A Mind Of Steel

A Mind Of Steel

Ch. 1: Too Smart/The Start of the War

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP. I do own my OC's

***Prelude***

In an alternate Realm of Equestria, where technology was somewhat advanced (cars, computers, nuclear bombs, etc.), in a city known as Onager (Latin word for pony), a teal blue earth pony walked down the street. He had a red and blue colored mane and tail. The blue of his hair was somewhat darker than his coat separating the two very well.  His name was Net Work. He had a somewhat stoic expression on his face mixed with annoyance. His statement confirmed this point.

"Why do I bother?" he mumbled, "If your going to build a nuclear powered engine that reverses the forces of gravity to increase speed then DON'T. INTERUPT. THE COOLING PROCESS!" He emphasized each word as he spoke, receiving a few strange glances from other pony's.

One of the only problems with Net was that he was too smart for his own good. He could turn a simple question into a worldwide trivia. He would rather spend time with a machine than with real creatures.

"Oh well." he said, "I guess it could be wor...AAAHH! YECH!" while he spoke, a 1962 Chevy Pilot Extreme 360 (is that a thing?) drove straight through a puddle of water.  Of course-per the agreement that funny stories must have slapstick comedy in them-the water was sent flying onto the already upset stallion.

"That's it!" he yelled.  He grabbed his phone as quickly as possible and flashed a picture of the license plate. He headed for home as fast he could.  When he got home he went straight to his computer after drying his hooves. He opened it and started doing a few very complicated things. First he hacked the local DMV.  He found the car and it's location.  He was even able to use the car as a digital bridge to hack the phone that idiot left in his vehicle. Net then hacked the cameras closest to the scene. Whoever was in the car had stopped at a store.

"Now for you to learn some manners hot shot." he said with a grin. he hacked the car's controls and sent it forward crashing into an empty car.  After a few minutes, the owners for both cars came to the sight with gaping mouths. "HAHAHAhahaha...he..he...p...p...priceless!" he attempted to say as he watched the two car owners yell at each other.

He kept laughing until he saw something on the camera.  It was a black unicorn with a grey mane and tail. He was using magic to jimmy open the door to another vehicle.  Net could only assume that the car did not belong to him.  It was obvious once the pony started messing with the wires of the car.

"oh no you don't." Net Work said as he began typing again. he hacked the car but could not do anything because the pony had already gotten to a public road. If the car crashed at that moment then it would hit somepony.

"hmmm..." Net Work thought, "hmmmmmmmmmm...I GOT IT!" he exclaimed. He searched for the most likely route that was to be taken. He found where the car jacker was most likely going. The path passed a construction site. Nate sent an anonymous tip to the police and hacked a another empty vehicle.  Net Work drove it straight into one of the bulldozers.  It was on an incline, and gravity had decided to overcome the brakes.  It headed for a crane which began to fall.  The crane then knocked over a tree that landed right in front of the stolen car stopping the criminal.  Soon the police got there and pried him out.

"Well. I think I've done my good deed for the day." Net Work got up, ate some dinner, and went to bed content. Little did he know that his services would be needed for something bigger.

"Shut Up!"

"No! I have a right to speak my mind, unlike you vagabonds!"

"And stop using big words just to embarrass me!"

"You don't need my help for that!"

This argument takes place in a top secret facility of which no pony knows the location of or just isn't allowed to tell. The representatives of the Pegasus were arguing with the representatives of the Unicorns. General Feather Breaker, an orange coated Pegasus with a black mane and tail, was in a heated debate with Lord Dusk Till Dawn, a unicorn who had a unique coat that alternated between colors continuously as well as his mane and tail.

"General. Calm yourself!" declared the Pegasus Governor, Sliver Strike, "we must handle this in a peaceful manner."

"Why!?" retorted the furious general, "You know as well as I do that these... these... wizards want access to that area merely because it is close to one of our power stations!"

"I cannot admit to knowing such a thing general!" he pulled Feather Breaker aside out of ear shot, "To admit that could start another war between the Pegasus and Unicorns."

"If we let them access that land they will take out our base. They've done it before."

The Governor looked at Breaker with sad eyes and asked, "do we have any strong evidence of that?"

It was the Generals turn to become quiet. After a moment he replied sadly, "no."

After a moments silence the doors to the room burst open.  A Pegasus messenger came flying in declaring, "THE UNICORN SOLDIERS ARE ATTACKING THE BASE!"

In an instant the Unicorns in the room used their magic to silence the messenger.  They would have attacked the other Pegasi if they had not been outnumbered.  They used a spell to temporarily blind the soldiers before rushing out.

"TRAITOR! COME BACK!" yelled Feather Breaker in a rage as he was unable to view anything at the moment.

After everypony had gotten their sight back they went to the battle outside. Unfortunately, the Unicorn representatives had already left. Their soldiers had stayed to fight. Bullets sailed through the air and feathers flew through the sky. The Unicorns were outnumbered but they put up a great fight.

"Just like in the old town huh bud?!" yelled Silver Strike.

"You and I remember the old town very differently!" replied Feather Breaker, "and I think you owe me an apology!"

"Fine!  You were right!" yelled Silver as he shot down three Unicorns, "This one's on me."

"Your darn right!"

They continued to fight off the invaders until a cry from behind alerted them both, "THERE'RE COMING FROM BEHIND!"

Silver Strike turned around, but not in time. the last thing he saw was a fire blast spell shaped like a spear head for his stomach region. As Feather Breaker saw the scene the world slowed down around him. he galloped to his life long friend who now lay on the ground.

"NO! SILVER!" he yelled as tears began to form in his eyes, "stay with me! come on! stay with me!"

Silver opened his mouth and used all his might to say, "do...don't...don't waste... yo... your life."

Feather Breaker began to shake, "I... I won't"

Silver smiled before his body went limp.

"NOOOO!" yelled the General. As explosions began to sound around him, he picked up Silver's body and began to run with the other soldiers to a secret passage that would lead away from the base. he ran through the passage with all his might, all the while saying to himself, "stay with me buddy. we'll make it out. I'll get you out of here."

-the next day-

"So doc..." said an impatient General to a green earth pony with a brown mane and tail, "is... is he going to make it?"

the doctor looked at him unsure, "I.. I don't know. the machines he's hooked up to should keep him alive for a few weeks but..." he trailed off.

"But what?" asked Breaker.

"...we have a device.  It was invented by an brilliant mare.  The device was designed to restore tissue and heal any organism."

"ok, then hook him up. what's so hard about that?"

"The last test subjects were... destroyed. and that's putting in nicely. we can't figure out how to work the matrix. the only chance we have is that you find some pony with the knowledge to work such a machine. some pony who can... how should I put it... hack the system"

"I'll find him. Whatever it takes."

Feather Breaker left the room not before glancing out the window at the sight of smoke far off in the distance where a Base once stood.

"If it's a fight you want. It's fight you'll get."