Twilight's Bizarre Adventure: Tick Tock
Two Can't Keep a Secret
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"So, did Applejack reply?" Sunset asks while driving: "I was surprised to see Fluttershy's stand act up like that. I woke up in Fluttershy's petshop, you woke up in Pinkie's house, wow! Are you even listening?"
"What?" Twilight looks away from the letter she got from Maud: "Yeah, no, sorry. Its just...the the content of this letter is a little weird."
"Okay," Sunset says: "just saying. What's the letter about anyways?"
"Well, apparently, I am the author of this letter," Twilight puts the letter back into the glass bottle: "according to this letter, "I" was sent back time, and...oh, sorry."
Twilight apologizes before answering Rainbow Dash's call: "Hi Rainbow?"
"Where are you guys now? We have been stuck in the park for the past...forty minutes!" Rainbow shouts.
"We are on our way!" Sunset shouts back.
"Don't worry, darling!" Rarity shouts in the background: "We spent thirty minutes in the wonderland and only ten minutes in the park!"
"Rarity!" Rainbow shouts: "why did you tell her that? Now it's going to take her longer to get here!"
"Well, it's the truth! Besides," Rarity says: "Why is it going to take Sunset longer to get here?"
"Because..."
"Bye, love you guys, be there in a sec," Sunset takes the phone and hangs up before an argument starts.
"As I was saying," Twilight says as Sunset returns the phone: "I was supposedly sent back time and delivered the stand arrow to Pinkie's ancestors. In other words, Pinkamane was successful in enhancing her ability but failed to stop us."
"Us?" Sunset asks: "So you aren't the only one there are you?"
"Well," Twilight says reluctantly: "you were there."
"Really?"
"Yeah, but you better not know what happened, " Twilight says as she tosses the bottle to the back seat.
"Ok," Sunset says with a suspecting tone: "So, what's with your stand? I know messing up with the time continuum is bad, but what did you see exactly? I thought your stand could only see immediate results for certain events."
"I saw vampire-like creatures ruling the earth," Twilight says while taking her glasses off: "It doesn't make sense I know, but I did see vampire-like creatures turn humans into vampires before devouring them."
"What?" Sunset asks.
"I don't know, but it seems like the stand arrow triggered a series of events led to the defeat of those creatures," Twilight says as she presses against her temples: "I don't know what happened exactly, but we have to deliver the stand arrow to the Pie family."
"Two hundred years ago?" Sunset asks sarcastically: "they better have something special for the tip."
"Listen," Twilight puts her glasses back on: "according to the letter, only a few of us can make it out alive."
"Oh! I know!" Sunset says: "we just leave Pinkamane be, and she would eventually learn it's impossible to travel back time without effecting herself! What a wonderful plan! No one would get hurt that way!"
"That doesn't include us, Sunset," Twilight says, looking at Sunset in the eyes: "We won't make it out alive."
"Wow!" Seeing how serious Twilight is, Sunset tries to make a joke out of this gloomy prediction: "That's, um, that prediction is truly something to, to..."
"Sunset..." Twilight says: "It's an honor to have you as a friend."
"Thank you," Sunset answers awkwardly, not knowing how to respond: "It has been...nice knowing you."
"Oh my, see what we have here." Fluttershy says: "Ms. Pinkamane, please go get the stand arrow while I buy you some time."
"Fluttershy, you've got to stop!" Applejack shouts: "messing up the time continuum can lead to catastrophic events and..."
"How do you know? Because Twilight told you so?" Fluttershy asks: "Are you going to tell me the Twilight never once made a mistake?"
"Y'all won't listen, huh?" Applejack says, summoning her stand.
"My my, are you here for my life?" Pinkamane asks: "You don't need to hurry. I've only got two months left. To be honest, I can't even summon my stand in its' complete form. Yet, if you want to duel, I would gladly accept your offer."
"Gladly?" Applejack smirks: "I almost had you last time. Still, want a taste of defeat? Just by the way, what's your stand's name?"
"Doesn't have a name," Pinkamane replies: "What about...Two Can't Keep a Secret?"
"That's lame," Applejack says as her stand turns into a spear.
"Fluttershy, watch my back while we fight." Pinkamane says as part of her stand manifests: "This will be quick."
Much to Applejack's surprise, Pinkamane perfectly dodged every single attack unleashed by her stand while charging towards her. Pinkamane moves so swiftly, almost as if she can see into the future while dodging attacks.
"What the..." in mere seconds, Pinkamane made her ways near Applejack. Shocked, Applejack is forced to pull her stand back, forming a shield protecting herself.
"How fascinating," Pinkamane says the shield cracks from [Two Can't Keep a Secret]'s attack: "So your stand possesses three different types of ability, right? However, in order to switch ability, you must disassemble one form of your stand either wholly or partially, right? Let me guess; your next move is to disassemble part of the shield and quickly turn it into a fist and punch me in the face, right?"
"Shut up!" Applejack shouts, ,as part of her shield start to disappear. Yes, that was her plan, but how did Pinkamane know? More importantly, what's with the boost of strength? Last time they fight, their stands were equal in strength. But now, Pinkamane's stand is clearly the stronger one. It's bad, really bad. With this level of strength and her unknown ability, the loser of this fight would certainly be Applejack.
"What's the matter?" Applejack asks while trying to hold her shield together: "Why did you stop? With that level of strength, you can easily finish me off with just a few more punches."
"I suppose this is a stalemate," Pinkamane asks as her stand disappears: "Fluttershy, let's go." She turns around, leaving Applejack alone.
"I am asking you a question!" Applejack's shield dissolves completely. Part of becomes a spear, launching her towards Pinkamane at high speed, a,nd other parts become a humanoid figure, ready to attack at any moment. With a sound of skull-cracking, Applejack was sent flying and lands in a pile of pine needles.
"Humans sure are peculiar," Pinkamane says: "I would have spared her if she stayed still."
"That was harsh," Fluttershy says: "how bad is the injury?"
"Maybe some memory loss, but she will be ok. I returned her skull to its' normal state before she flies off." Pinkamane shugs her shoulder: "but that was disappointingly easy, I didn't even need to turn around. Anyways, we need to go now. I can sense it, the stand arow. With it, Pinkie's life, my life, will be safe."
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