After successfully avoiding detection from the local authorities, Scootaloo and I had arrived at the nearest clothing store, Hot topic.

Scootaloo had placed the hoodie over her head as we stepped inside. Rock music was playing in the background, it just so happened to be my favorite band playing Lift Me Up.

“Try to find something not too flashy and not to boring. Make sure you find a jacket your size.” I whispered to the child beside me. The store was empty with only the woman behind the counter. I let her hand go and walked towards selection of large shirts.

Browsing through the shirts, I found a black shirt with a familiar blonde spiky haired prince with the words I AM THE HYPE! in yellow.

I took the shirt and checked if it was the right size. I then brought the shirt towards the counter and saw an African-american woman wearing punk rocker clothes. She smiled a little as I placed the shirt on the counter.

I heard something crash onto the floor and saw that Scootaloo knocked down a shirt rack.

“You can clean that up, right?” I heard the woman ask. I chuckled at this and with a wave of my hand the shirt rack slowly reversed back to the way it was.

“Never stops being awesome, man.” I heard the woman say. Emma Jackson, a good and reliable friend like Albert.

“So who's the kid?” She asked me. I sighed.

“You know the rumors going around about strange sightings in the Everglades Forest. That's her.” I said, gesturing at the child who looked amazed at the wall of design shirts.

“So?” Emma said as she poked the side of my face. She knew I hated when she did that. As Emma continued to try poking out information from me, I waited for Scootaloo to finally make up her mind.

After several excruciating minutes, Scootaloo came up to me with a brand new shirt and pants her size. The shirt wasn't anything special, just that it had a familiar logo and the pants were a pair of black jeans.

I took them and placed the clothes on the counter. Emma started scanning each item, giving a total of thirty dollars and six cents.

Once I paid, Emma gave me the back door key, allowing us to use it as a changing room.

I unlocked the door and opened it up, letting Scootaloo use the back to change while I took off my old shirt.

I heard a loud whistle from as I did so. Once the shirt came off, I glared at Emma.

“Stop it, you're basically calling a forty eight year old man hot.” I said to her.

“That's how I like my men.” She said in a sultry tone with half lidded eyes. I blankly stared at her with a raised brow before she laughed.

“Dude, chill. I was just kidding.” She said between laughs. I shook my head as I started to put on the new shirt.

As I finished up, Scootaloo walked out the door. I guess she forgot to put the hoodie over head. I looked over to Emma and saw her face of shock before shaking her head.

“Coool~.” Emma said as Scootaloo realized her mistake. She was about to put on the hoodie but I stopped her.

“It's fine, we can trust her.” I said to the child. She nodded and lowered her hands.

“Aww she's adorable! Was she really back in the old park?” Emma asked as she suddenly went up to Scootaloo and began to cuddle her much to Scootaloo’s dismay.

It took all my strength to pry her away from Scootaloo. We stayed chatting for what felt like hours but alas, we had to leave and headed back to The park.

The next day
2:00 P.M.

The past few hours have been hectic. The authorities apparently know that I'm still in town which worried me, not for my safety but for Scootaloo.

If the government wanted to see what makes my powers tick, I don't want to know what they'll do to her. Speaking of Scootaloo, I had taught her how to stay hidden and what to do when they find me.

She had been asking me why they're looking for me and I answered with much simplicity. I had reminded her of my powers and told her that the rest of the world will do anything to have time in their hands.

Now that I said it, the authorities, not police officers, not F.B.I or S.W.A.T, have been getting more and more impatient to the point of not only setting up checkpoints in each highway entrance and city limits, they've also moved patrols to broad daylight.

The Authorities are a bunch of hired thugs from an international organization called Monarch. The Founder of that organization was my father's assistant and best friend, Daniel Serene.

After my father's death, Dan had taken all of my dad's creations, including the Time machine. Now fast forward sixteen years since then and he's a successful multi billionaire C.E.O of Monarch. But that's not enough for him, he wants to be known as the man who made time travel possible, he's the reason I go around the world.

I had plenty of chances to end him, but I'm better than that and left him all those times. Nowadays he hires these guys to chase me around and he's like what, in his seventies.

Anyway, today me and Scootaloo have been going around town, she wanted to see more than just the old park.
Speaking of the park, I heard that they're going to level the park in a month. It's a shame really, this country had lost almost it's entire population back in the year 2016.

And since then, parks, family businesses and orphanages have been either bulldozed, tore down or blown up for either more factories or Malls.

But until then the Everglades forest, or what's left of it, is our safe haven. We've got clothes, food, water and a rocky roof over our heads.

“You okay, Nate?” I heard the filly ask me. Right, so apparently she's about thirteen years old and a fucking pegasus, and I thought I saw everything.

Turning towards the filly behind me, I saw that she held another Nature Valley Granola Bar™ in her hand.

“I'm fine, I was just thinking to myself.” I said as I grabbed the Granola bar and began to unwrap it.

“About what?” She asked. I smiled at her curiosity.

“What it would've been like to have my family back.” I said to her. Her smiled faltered as her ears folded up top her head.

“Oh.” She muttered out. I wrapped an arm around her.

“Don't be sad because my own sadness, that'll make me a complete dick.” I said to her with a smile as I took a bite from the Granola bar. I have a problem, okay!?

“What’s this world like? You said you've said that you traveled around the world, right? So you've must've seen something cool out there.” Scootaloo said. I looked at her with a raised brow before chuckling.

“I did, didn't I. Alright, last year, I was hiding in a country named Australia…” I began to tell her about some of my travels and as I did, she looked at me with a bit of respect as I continued.

Three Hours later

I've left Scootaloo back at the small cave to get some more supplies. I only had enough to sustain one person.

Walking down the sidewalk, I passed by brunt remains the apartment building. I could see a few men going through the rubble, looking for something.

Shaking my head, I moved on and turned through corner. I saw a convenient store up ahead.

I smiled at the sight of the store and sped up. I stopped just a few inches away from the door. I looked back as I heard the shouting of a woman.

I looked for the source and heard it coming from an alley. Running towards the source, I saw a soldier trying to have his way with a young woman.

I sighed as I focused on the man and time dashed towards him. As I appeared next to him, I used the momentum and performed a powerful dropkick on the man.

As the man flew back to a wall, leaving a human shaped dent on the wall, I looked towards the woman as she started fearfully at me.

I raised a finger up to my lips and shushed before leaving the area. As I left the alleyway, I heard yell out for me. I looked back and saw her running at me.

“Thank you.” She said before running away. I nodded at this before flicking my wrist, causing it to ripple. Soon an explosion could be heard behind me as I walked away from the scene.

I arrived back at the store doors and went inside.

Two days later

Today wasn't a good day, for one Scootaloo was slowly losing hope of ever getting back. Second being that the Authorities had seen us around town and that's not the worst part, no. The worst part is that they took her, they took an innocent and lost child to, and I quote, See what makes her tick.

I may not know that well but I've promised her a ticket to Equestria and by Jesus, I will get her one.

They took her to a research facility located in the city, near a Monarch building.

So taking a taxi to the city limits, I had then walked towards the city.

Now you may be wondering, can't I just turn back time and save her. The thing is, I can only travel through time when I am calm, collected and at peace.

Now stay put while I save a child in need of my help.

Scootaloo

“Is this the creature?” I heard a voice. Where am I? I opened my eyes to see and saw a few humans surrounding me. I tried to move but found that I had been tied down.

“Yes, it was found in the Everglades by a Monarch soldier. Shall we begin?” I heard a masculine voice ask. I saw the humans holding sharp, pointy objects. I could only close by eyes as I knew that this was the end.

All of a sudden a loud noise could be heard throughout the room. I opened my eyes and saw the humans looking towards the door.

My vision soon started to blur from the tear welling up in my eyes. I could see the door burst open and something blurred in, knocking the humans out cold. At least that's what I thought until I saw a faint red on the floor pooling around them.

“Don't worry, I got you.” I heard Nathan's voice as a pair of arms took hold of me.

“I'm scared.” I said outloud and after I said that, his hold tighten around me only slightly.

“I know, I am too.” I heard him reply before darkness took me.

Three weeks later

As time went by, the between us grew. I see her as my own child with the way I protect her while she sees me as her father.

To be honest, I kinda do act like a father towards her. Ever since I rescued her, she had been acting differently and she had accompanied me in supply runs, never leaving my side.

Today I needed to get a few explosives for when she leaves, I could blow up the cave, covering our tracks.

“Sir, are you even qualified to posses this?” The Gun nut said in front of me as I looked at the C4 plastic explosive. Scootaloo had her hoodie up and covering her face as she looked at a few guns on display.

“Yes, yes I am and it's very insulting that you've accused me to be an amateur.” I said to him with a frown. Actually that's a lie, I have no qualifications to use a C4 plastic explosive but it's not like I have any qualifications for handling a gun.

“Sorry, um..” He trailed off before i brought him back from la-la land.

“Just give three of these things already.” I said to him. He nodded rapidly before taking out a calculator.

After paying for the explosives and putting them in my pack, we walked out of the store and started walking towards the nearest subway.

I ran out food the first week and we've been eating out ever since. When we rounded a corner, we bumped into someone.

“Hey!” I heard the man shout before I looked up. I wish I hadn't though. I saw the man I bumped into was actually a Monarch soldier.

“Run!” I shouted at Scootaloo before shoving the man away. Scootaloo jumped over him as he fell onto the ground and I started running.

Only a minute later, we heard a helicopter above us. I looked up and saw what I didn't want to see. Attack chopper with mounted miniguns. The guns tilted downwards, aiming at both of us and fired.

I quickly managed to make a time shield as the bulletstorm started. Taking out my M9, I looked up and tried to aim at the pilot but the chopper kept swaying back and forth.

I can't stop time like this, I need to be calm and collected for me to so. Sighing, I holstered the gun in my pocket before getting ready to jump.

“Scoots, as soon as I jump, the shield will go down and you have to run as far away from here as possible.” I said to her. She stood there, frightened beyond belief.

“Scootaloo, you need to run!” I shouted at her. She looked at me before nodded fearfully. I counted down with my fingers and as soon as I hit zero, I timed dash upwards and appeared next to the pilot's door.

“Surprise Motherfucker!” I shouted as I punched the glass, breaking it and quickly grabbing a shard. The pilot tried go for his gun but I managed to slit his throat without a second thought, causing the Chopper to lose control and start to spin around as a loud beep was heard.

I timed dashed again, this time towards the ground. As I appeared back on the ground, I heard an explosion above me before a burning heap of metal crashed onto the ground.

I didn't have time to think as I heard more soldiers down the way I came. I threw a time bubble at them, stopping them inside the thing and started firing at them. The bullets stopped as it entered the time bubble.

The bubble soon disappeared and the bullets hit each soldier. I quickly turned around and headed back to Everglades Forest before more arrived.

One week later
11:50 P.M

We had to stay in the forest and ration what we had left of food and water. Monarch had increased their numbers and patrols tenfold since they sent the Attack Chopper at me.

The only thing that could be looked forwards to was the fact that tonight was the night Scootaloo will go back to her home, where she's safe and away from here. There was only ten minutes left before midnight and the moon was full.

So after checking of it was safe, we had left to go to the lake and wait there. While we waited, I had set the C4 explosive in the cave before heading back to the lake.

“Nate?” I heard Scootaloo call me. I looked next to me and saw her.

“If this works and a portal opens, why don't you come with me back to Equestria?” She asked. I sighed.

“Scoots, if Equestria is like you told me it is, then I wouldn't fit in. Hell, I don't fit in already but you get the point.” I said to her.

“But you wouldn't need to keep running. You could finally stop running, make friends, everything you've ever wanted to do, just like you said.” She said to me. I gave her a sad smile as she her ears folded up to her head.

“I know I said that I wanted to do all those things but-”

“Freeze!” A man shouted. I turned to find the same Monarch soldier from before and he had his gun aimed at us.

“Walk away from this.” I said to him as he walked towards us.

“And miss the biggest pay I'll ever get? Fuck that.” He said before he started coughing.

“I'm only going to say this one more time, walk away.” I said. He focused his rifle at me but dropped his gun as he started coughing violently. Lung Cancer.

“What *cough* did you *cough* to me!?” He shouted between coughs. I stood up and walked towards him. I reached into his breast pocket and pulled out a small box of cigarettes.

“I'm only speeding you up. To bad really, this could've been avoided if you would have just walked away.” I said to him as he fell onto the floor, trying to catch his breath as he kept coughing.

“Pl-please *ack* mercy!” He shouted. I sighed as I started reversing the effects.

After reversing the effects, he looked three years younger and he was. I gave him a second chance.

“Go and stop smoking.” I told him, he nodded as he held his throat and ran off. I looked back at Scootaloo and saw her staring wide eyed at me.

“That's one of the reasons why I shouldn't go with you. I'm dangerous and I shouldn't even be alive.” I said to her. She stood up before running up to me. She tackled me into a hug.

“Please. You're the only one who actually cared about me other than my friends.” She said. I tilted my head at this.

“What about your parents? Surely they care about you.” I said to her.

“I never knew my parents.” She said in a whisper. I sat up and placed Scootaloo beside me in the grass.

On one hand, I stay here and get hunted down as an animal but on the other hand, I go with her and be treated as an outcast while being there for her.

Finally deciding what I'll do, I stood up from the ground and dusted myself off. I looked at my watch and saw that it was time.

We waited for a whole minute with nothing happening before sphere appeared, burning the ground under it as it grew into a portal.

I felt her take hold of my hand as we walked up to it. I swore I could hear voices coming from it.

“This is it then.” She said to me as she teared up.

“I guess it is.” I said as I pulled out the detonator and pressed the button, earning a loud explosion in the distance. She nodded and ran through the portal.

I stared at the open portal and sighed. I turned around and picked up my bag before walking in the light.

Scootaloo

As the light dimmed and my sight returned, I saw that I was in Twilight's throne room and all the girls were here. I didn't have time to think as I was picked up by somepony.

“You're back!” I heard Rainbow Dash’s voice as she held me close to her. I'd normally be excited to be this close to my hero but not this time.

She let me go and I got to see that she looked horrible. Her mane was unkempt, her clothes were dirty and she smelled.

“I was so worried that we couldn't find you and..and..I'm Just glad you're home.” Dash said as she embraced me again.

“Yeah...home.” I said out loud.

“Scootaloo, are you alright? Are you hurt?” Fluttershy said as she checked me.

“I'm fine.” I said as I tried to push her away. Pinkie came up to me with a weird stare and looked at me straight in the eyes.

“What's wrong? I know when somepony isn't happy and you're not happy.” She said to me.

I was about to start explain but I heard a loud thud behind me. I looked back to Nathan's bag. I was about to go and pick it up but somepony or more specifically someone else did.

“Nathan?” I said.

Nathaniel Santiago

“Nathan?” I heard her say as I stepped out of the light.

“Yeah. I thought about and maybe this is what I need.” I told her as she walked up to. I dropped the bag and embraced the filly.

“Scootaloo, who's your friend?” I heard a feminine voice. I looked up to see six different women. I straighten up and fixed my shirt.

“I'm Nathaniel Santiago. I'm sure you're wondering how I know this child and I'm happy to answer your questions.” I said to them taking another Granola bar out. The Pink one tried to grab it but I slapped her hand away.

Author's Note

Like I promised, I had made changes to the chapter and hope you find it to your liking.

Edited by my good friendDragonoidsix seekers