ODIN

by The Husker Forerunner

Rating: teen
Tags: Princess Luna, Original Character, Princess Celestia, Tragedy, Twilight Sparkle, Fleur de Lis, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe
Length: 19792

Mysteries unfolds by several ponies. Uncovering what happened to ODIN.

800 Years ago, ODIN. A Name for both Celestia's Dark side and a machine was created to evolve Equestria's technology. Until a quake incident dragged more of a solution that shut down the machine. But after 800 years passed, not knowing that the machine became reactivated. ODIN strikes back with something that everypony would not expect. A Symbologist-History Teacher, A Princess Egghead, A Rich Official and a legend music player must race towards to the truth behind Celestia's secrecy. To which it may led to the answers of the killing of the famous author and others. Time is running short, as ODIN will be destroying Equestria. Soon.

Published 2013-11-21 14:40:04 UTC
Last updated 2013-11-26 14:35:00 UTC

1 - Project ODIN

Time - 22:50

Location - Unknown. 1200 Meters below Canterlot.

Assessment Values - [ CLASSIFIED ]

Orders - Finish the Program. Execute and observe positive results.

The Royal Science Division takes charge of the deployment of a classified material that was used to mash the last piece of their new system hardware. The very first Supercomputer that can run more than 800 Million Programs everyday. Executing the impossible answers for the questions in algebra that scientists would take time to solve.

Finally, hopes of building this machine for 20 years praised the scientist Haste Hooves and his team to finish what was undone. And what ponies could not build or modify. With their new system all connected from here to Canterlot's Database. They were ready to go and launch the technology that would eventually led Equestria to run itself and become the most powerful country.

"Ready on your signal sir." One of the Science team members called.

"Good." A Voice heard from the intercoms that sounded the granite halls of the underground cavern. "Once our technology is complete and stays positive. Equestria will no longer be hard by ponies that are striving to take their chances to complete whatever they left undone."

"Glad to hear that sir." Another member of the scientist team said. As he monitors the meters of electricity on the monitor. "There's a strange pattern here. But it's minor. We can basically run it without any further interruptions."

"Heheh " Haste Hooves' short laugh. Sounds the hall and smiles by his invention. "Clockwork, start it."

The spinning rings above the system's temperature holder starts spinning. Cooling the heat caused by the overuse of the system. Minor sparks of electricity appears but have no direct interference with the technology running. The system then moves to phase 1, the plasma pulse on the storage generators runs their sprinting cells combining with the current electricty on the system. Then the orange spark on the barrel beneath 2000 CPU's below that massed up the entire cavern's ceiling. It completed phase 1.

"Haste Hooves. It's going perfectly. But can I say something about the minor interruption spark?"

"Go."

The Scientist double checked the monitors. As it's yellow colored meters slowly turns to red in a matter of seconds. "Looks like our little problem just grows into something that can interrupt the system."

"Continue running the system."

"But it's identified as a malware."

"Excuse me?" Haste Hooves, never expected that of the ordinary. And how did a single virus could go in to the system if it didn't even download something from the public internet. "How did we get a malware system?"

"Well...." The Scientist's eyes widens by seeing the meters going perfectly red. Bloody red if added. "I don't know, but... During Phase 1, the system on the rings seemed to have successfully added the omegon process or so called-"

"Anti-Guard"

"Y-Yes." The Scientist now focused his view on both the monitor and the machine. Noticing a purple spark rather than a yellow or white spark from much of the electricity used. "But that Anti-Guard was not able to delete the traces of that minor problem. And it seems it just combined with the Anti-Guard. Somewhat it became invulnerable by any system that can stop it.

"So what? Strike one. Haste Hooves ignored the warning from his fellow scientists. "Run the ADM Processor directly to that malware and override it. We cannot interrupt the program of our new machine."

Strike two. The Scientist activates the ADM Processor and starts typing the script codes. But once he does, the blue background for the white text screen automatically turns to red. And everything on the text typed turned dark red that puts the system at risk. A large sized skull icon appeared in the monitor of the scientist's computer.

Phase two begins, but as the ADM failed to override the malware. It continued to spread across the system. Every data from green and blue turned bloody red. Whatever inside the machine is gone. And the Sparks of yellow turned to red. The Spinning rings starts to stop spinning. But the generators that contains the plasma system accelerates to transfer power towards the Machine. Monitors placed on every corners, desks and as well on supercomputers. Turned it's screen to bloody red.

"What the hell is going on?" Haste Hooves did not expect this quickly. As this part of his progress would ruin his career. Maybe his reputation. Or at the cost of his job. He thinks desperately to figure out to continue running the system from a newly virus controlled machine. "Re-run the system!"

"I can't." The scientist unplugged most of the software wires and plugs it again on separate systems. "The Machine stops after it runs for Phase 2."

"Get off the computer! I'll do it!"

The scientist did as what Haste orders. And Haste sits down on the scientist's desk. A Direct expert of computer technology, he was able to pop a new window on the computer and the monitor shows a BIOS Advanced Settings. He replaced everything to zero. 0. And that finally settles in to Strike Three.

"Run the system again."

Haste's colleagues runs it again. It worked. The Machine's spinning rings from above spins 360 endlessly. The sparks appeared only a few but it stopped as the machine is about to be free from the virus control. Haste thought so, as him and his team finally have themselves relaxed and calm by the situation there.

But that didn't progress well. It was too much. Strike Three was already called in. The Machine finally gave up as smoke now came out from the pump resourcer. The Generators easily shuts off without any reason at all. Wires quickly disconnects by the shake of the system. Fire already appeared behind the supercomputer. The team tried to stop it. But Haste just stood there, watching his failure as his team is trying to fix everything.

The Machine stops and explodes as it's CPU units from above fell down on the concrete ground. One of those units hits a scientist and knocked him down. As the others were able to evade from the units raining from above. Not water. But many parts of the machine just goes beyond mother nature's restless rain into technology's wrath.

Powers were shut off. Emergency lights were automatically turned on. It was able to light up the hall though. But beyond those safety measures that was able to save them. ( Except the one that was hit by the machine's debris parts but later restored consciousness. ) Haste couldn't believe what just happened to his machine. 20 years of work and he would never expect failure from over 300 Inventions he made that he became the icon of Equestria.

"Haste?"

He faintly hear one of the scientist's voice. That all of those work were down to nothing. From the first invention of success to evolve Equestria's technology proved that he was the stallion with the brightest mind of all. Glad he was still alive, but the machine? No. It was dead. Dead as if killed by itself. A Machine that could turn against itself was like a pony trying to kill either any of the two genders mentioned or predicted.

"Hope that Celestia could not see what just happened right now." Haste ran towards the remains of his machine. He could only see the mess of destroyed CPU units and strangled wires that were mostly cut off by either the fire or the machine's explosion. "We need to rebuild this machine. Fast."

"And spend another twenty years or more?"

"No. I hope not. Did you tried getting at least one terminal active?"

"Aye." The English scientist pony attempts 4 tries to turn on his terminal. It opened. And the monitor lights up as it resumes it's previous program. Seeing results they could surprise them all. "Looks like the Machine was just a completion of Phase 2. But mate, we just surpassed Five Phases and completed it."

"Hold on. You mean that the machine surpassed Five Phases?"

"I couldn't say it's possible. But it did. The Machine should've not run itself once it was destroyed. But..." He looked at another window opened. "It seems that the Malware destroyed exterior system parts of the Machine. Not the inside."

"Then what did we get? Any data?"

"Yes. 2059 GB. It's all encrypted. We can run our new machine that we created recently on hangar 9."

"OH THANK CELESTIA." Haste finally takes a hearing of the news he thought would never be spoken. But now he heard it. A Good news. Apparently, at the cost of their new machine that runs many data. But it didn't matter now. For that Haste got the data. He and his team sprints with their data, along with their files to the surface elevator and get to the hangar they own at the Wonderbolts Ground Airfield. That was recently built on Canterlot.

At the Surface of Equestria....

The Scientist teams pushed out of the elevator and rushed outside from the Science Headquarters. They were able to get to the airfield and ran to their purchased hangar. They saw the new machine, almost done. And it just only requires:

A DATA. Which it may either be a success for the science team. Or adding the strike that may result fatal consequences. What was inside the data anyways? Haste would definitely ask himself that question. Answer all by himself couldn't go and just rotate something that can relate on. Even Celestia is not a type of Princess to answer a question that's beyond science. It's beyond Technology.

Technology. A Deadly word for something they cannot add on royalties. They made up that word to call whatever's running Equestria's machines that runs itself. Because ponies would definitely run machines by themselves. Only by themselves. Nothing would let any machines run itself. What would the greatest minds of Equestria would think off? That Haste has gone crazy? Is the data actually working? Is it?

They arrived.

"There." The English pony shows the newly modified machine. "This is ODIN. A Newly made machine from our company friends that are loyal to our work."

"Are they?"

That response from Haste would be mean of a hostile way for the company that helped them. The English pony wouldn't dare to question Haste's attitudes about his work or anyone on his team. Haste would say no or shut up to them if they ever try to ask questions to him. They signed off a deal that they can only follow. They can only go on. And no matter what Haste tells them to do. They have to follow it. Or their paychecks would rather be zero. If pissed off, it'll be torn by Haste.

"ODIN is a system name for this new machine. Yes. They're loyal to us and they would provide whatever we need for this machine to run." The English pony activates all of the terminals. As the others goes on their posts. "If the data indeed works-"

"Then we can have a big, fat paycheck with many bits that'll run my career to a new path." Haste thought of that. Only he would not trust the others that his bits would go share to them and may be fighting for it. Well they cannot just... He said to himself. Take whatever I have when ODIN is complete.

"ODIN can run himself because of the AI Function. And yes. It can talk." Haste never knew about a machine that can talk by AI System. Nobody have invented Artificial Intelligence system. But now there is. And whoever invented this kind of piece of system could be beyond rich and fame. Maybe a royalty reward like being the Knight of the Royals. Haste would want that too. And if he would be called Sir. He'd be damn lucky that he would really marry a princess. Not Celestia. Just the princess that he wish he want to have with. Any mares that might fit on his personality.

"Doctor Haste? Are you listening?"

He quickly turned attention to the English Pony. Which he was discussing about ODIN. A New Machine for the future. "Go on. Continue."

"ODIN can run better dozen times faster than previous supercomputer programs. Thus, this can surpass many of the rival companies and quickly accept data that are safe to be plugged in. Of course, ODIN is a weapon. It can fire projectile waves of Tungsten impacts anywhere on Equestria. Depending on the data result orders. Or by a Scientist's commands inputted on the terminal."

"Wait, a weapon?" Haste asked. He never expect a supercomputer being a weapon too.

"Yes. A Weapon. Tungsten. It can turn ground materials and shift itself with a brightest impact. Well, if you deploy Seven or Eight impacts directly to ODIN Terminal Command. You can actually put Canterlot down too.".

"That's dangerous."

"In fact it is." The English pony agreed. Dangerous to use or not. They would use it for data configuration and build whatever the data is enlisted from the previous machine that generated more than billions of files and scripts. "Well, Haste. Do you want to plug the data in?"

Haste's dream is to go and tail around the invention he made. No. If he's going to use the data on ODIN as a service for supercomputer programming but also a weapon for Tungsten deployments. It would literally be a risk. He doesn't know if the data is even safe to plug in and finish his work.

"We have to run scans on the data first."

"ODIN doesn't scan when the data is not plugged in."

"Can the data with a virus affect the scan when it's plugged in?"

"A Multipurpose supercomputer?" The English pony shrugged. Not sure of what he could say there. "No. I don't think so." He lied.

But Haste has a point. The Data came from the machine that was flooded with malware virus. If the Data could be added with a virus, it may trigger ODIN to start shockwaves of Tungsten and start destroying Canterlot by Seven or eight shockwaves within 30 minutes. One shockwave is enough to shift the ground entirely. But Canterlot as a city on the mid-edge of the mountains, not sure of how many. It could take only less than 30 minutes to say that Canterlot will fall.

"Well Haste, we don't have much time left. Plug it in." The English pony said.

He stood up from the soft chair he sat on. Holding the data by his teeth gripped on the sides. The time was not enough for Haste to go and plug it in into ODIN. The English pony inadvertently levitated the data and off from Haste's grip of his teeth.

"Hey!"

The English pony plugs in the data. ODIN starts making it's operational sounds. Louder than the one that was destroyed by the malware and nearly costs millions of bits to get one data. They rather cover their ears but both Haste and the english pony were the only scientists experienced environmental noises so loud like how ODIN Operates by now.

Monitors on every sides of the ODIN Supercomputer shows records, meters, even data harvested by ODIN. Putting everything inside on ODIN. Which means that the data did not have a malware. And Haste was wrong having the risks. He sighed. Thought if having a explosion on the hangar would cost everything. Including his job. Maybe his life by banishment. But nopony knows, since ODIN operates quite well.

"I told you Haste. There is nothing to worry about." The English Pony smiles. Thought of succeeding the future of technology. "ODIN won't be compromised by the virus."

Compromised? Such word. Haste definitely care about the risks right now. There's no telling how much data they absorbed on the previous machine. 2059 GB? That's entirely enough for someone to handle at least 2 Terabytes or more. Or what does the data exactly contain? Everything were written in numbers. They couldn't solve what was behind the machine. All they can think for is that ODIN would succeed and start finalizing all the needs on making technology better. Right now, Haste still focused his eye on ODIN's Shockwave Pillar. His ear twitches when the pillar slowly ascends to the limit of the bar.

Oh crap... Haste said to himself. I should've known...

"Haste?" The Scientist noticed his suspicions behind ODIN.

"Yes?" Replied as he wipes off the sweat on his forehead. Replenishing his thoughts behind his worry. "Hey, you said that ODIN Operates when the Data is being absorbed. Correct?"

"Yes." The English Pony said. "ODIN doesn't activate their data patterns and thermometers behind the heat of the Machine. Depending on the Data. Which is actually 2 Terabytes big."

"Then explain why the Pillar is slowly moving? Isn't that-"

"What?" The English Pony looked behind ODIN's pillar. It continued to ascend slowly. About to reach the bar limit. "I think ODIN is just checking the systems. Including the Shockwave Pillar."

"Will it impact?"

"Why? No. It won't. ODIN is 100% Operated with Safeguard."

Wrong. The Pillar stopped right when it's small platform stopped at the bar limit brick. ODIN started to sound unusual. As the Monitor infront shows that the data is nearly complete. That ODIN would operate and find location patterns, math answers and scientific involvements behind technology bits to bits. The Scientists covering their ears lowered their hooves as the sound suppressed with a sound that they never heard before.

"I think I hear a fan being hit by something rapidly. Is everything okay?" A mare Scientist asked. About the sound being unusual to the ponies.

The Pillar Platform impacts at the ground. Causing a violent shake that started the mountains on the side of Canterlot, dropping debris. Rocks. Plenty of rocks hits some of Canterlot's buildings.

I knew it!! He was lying! Haste said to himself. But the second shockwave from the platform was enough to wake everypony from another violent shake.

Now the rocks falling down at the edge of Canterlot on the mountains, rains down small to big rocks. They heard some screams somewhere outside the Airfield. And most of those small rocks hits several houses already. Especially shops either closed or still open 24 hours.

"Damn it Quill Trashoff!" Haste shouted the name of the English Pony. "You said that ODIN Refreshes without releasing Tungsten Shockwaves!!"

"Yes! It doesn't release shockwaves when it refreshes it's systems! It might be the Data!

Haste's was right. The Data is the problem. And not ODIN itself.

"You fool! You costs us our job-" The Third time as the Shockwave Pillar impacts at the ground. Now a giant rock crashes down at the nearby Canterlot Library. A music of screams already filled the city with terror. Awe. Everypony ran out of their houses or at the buildings they were in. Guards mobilized in several parts of the city.

The Guards on the Airfield arrested Haste's fellow scientists from starting ODIN. Before the fourth shockwave was delivered. Haste was able to shut it down before he was taken away by the military police.

Worst, It was enough to wake Princess Celestia. She puts on her golden royal chestplate, her crown and her golden shimmering hooves. She flys out of her room as it was on the tower. Also seeing damages on the Castle as the cracks were shown and some buildings were reported destroyed. Most were actually damaged by the rocks from the mountains at the side.

"Captain Bolt!" Celestia lands on the Castle Grounds. As she meets up with the Guard Captain organizing plans to his lieutenants. The Captain focused to her. "What is with the repeated quakes?"

"Y-Your majesty!" Him and the lieutenants bow down before her. As they show loyalty to their superior. "Three quakes have already caused major damage to the city! We have never had a violent quake as before!"

"Tell the Science Division ponies to find where the epicenter of the quake is. Seconds of those quakes already caused the worst to this city." Celestia looked at the damaged buildings. "Is anypony hurt?"

"We're still finding how many were hurt. Or dead. If possible." The Captain said. Nothing to report right after three quakes caused by ODIN. Confused of the quake's violent shake on the city and the rocks from the mountains raining down on them. Somepony would've been killed. And leaving most of the ponies either injured or trapped on the buildings they are in.

"C-Captain!" A Scientist pony came out from the Science Division Headquarters. "That is not infact an earthquake. When it counted three and occured 2-3 seconds each quake. It's a Shockwave. And plus, it's also possible that if it's either anypony's powers. Or..."

"A Pulverizer Machine."

"Y-Yes! Possible! But we're not sure. Scans says that the source of the strongest 3 quakes are actually at the Airfield."

Now they know where the source is. But who could've possibly know that if it is either anypony using their powers and pummel the ground with their might and caused hundreds if not thousands hurt.

"Captain! Princess!" A Pegasus Guard lands on the grounds. Bowing first before reporting. "It's Doctor Haste. They some sort of run some machine. Big. And they're telling is it is the thing that caused the quake."

"Haste? The Doctor Haste?"

"Hate I'd prefer." The Captain teasingly mistaken the name of Haste Hooves. "Have the guards arrest those scientists and escort them to the detention center."

"Bring Haste Hooves immediately to my throne. The rest to the detention center." Celestia ordered. Presumebly adding one request as one bright scientist is to be taken care of by the princess herself. "I also want ODIN disabled and anyone involved out of their jobs immediately."

The Guards nods. As they sprinted out of the grounds and moved to their said objective.

Five minutes after, Celestia waits for Haste to come by to their throne. And thus, Haste has arrived. The Guards escorting him are very strict. Very, very strict. Celestia gave a nod to the guards escorting him to leave. They did. And Celestia's serious stare with her eyes glared on Haste gave him enough scare to shiver that he either get two punishments. Exile or Banishment.

"P-Princess... " Countering his fear from the Princess' locked anger on him. He puts on a simple conversation that would be enough to cool for her and to him as well. "It's just an accident. Part of Science..."

"Is it?" Celestia's voice rose from that occasion. Disagreeing about Haste's words about Science taking risks to make matters putted down and get this over with. No. It wasn't easy to please Celestia. "You were a praised scientist Haste Hooves. But what you did here this late at night, just put thousands of ponies hurt. And only a few killed. Do you know how bad this is for Equestria? You could've killed me as well."

Haste gulped.

"About this machine of yours," Celestia lowered the tone of her voice to normal. Able to give Haste breaking the chains of his fear towards the princess. "ODIN? Is that correct?"

Haste wouldn't say anything but to nod his head to her.

"Immediately to be decommissioned and part of a myth that never happened before. Celestia ordered that pursing request to him. Directly. "Your team members are forgiven. But you and that English Pony? It's hard to pass you beyond of that one terrible mistake about operating ODIN."

The shivering stallion scientist now faces his possibility of Exile. No wonder how the Princess is angry about the issue right now. That how many ponies were affected by this " accident " he called in. That didn't ease the situation here. It just made it worse for him. Plus, breaking his chances about getting off the bars of Exile.

"I-I'm so sorry princess." Haste bowed down with his ears flattened. Worried about the punishment to be conducted. "I cannot repay of what happened. I cannot fix everything that ODIN caused many of the ponies harmed."

"I cannot let you stay here." Celestia said. For there's no place for a scientist to be trusted to any incidents conducted that could eventually may result in deaths of the ponies residing on Canterlot. "Haste Hooves..." Guards came in to her throne, prepared to escort Haste out. "Responsible for the injuries sustained by several ponies on Canterlot. Damage of the properties of the city inside and out. Also risking royal members and guards of the capital. You are exiled from Canterlot and other cities. Until 80 years has passed. Your exile status will be gone. And you can return to your life here as an ordinary pony."

THIS is what he feared mostly. Exiled on every cities known in Equestria? Only he could live on is on towns and villages. Maybe on the forest alone? At least the exile punishment was not worse like being sent to the moon. Four Guards escorts Haste out of the throne, taking him away of the city.

Written on the Note about ODIN however:

CANTERLOT EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT AND ROYAL ASSOCIATES

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

ORDERS FROM PRINCESS CELESTIA. OBJECTIVES ARE TO BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY AT 6:00 AM.

The Multipurpose machine, ODIN. Is to be classified as a myth from Equestria permanently. Absence of the machine is by being thrown down 2000 meters below of the Canterlot Caves. Nopony is allowed to declassify the information. Or be dealt in summarily punishment of exile.

Now ODIN and the ODIN Incident is a myth. Just out of the records. But remained a history and only to be remained as Canterlot Evolving. Ponies involved on ODIN are to keep their mouths shut. Continue on their business and their works to go on with life. Celestia, still worried about what's next to come. Finally calmed her worry and now continues her duties as a princess and a ruler of Equestria.

And 800 years passed.... ODIN.. With a blink of a yellow light on the bar. Illuminates the caves with a light. Shaped by the crystals nearby. ODIN's monitors opens in blue. And now, ODIN is again. Reactivated...

2 - Identification

Angelica Frost. A Young Teacher for the University of Equestria. With a blue long mane and tail. A Unicorn. White, marshmallow skin and as for her cutiemark. A Blue Crystal with four stars around on both sides shimmering.She Searches up to look for the symbolic references that can help the students to know Equestria. But by reading simple, pony-made books. She could only count how many research she conducted. Especially that she needs to finish her second book about the discovery of Vigcous, a hidden country with no history on it's mark.

Unlike any other teachers in the University. Angelica focuses more about the history of Equestria and it's secrets behind it. She knows how to decrypt unusual codes which may give feature of somewhat a crossed detail. She can also crack codes easily with her mind, filled with many knowledge of mathematics.

"Miss Frost?" A stallion, part of the staff member of the University sat down and faced her. "I know you're a mare with influence about Equestria before and Equestria today. But do you think adding optional lessons would give the students a hard neck for their heads?"

She let out a faint smile. Looking at the stallion's worries about the students that they may end their heads empty. For some reason, students may get stressed about the lessons she might add. Or even stay awake for a long time. Forgetting to sleep while their thoughts are placed by that options that she would add. Much would come about the student's mercies for the teacher that they should not get a big F.

"Young ponies with young minds are always open for knowledge." Her eyes looked at the book that she's reading. The pages of this old book were overwritten. Some of those pages were nearly torn to half. As this book dated 139 years ago. "They have to remember not only on this time of their lives. But also the past. Which remained unspoken by other history teachers."

"We're you forced to read by somepony the same way-"

"Just my Mother."

"That explains alot.." He stood up from the chair he sat on and walked away.

Silence still remained at the Library. Modernized surveillance cameras were placed on the ceilings. Watching every parts and places on the Library. Built with a mic-in camera. Albeit, Angelica doesn't mind about the built in cameras for strict security rules and disciplines of the students. Because she's also a Symbologist and a History Teacher. With an IQ nearly 200.

"Miss Frost." Another Stallion arrived on her table. This time, wearing an agent tuxedo and black shades that nearly hides the visibility of the eyes. Further hiding his identity. Angelica looked at the agent. "Equestria calls for your presence at the Palace of Grizallo the Great."

She raised her head, increasing the view of the agent. "Say... aren't you the guys that checked the University months ago?"

"Perhaps, but that's classified miss. We need you to come with me-"

"We?" She laughed as she stood up from her seat. "There's no we when you're inside an organization. You're actually requiring me to go to the palace only you by escort? And saying we?" Angelica wouldn't mind about what she said about the Agent's secrets. But she stand correct. "Praise yourself because you have the knowledge of zero about using languages."

"No time to delay in with words Miss Frost." The Agent raised his tone. Slowly increasing Angelica's unusual suspicions about the Agent's orders. "We need you to come to the palace now. As said by the Director and Fleur De Lis herself.."

Fleur De Lis? Director? The First name would be familiar to her. But having a Director is either Fancypants or the Agent's organization leader. Whatever she's onto, there's no telling how Fleur would need a smart and basic teacher on the University at the palace. "Let me guess. Why do you need me there?"

"Because you said to have to know about Quill Storm. The Author of many books about Equestria. Fleur says that you know Quill Storm and you are about to meet yesterday at cafe palacio." The Agent Said.

"What about him?" Angelica asked.

The Agent would rather put a serious way of saying this. Of what happened to Quill Storm. "Quill Storm is dead. Knife on the back. Levitated. Somewhat a magical aura used."

That surprises Angelica. Quill Storm? Dead? The famous stallion of creating a book called " Beyond Equestria's Truth " and " The Technology of Equestria ". Dead? For real? How would someone kill a famous author for creating a books that does make sense about historians reading?

"That is why we need you to come to the Palace. Escorted by me." The Agent escorts as soon as Angelica left from the Library.

Thirty Minutes Later.... Palace of Grizallo

Standing at the crime scene. Infront of a dead body. Written with several symbols and numbers of around 60 lessons about Algebra. The Palace itself is shut. As Angelica looked at the body of Quill Storm where there are many patterns on the sides about math. A Symbol infront of his face that remained unexplained.

The Palace of Grizallo is one of the known places on Equestria as a service event for Princess Celestia's society gala. Where many of the members are actually told to go here and join in. Where many would rather go on special occasions and view on the Palace's pictures. Angelica, one of the handpicked ponies by Quill Storm about being a fanatic mare of his author about " The Technology of Equestria " was also invited on this palace Two Weeks ago.

"The Large Piece of Portrait of the Quillastorcia is gone!" The Young Agent cried about the missing piece that's part of Equestrian History.

That's weird... Thoughts of mysteries beyond Angelica's mind. Clearing out the previous and filling the new details. No wonder, there's already patterns listed here on the right side. Then numbers on the left. And an unusual symbol that doesn't even exist on the public. By his face? How could he do that?

"What was the time he was killed?" Angelica asked, looking at the lifeless body of Quill Storm.

"We don't know. But the guards on the palace says around when the moon is about to place on the center of the sky. And we're trying to figure it out what that means." The Agent said.

"They meant around 11:00 PM." Angelica's intelligence proven to be far greater than any other teachers. "The Moon does position itself on the center around night of Equestria. Just like how the Sun would work too. But that depends when the Princess would use her powers deary."

"And it maybe around 11:00 PM." The Agent added. A Straight time? He would agree. But eventually, time do have minutes counted. "The Blade stabbed behind him is actually-"

"Knife?" Angelica takes a closer look on the knife of what the Agent identified. "Having a strange symbol of that knife is not a knife. It's a shortsword. And the handle is quite longer than apart of a dagger nor a knife." The blood is still fresh. That he was killed around 8 hours after. Or ten.

"And what about those numbers on the sides? Do they look familiar to you?"

"So much," Angelica looked on the left side where the numbers are all mashed up to another. Equations are filled with answers. Everything were all solved by her view. "Somewhat the killer had done something to solve a mathematical problem here. And it seems the killer is actually smart."

"Did he used it to go through and steal that portrait of the stolen art?" The Agent further asked as he waits for Angelica's expertise on answering a case that was never gone familiar with.

"Sounds like it." Angelica looked at the empty slot for the portrait art of Quillastorcia. Gone. Empty. Like four or five emplacements of security had gone through by the killer. A Natural Smart Thief. "If he's going to go through the problems, he needs somewhere to write. Rather than bonding with concrete pillars or walls. He'd go for the skin of a lifeless body. Avoiding the scans directed by you guys."

"And the symbol on his face?" The Agent pointed on where it is. Still expecting to Angelica to answer it too. "Is that how he solved through the security system?"

That's the only question she could not answer. Because she's not familiar with the symbol. Thus, the symbol itself is not even shown in public. As time now have forgotten this symbol again. "I don't know that symbol. And no. That's not how he got the answer to surpass security to get the most important art of Equestria. He has to go through by knowing the measurements of the laser systems. As well as how focused the lockdown coordinates are."

"Well said... But the Symbol remains unanswered."

"I don't know about the symbol. Really." Angelica goes further to honesty to herself. "If that symbol DID exist before. Then maybe Celestia knows?"

Problem is. Where is Celestia? Not here. Not on Equestria. But on Saddle Arabia for a peace conference and trading marketings. Well, the new Princess is now incharge. And she may know the symbol. However, Angelica is not familiar with the name Twilight Sparkle, as said on the newspapers. She can describe one word for her

Egghead..

"Still..." Angelica looked at the Agent. As he stopped looking at the dead body and now looked at her. "How did I even get involved on this case anyway?"

"A Message was sent to your house directly on your mail 20 minutes before his death on the palace." The Agent gives a little " Ehm " and continues. "Quill Storm directly sent it by owl. And once he did, the message did come to your mailbox. Then afterwards, the killing."

"What?"

"Did he sent a mail to you?"

She never got any mail on her mailbox yesterday night. She was sleeping on her house at 9:00 PM. Counted on the clock and written on her note for her schedule. Every test papers of 50 students were all checked. As some would be said failed and the others passed. Well. Out of the ordinary. It's just a University basic day.

"No. Not that I know off. When was the time the mail was delivered?"

"Around 10:30 PM  before his death early 11 PM."

Every morning, she checked her mailbox everday. But no. There was no mail on her mailbox around morning. It was impossible to get through that as the mail failed to get through her mailbox. Expecting something she could not know off, she stayed silent about that. The Mail? Was there something important about it? Sent by an owl? Maybe it died by exhaustation about it was too far from the west to the east. A Sick fast flight by the fastest Pegasus of the Wonderbolts.

"Strange to hear that Miss Frost. How did the mail not delivered to you directly?"

"I don't know." For all she knows. She took an early sleep after checking the test papers of the students and delivered it for the next day on the University. But no. No mails so far. And only a mail about her taxes already paid.

"Does any of the guards or ponies know the killer of Quill Storm?"

"No."

"How is Fleur involved and know about me having a string friendship between me and Quill Storm?" Angelica's raised her curiosity. So far, Fleur? Involved? Not knowing about that. What about her fancy husband Fancypants? There has to be an explanation here. Because if there is none. Then Fleur is the killer here.

"She said about that she saw you with him around the palace to look at his arts on the west section." He continued. "She do know about that both of you took interests on symbols. And the question about the symbol on his face remained unanswered. What is the symbol drawn on his face?"

Second time? Third Time? Too much? "Like I said Mr.Agent," She clears her throat with a simple pardon. "I don't know or even seen this kind of symbol until now.

"But he mentioned about a machine below Can-"

A Four Seconds Quake now takes the interruption slot and shakes the entire palace. As well as the city. It was strong. As its weakest part, the western art section, the ceilings collapses down at the ponies.

It stopped afterwards. And reports of multiple radio chatters on the Agents present in the area responded. It crowded the once silent hall caused by the quake to a radio market by agents.

"The Capital took a hit badly. As well as other cities. It took effect in the entire country."

"What do you mean?" The Senior Agent asked. As he helped Angelica Frost rise up from the floor, shaken by the quake that created fear on her.

"4.56 Seconds Earthquake. Science Division says it centered on Canterlot. Below."

Another silence on the hall again. They knew that once a secret and classified 800 years ago. Now just mentioned that this piece of classified machine just somewhat? Reactivated? This is now a new issue added by the Agents as they were trying to solve a case about Quill Storm.

"An Earthquake...took a bad effect on the entire country of Equestria?"

"We still have an unfinished issue here." The Senior Agent called in. "If you don't know the symbol. Can you tell why there's the symbol drawn in Quill Storm's face?"

"Ugh.." A brief sigh reply from Angelica. Hearing the same question again and again. " I don't know about the symbol. But he does say about an unusual symbol that existed hundreds of years ago. He said something about it. A Machine or something but whatever. It's considered a myth."

That startled the Senior Agent. Thought that she might know the truth. "Did he say about the name of the machine?"

"No."

"Well Miss Frost," The Senior Agent prepares to leave. As he ordered his agent to call somepony. "If we can't solve an issue here. Why not talk to Miss Fleur?"

"What?"

"You heard me Miss Frost. She wants to speak to you." The Senior Agent leaves as his lieutenant comes with him. And the rest of the agents continues to go along with their duties given by their superior.

Angelica goes by the museum's cafeteria. As she took a sit on one of the vacant tables nearby. She closed her eyes, remembering back that conversation with Quill Storm. But his dead body drowns her mind with fear. Thinking that she might be having nightmare of this murder. No one knows who killed him. But she fears about that she might be the suspect since she's one of the closest ponies to the best author of two best selling stories. She remembers one of her class sessions on AC-B room with 76 students inside. A Lesson to be taught. A Lesson to be explained for.

"How many bytes are placed on the small computer chip? Is it 40?"

"No. It can't be 40. 36. A Student lets out several papers by levitating it. 36 because the initial numbers are around 32. And by that, it can be divided by six. Then you multiply to two. Plus four for the addition when you add another byte to the program. You get 36. Because if you go more than 36, you'll end up having the same equations when you divide three times."

Angelica laughs about the top student unicorn on the class. "Funny. Because 36 is not the answer." She made the class noise up with complains and problems said. "The Answer is 5. You almost got it. That's right, you divide it by six and multiply by two? But have you considered of getting the equations by square roots on two before you multiply by two? Because the answer of the bytes are dependable. You get 2.34 instantly when you do it by the sq. The Basic when starting by default program is 6.61."

Odd Mathematics. But this really made the class wonder by Angelica's IQ. The Bytes do start by 6.61.

"Remember when Star Swirl the Bearded is considered to be the important conjurer of the pre-classical era?" Most of the students replys with a quiet nod. Ready to listen to Angelica's lessons. "There were only these basic math problems, and only many of those were answered by him. The Magic he got right was by the essence of aura. Which that occured many years before the machine technology is first introduced. Star Swirl is one of the six key ponies responsible for making Equestria change."

"Can you explain about Star Swirl when he made the book of magic?"

"The Book of Magic made by Star Swirl the Bearded is over a thousand years old. So old that there are still many spells to be written by icon patterns. And why Icon Patterns? No numbers yet. But those icon patterns serves as names. Names. That each of those must get two-three letters off from a word and combine it with another." She stops for a bit and continues. "Still, we use those icon patterns to indicate which magic is behind that given magic. And thus, it's also used as language for our present time. Well you can do alphabets by scrolls, but in ancient story books or in spell books. There are filled with icon patterns. And Star Swirl the Bearded created icon patterns and published those at several cities. Once were towns."

These surprised the students about Star Swirl. But one of the students raised her hoof and stood up. "Then did Star Swirl made every Unicorns from the past made their nose bleed??"

That made the students laughed. Nosebleed? Even Angelica would only smile by the student's guess about the past. "Confused. New to that language. Yes. You might add that. But after a few days, you know that Star Swirl would not make the Unicorns from the past become confused so easily. He teaches them, publicly. And those who listened were all interested and spread that language like an endless crowd marching."

Present Time -

"Angelica?" A Female Voice that's so familiar to her called her name. As the pony in front of her called. She slowly wakes up as she did not know that she was taking a nap with her head laid on the table infront of her.

3 - Myth? Story?

Fleur De Lis, one of the high society members and so called official fiancee of Fancypants. Also a High Society Member. Nothing could stop this curlish mane mare with her body all healthy and fit. As for her curves, it does attract a lot of stallions that would force themselves to die for.

And now, for the involvement part of Quill Storm. 18 Hours before the murder, Fleur came to the Palace to visit for Storm's new arts placed on the center of the hall. Where it was praised for it's great art. Even Princess Celestia was present at that time with her sister, so dark that they may fear from: Princess Luna. What fear they would laid on her were poured down on the reserves of their minds, calmed by Celestia as her sister frowned with the society members still shivered by the stare. And Fleur is one of them. Nobody would understand the dark profile of Princess Luna herself.

After that Royalty business on the Palace of Grizallo, Fleur is still present at the nighttime. Around 9:30 PM Exact, she had a short conversation with Quill Storm and his wife, Eye Ember. A Red maned pony so long with the texture of a burning fire. They call her " The Mare in Fire. " Nobody knew about Eye Ember's profile. But her only known profile is that she is the wife of Quill Storm, the author of many famous books. An Artist too. This is why Palace of Grizallo was built by him after he graduated. The Same University where Angelica teaches.

And only 1 hour and a half passed. Only a scream of an elder stallion was heard. Filled the crowd-less corridors of the Palace. Her haste to ran towards where the scream was heard dried down. As she wouldn't last another night when she would see a dead body of a high society member. The word " Former " adds to the famous stallion that also gave a key to Equestria's change.

Quill is dead....

The Palace guards immediately called in the city's police force to investigate the killing. The Depression that striked Fleur's heart puts her to a bench nearby. Asked by questions that she couldn't answer, only leaving a tip to the police that she might be involved by the killing of Quill Storm. Then there's this Agent Ponies coming in to the Palace, not only they're secret and hiding everything. But to shut everypony's mouth about the secret years ago...

Then the arrival of Angelica Frost with a Senior Agent. Uncovering the things used to kill and to steal one of the masterpieces arts of Quill Storm. Then all of the sudden, the powerful 4 seconds and more quake occured, let everypony hasted to go down and leaving others dead on the west wing. The Agents knew that it was a machine they buried years ago.

The Sixty were cut down to Fifteen.

Angelica Frost's ear twitches as the familiar voice wakes her. "Huh? What? Am I late for the part-"

"Angelica.."

Silence adds on the cafeteria hall of the Palace. Angelica's quietness and the stare of her eye to the pink colored eyes of the depressed member of the high society. Both of them don't know each other, but for sure they saw each other. Only Fleur knew her profile. And for the blue maned unicorn, it's a negative.

"Fleur De Lis?" She recalls the name of the High Society Pony. "A-Am I right about the name?"

Fleur gave a quiet nod. Not knowing that Angelica would not be the " sharp mare " for the job. Why sent her here? That's her thought. But Angelica would do the opposite of Fleur's thoughts. Famous, Royalty, Money, Ugh. Angelica was not like any other ponies that would go on for money. But for informations for both past and the present. Nopony is like Angelica, one of the sharpest minds in Equestria.

"What do you need to talk about?"

"Quill Storm..." Fleur's voice dramatically drowns into fragile sorrow. Blocked by her mind's rejections. That she couldn't accept about last night. And that she might think she is next on the list. "He's dead.."

"I know." For the first time, Angelica agrees. Although the murder did not hit her heart, her mind still gets winded up from all the events of this day. Yesterday afternoon with Celestia was just a lucky day. Not like for Quill Storm before lockdown and the art stolen, the killer is even smarter than her. And anypony around.

"Do you know anypony who hates Quill Storm?"

Fleur can't answer that question. "N-Not that I know of..."

"Why the Art?" She forces herself to ask Fleur.

"I don't know."

"Would there be something about the Art he made?"

"I don't know!" Fleur shouted. Sealed Angelica's mouth by her unusual anger. Nopony heard Fleur would shout at anypony about forcing her to ask questions. But now one pony knows. And that doesn't really stop Angelica, because she's not only a fan of something about Quill Storm. She's the PERSONAL GUEST of Quill Storm yesterday.

Both would battle it out if they're going to ask questions each other. But none would matter. And it won't do anything good so far. It'll end both sides to die about to argue on Quill Storm's death.

"Then why do you need to talk to me? About Quill Storm?"

"Because you're so close to him.." Fleur said, collecting her thoughts of what happened last night. "Do you even have a relationship with that guy?"

"No!" Angelica reacted with a little push. Even though she likes Quill Storm's arts, stories, fames and money. She doesn't like his attitude when it comes to mares. So pleasing and so wealthy. That only one mare she won was Eye Ember. Eye Ember was poor and rich about her look and her personality. To save her family from famine, she has to be married to Quill Storm. And that happened Eight Years ago. From the looks of it, there's no changes about her family once both of her parents died from hunger after being left out.

But her sister is still alive, and as the matter in fact. Presumably unknown, whether she's in any towns or local cities nearby. But no one could tell where she is, that her name was not told.

Again, Angelica would remember another thing about on her class. That Quill Storm shares the similar way of being killed by an unknown and expert killer. Which led to Neo-Equestria back to default and it's Dynasty cracked down.

"So if Celestia and Luna were foals on that day..." The Student continued after her short pause. "What is the last Dynasty that ruled in Neo-Equestria?"

"The Dynasty of Sacrifice." That kind of Dynasty words would put everypony to sit tight. And prepare for a wild lesson ride with Angelica's teachings. "Everyday, 10 to 15 ponies are to be sacrificed and delivered to the temple of Ashens. Where Ashens, the goddess of water. Would require blood and body to her majestic pool that would lead Neo-Equestria to continue it's engrowing wealth." She glows her horn, levitating her large book and opens it to the page about the Dynasty mentioned before. "And wealth was so important on Equestria. Because most of the sacrificed ponies are mares."

All the mares on the class gave a glare on the stallions. As they smiled for something that's quite unusual to say for. "And... why mares?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Angelica placed the large book on her desk. "Because as opposites of the stallions. We are to be pure to ourselves. Which means, Ashens was so pure with perfections she carried in with her. And after her death on The Clashing of Island Neveu. Stallion blood and body is for strength. And the Mare blood and body is for beauty and perfection."

"Miss Frost, nobody is perfect right?" A young stallion asked.

"Exactly. But Ashens thinks otherwise." She levitates a picture of the sacrificial place of the ponies. Obviously surprising the students about the sacrifice of ponies one by one. "Ashens thought of the Stallions are mere mind flickers. Which they control mares to do everything for their masters. Manipulation is one of the things that stallions would want to their mares."

The Stallions lets out a smile on the mares. Such preys on the present time. "Did it go for such things like, sex?" The Stallion and his friends laughed. The room filled with crazed tease to the mares as they are displeased by it.

"Haha..." Angelica let out a short laugh. "One of the common things. Yeah. Stallions do take serious things about having pleasure. Mares were not so pleased about it. But anyways, those were the chosen ones of Ashens. And those who resists the orders of the chosen ones, will have their heads beheaded."

"Glad that Dynasty was the last..." A Pretty mare would be pleased about that. Last Dynasty of the worst and the ending of Neo-Equestria. Finally settles in for everypony to live on. Ha, the Stallions would want that back if they want the mares for their lives.

"Well we're grateful that was a thousands years ago. The Dynasty of Sacrifice after 8 months ended right when Celestia sparked a fire as her symbol is the sun. She countered every legacies connected to Ashens and called her and her history The Worst Goddess for her Subjects. And Celestia, ended the Neo-Equestria and reshaped it. But don't be confused. She wasn't a princess that starting evolution."

"Discord?"

"Y-Yes!" Angelica cheered by the student's random guess. "Discord took the opportunity to rule over Equestria. 20 years of period, ponies still struggles to get off from the tight walls of Equestria. Just as Discord wants it by chaos."

- Present Time -

"I don't know. If that happened now. There's nothing I can do. I don't bring ponies back to the dead. I just teach ponies." Angelica said.

"Maybe... But did he say anything about a machine?"

Precisely! That fired Angelica's mind. The Machine? What was it? It was remained unknown to the two. Possibly that the machine may have done something that involved into the killing of Quill Storm. What if the machine story of Quill Storm led him to his death? The Machine he was talking about was about 800 years ago. Buried. Down at Canterlot.

Angelica remembered the Agent's comms on their radio. Saying that a quake centered deep down on Canterlot. Is it possible that a machine would be responsible for the quake? Regardless, Quill Storm's new story wasn't published. As it was banned by the Secret Authorities to keep the classified informations about an incident.

"Hold on.. The Machine?"

Fleur thinks clearly by a short conversation with Quill Storm. "He mentioned a machine. A Machine that would evolve Equestria's technology years ago. But something happened he said. And that's what he says about the machine."

"How come that's the same way he told me about the machine?"

Curiosity strikes the two. Thus, putting them on some point that they won't expect. Adventure? No. Before Angelica became a teacher on the Advanced University of Fillydelphia. She was just a young archaeologist to extract an artifact related to Ashens. But after 100 discoveries except for Ashens were successful. Ashens is the reason why she left her job behind and became a teacher.

Is Ashens responsible for putting Angelica to give up for her Archaeology work? No one knows. Only she knows because she's the one finding it. And her terrible adventure on finding the artifacts and scrolls about Ashens were a putting a strike  to her life.

"Listen, can we talk somewhere tomorrow night?" Fleur has an idea. And this involves Angelica's skills. Just by Fleur's eyes, Angelica noticed it would give a lot of stamina on her way. Also her intelligence.

"Where?"

"Central Park of Manehattan.." Fleur said. "At Seven. Exact."

"I won't be sleeping on that hour. Yet." She watches as Fleur leaves the palace by her own. And later on the lobby, escorted by guards protecting her. She sighed.

Later at 1:00 PM. She took a train ride to Canterlot. Consuming 45 bits by that ride and taking seven hours that reaches 7 o clock. Once she arrived at Canterlot, she rushed into the station's exit and hurriedly sprints towards to a house of an old friend. A Friend that might answer something behind Celestia's Truth.

She knocked the door on the estate house at the side of Canterlot's residences.

Well, obviously it was raining. Lots of rain. Now that rain pours down on Angelica like a flood pushing her to the side. Her mane and tail, all wet and down on the floor. With her eyes barely visible by the bangs of her mane.

"Professor Gen!" She called the name of the stallion owning the house. "Professor Gen! Are you there?"

No reply.

She knocks again. Loud. "Professor Gen! I need some help!"

Again, no reply. But that doesn't mean that no one is inside the house. The Living Room window is seen illuminated by a lamp. That proves that somepony is inside. She once again, knocks loud.

"Professor Gen! It's me! Angelica Frost!"

Finally, she can hear the steps of a stallion moving towards the door from the inside. As the large door opens by the friend of hers,

"Angelica Frost!" Gen, a brown maned pony with sand colored skin. A Cutiemark of a note. Wearing glasses. Early 60s. "What in the name of Celestia happened to you? You all look-"

"Double check the surroundings you eyebrain.." She goes inside, still wet. Starting to get herself warm from being cold out there on the rain. "It's raining. Don't you see?"

Professor Gen is one of the praised scientists this day. And one of the archaeologists on Equestria's past and known to his one book of " Nightmare Findings. " A Book about how did he discovered Luna's remains of her armor. And her old horn damaged from the fighting. There's no telling how Gen is one of the figures of science since he made several theories. Including " The Astro Theory. " Being a closest friend of a young teacher, Angelica Frost. Is something that he'd only appreciate. Well, optionally none. But primarily, her body.

"Oh.. I-I'm sorry." Gen shuts the door and lets his friend to dry herself by a towel placed on the chair. "W-What do you need?" And the old stallion, still a pervert just looks at the curves of Angelica's plot before she looks back.

"Gen.. Do you know about a quake 800 years ago?" Angelica asked, just dried herself so fast as she threw the towel to the living room table. She approaches at the large room of Gen's science room.

"W-Well... Yes. Somehow.." Gen walks to the bookshelves of the science room. Searching for the book about Myths. "Th-They presumed the quake a collateral damage to Equestria. But they say it's a myth otherwise." He finally found the book and placed it on the table. Letting Angelica to open the book and find the page of the quake.

"A Myth?"

"Yes. And.. He coughs twice. Then continues. "....I have been cleaning up the broken vases that fell this morning. Quite irrelevant, that the myth magnitude quake is similar to the magnitude to the present."

"How powerful is the quake before and now?"

"Why," He glows his horn, levitating a broom to sweep off the remaining ones that fell down,crashed and braked by the quake itself. "The Myth says that the estimated magnitude is more than 8. But now the magnitude is about to be 8."

"Oh God.." A Response from Angelica. "That made Canterlot fall down then."

"Perhaps." He laughed about something between Canterlot's stability and the myth quake. "But you see, Canterlot does have a strong stability on the edge as it can survive more than a thousand quakes occured. It'll take a millennia before Canterlot falls."

"And if the integrity is the last when the quake happens again?"

"Canterlot falls otherwise."

Angelica is not even sure how many quakes already happened. But nothing to worry, the quake was just new and the last earthquake that happened was about 800 years ago. Then now. She would side on with Gen's talk about the integrity.

Maybe he's right, Angelica said to herself. Maybe Canterlot will take thousands of quakes before it falls.

"So, why go for the myth of the quake then? Aren't you suppose to talk about science and history?" Gen sits down on his comfortable chair. "I would expect that. Since I was your teacher."

"Well..." Angelica would rather put this way of talking, "Something has happened at the Palace of Grizallo. And... Uhh...I'm not sure. It might strike your heart-"

The Elder Professor laughed. Not knowing that Angelica would come for a sense of humor one day. He never finds Angelica funny until now. Now that being wet is now considered dry for the mare. It's go back to business for him and her. His former student seems like a rather more of a complex type of mare trying to save the world from what? A Sudden Earthquake of End? The End of Days?

"I'm not yet old Angelica. Just not yet."

"Fine. Quill Storm is dead."

Just like before, silence. Now, silence strikes as it suppressed the sound of their voices. Gen has many things that he liked about Quill Storm. A Mid 30s richpony with a beautiful wife about to be 30 named Eye Ember? Gen likes Quill Storm's art of reflection. The " El'teraga Nova Terra. " Reflecting the ponies true nature when in the eyes of other species.

"Dead? On his place? Did he killed himself?"

"Killed by his killer or hater. Whatever, I just don't know. His famous art is stolen too."

"Dear me.." Gen could not think twice to hear a key figure pony to be dead. "The Portrait Art of Quillastorcia? Stolen? That is infact the most depressing moment to hear for both historians and artists."

"I know Professor. But I need to know if the Myth Quake is actually a myth or a fact?" Angelica asked. Deep down inside that myth is just presumed a myth. And it must be true that the myth quake is actually real.

"I got one anonymous message about it."

"It's the Machine isn't it?"

"How could-"

"I know?" Angelica sits down on the chair that faces Gen. "Quill Storm invited me as a personal guest. So everyone wears their fancy suits and dresses and I don't. He told me about a machine. And your anonymous mail says that about it?"

"Exactly."

Anonymous mail? About the machine? This is something that has gone far. Too soon. To soon to expose something. But not yet in the later part beyond that call. Gen grabs the small message envelope and takes the letter. It opened Gen's eyes so wide. That Angelica could say that Gen saw something extraordinary.

'What is it?"

"Oh dear, this is not just a letter." Angelica levitates the letter and off Gen's grip. And she looks at the mashup of words and numbers. Some Arrows pointed in circles drawn by a pen. "I quite say, this is like puzzle matching. It's something of a-"

"Number Deforming."

"Exactly!" Gen rises up from his chair. Going to the storage room as it's door was opened and drags the board with four wheels that was able to move it around. "Dear, what does the Number Deforming mean to you?"

"Looks like there are one-zeros on the tip sides of the letters. And the words are infact, the opposite by the view. And I can barely read it properly." The Blue Maned pony identifies each of those one by one. And shown in the letters after modifying those incorrect letter patterns on each words are:

Truth and Myth meant no difference. By the force of the planet may push it. But it is not by the judgement that puts the effect of damaging everything.

Those were some words she was able to read to him. "Gen, I think somepony is talking about the earthquake."

"Oh?" The elder professor continues deforming numbers written in the letter. "Say it."

"Truth and Myth meant no difference... By the force of the planet may push it. But it is not by the judgement that puts the effect of damaging everything." She read the first decoded letters that were scrambled.

"Interesting..." Gen decoded the first line of the numbers as he writes it by chalk. 0-1-5-3-2-1-8 was written by him. "It is about the Earthquake. It's about the myth quake."

"So it means?"

"It means," He looks at Angelica. "That something is causing the quake. And not by the planet itself. For the simple term. You know.

"Like something forced the planet to cause an earthquake?"

"Maybe dear, but it can either be someone or somepony. But it depends." Gen stops writting on the board and makes his telling to Angelica. "You know Ashens right?"

"The Goddess of Water. Ensured that she needs blood of mares for Beauty and Perfection."

"Yes. And did you know about the Tidal Wave of East Equestria?"

"It killed thousands. Presumably millions."

"Saved a few, let them to starve and die." Gen added. "But did you know that's the point before Neo-Equestria starts the Dynasty of Sacrifice?"

Angelica nods. "Yes. The Chosen ones ruled over Neo-Equestria by a formed government. A Republic one but so strict. They think about following what Ashens requires will stop the flood of Equestria."

"Mhm. But have you forgotten that Ashens is also connected to ODIN?"

Shoot. How did he know? Angelica never thought of that. ODIN? Angelica never knows about ODIN. What's ODIN? she asked herself. "I don't know that.. Nothing written in books or my work five years ago."

"ODIN is the most prominent name for something too powerful or too fame for some reason. The name ODIN was used to something that goes beyond powerful. Like surpassing the powers of the Gods and Goddesses." Gen sits down on the same chair he was comfortable with. "800 years ago, some rumors talked about the name ODIN. And ODIN was something. Not somepony. And it would lead to something beyond the truth. They said it can-" He coughs. But afterwards, continues. "They said ODIN can make technology go beyond with one single thunder on Equestria."

"What happened? Did ODIN done it?"

"Perhaps. But it is most likely, ended in a bad way. Causing damage on Equestria with a shattering impact that caused someponies dead and remained others injured or missing. Celestia is also involved by this ODIN thing."

Angelica doesn't quite follow. Gen noticed it by her eyes flashed. With her head tilted a bit on the side.

"In a story thats-" Angelica quickly fixed herself and her emotions straight. She listened with ears open for Gen to continue. "Still acting like a silly filly?"

"N-No! Not likely!"

"Okay... There were two factions. The Equestrian Freedom Force. And the enemy is the Equestrian Federation, also known as the dominance force." Gen pauses for a bit then continues. "The War of Equestria. Lasted at the majority of over 2 months. There were only a few that joined the battle. As most of the ponies were imprisoned, less of those numbers exceeded limits were executed. Especially foals. You can imagine how many blood rained down on the soldiers of war. Fighting for Equestria's freedom from the enemy. But they knew that the enemy's numbers were too great, and everyday, thousands of soldiers dies from a stampede of swords and lances. Spears hits them necktied. Arrows hits their heads and chests as they charge to the enemy. The enemy's strength was too great. Too powerful. That none would stop it. And as it reaches the Capital. Victory is no longer a goal to Equestria. Too many died, thus surrendering the entire nation to the enemy."

Hundreds of years ago...

Explosions created craters on the fields that was once the field for grain. To make bread. Now. Just a battlegrounds battling for Equestria's Freedom. The other, for Equestria's dominance. Species fighting each other as unbalanced. But the dominance side took the opportunity to bring in many of their troops. Their soldiers with lances stabs through the soldiers of Freedom. Under the command of the ruthless, chaotic and strict leader General Dice Shovel.

The Battle of Ponyville carried onwards. Many of the soldiers injured were taken to the houses that were still empty, now filled with soldiers seeking medical attention. Too many of the battle's chaos had roughed the landscape of the once peaceful country. Unicorn soldiers of the Freedom. As the Equestrian Federation triumphs in every way from their united strength of the east.

"C-Colonel!" A Soldier, with an age of an early twenties comes to his superior officer. "The Captain issued a full retreat to Ponyville!"

"Didn't I told the Captain to hold the plaza?" The Interruption of the talk was by the cannonball hitting a house nearby. "We need to hold out for the main battalion force to come!"

"But sir! The Equestrian Federation has already taken over the East!" A Soldier shouted, taking cover from the blasts of magic from the enemy unicorns.

"What do you mean taken over?!" The Colonel avoids another beam of an enemy unicorn. "We have to hold out until otherwise Sergeant! And Celestia will not allow it!"

An explosion occured behind. As the house near to the command post gets destroyed by impact. The debris of the house scatters like a paper thrown so fiercely. Thus, another hits the town hall's windows. And it explodes, destroying the town hall completely. The Colonel moves back.

"CALL THE RETREAT!"

The shout of the Colonel was heard on almost in every directions on the town. Thus, the soldiers of freedom retreats back to the road that leads to Canterlot. The Colonel takes an escort by the pegasus soldiers. Leaving Ponyville on the hands of the Equestrian Federation. The Arrival of Dice Shovel afterwards.

General Dice Shovel, unlike any other generals known in Equestria. Is the only general that puts the serious choices. And he picked war against Celestia's rule. Narrated by Gen. The Federation is the strongest military force union. But General Dice made it the invulnerable force. Ever.

Dice executes four ponies that survived the houses. Especially 18 who are innocent. Including a filly. "No one is to be alive on our way. We charge to the capital now."

"The Capital sir? But Celestia-"

"Princess Sunbutt would kiss my arse when I will charge to her throne and knock her down. We are close to our victory. We have conquered Equestrian Cities. And now broken through their force's Defense town. We charge. Now."

Those orders came from Dice started the stampede of millions of Federation Soldiers charging to Canterlot by force. No pony knows what will the Freedom Force would do. Then, the Captain of the Royal Guards on Canterlot hasted his approach to the Princess. Narrated by Gen.

"P-Princess!" A Wounded Captain came in with a guard to assist him. "The Federation broke through our defense line! It won't be long before they rampage Canterlot!"

"Where's the Colonel?" Celestia asked, standing up from her throne.

"He's coming your highness. But..."

"I know.." Celestia knows that there are still many innocent ponies left behind on Ponyville. A Forced retreat only pulled back a few. And thus, their backup? The entire battalion? Where is it? That was the point. No backup. No battalion. No nothing. Canterlot was their last stand. "Where are the other magicians?"

"They're at the Sun Tower Princess. What do you require for them to do?" The Captain asked.

"I'll handle that," Celestia walks out. "Get Canterlot on their defensive positions. The Front Gate must not be broken. A Shield Dome must be casted."

The Captain provides that order accepted. And his unicorn guards does everything to build a pink, dome shield around Canterlot. As Celestia ascends to the Sun tower that will surprise their enemies, the Equestrian Federation.

"They're they come!" A Pegasus Guard and his fellow soldiers goes back inside the city. The Federation Soldiers crowds the entire area outside of Canterlot. As they attempt to crash the gates down. With twenty ponies trying to take it down by force.

"Celestia you coward!" General Dice shouted as he stood up on the small hill. High passing the height of the other soldiers. "You dare to hide inside your precious city? Come down and fight me!"

Celestia shows herself at the top of the Sun Tower. On the balcony. As the soldiers of the Federation and Dice looked. Seeing that Celestia is glowing her horn along with the other six.

"This is a peaceful land that's trying to settle things down and ensure the safety of our kind! This is why that ponies needs a new path for their freedom! A Will without chaos forcing them to change! What are you doing Dice?! War will not solve an-"

"Your army! Your noble words! Means nothing to the ponies!" Dice protested further. "They are all lies from your make up stories! What does your parents say anything about discipline and freedom?! Everypony deserves to get EVERYTHING! Including Power!" Dice shows a glowing artifact of a cyber kinetic object ODIN.

One of the ponies beside Celestia gasped. "It can't be. The Lost Orb of Siladoris!"

"You follow your path as you indeed follow your lost tail. But what confused you Dice?! I trusted you with your army! Treated the same things I have done for my sister! Then this is how you give Equestria Freedom?! No! I will defend Equestria no matter the cost!" Celestia shouted. As she fires a beam above along with the other unicorns. Forming a Rainbow Beam.

Dice laughed, seeing that he would expect them to fail. "Come on you coward! Is that how you show your power?!" He lets the orb float in mid-air infront of him. The Orb itself glows brighter and brighter. Thus, it's brightness affects the entire land. Making everypony cover their ears and interrupting Celestia and her unicorn spellcasters. The Orb quickly glides to the air above. Going through the beam, and shattered it with an explosion. The Brightness fades afterwards and the orb returns to Dice's grasp.

"No!"

The Shield Barrier shatters by the explosion effect. Giving way for the Federation's Pegasi fleet. It drops down a payload of bombs as the Pegasus Freedom Fighters does everything to avert the bombing. The Bombing was already enough to damage Canterlot badly, and one of the bombs hits the walls. The Soldiers breaching in the gates got through successfully. The Clean streets of Canterlot is now filled with soldiers killing soldiers. War plays it by hoof.

"General, what about Celestia?"

"Take down the tower." Dice ordered.

"Yes sir." The Lieutenant raises his hoof as a line of cannons were placed behind him. "FIRE!"

Most of the cannonballs hits the tower directly. Thus, causing the sun tower to fall down. Celestia tries to cast a spell to save the spellcasters but it was too late. The Tower fell down too fast, as the spellcasters dies by the tower's debris. Celestia, flying in mid-air is now enraged by this endless war.

"Put her down." Dice called in. The ponies operating the line of cannons aimed at the Princess. About to commence the firing. As Celestia closes her eyes while flying. Having a seconds to seconds flashbacks of the soldiers dying. Innocent lives taken away and some were executed. But for the worst, her heart strucked once she remembers Luna. Turning into Nightmare Moon. Fighting against her. Then the hardest choice was made...

It was the time for her to choose. Fight. Or Die. Gen narrated.

The Cannons fired as the cannonballs are about to hit the idle Celestia in mid-air. But her eyes opens to avert the bad side. She dodged the cannonballs that was about to hit her by flying to the air.

"Archers!!" General Dice shouted. Hundreds of Archers with their arrows on fire precisely take aim at Celestia. "Put her down." The Arrows were launched towards her.

A Dark Aura blasts as it came from Celestia's powers. It reflected the arrows back to the Federation Archers. It killed most of them and injuring some that leaves them to die later on. The Skies goes darker as purple lightning strikes the ground to the Federation Soldiers.

"What in the..."

Celestia has changed into something darker. The Skies are now all covered with darkness. Purple Lightning hitting the enemies. Saving other lives as she could. Only then, she was not the Celestia that her subjects knew. Gen Narrated.

The Purple Lightning strucks Dice and the soldiers of the Federation to Ashes. Saving the Freedom Fighters and the millions of lives still pure and innocent. The Skies lets out a light, as the dark clouds turned white and cleared a path for the sun to shine again. The remaining forces of the Federation surrendered. And Celestia layed on the grounds, weak, sparked with dark energy and exhausted.

Clean ups were made, as the war is about to end. The Federation Fleet drawn away from Equestria as they would not risk of taking over Equestria again. She was carried to her bedroom by her servants to the castle. Lay her down on her bed, and wait for her to wake up for her shimmering news.

Then the next day she woke up, Equestria is once again. Under it's peace. That happened before the myth quake.

Celestia has changed into something darker. The Skies are now all covered with darkness. Purple Lightning hitting the enemies. Saving other lives as she could. Only then, she was not the Celestia that her subjects knew. There, a guard gave name for a more powerful one than any gods and goddesses. Thunders of Punishment released by the shock so loud and so devastatingly dangerous, ODIN. Gen Narrated.

4 - ODIN Reactivates

Twenty Minutes before ODIN's Reactivation,Squashwatcher 4-5 from the Science Division ILLEGALLY takes a expedition deep below.

SQUASHWATCHER 4-5. A Six member team of the PhysX Corporation takes in deep to the surface of the side of Canterlot. Operates a mechanical driller that cuts 150 meters per hour. Squashwatcher 4-5 includes with ponies experts composed in Archaeology and Symbology. The Six Ponies wears in oxygen helmets to go deeper with enough air to go down to. Actually, count to 5 stallions and one mare.

"Bucket. Check this out." Hoovington, a mid-30s Archaeologists flashs the symbol with his flashlight on his helmet. "Somewhat this looks familiar, scoop up any ideas?"

"No." Bucket Tearingtoons, a Symbologist. "Well, can you take a picture of that strange markings on the cave?" Bucket looks back at the other 4 on the driller. "Is the driller fine?!"

"It is," A Buffed brown stallion said. Fixing the mechanic problems of the drill that stopped at 1783 meters down. "There's a material that malfunctioned the driller. But don't worry, I'm almost done with the repairs."

"Geez! How cold is it here?!" A young archaeologist shivers. The Caves of Canterlot are quite cold. Not to mention the crystals around. "Did some ice meteorite hit Equestria milennia ago?"

"Going deeper makes us cold gentlecolts.." An early 30s mare, blonde mane with sand colored skin. Long. As her mane is ponytailed. "Get your jackets tight and wrapped around you. Glave?"

"Ma'm?" The Brown Stallion responds, as his name is Glave.

"Once the Driller is operational. Dig deeper. Make sure that we can get to 2000 meters deep. Whatever's in there is a material we need and some lost things to recover." The mare archaeologist ordered.

The Pump sound of the Driller starts in. As it continues to drill down. "The Driller is operational!" Glave shouted.

Finally, but having to wait for 2 hours or more is somewhat a little patience to take. The Mare incharge doesn't seem to go for the idea of going. "Glave. Get the Driller dig faster."

The Driller stops as it tries to drill on a hard, but weak material. The Ice ground below the team starts to crack. Fast.

"Oh shi-

The Ice floor shatters as the Driller falls down along with the team. The Driller explodes down below at the spike hole nearby. And the six ponies fell down to the ice slides and sends them flying in mid-air to the material floors. It's metal, but slippery...

"Ugh.."

Glave stood up first, "Where in the hay are we?" The others stood up later on.

"Somewhere. Deep. Below. Measure the meter." The mare incharge asked.

"I can't," Bucket tries to reactivate the meter after it was interfered by an unknown wave here. "The Meter Checker isn't responding. Something tells me we're going to guess bet with 2000 meters."

"Not smart enough to guess. Whatever we are, we have to proceed into that hole." The Mare pointed at the hole entrance on the right. "Does anypony have a serious injury?"

"We're okay.." The others replied.

"Good. Stay fresh. Jackets tight. It's still cold in here, you can shrill in by that temperature." The Mare leads the way for the others to follow.

Ice caves are commonly known for their cold temperatures. The Deeper you go, the colder it'll get. Down 5000 meters and you'll be dead in seconds. Ice. Nothing. And eventually waiting for somepony to shatter you to pieces. That's what the cold caves are, nopony is allowed to make an extraction for any artifacts or lost things that would go and find out what's really down there or what's deep down there.

The Bet of the six ponies are to find something down here. At least 2000 meters deep. Almost like somepony would die without any source of heat. But they brought some, since the inventions for the ponies are rather safe, easy to use. On the way, Bucket looked at the spike surroundings on the otherside of the ice path. There's nothing like a hall filled with ice and crystals. The pathway deep down is already enough beautiful to look above. Then down.

"Damn... This is beautiful..." Bucket looked up, still shaking his meter checker. "Are we going up or down?"

"What do you think?" Glave expects Bucket to say the right answer.

"I think down." Glave nods by what Bucket says. "Meter Checker is still messed up. Nothing I can do with the signal interfering. There's gotta be something down there messing with it."

And by mean, technology messed up? Easy to use things are preferably go with the things used easy. Not hard. But the six ponies on this mission volunteered themselves to find something down there. Like. Something is down there. Whatever it is, one of the proof is the interfering with the signal of the meter checker.

"Once we found that thing. We could sure do a hell lot of research and money." Hoovington bets.

"Quiet."

Quite an expedition they have. Of finding one single object on their way. What's buried is something classified. And like it was written a while ago, something is down there. Something that Celestia hasn't told any of the Science Division since the ones involved years ago kept their mouth shut. Especially if the Princess Twilight Sparkle would go beyond that rule if she knows the secret.

"Wait, Meter Checker is coming back up... The Meter Checker estimated the deep height of the meters below. "Uhh.."

They gone down way more than 2000.

"How deep are we?"

"We surpassed 2000. Looks like when we keep going..." Bucket moved 3 times, the meter goes from -2235 to -2238. "Yeah, every step we take. We get minus one on the way down."

"Tain't touchy. But we get that alot on my drilling experience." Glave laughs.

"Say, how is this secret going to be found by us?"

"I don't know," The Mare halts her position. The others stopped as she looks at her team members. "Whatever's down there, 2000 meters deep below. There has to be some explanation that Celestia never told to the public."

"A'right, like she's hiding something?" Glave asked.

"Definetly."

"That makes a lot of sense. Let's go down and continue up ahead." Bucket moves out along with the rest of the team.

They continued to gone down, Bucket is focused on both his way and on checking how deep they are. Every minute, he counts between -60 to -75. Then adding that to 20 minutes after. Seems like they found something they wouldn't touch nor to take pictures of it. A Classified Machine that was suppose to be buried down. Responsible for causing damage on Equestria 800 years ago.

ODIN.

A Large computer with it's shockwave platform placed on the edge side of the mountain's support stability. Any shockwaves caused down there would decrease 20 of Canterlot's Height. Most of the monitors from the cylinder pillar of the center were damaged or left shattered. But a few remained undamaged. CPUs were scattered everywhere with keyboards. Most of them are connected to ODIN.

"Holy... So THIS IS the machine."

"Damaged, but looks functional to activate." Bucket looks at the system's components on the sides. Some wires were entangled to another. But all of the wires are already based connected. "All the wires are plugged in to the main core. And we're okay with whatever's going to work now."

"Yeah, but who's trying to bury down an expensive megacomputer?" Hoovington lets out a curiosity of questions to either any of his teammates.

"Celestia."

Mentioning that name again makes Celestia the villain. Ouch. Tight for a Princess duty. But what they don't know is that what's wrong with the mega computer and why bury it down? The touchy feeling about computer engineers in mega computers are by one thing. Math.

"Alright, looks like we can turn on the systems now. Bucket pushes the large button. It made an unusual sound, the same sound heard as ODIN is running it's systems.

"Wait... Check the data. Look. The Mo-" The Mare stopped Bucket from talking as she sees a red background on the monitors. There's something wrong, unfamiliar. A Pony Skull icon in a large size appeared on every monitors that are still active. And even filled the lights with red.

"What the hell is going on?!"

ODIN starts to spark yellow and purple electricity. It starts to hit it's created lightning by the support of the crystal. The Explosion occured on the west part of ODIN. It hit Hoovington and the other 2, sending them flying to the spikes down below. The Sparks again repeats it's deadly tricks on them.

The Shockwave Pillar rises fast and attempts to stomp the platform. "No! Fu- What is this machine doing?!"

"It's overloaded with some kind of virus!"

Right. It is overloaded with a virus. A Worst one. Again, the Shockwave Pillar hits the platform and creates a violent quake that's enough to damage from here to the surface. Crystal spikes above falls down on the remaining ponies. Killing them. Fortunately, Bucket's leg is impaled by the spikes and survived from an imminent death.

'AGHH!!!"

He couldn't imagine or recall how painful it is. Blood of his fellow teammates splattered on the entire cave. Their bodies lay wasted by the spikes hitting their chests. Bucket is the lucky one. But it is about to say the word was. Since the spike is too heavy for him to go on. He was already bleeding, feeling himself cold because of the environment. He tried to shout for help. But he doesn't know he's the only pony here, still alive. Bleeding.

"H-HELP!"

The Echoes of the crystal caves doesn't help his volume to reach to the surface. The 8.1 Magnitude Quake that lasted at almost 5 seconds may have killed the ponies on the surface. He doesn't know, because he's not there on the surface and doesn't know what happened. His stare at ODIN, is completely different. His visions blurred, losing blood puts him to a death status soon. He forces himself to get his leg off by moving forward.

"I-I need to shut that...M-Machine!"

He couldn't get off from the spike that impaled his leg. No. It's too late. Stopping the machine is a history quest for him. No one will remember him. Nopony will know that they're down here. Dead. Activated the machine by accident. And it's all because that they're finding something that they don't know what. He takes his last 20 seconds look on the machine. Bucket, an archaeologist for the side guard. Dies here. Without a legend. Without a book written. And off the record.

Dead. It's the only word to say for the six. Dead. Puddle of blood already spawned as it's radius of blood increases from the lifeless Bucket from his leg. His face almost white. With his eyes still opened after his death.

5 - Royalty Involved.

Twilight Sparkle, a disciplined student of Celestia. Formely. Now became a Princess herself after the events of completing what Star Swirl the Bearded did not complete: Magic of Friendship. Everypony knows her and everypony bows before her. Her duty being a Princess? She still has a lot to learn from it. Especially how she can get used to it.

Mostly, she doesn't wear her crown nor wear anything royal-ish outside. She just blends in with normal ponies like her friends. Although she still has problems on how to get around as a newly crowned princess two weeks after. But yesterday? the quake? That puts her to something of a strangled position. Everypony is neck tied. Nothing would avert what happened. But she thinks so, because she has the power to do it.

"Princess?" A Servant knocked on her door. Where she was. "Princess, do you want me to get something for you?"

Well for the newly crowned princess, maybe. Although it's freakishly annoying to expect that everypony is serving for her. She's not a type of a pony to become a princess. However, written by a legacy not so long ago. She just stood still on the balcony of her room. Looking at the view of Canterlot and it's surroundings. She can barely see Ponyville up here.

"Oh. No. Nothing. I'm fine. You uhh..." She paused for a second. "Oh wait I changed my mind, uhmm.." Again, she's not sure of what she's going to say as a princess. "Can you get that professor? The old one?"

"Sure. Your highness.." Said by the servant as she's heard, leaving.

Another day that's too hard for Twilight Sparkle to handle.

Codex

Gen and Angelica Frost continued to browse on the old books about the Earthquake Myth. Researches, dates, post, timelines, events. Nothing. Creating a pile of books that were thrown to the table nearby.

"D-Dear! Don't rush in to something that doesn't exist!"

The old stallion could care about Angelica's patience. But all that history on her mind, placed. Just like an arrow looping again to hit inside her brain with knowledge. The blue maned mare could only do nothing but to haste and find answers of whatever is written behind. Or, drawn.

"Time is running short," Said the blue maned mare on a hurry. As she levitates every books and launched it back to the table. "I need answers and I need them now. There's always a possibility of another quake."

"Oh, dear. Not by remarks-" The door of the large estate house of Gen sounds by the doorbell functioned. "Bricked bollocks, what is it again?"

He hastily approaches the door and looks through the security panel.

It's the Castle Guards.

He opens it immediately. Not by a rush, just a hunch. "Y-Yes? What do you need?"

"Princess Twilight Sparkle requests your presence immediately to the castle Professor. Orders are given for your immediate presence. 100% No Delay." A Unicorn Guard, gray and armored with a rank of a Sergeant said.

"Oh? Right now? Good Heavens! I'm busy! Can you tell-"

The Unicorn Guards immediately approached on the sides of the professor. Holding him for escort. "Like I said Professor, no delays are to be given." Said by the Sergeant, just as the blue mane mare goes outside.

"H-Hey! What are you doing?"

"Can I at least bring my associate with me?" Gen asked, looking at the guard's sharp eyes. "Whatever the great princess needs. I cannot go without my friend."

"Ugh," The Sergeant gave a head signal to his two guards to let the old Professor to be free from their tight grasp. Ponies these days should stop requesting if they can't go. A Reply to his daily annoyance from other ponies. "Very well, follow me."

The serious moods of the guards stricts the two from making any movements that are unwanted, unattended and mostly unexpected. Their sides but the back are already covered by the Guards. And whatever foolish attempt to escape from the royal's orders is already an add of either guilt or second time of force. Gen, not like any other professors. Is not pleased to be meeting with Canterlot's Science division.

"I hope this good charming Princess doesn't take the talk so long. I have alot of work to do." Said the old professor. Calm and response to the guards that he has other things to attend to.

"The Princess will choose if time would take short or long Professor." The Sergeant says.

He does have a point. Angelica thought, agreeing by the terms of conversation with a Princess. They won't know how long or short the talk with a princess is. Well, depending with the topic or matters that either anypony given by it's choice of doing or not doing anything. But when it's about science, it'll take time before the scientists will make sense about what they say to the princess.

Well, they hoof'ed to the castle already for a few minutes walk. Since it's not far from the estate. Guards opening the large gate of the Castle for the Sergeant and his guards. Protecting the ponies by escort. Inside the castle, escorted to Twilight's personal room. As two guards opens the door.

"Not you." The Sergeant stops Angelica to come in with the Professor. Since she's just a friend accompanying him as the guess from the guards. "The Professor only."

They shut the door for the two ponies inside to talk. And just leaving Angelica Frost to walk around and sit by a nearby spot she's comfortable in. Piece of hay loaders...

Princess Twilight Sparkle's room

Gen sees the new Princess Twilight Sparkle herself on the balcony. Watching over the city all day and night. Waiting for Celestia to return. Her duties stated by the guards, given by the responsibility she is given that is BIG. She looked back inside and saw the professor she requested to talk to.

"By Celestia's shape," Gen bows down to the new princess herself. "How may I be of service?"

"Uhh...."

"I see, not used of royalty are you princess?" Gen noticed.

Twilight nods. As she's unsure of what she's holding now. It's a threshold of Equestria's duty she's holding on. "Can you just call me Twilight Professor? I'm not really used on this Princess calling thing yet."

"Uhmm.. Of course Twilight. What do you need me for?"

First question. Added. "Something. Involves with Science." A Basic topic to recall by a smart princess. Not to mention that kind of topic would take a little while to finish. Angelica was right. "About the Earthquake. The Science Division mentioned it to me. The quake so far is strange. It was not caused by the planet's change."

There goes my point.... thought by Gen. Knowing that something caused to force the planet to make a quake. "Do you know that something? Like a machine Twilight?"

"That's the part that I don't know Professor..." Says by the purple alicorn. "But I guess that I charted in everything piece by piece. The Magnitude seems almost in the height of 8.1. And Canterlot's did not take any major damage at all. At least that four seconds quake was quite the thing that was able to make everypony to fix the repairs. Thus, there was no shift or no changes on the land. Due to the crust being an impact chart as a problem."

"Smart..." Gen said. "I do have a friend that can equalize that investigation. We were connecting a myth quake and the quake right now that was practically equal as mentioned by the story."

"Oh? The Quake 800 years ago?"

"Mhm." Gen agreed. He opened the door that leads to the corridors and where the guards and the blue maned mare waiting. "Angelica! Would you come in dear?"

Finally... She thought. Ending that waiting there that didn't even last five minutes of her impatience. At least that wasn't too long. Too short added. She came in to the room of the new princess. She quickly gives a surprise look. Not knowing it would be Twilight Sparkle. And not either Celestia, or Luna.

"Angelica?"

She only smiled to see Twilight Sparkle. Pretends to smile?

6 - Codex, Uncover, Extraction.

Egghead. First word used by Angelica Frost about Twilight Sparkle. She knew Twilight Sparkle when she was a filly. Top of the class before she got involved to become a personal student of Equestria and sent out to the same university of the same name. Angelica, unlike any other unicorns. Personally takes interest of using magic to uncover the truth. As she has done that many times already for any bullies or ponies hiding secrets from her.

" Pleasant to see you, " She bows, indeed. She could not believe that a smart pony would become a princess. " Princess... Twilight Sparkle. "

" W-Well, same to you! A-Angelica! " Nervous tone from Twilight's voice as she greets back the blue maned pony with a zero attitude of being nice and calm.

She looked at the room, she can see small cracks on the ceiling. Done by the quake. " Sounds like there are visible damages on your room. "

" I know. "

" You always do. " Angelica rolled her eyes. Spinned her mind twice and shaped it the way she could think. Sitting on the cold floor, a little breeze by the wind. It cooled the mane of this unusual unicorn. " Cut to the chase. What do you know about the quake on the Science Division Twi? "

" That's the problem, " She shrugged. Probably not sure of what she's going to say to the mare in white and blue. Particularly, she knows that if a pony is white and the mane is blue. That represents their character as in " Truth Searchers. " Any lies that Twilight would add up would definetly set off the fire from the mare she is now meeting with. " They said that the quake was caused somewhere at the crust. And it centered below Canterlot. But they don't want to say that something actually forced to cause a quake there. And which lasted only four seconds. "

" Half four, " Angelica added. " Four Seconds is not enough, 56 milliseconds to add. It was enough to make several things to fall down by destruction. Yes, it was forced to make a quake. But not the planet itself. If there are 2-3 seconds shake, that's a tremor. "

" Well you two are getting along so far... " Gen pushed in words to block the two's adds. " We're here to compare a myth quake that may be connected to the present quake. "

" Again, the myth quake is not a MYTH. That quake 800 years ago is real. " Angelica said. Making the two to stop their haste from talking about it. Destroying the quake that passed 8 centuries ago. Thus, this puts the two to question Angelica.

" What? So it's not a myth? It happened? "

The Codex.

She doesn't know where to start. Apparently, she levitated a scroll out of her hidden bag. Invisible in cast as Twilight noticed it being pulled out. She literally rolls it out to reveal the content of the scroll but so long that it has to be reached to the hooves of the two.

" Is that the Codex from your previous archaeology extraction? " Gen asked. He did not noticed that she has the Codex.

" Mhm. And it was made by only and only from the hoof writtings of Star Swirl the Bearded. "

Twilight gasped, surprised. She did not know that this mare has something that Star Swirl the Bearded made. " Where did you get that? "

" Somewhere deep on the old castle. " Said the blue maned pony as she silently reads the written icon words on the scroll. " There, on the sacred treasure chest on the old throne. There's a stone lever that was enough visible for me to see. Eventually I activated some kind of entrance that led me downstairs. But it was a throne down there, and an unlocked chest. "

" Is the old castle even an archaeology site? "

" No, it was not even a site. I illegally gone through. "

Okay... Not what everypony would expect. Illegally gone through to the old castle? Protected by several guards? The Guards would've noticed the sound that Angelica made earlier. But this unicorn mare can possibly go anywhere she wants to. And if there's a chance she can meet Celestia face to face and feel her magical aura. It'll reverse the truth by opposite.

" Illegally? "

" Guards don't accept archaeologists you silly princess. "

That's what she said.

Meanwhile.....

SECAF Firebase Alpha.

Princess Celestia arrives at her fort of the same name. Soldiers of different divisions on the entrance of the base salutes as she enters to the Fort. The 15th Pegasus fleet landed at their pads separately. Large artillery platforms built inside the base. As spotlights on four sides of the walls of the Fort were built. A General of the yellow colored division salutes to the Princess as she came to the Command Centre.

SECAF, a large military faction for Equestria and serves as the primary military force in both defending or attacking enemy forces inside and outside the boarders of Equestria. SECAF is also known as Strategic Equestrian Central Advanced Forces that serves for both the 54th and 92th Battalion for the Equestrian Army.  It was later formed by the corps that numbered over 30,000. One of the two Commander in Chief of Equestria's Army is Princess Celestia.

" Princess Celestia, General Storm Ranger. " As his cutiemark is a cloud with a sharp lightning. " We have multiple reports on the western coasts that the rebels are moving to the northern forests. It seems that they are fortifying their positions by an old mansion. "

" Old Mansion? How many are the rebels General? " Said by the glowing princess herself. As the two approaches inside the command center to get off from the heat.

" A Battalion sized force. Eventually to a number of thousands. They have rifles armed to kill anyone who dares to approach to their line of territory. It seems that one of our ships scouted four more rebel ships. Composing that they're going to reinforce the coast forces. " The General placed viewpoints on the map as he points directions.

" Is the coast city on the west evacuated? " Her worries for any lives of innocent ponies.

" Not entirely your highness, " The General said, as he shows his tiny frown by dismay. Forms of news were never good in the military these days. " Civilians are trapped inside their homes. We have soldiers trying to arrest any rebels or shoot them if they shoot back. But because of their approaching forces, we may never get those civilians out of the danger zone. "

Another approach that may give the princess sadness. Fearing that her subjects not involved on this battle may get killed. The rebel ponies doesn't like anypony going for their rule. And by that rule, the ponies should follow the rebels pact which involves slavery. As well as hardship. Celestia does not want that.

Before she could say anything, an officer approached Storm Ranger.

"General, the Equestrian Naval Forces lost the Fourth Fleet. They confirmed that the rebels have a fleet of ships. With one battleship."

Ugh, Shit.. The General looked at both Celestia's patience and the other officers around him. " Were there any survivors on the fleet? "

" Negative. "

Celestia noticed Storm Ranger's locked anger. Knowing that he is about to blow his cool off soon. Conflicts between Equestria and the Rebellion started after the Great Schism. There were no power struggle on two sides. But what would the two sides want? More population. More control. More resources. And Celestia wants that. Secretly.

" Get the Eighth Fleet to stop the incoming Rebel Ships. We cannot let them get to the Coast City. " As ordered, his officer goes back to his post and reported in to his communication computer. He looks back at Celestia, unfinished. " Princess Celestia... "

" I know General, until the innocent ponies are evacuated. I cannot expect casualties from both here and the civvies on my report. I must return back to Canterlot and expect order from there. "

" We'll do what we can your highness. " Said by the General with his face downed with his locked anger, as he watches the princess to leave the command center and open her massive wings to fly out of the base back to Canterlot.

Back to Canterlot...

" So if the earthquake 800 years ago is real, what did Celestia do? Kept it a secret and considered it a myth? "

" Exactly. " Angelica rolled the scroll into it's default, small and packaged tight ribbon. " She does not want to make everypony to know that Canterlot moved down centuries ago. And that the ponies expected damage from the earthquake. But according to the scroll, three repeated earthquakes occured. "

" That's not an earthquake when it repeated. " Gen pressurizes to correct his former student. " That's considered a Shockwave if there are going to be repeated quakes. "

" Yeah, but the quake is just naturally caused. And whatever happens inside the planet makes it happen. " Twilight said.

" And by most books, it is natural. And there's nothing that it can force itself to create one. But why shockwaves? Hmm.. " Gen thought of that. Shockwaves are just made dependable from a force of the living. And not by the planet's movements that struggles to create a shake on the surface. " Well we're not here for any science conversation here, but I do believe that repeated quakes are actually- "

" Don't guess, " Angelica noticed Gen's tone changed both up and down. A Level of not being so sure to say the right answer. " A Period of 5 seconds and long is considered an earthquake. But in three repeats, they just considered that as a tremor. Shockwaves doesn't have to do anything about the force that affects to make either tremors or powerful earthquakes. If there is one, it should be technology's machine that hits the ground by pillars. Or if somepony planted something to dig there by use of Tungsten material. It should have shifted the upper crust. Not the entire crust. Because the elevation of the quake is zero. And the purpose of having shockwave calls here is just down to nothing. "

Explanations too deep by one pony. Seems like the chat here is beaten by this blue maned mare. But none taken as Twilight would not put up a threshold to hold against her.

" I do believe that the Science Division has something. "

" Like what? "

" Like they never tell me anything. About the quake yesterday. " Said by the princess herself. Knowing that her rank can declassify and why the scientists couldn't tell about a quake so long that is a myth? And not anymore by Angelica's findings. " It seems like they're hiding something. Something like, you know. Before. "

" Well if they are hiding something, shouldn't they be in the dungeon right now from hiding secrets of a royal member? " A Straight A question from Angelica.

" Not unless if the royal council would keep secrets from the Princess. " The old professor Gen quite added support from Twilight about the Science Division. " Well that's no bright sight for me mate. But uhm... Twilight do have a point. "

She does. But Twilight doesn't know much about being a princess. Yet.

" Say, " Gen looked at Angelica. Remembering back about what she said in the murder of Quill Storm and his secret words to her. " Did Quill Storm actually said something about the myth quake? "

" No. " She shook her head in no. But she quickly paused her mind. " Although I told you about that he was saying about a machine. "

" I forgot...Did we decoded it earlier? "

" Only the first half Professor, forgetting makes you troubled and create guesses that shoots upward to your mind. " Angelica takes back some words from the decoded message. Says it clearly.

Truth and Myth meant no difference. By the force of the planet may push it. But it is not by the judgement that puts the effect of damaging everything.

" Is that about the quake? "

" Yes. " Both the blue maned mare and the old professor nod in yes.

" Actually. I'd add this part from that decoded message. First half. Not complete. " She thought of it deeply. As she says it words by words in her mind before she arrived here with Gen. " I already decoded the second half. "

Truth and Myth meant no difference. By the force of the planet may push it. But it is not by the judgement that puts the effect of damaging everything.Which by force may came by mechanical. Accidents occured by every actions from the brightest mind before. And by the will of technology change Equestria Forever.

Silence adds by the room. Nothing to say. Nothing to make it so clear. Rather than that, confusing. Even the three are currently the brightest minds on Equestria. Not one of them knows what Quill Storm meant. His death marks them to force out an investigation. And by that, which way? And what is he talking about?

" He's talking about the machine on the second part. " Gen said.

" Brightest mind before? " Twilight looked at Angelica, expecting her to get an eye to eye blur from their IQ. " Does it clearly mean that somepony created a machine? And actually built it to make a quake? "

" Not clear. But close. " Angelica almost agrees by Twilight's guess. " Yes. It is the machine. But I don't know, all of the technology about that machine is about extracting data or encrypt it by user. I don't know. I'm a history teacher, a symbologist and formerly a archaeologist. "

" Count ten you two, " The old professor says by glad. " and maybe either one of you may know what it is. "

One, So obvious, Gen makes everyone count to ten just as he did when he was a teacher before retirement. His favorite student, Angelica when she was filly. Makes her count to ten if she doesn't know the answer from the question that he gives to her. And by one, meaning that somepony made an accident or a failure by the use of the machine.

Two, Currently, having an egghead princess and a historian teacher clearly rival their IQs differently. The two are equal in their intelligence. Though, what was clear that Twilight goes by Celestia's teachings and Angelica goes by Gen's teachings. Both of their mentors are great, somehow different in the approach they have.

Three, Celestia's way of teaching Twilight is by understanding about friendship. That was created and destined and also written by her truly. A touch of a goddess' feather. May bond by fate. And be chosen to be the future of Equestria's fate.  Celestia's feather gently lands on the foal Twilight Sparkle years ago.

Four, Gen's way of teaching Angelica is by uncovering about friendship. And by mean uncovering, is what purpose does the magic of friendship even have? Somehow, shoved by the mare's pleasure. She goes beyond Gen's scientific studies and goes beyond her own path that she chosed on. But equality is to be made if Twilight is going to control it by herself.

Five, Time stops by Five. And always at five, the time where both Twilight and Angelica goes home when they were fillies. Five years old filly Twilight Sparkle passed the magic exams but her powers were too great than any other unicorns in Equestria. Princess Celestia lets the little filly to join in her personal studies.

Six, Angelica's Sixth Birthday as a filly had many fillies and colts invited in. Her father was the captain of the royal guards before another and before Shining Armor himself. Although, Angelica's crush personally puts in deep emotions to Soarin. But in the present, once Soarin became close to Spitfire in a lovely way as one. Angelica leaves herself with nothing. She moves on after losing her interest to him. And carry on, she is married infact - To Science!

Seven, Angelica's favorite number. Seven is approachable by any means and that's the second number to unlock the Codex. Seven was also a teasing number for Twilight Sparkle as Cadance foalsits her everyday.

Eight, Eight years old Twilight Sparkle gives a gift to Cadance as a remark for Shining Armor's love to her. Boy, this sparked the two to be in love. Little Twilight can go on beyond what the two are doing when Twilight is sleeping.

Nine, The Fourth and last number before unlocking the Codex. Nine years old Angelica Frost as a personal student for Gen's studies assures her to answer every math questions within the hour. But after sixty seconds, Gen is totally impressed by Angelica's accurate IQ.

Ten, Celestia ordered several ponies to declare the classified status of the machine that caused the quakes. And by that, ODIN was never heard from again. As well as it's three repeated quakes is considered an earthquake myth.

" The machine. The Machine, Quill Storm mentioned that the machine must've been built inside the crust's center that's enough to make the shockwaves produced by the machine itself. I guess, it was a little too late to say everything about it. "

" And I didn't get that count to ten.. " Twilight Sparkle said.

" Yeah. Me neither. "

The old professor Gen facepalms. " You two still need to learn a lot of things about everything. "

About what?

LOKI Supercomputer Hall.Canterlot Science Division Central Hole.

Two Scientists behind the new supercomputer placed on many data CPUs placed behind the front area of the new system " LOKI " are modifying the system by replacing wires and calculating numbers to replace the old numbers and make them new in the system that is compatible with.

" Four. " The Brown Stallion Scientist said. He looked at the sides of the units that are still running from the function of LOKI. He merged the cut ones and place it with an electrical tape by levitation.

" I owe you thirty bits from that lunch. "

" Yeah, " the reply of the white stallion scientist. Looking at the monitors if his friend is connecting the right ones. " We still get a large salary after this. Too high. Not like any other jobs I've taken on Donut Joe as an assistant. "

" Haha. " Short laugh from the brown stallion scientist as he's about to be finished on connecting the wires and placed it with electric tape. Rolls by rolls. Connection by connection. All those little sparks that were not felt by the pony's work seems like a fine status for him. Already. At least nothing will happen for the worst.

" Systems on LOKI looks fine. " Shown by the monitors as the eyes of the white stallion sees data on green. " Status are green. Holding. The Supercomputer can hold. Plug the data. "

" Which data? "

" The Data that the last extraction team acquired. " The white pony looked at the red colored USB. " Plug it in on the system and let's see how LOKI extracts the data from there. "

" Well I don't know man, " the brown pony is about to plug the data in. " Are we scheduled to do Tier 1 extraction inside the computer system without proper authorization? "

" We have orders, and it's best to follow rather than waiting for it. Now do it. "

" Fine. " The Brown Stallion plugs it in.

I might get fired after this.

LOKI Runs it's internal systems by the spin of it's fans from ten units every second. Sixty seconds after and everything were in set. Monitors on every walls shows the conditions of the system by displaying it's new status of being in success. But too many data were extracted inside, everything secret turned 0.001 milliseconds of picture to switch to another, and another, and another, and another and another. Pausing it to the important picture that the scientists that once were looking for.

ODIN.