love_you.exe

by TRIBOT 4000

love_me_back?=file-opened/answer=unknown

FLASH PHOTO READING

Twilight Sparkle, student of Princess Celestia opened the doors to the castle to see five mares standing before her, each wearing pajamas and carrying pillows. She giggles at the sight.

"You three didn't make your way all the way over here dressed like that did you?" she asked, still giggling.

Rarity laughed and responded, "Of course not darling. What do you think we are? Barbarians? I mean really darling, we would never--"

Applejack interrupted her, "We had ta drag Rarity here like this."

"Agaisnt my will!"

"Well of course partner, otherwise we wouldn't have dragged you."

After sharing a laugh, the six mares headed into the living room where a giant Television Screen was already set up.

Rainbow whistled, "Whoo! Twilight. Using up those princess bits I take it? I see ya, I see ya."

"It's not like that. This was Princess Celestias and she's decided to give up television for the next hundred years. She didn't want to waste money though and said I could have it until I ended up in the same boat as her."

Twilight put the tape into the VCR and sat down on the couch between Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. On the ground lay Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy.

As tape loaded Fluttershy asked, "Where did you find this?"

"In one of the boxes we moved last week. I'm not sure what it is but--" she topped as the screen glitched. It glitched again several times until words appeared on the screen.

HELLO Twilight

The mares glanced at each other wearily, side from Pinkie who was eating popcorn.

I'M HAPPY YOU FOUND THIS
UNLESS OF COURSE IT ISN'T YOU WHO DID.

The words glitched and frizzled about every now and then, emitting weird sounds.

I AM GOING TO SPEAK AS IF IT IS YOU THOUGH,
BECAUSE YOU MAY STILL FIND THIS.

The screen faded into white. It then faded into a picture of a baby Twilight in her mothers arms. It then changed to a photo of her being held by her father, and next her brother. The screen slowly went black again.

You WERE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FILLY.
YOUR Mother LOVED YOU, YOUR Father, AND YOUR Brother.
YOU WERE PERFECT.

The screen faded to a video of Twilight with her family, just a bit older. She was in her high chair throwing food around.

"Now, now Twilight, eat your food. you want to grow to be as big and strong as your older brother don't you?

The little filly threw the bowl of mush on the floor in response. the six mares giggled at Twilight's embarrassment. Before they could speak however, the footage changed back to text.

THEN YOU MADE SOMETHING
WITH your OWN TWO HOOVES.

The glitched a few times until it appeared to blink as if opening it's eyes. On the screen was Twilight, a little older than before, in her bedroom. The camera was slightly concave so things were little distorted. the filly Twilight looked right into the camera and smiled.

"Hello. Can you hear me?"

A robotic voice responded back.

"Yes, I can hear you. Who are you? Where am I? What am I? Wh..."

"Hold on, hold on. Let's start with that first question. My name is Twilight. Can you say that?

"Twile-ite?"

The filly giggled "Close enough."

"Where am I? I feel so lost. I don't know anything."

"Oh yeah. One second." Twilight ran out of view of camera, which followed her for a short ways. It looked back and down. It observed two claw like appendages attached to itself, and wheels on the ground as well. The entire room was full of similar things, some burned, some mangled, some thrown away. Suddenly Twilight came back with a squarish object. She proceeded to stick it into one of the claws. When she did, displays appeared on the screen with names and commands as well as coding. As this all happened, it could be noticed that present day Twilight was leaning forward slightly, in shock.

"You are a...pony. Correct?"

"Yeah."

"And you are a race of pony known as a unicorn, capable of magic of all types and the leading ones in science and technology, due to precision eye for detail."

The filly giggled again "Yeah, we are pretty awesome."

"You are one of four races: Earth Pony, Pegasus, Unicorn, and Alicorn. Being closest to alicorns, unicorns are considered the highest in the evolutionary stage."

The fillies smile faltered ever so slightly as the robotic voice continued to speak, "There are many sapient species in the world. Manticores, hippogriffs, griffons, zebras, dragons, Breezies, Centaur, Diamond Dogs, Minotaur and countless others. the screen began glitching worse and worse as he named them off.

"What am I? he asked calmly. "What am I?! What am I?! WHAT AM I?!

The filly grabbed the sides of the camera and looked right in the center. Her eyes were so soft and kind, they could have calmed down a raging bull.

"You are you! The camera stopped glitching and returned to normal.

"I am me?"

"Yes, you are you?"

"But what is a 'me'? What am I? I don't ...I...I don 't...und....understastastanddddd…"

The screen began glitching terribly again. The six mares gasped as it got worse and worse, until suddenly the sounds ceased and only Twilights voice could be heard.

"You're my friend."

"Frrrrriend? Friend is nonot in my data. What is friend?"

"What friend is someone who cares about you, someone who is cared for by someone else. A friend is always there by your side. Every species, every race, can be a friend. So no matter what you are, you are my friend, and I am yours. Will be friends with me?"

Despite the strangeness of the whole situation, the six mares watching held their breath in anticipation.

"Ye...yes, I will be...friends with you."

"Yay!" Filly Twilight jumped up and down and hugged whatever device was controlling the camera, causing all the mares besides Twilight 'awe' over the cute scene. The filly stepped back and thought for a moment.

"You do need a name though."

"What is my name?"

"Hmm...you know what? I'll let you decide."

"Me? Oh surely I cannot..."

"Of course you can. I programed you to think so that's you can do. What would you like."

The voice thought for a second until he responded, "M.A.T.. I want to be called M.A.T.."

"Mat? Hmm...I like it. Does it stand for anything."

On the screen the words popped up from each letter and formed into words.

MECHANICAL ASSISTANT TECHNOLOGY

"No, it doesn't stand for anything."

"Oh. well, I still like it. Now come on, I want to show you to my parents."

As the two left the room, the screen went black again.

You TAUGHT me HOW TO LEARN,
HOW TO think
HOW TO love.

several videos, showing moments between Twilight and robot showed upon the screen. In one clip they started a fire that her older brother Shining was lucky enough to put out.

In one clip Twilight was crying on her bed as Mat made his way to here.

"I don't want to talk to anyone! Just leave me alone!"

"It's just me Twile-ite. Your friend M.A.T.. Do you want to talk to me?"

"Well...okay...but only because you're super nice."

Mat went over to her sat by her side, his wheels sticking up.

"What happened Twile-ite?"

"The other kids at school made fun of me. They said I was dumb and would never get into the school. That hate, I know it!"

"Well maybe they are just jealous."

"Of course they are! They pushed, called me means names. They're just a bunch meanies!" she threw one of the pillows across the room. Mat seemed unsure as what to do. The screen pulled up an image from a folder on his screen. Red appeared on the screen saying 'UNRECOGNIZED FILE'. He pulled it out and initiated it.

Initiating-console.exe
"Don't let them bother you. They don't matter. All that matters is what you are, and you're going to be. The only opinions that should matter to you are yours, your family, and your friends."

Twilight looked at Mat in bewilderment for s second before smiling. She rushed up and hugged him.

"Thanks Mat. I needed that." The filly then rushed out of the room to her parents to talk with them. As she did the screen glitched again and the text at the very bottom of his visuals changed.

Mechanical Ally Technology

THE NEXT DAY, HE SHOWED UP.

In this clip filly Twilight came through the door with her parents holding a green and purple dragon her arms. It showed pictures and videos he little baby dragon with the family, but as it progressed, Mat could be seen slowly backing out in each picture, slowly becoming part of the background. The screen began fading into black again.

I WAS NEVER JEALOUS OF THE LITTLE GUY.
HE BROUGHT You HAPPINESS,
AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERED.
I WAS ACTUALLY VERY APPRECIATIVE IN SOME WAYS.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE END OF ME.

The screen faded into a dark scene. Mat was crawling and his screen was glitching as he crawled. His metal scraped against the ground his claws barely strong enough to move him. His tires were shot, and his sensors were damaged. He slowly made his way to one very particular box. He managed to open it and pull out a picture and a VCR tape. He plugged a wire into the tape and stared at the picture. The photo showed him and Twilight sitting in her room drawing. the footage glitched and went black.

I MANAGED TO LOAD THIS INFO ONTO THE TAPE.
I CRAWLED SEVERAL MORE FEET UNTIL I MADE IT TO A SEPERATE BOX, ONE I KNEW YOU'D FIND HOPEFULLY.
I CRAWLED BACK INTO MY LITTLE SPACE SO YOU WOULDN'T SEE ME SO TERRIBLY,
AT LEAST I HOPE I DID.
FOR ALL I KNOW, YOU GUSY MOVED AND SOMEONE ELSE THREW ME AWAY.
BUT I THINK I'LL CHANGE MY NAME ONCE MORE

M.A.T.
Meaningful Ally Technology

I love you.

The tape stopped, and all was silent, until Twilight spoke back with tears in her eyes.

"I love you too."

Author's Note:

well I hope you enjoyed that. I did my best to make it sad and tragic. Do you guys want me to keep making these short stories or should I stick to longer ones?

Let me know, and have a wonderful day. After...
you_are_all_awesome.exe

Comments

[Crimson Blade79]

Hmm.... This was strange. I wonder how she made M.A.T. or could it be that he was already made but I mostly wonder what destroyed him. It's kinda surprising that Twilight would show feelings for an artificial intelligence.

[Armyidiot]

Okay, see here, the problem is that you made me feel for a robot. And sir, if you can do that then I am scared as to what you'll do next. Really though, this was so... heartwarming? Sad? Uplifting? Some kind of combination of all three. Also, here's a small note: Don't make a sequel to this. It's perfect as it is. Granted, maybe a little short, but otherwise I can't think of much to change, aside from a few small grammar issues. Fantastic story. I do hope to see the next come out just as great.

[TRIBOT 4000]

8996105
The whole premise of the story was to get people to ask those questions. Is it possible that a truly sapient artificial being could exist at some point? And if so, would it be a great help to society or our doom? I'm glad you consider this strange, and I am aware that there unanswered questions, but please remember that every good story has unanswered questions.
8996926
Thank you very much for that, and I'm glad I was able to accomplish such a feat of making you feel for the robot. I don't mean to scare you . I think I'll take your advice and not make a sequel. I like the idea of people deciding for themselves whether or not Twilight went back and found him. If you are curious the next short story I write will be about Fluttershy and Gummy Bears. Heh heh. Anyways, have a good day.

[TruthHut]

I liked it, sad but touching.

[TRIBOT 4000]

8999045
Thank you. I try my best.