A Change in Destiny

by EchoApple

Rating: teen
Tags: Derpy Hooves, Violence, Slice of Life, Gore, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Other, Science Fiction
Length: 1605

When Rainbow Dash did her Sonic Rainboom as a filly, she did more then just help her friends earn their Cutie Marks. She also gave a damned colt a second chance to change his fate. . .

Sleep, eat, fight, repeat.

That's all the emotionless, artificially created earth-colt named Subject A-1 has ever known. Since his birth, he had been predestined with only two purposes in life: to further accelerate the growth of ponykind and to eliminate any threat to Equestria by any means necessary. His enhanced speed, strength, and agility make him the perfect weapon. A weapon programmed to do everything it was told without question.

But that day when Rainbow Dash did her Sonic Rainboom as a filly, she did more than just help her friends earn their Cutie Marks.

She also gave him a chance to change his fate and become his own pony.

A one-shot about becoming more than what you were told to be, and taking control of your own fate.

Cover art by atryl

Published 2017-10-30 17:20:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-10-30 17:20:06 UTC

A Change In Destiny (Edited)

A Change In Destiny

This is Dr. Moonlight Star and this is first of many journal entries i'm going to make. Just this morning me and my twin brother Dr. Sunlight Star were given the task of finishing the project our great grandfather Dr. Comet Star begun but never finished for unknown reasons. This project known as Project Earthbound was started to create the perfect weapon using the magic from all three races -earth, pegasus, unicorn- and pack it all in one pony shape package, basically creating new life. This project will be kept a secret from all but a select few, even the princess will not know about it. My brother is a little worried and so is our helpers, Firefly and Ditzy Doo but I’m going to see this through.

Sunlight Star skimmed over the page, there was more entries but he didn't have enough time to read them.

So this was the beginning of this madness he thought.

“Sunlight~” The orange stallion froze and slowly turned around, the pale blue form of his brother hung in the doorway. Moonlight stepped into the room.

“What are you doing in my journal? Well no matter, you won't remember reading it soon. In fact, you won't remember anything ever again.” he started laughing.

“Moonlight this has gone on far too long, we need to stop. No, you need to stop! Creating life this way is wrong!” Sunlight stomped his hoof. Moonlight was quiet for a moment before he stepped forward. Sunlight flinched when he felt Moonlight cup his chin with his hoof, he raised his hoof forcing Sunlight to look at him.

“Oh dear brother, my sweet little brother. Don’t you see the possibilities?” The crazed unicorn smiled “Think how Equestria will benefit from this!”

“You would kill your own brother for the supposed benefit of Equestria?”

“Yes, I need a body and yours is the only one compatible. Now say goodnight Sunlight.” Moonlight injected Sunlight with a sleeping potion. The orange earthpony's eyes rolled and fell over.

"Thank you on behalf of Equestria."

The first thing I felt was darkness, no light, no sound, just darkness.

Then suddenly there was light, The world was no longer black but green. I’m not sure how the knew green, I just do like how I know that there was more colors than green. Images that I don’t understand floating around inside my head, I think they're called memories. Memories of what I don’t know. They keep slipping away when I grasp for them.

I turned my attention to the world around me, I could dimly see something beyond the green I was floating in. Not knowing what to do I moved one of the objects that seems to be part of my being and brought it into my vision.

In was a round orange cylinder that seemed to move on my command, I straightened the cylinder. To my surprise it hit something. It was some type of barrier, I pushed on it.

Their was a big crack then it gave out. Shortly after a deafening sound assaulted my being, I sharply pulled the cylinder back but the sound did not stop.

Where is the green going? I was floating downward and eventually I felt the top of my being break free of something and then the green cleared away from my vision. I gasped as I felt cold hit me full force.

There was ringing but beyond that I could hear lots of yelling, manely from one source. I raised my top and looked around. There was three beings in front of me.

“Subject A-1 has broken the glass! Bring me my clipboard and don’t touch the water, its toxic!” the blue and purple one said. Obviously the leader.

“Yes sir.” The pink and blue one said and ran off.

“How did it break the glass? It was three hooves thick!” The gray and yellow one exclaimed. The blue one stared at me.

“Obviously, it's stronger than we expected,” He mumbled as the pink one ran back into the room. Pink handed Blue a strange rectangle.

“Thank you, Firefly.” He smiled, I watched has the smaller rectangle floated in the beings glowing grasp and did something to the larger rectangle.

Eventually Blue gave the rectangle to Gray and approached me and smiled.

“ A-1, you're going to change the world.”

~10 years later~

BANG

“Get up!” Moonlight Star ordered, “This is a test, not a nap!”

“Yes sir.” I groaned, working myself back up on my hooves I turned and faced my opponent. A manticore, at least it not a pony this time. Or a bunny, I shivered at the memory. That night was terrible. I may be emotionless but I could have sworn I felt something killing that bunny. That was the first time I was forced to kill something, and I did not like it.

“A-1, eliminate.” Eliminate…

Next thing I remember I was standing over a dead manticore covered in blood. Its eyes and throat were gouged out and its tail was lying on the other side of the room. I sighed, he just had to use that word. When ever he says that word my mind goes blank and I wake up drenched in blood.

I heard the door to the observing room open, I turned and looked at my master. Moonlight was tapping his hoof impatiently signaling it was time to go. I followed him out of the room and down the hallway.

“A-1, you need to learn to kill your opponent without relying on your basic programing to do it for you.”

“I know,” I mumbled.

“No you don't!”

SMACK A gasp escaped past my lips, I stumbled back and fell on my bottom. Reaching up I rubbed were Moonlight slapped me. I looked down at my pure white tail and started playing with it.

“Look at me A-1.” I shook my head, right then I knew I made a mistake when I felt Moonlight slap me again.

“I said look at me!” I slowly raised my head and looked into his orange colored eyes. When I did this he smiled.

“Thats better. Okay A-1, remember what I’ve told you many times before?” I nodded, “You have only two purposes in life, to further accelerate the growth of ponykind and to eliminate any threat to Equestria by any means necessary.”

“E-E-Elimina-” SMACK “Sorry, sir.”

“You better be,” He huffed and called for my nursemaid, Firefly. The pink mare came running.

“Yes, sir?”

“Take this colt back to its cell.” He commanded.

“Of course.” Firefly reached down and gently nudged me with her muzzle. “Come now, A-1. Let's go back to your cell, okay?”

“Alright,” I shakily got onto my hooves, I took one last look at Moonlight before I followed after Firefly.

Once we were away from Moonlight, the pink pegasus stopped and turned toward me then got on one hoof to get to my height.

“Are you alright, A-1? Moonlight hit you pretty hard this time.” She asked worriedly, I reached and touched where the blue unicorn hit me. There was a bit of swelling but it seemed to be okay, I nodded at Firefly.

She sighed, “That's good,” then she smiled in a loving mother like way “Would you like it if we took the scenic route back to your cell?

I nodded and so we were off. Eventually we made it to the window hallway.

The scenic route was my favorite thing here. All it was was a few windows but I love it, it makes me feel free.

I turned and looked at the shelf against the wall. I once asked about the colorful vials on it, Moonlight told me it was left over scraps of DNA from my creation and that I was not to touch them.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM

Suddenly a large boom echoed throughout the building. My head shot up in surprise I looked wide eyes out the window before I was sent flying from an unseen force. I felt myself crash into the shelf causing vials to shatter underneath me, splattering all over me. I could feel it soaking into my skin and mane. It burned, bad. I couldn't stop myself from screaming from the extreme pain I was in.

I took a deep breath and opened my eyes, I gasped at what a saw.

The wall that once had windows was completely destroyed, showing off the world beyond. In the sky was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

At that moment I felt something. Some sort of spark. I felt so warm, so safe despite what just happened. I felt like jumping up and down and telling Ditzy Doo and Firefly how much I care about them.

Is this what happiness feels like?

How can I feel anything? I thought Moonlight created me to be emotionless! Does it have something to do with that thing I saw in the sky?

I heard groaning from across the room, I turned a watched Firefly approach me “What in tartarus was that? A-1, are you ok? Oh my Celestia, your mane!”

I blinked stupidly at Firefly and grabbed a hooffull of my mane and looked at it. My spikey white mane now had new colors in it, the colors that I saw in the sky earlier. I found myself grinning from ear to ear which obviously scared Firefly.

“A-1?” She said nervously, “Are you alright?”

“Yeah I’m alright" I said, I have a feeling that everything is going to be alright from now on.