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// What's His Name? 
// Story: Traces of a Hidden Shadow 
// by Teotle 
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Teotle, Nyx, and Daydreamer spent the next hour assembling the cubes, making sure to connect them in the right order. As the assembly progressed, the main piece began to glow brighter.

"Teotle?" Day Dreamer asked.

"Yeah?" Teotle replied, still attaching more cubes together.

"...I...um...never mind."

Teotle looked away from his work and up to Day Dreamer. "What is it?"

Day Dreamer was dead quiet. He stared nervously at Teotle and Nyx, who had just looked up at him. "I don't think now's a good time."

"Why not?" Nyx wondered.

Day Dreamer stayed quiet for a moment before answering, "Because we're working right now. I don't want to mess us up. I'll tell you later."

Teotle and Nyx were curious about what was bothering Day Dreamer, but they respected his decision and got back to their part of the assembly.

Once they were finished, the finished product was one big crystal cube. Teotle took out a book from his saddle bags and began to read aloud. He spoke a strange incantation based off the language of the wolf country. Hieroglyphics appeared and were floating around the cube.

The spell was similar to that of the one the Crystal Empire used for every Crystaling when a new baby was born. But Teotle had modified the spell to merge all the memory and spirit energy from withing the cube together to form one single mass.

Once Teotle finished the incantation, the cube began to glow brighter and brighter. It lifted off the ground and started to spin and fly arund the room uncontrollably. It flew faster with each second, now bouncing off the walls and crashing into the furniture. It was amazing that it didn't hit anypony as it flew by.

Eventually, it began to stabilize and set itself back in the center of the room, where is had lay in the beginning. Nyx and Day Dreamer looked at Teotle and then at the mess that was made by the cubes rampage. They were horrified.

Teotle, however, smiled and said, "Perfect." He then approached the cube and observed it closely to see if anything had changed since its current reaction to the spell. Teotle tapped on the cube and asked, "Hello?"

They stared at the cube for a solid minute, but no response came from it until, finally, it said, "Yes?" This left them astounded. The cube actually had a mind of it's own, the spell worked. Nyx and Day Dreamer wore dumbfounded expressions. Teotle, however, was more excited then an army of Pinkiepies at the Grand Galloping Gala.

"THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!" Teotle shouted. "IT WORKED!!! We did it, you guys. are you as stoked at this as I am?"

Nyx and Day Dreamer, who were still a bit surprised, put on big grins that stretched from ear to ear. "Yeah.", they said together.

"I am glad to bring such joy to you all." The cube said in a marry voice.

"We need to capture this moment." Day Dreamer urged.

"I got that covered, buddy.", Teotle said, pulling out a tripod camera from the bed room closet.

"Here..." the cube insisted. "Let me get that for you." And just like that, the camera was lifted off the ground and put in the corner, facing in the center of the room, where the everypony lay sitting, next to the cube. They all struck a pose, allowing the cube to telepathically click the button  on the camera to tale a picture. A photograph then began to print from the bottom of the camera. Teotle pulled it out and shook it, allowing the photo to cool down and begin developing. 

After taking a few more photos for prosperity, Teotle, Nyx and Day Dreamer then began to ask the cube various questions. Was it friendly? How could it talk to soon? Was it a boy or girl, and how? What else could it do?

The questions kept coming, and Teotle kept writting each answer down on one of the pages of his sketch book, until Twilight came in. "Ok, everypony, it's getting late. Day Dreamer, I'll walk you home. Nyx, Teotle, it;'s time for bed."

"Aw." The three children cried.

"But we just made a breakthrough in science." Teotle protested. "Can we have a few more minutes?"

Twilight looked at the cube, still sitting in the middle of the bedroom floor. Here eyes opened wide as she asked, "Is that what made all that noise earlier? What is it?"

Nyx, Teotle, and Day Dreamer all looked at each other nervously. They were so focused on the questions that they never gave their project a name. Just calling it "The Cube" was too simple for something as great for what they just made.

Nyx and Day Dreamer look at each other and nodded. "We think Teotle should name it.", said Nyx.

Twilight then looked at Teotle and asked, "Well, Teotle, What do you think it should be called?"

Teotle thought about it for a good while. He flipped through his noted and none of his ideas sounded any good. It took a few minutes, but he finally found a name that fit the cube's profile. "It's the Arc."