Chaos Throughout Time

We find Lancer trotting around Ponyville by himself today. This time he is off to see the farm and get to know the Apple Family. Along the way, he notices something odd. Two or three ponies he had seen the day before are now nowhere to be seen. He finds it odd at first, but decides they probably just went out of town for a while and continues on his way. Finally, he reaches the farm and smiles when the sweet smell of apples fills the air. "Howdy there Lancer!" He jumps at the orange pony's sudden voice. "Ehehe..sorry if ah scared ya." He shakes his head and smiles again. "Its perfectly alright Applejack. I...wanted to apologize for my sudden appearance in your orchard yesterday." Applejack quickly shakes her head. "No need sugarcube! Ya can't help where ya pass out. Especially in the condition y'all were in..."

"Right..." He looks around at the trees and the sky for a moment. Something felt off. "...Applejack. Have you noticed anything odd since yesterday..?" He tilts her head in confusion. "Odd? How do ya mean?" Lancer puts a hoof on the side of a tree for a moment. "I'm...not sure. The air feels strange. Like some kind of strange magic is flowing through it...Ah, I am sorry. It is probably nothing to worry about. So, how long have you and your family been here?" Applejack hesitates, thinking about what Lancer said. She had noticed a few strange things earlier, but hat dismissed them as Lancer did. "...Oh! We've been 'round since Ponyville was first founded! Mah Granny Smith and her family were the first ponies here way back when she was just a lil filly."

Lancer takes a moment to think. 'I don't remember anything like that...this whole land was just an empty field....hm..' "...Y'all okay now?" Lancer looks at her and nods. "Yes..everything is fine. Your orchard is beautiful." Applejack smiles proudly at the compliment. "Well thank ya kindly! We grow some of the best apples around!" Lancer looks up at some of the apples. "...Looks like there's still a bit of time before they are ready for harvesting." Applejack chuckles at this and knocks on a tree. "Yeah, but its nice ta get a break. Applebuckin' is hard work! Ah..learned that the hard way...hehe...!!!" Suddenly, a loud roar and screaming echoes from the town. "What the hay??" Lancer looks back toward the town. "That..sounds like...!" He quickly gallops off toward town. "Now hold on a darn second..! ..." She groans and gallops off after him.

Lancer makes it back to town to see something horrifying. A very large, very vicious, very angry, and very monstrous dragon is terrorizing the town. Buildings have been destroyed, but thankfully nopony has been hurt yet. "Lancer!!!" He looks back to see Applejack has caught up. "Oh no..." The other five run toward them as well, with Twilight in the lead. "We have to get out of here! We were warned about that dragon last week..It attacked Fillydelphia before! Apparently all of its jewels were stolen and it REALLY didn't like that." They look back at the dragon, who is now flying towards them. Pinkie is the first to panic of course. "EVERYPONY RUN!!!" "Everypony get behind me..." They all look at Lancer like he's insane. "WHAT!?" "NO TIME! GET BACK!!!" His horn glows a bright silver and it forms a long lance made of pure magical energy.. Right then, the dragon swings his claws down on them and it makes contact with his magic lance and Lancer successfully blocks the attack.

Twilight is the first to snap out of her shock. "...Girls, you HAVE to get out of here!" Rainbow Dash looks at the dragon and growls. "No way! I'm staying here to help...!!!" The dragon breaths a large blast of fire at them and they close their eyes, except Lancer. When the fire clears away, Lancer is still there in the front with a large magic barrier around him and the others. That's when they decide to run for it. Twilight stops to call out to Lancer. "Lancer! Be careful!" Lancer remains silent and dodges another swipe of the dragon's claws. He looks back to make sure Twilight and the others are gone before turning back to the dragon and charging at it. "You will not harm any of these wonderful ponies..!" He swings at the dragon's claw again, leaving a cut on the hand. He then drops his magic lance and fires a magical string at it and it wraps around one of it's hind legs. The dragon roars and takes off into the sky and pulls Lancer up using the string.

"Oh no you don't..!" Using the magical string, Lancer swings himself up and onto the dragon's back. He then uses more magic to bind its wings together and the dragon begins to fall. "I should have thought that one through..." He closes his eyes to brace for the painful landing, but it never comes. Instead, they land on something bouncy. A large, purple, magical cushion had appeared where they were to land and it broke their fall. It was still rough, but they survived. Afterwards, Lancer quickly jumps off the dragon's back and uses his magic to bind his front and hind legs together so it can't move. "...Twilight. I told you to run." He looks back when he hears Twilight approaching him. She smirks and looks at the dragon. "Thank you for breaking out fall Twilight. You're very welcome Lancer!" Lancer looks at the struggling dragon as well and laughs. "Well..okay. Thank you. I suppose that fall would have taken a nasty toll had you not come back." He trots over to the dragon. "Now...you."

After a long few hours, they finally managed to calm down the dragon. They even convinced it to just go find a new home with new jewels like it should have a long time ago. After that, they begin fixing Ponyville. Lancer is helping Twilight lift supplies to the ponies working on buildings. "Well, not too much destruction at least. Right Lancer?" He nods and levitates a bucket of nails to somepony. "Right. Hopefully the dragon has learned his lesson." Twilight levitates some wood to another pony. "...We're going to Canterlot tomorrow. Are you ready?" Lancer hesitates to answer. He thinks about his relationship with the Princesses in the past and begins to worry. "...I'm worried they won't recognize me. I knew them quite well, but I don't know how much time has passed since then...." Twilight puts a hoof on his back to comfort him. "If they new you well, I'm sure they will remember you. Hard to forget a nice pony like you."

"Nice?? You mean AWESOME!" Rainbow lands behind them. "Who would have thought a unicorn could take down a ticked off dragon like that??" Twilight face-hoofs. "Rainbow you should be helping the others." She shrugs. "They let me take a break." Lancer sighs and shakes his head. "I only did what any trained guard would do. Nothing special." After working most of the day and finally finishing, all the ponies head back to their homes. Lancer and Twilight enter the library once again and head upstairs. "Well, goodnight Lancer. Get plenty of sleep for tomorrow. We have a lot to do." He nods and gets into his bed, as does Twilight. She turns off the lights and they slowly fall asleep.