Reunion of the Specialists

Chapters

Chapter 2: The Reunion
Chapter 6: Ponyville
Chapter 7: New Faces
Chapter 8: Spell Casting and Nurturing
Chapter 9: A Doctors' work
Chapter 1: Equestria
Chapter 3: Canterlot
Chapter 4: Trinity
Chapter 5: No Pain No Gain

Chapter 2: The Reunion

The three figures stand in the castle court yard staring at each other…But Nano just stood there because she couldn’t see either princess in her current condition. Celestia and Luna both look at the two legged creature with pin prick eyes as its statement echoed through their head. They weren’t sure how to deal with this particular creature. Then Luna spoke up.

“C-creature! Leave Equestria immediately! You have no place here!” Luna was obviously afraid of Nano Swarm and the capsule; but as to why she couldn’t tell. The ponies never were so afraid of her before. Did she just look intimidating?

“Umm actually my goal was Equestria. I’m here for a reason and one you may not understand. Now can you help me find my bearings? I can’t see.” She said in a neutral tone. At this point Celestia got distracted and dropped the capsule on top of the creature.

“GOD DAMMIT!” screamed Nano Swarm as she lifts the capsule off her body. Terrifying the hell out of both princesses.

“I SWEAR IF YOU WEREN’T CELESTIA I WOULD KICK YOUR ASS!”

Celestia tilted her head in confusion. “Y-you know of me?”

“Of course. The wielder of the elements of harmony along side your sister.” She let the capsule stand on its own. “Though I only just chose to make an appearance because I want something from Equestria. Specifically from Canterlot.”

Celestia glared at her but she couldn’t tell because she could only feel the world a single meter around herself. “You can’t have anything from Equestria! Now leave before we seal you away!”

“You can’t fool me Celestia. I know that you have no control over the elements now. Though I don’t know what the current events are at the moment. Tell me did discord escape yet?”

“I said leave!”

“Really? And what will you do? Glow on me? The sun cannot harm a child of Utopia. I am one such child.” Nano said boastfully.

“BUT THE NIGHT CAN!” Called out Luna and she sent a navy blue beam at Nano Swarm.

It impacted her and she held her ground against the beam as it pushed her farther and farther back across the courtyard. Nano was fixed on the ground as she was being forced to slide across the gravel path and came to a halt when Luna was exhausted.

“Really? What have I done to deserve this treatment?”

Both princesses looked at her with raised eyebrows.

“Umm. You are human. You harm each other and you’ve harmed our ponies.” Said Celestia.

“No I didn’t! Who did I hurt?”

“Well not you but someone like you.”

“…What was his name.” Said Nano Swarm almost fearful.

“…John Cole.” Said Celestia.

“…Damn…Ok yea umm. Sorry about him. He’s my. Other.”

“Other? Surely you must be different creatures?” Said Luna.

“I’m his clone…” A long FUCKING moment of silence as the information sunk into both princesses.

“Y-you’re John Cole?” Said Celestia with rage slowly building in her.

“Not per say. Sure I have his DNA but technically I’m his daughter. Oh and fun fact Rainbow’s my mom!” She said with a smile and dramatically throwing her arms out into the open air.

“…R-Rainbow Dash?” Said Celestia.

“Yup! Oh and after about fifteen years of my life as a Utopian, Impulse the guy who made Utopia; found a memory storage device that allowed me to see my fathers’ last memories…He was quite fond of Rainbow Dash and he chose to clone himself. Only he gave it his brain activity and set his mind to be machine like so he could transfer his soul or something to me. Then I was formed into a human and infused with a lot of improvements so I could be the ultimate Nano Swarm controller. Oh and that’s my name Nano Swarm.”

“Whatever your business here I don’t want you to go near my little ponies!” shouted Celestia.

“Why not?”

“Because last time you were here humans became the image of evil! And I can’t blame them! Your father was evil by almost killing Rainbow Dash!”

“He didn’t almost kill her you know.”

Nano Swarm slammed her fists into the ground and the material started to be absorbed into her body and turned into nanobots. The new microscopic machines spread out quickly so she could see more of the world around her. Soon she developed a sensory device with the nanobots so she could see everything that they had a line of sight with. She could see Celestia and Luna both powering up spells to attack her.

“OH SHIT!” She said and then she thought. ‘Get me out of here!’

The capsule speeds across the horizon at great speeds with Nano Swarm inside. The sky was turning lighter as the sun began to rise and ponies were starting to wake up. Some of them caught a comet whizzing by their homes in Canterlot or over another city state or town. Eventually the capsule found a distant land with a very eerie forest to rest in…Or crash in. The Everfree.

*Boom*

Rainbow was woken by a strange and distant explosion. She shot up out of bed when she heard it expecting something dangerous trying to get at her. She calmed down when she noticed nothing in her room and she went outside to look around. Again nothing.

“…way to early.” She grumbled and went back to bed.

‘We sense something.’ A mini display popped up in her vision.

“Ugh not you! Ok what’s going on?”

‘Something powerful landed.’

“Powerful?” She said skeptically to the screen that haunts her vision.

‘Human’ At this Rainbow froze solid. She faltered and almost fell to the ground but corrected herself.

“H-human? L-like that thing that came out of that chamber thing?”

‘Possibly. This creature is defiantly powerful and strong with the readings.’

“Readings?” Rainbow questioned the box of text in her eye.

“Rainbow!” Yelled a lavender unicorn from below.

“Twilight?” Rainbow flew down to meet the lavender unicorn in question. “What’s up?”

“You heard the explosion too right? Well of course you did why else would you be up this early.” She said in matter of factually.

“Well yea. Where did it come from?”

“Well…The forest. I saw some blue trail coming from the forest and I thought that it might be whatever caused that explosion…were you talking to the swarm?”

That caught Rainbow off guard. “Y-yea they were saying something about what it was.”

“W-what?! What did it say?”

“Umm possibly that it was…Human.”

‘not going to tell her about the chamber yet?’ Rainbow didn’t respond to the Swarm message.

“H-human?” Twilight said fearful. “You wake the others and explain the situation! I’ll write to Celestia!”

“On it!”

Twilight sprints to the library and Dash goes to wake up Fluttershy and Applejack first.

Nano Swarm exits the capsule and looks around. She’s in the Everfree forest and finds the forest having a very creepy aura. She’s able to ignore it but she can tell that a pony might end up being afraid of this forest. She finds a clearing and starts to absorb the material of the forest.

“Ah yes this is. WHAT I CAME FOR!” A crater starts to form around her as she hovers in the air with her swarm moving about to rip matter from the ground and into her bones. Teleporting it from the place it once called home to a highly condensed chamber inside her body.

A minute goes by and she already takes in enough material to cut down a mile of the forest area.

“Ah yes that…Was good.” She said with a pleased groan. Her Nanobots began to create even more so she can see around her better than before. She found every detail about the forest fascinating as her vision widened to the point she could see outside the forest.

“R-Rainbow Dash?” Said Nano Swarm with surprise when she felt a fast creature flying across Ponyville with a slower one behind her heading to another location. “Futtershy?”

Nano Swarm got noticeably giddy.

“MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!” She screamed as she shot off into the sky with the biggest grin on her face and started to fly in Rainbow’s direction. The golden capsule followed her close behind with a blue trail.

Rainbow was heading toward Applejack’s after getting Fluttershy to go to get Rarity and Pinkie. She heard some sort of scream coming from the forest and when she looked at it she saw a black dot speeding toward her at a really fast pace.

“-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!”

*Crash*

The creature smashed into Rainbow Dash and carried her in the direction of Ponyville. Before Rainbow could register what just happened the creature spoke.

“HI RAINBOW I’M YOUR DAUGHTER NANO SWARM!”

“W-WHAT?!” She shouted in confusion and they both stopped mid air. Nano Swarm let go of Rainbow and they both hovered next to each other examining each other. Rainbow spoke up first between their long silence.

“J-John?”

“Close. I’m his daughter.”

“W-what? He had a daughter?!?!”

“Well with you actually.” She said with a sheepish smile. Rainbow’s mouth would have hit the floor if she wasn’t flying.

“W-with me?”

“Yea I’m born with a mix of his DNA and yours. So basically I’m a clone of his but because of your genes I became a girl! Pretty neat huh?”

“…” Rainbow was at a lose for words.

“This might help. You’re my mom!”

“B-but where were you then? I-I saw you in the chamber thing and you broke out!”

“Yea and I was saved by the Utopians! My name is Nano Swarm and I am the nanobot specialist!”

“Specialist?”

“Yea I’m a specialist with Nanotech and I came to see you after about sixty or so years of going to dimension to dimension to save people and ponies alike!”

“Wait you’re not here to…hurt us right? It sounds like your not bu-“

“No Rainbow and if I was here to hurt anyone you’d be dead by now.” She dead panned.

“…oh…So what now?”

“Oh I’m going to bunk with you for a while.”

“W-what?!?!”

“Yea I’m staying with you for now. Well at least until the princess stops hunting me that is.”

“Wait WHAT DID YOU DO?”

“She took my capsule out of orbit before I could think of a way to contact you guys without scaring you.” The capsule caught up finally and hovered next to them. “See I came in this thing.”

“I-its big…”

“Did you say that to daddy?” She said mischievously.

Rainbow blushed crimson red and retorted. “N-NO! WE NEVER DID THAT!”

“Just checking. Lets go home now. Capsule return to the Everfree landing site. If someone goes to check then they need to at least find something or they’ll panic.”

“W-wait! You have to go back to the place where you crashed or something because I’m supposed to go check that out right now! And the princesses are coming…”

“Oh…This’ll be fun.” She shoots off back toward the landing zone…or crash zone.

After a few minutes of Rainbow watching Nano Swarm and the capsule fly off back to the forest she snaps out of her trance when the screen pops up in her eyes again.

‘She’s scary powerful.’

“What do you mean?”

‘She tells the truth when she said you’d be dead by now if she wanted to cause harm.’

Celestia paces in the throne room with Luna sitting deep in thought about what to do about this new threat.

“I-I need to warn Twilight.” Said Celestia worried for Twilight’s safety.

*pop*

Luna looks over at Celestia where a scroll appeared before Celestia. Celestia hesitantly picked it up and started to read out loud.

“Dear Princess Celestia.

This morning in Ponyville a large explosion woke many ponies up. We believe it came from the Everfree forest. But that’s not all. We believe that the whatever made that explosion is a human. I ask for you and your sister Luna to come to Ponyville and help us resolve the issue if indeed it is a human.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle.”

Celestia looked at Luna with a blank expression and Luna just nodded and they ran off to the barracks to round up guards.

“Gaw just sitting here is boring…” Said Nano Swarm getting impatient. “When’s Rainbow getting here with her friends?”

Just then some bushes began to shake and a creature comes out of the thick jungle growth. “…What the fuck?”

Rainbow and Fluttershy wait for Twilight at the forest edge and when Twilight finally reaches them she explains the situation.

“All right girls. You remember John Cole? Well we have reason to believe he’s back.”

There were gasps from all of the ponies except Rainbow.

“Actually Twilight.” Said Rainbow “Um just a few minutes ago the human came over to me. Well she flew over. Without wings or a device to make her fly I think. And it was a girl. She said she is my daughter.”

“W-what?” Said everyone in unison.

“Yea she called herself Nano Swarm. She also called herself some sort of specialist or Utopian.”

“Well where is she now?”

“I told her to meet us in the Everfree since we were all going there anyway.”

“Good. Now we should wait for the-“

“Twilight Sparkle!” Said a regal voice from above them.

They look up and see a chariot carrying Celestia and another one carrying Luna. Both with solar and lunar guards pulling each chariot.

“Twilight Sparkle. We are happy to see thou with friends.” Said Luna with a smile.

“Thank you Luna.” She and her friends bowed.

“Elements. I have grave news.”

“Nano Swarm already made her appearance princess. She’s Rainbow Dash’s daughter.”

“S-so she’s here?” Said Celestia worried.

“I told her to meet us in the forest where she landed.” Said Rainbow.

Nano Swarm was occupied with a Manticore. It was trying to beat her and eat her but it couldn’t because Nano Swarm’s flesh was thick enough so nothing can penetrate it. Also poison doesn’t work against something that had no blood to pump it with.

“You can give up you know?” She said to the creature who was still trying to cut her after she pinned it to the ground by sitting on it. Thanks to her weight she was able to keep it on the ground without any trouble.

*Roar!*

“OH DON’T YOU DARE GET SNUTTY WITH ME!” It faltered for a moment. “That’s better.”

Then more rustling from the bushes. A group of ponies and the princesses came out of the jungle growth and saw the crater were no life existed. It looked more like a plain more than anything and at the center was Nano Swarm on top of a Manticore.

“HAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIII!” She called out. “Hey Fluttershy? Can you tell me how to get him out of here?”

Fluttershy froze for a moment then whispered. “G-get off of him first.” She said and hood behind her mane.

“Oh ok.” Nano Swarm got off. And it got up and ran off. “Hey it worked.”

The group was surprised when she was able to hear Fluttershy from the center of the crater. And the crater was not small by any means. It was a good thirty feet wide…ok that is small for a crater but it still was big enough so that if one whispered across it you wouldn’t be able to hear them.

“Whoa how did you know what she said?” Said Rainbow.

“Oh I’m blind so I have to use the Swarm to see around me. They also can read air so I can find out what someone says even if I’m not close enough to hear them.”

“NANO SWARM!” Said Celestia. “I WILL MAKE SURE YOU CAUSE NO HARM TO MY PONIES!” She yells out. “Guards!”

Then a group of armored ponies swooped down from above and came out of the trees on all sides of Nano Swarm. The capsule shot off into the sky back into space while it left Nano Swarm to defend herself.

“Really this is what you plan on fighting me with?” she said as she saw the group surrounding her on all sides.

“SURENDER NANO SWARM!” Called out princess Luna.

“Umm no. I’ve got some stuff to do and I don’t have time to spend in jail. However Princess. We can come to an agreement if you want. As you know I can fight you and your sister without any real challenge. And I would like to make it easy for you. So I won’t harm any of your little ponies as long as you don’t bother me while I work to save your universe from collapse.”

Celestia and Luna look at each other with confusion. Then Luna speaks up. “Thou promises that no ponies will come to harm? Prove this then!”

“Well proving it is difficult…Umm how about his. You give me a guest room at the castle and I won’t harm anyone.”

Celestia and Luna glare at her. “What? That’s the best I can really do. Other than that I could stay with Rainbow. Who happens to be my mom.”

“Can you prove that I’m your mother?” Said Rainbow.

“…Yes actually.” She shoots up into the air at an alarming rate. Then she’s at the level of the clouds and shoots downward quickly so that a cone forms around her as she dives. Then…

*BOOM*

A sonic boom. Only the rainbow that accompanies her across the sky was weak and see through. The cone in front of her also had rainbow colors to it so most of the rainbow trail came from that. Then Nano Swarm swooped down in front of Rainbow Dash while still doing the Rainboom and she slammed into the ground on both feet. It forced some dirt into the air and shook the ground.

“Your sonic Rainboom is a genetic ability. Because of the fact I have your DNA I get the ability too. But since I’m mostly human the Rainboom is pretty weak so it isn’t as beautiful as yours.”

“I-I-I-I-I what?” Stammered Rainbow. Everyone else had pin prick eyes and open mouths. Even the stone faced guards were flabbergasted.

“So…Can I stay with Rainbow?”

Chapter 6: Ponyville

Celestia was amazed when she learned the Zenith battleship had power over the sun. It may not have been as powerful as Utopia but it still had the ability to do impressive things. But she also remembered her promise to let Cole stay with Rainbow Dash…or order whichever. Nano Swarm was in the throne room with Celestia discussing the fate of Cole and Equestria.

“You know very well what the damage Cole could cause from being here.” Said Celestia.

“True but now that I’ve seen him and Rainbow together there may actually be even more damage to this realm if I take him. I’m not sure myself what to do but for now let’s see how things play out.” Responded Nano Swarm

“Agreed. I believe it would be wise to ask Rainbow and Twilight to leave Canterlot. Cole will remain here.”

“With all due respect Celestia I do not think it is wise to separate lovers so soon in their relationship. Cole will not abuse Rainbow’s trust now that so much has been revealed. His love for Rainbow will keep him in control. You can hold me to that.”

“And if he strays?” Said Celestia skeptically.

“I will have to inform him of how thin a line he travels…And kill him if he does something severe.”

Celestia almost fell of her throne. “K-kill him? Why would you want to do that?”

“He doesn’t belong. And if he shows he can’t then I will have to remove him. Either by taking him with me or killing him.”

“…Nano Swarm…I don’t know if I can restrain you or not. But I will try if you turn out like Cole.”

Silence filled the room as Nano Swarm pondered what Celestia said. “Celestia if I were to go rogue you wouldn’t be able to stop me. But you needn’t worry about me. I’m a Utopian. I refuse to do harm to anyone who doesn’t deserve it.”

“…Very well…two guards will accompany Cole at all times. I will release him to Ponyville where he will be watched by the elements and you…Please make sure he doesn’t get into trouble.”

“I as the only human you seem to trust will uphold my duties as a Utopian and keep the peace like I have since I got here.”

Rainbow found herself waking up in Cole’s embrace. She didn’t mind. He somehow managed to get his light armor suit on during the night which stumped her but she didn’t find it as interesting as the fact Twilight was in the room watching them sleep.

“Uh Twilight?”

“Yes Rainbow?”

“What are you doing?”

“Waiting.”

“For?”

“You two to wake up. Nano Swarm said we’re leaving immediately after you two get up.”

“Wouldn’t it have been a better idea to just wake us up rather than stare at us?”

“Well I did just get in the room. And I was going to wake you up before I notice you getting up.”

“Oh…Never mind then. COLE!” Shouted Rainbow in Cole’s ear.

Surprisingly Cole didn’t shoot up. He opened his eyes and slowly rose up to a vertical position.

“You know I haven’t had sleep for a very long time…It felt so good.” He said while stretching.

“Hey get up. We’re heading to Ponyville.” Said a voice coming from the door.

They all look toward the door and find themselves face to face with a smiling Nano Swarm.

“That’s not a good sign.” Said Cole.

“We’re going to go to Ponyville on the Zenith. I’ve been wanting to test her out for a long time! Its been a few months since I’ve created that ships blueprints and all the specialists where just itching to see it built!”

“You’re excited. What’s going on?” Cole said with a mischievous smile.

“Dunno I was just talking about how your mother left you for me after she realized incest was frowned upon in society.”

“Oh harsh.”

“Hehe.”

They made their way out of bed and started walking down the halls. John was the only one who noticed the guards visibly avoiding them. He thought maybe it was because of him but noticed some of the younger ones nervous glances at Nano Swarm. ‘What did she do to terrify the royal guard?’

They made their way to the Courtyard and three of the four looked into the sky to see the Zenith hovering over head. Resting idly and for some reason had a glow to it. For those who haven’t seen the Zenith before and laid eyes upon it for the first time it would be as if you’re looking at the suns little sister. Its warm embrace comforts your heart as you lay eyes on her, and you would feel safe if you took a nap under the Zenith. Even birds started to flock to Canterlot to be closer to the Zenith.

“Damn.” Said Cole as he feels all these sensations just by looking at the vessel.

“whoa.” Said Rainbow and Twilight in unison. It wasn’t the first time they’ve seen the Zenith but now that they have time to observe it they realize the loving embrace its aura gives off.

“You guys ready?”

“Yea.” Said Cole.

“Ready for what?” Questioned Twilight.

“Teleportation. We will appear inside the Zenith when I activate the teleporter.”

“The what?”

“I don’t want to tell you anymore.”

“BAHAHAHAHAHA!” Cole burst into laughter.

“What’s so funny?” Asked Rainbow.

“-AHAhahahahaaaaaaaah. Oh if I know Twilight well enough she would want to learn everything she could about anything. So denying her information is funny.”

“Oh I get it. Hehe.”

Twilight stood there scowling at them. Then a flash of light and they were in a white room. Then the white room faded till they were in golden hall ways and corridors. A labyrinth of passage ways with rooms that had multiple purposes. They walked down a pathway and found themselves in a larger room with a port hole and a few beds.

“You can stay here for now but don’t get comfortable. Zenith can move really fast. And we’ll be over Ponyville in about a minute when I fire her up.”

“Yea right nothings that fast.” Said Rainbow.

“Umm don’t. Just don’t.” Said Cole with the most neutral expression.

“C-can it go faster than me?”

“I went faster than you with my personal jump jet suit. Think of how fast this ship can go when that’s amplified by the advanced tech Nano here uses and the fact it’s upgraded by the larger size.”

“…Whoa.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if this thing had a worm hole generator.”

“No it doesn’t.” Said Nano Swarm. “We just don’t need to use it since we have a dimension hop engine. So we can go to other universes in this ship and stuff.”

“‘And stuff’ isn’t very technical.”

“I don’t need to be technical. Now come on let’s go.”

Applejack was tending the cart at the market when the Zenith zoomed into position above Ponyville. Ponies stopped to stare at the golden monstrosity. At first Applejack felt fear from the creature…Then she felt the hope that it radiated. She felt its loving embrace and she could swear if it had a mouth it was smiling at her.

“Wut? In tarnation?” She said to herself.

“Ok we’re here.” Said Nano Swarm.

“What? NO WAY!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash as she goes to the port hole and looks out. “No way.” She said with obvious shock.

“Cole I want you to stay here for now. Ponies still need to get used to the idea of a human being around. Yet alone one that stabbed a fellow member of their community.”

“Oh…Shit I did do that didn’t I?” Said Cole as he rubs the back of his head. “Sorry Dash.”

“That’s ok. Just pull your weight around the house and I’ll forgive you.”

“OH THE HORRID CHORES!” Said Cole with fake fear. They all chuckle except Nano.

“Ok guys ready? I’m going to just drop into the market rather than teleport. Then ponies could see me coming and not have to fear my go anywhere ability.”

“Oh ok that sounds all right.” Said Twilight.

“See you guys in the market.” Said Nano waving them off.

*poof*

Nano Swarm and Cole are left alone.

“That…looked cool.” Said Cole.

“Oh I wouldn’t know.” Deadpanned Swarm.

“Oh sorry.”

“No offence. I’ll show you to your room for now.”

Nano Swarm led Cole to the captains’ quarters. Inside was a queen sized bed with a golden silk blanket.

“Oh god its wonderful!” Exclaimed Cole.

“Ok just ask out loud for whatever you want and it will come to you. But don’t ask for whores…The bodies would show up but they won’t have souls so unless you’re into necrophilia…Don’t.”

“What if I ask for a Rainbow Dash plushie?”

*pop*

“NO FUCKING WAY! I’m complete! GG! NO RESET!” Exclaimed Cole as he cuddles with the Rainbow Dash plushie.

“BAHAHAHAHAHA!” Nano burst into tears laughing then calmed down after a giggle fit. “Ok well I’m going to go get the appropriate wears for a meeting with those who hate humans.”

“Wait you’re dressing up? I don’t even dress up!”

“That’s because you’re John Cole. And I’m a woman. I need to look my best for a crowd.”

“Meh fair enough. BAI!”

Twilight’s first thing to do when she returned was send a letter the Celestia about how they will get Cole to be reintegrated into society by fist introducing Nano Swarm to Ponyville then revealing Cole. Rainbow was explaining to Applejack all the events that happened over Canterlot and how Nano Swarm saved Canterlot. But left out the part where she and Cole are dating.

“COLE’S BACK!?” Exclaimed Applejack. Then Rainbow quickly shut her up by putting a hoof on her mouth.

“Yea he’s back but we need you to keep it down. Nano Swarm is trying to fix what Cole did and make people understand that not all humans are bad.”

“Well if she be wearen that fancy get up she had on when Ah first laid eyes on her she’d convince no pony.”

Just then a golden object was exploded off of the Zenith’s hull.

“What in tarnation?!” Exclaimed Applejack.

Both Rainbow and Applejack abandoned the stand and rushed over to the center of the market to see what landed. Of course Rainbow chose to fly on over and leave her friend to move through the crowd. Then they both found a reasonable place in front of the crowd while the smoke still cleared from the crash site.

Then as it cleared a woman started to step out of the cloud. It was Nano Swarm. With some serious changes. Her hair turned from black to blond. Her black cloak was now gone and replaced by white robes. Her blue eyes matched her trustworthy smile. The most prominent feature was the golden wings that seemed to be attached to her back. She looked like a roman angel.

“Well she doesn’t seem intimidating anymore huh Applejack?” said Rainbow.

“…Yea…She’s pretty.”

“What?”

“Oh nothing.” Said Applejack with a blush.

Nano Swarm gets out of the dusty hole in the ground that she made and brushed the dust off. Then she went to a carrot stand with a mare with orange hair and a yellow coat. The mare was shocked to see the smiling human walking toward her. But instead of instinctively running, she found herself mesmerized by the charming aura of the human with wings.

“Hi there.” Said Nano Swarm with joyous glee. Something normally not found in her character. “May I have a few carrots?”

The mare blinked and after a few moments of staring she shook herself out of her trance. “S-sure how many?”

“Hmm maybe six? No no! Ten!”

“That would be ten bits…”

The human held her hands together and opened them up to reveal ten bits in her palm. She laid them on the stand and she picked up ten carrots. Carrot Top stood there with her mouth hanging open and watched as the human strode away with her bundle of carrots.

“Thanks!” Said Nano while walking away.

Then Nano looked up at the Zenith. The crowd of ponies still hadn’t dissipated and even grew in size while watching this new human. Nano’s wings unfurled from a neutral but half-extended wing span to a fully extended wing span. Then with a quick swoop she thrust her wings downward and shot up like a bullet toward the Zenith’s hole. Only for her to slam right into it and pass right through like water. Golden electricity shorted and shot from the splash on the surface of the ship and covered Nano’s disappearance into the vessel.

Rainbow and Applejack stared with wide eyes and open mouths. “Well…Didn’t expect that.” Said Rainbow.

“Yup.”

“Hey Cole I’m back and it was a success! I was able to buy carrots from a pony with a cart…Cole?” No response.

Nano Swarm enters the captains quarters and almost trips on herself when she sees what’s going on inside. Her heart explodes. Cole was sleeping in the bed with the Rainbow plushie whispering sweet nothings to it. ‘aww I’m never waking him.’ She thought to herself. Then she created a camera with her remaining Nanobots and snapped a picture.

“Well mission successful.”

“So what we gonna do about Cole RD?” Asked Applejack while heading back to her apple stand.

“What do you mean?” Asked Rainbow.

“Well he did hurt ya Rainbow,” Applejack said in a sorrowful manner. “an’ Ah don’t want tah see ya hurt again.”

“It’s all right AJ.” She punched her shoulder. “And who told you that it was ok to worry about me huh?” Applejack made a low chuckle.

“Well all right RD. Just don’t go gettin’ yerself hurt an’ all.”

“Will do.” She flies off in the direction of her home.

She hasn’t been back for a while but before she could get even a few feet in the direction of her home.

*Thump*

“WHAT THE HAY!” Exclaimed Applejack.

*Thump*

Nano Swarm recoils a moment but then her face lights up. Utopia has appeared.

(Sorry for the short chapter and what not. Also the fact I’ve been worken and doing other things rather than write. Sorry life hits you in the face when you lest expect it.)

Chapter 7: New Faces

The Fortress of the Sun finally appears as an over watch of the small town of Ponyville. Many mares and stallions leave their homes and look into the golden abyss known and Utopia. It has changed. In the center was a full blown star that was small and yellow. Utopia itself had a doughnut shape and with the star hanging freely in the center only to be kept there by power of Utopia’s unlimited source of the star itself. Utopia’s center is void of gold with the exception of the stars warmth, and spires rise from the center in two directions. One direction is skyward and they rise high enough so it looked like a grand city on a plate of gold. On the bottom was almost a symmetric similarity only the spires that reached to the ground where lesser and shorter. But they still reached low. The spires held flying golems and latched onto battleships.

There was a large vacant area that called for the Zenith to take its place. And the daughter of the golden fortress obeyed its great golden mother. The Zenith latches onto a side of a spire where it connected and fused with Utopia. The ponies beneath could feel the loving reunion in their own hearts…some began to cry.

Cole wakes from his sleep and goes to the bridge to see the Zenith docked at Utopia. His eyes the size of dinner plates and his forehead far from dry. He fails to notice the golden angel named Nano Swarm sitting in the captains’ seat turn to a black angel. Her wings no longer held the golden tint and she reverted back to the way she was before becoming an angel.

“That’s Utopia.” She said out loud, scaring the former general out of his skin, he spins around to meet her gaze.

“So that’s the fortress?” his body loses its tension and he calms himself. “That’s the legendary sun?”

“Yea. You’ve heard of it?” Nano Swarm questioned.

“We know it existed but we thought it was a weapon of war so we tried to get the alliance to discontinue the project with our spies…I guess we failed…” his expression saddened. “How long will it take them to kill me when they realize who I am?”

“We won’t kill you…We hail to no flag…We bow to no man…We are a democracy…We are Utopian’s…We spread peace, not war.” Her words comforted the retired space general for a moment.

“So you’re a Utopian? I know you told me that already but…I’m related to a Utopian?”

“Yep. And now that the gangs all here. Or at lest some of them. We can determine whether or not we want you with us.”

“Wait? I get to become a Utopian?” Cole said with surprise.

“Yep! Only if you prove yourself. I think I want to shove you out the door right now and lets Rainbow take care of you for now. I’ve got business to-” She shudders. “Oh fuck…”

“What?”

“Golem’s here…OH GOD!” She shouted as a loud noise echoed through the halls.

Golem God walked into the bridge with his golden tux and his golden cane and top hat.

“How is all you do!” he announced in a not so serious or mature manner, after his brutality with his sentence he notices Cole. “Nano who’s your friend?” he said in a calmer voice.

“He’s my dad if you could believe it.”

“…Nope.”

Cole was about to say something when he noticed a little black dog in the center of the room. It scared the shit out of him because it looked like it was a ghost with its see through features.

“HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THAT!” he said in a manly scream…ok he whimpered like a wounded animal.

“Hi I’m Mouse!”

“…” Cole stood there with wide eyes.

“Cole?” Asked Nano Swarm. “Ok he’s not ready for this. I’ll send him to Ponyville. Golem? How many specialists joined us?”

Golem was brought out of his trance. He was observing Cole and trying to figure out his history. “Hmm? What? Oh yes! Beast Master is the only one other than me. Impulse should arrive when its time for us to be moving on, and the capsule that you came here in is docked with us now.”

“That’s good. Don’t want to leave anything behind.” Nano Swarm walks up to Cole. “Ready to see Rainbow?”

“Yea um…” He looks around the room. “Where’s my plushie?”

“Bahahahaha!” Nano Swarm burst into laughter. Cole was obsessing over Rainbow Dash. “You can cuddle with the real thing you know?” She said after calming down a bit.

“Yea but.” He rubbed the back of his head. “When she’s gone what will I cuddle with?”

Nano Swarm stopped finding this funny and found out how creepy it actually was. “Cole…You’re obsessing over a pony. You realize that right?”

“…Oh shi-” Cole disappeared in a flash of light.

“GOLEM!” shouted Nano Swarm. Only to halt when she saw the aggravated expression on his face.

“You didn’t…” He said in a hostile manor.

Nano Swarm gulped loudly when she figured out what he knew. “W-what do you mean?”

“You forced a pony and a human to love each other?”

“Um now that you put it like that…Yea.”

“Nano I know not what you plan. But I don’t want any more of this bending and skating the rules. You know you’re not allowed to control the actions of other creatures. Even if it allows peace!”

“What! It’s what I’m good at! Besides I’ve never really done this on my own!” Nano relented and admitted she forced Rainbow and Cole to become lovers. “Now where did you send him?”

“Umm…hi Applejack long time no see.” Said Cole nervously at the glaring orange apple farmer.

“An’ what’re you doin?” By Applejack’s tone Cole could tell the farmer didn’t like him.

“Umm I was just…Up there.” He pointed to the golden city. “And I kinda was kicked out. You know where Rainbow is?”

“Yer gonna be in a mighty bit O trouble if yeh hurt Rainbow.” Said Applejack even more hostilely.

“Oh…Well I’m not here to hurt or maim but I’m here to. Umm play a game?” He pathetically tried to rhyme to lighten the mood. It somewhat worked when her scowl turned to a confused frown.

“an’ what deh hay does that mean?”

“Well. I don’t know. Anyway after I met with Nano Swarm she took away all my abilities to fight back with the swarm. She kinda made me just a regular old human.”

“So yer powerless?” She said in an almost too happy and mischievous way. Cole backed away from the stand.

“Well…Yea I’m pretty much defenseless.” He said with a nervous smile.

“Good.” She said flatly.

Cole stood there with a little hint of fear considering he couldn’t use superhuman strength without the swarm backing him up. Also there’s the issue with his knowledge of Equestria and the ponies where AJ is able to kick trees hard enough that they drop their fruit. So it’s understandable that Cole was terrified out of his mind when Applejack launched herself at him when he turned and ran away like a little bitch.

“GET BACK HERE YA VARMENT!”

“NANO HELP!”

“God dammit.” Said Nano Swarm while Golem was mid scolding her.

“What?” He asked.

“Cole’s in trouble.” She said calmly.

“I’ll send Beast Master.”

Applejack galloped through parted ponies that were in the market place. They all moved aside when the saw the bipedal creature that stabbed their friend and the work horse acting out a cat and mouse scenario. Though it was a lot more serious than that as everyone could tell. Cole had dread plastered on his face while Applejack had the look of pure rage and vengeance as she chased down the human. Applejack was able to close the distance quickly and she leaped into the air and slammed her hooves into Cole’s back, which made him topple to the ground.

“Got yah now yah pony eater!” She rose her hooves to crack down on Cole’s skull and end his life. But something grabbed her hooves while they where still lifted up in the air.

“My my that wouldn’t do.” Applejack looks up to be greeted by another bipedal creature. Only his eyes were soft and comforting. His shirt was ripped and torn and he had not a scratch on him. He was buff and he spoke with a gentle fatherly like, yet very masculine voice.

“Now my good apple farmer.” He stated. “Do you really want to have the guilt of taking another creatures life on your hooves? Besides who will see the mangled body before someone finally cleans it up? You’ll scare little fillies.” He said with a hint of worry and dread.

“W-who are y’all?” She said terrified.

“Master of all things living. I’m Beast Master.” He said with a cheerful smile.

“Y-yer not gonna hurt me are yah?” Applejack was unsure of this new arrival. Nano Swarm looked like an angel. This one didn’t but he had carried himself like some sort of gentle giant.

“Why would I hurt you?” He said with a hurt expression.

“Ah’m sorry Mr. but you look kinda...”Applejack chose her words carefully but her honesty got the better of her. “Well yer human. And ah don’t trust humans.”

“Oh that’s understandable with the history of this place…Did you know in an alternate Equestria you and I are friends?” A loving smile appeared on his face. He didn’t have a hint of a lie either so Applejack could assume he either believed that himself or he’s very good at lying.

“Y-yer lyin’.” She stated but felt unsure.

“You are too.”

“No ah ain’t!” She snapped back but realized she kind of was. This appeared on her face when she had the look of confusion while she had he hoof over her mouth.

“Maybe you should get off of Cole first?” Beast Master offered.

“What? Oh right.” Applejack let Cole back on his feet and he turned to Beast Master.

“So Beast I’m guessing you know my daughter?”

“A personal friend of hers as well. She’s quite fond of playing with my dragon too.” He smiled as he stated that. Both Cole and Applejack’s mouths hung open before Cole broke the momentary silence.

“You have a dragon? Like little guy like spike?”

“Nope full grown. Want me to call him?”

“I don’t believe you so yea. Call him.” Challenged Cole. Applejack got worried because she didn’t detect a lie.

“Ok then. One moment.” Beast Master sat cross legged style on the ground and closed his eyes for a few moments. Then he opened them back up after a few seconds and stated. “Done. He’s coming.”

“I don’t know what I just saw but there was no way you called a dragon like that.” Said Cole.

“Then stay for a while…and listen.” He held a hand to his ear and smiled when he heard a distant roar that obviously belonged to a dragon.

“Holy shit.” Stated Cole.

“Holy? No. Royalty? Yes! He’s the dragon prince.”

“What. Thee. Christ.” Cole said a horrified expression…But not really feeling horrified just more shocked.

“Don’t let it get any closer! Please, please send it away!” Beast Master has never really seen a hysterical Applejack. He sent a command to the dragon to return to Utopia because the ponies aren’t ready.

“Don’t worry I sent him back to his pen.” Said Beast Master reassuringly. “I’m sorry if I worried you.” He looked genuinely hurt. Which in turn made Applejack trust him even more.

“Aw it’s ok all right Beast. Umm yah don’t mind if ah call y’all beast right?”

“Neh, it’s a shorter way to say my name. What’s your name?”

“Yah said yah knew me?” Asked AJ.

“Hehe all right. Mind if I call you Apple? Miss Applejack.”

“Sure sugarcube. Now tell me bout yerself.”

“I’m master of all creatures non sentient. I can command creatures like rabbits, birds, other things on the ground and in the air. Many creatures that Fluttershy would be used to taking care of.”

“Ah admit Ah’m a little afraid’a the fact yah know so much about us and we don’t know nutin about y’all.”

“That’s why I’m telling you about myself.” He stated with a wink.

Cole only watched as Beast Master talked up Applejack. He used this time to get away before Applejack remembered why she is in the middle of the market street in the first place. It was also a good time to find Rainbow Dash and hang out for the remainder of the day. He remembers what he can about the environment. But all he could really think about is Rainbow Dash and what her house looked like. He mindlessly walks to the outskirts of town and finally see’s her cloud home in the distance.

“OH DAAAAAASH!” He yells out to the low hanging cloud. “I’M BAAAAAAAAACK!”

Then a cyan head pops out from behind the cloud cover. It zooms down and slams into Cole’s chest and puts his ass on the hard ground with a thud.

“Haiya!” said the rainbow mare.

“Oh hey Dashie. Wana hang?”

“Sure what you got in mind?”

Cole thought for a moment. He rubbed his chin in thought and said “Hmm.” While Rainbow decided to lay down on him while he thought.

“You know. I can stay like this for a while.” He finally said with a smile on his face.

(Ok not going to lie…This is where I got stuck. Because I had no idea what I wanted to do with Beast Master or Cole when this was done. So excuse any shitty plot line bullshit.)

Chapter 8: Spell Casting and Nurturing

(I would justify the lateness of this chapter with writers block excuse…But I lost interest in writing. I’m writing this so I can get motivated back into this. If you don’t see any new stories please I MEAN THIS! PLEAST SPAMM MY PAGE TO GET ME TO WRITE UNTIL I SAY I’M IN COLLAGE!)

(A side note: I changed the name so I could just make this a full sequel for all the specialists instead of just Nano Swarm. Yes this was originally all supposed to be only Nano Swarm at first but I changed my mind.)

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Spell Caster the newest member of Utopia found herself in the human world in the United States of America. At first when she arrived, people went up to her and tried to take her home. Others avoided her and called the police, some even took pictures. Eventually the government found out about her and they tried to take her away and keep her a secret. But Spell Caster was smarter than that and she used her abilities to try to find the president of the United States. (She landed in D.C. after so many tries)

After several long hours and having to pin not only the president in place but the secret service as well. She used her magic to keep the government from cutting the video feed on the public cameras so the whole world could see her and know she’s real.
“Good welcome citizens!” Said Spell Caster in the microphone. “I am Spell Caster of the Utopian society. My cause is just and noble! I am to bring a golden age for mankind as a whole and unite the many of you who are disorganized and splintered.”

First impressions is everything. And the whole world saw Spell Caster push aside the secret service with the president like it was nothing. That gave her leverage in some countries…But it made her public enemy number one in so many others. The entire United Nations didn’t budge when she spoke of peace and love. Even some people made fun of her and turned her into an insulting meme. At this rate Spell Caster will fail her mission to spread peace.

The ponies were getting used to Cole being around. Some even stopped hiding in fear when he walked by and even more waved to him and said their good mornings. The population of Ponyville also realized that Cole wasn’t a bad guy when they learned more about him and his relationship with Rainbow Dash. Nano Swarm took off her restrictions on Cole’s swarm and he was able to form his former jump jet suit around his body once again.

Though while all this was happening Fluttershy found a new friend. Though it wasn’t who you would think it would be. No not Beast Master.

Beast Master found it more entertaining to help Applejack pick apples and moved into the barn.

Fluttershy awoke one night when the moon was at its peak to the sound of howling. But this wasn’t Timber wolf howling. It had rhythm which made it sound like some singing canine.

‘Am I hearing things?’ Thought Fluttershy as she gets up from her bed and looks out the window.

In the middle of the field between the Everfree and her fence lay some black object. She couldn’t tell what it was but it looked like some sort of animal. She went to her door and tried to subtly open it so she didn’t wake Angel or the other animals in her cottage. She successfully did so and silently flew across the floor so she doesn’t make any of the floor boards creak. Once she reached the door she opened it with extreme delicacy as so it won’t creak as well. She closed the door silently behind her and trotted over to where the black object was. To her surprise she found a black puppy who was howling a strange tune that she could not identify. But it was a beautiful tune and she waited until the song got repetitive enough that she started to join in. Which she did.

After a few minutes the canine slowly toned down the music and ended the song.

“You’re a great singer.” Said the canine pup with a voice of a young colt. Fluttershy froze and looked at the pup for a few moments. She knew the sound came from the animal but her mind couldn’t accept that.

“T-thank you.” She said hesitantly waiting for the animal to have a confused look.

“What’s your name?” Said the animal again. Fluttershy no longer could deny the fact this creature was speaking to her, so she at first believed it was a dream. But she couldn’t help but notice the very real feeling of grass beneath her hooves and the cold night breeze on her coat.

“M-my name is Fluttershy…What’s your name?” again she was hesitant to respond but she loved animals, and to have one talking to her is an experience that she’s always dreamed of.

“My name is Mouse. I’m a spirit guide.” He said proudly while puffing up his chest.

“What was that tune you where singing?”

Mouse tilted his head to the side (You know like that adorable thing dogs do when their confused that make them look cute) and then smiled so warmly Fluttershy swore it was midday. “It was Call of Ethereal. The song of the spirit world.”

“It was a lovely song.” She complimented.

“You would know. You invented it!” he giggled.

“But…No I didn’t,” she said with a confused frown. “I only just heard that today now.”

“You’re the one who sang that song. You sung to me before I was born and placed my soul in my mother’s child. You gave me a body a long time ago.”

“Now that’s just silly.” She said with a soft smile while she tilted her head and closed her eyes.

“…Fluttershy. Fluttershy. Fluttershy.” He said slowly. “You are Nurture. All creatures are given a body by mother Nurture. The mortals call her mother nature. But Nurture was sad that she didn’t get a chance at live as the others. So she planned all the births and events for the next eighty nine years and took a body for her own. But of course you wouldn’t know this. You wouldn’t have the best life knowing your past one.”

“Umm…I don’t see how that’s possible. Wouldn’t we all remember me as Nurture as well as you do if since you were born like everyone else?” She reasoned with a smile.

“Yes I used to not know what Nurture was. But all animals fell something familiar and nice when they see you. Hence your cutie mark is taking care of animals…It’s because you gave them life. And they subconsciously believe you will protect their life. And the reason I know this is because I’m not alive. When we die all our memories of our pre-birth will be restored so we don’t need to relearn everything about the Ethereal realm.”

Fluttershy was stunned when he mentioned death. “You look alive to me.” She said cocking her head to the other side examining him.

Mouse giggled and rolled around on the ground, all the while as he faded from existence, until his laugh was the only evidence he even existed. Then his voice faded and stopped. Fluttershy stood there shocked, then the world faded and darkness replaced it…then the darkness took her.

Fluttershy woke up the next day and looked around her room.

“W-was it a dream?” she asked herself. She couldn’t remember walking back inside and going to bed. Almost as if she never woke up and left her cottage at all. “Of course it was a dream Fluttershy.” She said to herself.

She continued her day as if nothing happened but she found herself reflecting on the supposed dream when she looked at her animals. ‘Was it true? Where they all around me because I gave them life?’ She thought to herself.

Then she felt an insistent tapping on her back and she was brought back to reality where Angel was getting her attention. She apparently froze in thought while mid feeding the animals and she stopped making the rounds to fill the food dishes. All the animals stopped to watch her as she stood there deep in her thought. As if waiting to make sure she was ok before they went back to eating.

“Oh I’m sorry I was thinking about something.” She said with a blush.

They all seemed to smile and go back to eating. Angel wasn’t convinced but gave up and went back to eating his salad. After Fluttershy finished her rounds she decided to visit Twilight if she could tell her anything on dreams.

*Sound of Thunder*

The peace and calm of the Ponyville was interrupted by the roar of afterburners and the skies filled with many squadrons of golden aircraft.

The apple farmer down in the market street looked at the awesome spectacle as each flying machine found its wingman and started patrolling the air space in squadrons of five. Each of them landing in a respective hanger one by one while the rest surrounded Utopia. All except for one. The leader of this squad of five seemed to have a much larger plane and it looked ten times as aerodynamic as the others. The entire surface was smooth and not a single pointed edge.

It was obviously a noncombat fighter. Seeing as there was no attachments while all the others where sporting beam weapons galore on each wing. Most had no cockpit and even giant holes in the center where a core of energy seemed to gather. Those where slower than the others and where respectfully air to ground fighters.

The farm pony had no idea what they were. And after a few moments of watching her mind immediately thought invasion. Some ponies started to panic while others still looked and saw the similarities of the vessels to the much larger one looming over Ponyville with its majestic aura.

“What…in tarnation?” said the farm pony as the oddly smooth one starts to go into a dive. “Oh pony feathers.”

The vessel dove right toward the market. Just as it was about to impact and everypony braced for the impact…it never came of course. For the ‘Smooth Gold’ was silently floating above the surface only five feet from the ground after diving at near supersonic speeds. Then a light appeared below the cockpit and the ship lifted up as it revealed another human.

“HIYA PONYVILLE!” said the strange woman.

Rainbow Dash and Cole could see the spectacle from the park. Cole realized those were fighters immediately and saw the resemblance to Utopia so he didn’t worry. He wanted to give Rainbow a hickey so bad but found that she was busy watching the skies. She flared her wings and took off to meet a single odd ship that chose to dive at Ponyville.

Cole sighed and decided to activate his newly reacquired jetpack and flew after Rainbow Dash.

Golem was skipping happily toward the market street and twirling his cane around while heading there in a bubbly mood.

“Sky Rider’s approach attracted a lot of unwanted attention.” He said to himself as he saw some ponies running. “I wonder if she knows to be gentile? We haven’t exactly handled things here entirely.” He grumbled to himself.

“Golem!” Shouted a female voice. He looked around to find out who it was. Though he had a pretty good idea who it came from. He then spots a certain lavender unicorn.

“Ah Twilight good to see you.”

“Quick to the market place! There’s a situation!”

“I know and don’t worry I have it handled.” He said as he turns to skip toward the market once again.

“FASTER! PONYVILLE MIGHT BE IN DANGER!”

“Nonsense Twilight Sky Rider would never hurt you!” He said while looking particularly offended.

“Who?” Questioned Twilight.

“Another specialist such as myself. She is master of the skies.”

“A-are you sure?”

“Yes I’ve seen her flying machines before. I have no doubt she is amongst them.” He looked up at the sky as if analyzing the ships.

“HEY YOU!” Rainbow Dash shouted angrily as she sped toward Sky Rider.

Sky looked in her direction with a warming smile that quickly disappeared when she saw Dash speeding toward her like a bullet. At Dash’s speed she could easily break bones on a human. Ponies are much more durable than a human, especially one that isn’t improved in any way like Sky Rider who chose not to upgrade her strength or speed because she believed she could get out of any situation. Right now she regretted that decision.

“DASH STOP!” Said a masculine voice behind her. Which effectively made Dash stop in her tracks. Sky Rider realized she was holding her breathe and she released it and felt the adrenalin being pumped through her body.

“I’m sorry ma’am.” Said the human that she hadn’t seen before.

“WHOA! Are you who I think you are?!” Said Sky Rider with a joyous expression that made Cole be reminded of Pinkie Pie, and creeped him out a little.

“Umm…no?” he said hesitantly while Dash landed beside him.

“YOU ARE! You’re the cloner who made Nano Swarm! We’re like biffles!”

“Biffles?”

“Best friends forever!”

“Isn’t that BFF?”

“Yea but biffle is funer to say.” She said nonchalantly. “Anyway I’m looking for a specialist like me. I’m sure they contacted you since Utopia is here.”

Cole stood there for a moment while looking at her blankly. “Nano Swarm I haven’t seen since I returned to the surface. Golem is off somewhere on some missionary work or wherever that cryptic fuck does. Beast Master hangs with Applejack at the farm…”

She winced when he compared Golem to a cryptic fuck but internally agreed and when Cole finished they stood there staring at each other with the most awkward silence between them.

“Hmm I guess I’ll wait.” She said as she dropped to the ground and sat Indian style. “Care to join me?” she said with a Pinkie smile.

“Nope, I need to go back to having sexual intercourse with my marefriend-.”

“HEY! Don’t say that stuff in public!” Shouted Rainbow with the biggest blush on her face. Then she noticed the crowd. Her blush made her head look like a cheery.

‘Rainbow you slut.’ Thought Sky Rider.

“HELLO MADEM AVIATION!” Shouted another male from over to their right. Golem was skipping toward them.

“Golem I hear you are a cryptic fuck!” the crowd winced at the foul language. Golem however started to laugh and approached the group with Twilight Sparkle in tail.

“So exactly how many specialists are there again?”

“There were twelve but we got thirteen now. We added a pony amongst our society and she was a fine addition indeed. She allowed us to integrate magic to our tech and now we’ve possibly become the most powerful society in the entire known universe…or all of them.”

“What? How do you integrate magic with machines?! It’s not possible without knowing what magic is or how its formed! Y-you learned what magic is? The science behind magic?” She started shocked and then became more and more excited the more she talked.

“Yes that’s right Twilight Sparkle. However we will not share our knowledge with you.”

Rainbow immediately winced and wanted to run away. Twilight stood there with the most plank expression on her face…*twitch*

“Excuse me?” she said while her eye twitched.

“I will not share my knowledge with you.” He said firmly.

“Oh yes you will.” Her voice laced with hostility.

“Oh? You want us to destroy Equestria?” he threatened lightheartedly.

“W-what?!”

“We will if we thought you had the potential to out mach us.” He said with a sinister grin.

Twilight’s face was filled with horror. “CELESTIA WILL STOP YOU!”

“Celestia is a sun goddess. We have the essence of light on our side. Victory is assured.” Golem said confidently.

“I don’t want to fight you.” Said Sky Rider with a tone that would be expected of Fluttershy.

“You wana fight! Bring it!” Said Dash, apparently not hearing Sky Rider.

“Sky?”

“Hmm?”

“You have my back right?”

“Nope!” she said while jumping.

“Great. I guess you can go call your princess and we could…oh I don’t know…duel?”

“CELESTIA WOULD BEAT YOU IN A DUAL ANY DAY!” responded Dash.

“Umm…I hope I’m not interrupting.” Said a small timid voice. They all turn to see Fluttershy looking at some very interesting soil that happened to be very dry. Sky picked up a handful of dirt and said.

“So you see I’m looking at this handful of soil and its quite beautiful!” she said mocking Fluttershy’s tendency to look at the ground from shyness. No one got it so she was met by some ‘What the fuck’ stares. Then again she knew no one would get it so she started laughing at her own humor.

“Seriously, Sky Rider? Why?” Golem said flatly.

“hehe I made a funny!”

“Not really.” Grumbled Cole under his breath.

“Fluttershy what’s wrong?” asked Twilight.

“Oh um. Well you see, I had a dream and it felt so real.” Golem started taking an interest in what she was saying. “I-I heard some howling. But it wasn’t the kind of scary howling timberwolves do, but it was more like singing. So I went outside and I saw a-”

“A young wolf pup who’s name is Mouse?” Interrupted Golem.

Fluttershy was speechless for a moment. “Y-yes.”

“Ah don’t worry about those dreams. It’s just an ethereal being reaching out to you. Listen to what he has to say because whenever they say things it’s usually important. And when you hear singing again always go out until he comes to you.”

“H-he comes to me?”

“Yes Mouse likes for new friends to come to him then when you get to know each other better he will come to you on command whether it be day or night. Dream or drowsy.”

“Cryptic fucker.” Whispered Cole loud enough so Golem could hear him. Golem shot him a dirty look and returned to the conversation.

“Yes yes. Now don’t let his presence bother you Fluttershy. He probably wants to be friends after he gives you some great internal discovery or something.”

“Oh ok…internal discovery?”

“Oh I don’t know, that’s what Beast Master says he does. Beast Master is…well actually I’ll let Mouse tell you. Just don’t ask Beast Master about it. Twilight that goes for you too.”

“You can’t tell me what to do!” She shot back.

“Twilight Sparkle I will expose your secret book stash.” Twilight’s face got blood red.

“Golem you’re a dick.” Announced Cole. Causing Sky Rider to clap and Fluttershy to eep and hide behind Twilight. But it was all because of the death glare Golem shot him.

“Hey Rainbow?” said Sky.

“Yea what do you want?” she said with a hint of distrust.

“Wana race?”

Chapter 9: A Doctors' work

When you die you go to the Ethereal plains. The plains is a location that every soul goes to be integrated into god. There is no real afterlife. None for man nor beast. But some beings are able to skip the plains all together and be able to keep their souls for themselves. Beings like that still wonder the world and inhabit another life form. Mouse is a wondering spirit.

Fluttershy took that information with her for the rest of the day. She couldn’t comprehend a place of death because she doesn’t believe she should worry about it. Prey animals, intelligent or not, would never want to think about death. So being told more about it by Golem made the whole world seem…real.

Fluttershy found herself spacing out most of the day, mostly because she wants to plan out what she would say to spirit visiting her. But thanks to her caretaking she was unable to formulate a good number of questions before the day was over. Eventually she just put all the animals to bed and then headed to her own.

(Midnight)

Fluttershy was fast asleep having a wonderful dream. But then she suddenly found her dream rudely interrupted by howling. She wanted to go down and stop the animal that was howling from doing so until she realized the howling had some rhythm. A very familiar rhythm that she heard the other night. She opens up her window to look into the field to see a small animal that looks like the one she saw the other day…only bigger. About the size of a pony.

She flew out the window choosing to get to Mouse as fast as possible…and that she embarrassingly enough forgot she could have done that last time so she would avoid waking her animals.

She slowly approaches the larger creature and when she was a few meters from it she says. “Excuse me?”

Silence…a very long one. “Fluttershy. Stand beside me.”

Fluttershy goes to his right and notices he is locked on a particular section of the sky. The full moon.

“The moon.” He said. “It was once my friend…until it tormented my friends.”

“Oh no! How did it hurt them?” she said worried.

“It made me transform into a bloodthirsty beast while I used my own friends body to commit acts of genocide…”

Fluttershy couldn’t respond. He said it so calmly and collected, while simultaneously talking about mass murder. Fluttershy couldn’t respond for a good thirty seconds.

“I’m sorry you don’t like the idea of death. But I’m a carnivore, and I’m built to kill. Its what I was born to do, so I never had a real problem with it. Though it doesn’t mean I’m heartless. I do miss my pack.”

“…O-oh I’m sorry.”

“Not a problem…The moon is no longer my enemy…This is the first time I had the opportunity to gaze upon a full moon without becoming a monster…Do you know what that’s like?” he turned to her.

Fluttershy looked at the ground. “Yes.”

“The memory pains you.” He stated rather than questioned. “Your pain is trivial compared to mine…be thankful for that fact.”

“Hey umm…Mouse?”

“Hmm?”

“Why are you telling me this?”

“You gave me life…” He looked back at the moon “But now in death I go to you for comfort when I cannot rest.” He felt her try to hug him only to phase through him.

He chuckles. “Remember I’m dead. You can’t touch me. But I commend the effort.”

“Sorry.” She looked at the ground. Mouse looked back at her and gave her a warm smile that she noticed and smiled back.

“You’re sweet.”

They remained quiet for a long time while looking at the moon. Sitting in silence and contemplating what to say next, or that’s what Fluttershy was doing. Mouse was waiting for something to arrive. A few minutes pass and Fluttershy looked ready to say something before she caught something at the corner of her eye.

She looked over to see what it was and what she saw stunned her. It froze her into position, not out of fear or because she was afraid…But because she was amazed. Before her in the field was a orb of light. It effortlessly floated across the field like a feather.

“W-what’s that?” she asked. Mouse noticed it too. He looked for a while and responded.

“That is the effect of a world without balance…only the specialists have the power to see them. Well they and I, we can see them. But you can see them when I’m giving you the ability…those balls of light will start eating away at the world if balance cannot be achieved. Too much harmony is a bad thing. Too much chaos is also bad. This only applies to Equestria of course.”

“What do you mean?” she said still fixed on the object that is moving out of view.

“Equestria is a terrible place…too much of one thing has the ability to destroy it. Chaos can dispel these light spirits. Harmony can dispel the dark spirits.”

“I-I don’t want to meet a dark spirit.” Said Fluttershy fearfully.

“Oh Fluttershy I’m hurt! I’m a dark spirit.”

“Oh I-I-I’m sorry! I didn’t know!”

“Calm yourself. I am used to the prejudice the mortal born give me. I am a dark spirit true…but I’m not a dark essence like the light sphere we just saw. Well it is a spirit true but it is a pure one that will remove all that exists when there are too many.”

“Eep! Equestria’s in danger?”

“Yes. But the Everfree Forest is keeping its destruction at bay by creating an environment of extreme hostility.”

“We’re being saved by the Everfree?”

“Yes actually. Impressive hmm? The most terrifying thing on the planet is keeping you safe.” He said with a sly smile.

“Well I guess…” she said unsure.

“*sigh* of course. The ones who walk this world by mortal means would never understand. But you are not to be blamed; you do not remember your former glory. Nurture.” He said lovingly.

“Umm…”

“Heh heh. Good night Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy woke up. Same thing like last time, she couldn’t remember going back to bed.

(Somewhere in another human dimension)

“Well Binary I believe our work is done.”

“Eyup. Just ask and I can get us home doc.”

They sat on a tall tower that looked over the world that they named the citadel. A place where all the nations gather to elect a president that would work in the best interest of mankind. His terms of office reach a maximum of thirty years and his job is to unite the trade industries so that no one is left out. Then there is the galactic community that the president is to tend to. The world of man has advanced very fast and all data is shared. World conflicts are easily dealt with and military now work for the police to secure the streets against gang violence rather than securing borders.

“Well lets not dilly dally and get back to Utopia. I’m sure they will erect statues of us later.”

“Haha yea. Humans are weird and difficult to work with…but if driven right they can work for a common goal of self betterment.”

“Or procreation…procreation is fun.” Said Binary with a grin.

“Shut up and get us home.” Said Witch Doctor.

“Indeed.”

A flash of light and they are gone.

The streets light up as two new creatures appear from thin air. Ponies look in awe and some even run in fear. Once they notice it was just an appearance of new guests then they continued on their way or went up to meet them.

“Hello, welcome to Ponyville. I assume you’re with the Utopians?” a purple mare asks.

“Yes we are Utopians. Please direct us toward…oh never mind Utopia is right there.” Said Witch Doctor now looking up at the fortress before turning back to the purple mare. “Now I don’t believe I know you. My name is Witch Doctor, may you be so kind as to tell me yours?”

“I’m miss Cheerilee. I’m a teacher; I can guess you’re a doctor?”

“That’s right! And this here is Binary.” He puts his arm around Binary. “He has the ability to control all reality.” He said with a grin while Binary stood proudly.

“Well I hope you don’t cause trouble.”

“Dude Witch Doctor I think she’ll put me in the corner.” He said while faking a look a horror.

“You know I might help her tie you down if you don’t behave. Now fly off and find Golem. I’m sure he’ll be able to fill us in on the state of this realm.”

“Yes sir.” Binary saluted and leaped up into the air a mile up, then shot off into the distance like a jet. Witch Doctor looks back at Cheerilee and laughs when he sees her stunned expression.

“H-how did he do that? He doesn’t have wings.” She asked.

“I told you he controls reality. That means he can control what can and can’t fly.”

“T-that’s amazing.”

“Truly is. Without his help I’m sure there will be thousands without homes or even going hungry. He is a miracle worker.”

“Wow. I must have him in one of my classes to explain the things he’s able to do.” Said Cheerilee with a smile you get when you discover something great.

“Ha ha! Never fear Miss Cheerilee, I’m available if you so wish. I can show your students biology. I am the master of all living creatures…well actually I know how to heal and grow. Mastery over the beasts goes to Beast Master, as implied in the name he can control all animals.”

“Well I’m sure I can find a point to get you in on the advanced earth pony classes at the university we have in town.” She said enthusiastically.

Witch Doctor froze for a moment…’there was a university in Ponyville?’ “There’s a university in Ponyville? I’ve never noticed one before.”

“Well of course you haven’t, you’ve only just arrived.” She said with a raised eyebrow.

“Ah well no use fussing over it. I’ll search for some friends of mine. Have a wonderful day Cheerilee.”

“You to Doctor.”

Cole walked down the street without Rainbow today. His mission was to make sure ponies would be used to seeing him more since he was staying in Ponyville. But in the back of his mind he knew he would never really fit in being a human. The beds where too small, the couches and benches where too small, even the tables only came up to his knees. Safe to say he believed pony society was designed so not everyone can be a part of it. Something he really wished wasn’t true. Some ponies still give him glares and even a few approached Rainbow to harass her. Since then Cole never wanted to leave her side.

He only relented when she assured him that she could take care of herself, and that she wouldn’t pick fights over him. Her friends where great support even though some still didn’t quite think he was as good as he said, but they meant well.

Cole mulled over these thoughts endlessly until he decided to ask for help…Nano Swarms help. She hasn’t been sighted in Ponyville but her swarm was still there to relay any message to her if he chose to get her attention.

“Nano Swarm I need you.” He said out loud while in an invisible cloud of nanobots.

Even Cole could tell the bots where shifting in an unusual way. They started weaving and turning as if building something. Then it hit him. Nano Swarm really was just a nano swarm. She had a body only when she wanted to. Then she appeared before him after a few minutes of assembly.

“That’s impressive.”

“Oh hush. Now what do you want?” she said annoyed.

“I want to know…Is it possible for you to make me a pony?”

She stared at him through the blind fold. She appeared as she did when she first came to this world. She looked at him with unflinching features. “I cannot…but someone I know can.”

“NANO SWARM!” Yelled someone from above. They both looked up, or rather Nano Swarm turned her senses skyward while Cole looked up to see the new comer. Binary has joined their party and he slammed into the ground at sonic speeds and tossed dirt into the air. “How you been?” he said.

“Binary! Just the person I wanted to see. You know where Witch Doctor is?”

“Over there.” He pointed in the direction he came from. “He’s talking with a teacher. Should be returning to Utopia shortly to run some DNA splicing tests or something.”

“Can you tell him I have a new project for him?”

“Sure what you want to do?”

“Turn Cole here into a pony.”

“Cole? You mean your father? Nice to meet you sir.” Binary walked up to him and extended a hand.

“Likewise.” Cole said with a cringe. ‘Another oddity. Great…’ he thought to himself.

“Well thank you for bestowing upon us such a woman like Nano Swarm. She bitches and has no manors.” He teased.

“Really? I’m right here.”

“Of course you are.”

“Nano I like him don’t be rude.” Said Cole a little more joy considering Binary can be so casual while insulting someone.

“So you want to be a pony?”

“Yes. I don’t really fit in without that characteristic you know?”

“Ah understandable. Witch Doctor is the best for changing your species. He knows how to handle the body in ways only a professional can…No homo.” He said after he saw the uneasy expression on Cole’s face.

“Oh good…still seems weird the way you said it.” he commented.

“Yea well. Witch Doctors methods at times are questionable but they turn out all right at all times. If you want to change your appearance or even species he is the one to go to.”

“Well if you say so. So how do I get to him?”

“I’ll take you to Utopia where we will wait for him to come to us.” He said while raising his hand and a bolt of lightning hits between them. They disappear leaving Nano Swarm by herself.

“…No no its ok, I’ll just chill here and wait for you when you’re done…” She said dryly.

Cole and Binary walked down the long hallways to the transportation hubs. They got on a small four person cart and Binary told it to go to Witch Doctors lab. After a few minutes Cole spoke up.

“This place is big.” He said as he admired the architecture that lined the halls with outlines of the sun and its raise leading to rooms with similar fashions.

“We try to make it habitable for all who want to join our society. Not many people find it fun to be without family other than a few psychopaths that are fed up with mankind. Or just people who are fed up with mankind in general. We don’t want those people with us on our noble mission so we turn down all those who wish to join our numbers…”

“This place is beautiful and bright. Light up very well. Not even a shadow.” He looks around the extremely bright interior that Utopia adopted after its last tier of transformation.”

“We have too many generators and enough power reserves for Utopia to power an entire planet for centuries. We need to waste the energy and we put a lot of lights in the great halls that lead to many other parts of the city. Actually you will find every room like this. It mirrors the night as well so that you can have the moons glow effect at night when everything is dark so you can adjust to the light enough so you can find your way around.”

“Cleaver. So how will the doc be able to give me a horse’s body? Will he make one and dump my brain in it? Or will he let me slowly mutate into one?”

“Good question…I don’t know.”

They sat in silence for the remainder of the trip to the fourth station they passed. At which they got out and headed down a hall to a big open chamber.

“What’s this place?” said Cole in amazement.

“The Stasis Chamber room.”

Witch Doctor got uneasy when he first learned that Nano Swarm can sense the world around her with Nanobots, so he designed his body to be able to sense any type of tamper with the air. He was hypersensitive, not to pain but to any physical contact with his body. So in a way he had whiskers that sensed what was in the air. And only reacted to anything metallic or something similar to metals. They flared when he neared the center of the city where Nano Swarm had dissolved herself into the atmosphere.

“Nano you there?”

“Yes what is it?” said a disembodied voice.

“You meet up with Binary?”

“At your lab waiting for you.”

“Why?” he questioned.

“Because my dad wants to be a pony…”

“…”

“Well doesn’t that sound like fun? Just want to rush up there and go start up your machines?”

“…”

“What the hell dude! You’re usually always eager to do experiments and turn things into other things!”

“Meh not really. I just like doing my job. I also don’t know much about your father so I don’t think I know whether or not I should help him.”

“...Well at least it was an excuse.”

Witch Doctor continued to walk throughout Ponyville while some ponies stopped to look at the human. Most continued on their way as new comers are more and more common. You’d be wrong if you thought someone didn’t know what a human was somewhere in Ponyville, their arrival is just common knowledge. Especially since their city hovers above their own. He came upon the market place but chose to avoid it considering he was without currency and he wouldn’t need anything from there anyway. Though he got a glance from a farm pony he recognized. And beside her was Beast Master.

“Oh finally a specialist.” Witch Doctor smiled and skipped merrily over to them.

“You’re in a good mood.” Said Beast Master before Applejack could say anything.

“That I am friend, that I am. Listen I don’t have a way to get up to Utopia, don’t mind giving me a lift?”

“Not at all. But the elevator was established for us to use. I can show you where it is.”

“I guess that works.”

“Follow me then. See yeh Applejack, have a good day.”

“Now hold up! Aren’t yeh goin’ teh introduce me?” She said with a raised Eyebrow.

“Oh sorry. This is Witch Doctor, the finest medicine man of all the realms.”

“Golly, Zecora will have some competition.”

“Ha ha. She’s a herboligist, I’m a healer of the body and mind.”

“You’ll get along fine with her Ah know it!”

“You’ll have to introduce me then. Beast we must not tarry any longer. Binary awaits us. Oh actually. Applejack what is your opinion of Cole?”

Applejack stared at him for a few moments before she cringed a bit from a memory. “He’s weird. He almost killed Rainbow and when he got back they’re practically, no they ARE in love.”

“He wants to become a pony so he could fit in this society much better. I’m guessing he’s ready to forget his old life for a newer one with Rainbow Dash.”

Applejack’s jaw hit the stand she was managing. “Y-yer what? Well I guess that’s mighty noble of em’ but…Yeh know Ah think Ah can get used to it.” she finished with a smile. “Wait why yeh asken me?”

“I was considering not doing it. But if what you say is true then you hated him at a time. Then forgave him. So if you can forgive him I’m sure others will to and, his transition into pony society would be successful.”

“WAIT!? You didn’t want tah help him?! W-why wouldn’t ya’ll help somepony?”

“Because if ponies weren’t fond of him then my efforts will be in vain. I don’t want to work so hard to let someone’s dreams be crumbled because of the populace.”

“No pony will ever do that!”

“You’d be surprised. Now Beast Master, take me to Utopia.”

Rainbow was searching for Cole. Her weather job to the east was finished and she wanted to spend more time with him. Although she liked how awesome the reunions with him felt so she also was torn between waiting so it was more awesome or going to have it sooner. Eventually she headed toward Sugar Cube Corner so she could hang out with Pinkie. Along her way she saw two bipeds walking toward the edge of town. Wondering who they were, she flew down to meet them.

“Yo!” she shouted to them. She got closer and saw it was Beast Master and an unknown human that she didn’t recognize. “Whoa who are you?”

“My names Witch Doctor. You must be Rainbow Dash; I’ve heard you and Cole are together?”

“Yea what’s it to you?” she said suspiciously.

“What do you say about him becoming a pony? Just wondering because I could guess he gets some stares from others.”

“Well I wouldn’t blame him but I don’t mind him being human. Hey what’s this about?”

“Can you follow me please?”

“Sure what for?”

“You’ll see.”

Beast Master spoke up. “We’re almost there. See the park? We need to stand by the bench.”

“For what?” asked Rainbow.

They approached the bench and Beast turns to them.

“Well there it is. I won’t be joining you. I don’t really care much for drama.”

“Suit yourself. Rainbow I need you to come with me, its about Cole.”

“What about him? Is he in trouble?!”

“Not quite.”

A sudden flash of light interrupts their thoughts. The world goes a pure white color and when their vision clears they are standing in the stasis room. Two humans wait by the chambers looking monumentally bored. Then they can make them out as Binary and Cole. Cole looks relieved that Witch Doctor was finally there but his face put on a frown when he saw Rainbow.

“R-Rainbow? What are you doing here?”

“C-Cole? What’s going on?”

“Binary you can leave now. I’m sure you can find something more entertaining than this.”

“I heard that! All right! I’m going to race Sky Rider. She should be in the hanger I think.”

He sped away through the doors.

“Ok why did you bring Rainbow?” Asked Cole. Rainbow almost looked hurt from the comment. It pinged his chest with pain for the reaction and he regretted saying it.

“Because you acted impulsively and didn’t talk to Rainbow about this. Now you two will decide what’s best for BOTH your futures.”

Chapter 1: Equestria

Twilight Sparkle the new magic specialist joins all the specialists in the conference room. She has her own special chair for her to sit on since she can’t get onto a human chair. Utopia glides through the blackness of the void scanning for another parallel universe of Equestria that the Utopian specialists could arrive at. Though with so many universes that are now unorganized and deteriorating the specialists find themselves rather than saving collapsing societies, they keep a universe itself from collapsing. More than once a specialist had to build a special machine in the center of a planet or in the middle of a star that pulled the universe together before it expanded into the void.

“Well Twilight Sparkle. Now that you’re a specialist you have to get a new name.” Said Impulse at the head of the table.

“W-what? Why can’t I keep my name? It sounds magical.”

“Well it doesn’t say magical now does it? We all had first names…Time for you to fall in line with the rest of us. Mother found a name for you this morning and I think you may like it.” He said with a reassuring smile.

Twilight was about to retort when she realized that they all indeed went by their titles. “…Ok. What has mother named me?” Said Twilight sadly lowering her ears.

“Spell Caster.” When Impulse said Spell Caster Twilights ears shot up.

“T-that’s…Not bad.” She said with a smile. “Spell Caster. That’s a name I can live with.”

“Good now that we have your name out of the way. Nano Swarm.” Said Impulse looking over to a woman wearing heavy iron boots and in a tank top with blue jeans. She was lying back nonchalantly in her chair with her feet on the table.

“Yea?” She said in the dullest tone ever...

“You have to regenerate. You don’t have immortality so you’re going to have to do a few more solo missions in your home world Equestria.”

“Wait what? DID YOU LOOK AT MY FATHERS ARCHIVES?” She shouted at Impulse.

“Well yea. And he wasn’t your father, you are a clone of his so he could live forever. Now you need to regenerate your body in Equestria again so that you can improve on your abilities again.”

She froze when she thought about it and all her rage disintegrated into a silent blank stare. “Well…Oh shut up!” She said to Turmoil the gyro/turret specialist who was sitting across from her…laughing his ass off from the sudden ‘rage’ to ‘wut?’ expression on Nano’s face.

“It was pretty funny Nano!” Said a cheery voice coming from Sky Rider as she joins in the laughter. Impulse still isn’t amused but the other specialists join in. Binary and his maniacal laughter made the whole incident seem darker than it was.

“Well now that all those giggles are out.” Said Witch Doctor after everyone calmed down. “Sound Wave is pretty much useless…How about we regenerate her mind and Nano Swarm’s into the same body.” At this the entire room was silent.

“W-WHAT?! I’m not useless!” Said a female voice taking out her head phones and slamming a portable music player on the table.

“Yes you are. You can blow things apart with sound. However you don’t go outside to meet anyone and you would rather have them come to you. And when you do go out it’s always you trying to find a night club of some sort. So why not? I know how to combine your minds. I’ve done it on my own with different animals when you guys were busy.”

The whole room was quiet. As Spell Caster began to fully understand what Witch Doctor did a chill went down her spine. “UGH!” Exclaimed Spell Caster.

“What? NO I DIDN’T LITTERALLY SOW THEM TOGETHER! I took the brainwaves of one and placed those in the other mind. Then I improved its performance so it would be able to handle two thoughts at once. But I’ll need to install a coolant system since the overworking brain will generate more heat than the body could handle.”

“Ok umm Witch Doctor.” Said Nano Swarm. “I just want you to know I am not going to sleep for the next three weeks knowing you want to fuse me and Sound.”

“Oh…aw I was preparing the stasis chambers for weeks.” He said with a defeated frown.

“Peace Keeper?” Said Beast Master who noticed Peace Keeper deep in thought.

He looked up at Beast Master and said “Yes?”

“What’s your idea?”

“Well I haven’t thought of anything.”

“Lie.”

“…Yea.”

“What is it?”

“We should all separate. All of us go to different universes and save people on our own. It will do the realms good. Nano Swarm will regenerate at the location of the next collapse and she will prevent it. I think we should also consider the idea of having our new specialist here have a go at a human reality to save. You know see the worst of the worst first.” He said with a serious tone and a blank face.

“Well we’ve been splitting up. But I’m guessing you suggest leaving Utopia to fend for itself in the void right?” Said Impulse as he glared at Peace Keeper.

“I guess.” Said Peace Keeper looking at the ceiling. “Oh Beast Master have you officially named your spirit guide?”

“Who Alpha?” Said Beast Master. “Yea he named himself after his old title rather than an actual name. Wolves don’t exactly give each other names. His new name is Mouse.”

“Mouse? Not bad. But why name him after a prey animal?”

“Because I like mice…”

“…Ok.”

Twilight, now Spell Caster, heads to the great library through the Utopia’s tram system…The great golden city known as Utopia. She couldn’t believe she was here infinitely away from home. No distance between here and home and yet no way to go there. Utopia’s core had a mind of its own and at times it whispered random commands that she obeyed without question. At times she went to the core itself and gazed at the white dwarf that gave the station life. Utopia was a city…But it had only thirteen people living there. And an entire army of golden soldiers…Golems. Golem God the golem specialist was able to make magic golems. They resembled unicorns only they rivaled the height of Celestia herself and they were just as powerful as the sun goddess. But none compared to the power Spell Caster was gifted to by when Utopia accepted her.

Spell Caster reaches the great library after five minutes of commuting and went inside to learn more about humans before she had to go and solve their problems.

She found out of the ethnic cleansing and other things like that. She noticed how religion was capable of driving people to kill in many forms. And after about a week of studying culture she realized how difficult it would be for her to convince the world to become peaceful with each other. She had only one choice now…Appear as a god to them and they will fall in line. Use faith as a weapon of peace rather than its more than often uses for war.

“Spell Caster you still in the library?” Said a voice from behind her that rips her away from the holographic displays.

“Who?” Said Twilight in confusion at the name.

“You forget your own name?” Said Nano Swarm leaning against the tall gold and bronze doors of the library.

“Oh Nano Swarm.” She said a smile appearing on her face, then she blushed. “Oh yea that’s my new name isn’t it?”

Nano moves next to Spell Caster and sits down next to her. “We are almost ready to send me to Equestria again…Did you know I wasn’t born? I was created.”

“Yea I heard about that…You’re a female version of John Cole…You became a female because of the DNA from Rainbow Dash…I’m still impressed reality allowed that mix to create a human rather than a mutated mix between pony and human.”

“Well I’m not all life form…I’m mostly made up of machines so they have the blame for the shape of my body. Witch Doctor cleaned out my bones and my veins so I could carry material inside them and increase my density to an impressive level…I can carry Equestria inside me if I have to.”

“Wow that’s amazing! When you get back I want to learn how to make another you. Maybe I should get whatever upgrade you were born with that allowed you to fall and not break bone when you literally slam into the ground.” They sat there for a while remembering the first time they were in Equestria.

“Hey Spell Caster? Which specialist did you meet first? Or see first, whichever.”

“Sky Rider. She was riding on a dragonfly golem. The only one with a saddle.” She giggled.

“Yea…Sky Rider is pretty cute don’t you think.” Said Nano Swarm.

Spell Caster faltered for a moment. “A-are you…”

“Problem?”

“…no.”

“Good. And it’s mainly because of my dad really…Or John Cole. Whichever you want to think of him as.”

“Oh so does that mean you have more hormones than a regular female?”

“…Well yea I guess. Never really thought about that. Didn’t really care. Anyway I’ve got to go get ready for the transformation in Witch Doctor’s stasis chambers…I’m going to become grand. I have a lot of new abilities right now and I can’t wait to use them when I absorb enough Equestrian material.”

“Hey Nano?”

“Yea?”

“Don’t force yourself on Fluttershy.” She said while holding back a laugh.

“Ha I won’t…” She leans in close to Spell Caster. “She’s not my type.” Whispered Nano. “Now Rainbow…” She said with lust in her eyes. They both started laughing.

“Have fun Nano Swarm.” She said after they stopped laughing. She turns back to the holographic displays and she starts going through more data about humans.

Nano Swarm gets up and almost reaches the door before Spell Caster calls after her. “MAKE FRIENDS! AND DON’T KILL MINE!”

“HAHAHAHA! I’ll make sure I don’t kill ponies but if any royal guard get in my way to a donut shop then I’ll crack some skulls.”

“YOU BETTER NOT!” Said Spell Caster in a royal Canterlot voice.

“Was that your Luna impression?” They remained in laughter as Nano Swarm walks out the door.

Sky Rider and Turmoil both worked on a new capsule that would take a small party to any dimension that they chose to go to. Golem God also gave it six legs so it can tail Nano Swarm if ever she needs assistance of any kind. Sky Rider gave it the ability to fly. Turmoil gave it the shape of a golden bullet. It almost looked like a jelly fish only it was ten feet tall, and thirty feet tall if it stood on the tips of its spiked legs. It had a golden insectoid feel to it.

“W-what’s this?” Said Nano Swarm as she enters the hanger where it is being made.

“It’s the capsule we’re sending you in with!” Started Sky Rider. “It can fly like a jet and can follow you around when you think of it for assistance! It also makes a golden trail behind it. Pretty neat huh?”

“Yea that sounds pretty cool I guess. But can it get me to an area that has iron? Or even platinum?”

“Well I’ll see if Watchman or Binary has a system or program that can detect that for you.”

“All right. Turmoil you think you can convince Beast Master to send Mouse with me? I might need a spirit guide. I’ve never really been first to make conversation sooooo…”

“No.” Said a very tall man in black heavy combat armor.

(Turmoil used to be on life support. His that contained him was a heavy armor suit that was made for him to live in. Now that Witch Doctor got him new lungs he doesn’t need to be in his suit. However he clings to old habits and patrols around Utopia wearing it at times.)

“Aw why not?”

“I don’t mess with the spirit world. That’s Golem’s area of expertise. And I don’t think it would be a good idea to take Beast Master’s spirit guide away from him anyway. He may need him when going to another Equestria.”

“Ugh fine…can you come with?”

“…No. I’ve got to go to yet ANOTHER Equestria…I’m really getting tired of the simplicity of that world.”

“Well you and me both…Well I guess it’s a good place to start right? I’ve done this before but I don’t like explaining myself to a…crowd.” She shuddered.

“Y-you have stage fright?” Said Turmoil felling thankful he’s in a suit…He was grinning ear to ear.

“Yea…OH SHUT UP I KNOW YOU’RE SMILING!”

“Now how do you know that?”

“Didn’t. You just admitted my suspicions.”

“DAMMIT!”

Nano Swarm exits the stasis chamber and looks around. Only to find she can’t see.

“Witch Doctor? What did you do?” She said barely containing her rage.

“I took your site so you must rely on your Swarm. You can produce thousands of drones in seconds now. That means they can send you data about your surrounding area without you needing to see or hear it.”

“So you made me blind…And super senses? Some fucking trade off you piss cake!”

“HAHAHAHAHA!”

When the capsule was done all the specialists met up in the hanger to see off Nano Swarm. All the thirteen specialists were there. Peace Keeper, Spell Caster, Impulse Power, Beast Master, Binary, Sound Wave, Witch Doctor, Sky Rider, Turret Turmoil, Watchman, Smoke Machine, Golem God.

“Good luck friend.” Said Golem God. “Make Equestria prosper in the name of Utopia. And improve those new abilities I heard about.”

“Yea about those. FUCK YOU WITCH!” Shouted Nano Swarm still incapable of seeing. With Sky Riders help she got into a black cloak and put a black blind fold on. She looked pretty bad ass really. But she couldn’t tell, Sky Rider could have put her in pink for all she knew.

“Nano Swarm I’m disappointed.” Said Golem God. “It does not matter if you can see your environment. As long as you can understand it. You can still trip on obstacles when you have eyes to see them with. But when you have senses to feel them you can’t miss them.”

Everyone stared at him in silence. That was possibly one of the most intelligent ramblings Golem God has ever come up with when it came to inspirational speeches. Well it wasn’t a speech but it sure as hell calmed Nano Swarm when she heard it.

“Ok Witch I won’t kill you now.”

“That’s an improvement.” Said Turmoil.

“Bye Nano!” Shouted Sky Rider with an animated jump that you would expect from Pinkie…In fact she may have gotten that from her.

“Hey Nano.” Said Spell Caster. “Don’t come onto Rainbow to hard ok? You’ll creep her out.”

“It’s ok Twilight. Cole was able to sleep in the same bed with her so I know what her limits are.” At this Spell Caster froze up and just pondered life. Or her joke was skull fucked so hard it broke her logic.

“Ok Nano I’m going to start up the dimensional rift.” Said Impulse.

“Oh Nano Swarm!” Said Watchman. “Gold isn’t subtle so I changed the trail to blue and you would look like a comet coming down. We can’t put you on the surface so we’ll put you in space. You will have all the time there to get comfortable and figure out a game plan. I’m basically sending you into orbit around Equestria so you won’t need to worry.”

“How will I get down?”

“You would be able to command the capsule through your mind. Just ask it to go down and it will.”

“All right anything else?”

“Yea hurry up. The ponies below won’t know what to think about a comet that’s spinning around Equestria for days on end. Oh and try not to kill or piss anyone off.”

“Got it.”

The capsule closed with Nano Swarm inside. It was comfortable. The seats didn’t need to be reinforced because Nano Swarm more recently got a gravity stabilizer to keep her tons and tons of compressed material in her body from weighing her down. She waited for there to be something noticeable that she’s left and on cue there was a rumbling in the small cabin.

“Arriving at destination.” Said a computerized female voice.

“All right. Now to think.”

Nano Swarm sat there in the cabin for just a few hours of brain storming before a force started to interact with the capsule. It shook the cabin as it started to pull the capsule toward the earth.

“WHOA!” Shouted Nano Swarm as she hit the atmosphere at great speeds. It lasted a good thirty minutes until the force slowed the capsule down and it eventually started to slow to a steady descent. It then stopped…

“Umm…What?”

Both Celestia and Luna examine the golden six legged comet. The legs were moving around as if trying to escape before giving up and seemingly longing to be on the ground.

“What should we do Tia?” Said Luna.

“I’m not sure. Maybe we should let it go in hopes it will return to where it’s from. Then we will only need to wonder its purpose.”

“True but it seems pony-made and I want to dissect this specimen to learn its secrets on space travel.”

“That seems like an interesting idea…” Celestia cocks her head to the side still examining the creature. “…But I don’t know. Maybe we should hold onto it for now.”

“Very well. We will discuss its fate when we are ready to-“

*POOF*

Black smoke appeared below the creature and a blind folded two legged creature appeared from the mist.

“HEY WILL YOU LET GO OF MY POD!” It said in an angry tone.

Chapter 3: Canterlot

Nano Swarm was to stay with Rainbow Dash. But before that she had to stay with the princesses in Canterlot. She got a guest room and the capsule found a nice place to stay idle in the courtyard.

Celestia sits on her throne listening to the complaints of a few nobles about Nano Swarm being a human and not banished yet. Luna found a place beside Nano Swarm in the castle labyrinth.

“So what is it like to be human?” Said Luna desperately trying to fill the silence between them.

“Well I don’t really know. I’ve been a Utopian longer than a human so I can’t say I know much.”

“And what is this Utopian that you speak of?” Questioned Luna.

“I am a former human. When you become a Utopian it means that a superior race comes to pick you up and take away your mortality and you become immortal. You also have to do what Utopia says. Which in this case I’ve been asked by Utopia to come here and save this universe form collapse.”

“Collapse? Surely you don’t mean Equestria? We have lived in peace for a thousand years.”

“By collapse I don’t mean social collapse. I mean all of reality is going to be destroyed if I don’t build a machine to stabilize it.”

“Why should we trust what you say is true?” Luna said skeptically

“Why shouldn’t you? I’ve came here on a ship you haven’t seen before. I’ve done nothing to harm you or your citizens. Hell you even attacked me and instead of fighting back I ran to save you from harm. Why do you still hate me?”

Luna paused for a moment and looked around and examined the hedges trying to think of an answer. “We believed humans are the same…That you are violent without reason.”

“That’s a terrible assumption. If a pony kills another pony would that mean all ponies would kill each other if they had the chance?”

“N-no.”

“Then why did it make sense when you applied it to a human?”

“Because humans fight each other a lot. They have war machines far more advanced than our own and they tend to use them to kill each other more often than we do.”

“That’s because there are more nations in the human worlds than here. Equestria is divided into only…What ten? Five? But human nations are counted up all the way to over 200. More since the discovery of other planets to live on. Some countries are even founded in the middle of no where in space. So the more countries there are the more chance that they won’t see eye to eye with at the very least one of them. If ponies didn’t have you or your sister I’m sure the different tribes would still be warring with each other.”

Luna thought for a moment. “I’m sorry Nano Swarm. We did not think through our assumptions the first time we met.”

Nano Swarm smiled. “Hey no sweat.” She gave Luna a hug which made her jump in shock. “I forgive you moon princess. You did allow us to fix up my home in another reality.”

“S-so there are more Equestria’s?”

“Many of them really.”

They found a park like location in the maze with benches to sit on while they talk. “How many?”

“Only about a few thousand. We try to save as many as we can but its getting harder since they start having too much chaos at once. Also we have to deal with the human realities that are going into their own forms of chaos as well.”

“Have you found a solution?”

“Yea we decided it was best for the Utopians to split up and go on solo missions. I’m one of thirteen and alone we are able to end any conflict. But our ways differ. I prefer to crush societies and build my own so people can follow my rules of peace. However that wouldn’t work since people or ponies would rebel and the peace I worked for would be destroyed.”

“True I do see citizens rebelling against oppression. But since you wouldn’t do that what would you do?”

“Well I wasn’t sure. This is the first time I was on my own. Peace Keeper would talk the nations into friendship, and Sky Rider will amaze them with her flying machines to get them to work together for greater technology. Turmoil will tell stories of places worse off and the society would try to become better off. Golem God would make them conform into a religious society and present himself as some sort of philosopher or messiah and get people to work together with religious belief.”

“Hmm these methods do sound interesting. Surely us princesses have already created peace so you would not need to help us in that aspect.”

“Not necessarily. I’ve seen your politics and I’ve noticed that griffons are not loyal. And other nations wouldn’t get involved to protect you.”

Luna looks away from Nano and stares at the gravel path for a few moments. Then she looks back and says. “True. The nations of the world have yet to see eye to eye on some matters and even at times ignore others for help. We of Canterlot try our best to help those who need it.”

“In time it would work and everyone would enjoy each others company. However you need to watch what you say Luna. Last time I saw you guys you made a fatal error of using the Canterlot voice in front of a griffon. Honor means a lot to them and since you’ve dishonored them with that voice they launched war on Canterlot. Luckily the Utopians were there and we fought for you…No griffon died in our attacks and we had thousands of prisoners.”

Luna was silent for a moment. Letting the info of her fault caused a war was unsettling. “W-will this happen soon?”

“It’s ok. It happened when discussing what to do with Utopia. But it may happen again when discussing my fate with other countries. They will put me to death I’m sure. But I can’t die so approve of the decision and when they hang me I’ll be alive.”

“I will tell Celestia all of what you told me…But for now return to your chambers in the castle. I no longer will accompany you since you haven’t caused trouble…” She got up from the bench and started to walk away. Then Luna stopped and turned back to Nano. “And I’d hate to send a bad example to my citizens about your people.”

“Thank you Luna. Did you know you’re my favorite princess.”

“Keep it up and I’ll think you’re trying to butter me up.”

“Oh don’t worry Luna. I am.” She said with a mischievous smile.

“Hahaha. Farwell Utopian.” Luna’s horn glows with a blue shimmer and loud bang rips through the air. She disappears.

Nano Swarm sits there for a few more moments. “I wonder what Rainbow’s doing?”

Rainbow was pacing in her room and panicking to herself about Nano Swarm. The idea of having a daughter was stressful on its own but to have a daughter with a human?

“GAAAAAAAAW! THIS IS SO WEIRD!”

‘Go to her.’ Said a screen that popped up in her eye.

“W-what? No! I don’t want to see her…She’s my daughter. One I didn’t want…” She looked at the cloud floor below her in shame after realizing she is rejecting her daughter. HER DAUGHTER! It doesn’t matter if she’s not a pony she still is Rainbow’s daughter.

‘She’s your daughter.’

“SINCE WHEN DID YOU GET SO OPINIONATED!” Rainbow shouted at herself.

‘Since she showed up…I couldn’t take care of her so you should.’

“…Cole?”

‘Love you Dash!’

“W-what?”

No response.

“Wait Cole? Cole!?” At that moment it was decided. Rainbow would see Nano Swarm.

Twilight was heading out to the Everfree to study the crater that Nano Swarm dug on impact. Or was it something else? Twilight heard about Cole’s abilities in harvesting matter.

Just then the library door burst open and Rainbow flew in.

“Twilight!” Shouted Rainbow in a panic.

“Rainbow what’s wrong?!” Said Twilight with concern.

“I-I need to see Nano Swarm!”

“Nano? Why?”

“S-she’s my daughter Twilight. I-I need to see her. I may not have chosen her but she’s still my daughter.” Said Rainbow in tears.

“Oh Rainbow I’m sorry.” She embraced her multi colored friend. “Come on. Let’s go to Canterlot. I’ll send a message to the princess and we can go over to meet her.”

Princess Celestia was finished hearing the protests of the people. She took all their courses of action into account. Some were just straight up execution. Most others were either a form of banishment or just asking her to leave. Celestia didn’t agree with most of these other than just getting her to leave. She went back to her chambers to think before her sister Luna teleported next to her and escorted her to her room.

“Tia…Nano Swarm must stay.”

Celestia froze. “W-what?”

“We were too quick to judge her my sister. She has dangerous potential and she knows it. Yet despite the fact that we attacked her and even alienated her she still has yet to actively fight us. I believe she may be able to redeem her race with her ways.”

“L-Luna? Are you sure we can trust her?” Celestia said with worry.

“Yes my sister. I am sure.”

“Then I trust your judgment…”

*pop*

A scroll appears before Celestia and she catches it with her magic before it hits the ground. She opens it up and seems worried at first. Then a soft smile appears on the sun princess’ face.

“I believe you’re not the only one who can trust Nano Swarm.” She said showing the letter to Luna. She took it with her magic and smiled warmly as she read.

“Rainbow is already feeling the effects of motherhood? Not even to the same species…And she just met her too…This will be interesting and possibly adorable to watch Tia.”

“Shall we prepare a room?” Said Celestia with a smile.

Nano Swarm was sitting in her guest room at Canterlot castle and refusing to go on the bed. She mainly didn’t want to lay in it because it’s weak and wouldn’t support her new density. There was a maid in the hall dusting a flower pot and another one in the neighboring room cleaning it for somepony new. Nano Swarm could feel this. The swarm she created was able to surround the entire castle now. And they would be sending her important information about her surroundings. She found out the Nanobots were able to send her information about colors and for most of the time in the guest room she tried to get colors down.

“Miss Swarm?” Said a very disciplined voice. Nano looks up to see a pony who looked like some sort of butler. “My name is Proper Manners. If you need anything I will fetch it for you.”

Nano was silent for a moment. ‘I don’t eat. I don’t need things…How do I reject him?’ She thought to herself. Then after a few moments she said. “Hi.”

“Hello.”

“…”

“Umm miss Swarm?” He cocked his head to the side.

“...This will be awkward since I don’t require any basic mortal needs. I won’t require a butler while I’m here. Sorry about that. Though can you swap out this bed and replace it with a more solid surface? Like concrete?”

“…concrete?” He said with the most confused expression. “B-but why?”

“Well I weigh more than the average life form. My weight is several tons at the moment and I can go even farther. In fact that is what I plan on doing. But that means a normal bed would break under my weight. So instead of having a normal bed I have one made of concrete in my suite at Utopia.”

“Y-you live in a suite?”

“Well actually it’s a giant golden fortress known as Utopia or The Fortress of The Sun. Thanks to material gathered from the moon it’s able to shift from a solid gold to ebony black…Well not really but I can look that way. It’s also extremely powerful. We devoted our lives to peace so we could save billions.”

“N-now when you say we?”

“I am part of a group of twelve humans and one pony. We dedicated our lives to save those who need saving. Well that’s what we were told really. I believe Impulse has more in store for the Utopian core than what he’d let us believe. But I’m not going to judge him about it.”

“Who’s Impulse?”

“Some guy…made the fortress of the sun and saved me from death…He saved billions of lives and played with billions more. In a way he’s a tyrant and a hero.”

“Sounds like an interesting stallion.”

“Hah! Yea but he’s got nothing on me. I’m all bite and no bark.”

“S-so would you harm anyone if you felt like it?” His worry showed but his courage must have been very strong to ask that question.

“Would I? No. Could I? Yes.”

“T-that’s good to know. N-now anything I can get you? Other than a concrete bed?”

“Leave me I wish to stay in my thoughts for a while. Although if there are guests let them in.”

Rainbow Dash was pacing nervously in the train car. She wasn’t sure what to say to Nano Swarm and she couldn’t figure out why she wanted to see her so bad. Was she really that into having a daughter? Did she love her?

“Rainbow are you ok?” Said Twilight with a worried expression. Her ears were flopped down.

“Huh? Oh yea…” Said Rainbow hesitantly with a hint of sadness. “I-its just…Ugh I just don’t know Twilight…I just feel…responsible. Like I have to take care of her or something.”

Twilight watches her friend go through a mental break down. “Then when we go there and you will talk to her. You will talk about what you’ve been doing and how she’s been for the years you haven’t known her.” She said confidently.

Rainbow stopped pacing and looked sorrowfully at the ground then at Twilight. “Yea…I’ll ask her about what she’s been doing…And maybe about her father if she asks.” Said Rainbow with a smile returning to her face.

In the void Golem watches Nano Swarm’s progress in the Equestria she was sent to. Utopia hasn’t provided enough information to figure out what type of threat was being provided. Impulse assumed the reality was collapsing, which would make sense because that particular Equestria was made with a dimensional rip.

Golem goes from the observatory to the core of Utopia…its white dwarf star.

“Mother.” Said Golem to the star. “I prey for your ears to listen to me. I worry about this world past. I with to be sent to her. I wish to protect my sister.”

‘So shall it be done O’ all mighty Golem.’

The moon begins to rise as the train reaches the Canterlot train station. Twilight wakes up while Rainbow still sleeps in the bunks that are provided.

“Rainbow wake up we’re here.”

Rainbow was shaken awake by Twilight and she shot up. “W-we are?”

“Yes now come on!”

“W-where’s Nano?”

“At the castle where she should be.”

Nano Swarm sat deep in thought about her plan of action. The princesses are off her back for now but the population still sees her as a menace. Hours went by and the sky began to darken. She hardly noticed when Celestia came in.

“Nano Swarm?”

Nano looks up from the ground she was staring at intensely. “Yes?”

“You have a visitor.” She stepped aside to reveal Twilight and Rainbow Dash trotting in. Rainbow seemed almost overcome by joy when she saw Nano Swarm. Which made her feel very uncomfortable.

“Nano!” She dashed into her.

“Oh hi mom. You came to see me? I’m honored!” She said with a sly smile.

“Umm I. I really don’t know how to do this. Uh how have you been since the last time in Equestria?”

“This Equestria right?” She questioned. Leaving a puzzled Rainbow Dash but she quickly answered.

“Yes.”

“Well I would have to say my entire life so far! But it’s all for good cause. I’ve been fighting werewolves and vampires. Ok not vampires but I’ve been fighting a great number of different creatures. I know a guy who tames dragons. He’s pretty cute actually. Even though I kinda go both ways.”

“W-wait you’re lesbian?”

“BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!” She grinned.

“…wow did not see that coming.”

“And you expected your daughter to be human?” She said like a serious question. Everyone burst into tears because of laughter. At which point Celestia made her leave and left them to discuss amongst themselves.

“So looking at mares?” Said Rainbow.

“I see two right now.” Said Nano still grinning.

“No I mean any mares you’re interested in?”

“Oh well Fluttershy’s kinda cute. But that’s all. Twilight wouldn’t do me on the first date and we’d probably have the driest of relationships. Like sharing a book together dry.” Twilight blushed and Rainbow Dash laughed.

“Yea that sounds like Twilight. Hey how much would you bet that she will date a librarian?”

“I dunno Rainbow I kinda expect her to marry a scroll.” Neither of them seemed to want to lose their smiles. Twilight felt left out until she finally found some courage to speak up.

“Hey Nano?”

“Yea?”

“How old are you?”

“Sixty five.”

“WHAT?!?!” Both Dash and Twilight said in unison.

“What? Cole was hundreds of years older than that.”

“Well true.” Said Rainbow. Now it was Nano Swarm’s turn to ask questions.

“Hey Rainbow. Did you love John Cole?”

Rainbow froze for a moment. “…I-I can’t say.”

“Oh come on Rainbow its not like you’ll traumatize me. Did you love him?”

“At a time I thought I did. Then I hated him when he stabbed me and put nanobots in me. But I sorta forgave him when I realized he only stabbed me because he knew I would be ok afterward.”

“Ok last question…” She stopped smiling. “What drove you to come to me?”

It took a few moments for Rainbow to answer. “Well you’re my daughter an-“

“No no no! I’ve met different versions of you and you would come here to ask questions. Not because you’re maternal instincts acted up.” She glared at Rainbow. “So…What made you come to me?”

Both Twilight and Rainbow Dash froze and went deep in thought. But Rainbow was able to rebound.

“B-because a voice in my head said so…” said Rainbow sadly. “And I think it may have been Cole.”

“R-Rainbow?” Said Twilight worried.

“It’s ok. Want me to remove the swarm?” Said Nano Swarm.

“Ok…But can you show me your eyes?” Nano thought for a moment then agreed. She took off the blindfolds to reveal light blue eyes.

“Whoa.” Said Rainbow. “Y-you’re pretty Nano.”

“Aw mom!” said Nano blushing. “I wanted to hear that from someone not related to me.” She laughed and drew Rainbow in for a hug.

They separated and looked at each other for a while. But Nano didn’t seem like she was looking at Rainbow but rather looking through her.

“Umm Nano are you ok? You’re not really. Looking at me?” She said as she tilted her head to the side.

“I’m blind Rainbow. The swarm gives me sight.”

“Y-you’re blind?” Said Rainbow almost sad.

“Yea. I wasn’t always blind. Just recently so I could be more reliant on my swarm senses.”

“I-is there anything I can do about it?” Said Rainbow worried.

“Nope and I don’t want you to. Now…” She became serious. “Tell me more about Cole’s voice in your head.”

“Well it isn’t a voice. More of a screen. But it’s been giving me advice and I think saved my life a few times.”

“Yea that makes it harder for you to get rid of it huh?”

“…Yea.” Rainbow found the floor really interesting at that moment. So she stared at it.

“Rainbow…I want to know. Where exactly did you find me?”

She looked up from the floor “Huh? Why would you want to go there?”

“Because I want to know if the Trinity survived.”

Chapter 4: Trinity

Rainbow Dash sat there a moment to process what she asked.

“Wait wouldn’t the guards try to keep you from moving around the castle?” Said Rainbow Dash.

“Yea but they can’t stop a fifty ton human from walking down the halls.” She grinned.

“D-didn’t Luna tell you to stay in your room?”

“Where did you hear that?” A reasonable question.

“Well Celestia told me that on our way here.”

“And you expect me to listen to the leaders of a monarchy? I only stayed in this room hoping I could get a little action with the butler…He’s way to dull and boring really.” She said with obvious disappointment in her voice.

“Ew.” Said Twilight. Rainbow just stared in disbelief.

“What? Know what never mind. Let’s just go find the Trinity. If it’s still around.”

“Wait.” Started Twilight. “If I remember correctly…You destroyed the trinity.”

“Wait how do you know that?” Nano questioned.

“Well.” Said Rainbow. “I was there when you broke out. And you started pulling metal to you or something. I got out of there as fast as I could.”

“Oh I think I saw you. Just a blur but I saw you.”

“R-really?”

“Yea. Now take me back there. I need to make sure of something.”

They start to head out and a guard stops them once Nano Swarm leaves the guest room.

“Halt! The princess wants you in the guest room.” His face was serious and for some reason looked angry. Well to Nano anyway.

“Oh? You think you can stop me?”

“Yes, now return to your room before I use for-“ He was cut off by Nano Swarm holding up her palm three inches from his face. At which point the held a blank expression of carelessness. She continued walking and he didn’t even look in her direction.

“W-what did you do?” Said Twilight.

“I forced his mind into a trans like state so he wouldn’t bother us. Should last about ten minutes. And I can do it again whenever.”

“Whoa.” Said Rainbow. While Twilight on the other hand showed her disapproval with her face.

They were never stopped by any guards or servants. Mainly because they were just standing there completely unaware of their surroundings.

“Nano how are you doing that?” Asked Twilight.

“With the swarm. You know how Cole was able to heal himself with them?” They both nodded. “Well I do more than just heal. I can see with them. I can build with them. I can even control others with them. It’s just what I do.”

It took several minutes to get to the crystal caves that were below Canterlot. It was difficult for them to navigate. Twilight started to remove the darkness with the light from her horn. Nano didn’t need to use light to know what they’ve found. It wasn’t even a kilometer into the crystal cave before they found what they came for. A ship. A massive space faring ship that had several pulse and ion cannons mounted on each side. A battleship. But this wasn’t the Trinity they were looking for.

On the side the ship read Prometheus and it seemed to be a very fierce ship.

“Whoa.” Said Rainbow, Nano, and Twilight.

“That’s not the Trinity though.” Said Rainbow.

“I-its not?”

“No the Trinity was way bigger.”

“…Let’s keep moving. Golem knows if the Trinity can take Utopia.”

There was a moment of silence as they make their way around the battleship.

“Golem?” asked Rainbow.

Golem was done with his assignment. He was given another human realm. Only they believed in many gods. So all he needed to do is play god and they united under one banner. Some resisted so he went there personally. And after walking through spears and swords without a drop of blood the kings of the other realms pledged their allegiance to ‘The god of peace and light’.

‘Golem?’ Said a voice inside his head.

‘Who’s golem?’

“I am.”

‘Whoa what was that?!’

“Rainbow what’s wrong?” Said Twilight.

“I-I don’t know I just heard a voice in my head. It said ‘I am.’” Rainbow was just confused and dumbfounded. Nano caught on.

“Rainbow I want you to say go to Nano.”

‘Go to Nano.’

…Ok? Why is this voice in my head saying to go to Nano? Maybe I should check up on her after all. Should I bring Utopia with me?

Golem God went on his way to the ships star core. When he got there he knelt down and preyed for ‘mother.’ To allow him passage to the realm where Nano Swarm was.

“She must be in trouble.” He reasoned with a star…??? “Someone has spoken to me.”

‘Yes my child.’

“M-mother?” Golem said in disbelief. Utopia has never spoken directly to any specialist. It has only given out impulses and commands that were wordless. Like when you know you’re hungry or know what food you would want to eat at that moment. It only sent ideas that you know weren’t yours. But it was never direct with words.

“Y-you spoke to me?”

‘The great library calls you. Go and learn.’

“W-what? Yes mother.” He starts to head to the great library of Utopia then stops and asks. “What of Nano?”

‘She can wait. Quickly now child.’

“Umm Nano?” Said Rainbow. “Why did you have me say that?”

“Because my friend Golem might come. We can have a little get together you know?” She grinned. “Also he’s a specialist so he knows how to deal with governments and stuff. Right now I can’t convince ponies to accept humans because me and my dad seemed violent and sinful. Golem is my exact opposite in a way.” She shuddered when she thought about it.

“Umm something wrong?” Said Twilight.

“Oh I just felt a great disturbance in the force.” Said Nano.

“THE RENISANCE IS FACINATING!” Shouted Golem as he goes through the archives of the Utopian great library. “Aw I like their wardrobe.”

“Oh god I think Golem found something to annoy me with.” Said Nano with horror on her face.

“Oh? You can hide out with me.” Said Rainbow with a silly grin. “Well you know if Pinkie Pie doesn’t drive you insane first.”

“Pinkie is awesome! Just a little hyper…Golem…” Her face began to sour. “That fucking pixie.” She whispered to herself. Rainbow and Twilight let her forge ahead while they shrugged.

They continued around the Prometheus and observe the areas around it. To their horror there wasn’t just a battleship in the crystal cave. There was an entire space battalion of Cosmonaut frigates and battleships. Only Nano was able to see all of this before Rainbow and Twilight. She stood there with a look of horror on her face while Rainbow and Twilight looked at it confused. Until Twilight increased the amount of magic in her horn and it light up more of the cave. They were in a very large cavern.

Now they understand. They all looked at the massive ship in the center of it all. On its side partially buried in stone and diamond. ‘Trinity’

“Holy shit.” Said Nano Swarm.

“…Yea.” Responded Rainbow.

“WE NEED TO WARN THE PRINCESS!” Said Twilight.

“Well I admit it is…Impressive. But that may be a bit too soon of an assumption this is dangerous. I mean yea someone built the Trinity after I like…Ate it…” She looked at the ‘What the fuck?’ expressions on Rainbow and Twilight. “What? Ok if you want absorbed.”

“Well how?” Asked Twilight.

“What?”

“How did you absorb it? It’s ten times bigger than you!”

“Density stuff. You wouldn’t understand because you don’t study the workings of the universe.”

“Friendship is the workings of the universe.” Twilight deadpanned.

Nano started to giggle. “You call friendship a form of science? That’s funny.” She started to laugh out loud.

“I’M SERIOUS!” retorted Twilight.

“BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! Y-YOU’RE SERIOUS?! HAHAHA LET ME LAUGH EVEN HARDER! HAHAHAHA!”

“STOP ITS NOT FUNNY!” Her horn started to glow even brighter.

“HAHAHAHAHA!”

“I SAID STOP!” She fired a VERY powerful beam of magic at Nano Swarm’s face. On impact it seemed to explode and had the force to take down fortress walls. “NANO!” Twilight’s voice was now distressed and worried.

When the smoke clears Nano was burning holes in Twilight’s soul with eyes of rage.

“N-Nano? A-are you ok?” Said Twilight worried. Rainbow was concentrating on the text that was showing up in here vision.

‘RUN RUN RUN! GET OUT OF THERE YOU STUPID PONY!’

“Twilight…” Said Rainbow very calmly. “RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!” She and Twilight took off running toward the entrance of the cave.

They kept running and running. With a ticked off Nano Swarm speeding after them. The ground below her feet seemed to almost disappear as she gathered up more material. When she was at a reasonable distance she started to collapse the ceiling. Twilight and Rainbow dogged each bolder that fell from the cave walls.

“Ah a new wardrobe.” Said Golem to himself.

Golem was standing in the center of the Utopia. He chose not to fully convert to a classical kind of style…However he kept the Utopia dress code (that he made up) and made a tux with golden silk and a…gold top hat…and a golden cane…

“Ah perfect!” Exclaimed Golem in satisfaction

Nano Swarm was about to just stop chasing Twilight and just explode her by harvesting her bones but stopped with a shudder as she felt an even greater disturbance in the force. Rainbow noticed this and stopped to look back at Nano.

“RAINBOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! RUN!” Shouted Twilight. Then she noticed Nano Swarm’s pale expression. “W-what?”

“Oh god no.” She whispered. “OH GOD NO! NO NO NO NO NO! RAINBOW QUICK SAY GOLEM SHOULDN’T COME!”

“Umm why?”

“JUST DO IT! HE WILL DOOM US ALL!”

“Who are we talking about?”

Nano Swarm noticed the odd devices in the cave. They were humanoid. But machines. They were in the thousands and some even moved around while Nano was chasing Twilight and Rainbow.

‘Control course of action required.’

‘Hold position. They are not threats yet.’

‘Affirmative.’

Nano Swarm then noticed the moving objects in the background. She was so engrossed with trying to kill Twilight she didn’t notice them. Until now that is. She broke out of her trance and scanned the room.

“Nano? What’s going on?” Said Rainbow.

“Something is out there…A lot of something.” Nano said with worry in her voice.

“We should go.” Said Twilight.

“Yea…we should.”

‘The black one is aware of us.’

‘Let them go. They have no power over us at this moment. Prepare the fleet.’

‘It will be done.’

‘I hope I don’t scare Rainbow too badly when I appear.’

The trio make their way back to their rooms. Twilight headed toward the throne room to meet up with Luna. Being night Luna was in charge of Canterlot. Twilight was let in to the throne room where Luna sits on the throne looking bored. Her attitude lightens up to see Twilight.

“Hello Twilight Sparkle. How will the princess of the night help thou?”

“Princess!” Said Twilight with a panicked expression. This unsettled Luna. “T-there’s something in the castle underground tunnels! There are ships and…well what Nano said were called frigates.”

“What? Ships? I must investigate this. Thank you Twilight Sparkle. I will learn the nature of our-“

*BOOOOOOOOOOOM*

A massive exposition shook the mountain city of Canterlot so violently it was able to shake all ponies out of bed. Even Celestia found herself on the floor after the violent explosion and shake of unknown origin.

The Trinity rises out of the ground with fleets of frigates and battleships on each of its flanks. It rose from the mountainside below Canterlot leaving as if it was a hanger and the large fleet rose out of the ground. That isn’t the only place ships came from. All around the plains and mountains that lined the base of Canterlot also opened up to expose even more space born ships.

Nano Swarm and Rainbow Dash were accompanying each other when this happened. Rainbow shot into the air and Nano stood firmly on the ground as if it hasn’t bothered her.

“What the fuck?” Said Nano. She couldn’t see the ships but she knew they were the cause. She allowed the swarm to show her images rather than letting her feel around and what she saw was astonishing.

An entire space fleet was beginning to leave the atmosphere. Some have already left but some stayed behind.

“WHAT THE FUCK!” She repeated herself.

“WHAT THE HAY?!” Said Rainbow at the same time as Nano Swarm.

‘Wait’ Thought Nano. ‘These are pony made? No ponies can’t build ships like this so they can’t be.’ She stood there in thought until something popped into her head and she spoke it out loud. “Cole”

“W-what?” Rainbow obviously heard her.

“John Cole made this. He was at war with the Alliance when he came to your world…This must be his attempt to save his nation…However the link between this world and his is cut because of me.”

“W-wait.” Staggered Rainbow. “H-he’s a soldier?”

“General. The best too. I’m going to have fun defeating his army.”

Nano Swarm jumped up into the air and flew as high as she could.

“WAIT!” Called out Rainbow after her.

Nano Swarm took no notice to Rainbow Dash’s plea for her to stop her charge. She had an oddity to remove. She collected enough material for one ship…One grand ship that she and Sky Rider both worked on for a long time. Turmoil helped design the turrets that fired beam weapons on each side. Eight batteries of weapons that had the power of a star. Eight on each side of the ship.

A shield generator designed by Binary. A engine made by Sky Rider. Material provided by Nano Swarm. And one user needed to wield such power. A battleship named Zenith.

Nano Swarm took no delay in creating the ovular ship. It took a few minutes for it to fully form and as it did the ships of Cole’s fleet noticed the great golden entity forming in front of them that light up the night sky.

“General Cole. A ship is forming in the sky. Course of action.” Said and artificial voice.

A close up on the ship in question appeared on the screen in the control room of the Trinity.

“W-what is that?” Said John Cole who sat in his chair.

“General Cole the ship is forming into what we believe is a titan class destroyer vessel.”

“What? It’s not big enough.”

“The energy readings of the vessel show it can withstand and destroy a Titan vessel. It may as well be a legendary Dreadnaught class.”

“…Open fire.”

“NANO!” Screamed Rainbow Dash. She was unaware of the princess of the sun beside her staring in amazement, not at the fleet…But at the Zenith. Its magical readings show it has the ability to be a star. And Celestia could feel it.

The ships of Cole’s fleet attacked the Zenith and that included the Trinity’s forward cannons.

The Zenith may not have been fully formed yet but it still was able to with stand everything thrown at it. In fact it seemed to get more powerful the more it was engaged.

“UTOPIA MAY NOT BE HERE! BUT ITS GOLDEN LIGTH STILL SHINES THROUGH YOUR HULL!” Screamed Nano Swarm as the eight batteries open up on the right side of the ship. Cutting eight of the fleets’ frigates in half like a warm knife on butter.

The ships collapse with molten hulls to the ground and metal bends and twists on impact with the ground. Now the left batteries open up and the same fate meets the eight ships over to Zenith’s left.

“Easy.” Said Nano to herself, she spots the Trinity and makes the ship move toward it.

“Harvest the remains. Leave no trace of foreign involvement.”

To Cole’s horror not only did this golden ship destroy sixteen of his ships even before it was finished forming entirely, but it was harvesting the hulls of all the ships it destroyed. And somehow it was able to condense those hulls into its limited space. Cole was terrified as the golden ship headed toward the Trinity.

“Oh fuck.”

“Take out all the other ships and leave the Trinity alone. I have business.” Said Nano Swarm to the Zenith.

‘Yes creator.’

Nano Swarm appears outside of the hull of Zenith and she flies over to the Trinity. Only to have its anti air batteries open up on her. She shrugs off every hit and continues to fly without trouble. Then she finds the bridge and flies right into it at super sonic speeds.

*CRASH*

“OH SHIT!” Exclaimed John Cole as he jumps back in his seat.

“Hi pops.” Said Nano Swarm. “You’re coming with me.”

She looks around the bridge and finds crew members with artificial intelligence. They are all bipedal robots that have very lanky natures. They were very humanoid and all had a repetitive color scheme of black.

“Umm…Isn’t AI warfare illegal?” Asked Nano.

“Well.” Cole scratched the back of his head. “Yea but it is a necessary step to destroy the Alliance.”

*POP*

“JOHN COLE!” Shouted Celestia who looked enraged. “NO ONLY HAVE YOU DESTERBED THE PEACE BUT YOU’VE WOKEN ME AND ALL OF CANTERLOT! AND INVADED THE EQUESTRIAN SKIES!”

“Calm down Celest-AUGH!” Cole couldn’t complete his sentence as he was thrown up against the wall.

“YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!” She said angrily. Then she made a grateful smile toward Nano Swarm. “Thank you Nano. I will take over from here.”

“Nope.” Said Nano calmly and doesn’t look at anything because she’s blind…-.-. Confusing Celestia.

“W-what?” She said.

“You can’t have him as a prisoner because he will get out like last time. Besides he could just clone himself again and the whole issue will begin again. I suggest giving him to me. I have more advanced swarm than he does and I can contain him even when he’s not in a cell. I also don’t sleep so if he tries to escape I can subdue him.”

“Wait but I have power armor and you don’t got any.” Said Cole. “How will-“

“I am heavier than the Trinity…Which I should really get to absorbing again. Please Celestia leave for a bit.”

*pop*

Celestia and Cole disappear.

“Time to get to work.”

Celestia teleports them to the courtyard where guards, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Luna all await them.

“COLE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!” Shouted Rainbow Dash in Cole’s face before Celestia could say anything. She sat back and watched as Rainbow unleashed her wrath.

“Calm down sweetness.” He said with a trollerific smile.

“Shut up! You could have collapsed Canterlot!”

“I love you to?”

“J-JUST SHUT UP! You’ve been hurting ponies since day one! Namely me!”

“And you have an awesome new friend to show from it. I mean look how the Trinity is just being eaten up!”

They look up in the sky and see the Trinity folding inside out and growing smaller. Once its gone Nano Swarm flies down to meet them.

“Damn girl!” Said Cole. “I thought you’d at least show some extra weight after absorbing my ship but…Damn!” She notices the scowl that isn’t really directed at anyone.

“I’ve come to fix whatever was wrong with this universe. Turns out its not collapsing…Just something that doesn’t belong. Namely you Cole.” She said to no one in particular but still looked in Cole’s direction.

“A-are you blind?”

“Yea.”

“Then how did you find your way here?”

“You know how the swarm can send you data about your surroundings?”

“Oh I get it. Nice. Wait you’re my clone aren’t you?”

“Yea but I’m nothing like you…Save the sadistic sense of humor.” She said with mischievous glee all wrapped up in a smile.

“Nice. I always loved that from myself.”

“Ok but I have Rainbow’s DNA so technically I’m not you…I’m actually your daughter.” Cole puts his hand on his chin.

“Hmm. Foreseeable foreseeable.” He nodded his head. “So what now?”

“I take you back to your world…Or I make you a Utopian.”

“A what?”

“When you where indisposed I absorbed the Trinity and it almost took my life. A guy by the name of Impulse took me in and took the material away from me and put it in his inter-dimensional ship called Utopia. I became the Nano Swarm specialist. He eventually named me Nano Swarm. I had no idea who I was back then so I accepted his commands for most of my life.”

“Did he ask for sex?” Asked Cole. Everyone gasped or had a look of disgust or horror because of how rude he sounded.

“No actually. Anyway we call ourselves specialists because we are masters of our trade. We are known as Utopian’s as well since we live in Utopia the ship that gets us places. There are three courses of action I can take. I can kill you now.” Everyone looks at her in horror. “I can make you a specialist. Or I can return you to your home.”

“What about saying in Equestria and living as a family?” Asked Cole. “Now that I know I have a daughter I don’t really feel like leaving.”

“I have duties to attend to and so do you. Also ponies aren’t ready to meet humans. You were proof of that. If you stay you will create unrest. If you leave we can put you where you belong. And with me here I can undo your damage.”

“Damage?” Said Cole Skeptically.

“You tore holes in the cliff side…Canterlot is lucky it still hangs onto the mountain as if nothing was wrong. I’ve got to fix that.”

“Oh…Shit.”

“Also I need to remove Rainbow’s Swarm.”

“Oh-WHAT!?!” Shouted Cole which made the guards flinch ready to attack. “T-that would be painful!”

“Not when I do it. My swarm is updated pops. Mine doesn’t cause pain when its in someone’s else’s body.”

“Damn. Ok then fix up Rainbow.”

“Already have. You notice you can’t connect to her again?”

“W-what are you-“ a look of horror appeared on his face before being cut off.

“Don’t lie. The text in her vision is all you. After a failure of cloning yourself you tried again after fixing the Trinity. Rainbow’s need to see me again before emerging was a way for you to transfer your knowledge back into the new body. I almost became you.”

“WHAT!” Shouted Rainbow in rage. “YOU WERE IN MY HEAD THIS WHOLE TIME!”

“And that’s why I knew you wouldn’t be harmed. Because I would protect you.” He said with an innocent smile. This made Rainbow do a double take.

“W-what?”

“Seriously get intimate later. We have your life to talk about.”

“Oh yea sorry.”

“So yea now that that’s done. I’m going to surround you with my swarm. If you try to form or absorb something you will fail. I have already harvested the nanobots you had and will harvest more if you try to make them.”

“Umm sure…” he whispered ‘Dammit’ under his breath. Only Nano caught it.

“All right Celestia now he’s safe for you to hold him if you so chose.”

“Thank you Nano Swarm. I’ll take it from here.”

(I feel I may have rushed this. But what ever. It’s out now and Cole is back! Let’s see what happens! :D)

Chapter 5: No Pain No Gain

‘Well…my daughter screwed me over…my “marefriend” or rape victim Rainbow has not yet come to see me…And I’m stuck in the Canterlot dungeons…Well at least I have an entertainment system that hasn’t failed me…or at least the data was still saved so I can have some fun I guess.’

Cole sits in his cell. He is alone since not many ponies even think of turning to crime. Then again he couldn’t think of anyone other than him to launch an attack on Canterlot…Not that he was attacking but his force was rather unjustly destroyed.

“Cole?” Said a very VERY familiar voice. Cole spun his head around from looking at the ground to looking to his left where he saw Rainbow Dash accompanied by two guards and princess Celestia.

“R-Rainbow?”

“John Cole.” Said Celestia sternly. “You have disturbed the peace of my kingdom and caused unrest in Canterlot and Ponyville…I have already punished you for your crimes and your death served as your punishment for the unrest in Ponyville. But your latest action requires punishment. And since death is easily avoidable for you…” Her tone grew sad. “We will have to torture you.”

“WHAT!?” Exclaimed Rainbow Dash.

“After your punishment you will be watch over by miss Rainbow Dash. Two guards will be around you at all times and Nano Swarm is to stop by and check up on you.”

“W-with me?”

“Yes with you Rainbow Dash.” Said Celestia on a lighter note. “You’ve had more experience dealing with his antics and no one else is more qualified to make sure he doesn’t get into trouble.”

“Y-yes princess!” Said Rainbow saluting her.

“Now…I must go do something I haven’t done in a long time.” Her horn glows and Cole is lifted off the ground.

The guards open up the cell door and Cole is levitated through it and into the cell block. Celestia carries him through old iron doors at the very end of the long hallway. The guards stay back and guard the door while Rainbow listens carefully. Only to hear the muffled voices of Cole.

‘It’s ok Celestia…I’m a soldier.’ Several moments of silence. Then a very clear blood curdling scream.

Nano Swarm found herself in the company of Twilight Sparkle. She figured out how to make sunglasses and put them on her face in place of just a black piece of fabric covering her eyes. She looked a lot more bad ass…But it was comical to see her wearing sunglasses at night. They were in Nano’s guest room. And the night has not yet surrendered to the sun.

“So Nano tell me more about technology.”

“It’s not for ponies and if I were to start telling you about it you wouldn’t understand.”

“Please? I want to know more about Utopia!”

“Utopia is also called the fortress of the sun. And it is more regal than Celestia…”

“Wow.”

“Imagine being in the presence of the spirit of the sun rather than the alicorn princess…Then again it sounds less amazing. Utopia is light…Not just the sun but the bringer of fortune and light. Utopia chooses children who have had hardships and their pasts shaped them into who they are today.”

“Wait? What? So Utopia has. Some mind of its own? Well I got that but does it really think?”

“It is a city that’s able to not only think and solve problems…But it’s also able to see everything. Utopia knows more about all universes than we specialists do. It will not just simply give us the answers though. We have to find them out on our own.”

“So what exactly does it know?”

“Everything. Any question that can be answered it already knows the answer to.”

“I would really like to meet it.” Said Twilight brightly. Nano Swarm looked into her eyes and saw a curious young mare. She could only imagine how cute she would look as a filly with the amount of curiosity she has…No wonder Celestia likes her so much.

“Twilight.”

“Yea?”

“I could kiss you right now.” Nano Swarm held a mischievous smile while Twilight backed away.

“W-what?”

“Oh never mind.”

“Umm…OOOOKEeeeeyyyyyy” She backed away a bit. ‘d’aww’

“Twi? Did I say something wrong?” Nano sounded on the verge of tears.

“W-what? Oh Nano I’m sorry!”

“It’s ok.” She said in a completely normal tone…LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG!

“Wait you where just-!”

Twilight was interrupted by the door being swung open by Rainbow Dash.

“GUYS!”

“Rainbow what’s wrong?”

“CELESTIA’S TORTURING COLE!”

“W-what? No Celestia would never!”

“She is!”

“She is.” Said Nano nonchalantly.

“W-what?” Stuttered Rainbow. “Y-you know? And you’re not doing anything!”

“Cole had it coming to him. Besides Celestia could do things to him that would make torture look like a way out.” They both gasped in shock.

“N-Nano…” Said Twilight in horror. “H-he’s your father.”

“He also broke two laws and disturbed the peace…The first law was punishable by death in our world…AI soldiers. The second was building ships with Nanobots…Eventually they would consume the entire planet they were set to build ships on. If I didn’t subdue him his army would have eaten Equestria in order to defeat his enemies.”

“N-no.” Said Rainbow.

“I’m sorry Rainbow he has to be punished…Just remember he isn’t a bad person. He forgot the facts of Nanotech after a long time away from it…Well actually he hasn’t known much about Nanotech at all. He only just got it when he met you so he hasn’t been able to learn all the laws and restrictions required for nanotechnology.”

“S-so it’s all a misunderstanding?”

“No…He did disturb the peace…And he did stab you.”

“…” Rainbow says nothing and begins to find the ground very interesting.

“Rainbow…I’ve been in his mind. And I’ve seen enough of yours to understand…Twilight leave us.”

“Why? My friend is hurting and I want to-”

“GET OUT!” Shouts Nano Swarm, bringing Rainbow back to her senses and Twilight slowly backed out of the door.

“What the hay Nano!” Exclaimed Rainbow.

“You love Cole don’t you?”

Rainbow’s mind went blank, and so did her face. “…”

“You love him don’t you?” said Nano in a caring voice.

“…Yes.”

“He loves you.”

“N-no he doesn’t.”

“Rainbow I am Cole’s clone. Born of his DNA mixed with yours. I also have all of his memories of what happened here. I also have memories of his feelings toward you.”

“…” In this moment of silence Rainbow’s heart felt lighter and warmer.

“He loves you.”

“He does?”

“Yes.”

“What should I do? I-I’ve never asked a colt on a date before.”

“You won’t really need to with Cole. Just tell him he loves you and he’ll turn it into a joke…So kiss him before he says anything and he’ll make a cute joke.” Said Nano with a sly smile and a wink that was only noticeable with her head movement.

“What kind of cute joke?”

“I dunno maybe ‘It took you long enough baby.’ Or something like that. Then again if I’m right and he does say that hit him in the chest and say Nano said he’d say that.”

Rainbow chuckles. “Really?”

“Yea now go to him. Celestia’s almost done with him then he’s all yours.”

“Oh ponyfeathers! Cole’s being tortured! And I’m here doing nothing!”

“Shhhhhh. Just go. Don’t act on what Celestia has done…I’ll take care of that. Just go get yourself a boyfriend.” Said Nano with a caring smile.

In the Canterlot torture chamber, Celestia uses her magic to make Cole feel the heat of the sun throughout his entire body. Of course his nerves are sending false data to his brain where its being processed as unimaginable pain, the magic is also keeping him awake and keeping his brain from being too overwhelmed from the pain. A normal man without honed magical protection from a goddess would have died from the injuries

“AAAAAAH PLEASE GAAAW STOP!”

“NO! IT PAINS ME TO DO THIS BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ARE IT HAS TO BE DONE!”

Rainbow Dash and Nano Swarm speed passed Twilight who was waiting outside the door. Their destination was the torture chamber in Canterlot dungeons.

“How long will Cole last?” asked Nano

“I-I don’t know I’ve never seen him in pain before!” responded Rainbow.

“THIS WILL MAKE SURE YOU NEVER HURT MY PONIES AGAIN!”

“YOUR PONIES WILL NEED PROTECTION FROM YOU! YOU TIRANT!” Shouted Cole as waves of pain spread throughout his body.

They continue to speed down the halls of Canterlot castle. Servants and guards watch them sprint by. Worried looks appear on the servants faces. Some of the newer guards even join them in fear that hey are responding to a threat. They heard of the bipeds actions that ‘saved Equestria’ and they believed Nano to be in some form a hero.

“Ma’am. What’s going on?” Said a guard catching up to Nano Swarm’s right side.

“Return to your post! I have the situation under control!”

“Yes ma’am?”

“OH GOD WHY! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!”

“I-I’m sorry.” Celestia was on the brink of tears. It’s been nearly a thousand years when she had to do this. And she’s never brought this much pain to any of her subjects when they needed to be corrected.

“THIS IS A RESTRICTED-oof” Shouted a guard outside the dungeons, before Nano Swarm threw him against the wall and knocked him unconscious.

Rainbow hesitated for a moment to see if the guard was ok, only to have Nano pick her up and continue sprinting down the cobblestone steps into the dark dungeons below. She set Rainbow down and continued down the hall and found the great iron door with Cole’s screams coming out from the other side. The guards defending it moved to intercept her but she brought their heads together with force when they were in range.

“Rainbow hurry up!”

“Let’s go sa-” Rainbow was cut off with a hand holding her mouth closed.

“Rainbow under no circumstances will you enter that room before I do. And under no circumstances will you tell anyone what I’m about to do. Do you understand me?” Nano Swarm’s stern voice put fear into Rainbow and she was unable to nod in response…Or move.

‘AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH OH GOD!’

Nano Swarm took a fighting stance. Then she brought her hands in front of her and as if she were using an invisible force brought them upward…Then a crack and rip of flesh echoed throughout the room behind the iron doors…Silence…only to be accompanied by a sob. At which point Nano Swarm crashes the iron doors down with her foot.

Before them is Cole tied to a table…covered in his own blood and it was sprayed everywhere. Celestia was shaking in the corner horrified that she has done so much damage. Celestia looked toward them in shock and horror when she realized Rainbow Dash was with Nano…

“CELESTIA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!” Screamed Rainbow.

“RAINBOW STAY HERE!” Shouted Nano as she ran up to the table holding down Cole.

Nano Swarm lifted her hands above his body and got to work with cleaning and sealing his wounds. Took about thirty seconds. When she was done Cole let fresh air in his lungs that he couldn’t breathe before with the amount of blood in his lungs.

“Ok Rainbow…Go to him.”

Rainbow dashed her way across the room and slammed head long into Cole as he sits up from being released from the straps. He was wearing his light combat armor but the upper body was removed. Rainbow and Cole sat there embracing each other. Nano Swarm had business to attend to however.

“Celestia…I’m disappointed.”

“I-I I’m sorry.” Celestia was tearing up in the corner. Rainbow hasn’t noticed the state of the sun princess yet.

“Celestia go to your quarters. Ignore the guards I had to get through to come here.”

“O-ok.”

Celestia starts to leave before Nano stops her and removes the blood from her coat.

“So you don’t scare anyone.”

“T-thank you Nano.” She said in a calmer voice. She starts to head back out but is stopped again. Nano points at Rainbow and Cole now deep in their own world…and each others lips.

Celestia could not believe her eyes.

“It took them this long to realize what they had.” Said Nano. “Run along child.”

Celestia would have been insulted if she hadn’t found Nano seemingly wiser and more powerful than her. She left at a brisk pace.

“Cole…”

“Rainbow.”

“You know I love you right?”

“Clearly…You’re into bestiality.”

“Shut up!”

“Its ok Rainbow…I’m into it to. And I love you too.”

“C-Cole?” He presses his lips to her and they go into a deep passionate kiss.

“Hey can I interrupt you guys for a moment?” Said Nano. They both look up at her.

“Sure shoot.” Responded Cole.

“Ok I want you to join in but only when you KNOW when you have too…” he looks confused.

“sure?”

Nano takes off her sun glasses. “Looks like Celestia’s been…” She puts them on. “Traumatized.”

Cole almost gasps but then. “YHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” and completely startling Rainbow Dash.

Twilight paces outside Nano Swarm’s room. She sees Celestia trotting by.

“Celestia! I-I heard Rainbow said you tortured Cole. But I don’t believe it because you’re Celestia and Celestia would never do that.” She said reassuringly. It practically tore Celestia’s heart apart.

“I-I’m sorry Twilight. But it is true…I did cause harm to Cole.” She said sadly.

Twilight took a few moments to register what she said. “I’m so sorry Celestia. I didn’t know.” She looked at the ground ashamed.

“It’s ok my faithful student. This is my crime. Not yours.” She trotted away leaving a bewildered Twilight in her wake.

“What just happened?” Twilight spoke to herself. Nano Swarm came down the hall Celestia came from with Rainbow and Cole following close behind.

“Cole you’re ok!”

“Yea yea. I just need to sleep…Been a long day.”

“I’ll join you.” Said Rainbow. After getting a kiss on he cheek from Cole they headed into Nano’s room.

“Yea I don’t mind if you use that…Not like I sleep anyway.” Nano deadpanned as she follows Celestia.

“That was the point.” Said Cole after he collapsed on the large bed.

“So what happened?” Asked Twilight.

“Oh well I exploded in a bloody mess and Nano saved me. Then Rainbow the angel she is kissed me and now we’re dating I guess.”

“…” flabbergasted Twilight. “Dating?”

“Yep!” announced Rainbow as she kisses Cole again to prove her point.

“wow…That’s unexpected.”

“I thought so too…I thought she wouldn’t like me like that.” Said Cole.

“I didn’t think you felt the same way.” Said Rainbow.

Celestia was balling in her bed. Nano had some problems with the guards outside so it took a while for her to get in…By a while I meant two extra seconds.

“Celestia you really should give me free access to all area’s of the castle or the guards will end up finding black outs at random intervals through their shifts.”

“D-did you hurt them?”

“No just deactivated them…In a sense.”

“How?” Celestia took on a sterner tone but her tears still showed in her eyes.

“Made them unaware of time and in a way made them stand there unconscious.”

“I trust the state isn’t harmful?”

“It isn’t.”

“Good.”

“Celestia I want none of that ever again.” It was Nano’s turn to take on the stern approach.

“W-what?”

“You dare harm another creature and I will tare your heart out of your body. You will not torture another creature no matter where it came from! Do you understand me Celestia?” She said in a hostile tone.

“W-why are you-?”

“Because you’re not the only one who wants peace…But even I know that this was too far. You weren’t thinking clearly were you? You didn’t see the signs that what you did was all just misplaced rage or bias against a new creature? You live in a land of peace Celestia. Anything new that can disrupt that peace you take offence to. Cole was no exception in this matter.”

“…”

“I will raise the sun for you. Get some sleep. You need it. I’ll wake you late morning after I speak to Luna. She probably doesn’t know what happened yet.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“Sleep star child.” Said Nano in a motherly soft voice. “The sun will rise with me. And you will need your sleep. Don’t worry about those who you’ve hurt today. They will live and forget. I will make sure of it.”

(Well its well over 100 degrees...FUCK ILLINOIS!)