Celestia and Luna walked down the halls of the manor searching for Twilight. They had awoken several hours before morning and were planning to say farewell to Twilight before leaving. Unfortunately they couldn't find her. "Sister are you sure this is the way?" Luna asked Celestia in a tired voice.
"I don't know Luna, this house is huge. How can anything this large fit inside the Canterhorn and not be seen!" Celestia replied in shock.
Suddenly they turned the corned and were greeted with a stunning view of the other side of the mountain. "Seems we were just looking the wrong way." Luna chuckled.
Celestia slowly approached the windows and looked out to see Luna's night. "It's incredible what she's done Luna." Celestia said slowly. "Most of the technology is at least three centuries before its time." Celestia turned to Luna tears falling down her face. "What would have been if this had never happened?" She asked as Luna walked up to her and embraced her.
"Sister, what's done is done, we can't go back and we can't change what's been done. I above all should know." Luna whispered the last part so quietly that not even Celestia heard.
"Weren't you going to tell her that day also?" Celestia asked.
Luna nodded sadly. "Yes." The two sisters sat there for a time as they watched the sky. "We should keep searching for Twilight." Luna said as they pulled apart and continued down the hall.
A loud crash and someone cursing drew hem to a set of large metallic double doors engraved with what appeared to be thousands of blueprints. Celestia and Luna slowly pushed open the doors gasped at what they saw. Inside the room was a large chamber carved out into a circular room, this was the chamber of the Canterlot C.O.R.E.S. and at the center Twilight floated thousands of wires and cables were plunged into her back, the metal plates and coverings she had been wearing were removed showing just how much she had been mutated. However the oddest thing was that her chest was opened up and revealed that an energy was building and seeming to solidify. With a final scream the energy completely solidified and left Twilight who simply hung there. As the two watched a Clockwork appeared and approached the solidified object.
"Process complete Maker. I will take the body over to the table." It said as it rose on its hind legs with the sound of gears shifting, its hooves became enveloped with some sort of glowing energy that took the form of the talons that griffons had. Slowly it knelt down and picked up the solidified object and walked over to a table.
Celestia and Luna walked into the room slowly. "Twilight?" Celestia asked as she approached the mare.
Twilight eyes shot open and stared at the two princesses, however they weren't her normal eyes. Twilight's eyes glowed blue, the sclera for the left was a bright red and the one on the right was a light pink. "You should not be here." She said in a monition voice that echoed around the room. "We told you that you were not permitted to see."
Luna walked toward Twilight. "Twilight, what happened? I don't understand."
"We are TWI!CORE, the combination of the Alicorn Twilight Sparkle and and the C.O.R.E.S., we could no longer call ourselves two separate entities as such we became one."
"You were not like this earlier why are you like this now?" Celestia asked.
"We are separate but at the same time one. When we first merged I set to myself separate from my Creator but we were limited. As such my Creator saw fit to complete the process. And so we became one. However when this occurred I did not wish to lose my Maker and so I altered to process. When my Creator is merged with me is the only time we are one, all other times she holds a link to me that allows her to be free from the prison of a control room."
"So why was she there earlier?" Luna asked.
"She had sustained damage facing a Seeker force and required repairs as such she returned to the Control Room for repairs. The control room is the only location she can receive repairs."
"I see." Celestia said. "You mentioned a link to Twilight, is this what prevents her from leaving Canterlot?"
"Yes, at present My creator is in a state of metastability. I have been keeping her stable but if the link is lost then she will be in great danger, not only to herself but also others." TWI!CORE replied.
Luna tilted her head in confusion. "TWI!CORE What is metastability?"
"Metastability means the unit may be unable to settle into a stable logic level within the time required for proper circuit operation. In short, If the link between Twilight and myself is lost for too long she will begin to go mad. However there is a way around this."
"What is it." Luna asked.
"If we can help Twilight then we will do all we can."
TWI!CORE smiled. "We have been in recent contact with our sister unit in the location known as Ponyville, if Twilight was able to link up with her then we would be able to establish network access and Twilight would be able to leave Canterlot and and go to Ponyville."
"Can it the connection be established here?" Celestia asked.
TWI!CORE shook her head. "Sadly no. The connection can only be made at the Control Console in the Ponyville Control Room. Once the connection is established Twilight will be able to create a Network that will allow access to both I and other C.O.R.E.S. Units created."
"Thank you TWI!CORE." Celestia said.
TWI!CORE smiled. "I will be detaching from twilight now. If you wish to speak to me further then go over to that terminal." TWI!CORE pointed to a terminal off to the side. Twilight was then lowered to the ground as the plates slide into place around her body and her chest sealed up. Once this was done the Cables unplugged from her and she groaned. The Clockwork from before walked over and placed a blanket over her.
"Sleep well Maker." The clockwork said with a smile. before turning to Celestia and Luna. "Greetings I am Eris, I act as the Makers Personal U.P.A. which stands for Unified Personal Assistant."
"Greetings Eris, I am Princess Luna and this is my sister Celestia." Luna said with a bow. "I must say you are interesting. I haven't seen many clockworks but you are all vary interesting."
Eris giggled. "I apologize for the confusion but I am not a Clockwork, I am a Robot. Unlike my Makers other creations I was unable to perform my duties as a Unified Personal Assistant without being fully mechanical. Clockworks are created with Biometal while I was created from simple steel."
"What is it you do?" Celestia asked curiously.
Eris smiled. "I am a servant tasked with assist the Maker with tasks that require the assistance of others or would be considered to dangerous. I also contain and catalog every blueprints for every Clockwork ever created as well as every Program, update, modification and design ever made. When I am not aiding Maker in her tasks I monitor all Clockworks and ensure that they are healthy and safe."
Twilight groaned and slowly sat up. "Eris, can you get the soul shard for me? I want to make sure the Clockwork was created properly." Twilight asked as she rose and walked over to the table.
"At once maker." Eris said and walked over to a large vault door and opening it.
"I thought I told you you couldn't see the process." Twilight said as she glared at Celestia.
"We were looking for you to say farewell, We will be leaving in a few hours." Luna said sadly.
"I see." Twilight said as she examined the Clockwork.
"Twilight come with us. TWi!CORE told us how to help you. We can get you hooked up to the Ponyville C.O.R.E.S." Celestia walked over and placed her hoof on twilight's withers. "You could see your friends and family again. We rebuilt the Everfree Forest Castle, Ponyville is the new capital."
"Twilight sighed. "Let me think about it Celestia. I can't just follow you, not any more. Just as you look after you ponies, I have to look after my children." Twilight said as she pulled out several tools and began to modify the Clockwork body.
"Here is the Soul Maker." Eris said as she handed Twilight a metal cube slightly bigger than Twilight's hoof.
"Thank you Eris." Twilight said as she light her horn. Slowly a glowing purple began to materialize and hover above the cube. Twilight set the cube down, picked the crystal and walked up to its chest. the chest cavity was open revealing the gears and mechanisms, as well as a slot that seemed empty. Twilight placed the crystal in the empty slot and the chest plate snapped shut making Celestia and Luna jump back.
For a moment nothing happened till the sound of gears starter up and the Clockwork gasped for air before looking around. The Clockwork slowly sat up and looked around when it finally noticed Twilight it smiled. "Hello Mother." It said.
"Hello child, what is your designation?" She asked it.
"I am designated as Combat Clockwork: Scrap." Scrap said.
Twilight nodded. "Find your brothers Mach and Gear, they should be in the training grounds. I want you to train with them. Once you're done rest. I want you all to report to the elevator entrance by morning."
Scrap nodded. "Yes mother." He said and climbed of the table and walked toward the room.
"I thought you said that Clockworks were first created as children." Celestia commented.
"They normally are." Eris replied before turning to Twilight. "I don't know why you chose to make these ones as adults Maker but wouldn't this alter there lives drastically. They only have limited knowledge and will be children at heart."
"Under normal circumstances yes but they are different. They're part of a experiment I've been working on." Twilight said. "Those Clock works aren't the guard model or any other type of model, it's a new version that I've been thinking about. The Combat Model. They're more advanced than the Guard Models outside but not as advanced as the HK Units. If I leave this place I want guards who can handle me if I start to... slip." Twilight explained.
Celestia froze. "Twilight does this mean that you will be coming back?" She asked.
Twilight nodded. "For a time. I would like to see everyone again but I will have to return. I cant leave my children forever but I can leave for a few weeks." She explained.
Celestia grabbed Twilight and hugged her as Luna smiled.
The other cores should have the personality types as the mares they're based off of
So the other five of the Mane 6 are core AIs or were they each named after Twilight's friends? So who were Twilight's friends if there's a chance the other girls never existed? So they need to talk to Shy!CORE to allow Twilight to go to Ponyville?
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Yes all the other CORES have AIs, however the other main 6 are here. The AIs were based off of the others... maybe.
going to guess that the rest of the mane 6 old or no more, ie dead, and all of this is set year in future. and by family I guess twilight has few kids or grandkids about,
The story is set about 27 year into the future so Twilight's friends are still alive though they're older. Twilight doesn't have a family either Celestia was referring to Twilight's parents. However I have hinted at a possible lover. (It's in this chapter)
The CORES were originally only ment to monitor and control the power and steam for the cities but shortly after the 'Canterlot Catastrophe' they began to act on their own and their AI's became more sentient. Why this is and why the AI's took on Twilight and her friends personalities I'll leave for you all to theorize on.
If you have a good theory posted it in the comments as I'd love to see them.
Aaaaalright, you've lost me. (Not as a reader, I'm just struggling to understand.)
I'm not sure if I'm just tired, but this chapter felt like you were trying to tell me something but didn't explain something important to it.
Like trying to teach multiplication without me know addition.
I'll re-read this in the morning, but yeah. I'll get back to you on that.
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This is my least favorite chapter in this story because it feels like everything is going around in a circle and if you don't understand that's ok. The long and short of it was that due to Twilight's Metastability she is essentially trapped in Canterlot unless they can get her connected to a CORE outside of Canterlot a.k.a. the Ponyville CORE. Twilight knows that if she does leave she will most likely start to go crazy very slowly until she goes all out mad and an Alicorn that's connected to a shit ton of cybernetics that's crazy is bad news. So she creates 'guards' to 'protect her' in the event something happens. The rest is somewhat self explanatory.
Oh, and Celestia feels guilty for leaving Twilight to her fate and not coming sooner. In short everything comes back to Twilight being part of the Canterlot CORE. She is literally part machine, part AI and part pony all in one. The AI part is the only part keeping everything stable, take it away and she starts to break down and go mad.
Is the FNAF reference in the title intentional?
My biggest issues with this story are the improper use of "there, their, they're"; the use of 'quit' in place of 'quite'; 'to' instead of 'too'; and the utter lack of commas. That being said, the story is interesting, but you should certainly find a proofreader.
Going from Canterlot to Canterlot takes skills
They're going to the movies. Once they get there they will need to but their tickets.
They're (they are)
There (location)
Their (possessive)
I shouldn't need to say what's wrong with this one.
"First"
Did they both have romantic feelings for Twilight?
This is the part where I'm not certain what you were trying to say here.
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Maybe, maybe not.
Nether do I, so I removed it.
hmmm i think pinkie would have been beter placed on las pegasus, party pony forever yo
soooo are the other cores personalities just 'based' on the mane six or has something catastrophic happend that celestia luna and twilight dont realize yet.
guess ill read on to find out
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I honestly didn't think about placing her in Las Pegasus, might change that now because you do have a point .
That is such a missed opportunity Apple!CORE seriously how didn't see it would've been hilarious
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Oh my god, why didn't I think of that! Mind if I take that idea?
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So Twilight says she has to think about it before she agreed to leave then in a paragraph she says shes leaving. She spent 30 seconds thinking about this before she decided to go?
re-reading this and I just realized that the C.O.R.E.S look like transformers crossed with MLP
I'm sorry, this is where I stop. As I mentioned in the comment on the first chapter this looks really good creatively, but the technical level is simply too poor for me to enjoy it. Perhaps sometime in the future you can give this the editing time it needs, at which point I'd be happy to give it another shot.
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This was one of my early stories so editing and other stuff is complete trash. I also will not be editing this any time soon seeing as I have a lot of other stories I'm working on now, I will be updating this story with newer chapters but any editing on old chapters will have to wait. I'm sorry that it was so bad it put you off and hope you will at least give it a try some point in the future.
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