Boba had his work cut out for him. He in all honestly didn't know where to begin. Yeah, he had information that two of the targets were rulers of the crystal empire but he needed more information before he could make his move against any of his targets especially the two rulers. It sounded like the element bearers would make the easiest target, but Boba knew that looks could be deceiving. It turned out that getting information on the elements of harmony bearers was easier than he thought. Apparently they were heroes and it was easy how these ponies assumed everyone was nice. That was why Boba Fett headed towards Ponyville though he made sure to go through the forest so he wouldn't be seen. That would attract attention to him and Boba didn't want that.

'The forest sucks, though.' Boba thought annoyed while he dug his knife out of the manticore head while the body lay on the ground with blood pouring out of it. After one more tug, he was able to extract his knife. 'Damn beast.' Boba wiped the blood of his knife using the thing's fur then placed his knife back into its sheath.

Boba turned and continued his way towards where the town was located. 'If that merchant lied...' Boba stopped his train of thought as he saw a cottage that was near the edge of this forest. It wasn't the cottage he stared at, but his target standing outside feeding animals from the looks of it. 'So that's where the element of kindness lives.' Boba thought as he watched Fluttershy. He had to admit she was beautiful....Boba shook his head. Where the hell did that thought come from? Well, time to collect a bounty. Boba began to approach the cottage slowly as he didn't want to make any noise. He was a hundred yards away but immediately stopped as he saw his HUD picking up movement. It indicated that it was coming from the sky causing him to glance up only to see a Rainbow blur that landed by his target. 'This day is just full of surprises.' Boba thought as he stared at them.

From this distance he well out of sight as he watched the two talk.

"Flutters are you almost done?"Rainbow impatiently asked while she hovered above the ground with her wings flapping every other second.

"Almost." Fluttershy replied in a low tone which Boba almost missed.

"Well we need to hurry up before egghead blows up for not being on time!"

'Egghead?'

Boba watched as Fluttershy walked into her cottage leaving Rainbow outside. 'This is an opportunity.' Boba thought as he set his gun to stun then slowly raised it to where he was looking through the scope at Rainbow. Steady breathing. In.....out......in......out. Hold your breath then slowly squeeze down on the trigger. Boba finger began to slightly squeeze the trigger.

"I'm ready." Fluttershy appeared causing Boba to raise his finger off the trigger.

'Damn it!' Boba growled as he lowered his rifle to stare at the two.

"Well let's go!" Rainbow shouted as she flapped her wings causing her to rise into the air.

Fluttershy followed after her, but Boba saw her wings were having more trouble. 'She might be an easier target.' Boba thought as he saw the two fly off. Looks like he is going to have to fly after them. Lucky he paid a merchant to enchant his equipment so he could walk on clouds. 'Still think the bastard ripped me off.' Boba thought as he flew into the air but making sure to fly height then them as well keep his distance. It wasn't even that a long of a flight as Boba saw them land by........a tree.........tree house. Learn something new everyday. Boba landed on a cloud and quickly lay down in a prone position but making sure he kept his body in the cloud so not to be seen.

He raised his rifle back up to look through the scope just in time as he saw their friends show up. 'I know they are friends according to what I heard, but it's just funny how I happen to be hunting for them and they all got together.' Boba thought in amusement as he stared down at these ponies. He quickly shook his head when he realized he wasn't paying attention to what they were saying. First mistake in bounty hunting.......never take your eye off the prize.

"About time yer got here. Thought we were going to leave you both." Spoke Applejack with a smile while she teased them.

"Bleh!" Rainbow just responded by sticking her tongue out.

"Very unlady like darling." Rarirty spoke while Rainbow just shrugged her shoulders carelessly.

"Don't really care." Rarity merely huffed.

Boba simply watched all of them before he noticed something. 'Where's the pink one?" Boba thought as he didn't see her nor did he see her on his HUD.

"I"M READY!" Everypony including Boba glanced over to see the pink one.......with bags.......why was she putting a cannon inside a suitcase? Better question is how did it fit!?

"Pinkie where were you?" Twilight asked the question on their minds.

"Well........ you see....." This actually got the attention of the ponies as they leaned forward. "I was here the whole time in Ponyville!"

Boba watched them and couldn't help but think to himself how he always get the crazy ones. He watched as Twilight turned backwards as her friends walked off to.......a dragon? Boba remembered one contact was to bring in a dragon dead or alive. Stupid thing wouldn't surrender so luckily he knew what that dragon loved to eat and may or may not stuck a thermal detonator in it causing said detonator to go off. Either way it was a nice payday.

"You absolutely sure you can do this?" Twilight asked with a worry expression on her face.

"Of course. I wouldn't agree to it if I couldn't. Piece of cake. Speaking of cake, I got a little something I have to attend to." Boba watched as the young dragon pulled out a cookbook.

Twilight face turned from worry to a look of annoyance. "Yeah like a house full of critters."

Spike licked his lips then turned around. "Yeah, that's what I was totally talking about. Relax. Go to your welcoming thing in the Crystal Empire."

Wait. What?

Spike shooed her off. "Spike's got it all under control." The two waved at each other goodbye. When Twilight was twenty feet away, Spike closed the door and soon the sounds of animals were heard causing her to glance back with worry only to turn around when Rainbow grabbed her shoulder.

"Hurry up, Twilight! We can't miss our train!" The two then began to walk towards the train while Boba continued watching.

"This is goin to be a real treat. Princess Cadance said she never seen the crystal ponies so excited."

"Well duh!" Rainbow spoke as she flew next to Applejack. "Of course they excited. Their up for the Equestria Games! It's only the biggest sporting event in all Equestria!" Rainbow yelled as she flew on top of a house.

"Didn't Cloudsdale host the Equestria Games one year?" Rarity spoke up causing Rainbow head to bow in sadness.

"No. Cloudsdale should have hosted it. I will never forget when I got the news." Rainbow spoke as she landed on the ground to join  her friends as well appear to go a memory trip.

Boba watched as she suddenly perked up. " These Crystal Ponies lost a thousand years to an evil king's curse. They've had enough bad news. No way we're letting them experience the pain of losing out on these games."

Twilight walked over and placed her hand on Rainbow shoulder with a smile. "Exactly. Princess Cadance is counting on us to do our part to convince the Games Inspector to choose the Crystal Empire. And we are not gonna let her down. Are we?"

Pinkie suddenly dropped to her knees and began yelling causing her friends to stared at her. "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She stopped when she saw her friends staring at her. "What? I was just answering Twilight's question."

Boba watched as they smiled and started laughing while they boarded the train. Once he was satisfied they were on he slowly stood up staring down at the train in thought. 'The surprises never cease.' He watched as the train began to take off. Moving quickly he activated his jetpack and flew towards the train. Finding a perfect spot where he would be unseen he activated his wrist blades on his arm gauntlets and stabbed them into the train securing him so he wouldn't fall off. 'Guess it's time for more information.'

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