Iron Stallion

Me and Rainbow were searching for Celestia around Canterlot. We found her crown, but not much else. Before we could fly out and search somewhere else, Princess Cadence walked in.

"Any luck?" She asked.

"No. It looks like she's just... gone." I said.

"Well, where did you say that factory was?" Rainbow asked.

"Inside the Everfree Forest." I said.

"Oh, great..." Rainbow said to me.

We flew inside the Everfree Forest, where we found the lab I saw which was now empty.

"Nothing. Stay close, there might be something here." I said.

We looked around for an hour and all we found were screws, my blueprints--I'm gonna kill those thieves when I find them...--, and a blowtorch.

"L.I.G.H.T, scan the blowtorch for hoofprints." I said.

"Scanning... Scan complete, Hoofprints identified as Dr. Caballeron." The A.I said.

"Dr. Caballeron?! What's HE up to?!" Rainbow asked.

"You know this stallion?" I asked.

"Your last name... Do you know anypony named A.K Yearling?" Rainbow asked.

"Yeah, she's my cousin. Why?" I asked.

After we walked to my cousin's house, Rainbow walked and knocked.

"A.K? It's me, Rainbow Dash." She said.

My typical cousin walked out.

"Hey, Rai-- TINKER?" My cousin asked looking dead at me.

"A.K?" I asked.

"Where have you been?! Your name is all over the news!" A.K said.

"I know. We found out what happened and Rainbow sent us here." I said.

"What happened?" A.K quickly asked.

"It's Calleberon! He was a part of what happened." Rainbow said.

"What? I'll be right out!" A.K said running back inside.

"What's going on?" I asked Rainbow.

"Do you know Daring Do?" Rainbow asked simply.

"Yeah. She wrote the character. Why?" I asked.

Then who walked out was an exact replica of Daring Do. Then it all came together...

"You're... you're..."

"The character I wrote about for the past few years? Yeah." A.K-- Daring Do said.

"Well, I have a secret of my own." I said bringing down the suit.

"Wow... I prefer winging it." Daring said.

"Alright." I said placing the suit on me.

Then Rainbow's suit came down and she placed it on.

"Where did see this doctor last?" I asked.

We flew to where Daring saw Calleberon last. We saw a laboratory with my weapons disassembled and scattered around. The first thing I noticed that the power sources were empty.

"Oh, no..." I said.

"What?" Daring asked.

"The power was stolen." Rainbow said.

"That's just it. I powered the weapons with the most powerful power source I could find-- Dark Magic." I said.

"What?!" Rainbow asked.

"Why?!" Daring asked.

"Because there was no other choice. After Sombra attacked the Crystal Empire, I grabbed as many crystals as I could and checked them for Dark Magic. I found that one crystal alone had enough power to level a small town. I knew that if bad turned to worse and Canterlot was destroyed, we would have a backup plan. Twilight told me about the Dazzlings. Star Swirl couldn't defeat them, Star Swirl! If that came here, we would've been easily wiped out. That planet survived because of its lack of magic; we would've been wiped out. We would have a way to stop that. But now this Dr. Calleberon has it and I don't doubt that we are now all targets." I said.

We had no time to talk more as the doors to the lab opened ad a mysterious figure walked out.

"Hello, Rainbow. It's been so long..." The figure said.

The figure got out of the shadows and I was able to see who she was. Her coat was light green, her uniform was an inverted Wonderbolt's with a tear on the arm.

"Lightning Dust? What are you doing here?" Rainbow asked.

"Oh, just out trying to take over the world. The usual." Lightning chuckled and 10 more ponies walked behind her.

I quickly placed the suit's helmet on.

"A.K. Yearling-- or should I say Daring Do? Tinker Yearling, great to finally meet you! I gotta say, without your destructive weapons, we would've been lost..." Lightning cackled.

I started the blasters in case this got ugly, but I kept it silent.

"So, who are these ponies? Your loyal henchmen?" Rainbow asked.

"No. These are the Shadowbolts. I know you've heard of them..." Lightning said.

"And you're their leader? What have you done with the princess?!" Rainbow asked charging at Lightning.

I was able to hold her back while my blasters were charging more.

"Now, now, Rainbow. You don't wanna ruin the fun, do you? The princesses are safe with us-- for now... And I'm not the leader, I'm more like her lieutenant... " Lightning said cryptically.

"And what about Calleberon?" Daring asked.

"That old foal? He's with us trying to master your weapons. Too bad you won't live to tell the story. Kill them." Lightning said.

Me and Rainbow grabbed Daring and we flew back home. We were getting ready to tell Equestria what we saw and heard today...