It was a dark day to which the stallion awoke to, no birds singing, no rustle of the trees. It was eerily silent.
Several booms could be heard in the distance as if a great battle was taking place and the world was waiting for the outcome of it. The chocolate brown earth pony stallion with a mint green mane, and a golden gear as a cutie mark steps out of his wooden caravan and into the early morning air with a sense of trepidation of what may be happening.
‘Why do I feel like I have been drained of every ounce of joy?’ He asks of himself, ‘ It’s like something has sucked my very soul out with a straw, then replaced it with sand.’
As he contemplates this event a nearly world shattering explosion is heard in the sky. Looking up he sees the most spectacular event he has ever seen. A massive wave of rainbow colored energy sweeping across the land with him in it’s path. He does what any self respecting sapient creature would do and dashes back into his caravan.
As the energy washes over the caravan he is overcome with a joyful sensation like a part of himself has been restored, but not just restored enhanced to absolute maximum potential.
He walks over to a mirror and is astonished to what he sees. Gone is the chocolate brown coat, replaced with one of a dark copper, his mane is changed to a light silver color, and his cutie mark, the one thing that should be literally unchangeable, has been changed to be a silhouette of a pony with a gear in the center.
“What, what is this? What was that energy? And why am I talking to myself?” he chuckles, which turns into a gale of laughter at this impossible turn of events. ‘I don’t know why this has happened but there must be a reason behind it all.’ A feeling flows through him, one which he is well accustomed to, the need to build the toys he makes.
He follows this feeling, lets it guide him as his hooves fly to parts sitting in the shelves. He creates what appears to be small ponies though with gears and metal. Wind up toys which he creates for fillies and colts in the towns he visits. The sounds of their laughter seem to fill his ears as he continues to create throughout the day, and well into the night.
As he finally lays down to sleep one word seems to bounce in his mind, Ponyville…
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Five months have past since that day and the copper colored stallion heads to the west, his once woden caravan now made of mostly metal, with a merchant's stall attached to the side.
His pace is easy even though his load is heavy and he makes good time down the road. he passes a few others heading some place or another, one family catches his eye and he approaches them.
“Well fancy meeting you all out here.” he says jovially as he approaches a aqua colored Unicorn stallion with a light orange mane.
The unicorn looks up and studies the earth pony for a minute then realization hits him, “By the maker! Is that you Mechanas?”
“Yeah dad, it’s me.” He smiles at the Unicorn his light blue eyes glittering with mirth. “How’s the rest of the family doing?”
“They’re doing well colt, Though your mother is going to flip her lid at what seems to have happened to you.” The unicorn says as he walks around the slightly larger earth pony.
“What do you mea…” Mechanas starts to ask as he is slammed into the ground by a bright white blur.
“Oooo, My little Mechy!!” A white pegasus, with a golden colored mane and bright magenta eyes, her cutie mark is that of a smiling yellow sun. she sits upon the stallions barrel smiling brightly down at him.
Mechanas coughs a bit from getting basically gut punched into the ground by the mare, but smiles a bit anyhow. “Heya mom, how’d ya know it was me?”
The pegasus mare just giggles “A mother always knows her little wittle colt, no matter how he has changed...or been changed.” she says as she gets a good look at him, getting to her hooves at the same time.
“Sunshine, please don’t injure the colt. I mean we just got back together after all.” The unicorn stallion says with a smirk
The pegasus mare just giggles a bit while rubbing the back of her head with a hoof “Sorry Clocky, I just got carried away. It has been a rather long time since we have seen our little, hmmm, make that our big colt.” She says as she looks up at Mechanas.
“It’s fine mom, I’m used to your hugs anyhow.” he chuckles a bit, “Anyhow where are the others at anyhow. I figured they whole herd would be along for the ride?”
“Ah, they're in Manehatten right now, we were just headed there to see them actually.” His father says.
“Oh, well I’m heading to Ponyville actually.” Mechanas says “For some reason it just feels like I need to be there.”
“Like you're being called?” His mother asks
“Yeah, just like that, why has that happened to you guys as well?” The copper earth pony replies.
His father just nods, “Just before I met your mother actually. It felt like I needed to be in Hoofington. Than I met her and everything just seemed to click into place.” The unicorn smiles at the white pegasus.
“I see, so would that mean I’m supposed to meet my one true love there than?” Mechanas asks of his father.
The unicorn just shrugs, “Either that, or you have gas.” He chuckles at the joke.
Mechanas just face-hooves at the horrible joke and just shakes his head. “Well give my love to the rest of the family. I’m off to Ponyville.” he says as he begins to move off away from the other two.
His father and mother just wave and head on their way as well.
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Two days pass as Mechanas finally arrives in Ponyville.
‘Ponyville huh? I’ve been here before with my dad. I think it’s been fifteen years or so, if I’m remembering correctly. Well I’m back and maybe i can get some answers to some of the rumors that I’ve been hearing about this place. As well as answers to my own changes, after all The Elements of Harmony are supposed to live here after all.’ He nods to himself as he heads into the town in the rather early morning.