//------------------------------// // Appleloosa Adventure // Story: Rise of The Robopony // by Robobrony //------------------------------// Rise of The Robopony Chapter 6: Appleloosa Adventure After the three new ponies agreed to follow Steele Mane and help him and the mane 6 fight off Malcom’s robots and save Equestria, the girls deactivated their armor and began to help the citizens of Ponyville with the cleanup. Steele Mane knew what to do with the destroyed robots. “Every pony, please bring the robots to my shed, I will deal with the parts and such there. Also, Nightshade Smoke, Cameron, Chaos Control, if you like, I would be capable of making you combat suits as well. If we end up attacking Maclom in his ship, you will need the space flight capabilities the suit provides at least, as well as the homing and communication functions that will prove to be most useful.” Nightshade Smoke spoke up. “I suppose I will take one of those, but I don’t need any special weapons in them like what you gave Twilight. I’m just fine with my hammer.” Steele Mane turned to Cameron. “Do you have a special request for your suit, if you want one that is.” “Well, I really prefer a silent approach than a direct one like the rest of you, so as long as I can still be able to move quietly, I suppose I will take one.” “I see, I believe I can make yours with an invisibility function. You could act as a scout before we launch an attack against the droids and help us come up with a strategy before hoof.” “Well, I guess I could do that. All right, you can count on me.” Steele Mane then turned to Chaos Control, He had to look up at Chaos as he was as tall as Nightshade Smoke and very buff looking. “And what about you, would you like one as well?” “I suppose that would come in handy, there is a limit to my power after all, but nothing special, just the wings, locator, and communicator will do.” “All right then, I will have your suits ready in a few hours.” Twilight got curious at his statement. “Hold on, Steele Mane, how come it took you three days to make our suits, but you can make three suits for them in just a few hours?” “Sorry Twilight, you see, all I had to work with were gemstones, I had to alter their molecular structure through a complicated process to turn them into what was needed. Now that we have all these destroyed robots, I can use what they are made of to make suits, it is merely a matter of reshaping and rewiring the circuits and wires.” Twilight was satisfied with that answer as she continued to help move the bots to Steele Mane’s shed. Steele Mane had to help move the destroyed juggernaut bots as they were too big and heavy to move, Nightshade Smoke added his magic of levitation to Steele Mane’s tractor beam function to help as well. Once the bots were all gathered at Steele Mane’s hut, he began to disassemble some of the bots, taking the wires and circuits and reshaping their metal bodies as he stood in front of the pile of destroyed droids. In a matter of hours, three new necklaces for Nightshade Smoke, Cameron, and Chaos control were finished as the sun was setting. The three had already left to stay with one of the others for the night so Steele Mane would give them their suits tomorrow. Applejack offered Chaos Control a room at her farm, Cameron went to stay with Rainbow Dash, and Nightshade Smoke went to stay with Pinkie Pie. Steele Mane went into his hut to set the necklaces down on a table in his hut. He came back out and just sat there in front of his hut to look at the night sky, the moon was full, the stars were shining brightly, and there was only a few clouds hanging in the sky as the wind blew the trees. Twilight was in her room about to go to bed when she saw Steele Mane outside. “Steele Mane?” She said to herself. When she saw him, he looked sad. She went down stairs and came out to talk to him. As she approached, she noticed the light blue glow coming from his solar energy collectors. “Steele Mane, is something wrong?” She asked carefully. Steele Mane never looked at her as he answered. “Just enjoying the night sky, it’s so beautiful tonight. Another thing about having emotions is that you’re able to appreciate the beauty of things around you.” Twilight looked up at the sky with him. “I know, it is beautiful, isn’t it? I think Luna did this to try and raise the spirits of every pony in Equestria.” “I just wish I could have appreciated them when I was among them.” Twilight looked to Steele again. “What do you mean?” Steele Mane just kept looking up as he answered. “I traveled among the stars with Malcom for a long time Twilight, at the time, I was just some mindless machine, part of my programming said to be of assistance to him, that part of my programming was destroyed by that lightning bolt that caused my amnesia. At the time I was traveling, I saw so many wonderful things in the galaxy, I was never able to fully appreciate them then. Now all I can do is remember them. You know there are some planets with more than one moon, it is quite a site.” Twilight was amazed at his statement. “Really, I sure wish I could see that. But, why do you seem so sad Steele Mane?” “As I said, the only way to stop Malcom is to destroy him, I know you don’t like that idea, but it is the only way, and because of that, his ship must be destroyed as well. With that gone, I will be stuck here, not that that’s a bad thing. It’s just……what am I supposed to do once that is done?” Twilight was starting to get a little worried for Steele Mane. “What do you mean what are you supposed to do once it’s done?” “I chose a new purpose for myself, that purpose is to stop Malcom and protect this world from him, once that is done, what do I do from there, I just don’t see a place for myself on this world.” “Of course you have a place here Steele, your purpose isn’t to stop Malcom or protect our world, your purpose is to be a friend, a friend is always needed, that is what your real purpose is.” Steele Mane was starting to get real upset as he spoke next. “You just don’t get it Twilight, I am a machine, I have emotions, but that is all, because of these emotions, I am able to appreciate the beauty of this world but that’s all! I am pretty much numb to the world Twilight, I can’t feel you when you hug me, I can’t cry when I’m sad, I can’t enjoy food, I can’t swim without short circuiting, I can’t feel the grass under my metal hooves or the wind blowing, I am basically just numb to the world! I am not alive like you Twilight!” Twilight was really starting to feel sad for Steele Mane. “Steele, I’m so sorry, I had no idea this is how you felt. Maybe Celestai could-” Steele Mane cut her off. “Celestia can’t make me a real pony Twilight, from what I’ve learned in your books about magic, it is capable of many wonderful things, but for such major changes to occur through magic, a great deal is required, and I doudt Celestia could do anything for me!” He paused a moment. “I’m sorry Twilight, I didn’t mean to yell at you, It’s just that……never mind, I’ll see you in the morning.” Steele Mane then just turned around and headed into his shed to power down for the night. Twilight watched her friend leave with a somber look on her face. She spoke quietly to herself. “Oh Steele, I wish there was something I could do to help.” She then made her way back into her house and went to bed. Morning came and every pony met up in front of Steele Manes hut. He came out with the three new necklaces for Chaos, Cameron, and Nightshade. “Here you go, your new combat suits are ready, and as promised, Cameron, your suit has an invisibility function.” Cameron took his suit in its necklace form and gave his thanks. “Thanks Steele Mane, I’ll be sure to make good use of it.” Nightshade Smoke gave his thanks as well. “Yeah, these should come in real handy.” Rainbow Dash then spoke up. “So what’s the plan? We gonna go to Appleloosa and smash some bots or what?” Steele Mane answered. “Before we do, there is something I should check, one moment please.” Steele Mane turned to the pile of robots and levitated one of them that still had a head, he brought it in front of himself, turned it around, opened a panel on the back, and brought out his cable from his chest. He hooked into the robot and began scanning it for information. “So that is what he’s doing, I was afraid of this.” Nightshade Smoke spoke up. “What is it, what are you doing there?” Steele Mane retracted his cable from the bot and tossed it back into the pile. “It seems Malcom is already trying to start his mining operations for the gemstones on this world. The pegasai he took from Cloudsdale have all been sent to different mining operations across Equestria. Before we go, there is something I would like to do, it will only take a second.” Steele Mane then turned back to the pile of bots, his horn started to glow white, and in a quick flash, the pile disappeared from view. Twilight came forward to ask Steele mane what he did. “Steele Mane, where did you send them?” Steele Mane answered with a grin. “Just a little message to Malcom, I sent the robots back to his ship, I would sure like to see the look on his face right about now.” Back up on Malcom’s ship, he was on the bridge with a very displeased look on his face. His arms were down on his side with his fists clenched, and his right eye was twitching. “That lousy stupid scrap metal dares to taunt me like this, I swear I will take him apart piece by piece and turn him into a pencil sharpener.” Instead of seeing a view of the planet on his screen, his view was obscured by a bunch of destroyed robots floating around in front of his ship. “Wait, you had a way to get us to the ship this whole time and you didn’t tell us? What the hay is wrong with you?” Chaos Control was a little confused as to why Steele Mane never bothered to tell them that he had a direct way to get to Maclom’s ship. Steele Mane began to explain his reasons. “Look, it wouldn’t have mattered, I could’ve only teleported myself or other non-organic life forms to the ship, that was what I meant when I told Twilight and the others about my teleporting abilities. And by doing what I just did, Malcom will certainly cut off my connection with the ship so I won’t be able to teleport there.” Twilight cut in. “Look, there’s really nothing we can do about it, so I say we just let it go and get to Appleloosa.” The group nodded in agreement. Steele Mane then spoke up. “I believe we should fly there, it will be much faster that way.” They all then activated their suits. Nightshade Smoke’s armor coloring had brown on the base of his hooves and around his joints. Cameron’s suit had black, and Chaos control had grey. With every pony ready to go, they took to the air and made for Appleloosa to free the ponies there, with Steele Mane leading the way. As they flew, Twilight decided to try and talk to Steele. She came up next to him and spoke. “Steele Mane, about what you said last night,” Steele Mane cut her off. “I’m sorry for yelling at you like I did, I just need to accept the fact that I am what I am and nothing can change that, that doesn’t change the fact that I will do what is necessary to stop Malcom though. I am glad to have friends like you and the others, can you forgive me for my behavior last night?” Steele Mane looked at her as he asked. Twilight smiled as she responded. “Of course Steele Mane, that’s what friends do.” It wasn’t long before the group arrived at Appleloosa, they all stopped a few miles away from the town so they could first figure out what to do before they attacked. Steele Mane addressed the group. “All right, Cameron, I believe now would be a good time for you to start your role as our scout, go up there with your invisibility active and scout out the area to see how many enemies we are dealing with. Can you do it?” Cameron answered with nervousness evident in his voice. “I guess so, I’ll do my best and be back as soon as I can.” Cameron’s suit then enveloped the rest of his body covering his muzzle, the rest of his head, and his mane and tail, then he disappeared. Cameron flew up and over towards the town, when he got there, the town seemed totally deserted, not a single pony or bot was seen. “That’s weird, where is every pony, and where are the robots?” He thought to himself. He was about to turn around and head back to the group when something in the distance was shining and caught his attention. Cameron made his way in the direction of what it was that was reflecting the sunlight. A bit of a ways away from the town, Cameron found a large metal structure with a large opening in the front near a cliff. Ponies were pulling carts full of gems out and dumping them in front of what looked like a large metal rectangular shaped object, and bringing the empty carts back inside. There were robots all over the place guarding it. Some were in the air while some were on the ground, all with their lasers at the ready should some pony be foolish enough to try and escape. The worst of it was that there were four large juggernaut bots around the area. Cameron thought he had seen enough and decided to go back and inform the others what he saw. He flew back to the group and landed nearby, deactivated his cloaking and began to speak. “There’s some sort of large metal building a ways away from the town, it looks like the ponies are all being used to haul carts full of gems to some rectangular metal thing, not sure what it is.” Steele Mane spoke. “I’ll bet it’s a transport ship, a way to get the gemstones up to Malcom. What else did you see?” “It looked like probably at least 100 or so robots and four juggernauts. I think we’re in for a real fight.” Rainbow Dash Spoke up. “That’s all, man this will be easy, I say we charge in there and rip em’ apart.” Steele Mane disagreed. “Not a good idea, we need a strategy, I may have been able to deal with the last juggernaut easily, but Malcom will have most likely found a way to strengthen them.” Applejack then spoke up. “Well, we’d better come up with somthun fast cause my cousin Brauburn will be down there. We just gotta rescue him and all the ponies.” “Don’t worry Applejack, we’ll rescue them, that is why we’re here after all. Now then, Nightshade Smoke, can you create some kind of earthquake with your hammer?” Nightshade Smoke levitated his hammer off his back and brought it forward. “I think so, I never really tried before, why?” “If we get a bunch of the robots on the ground to charge at us, you use your hammer to make an earthquake to cause them to stumble. Pinkie, that will be your cue to fire a round at an angle to where your shot will go up and land at the center of the group, then that will be every ponies cue to let loose on the bots that go flying in the air. Fluttershy, just like last time, you will take up a position away from the fight and pick off targets with your sniper laser. Cameron, you can use your stealth to sneak around the battle field unnoticed and deal with enemies in whatever way you see fit.” Rarity then had a thought. “What about those horrid giant robots, I doudt they will be easily stumbled.” “I think they will be a little easy to deal with if Fluttershy can take out their eyes.” Fluttershy got nervous at that state ment. “Oh, I don’t know, are you sure I can, I don’t know if I can.” “Don’t worry fluttershy, their eyes are bigger than a bots head and you were an excellent shot hitting the bots in the head at Ponyville.” “You think so, well, all right, I try my best.” Steele Mane gave Fluttershy a comforting smile. “I know you can do it.” With a plan set, the group made their way through the town to the location where the Ponies were being held. They came to a hill overlooking the scene. Steele Mane spoke to Fluttershy first. “Ok Fluttershy, this spot will give you a good vantage point, just stay here and try to shoot out the eyes of the juggernauts first. Now we just need to lure the robots away from the ponies so we can engage them. I’ll take care of that. Wait at the bottom of the hill and when I say so, Nightshade Smoke will make the first move with his hammer.” The group then made their way to the bottom of the hill, leaving Fluttershy behind while Steele Mane took off flying to get the robots attention. “HEY, BOLT BRAINS, LOOKIN FOR ME, I’M OVER HERE, COME AND GET ME.” He shouted at the area and every bot all turned their attention to Steele Mane. The ponies stopped hauling the carts to look at the scene before them. One of the robots in the air spoke. “Alpha-1 sighted, destroy target.” The robots all left the ponies alone and started to follow Steele Mane just like he planned. As he was flying he took out his lasers and decided to try and thin the flying ones out a bit. He started blasting them while they kept shooting at him. He weaved and dodged the blasts while managing to take out a few of the flying robots in the air. He got closer and closer to the group with all the robots behind him and the juggernauts at the back of the group. Steele Mane started to contact his allies. “Fluttershy, start taking shots at the juggernauts eyes, Nightshade Smoke, get your hammer ready, the party is about to begin.” Fluttershy brought out her sniper laser and prepared herself. “Ok, you can do this Fluttershy.” She said to herself. She took aim at the center left juggernaut’s left eye and took a shot. Bulls eye. “Oh my gosh, I did it.” Fluttershy was amazed at herself. The juggernaut at center left was charging with the others behind the pack of bots when suddenly, its left eye went out. It reared up and roared as if in pain, it came back down and started to charge again, suddenly its other eye went out, the robot held one of its hands over its eyes and began to stumble around. Back at the group, they saw one of the juggernauts eyes get shot out as they prepared for the fight, they saw Steele Mane fly towards them with a large pack of robots on his tail. “Nightshade, now!” Steele Mane called over the com system. Nightshade Smoke raised his hammer and brought it down hard on the ground as hard as he could to create an earthquake, he succeeded as the ground began to crack and electricity was visibly surging through the ground to the hoard of bots. Just like Steele Mane predicted, they started to stumble and were unable to move forward. Steele Mane managed to rejoin the group. Pinkie then quickly came forward and fired her bazooka at an angle, firing a large ball of pink energy into the crowd. It landed at the center of the crowd and a large number of the robots went flying into the air. “NOW, open fire!” Steele Mane called out to all and they let loose a barrage of energy weapons at the air born enemies. While this started, Fluttershy managed to blind two other Juggernauts leaving one left, the other three were stumbling around trying to smash something, on occasion they would hit and smash into each other, causing them to also stomp on a few of the robots in the back of the pack. Fluttershy was feeling more confident now since she managed to blind three juggernauts, she focused her scope on the last juggernaut as it started closing in, aimed for its eyes and, *PEW* *PEW* took out both its eyes. With all four juggernauts now blinded Fluttershy was free to help shoot at the other bots on the ground or in the air that her friends were fighting. Twilight fired her EMP blasters at the group of bots on the ground to thin them out, Steele Mane did the same. Rainbow Dash managed to blast at least five bots that were helplessly flying through the air and ten more that were already flying, Pinkie was also shooting her bazooka at a few robots at the ground to send more through the air while at the same time destroying those that got hit with the blast. Rarity managed to take out twelve, Chaos Control used his chaos energy arrows to blast eleven of them . Rainbow Dash then took to flight to try and deal with the flying bots, she got their attention with a taunt. “Hey, bucket heads, bet ya can’t hit me.” She stuck her tongue out and shook it about at them. This got their attention as they started to fly after her. They blasted their lasers at her but she was just too agile for them to hit. To insult them more, she started to fly backwards and started shooting at them with her thunder cannon. They actually managed to dodge a few of her shots but she didn’t give up, she fired and fired and managed to hit a few successfully. Back on the ground, the robots were starting to recover from the earth quake, Nightshade Smoke charged at them with his hammer at the ready, Applejack behind him with her electro tentacles out. Cameron activated his camo suit to make himself invisible. Pinkie and rarity decided to take to the sky as well to deal with the flyers. Chaos control took it on himself to make his way to the back of the robots pack to try and start working on one of the juggernauts, since they were now blind, thanks to Fluttershy, they wouldn’t be too difficult. Nightshade Smoke swung his hammer to the side, sending three bots flying through the air, Applejack used her tentacles to grab them midflight and slammed them to the ground, then sent a surge of electricity through them for good measure. Cameron was silently making his way through the battle field unseen to do whatever damage he could, Cameron swung his chain blade above his head and hurled it at a robot, embedding the blade in its head. Cameron pulled on the chain and dislodged the bot’s head from the rest of its body. He went up to another one and brought his blade down on it, slicing it clean in half, then slashed at another one through the midsection of its body. Rarity and Pinkie were flying through the air, blasting at a few of the bots that were chasing them, Rarity rapidly fired a few rounds at the group following them and managed to slice a few of them up with her energy stars. Pinkie was blasting at a few as well, because of the power of her weapon, whenever she made a direct hit, any bot close enough would also get destroyed or thrown off balance, making them easy prey for Rarity. Twilight and Steele Mane were Working together to take care of the bots around them, with all the chaos of the battle, the group had separated and were all over the place trying to win this fight. Twilight and Steele were back to back, blasting the bots around them, Twilight was blasting away with her guns, shutting down every bot that got hit with her weapons, Steele was shooting his lasers in rapid fire at the bots in front of him as well as trying to shoot down the bots in the air. Fluttershy was doing a great job in her role as a sniper, every shot she took, she hit a bot in the head, she was even managing to pick off the ones in the air. Nightshade Smoke and Applejack were working together as well, he was using his hammer to smash the bots and on occasion send them flying where Applejack would lasso a few and shock them into exploding. Chaos Control had taken to the air to reach the juggernauts, he came up on the first one and started to try and blast it with his energy arrow heads, they would stick to its body and explode, making a hole with each hit, but it still kept moving, the other three were still stumbling around and kept knocking into each other, causing them to fall over as they couldn’t see. Chaos kept flying around as he kept blasting the juggernaut until finally he managed to deal enough damage that the bot just slumped down and collapsed. After a while of the fighting, Pinkie, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash managed to clear out all the air born bots, so then they turned their attention to the ones on the ground, there wasn’t that many left though, as the group was proving to be quit formidable against the onslaught. Rainbow dash soared over the field firing her thunder cannon at bots that weren’t being attacked, acting as a thunder cloud and striking them down. Rarity went to act as air support for Twilight and Steele, While Pinkie decided to go help Chaos with his fight against the juggernauts. Nightshade smoke raised his hammer about to smash another bot when suddenly its head exploded, he paused and realized that Fluttershy took a shot at it. He heard her over the com. “Oh, I’m sorry Nightshade Smoke, were you about to do that, I’m sorry.” Nightshade smiled and responded back. “It’s fine Fluttershy, it’s not like were having a competition to see who can smash the most bots.” Cameron was still sticking to his sneak attack tactics, the bots didn’t know what hit them as they seemed to frantically search for the invisible pegasus that was destroying them. He slashed another clean in half, he flung his blade across the field into the chest of another bot and pulled it back as the robot fell to the ground. Pinkie and Chaos were zipping around the juggernauts as they flailed their arms about trying to strike their assailants, only succeeding in hitting air or each other. Pinkie was blasting with her bazooka, leaving big holes in their bodies, Chaos was doing just as well with his energy arrows. It was only a matter of time before the juggernauts started to fall one by one. The battle waged for some time before finally, the last of the bots were destroyed. The group met back up to rest and make their way to free the other ponies. Rainbow Dash had a blast and had to let them know. “YAHOO, that was fun, I can’t wait for the next assault, those bolt brains didn’t know what hit em’.” Pinkie agreed. “I’ll say, we were all pew pew, and they were all boom pow.” Nightshade Smoke came forward. “I must say, that plan of attack at the start was a good idea to thin them out a bit, and having Fluttershy blind the juggernauts was brilliant, we probably would have been in trouble if she hadn’t disabled them like that. Nice shooting Fluttershy.” Fluttershy hid behind her mane and felt a little embarrassed that she was getting such praise. “Oh, um, well, it was nothing really.” As she said that , they all heard a kind of clapping sound coming from behind them, they all turned to see its source. “Bravo, bravo, well done, you managed to take out one of my forces and four juggernauts. That was quite a feat.” It was Malcom, he was standing before them claping his hands, giving them a fake congradulations. Steele Mane took on a serious look and glared at his former master. “Malcom, what are you doing here? You do realize we have you outnumbered here.” Steele Mane brought out his lasers, the others followed suit, ready to blast him. Malcom began to speak with all the sarcasm in the world. “Oh no, whatever will I do, there’s ten of you and only one of me, or is there.” He dropped the sarcasm at the last words. “If you shoot me, you may end up hitting her.” He then stepped aside and revealed a pony standing behind him. It was Trixie. Twilight recognized her immediately. “Trixie, what are you doing her, and why are you with him?!” Malcom spoke again. “Oh, so sorry, but she only responds to me, you see, a while ago, I sent some of my hunter drones to find me a unicorn so I could do some studying on magic, unfortunately I wasn’t able to learn much, but I did get something interesting out of studying it. So you know this unicorn do you? That will make this all the sweeter. You see this metal headband on her?” Steele Mane seemed to recognize it. “YOU MONSTER, THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS BANNED AGES AGO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH IT!” The group looked at Steele with curiosity. Rainbow asked Steele about it. “What is that Steele Mane, what do you mean banned?” Malcom spoke up before Steele Mane could answer. “Go ahead Alpha-1, tell them all about this little device this unicorn is sporting.” Steele Mane began to explain with malice in his voice. “That headband is a kind of mind control device. Anyone who wears it is a slave to the one who put it on them. They have no choice but to do what they’re told,……like a mindless robot.” The girls all let out a collective gasp. Rarity spoke up. “You heartless man, how could you?” Twilight then spoke up. “Let her go Malcom!” Malcom answered back. “Now why would I want to do that? She is quit cute, if she succeeds in destroying you, I might just keep her as a pet. You will be surprised that she isn’t as weak as she was when you first knew her. Thanks to the tests I put her through, her magical abilities really grew. So, I will just leave you all to play while I watch from the comfort of my ship, have fun kiddies. Trixie, destroy them.” Trixie responded in a monotone voice. “Yes master.” With that, Malcom was gone. Chaos Control stepped forward. “I’ll handle this.” Twilight stepped in front of him to stop him. “Wait, you can’t just kill her.” “Why not, she’s working with Malcom.” Steele Mane then came forward. “It isn’t her fault, that thing on her head has turned her into Malcom’s mindless puppet, we have to find some way to get it off of her. Twilight, try and use your EMP blasters on it.” Twilight tried to object. “But wouldn’t that hurt Trixie?” “No, it only affects mechanical devices. Trixie won’t feel a thing.” “All right, I’ll try.” Twilight then brought out her blasters and took aim at the metal headband on Trixie’s head. She fired, and , just before it hit Trixie, she produced a magic shield that stopped the blast. Twilight got worried. “Uh oh, what now? She can block it.” Steele Mane tried to come up with something quick. “We can’t use any power full weapons. Nightshade Smoke, Pinkie, Chaos, Rainbow Dash, your weapons are too powerful to use on her, we need to find some way to stop her without hurting her too bad.” Before they could come up with anything, Trixie started to blast at them with her magic bolts. They were definitely strong, the group had to split up and find places to hide so they could come up with a plan to save her without hurting her. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy hid behind the roof of a nearby building while Twilight, Cameron, Steele Mane, Applejack, and Nightshade Smoke ducked into a nearby ally while Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Chaos Control ducked into an ally on the other side of the road. Steele Mane opened communications so every pony could hear one another to come up with a plan. “Cameron, do you think you can sneak up behind her and try to destroy that thing on her head?” Cameron was a little uneasy that he was put on the spot. “Well, I guess I could try.” “Twilight, what can you tell me about Trixie?” Twilight wasn’t sure why Steele was asking her this, but she answered anyway. “Well, she’s very prideful and full of herself, she thinks she’s the greatest unicorn in all of Equestria.” Steele Mane Then got another idea. “Rainbow Dash, can you try and distract her to give Cameron a better Chance of sneaking up on her?” Rainbow Dash responded back. “Hah are you kidding, sure thing.” Before they could enact their plan, Trixie found where Steele mane and the group were hiding. “Must destroy.” She said. She then concentrated a powerful amount of magic in her horn and readied to fire. The group got up and ran out of there just as the blast hit where they were, resulting in a loud boom that kicked up a lot of dust. Nightshade Smoke spoke up as they ran in the opposite direction and around to the back of the buildings. “This is ridiculous, I could take her out easily.” Twilight objected. “Nightshade Smoke, it’s not her fault she’s doing this remember, we can’t hurt her.” Nightshade Smoke answered back with a growl. “Fine, I just don’t like the idea of running away like this.” Steele Mane thought now would be a good time to enact his plan. “Don’t worry Nightshade Smoke, this plan is sure to work. Rainbow Dash, do your thing and try to hit her where it really hurts, her pide. Cameron, you go invisible and sneak up on her while Rainbow Dash has her distracted.” “I’m on it.” Cameron’s suit then completely enveloped his body and disappeared again. Rainbow Dash went to work to get Trixie’s attention. “Hey, miss magic pants, bet ya can’t hit me!” She then gave Trixie a raspberry. This seemed to get her attention as she turned to Rainbow and spoke up. “Must destroy.” She started firing magic bolts at Rainbow as she dodged and avoided each shot she took. Rainbow taunted her more. “What’s the matter, can’t ya even hit the broad side of a barn, You’re not so great and powerful.” Trixie seemed to take on an angry look on her face after Rainbow Dash said that. Meanwhile, Cameron was making his way behind Trixie while she was focused on Rainbow Dash. He slowly moved closer, raised his blade and swung it down, it sliced right through the metal head band and it fell to the ground. Trixie stopped her assault as soon as the band was gone and came to her senses. “Huh, wha, oh my head, what happened, I don’t feel too good.” She wobbled in place and collapsed to the ground. The group finally got back together and gathered around the unicorn. Twilight asked in worry. “Will she be allright?” Steele Mane answered. “She’ll be fine, she’s going to have a bit of a headache but she’ll be all right.” Twilight felt relief at the answer. “That’s good, she may be a pain, but no pony should have to go through that.” Chaos Control was getting impatient. “Can we get on with this and free the other ponies now?” Steele Mane agreed. “Yes, let’s go free the others. We may have to take Trixie with us to make sure she will be ok.” Applejack was happy that she would finally get to help her cousin. “Well all right then, let’s get to it.” The group was finally free to go and help the other ponies of Appleloosa. Back up with Malcom. He was not pleased that his little experiment didn’t go as planned. “RRRRRRRRR, That stupid unicorn was useless, those exercises I had her doing were completely pointless! I’ll just have to come up with something else. It is going to take me a while to go through the data I gathered on magic while having that lousy unicorn here.” Malcom went to a room on the side of the bridge, it was a small room with a metal desk and a small computer built into it. He started to look over all the information he gathered from Trixie hoping to find something.