SilverAmarant: We are back!
Derpy: Yay!
SilverAmarant: Sorry I haven't uploaded in awhile. I was busy revising for my exams. All are out of the way now. Hurrah!
Derpy: Exams are evil! Almost as evil as the clock.
SilverAmarant: So true. Anyway, enjoy :)
Derpy: SilverAmarant does not own My Little Pony

All three of the crew looked at the little hamster. Nyan Man looked at it in confusion.
"Doesn't he look a little suspicious?" He asked, eyeing the creature, suspiciously. Derpy cocked her head at him.
"What are you saying? This hamster's adorable~" She replied. The Unidoncatbirdcow whinnied in agreement. Nyan Man sighed. The hamster scurried over to Derpy and gave a little squeak.

Derpy giggled. "What is your name?" She asked.
The little hamster pointed to a little tag around his neck. Derpy observed it closely and read it aloud. "Smudge... Aw, that's an adorable name to give with an adorable hamster~" Derpy commented.

Nyan Man tsked. "What about that hamster is cute?" He rhetorically asked. Smudge looked at him, giving the scariest glare that one could ever see. Nyan Man tensed and avoided his gaze and faked a cough.
"Ignore me. Shouldn't we carry on and save everypony from chaos that the evil clock set up?"

Derpy gasped. "Of course! I was so distracted from Smudge the adorable white hamster~ Okay, let's go," She exclaimed. Nyan Man smirked and began trotting off.

When he heard nopony following, Nyan Man turned to look back at his partners.
"I think Smudge wants to come with us," Derpy explained.

Nyan Man sighed. 'Not another one that wants to go with us...' Nyan Man faked a smile. "Sure, okay!" He squeaked.

A few minutes after Smudge joined the group, they stood at the edge of Ponyville and out into the horizon, a step closer to the Crystal Empire. Nothing was out of the usual. Plain green grass, Princess Celestia's sun shining brightly. Anypony would think that nothing was wrong. Derpy chatted on about her muffins and on the odd occasion, talked about how adorable Smudge and the Unidoncatbirdcow was.

Nyan Man just groaned and pretended to listen, not really caring at all. As they trotted along the path, the Unidoncatbirdcow stopped, sensing something was amiss. Smudge looked over at it in confusion. The Unidoncatbirdcow whinnied at him, worriedly. Smudge's eyes went wide. He scuffled over to Derpy and squeaked at her.

Derpy seemed confused seeing as she couldn't understand what the hay he was saying but she just stopped, anyhow. Nyan Man, however, kept trotting along. Smudge squeaked at him but Nyan Man didn't pay attention to him.
"I think Smudge wants you to stop where you are," Derpy explained.

"It's fine. Let's just keep going." Nyan Man replied, without turning to face her. Smudge ran up to him and bit his hoof, making the stallion stand in place. "OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" He shouted.
The Unidoncatbirdcow used its horn to create a puppet of what looked like . Derpy smiled widely at it. "That's so cute!" She exclaimed. The Unidoncatbirdcow threw the puppet on the ground before Nyan Man. At first, nothing happened.

Nyan Man smirked. "See? It's fine. Let's keep go-"
BOOM!
The ground blew up, leaving Nyan Man covered in soot from head to hoof. He blinked a couple of times, before tearing up.

"Are you okay?" Derpy asked, concerned. Nyan Man couldn't speak. Derpy smiled. "I think you're okay~" She exclaimed. The Unidoncatbirdcow nuzzled Nyan Man happily, who in turn tried to pry it off him.

"Darn! That hybrid creature is fantastic," A figure mumbled to themselves, hidden within the shadows. "We need to take care of it. I must alert the magic clock at once."

Who is that mystery figure? Where did Smudge come from? And will Nyan Man ever listen? Possibly not.
But anyway, find out what happens next time. :)