//------------------------------// // Chapter 20: The Letter // Story: The Original Mad Scientist in Equestria // by Br0nyb0y123 //------------------------------// Tesla was in the basement once again, still working on the machine. He didn't know how long he was working on the machine for, but it felt like a long time, "It must be morning" Tesla said to himself. He suddenly stopped working on the machine, and decided to go upstairs to check the time. Once he made it upstairs, he saw from outside Twilight's windows that the Sun was shining bright in the blue sky, he was working the entire night. Twilight was sitting at her desk in her room the floor above, "Hey Twilight! Where are you?" Tesla called out. "I'm in my room, Nikola. What's up?" She asked. "What's the time?" He asked back. "About eleven" Twilight replied. Tesla then went up and came into her room, "What are you doing?" She asked. "I just want to talk" Tesla replied. "Em...okay. About what?" Twilight questioned. "I just want to know how you're doing and everything" Tesla replied. "I'm doing fine, Nikola. This is odd of you" Twilight said. "Odd of me to do what?" Tesla asked. "Usually you just ask me something real quickly then go back to doing what you usually do" Twilight replied, "I'm just pointing that out" "Well, I'm bored, I thought I'd talk to you" Tesla said. "Well, I'm just studying some spell, I guess I can still speak to you" Twilight said. Tesla pulled another seat near Twilight's desk and sat beside her, "What does the spell do?" Tesla asked. "It's a spell that can create solid objects out of water, I can't seem to get it right" Twilight said, "There's a lot of concentration involved and it's just a nightmare to pull off" "I think you can do it" Tesla said. "It's not that easy" Twilight replied. "Think about it. Nothing really is easy. I can help you" Tesla told her. "Okay, that'd be nice" Twilight happily replied. "I noticed you tend to multi-task, Twilight. You have a tendency to focus on more than one thing at a time, maybe do that less and it could improve your focusing on the spell" Tesla told her. "Thanks, Nikola, I'll keep that in mind" Twilight said. Spike was sleeping in his smaller bed beside Twilight's, until he woke up to burping out a letter from Celestia, "Oh morning Spike" Twilight greeted. "Morning Twilight" Spike yawned, "Morning Nikola" "Hello Spike" Tesla said. "Spike, can you do me a favor and read that letter for me please whilst I read about this spell?" Twilight asked. "Sure Twilight" Spike replied. Spike unraveled the scroll-like letter and began to read it. His reaction started neutral, but then turned into more worried and shocked reactions. It was important what he was reading, "Twilight?" Spike asked. "What is it Spike?" Twilight asked back. "You have to read this" Spike told her. "Spike, I need to read about this spe.." Twilight began. "No, Twilight, this is big news" Spike interrupted. Twilight got out of her seat and went over to Spike, she then levitated the letter and read, he reactions became shocked and worried, like Spike's. She quickly put the letter down and began to race out of her room, "Spike. Nikola. We're getting the girls together and we need to get on the next train to Canterlot" Twilight told them. "Wait. What's happening?" Tesla asked. "We need to go!" Twilight said in a panic. "Twilight, calm down" Tesla said as he got up from his seat, "What's wrong? Tell me" Twilight took a breath, "Princess has told me that she has gotten a letter from the Changelings, she says we have to go to Canterlot so she can explain it more, the only big thing she told me was that the Changelings know who you are" Twilight explained. "Wait. The Changelings? The fucking shape shifting monsters who raided Canterlot, know me?" Tesla asked. "Yes, get ready, we're leaving now" Twilight told him. "Fuck" Tesla muttered to himself. Tesla, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy and Spike were now at the Palace, Celestia was telling them about what the letter was about, Luna was standing alongside her, worried as anyone would be, "It was a letter from Chrysalis, Twilight. They know about Nikola somehow. They want to meet all of you in a week at..." Celestia paused. "Where?" Rarity asked. "The Dragon's Volcano" Celestia told them. "No way" Rainbow Dash uttered. "I'm afraid you have, all eight of you, or else Chrysalis will commit another raid" Celestia said. "How do the Changelings know about me?" Tesla asked. "I'm not sure, Mr. Tesla. But they want to see you about your machine" Celestia replied, "It's best if you stay here in the palace before parting to the volcano in a week, discuss your plan of action" "Yes, Princess" They all said. "Chrysalis herself said she wasn't going to meet you there, but she's sent seven of her minions to meet you" Celestia told them, "They want to meet you in the Volcano's caves" Spike's reaction became scared once he thought about the caves. With Spike having been to the volcano before, the volcano is nothing but a crater, that hasn't erupted in years, but underneath the flat terrain was the two largest dragons in Equestria, and the volcano was their prison, "Spike, are you okay?" Rarity asked in concern as she noticed he went pale at the thought of the caves. "No" Spike replied. "You know the most about the volcano. What did you hear about the caves underneath?" Celestia asked. "The caves underneath the top of the volcano are a prison to Lyth and Umberoth, the two greatest dragons in Equestria, they lie beneath the volcano, if they were to be released, mayhem will ensue, that's what one of the dragons told me when I was at the volcano" Spike explained. "God damn" Nikola spoke. "Nikola, Spike, girls, let's discuss this later on" Twilight said. "Okay, Twilight" All replied but Tesla. The girls and Spike all made their way out of the throne room, all but Twilight and Tesla, "Twilight, are we dealing with?" Tesla asked. "Something awful. And if the dragons are going to be involved, then it will be a whole lot worse" Twilight told him. Tesla looked down to the ground and sighed, "Hey" Twilight said as she lifted his chin up with her hoof, "I'll make sure that doesn't happen, I promise" Twilight smiled. "Okay" Tesla replied, "Thank you Twilight" The Brotherhood were outside their hut, all discussing the summoning of King Sombra. Lavo was the one to be summoning him with a resurrection spell, he was feeling nervous as the spell could kill him, "Okay, so Lavo will use the resurrection spell to summon Sombra back from the dead. Since Sombra was incinerated and has no proper burial, that gives us the advantage of Lavo summoning Sombra wherever he pleases, instead of having to resolve to grave-robbing" Masai told his brothers, "Why he is doing this outside, for those who are about to ask, is because the spell Lavo is about to perform involves fire, and we don't want our residence burning down, do we, brothers?" Some of them shook their heads and others muttered no. Mimic then raised his hoof, wanting to ask a question to Masai, "Yes, Mimic" Masai pointed at him. Mimic flopped his hoof back down to the ground, "Why do we all need to be outside to see this?" "Good question, Mimic. You see, with Sombra being a demonic and rather violent individual, it's best if we stay as a group and intimidate the bastard, and with our awesome scars, that could intimidate him more" Masai said with a smug smile. "That seems fair actually" Mimic replied. "Pfft" Ozymandias let out. Masai turned to Ozymandias, "Oh, and Oz. Before you laugh sarcastically or make a smartass comment towards this plan of action, do remember that this was YOUR idea and that if your idea happens to go fuck-up, then I will make sure Sombra kills you before any of us" Masai told him. "Your loss" Ozymandias replied. "I won't give a damn if you die because of Sombra, it will make me smile if it does happen. So it's your loss" Masai said. Ozymandias couldn't think of anything else to say to Masai, Masai turned away and then went towards Lavo, "Lavo, are you sure you can do this?" Masai asked. "Yes, brother" Lavo replied. "If you need more time to practice, that's okay with me, we have a few more days before meeting Tesla" Masai told him. "I'll do it now and get it over and done with" Lavo said. "Okay, brother. Good luck" Masai wished. "Thank you Masai" Lavo thanked. "Brothers, stand back and give Lavo some space" Masai said. Lavo took a deep breath then proceeded to go on with the spell, he placed his horn on the ground and his horn glowed a bright green color against the dirt ground, then small particles of dust formed a small tornado in front of Lavo, more dirt and dust gathered into the tornado, and soon they couldn't see through the tornado, Lavo then raised his head and with his magic he set the tornado ablaze, Lavo felt weak but had to continue with the spell, the heat of the flames weren't helping him. A dark shadow formed in the tornado of fire, the Brotherhood knew who the shadow belonged to. Lavo's head felt sore, the pain increased as the shadow continued to form. Once the shadow formed completely, the shadow let out a blood curdling roar, signaling Lavo to stop with the spell. He did so, and with him feeling really weak from using his magic, he collapsed to the ground, "Lavo!" Mimic shouted as he went over to his brother, "It's alright, man. Let's get your ass up" Mimic got Lavo's foreleg and placed it over his shoulder then hoisted him up and pulled him away from the smoke. The smoke began to clear and the silhouetted figure slowly became more visible, the figure's eyes flashed green with flexes of red in the irises. Masai looked at the figure and realized it was Sombra, Masai felt confident enough to approach him, though he knew he wasn't going to be easy to talk to, unlike Discord, "Hey big guy" Masai greeted, "Welcome home" Sombra let out a raspy growl, "Who are you?" "I'm Masai, of the Banished Brotherhood" Masai replied. "You're a Changeling. I hate Changelings" Sombra said. "I do as well" Masai said, referring to all but his Brotherhood and maybe Oz. "Why did you resurrect me?" Sombra asked with a harsh tone in his voice. "Because, we need your help" Masai told him calmly. Sombra grabbed Masai by the neck, "Why should I help and bunch of Changelings scum? I can kill you all right here and let the world know you made a fatal mistake resurrecting me" Sombra told him. Masai showed a smug reaction towards Sombra, "Well, if you kill us. Start with that one there, it was his idea to resurrect you" Masai said as he pointed as Ozymandias. Sombra looked over at Ozymandias and then Oz became scared, Sombra let go of Masai then towards Ozymandias and grabbed him by the throat, "Fine, I'll kill him first" Sombra smiled. "Fuck you, Masai!" Ozymandias cursed. "Well, Sombra, I was going to make a deal with you" Masai said. "I don't make deals, especially with Changelings. And from your group's title, you must've done something terrible if Chrysalis no longer wants you in her society" Sombra replied. "Well, let's just say the deal I want to make with you involves you to be ruler of your kingdom once more" Masai told him. Sombra let go of Ozymandias, "The Crystal Empire?" "I have your attention now, don't I, big guy?" Masai asked, "Let's just say that if you help me and my brothers with this operation I have planned, then me and my brothers will help you overthrow Princess Cadence and Shining Armor and reclaim your throne" Masai told him. "What exactly do I need to do?" Sombra asked. "You will need to be at the Dragon's Volcano with us..." Masai began.