Back on the beach in Maretime Bay, Hitch trailblazer was on his way to investigate a call he’d received. Three young children were standing there having some type of argument. The unicorn of the group seemed to be the one that the conversation was focused on. It all seemed rather normal to Hitch, all the way until he heard what the group was actually saying.

“What do you mean something strange happened?! You did it on purpose!”

“I did not!”

“I saw you use your magic to drop your umbrella onto my sand castle!”

“I'm telling you, it wasn't me! I was carrying it, and then my magic just went away!”

“I don't believe you!”

“But I'm telling the truth!”

Hitch Trailblazer promptly arrived on the scene moments later, trying to defuse the situation. “Is everypony okay over here?”

A Nervous Unicorn spoke her case first before being interrupted.

“Sheriff Hitch! I promise I didn't mean to ruin everything! My magic...”

“I worked on that castle all day!”

As that conversation continued, unknown to the others, Zipp and Cyre were on a rock ledge just above them, watching them all. Zipp was about to do some recording when her mother called, to which she promptly hung up. Cyre stared at her with slight disdain.

“Zipp, ignoring your mother isn’t very nice you know. I get you don’t like being a princess but at the very least…"

“I promise to call her back later, okay? Geez… Thursday, noon, beach. Second magical mishap. Levitation glitch. Unicorn drops umbrella. Lots of upset ponies. Very strange. Must investigate further.”

As Zipp stowed away her phone, she attempted to fly, but her wings started to glitch out for some reason. This worried her immensely. Cyre was also concerned, as this meant that there actually could be a problem with magic.

"Oh, no! Please, no!" After a couple more moments, her wings returned to normal and she lifted herself off the ground. She gasped, then laughed before flying back towards the Brighthouse, with Cyre following by her side. Both of them landed outside the door just as sunny opened it, with Pipp and Izzy not far behind her.

"Zipp! There you are!"

"Oh, hey! Coming to town with us to gather more supplies for the new-and-improved Maretime Bay Day?"

"Oh. Wish I could, but—"

"Why can't you exactly?"

"Because... I and Cyre are working on our surprise thing for Maretime Bay Day! Yeah! H-Have fun!" Zipp dragged a very confused Cyre up the staircase as Pipp looked at them suspiciously. Once they made it up the stairs, they went into the unity crystal room. Zipp pulled her phone out and made a quick report.

"Thursday, 12:15. Crystals – normal. Pris-beam energy – intact." Zipp sighed and looked at Cyre, who smiled.

"Yeah, from what happened earlier, the beam seems to have glitchy moments... now if we could determine what causes the glitch, we can stamp it out. The only problem is, what exactly is the problem? it's not like there's a unity crystal handbook or something..."

"We'll figure it out Cyre. Trust me on that fact. Cause if we don't... well, let's try not to go there. I'm gonna monitor these crystals for a while. You don't have to stick around. Go ahead and get some training done. You do say it makes your mind clearer..."

"Fair enough Zipp. Besides, I'm close to mastering super saiyan two anyway. on top of that, I've been working on a new technique, but it'll take practice. I'm off then Zipp, I’ll find you later." With that, Cyre took his leave to train in the gravity room. while there, he split himself in two, before fighting in the super saiyan two form as long as he could while maintaining control. And... it actually seemed to work. concentrating on his energy control allowed him to maximize the form as he fought, allowing him to acclimate. he has been doing this repeatedly for the past few months, and now he bore fruit. However, the new technique he really wanted to try would take a bit more time as it involved the great ape form. and, he wasn't sure if he could control the output of power. He could control normal great ape but adding what he wanted to add... no matter. He’d find a way to make it happen. He always does.

Back on the beach, Hitch Trailblazer was busy trying to defuse a situation between an earth pony and a unicorn. Apparently, the unicorn had lost control of her magic and it inadvertently caused the sand castle to collapse. The earth ponies of course didn't buy that. Hitch was already in a difficult situation, made even more complicated when he was asked if magic was allowed at the beach. All he could do was give a worried chuckle and an excuse to leave.

"You know, actually, maybe I should go back to the stations and check the records to see what I can dig up! Yeah! You ponies just hang tight, and I'll get back to you!" As he quickly walked away, he spotted something strange. A large purple egg was sitting in a sand hole on the beach, which confused Hitch greatly.

"Huh. You don't belong here, do you? I've never seen an egg like this. What in Equestria are you?" Water suddenly rushed into the hole. As the egg was about to be swept away. Before it could, he grabbed it with his hooves and held it close as he smiled.

"I'll take care of you, little one." As he left the group of kids started arguing again. He made his way back to his office where he put the egg in a closet, with a blanket and a basket with a heat lamp shining on it. Hitch stared at the egg in admiration and with care.

"That's better. All roasty and toasty. I'll just keep you safe here until we can find who you belong to, okay?"

"Sheriff Hitch! Who were you just talking to?" It appears that Posey Bloom had shown up at the sheriff's office to speak with Hitch. Hitch turned in her direction as he quickly closed the closet laughing nervously.

"Nopony! Nopony at all! How can I help you, Posey?"

"I was just trotting down Mane Street when I noticed that my hooves were stuck to the sidewalk. I tried and tried to move, but I couldn't for, like, a really long time. I think somepony's pranking me. Probably one of those unicorns. I'd like to file a complaint."

"Okay. The complaint box is over there on the wall." Looking over towards said wall showed that the complaint box was quite literally overflowing into a trash can full of complaints, which made posey look at hitch in slight contempt.

"Well, I'd prefer if you took it down yourself."

"I would, but I'm late for an important meeting at the Brighthouse. Duty calls!" Just before leaving, he had his seagull deputy keep an eye on the egg while he was away. Hitch laughed as he left, leaving Posey alone with her complaints almost completely ignored.

Author's Note

Hey everyone! I just wanted to get this short chapter out here to prove that I'm still alive! I'm still working on this story, I promise!