The Unique

Sunny Flare opened her eyes and gasped. She lifted her body off the ground and coughed. A pain had spontaneously formed in her head, causing her to wince. She felt as if something was wrong. She lifted her head and looked around in a daze, seeing nothing. When squinting her eyes more she could make out shadows in the dark.

She looked at her clothes and saw herself in the normal Agency attire. A Bullet proof suit and leggings under a black jacket and black cargo pants. Every agent had a slightly different design to their clothes to know it belongs to them. Her clothes were dark blue with a patch of pink on her shoulders.

She looked around again and saw nothing. It was a dark and empty void. The only thing she could see were small white dots scattered through the void . She wondered where she was and started to panic.

“Hello?” She said, standing up.

“Ronin? Bonbon? Madame?” Sunny said with worry.

CLIK-CLIK-CLIK

Sunny turned her head towards the source of the sound and saw nothing. The white dots grew brighter in the shadows. Some began to sparkle.

“Who’s there?”

CLIK-CLIK-CLIK-CLIK

Sunny heard the noise again and turned around. Her eyes widened when she saw a human figure looking at her. Or at least she assumed it was looking at her.

It’s face was was featureless and as black as the void. It’s body on the other hand had bizarre colors spread around in clusters. Sunny looked at its chest and focused her eyes on the clusters on the figure. Staring at them, she quickly realized the figure had galaxies all around his body.

Sunny screamed when it leaned its head forward and stared at her with its empty face. She backed up and tripped on nothing, causing her to fall to the floor. She flailed her arms in an attempt to fix herself but failed. When she landed, she found herself in a completely different environment, nothing like the void.

She groaned from the fall and lifted her head back up. Her eyes focused on the new environment and took in the new details. Blue and purple crystals lined the walls. They sparkles and glistened, reflecting her face as she stared at all of them. Behind her she suddenly heard a cracking sound and turned her head. That was when she saw it. A crystal unlike the ones on the walls. She stood up and stared at the bizarre crystal with confusion. It was a light blue heart-shaped crystal that hovered in place above a flattened crystal stump. The crystal pulsed and made her ears vibrate. It took her a second to realize it was in tune with her heartbeat.

She stared at the crystal for a long time unsure of what to do. Every second that passed she felt the need to get closer to the crystal. She took a step without realizing what she was doing and fell into a trance. The crystal called for her to approach it. Quiet whispers echoed into her head, beckoning her to move. She followed its call and stood right in front of the crystal. She stood there in silence, not knowing why she was moving towards it.

She could still hear the crystal call for her. Only this time it was saying one thing.

“Touch. Touch. Touch. Touch. Touch. Touch.” The voice of a thousand whispers said. Not wanting to upset whatever was talking she raised her hand and reached for the crystal with her finger. She stopped her reach a few inches in front of the crystal and began to her hesitate. She knew from her training that something was wrong. She shouldn’t be listening to the voices. She shouldn’t be this close to it at all. But the thousand of whispers pushed deeper into her head. She winced as she felt a migraine form in her head.

Recovering quickly, she stared at the crystal heart and thought about what to do. Not wanting to continue feeling the pain in her head, she hesitantly poked the crystal with her finger. When she touched the crystal, the spot she laid her finger on glowed and vibrated. Her eyes grew concerned and quickly pulled her finger away from the crystal. However, the crystal zapped her finger and magnetized it to its surface. it grabbed her, pulling her towards it.

She screamed in fear as she was pulled closer to the crystal. She desperately tried to pull her hand away from the crystal but failed. She put her other hand on her wrist and pulled as hard as she could. The crystal I wrapped around her hand and covered both her hands in crystal. She quickly found herself inable to move away. The crystal travelled down her arms, reaching her body and proceeding to cover her clothes.

She was scared. The crystal was trapping her like a bug in a spider web. It didn’t take long for the crystal to envelop her entire body, leaving her face uncovered.

She screamed and shook her head in attempt to break free but to no avail. Then the crystal covered her face, leaving her whole body trapped. Her screams were muffled by the crystal. She closed her eyes in fear and lost control of her breathing.

Then she gasped for air as the environment changed to a more warmer climate. She was suddenly at the beach. She looked at her hands and saw the crystal wasn’t there. She quickly groped her body and was relieved to feel no crystal on her. She laid on the sand under an umbrella. Trees moved behind her from the wind. She looked ahead and saw two figures in the water.

She squinted her eyes and blocked the sunlight with her hand. It was a man. She didn’t know who it was and couldn’t make out any detail on him. The second figure was visibly smaller. A child. She could hear the two of them laugh as they played together.

BREEP-BREEP-BREEP-BREEP

A deep booming sound echoed through the beach. She looked to her left and saw a red crystal eye staring at her . She gasped when she saw how big the eye was and crawled back. The crystal eye flashed before rising into the air. The crystal raised its head thirty feet into the air, staring down at her.

DOOOOOT

It moaned through its closed mouth. Sunny looked at the giant crystal with terror. It’s head was as big as a car, connecting to a light blue dinosaur-like crystal body. The crystal creature stared at her with both its red eyes. Strangely, it didn’t actually have eyes. It’s crystal was colored red at the spot eyes would be. The crystal dinosaur rotated its head at her with curiosity. Sunny stood up and attempted to run. She ran away from the beach, still staring at the crystal creature.

As she ran the environment changed again. She looked at where she ran and hit a wall, her head bounced when she hit the wall, causing her to fall. She closed her eyes and lifted herself up to her feet. She turned her head towards the beach and instead saw another wall. She looked around the room and couldn’t see anything familiar to her. This wasn’t the inside of the agency. She saw a window that revealed a large factory floor with an army of men and woman working on metal. She approached the window and noticed the workers were building something. She watched as one of the workers finished torching a metal casing. She saw him grab a remote on the desk next to him and watched him press multiple buttons on the remote. Sunny stared in awe when the thing began to move, revealing itself to be an arm. A robot arm.

“Thank you, Flint. For allowing your company to take part in this.” A voice behind her said. She turned around and saw Director Canyon shaking hands with a green man.

“I can’t have all the credit. I had help from a partner company when building these. Though, I must ask. Why tell me to build them?”

“So that the Uniques wont be the ones to protect us.” Canyon answered.

The environment turned black and changed scenery. Sunny looked around and found herself inside the Agency. A very different looking Agency. Sunny looked at the empty Agency with amazement. The place looked completely different. The floors were wooden, the rooms were bigger, and the ceiling was higher up. The whole place looked like an underground hotel.

Her amazement was cut short when a buzzing sound echoed through the building. The lights inside suddenly turned off, leaving her standing in the dark. She looked for the source of the buzzing and saw a door illuminated by blue light. She could still see her surroundings and slowly approached the door. She turned the knob and opened the door, revealing it to be tech division. She noticed straight away that tech division was the only room unchanged. She walked inside the room and saw a desk with a single computer that was on. She walked towards the desk and stared at the computer from behind. The computer glowed blue from the screen and a small audible beep repeated from the computer. She walked around the desk and looked at the computer screen.

She stared at the computer and saw the empty blue screen with nothing on it. As she stared at the screen the blue screensaver suddenly vanished, revealing a note-pad. She tensed her eyes in confusion and stared at the computer. Then words started appearing on the screen by itself.

“You’re not supposed to be here.”

She read, the dark tech room vanished while she stared at the computer. She looked up from the computer and was back in the void she found herself in. She looked around the void and stared at the white dots scattered around her. Only now did she realized they were stars. She was in space, yet she could stand and walk. She stared at space and saw stars, gases, asteroids, planets, black holes, quasars, and galaxies. Her mouth dropped at the sight of it all, completely dumbstruck.

She turned around to stare at the space behind her and instead saw nothing. Not a single light. Then the Black began to move. The void warped and spread like advancing tentacles. She raised her head and stared up at the black void and realized it was a living thing. A very tall living thing. Sunny had to assume it was at least 40 ft tall.

She saw the top of the creature and saw it staring at images. They floated up there with it, connected by nothing. She stared at it for a few seconds before it looked down and saw her.

The two of them made eye contact. Sunny felt goosebumps when she stared at its face. It had two big bulbous eyes with four tiny eyes above them. They all stared down at her with curiosity. Her jaw dropped at the sight of its eyes, knowing one creature with that many eyes. She fell to the ground in fear of it and stared at in disgust and terror. It had to be a spider.

The creature crouched down and moved it’s head closer to her. It’s face becoming more visible. She saw its pincer mouth and realized that of all creatures it had to be a giant spider. She froze at the sight of it and grew more shocked when it started to talk.

“Sunny Flare. The crystal doesn’t exist in your realm. Yet it’s chosen you.” It said, somehow speaking perfect English with its big pincers. Sunny gasped and crawled backwards in an attempt to get away. Sunny had never been afraid of spiders till now. The spider watched her and followed her with greater speed. It’s eyes glowed for ten seconds. Sunny felt as if something had just looked inside her mind.

“It’s time for you to wake up, Sunny Flare.” It said, eyes glowing a blinding white. Sunny covered her eyes and squinted from the light.

She opened her eyes and gasped. Rising out of her bed in a sweat. She looked around and saw her room in one piece. She looked at her hands and touched her chest. Everything was fine, she sighed in relief when she didn’t see crystals covering her pajamas. She felt a pain in her head and groaned, rubbing her forehead. She sat in her bed thinking about what she saw. She wondered why she was dreaming like that.

She could hear heavy rain hitting the ceiling above her. She stared out the window and saw a flash of light outside her window, followed by an other-worldly sound.

CH-I-I-I-I-I-RP

Sunny jumped at the noise combined with the lightning outside. She looked at the table beside her bed and grabbed the clock, reading the time. 3:35 in the morning.

CH-I-I-I-I-I-RP

Sunny stared out the window again. Hearing the strange chirping sound repeat like a engine. She grabbed her phone and turned the flashlight mode on. She sprang up from her bed and put on some boots. Grabbing a coat and an umbrella she opened her door and walked passed the hallway. She heard the rain, hit the ceiling hard and hoped she wouldn’t get wet with the umbrella. She reached the living room and looked out the side door window.

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She heard the sound again and unlocked the door. She slowly opened the door and activated the umbrella. The cold chill from outside caused her to shiver. She took a step out the door and looked around her neighborhood. The sound of trash cans knocking over alerted her. She looked to her left and saw a trash can rolling onto the road. She walked over to the trash cans and saw one of them had been bent downwards. She flashed the light towards the trash can and heard a bending inside the trash can.

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She heard the noise inside the trash can and crouched down. Turning off the flashlight on her phone, she put it away in her pocket. To her surprise something was glowing inside the trash can. She heard little crackles and chirps coming from the trash can. She could tell that whatever was in there was scared. Even when she was crouched she couldnt see inside the trash can. She didn’t want to get her knees wet on the wet ground. She brought her hand forward and put it inside the trash can.

She could hear it chirp in fear and move back from seeing her hand. She didn’t know what to do, so she snapped her fingers. The snapping sound from her fingers got the creatures attention. She could see the glow get closer to her.

“It’s okay. I won’t hurt you. I promise.” Sunny said, the rain turning her words into whispers. The creature seemed to have heard her through the rain and slowly approached her hand. Sunny expected to see an injured bird come out of the trash can. But instead she was greeted by a crystal snout belonging to something, sniffing her hand. Her eyes widened when its head poked out of the trash can, rubbing its head on her hand.

“What are you?” Sunny said to herself. She stared at the crystal head and saw two scared purple eyes staring at her. Sunny held the umbrella on her other hand and brought it closer to the crystal creature. The creature stared at the umbrella with curiosity and realized it was blocking the rain. The creature slowly got out of the trash can, revealing its true size.

Sunny stared at it in awe. It was made completely out of crystals with no visible skin in sight. It’s neck and torso was lined with blue bio-luminescent light. It chirped at her again more calmly, still showing fear. Sunny brought her hand up to its head and petted it. The creature reacted to the petting by glowing brighter. It purred like a cat in response to her touch.

Sunny stared at it and noticed its body shape resembled a dinosaur. At the top of its torso were rows of crystals that appeared as spikes. There were two tiny lumps of crystal at the top of its torso. Sunny couldn’t explain what they were and assumed they were just bumps. It stood on two stumpy crystal legs that bared no claws. It’s hands had five claw-like crystals on it. Sunny watched as it clenched it’s claws and retracted it’s claws. It’s tail was wagging left and right from her touch.

She stopped petting its head and pulled her hand away. The creatures purple eyes widened when she stopped. Sunny saw it didn’t have actual eyes, but the purple glow on its head was positioned in the same spot eyes would be. She assumed they were its eyes, Judging by the fact it was staring at her.

A flash followed by lightning, scared the creature. It squeaked in fear and rushed inside the trash can again. Jumped at the sound of the lightning and stumbled. She fell on the ground, getting her pajamas wet.

She groaned from her spot, realizing she’d have to change. The creatures squeaks got her attention when she heard how scared it was. She got back up and stuck her hand in the trash can.

“It’s okay. It’s lightning. It won’t hurt you.” Sunny smiled, trying to calm the creature down. It seemed to work when the creature got out of the trash can. It looked at her with sad puppy eyes. Somehow.

Sunny looked at how scared the creature was and thought of an idea. She snapped her fingers at it and lightly petted it.

“Why don’t you come with me? It’s safer in the house than out here.” Sunny offered. The creature raised its head at her, somehow understanding what she said. It chirped happily at her offer, getting a giggle out of Sunny Flare.

She stood up and held the umbrella firmly under both of them. The creature looked at her with a nervous expression. It wanted to follow her, but it was still scared.

“It’s okay. Its just a few feet. See.” Sunny said, looking at the side door. The creature stared at the door and back at her. It chirped nervously and slowly took a step. The creature eventually walked under the umbrella with Sunny. Sunny smiled and the two of them walked to her house.

She took a step inside with the creature following her. She closed the door and locked it. The creature shivered and rapidly shaked the rain off its crystal body. Sunny quickly protected herself with the umbrella.

The creature chirped happily inside the house. Sunny put away her umbrella and quickly petted it.

“Alright, you’re in my house. Now what?” Sunny asked herself. The creature looked up at her, wagging its tail.

“You need a name.” Sunny said. The creature chirped happily as she pet it.

“Kris? No. I think you’re a boy.” She said, not seeing any gender- specific parts.

“Christian?” Sunny said. The creature raised its head in confusion at the name.

“Naw.” Sunny said, shaking her head. She stared at the creature as she petted it. She listened to its happy chirping in response to her petting and formed an idea.

“How about Chirp?” Sunny suggested. The creature looked at her and chirped. It chirped and chirped, spinning around in a circle. Sunny smiled and petted him.

“Chirp it is.” Sunny said. She stood up and walked through the hallway. Chirp followed her through the hall.

Sunny entered her room and looked in her closet. She picked a new pair of pajamas and started to change. She stopped when Chirp was staring at her with curiosity.

“Turn around.” She commanded.

SKR-R-R-T

He growled, turning around. Sunny watched it turn around and smiled. Quickly changing in to new clothes, she crawled into her bed and turned her phone on. She squinted at the screen and typed in a phone number. She put the phone up into her ear and listened to the beep. She heard the beep and identified herself.

“Agent Sunny Flare.” She said. The phone beeped again and a voice spoke on the phone.

“Sunny? What’re you doing up at 3?” Deacon asked.

“Did you pick up any anomalies in the last few hours?”

“Uhh, yeah. 2 actually. They opened up above the neighborhoods and closed in seconds, why? Is something wrong?” Deacon asked.

“No. No. Everything’s fine. I just thought I saw something in the sky.” Sunny said.

“...Alright. Is that it?”

“Yeah. Thanks Deacon. I’ll be in the Agency in the morning.”

“Okay then.” Deacon said. She hung up and sat on the beds edge. She stared at the crystal creature with curiosity. The creature was still shivering from the rain and tried to warm up by sitting in a ball. Sunny stood up and grabbed towels from her bathroom.

Chirp watched her approach him with towels in her hands and stood up. He leaned his head to the side and chirped. Sunny wrapped a towel around him and dried him up. When she stopped drying him with the towel, she looked at the soaking wet towel and threw it to the side.

Grabbing the other towels she brought, she spread them on the floor and created a bed. Chirp watched her curiously, glancing towards the bathroom where the towels came from. Sunny looked at her make shift bed with satisfaction. She looked at Chirp and pointed at the bed.

“Here you go.” Sunny said. Chirp stared at the bed and walked towards it with its stumpy legs and spun around on top of it. He chirped happily at its new bed and laid down. Snuggling up in its bed, it closed its eyes and fell asleep.

Sunny stared at the sleeping crystal and wondered what it was. She smiled at its peaceful state and laid on her bed. Staring up at the ceiling, she thought about what she was going to do with him in the morning.

It was a alien. She knew that. She only now realized the danger she had put herself in bringing it in her house. She thought of the repercussions as she had probably broken some rules. She closed her eyes and decided she’d have to bring it to the Agency. The sound of thunder echoed through the city.

Inside the Agency, Deacon watched the screen as more anomalies popped up above the city. They were small. Too small for anything to pass through. Deacon took a sip of coffee as he stared at the screen.

“What is going on?”

Starlight stared at the screen in silence, a hand under her chin. She looked at the dozens of anomalies that popped up above the city last night and thought of an explanation.

“I monitored all of them and none of them stayed around for more than a few seconds.”

“Did last night’s storm have anything to do with them?”

“Yes, I think it’s what caused them actually.”

“Explain.” Starlight ordered.

“I checked the storm and monitored all the lightning strikes. Everytime lightning formed, an anomaly showed up a few seconds after.” Deacon said, showing the storm on the screen.

“Whatever that storm was last night somehow created anomalies.”

“Search for the ones lowest to the ground.”
Starlight ordered. Deacon complied and typed a command on the keyboard. Starlight watched the screen as less anomalies appeared on the map.

“Isolate the anomalies that stayed the longest.” Starlight ordered. Deacon complied and typed away. The two of them stared at screen and looked at the last spots with confusion. The six anomalies that remained outlined Canterlot Harbor.

“They’re all around the docks.”

“I’ll send a few agents to investigate them. In the meantime, gather whatever information you can find on last nights storm.” Starlight ordered.

“On it.” Deacon said, getting up from his seat. He stopped when he saw Sunny Flare in front of him, carrying a duffel bag.

“Hey, Deacon.” Sunny said, holding the bag firmly. She waved anxiously at him.

“Hey, Sunny.” Deacon waved. He saw the duffel bag behind Sunny and watched as it moved on its own.

“Nothing.” Sunny said. She saw Starlight look at her and saluted.

“Madame Glimmer.”

“At ease.”

“What’s in the bag?” Starlight asked, approaching Sunny Flare.

“Don’t get near him. He was already nervous when I put him in here. I don’t know what he’ll do if he doesn’t see me.”

“What do you mean?” Starlight asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Who’s he?” Deacon asked.

Sunny gulped and put the bag on the floor. She unzipped enough for her to see inside. Starlight watched as the bag lit up in blue light from inside and stared at it with caution.

Sunny looked inside the bag and made eye contact with Chirp. Chirp chirped upon seeing her and jumped out of bag. Sunny widened her eyes as Chirp stood on its stumpy legs and chirped happily on the Agency floor.

Starlight and Deacon stared at the creature with mouths wide open. Sunny grinned nervously as she was barraged by licks from Chirps crystal tongue.

“You have some explaining to do.” Starlight narrowed her eyes, folding her arms.

Chirp stood on top of the table in the science lab as Sunny Flare and a few scientists stared at him on the table. Starlight looked at the crystal with caution.

“So it was hiding in your trash can?” Dr.Ion asked.

“Yes. Chirp was scared from the lightning, so I brought him inside my house.”

“You named it Chirp?” Starlight asked. Sunny smiled nervously and nodded. Chirp stared at the Agents and wagged it’s tail.

“It acts very dog-like for a crystal that resembles a dinosaur.”

“He’s not dangerous, if you’re wondering.” Sunny said. A scientist poked Chirps tail with a pen, getting Chirps attention. Ion lifted his hand up in the air above the creatures head. Chirp raised its head and sniffed the pen in his hand.

“Very curious creature you have here.” Dr. Ion said, smiling. Chirp leaned his head on the pen, attempting to get pet by the scientist.

He put his hand away, getting a confused look from Chirp.

Sir. The X-rays are in.”

“Good.” Dr. Ion said, grabbing the X-rays. He gasped when he saw the images.

“Amazing. The creature has all the necessary parts needed for a living organism to survive. It’s anatomy is remarkably similar to a dinosaur. If it weren’t for its crystal skin, I’d say you’d found a dinosaur.”

If it’s body is made out of crystal, how is it alive?” Starlight asked.

“That Madame, is the mystery that still needs to be solved. This creature defies everything we know about nature. If possible, I’d like to study him more.” Ion asked.

“Can he eat?” Deacon asked, leaning on the wall.

“If the X-rays are correct. Yes. The creature contains a stomach and all the necessary organs relating to eating.”

“Have you fed him anything?” Ion asked. Sunny shook her head in response.

“No.”

“Then I’m sure, he must be hungry. Let’s stop studying the poor thing and see if he’ll eat any of the food here.” Deacon suggested.

At the docks, Agents checked the empty warehouses and searched for any evidence of anomalies. The agents searched through every building with flashlights. When they finished their search they had found the location of all six anomalies. Setting up their equipment, they called in the Agency.

“We’ve found the anomalies, Madame.” The Agent said, touching his earpiece.

“Good. Anything else?” Starlight asked.

“Yeah. One of thems still open.” The agent said, staring at the ten foot wide blue portal on the floor.

Indigo Zap and the others stared at Chirp as they sat in the Agency cafeteria. Sunny ate her food, while Indigo Zap and Lemon Zest played around with him. Sugarcoat was looking at Chirp with careful eyes, taking notes of its actions. Sour Sweet could care less and continued eating.

“He’s so cool!” Lemon exclaimed. Indigo Zap sped back and forth in the seats. Chirp looked at her as she moved.

“Stop moving so fast. You’re gonna confuse him.” Sunny said, eating the eggs on her plate.

“I’m just having fun with him.” Indigo said, offering buttered toast to him. Chirp stared at the toast and licked its lips. The creature reared its back and stared up at the toast. Indigo smiled and threw the toast in the air. Chirp launched its stumpy legs off the table and snapped its jaws on the toast. It plopped on to the table with a thud, happily eating its toast. Sunny’s milk beside her bounced from the impact, spilling it onto the table.

“Hey!” Sour Sweet exclaimed, catching her milk in the air.

“Sorry.” Indigo said, holding in her laughter.

“I’m gonna get some milk.” Sunny said, getting up.

“No, wait. Let me.” Lemon Zest said.

“I’ve been practicing.” She said, A pair of pink hands forming in the air. She pointed her finger and slowly drifted the hands to the milk cartons. The agents in the room watched her as she attempted to grab a carton of milk. She grabbed a carton of milk with one hand and concentrated, her tongue sticking out. Slowly, but surely, the milk travelled safely to the groups table with no damage.

“Tada!” Lemon Zest said, vanishing the hand constructs.

The group all stared at her with enthusiasm. Each of them congratulated her on securing the milk.

“You really have been practicing.”

“It seems mostly when I’m bored or lazy. Don’t you guys practice your powers when you’re bored?”

“I’ve been doing chores around the house in a second. Mom and dad don’t notice a thing.

“Whatta ‘bout your little brother?” Sugarcoat asked.

“He’s too busy playing video games all day in his room to notice the blur in the house.”

“How about you?”

“I make it rain above my house, when I’m watering the garden. I walk to a clearing in the woods outside my house and practice there.”

“What about you, Sour?”

“I’ve been listening to people’s thoughts. Stealing answers to the tests in people’s heads.”

“You many times have you read the wrong thoughts?” Sugarcoat asked, smiling a little.

“Ugh. A few times from the quiet kids in the class.” She said, visibly cringing. The group laughed at Sour Sweets expression and didn’t notice that Chirp was walking into the kitchen.

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He chirped. Sniffing the air inside the kitchen. It’s stomach growled in hunger as it got the scent of toast in its nostrils. It looked around the kitchen and saw nobody was around to stop him. Seeing that he was in the clear, he jumped onto the counter and gasped at the buffet in front of it. There was rows of food trays carrying Bacon, Eggs, Biscuits, and most importantly toast.

Instinct kicked inside him as he lunged at the food trays with hunger. It gobbled up the food, trays included, in its mouth. Chirp felt satisfied from its meal and continued eating the trays. When all the trays were empty it set its sights on the fridge.

“Hey, where’s Chirp?” Indigo asked, looking under the table. Sunny looked around and stood up from her seat in a panic.

“Chirp?” She called out.

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He called. Sunny heard his call and thought it sounded deeper than usual. Everybody in the cafeteria, stopped their conversations when they heard the sound of Rivet smacking pots in the kitchen. Sunny and the group stared at the kitchen door and watched as Chirp was flung out of the kitchen. Rivet came out of the kitchen holding a half eaten pan in his hand.

“Where’s the owner of the dinosaur?” Rivet exclaimed. By now everyone in the Agency That morning learned of their new pet inside the building. Sunny gasped as Chirp landed back first onto the floor.

“Chirp!” She exclaimed, rushing over to the downed crystal. She picked him up in her arms and immediately felt its immense weight. Sunny struggled to hold on to him and remained on the floor. Sunny’s eyes widened when Chirp burped out a barrage a bit of fire out of its mouth.

“That thing ate everything in the kitchen! Now what are we going to have for the rest of the day?” Rivet exclaimed.

“We’re sorry. It won’t happen again.”

“It better not... and get that dinosaur out of the cafeteria!” Rivet exclaimed in anger.

“And I thought Astro was bad.” Rivet mumbled, walking into the kitchen.

Sunny and her friends left the cafeteria in a rush and walked into tech division. Unbeknownst to them, a man followed them as they entered tech division. He stood in the hallway and touched a mic in his ear.

“Director Canyon, I have Information regarding the Uniques.”

“What do you have?”

“You won’t believe what they brought inside.”

Sunny and the group sat in tech room, eating their breakfast. Deacon was the only one who let them stay in their stall after Chirp had eaten everyone’s breakfast on their desks. Luckily, Deacon was a fast eater.

“Rocky’s got a big appetite.” Deacon said, typing on his computer.

“No kidding.” Sugarcoat said.

“For such a cute crystal velociraptor, he’s a big eater. Fatty.” Sour Sweet said, narrowing her eyes at it.

“Don’t call him fatty.” Sunny said.

“You want me to say he’s obese?” Sour asked.

“He is looking kinda chubby.” Deacon said, twisting his chair around to face the group. He stared at Chirp and noticed he was bigger than before.

“Stop making fun of him.” Sunny said, pulling Chirp closer to her. Chirp belched from the sudden closeness around his chest and released a small wave of fire in the air.

“Woah. Watch how you hold him or he might activate the fire alarms.” Deacon warned, waving the smoke away from him.

“Sorry.”

“Is it me or is he bigger than before?” Indigo asked, looking at Chirp. Sunny looked down at Chirp and noticed he was bigger than before. Chirp was the size of a dachshund in the morning, but now he was the size of a pit bull.

“He can grow fast.” Sugarcoat said, adjusting her glasses.

“How’d we just notice this?” Sour Sweet asked.

“How did he get so big?”

“All that food he ate must’ve sped up his growth.” Sunny guessed.

“We need to see Dr. Ion, again. He’s been looking at Chirps X-rays all morning. Maybe he found something about Chirps growth.” Deacon suggested. The group nodded in agreement and walked out of tech division. They walked passed the halls with Chirp walking beside Sunny Flare.

They reached the science division and opened up the lab door. Dr. Ion sat in a chair fidgeting with something on the table. He heard the door open and looked up to see the girls and Deacon. He stood up from his chair and welcomed them in.

“Sunny, just when I was about to call you.” Ion said.

“I’ve learned so much by looking at these X-rays! Chirp is an amazing alien species. Where is the fella?” Ion said, his eyes widening when he saw Chirp walk in.

The group looked at Chirp with mouths open when they saw his new size. He’d grown from pit bull size to saint bernard size.

“Really! While we were walking!” Sour exclaimed, glaring at Chirp. Chirp growled and stared at the floor in shame.

“How’d he get so big?”

“We were hoping you’d find out, Doc.” Sunny said.

“Take him to the X-ray machine.”

“Okay. Chirp follow me.” Sunny calmly ordered.

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He said, walking over to the X-ray machine. It yawned and licked its lips as it stepped on to the machine. The machine bent and squeaked at Chirps entire weight. Ion looked at the weight meter on the machine and gasped.

“He’s 350 pounds!” He exclaimed. The groups eyes widened at Chirps sudden weight gain and gasped.

“But how?” Lemon Zest asked. Ion turned the machine on and stared at the screen. Chirp stood there as the camera flashed rapidly in his eyes. He squinted his crystal eyes and chirped loudly. He raised its arm and clawed at the camera. Chirp scratched the camera with his claw and broke it, sparks coming out of the machine.

“Chirp. No!” Sunny said, looking at the damaged camera.

“Well, there goes 3,000 dollars.” Ion whispered, staring at the damage. Luckily, the X-ray image came out safe. Ion looked at the X-ray while the group huddled around him to see the picture.

“Just as I thought. The growth hormones in his body are accelerating rapidly.”

“What does that mean?” Lemon Zest asked.

“It means he has to get out of this building before he gets bigger than the elevator.”

“What’re we gonna do? Chirp can’t be seen in public?”

“We can transport him using the cargo trucks to a secluded area where he won’t be seen.” Ion suggested.

“Where’s that?”

“Somewhere in the forest. That way it’ll be less likely for his growing to cause problems.” Ion said.

“Deacon can you take them outside the building.”

“Uhh, No can do. I got orders from the Madame herself to stay in tech division.

“Hmm. Then I’ll have to take him. Alright then, come along children. We don’t have a moment to lose.”

Ion and the group left the lab and sped past the halls. Chirp followed closely behind Sunny, rubbing its head on her hip while they ran. Sunny dropped her hand and pet it’s head while they ran. Chirp happily growled at the sensation.

The man from earlier watched the Uniques and a scientist walked through the halls towards the elevator. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion and called in Canyon.

“Director Canyon, they’re leaving the Agency with the creature. Do I follow them?” He asked.

“Follow them, quietly. I’ll be there soon.”

“Copy that.” He said.

The Uniques reached the elevator and squeezed inside the small room. Chirp stood in the middle of the elevator while the group stood beside the walls.

The door opened up to the underground parking garage. Chirp walked out the elevator first with the agents closely behind him.

Ion pulled ahead and jogged to the cargo trucks parked in the lot. He pulled out keys and clicked a button on them. The trucks tail lights lit up in response. Ion stood outside the truck and unlocked the container. He pulled the key in and twisted it, he heard an audible click and raised the container with both hands. He grabbed the edge and pulled down a ramp for Chirp to walk on.

“Alright. The truck is ready.” Ion said, looking the approaching group. The group stopped and stared at the container with eyes raised.

“There is no way I’m getting in the back of that thing.” Sour Sweet said.

“I’m fine with it.” Lemon Zest said, jumping in the back. Indigo Zap and Sugarcoat walked up the ramp behind Lemon Zest and entered the truck.

“Fine, sit in the passenger seat.” Ion said, walking to the front of the truck. He climbed the step and opened the truck door. He stepped inside and closed the door. Using the same key, he stuck it in the wheel and ignited the engine.

“Chirp stared at the container that Indigo, Lemon Zest, and Sugarcoat sat in with curiousity. Chirp heard the engine and stared at the vehicle with nervousness. Sunny could see he was scared and tried to comfort him.

“It’s okay. I’ll be right beside you in the truck. There’s nothing to worry about.” Sunny said, soothingly.

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It said with a sad squeak. Sunny petted him once more, calming him down. He looked at the thin ramp and put one stump on it. He heard put weight on his foot and watched the ramp bend from his weight.

Sour opened a small window in the truck and looked inside the container. She saw Chirp struggle and stuck her hand through the window.

Chirp felt an other worldly force grab on to him and didn’t struggle. He somehow knew it wasn’t a threat. Lemon Zest created a pink hand constructs and held on to Chirps hips. With help from Sour Sweet and Lemon Zest, Chirp entered the truck container with his full weight shaking the truck. Sour Sweet and Lemon Zest let go and sighed in relaxation. Sunny walked in behind him and pulled the ramp up, pulling the door down.

The small lightbulb on the ceiling was the only source of light in the container. Ion drove out of the parking garage and entered the highway. Chirp could hear the sounds of car horns outside and squeaked in fear at the unknown sounds.

“Shhh. It’s alright.” Sunny whispered, softly petting its head.

Other than the scared noises coming from Chirp, the trip remained quiet as Ion drove through Canterlot. Chirp would jump a little at the sound of car horns and the occasional bump in the road. Chirp would immediately calm down when it felt the comforting touches from the group inside.

Sunny and the group looked at the truck door and squinted there eyes when the sunlight reached their faces. Ion stared at the group and motioned for Chirp to come out.

Chirp squinted it’s crystal eyes from the brightness of the sun and slowly stepped out of the container. He kept a crouched defensive position as he walked out, fearing the outside. When he was fully outside, he opened it so eyes and stared at the sun. He felt a presence envelop him as he looked at the sun. Chirp moaned as it felt the warmth of the sun.

“What’s he doing?” Indigo asked.

“Hmm. Sunny, when you brought him to the Agency did he ever see the sun?” Ion asked.

“No. I stuck him inside a duffel bag.” Sunny said, recounting the struggle of putting Chirp in the bag.

Chirps crystal body reflected the suns rays, blinding the groups eyes. Chirps body sparkled as he absorbed the suns heat. The group backed up as the light grew bigger and brighter. Sunny covered her eyes and squinted. She tried to see Chirp but to no avail. The others stared at the blinding light with concern.

“What’s happening?” Lemon Zest exclaimed.

“Chirp is reacting to the sunlight. For what purpose I don’t know.” Ion said.

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Sunny heard Chirps voice through the light and called out his name.

“Chirp!” She shouted. Rather than hearing a chirp she heard a low growl. Sunny stared at the light and watched it decrease in size. As the light grew dimmer, the group all squinted to see Chirp. Their jaws dropped when they saw Chirp through the light.

They looked up in disbelief at the size of Chirp. When the glow enveloping Chirp stopped, they saw his new design clearly.

Chirp looked down at the group with violet crystal eyes. His light blue body was replaced by a darker blue. The blue bioluminescent lights that aligned his body glowed brighter.

His stumpy legs were replaced by more defined and thinner dinosaur-like legs. The crystals that acted as muscles were bigger and more fit. His arms were longer and his claws were longer. His thumb had become fully opposable.

The crystal spikes on his back were slightly taller. Two spikes that clumped together were the biggest. Sunny recognized the two spikes as the tiny bumps from before. The two spikes morphed into one and split off back into two on its tips.

He rose high above the group. He was three times the size from before. He was taller than the cargo truck by 3 feet.

“Woah.” Indigo Zap whispered, breathless.

Chirp stared individually at the group and roared. The loud roar startled the group, not expecting how loud he was.

Incredible. Contact with the sun caused him to grow rapidly.” Ion said.

“He’s definitely not gonna fit in the truck now.” Sugarcoat said.

Chirp turned its head and made eye contact with Sunny Flare. Sunny stared at Chirp with memories of her dream coming back to her. She stood there in disbelief. Blanking out the surroundings between them. She thought back to the beach she saw and the giant creature in the dream.

She couldn’t she didn’t see it before. Chirp and the creature in her dream were the same species. Sunny remembered what the creature in her dream looked like. It was bigger and had red eyes instead of Chirps small size and violet eyes.

She snapped out of her trance when she felt Chirp growl in concern. She looked around and saw Chirps face directly in front of her. She looked at the group and saw their concerned faces at Chirps closeness to her. She heard him growl again and put her hand on the top of his snout. She felt the breeze hit her as Chirp flared his nostrils at her touch. She reached as far as she could with her hand to pet Chirp. His head was bigger and longer.

Indigo stood behind Sunny Flare in an instant and talked.

“What are we gonna do now?” Indigo asked, making eye contact with Chirp.

“I don’t know.” Sunny said, petting Chirp. Ion slowly approached Chirp with caution. Chirp glanced at Ion and growled happily. Ion raised his hand and touched the right side of Chirps snout.

“Do you think Starlight will let her keep him?”

“I don’t know. If the government sees him they might try to terminate him.

“That’s not right. Look at him, he’s peaceful.” Sour Sweet said.

“We could try to tell them that he’s safe, but the odds of that succeeding are very low.” Ion said.

“Couldn’t we just say he’s endangered.”

“We could, but that can easily be overlooked if he causes a crisis.” Ion said. Chirp moaned and opened its mouth, his breath strangely smelled minty. Chirp licked Sunny’s face with his crystal tongue. Sunny lightly pushed him and smiled. Chirp closed his mouth and rubbed its snout on Sunny. Sunny was pushed back by the weight, but somehow stood standing. She petted him again and hugged his snout.

Ion stared at the affection displayed by Chirp and couldn’t resist smiling. He thought about the repercussions there would be if the public ever saw him and made a conclusion. He decided there that he would do everything he can to make sure Chirp is safe.

“Freeze!” A voice shouted out. Chirp heard the voice and widened its eyes in alarm. It raised its head high up in the air and looked around, taking steps away from the group. The group turned and stared at the source of the voice and saw a man covered head-to-toe in protective gear. He pointed a rifle at Ion. More men in armor surrounded the clearing and trapped them inside.

The men pointed guns at the group while some stared in awe at the large creature in front of them.

A helicopter flew overhead, getting Chirps attention. Chirp stood up and took on a bipedal stance. He stared curiously at the chopper and watched it circle the clearing.

“Who are these guys?” Indigo asked. The Uniques surrounded Sunny Flare and Dr. Ion and prepared to fight.

“Don’t shoot! We’re agents!” Ion shouted,

“FBI, hands up!” The man shouted.

“FBI?” Ion said in confusion.

“Yes, FBI.” A familiar voice said. The group stopped their fighting stances and stared at the man pushing through the FBI agents.

“Canyon?” Ion asked.

“Sir, we have a clear target on the creature do we fire?”

“Fire.” Canyon said, touching his earpiece.

“No!” Sunny shouted,

Chirp watched as the helicopter door opened up, revealing a large Gatling gun pointed at his face. Chirp saw the gun start spinning and leaned his head to the side in confusion. The gun fired .50 cal bullets at its body. Each bullet pierced Chirps crystal body and cracked his skin. Chirp cried out in pain from the barrage of bullets hitting his body. Chirp backed up and tried to

“No!” Sunny shouted in distress. Out of anger, she raised her hand at the chopper and felt something inside her ignite. Her eyes widened when her arms skin was replaced by crystal. Crystals shot out of her arm and fired at the chopper. The crystals hit the choppers armor and expanded into crystal shards upon impact. The chopper blade was struck by the crystals shards, breaking it. The men in the chopper braced for impact as they fell to the ground.

“Sunny, you have powers?” Lemon Zest said in amazement. The group stared at Sunny’s arm with complete loss of words. Sunny looked at her hand with shock and fear. Memories of crystals covering her whole body coming back to her. Canyons stared at the arm with an open mouth. He snapped out of it and ordered the FBI agents.

“Get the launchers! Kill that beast!” He ordered.

Sunny snapped out of her shocked expression and looked up at Chirp. Chirp roared in pain from the bullets that pierced him. She stared at Chirp and felt tears fall down her face.

“Chirp, run!” Sunny shouted. Chirp heard her strained voice and listened to her command. He roared in fear and clawed at the ground. He rapidly clawed and dug up dirt. He disappeared in the dirt cloud and dug underground.

Sunny saw Chirps hole and sighed in relief. The FBI agents surrounded the group and shoved them to the ground. They tried to fight, but were quickly handcuffed.

“Hey!” Sour Sweet exclaimed, pushing a man up in the air with her mind. Multiple agents raised their guns at her.

“Sour, stop! You’ll just make things worse.” Sugarcoat pleaded. Sour stared at Sugarcoat and stopped, letting the agents handcuff her.

“All of you are under arrest!”

“You can’t do that!” Ion shouted.

“I can and I will.” Canyon said. He glared at the group and folded his arms. He walked over to Sunny Flare and looked at her with fury.

“You have a lot of explaining to do, miss.” Canyon glared.