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// KAZIRU + Introduction 
// Story: My Little Metalloid: Friendship is Mechanical 
// by GamerDroid23 
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	"It's over, Enter." shouted Red Buster as he and the others delivered the final blow to him in the crumbling sub dimension. "

"Adieu...Go-busters..." commented Enter as he started to static up before exploding into 1's and 0's. With the final battle over, and they're nemesis defeated, the Go-busters left the sub dimension. But as soon as they left, Enter reformed using what little remaining energy he could muster, and broadcast a signal across the sub dimension. "Activate Emergency Protocol: Petit Cheval." he mustered as he faded into static and strings of digital code. Soon the machinery whirred to life and a portal opened up while all of the Metavirus cards and replica's of some of the Messiah cards were dumped into the portal, but not before being set to convert energy collected by the cards into Enetron, and to activate on their own when enough energy was collected, as well as setting the Messiah cards to seek out what they originally infected. As they were all dumped into the portal, the sub dimension had finished it's structural collapse, disappearing into nothingness.



It was a nice mid-summer day in Equestria. The birds were singing, the smell of fresh air swirled throughout the land, and everything was at peace. Twilight Sparkle was in her crystalline castle looking out the window, staring upon Ponyville when she noticed a green swirling vortex in the sky above. Worried, she quickly grabbed a telescope to see thousands of tiny objects fall from the portal. Looking through it, she began to notice what the objects actually were. 
"Huh? Cards?" she stated out of pure curiosity and wonder. She wasn't the only pony to notice this however. Multiple denizens looked up upward toward the sky to see the mysterious sight, many with faces of shock and awe, as the cards were blown around by the wind, each card going their separate ways.



One card flew toward a nearby construction area, landing on one of the excavators. The many workers that were there were too busy to notice this however. As the card landed on the bucket of the primitive wooden vehicle, the card was absorbed into the creation, and the word "KAZIRU" became tampographed on the boom of the bucket arm. Soon, the excavator began to move on its own, rolling away from the construction site, unbeknownst to the workers who were on their lunch break, busy eating the lunch from their pails. As soon as the vehicle was out of view, it began to become metallic. and by the end of the transformation, appeared as though it was never wooden in the first place. The now metallic construct began to dig it's bucket into the ground, and within mere moments, hit the jackpot, for within it's bucket lay a lot of dirt, and a few crystals, but mostly dirt. It soon absorbed its payload, completing the transformation sequence, as the parts of the machine began to extend and contract, before folding in on itself. It's final form looking vaguely human-like, adorned in the colors of gun-metal silver and industrial yellow, with bits of red. While it had an excavator bucket arm on the right side of it's body as an arm, the arm on the opposite side was extremely human-like. The same could not be said for it's face, which appear to be composed of the excavator treads, with two silver antenna poking from where it's forehead would be, and below that were four blood-red lenses, with yellow rims. Surrounding the head was what appeared to be the frame of an excavator cab section. It took a deep breath before exhaling, and then spoke in a deep gruff voice.
"Where...am...I?" It spoke before looking around, trying to gather it's surroundings. "This place is... very pretty." It said, before noticing the construction site. It soon began to head toward the construction site, when it soon heard a scream. Rushing over to the sound, it saw one of the workers laying under a pile of lumber, pleading for help. Without thinking, the metallic being sprung into action. Running over to the worker trapped beneath the rubble, and began to dig away at the debris using its bucket claw. In mere moments, the worker was freed from the debris that trapped him. The worker looked at his savior in shock and awe, with thoughts in his head conflicting on what he should do. The creature looked at him, before kneeling down towards his height, and placing its left arm on the worker's right shoulder. "You should be... more careful...next time." the mechanical being said unto him, before standing up, and walking into the woods. All the worker could do was stare and scratch his head at what had happened before his very eyes.



As it walked away, the metallic creature began to question its actions on saving the worker's life. "Why? Why did I... help that...pony? I don't understand why! I just, ran in there, without even thinking." it pondered to itself aloud. Soon the loud snap of a tree branch was heard, causing the mechanical being to raise its left arm, pointing it toward where the sound had come from in the woods. "Whoever you are, it would be very wise to reveal yourself now." it shouted into the surrounding wilderness. No answer came from the overgrowth, until a tiny peep was heard, causing the creature to act more cautious. "I don't want to have hurt you." it commented. Soon, the culprit revealed itself as a pale yellow pegasus with a pink mane. She whimpered in fear as it looked at her. Sighing, it lowered its arm, and walked toward her. Kneeling down towards her, it patted her head with his hand. "I apologize for frightening you. I was just worried that I was in danger." it commented.
"It's okay. I'm...Fluttershy Who are you?" she whispered, semi-frightened by the metallic titan.

"I am....Sh-" the metallic creature started to say before grasping his head in pain, falling to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked, genuinely concerned with the mysterious mechanical golem.

"I...can't remember! My neural...processors are...drawing a blank! Must...run...previous...data from... information banks." it commented, before standing up and propping itself up against a tree. "Beginning data stream set: Project/ Emergency Protocol: Petit Cheval: File-Locked/ Activation code: 01101101 01111001 00100000 01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01110000 01101111 01101110 01111001. Processing Information... Data stored in Memory Bank # 707...Data encrypted. Name: Shovelloid, Metavirus Type: Kaziru, Designation: S-46. Data retrieved." Shovelloid rambled, to the utter confusion of Fluttershy. Finally, Shovelloid looked at her once more. "To answer your question, Fluttershy, My name is Shovelloid, Model S-46. I am a Metalloid, a mechanical being created when a Metavirus card infects an inanimate object. I believe that your leaders, if your species has them, will need and want to hear what I have to say." Shovelloid said, in an ominous tone.