• Published 25th May 2020
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A Martian Gunpla in Equestria - AstralFlare42



I went to buildcon to show off my first ever gunpla. Unfortunately, I forgot about The Merchant.

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Prologue [edited again]

Hey there. I should probably introduce myself. The name's Mikashaia, but you can call me Mika.

You have heard the rumors of this guy who dresses as different characters named only as The Merchant? Yeah, I didn't listen. I thought that it was just fiction. Now I am a robot.

Ok, getting ahead of myself here.

Anyway, I was a normal mid twenties adult male. If you consider a weebo brony who had never really gone out and about before college to be normal.

Never had been to a convention before, but my roommate was also as big a fan of Gundam like I was.

I had just put together a gunpla of the Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex with no nubs showing nor signs that they were even there to begin with. It was the SD kit with the Cross Silhouette frame (which I used instead of the normal SD frame for better mobility). I don't care what people say about this kind of kit; it's one of my favorite types.

I had even been able to paint the blue areas green. I even spray painted the thrusters' exhaust port and the tip of the tail weapon green as well.

We had gotten everything prepared for our excursion to the BuildCon this year.

"Oh man. This is so exciting! This is my first time going to any kind of convention!" I said causing my roommate to chuckle.

"I know. You said that on the way up here." he said as we climbed out of his vehicle.

As we climbed out, I heard that sound. The one sound that I didn't want to hear today of all days.

The sound of plastic being crushed under foot.

I looked down and saw that somehow the mace had fallen out of my pocket as I was climbing out and landed on the pavement just before my foot could even touch the ground.

"Great. Just great!" I shouted sarcastically as I picked up the shattered mace off the ground.

When I got off of the ground, I noticed a few stands outside the convention hall that were open,so I decided to see if I could find a replacement weapon.

Three hours later and still no replacement weapon. I was about to give up when I heard someone clearing their throat. I turned and saw a booth that hadn't been there before. The person behind the counter looked a lot like Amuro Ray, the very first gundam pilot from Mobile Suit Gundam.

"May I help you,sir?" I asked skeptically because I was absolutely sure that booths do not appear spontaneously from out of nowhere.

"Oh yes," he said as I walked over to his stand. "I couldn't help but notice what a remarkable job you did with your gunpla."

I rubbed the back of my head nervously. "Well sir, this is actually the only gunpla I have made and I am a beginner. I'm sure that there are people with better skills than I do."

He just smiled at me. "Not many people have skills like these for a beginner, but it appears that something is missing from your gunpla." he said as he continued to look over the model.

"Yeah, I accidentally stepped on the mace that comes with it." I said as I showed him the remains of the mace.

He looked over the pieces and sighed. When he saw my crestfallen face, he smiled and pulled out three small boxes that looked identical to each other.

"One of these contains the weapons that belong with your Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex. Do you have the capability to determine which one that is without touching any of them?" he asked adding on the last bit because I was about to touch one of them.

I was thinking of of backing out, but when I saw the price after he told me that if I guessed correctly I could keep it free of charge, I decided to give it a try.

I reached my hand out and felt myself drawn to two of the boxes. I had no idea which one to choose, but then I remembered a poem I had read in school about crossroads and made my decision.

I placed my hand on the center box which had not been calling to me the entire time. I opened it up and found a pair of the new type blades that came with a previous SD kit only the blades were green with lime grips.

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"You have chosen wisely. Enjoy the new weapons. Have a nice trip now." he said as I walked away.

I leaned up against a metal pole as I slipped the swords into the hands and had a quick thought.

Was that who I think it was?

Lightning then struck the pole I was leaning on because I didn't notice the storm clouds rolling in.

As I fell over, I saw a wormhole open up where I was falling. I only had a couple of thoughts as the world around me went dark.

If that was The Merchant, then I have got to be the dumbest person for not realizing it in time. Oh well,Equestria here I come.

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Everfree Forest: at least 1000 years before the show

When I came too, my body felt a little bulky. I raised my arm to see why and what appeared was the arm of Barbatos Lupus Rex. I meant that it looked like it was mechanical as if it actually was the real thing. It was interesting to see the sub arm come out, but it was nice to know that I could control it.

I stood up which caused me to sit on my rump. When I looked at my legs, I noticed that they were slightly damaged.

That was when I noticed that even though I was a Barbatos Lupus Rex, I was the SD Cross Silhouette frame version.

"Well, I got sent to Equestria. I guess I had better get moving." I said noting that my voice sounded more robotic. If that fearful nagging at the back of my mind was anything to go by, then I was in the middle of the Everfree Forest.

As I stumbled about, I got used to walking. I was enjoying the scenery when I noticed something odd.

Why does Everfree look a whole lot nicer than it does in the show? I thought. As I approached a clearing, I saw a castle that did not look run down at all.

"I'm in the past." I said.

As my anger grew I didn't even notice that the moon eclipsed the sun, nor did I notice Princess Celestia and Nightmare Moon starting their battle.

I became so angry that all I could see was red. I then let out a primal roar.

Celestia's point of view

She had started to lose ground as Nightmare Moon's attacks became closer and closer to her. She then heard what sounded like a dragon. She also noticed that Nightmare Moon had stopped attacking and looked around. She found her shaking in fear. Celestia was shocked. What could possibly scare somepony to shake with fear like that?

When she looked in the same direction, what she saw made her realize that there were other things to fear more than the evil form of her younger sister.

It was a bipedal creature that was as paler than white with green and yellow accents not including the horned crown like crest on it's head. It had a tail that had a green blade attached. But it's appearance isn't what caused them to be scared. It was the eyes.

They were as crimson as blood and seemed as if they were on fire. The irises were white. There was only one emotion coming from it's very core: anger.

Celestia looked back to Nightmare Moon and noticed that she was grinning.

"It seems that I have an ally dear sister." she said as she looked towards Celestia.

The next thing they knew, they were smacked out of the sky when the creature launched itself with some kind of propulsion device on it's back and into the ground.

Nightmare Moon then got up and leapt at the creature and the two were trading blows with each other whether they be claws or magical blasts.

When Celestia got up and saw that the two were deadlocked and that neither could move, she went back inside the nearly destroyed castle and grabbed the Elements of Harmony from their resting place, brought them out, and used the elements while crying because she knew that she had no choice.

When the elements fired the only one who noticed was Nightmare Moon.

When the smoke cleared, Celestia saw that the creature seemed to have been knocked unconscious while her sister was banished to the moon for a thousand years.

She walked up to the creature and looked at it closely. It was made of a metal that wasn't found anywhere in Equestria or the surrounding area and was apparently in stasis.

Celestia picked it up with her magic and brought it inside. It seemed to be weather proof so she knew just what to do with it.

Author's Note:

Hi and welcome to my story.

I know that some of you have different opinions about this, but I just had to get this written out. Also, I will update this story whenever I can. I just hope that you guys enjoyed the story so far.

Song to play at the end of each chapter:

Forgot to ask, but how do you think the changelings should be introduced?

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