Mr. Timn in Ponyville

Written by: owlet57

Twilight Sparkle read a book like she did every afternoon, only this time, she would be visited by a rather strange pony.  This particular pony was light brown in color, and very slender.  He wore a bright orange jacket, and a black hat, which looked similar to that of a policeman.   He went by one name.  Mr. Timn.

Twilight was reading at her desk by the window.  She loved that desk to bits, and it was her favorite spot to read books of any kind, especially when she wanted to take notes on a book she was reading.  Today, she was reading Supernaturals, the book Zecora had told her about while looking for a cure for the poison joke.  She was taking lots of notes on all the herbal recipes, when Mr. Timn emerged from below the window, saying but one word.

"Salutations."  Mr. Timn's voice was very strange indeed, as was the pony himself.  "Care for an apple?" He continued, producing a fresh green apple from his coat.  It looked like it had just come off Sweet Apple Acres, perfectly round, without any bruises or blemishes.  Twilight was tempted, but knew better than to take food from a complete stranger.

"I don't think so." Replied Twilight, with a twinge of irritation in her voice.  After all, she had just had her reading interrupted and her focus on the book thrown off.  At this rate, she would probably lose her place on the page too.

"Come on, you know you want it." Mr. Timn insisted.  He was right, sort of.  Twilight was getting hungry around now, when she normally had lunch.  But she still knew well enough to stay away from a complete stranger like this.  Twilight had to think of something to distract this pony from this question.  She was already sick of it.

"No, I do not.  What brings you to my library?" Twilight asked, carefully trotting around the apple question.

"This is YOUR library?  I thought this was the Ponyville library, not the library of you.  Maybe I should make this MY library."  Twilight did not like the looks of this conversation already.  It was already starting to get on her nerves, as the strange pony stood there looking at here.

"Who are you?" Twilight finally asked.

"Name's Mr. Timn."

"Mr. Tim?"

"Mr. Timn.  With an N."

"Mr. Timn?"

"Now you're 20% cooler."  20% cooler?  Had this pony already met Rainbow Dash?  Twilight's mind was racing, and she had no clue why.  Maybe this pony had done something horrible to Dash, or any of her other friends, or any other pony in all of Ponyville for that matter.  Maybe she was next.  However, that was put on hold, as Twilight Sparkle decided to inquire further about this pony.

"Where ARE you from?"

"Does it really matter?  I could be from Candyland, I could be from Equestria, I could be from the future.  Depends on what mood I'm in."  Now Mr. Timn had her confused.  This pony clearly had no intention to divulge information about himself, and may just be trying to drive her crazy.

"So, you could be from anywhere?"

"Yeah, not like it matters, bookworm."

"Bookworm?  If you want books from me, you really shouldn't call me names!" Twilight smiled sheepishly, nervous about this pony's reaction to that last comment.

"I'll call you whatever I want, because this is my place now.  And my place is one place you don't wanna be.  You wanna know why?"

"Why?"

"You don't wanna know!  You wanna know why?"

"TELL ME, WHY!" Twilight near shouted, getting more annoyed with Mr. Timn.

"Because I ain't showered in weeks."  Twilight let out an audible groan, expressing her disgust as this pony.  Mr. Timn's actions were getting more and more erratic, and she certainly didn't predict what came next.  Mr. Timn reached in through the window, and grabbed her.

"What are you doing?!?!" Twilight half-shouted and half-asked.

"Now you listen here, girl." Mr. Timn began. "I am here to check out a book called Supernaturals.  I know you have it, you were reading it, right over there."  Twilight was now very confused.  Had this pony been watching her?  Had he sneaked a peek at the cover somehow?

"You can't just have a book, especially not when I'm reading it!  That's just rude!  Not only that, but this is my book!"  Twilight Sparkle had now let annoyance seep into her voice.

"Not anymore, remember?" Mr. Timn asked. "This is my place now, and that book is on my property, so it's my book."

Twilight was about to reply, all while pulling back on Mr. Timn.  However, he lessened his grip on her. The sudden drop in force caused Twilight to fall off balance. She fell to the ground, landing with a somewhat loud thump.  It was at that moment that she realized something.  Mr. Timn had heard something he could not believe.

"Did you hear that?" The strange pony asked.

"Hear what?" Twilight replied.

"It was the sound of an insane party at Sugarcube Corner."  Sure enough, there was a party was at Sugarcube Corner.  Twilight was running late now, thanks to this pony.  "Now what kind of normal day warrants a party like that?" Mr. Timn paused, then resumed his grip on Twilight Sparkle. "Now you listen here, girl.  I'm going to get me to that party.  And I'm going to get me to that party...GIRL!"  Mr. Timn now fully released his grip on Twilight, and galloped off towards Sugarcube Corner.  Twilight peeked out the window he was just at, and saw Mr. Timn run out into the road, only to be hit by Princess Celestia's wagon.  That party at Sugarcube Corner was for her, and preparations had been going on all afternoon.  Twilight had a few moments to relax before the party though, so she went home to read a little.  Now laying on the ground, Mr. Timn was knocked unconscious by the sudden impact.  Only briefly though.  He quickly got up, had a look around, and left in a hurry, uninterested, and perhaps oblivious to the events that occured.  Princess Celestia exited the procession, and immediately spoke.

"What just happened?"  There was a tone of legitimate concern in her voice.  Twilight Sparkle spoke up.

"Nothing much, you just ran into an acquaintance of mine."  Twilight laughed as she went to talk with her teacher about the upcoming celebrations.