{James’ POV}
I can’t believe this, first I find out that the Elements of Harmony are Primus’s kids, second I’ve been summoned to a world where everything seems a little... bigger? Even the grass was bigger, to where it goes right up to my knees. This is weird. I thought before I heard a voice say, “Okay, this actually makes me feel better.”
“Who is-” I turned around to see a robot, THAT’S THE SIZE OF A JAEGER FROM PACIFIC RIM!!! “SWEET MOTHER OF THE ALLSPARK!!! Who the heck are you?!” I shouted, in response, the massive construct seemed to go into thought.
“Hmm… you know, I’ve figured everything out except for my name,” he replies. “I’d say… just refer to me as Delta-12, first of the Cybran-Equestria Battalion. To be honest, you arriving at this size has answered a lot of questions for me, and you may not see my face right now, but I have the biggest grin… this is just hilarious.”
“Oh really?” I snapped my fingers and became taller than him by 10 feet, “You were saying?”
In response he seemed to just stare. “You know, that’s not very fair, man. I’ve been rather upset already about how the ponies here stand around the same height as my ACU, I don’t need someone with Chaos Magic making me feel even smaller.” after stating that, a small hatch opened up at the top of his head. Upon it opening a human climbed out and stood there, in this world he was about the size of an ant.
I stood there just watching, then burst out laughing, “HAHAHAHAHA!!! That is rich! A human the size of an ant! Oh man I’m sorry it is not funny! I’m trying to stop! HAHAHAHHAHAHA!”
I could see him scowl. “I’m not a human! I’m a symbiont!”
“Wait what? You look like a human though.”
“A Symbiont is something that was human, if you took time to notice the cybernetics, my existence comes from the merging of a human brain and an artificial intelligence.”
“Oh, that kinda makes sense, kinda like a cyborg, I get it.”
“Not really we’re considered a whole new race, I’m not gonna go into it but there’s a lot of bad stuff that my people had to go through because of humans.” he hopped back into the mech. “Anyways, I didn’t exactly intend to drag you here, I kinda got miffed at this autobot medal smacking into my face and I just ranted at it.”
“Oh really, well you just want to hang out and talk?”
“I would but I kinda broke out of hospital after faking that I was frail, weak, and that a Rainbow-maned mare knocked me into a coma, all for the sake of not being seen as a demon from Tartarus.”
“Oi, stinking Rainbow Crash, she attempted to hit me, you know what happened, she broke her hooves and had a serious case of bleeding, second time minor bleeding,”
“Funny considering she shook off crashing into the side of a mountain at top-speed, but in all seriousness, it was a smart move, she thought I was a danger, so I made myself to be severely weak and close to death… I mean if I was in your position I would’ve used my chaos powers to have my entire chest break apart on impact, I know it’s a hit to your pride to show weakness, but if their xenophobia’s going to get in the way of that, then showing weakness might have caused them to reconsider you as something less that a threat.”
“Yeah, but enough of that need help getting away? Because I can give you a lift,” I said, transforming into my vehicle mode, it was about 2 feet taller than him, he nodded and climbed atop.
“Yeah, head to these coordinates, and try not to run over any of the destroyed structures in the area.” He transmitted a map to me with a marker showing the destination deep in the Everfree.
“Will do,” I drove away from the hospital and towards the Everfree, “By the way, who are you cosplaying as?”
“Some guy called Sid Roc sent me a magic ACU costume, sending me to a super-sized pony world as a Cybran Commander in an ACU, you ever heard of the game Supreme Commander?”
“Can’t say that I have, what can you do?”
“My left arm holds a Fabricator, which allows me to construct structures directly onto the battlefield, the ACU is designed around being able to set up a base and construct an army anywhere at any time, thus the acronym ‘Armoured Command Unit’... this thing also has a nuclear reactor powering it.”
“Really?! If that thing got damaged wouldn’t you kill everything if it blew up?!”
“Well in the games, the mission boils down to destroying an ACU, and as such, you get to see a lot of very big explosions, though unlike a normal nuclear reactor, it does not cause any fallout and has a limited explosion radius that you can get away from… unless you’re the pilot, of course. Though really the reactor core is so well protected, it’s hard for something to cause a rupture, and the self-repair systems ensure it stays that way.”
“Phew, I was worried there, if we got hit by something and that thing got damaged, goodbye life, hello lady death. By the way, you said the fabricator can make an army?” I asked, thinking of something good.
“Not exactly, I can make a base with factories and resource structures, but I can’t build the army in an instant, also if you can find an alternative to my reactor, I’d appreciate it, so that when I do face something I don’t go boom, know what I’m sayin’?”
“Yes, well I was thinking if you did make an army, make an army of dragon sized Godzillas, that way no evil can hurt the innocent, also can you make a bunch of different ACUs? And I know a way to solve the nuclear reactor as an energy source.”
“I have actual limits, and I have something far better than those units, why would you need ACUs? And what solution?”
“Dang, reason why is because I’m king of the Crystal Empire, and a king’s got to protect his people, also the solution is me giving some energy from the Matrix, and make a new power core, which can probably give you an unlimited amount of power,” I noticed something in the corner of where ever my eyes are, but thought nothing of it.
“Sounds like a great idea! Now, I can’t give you ACUs but once I finish up this base, I can give you a horde of tech 3 engineers to build you a full Cybran installation.”
“Cybran installation?”
“As in a base of operations with which to build Cybran units, and with tech 3 engineers and enough resources, you’ll be able to get some of the high-end experimentals.”
“Cool so basically-GAAAAAAGH!” I was interrupted by a magic shot to the side, a strong one too, managed to tip me over. I transformed, and looked to see the Main 6, looking at me and Delta, with looks of surprise, and hatred, well the hatred was from Twilight.
“OW! What are you doing! You could’ve killed us!!” Delta said in shock and anger.
“I wasn’t trying to kill you, I was trying to stop you, monster!” she was about to fire another blast, when she heard coughing,
“Ow, that hurt,” I said getting up, showing how beat up and damaged I was, thank you Chaos magic, “Why would you do that, we’re not monsters, we just want a new place to call home,” Twilight looked at us in fear and uncertainty, “We meant no h-harm, we just wanted a new hooooommee,” I fell on my back and I faked passing out, hearing Delta shouting.
“YOU! You call us monsters? When I limped to your town to find help! And now you attack my friend?! I was right to actually flee the hospital when I could! I only see six monsters here!”
‘Nice work, Delta, giving them the guilt trip,’ I thought and heard Rainbow Dash speak,
“I’m sorry!! I didn’t know!!” I heard her crying, then Delta continued speaking,
“Oh, so you don’t know anything about a creature, so you ATTACK IT?! That makes you out to be worse, well how about some lessons? I am from a race that demanded independence from the Earth Empire, so they activated a program which enslaved half my people! And this guy is the leader of a faction of machine beings fighting tirelessly against a tyrant who not only slaughtered those that wouldn’t serve him, but killed his homeworld! You like that? You like that you attacked isolated and weakened freedom fighters?!”
I could hear the ponies whimper, and sniffle, ‘Okay a bit too much but effective,’ then I felt a spell washing over my body, the wounds I made began to heal, I realised it was a healing spell, I opened my eyes, and saw Twilight heal me, I let out a fake groan, and got up,
“We’re sorry for attacking you, please forgive us.” she said,
“I forgive you, but next time, get to know someone first, if good become friends, if they’re evil, then you shoot them.”
“Yes, don’t be xenophobic, sometimes the unprovoked attack is what makes enemies.”
“We’ll remember that next time,”
“Now that we are on peaceful terms, how about introductions,”
The Main 6 introduced themselves, not that we didn’t already know about them, then it was our turn, “My name is Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots,”
“And I am Delta-12, the first of the Cybran forces on Equestria.”
“Wait, you mean you were going to help defend Equestria?!” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Yes, not only for the Ponies’ sake but so my fellow Symbionts would have a sanctuary far from the warring factions of the UEF and Aeon Illuminate.”
“Whoa, that’s cool!”
“And I was searching for a relic of my world to bring it back online, after I defeated the one who killed it.” the ponies looked at me with sadness, I knew they were about to say how sorry they were about Cybertron, I told them it was alright, I turned to Delta-12, and sent a private ping from my commlink.
Which he accepted.
-Your advice worked like a charm, they thought that shot really damaged me.-
-Of course, say when you get back to your world, I have some other advice.-
-Like what?- wanting to hear what other advice my friend has.
-Give a speech, but with the speech, fall into the character, like really be Optimus Prime, though I’m sure whoever there may have attacked you out of paranoia, Seras tells me your home is at great risk… so it would be better to forgive and befriend, so not only are you seen as the bigger person-metaphorically-but will also ensure powerful allies in the coming battles.-
-Not sure I want to be friends with the princesses, the main 6, except for Fluttershy, allies sure, and how did you know about my world being in danger?-
-Seras has been doing research, apparently people like us always bring trouble with us, even if pre-ordained or we don’t want it, and in such cases they begin to befriend the mane six through this hero’s bond. The ponies are not bad creatures, they’re just misunderstood and scared, they forget that Harmony is not Order, but rather both Order and Chaos, you just need to explain that.-
-Alright, I’ll remember that, speaking of my world, I should probably get back to it.-
-yeah, no problem, while we were talking I got the Mane Six to let us go into the forest alone, you should wait until we’re out of sight to poof away… and also revert to normal size for when you do.-
-You got it, don’t want the Crystal Empire having a very large hole, also don’t forget about the engineers.-
-I’ll send them by quantum gate, though you should hurry, if you stay here too long people in your world might think you got vaporised and attempt bloody vengeance or something.-
-Yeah, Sari made it perfectly clear she was out for blood when I lost my right half of my body.-
-Then seriously hurry, you can kiss any alliances goodbye if your girlfriend ends up killing anypony important!- by that point we were out of earshot and line of sight of the ponies. I snapped my fingers and reverted back to my original size, then thought of something,
“Hey Delta, wouldn’t the engineers be huge in my world?”
“In comparison the Tech 3 Engineer would be big enough for you to sit on without causing any weight-strain.”
“So basically they’re still gonna be big, but that’s alright, also I should have your token in case I need your help.”
“Uuuuum… I don’t have one… hm, I got it!” his fabricator became active and a spike-like object appeared in my hand. “That’s a Quantum Designator Beacon, it’ll be a temporary link to the Quantum Gate Network so you can contact me and allow me to teleport to that location, at least until you build your own Quantum Gate.”
“Thanks, also keep my token ready, I’ll be sure to build that Quantum Gate, good luck on your mission!”
He gave me a salute and marched off into the treeline. Then I felt the familiar tug of the multiverse, then I found myself back in the Empire with everyone looking at me with surprise, and by everyone, I mean both Autobots and the Princesses, and Main 6. “Looks like I got some explaining to do.”