//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 (Fear Me if You Dare!) // Story: To Be Human // by SuperPinkBrony12 //------------------------------// "Sweetie Belle" felt nothing but anger as she descended the stairs. At this point she didn't care what she did or who got in her way. All she cared about was making a statement. If the world as she knew it was going to fear her then she was going to give it a reason to fear her. She intended for her first target to be her "big sister" Rarity but Rarity wasn't in the living room. Running a quick scan for any sentient life forms "Sweetie Belle" (who had decided to call herself Sweetie Bot) the only being she found was Opal who was snoozing peacefully. It seemed that Rarity had somehow predicted that Sweetie Bot would attack her and had fled. Oh well, Rarity could wait. Luckly for Opal she was of no intrest to Sweetie Bot, in fact she even considered Opal the only friend she had right now. Sweetie Bot then decided to lay waste to Carousel Boutique to some extent. She wasn't intrested in burning it to the ground, nor did she wish to ruin Rarity's dresses though the urge to do so was very strong. Instead she decided to just ruin every last room as best as she could. That would show the world she was not one to be messed with. "Initiating destruction sequence." Sweetie Bot said, her voice starting to become more monotone and computer like. Within seconds bright red laser beams began shooting out from her eyes and arms, frying everything they came into contact with. Now one would think that such actions would be very alarming to Sweetie Bot. Especially since she had only just recently become aware of her origins. But if she did have any sort of remorse or regret for what she was doing she sure didn't show it. She just kept firing laser after laser at anything she wanted, all the while shouting "Destroy! Destroy!" as well as occassionally "Crush!", 'Kill!", or "Exterminate!". She also let out a very maniacal and evil laugh from time to time. Opal was usually a very heavy sleeper, she could practically sleep through one of her owner's many high pitched shrieks whenever something went wrong. But even Opal had her limits and all the noise that was coming from "Sweetie Belle" was too much for her poor sensitive ears. She woke up with a start, very unhappy at having been woken up from her nap. Whoever had the nerve to do all of this was practically begging to be scratched and far be it from Opal to let such an oppertunity slip by. Besides as far as she was concerned the person or creature that was doing this was asking for it. Sweetie Bot continued her rampage of destruction. She had already wrecked pretty much everything and anything that wasn't a dress and she showed no signs of stopping any time soon. Just as she was about to move on to her room upstairs however she heard a familiar hiss. She looked down and saw a white ball of fur leap up and without warning it started scratching her on her left arm. It seemed like she had aroused Opal who was less then happy about her very rude awakening. However Sweetie Bot didn't to notice or even care about Opal was doing, all she knew was that the cat was stopping her from carrying out her rampage. She was tempted to hit Opal with her lasers, just enough to singe her tail and teach her not to mess with her, but she found that upon looking into Opal's eyes she couldn't bring herself to do so. "Life form known as Opal, please stop attacking me." Sweetie Bot said. It soon became quite obvious to Opal that she somehow held a special place in Sweetie Bot's head and that Sweetie Bot could not or would not hurt her. Normally she would've felt compelled to take advantage of such a situation, but one look at Sweetie Bot's eyes told her she was lucky to be spared any sort of aggression. She ceased her "attacks" at once and jumped down. "Thank you life form known as Opal. You shall be rewarded for your act of kindness." Sweetie Bot said, her voice breifly returned to it's normal human tone as she leaned down to pet Opal. The Persian cat felt very happy to recieve some attention for once and soaked up every moment of it. She even briefly rolled over, exposing her soft belly in the hopes that "Sweetie Belle" would give her a belly rub. Which she did. For a brief moment "Sweetie Belle's" eyes returned to normal. It seemed like somehow Opal had some sort of calming effect on her. Unfortunately the moment soon passed and Sweetie Bot resumed her rampage without any further interruptions. Some time later Sweetie Bot had wrecked just about everything in Carousel Boutique that wasn't a dress or a dress design. At first she was content to just let the smoldering remains burn to ash, but some unknown reason she instead made use of the fire extinguisher under the kitchen sink and put out all the flames. But her vendetta didn't end with Carousel Boutique. In fact it was just the beginning. She believed that the world had chosen to fear her and she would see to it that it was punished for doing so. She wouldn't stop until Ponyville, no the entire universe bowed down before her. She could care less about what might happen or who got in the way. It seemed like the citizens of Ponyville were about to be the unfortunate victims of yet another disaster. But this one would be one that they wouldn't soon forget.