It's Hero Time!

The next few days I read up on what happened in the newspaper, or newspapers I should say, all across the headlines were, Princess Celestia: New Era or Gone Insane? I rolled my eyes and threw the paper with the other stack of crumpled up newspapers. “Ponies are hard to accept change.” I said as I got up and walked outside. I had been spending most of my days at the HQ so they decided to make a room for me. I also had Rarity tailor my clothes so that they would fit better. I decided to take a walk around the everfree forest.

While Spike was taking a walk the bounty hunter known as SixSix was taking his time and observing his target. Unlike his siblings SixSix is patient, though he is much more inexperienced than his siblings.

While I walked through the forest I couldn’t shake this feeling that I was being watched. I just dismissed it at it being the everfree forest. However I kept looking over my shoulder and then I heard a twig snap and my heart leaped. I looked around and saw, timberwolves. They were growling and I smirked. “You may think I’m an easy target. I’ve got a little trick up my sleeve.” I activated the omnitrix and selected Heatblast and transformed. “I may not be a genius, but I do know that fire beats wood.”

I made my fire more intense but the timberwolves didn’t heed the warning, so they pounced. I punched the wolf out of the air and it slammed back down onto the ground with burn marks on it’s hide. Two other wolves surrounded me on both sides and the one I just punched was back up. “Alright. Let’s go.” I crouched and they all pounced at the same time. I twisted and kicked one and blasted the other with fire. The third wolf latched onto my shoulder and bit down, but soon regretted it as the wolf started to burn.

I made quick work of the wolves and soon they were nothing but a pile of ash and cinders. I hit the omnitrix symbol on my chest and transformed back into myself. My stomach then grumbled. “I’m hungry.” I took off to Ponyville down the path and met Zecora along the way. “Hey Zecora, how are you?”

“I’m doing very good, but what are you my drake friend doing out in these woods?” The shaman asked.

“Twilight gave me the day off, I must have gotten lost.”

“Trust me there is no need to fret, follow me and to Ponyville you will get.” Zecora nodded and I followed along with her. “There is no need to be afraid of me. I know your secret, your colleagues and I share the same eyes to see.”

“Is that your way of saying that you’re a Plumber?” I asked her and she nodded. “Can I ask why to speak in rhyme?”

“Ah, it is a nervous habit of mine, to compensate I speak in rhyme.” Zecora said then she sighed. “I really need to learn how to stop.”

“Baby steps. You can just talk to me normally to start off with.” I said to her.

“Thank you Spike.” She thanked me and soon we were back in Ponyville. “Now if you’ll excuse me there are supplies that I need.” Zecora went off and I went to go get something to eat at Sugarcube Corner.

The girls were all sitting in a booth with their heads on the table and I walked up to them. “Hey girls, how’s it going?”

“I’ve never been so tired.” Twilight moaned. “Trixie has been working us to the bone.”

I sat next to them. “How so?”

“We started doing daily exercises.” Rainbow said. “It’s not bad for those of us that are athletic but then there’s the written exams and tests.”

The girls all moaned and lay their heads down again. Even Pinkie was worn out, and that’s saying something. “So I’m guessing I can’t get a snack?” I asked.

“No, Mr. Cake is working the counter this week. Doctors said he pulled a muscle in his back and needs some leisurely paced work for a few weeks.” Pinkie explained.

Twilight gave me my bag of bits and I went up and got myself a sapphire cupcake. I walked back and shifted nervously. “Something on your mind Spike?” Fluttershy asked.

“I’ve just been getting a weird feeling lately.” I said.

“What is it darling?” Rarity asked.

“You girls ever get the feeling that you’re being watched?”

“Sometimes, but that’s probably just your noggin’ tellin’ yah to keep an eye out for danger.” Applejack offered her explanation.

“Makes sense.” I said. “Hey Twilight, I’m going to head to the outskirts of town to refill my gem stash.”

“Alright, don’t be out too late and watch out for danger.” Twilight warned me.

I went back to the castle and gathered my stuff to help me in the dig. I went into Diamond dog territory. They’ve been a lot less aggressive against ponies ever since changelings became allies with equestria. I walked around and started to dig. I got a few rubies, emeralds, and aquamarine but I couldn’t find anything more. “I wish Rarity was here so she could show me where the gems are.” I shrugged and kept digging.

SixSix had his eyes on the target. The runt with the omnitrix, SixSix waited until he had been far enough out of town to strike and now was the perfect opportunity. SixSix rushed forward and shoulder blocked the runt causing him to be knocked back and fly a few feet away. That’s what Vilgax was worried about? This is going to be the easiest million credits I’ve ever made. The bounty hunter thought to himself, then he heard a sound and saw a green flash of light. Then a Tetramand stood before him.

“Okay buddy, I don’t know who you are but you just messed with the wrong dragon.” I said as I cracked my knuckles. I ran at the mysterious alien and swung my fists as he jumped back and kicked my stomach, knocking the wind out of me and then he kicked my chin causing me to fly back again. I flew in an arc and landed in the dirt. “This is going to be harder than I thought.”

The alien rushed at me while I was on the ground and tried to kick me while I was down, literally. I crossed two of my arms and blocked his kick then grabbed his other leg with one of my other arms and threw him back. He then did a backflip in mid air and stopped in the air. He then drew a weapon and started to shoot at me, so I had to dive for cover. “Damn, this guy isn’t letting up.” I covered my head. “Maybe I should change up my strategy.”

I twisted the omnitrix symbol and transformed into Bloxx. I changed my arm into a cannon and decided to shoot back at the guy. I did remember that these blocks exploded. When I did so the guy was taken off guard and I got a few shots in causing him to fall to the ground. I ran at him and formed my gun arm into a hammer and my other arm into a shield and smashed his side with the hammer. The hammer didn’t affect him as much as I thought because he was back up in a few minutes. I swung at him again but this time he blocked it and smashed my arm into bits. Then he kicked me back again, my arm rebuilt itself but he was already approaching. Then the worst thing of all that could happen, happened. The omnitrix started to blink red. “No no no no no no no!” It was too late as I already transformed back.

The alien was approaching and took out a buzzsaw and turned it on. I gulped and waited for my inevitable fate. Then suddenly he was surrounded in a light blue magic aura and tossed away from me. “There you are!” A recognizable voice shouted. It was Trixie and Bon Bon, Bon Bon was decked out in some gear that I didn’t even recognize at the time but Trixie moved to confront the alien as Bon Bon helped me up.

“Are you alright Spike?” She asked me.

I got up and brushed myself off. “Nothing permanent, what are you girls doing here?”

“We got an alert from HQ, there was an alien that entered the atmosphere. I was trying to track them down but all I could find was the landing site. I couldn’t find him until he attacked you.” Bon Bon answered.

Trixie was trading blows with SixSix and keeping him on his toes. “What are you doing here bounty hunter?” Trixie asked as she dodged one of his strikes. The bounty hunter never gave an answer but Trixie’s deductive reasoning quickly narrowed things down. “Seems like Vilgax couldn’t get the job done himself so he hired a bounty hunter?” Trixie inquired as the Sotoraggian remained quiet. “Typical.” Trixie said as she unleashed another spell from her horn. Blasting the buzzsaw to make it malfunction.

SixSix knew that he was outmatched so he did what any smart person would do in this situation. Live to fight another day, he pressed something on his wrist and soon he was no longer visible and he quickly made a retreat back into the woods. Trixie huffed and blasted the ground, “Damn cloaking devices.” Trixie walked back over to where we were standing and I looked at her.

“Who was that?” I asked.

“His name is SixSix, and he’s a bounty hunter.” Bon Bon said. “Vilgax is stepping up his game.” The cream colored mare looked at her fellow plumber.

“Then we should do the same.” Trixie nodded. “We need the communications array up and running, Steel is working as fast as he can but that won’t be fast enough in time.”

“Oh no.” Bon Bon sighed.

“We have to, we’ve got no other options.” Trixie pointed out.

“You know how much we hate working with that guy.” Bon Bon said.

“Yes, but without him we wouldn’t even be here.” Trixie said.

“Girls, who are we talking about?” I asked them.

“You’ll see.” Bon Bon grimaced.

“It’s about bloody time you decided to tell me about this!” A brown earth pony with a brown mane, a tie, and an hourglass cutie mark yelled. “Do you know how much time I’ve been wasting trying to figure out this invasion! If you can even call it that!”

“Doctor, we know that you’re upset that we kept you out of the loop. But you know the reason why, you have your own problems to worry about right now.” Trixie said.

“You meddling plumbers are always trying to get into my business! Why would you show any concern over me now!?” The Doctor yelled.

I just sat in the living room while the three ponies argued and ate what the Doctor called jammie dodgers? They were pretty good, though not as good as Pinkie’s ruby sprinkled cookies. The hours went by and everypony calmed down and explained everything to me, about how the Doctor was really an alien from another galaxy with a time traveling spaceship in the shape of a blue police box. “I have a question Doctor, if you could travel through time, then why didn’t you stop me from getting the omnitrix?”

“Because I was in the same time as you the moment it happened and would have had to break my own timeline just to stop it. That would have potentially ripped the universe apart.”

“Time is much more complicated than ponies care to think Spike.” Trixie explained.

“What about the butterfly effect?” I asked.

“A load of hogwash.” The Doctor said. “Time can be altered, unless it’s a fixed point. Then, it cannot change.”

“I have another question, do you know anything about the omnitrix?” I showed him the device on my arm.

“Hmm? You mean that?” The Doctor pointed to the watch. He then pulled out a strange silver device. “Hold still for a moment.”

“Is it going to hurt?” I asked.

“No, but it helps if you hold still.” The Doctor then used his device. “This is called a sonic screwdriver. It’s basically a multipurpose tool that works on practically anything, except wood. Never could quite figure that out.” He started to scan the omnitrix with his screwdriver, it emitted a blue light and made a small whirring sound. “A DNA alterer? There’s only one place and one person I know that would make something like this. Azmuth.”

“Who is Azmuth?” I asked.

“A galvan who thinks himself to be the greatest mind in the galaxy. He still hasn’t figured out time travel and hasn’t risked his life to save the universe.” The Doctor finished scanning the omnitrix.

“I’m guessing you know him by more than just reputation.” Bon Bon said.

“Galvans and Time Lords have disputed about being the smartest race in the universe for millennia.” The Doctor said. “Azmuth and I tried to broker peace between the races but the Galvans left us high and dry when the Time Wars began.”

“Time Wars?” Trixie asked.

“It’s a very long story.” The Doctor said as he became quiet.

“Are you willing to help us Doctor?” Bon Bon asked.

“Pending alien invasion? When do I not help with that?” The Doctor said. “Of course.”

“Thank you.” Trixie said.

“One thing though.” The Doctor said before we left. “Whatever you do, do not mention this to the princesses.”

“Why not?” I asked.

“I promised not to meddle in their affairs after a certain event happened.” The Doctor said. “That’s why they can’t find out.”

“Fine.” Trixie nodded and so did Bon Bon and I.

“Shall we begin then?” The Doctor smiled and adjusted his tie.