My Kind of Town

"Ha, I knew you were a softy!" The brightly colored pony said while wrapping a hoof around the much larger, darker pony.

"I'm not that sorry." The other pony said with a grin before getting punched in the shoulder, which only makes him laugh.

"Aww, you two look so cute together." Applejack teased. Rainbow Dash quickly shoved Blackout away.

"What's this about anyway?" Twilight asked.

"I was apologizing for yelling at her yesterday." Blackout rubbed his head, "I thought I was a bit too harsh so I took time to clear my head and..." He trailed off, remembering the encounter that happened just minuets ago.

"Hello? Cleared your head and?" Pinkie had her head cocked and looked quizzically at him. Blackout's look became hard as he stood.

"I need to go." Blackout left the building full of confused ponies and took to the skies. He arrived at his house and went strait to his basement, there stood a large screen behind a table. On the table rests a red phone with no buttons. Blackout grabbed the handset and waited.

"Sir, unless you lost a WMD, please refrain from using the crisis network." A low, expectant voice answered.

"Just put her on." Blackout demanded. He waited in silence.

"What did you do?" A feminine, yet harsh voice replaced the other. Celestia knew that Blackout wouldn't dare touch the red phone to stop a bomb from destroying everying he owns. This must be bad.

"I have evidence of gargoyle activity in the kingdom. I found that they have hired an independant contractor to hunt down the RE. It may be possible that they have inactive cells here. Recomend proceeding defence readiness to level three and using condition bravo protocols."

"You are sure of this?" The question was rhetorical.

"Yes."

"Then I'll need to prepare. Your mission has not changed, and it is about to get harder."

"Or is Trixie destined to be the greatest equine who has ever lived?" the blue unicorn questioned.

"This is the test?" Blackout questioned aloud. He was perched on a hill, laying prone with a barrel trained on the unicorn. "A stupid show pony? Celestia must be loosing her touch."

"Remember that I'm monitoring you until the test is complete, so choose your words wisely." his radio piped up.

"Yes, master." he teased. "So please, tell me why I have a rifle pointed at this pony's head."

"This is not just to test one of the Elements, but to test one of your less prominent attributes. I've found out that this unicorn has been traveling to big cities and popular towns. The Nightmare incident put Ponyville on the map."

"So she came here to have ponies shower her with money or praise?"

"A bit of both."

"So what does it teach me? Modesty?"

"Just wait." Celestia chimed.

"But why?" he whined. She never answered, causing Blackout to sigh in boredom. His massive scope started clicking and buzzing. It housed a microphone that doubles the scope's size but can pick up whispers through a brick wall. Blackout fiddled with it until it became silent. He put his cheek on the stock of his rifle and peeked through his special scope.

"Ha! Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie has proven herself to be the most amazing unicorn in all of Equestria. Huh, was there ever any doubt?"

"Wow," Blackout said, observing the upset the unicorn has stirred in the crowd. "maybe they will need my help." He watched the audience disperse and return to their regular day. He watched the blue unicorn pack up her set before sending two small foals off.

"Blackout?" a voice called.

Holy crap! Who could possibly...

"Hey there you are!" Rainbow Dash ran up the hill Blackout was positioned on. "What is that?" she pointed to his large rifle.

"Nothing." he said, pulling out a small canister. "Sorry Dash." he tossed the canister at her feet.

"Sorry for wha-..." a gas was expelled from the can as Dash fell to the floor.

"Ugh, hey what happened?" the mare moaned.

"You ran up here so fast I think you fainted."

"Really? I must be getting out of shape." Dash retorted. Blackout noticed the can was still were he threw it.

"So..." he stalled, kicking away the canister, "how'd you know I'd be here?"

"Pinkie" they both said.

"Creepy." Blackout mumbled.

"Anyway, I came to tell you about this unico-"

"Trixie?"

"How'd you, never mind, could..."

"No I will not."

"But..."

"No"

"I thought you said you'd be more fun." she pouted. She lifted her head to see that it had become dark. "How long was I out?"

"A while. like I said, you were running fast."

"Well, now what?"

"We could..."

ROARRRR

"You want us to roar?"

"That wasn't me." he looked to find a massive blue bear stomp its way into Ponyville.

"Is... is that an... ursa major?" Dash quivered at the sight.

"It's back?"

"What do mean 'it's back'"

"No, no wait, that's a minor."

"Okay, slow down, what are you talking about?" Dash confronted him directly.

"Well you see, I kind of, you know, killed a major." he blushed, knowing that it sounded like a lie, and that the Ursa race was endangered.

"Doing what?"

"Chasing a letter." he looked towards the town, screams echoing through it. "You need to go, help in any way you can, I'll stay here and try and remember how to stop it I guess?" She took the hint and with a nod, she left. He had regrets though, the sight of danger to his new home made him antsy. Okay, who's going to stop it? he thought to himself. Blackout raised his rifle, but a sharp sound buzzed through his ear bud.

"Ow! What the hell?" he realized who was causing the whine instantly. "What you want me to do, wait and watch Ponyville get destroyed?" A ding could be heard through the speaker.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?" another ding. Blackout bit his lip and watched the monstrous animal trample buildings and terrorize the ponies below, his rifle still in hoof. The rampage continued until his lip bled.

"Okay!" Blackout shouted. "You win." he threw his weapon down in shame.

"Now watch." A sweet, regal voice chirped. Blackout looked to see Twilight, her horn glowing. He started to notice a faint and slightly familiar lullaby in the background as the wind picked up. He watched in awe as the unicorn basically mothered the mythical beast and sent it back to the forest.

"Good things come when your patient. You must have equanimity."

"What the hell does that even mean?"

"Wait, and I'll tell you."

Damn it!