The following takes place between 3:00pm and 4:00pm

It took roughly 12 minutes for Jack to walk back to Ponyville. He began thinking something was definitely happening. Everywhere he turned, he couldn't get the imagery out of his head. The one thing good about it is nobody will believe him when he returns. He had to make up some excuse.

Once he entered Ponyville, none of the ponies noticed his presence. They were busy discussing current events, fixing houses, and pretty much everything humans do. Jack continued to walk around, he can feel the pain in his feet. He sat on a bench, that long walk drained his energy.

The longer he stays, the more questions he raises in his head. He's been to different places, but not from another dimension. He kept thinking on what the people at CTU will respond to his disappearance. After rubbing his head, he's started by pony popping in front. "Hi!"

Jack fell back over the fence, landing in a bed of flowers. It's Pinkie Pie who surprised him. She jumped on his chest smiling. "It's been the greatest day of my life! I saved Mr. and Mrs. Cake, I got this medal, and I gave a speech…"

Jack stared at Pinkie while she mindlessly rambled. He didn't try to push her off or interrupt her. Her hyperactivity prevented him from making a slight movement. Pinkie suddenly noticed a human under her hooves. "Aren't you getting any of this?"

"You saved a couple from a robbery, given a medal, your friends congratulated you, and then you started to trail off," answered Jack.

"Oh come on, every pony knew every word I was saying."

Pinkie scanned to find the nearest pony. She grabbed Doctor Whooves, who was eating muffins. She placed him near Jack, he nearly fell back just after he got to his feet.

"Tell him what I just said to him," insisted Pinkie Pie.

"You said you saved Sugarcube Corner…"

"Skip that part."

"You wanted to throw a party for yourself. Then you thought they should throw one, but not a surprise party. You claimed it wouldn't be a surprise if you already know. You then rambled on what the theme of the party might be. That's all I can remember."

Pinkie just shrugged. "Good enough."

"I should go." Doctor Whooves left them alone.

"It's nice to hear your story, I have to find somebody who can send me home."

"You don't live around here?" Welcome to Ponyville."

Hearing the name Ponyville, made Jack thought on how humiliating it will be for him. His attitude wouldn't help him fit in. "Unless you know somebody… or some pony to help me, don't get involved."

Pinkie noticed Jack not feeling optimistic. She saw his arms hanging down and his eyes half-open. "Why do you look so tired?"

"I've been going around helping others. Instead of explaining where I am and helping me get home, I've been doing tasks that seem like cake walk."

"Cake walk? I never heard of a cake that walks?"

"It's an expression, meaning it seemed too easy. I helped stopped a unicorn charging at a rainbow Pegasus, after being patched up by-"

"You know Rainbow Dash?"

"And that yellow and pink Pegasus. She's very kind-hearted."

"You're thinking of Fluttershy. We're close friends." Pinkie's tail suddenly twitched sporadically. She quickly noticed it.

"What's with your tail?" Jack asked.

"That's my Pinkie Sense," Pinkie explained. "Whenever a part of my body twitches or shakes, that's when something's about to happen. Watch."

She pointed Jack towards a flower pot on a window sill. A pony opened the window causing it to fall. It landed on a Pegasus' head. The pony apologised and the Pegasus forgave her.

"See?" Pinkie waited to see Jack reaction.

Bauer didn't react, he thought it's underwhelming. "I find that difficult to believe."

Pinkie can see he doesn't believe her. "Don't you start, my friend Twilight Sparkle was very sceptic, but she learned to accept it."

"Do you make friends with everybody you meet?"

"Every pony has to have a friend. Hey, I'll be your friend."

Jack hesitated after hearing Pinkie. Whenever he befriends somebody, that person would either double cross him or end up being used against him. Since he's in a world full of talking ponies in a joyful world, he couldn't see why not. "Is there anything else?"

Pinkie shifted her head left and right. She leaned close to Jack, whispering in his ear. "There's something big going down in Ponyville today."

This caught Jack's attention. Not many people use that sentence from where he works. After roughing up that unicorn who almost charged at Rainbow Dash, he thought it's just a minor inconvenience.

"Something big?" Jack asked.

"Don't tell any pony, that robbery was just the beginning," said Pinkie. "Those ponies who tried to rob Sugarcube Corner, got their hoof cannons from a dealer."

"Hoof cannons?"

"They're cannons that can fit on to hooves, like my party cannon."

Pinkie Pie displayed her party cannon in front of Jack. It pointed straight at his head. He drew his gun in fright. Just before he could pull the trigger, confetti and balloons fired toward him. He wiped them off his head.

"Oops, must have fired it by accident," apologised Pinkie.

"Don't do that again." Jack was so close in killing an innocent pony.

Pinkie saw the gun in Jack's hand. "You have one too?"

"That's a gun. Do you know anything about those hoof cannons?"

"Not really. I just showed up and blasted one of the ponies with my party cannon. No pony robs Sugarcube Corner. The mayor gave me this medal." Pinkie showed Jack the medal, it shone in the sunlight.

3:21pm

Apple Bloom arrived at Sweet Apple Acres. She and the other Cutie Mark Crusaders decided to head for home. They didn't have any luck finding other information regarding Sect.

She found a piece of paper nailed on the door. It read: Apple Bloom, Big Mac went off to buy supplies to repair the apple cart. I'm finishing off the repairs for Fluttershy's cottage. Granny Smith is inside. Your sister Applejack.

She went inside to find the house quiet. She doesn't find it normal. "Granny Smith? Are you there?"

The house looked deserted. Everything was in its place. She thought she heard mumbling. It sounded like Granny Smith. Apple Bloom slowly crept pass the furniture. The mumbling grew louder, followed by light banging. She spotted the bathroom door moving. A key was still in the hole.

Apple Bloom dragged a nearby stool, she set it up properly near the turned the key with her hooves. After unlocking the door, she opened it quietly. She found Granny Smith with the hooves tagged and her mouth gaged. Apple Bloom rushed over to untie her, she thought she could get a cutie mark for untying her.

Granny Smith almost felt her teeth fall out. She felt relieved for seeing Apple Bloom. "Thank goodness you came. Those hoodlum ponies barged in and locked me in the bathroom."

"Where did they go?" asked Apple Bloom.

"I don't know. I didn't hear the door close."

Apple Bloom checked outside the bathroom. She became suspicious. "It's like they haven't left."

A pony with puce mane & tail, and goldenrod skin landed in front of her. "We thought we should stay."

3:30pm

Sweetie Belle dropped by near the Carousel Boutique. She went past Rarity, who's applying stitches to a worn dress.

"Sweetie Belle, how's your day?" Rarity asked nicely.

"Same as always." She didn't want her sister to get involved in what happened earlier.

Sweetie Belle quietly went up to her bedroom. She's worried about her friends. She feared they're in more danger when they're on their own. She did make that folder of documents appear after all. She didn't notice a unicorn hanging on the door behind her. He was hanging on the coat hook that Sweetie Belle rarely uses.

He landed quietly on the floor, while Sweetie Belle still had her back turned. She jumped on her bed. The unicorn hid behind some drawers. He peeked underneath for better surveillance. He used his horn to scan the drawers to find the folder. He noticed it's not there.

He sneaked around, aiming for the bed. Sweetie Belle's snoring sounded like a broken lawnmower motor. The unicorn held his ears. The more he got closer, the more painful it was. He tried to stand on his hooves, the noise made him loose his balance. He slammed against the wall.

Sweetie Belle woke up, she saw the unicorn straightening himself. She jumped off the bed before the unicorn managed to catch her. She climbed on the furniture while he tried to zap her. A beam of energy blasted a hole in the wall. Sweetie Belle felt the blast and landed on the carpet.

The unicorn charged head on. Sweetie Belle dodged and the unicorn crashed into the wardrobe. Clothes fell creating a heap. The unicorn shook them off. Sweetie Belle used her magic to throw anything she can find. He dodged them and created a bigger mess.

She crawled under the bed, the unicorn almost laughed. "You can't hide under there. I know where you are."

He dramatically lowered his head to find her gone. He climbed over the bed to the other side. Sweetie Belle hung on the ceiling, she used teleportation on herself. She teleported and appeared behind him.

He spun around in surprise. Sweetie Belle smiled, she managed to outsmart a colt unicorn. "Says the unicorn who just broke in."

He zapped a beam of magic from his horn, sweetie Belle also fired. They each flew back, Sweetie Belle hit the wall and the unicorn crashed throw the window.

Rarity heard the noise. "Oh my goodness! That came from Sweetie Belle's room!"

She raced upstairs, bursting through the door. She gasped at the mess, she frantically searched the entire bedroom. "Sweetie Belle?"

She saw the broken window. She spotted the unicorn running away. She began to panic. "Oh my Celestia! Sweetie Belle, my little sister kidnapped. Why does it have to happen to me?!"

Sweetie Belle watched Rarity become a drama queen. She giggled while watching her performance. "You should take drama class."

Rarity gasped after hearing that familiar voice. She immediately turned to see her sister alive and well. She rushed over and embraced her tightly. "By Celestia, you're OK!"

"Good to know. Could you please loosen your grip? You're crushing me!" said Sweetie Belle.

"Who would do such a thing?" asked Rarity.

Sweetie Belle didn't answer. She couldn't imagine what will happen next.

3:50pm

Scootaloo felt exhausted, being trained by Rainbow Dash made her wings hurt. She wanted to call it a day.

"Well, we made progress." Rainbow Dash didn't know how to summarise it.

"I don't think I can flap my wings that fast," Scootaloo panted.

"I think we'll call it a day."

Scootaloo agreed. She waved goodbye just as Rainbow Dash launched in the air. She slapped on her helmet and got on her scooter. She raced past some ponies.

A Pegasus with silver mane & tail, and platinum coat flew beside her. He's trying to go at the same speed as Scootaloo.

"Lovely day, huh kid?" he said in a friendly tone.

"What do you want?" asked Scootaloo.

"Just a friendly conversation."

Scootaloo kept on pressing forward. She wasn't interested in talking to some random Pegasus.

"Why are you in such a rush?" he asked.

"I'm not interested in talking to you." He's starting to get on Scootaloo's nerves.

The more she tries to get away, the more the Pegasus catches up to her. "Stop following me!"

She quickly realised the Pegasus is after her. She drove into a crowd, hoping she will lose him. She swerved around numerous ponies, dodging them so she won't crash into them. The Pegasus flew above aiming towards Scootaloo. A spray of dirt hit his eyes. Scootaloo skidded her hoof on the ground.

She sped past Jack and Pinkie Pie. The Pegasus was concentrating on Scootaloo and didn't see what was in front of him. He crashed into Jack, interrupting their conversation. Pinkie marched over. "Watch where you're going mister!"

Jack immediately grabbed the Pegasus' wings, the colour scheme made him thought of the unicorn that nearly attack Rainbow Dash earlier.

"Care to explain why you were chasing that young pony?" asked Jack.

"That's Scootaloo and she's a Pegasus," corrected Pinkie Pie.

"I reckon you're not from Equestria," said the Pegasus.

Pinkie Pie glanced on a symbol his flank. It looked very unfamiliar to her. "What's your cutie mark?"

"Cutie mark?" Jack asked.

"It's a symbol on a flank, it represent each pony's talents. For instance my cutie mark has balloons. My talent is throwing parties. Of course I already said it. This one is the letter I. Could you talent be I Spy?"

"My name is Iota," said the Pegasus. "Living in a world needing cleansing."

"OK, but that's going to take a lot of soap."

"That's a metaphor." It's Jack turn to correct.

Iota headbutted Jack, blasting his way up in the air. He managed to disappear into the sky in five seconds flat.

While lying on the ground, Jack noticed a crate hidden in the ground near some bushes. He rubbed his head, that blow felt painful. He crawled to his feet, eyeing on the box. He pushed away the flowers, digging away the soil. He dragged it towards Pinkie Pie.

"What's in the box? What's in the box?" she asked with curiosity.

Jack tried to lift the top off with his fingers. All it did was give him splinters.

"Allow me." Pinkie Pie used her hind legs to break open the crate.

The contents were hoof cannons. They were in different shades of colours. There was enough to give one to each classmate in a school.

"That's a lot of hoof cannons. Who would hid a crate of them in there?" Pinkie asked.

"That's what I want to know," said Jack. "We can't have them lying around. The authorities should handle them."

"Good idea," said an unfamiliar voice.

Jack and Pinkie saw an armoured pony, looking similar to ones who arrived at Sugarcube Corner. His mane slightly covered his right eye. He didn't seem threatening. He just stood there smiling. "Brave Lance, officer of the newly formed, Equestrian Surveillance and Counter Threat."

"So you're that new group who brought those robbers in," replied Pinkie Pie.

"You're Pinkie Pie. The one who stopped them." He turned to Jack. "Don't recall seeing you around."

"Name's Jack Bauer, agent of Counter Terrorist Unit." Jack didn't know whether he should shake hands, or just stand there.

Brave Lance gathered all the cannons and placed them back in the crate. He slammed it shut. His partner came over. "I'll take it back to HQ."

Brave Lance's partner, a Pegasus, carried it in the air.

"Isn't it wonderful that you'll learn something every day?" asked Pinkie Pie.

Jack agreed.