Solid Hartz

by VirgeDante


Chapter 3: A New Home (eh?, eh?)

The Mythbusters and the elements of harmony (minus Applejack) arrived at the site where Twilight had tried to construct a house for them. "It was last minute so i didn't get to hire anypony to build it yet, but i assure you, i'll get somepony to make it more like a home, for now, this is the best i could do for you." she said.
Natalie gasped at it. "Are you kidding!? this place is beautiful!" she jumped up and down.
Maxwell grinned. "Careful, your childhood is showing."
Natalie slapped him behind the head. "You don't get to tell anyone else to grow up, you have to grow up yourself first."
Zack was busy searching through the house with his flash step, it was a two story house, made of wood, it pretty much looked like a large cabin, there were 5 bedrooms, 4 for the Mythbusters, and a guest room, a bathroom, and a basic kitchen. Twilight was quite proud of herself. "It took some time to figure out how to set up the kitchen and bathroom, but i think i did pretty well, also, the main bedrooms are upstairs and the guest room is in the back of the first floor."
Kepher ran right in. "OHMYGOSHTHISISSOCOOLTHANKYOUTWILIGHT!" he ran right upstairs to pick out which room he wanted. "Wait for me! I wanna see it too!" Pinkie called, and ran in after him.
"Lets go inside too momma!" Toby ran in behind them.
"Oh...be careful Toby, you might trip..." she followed him in.

Maxwell started to wander off, when Natalie called to him. "Where do you think your going?" she asked
"I wanna walk around town to see where we're gonna be hanging out for the next few years, that alright with you?" he said.
Twilights ears popped up. "what? your staying for a few years?" she hadn't known that part, just that they were staying for a while. "Well yeah... ridding a world of Myths isn't exactly an overnight thing..." Maxwell began to walk away."See ya in a bit."
Twilight gave a small frown. "Does he ever stay for long?"
Natalie patted twilight on the head, which was funny because Twilight and Natalie were around the same height. "Don't think anything of it, he just likes to wander around, he'll be back." Rainbow flew overhead to get a better look at the house.
"I gotta say Twi, you did really good on this..." She was circling the house checking all corners.
"Thanks Rainbow dash, i worked for three hours on it."
Natalie's jaw dropped. "Only three hours!? wow..."
Twilight smiled. "Well it wasn't too hard with my magic."
That's when Natalie's eyes began to sparkle. "*gasp* You use magic too!?" she hugged Twilight.
Twilight blushed. "Well yeah...wait, what do you mean too?"
Natalie took out her chronicle and it began to glow, she held out her hand and created a small ball of light in her palm.
It was Twilights turn to drop her jaw in shock. "Wha...? I thought humans couldn't use magic? toby tried a few times, but couldn't do it... how did you?"
Natalie smiled. "I use runes, they are basically magical symbols that summon the power of the elements, it took me years to master them... actually i'm still not a master...but i'm better than most! there are very few rune casters on earth."
Twilight gave her a big smile. "That's great! we're very lucky to have you all here."

Rarity finally decided to join in on the conversation. "dear, if i may ask... do you have any clothes besides the ones you're wearing?" Natalie looked down.
She still had her normal gear, Black jacket, pink shirt, red jeans..."Hmmm...I do have some in my storage, but i just brought them because they are necessary, i don't really like them that much...i need to get some new ones."
Rarity's eyes lit up. "Oh darling, i'll make you some new clothes if you wish."
Natalie giggled."Oh, really? that would be so generous of you!"
Rarity beamed. "Well i'm not the element of generosity for nothing!"Natalie had no idea what she meant by that, but she didn't have time to ask, because just then Zack came running over, and he unsheathed his blade.

"Psy! we have company!." as he said this, a large bear came running at them from down the path, it was at least twice as tall as Natalie and was black with red tint on its fur. Natalie gasped. "Thats a Lower C class Ursa Crimson! it's alot stronger than the Canus Sapphire i fought earlier..." Behind it, an orange pony with a blonde main and tail and a cowboy hat ran up to them, the bear ran right past and began to claw around the ground of the yard.
The new pony spoke. "Twahlight! that monster came and attacked the farm! and just after it smashed some of tha trees, it ran off! ya gotta help me catch it!"
Twilight nodded. "Don't worry we're on it!" Just then, Rainbow dash attempted to charge the beast, only to be knocked away with one swipe of the paw. "Aaaaaaah!" she screamed. "That thing hits really hard..." she said, holding her side.
Natalie ran to her aid. "Don't worry, i'll help you." Once more, her chronicle glowed, a green aura surrounded her hand as she placed her hand on Rainbow's side. Within seconds, Rainbow stood back up and looked at Natalie in amazement.
"Whoa...thanks!" she wiggled a bit to see if the spell really worked, sure enough, she was back to full health.
Natalie grabbed her hoof. "No problem, but we have to get back to the front of the house."
Then Rainbow gave her a confused look. "Why?" she asked.

She got her answer, from the second floor of the house, Kepher opened a window, jumped out, fell at least 25 feet and landed perfectly fine. Pinkie pie followed suit. "Watcha gonna do buddy?" she asked him. All eyes, pony and human, were on him at this moment. "Taking my turn! remember Psy, you promised!"
She smiled and said, "I know, i know, just don't be reckless okay?"
He pulled a chocolate bar out from his pocket. "No problem...this is gunna be sweet!"
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Meanwhile, at the Moontouched base
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A woman walks down the hall, her long brown hair tied into a pony tail, she wears a black shirt under a white lab coat, and dark green pants with midnight black dress shoes. She approaches the room on the top floor of the building, located at the far back to the right. She knocks. "Zero...?"
"..."
"Zero...answer."
"...yes?" a low voice, almost a whisper comes from beyond the door.
"Zero, it's time for your daily training, come along." She steps back as the door slides open sideways.
"...okay..." he steps out, dragging his feet as he walks, his dirty blonde hair leaving a shadowy veil across his eyes.
*Wow, he looks bad today...i hope he's alright.* She thought.They get in the elevator and head towards the basement, where the training room is located, upon arrival, he steps into the room and she remains at the control panel, ready to begin the simulation. "Are you ready Zero?" she asks.
He looks at her weakly. "...yes...miss...Varen..."
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NEW SUBJECT
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Subject # 2M
Birth name: Kristie Varen
Age: 26
Code name: Mindbreaker
Class: Illusionist
Weapon of choice: Hypnotist ring
MythBuster Clearance level: A- Class

Appearance:Brown hair, ending just past the neck, usually tied into a pony tail, light cotton shirt with very light armor hidden inside the fabric, normally black, known to switch with a blue one, White lab cloak, also armored, not through regular means, but through protective runes cast across its surface, wears light cotton fiber pants, usually dark green, sometimes brown or purple, while on duty, wears black dress shoes with knives located in the soles just below the front of the foot.

Special talent: Can create illusions so realistic that they trick the mind into believing them to be reality, such as, one of her illusionary fires could cause the brain to think the target really is being burned, causing the body to burn anyway, regardless of weather the fire is real or not, this works with all of her illusions, as long as the target is not strong enough to see through the illusions. Despite not being suited to close combat, she has some knowledge of tae kwon doe.

Solid heart activation ability: Broken mind- Causes the victim to be sent to a pocket dimension within their own mind, where their worst nightmares will come to haunt them, the effects of the dream appear to take affect on the physical form of the body as well, for example, If they are cut in their dream, a cut will appear on the real body.

Description: Second in command of the Moontouched, like the Doctor, she sees the Myths as a possible scientific achievement waiting to be found. Rather than destroy them, she prefers to use her illusions to trap and study them, hoping to make them just another normal species on earth... this research however, is constantly interrupted by the Mythbuster organizations across the earth and nearby worlds.
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She holds her hand onto the scanners of the computer, as it was designed to amplify illusionary powers to provide specific training to individual recruits. She creates 100 B class werewolves in the training room..."Begin!" she calls
*Begin Fight Music*

The second she says this, Zero begins to run straight towards the beasts, jumping overhead, he performs an axel kick, crushing the skull of one of them, crashing it into the floor, creating a small crater, he then proceeds to do a headspin, kicking all that surround him, getting back up and being careful to dodge the incoming blow, catches the claw as it passes by his head, tearing it off of its former owner, and stabbing the myth through the heart with its own claw. twenty myths attack at once, he makes a swift kick to the chest of one sending it flying, and proceeds to jump up and over another, catching his shackles around its neck, he twists mid-air to get a cross chain on it, he spread his hands apart, causing the chains to tighten, snapping the myths neck, he then spins around, smashing all myths around him, then sparta kicks the one in his shackles, shattering the soul stone. a stray werewolf happens to catch him off gaurd, although he attempted a dodge, it grazed his arm. This only seemed to make Zero happy, as he simply reached his hand up... and grabbed his blood as it solidified into a handle. He withdrew the handle as well as a stream of blood that followed up behind it, solidifying into a blade, he continued cutting down the myths, shattering soul gems left and right.
"Alright...lets see how you do with this..." Kristie said as she proceeded to summon another 100 werewolves, these ones changed in color, as they were now A class. Zero simply made his blood liquefy again and used it as a whip, slaughtering all that stood in his way.

More were summoned. He jumps up, and aims his hand below, and begins firing drops of blood as bullets.
"...Blood...rain..." he says, as all below are torn apart by the blood shots. One took him by surprise, as it was not a werewolf, but a harpy, attacking in mid air, it was a shadowy black like the rest, with yellow tint, the color of A class Myths.
he used the force of his blood shot from his body to fly towards the harpy, grabbing it and tearing its wings off, then smashing its soul gem. below him, the wolves were growing impatient. "...eager to die...?" he asked.He dropped down, punching one in the head, again shattering it like glass and the shockwave destroying all around...

"Alright...that's enough Zero." Kristie got up from the monitor. "I'll take you to the doctor now for your health examination... you look like you've exhausted alot of energy...then again, you did just fire half of your blood across the room..." she looked around and then faced Zero with concern. "Could you be a little more careful next time? waste less blood, alright?" He nodded."Alright...lets go." she said.
As they got on the elevator, he couldn't help but feel obligated to ask. "...Miss Varen..."
She looked at him. "yes?"
"...Why don't I...feel pain?" he asked
She smiled reassuringly at him. "it's the solid heart."
"...What...do you mean...?"
"You see... the solid heart is what we call the process which a human heart temporarily gains the runic crystal essence of a Myth's... During the solid heart, the persons powers are amplified greatly, and gain new powers beyond their wildest dreams, but with that there is a downside, they lose important emotions, such as love, happiness, even sadness and anger are forgotten...they become merciless in battle... and lose the ability to sense pain...Zero...after the events five years ago... the soul gem that was given to you gave you permanent solid heart state..."
He looked down. "...Okay...thank you...for the information...It was never explained...before now..."
"Don't worry about it, all that should matter to you now is you condition, you need to be prepared."
"...I know..." he said