//------------------------------// // Creation // Story: The powerpuff fillies // by Guillermo //------------------------------// Atomic came to his house after spending the afternoon at Cloud's home, talking to his friends, who preferred not to get the subject of his lost daughters, and he would respect that decision. When he arrived, with the sun hiding, he found that Lyra had not had many problems, even so, he paid her with a very generous bit bag. After making sure that Jojo had gone to sleep, he went to the basement, closing behind him, and down the stairs he went to the closet where he had kept the vial of Chemical X. With the tragic news he had had, the only thing he could Calming him was working. He opened the small door and watched the shelves and the ground full of boxes, but he was only him for what he had gone to look, at least until he saw something out of the corner of his eye that caught his attention. It was a box full of trophies, won in various science contests, the school, a Canterlot scientific fair, among many others. With a weak smile, he picked up the box, and seeing a larger one that contained the ancient projects of him, he also grabbed her in the magic of him and went to the desk in the basement. Step hours observing the prizes and looking for the corresponding work, laughing a little by seeing the things that was invented as a foal, from a more complex aerial vehicle model than the airships, trains that could work with electricity, the latter was one that achieved Carry out with several more scientists, although it was not very common for the expensive and complicated it was to manufacture them. Soon, he saw one who brought him pleasant memories, one who prayed like this: "First prize of the science contest of the equestrian ambulatory fair, Atomic Utonium". He look for the corresponding project, taking a small sphere and a funnel placed on a base, the artificial bacterial hive of him. He smiled at the memory of the amazed judges, who could not believe that a foal would have done something that was considered impossible. Inevitably, the view of his old job and today's experience led him to formulate theories, if he managed to recreate a hive of bacteria, could he recreate the development of a baby pony? Atomic frowned at that, he could not, that was ... unnatural, he could not do it ... but ... the friends of him were debased. They did not deserve so much suffering, they supported him when nobody else did, he should help them, right? But the doubts assaulted him, was it ethical? He would be replacing the daughters of him for others, that he did not even know if they would be real ponies. The memory of Buttercup, Cookie Crumbles and Wing Star destroyed came to mind. No, he could not leave things like that, nature decided that her friends had to undergo a traumatic experience, one that would mark them for life, but he was not willing to be overcome. He had dominated nature with science, he was capable of blowing it at his will, and not even death would stop him. Determined, he removed all the boxes from the desk, leaving only the small project, and went to look for paper and ink. Returning to the workplace of him, he began to create some planes, following himself what he had done towards so many years. The sphere was replaced by three capsules of one meter fifty high and fifty centimeters wide, large enough so that a foal could fit inside, and added a small hatch in the front that would open to be able to insert a hoof and remove what was inside. From the base of the three structures, it drawing six pipes, three would go to three individual tanks and the rest to a huge version of the funnel. After thinking about it for a moment, he decided that he should have one of the artificial intelligences that took care of the simulations, synthesize any substance that was given and controlling storage. Once done, he wrote a letter, one with a recipient in particular. Dear Silver Glass, I need you to send me a team of no more than five ponies engineers, and at least one of them should know how to create an artificial intelligence to automate a project in which I am working, attached a list of materials. Unfortunately, I can not tell you what it consists, it is something ... Personal, but I trust you so that this is taken in the most discreet way possible, I would appreciate Bio-Magic do not know about this. With my sincere thanks, Professor Atomic Utonium. At the end, he left the basement, and he looking for an envelope to be able to send the letter early in the morning. He had spent about a week when Atomic, after returning from a lunch at Bright Mac's house, pretty animated because Jojo had come with him, he saw a group of five ponies at the door of him. Two were earth ponies, two other unicorns and a pegasus, behind them wore a car full of material. The pegasus, who looked like he was in charge, approached by recognizing him, not very difficult because the chimpanzee was on his back. "Professor Utonium?" "That's right, can I help you?" "Silver Glass sends me to help him with his project, he has also asked me to give him this." The pegasus took out from among his feathers an envelope he handed him to Atomic, who opened it and began to read immediately. Dear Professor Utonium, Although I am sorry that I can not reveal that this new project is about, I will be happy to help you. I have taken the liberty of paying a team of my entire confidence that they have promised to keep everything in what they ask for work. Do not worry about your accommodation, I have already reserved rooms at one of the hotels in the city. Good luck with your work, and I'm sure that nobody from Bio-Magic will bother you, carefully, Silver Glass. Atomic smiled at the end of reading, watching the group and nodding, entering his home and indicating the workers who could pass. After leaving Jojo in the kitchen, he opened the basement door and bass, watching how pegasus came down with him to see the workplace. Utonium approached the desk and showed him the plans, that the engineer observed with interest, although he soon knew that he would have to make some new ones for his boys, especially for the strange device that would be connected to the three capsules. "I want the capsules there" Atomic said pointing the wall under the stairs, "with enough space behind them to put the tanks." "So he wants the tanks?" Asked by the pegasus as he grabbed the planes and watched the pointed wall. "Seriviran to fill or empty the capsules, the central device will only be introduced to introduce small things." "I understand" said pegasus, still focused on paper. "I see that it has specified that this device must have an I.A., can I know for what?" "I need it to control that capsule opens, that pipes will be activated, and that it will be introduced in each one." "Okay ... it's something simple, except for the central device ... maybe ... I calculate that in three days you will have it ready." "So little?" ask Atomic genuinely surprised. "Professor Utonium, compared to what we have to do normally, this is nothing." "Well, if you need something or help them with something, let me know." As the pegasus promised, they ended up quickly, and Atomic under the same day in which they went to see the work by itself. The capsules were such where he asked, the tanks that would fill them were behind, and the huge funnel in the center of everything. He approached him, seeing that they had put a panel with several buttons, and according to the brief explanation they gave him, he was able to deduce for each one. There were four green buttons in a row, three of them numbered, and one red at the end, underneath, there were three more, and in turn, under all of them there were three buttons, blue, yellow and black. Surely, he squeezed the green clean. "Capsules 1, 2 and 3 lists" said a monotonous and robotic voice. Satisfied, he pressed the red button. "Capsula 1, 2 and 3 closed" he repeated again, to what atomic tightens the number one button. "Capsula 1 list" after this, he returned to press it again. With that, he tested the one below. "Opening capsule 1." He looked up and saw as a small hatch opened in front of the indicated capsule, which was to the left of him. After pressing the button again, it was closed with the same robotic voice from before. Satisfied, he went to those below, pressing the blue first. "Flling capsules ... Error ... Empty tanks, try later" once he heard, that, he went for yellow. "Emptying capsules ... Embossion ... Empty capsules, try later." Atomic nodded satisfied after checking that everything worked as it should, leaving the black, because that stopped the filling or emptying process. He approached the desk, observing the planes of him and those who had manufactured for work, pushing them away and preparing paper and ink. After having the computer ready, what was missing was to make the list of what he would use for this experiment. It was clear that I could not use water, for a hive of artificial bacteria was fine, but for this ... He needed something else, and the only thing that could come perfectly to this was amniotic fluid, something that was only generated in the uterus of the pregnant mares. Along with this, he would need more than about 300 stem cells, much more, with 1000 for each capsule would be enough. Something fundamental would also be the blood of the friends of him, wives included, was the best method to get the DNA of him, he prayed that he would work as he expected. Finally, he needed the energy to bind it all together, but his magic would not be worth it, no unicorn's would be worth it. He needed something very, very powerful, powerful enough to breathe life. Atomic watched the paper for a while, unable to think about anything. The only thing that occurred to him, was Celestia, and if he asked him, he may send him to the moon as in that foalish story ...His mind clicked, and the unicorn ran out of the basement, making sure to close well, and went to the room he had had small. He still had several books that he enjoyed as a foal, but he was looking for a specific one, and after a small search, he found him, a compendium of foal's stories, and the most popular was that of "The Mare on the Moon", that where Celestia sent his sister to Lunar Astro for a thousand years with the help of six very, very powerful artifacts. He knew it was crazy, that was just a story, but ... did not there exist the castle of the two sisters in the everfree forest? Did not there be a Sister Alicornian who controlled the moon and disappeared in mysterious circumstances? If she turned out to be real, she could use one of them just to be able to extract something from her magic and use it, what better source of power than that of powerful artifacts that banned Nightmare Moon? Despite everything, it was preferable to get the easiest ingredients first, and once so, he would start up to go for the elements. ______________________________________ As every afternoon, he was next to Bright Mac and the others, enjoying the mutual company and drinks. The three were handling their losses quite well, something that atomic was happy, but he knew that, in the end, they suffered terribly. "Seriously," he said deep, a smile crossing his face, "I tell you that I had to face a furious mother with me for putting the son of her the idea that the rugby was not so dangerous." "You will not be joking? I do not know a single pony that think that", Cloud said with a laugh. "How did not?" Bright Mac interrupted with a laugh. "Buttercup practically put the scream in the sky when he learned that Big Mac had tried to get into the team." "Already, but she was not for Hondo" added Cloud. "Believe me, they come to complain is nothing" Atomic said smiling. "I know a Kárate teacher who a mother threatened to denounce him for teaching her daughter something so violent." "I hope that she did not do it at the end" he say deep with a raised eyebrow. "That goes, if I take it to trial and caused a magazine to publish how bad that sport was for foals." "Do not fuck me," Bright Mac said as he gave a sound laugh. "I can not believe that there are such a pony." "There are, luckily, the judge was intelligent and in the end, both the mother and the magazine ended up paying the teacher for attempting against the reputation of him. The funny thing is that in the end, all that only made the dojo of him more popular, now he has a chain of these throughout Manehattan." The three left out laughing while Atomic considered what would be the perfect time to ask for "help" from him. When he saw the time, and knowing that there was little, he decided to say it now. "Listen," he said as he gave a sip of his cider, caught the attention of others, "I'm sorry I ask you for this, but ... Could you laugh at me? You and the girls." "For?" ask Bright Mac with a raised eyebrow. "You see, do you remember the Chemical X? "As not to do so", said Cloud with a small laughter. "When you discovered it, you did not talk about something else in your cards." "Now, I brought me about 20 liters to study some of its effects, we are still in diapers with that. The question is that, if you are so kind, I would like you to give me a small blood sample of the six, to study the effects that I would have in the blood of each poni race, it would not be much, a single road." " Why do you need that of our wives too?" he ask deep with curiosity, and Atomic already had a prepared excuse. " Although you do not believe it, there are differences between the blood of a mare and a stallion" it was a lie, but he needed it to achieve his blood and be able to help them. The three thought it for a while before Hondo spoke, apparently with an idea. "I accept if tomorrow you all come to our house to celebrate a small private party. I am sure that Cookie will love her, she will make the delicious cookies of her." "In that case, I think Buttercup will want to compete with your wife with the cupcakes, believe me, nobody overcomes them" said Bright Mac with a smile, receiving a laughter from Cloud. "As soon as you try my buns filled with cream, you will change my grandmother, it's the recipe of my grandmother" Cloud commented with pride, frowning when he saw the faces of his friends. "What?" "Does the buns are yours?" acknowledged Bright Mac dubious. "Of course they are, what happens? A stallion addicted to extreme sports can not have a calmer hobby?" "I thought that I would be wing, nothing more" said Atomic with sincere confusion, what Cloud gave a laugh. "Wing? She knows how to cook, but in regards to sweets, she leaves me everything to me." "Do you have health insurance?" Bright Mac said, looking at the rest of his friends. "I do not think it's a good idea to try those buns without having it." "Cookie forced me to make me" Hondo comment, followed by Atomic. "Bio-Magic gives us health insurance for working there, so I'm covered." "You are some distrustful bastards of shit" Cloud said with narrowed eyes before the four burst into laughter. The evening had begun facing enough, over the four, and it was already nine o'clock at night. The first thing Atomic did was to pick up the blood from her friends, so I can drink alcohol quietly, and he had her put it in a bag. Jojo had stayed again with Lyra, who was taking something from affection to the sympathetic chimpanzee. "And there I was, about to be a Wonderbolt, playing the position against Soarin- Cloud said with an air of mysticism, "and seeing the humble that he had turned, and that his dream was to enter the team, I did not have The heart of ruining her hopes. After all, I had my own talent and fame in motorized scooter races." "Really?" said Wing Star with a smile, receiving a pleading look from her husband. "I remember it very differently." "Honey, please..." "I remember that soarin was just as good as you..." "I beg..." "And he was the one who helped you with some tests..." "If you love me, do not say it." "But when you faced that machine that should be dizzy and then retake the flight, you starry in a cloud and vomites." The room is full of laughter while Cloud frowned. "You're awful." "And you love me for that" Wing gave a small laugh before approaching and kissing him on the cheek. Cloud was enrolled a little more before starting to laugh next to others. "How is it what are you so good in races on land but not in flight?" said cookie between laughter. "It's very different" answered Cloud, still smiling. "In flight you have to be more attentive to many more things, while in a scooter you just have to worry about knowing how to handle it, have some skill and know how to catch the curves." "That reminds me that I should go see one of your careers" said Atomic with a smile. Before Cloud could respond, the door entrance to the house opened and those present listened to the noise of hoofs approaching. Soon, the daughter of Hondo Flanks and Cookie Crumbles, Rarity Belle appeared, which has already possessed her cutie mark of three gems and had turned 16 about three months ago. "Dad, mom? Are you still raising ...?" the young woman was interrupted when she saw the others presents. "Hello, honey" said Cookie as she approached with a smile. "How about the party with your friend Suri?" "It's been good" said the unicorn with a shrug. "But I'm over boring, I preferred to be here ... I'm going to bed." "Bends in her's house?" Cookie ask deeply with concern. "Some sandwiches, I'm already served" said Rarity, then looking at the rest. "Good evening to all of you, I'm sorry to be so ... discourteous, but I'm tired." "No problems, Rarity" said Buttercup with a small smile. "Have a good night." Rarity gave a small assent before getting away from her, she can hear her hoofs in the distance. Cookie watched the place where she had been before sighing and sitting on her's place, the good humor had disappeared. Atomic was confusing, what he remembered from the young unicorn was a kind mare and that he enjoyed socializing. "It's not for getting me," he said carefully, "but ... Is something wrong? I do not remember it like that." Cookie remained silent, looking down, smiling to deep when she put her hoof on her on her shoulder, being he who spoke. "It's like that since... you know..." It was not necessary to say more, Atomic already knew that he was referring. With that, he saw that what he was going to do would not only help her friends, help her children, at least Rarity, Big Mac and Applejack. That day, when he returned home, he was more determined than ever. The sun shone high in Canterlot when Atomic arrived at the general hospital of the city. There were the best doctors in the kingdom, and all the advances in the sanitary areas began there. The unicorn entered without delay, heading towards the corridors and enrolling in the building. After walking a lot, he reached the area of ​​offices, where the most important doctors and those who directed the complex had their workplaces, but Utonium had one in mind. At the door at the end of the corridor, next to this, there was a desk with a earth pony mare, who watched the newcomer with a raised eyebrow. "Excuse me, but ... can I help you in something? Visitors are not allowed to enter this area." "Tell the Director General that Professor Utonium wants to see him." "No appointment can not ... Wait ... Professor Utonium?" said the mare with open eyes. "The same one who perfected X-ray machines?" Atomic gave a small smile and nodded, to which the mare ran from the desk and opened the door, entering and closing behind him. A few minutes later, she went out again and indicated to the stallion that he could pass. In doing so, he touches himself with a pretty big office, a window to the bottom and several shelves full of books around, with two small armchairs in front of a table with a chessboard. In front of the window was a large desk after which a soft red unicorn was sitting with a golden crient, the cutie mark of him, a hospital. "Atomic, old friend, what can I do for you?" Said him as he smiled and erupted a little in his chair to shake his visitor's hoof, before they both sat down. "I'm fine, Red Bandage, and I see that you too, have progressed a lot these years." "Thanks to you" Bandage said with a huge smile. "If it was not for your recommendation a few years ago, it could not have been what I am now." "You deserved it, I just help ... now, I'm sorry to have to ask you a favor, but..." "Nonsense, I owe you my career, so ask what you want." "In that case, I need you to give me this." Atomic took out a small role from her saddlebags and spread it to the unicorn, that he read carefully before opening his eyes and looking at an unbeliever his friend. "You must be joking, I can achieve 3000 stem cells, but the other ... There is no mare capable of generating both amniotic fluid, not a single pregnancy. You know that you could only collect little at a time." "That's why I trust that the director of, not only this hospital, but the one that organizes all hospitals in the capital can gather that amount. I will not hurry, but I need it, please." "Can I know for shits you need all this?" "It's personal, you don't need to know." Bandage leaned back in his chair, frowning, and Atomic feared he wouldn't make it. In the end, he took a deep breath and spoke. "I warn you, if it is something illegal, my helmet will not shake when I tell the truth." "If I get in trouble, you can say I forced you," he said with a smile, one that Bandage didn't reciprocate. "I hope we don't have to come to that ... Everything will come to you in a week at most." After a week and three days, a huge tank of amniotic fluid arrived along with a small box enchanted with cold that contained a vial with the 3,000 stem cells that he requested. He accompanied the ponies and indicated the tanks that needed to be filled, and as calculated, they were perfectly filled to the top. After this, he fired the workers and focused on his next step, getting some of the magic of The Elementos of Harmony. He prayed they would exist, because if they didn't, the only other option was Princess Celestia, and he suspected she wouldn't take what he was trying to do well. After comparing several old books and maps, along with a current one, he was able to trace a route through the Everfree to the Two Sisters' castle, but still, he would need equipment. He went to a trekking and mountaineering store in Ponyville and set about cataloging his equipment. After half an hour, he returned home with a generous amount of rope, a climbing pick, a hammer to drive a good assortment of nails into the stone, all in case he had to get around a cliff or the like, and, of course, repellents magic capable of driving away predators, although he would have to be careful with timverwolves and manticores, if he got close to them, those repellants would be of no use. The last thing he checked, was that Lyra was available the next day to take care of Jojo, something complicated because he would soon have to return to Canterlot to return to study at Celestia's gifted unicorn school, and make sure that his friends did not come looking for his home, telling them a white lie in which, supposedly, he would go all day to the capital of Equestria to compare notes with a fellow scientist. Atomic was ready and determined, if he fulfilled his goal, he would be one step closer to helping his friends, and by the way, demonstrating that a pony could do things just as well as mother nature. He had left at dawn, but when he finally glimpsed his destination, it was already past noon. In front of him, was the castle of the Two Sisters, and still in ruins, it was so majestic that it dazzled all who observed it. Its tall towers almost seemed to touch the sky, and the huge gates gave the impression that they were made to let giants through. It was accessed via a long wooden suspension bridge that spanned a ravine, and Atomic wondered if he had been to the palace before, or was formed as a defense for it. Entering the gigantic lobby, he decided to have a small lunch, taking out his few provisions, eating quickly before turning away and into the dark corridors and the rooms lit by the windows. He had brought maps made in old history books, but he wasn't sure if they were filed with reality. After quite some time, he came to a huge room, in the center of which was an interesting structure, a huge pedestal, on which was a smaller one that held a large sphere. From the base came five stone plates that supported five other smaller spheres, each one with a kind of engraved stone. There they were, those had to be The Elementos of Harmony, but... they were nothing like what I imagine. Maybe I have to wake them up, he thought, illuminating his horn and covering the spheres, but nothing happened, and after half an hour, he gave up, walking away and searching the rest of the castle. When he finally emerged, disappointed, the sun was already setting behind the mountains, something Atomic didn't realize until he was on the other side of the ravine, watching the sunset with concern. "Maybe... maybe I should sleep inside", he said, shifting his gaze from the forest edge to the castle. Sighing, he went to cross the bridge, praying that Lyra didn't mind staying with Jojo that night, after all, he had commented to her that this could happen. Now that he had explored part of the castle, and although it was still majestic, he was not so drawn to its structure, he looked around the ravine under the bridge, noticing something that he missed when he arrived. In the rock wall, near the precarious bridge, was a stairway carved into the stone that led down to the bottom, and his sharp mind wondered why the hell they were going to put something like that if there was nothing of value down there. Then it occurred to him that the supposed Elements of Harmony that he had found in the palace were an imitation, and he would make sense, why keep something so powerful if they could protect them in a more isolated place? He decided, went down the stairs, sticking as much as possible to the stone wall, and arriving in a short time to the floor of the ravine. He had to light his horn, because there was already little light, the last rays of the sun, and he illuminated as much as possible, approaching the end that was on the esplanade that supported the castle. At first sight, there was nothing strange, except for a stone frame that led... nowhere. Atomic smiled, obviously there was something behind there, protected by some spell, at least in the past, but he wanted to make sure. With his magic, he scoured the rock and pillars around him, searching for some method of protection, but to no avail, making him smile and advance. It was true that Princess Celestia was powerful, but no matter how powerful a protection spell was, if it was not renewed every so often, it began to lose its effectiveness until it disappeared, and almost a thousand years had passed since the castle was abandoned, thus that it was not crazy to think that it would have already disappeared. He put his ear to the wall and took a few taps with his helmet, smiling when he noticed that it was hollow. Pulling apart a bit, he readied his horn and released a powerful beam of energy, at least as powerful as he could make it. The only thing he got was a small hole that he could barely see through, and as he was getting ready to launch another one, it enlarged, creating more and more cracks and dislodging chunks of stone and dust, causing Atomic to seize. quickly move away. When it was all over, I look at what was left, the stone frame had collapsed, a few pieces remained in place. Some debris was at the entrance of what looked like a cave, but it was perfectly okay to pass. Atomic smiled hugely and entered decisively, ready to find the Elements of Harmony, what else would be there if not? But observing what was inside, he stood still, surprised and dumbfounded, what was there were not the objects that he thought they would be. He was in front of a majestic tree made entirely of glass, its branches, devoid of leaves, except for a few lianas, extended into the cave, and its entire structure let out a hypnotic glow and that calmed his mind and spirit. Atomic noticed that, on the trunk, several symbols were engraved, beginning with a waning moon, similar to the representations of the cutie mark of the long-lost princess, on this one, one of Princess Celestia, recognizable even if it was in muted colors and gray, and above these, in the center of the tree and from which the branches came out, a six-pointed star. He didn't recognize his from anywhere, but he seemed important anyway. His sight went to the branches, noticing that in five of them there were gaps, gaps where a small jewel could fit perfectly ... like the Elements of Harmony. The unicorn opened its eyes in amazement, it had gone in search of some powerful artifacts, and instead, it found what seemed to be the source of these objects. "If the elements arose from here ..." he said in a low voice. "So, this is ... the Tree of Harmony." The Tree of Harmony had been a legend even older than the Elements of Harmony, one that dated back to the time of the pony union. Few knew about her, and Atomic only knew because in his work he had encountered many scholars from various fields. If it was true, then he ... he had found a source of magical power far more powerful than the elements. Determined, he pulled from his saddlebags the pick he had used to descend a cliff that he encountered in his path and approached one of the roots, beginning to itch. At the precise moment that he did, the glow from the tree grew brighter, except in the area where the unicorn was working insistently, as if they did not want to alert him. His light grew so powerful that it even illuminated the outside, already dark, for it had long since fallen dark. If there had been somepony near the area or inside the castle, anypony could have seen the intense glow that illuminated the night as if it were day, but Atomic did not notice it. In his mind there was only room for his friends, those who always supported him and made him the pony he was today. He couldn't erase his sadness from his mind, it didn't seem like they were getting over it, something like that was marked forever. For several minutes, he nibbled at the root without stopping, frustrated that it didn't scratch it. The tree glowed brightly once more before all the light went to the same point that was being worked on by the unicorn, blinding and scaring him so much that he jumped back and began to fall into the darkness. The last thing he saw was the Tree of Harmony, reverting to his normal glow, and then everything turned black. When Atomic woke up, he sat on the floor, massaging his head and looking around. He was still in the same place, and the enigmatic tree was still unchanged. When he remembered what had happened, he got up and approached the root that he had been picking, seeing the spike on the ground and, next to it, a rather large piece of glass, surely part of the root. Had he stung enough? Confused, he stared at the place she had worked, his eyes widening. It was clean, there wasn't even a single scratch, it was as if nothing had ever been ripped off. Surprised, he examined in more detail the roots, the branches, the trunk, going around several times, but nothing, it was like new. Now that thing did not convey calmness to him, rather nervousness, especially when he felt that they were watching him. He knew it was stupid, that thing was just a tree, one that created magical artifacts capable of sending an enraged alicorn to the moon, but a tree in the end. And yet, it was the only option he could think of to explain why he had a piece of it without causing a single scratch. Using his magic, he took the pickaxe and the chunk for storage, deciding that he would rather sleep in the castle than there, but as he headed for the exit, he noticed two things. The first was that he had apparently been unconscious all night, and the second was that there was no longer any debris. He went out and looked at the entrance to the cave, being surprised to see that not even the column pieces were there, it was as if there had never been anything to hide the cave. Deciding that he didn't prefer to think about it, he headed back to civilization. He arrived when the sun was already at its highest, making his way leisurely to his house, opening and watching a show something fun to watch. Lyra was running after Jojo, who was holding a book that Atomic did not recognize and assumed that she had brought it from the unicorn. "Jojo, give it back to me or I won't give you bananas for dessert!" The teenager yelled as she chased the chimpanzee. This was the first to notice Atomic, running to his side and climbing on his back, which the unicorn took advantage of to take the book and hand it to Lyra with a smile. " How's it going?" "W... well," the unicorn said, trying to catch her breath as she grabbed the book in her magic. "Last night he fell asleep almost right away. And thank you for allowing me to sleep in her guest room." "No problems," Atomic said as he walked over to a table and took out a bag of bits already prepared from one of the drawers. "Thanks once more for your services." The unicorn gave a huge smile as she grabbed the bag, saying goodbye to Atomic and Jojo, who reached out to stroke her mane before leaving. Leaving the chimp on the ground, he went down to the basement and left hid saddlebags on the desk, going upstairs once more for lunch. He preferred to go to work that night, when the little one was asleep. He had just put Jojo to bed when he nearly ran down the stairs and headed for the basement entrance, pausing for a moment and going into the kitchen to grab a rather large bowl and retrace his steps. He closed the door behind him, although in the rush he was in, he didn't make sure it was locked securely, and went straight to his desk. After taking out the piece of the Tree of Harmony and putting it in the bowl, he began to beat it with the hammer he had in his saddlebag, which, although it was for nails to be driven into rocks, he hoped it would serve to turn it into dust. Unlike with the root, here he did see results, cracking like glass and generating little sparks of rainbow colors. After almost 45 minutes of work, everything turned to dust, putting the hammer aside and grabbing it with the magic of it. With effort, he managed to perform the spell that many of his companions used to turn a simple and simple material into liquid, which made him get a triumphant smile, filling the bowl to the brim and acquiring various colors, looking like a rainbow. . Once like this, he approached the machine, pressing the first buttons. "Filling capsules." Instantly, the hatches in the floor of the three capsules that connected to the tanks opened and let out the amniotic fluid, filling every nook and cranny, just as Atomic calculated. After making sure the hatches were closed, he grabbed a box of magic from it and pressed the next button. "Capsules 1, 2 and 3 ready" upon hearing it, he opened the box and took out the vial with the stem cells and poured it inside. "Introducing genetic material ... stem cells." The machine, aided by the A.I., separated the contents into three exactly equal parts, and Atomic could see the small distortion in the liquid, indicating that they had reached their destination, causing him to prepare the next part. " Capsules 1, 2 and 3 closed ... Capsule 1 ready." He grabbed the trunk where he had stored his friend's blood and pulled out two vials, marked B, for Belle, Hondo's family last name. The others were marked A for Apple and S for Sky, the surname Cloud and Wing gave to her late daughter. He opened both vials and dropped their contents into the funnel, hearing the robotic voice shortly after. "Introducing genetic material ... blood." Seeing how the reddish color entered capsule 1, to the left of him, he prepare the next one where she poured vial A and then let go of the S in capsule 3, to the right of him. When finished, he prepared the three and grabbed the bowl with the piece of the Tree of Harmony made liquid, dropping it into the funnel. "Introducing energy source ... magic." Atomic saw the colorful liquid enter capsule 2 first, then 3, and finally 1, with minimal delay between each, but there it was. He watch as the blood swirled around the magic and a bubble of all possible colors was created, but slowly, each one began to acquire its own. Before he could look further, the noise of a door opening to the right of him alerted him, and the sound of some glass moving frightened him. Turning around, he saw that Jojo was there, he had opened the cupboard, and in his hands he had a flask that he recognized immediately. "JOJO!" Atomic shouted terrified. That was not a vase, book or any of the things he had used to play with, it was something dangerous. The chimpanzee observed his owner running towards him, considering it the beginning of the game, and he threw himself with agility between his legs, escaping from his grasp and heading to the center of the room while shrieking with joy. For the first time in a long time, Atomic did something he never did, he used his magic to grab him, causing Jojo to panic and throw the vial with all his might, going, to the horror of the unicorn, into the funnel. Fear caused him to drop Jojo, who complained in pain, and looked up at his owner, distracted by the noise of glass breaking. Turning around, he saw the flask break, and some of the liquid inside him fell directly into his face, a small part into his eyes, making him scream in agony. Atomic approached concerned, but his attention was drawn by the wreckage, drawing closer. The crystals had been left outside, the work of a spell that prevented solid objects from entering. "Introducing chemical ... Chemical X. " Atomic watched in horror as the black liquid entered the capsules, in the same order as with the piece of the tree. The bubbles, which were already taking on their colors, began to glow brightly, absorbing Chemical X while appearing to have an electrical reaction, forcing Utonium to cover his face. The lightbulb in the basement went out, the three glowing orbs being the only source of light. After a few minutes, everything calmed down, the electricity returned, and the unicorn could see what had happened. The spheres were formed, the one with capsule 1 was pink, followed by a red one and, finally, purple. Atomic watched the result, fearful of the effects of Chemical X, but Jojo's plaintive moans let him know that he didn't have time for it. Placing the chimp on his back, he took one last look at the capsules before leaving. He would see what to do the next day. September 13, 994 of the new era, 1 day after the experiment. Jojo seems stable, I've been with him most of the day, I haven't been shy about abandoning him. At the moment, he doesn't seem to have suffered damage beyond irritation to his eyes, but I have the strangest feeling that they are now more ... intelligent. Anyway, I must not completely rule out that Chemical X has done nothing to him, after all, he is still writhing in pain and can barely move. Tomorrow morning I will review the capsules, now I want to focus on Jojo. September 14, 994 of the new era, 2 days after the experiment. Today ... Jojo has been suffering, much more than yesterday. It seems that his skull is increasing, as if ... as if his brain is getting too big for his head. I am afraid of what may happen to him. Today I have not gone to see the capsules either, I do not dare to leave him alone, beyond going to make him eat. I will continue to write down his evolution in this notebook ... By Celestia, I hadn't done these things for a long time ... September 18, 994 of the new era, 6 days after the experiment. I can't believe what happened ... Jojo's brain has grown ... outside of his skull, about 12 inches. I have been able to see the organ perfectly, pulsing, coming out while breaking the bone, leaving pieces on the ground, and I don't know what to do with them. Interestingly, it is hard and resistant, as if it had been covered with a protective layer, even so, I did not want to risk it. With doubts, I went to a hardware store and bought materials to make an artificial skull, trying to take as little time as possible. I have molded it with stainless steel and coated its interior with rubber. It looks great on he and it doesn't seem to bother he. To all this, I have received a visit from Bright Mac, Hondo Flanks and Cloud Sky, they were worried about me, I assured them that nothing was happening, only that ... Jojo was sick. I managed to stop them insisting. This reminds me that tomorrow I have to look at the capsules, they worry me. Was it a failure? September 19, 994 of the new era, 7 days after the experiment. I made it ... for the Heavenly Meadow ... I made it ... Today, around 12:47, I went to make food for Jojo, who although he seems to be recovering slowly, is still weak, and I thought about going to the basement one second. What I saw down there left me stunned, I spent so much time observing what was there, that when I wanted to realize it, it was already 1:23 PM, I had to make a simple sandwich for Jojo, I hope it does not bother him. Anyway, returning to the topic, the bubbles created now are transparent, they continue with their colors, but you could see what's inside, and... Celestia... it's shocking to see. There are pony fetuses in there, they're still developing, but ... they seem to be in the 6 week phase, and it's only been 7 days. By my calculations they should take as long as a normal colt, maybe I was wrong ... or maybe ... Chemical X has something to do with it. I have to be more attentive to its development. By the way, it seems that fetuses have developed an umbilical cord that connects to their bubble, which in turn has contact with its environment. That means that I will have to feed them, I will have to get nutrients in liquid form, it will not be complicated, there are pharmacies where I can get them in powder, I will be able to use my magic to turn them into liquid. September 23, 994 of the new era, one week and four days after the experiment. Jojo ... has escaped ... It was during the night, or while he was watching the fetuses, I don't know ... I wrote to Silver Glass immediately and sent several police patrols. I don't know what I would do without that pony, sometimes he thinks better of things than I do. My friends have come to visit me to encourage me, and I have had to accept. It has been a tense and exhausting exercise, to think that at any moment any of them could go down to the basement to see the place where we played as foals and see... that... I think it was my fault, I have been so focused on the fetuses that I have neglected them a bit, so much that I forgot several times to feed them. That's something that usually happens when I get involved in my work, that's why I hired caregivers... but this time... I didn't want anypony around. I should have paid more attention to him, and not just because he deserved it, but because of the effect Chemical X seems to have had on him. His intelligence had seemed to increase, it was almost as if now he understood me perfectly, and in the last moments we spent together, I saw him eat with cutlery himself. If he hadn't been so engrossed with fetuses ... September 24, 994 of the new era, one week and 5 days after the experiment. The police are still looking for Jojo, I can't do more so I have refocused on the fetuses. They appear to have evolved to a state that appears to be from week 12 of the gestation phase of a normal foal. They are definitely developing faster. Now I can see how the fetus in capsule 1 is developing its horn, while that in 3 has already started with its wings ... and they worry me. I am not a doctor, but in my youth I was interested in how they managed to fly so I read several books on the subject, so I can say that those wings do not seem to be developing like in other pegasus foals. Although when they are completely they will seem healthy, the truth is that he has all the earmarks that it is very likely that he will never be able to fly. Maybe a Chemical X malformation? Although possible, I must consider the idea that it is genetic. Wing Star has the same defect, and she has never flown by herself, and if this fetus has developed the same problem for that reason, then... it is her son... or daughter, I never knew how to distinguish the sex in fetuses. However, this implies many things, the fetuses are not only developing like normal foals, only faster, but they also seem to be acquiring traits from their parents. September 26, 994 of the new era, two weeks after the experiment. Jojo still shows no signs of life, and I'm getting worried. Not being able to do anything is frustrating, but there is no use lamenting... For now, I will continue studying the development of the fetuses, once I finish and give them to Bright Mac and the others, I'll be able to go back to Manehattan and fully focus on finding Jojo. As for fetuses, well, I don't think I can call them that anymore. In two days, they have gone from the 12-week stage to the final stages, they are already fully developed foals, and it is appreciable that they are three girls. I can distinguish the color of their coats and manes through the bubbles, and I also see them kick and move gently from time to time. The one that kicks the most and seems most active is the one in capsule 3, and taking into account her parents... I am not surprised, she will be an energetic filly, there is no doubt about that. 2 seems to be the second most active, I can't help but smile at the thought of Bright Mac and Buttercup chasing a filly around their house. The 1, however, is the calmest, it hardly moves, it worries me, is that normal in babies? Returning to the topic, I have noticed something curious about their manes. At first I thought it was a coincidence, but studying the one in capsule 1 in more detail, I realized that it was not. The 3 has an orange fur, inherited from her father, and a purple mane, softer than that of her mother. The 2 has a yellow color in her fur and a red mane, both seem inherited from her father, but the 1 ... has made me reconsider that idea. While her fur is as white as her father's, her mane is another story, a small part is minimally similar to her mother's, but most of it is pink ... like her bubble. This gives me the idea that the color of their manes has not been based only on their indirect parents, but rather on their creation process. I am not sure if it is the effect of Chemical X or, on the contrary, it is the Tree of Harmony demonstrating its participation. Be that as it may, I have to be more attentive than before. Their development seems to be accelerating, so they could be born at any moment. I hope it's soon, Silver Glass is informing me that Bio-Magic is getting impatient with my extended vacations, I have never taken so many days off. I hope it can distract they a bit more.