//------------------------------// // Interlude: Coming Soon... // Story: Lights, Camera... // by Smoking Gun //------------------------------// Interlude: Coming Soon... "What am I?" A young colt version of Mild Mannered, floated in the sky, with nothing to keep him company, except miles worth of clouds. In his hooves, he held a cylindrical object with strange, alien symbols all over it. On the top of the cylinder, was the Super-Stallion cutie mark. Fade out. "You are going to be amazing." On an planet that seemed to be covered entirely in clouds, an older pony dressed in white, with the Super-Stallion cutie mark on, laid his son into a basket. "You will become Equestria's greatest become of hope." Fade out. "You are going to be the greatest son a Father could ask for." The voice over from the elderly pony carried over as a young Mild Mannered pony toiled in the farm for his adoptive earth pony parents. "You will travel far. You will carry the legacy of your people on your back." Fade out. "Equestria is full of ponies that wish to be better then they are. For this, I send them you, my only son." The voice over continued as the footage returned to Mild Mannered floating in the field of clouds. The cylinder in his hands lit up, illuminating all the clouds. "Take flight, my little Pon-E." Fade Out. "Who am I supposed to be?" Once Mild Mannered's voice over ended, the cylinder stared to spin at an astonishing speed. The clouds around the colt were sucked into the cylinder as it spun around. Eventually, all the clouds in the sky were gone. They objected flew several miles away from Mild Mannered, before exploding with clouds that took the shape of a fortress. Mild Mannered floated in awe. "You are going to be a hero, my son." Fade out. "The greatest there ever was." Mild Mannered walked through his new fortress. In the center, laid a red and blue body suit. Fade out. "I am just like anypony else." A shot from the back, Mild Mannered looked into a mirror, now standing in his new suit. "Exactly," responded his father. Fade out. "You'll make those around you better!" The studio credits started to roll: Celestial Entertainment. Sweet Apple Acres. HC Comics. Mild Mannered, now a Stallion, approached the Daily Daylight, now dressed in a suit with huge glasses. He walked up to the pink maned pony at the desk. "Excuse... me miss. My na- name's Mild Mannered and... BOOM! Outside, an explosion is set off on top of a nearby building. "Excuse me ma'am." Cut to. Mild Mannered made his way into an alley, ripping of his glasses and shirt, revealing the suit underneath. Cut to. "Duck!" One pony cried as a large chunk of the building came falling towards them. As everypony did their best to run away, one filly stayed, looking up at the block as it came towards her. Until it stopped. Super-Stallion had swooped up to catch it. The ponies around them looked up in shock and awe. Super-Stallion looked around at his onlookers. "Umm... hello?" Cut to. Text started to appear on screen: The Stallion of Steel. Is Reborn. "So... he's made his move?" Mistress Mayhem, slinking around in the darkness as she watched the footage of Super-Stallion footage. "Good." "I've made the decision to come out of hiding and help people." Super-Stallion soared through the streets of Canterlot, people looking up at him in fear. "What have I done to scare them?" "A pony doesn't have to do anything to earn fear." Now in the farm that Mild Mannered grew up in, his adoptive mother laid a reasurring hoof on him. "A pony does have to earn love." He looked back at her with an unsure look on his face. "How do I do that?" "I don't know." With a somber look on his face, Super-Stallion flew over the skies of Canterlot. Only for a Rainbow maned pony to come crashing into him at top speed, knocking his wits out. He looked up at the rainbow pony, more then a little smitten. "Who are-?" WHACK! A clean hoof knocked Super-Stallion down to the ground. "None of your business, freak." "Mannered!" Angry Chief shouted from his desk, echoing throughout the office. Mild Mannered ran into the room, his cheek still red from the hit. "What the hell happened to you?" "Umm... bad date?" Mild smiled nervously. BOOM! The ground shook as Canterlot began to crumble. The only pony not running and screaming, was a white unicorn, dressed in leather. "Do you know what a pony is?" Mayhem's voice over asked. "I'll tell you what. A pony is an animal. A mindless, corruptible, lying, angry ball of hate." "But fear not." Super-Stallion was now in a dark lair, chained to a brick wall, with Mistress Mayhem looking down at him with a smile. "I'm here to make it right. I'm here to fix all them." The footage changed to a montage of Super-Stallion and interacting with various other ponies with his voice over passing by. "It's not about fixing anypony. It's about making then want to do better." "You can't expect better from them. And we certainly can't expect better from a freak like you!" Mild Mannered, now standing in the streets as the other ponies run away from the danger in the sky, looked up in determination as he removed his glasses. His voice over played, "I've said it before, I'll say it again. I'm not a freak. I'm just like anypony else." The footage returned to Super-Stallion in chains. "The only difference between you and me is that I have a sense of fashion." The music swelled as the action montage began. There were brief glimpses of Super-Stallion preforming amazing feats. He caught carriages in the air. The stopped buildings from falling. As the montage continued, Super-Stallion's Father returned for the voice over. "You will need to be a great Stallion." ... "A Super-Stallion!" The screen went black for a moment... before returning to an extreme close up of Mistress Mayhem. "I surrender. But first, you'll have to make it through my friends!" Out of nowhere, the skies turned to a dark red as an army of dragons flew up from out of nowhere. Looking up at the field of dragons, Super-Stallion took off with amazing speed, ducking and dodging the fire balls being hurled at him. The screen turned black for a moment, before the Super-Stallion logo took up the entire screen. The title slowly formed underneath. The Stallion-of-Steel Coming Soon Next: Chapter 10: Fan Service!