicked the psycho in the claws, allowing Twilight to escape and get back in the air safely.

“You got the wrong pony, you big bully!” the pegasus cried. “Get out of here!”

The kampe responded by swatting her out of the sky. Fortunately, Rainbow managed to pull a safe, if bumpy, landing.

Twilight flew up so she could glare into the reptilian eyes of her opponent. It was bad enough that she was being accused of poaching kampe, and had the gall to attack her town but her friends? That was a big no-no. "Leave my friends and this town alone! They're innocent ponies who never did anything to hurt you!"

"Seriously?!" Skullsmash responded angrily. "You're defending this town? You killed all of them in the future! And don't talk to me about attacking innocents, Dark Spark! You're responsible for the suffering of the future and the horrible deaths of many, so I'm making sure your life ends now!"

"What are you talking abou--" The kampe cut off Twilight by shooting a stream of acid from a wolf head at her. Twilight managed to dodge it, but it barely touched her left hind leg. Without thinking, she shot off an array of attack beams, but she had to stop when she began to cough uncontrollably from the strain on her throat. Skullsmash took the opportunity to try to snatch the princess, but Twilight decided to focus on evading the attacks so she wouldn't get killed for something she didn't do.

The rest of the crew watched the scene worriedly from the ground. "Any pony got Plan B?" Fluttershy asked. "Twilight needs our help!"

Applejack's eyes suddenly brightened. "Hey Rare, do you still have that big fake parachute you made for the school play?"

"Yes, why?"

"We can cut off the kampe's breathing enough so she can pass out!"

"Great! I'll go get it!" Rainbow took off while Pinkie and Rarity kept trying to distract Skullsmash from the ground.

The blue pegasus returned quickly with the fake parachute. Applejack tied both the ends of her lasso to it, then gave it to Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. The two pegasi flew up, covered the muzzle, and began pulling hard.

Twilight stopped in mid-air and watched the plan her friends had created unfold. "Yes!" She exclaimed as she flew over to help with her pegasus friends, but suddenly, she was enclosed in the two humongous claws of the kampe. The Princess formed a magic shield to keep herself from being crushed, but her throat-magical problems made it unstable, and she couldn't attempt to transport out of there without getting crushed.

"Twilight!" Fluttershy screamed. She tried to move in to help, but Rainbow managed to stop her before the parachute fell off the kampe muzzle.

"Fluttershy, keep pulling! We need to make Skullsmash faint if we're going to save Twilight!" The two flyers doubled their efforts on the muzzle.

As for Twilight, Skullsmash's talons were too powerful and the massive pressure began to crack her force field.

"That barrier ain't gonna hold for long!" Applejack exclaimed. "Pinkie--"

"I'm way ahead of you!" Pinkie was already her Party Cannon with huge firecrackers and a disco ball.

The two flying ponies kept pulling on the ropes....

Pinkie Pie kept loading the cannon....

The barrier around Twilight was now nothing but cracks. It was going to shatter under the pressure any second now.....

"Pinkie!" Rarity shouted. "We need a shot now!"

"COVER YOUR EARS!" Pinkie screamed and hit the fuse button just as Applejack and Rarity hit the dirt.

BAM

The Party Cannon shot up a huge disco ball up at Skullsmash's arm. Fortunately, the ball managed to hit the arm of the creature, then ricocheted off her head, stunning her. Skullsmash began collapsing from the injury and limited air, and twilight managed to escape the claws.

Unfortunately, the disco ball hit the green stopwatch button and it began to glow with a silver aura, which spread around and wrapped around the unconscious Skullsmash and the six young mares. Then there was a flash, and they were all gone.