//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: The Cold Day In // Story: The Original Mad Scientist in Equestria // by Br0nyb0y123 //------------------------------// SEVERAL MONTHS AHEAD.... The small hut to the Banished Brotherhood. Masai has committed a highly dangerous crime against the whole of Equestria. Two of his brothers are dead, one has abandoned the Brotherhood, and he now holds The Bearers Of The Elements Of Harmony captive in his home, all of them tied to a chair, Spike was in the basement, chained to wall. But Tesla was nowhere to be seen, "....Now, Twilight" Masai continued from an ongoing speech, "Me and the Brotherhood have almost brought Equestria to it's bare bones, and now I have you six sitting in front of me, right where I want you to" "Go to hell, Masai" Twilight replied. "Hell? Tell me something, Twilight, my darling. Can you really differentiate hell and what's currently happening to Equestria right now?" Masai asked calmly. Twilight said nothing, she looked at him coldly, as did the rest of her friends, "Thought not" Masai grinned. "You think we're going to do anything for you, you worthless scumbag?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Well, Rainbow Dash, my dear. Considering the fact that two of my brothers are dead and one has left us, I guess we need more helpers..." Masai chuckled. "Fuck you" Rainbow Dash replied. "Oh you have no choice, if you don't do what I want, then I'll kill you all, one by one, starting with the adorable little Fluttershy" Masai said as he faced Fluttershy with a disturbing smile on his face. Fluttershy hung her head in fear but her friends backed up for her, "Ya lay a single hoof on her, and ah swear to Celestia.." Applejack began. "You swear to Celestia?" Masai asked jokingly, "Hahahaha. I can bring her head to you, and then you can swear to her" "If I get out of here, then I'll tear you to pieces" Rarity threatened. "And you can get out of here, mule" Masai insulted. That one word just hit Rarity like a brick wall, she didn't say anything after that, and almost cried, "You can all get out of here, every one of you" Masai said, "It may seem stupid, but all you need to do is tell me one thing" "And what's that?" Twilight asked angrily. "Tell me where Nikola Tesla is" Masai replied. SEVERAL MONTHS BACK A week has passed since the go-kart incident, in the time span between that until now, the snow storm had came, Twilight, Spike and Tesla were now snowbound in the library. Tesla was still in the basement, working on the pulse and studying magic, Spike was sleeping and Twilight was writing a letter to Celestia, Dear Princess Celestia, I am currently writing this letter to you because I was wondering if I would be able to take Nikola Tesla over to Canterlot to meet you and let him tell you about his teleportation device and how it could advance technology for out kind. I hope you can get back to me and I'll try and get to Canterlot once this snow has been cleared away Your Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle Twilight levitated a ribbon over to her, she then scrolled the letter up and tied the ribbon around the scrolled letter and placed it on her bed. Now she was bored. Twilight doesn't like when she's bored, and with her having read pretty much all her books, she couldn't be bothered getting up and reading a book she's probably read plenty of times. So, she wanted to check on Tesla, for the hell of it. She went down to the basement, but this time, she didn't knock, when she went inside, she saw Tesla writing on the blackboards, he was writing down sentences about magic and Unicorns. Twilight approached him slowly from behind and said, "Hey, Nikola" Tesla jumped with a fright then turned around, "Oh, hello, Twilight. You gave me a fright" Tesla replied. "Sorry about that" Twilight chuckled. "It's okay, I was just researching more about magic. It's a very interesting thing, the more I think about it" Tesla told her. "You finally believe it, now?" Twilight asked. "I guess so, it's just a cultural thing in your world, I thought it was just fake rubbish" Tesla replied. "Well, it's just a natural thing for us Unicorns, I can help explain it to you" Twilight said. "No, I have a clear understanding of what happens" Tesla replied, "Magic is generated through a nerve on your back, you then push it through until it exits through your horn" "You have been doing your homework" Twilight said then chuckled. "I try" Tesla shrugged and smiled. "Are you needing help with anything at all?" Twilight asked. "No, but thanks, Twilight" Tesla replied. "Oh, well, I'll be going then" Twilight said as she turned in the opposite direction. "No no. You don't need to go, you can stay here and just talk if you want to whilst I work on this damned machine" Tesla said. Twilight then turned around and thought that was a great idea, as she couldn't speak to Spike, who was still sleeping, and she didn't want to read any of her books, "Sure, why not?" "...So tell me again, this Discord person. He is a....what now?" Tesla asked. Twilight cleared her throat, "He is a Draconequus. Strange breed of creature, he's an absolute genius though, almost destroyed my town at the snap of his fingers. If he was in a room with you, it would be a clash between two great minds" Twilight said. "I'm probably smarter than him anyways" Tesla chuckled. "I'm not too sure, I never really defeated Discord the first time, he let himself lose against us, he's probably got a lot of untapped potential, so to speak" Twilight said. "Any other villainous beings you fought before?" Tesla asked. "Yeah, there was these creatures who I encountered in Canterlot, during my brother's wedding, they're called Changelings, a bunch of shape-shifting insect-like things, their queen tried disguising herself as my sister-in-law and then there was massive raid, it was all just chaos" Twilight said. "I thought chaos was Discord?" Tesla asked. "This was different, it felt more..." Twilight struggled to find the right word. "Anarchic?" Tesla optioned. "Yeah, that" Twilight responded. Tesla added an extra piece to the pulse and it made a small spark flicker off the end of it, "Careful" Twilight said. "I always am" Tesla replied. "You know, you're an odd being, Nikola" Twilight said. "Didn't we have a similar conversation like this a few days ago?" Nikola asked. "Yeah, you thanked me for helping you" Twilight said. "Oh yeah, thank you again" Tesla smiled. "Yeah.." Twilight replied. Then there was the silence, Twilight looked down at the ground and then back at Tesla, smiling. He smiled back. Then another flicker occurred from behind him, he turned his neck to look at it, "Huh, still flickeri-" He was interrupted by something soft touching his lips, it was Twilight's lips on his. His eyes were bulged open, he wasn't expecting Twilight to do that, he tried pulling away but she kept him forward. The kiss felt good for Twilight but for him it felt uncomfortable, he wanted it to end quickly. When she finally ended the kiss, Tesla looked at her in shock, "Twilight?" He said slowly. Twilight just realized she did something wrong, "Oh my God. I....I...couldn't control myself. I'm sor..I'm sorry" Twilight stuttered. "Twilight. Why?" Tesla asked whilst puzzled. "I...I.." Twilight stuttered once more with her cheeks blushed, "I...need to go upstairs" Twilight stormed out of the basement, mortified of what she just did, leaving Tesla in the basement to take in the strange event that just happened.