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// The Machine Pony 
// Story: Unnoticed Threats 
// by smirker 
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Doctor Whooves was walking around outside and buying groceries, he puts them away in his home and walked around a bit more. He heard Twilight Sparkle in her castle working on an experiment, an explosion happens and she is sent out of her home, along with Spike, Starlight Glimmer, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Cadence fly down to go see them,

"Is everyone alright?" Princess Celestia asked, the others nodded and stood up, Twilight Sparkle saw Doctor Whooves standing nearby,

"Oh, Doctor Whooves, are you here to help us?" Twilight Sparkle asked as she walked to him,

"Sorry, but I have patients today." Doctor Whooves replied,

"Oh, come on, can you help us a little?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Please, doctor?" Fluttershy asked,

"Well, what are you all trying to do?" Doctor Whooves asked,

"We're tryin' to open a portal to the future so we can see what Equestria will be like long after we pass." Applejack replied,

"Great whickering stallions! No. Opening a portal between the present and the future can be very dangerous." Doctor Whooves said,

"That is why we're supervising them, it's to make sure nothing comes through the portal." Princess Celestia said,

"Don't any of you have experience with such things?" Doctor Whooves asked,

"I do!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly,

"Besides Pinkie Pie." Doctor Whooves said, they look at one another,

"Well, I guess no one here does." Spike said,

"Can you give some advice on how to open a portal, doctor?" Rarity asked,

"Well, it involves shifting the quantum fabrics, and if my research is correct, a black hole in space can be used to travel through time as well." Doctor Whooves replied,

"Uh, what's a black hole?" Starlight Glimmer asked, the other ponies looked at him as well,

"I'll explain later, we should get back to work." Princess Luna said,

"Be careful this time, Twilight, we don't know how many mistakes this experiment can take, let's continue." Cadence said, and they all go back into the castle.

Doctor Whooves went to his home and waited for his next patients, he had three patients today, he was friends with their parents, all six of them were studying science and technology, their daughters were his patients, he met them when they were fillies, they were now teenagers and studying science with their parents, their names were Inertia, Solute, and Data.

Inertia was an earth pony, she was the oldest of the trio, and the leader, she had a red coat, a long straight orange mane and tail, her eyes were yellow, her cutie mark was a yellow gear with six teeth. Solute was a Pegasus, she was the youngest of the trio, she had a blue coat, a long wavy purple mane and tail, her eyes were green, her cutie mark was a light blue and white wave crashing. Data was a unicorn, she was the middle pony of the trio, she had a yellow coat, a long curly green mane and tail, her eyes were orange, her cutie mark was a light blue graphing chart.

Doctor Whooves hears walking outside and it sounded like it was coming near his house, so he went out,

"Doctor Whooves!" three female voices said in excitement to Doctor Whooves' left, he saw Inertia and Data running to him, Solute was limping and had bandages on her unfolded right wing and a cast on her front right leg, they go to him and knock him down and hug him,

"Okay, that's enough, I need to get up." Doctor Whooves said, and they let him stand up,

"This way." Doctor Whooves said, and the three mares follow him into his house.

Doctor Whooves sat across from Inertia, Solute, and Data,

"Okay, your parents' and I go back, and I am sorry about what has happened last week." Doctor Whooves said,

"Thank you, doctor, we're still having bad dreams about it." Inertia replied,

"I have heard, well, let's get started with the session." Doctor Whooves said, and the three ponies get ready to talk about their experiences.



Inertia, Solute, and Data all lived in the woods, isolated from the town, their parents were renowned scientists, they were well known on how they found ways to do things without magic, Inertia's parents were Modules and Kinetic, they found ways to grow food without using earth pony magic. Solute's parents were Solubility and Solvent, they found ways to control the weather in the sky through weather seeding. Data's parents were Graph and Storage, they created technology to do things that unicorns needed magic to do.

Modules had a light red coat, yellow mane and tail, and orange eyes, his cutie mark was a black lowercase x. Kinetic had a dark red coat, red mane and tail, and yellow eyes, her cutie mark were five silver spheres. Solubility had a light blue coat, purple mane and tail, and dark blue eyes, his cutie mark were a drop of water and a grain of salt. Solvent had a blue coat, dark blue mane and tail, and green eyes, her cutie mark was a grain of salt. Graph had a yellow coat, green mane and tail, and orange eyes, his cutie mark was a line graph. Storage had a dark yellow coat, orange mane and tail, and green eyes, her cutie mark was a vacuole.

Inertia, Solute, and Data were in high school, and bored, while they aced the Equestrian science and math subjects, they failed the other subjects, especially grammar class; while they loved history, there were parts where they had trouble. The three were more interested in their electives, Inertia was doing visual arts, Solute was doing choir, and Data was doing hoofball, they did not want to become scientists and technicians like their parents, Inertia wanted to be a painter, Solute wanted to be a singer, and Data wanted to be an athlete.

Class ends and the three walk home together, they were bored with their days,

"Any of you have homework?" Inertia asked,

"Nope, nothing." Solute replied,

"I have a little." Data said,

"What subject?" Solute asked,

"History." Data replied,

"What about you, Inertia?" Solute asked,

"Math." Inertia replied,

"You two need help?" Solute asked,

"No, it's fine, and we told you, Solute, we'll meet up if we do need help." Data replied,

"I'm just asking as a friend." Solute said,

"Thanks, Solute, but as Data said, we'll meet up if we do need help." Inertia said,

"Okay." Solute replied,

"Well, let's finish quickly, Inertia, our moms and dads have a new thing to show us today." Data said,

"Oh right, the portal to Equestria's future, I can't wait to see how it works." Inertia replied,

"Wait, that's today?" Solute asked,

"Yes, Solute, it's today." Data replied a bit annoyed,

"Data, calm down, I forgot a few times too." Inertia said,

"I swear, you two should write down important events on paper." Data replied,

"Like our birthdays?" Solute asked, Data slaps her own forehead with her front left hoof,

"Yes, Solute, like our birthdays." Inertia replied while laughing a little,

"Come on, let's hurry up and finish our homework." Data said, and she and Inertia head home, leaving Solute by herself, the two went their separate ways, so Solute headed home as well.

Inertia finished her homework and she went on to try to paint the dirt road in front of her house, she messed up and rolled her eyes, so she decided to do something else; she lifted barbells with her back to have herself develop physical strength to be even stronger when she helped her parents attend the garden in the backyard, and to do any manual labor, she was the physically strongest of the trio.

Data took a break from doing her homework since her eyes were tired from reading, she did several cardio exercises in her room and then went outside to play with her balls, she did basketball first, and then soccer, and last was football. Data liked sports, and used to be the physically weakest of the trio, something she was very insecure about when she was younger, Data believed that since she is the one who can cast magic, she must also be in the best physical shape as well. Data keeps playing and exercising for a while, she then practices her telekinesis, she had an orange aura, she did target practice with her horn shortly afterwards. She goes back into her home and was shocked to see how much time has passed and quickly goes back to doing her homework and soon finishes.

Solute was in her bedroom and was practicing ballet, she loses her balance and falls on the floor, she gets up and tries again, she did alright the second time. Solute got bored and decided to fly around outside do aerial stunts, what surprises many ponies was that Solute is an ex-Wonderbolt, she quit four months after becoming one because she did not enjoy doing all the aerial shows, and it made her tired. She met Rainbow Dash once during her time, it was when they were in the locker room, Rainbow Dash walked in on Solute while she was taking a shower, she was singing and Rainbow Dash went in to check, Solute smiled when she saw Rainbow Dash,

"Hi, Rainbow Dash." Solute said,

"Why are you singing?" Rainbow Dash asked curiously,

"I always sing in the shower." Solute replied,

"Can you stop? You're annoying me and the other Wonderbolts with it." Rainbow Dash said,

"Oh, I am? I'm sorry." Solute replied, and she stopped, Rainbow Dash then walked away.

Solute continues flying and decided to work in the backyard, she uses weather seeding to make the clouds rain and was watering her personal flower garden, she sang while watering as well. Solute did not do exercise because she thought that dancing and walking to school was exercise enough, while she was the physically weakest of the three, Data was stronger than her by only a small margin.

Data realizes that it was time to leave to see the portal to Equestria's future, she walks outside of her home and saw she was on her own, she shook her head and walked to where her parents wanted her. Data hears running and sees Inertia coming,

"Sorry I'm a little late, I almost forgot." Inertia said,

"Well, it looks like Solute forgot... again." Data replied,

"I noticed that too, she always is the last one to find things out." Inertia said,

"What about you? You're our leader, we can't have you forgetting things so often." Data replied,

"Yes, I know, but I'm very busy, so are you and Solute, we all forget things." Inertia said,

"That's why I write things down." Data replied,

"I guess I should too." Inertia said, Data rolled her eyes.

Solute saw the two walking and she quickly flew to them,

"Sorry, I was busy attending the flower garden." Solute said,

"You forgot again, didn't you?" Data asked,

"Data, relax, she just said she was occupied." Inertia replied,

"She can at least remember." Data said annoyed,

"Well, where are we headed?" Solute asked,

"This way, Solute." Inertia replied, and the three go see their parents'.

Modules, Kinetic, Solubility, Solvent, Graph, and Storage finish the portal and were waiting for their daughters to come, they were excited to see how it will work,

"There, it's finally done." Modules said,

"Thank goodness, making this took forever." Storage replied,

"If only Doctor Whooves was here to see this." Solubility said,

"Who knows, maybe he has one of his own." Kinetic replied,

"Probably, I wouldn't be surprised, he has invented more things than we have." Solvent said,

"If we can, I'd like to go through the portal and see what our daughters become if we have the time." Graph said, the other five parents nod in agreement.

Inertia, Solute, and Data arrive at where their parents' were and were happy to see them, they hug their parents',

"You three ready?" Modules asked, they nod excitedly,

"Here we go." Solvent said, and they activate it by moving two levers down, the levers manipulated quantum fabric and a clock to go through time, the portal activates and they see Equestria far into the future, long after everypony has passed away, magic was gone, and everything was replaced with technology, they were surprised to see that there were no organic creatures, the changelings, griffins, yaks, dragons, and hippogriffs were all mechanical as well. The unicorns could not use magic, they shot beams and lasers out of their horns, which destroyed things. The Pegasi had jetpacks for wings, and rocket thrusters in their hooves. The earth ponies were using watering cans and the weather to grow things, the Pegasi used weather seeding to control the clouds, the earth ponies also had physical capabilities beyond those of an organic earth pony.

The changelings looked the same, but were metallic, they had holograms on themselves so they can morph into others, they were also equipped with jetpacks and rocket thrusters, their horns also shot out destructive lasers. The yaks were mostly the same, but faster and stronger than organic yaks. The dragons were stronger than organic ones, they also had flamethrowers in their mouths, along with being made out of some of type of hardened alloy not found in Equestria. The griffins had rocket thrusters and jetpacks on them, along with wings based off of aerodynamics to help them fly, they had blades for their talons, and a sharp metallic beak. The hippogriffs had wings designed by aerodynamics, along with jetpacks and rocket thrusters to help them fly, their talons and beaks were sharp blades, and they had fins as tails so they can swim in the water.

The nine ponies watch in awe at what they saw,

"Can we go through the portal?" Solute asked, Inertia and Data look at Solute with impressment, they thought she just asked a good question for the first time in many years,

"Of course, people can come through from the other side too." Solubility replied, the three daughters were impressed.

They all watch in excitement while Solute shook her legs around and bit her lip,

"Now, now, Solute, we know you're excited, but please control yourself." Graph said,

"Actually, I have to go to the bathroom." Solute replied, Inertia and Data slapped their foreheads with their front right hooves, they all just watch silently for the time.

Nothing happens for the time being, but after several minutes, a rift appears in it and a male unicorn comes through, he had a sky blue coat, his mane and tail were yellow, he was wearing a black leather jacket with silver zippers and buttons on it, it had shoulder pads that were buttoned down, the jacket's collar was also buttoned down, two zippers on the left side, a diagonal zipper on the left chest, a pocket flap on the left side, above the waist, and belt loops and a belt with a silver buckle at the bottom of the jacket, he had black gloves on his front hooves, black mid-calf length boots on his hind legs, a dark gray shirt under his jacket, light brown cargo pants, and black sunglasses.

The nine ponies look at him with shocked and scared expressions,

"Please, do not be afraid, I come in peace. My name is Paragon, I am a historian, I was sent here to document the past, and study how organic ponies lived back before machine ponies were built." the unicorn said, the others were still nervous,

"Who's the ruler of Equestria in the future?" Inertia asked,

"We have three rulers, a unicorn, a Pegasus, and an earth pony, all machines, the organic ponies act as advisors, while magic is no longer around, we have found ways to make technology duplicate it." Paragon replied,

"Do you know any of us?" Data asked,

"Only you three, you're Data, a unicorn, your parents are from Canterlot, you have a liking for sports, and is adept in magic, and you want to be a professional athlete when you're older." Paragon said, Data nodded while smiling,

"What about me?" Inertia asked,

"You're Inertia, an earth pony, your parents are from Ponyville, you've liked drawing and painting ever since you were a kid, and want to be an artist. You are a health freak, you care about staying in shape, and you train hard to be peak physical condition." Paragon replied, Inertia smiled,

"How about me?" Solute asked,

"You're Solute, a Pegasus, your parents are from Cloudsdale, you like singing and dancing, and want to be a singer. One thing that caught my mind was despite the fact that you don't play sports or exercise like your two friends, my files at home say you're ex-military." Paragon replied,

"Oh, yes, I used to be a Wonderbolt." Solute said,

"I see, interesting, well, go on, ask me anything you like." Paragon said,

"What happened to create machine ponies?" Storage asked,

"Many years from now, Tirek will return, and when that time comes, rather than absorbing the magic of the ponies, he will absorb magic from the yaks, changelings, griffons, dragons, and hippogriffs as well, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and Princess Twilight Sparkle will transfer their magic to Princess Flurry Heart, but since Tirek has more magic than before, she is not powerful enough to confront him, and will lose, and Tirek will absorb the powers of five alicorns, along with the Elements of Harmony, and last but least, he will absorb and destroy Discord. Every nation will be forced to band together and come up with a way to confront Tirek, eventually, mechanical versions of ourselves will be created, and thus, the machine ponies will exist, they will be created with fake skin to confuse Tirek into thinking they are normal creatures, they will then use their concealed weapons in them and destroy him completely, the weapon that will destroy him is a unicorn horn that shoots out a disintegrating ray." Paragon explained,

"What happened to the alicorns?" Modules asked,

"They... lost their lives, so did Shining Armor, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, and their entire families, and all of their friends, they're all gone." Paragon replied,

"What about Trixie?" Inertia asked,

"She didn't make it, either." Paragon replied, the nine ponies become sad,

"Anyone else gone?" Solvent asked,

"Everyone, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, the Cake family, Derpy, Lyra, Octavia, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Rara, Cheerilee, Zecora, Coco, Sunburst, they're all gone, the only pony still around in my time is Doctor Whooves, he's the one who came up with the idea of having machine ponies." Paragon replied,

"Is there anything else to know?" Graph asked,

"A unicorn named Sunset Shimmer was summoned by Princess Twilight Sparkle to come to this world and help them against Tirek, unfortunately, she lost her life, too." Paragon replied, the others become sad,

"What about the crystal ponies?" Kinetic asked,

"The crystal ponies are gone too, but we managed to create machine ponies that have prism coats, it replicates their crystal coats pretty well." Paragon replied, the others were impressed,

"That is all for now, I need to speak to your parents in private now, I'll come see you three after I'm done." Paragon said,

"Thank you, I want you to come to me first." Solute replied,

"Solute." Inertia and Data said, scolding her,

"Come on, please, you two have a lot of friends at school, I don't have any." Solute replied,

"I guess it shouldn't hurt, Solute has been lonely quite recently." Inertia said,

"Oh, alright, I suppose her giving Paragon a tour wouldn't hurt." Data replied,

"Oh, I would love to." Solute said happily,

"Well, thank you, now, please leave, what I have to discuss is only for your parents." Paragon said, and the three daughters left them and went home.

The trio walked home and were together for the time being, and were about to go their separate ways,

"You two have free time for us to hang out tomorrow?" Solute asked,

"Sorry, but I'm seeing my boyfriend tomorrow." Data replied,

"Yeah, I'm seeing my boyfriend tomorrow, too, sorry, Solute." Inertia said, and they walked away while Solute looked at them sadly, she walked home by herself and the three went on with their days, Inertia planted seeds into the soil in her backyard, Solute watched her flowers grow, and Data practiced her magic, she was using telekinesis, and then did target practice by zapping targets she set up earlier, the three finish what they were doing and sleep.

Data wakes up the next morning and sees her parents were not home yet,

"Mom? Dad?" Data asked, she looked around her home and saw they were not in the house, she becomes worried and teleports to where they were at yesterday, they were gone, so was Paragon, she searches for them and they were not around, the portal to the future of Equestria was closed as well, she becomes worried but teleports back home and gets ready for the day.

Inertia's alarm clock goes off and she presses it, she wakes up and stretches while yawning,

she has breakfast, brushes her teeth, and straightens her mane, and puts a little makeup on her face to hide any acne or blemishes she may have,

"Mother, father, I'm off. Mother? Father?" Inertia asked, she walked around her home and checked outside, they were not home, she thought they were probably working on another experiment, this was not the first time they were away for more than one day, they were away for over a month sometimes, Inertia finished getting ready and went to school.

Solute overslept but woke up early enough to get ready for the day, she had breakfast, checked her flowers, used the bathroom, and then put on her makeup, she put on midnight blue eye shadow and eyeliner, she made wings with the eyeliner as well,

"Mommy, daddy, I'm off." Solute said, there was no answer,

"Mommy? Daddy? Where are you?" Solute asked as she flew around the house, they were nowhere, she thought they were alone for another science experiment, this made Solute feel more lonely than she already was.

Solute opens the door and Paragon was standing in front of it, it surprised her,

Oh, uh, hi, Paragon." Solute said,

"I'm ready for my tour." Paragon replied,

"Of course, follow me, we're going to meet up with Inertia and Data first." Solute said, and they walk together.

Inertia and Data meet up and were going to the school, Solute walked to them a few minutes later with Paragon,

"Paragon, where are our parents?" Data asked,

"They went to the other side of the portal, somepony from the future wanted to see them, it was some unicorn named Newton." Paragon replied,

"Oh, I remember him, mother and father used to talk about him all the time, he was a rival scientist back when our parents were in college, there was a science contest and he got second place behind our parents." Inertia said,

"I thought there was a seventh and eighth partner." Solute replied,

"Yeah, Doctor Whooves and Roseluck." Data said,

"Oh, right." Solute replied,

"Well, I'll be following Solute today, I'd like to get to know about you two later." Paragon said,

"Sure." Inertia and Data said together while smiling,

"Okay then, let's go, Solute." Paragon said, and the four go to the school.

The four arrive at the school and head to their classes, the trio were all juniors, it was their third year in high school, their points of views on high school were different, Inertia liked it, Data thought it was alright, and Solute hated it, the four walk through the halls and they look at Paragon with awe,

"Is that a new student?" a male unicorn asked,

"Oh my Celestia, that outfit is so cool." a female earth pony said,

"I'd do anything to have shades like those." a male Pegasus said, the similar comments were heard.

The four walk to class and almost everypony they pass waves or says hi to Data and Inertia, while they glare at Solute, some tell her to go away, some shove her to the sides as well, Paragon just stood and observed. Solute took Paragon to the principal's office so he can get a visitor's pass, he also told the principal that he has to wear sunglasses because his eyes were sensitive to light, which the principal accepted, they then go to her first class, it was math, Solute sat far away and alone from the other ponies,

"They're not your friends?" Paragon asked,

"I don't have any friends in this school." Solute replied,

"I see." Paragon said stoically, and Solute works on her work, she did fine, but she did not have the highest score, class ended and Solute went to her second class.

Solute goes to her next class, which was grammar, she struggled and failed almost everything,

"What's your score in this class, Solute?" Paragon asked,

"She has the lowest grade out of all of my students." Solute's grammar teacher replied, the other classmates laugh at Solute while she clutched the sides of her head and put it on the desk,

"Please, make it stop." Solute said with her head against the desk,

"Get back to work, Solute, the assignment's not going to do itself." Solute's grammar teacher said, and she worked reluctantly and slowly, the other ponies make fun of her under their breaths for doing bad in the class, Solute held back her tears and worked slowly, class ended and everypony turned their work in and went to third period.

Solute's third period was choir, she sang with a mezzo-soprano voice, while she was the only pony who can get her pitch right, the other ponies did not cheer for her or hug her like how they did with the other classmates, they glared at her and booed at her, they only clapped and cheered when she messed up, or laughed at her when she failed something, they all leave for lunch when the class was halfway over.

Solute sat alone at lunch and ate while sad, Paragon did not pay attention, he was busy looking around, lunch ended and he and Solute went back to choir class and continued class,

"How do you do in this class?" Paragon asked,

"I'm passing, most students only take this as an elective to fill up their periods, I took it because I like singing." Solute replied, Paragon was stoic and just watched until class ended, and he followed Solute.

Solute went to fourth period next, it was history, they were studying about the time when Nightmare Moon returned, Solute was having a little trouble,

"Are you failing this class too, Solute?" Paragon asked,

"It depends on the subject, there are some parts of history I'm good at, and other parts, I'm terrible at." Solute replied, Paragon was just looking around, Solute feels herself having to go to the bathroom during class and clutches her groin with her front legs while biting her lower lip, she put her hind legs together as well,

"Shouldn't have drank all that water at lunch." Paragon said,

"Hey, I was thirsty, and it's summer, I need my hydration." Solute replied, she was already done with her work and waited for class to end, it ended and Solute began walking to fifth period, the last period of the day,

"You're not going to the bathroom?" Paragon asked,

"It's all the way on the other side of the school, I'll be late to class if I go." Solute replied, and they enter fifth period.

Solute's last class for the day was science, she does her work and worked quickly,

"What's your grade in this class?" Paragon asked,

"I'm passing, I don't have the highest score, though." Solute replied, she bit her lower lip again and clutched her groin with her front hooves while she worked, she wrote with the pencil in her right wing. She finishes and waited for class to end so she can use the bathroom, but she wetted herself during class, the students and teacher noticed it and they laughed,

"You're going to have to clean up the desk again after class, Solute." Solute's science teacher said, Solute put her head on the desk in embarrassment while her classmates laughed,

"Has this happened before?" Paragon asked,

"Yeah, I have a weak bladder." Solute replied while she had her head down and the students keep laughing, the teacher was laughing a bit as well.

Class ended and Solute cleaned up her urine quickly, she was sad and looked downwards as she cleaned; Solute finished and she began to walk home quickly as she heard the conversations in the hallway,

"What? For real? Solute wetted herself again?" a male unicorn asked,

"Yup, and this was right in the middle of class." a male Pegasus replied, the two then laughed,

"Why are they not going home?" Paragon asked,

"They do after school activities, so does Data and Inertia, I don't do anything after school." Solute replied,

"I still need a tour of this place, starting with the school." Paragon said,

"Alright, follow me." Solute replied in an exasperated tone, and she shows him the school.

Paragon sees the cafeteria, the library, the music hut, the visual arts room, the theatre arts room, the culinary arts room, the parenting and early childhood class, the grammar classes, the math classes, the science classes, and the history classes, the two then headed outside,

"Over there is the hoofball field, Data will be there after school." Solute said,

"Where is Inertia after school?" Paragon asked,

"It's different every day, she goes wherever she wants to paint, so she's not in one place." Solute replied,

"What do you know, there she is right there." Paragon said, Solute looks and saw Inertia was on the hoofball field, she was with an earth pony who had an orange coat, his short mane and short tail were yellow, his eyes were red, and his cutie mark was a brown plowed field,

"Friend of hers?" Paragon asked,

"That's Geo, Inertia's boyfriend, he's a gardener, but does sports as a pastime." Solute replied, Paragon watched him carefully,

Solute sees Data go to Inertia and a unicorn was with her, he had a green coat, his short mane and long tail were blue, his eyes were yellow, and his cutie mark was a black pentagram,

"Who is that stallion with Data?" Paragon asked,

"That's Witchcraft, he's a magician, he's Data's boyfriend." Solute replied,

"Do you have a boyfriend?" Paragon asked,

"No." Solute replied,

"You still haven't showed me the place." Paragon said,

"*sigh* fine, this way." Solute replied, and they go to the field.

Paragon and Solute arrive into the field and Inertia and Geo see them, Geo runs to them,

"Solute, we can't have you here today." Geo said,

"I'm just showing him the place." Solute replied, and Geo looks at Paragon, Inertia ran to them,

"Oh, right, Geo, this is Paragon, he asked Solute to show him around the school and town today." Inertia said,

"Oh, okay, but make it quick." Geo said in a somewhat stern and annoyed tone, and Solute shows Paragon around the area, Witchcraft tackles Solute and lifts her up with his telekinesis, his magic aura was orange,

"Get out of here, you annoying brat!" Witchcraft said angrily, and he put her down,

"But..." Solute said, Witchcraft tackled her and held her up against a fence with his front left leg across her neck,

"If you ever say one word to me, if you ever try to talk to me, I will have your tongue! Don't talk to me, EVER!!" Witchcraft said angrily,

"It's alright, Witchcraft." Data said as she walked to them,

"She's just here to give that pony a tour of the school, she'll be gone as soon as she's done." Data said,

"And what if she isn't?" Witchcraft asked,

"Don't worry, I'll make sure she does." Data replied, and Solute and Paragon walk around the field, they finish after several minutes and they leave, Geo looks at Solute with an annoyed face while Witchcraft glares at her and showing his teeth,

"I still need a tour of the town." Paragon said,

"Yes, I remember, this way." Solute replied tiredly, and they go into town.

Solute shows Paragon around the town and the other ponies laugh at her for wetting herself in class today, she was very uncomfortable in town today, she showed Paragon the shops, the market stands, the stores, the library, and the inn for where travelers stay,

"Thank you, Solute, that is all." Paragon said,

"You're welcome, now, if you'll excuse me, I have grammar, math, science, and history homework today, I have to do them." and she heads home, she does her homework and struggled on a few parts, she finished after hours of doing homework, she sighed and went to bed while having a headache and slept.

Inertia and Data were having fun on the hoofball field, Inertia and Geo were painting a picture together while Data and Witchcraft were practicing for their next game, Data was the kicker, and Witchcraft was the goalkeeper,

"Say, Inertia, how did you become friends with Data and Solute?" Geo asked,

"Our parents are all friends with one another." Inertia replied,

"I see." Geo said,

"What? You don't like them or something?" Inertia asked,

"No, I'm fine with Data, it's Solute, I don't like her very much." Geo replied,

"Yeah, I know, you don't like how clueless she can be sometimes, we talked about this before." Inertia said,

"I know, but I still don't understand how you and Data remained friends with her." Geo replied,

"Because underneath her somewhat clueless and curious nature, she's a really nice person, and she is helpful sometimes." Inertia said,

"I see." Geo replied, and they continue painting the picture together, it was the hoofball field in front of them.

Data and Witchcraft keep playing and were having fun, they finish after a while and they rest,

"You ready for the next game?" Witchcraft asked,

"You're darn right I am." Data replied, Witchcraft chuckled,

"Say, Witchcraft, what do you have against Solute?" Data asked,

"I hate her, she asks too many questions, she doesn't do anything after school like us, she's annoying, and she has no ambitions, she's a loser." Witchcraft replied,

"I mean, yes, she can be annoying, but she does try to help others." Data said,

"I don't need any help, I'm already the best." Witchcraft replied,

"Best at what?" Data asked,

"Everything I do, I'm the best and most competent goalkeeper in the school, I'm the best magic user of my class and family, and I'm the best fighter in my family." Witchcraft replied, Data chuckled,

"Excuse me." Paragon said as he walked to them, Data looked at him normally while Witchcraft glared at him,

"I need to see what you do tomorrow, Data." Paragon said, Witchcraft walked over to him,

"Hang on a minute, you want to hang out with my girlfriend, don't you?" Witchcraft asked in a stern tone,

"I am acting on behalf of a friend of her parents." Paragon asked,

"Which friend?" Data asked,

"Newton." Paragon replied,

"I need proof first." Data said, Paragon opens the pocket flap on the left side of his jacket that was above his waist, he showed a folded sheet of paper, Data took it out and unfolded it with her telekinesis, she read the letter,


Dear, Inertia, Data, and Solute,


I am working on a new science experiment on the other side of the portal, and I need your parents' help to complete it. It pains me to take your parents away from you three like this, and they won't be back for a while, that is why I'm sending Paragon over, he is going to watch over you three to make sure you three stay safe, and will take care of you three, your parents will be back as soon as possible.


Sincerely,


Newton"


Data just looks at the paper and takes it,

"Do you believe me now?" Paragon asked,

"No, I need to compare this writing and Newton's hoofwriting and make sure it's not forged." Data replied,

"Do you have any proof?" Paragon asked,

"Yeah, my parents kept some of his notes, my mom and him worked together on an experiment once." Data replied,

"Fair enough, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow." Paragon said, and he left,

"I don't trust that guy, Data." Witchcraft said,

"Yeah, I'm a bit suspicious about him, too." Data replied,

"Well, it's almost time to go home, that idiot took up most of our time." Witchcraft said,

"It's alright, Witchcraft, there's always tomorrow." Data replied, Witchcraft smiled and they started to walk home together.

Inertia and Geo were almost done painting and Data and Witchcraft stood in front of them,

"Guys, you're blocking the view." Geo said,

"When you're done, paint a picture of me." Witchcraft said,

"I don't remember you asking me to do that, Witchcraft." Inertia replied,

"I'm not asking for it, I'm demanding it, since I am the best at what I do in my family, it is fitting that only I have a picture of myself in the house." Witchcraft said, Inertia and Geo give him a disapproving look,

"Okay, if it makes you happy." Inertia said, Witchcraft smiled and he and Data went home,

"Are you really going to do it, Inertia?" Geo asked,

"No, of course not." Inertia replied,

"Well, we should head home, it is getting late." Geo said,

"I agree, see you tomorrow, Geo." Inertia replied and the two kissed one another and they went home.

Data goes through her parents' old experiment notes from college, some were written by Newton when he and her mother were working on an experiment together when they were in class, Data finds a sheet of paper with his hoofwriting on it, and to her surprise, it was a perfect match, which convinced her that Paragon was telling the truth, she does her math and history homework and heads to bed.

Inertia was doing her grammar homework and had trouble, she finished after a few hours and was not tired yet, so she goes outside for fresh air, it was dark, and there was nothing, Inertia looks at the moon but eventually gets tired and falls asleep outside.

Data wakes up the next morning and checks her house, her parents were not home yet, which made her a little sad, she uses the bathroom, has breakfast and gets ready to leave, she opens the door and saw Paragon, which made her scream a little,

"Morning, Data, I'm ready to observe your schedule." Paragon said,

"How did you get my address?" Data asked,

"Your parents gave it to me before they left to help Newton, I have Inertia's and Solute's addresses as well." Paragon replied,

"Well, that makes sense, this way then, and try to keep up." Data said, and they head to the school.

Solute wakes up after oversleeping a few minutes and was very tired, she uses the bathroom and cleans her makeup off from yesterday, it was hard, but she got it off, and put on new makeup, she then puts her homework in her saddlebag and leaves the house.

Data and Paragon walk together while Solute flew to school, her weight was unbalanced due to the weight in her saddlebag, it caused her to lean to her right side instead of flying straight, she keeps flying and saw Inertia sleeping outside in front of her house's door, Solute flew down to check on her,

"Inertia?" Solute asked as she shook her with her front hooves, Data heard her and looked, she saw Inertia sleeping as well, she groaned and walked to her, she kicked Inertia in the face with her front left hoof,

"Inertia, wake up!" Data said, and she did,

"What time is it?" Inertia asked tiredly,

"We're about to go to school." Solute replied,

"Wait?! It's time for school? Oh, no! I overslept!" Inertia said with shock, and quickly runs into her house and gets ready, she skipped breakfast since she did not have time for it, she comes out and the four head to school.

The four arrive at school and everypony waves at Inertia, some wave at Data, while some glare at her and jeer at her, and everypony glares and jeers at Solute, some throw water balloons at her and make fun of her for wetting herself in class yesterday,

"You wetted yourself again, Solute?" Inertia asked,

"It's not my fault, I was born with a weak bladder." Solute replied,

"Still though, you're in high school, Solute, and you're still wetting herself." Data said, Solute groaned in disappointment, the three then went their separate ways with Paragon following Data.

Data and Paragon walk together and meet up with Witchcraft, he glares at him,

"Why are you here?" Witchcraft asked,

"Supervising." Paragon replied,

"She doesn't need you, you're not half the stallion she needs!" Witchcraft said,

"That is not why I am with her." Paragon replied,

"I don't care why you're with her, get lost, you lamebrain." Witchcraft said,

"Witchcraft, calm down, he's not competing with you." Data replied,

"I don't care if he's competition or not, I don't like him, and needs to leave." Witchcraft said, Data glares at him,

"Well, what are you waiting for? Get out of here, you ugly scumbag!" Witchcraft said, and Paragon went out of his sight, he watches the two and follows them, Witchcraft kisses Data when she got to class and left, Paragon entered after he left.

Data's first class was grammar, she conversed with some of the other ponies, she was friends with most of the students,

"How do you do in this class, Data?" Paragon asked,

"I'm just barely passing, but thankfully, I have friends to help me." Data replied while smiling, Paragon did not show any emotion, which made Data suspicious about him, but she continued class, the bell rung and it was time for second period.

Paragon and Data left and he followed her, he saw her standing in the hallway, Witchcraft walked over to her, Paragon stood out of his sight and watched the two, he noticed Witchcraft kept his front right leg over her body. He got aggressive whenever anypony tried to see Data, he rudely shooed them away, males and females. They walked together and arrived at Data's next class, they kissed again and Witchcraft walked away while Data entered the classroom, Paragon went in after Witchcraft was gone.

Data's next class was math, she did great in the class, and she offered to help the other students, everypony finished quickly,

"You seem quite enthusiastic about this class." Paragon said,

"Of course, it's math, I need math to calculate my shots right whenever I play hoofball." Data replied,

"Right." Paragon said stoically, Data speaks with her female friends in the class and helped whoever came to her for help, a male Pegasus came to Paragon for help, but he did not help the pony. The class was peaceful and friends were conversing with one another, the teacher smiled and class soon ended, everypony went on to their next class.

Data waited and Witchcraft came to her again, one of Data's female friends tries to see her, but Witchcraft raises his voice and tells her to stop speaking to her and to go away in a very rude manner, causing the mare to leave in tears, Paragon watched stoically while staying behind Data and far away so that Witchcraft does not see him.

Data arrives at her third period class, it was gym class, her elective, Witchcraft was a classmate of hers in this class. The two played against another team, they were both aggressive at playing, but while Data was careful not to hurt anypony, Witchcraft did, and he smiled and laughed at them when they had to rest from injuries, and he was using magic to cheat.

Lunchtime comes and Data and Witchcraft sat alone, they conversed and had fun together, Paragon sat afar and monitored Data's behavior, he was careful to stay out of Witchcraft's sight.

Lunch ends and everypony goes back to class, Paragon watched Data play and she and Witchcraft kept playing until class ended.

Data and Witchcraft went to Data's fourth period class, Witchcraft's male and female friends went to see him, he greeted them all kindly, Data just watched, they arrived at Data's fourth period class, they kissed again and she entered her class, Witchcraft turns around and leaves. Witchcraft sees Paragon walking by and glares at him, he tries to use telekinesis on him to make him trip, but Paragon jumps and dodges it, his horn was just a millimeter off from touching the ceiling, much to Witchcraft's shock, Paragon just went to class while Witchcraft looked on in pure shock.

Data's next class was science, she aced everything and worked fast,

"How good are you at this class, Data?" Paragon asked,

"I have the highest score in this classroom, everypony comes to me for help." Data replied with her eyes closed and smiling,

"I have realized that you do not use magic when you work." Paragon said,

"Yeah, I only use magic at home, it's a school rule, Pegasi can't fly in the school either." Data replied, several ponies go to Data and ask for help, and she helped them, she had a smile on her face as well, the ponies thanked her and they left,

"Do you like your classmates, Data?" Paragon asked,

"Yeah, they're nice and friendly, most of my bullies are only in the hallways now, I like helping other ponies." Data said, Paragon did not reply or show any emotion.

Class ended and Data got ready to go to fifth period, Witchcraft walked to her, they walk together to class while nopony went near them, they arrive and the two kiss again and Data goes to her class, Witchcraft walked forward this time, Paragon went into Data's last class.

Data's fifth period class was history, she did good on some parts, and not so well on several parts,

"You seem to be just like Solute when it comes to history, good in some areas, bad in other areas." Paragon said,

"Everypony's like that." Data replied, she continued to work and soon got up to ask another pony for help, a male earth pony helps her on what she was having trouble with, she thanked him and went back to her seat, the teacher was silent and watching the class happily, it was mostly quiet,

"Are you staying after school today?" Paragon asked,

"Yeah, I have practice today." Data replied, and she keeps working until class ended.

The bell rings and Paragon saw Witchcraft coming again, he goes to Data and they head outside,

"Hey, I made a new spell last night, it makes other ponies turn away and walk away if they're hit with it." Witchcraft said,

"That's wonderful, it might help against those we don't want to see." Data replied,

"That's right, now that I created it, anypony who tries to interrupt our time together will be hit with it." Witchcraft said, Data chuckled, and they walk silently to the hoofball field while Paragon followed from behind.

Data and Witchcraft practice and were doing the same thing over and over, Paragon was not bored watching, though, they finish after many hours and they kissed one another and went their separate ways. Data headed home and did her math and science homework, she finished in less than an hour, she goes to her backyard to practice other sports she enjoyed,

"Want to play, Paragon?" Data asked,

"No, I'm fine, thanks, though." Paragon replied, Data smiled and practiced the other ball games she played,

"You're not going to follow me tomorrow too, right?" Data asked,

"No, tomorrow, I watch Inertia, after that, I will be done observing." Paragon replied,

"Well, go ahead and sleep here tonight, it's the least I can do." Data said, and Paragon slept on the floor while Data slept in bed.

Inertia was shopping as soon as fifth period ended, she bought some weights and muscle supplements from one of the stores, she begins to head home and saw Solute come to her, she was completely wet, her mane was covering her face, and her makeup was ruined,

"Got soaked today?" Inertia asked,

"Yeah, again." Solute replied,

"Well, come to my home, I'll clean you up." Inertia said,

"Thank you, Inertia, you're like a big sister to me." Solute replied while smiling, Inertia smiled and they went to her home. Inertia cleaned Solute and they did homework together, Inertia had grammar and history homework, so did Solute, they worked together and had fun, Solute headed home while waving bye at Inertia, she decided that she was tired and went to sleep on her bed, Solute slept in her bed immediately after she got home.

Inertia woke up on time the next morning, she got her homework and had breakfast, she did not have to use the bathroom, but she did put on her makeup. She opened the door and saw Paragon walking over,

"This is my last day observing." Paragon said,

"I know, well, let's go, Paragon, Data and Solute are waiting for us." Inertia replied, and they walk together.

Solute overslept several minutes again, but she used the bathroom and put her makeup on again, she remembered to wipe it off last night, she had breakfast, got her homework, and headed out.

Data woke up on time as always, she used the bathroom, had breakfast, and got her homework, she walked out and went to go see Inertia and Solute.

Inertia walks to school with Paragon and Solute and Data soon join them,

"Are you two staying after school today?" Solute asked,

"Yup." Data replied,

"Yes, sorry, Solute, I know you're lonely, but we have things to do after school, I'll come see you when I have the time." Inertia said, Solute smiled, but was still sad, and they go to school.

Inertia and Data were greeted nicely, but nopony greeted Solute, one male earth pony who was walking by punched Solute in her lower teeth with his front left hoof and knocked her down, she held onto her jaw with her front left hoof while in pain, Data and Inertia helped her up, and they went their separate ways, with Paragon following Inertia.

Inertia heads to class and met with Geo, he looked at Paragon,

"You're observing her today?" Geo asked,

"Yes, today is my last day." Paragon replied,

"Alright then." Geo said, and he and Inertia walk together, they greeted whoever came to see them, they were kind and friendly to anypony who conversed with them, they arrived at Inertia's first class and they kissed one another, Inertia went into her class and Paragon went in after Geo began to leave.

Inertia's first class was science, she aced everything in the class, everypony greeted her and spoke with her,

"You seem to have a lot of friends here." Paragon said,

"I'm friends with everypony in my classes." Inertia replied,

"How are your grades in this class?" Paragon asked,

"I have one of the highest grades." Inertia replied,

"Okay then." Paragon said, he watched Inertia converse and have fun in the class until it ended and she left the class.

Inertia headed onwards to her next class, Geo was nowhere to be seen, and she spoke with whoever came to her, and everypony said hi to her, Inertia smiled and waved back at them, she went into her second period class when she was done greeting her friends.

Inertia's second period was history class, Inertia was having trouble on a few parts,

"How do you do in this class?" Paragon asked,

"I'm good at most parts, there are some parts I struggle at, though." Inertia replied, she keeps trying to work but was having trouble, Inertia began to become angry and exhaled sharply, a female Pegasus goes over and helps her, Inertia thanked her and she continued working until the bell rung.

Inertia walked with Paragon and many ponies went to go see Inertia, she was having fun and enjoying her day. She went into third period, which was visual arts, Inertia painted and enjoyed her class, she conversed with every classmate as well,

"Are you passing this class, too?" Paragon asked,

"Uh-huh, this is my favorite class." Inertia replied,

"How did you and Geo meet?" Paragon asked,

"We were classmates freshman year." Inertia asked,

"And Witchcraft?" Paragon asked,

"He and Data met during lunchtime freshman year." Inertia replied, Paragon looked on stoically.

The bell rung for lunchtime and everypony went to lunch, Inertia sat with Geo and had lunch together, they let Paragon sit with them,

"You're not going to eat, Paragon?" Geo asked,

"I'm not hungry." Paragon replied, Inertia was confused, since she has not seen him eat or drink anything ever since he appeared, this caught her attention, but she ignored it, many male and female ponies went to go see Inertia and Geo, they greeted them all kindly and conversed with them.

Inertia swallows a food with strong flavor and she coughed and vomited it up,

"Is something wrong?" Paragon asked,

"It's fine, it's just... I have a weak stomach." Inertia replied, Paragon just sat there and watched.

Lunchtime ended and everypony went back to class, Inertia continued painting and finished after a while, the teacher looked at it and said Inertia did a good job, she smiled and class ended shortly afterwards.

Inertia walked through the hallways and conversed with her friends, which was basically everypony, she was enjoying her conversations, she went into her class when the bell was about to ring and Paragon went in with her.

Inertia's fourth period was math class, she aced the class as well,

"How are you in this class?" Paragon asked,

"I have the highest score, I also tutor the other ponies that need help." Inertia replied, a female earth pony soon comes to her for help, and Inertia helps her with whatever she had trouble with, the pony thanked her and left, Inertia helped whoever else came to her until the bell rung.

Inertia walks by herself to her last class and entered early, her fifth period class was grammar, Inertia was having trouble,

"Are you failing this class?" Paragon asked,

"Not failing, but close to failing." Inertia replied, she was struggling, a male unicorn goes over and helps her, she thanks him and he left, Inertia keeps trying and class ended, she turned in her work with a just barely passing grade.

Inertia went to the art room after school and got a canvas and palette, she went outside to go paint a garden that Geo was working on. She also sees Witchcraft practicing his magic by doing target practice, he was shooting the other ponies with beams from his horn, which really hurt the other ponies, he was smiling when he hit a pony, Inertia and Geo glare at him and they continue doing what they did while Paragon watched.

Data saw what he was doing and pulled him down with her magic,

"What are you doing?" Data asked,

"Simple, just practicing my accuracy with my magic by hitting these lowlifes." Witchcraft replied,

"Witchcraft, they're not lowlifes, they just weren't born into the upper-class like how you were." Data said,

"That makes them lowlifes, and deserving of being hit." Witchcraft replied, Data glared at him,

"If you want to practice your magic, go ahead, but don't hit the other ponies." Data said,

"That's no fun, though." Witchcraft replied,

"Witchcraft." Data said sternly,

"Alright, fine, geez." Witchcraft replied, and he shot the moving clouds with his magic instead while Data practiced her shots for hoofball.

Solute was feeling her own jaw due to the punch from this morning, she decided to rest before she did her homework, which was grammar, she did some ballet in her bedroom and did not mess up this time, she decided to try to do her homework, but could not focus, she felt lonely, so she picked up her homework and decided to go see her friends.

Inertia and Data continue doing what they were doing and soon say goodbye to Geo and Witchcraft, they kiss their boyfriends and they go their separate ways. Inertia and Data walk home together with Paragon behind them,

"You got any homework today, Data?" Inertia asked,

"Grammar." Data replied,

"Yeah, I have grammar homework today, too." Inertia said,

"Well, I guess we can work together." Data replied,

"Good idea, I need help on it." Inertia said, Solute sees her two friends and flies down to them, she walks with them,

"Are you two free now?" Solute asked,

"Well, we are about to work together on our grammar homework." Inertia replied,

"Oh, I have grammar homework today, too." Solute said,

"Look at that, all three of us have homework on the same subject today, we can all work together." Data replied,

"Come on, let's go to my place today, then." Inertia said, Solute and Data become happy and walk with her to her home with Paragon behind them.

The four arrive at Inertia's house and do homework together, Inertia had snacks and drinks for her two friends, Paragon stood to the left side while the three were sitting,

"Hey, Paragon, aren't you going to help?" Data asked,

"Sorry, but I was told to just watch over you three and make sure you three stay safe, not help you with homework." Paragon replied, the three groaned,

"Say, Paragon, are all the organic creatures in your Equestria gone?" Solute asked,

"No, the organic creatures build the machine creatures, they also clean them and make sure they run fluently, machine creatures may run and control the world, but organic creatures also act as advisors, and have parts in running the government as well." Paragon replied,

"What's Newton like in your time?" Inertia asked,

"He is gone, but is kept around by having his brain in a jar, he can still speak and has machines connected to his jar, he uses those to build machine ponies, but he is immobile, so Doctor Whooves helps him whenever he is needed. Newton is in a wheelchair, Doctor Whooves pushes him around." Paragon replied, the three were a bit uneasy, but continue doing homework.

The three finish homework after several hours of helping one another, Solute and Data head home,

"My days of observation is done, I have things to do tonight, so I will not be staying." Paragon said,

"You never do stay." Inertia replied,

"You're right, I don't, I'll be back." Paragon said,

"Okay, see you next time." Inertia replied, and Paragon left, Inertia was tired and went to bed and slept.

Data and Solute were bored in their homes without their parents, they have been gone before, sometimes for months, they were hoping they would be back soon, they went to bed at night and slept.

Paragon went to Solute's home and saw she was asleep, he goes into her backyard and destroys her flower garden by stomping on them and ripping them out of the ground. He went into Data's backyard and stomped on her soccer ball, her football, and her basketball, smashing and deflating all of them. Paragon opened a window to Inertia's home and ripped her paintings apart, he destroyed all of the canvases as well, he then left to go elsewhere.

The next day comes and the three mares wake up at different times, they get ready with their days, and become shocked when they see their damaged things, they ran to them,

"What the? My paintings!" Inertia said, she looks at them with shock, unable to believe that somepony broke into her home and destroyed her things,

"My balls!" Data said angrily, she holds them up and then looks to her right while growling,

"My flowers! Years of hard work and dedication. Ruined!" Solute said as she held them, she buried her head into the flowers and began crying, the three picked themselves up and got ready and went out to go to school.

The three meet up and walk to school together,

"Can you believe this? Somepony got into my house last night and destroyed my paintings!" Inertia said,

"Really? All of my balls were popped this morning." Data replied,

"You two as well, somepony got into my garden and destroyed my flowers." Solute said,

"Wait, all three of us were targeted, I wonder who it was." Inertia said,

"I think it was Paragon." Solute replied,

"That is possible, but I'm not too sure about that." Inertia said,

"Come on, Inertia, it's really the only explanation that makes sense." Data replied,

"I need to be a hundred percent positive first." Inertia said, they keep walking and see Paragon in front of them,

"I won't be able to watch you three today, I need to explore the area around the town and here." Paragon said,

"But there's nothing but wildlife everywhere." Solute replied,

"I still need to explore, I'll return to you three once when I'm done." Paragon said, and he walks away,

"I don't know about you two, but I'm suspicious about him." Data said,

"So am I, I noticed that he has not eaten or drank anything ever since he came here." Inertia replied,

"Me too, and he's following and watching us everywhere we go." Data replied,

"I don't know if this is just me, but I think Paragon's sides look disproportionately bigger when compared to the rest of his body." Solute said, Inertia and Data look, Paragon's sides stuck out a bit,

"Hey, you're right, it does." Inertia replied,

"Yeah, it looks almost like... he has wings under his jacket." Data said,

"Well, let's head to class, we should ask our boyfriends about our things after school." Inertia said,

"I agree, stay with us after school, Solute." Data replied,

"Okay." Solute said, and the three go to school.

School ends and Inertia and Data confront Geo and Witchcraft about their things, Solute stayed behind the two so they do not see her,

"What? No! We didn't do any of those!" Geo said,

"What about Solute's flower garden, did you destroy it, Witchcraft?" Data asked,

"No, of course not, I mean, I hate her, but I would never break into her home and destroy her things." Witchcraft replied,

"Where were you two last night?" Inertia asked,

"We were right here, just hanging out and talking." Geo replied,

"Yeah, Geo and I were just having a friendly conversation." Witchcraft said, Inertia and Data were convinced,

"I see, we're sorry to interrogate you two." Inertia said,

"It's alright, we'll let you know if we find anything." Geo replied,

"Alright, thank you, both of you." Data said, and Geo and Witchcraft leave; Solute goes to them,

"Well, it wasn't those two." Inertia said,

"Then that leaves only Paragon, he's the only one who sees us at home." Data replied,

"I agree, let's wait for him tonight." Solute said,

"Right, and Solute, please wait a little, I'll get you some new flowers when I grow them." Inertia replied,

"Thank you." Solute replied,

"Well, come on, let's go home." Data said, and the three go home, do their homework, and wait for Paragon, he does not come, the three give up and go to sleep.

Geo and Witchcraft were hanging out on the school premises and conversing,

"Say, Witchcraft, do you have any pictures of yourself in your home?" Geo asked,

"Plenty, I have a picture of myself in every room of my house, and only me." Witchcraft replied,

"What about the rest of your family?" Geo asked,

"I destroyed them." Witchcraft replied,

"What? Why?" Geo asked,

"Because I'm the best magic user in my family, it's fitting that pictures of only me be hung in the house." Witchcraft replied, Geo glares at him.

Witchcraft points to the west with his front left hoof,

"Hey, somepony's coming." Witchcraft said, Geo looks and he and Witchcraft saw it was Paragon, he walks to them and stops when he was in front of them,

"Hey, friends only, get lost." Witchcraft said,

"I have business with you two." Paragon replied,

"Didn't you hear me? I said don't talk to me." Witchcraft said,

"That is why I'm here, prepare to be silenced, both of you." Paragon said,

"Why do you have those sunglasses on for? It's in the middle of the night." Geo said,

"I need them." Paragon replied, Witchcraft uses his telekinesis and flings his sunglasses off, the two become shocked at what they saw, Paragon's eyes looked normal, but they were red with black pupils, the red parts then lighted up, scaring the two,

"What are you?" Witchcraft asked, Paragon proceeded to punch Witchcraft in his left chest with his front right hoof, Geo heard a crack and Witchcraft groaned in pain from the hit, his eyes went white and he fell onto the ground, unconscious.

Geo looked on in horror at seeing Witchcraft knocked out, Paragon proceeds to try to hit Geo in the head with his front left hoof, Geo crosses his front legs together and lifts them up to block Paragon's attack, he blocks it, but he became buried waist-deep into the ground, much to Geo's horror. Paragon turns around and kicks Geo in the face with his hind hooves. Geo flew out of the ground and about six inches into the air, he hit the school's wall that was behind him and about three yards away from him, the impact of his body put a dent in the brick wall and cracks around it, Geo was unconscious, and his body fell onto the ground.

Paragon walked away from the two and put his sunglasses back on, he goes to the town and stays at a vacant home that caught his mind when Solute was showing him around.

Inertia, Solute, and Data wake up the next morning and they get ready for their days at school, they head to school and become shocked when they hear the news that Geo and Witchcraft were found injured and unconscious earlier in the morning, they were called into the gym for an assembly meeting, and then went to class.

It was third period and the principal was in her office, she was a unicorn, Paragon snuck in through the back window and walked behind her, he snuck up behind her and does a rear naked choke on her with his front legs, she gagged a little and became unconscious after nine seconds, he choked her for a few more seconds so it will take her longer to recover.

Paragon puts the principal's body under the desk and goes to use the intercom,

"Excuse me, pardon this interruption, but Inertia, Solute, and Data are checking out, Paragon is waiting for you three at the front of the school." Paragon said with the voice of the principal, and he headed out.

Inertia, Solute, and Data were confused, they did not know why they were being checked out, but headed out anyway. The three ponies walk together and look for Paragon, they see him standing at the entrance of the school,

"What's going on, Paragon?" Data asked,

"Follow me." Paragon replied, and they do.

The four arrive in front of Inertia's house and Paragon stops, he turns around and his sides stretch out, his jacket rips at the sides and Pegasus wings came out, surprising the three,

"Paragon... you're an alicorn." Inertia said,

"Yes, I couldn't show you in public, considering how the others would react." Paragon replied,

"That's it? That's the only reason why you had us checked out?!" Data asked angrily,

"Is something the matter?" Paragon asked,

"Why, yes, Paragon, this means we have to stay after school tomorrow to do makeup work." Solute replied,

"I'm sorry, but I thought this was important, I'll make it up to you three tomorrow, goodbye." Paragon said, and he left, the three mares went home with Data groaning angrily. The three did their homework and realized they forgot to ask Paragon about their destroyed things, but it was too late, so they went to bed.

Inertia, Solute, and Data wake up the next day and go to school, they stayed after school to do makeup work for their third, fourth, and fifth periods. Paragon flew into the school after everypony has left, with the three the only ones in the school, he checks their third, fourth, and fifth period classes, they were in their fifth period classes, he watched them and the three mares went outside as soon as they finished their work, Data finished first, Inertia finished next, and Solute finished last.

The three met up outside and were about to go home, but Paragon attacked Data from their rights by flying into her, she grunted from the impact, Data threw him off with her front legs and stood up. The three look at Paragon and saw his sunglasses broke from him landing face-first onto the ground, Paragon stood up and looked at the three, they see his red eyes and they light up, this scared the mares,

"Targets acquired, entering battle mode." a female robotic voice in Paragon's body said,

"Run!" Inertia said, and Data uses telekinesis on herself while Solute picks up Inertia and they fly away.

The mares go through the sky and watch frantically, red plasma beams are shot at them and they dodge them, they look back and see Paragon's sky blue coat on his horn has burned off, revealing a curved and sharp red horn, it emitted a red light as well, he was flying to them. Paragon's horn glows red and shoots out many red beams like a fully automatic weapon, Data and Solute fly around to dodge them. The three look back and see Paragon was chasing them, but his entire eyes begin changing color randomly and quickly, the colors were red, blue, green, white, and pink, the bright flashes disoriented the three and they became dizzy, Solute and Data fell while Solute let go of Inertia earlier by mistake.

The three mares vomit a bit and were dizzy, they stand up after sometime and were having trouble seeing, their eyes fix after a few minutes and they see they were in the wilderness,

"Oh my gosh, this can't be real, mother, father, Geo, save me!" Inertia said while scared, she held her head down with her front hooves over her head, Data and Solute look at her with a confused look. Paragon sees the three and flies to them,

"Come on, Inertia, Paragon's coming, we have to go." Solute said,

"Save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, somepony save me." Inertia said while scared, ignoring Solute,

"INERTIA, NOW IS NOT THE TIME!!" Data yelled,

"Please, somepony save me, Geo, where are you?" Inertia asked while scared, Solute rolled her eyes and carried her while Inertia continued to cower. Solute flew while Data used telekinesis on herself and flew, Inertia was still too scared to act, they hear charging and they look back, Paragon's horn glows a bright red, it shoots out a big red plasma blast which Solute and Data dodged by flying to the sides, it destroyed everything in front of it, shocking the two, Paragon flew through the destroyed area. Solute and Data keep flying and look for a place to hide, they see a cave up ahead and fly into it, Paragon keeps flying around.

Solute and Data look out while Inertia was still scared,

"I think we lost him." Data whispered,

"It looks that way." Solute whispered,

"Come on, let's check." Data whispered, Solute nodded and they fly up, they get startled and fall back down when they saw Paragon was at the entrance, waiting for them, they look up and saw Paragon walk forward, he opens his mouth and a black gun in his mouth shoots fire into the cave,

"Flamethrower!" Data said with horror, and they quickly fly out when the cave was set on fire, Paragon flies after them.

Solute and Data fly and Paragon chases them, he shoots many lasers out of his horn and the two dodge them, they were getting tired and land, Solute put Inertia down as well,

"Oh my gosh, please, let this just be a bad dream, Princess Luna, please make it stop." Inertia said,

"INERTIA!!" Data yelled, Inertia shrieked and saw her two friends,

"You don't have to yell." Inertia said,

"You're our leader, Inertia, you have to be strong." Data said,

"Yeah, you're the physically strongest of us, show that Paragon that you can fight back." Solute said with a smile, Data nodded with a smile,

"You know what? You're right, I shouldn't cower, I am an earth pony, and I lift weights, I am the strongest an earth pony has to offer." Inertia said bravely, Solute and Data smiled.

Paragon sees the three and flies down to them, Inertia watches him while looking back, Paragon jumped down and he broke the ground upon impact, he walked forward to them, Solute and Data smiled, Inertia then kicks Paragon in the chest with her hind legs, they heard a metal clank, and a crack, Solute and Data become nervous. Inertia was in pain from the impact, kicking Paragon really hurt her legs, she pressed her teeth together and fell onto the ground and rolled around, Paragon's eyes change colors again and it made Inertia nauseous, Paragon then hit Inertia in her left temple with his front right hoof, knocking her out,

"INERTIA, NO!!" Data yelled in shock, Solute was too shocked to speak, Paragon then looked at the two and started walking to them, scaring them,

"Come on, Solute, let's go." Data said, Solute nodded and they flew away, Paragon flies after them.

Solute and Data fly away while Paragon chases them, he shoots more red plasma beams from his horn, Data turns around and tries to zap him with her magic, but a red force field appears in front of him and deflects Data's magic,

"What the?" Data asked, she shoots more zaps out of her horn at Paragon, they were all deflected by the force field, shocking her and Solute,

"I have an idea, Solute, I need you to distract him, I'm going to try to shoot him from behind." Data said,

"Got it." Solute replied, and Data teleported to behind Paragon, Solute flew straight and then landed, so did Data.

Paragon walks forward and Solute waited for him to come, he did not know where Data was, she was hiding behind a gray rock. Data watched Paragon carefully and was ready to zap him, just when he was close to Solute, Data shot a zap from her horn at him to hit him from behind, but the force field appears and deflects her magic, much to Data's shock. Paragon turned around and shot plasma beams like a fully automatic weapon at where the unicorn magic came from, Data laid on the ground and put her front hooves over her head,

"Oh my gosh, this can't be true, mom, dad, Witchcraft, save me." Data said, Solute heard her and flew to her, she picked her up and carried her and flew away, Paragon gave chase.

Solute flies around and Paragon watched her closely, Solute hears whirling sounds and many red small laser beams shot out, Solute flew up and looked back, Paragon was now shooting beams out of his eyes, but Solute flew in the center of his vision, and the beams went to her sides instead, missing her. Solute hears the horn charging up again and sees she was flying between two cliffs, she flies upwards and the big red plasma blast comes out again, everything was obliterated, Paragon flies through the destroyed area, Solute was seeing signs that he was using the blasts to destroy things in its way rather than trying to harm her, she keeps flying nonetheless.

Solute was getting tired and flew down to rest, she sighed and watched Data,

"Please, please, tell me this is a dream." Data said while scared, Solute was worried. Paragon shoots a red beam at Data, she screams when she was hit by it,

"Data!" Solute said with shock, Data groaned and could not move, Solute saw no signs of injuries on her, Paragon flew down to her and put his hind right hoof on her neck, she lost consciousness after a few seconds. Paragon looks at Solute next while she looks at him with fear, but quickly flies away, Paragon gives chase.

A male unicorn, a female unicorn, a male Pegasus, a female Pegasus, a male earth pony, and a female earth pony were playing outside, they were all fillies,

"Okay, Mare Do Well test one, starting now." the male unicorn said, and he uses a controller to move her around, it had two levers, a horizontal one, and a vertical one, and two buttons, one button to make her fly, and another button to make her use her horn, which made a magenta light appear on it, the other five fillies clap. Solute flies around and sees the six fillies, Paragon was chasing her as well,

"Hey look, trouble!" the female Pegasus said,

"Never fear, Mare Do Well is here." the male unicorn replied, and he controls it, he makes Mare Do Well tackle Paragon from his right side and knocks him down, Solute looks and lands and watches. Paragon gets Mare Do Well off of him and turns her around with her on her hind knees, he punches his front left hoof into her hat, through her head, electricity was heard, Paragon then pulls his leg up and rips Mare Do Well's head off, revealing she was a robot, with wires and electricity coming out of her neck. The six fillies shudder in fear,

"Oh my gosh, he killed Mare Do Well." the female unicorn said,

"Run!" the male earth pony said, and the six fillies run away screaming, Solute was not familiar with Mare Do Well, but she has heard Rainbow Dash mention her several times in the past. Paragon throws the robotic Mare Do Well's head to his left side and Solute quickly flies away while Paragon gives chase.

Solute flies around and sees a thundercloud up ahead, she got an idea, she flies up into the clouds and runs on them, Paragon flies up and he tried to land on the cloud but fell through it, Solute realized that Paragon cannot land on clouds. She runs to the thundercloud and gets on top of it, Paragon flies towards her and she jumps on it, a lightning strikes Paragon and it stuns him, red electricity appears on him and he explodes.

Solute is blasted off of the cloud and onto the ground from the explosion, Solute sees pieces of Paragon's clothes land on the ground, they were burned, so was his sky blue coat, and his yellow mane and tail, his eyes were on the ground as well. A piece of his body's coat falls on her and Solute feels it, it shocked her, it was latex, Paragon's coat, mane, and tail were fake, this also disturbed her, she heard a noise of a machine powering down, much to her relief.

Solute becomes worried when she hears a machine coming back on,

"Activating alternate power source, alternate power source activated." a female robotic voice said, Solute looks to her left and watches.

Rubble moves around on the ground and Solute sees something standing up, she was horrified at what she saw, it looked like a pony with no mane, but its entire body was silver and metallic, its eyes were entirely red, its white teeth were exposed, and its tail was made from vertebra, Solute realized it was Paragon's true form because she recognized the red horn on his forehead, she also sees that his Pegasus wings were silver and metallic as well. Paragon was starting to walk towards her, he was making a lot mechanical and whirling noises with each move. Fire comes out of his hind hooves and Solute sees that he had rocket thrusters, she knew that rocket thrusters required fuel, and thus, it was limited. Solute flies back to the thundercloud and jumps on it, nothing came out, she realized it was out, so she flew back down. Solute got another idea, she was going to fly around until his rocket thrusters ran out of fuel,

"Wonderbolt training, don't fail me now." Solute said to herself, and she flew into the sky, Paragon chased her.

Solute flies around and Paragon shoots more red plasma beams out of his horn at Solute, she flew to her right side and then to her left while doing several aileron rolls to dodge the beams, she hears the horn charging up and it shoots out the big red beam, Solute flew over it and to the right to dodge it, it did not destroy anything this time. Two red small versions of the big red beam are shot at Solute, she dodges them by flying under them, she looks back and sees Paragon's front legs have changed into plasma cannons, they were red on the inside, and black around it. Solute thinks for a minute and wonders if his blasts and beams from his horn and front legs came from the same power source, she hoped it did, because she knew that a machine's capacity is limited with nopony or nothing to help refuel them. Paragon's rocket thrusters run out of fuel and stop working, Solute looks and smiled, but Paragon's Pegasus wings change, his feathers fold in and the ends of the wings open up, fire comes out and Solute becomes shocked, Paragon's wings have just changed into a jetpack.

Solute keeps flying and Paragon shoots two long red laser beams from his eyes, they missed Solute, she does a loop-the-loop while flying in hopes that Paragon will follow her and waste fuel, she realizes that he has lost her, Solute flies behind Paragon and turns around, she starts to fly away. Paragon looks around slowly and does not see Solute, he turns around and sees Solute flying away, he goes after her.

Solute flies up into the clouds and looks for her home, she was wondering how lightning will work against the endoskeleton since it destroyed the fake coat, she looks forward and sees her home, she begins flying to it and was still in the woods. She hears Paragon behind her and looks back, his eyes start changing colors in rapid succession again and Solute grunted, she looked forward and tried to ignore the lights, she leans to her left side and goes into a gap between two tree branches, Paragon did as well, Solute flies up and goes between the next gap, so did Paragon, Solute goes down and to her right, she leans to her left side again and goes through another gap, Paragon did so easily as well, Solute sees no gap up ahead and flies above the next branches, so did Paragon. Solute hears something behind her going on and off, she looks and sees the jetpack was turning on and off, she realizes that it was out of fuel, the jetpack stops working and Paragon begins to fall, his jetpack reverts back to his regular wings and he flies normally, Solute was hoping that Paragon's weight will make him slow, but it did not, he flew faster than the average Pegasus, much to her horror, but she kept flying.

Solute tries to think of ways to take Paragon out, she flies down to where all the plants were, she sees vines with thorns in them up ahead, she flies up when Paragon was near her, he got caught in the vines before he could fly up, Solute watches him to see if he has given up. Paragon pulls his front legs inwards and he rips the entire vines out of the cliffs they were growing out of, he flies up and rips the vines on his hind legs out of the cliff walls as well, he destroyed part of the cliff in the process, Solute was shocked, she flies forward and sees a pile of rocks to her left, she flies to it. Paragon's front left hoof changes to the plasma cannon and he fires, Solute heard it and flew to her right and dodged it, he hit the pile of rocks and they begin to fall, Paragon was buried under a pile of rocks. Solute stopped flying and turned around, she did not see Paragon anywhere, but a few seconds later, Paragon jumped out of the pile of rocks unharmed, much to Solute's shock, she keeps flying and sees a lot of trees up ahead.

Paragon jumps to the nearest tree and wraps his tail around it, he spins around the tree once and releases his tail, doing a backflip in midair, he was higher than Solute now, he aims his hind legs at her and hits her on her right wing and a cracking sound was heard, sounded like somepony breaking wooden boards by stomping on them, she screams as she falls.

Solute lands on the ground hard and screams in pain, Paragon stays on her wing and wraps his front left leg around her neck to knock her out, Solute lifts her front right leg up and hits Paragon in the face, it disoriented him a little, and he stumbled off of her wing, Solute gets up and runs.

Solute runs through the woods and tries to head home, her wing was completely broken, she could not move it at all or even fold it, she was in great pain, but her adrenaline numbed the pain, she tries to run home but decided that she should stay and make Paragon waste his energy for his plasma shots until he ran out.

Solute hides and waits for Paragon to come, she picks up a rock with her front hooves and throws it away, Paragon hears it and begins firing red lasers from his horn and eyes around the area to make the objects fall. Solute sneaks around Paragon and looks for another rock, she saw one, she picks it up and throws it at a nearby tree, Paragon looks and he changes his front hooves into plasma cannons, he shoots out two red beams, one from each cannon, and an even bigger one from his horn, he destroys the trees around the area and does not see Solute, so he walks over to go check. Solute keeps hiding and looks for something else to throw, she saw a stick, she picks it up and throws it, it lands onto the grass, Paragon did not hear it, so she looks for something else, she sees another stick, but she decides to try something else, she breaks it, Paragon hears the crack and starts shooting lasers from his horn at where he heard it, Solute ducked and dodged the attacks.

Paragon walks over to check and sees Solute, she quickly runs and Paragon chases her, he was catching up to her easily, Solute was shocked to see that he ran a lot faster than the average earth pony, Solute keeps running and was getting tired, she soon saw a body of water up ahead,

"Wait, metal, water, that's it, rust." Solute said to herself, and she goes into the water.

Solute swims around and goes to the other side, red lasers were shot at her and she looks back, she saw Paragon swimming towards her, Solute was horrified because even though Paragon was metallic, the water had no effect on him, Solute goes up to the surface for air and comes out of the water, she runs forward and Paragon soon comes out, he shoots more lasers from his horn and eyes at her, Solute dodged each one, Paragon fired again, and Solute hid behind the trees, the lasers hit them instead, Solute keeps running, he fires a big red blast and two smaller blasts from his plasma cannons, Solute got down and it missed her, she got back up after they were gone. Solute hears a sound that sounded like something powering down, she looks and sees Paragon's horn was not lit anymore, it was just dark red, his plasma cannons no longer had red on it anymore either, so he decides to try to fire laser beams from his eyes, only red sparks came out, Solute realized that he was out of power, she sighs in relief and keeps running, Paragon chases her.

Solute continues heading to her home and Paragon chases her, he flies up and opens his mouth, the flamethrower in his mouth comes out and he shoots the fire in front of Solute to block her path, she jumped over it because the fire was low, she also used her left wing to give her a boost by flapping it. Solute keeps running and Paragon shoots more fire in front of her, she jumped over it as well. Paragon got an idea and shoots fire onto the trees, the branches begin to fall and Solute moved around them to dodge them, she was scared as well, Paragon continues using the flamethrower in his mouth to burn things down and block Solute's path, the flamethrower stopped working after two more uses, Solute sees he was out of fuel, much to her surprise, it had a lot less fuel than she thought, but she keeps running and goes forward.

A trio of unicorns were practicing their magic while deflecting them off of mirrors to hit their targets, Solute runs past them, she did not notice them, they continue shooting their magic and their blasts deflect off of mirrors and start going behind them, Solute hears the zaps and looks back, she sees the unicorn magic in midair going near Paragon, but the force field reappears and deflects them, Solute realized that the force field was still on, but she keeps running.

Paragon sees trees up ahead and jumps, he almost landed on a tree branch, he kicks a tree with his hind left hoof, the top half of the tree broke off, it flies near Solute and she dodged it, she climbs over it and keeps running, she was shocked that Paragon was this strong, he jumps to the next tree to his right and kicks it with his hind right hoof, the top half of it broke again, it lands in front of Solute, she climbed over it, Paragon flew down and grabbed the bottom of the nearest tree and ripped the entire tree out of the ground, Solute heard the noises and looked back, she was horrified at what she saw, and runs faster, Paragon jumps into the air and throws the tree.

The tree lands right onto the joint of Solute's front right leg, she screamed in pain when she heard the cracking sound of her leg, Paragon flies to her and goes on top of her, Solute got an idea, she moved her head to her leg, Paragon tries to hit her in the head with his front right hoof, but she moved back at the last second and he broke the tree, the area right above Solute's leg. She takes it out and she hits Paragon in the face with her front left hoof, which disoriented him, Solute climbs over the tree with trouble and crawls away while Paragon was stunned.

Solute crawls away and tries to head home, she hears Paragon coming and decided to hide under a rock, Paragon appears and looks for her, Solute stays silent and was waiting for Paragon to give up. Solute feels uncomfortable and clutches her groin with her front left hoof,

"No, not now." Solute whispered, as she tried to hold her bladder, but she could not, and wetted herself.

Paragon hears Solute urinating and goes to go check, Solute quickly crawls back and tries to head away, Paragon sees her and runs to her, he wraps his front hooves around her neck and Solute leans her head back and hits him in the face, it disoriented him and she crawls away again.

Solute continues to head home and sees she was close by as she recognized the area she was in now, she keeps crawling to her home and her leg was no longer in pain, she gets up and limps forward, she decides to start hopping and was getting close to her home. She hears Paragon coming and decided to go hide, she hid behind a tree in hopes that Paragon will pass, but his footsteps go away for a while,

"Solute, where are you?" Solute heard Solubility ask,

"Daddy?" Solute asked with surprise,

"Solute, we're back, tell us where you're at." Solute heard Solvent say, Solute becomes happy,

"Mommy, daddy, I'm over here." Solute said happily, she waits for them. Solute continues to wait but Paragon tackles her onto the ground, he begins to choke her,

"Mommy, daddy, I need help." Solute said while wheezing,

"Don't worry, daddy's here." Paragon said with Solubility's voice, Solute was horrified,

"It's okay, mommy's here too." Paragon said with Solvent's voice, Solute was horrified again, she realized that Paragon can mimic other voices, she punches him in the face with her front left hoof and disoriented him, he let go of her and Solute crawled away.

Solute sees her home up ahead and crawls to it, she keeps going and looks back, Paragon was not following her yet, she keeps crawling and soon saw Paragon was flying around to look for her. Solute arrives at her house and goes into the backyard, she uses the weather seeding machine to change one of the clouds into a thundercloud, she jumps and uses her left wing to give her a boost, she goes onto the cloud above her, she grunts while she climbs onto the top of it. Paragon hears her grunts and he looks, he sees her on a cloud, he begins to fly to her. Solute crawls to her right and gets on top of the thundercloud and sees Paragon coming, he arrives and Solute jumps onto the cloud, lightning comes out and it hits him. Red and yellow electricity appears on Paragon and he was stunned, he was completely paralyzed, his eyes change to the colors red, green, blue, pink, and white in rapid succession, Solute grunts and she looks away and closes her eyes, but she falls off of the cloud in the process, onto the ground. Paragon falls over onto his left side and his eyes continue changing color while Solute looks away with her eyes closed, she hears the sound of Paragon turning off, she looks and sees Paragon's eyes were now black.

Solute sighs in relief and pants heavily, she checks Paragon and sees he was not going to get up, she also checks to see if he had anymore alternate power sources, she did not see one. She goes into her house and has dinner on her own, which she had trouble making.

Solute eats hay and vegetables for dinner and drinks water, several hours pass and she hears running,

"Solute?" Solubility asked, Solute becomes surprised and heads outside, she goes out and sees Modules, Kinetic, Solubility, Solvent, Graph, and Storage,

"Solute, oh, thank goodness you're okay." Solvent said as she hugged her,

"Where were you six?" Solute asked,

"Newton held us captive in a room, he forced us to watch you, Inertia, and Data go up against Paragon, Doctor Whooves found us and helped us escape, we just finished reopening the portal from there to here, it's closed now." Modules replied, Solute was very relieved,

"Go ahead and rest, Solute, we'll go look for Data and Inertia, we'll treat your wounds when we come back." Storage said, and she and Graph fly by using telekinesis, Graph's aura was green while Storage's aura was orange, Solubility and Solvent fly as well, they carry Modules and Kinetic, the six left and go look for Inertia and Data.

The three were rested at night after their parents came back, they put bandages on Solute's right wing, every bone in it was broken, and a cast on her front right leg, her knee joint was broken, Inertia and Data groan and wake up,

"Mother? Father?" Inertia asked,

"Mom? Dad?" Data asked,

"Yes, it's us, sorry we didn't help, Paragon threw us into the portal and we were held captive by Newton, everything's fine now." Kinetic replied,

"Where's Paragon?" Inertia asked,

"I hit him with the thundercloud, he's completely powered down, he was a robot underneath his pony disguise." Solute replied,

"I see, good job, Solute." Data said, Solute smiled,

"We already made arrangements for you three to see Doctor Whooves seven days from now, you three will be going to Ponyville, in the meantime, we'll be here, we're going to examine Paragon and study him." Graph said, the three become relieved and they all go home and went to sleep, even though Inertia and Data stayed up late.



Inertia, Solute, and Data stood across from Doctor Whooves while he sat,

"Where is Paragon now?" Doctor Whooves asked,

"Our parents are still studying him." Inertia replied,

"Well, that is all the time I have today, so pay up now." Doctor Whooves said, the three groaned in disappointment,

"Can you make it free for us? Please, doctor?" Solute asked,

"Sorry, but this is a job, and I require payment, ten bits, from each of you." Doctor Whooves said, they groan in disappointment and pay him,

"Wait, what happened to Geo and Witchcraft?" Doctor Whooves asked,

"They recovered, they're still in the hospital, though." Data replied,

"I've also heard about the aftermath, Inertia and Data were given sympathy and support from the others, while Solute got nothing because the other ponies at school and in town don't like her." Doctor Whooves said, Inertia and Data nodded while Solute groaned in disappointment,

"Doctor Whooves." they heard Kinetic say, the four become surprised and head outside.

The four look and see Inertia's, Solute's, and Data's parents coming over to them,

"We actually need your help, doctor, we can't study Paragon's programming thoroughly." Modules said,

"Hang on." Doctor Whooves replied, and he goes in his house, he comes out with some kind of scanning bed, Paragon is put onto it with scanners attached to his head, he was very heavy, all ten ponies had to work together to lift him up,

"Look, Paragon is a pseudonym, his real name is APM-1." Solvent said,

"APM?" Data asked,

"Alicorn Project Model." Storage replied, shocking the others,

"Hey, wait, let me see that." Twilight Sparkle said as she ran to them, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Cadence went with her,

"Wait, is that you, Solute?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Yes, Rainbow Dash, it's me." Solute replied,

"You know her, Rainbow Dash?" Rarity asked,

"Yeah, she used to be a Wonderbolt." Rainbow Dash replied,

"Yay! A new friend!" Pinkie Pie said,

"Where did this come from?" Princess Luna asked,

"A portal we opened to Equestria's future, this thing came through." Kinetic replied, they continue analyzing it,

"No wonder why, it was programmed not to take lives, it was also commanded by Newton capture Inertia, Data, and Solute as revenge." Graph said,

"Wait, revenge? Mom, dad, what's going on?" Data asked, the six parents look down, so did Doctor Whooves,

"You three see, when we were in college with Newton, he had a son from a failed marriage, it was his one thing that brought him comfort during that time of his life, since he always wanted to win the science experiments, but he was always second place behind us, but one day, he created a portal that allowed ponies to go into the past or future, he was certain he would win, but we didn't want to lose our first place, so we did a prank, one day, Newton's son came over to see him, and when he entered Newton's dorm, us six dropped a piano on him, it immobilized him, Newton desperately tried to heal his son, he tried to give him robotic parts to make him move again, but his body rejected them, he got infected, and he lost his life, the reason why he sent Paragon after you three was so that he can kidnap you three, take you to the future of Equestria, and erase your memories and brainwash you three into thinking Newton was your father, and he was going to send you three to attack us." Solubility explained, shocking the three daughters, princesses, the bearers of the elements of harmony, Starlight Glimmer, and Spike,

"I see, so it was a prank-gone-wrong." Solute said,

"No, it didn't go wrong, we did it on purpose, and during that time we took Newton's lab notes." Modules said,

"Wait, you mean, that portal...?" Inertia asked,

"Yes, that was Newton's creation, we stole it, and we regret it now, but don't be mad at Doctor Whooves, he had no part in the incident." Modules replied,

"I still can't believe it, though, a robotic alicorn." Princess Celestia said,

"I don't understand, how did something like this slip under our noses?" Princess Luna asked,

"One thing I can't believe is that there are many machines ponies in Equestria in the future, and I'm the one who created them." Doctor Whooves replied, shocking the others,

"Wait, Doctor Whooves, why did you create them?" Cadence asked,

"Many years from now, Tirek will return, and he will absorb magic from everycreature, not just the ponies, changelings, hippogriffs, griffins, dragons, yaks, Tirek absorbed all of their magic, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and Princess Twilight will transfer their magic to Princess Flurry Heart, she will battle him, but Tirek's new powers were too much and Flurry Heart lost her life, the five bearers of the elements of harmony tried to fight him as well, they lost their lives too, so did the other four princesses, all of your friends will try to fight him too, they also lost, also during that time, Princess Twilight asked Sunset Shimmer to come over and help, but she lost too, and after absorbing all of the magic in this world, Tirek absorbed and destroyed Discord, with no hope left, I created robots known as machine ponies to combat Tirek, they destroyed him since I managed to create anti-magic technology, but when Tirek was destroyed, the magic did not return, and thus, mechanical creatures replaced the organic ones and ran the land while the organic creatures advised them and took care of the mechanical creatures when they needed cleaning or had to be refueled, while they all live in peace, some are being created for warfare purposes, like this one." Doctor Whooves explained, shocking the six bearers of the elements of harmony, the princesses, Starlight Glimmer, and Spike,

"Don't worry, if Tirek does return, we'll be ready, and we'll make sure something like that doesn't happen." Princess Celestia said,

"So, what can this thing do?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"It's stronger and more durable than an earth pony, it has more stamina and can run faster than one too." Inertia said,

"Oh, come on now, how bad can it be?" Applejack asked, and she kicks it in the chest with her hind legs, she presses her teeth together from the pain,

"Oh, never mind, that didn't even put a mark on it." Applejack said as she limped forward, Twilight Sparkle was shocked,

"It also flies faster than a regular Pegasus." Solute said,

"What?! This thing flies as fast as me?!" Rainbow Dash asked in horror,

"No, not that fast, but it's a lot faster than the average Pegasus." Solute replied, Rainbow Dash was still shocked,

"Also, don't use unicorn magic, it doesn't work." Data said, this shocked the others,

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, what do you mean unicorn magic doesn't work?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"It's got a force field on it that deflects any type of magic shot at it, unicorn magic is completely ineffective against it." Data replied,

"Wait, no unicorn magic, there must be a spell that works." Rarity said,

"Well, any spell directed at it will not work, even if its hit by mistake, the force field will deflect it." Storage replied,

"How was that created?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"It was crafted from some kind of anti-magic rock, Newton modified it so it can be worn." Modules replied,

"How strong is this pony physically?" Fluttershy asked,

"It can rip entire trees out of the ground, and one hit from it was able to bury somepony halfway into the ground." Data replied, shocking the others,

"How about endurance?" Applejack asked,

"I made a pile of rocks fall onto him, it did nothing." Solute replied, the princesses were shocked by this,

"That's not all, it also came equipped with weapons." Inertia said, making the others uncomfortable,

"Weapons?" Pinkie Pie asked, the three daughters nod,

"What were they?" Princess Celestia asked,

"It was able to shoot lasers and plasma beams out of its horn, eyes, and front hooves, the lasers are shot as fast as a machinegun." Solute replied,

"What else?" Princess Luna asked,

"It also had a flamethrower in its mouth." Data replied,

"Its eyes had some kind of strange weapon in it as well, it made its eyes change color in rapid succession, it disorients whoever looks at it." Inertia said, making the others uncomfortable,

"One more thing, it also had rocket thrusters in its hind hooves to make it fly faster, and its wings can change into a jetpack, which makes it fly faster as well." Solute said,

"Are there anymore?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"This thing also came through the portal with a fake mane, tail, and coat, he had clothes on too, so it looked like a regular pony, and one last thing, it can also mimic other people's voices, male and female. Another thing it has is an alternate power source, so you have to take it down twice to put it down permanently." Solute replied, shocking the other ponies,

"Does it have any weaknesses?" Cadence asked,

"Yes, its power core is in its head, any hit to the head will disorient it for sometime, but doesn't do any actual damage to it, it still hurts to hit it in the head too, though." Modules replied,

"The plasma shots and fire for its jetpack, rocket thrusters, and flamethrower come from the same power sources inside its body, its limited, so it can run out." Solvent said,

"Lastly, and the most effective, lightning, it will fry its systems, the alternate power source is guarded by a lightning resistant covering, the covering opens up and removes itself when the primary power source is fried so it can power the pony." Storage said,

"Yes, we do have a way to fight it after all." Rainbow Dash said,

"One more thing, it can't go onto clouds." Solute replied,

"Alright, that makes it easier." Rainbow Dash said,

"Yes, it does for Pegasi and alicorns, but what about the rest of the creatures?" Applejack asked,

"I mean, it's made from metal, shouldn't it rust in water?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"I tried that, it didn't work." Solute replied, this shocked the others,

"Well, if you guys are done, give it to me, I'd like to study it too." Twilight Sparkle said, shocking the three daughters,

"Don't worry, I'm a student of science, too, I have knowledge and experience in things like this." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Okay, but be careful." Storage said,

"Don't worry, I'll be watching her, I want to learn about this thing too." Princess Celestia said,

"I'm still nervous, though, this is only the first model, it's basically a prototype, Newton is going to try to make an improved version of it that has no weaknesses, and can fly as fast as Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust combined, so if another one does come, it's going to be stronger than the last one, and when he thinks its perfect, he's going to mass-produce it for warfare." Kinetic replied,

"We will prepare for it, we'll make sure to have several security precautions if this does happen again." Princess Luna said,

"Yes, please have fate in us, we'll be going now." Princess Cadence said, and they leave with the robot.

The three daughters, their parents, and Doctor Whooves just stand there and watch,

"If you three want to, you can move here instead." Modules said, they agreed,

"Okay, we'll get things ready for it." Storage said,

"Remember, my door is always open." Doctor Whooves said, the three smiled.

Several days pass and Inertia, Solute, and Data lived in Ponyville now, Geo and Witchcraft wrote letters to Inertia and Data, the three daughters transferred to the School of Friendship, which they enjoyed.

Solute went to go speak to Rainbow Dash in private and told her about the Mare Do Well incident she saw when Paragon ripped its head off, which caused Rainbow Dash to burst into laughter. The three daughters live in Ponyville and continue doing science experiments with Twilight Sparkle and Doctor Whooves helping them.