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// A visit from the Young Six 
// Story: The Core 
// by Robert Emerald Fountain 
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Twilight had taken notes of all of the calamities that had occurred, and where they were seen. They were all over the globe, and she did not know what could cause such massive natural disasters. She was working on an announcement to send out to tell everyone to remain calm as long as possible when a knock on the door interrupted her.

"Come", she replied.

"Your majesty, the Young Six are here and would like to see you.", a guard replied.

Twilight led the six to a conference room and gave them the floor.

"Thanks for letting us meet with you on such a short notice. We know that you used to be interested in science and learned that there was a magnetic field wrapped around the world.", said Sandbar.

"Now that field seems to be weakening and on the brink of collapse.", Yona said in a shaky voice. 

"WHAT? HOW?", Twilight yelped in a panic.

"Think of this peach as the planet. The skin is the crust, which is what we live on.", Gallus explained as Ocellus picked up a peach from a basket of fruit and cut it in half.

"The peach's juicy meat, that simulates the mantle, which is thick and gooey like hot tar.", added Silverstream.

"The peach pit in the center is like the core. That part is complicated, because there is an inner and outer core. The inner core is a solid ball of iron. That is surrounded by the outer core, which is molten metal.", said Ocellus.

"How does this figure in to what is going on?", Twilight asked.

The Young Six explained that the magnetic field was created by the outer core spinning in one direction at many miles per hour, which made it the engine that drove the field.

"That is where the problem is, because this "engine" so to speak has stalled. The core of Equus has somehow stopped spinning. This is bad because the magnetic field protects us from solar wind. Solar wind is a lethal combination of radioactive particles and microwaves. When the field collapses completely, the radiation will literally cook Equus.", Ocellus indicated as Yona picked up another peach.

"This peach represents Equus without the magnetic field. This spray can represents the sun.", Smolder explained.

She lit a match and aimed the spray through it. The spray ignited and then fire surrounded the peach. Yona said that what was demonstrated was what would most likely happen to Equus after a full year passed. Twilight asked if there was any way to stop the problem, but everyone said they didn't know. 

"Even if we came up with a way to fix the core, we can't get there.", Ocellus reported sadly.

"Yes, that is true. However, what if you could? Ever since leaving the EEA, Neighsay has been researching how to design a device that can withstand pressure and heat underground. Maybe you ought to pay him a visit.", Twilight suggested.