Iron Stallion

When I woke up, I asked L.I.G.H.T if he'll design a balcony where I get the best view on Cloudsdale.

"As you wish sir." the A.I replied.

I wondered if I'll ever actually meet Rainbow Dash since I heard of her. When I was tinkering on a new design on a whole "jet pack" deal some pony wanted, I heard somepony knock on my door.

"L.I.G.H.T, scan who's here." I said.

"It is Twilight Sparkle sir." L.I.G.H.T said.

By now I'm not as surprised as I was then due to her visits for my first week. The door opened and Twilight walked in.

"Oh, hi again." Twilight greeted. I waved and showed her around.

"So, what brings you here?" I asked.

"Oh, Rainbow Dash noticed that this hill top got a resident and, she wants to see who lives here." Twilight replied. My heart skipped a beat.

"When?" I asked. By the time I finished, the door knocked again.

"Now, apparently." Twilight replied. I told L.I.G.H.T to open the door. There stood the mare I deeply loved.

"Hello? Oh, hey Twi, are you here?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Oh, Rainbow Dash this is Tinker Yearling. You can guess who his cousin is." said Twilight.

"Step cousin." I said.

Later we caught up on our livings and - surprise - she IS a wonderbolt trainee! What about it, we also had more in common than I thought... Apparently, her parents were assassinated by who-knows-who. When the town got dark, we headed back to the house. But then I had to turn on the news... Man, I shouldn't have.

"Tonight's top story, a terrorist attacks Manehattan's Gear shop using famous inventor Tinker Yearling's weapons. All residents were found incenerated as soon as the blast hit." the reporter said.

I stood there observing the wreckage of what was my aunt's house from the TV, they showed the missle used to attack the house. I read the type. The missile design was familiar to me...  the reporter was right, it was my missile.

"No, nononononono." I said as I paused the TV.

"Why do you have harmful terrorism weapons such as these?" Twilight asked.

"Remember the Changelings? Remember Tirek, Twilight? My weapons... They were meant for emergencies like if Equestria was getting attacked by more uncontrollable demons or something like that but, terrorism? Never!" I replied.

I sighed and accepted the facts: My aunt, the one who raised me since my dad died is now with him in the afterlife and it's all because of me. I asked to be alone on the balcony. I sat and do what I do best, I thought. I thought on who did the attack, if they were linked to my father's death, and if they were one of our customers. Twilight and Dash were chattering. Dash nodded and walked over.

"Look, I know what you're goin' through. I really do." RD said. I was confused. I wanted to learn more.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"When I lost my parents..." RD suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I just noticed something..." RD said.

"What?" I asked confused.

"You said your dad died right?" RD asked, I nodded.

"Well, mine did too. To other non-legendary forces." RD said.

"We should tell Celestia this, Twi'. We're finding non-magical threats all over Equestria. First Daring Do's pals and now, this?" RD asked turning to Twilight.

"When word gets out, we'll know." Twilight said.

RD nodded in agreement.

Later that night Twilight and RD left and I made a schedule for Manehatten.

"Yes sir, so sorry for your loss..." L.I.G.H.T said in agreement.

"Don't become self - aware L.I.G.H.T." I joked. I thanked him though.

When I arrived, the house was in ruins, only the sign was there. I sighed and looked more. I found my dad's picture the day he died, I was with him when he drifted a bad direction in a wonderbolt race and crashed. I brought it back with me the following night, I slept having nightmares. Luna sure knows how to help somepony with their fears. I saw my father die all over again, in the shop fire all alone. I also saw my home town get bombed and I saw dozens of ponies incinerate in a flash. I then woke up in a cold sweat.

The next day, I noticed people glaring at me,whenever I got out of the house, muttering things. Do I blame them? No. They don't know it was my aunt's house who got bombed. I also DID design the rockets. But still... it got to me.

I need to find out who did this, and I need to stop them before they hurt somepony else. First thing's first, I need to close up shop. I went home and made an announcement that I'm shutting down Yearling Inc. and I went to work on a recon device...

I decided to use the jetpack idea to good use. I managed to make a one-pony exoskeleton for recon but not much else, it had camo for hiding, a few thermal scanners for location, and an advanced GPS system that L.I.G.H.T will operate.

"Are you sure of this, sir?"

"Yes." I said as I flew out to find my aunts killer before they hurt anyone else.

I managed to get a hold of my cousin.

"Daring, are you there? It's me Tinker. I think you need to see this."