My Little MACHINE

MLM
Chapter 3
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Thoughts
“Speech”
(Noises)
“[MACHINE voice]”

Casimir's POV

“[Construct #23 Pistol is a success.]”

“AAAAHH YEAH!”

“[“AAAAHH YEAH” audio file stored for future use.]”

“Unnecessary, but cool!” I dispel the weapon. “Anyway, it looks like that was the last of the wooden wolves.”

(Rustle Rustle)

“Hmm?”

Something was getting closer. I climb up a tree and hide in the leaves.
“Mr. Aia. Activate vantablack stealth coating.” The M.R.A.I.A. then takes the outer layer of carbon in my suit and rearranges it to absorb nearly all visible light, coating me and making me practically invisible in the shadowy canopy of the forest.
It was about a minute before I saw them. More of those equine creatures. The yellow winged one was among them. I wonder what they are doing here, as I recall, the yellow one said this place was dangerous. They passed below my tree when the poofy pink one’s tail twitched.
“Ooh ooh ooooh! Something’s gonna fall!” What? (CRACK) I felt the branch I was on, tremble. Oh shit.
“AAAH!” I come falling through the foliage right on top of the marshmallow white one with the purple mane and horn. (CRASH!)
“Uuugh…Oww.” It whined. Then it looked up at me with wide eyes.
“…Hi.”
“There it is! The crystals, now!” The purple one said. Then the other four tossed some yellow gems at me which broke upon hitting my armor. (ClinkBZZZTZZTZZ)!

Twilight’s POV

The bipedal creature then went rigid as the paralysis spell in the crystals went through its body. Rarity then picked it up off her with her magic and laid it on the ground.

“Ok Fluttershy, there’s enough magic to keep it like that for a few hours so take your time.”

“Umm. Ok.” Fluttershy walked up to the creature and lay it flat on its back. Now we got a good look at it. It was very much like Fluttershy described, except it was more ape-like than minotaur. It appeared to have a very dark black coating rather than the grey that Fluttershy described. It was so black it was almost like your eyes could sink into it if you weren’t careful. Fluttershy tugged on part of its black padded part and it shifted. That black stuff wasn’t part of it? Fluttershy then pulled the black piece over its head. “Oh my.”

“(!!!) It wears armor?” I exclaimed. “Um Fluttershy? I don’t think this is just a talking animal. I think it might have ponylike intelligence!”

“Well Fluttershy said it could talk. Why wouldn’t it?” said Rainbow Dash.

“I don’t know. I thought maybe it was like a parrot.” I walked over to the pile of armor Fluttershy made and started examining a plump oval with straps on one side. I looked at it every which way and couldn’t find a logical use for it. Rarity noticed my conundrum and trotted over.

“Darling. Why don’t you try the zipper?” Zipper? What zi-.

“How did you notice that zipper?” I could have sworn I looked there already.

“Well I do have an eye for detail.” She said, and she flipped her hair.

I pulled on the zipper and some things fell out of the pouch. A thin black tablet, a few strange, what looked to be cartridges and a book… BOOK! I immediately pick it up in my magic, open it, and start reading. I made it halfway down the first page before I realized something.

“This book doesn’t make any sense!”

Dash laughed at my outburst. “What? A book finally too complicated for the great egghead?”

“That’s not it! Look!” I showed them the strange scribbles. “This isn’t like anything I’ve ever seen before!”

Then something hit me. “Girls… I think we might be dealing with-“

“A DEMON PLANNING ON ENSLAVING HIGH SCHOOL?” shouted Pinkie.

“What? No! An alien!”

“An alien!?”

“Well… That would make sense.” Fluttershy spoke up. “I can’t feel his pulse on the back of his neck like most Equestrian animals, it’s here.” She pointed at his wrist. “Also there doesn’t seem to be any injuries whatsoever, except this bruise that just started to form.”

“Wait Fluttershy, how did you know it’s a he?” Fluttershy turned red. “Well… He doesn’t have a… sheath.”

“But you said it confronted a timberwolf!” said Rainbow Dash, ignoring the scarlet pegasus. “You mean to say this thing took on a timberwolf without a scratch?” I looked around and saw several piles of lumber, sticks and leaves.

“Actually I think there was more. Look.” I pointed at the piles.

“That’s what he said!” said Fluttershy. “Before he told me to run, he said more would be coming.”

I stared at the creature that saved Fluttershy, but destroyed several timberwolves without getting injured. Just how powerful is he?

“Well if he doesn’t have any injuries then let’s go!” said Rainbow Dash.

“Rainbow! We can’t just leave him paralyzed in the Everfree forest! Besides he obviously has some form of intelligence, so I suggest we take him to my lab so we can get more data.”

“But what about the rest of Ponyville?” said Applejack. “I don’t think they will respond well when we take an alien from the Everfree into the middle of town.”

“What about Fluttershy’s house? She lives outside of Ponyville, and she could take care of him.” Said Rarity. “Plus how is this creature going to react to being strapped down to some device if it has intelligence?” I hadn’t thought of that. How would I feel being strapped down to a table to collect data?... Mmmm data…

I was lost in my thoughts when Pinkie alerted me to the fact that they had already started carrying the creature to Fluttershy’s cottage. “Hey Twilight you slowpoke! Hurry up!”

Casimir's POV

When I realized from their conversation that they weren’t hostile, I relaxed, or as much as someone with rigid muscles can relax. They were levitating me through unknown means, and carrying me through the forest. As the trees got thinner and thinner, I came to the conclusion that we were leaving the forest and headed towards the house of the one called “Fluttershy”. Eventually we arrived at the cottage that I encountered earlier. The same house with the pastry smell coming off of it. I was carried inside and put on a large mat on the floor. And then… nothing. For. Two. Hours.

Itch… Itch Itch… Itch Itch ITCH!

“…r…rrr…RRRAAAAGHHH!!!” I screamed, fighting the paralysis to scratch the burning irritation on my legs, before breaking whatever was keeping me frozen. I grabbed a nearby table leg and the MACHINE went to work.
“[MACHINE Activated. # 4 Claw gauntlet.]” (Scratchscratchscratch) “Ahhhh.” I let out a sigh of relief as the accursed itch was finally quelled.

“Oh my.” A near inaudible voice said. I turned around and standing in the doorway to another room was the pegasus I saved earlier. It was clear that she was frightened from her posture and attempt to hide behind her pink hair. I slowly sat down and spoke.

“Greetings creature. I mean no harm and apparently nor do you. I thank you for letting me stay in this habitation.” It mumbled something.

“What was that?”

“You’re welcome Mr. Alien. Everything is welcome in my home.” As she slowly stepped towards me she emitted an aura of comfort and nonthreatening posture, treating me like a wild creature, which is understandable in this situation.

“So this is your home. You must be the “Fluttershy”.”

“Yes, my name’s Fluttershy. What’s yours?” Fluttershy asked.

“Mr. Aia If you would.” The MACHINE blinked.

“[Name: Casimir V. Age 16 Earth years. Male. Wielder of the MACHINE.]” Fluttershy squeaked and hid behind the couch, at the metal band around my wrist talking.

“W-what is that?” Before I said anything, a voice called out from the other room.

“Yo Fluttershy! What’s taking so long? Who are you talking to?” The voice was followed by another pegasus but this one was blue, with a prismatic effect in her hair. Obviously this was the one they called Rainbow. She saw Fluttershy hiding behind the couch, that I was unfrozen and immediately assumed the worst.

“Hey! Stay away from her!” she yelled and leaped at me while flapping her wings. Without time to grab something I reflexively dropped to the ground with Rainbow sailing over me. (Crash) And into the wall.

“Rainbow? What was that?” Another, albeit accented, voice called from the same room. This time followed by an orange one with a Stetson. It then saw Rainbow crashed in the wall, and Fluttershy still behind the couch. Again more assumptions were made.

“What are ya doin to my friends ya varmit?!” before waiting for an answer she charged me but was much slower than Rainbow. So I had time to grab the Claw gauntlet off the ground.
“[MACHINE Activated. #1 Shield.]” The claws converted into a shield just before the orange one reached me, upon which she turned around and transferred her momentum to her rear legs, striking the shield with a resonant (BWWWONGONGONGONG!). The noise alerted the others in the next room. Not wanting a repeat of what kept on happening, I dispelled the shield, catching Orange off guard and promptly fell backward. Rainbow was still stunned so I pinned her, and the other three entered the room.
“Applejack what was that?” Purple asked. She then saw Orange on the floor and me on top of Rainbow. “What the heck is going on?!”
Well, time to use my exemplary diplomatic skills to ascertain as to what happened so that there will be peace between us and no more assumptions are made. Apparently Rainbow had the same idea.
“That thing started it!” We pointed at each other. “What are you talking about? You started it! Stop that. Purple penguin peanut pastries!” Seeing that this would get us nowhere I decided to cover Rainbow’s mouth.
“Mmmph!” Rainbow cried in protest. I got off.
“Ok.” I said. “Would anyone please tell me what is going on?” Marshmallow fainted.