//------------------------------// // End Game // Story: Rise of The Robopony // by Robobrony //------------------------------// Rise of The Robopony Chapter 8: End Game Celestia awoke to find herself in a small metal room with a lager opening in front with green energy bars blocking it. Her golden crown yolk and shoes were gone, only to be replaced with a black metal collar around her neck. She looked around and saw the human looking in at her from the other side of the energy bars. She got up and spoke. “YOU, you must be Malcom.” The human made a mock bow as he spoke. “Guilty as charged your majesty.” He said mockingly. Celestia glared at him as she tried to charge her horn with magic, but to her surprise, nothing happened. “What, my magic, why won’t it work, what did you do Malcom?!” Malcom continued with his smile as he began to explain. “That collar you are wearing is a specially made shock collar just for you. Not only will it deliver a jolt of electricity through your body when I want it to, but it also cuts off your ability to use magic. You won’t be casting any spells any time soon to get out. I was going to try and use my mind control device to keep you as a prisoner, but unfortunately it only works on the weak minded, and given that you are a princess who’s lived for who knows how long, you most likely have a strong mind, it’s a safe bet that it wouldn’t work. ” Celestia continued her glare as she looked at him. “What do you want with me?” “It’s simple really, with all the studying I have done on magic, thanks to the data I collected from a unicorn I kidnapped some time ago and the data Alpha-1, or as you know him as, Steele Mane, in your precious students library, I have found out something very interesting. I found a way to transfer the magic energy from one being to another. There is a sad side effect however, as magic is a part of the beings life force, once the magic is drained from the victim, the victim will be left as a lifeless husk.” Celestia took on a scared and worried look as she seemed to begin to realize what Malcom had in store. “No, you can’t!” “Oh, but I can, my drones are working on a machine to drain the magic out of you and transfer it all to me, then, once I take all the resources from your planet, not only will I be the richest man in the galaxy, but the most powerful as well. HA HA HA HA HA, wow, it’s so good to be bad.” Celestia took on another determined look. “Twilight, Steele Mane, and their friends will come, they will stop you.” “Friends, HA, friends are worthless, why do you think I use robots instead of other humans?” Malcom turned his back to Celestai as he continued to speak in a low tone. “Friends are only good for stabbing you in the back, I learned that the hard way.” He raised his metal arm and looked at it as he spoke. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I am going to see how my magic draining machine is coming along, I’ll be back for you shortly princess, don’t go anywhere.” He said with sarcasm again. Celestia then dropped to the floor, ready to cry out of fear, not just for herself, but for her subjects, sister, and friends as well. With her gone, who would raise the sun? She had to hold on to the hope that the others would come and save her, she knew they would once they learned of her disappearance. Back in Equestria, it was now almost time for the sun to set, the group of heroes returned to Ponyville after saving Manehatten and freed the ponies there, just as they were about to go get something to eat, Spike came running up to them with worry on his face and in his voice. “Twilight, Twilight, we have a problem! It’s an emergency!” Twilight stepped forward from the group to address him. “Spike, what is it, what’s wrong?” “It’s a letter from princess Luna, she says you all need to report to Canterlot immediately, it’s an emergency!” The group all took on a worried look. Twilight continued. “From Luna, why didn’t Celestia send the letter?” “I don’t know but it sound very urgent.” Twilight turned to Steele Mane. “Steele Mane.” Before she could say anything else, Steele Mane brought out his wings and spoke. “Let’s go to Canterlot.” The rest of the group saw this and got their wings ready. Twilight smiled and turned back to Spike. “We’ll be back as soon as we can. Take good care of the library Spike.” Spike gave a salute with a smile. “You can count on me.” Twilight then got her wings out and they all flew off for Canterlot. Within an hour, they arrived at the castle’s front gates and the guards let them through, they made their way to the throne room were Luna was waiting with worry on her face. “Thank you all for coming so quickly.” Celestia and Luna were already aware of the three other ponies, Cameron, Trixie, and Chaos Control, from Spike’s letters. “It is nice to meet you three, I just wish it were under better circumstances.” Twilight then stepped forward to speak. “Princess, what’s going on, where is Celestia?” Luna began. “I wish I knew, she’s gone missing, we can’t find her anywhere. That’s why I summoned you.” The group all took on a very worried look, but none more so than Twilight. “WHAT, what do you mean she’s gone missing, how could she have gone missing?!” Steele Mane interjected with a calm voice. “Princess, where was the last place you saw her?” “She was in her room going over a letter Spike sent to inform us of how your battle in Appleloosa went. After a while, I came back to check on her, but she was gone.” Twilight spoke again. “Steele, do you think you know what might have happened?” “Maybe, but I don’t want to say anything until my suspicions have been confirmed. Princess, can you take us to your sister’s room?” Luna had a puzzled expression on her face at Steele Mane’s request. “Of course, right this way.” Luna led them through the castle to Celestia’s bedroom. “This is my sister’s room.” Steele Mane took the lead as he entered. He looked around carefully, then his horn light up and a wave of energy went through the room as a kind of sheet emitting from his horn. The group watched in curiosity as he did this. Fluttershy then spoke up. “Steele Mane, what are you doing.” Steele Mane then stopped scanning the room and turned to the group to answer. “It is as I feared. There are trace amounts of teleport energy. I was scanning the room to see if my suspicions were correct. Unfortunately, they are. Malcom came here and took Celestia.” The girls and Luna let out a collective gasp. Chaos Control cried out. “WHAT!” Nightshade Smoke growled with an angry look while Cameron just stood there, also with a worried expression. Steele Mane continued. “I don’t know why he would do this, but it most certainly is for a devious plot. It seems he is forcing our hooves, we’ll have to fly up to his ship and rescue her.” Applejack came forward. “But how are we supposed ta find her, with all them robots Malcom has been sendin, he must have a huge ship. Tryin ta find the princess would be like tryin ta find a needle in a haystack.” “Don’t worry, the last time I was up on his ship I downloaded the layout of the ship, I have a map of the entire ship in my head. We will find her easily. However, Malcom will most likely be expecting us to try and mount a rescue mission, he will have called all his bots back to keep us from getting in.” Rainbow Dash then spoke up with determination. “Then we smash through every one of them and teach that jerk a lesson.” “Not a good idea, we won’t be able to handle all of them, we’ll just have to try and force our way into Malcom’s ship, and find Celestia.” Pinkie then spoke up. “Well then, what are we waiting for! Let’s save celestia!” Steele Mane spoke up again. “Hold on Pinkie, I will need to construct a space suit for her for when we find her to get her off the ship. Luna, where are the robots you, Celestia, and Nightshade Smoke fought off here?” Luna answered. “They are around the back of the castle, why?” “I will use them to make a suit for your sister for when we get her out. I promise we will get her back.” Luna gave a big appreciative smile to the group. “Thank you all. Come, I will take you to where the robots we fought are. Luna led them to the back of the castle where there was a huge pile of robots. Steele Mane looked at the pile of raw materials before him. “All right, time to get to work, this won’t take long.” Steele Mane then moved four robots off the pile and began to work reshaping the metal, rearranging circuits, and rewiring wires. Within an hour, a new suit was ready for Celestia. “All right, there isn’t anything special about this since this is just so we can get her off the ship, I’ll keep it with me until we get to her.” Steele Mane then opened a panel right on his back and moved the new necklace into the compartment on his back, the panel closed and the new suit was secure. Rarity then spoke up. “So, are we ready to go?” Steele Mane first had to check something. “Chaos Control, how is your energy lever, are you back at full strength yet?” Chaos looked to Steele Mane as he answered. “Just about, if you’re thinking what I think you’re thinking, I may be able to make one more big display of power to get rid of most of the bots that will be in our way. I should be at full strength by the time we get up there.” “All right then, you should all grab a quick bit to eat so you will be at full strength and we will make for Malcom’s ship to save Celestia.” The group cheered in unison. “FOR EQUESTRIA!” Luna led the group to the dining hall for a quick dinner. Every pony was now finished with their quick meal and ready for the final assault on Malcom. Before they left though, Steele Mane needed to inform the winged ponies of something. “Before we go, there is something I need to inform the winged ponies of, your flying works by your wings pushing you through the air, in space, there is no air so your flapping won’t work. The coloring on the tips of your wings aren’t just for show, those are your space flight thrusters, just think of how you want to move and the suit will respond, keep your wings out and let the suit do the rest. It’ll be just like flying like normal, only you won’t need to flap your wings. Understand.” The pegasi and alicorn gave a nod to let Steele know they understood. With full bellies and determination to save their beloved princess, the ponies left the castle and made their way outside to take flight. Steele Mane spoke to address every pony. “All right, go ahead and activate the space flight function on your suits.” Every ponies body then became completely covered with their suit, the metal from their suits molded around their manes and tails and matched the coloring perfectly, they all looked like robotic versions of themselves. Their muzzles were completely covered and looked as if they didn’t have a mouth. They all took off and flew into the air in a v formation. Steele Mane was at the head with Twilight, Fluttersy, Applejack, and Cameron on his left and Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Nightshade Smoke on his right, Trixie was right behind Chaos Control who was right behind Steele Mane. As they flew, each one of them left behind a streak of colors that matched the color of their wings. They flew higher and higher, through the clouds, past the clouds, through the atmosphere. The blue sky slowly started to fade into black as they reached space and could clearly see all the stars. There was another sight that wasn’t so pleasant though, Malcom’s ship with hundreds of robots in front of it, ready to shoot down the band of heroes, there were regular drones, hunter drones, and even juggernauts. Every pony got their weapons at the ready, Steele Mane contacted Chaos. “Chaos Control, are you ready for your next big number?” Chaos Control responded back. “You bet, just stand back and watch me work.” He then flew to the front over Steele Mane and got a little ahead of him. Chaos hovered there for a moment as he looked upon all the robots before him. His body started to let off the same light yellow glow as last time when he took out the metal dragon. Small stings and orbs of energy started to swirl around his body again as he readied himself for his big move. The droids didn’t wait, they started to fly towards the group with their lasers ready. Chaos Control then let loose with his power and started to fire large long beams of energy from his body at a rapid pace, every shot moved and hit every bot like a homing missile. One by one and two by two the droids exploded, even the hunter drones energy shielding didn’t help as they were blown up. The juggernauts weren’t fairing any better either, each shot Chaos Control landed caused a robot to explode and was left floating in space. Within moments, Chaos finally ceased his attack and only a few robots were left. “That’s all I can do for now without draining my power completely, sorry.” Steele Mane spoke up. “It’s fine Chaos, that was amazing, we can handle the rest, every pony, let’s save Celestia!” All that was left of Malcom’s massive droid army were a few hunters and weaker drones, not a single juggernaut survived the onslaught of Chaos Control. Just like last time, it was up to Applejack, Nightshade Smoke and Cameron to deal with the hunters while the others concentrated on the weaker ones. The team got back into their flying v formation and pushed their way through the remainder of the droids to Malcom’s ship. It wasn’t long till they came to an opening under the ship and into a large docking bay where Malcom’s transport ships were kept. Steele Mane spoke to the group. “I’m transmitting the ship’s layout to your suits in case we get separated, let’s try to stay close together.” Steele Mane led the group through the docking bay where there were still more drones at the ready, they were the weaker ones so Steele Mane made quick work of them with his lasers. They galloped through the bay till they came to a large square door, it had a panel on the side with a green screen and a key pad. Steele Mane brought out his cable from his chest and hooked it up to the panel from underneath. “Come on, come on, BUCK!” Steele Mane was clearly upset. Trixie spoke up. “What is it Steele Mane?” “Malcom changed the codes to the doors, we’ll have to knock them down. Trixie, use your blasters on the door.” “You got it.” Steele Mane stepped away from the door, Trixie brought out her blasters and shot at the door, she managed to make a hole in it big enough for every pony to get through. Once through, they all deactivated their space flight mode. Steele Mane thanked Trixie. “Nice work, now let’s go.” Steele Mane led the way through long hallways and corridors as they fought off other drones that weren’t outside of the ship, the ponies with energy weapons but Steele Mane blasted every bot that got in their way as they ran through the ship. After a while, they came to a large metal square door. “This is it, the detention center, this is where Malcom will have Celestia. Nightshade Smoke, you’re up, use your hammer to knock it down.” Nightshade Smoke smiled. “No problem.” He levitated his hammer off his back, brought it back, and swung it forward with all his might against the door while sending a surge of electricity through it. The door started to let out a metallic creaking as it fell backwards. “Knock knock.” Nightshade Smoke said jockingly. With Steele Mane in the lead, the group made their way through the long room passing empty cell after empty cell on both sides of the room. Finally they came to the end of the room and found Celestia in the cell at the end on the left side. Celestia looked up and a big beautiful smile formed on her face. “Girls, you came and you have your new friends with you!” Twilight spoke up. “Of course we came.” Rainbow Dash then came in. “You didn’t think we’d let our own princess suffer at the hoofs of some creepo with a robot army did you?” Twilight then spoke up again. “Princess, why did Malcom kidnap you?” “He said he was building a machine that would steal my magic and kill me.” She answered with worry on her face. Applejack then spoke up. “Well don’t you fret none princess, we’re here ta get ya outta here and back home.” Steele Mane was busy eyeing the key pad while the girls were all talking to the princess. “Applejack, I need you to use your electro tentacle on the keypad here, that will short it out and disable the bars on the cell.” “I’m on it.” Applejack brought out one of her tentacles and touched the keypad with it, the keypad shorted and exploded with smoke emerging from it. The energy bars faded out and Celestia was now free from her cell. There was still the matter of dealing with the collar on her. Steele Mane then came forward and stood in front of Celestia. “Hold still princess, I’m going to get that collar off of you.” Steele Mane then brought out one of his lasers, took careful aim and fired a small laser at the collar to cut it off of her. The collar fell to the floor and Celestia was now completely free. “Thank you Steele Mane, and thank you all for coming to save me.” Steele Mane spoke up again. “No thanks are necessary princess, now you will need this so we can get you out of here.” Steele Mane then opened the panel on his back and brought out the necklace he made for Celestia. She eyed the thing in front of her. “What is this?” “It’s a suit similar to what every pony here is wearing, you’ll need it to fly through space to get back home. Just put it on and push the button on the center, the suit is controlled with your thoughts. While flying just think of how you want to move while in space and the suit will respond.” Celestia nodded in understanding and put the necklace on, she pushed the button on the center and the suit came to life and enveloped her body in the same way the others body was enveloped without the space flight function active, there was no special coloring on it. “I must say, this feels a little odd.” “Now let’s get out of here and back to Equestria.” Steele Mane then took the lead and every pony followed him out of the room with Celestia behind the group. They ran through the corridors and hallways. Steele Mane then came to a stop at a section where the hallway split into four. Twilight got worried at Steele Mane’s sudden stop. “Steele Mane, what is it, is something wrong?” Steele Mane looked to her as he answered. “There’s something I need to take care of before I go, the guidance system in your suit will show you the way out, you all get Celestia out of here and I’ll catch up.” Twilight got more worried as did every pony else. “Steele Mane, what is it, whatever it is, we can help.” “No Twilight, this is something only I can do, it won’t take long, I promise, just get Celestia out of here and to safety, I’ll be right behind you.” Rainbow Dash then spoke up. “You’d better not be doing something crazy.” “I’m not, now get out of here. I’ll catch up with you soon.” Steele Mane gave them a reassuring smile. Twilight wasn’t sure if she believed him but she and the others did as he said. “All right, but you’d better be behind us when we get out of the ship.” Rarity spoke up. “Be careful dear.” Steele Mane just kept his smile on as he turned to leave. The group just stood there for a moment to watch him go, Twilight then took the lead. “Come on, let’s get out of here.” They all followed Twilight through the rest of the ship to find the way out. Steele Mane galloped through the ship to look for something he knew he would need to destroy. He knew exactly where it was, he made his way through the ship to the center where the ships main power source was. After a while, he came across the large door that led to the reactor, he brought out his lasers and blasted the keypad on the right, the door slid open and Steele Mane walked through. The room was massive and round, the room was so big, it could easily fit the castle of Canterlot in it and then some. At the Center of the room was a large yellow glowing orb. “There it is, the ship’s main reactor.” It was being suspended in midair as it slowly spun around. Steele Mane was on a platform suspended on the wall a few feet from the floor of the room. Steele Mane readied his lasers to fire, but before he could get a shot, an explosion rocked the platform he was on, it shook violently back and forth, Steele Mane quickly extended his wings to fly off but the platform fell too quickly for him. He fell to the floor and rolled a bit. He got up and looked around for the source of what caused the platform to fall. Near the wall that the platform was on was a massive robot that looked like a juggernaut, but it was slightly bigger and all black, where the head should be was a kind of cockpit with Malcom inside, he was very angry. He spoke through speakers from the giant robot he was piloting. “YOU LOUSY PIECE OF SCRAP, YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS, YOU DESTROYED MY ENTIRE ROBOT ARMY, MESSED UP MY PLANS FOR GETTING THOSE GEMS, AND NOW FREED THE CREATURE THAT WAS GOING TO MAKE ME ALL POWERFULL, I’M GOING TO ENJOY TAKING YOU APART!” Steele Mane extended his wings and flew in the air just as Malcom’s robot raised its left arm and started to fire seeker missiles from a panel on its arm at him. Steele Mane flew through the air and shot at the missiles before they could hit him. He then tried to shoot at Malcom, but the robot had an energy shield too, his lasers bounced off harmlessly. Malcom spoke again. “YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME, I KNOW EVERYTHING YOUR CAPABLE OF, I MADE YOU, AND I WILL BREAK YOU!” Steele Mane spoke up. “I won’t let you destroy that world Malcom, it’s home to the most wonderful beings in the universe, and it’s home to my friends!” Malcom raised the bots other arm and produced an arm cannon, it started to fire a continuous red beam, Steele Mane flew to avoid it but it was hot on his tail. “THEY’RE JUST A BUNCH OF STUPID PONIES, THERE IS NOTHING MORE WORTHLESS THAN THEM!” Steele Mane tried to fire his lasers again but it was no good. “Those ponies are my friends, I will stop you Malcom, at any cost!” A large pair of wings then sprouted from the robots back made from red energy. It lept into the air and started to fly after Steele Mane. It started to fire it’s missiles again and Steele Mane used his lasers to shoot some of them down while he managed to dodge others, causing them to fly into the wall. Malcom fired the giant bots laser as well, Steele Mane weaved and swerved to try and dodge it with Malcom hot on his tail. Steele Mane tried to think of something, anything to help him get the upper hand/hoof over Malcom, as he was thinking, Malcom came up behind Steele and swatted at him from behind. Steele Mane was sent crashing down to the floor. Malcom landed near Steele Mane to gloat over his victory. He raised the bots arm laser and pointed it at Steele Mane. “THIS IS IT FOR YOU, ALPHA-1, OR SHOULD I SAY, STEELE MANE! WHO CAME UP WITH THAT LAME NAME ANYWAY!” Steele Mane looked up at Malcom with a grin as he responded. “My friend Rainbow Dash.” Steele then leapt up, produced his white shield and formed a kind of clear white drill as he flew straight for Malcom. Steele Mane stopped short from Malcom’s red clear energy shield as he plowed into it with all his might. Malcome opened fire with his red laser, but the drill now surrounding Steele Mane was acting as a shield for him as he drilled away at Malcom’s shield. “NO, I WILL NOT LOSE TO A MALFUNCTIONING SCRAP HEAP!” Malcom raised the giant robots right arm and swung it down to try and swat at Steele Mane, but as soon as it made contact with Steele Mane’s shield drill, it burst to pieces. “NO, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, I WILL DESTROY YOU!” Malcom raised his other bots arm and tried the same thing, but again, the other arm burst to pieces as well. The shield around Malcom was starting to give way as cracks started to form. The shield cracked more and more, until finally, Steele Mane broke through and made contact with the giant robots chest. Steele Mane pushed it back as hard as he could until it’s back was against the wall. Malcom cried out in anger. “NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO, I CAN’T LOSE, I CAN’T!” The cockpit with the controls started going haywire as they started to spark and some of the consoles exploded, sending debris all over the inside of the cockpit. Steele Mane managed to finally make a huge hole in the robots chest, he quickly halted his drill and flew backwards as the robot exploded. The robot collapsed to the ground and Malcom came tumbling out with blood coming from some cuts he sustained from the cockpit exploding. He was broken and beaten, he couldn’t even stand. Steele Mane came over to him. Malcom looked up at Steele Mane and spoke as he panted. “You…..stupid ……droid,…..you think……you’ve won……if you destroy the reactor……you won’t be able to escape in time……your doomed, just like me. Even you….can’t withstand….the blast……you spent too much of your energy in…..our fight……you won’t be able to …..repair yourself. ” Steele Mane looked down at Malcom as he responded. “If I don’t, you’ll be free to come back here with a greater force. I am not about to let that happen. I said I would stop you at any cost and I meant it. As long as my friends are safe, I don’t care what happens to me.” Steele Mane then heard Twilight over his com system. “Steele Mane, where are you, you said you would be right behind us.” “Sorry Twilight, got a little hung up, I’ll be out soon, are you all out of the ship and safe?” “Yes, were all in Canterlot waiting for you, what’s taking so long?” “I’m sorry Twilight, just tying up some loose ends here. I’ll be out soon, I promise……and thank you for everything, you have all been wonderful friends.” “Steele Mane, what are you-“ Steele Mane killed the communication before Twilight could finish. He turned to face the reactor and got his lasers ready. He aimed them just above his back to create his large energy ball, he began to fire, he made it bigger and bigger and bigger. Finally when it was almost as big as the robot Malcom was in, he fired it at the energy reactor. The red orb made contact, the yellow energy ball grew brighter and turned white. Steele Mane put up his shield in an attempt to try and minimize the damage, but he knew it wouldn’t work. Back down in Canterlot, the group was all gathered outside the castle, Luna and Celestia were nuzzling each others neck, thankful to be back together. The others all looked up in the sky to try and find some sign of Steele Mane. Then, up in the sky, they saw a huge explosion take place. Celestia and Luna were looking up at the scene now, every pony took on a worried look. Twilight tried to contact Steele Mane again with fear in her voice. “STEELE MANE, come in Steele!” Static was all she heard. Rainbow Dash tried her communicator. “Come on Steele, answer us, where are you?!” her only response was just more static. The girls, even Trixie got scared while Nightshade Smoke, Chaos Control and Cameron looked up in worry. Suddenly, Pinkies senses went off, her tail started to twitch. “Girls, my tail is twitching, something is gonna fall nearby!” The group and the princesses all looked at Pinkie for a moment then back up at the sky, and sure enough, they saw something falling from the sky engulfed in flames and smoke. The object flew just over their heads as it whooshed by. They all followed it with their eyes as it went over Canterlot and landed in a green field just below the town. Twilight cried out to Celestia. “Princess!” Celestia already knew what she was going to ask, her horn flared to life and teleported every pony to where the object landed. Every pony there gathered around the crater as the smoke cleared, with the smoke gone, every pony could see it was Steele Mane. He was not in good condition. He was laying on his left side, his front right leg had fallen off and was leaning against his body. The hole where his leg was connected had severed wires sticking out and sparking. His solar collector tail was flickering, the rod on the back of his head had broken, and even his head was slightly disconnected from his body, the wires connecting his head to his body was visible, a few were also severed and sparking. The group all looked down in worry. Steele Mane’s eyes opened, but because of his position, he could only look at his friends with his right eye. Fluttershy was the first to speak. “Steele Mane, are you okay, what happened up there?” As Steele Mane responded, his voice sounded more distorted. “I stopped Malcom, he won’t be a problem anymore.” He said with a smile. Rainbow Dash spoke up then, she didn’t seemed worried anymore. “That’s great, now just pull yourself back together and we can celebrate our victory.” “I’m…afraid…..I can’t….do that. I used….too much…..energy….in my….battle with Malcom. I can’t….fix myself….anymore.” Applejack then spoke up with worry in her voice as all the other girls got worried. “You can’t be serious Steele, please tell me your jokin.” “I wish….I was.” The girls were all on the verge of tears at this news, Trixie was also looking rather sad. Twilight looked to Celestia. “Princess, isn’t there anything you can do, you have to use your magic to fix him!” Celestia looked to her student with a somber expression. “I’m sorry Twilight, but the last time I tried to use magic on him, I just caused him to explode, remember. I’m sorry but there is nothing I can do.” Rarity spoke up. “There has to be something we can do!” Trixie then spoke up. “Chaos Control, isn’t there anything you can do to fix him, you have incredible power.” Chaos Control looked at her with a straight face but answered in a sad tone. “I’m sorry, but my power is only good for fighting and keeping the balance.” Steele Mane interjected. “It’s all right….every pony…..I am glad that….I got to….know what it…was like…….to have….friends. I am…..forever grateful….for everything….you have done….for me. I will always think…of you as……….my frieeeeeeennnnnnds.” Steele Mane’s eyes faded to black and closed. He was gone. The girls, the princesses, and even Trixie cried for their lost friend. Nightshade Smoke, Cameron, and Chaos Control, lowered their heads in respect for the pony in the crater. He had given up his existence…..no, he had given up his life for the sake of his friend’s and their home. As the ponies all had their heads hung low in sadness and mourning for Steele Mane, a bright white light began to form above their heads. Every pony looked up to see what was going on, the light grew brighter and brighter until they had to shield their eyes. Finally, the light started to fade and, hovering above every ponies head were the elements of harmony. Luna looked on in wonder. “The elements of harmony, why have they appeared sister?” The elements all hovered down and stopped in front of their respective owners. A golden tiara with a purple star for Twilight, five golden necklaces for the others, a blue balloon shaped jewel on one necklace for Pinkie, a violet colored diamond for rarity, an orange apple for Applejack, a red lightning bolt for Rainbow Dash, and a pink butterfly for Fluttershy. Celestia seemed to know what to do. “Girls, put them on, quick.” They didn’t hesitate, they removed their combat armor and put on their elements. Trixie, Cameron, Chaos Control, Nightshade Smoke, and the princesses, all stepped away from the scene. The girls all concentrated on their elements, they all were enveloped by a light matching the jewel on their elements. They rose up off the ground and a double helix rainbow formed from them, it rose up and combined into one and shot down to the crater where Steele Mane’s body was, it formed a bright rainbow dome as the rainbow ceased from the girls. They all looked on in wonder as the colors of the rainbow dome swirled. After a few seconds, rays of whit light started to shoot from the dome, it got brighter and brighter, then faded. The rainbow dome had vanished, the group all gathered around the crater to see what the elements of harmony did. In the crater, instead of a broken robot pony, there lay an alicorn, it had a silver coat and a mane and tail that seemed to glow a light blue color, its hooves were also a light blue. Upon its flank was a cutie mark of a light blue shield with a heart with wings on it. The alicorn began to stir. “ooooohhhhhh, what happened?” Twilight was the first to Speak as every other pony seemed completely speechless at what may have just happened. “Steele Mane,……is that you?” The alicorn was now sitting up, it looked up at Twilight and responded. “Twilight, what happened, how have I been repaired……..something seems different.” Pinkie was the first to point it out. “Steele Mane, your alive!” Steele Mane looked at her with a bit of confusion. “If you mean I am operational again, yes, I am, but I am unsure of how this has happened.” Rarity then pointed it out. “No dear, what she means is you are actually alive, look at your coat.” He still didn’t get it. “Rarity, I don’t know what you’re-“ He stopped short when he looked down at his hooves, instead of a metal body, he saw fur, real fur. “But….how can this be……I have real fur……but that’s impossible……but I do….but,” *CLONK* “OW, PINKIE, that hurt!” Pinkie had jumped to his side to whack him on the head to prevent him from going into another thought loop, however since he wasn’t a machine anymore, that wasn’t going to happen. She really did it more out of a reflex. “Wait,……that hurt….Pinkie quick, do it again.” Pinkie looked at him with a quizzical expression. “Are you sure?” “Yes I’m sure, do it again.” *CLONK* “OW, that really hurt. HA, that hurt,….I can feel.” Steele Mane was smiling a big smile at this realization. “How did this happen, this is incredible, I’m alive, I’M ALIVE!” He shouted at the top of his new lungs. He jumped up out of the crater in an attempt to fly, but landed on his face. “OW, what happened, why can’t I fly anymore?” every pony was all laughing at the scene. Rainbow Dash then informed Steele Mane of the problem. “You have real wings now silly, you need to flap them to fly.” Steele Mane gave a sheepish smile at this realization. “Oh, right. Um, I don’t suppose you wouldn’t mind showing me how to work my wings would you Rainbow Dash?” Rainbow Dash smiled as she responded. “Of course not, we are friends after all.” Steele Mane then rushed over to give Rainbow Dash a big hug. “Thank you, thank you, thank you,…..hey, you feel soft, I like it.” Rainbow breathed out a few words. “Um, Steele, that’s great and all but,…could you let me go now, it’s hard to breath.” Steele Mane then promptly released her. “Right, sorry. It’s just that now I can fully enjoy things now, this is so amazing, but how did it happen?” Twilight came forward with the answer. “It was the elements of harmony, they must have sensed how sad we were when we lost you that they appeared and made you a real pony like us.” “You mean those necklaces and that crown you all are wearing? Wow, they must be extremely powerful to give me life like this. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for this. Thank you so much.” Steele Mane was smiling the biggest smile in the world. Celestia then Spoke up. “Steele Mane, on behalf of Equestria, I would like to thank you for all your bravery and courage you displayed, as well as all of you.” She then turned her attention to the four other ponies, Trixie, Chaos Control, Cameron, and Nightshade Smoke. Pinkie couldn’t contain her excitement anymore. “This calls for a PARTY! THIS COULD BE THE BIGGEST PARTY EVER!” Chaos Control spoke up. “Sounds like fun, but I’m afraid I’ll have to skip it, now that the balance has been restored, it’s time for me to go.” Steele Mane then spoke up. “Do you really have to go, will we ever see you again?” Chaos smiled at Steele Mane and the rest, who were all sad that he had to leave. “If the balance is ever disturbed again, you’ll see me. Until then, I’ll be watching.” with that, he disappeared in a flash and was gone. Applejack wasn’t pleased with how he just left. “Well that’s a fine see ya later.” Twilight then Spoke up. “Hey Steele Mane, I almost forgot to point out something you might be interested in.” Steele Mane looked at her with a curious expression. “What is it Twilight?” “You have a cutie mark you know.” “I do, no way!” He looked back at his flank to see his new cutie mark. “Wow, I actually have a cutie mark, and it looks pretty neat huh?” Rarity agreed. “Oh, it certainly does, it really fits you dear.” Steele Mane Spoke up again. “So Pinkie, when can you get that party set up, I’m eager to try something sweet for the first time.” Pinkie gave a big smile as she looked at him. “You should know that by now.” The ponies all then made their way back to Canterlot to make preparations for the big party to celebrate their victory and to celebrate Steele Mane becoming a real pony. Thanks to the efforts of all the ponies, and one metal pony who is now a real one, Equestria was saved from a metal menace. AN: I would once again like to give my thanks to those who submitted their OC’s for this story. Cameron from Dragon Outcast on Fanfiction.net. Nightshade Smoke from Mr Williams on Fanfiction.net. and Chaos Control from Chaotic Pony on fimfiction.net. I would also like to give my thanks to all those who have given me such positive feedback and such. I really appreciate it. My next fan fic is sure to be a real original one, hope you’ll enjoy it as much as you’ve enjoyed my other fan fics.