Second Principle:
As long is for the greater good, a hero is free to do as he/she pleases
Crystal Palace, ten minutes to four a.m.:
A shadow agilely moved around the towers of the castle, carefully watching if there was any guard near.
“Come on!” mumbled Flurry Heart.
Finally, one of the pegasus guards appeared. He seemed tired, but happy. The night shift was about to end, and he could go to sleep soon.
He yawned. And, in the middle of his yawn, the young Princess jumped over his back, forcing him to land violently. About to touch the ground, Flurry Heart casted a silence spell, allowing the two of them to land without alerting the other guards.
Once on the ground, Flurry firmly tied the unconscious pegasus, and sneaked into the deeps of the garden.
She only had a few seconds before another of the patrolling pegasi noticed their partner was missing. And that was Flurry’s principal problem. Thanks to her multiple attempts to escape from her parent’s watching eye, Flurry unwillingly forced the Crystal Guard to become the best in terms of vigilance.
Ironically, any enemy of Equestria who wanted to infiltrate into any Castle, could learn a thing or two from the youngest of alicorns.
Soon, she heard the sound of a heavy cart pulled by four ponies. It was the sanitation services.
“Damn, I’m running out of time!” complained Flurry, as she started flying at only ten inches from the ground.
Her target, the boxes where her parents put all her beloved treasures for sanitation to take away forever. No! Flurry would never allow that.
Finally, after avoiding a couple of earth and air patrols, Flurry reached her goal! The boxes!
She only had a couple of minutes to react. And, she could only carry a couple of boxes with her magic. She had to choose which treasures to take. And which treasures she should sacrifice.
With a sigh, she approached, but she was pushed back by a blue force field.
“NO! NOOO!” cried Flurry, as she began to punch her father’s shield.
But there was no point, not even with her alicorn magic she would ever break her father’s defenses.
“I’m sorry, Flurry Heart.” said her father, appearing behind her.
She turned.
“We did this for your own good.” said Shining Armor. “I’m sorry.”
Flurry cried, she could only watch helplessly how, at the other side of the force field, her mother handed her treasures to the sanitation employees.
Cadence briefly looked at her daughter, and made a small nod.
“This is for your own good.” repeated Shining, as he walked away slowly.
Flurry Heart stood there, crying.
Some soldiers were about to approach to comfort their young highness, but they were dismissed by Cadence and Shining. Flurry had to learn her lesson.
Soon, Flurry Heart ran upstairs to her room, where she cried even louder, and louder.
Finally, when she was sure everypony have fell for the farce, she began to laugh hysterically. It worked! It actually worked!
With a grin, Flurry Heart walked to her closet, and opened the door. Her cousin have just finished adding last touches to her new and improved vault to keep her comics, action figures, cosplays, and such.
It was perfectly hidden behind a fake wall; but even if her parents find out that they threw away empty boxes and she still had her beloved comics; they would never be able to open the vault. Bright’s security system was so powerful, that not even Luna and Celestia could open one of them. Not even combining their powers.
Bright Spark greeted her with a small nod, as he exited the closet.
“So, the only way to access to the vault, is by using this remote.” said Bright, handing the small control to Flurry Heart. “Also, if you low your guard and your folks find out, this is designed to work only for you. If anypony but you tries to operate it, the vault simply won’t open. Also, in case you are forced to open the vault, all you have to do is say ‘Security lock’ and your things would be safe.”
Flurry nodded. “Cool, but what would happen if I want to open the vault after using the security lock?”
“You’ll have to call me, of course.”
Flurry smiled. “Thanks cuz! I owe you two big ones!”
“No worries, it was fun. It’s always a pleasure working with you, Flurry Heart.”
Flurry Heart waved a hoof to her cousin, as he jumped through the window, where his aerial transport was waiting for him.
It was a small motorcycle, with no wheels, with hoof controls perfect for a pony to drive. It reached speeds up to six times the speed of sound; perfect to return to Ponyville in less than five minutes.
Bright entered to his mother’s castle by the main entrance. He could enter through his lab that had a series of secret entrances all over Equestria. But, today his mother was busy with some research; and have locked herself inside her room. It was safe for him enter without being noticed.
Or that’s what he thought. Unfortunately, right when Bright Spark was crossing the door, Twilight was going downstairs for a glass of water.
She stared at Bright for a few seconds, and, sighed. “Hi Bright.”
The colt rolled his eyes. “Hi mom.”
“What time is it?” asked Twilight, too tire to argue.
“Four with six minutes.” answered Bright. “Why?”
“Nothing, let’s have breakfast. Alright?”
Bright half smiled and called:
“Z-Bots, go on!”
The same steel giants that decimated Prince Edgar’s forces came to their creator’s call, and divided their chores. One of them started making coffee, two of them fried a couple of eggs, the others opened their chests exposing they dubbed as fridges, and pulled out the milk and the orange juice.
And, in exactly ten minutes, both mother and son had a perfect breakfast right before them. As perfect as only a machine could make it.
“Bon apetit!” said Bright.
“Thank you.” said Twilight, smiling happily. Having this machines as servants was one of the advantages of having a mad scientist for son.
One of the problems Twilight had on the past, was that she was too demanding in terms of cleaning her castle, and put the things in perfect order. The only one who ever reached the perfection Twilight wanted was Spike. But then, the two of them had that problem that ended up with Spike living with Cadence and Shining at the Crystal Empire.
(And, yes, it was Spike’s influence that made Flurry addicted to comics. But let’s not get into details.)
Anyway, Bright’s machines solved the servitude problem. Being artificial beings, Twilight could demand all she needed from the ‘Z-Bots’, and they would never complain nor demand for a rise.
So, after a calmed breakfast, Twilight finally asked. “So, tell me, are you coming from the Crytsal Empire?”
Bright made a small nod.
“How do you know?”
“I felt a dark energy coming from there. But I thought your cousin would take care of that.”
“Me too. But Flurry called me, saying she couldn’t handle it, so Lumi and I took care of the problem. Too weak, I couldn’t even try my newest weapons.”
Twilight sighed sadly. “Bright, if you continue like this, I’ll have no choice but lock you in a psychiatric hospital.”
Bright frowned. “You mean you’ll try to lock me up, and fail miserably.”
Twilight knew it was true. If the two of them had to fight, Bright was going to win.
“Bright, you know what I mean. You are extremely violent and cruel!”
“Only with those who deserve it.” argued Bright.
Twilight better changed the subject. “Anyway. How did you manage to get there without activating the detection spell Celestia and I put on the two of you?”
Bright then took what looked like a Swiss-army-knife. “With this! It can deceive any detection spell, penetrate magic shields with ease, and releases a smoke-screen in case you’re being chased.”
Twilight raised an eyebrow. “Impressive!”
“The Royal Guards already ordered a bunch of these. The weapon business pays a lot.”
“Did you made it, or Lumi?”
“Lumi. You know my thing is create big powerful machines. Not tiny gadgets. As useful as they end up being.”
Twilight nodded silently. She still remembered the ‘Egg-Shaped-Nightmare’ that Bright created when he was only ten. That was the first and most frightening weapon of mass destruction Twilight have ever seen.
From that day, Bright Spark and Luminositè Belle were under strict surveillance. Not only because their creations were extremely dangerous, but because they were more than willing to try them at every single opportunity. But only in ‘bad guys’, so their actions could be perfectly justified.
Soon enough, villains like Chrysalis, Tirek, Queen Porccina, Crunch the Stone Dog; and, more recently, Prince Edgar, learned to fear them. And stayed as far from Equestria as they could.
“Forget it, I’m not in the mood to argue with you. Just, tell me, what was Flurry up to?”
“I don’t know, her usual superhero goofiness. Something like that.”
“Guess that Cadence and Shining were really pissed off.”
“I know, they tried to confiscate all her comic-related stuff. But I helped, so she keeps all her stuff, but her parents thinks she doesn’t. That’s why I took longer to come back.”
Twilight only shook her head.
“Great! Your father and I will discuss your punishment when he comes back from Canterlot. Now go to your room.”
“Sure thing!”
Crystal Empire:
Flurry was in the library, studying an old book about ancient rituals from the Empire. Specifically, the crowning of a new Princess.
“I’m glad how you’re finally taking it seriously.” said Cadence, approaching.
Flurry Heart glared at her, and Cadence smiled sadly.
“I know you’re still mad. But you’ll thank us one day.”
Flurry grinded her teeth, and she took the book to her room.
Cadence did not push it. She knew her daughter needed some time to forgive her.
And yes, Flurry was mad. But not as mas as Cadence thought, since she still had all her treasures. Now securer than ever.
Once Flurry was inside her room, she headed to her magic mirror. A magic tool that allowed her to communicate with her Ponyville friends. The bunch of geeks that were also the rest of the ‘League of Heroes’, the most generic team of Superheroes ever.
“Hi guys!” called Flurry.
The faces of her friends appeared on the mirror.
“Flurry! What’s up?”
“Yeah, need something?”
“As a matter of fact, I do. I’ve been studying the crowning ritual for a while, and I think I have chosen my title!”
“That’s great news Flurry!”
“So, are we going to celebrate or something?”
Flurry grinned evilly. “Not yet. You see, my parents tried to take my comics from me, and they need a lesson. At first I was willing to listen to me about choosing a better title, but now, I’m going to with the title I originally chose.”
The others’ jaws dropped.
“Are you out of your mind?” repeated Sparkler.
“That’s impossible!” said Light Spectra.
“It isn’t! I’ve been studying the ritual, and all you need to make it official is the blessing of somepony connected to the Crystal Heart, and a few witnesses. Well, I am connected to the heart, so all I need is my own blessing. And witnesses. You know where this is going.”
The others stared at her blankly.
“Are you out of your mind?”
“A little!” said Flurry. “But we can get away with this with ease. All we need, is my cousin’s magic-proof technology. And he already agreed to help me.”
“You two are really crazy. But whatever, it seems interesting enough.” mumbled Sparkler.
“Let’s just be careful!” said Beat Box.