Iron Stallion

I was near where my last customers were. I saw weapons - MY weapons, be duplicated and stored. I saw enough bombs to take down Canterlot in a split second. I felt the smog scorn my face, it was horrible.

"L.I.G.H.T, record." I said.

"Yes sir." The A.I began recording.

"Is that all of it?" A guard - clearly not from Canterlot - asked.

"Yes, the boss'll be glad to hear. Celestia will never know what hit her." Another guard said.

I decided to get closer, only to nearly get caught.

"What is it?" A guard said.

"Nothin'. Just thought I saw somethin'." Another guard said.

I hid behind a coach, relieved that no-one saw me. I went closer to hear more, only to see 3 figures walk closer and closer.

"Is it ready?" One asked.

"Not just yet. All we need is a sample of the DNA." A guard said.

DNA? What DNA? I asked myself.

I saw as one of the figures carried a form of a Wonderbolt suit.

Wait, it was dark. The Wonderbolts aren't dark...

"Soon, everyone will know the Shadowbolts." The figure said.

Shadowbolts? I need to tell Twilight. I was leaving when I heard,

"How about that pawn shop?"

My aunt's? That doesn't matter now. What matters now is Celestia knowing about this.

"Let's go." I said to L.I.G.H.T

After flying back to the house, I saw one problem with the suit: It had to be melted to come off.

"L.I.G.H.T, remind me to update that." I said.

"Yes sir. Oh, and your friends are here." The A.I said.

I buzzed them in and showed them what I saw.

"How is that possible? We had that place out of reach." Twilight said.

"Well, if these 'Shadowbolts' think of bombing us, they have another thing comin'." Rainbow said.

"How about we tell Celestia this? She might know what to do." Twilight said.

"You guys will have to go on without me. I have work to do..." I said to them.

When the two left, I was able to upgrade the suit into a more comforting style. I managed to give it a full plating so I was completely covered, a shoulder-mounted laser cannon powered by my magic, and a small missile deplorer on my wrist.. I left it to charge and after an hour of work, I finished it.

"Sir, your friends are back with what appears to be bad news." L.I.G.H.T said.

I buzzed them in and asked them what had happened.

"She's gone. Celestia. Gone!" Twilight said starting to panic.

"She does that sometimes." Rainbow added.

"It's fine. Everything's fine..." Twilight ranted.

'Well, somepony's late for her stress counseling.' I thought to myself.

"Well, what do we do, Tinker? It's not like you have another one of those suits lyin' around. Not like I need it." Rainbow bragged.

"Wait... That's a great idea! L.I.G.H.T, I need you to start up another suit. I'll explain later." I said.

"But sir, the suits are powered on magic sources only. It would take months if not years to find a replacement." L.I.G.H.T argued.

"You know that big battery that powers you and this place? Can you build a smaller version of it?" I asked rhetorically.

"Yes, sir. New Arc Reactor construction commencing."

"Arc Reactor?" Rainbow asked.

"I powered it with my magic about a year ago. Once I found that magic can power a battery, I decided to make this." I said.

"I read about these. Arc Reactors were invented about a year ago and since then brought new energy to exclusive homes. It's so amazing to have one only a few miles away!" Twilight cheered.

"Feel free to come look at it. It's not much when you do the math; Big battery plus magic equals free gasoline." I joked.

After Twilight took constant notes of the Arc Reactor, Rainbow was ready to test her new suit. I showed her how it worked and she took it for a spin. I saw as she blasted it miles away, out of sight.

"So, now what?" I asked.

"I don't know. Celestia's dissapeared once before. We figured it out once, we'll do it again." Twilight said.

We stayed coming up with a plan surrounding the weapons I saw. We decided to add a rail gun on Rainbow's armor, and a laser near the eye holes. Now, it was about either telling the others, or keeping it to ourselves. Before we could answer, the T.V blasted to life.

"Equestria, you don't know me. But I know you. We have your princess, Celestia. Now, we will attack you. We have developed the ultimate weapon, it is capable of leveling the tallest city in Equestria. All we need is the original developer of the blueprints-- Tinker Yearling." A voice said.

"Oh, no." I said.

"Don't panic, we'll clear your name." Twilight said.

"It's not that I'm worried about. I know those blueprints. They were designed as an apocalyptic last resort. If something like the sirens growing a mass army or Sombra and Chrysalis creating some plauge of sorts, we could have something to combat that. It was designed to release several bombs full of my magic around Equestria's cities. It was top secret for years, how could anyone know about this?" I asked myself.

"Don't look at me." Twilight said.

Before we could think of anything else, Rainbow came in.

"You guys should see this..."