//------------------------------// // VIII-The Fashionista and the Guardian Automata(Rarity and Mettaton) // Story: X! Equestriatale // by Djclarke3 //------------------------------// “Close your eyes. Let the darkness embrace your soul.” X!Gaster said. “You will find a small fragment of light. Give it a form, a texture...any single detail you can think of. Once you are done, release the power of your soul in your hand...and you will have created something.” As X!Gaster was explaining creation with the overwrite button, a butterfly was magically created on the tip of his index finger. “This Is how you use the overwrite button.” He said, looking at Twilight and Frisk as he showed the butterfly to them. “This concludes your guys first lesson.” The butterfly hopped on Frisk’s face and then flew off. The two looked in awe as they were both amazed by the way it was created. “I have created this timeline for you two to explore your powers to its fullest.” X!Gaster got up and walked away from the pony and human. “You guys can do your homework while I’m absent.” “Where are you going?” Frisk asked curiously. He looked up in the sky as he stopped walking. “I need to visit a few places for...some personal research.” He replied. “Alphys will assist you if you two need something. Take your time, and most importantly...have fun.” As a few hours have passed, Twilight and Frisk were both looking over X!Gaster’s notes while listening to Chara and Sunset. “We just need to understand each other.” Chara said. “Everything is better now. We’re finally happy now, don’t you think so?” “That’s why we gotta do our best to make X!Gaster proud.” Sunset stated. “Thanks to him we’re not in hell anymore.” Entry number 0, timeline number 8 Frisk, Twilight and Rarity were both looking happy at their creation, Mettaton. Mettaton looked back at them in confusion. “The X-event has made its first creation.” “Welcome to life, Mettaton! We’re your creators.” Twilight and Frisk said, both introducing themselves. “Hello. My body feels weird.” Mettaton replied. “Yeah, sorry about your body. We don’t know how to create arms and legs at all...Alphys and Rarity are helping us with that, so you’ll be ready in a few hours-“ Mettaton began to interrupt Twilight by chewing on one of the cables attached to him. “Heheh, don’t chew on the cables!” Frisk said, giggling. “I need you to listen carefully.” Mettaton paid his attention back to Frisk and Twilight, while Alphys was taking notes. “X!Gaster has high expectations of us. We’re gonna make a good first impression, okay?” Twilight said happily. “We will show him our creations can be perfect the way they are-“ Mettaton then tried to eat Frisk's heart locket, making Alphys turn her attention to the three. “STOP EATING MY HEART LOCKET!” Frisk shouted.  “I thought robots aren’t supposed to have an appetite.” Rarity said curiously. As a few more hours passed, Frisk and Twilight were both going over the designs for Mettaton with Rarity and Alphys. After he was all built and designed, Frisk and Twilight began to do things with Mettaton like teaching him on how to use his plasma saber, doing dramatic poses with their legs sticking out forward, Frisk deciding to draw on Mettaton and put bow ties on his hair while Alphys was getting ready to put in a new battery for the robot, Frisk riding on Mettaton shoulders, all of them in a group hug while wearing cat ears on their heads, and giving them a heart locket which Mettaton tried to eat as well. As the next day came, X!Gaster was standing in the middle of the field looking confused on what he was seeing. “...Mettaton?” X!Gaster questioned. Frisk was sitting on Mettaton’s left shoulder, looking happy along with Twilight and Rarity. “Yes! We used some of the data compilation. He likes to dance, eat all the time...Oh! And his saber can cut anything!” Twilight explained. Mettaton then pulled out his weapon and a light purple beam came out. X!Gaster was even more confused about why their robot had something like that in the first place. “A weapon...why?” He asked. Frisk and Twilight smiled at X!Gaster while Frisk put her hand on Mettaton’s head. “Because he’s our friend...and also our guardian!” Frisk answered happily. X!Gaster began to become concerned about what Frisk said. “Why would you need a Guardian?” He asked suspiciously. “I…don’t know... I just thought it would be cool.” Frisk replied worried. X!Gaster looked at the group concerned for a moment, and then closed his eyes as he came to a conclusion. Frisk, Twilight, Mettaton and Rarity were all curious about what X!Gaster had to say. “Not bad for your guys first attempt, experiments.” X!Gaster said proudly. Twilight, Frisk and Rarity smiled at each other at their first successful attempt to impress X!Gaster. “Now destroy him.” All of their eyes were widened in shock after they heard what X!Gaster said to them. The human and pony looked at him walking away, as if he was crazy or didn’t care. “Wh-what? But you just said that-“ He stopped and put his hand up to silence the two while glaring at him. “I tolerate your foolish idea. Your creation...is hideous.” He said coldly. “I’m the one in charge. I decide what is useful and what is not. Someday you can keep your creations once your training is completed.” Frisk and Twilight were both saddened by the fact that they were forced to destroy Mettaton. “W-we don’t understand. What did we do wrong?” Twilight asked herself. “Hurry up. We still have more work to do.” X!Gaster demanded. Frisk and Twilight both hesitated to do it, because it was something that they created together with Rarity. It was then that the two were both about to break, both physically and emotionally. “If you two can’t do it, then I will.” He replied, while summoning a spike from his hand. “No, wait!” Frisk cried out, putting her hands on his arm. “Give him a second chance, please! Why does this always have to end up like this!?” “Welcome to lesson number two.” X!Gaster said stern and coldly. “Evolution requires sacrifice.” “SHUT THE FUCK UP.” Twilight and Frisk shouted, while gripping their hair and mane in frustration. “WHY DO YOU BELITTLE OUR EFFORTS!? WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM US!? WE’RE TIRED OF YOU!!!” This outburst caused Mettaton to slice X!Gaster’s arm off vertical, making Frisk and Twilight react a bit. X!Gaster looked at both Mettaton and Rarity to see anger in their eyes. Mettaton then began to slash his saber upward at X!Gaster. The man dodged the attack and sent a bunch of spikes, impaling and piercing the robot’s body. Using his only hand left, Mettaton Grabbed X!Gaster’s neck and pulled him close to his face. “WE’RE TIRED OF YOUR SHIT.” Mettaton and Rarity shouted, in Twilight and Frisk’s voice. The human and pony were both shocked by the fact that Mettaton was behaving this way in front of them. It made them want to stop this fight, but part of them deep inside actually wanted this to happen. Unfortunately this battle between the two ended, as Mettaton got impaled by a magical spear through the side of his head. Rarity looked in horror to see Alphys summon a possessed Undyne, who threw the spear. “We’re sorry! He wasn’t supposed to attack you…!” Frisk said, freaking out as streams of tears were coming down. “...Your training will be more intense from now on.” X!Gaster said harshly, holding his cut off arm and walking away. “Assistant, clean up this mess.” As Twilight and Frisk were watching him, Alphys came up at the two and angrily glared at them. “You two are going to be a problem.” She said bluntly. Entry number 1, timeline number 8 (Twilight and Frisk were in the middle of the field looking down at their notes, while Alphys and X!Gaster were watching them carefully.) “The X-events tried to rebel against me. It seems I got overconfident thinking I had them under control. Even so, the fact that these experiments can use his own creativity is very interesting.” (X!Gaster looked at his hand at the moment, only to look away from it and look off at the distance. Little did he know that a spider bot was watching him in secret.)