Prologue: Loosely knitted.
It was midnight in Fillydelphia and the city was well lit, because of the lights from buildings and from the street lights. The night was peaceful, calm. Even after what the city had recently went through, it was still full of life. Loose Steel knew that as a fact as she stared out into the night from atop a building. Unfortunately the life that resided in the city wasn't all good intentioned, in fact most were devious, malicious, and sinister.
Loose sighed, thinking back to a few nights ago. The city had recently been through a gigantic blizzard, it was caused by a mysterious force that seemed to have fused itself with the commissioner of the Fillydelphia police department; Crimson Cold. He was scared, terrified even. Loose may not have had the best relationship with the FPD, but she still would never wish something like this to happen to him. Loose shook the thought away and stared down at the streets. No matter how late it got it seemed as if everypony was awake.
Suddenly she heard an alarm going off . Loose had memorized that alarm, thanks to it being from the largest bank in Fillydelphia. In the few months she'd been a 'hero' she had to defend that bank before. Not just that but she had heard the alarm even before then. Loose figured that the police force wouldn't be of any help since practically the entire force is recovering, meaning that the situation called for Alloy. loose focused on the metal that her saddlebags were made out of, then formed it around her body. She used the excess metal to create a sword and shield.
Now ready, Alloy jumped onto the shield then hovered it towards the bank. She made it there with no trouble at all and immediately burst through the door with her shield raised. A masked Unicorn instantly fired a shot at her, but the shield deflected the beam right back at him. She levitated her sword straight at a Pegasus burglar. The Pegasus cowered in fear, so Alloy just hit him with the butt of the sword. Suddenly she heard somepony galloping at her from her left. Alloy simply stood her ground and allowed the pony to run into her, thus the pony knocked himself out.
Lastly was another Unicorn who was shining a glare at Alloy. The Unicorn levitated up a pipe that she had on a belt and swung it at Alloy. Alloy used her shield to block the pipe, then fused it into her shield. The Unicorn winced at suddenly being disarmed. The Unicorn grabbed the shield with her magic, but found no magic resistance, meaning that she pulled the shield too hard and smacked herself in the face.
Alloy began trotting towards the Unicorn, raising her sword next to her. The Unicorn struggled to get up, but Alloy bashed her shield into the thief, knocking the criminal out. Alloy looked around the room, seeing that the only ponies still concious were not part of the group that robbed the bank. She used some metal to restrain the thugs, then used the newly formed hoofcuffs to lift up the band of criminals.
Alloy nodded to the innocent ponies in the room, telling them they were safe, then left with the criminals floating right behind her. She hopped on her shield again, then began her way towards the police department. The police department may have been in a state of repair, but it was still running and still had officers ready for action. Alloy soon arrived at the police station and entered with the band of criminals still unconscious at her side. A few weeks ago Alloy would have anonymously left the thugs at the door, but due to another hero named Mare do Well helping with the police and because of the recent events, that has changed.
A mare at the counter looked up from her desk and saw Alloy with the criminals suspended in the air. Alloy put the robbers on the floor and waited there until officers could take the criminals to a cell. Alloy left without saying a word, she didn't need to. She got on her shield and levitated to a high building so she could continue watching over the city. Alloy formed her helmet off of her head and sighed. She honestly found the whole situation rather depressing. The police force was too small at the moment to actually deal with crime, plus many ponies were distraught at losing lost ones. She really needed a vacation.
Loose was about to head home since it was officially midnight now, but she was suddenly called on her communicator by somepony. "Alloy?" She had obtained the communication device from Mare do Well after the blizzard incident, but she didn't have a clue as to why she would be called so soon after.
She held down the button on the device and responded. "I copy."
"Good. Now quite obviously I called you for a reason, that reason is that I need you to be on guard and possibly investigate something. You up for it?" She heard Mare do Well ask.
"What do you want me to investigate?" Loose asked back.
"Well there's a... Pony who has recently escaped prison. I wanted to ask you to keep an eye out just in case. If you have time I'd like you to go to all the theatres and see what performances they have and which ponies will be performing." Mare do Well informed Loose.
"Hmm. Who is this pony or ponies that you want me to keep an eye out for?" Loose inquired.
"His name is Lamented Goal, he is a blue Pegasus with forest green hair and has a bloody magic wand as a Cutiemark. He is obsessed with being a magician and the thing is; He is. Or at least he may as well be. He is somehow capable of performing magic. Most of it is just illusion magic, but he does seem to be able to use actual magic, maybe just not as strongly." Mare do Well explained.
"Right. Any obvious weaknesses?"
"The closest thing would be if you insult his magic skills. If you do then it'll make him angry and you probably know the saying 'anger makes you dumber'. Other than that, not really other than him being physically weak."
"Got it. I'll be aware." Loose let go of the button and continued to look out into the night. A little afterwards she headed home.
Author's Note
Here we go, first chapter! If you want more backstory for everything then check out The Mysterious Mare do Well and The Weathermare, if not then prepare to be just a little lost.
Okay, so... I don't really know how to go about this... Basically I will be cancelling Heavy Steel and it's sister stories, but not forever! And by not forever, I mean that I'll be making a reboot at some point. Now obviously you may have some questions why and I've already came prepared with two.
1: I have a lot of things to deal with right now and a lot to write. If you'd like to ask for more details then go ahead, but I won't answer personal questions.
2: I know I haven't made much in this story, but the main one, The Mysterious Mare Do Well, had a really bad start. Not just that but for some unimaginable reason I decided to split the story into three. I should have just had one and switch perspectives accordingly to each chapter.
Most of these are my own fault and I understand that, but I can't keep myself between everything. Once again I'd like to mention that I won't leave this story to be forgotten, I will make a reboot in the future and it'll be much better than how this started. I've learned many things while making The Mysterious Mare Do Well universe and I hope to use them in the remake of it. But quality takes time and I still have things in real life I have to deal with, so it may be a while before I get working on it. But I will, and I hope you'll be there to read it.
Until then, keep a balanced mind and thanks for reading!
