I sat on my porch, feeling the soft breeze as Metalwing gently twisted the back of my mane into a braid. I had let it get long since I got to Equestria and I wanted to do something with it other than just let it sit there on the back of my neck. When metalwing finished the braid, he put a beautiful pink flower on the bottom, using its stem to hold my mane in place. He began placing smaller blue flowers in various places on the braid to accent the pink one. When he finished, he showed me in the mirror. I smiled at the elegant looking hair style my significant other had created.
Metalwing spoke softly, "You know, Sprocket, I haven't introduced you to my friends from the Royal Guard yet. I think that would be an appropriate thing for the second year of you being here."
"That sounds great! Wow, I can't believe it's already been a year." I replied.
He set the mirror down, "I know, it seems like it was just a few days ago when you landed on the ground in front of me when I thought you were gone."
"Yeah, I could go for meeting your friends. I probably do need to meet some ponies I can call friends, Iron is a great mare, but I literally have six other friends other than her." I said.
He responded, "You have me, Sprocket."
"You're way more than a friend, Metalwing." I told him.
He smiled as he picked me up and took off, flying toward the train station. We landed at the ticket box, which surprisingly had no line of ponies waiting to buy their train tickets. He bought the two tickets to Canterlot before we stepped aboard. When we took our seats, the iron vehicle screamed down the track toward the enormous city known as Canterlot. We had been there enough that at this point, it almost seemed trivial to take a trip to the majestic environment which seemed to have faded in beauty since that first time.
We stepped off the stopped structure into the city. I followed Metalwing through several turns, not knowing exactly where we were going. We were proceeding toward the castle, stepping within the wall's gate. Metalwing took a turn left, so I turned and caught up with him. I looked forward, seeing the Royal Guard base. Metalwing stood at the gate, watching it open as several guards in uniforms looked up at him. I folllwed him to a barrack with four ponies inside.
"Couldn't miss your face anywhere, how have you been, Metal?" Spoke a strong pegasus.
Metalwing replied, "You wouldn't believe how crazy this last year's been with this one." He gestured at me.
"You must be Sprocket." The scrawny unicorn said, "I'm Twig, the squad's strategist."
The pegasus informed, "I'm Lightning Strike, the soldier."
"I'm Malana, the medic." The female pegasus spoke up.
The earth pony chimed in, "I'm Dead Center, the captain. And yes, Metalwing, I'm a captain now."
"So you're who Metalwing was in the service with?" I asked.
Dead smiled, "We changed Metal's opinion on ponies. Because of us, he doesn't just want to feed on them."
"Oh." I paused.
Metalwing pulled out a picture of my amulet, "She lost a necklace that looks like this in an odd twist of events. Have any of you seen it?"
The five ponies exchanged looks, shaking their heads and shrugging. They clearly knew nothing about my charm. I sighed as I looked down, disappointed about my token of friendship being nowhere to be seen. The squad promised they would keep an eye out and an ear to the ground. We began to walk out when a pony in full armor with the pendant showing walked past me. My eyes widened as I began to chase them and they gradually gained speed. I wondered how they could be so fast in that armor.
"Stop!!! That's my necklace!!!" I screamed as I pursued the mystery pony.
We turned a corner and I slid into a pile of cases as they got away. I climbed over the fallen cases, seeing sodiers staring at me. I sighed as Metalwing put his hooves around me. I began crying softly on his shoulder. I was so close, but I couldn't get it. Metalwing's old squad approached.
Dead Center spoke, "We're missing a set of advanced armor. I'm guessing that pony that had your necklace took it."
"You have ways of tracking them, right?" Asked Metalwing.
Twig responded, "Yep, one reason only a moron would steal one of the suits like that."
We looked at the screen of the small device Twig was holding. There were several red dots on the map of Canterlot displayed. One was flashing in an alley. It was oddly staying in the same place. We headed out, proceeding to the area. When we got there, the set of armor stood empty in the area. Spray painted on the armor was the phrase, "looking for something?"
Twig ran up to it an looked at the back of the neck, "The amplifier chip is gone... What would they want with an amplifier chip?"
"My necklace, it's not easily activated by ponies other than me, but enough magic can activate it on anypony." I replied.
He looked at me, "So you think they're going to try to use your amulet?"
"Yeah... Equestria Laboratories has a magic reflector, right? What would happen if a pony were to put the chip in that?" I asked.
Twig's eyes widened, "Oh no..."
We all began to run to the large structure, seeing a cloaked pony run inside. We stood for a moment when a mech made of pure green magic burst from the prestigious facility. The six of us ran as the mech began rampaging toward us. I began to think as I ran. There had to be a way for me to take back my amulet. I was the true owner of it, so I should've been able to easily take back my possession.
I stopped running, going into a slide as I spun around to look at the violent mech. I wasn't going to let it cause anymore death. I glared intensely as I charged my horn. I braced for the intense burst of energy I was about to send out. I let loose as my horn sparked painfully, sending out a small pulse and magical green flames began to dance around it. I had failed to send my magic. My fear began to grow uncomfortably as I had no choice but to welcome death while the mech approached me.
Suddenly, Metalwing picked me up, flying around and up atop one of the tall buildings as the mech continued to rampage through the city, causing much chaos. My eyes teared up as I watched my mech controlled by a different pony, not saving lives but ending them. Metalwing wrapped a wing around me. I didn't know how the pony knew what my amulet did, and I didn't even know how they knew what it was.
I felt the magical flames on my horn blocking any magic. I remembered in internet roleplays when that had happened. The solution then was to calm down and put no intense negative emotions into my magic, but I had no idea how hard it really was. I tried to teleport to another roof, feeling sharp pain shoot from my horn down all the way over my body. I collapsed, waiting for the pain to fade. I let out a bloodcurdling scream. Shakily, I stood up when the pain had ended. Why had I thought of such a terrible disadvantage?
The mech destroyed all ways out of the city as it jumped out and made off. We had to stop it before it devastated another city.