The Next Generation

by Sparkletop Rainbows

Rating: everyone
Tags: Science Fiction, Adventure
Length: 929

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2016-07-30 22:33:16 UTC

Ch.1: Fire

Princess Celestia walked into a white lab. Everypony instead were donned with clear white lab coats. A stallion wearing a lab coat rushed to greet the princess. "Princess Celestia," he greeted. "What brings you here in Lab 2436?"

"Hello, Dr. Silver," Celestia started. "I've come here to check on Experiment 3.0."

"Come, follow me," Dr. Silver lead Celestia through the maze of scientists, and to a particular door. "This is where we keep Experiment 3.0. Just for safety, we  keep it in another room." When Celestia nodded, he opened the door with a shiny key and opened the door, stepping aside for the princess to enter.

Inside were tanks lined up on the sides. They were they big enough to fit a pony. "This is the next generation of our kind," Dr. Silver began. "They don't share the same things as normal ponies do. These ponies will not have They already have some of the knowledge that we do. They will know how to speak, react, and recognize a few different things, but it will take some time for them to get used to the world."

Dr. Silver started to walk forward in between the rows of tanks. Princess Celestia followed him, thinking deeply. Dr. Silver continued to talk. "These ponies will each be categorized by their own races. The ponies with who have a color of red will contain powers related to fire or lava. The ponies who bare green will have powers related to growth, similar to earth ponies, but even stronger. The ponies who show a blue color will have water powers and the ponies who show any white colors will have powers related to a force of wind or air. There also powers hat they all have in common, like..." The scientist rambled off as Celestia examined each tank.

As soon as the other scientists started to file in, Dr. Silver said, "we have now fully developed these species, and they are ready to be released. "

Dr. Silver, Celestia, and all the other scientists stood back. The first row of tanks was released. Life forms started to take shape and appear out of the tanks. A mare stepped outside. She was blue with a deep, wavy purple mane and tail. Her sea green eyes shifted side to side. She looked at her body, confused. The mare slowly and reluctantly took a step forward. She felt the hard ground beneath her hoof. The mare rubbed the ground, curious. She carefully started to make her way out, slowly picking up the pace and getting used to walking.

Where am I? She thought. What am I? What is this place? Who are they?

From the crowd, a mare wearing a uniform said, "follow me". With a second thought, the blue mare did as she asked. Walking slowly became easier as she followed the mare through the white hallways.

When the entered a room in one of the hallways, it was almost entirely empty. There was a bed in a corner and a glass chamber that was labeled "health chamber".

"First, let's start off with introductions. My name is Golden Chariot, but you may call me Chariot. Your name is Fire 63739, and you are  a Fire. Your purpose is to serve the military of Equestria, the land you live in," the mare said. "She pointed to the bed. "This is where you will sleep." Then she pointed to the glass chamber. "This is where you will recover your health. You will not get hurt many times no matter how much anypony tries to harm you. You and all of your generation will not get hurt unless you are struck on your forehead. Your forehead is your weak spot, where all your magic is stored. If you are struck, you will vanish, leaving a small chip in your place called your life chip. Your life chip will be cracked, and you will die if it  is torn into two pieces. You can heal your chip by regenerating in your health chamber. It may take a long or short time, depending on you. It could take a few minutes, or it could take a few hours."

The mare, Fire, as she'd like to call herself for short, observed and listened to everything she had said. Fire hadn't uttered a single word when she was born. "Now I'm sure you're curious about yourself, so let me explain to you. You are not like the other ponies of the other generation. They have something called a cutie mark," Chariot pointed her hoof to an odd shape on her rump. "A cutie mark is a mark you get when you find out who you are. Most ponies get it when they're just fillies and colts. A cutie mark defines who you are, and your place in the world. Ponies like you don't have a cutie mark. We figured you didn't need one since you'll only be used for military purposes. My generation has races like pegasus, earth ponies, unicorns, and alicorns. A pegasus is a pony with wings who can fly, an earth pony is a pony who has a talent with growth and agriculture, a unicorn is a pony who has magic and can control and cast spells, and an alicorn is  apony who has all of those. There are only five alicorns in Equestria, Princess Twilight, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and Princess Flurry Heart. It is your purpose to protect them and all the other ponies in Equestria, no matter the costs."

Fire nodded, absorbing all of this in.