Cyber burst and the Mirage templeby Mr JellyChaptersOld FriendsPromisesThe JourneyInside The TempleThe Unexpected?Old FriendsChapter 1 Old friends Rarity looked left and right before approaching the stallion on the other side of the street. She hopes it is the stallion she’s looking for or else she would have made a quite fool of herself. Upon reaching the other side of the street, the stallion looked her way and his face lit up. Not thinking of her safety, the stallion said, “Hey Rarity!” “He“ Rarity tried to say something, but was cut off because she was then surrounded by many adoring fans. Saving the land of Equestria from Night Mare Moon and making some of the most beautiful dresses of her time really gets her a following. The stallion’s horn glowed and both Rarity and the stallion disappeared. They reappeared right next to a startled Applejack on Sweet Apple Acres. The stallion appeared with his face buried in the ground while Rarity appeared on her back. “I see you still haven’t mastered the teleportation spell, Cyber.” “I don’t know what went wrong this time,” “Darling, which teleportation spell did you use, the regular one or the teleport shuffle one?” “Oh, I feel really dumb using the wrong teleport spell.” “Well, there’s your problem darling, now would you mind using the right one and get us back to my boutique.” There was a flash of light and the two unicorns where gone. All there was left was a very confused Applejack. Applejack yelled before going back to kicking trees. “What’s ‘goin on ‘round here!” ************************************** After Rarity washed all the dirt off her mane, she and Cyber walked to the nearest shop (which happened to be Sugar cube corner) and talked. “You never told me you were in Ponyville Darling,” “I just stopped in to check on old friends,” “Oh, I’m doing just fine , selling a lot more Dresses than usual though,” “I wouldn’t say your fine Miss Generosity, you were almost mobbed by fans!” “I could’ve gotten out of that easily darling.” “And maybe you came to tell me something else,” “Uhhhh,” “Something you couldn’t have told me for the last fifteen years,” “You have a memory like an Elephant Rarity,” Cybeast started to remember the time the two had first met. He always loved to remember things because he had a great childhood of Mysterious caves and Giant relics, for he was an adventurer. But that is a different chapter. FIFTEEN YEARS EARLIER A young colt came trotting up to an unknown cottage for he did not know all the people who lived close to the Everfree forest. He went up to the door and banged on it for dear life. When Rarity answered the door, he collapsed in her hooves because of all the scrapes and cuts he had on him. An old scroll that was in his mouth was then dropped on the floor The colt woke up a with a start after what seemed like a little while later, laying on a couch, with a strange filly feeding him medicine. He panicked and tried to get up, but found he could hardly move because he had so many injuries. C.H. asked the filly, “Who are you, and where am I,” “My name is Rarity darling, you collapsed on my front porch badly injured,” Rarity was amazed on how this strange colt even got to her cottage in the first place. Pondering this, Rarity asked the colt. “What where you doing out in the Everfree Forest, it’s quite dangerous you know.” The colt just smiled and snickered, then muttered something under his breath. Rarity didn’t hear it but didn’t ask what it he said. The colt then answered her first question, “I can’t tell you now.” “Well why not darling?” “You wouldn’t believe me, Wait fifteen years, then I’ll tell you.” The colt noticed that he could move again and sat up on the couch wondering how this, Rarity could have such strong medicine. As if she was reading his mind she explained, “My parents own a powerful herb shop, but they keep a large surplus of herbs here.” The colt started to get off the couch and move about the room, then stopped to look at himself in a nearby mirror. From horn to hoof, he stands a good two feet high, tall for a colt at the age of five. He turned from side to side, looking at his light red flank, wondering what all the other kids would say at the start of the next school year because he was the first to get his cutie mark, a strange one at that. Then, noticing that his light blue mane and tail was neatly braided down his left side, asked Rarity, “Did you do my hair?” “Do you like it? I think it looks gorgeous darling.” In response to her question, the colt undid his hair and shook it wildly to get the glitter out. He scooped up the glitter and put it in the nearest container of sorts. Rarity looked displeased at him. “What, I don’t like glitter.” Rarity just sighed and took the glitter container up to her room. She put it next to her first dress which she made all by herself. Upon coming back to the room in which she left the colt in, she couldn’t find him. She then looked all around the cottage looking for him to find him at the front door. She was amazed at how fast he healed. Even with all of the medicine, she thought he would have to stay for at least until sunset. That was the first time she looked at his cutie mark. Realizing that it was rather strange to say the least. It was an old, open book with a code of numbers on the pages. She looked at the colt’s face then back at the cutie mark. The colt then asked, “How long did I sleep?” “For almost a day darling.” "What? ALMOST A DAY?!" Rarity was confused. Did this young colt think that he would just wake up in five minutes. The colt started to panic and said, “Great Celestia! My mother must be worried sick” The colt ran about twenty feet then turned and ran back and asked “I came with a scroll, where is it?” “Next to the couch Darling” The colt’s horn glowed and he used his magic to make the scroll levitate into his mouth where he then held it gently. Rarity noticed that the colt was ever so slightly transparent after the held the scroll in his mouth. When he was about to leave, Rarity asked the young colt, “You’re just going to leave without telling me your name, how rude!” The colt stopped and said with a huge smile on his face, “My name is Cyber burst, but everyone calls me Cyburst” PromisesChapter 2: Promises PRESENT Rarity was slightly annoyed at Cyburst who had been daydreaming for ten minutes, but eventually tapped his shoulder with her hoof to bring him back to reality. Cyburst came back with a jolt which startled Rarity. “What was it you wanted to tell me darling?” “Oh, right well it all started like this.” Cyburst was a unicorn which, when his horn was touching another pony, could share memories in an instant. Lots of the artifacts that he recovered usually contained spells or other good things that could be passed on without actually destroying the artifact. He obtained memory sharing and camouflage this way. When Cyburst and Rarity touched, they touched horns, which is the fastest way for the memory to travel since they’re basically an extension of the brain, and Rarity was amazed at what she saw in Chapter four. ************************************************* FIFTEEN YEARS EARLIER “Whoohoo Last day of school!” A young Cyburst was sitting at his desk in first grade, bouncing up and down in his chair, waiting for the end of school bell to ring its loud ring. All of his classmates where doing the same thing as Cyburst because they, also, could not wait for the end of school. BRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG! “Yay, School’s out.” “Hey Cyburst, you want to play after school?” “Ok” The pony who asked Cyburst was named Candy Corn. She was an orange earth pony who had a white mane and a tail to match, her hooves where bright yellow so you could tell how she got her name. Like everyone else in her class, she had a blank flank. All the stallions in the class had a crush on her, but she was more of a tomboy and only played in Cyburst’s group. Because of Candy, Cyburst was the second most popular kid in class. (Even though he didn’t care about being popular.) Cyburst and Candy Corn got along well and played a lot during the school year. But now that the school year had ended, they planned to do something big. There was only one problem with their plan. They didn’t know what to do. Thinking about this, Candy Corn thought of something. “How about we have a sleepover at my house and tell spooky stories.” “Hmmm.” Cyburst thought about this. He knew it wasn’t what they had hoped for, but he didn’t have any better ideas. He walked over to Candy Corn and had a brilliant idea. That formed into a plan. “Ok, I’ll come around six.” After he said goodbye to Candy and all of the other ponies, Cyburst left school with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. He trotted along the streets of Ponyville until he knew he was out of sight from the school, then went into a full out run all the way home to tell his family what was going to happen. Once he reached his house he yelled. “Mom! I’m home!” “How was your day sweet C.” “Great! Can I sleep over at Candy Corn’s house tonight?” “Oh I don’t know sweet C, it’s a school night.” “But Mom, today was the last day of school.” “Really, I totally forgot yes, you can sleep over at Candy Corn’s tonight. But remember to bring your toothbrush and a pillow. Your neck was really sore the last time you didn’t bring one. And also bring a” “Ok, Ok I’ll bring a pillow.” Cyburst’s mom didn’t finish her sentence because she didn’t even remember what she was going to tell him to bring. But she always forgot the last thing anyway. Cyburst went to his room and packed his toothbrush, his pillow, his sleeping bag, and his stuffed Ursa Minor in his saddle bag for good luck. Once he was ready, it was still too early to head to Candy’s, so he went to the Ponyville Library to find any junior spell books. The library wasn’t far from anywhere. So he knew he could make it to Candy’s on time. Once he reached the library he opened the door and let himself in. He looked at all the books. He didn’t even think there were that many books in the world! Once he got into the nonfiction part of the library, he asked the librarian, “Excuse me, but where are the spell books?” “Oh, the junior spell books are right over on that other book shelf” “Thank you miss.” “You’re welcome dear.” The librarian had never seen such a well-mannered child, let alone boy. Cyburst went to the bookshelf that the librarian pointed to and looked at all the pictures, for he could not read well. He eventually came to a book in which he could read some of the words and memorized the spell he could actually pronounce all the words in. “Alu, ilumin, illumination, that’s the word! Illumination!” He was lost in the book and didn’t realize the time until the librarian tapped his shoulder and said, “The library closes in five minutes dear.” “Oh, what time is it now?” “It’s five fifty five” “Ah hey, I’m late!” Cyburst put the book back on the bookshelf and thanked the librarian. He picked up his saddle bag and rushed out the door and ran all the way to Candy’s house. Fearing he was late he was hesitant to knock on the door. When he did, Candy threw open the door and shouted, “Cyburst! You’re just on time!” “Really! I… I mean of course I am. Why wouldn’t I be?” Cyburst was relieved that he arrived on time. He put his saddle bag on the couch. And played with Candy Corn in her backyard Since they were five they had to go to bed at seven, they didn’t get to play very long before they had to get ready for bed. They brushed their teeth and set up there sleeping bags in the living room. They set up a blanket as a tent and Cyburst, using his new spell, lit up their tent. Cyburst took out his stuffed Ursa Minor and snuggled with it. Candy Corn then asked Cyburst, “So, will you tell the first spooky story or will I” “I will” Cyburst had the perfect one. And everything was going according to his plan. “I’ve heard a rumor, that somewhere, deep in the Froggy bottom bog, there is a cave, and if you find it, you will be MAGICLLYTRANSPORTEDTOAWORLDWHEREEVEYONEISADONKEY!!” “EEEEKK” Candy screamed in terror. She then hid in her sleeping bag for protection. After about ten seconds, she came back out and giggled, “He-he. t-that w-wasn’t very spooky” Thinking that Cyburst might not have heard her scream, Candy tried to look brave. Cyburst knew she was scared. Wondering if Candy even knew any spooky stories, he said “Well, then you tell one.” “Ok then. Ahem. “ They both scooted all the way into their sleeping bags until only their heads popped out. Candy started to begin her story. “I’ve heard a rumor, that in the Everfree Forest, only on the summer solstice, The longest and hottest day of the year, there is a strange building that, unless you’re really lost, you cannot find it. And when you look at the Building you wonder if it’s there. And in that building, there lies an ancient and powerful spell, that the gods themselves hid it there so that nopony could find it. And guarding this secret spell, is a URSA MAJOR!!!” “That wasn’t scary, that was exciting!” “Oh, yeah?” “Yeah.” Candy Corn was mad. Candy knew he was scared, but didn’t have any proof. She then thought of a way to get him to be scared. “Then why don’t you try to find this building, Cyburst?” “Ok, but if I have to find the building you have to find the cave, ok?” “Ok” “Promise” “Y-yes, do you?” “Yes” “Good thing tomorrow’s the summer solstice.” Cyburst disabled the illumination spell. They both got into their sleeping bags and, almost as if there brains’ were synchronized, thought, ‘What have I got myself into?!’ The JourneyChapter 3: The Journey After waking up somewhere that wasn’t his bed, Cyburst took a look at his surroundings. Realizing what happened the night before, his blood turned to ice. He got out and sat on top of his sleeping bag and thought. He has to venture into the Everfree forest! Everyone told him it was dangerous but never told him why. Where there scary monsters? Was the sky green? Could you even see the sky? Cyburst was so deep in thought that he didn’t notice that Candy corn had woken up and sneaked around his back. “Boo!” *Silence* “I said, BOO!” *More silence* Cyburst was almost in a deathly state. Cyburst got scared you see, but he never shouted out unless really angry. Cyburst was 1,000 pounds lighter when he turned around and saw it was only Candy Corn. “Candy, you scared me!” “I… I did?” “Yes, you did. But you know what’s even scarier? ” “No, what?” “AWORLDMADEUPONLYOFDONKEYS!!!” Candy giggled, knowing that Cyburst was only kidding. She then remembered what she promised to do last night and her eyes widened with fear. “D-do I still have to go to Froggy Bottom Bog t-today?” “Yes, a-and I still have to go into th-the Everfree forest today.” Before they got to say another word, Candy Corn’s parents came back down the stairs of the house and said it was time for Cyburst to go home. Cyber Burst reluctantly got up and packed his things and sat at the table to eat breakfast with Candy and her family. They two children sat next to each other and started to plan how they were going to get to their destinations. “Ok Candy, you and I will meet at the border between the Froggy Bottom Bog and the Everfree Forest at noon.” “Ok, and from there we will split up and search our respective areas for the places. If that’s alright with you, Cyburst?” “Yes, and we won’t stop searching for them until we found proof that they do or don’t exist, Ok.” “Ok” During the rest of the breakfast, Candy gave Cyburst exact directions to the Everfree/Froggy bottom border. After the party of four finished eating breakfast, Cyburst’s mom came to pick him up and brought him home to let him unpack. Cyber Burst unpacked and then got the only thing he thought he would need on his quest. After he got his Ursa Minor tightly in his mouth. He bravely ventured to the EverFree/ Froggy Bottom border when realized, ‘wait, what time is it? Cyburst used the sun to judge the time. It was only eleven thirty! What was he going to do for the time being? He decided to scratch a note in the ground for Candy corn. Candy, Gone ahead to find the place. Cyburst Cyburst didn’t know how to write the word “Building” because he was only five. He started to trot into the forest, noticing the pretty flowers and the trees. He actually never had gone into the Everfree forest before. He thought it wouldn’t be hard to get lost in a place he’d never been before. While thinking this, Cyber burst got another brilliant idea. If he dragged his left back hoof in the dirt that now made the forest floor, he could create a path for him to follow back. he thought that this was such a good idea that he started dragging his hoof immediately. The only problem with dragging your hoof in the dirt, it makes you go a lot slower than you would think. After about an hour of his hopping, dragging motion which he has to do to keep his hoof on the ground, he saw the most beautiful flower in his life. (so far.) he went up to smell it, and it smelled ten times better than it looked. After he was done smelling the flower, which he could have done for ages, he notices something familiar, no, not like something he has known for a while, but something he subconsciously saw. The shape of the trees. The pattern of bushes on the side of the path. He had gone in a full circle! He was in so much shock that all he could do was say, “Uh-oh” He started to panic when he found this out. He looked left and right to see if he could see the bog. He couldn’t. He even looked up and then down. Once he saw the ground, that’s when he got scared. The ground had no trail on it. Not because he stopped dragging his hoof, but because he dragged his hoof so much he made the ground almost level. Once he looked back up, he was so scared he dropped his lucky stuffed Ursa Minor. Right in back of him. He could feel a Manticore looming over him. He dared not look back. All he could do was swiftly pick up his Ursa Minor and run for dear life. He ran for at least a hundred feet before realizing that the Manticore didn’t give chase. Cyburst thought this was strange. He looked back to find that the Manticore was only a misshapen tree. Cyburst thought he may have accidently gone to the little boy’s room right then, but didn’t look down because now he was more lost than ever. He then thought that this was great. Candy said that the Building could only be found if the person was lost. He started to walk and surely enough, the ground eventually turned to sand. And right in front of him, was a large pyramid like building. From where he was, he thought he could see the pyramid shift, left and right, then up and down. As if the pyramid itself was a wave.as he walked up to the wall of the pyramid, he could see that the building looked like it was used for terrace farming, but instead of dirt in the (with lack of a better term) place where the plants go, there was only sand. Upon reaching the top of one of the ninety one stair staircase, he found the entrance to the pyramid, an elevator with a pressure plate, and an inscription that read. The Mirage Temple Enter if you dare Inside The TempleChapter 4: Inside the Temple and the Secret Treasure Cyburst had never the inside of a temple before, let alone one that had a secret treasure inside. He did need proof of this temple. He went to the entrance and pressed on the pressure plate, when suddenly, something whistled by his head and stuck into the wall to his left. ‘Somepony doesn’t want other ponies entering this temple.’ Cyburst thought to himself after he examined the objects that flew over his head. They were a very sharp, very long, wooden stakes. If he was five inches taller, his head would have been impaled multiple times. He would have died and wouldn’t even know why. Eventually, Cyburst figured out that you only needed to stand on the elevator to make it start to gently move down the long and wide hole. He started to walk backwards out of fear of setting off another trap. As soon as he touched the wall, sand started to fall off in the exact place he touched. ‘How is this building even held together?’ Only after then did he start to hear the unmistakable hum of magic. The humming got louder and louder the farther down he went. After that point, the more he moved, the more traps he would set off. Of course he never would be hit by any because they all aimed for the head of an average sized pony. Once he reached the bottom of the hole, he could see it wasn’t just any old temple. It was held together with a mix between magic and technology. Cyburst didn’t move in fear of setting off another trap, but when he did move, his mind became clear. On the far wall he could see that there was a timer counting down to, from what he could judge, the end of the day. ‘It all makes sense now, well almost.’ He realized he was standing in the chamber that made the temple, and everything close, disappear until the next summer solstice, but one thing didn’t add up. How could it disappear? Even with 100 ponies, (something this temple doesn’t have) it is incredibly hard to make something as small as one pony to disappear for ten seconds. Keeping that in mind, Cyburst noticed that there was a flow to the whole room. As if drawn by in unseen force, he and his stuffed Ursa Minor went to and fro between the giant machines looking for the source of all the power. Then, he saw it. In a room made up of only sand and a wooden ceiling. It was an Ursa Major, sleeping in front of something on a podium that seemed to emanate a raw power like no other. ‘There must be some way to get that Ursa Major out of there’ Looking around the room, Cyburst noticed the strange markings all over the place. Upon closer inspection to some of these marks, he noticed that they weren’t marks, but they were symbols. Old Equestrian hieroglyphs that only Princess Celestia could read, but there was also a mosaic. ‘Mother of Celestia!’ The mosaic showed ponies killing ponies. Princess Celestia fighting another Alicorn. This Alicorn looked like a dark version of Celestia. On Celestia’s side there were six different ponies, one purple unicorn, one light yellow pegasus, another pegasus with a rainbow mane, one pure white Unicorn, one orange earth pony, and another pink earth pony with a quite ruffled mane. On the sider with the unknown Alicorn there were five ponies and three silhouettes of ponies. Three of the ponies had the same color scheme, one pony had a barrage of electricity surrounding him, and the final pony had a flaming aura around it. Under the mosaic, there was an inscription. It was too far away for Cyburst’s small eyes to read. He had to get closer, but the Ursa Major was blocking the way. He wracked his brain for an answer, but he couldn’t come up with one. He thought so much his brain hurt. “Grahh! Why can’t I think of anything?!” Cyburst felt something soft hit his feet. Looking down he saw his stuffed Ursa Minor. He forgot he even had it in his mouth. Once he was done looking at his Ursa Minor, Cyburst looked at the Ursa Major should be. Odd. Cyburst remembered that the Ursa Major was SLEEPING before he yelled and then realized there was something to his left. He looked slowly to his left to find what he thought was there, a big, grumpy, sleepy, over-protective, Ursa Major. ‘Wait? Over-protective! That’s right. Ursa Majors are extremely over-protective of Ursa Minors.’ Cyburst quickly picked up his stuffed Ursa Minor with what little telekinesis he had and threw it towards the right wall. The Ursa Major blindly lunged at the stuffed Ursa Minor and was knocked out from the blow to his head via the wall of sand wall that was almost as hard as concrete. The impact of the Ursa Major made the whole room shake. The magical machines were strong enough to hold the building up though. Once Cyburst got close enough to touch the secret treasure that lay on the podium, he looked at it with disappointment. ‘Only a spell scroll?’ Now that he was closer, Cyburst looked back at the mosaic. It became clear that this was no massacre. It was a full out war between the two sides. He then read the inscription under the mosaic. Nine Elements start the war, one Element will end it. Cyburst was astonished! What were these elements? How could they start a war? In even more terrifying question popped into his head. What was on that scroll? He turned back to see that the scroll actually contained a camouflage spell. That’s how the temple was never found. It wasn’t disappearing, it was just turning invisible. It was still there. Cyburst tried out the spell and found that he could no longer see himself. He was amazed! He disabled the spell because it took a lot of mana to use. And he couldn’t make enough mana regularly to support the spell. Cyburst immediately memorized the spell so that he could use it at a later date to scare some of his friends. He then realized that if he could bring back the scroll, he could teach it to others and they could scare people together! He picked up the scroll and heard the only noise he didn’t want to hear. “Rrrrrriiiiiiippppp” Cyburst heart sank when he looked at the scroll. To his dismay, the scroll had left the last part of the spell on the podium. Cyburst got angry at himself for tearing the scroll. Cyburst rage turned into complete and udder horror when he understood that there was another sound he didn’t want to hear Silence No machines whirred. The humming of magic had left the air. The only noise was the wooden planks above him getting ready to collapse under the pressure of a ton of sand. ‘Time to go!’ *Cue Ridley theme music from any Metroid game* The Unexpected?Chapter 5: The Unexpected? Cyburst takes off into a full out run with the scroll in his mouth. The wood ceiling breaks exactly above the podium and spreads outward. Cyburst starts turning on instinct, his subconscious knowing exactly which way he needed to go. Cyburst finds himself stuck underground because the elevator doesn’t work without the power from the scroll. Oh no, ohnoohnoohnoohnoonhoohnoohnoohnoohno. What am I going to do?!” While in his panic, he notices that the elevator is supported on four separate beams. With the sand coming from behind and slipping under the elevator, it threatens to crack his only platform to freedom. His face lights up with hope. “Holy sh…………itake mushrooms! I’ve got an idea! He breaks the support beams and lets the sand flow freely UNDER the platform, making a one-way elevator to the surface. His idea works, until the sand above him starts to fall. “This is not how I’m going to die!” He sends a bolt of magic to disperse the sand above him, making a small but usable hole. Cyburst focuses all of his mana into his hooves and shoves off with enough force to make it to the surface. “Haaa, haaa, haaa, hai’m alive. I’M ALIVE!!” A breathless Cyburst hops up and down in joy of him surly being alive. He couldn’t believe he did it. He then realized all he did was risk his life in destroying a religious temple, (probably enraging some deity) rip a priceless artifact of unimaginable power, and burying millions of bits worth of magical machinery. He did notice that he got two consolation prizes. He had proof that the Mirage temple existed and he got his cutie mark! It was a computer directory with the words “Best Around” written in a simple code. First, you had to switch the numbers from a Duodecimal system to a Decadecimal system. (For those who are numerically “Challenged”, he switched the numbers from a system with only two different numbers to one with ten different numbers.) Then, you had to switch the numbers into letters. “I got my cutie mark from breaking and stealing? Cool!” After Cyburst was done chuckling, he found that he had obtained a lot of scrapes and cuts. He was losing blood fast! If he didn’t get help, he’d die from blood loss. He ran through the forest and found a cottage that had smoke coming out of the chimney. He walked up to the door and knocked quite loudly so that he knew someone could hear him. The door opened and a pure white unicorn that looked quite familiar was the last thing Cyburst saw before passing out from exhaustion. ______________________(You all know what happens next. If you don’t, read chapter one.)______________________ After leaving Rarity’s cottage he raced over to his mother’s house in Ponyville. He let the half-a-scroll drop to the ground so that he could speak. “Mom, I’m home!” “Hello swee- wait, YOUR HOME!” Cyburst’s mom rushed to hug him. Crushing his ribs. Once she was done killing him, the questioning of things began. “Where have you been?!” “I was exploring a deep underground temple where I tricked an Ursa Major into running into a wall and found a strange picture- “Oh never mind. I’m just glad you’re safe.” Cyburst’s mom went in to try to kill him again with hugging, but Cyburst eventually got the upper hand and slipped out of her grasp. “I need to talk to Candy Corn. I’ll be back in a few minutes.” And with that he went out to find his friend Candy. It didn’t take him long to find her because she was in the first place he looked. He opened the door to her house to find her crying, into her hoofs, on her living room couch. “Why are you crying Candy?” Candy looked up with hopeful eye to find a perfectly normal Cyburst looking down with serious concern. She got off her couch and tackled Cyburst to the ground screaming. “I’m crying because I was worried about you! You big meanie!” She cried even harder after this point. Cyburst looked at her with confusion. “I did find th-“ “I don’t care about what you found! Don’t you ever do that again!” “Cyber, I don’t know what I would do if you weren’t around.” Cyburst, who was completely oblivious to how a girl works, now looked even more confused then ever. Wait, did she call Cyburst by his real name? Before he could question her, she kissed him right on the lips. He didn’t even let his mom do that. Candy’s face turns a nice shade of scarlet “I…. I’m sorry. I’m sorry!” Candy ran to her room and shuts the door. Cyburst is now about to go mad. Does she…? No, no of course not. That’s absurd. Cyburst walks to his house with all of his hairs on end. PRESENT Rarity seems shocked at what just happened! She never knew it was possible to share memories. It was now her turn to go deep in thought. She didn’t have very much time because Cyburst was questioning about how the Sugar Cube Corner could be open so late. “Uhhh…. Rarity? Rarity, they need to close the store.” “What? Good gracious! I lost track of time. You can stay in my guest room for the night.” “Oh, okay. But my house is just on the ed-“ “No, no I insist. You stay at my house. I was the one who made you stay for so long.” Rarity levitated Cyburst out of Sugar Cube Corner and to Carousal Boutique. Rarity and Cyburst had to discuss what she saw. “That prophecy must have been talking about the attack of night mare moon. Darling, don’t you think so.” “I don’t know Rarity. I just hope it was, for the sake of Equestria. Because if it wasn’t, we will have a very big problem.” “It must have been! Celestia had confiscated Night mare moon’s armor that same night. There is no way Luna could get the armor back.” “Hmm. Perhaps you’re right. Good night Rarity” “Good night, Cyber Burst.” But something was troubling Cyburst as he got into the guest bed. No, not that rarity had said his full name. It said in the prophecy that there were NINE elements. Where did the other three come from? Cyburst fell asleep a short while after he lay down on the bed because well, Sharing memories can take a lot out of you. End of story one “…” “…” “…….” “Screeeeech”
Old FriendsChapter 1 Old friends Rarity looked left and right before approaching the stallion on the other side of the street. She hopes it is the stallion she’s looking for or else she would have made a quite fool of herself. Upon reaching the other side of the street, the stallion looked her way and his face lit up. Not thinking of her safety, the stallion said, “Hey Rarity!” “He“ Rarity tried to say something, but was cut off because she was then surrounded by many adoring fans. Saving the land of Equestria from Night Mare Moon and making some of the most beautiful dresses of her time really gets her a following. The stallion’s horn glowed and both Rarity and the stallion disappeared. They reappeared right next to a startled Applejack on Sweet Apple Acres. The stallion appeared with his face buried in the ground while Rarity appeared on her back. “I see you still haven’t mastered the teleportation spell, Cyber.” “I don’t know what went wrong this time,” “Darling, which teleportation spell did you use, the regular one or the teleport shuffle one?” “Oh, I feel really dumb using the wrong teleport spell.” “Well, there’s your problem darling, now would you mind using the right one and get us back to my boutique.” There was a flash of light and the two unicorns where gone. All there was left was a very confused Applejack. Applejack yelled before going back to kicking trees. “What’s ‘goin on ‘round here!” ************************************** After Rarity washed all the dirt off her mane, she and Cyber walked to the nearest shop (which happened to be Sugar cube corner) and talked. “You never told me you were in Ponyville Darling,” “I just stopped in to check on old friends,” “Oh, I’m doing just fine , selling a lot more Dresses than usual though,” “I wouldn’t say your fine Miss Generosity, you were almost mobbed by fans!” “I could’ve gotten out of that easily darling.” “And maybe you came to tell me something else,” “Uhhhh,” “Something you couldn’t have told me for the last fifteen years,” “You have a memory like an Elephant Rarity,” Cybeast started to remember the time the two had first met. He always loved to remember things because he had a great childhood of Mysterious caves and Giant relics, for he was an adventurer. But that is a different chapter. FIFTEEN YEARS EARLIER A young colt came trotting up to an unknown cottage for he did not know all the people who lived close to the Everfree forest. He went up to the door and banged on it for dear life. When Rarity answered the door, he collapsed in her hooves because of all the scrapes and cuts he had on him. An old scroll that was in his mouth was then dropped on the floor The colt woke up a with a start after what seemed like a little while later, laying on a couch, with a strange filly feeding him medicine. He panicked and tried to get up, but found he could hardly move because he had so many injuries. C.H. asked the filly, “Who are you, and where am I,” “My name is Rarity darling, you collapsed on my front porch badly injured,” Rarity was amazed on how this strange colt even got to her cottage in the first place. Pondering this, Rarity asked the colt. “What where you doing out in the Everfree Forest, it’s quite dangerous you know.” The colt just smiled and snickered, then muttered something under his breath. Rarity didn’t hear it but didn’t ask what it he said. The colt then answered her first question, “I can’t tell you now.” “Well why not darling?” “You wouldn’t believe me, Wait fifteen years, then I’ll tell you.” The colt noticed that he could move again and sat up on the couch wondering how this, Rarity could have such strong medicine. As if she was reading his mind she explained, “My parents own a powerful herb shop, but they keep a large surplus of herbs here.” The colt started to get off the couch and move about the room, then stopped to look at himself in a nearby mirror. From horn to hoof, he stands a good two feet high, tall for a colt at the age of five. He turned from side to side, looking at his light red flank, wondering what all the other kids would say at the start of the next school year because he was the first to get his cutie mark, a strange one at that. Then, noticing that his light blue mane and tail was neatly braided down his left side, asked Rarity, “Did you do my hair?” “Do you like it? I think it looks gorgeous darling.” In response to her question, the colt undid his hair and shook it wildly to get the glitter out. He scooped up the glitter and put it in the nearest container of sorts. Rarity looked displeased at him. “What, I don’t like glitter.” Rarity just sighed and took the glitter container up to her room. She put it next to her first dress which she made all by herself. Upon coming back to the room in which she left the colt in, she couldn’t find him. She then looked all around the cottage looking for him to find him at the front door. She was amazed at how fast he healed. Even with all of the medicine, she thought he would have to stay for at least until sunset. That was the first time she looked at his cutie mark. Realizing that it was rather strange to say the least. It was an old, open book with a code of numbers on the pages. She looked at the colt’s face then back at the cutie mark. The colt then asked, “How long did I sleep?” “For almost a day darling.” "What? ALMOST A DAY?!" Rarity was confused. Did this young colt think that he would just wake up in five minutes. The colt started to panic and said, “Great Celestia! My mother must be worried sick” The colt ran about twenty feet then turned and ran back and asked “I came with a scroll, where is it?” “Next to the couch Darling” The colt’s horn glowed and he used his magic to make the scroll levitate into his mouth where he then held it gently. Rarity noticed that the colt was ever so slightly transparent after the held the scroll in his mouth. When he was about to leave, Rarity asked the young colt, “You’re just going to leave without telling me your name, how rude!” The colt stopped and said with a huge smile on his face, “My name is Cyber burst, but everyone calls me Cyburst”
PromisesChapter 2: Promises PRESENT Rarity was slightly annoyed at Cyburst who had been daydreaming for ten minutes, but eventually tapped his shoulder with her hoof to bring him back to reality. Cyburst came back with a jolt which startled Rarity. “What was it you wanted to tell me darling?” “Oh, right well it all started like this.” Cyburst was a unicorn which, when his horn was touching another pony, could share memories in an instant. Lots of the artifacts that he recovered usually contained spells or other good things that could be passed on without actually destroying the artifact. He obtained memory sharing and camouflage this way. When Cyburst and Rarity touched, they touched horns, which is the fastest way for the memory to travel since they’re basically an extension of the brain, and Rarity was amazed at what she saw in Chapter four. ************************************************* FIFTEEN YEARS EARLIER “Whoohoo Last day of school!” A young Cyburst was sitting at his desk in first grade, bouncing up and down in his chair, waiting for the end of school bell to ring its loud ring. All of his classmates where doing the same thing as Cyburst because they, also, could not wait for the end of school. BRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG! “Yay, School’s out.” “Hey Cyburst, you want to play after school?” “Ok” The pony who asked Cyburst was named Candy Corn. She was an orange earth pony who had a white mane and a tail to match, her hooves where bright yellow so you could tell how she got her name. Like everyone else in her class, she had a blank flank. All the stallions in the class had a crush on her, but she was more of a tomboy and only played in Cyburst’s group. Because of Candy, Cyburst was the second most popular kid in class. (Even though he didn’t care about being popular.) Cyburst and Candy Corn got along well and played a lot during the school year. But now that the school year had ended, they planned to do something big. There was only one problem with their plan. They didn’t know what to do. Thinking about this, Candy Corn thought of something. “How about we have a sleepover at my house and tell spooky stories.” “Hmmm.” Cyburst thought about this. He knew it wasn’t what they had hoped for, but he didn’t have any better ideas. He walked over to Candy Corn and had a brilliant idea. That formed into a plan. “Ok, I’ll come around six.” After he said goodbye to Candy and all of the other ponies, Cyburst left school with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. He trotted along the streets of Ponyville until he knew he was out of sight from the school, then went into a full out run all the way home to tell his family what was going to happen. Once he reached his house he yelled. “Mom! I’m home!” “How was your day sweet C.” “Great! Can I sleep over at Candy Corn’s house tonight?” “Oh I don’t know sweet C, it’s a school night.” “But Mom, today was the last day of school.” “Really, I totally forgot yes, you can sleep over at Candy Corn’s tonight. But remember to bring your toothbrush and a pillow. Your neck was really sore the last time you didn’t bring one. And also bring a” “Ok, Ok I’ll bring a pillow.” Cyburst’s mom didn’t finish her sentence because she didn’t even remember what she was going to tell him to bring. But she always forgot the last thing anyway. Cyburst went to his room and packed his toothbrush, his pillow, his sleeping bag, and his stuffed Ursa Minor in his saddle bag for good luck. Once he was ready, it was still too early to head to Candy’s, so he went to the Ponyville Library to find any junior spell books. The library wasn’t far from anywhere. So he knew he could make it to Candy’s on time. Once he reached the library he opened the door and let himself in. He looked at all the books. He didn’t even think there were that many books in the world! Once he got into the nonfiction part of the library, he asked the librarian, “Excuse me, but where are the spell books?” “Oh, the junior spell books are right over on that other book shelf” “Thank you miss.” “You’re welcome dear.” The librarian had never seen such a well-mannered child, let alone boy. Cyburst went to the bookshelf that the librarian pointed to and looked at all the pictures, for he could not read well. He eventually came to a book in which he could read some of the words and memorized the spell he could actually pronounce all the words in. “Alu, ilumin, illumination, that’s the word! Illumination!” He was lost in the book and didn’t realize the time until the librarian tapped his shoulder and said, “The library closes in five minutes dear.” “Oh, what time is it now?” “It’s five fifty five” “Ah hey, I’m late!” Cyburst put the book back on the bookshelf and thanked the librarian. He picked up his saddle bag and rushed out the door and ran all the way to Candy’s house. Fearing he was late he was hesitant to knock on the door. When he did, Candy threw open the door and shouted, “Cyburst! You’re just on time!” “Really! I… I mean of course I am. Why wouldn’t I be?” Cyburst was relieved that he arrived on time. He put his saddle bag on the couch. And played with Candy Corn in her backyard Since they were five they had to go to bed at seven, they didn’t get to play very long before they had to get ready for bed. They brushed their teeth and set up there sleeping bags in the living room. They set up a blanket as a tent and Cyburst, using his new spell, lit up their tent. Cyburst took out his stuffed Ursa Minor and snuggled with it. Candy Corn then asked Cyburst, “So, will you tell the first spooky story or will I” “I will” Cyburst had the perfect one. And everything was going according to his plan. “I’ve heard a rumor, that somewhere, deep in the Froggy bottom bog, there is a cave, and if you find it, you will be MAGICLLYTRANSPORTEDTOAWORLDWHEREEVEYONEISADONKEY!!” “EEEEKK” Candy screamed in terror. She then hid in her sleeping bag for protection. After about ten seconds, she came back out and giggled, “He-he. t-that w-wasn’t very spooky” Thinking that Cyburst might not have heard her scream, Candy tried to look brave. Cyburst knew she was scared. Wondering if Candy even knew any spooky stories, he said “Well, then you tell one.” “Ok then. Ahem. “ They both scooted all the way into their sleeping bags until only their heads popped out. Candy started to begin her story. “I’ve heard a rumor, that in the Everfree Forest, only on the summer solstice, The longest and hottest day of the year, there is a strange building that, unless you’re really lost, you cannot find it. And when you look at the Building you wonder if it’s there. And in that building, there lies an ancient and powerful spell, that the gods themselves hid it there so that nopony could find it. And guarding this secret spell, is a URSA MAJOR!!!” “That wasn’t scary, that was exciting!” “Oh, yeah?” “Yeah.” Candy Corn was mad. Candy knew he was scared, but didn’t have any proof. She then thought of a way to get him to be scared. “Then why don’t you try to find this building, Cyburst?” “Ok, but if I have to find the building you have to find the cave, ok?” “Ok” “Promise” “Y-yes, do you?” “Yes” “Good thing tomorrow’s the summer solstice.” Cyburst disabled the illumination spell. They both got into their sleeping bags and, almost as if there brains’ were synchronized, thought, ‘What have I got myself into?!’
The JourneyChapter 3: The Journey After waking up somewhere that wasn’t his bed, Cyburst took a look at his surroundings. Realizing what happened the night before, his blood turned to ice. He got out and sat on top of his sleeping bag and thought. He has to venture into the Everfree forest! Everyone told him it was dangerous but never told him why. Where there scary monsters? Was the sky green? Could you even see the sky? Cyburst was so deep in thought that he didn’t notice that Candy corn had woken up and sneaked around his back. “Boo!” *Silence* “I said, BOO!” *More silence* Cyburst was almost in a deathly state. Cyburst got scared you see, but he never shouted out unless really angry. Cyburst was 1,000 pounds lighter when he turned around and saw it was only Candy Corn. “Candy, you scared me!” “I… I did?” “Yes, you did. But you know what’s even scarier? ” “No, what?” “AWORLDMADEUPONLYOFDONKEYS!!!” Candy giggled, knowing that Cyburst was only kidding. She then remembered what she promised to do last night and her eyes widened with fear. “D-do I still have to go to Froggy Bottom Bog t-today?” “Yes, a-and I still have to go into th-the Everfree forest today.” Before they got to say another word, Candy Corn’s parents came back down the stairs of the house and said it was time for Cyburst to go home. Cyber Burst reluctantly got up and packed his things and sat at the table to eat breakfast with Candy and her family. They two children sat next to each other and started to plan how they were going to get to their destinations. “Ok Candy, you and I will meet at the border between the Froggy Bottom Bog and the Everfree Forest at noon.” “Ok, and from there we will split up and search our respective areas for the places. If that’s alright with you, Cyburst?” “Yes, and we won’t stop searching for them until we found proof that they do or don’t exist, Ok.” “Ok” During the rest of the breakfast, Candy gave Cyburst exact directions to the Everfree/Froggy bottom border. After the party of four finished eating breakfast, Cyburst’s mom came to pick him up and brought him home to let him unpack. Cyber Burst unpacked and then got the only thing he thought he would need on his quest. After he got his Ursa Minor tightly in his mouth. He bravely ventured to the EverFree/ Froggy Bottom border when realized, ‘wait, what time is it? Cyburst used the sun to judge the time. It was only eleven thirty! What was he going to do for the time being? He decided to scratch a note in the ground for Candy corn. Candy, Gone ahead to find the place. Cyburst Cyburst didn’t know how to write the word “Building” because he was only five. He started to trot into the forest, noticing the pretty flowers and the trees. He actually never had gone into the Everfree forest before. He thought it wouldn’t be hard to get lost in a place he’d never been before. While thinking this, Cyber burst got another brilliant idea. If he dragged his left back hoof in the dirt that now made the forest floor, he could create a path for him to follow back. he thought that this was such a good idea that he started dragging his hoof immediately. The only problem with dragging your hoof in the dirt, it makes you go a lot slower than you would think. After about an hour of his hopping, dragging motion which he has to do to keep his hoof on the ground, he saw the most beautiful flower in his life. (so far.) he went up to smell it, and it smelled ten times better than it looked. After he was done smelling the flower, which he could have done for ages, he notices something familiar, no, not like something he has known for a while, but something he subconsciously saw. The shape of the trees. The pattern of bushes on the side of the path. He had gone in a full circle! He was in so much shock that all he could do was say, “Uh-oh” He started to panic when he found this out. He looked left and right to see if he could see the bog. He couldn’t. He even looked up and then down. Once he saw the ground, that’s when he got scared. The ground had no trail on it. Not because he stopped dragging his hoof, but because he dragged his hoof so much he made the ground almost level. Once he looked back up, he was so scared he dropped his lucky stuffed Ursa Minor. Right in back of him. He could feel a Manticore looming over him. He dared not look back. All he could do was swiftly pick up his Ursa Minor and run for dear life. He ran for at least a hundred feet before realizing that the Manticore didn’t give chase. Cyburst thought this was strange. He looked back to find that the Manticore was only a misshapen tree. Cyburst thought he may have accidently gone to the little boy’s room right then, but didn’t look down because now he was more lost than ever. He then thought that this was great. Candy said that the Building could only be found if the person was lost. He started to walk and surely enough, the ground eventually turned to sand. And right in front of him, was a large pyramid like building. From where he was, he thought he could see the pyramid shift, left and right, then up and down. As if the pyramid itself was a wave.as he walked up to the wall of the pyramid, he could see that the building looked like it was used for terrace farming, but instead of dirt in the (with lack of a better term) place where the plants go, there was only sand. Upon reaching the top of one of the ninety one stair staircase, he found the entrance to the pyramid, an elevator with a pressure plate, and an inscription that read. The Mirage Temple Enter if you dare
Inside The TempleChapter 4: Inside the Temple and the Secret Treasure Cyburst had never the inside of a temple before, let alone one that had a secret treasure inside. He did need proof of this temple. He went to the entrance and pressed on the pressure plate, when suddenly, something whistled by his head and stuck into the wall to his left. ‘Somepony doesn’t want other ponies entering this temple.’ Cyburst thought to himself after he examined the objects that flew over his head. They were a very sharp, very long, wooden stakes. If he was five inches taller, his head would have been impaled multiple times. He would have died and wouldn’t even know why. Eventually, Cyburst figured out that you only needed to stand on the elevator to make it start to gently move down the long and wide hole. He started to walk backwards out of fear of setting off another trap. As soon as he touched the wall, sand started to fall off in the exact place he touched. ‘How is this building even held together?’ Only after then did he start to hear the unmistakable hum of magic. The humming got louder and louder the farther down he went. After that point, the more he moved, the more traps he would set off. Of course he never would be hit by any because they all aimed for the head of an average sized pony. Once he reached the bottom of the hole, he could see it wasn’t just any old temple. It was held together with a mix between magic and technology. Cyburst didn’t move in fear of setting off another trap, but when he did move, his mind became clear. On the far wall he could see that there was a timer counting down to, from what he could judge, the end of the day. ‘It all makes sense now, well almost.’ He realized he was standing in the chamber that made the temple, and everything close, disappear until the next summer solstice, but one thing didn’t add up. How could it disappear? Even with 100 ponies, (something this temple doesn’t have) it is incredibly hard to make something as small as one pony to disappear for ten seconds. Keeping that in mind, Cyburst noticed that there was a flow to the whole room. As if drawn by in unseen force, he and his stuffed Ursa Minor went to and fro between the giant machines looking for the source of all the power. Then, he saw it. In a room made up of only sand and a wooden ceiling. It was an Ursa Major, sleeping in front of something on a podium that seemed to emanate a raw power like no other. ‘There must be some way to get that Ursa Major out of there’ Looking around the room, Cyburst noticed the strange markings all over the place. Upon closer inspection to some of these marks, he noticed that they weren’t marks, but they were symbols. Old Equestrian hieroglyphs that only Princess Celestia could read, but there was also a mosaic. ‘Mother of Celestia!’ The mosaic showed ponies killing ponies. Princess Celestia fighting another Alicorn. This Alicorn looked like a dark version of Celestia. On Celestia’s side there were six different ponies, one purple unicorn, one light yellow pegasus, another pegasus with a rainbow mane, one pure white Unicorn, one orange earth pony, and another pink earth pony with a quite ruffled mane. On the sider with the unknown Alicorn there were five ponies and three silhouettes of ponies. Three of the ponies had the same color scheme, one pony had a barrage of electricity surrounding him, and the final pony had a flaming aura around it. Under the mosaic, there was an inscription. It was too far away for Cyburst’s small eyes to read. He had to get closer, but the Ursa Major was blocking the way. He wracked his brain for an answer, but he couldn’t come up with one. He thought so much his brain hurt. “Grahh! Why can’t I think of anything?!” Cyburst felt something soft hit his feet. Looking down he saw his stuffed Ursa Minor. He forgot he even had it in his mouth. Once he was done looking at his Ursa Minor, Cyburst looked at the Ursa Major should be. Odd. Cyburst remembered that the Ursa Major was SLEEPING before he yelled and then realized there was something to his left. He looked slowly to his left to find what he thought was there, a big, grumpy, sleepy, over-protective, Ursa Major. ‘Wait? Over-protective! That’s right. Ursa Majors are extremely over-protective of Ursa Minors.’ Cyburst quickly picked up his stuffed Ursa Minor with what little telekinesis he had and threw it towards the right wall. The Ursa Major blindly lunged at the stuffed Ursa Minor and was knocked out from the blow to his head via the wall of sand wall that was almost as hard as concrete. The impact of the Ursa Major made the whole room shake. The magical machines were strong enough to hold the building up though. Once Cyburst got close enough to touch the secret treasure that lay on the podium, he looked at it with disappointment. ‘Only a spell scroll?’ Now that he was closer, Cyburst looked back at the mosaic. It became clear that this was no massacre. It was a full out war between the two sides. He then read the inscription under the mosaic. Nine Elements start the war, one Element will end it. Cyburst was astonished! What were these elements? How could they start a war? In even more terrifying question popped into his head. What was on that scroll? He turned back to see that the scroll actually contained a camouflage spell. That’s how the temple was never found. It wasn’t disappearing, it was just turning invisible. It was still there. Cyburst tried out the spell and found that he could no longer see himself. He was amazed! He disabled the spell because it took a lot of mana to use. And he couldn’t make enough mana regularly to support the spell. Cyburst immediately memorized the spell so that he could use it at a later date to scare some of his friends. He then realized that if he could bring back the scroll, he could teach it to others and they could scare people together! He picked up the scroll and heard the only noise he didn’t want to hear. “Rrrrrriiiiiiippppp” Cyburst heart sank when he looked at the scroll. To his dismay, the scroll had left the last part of the spell on the podium. Cyburst got angry at himself for tearing the scroll. Cyburst rage turned into complete and udder horror when he understood that there was another sound he didn’t want to hear Silence No machines whirred. The humming of magic had left the air. The only noise was the wooden planks above him getting ready to collapse under the pressure of a ton of sand. ‘Time to go!’ *Cue Ridley theme music from any Metroid game*
The Unexpected?Chapter 5: The Unexpected? Cyburst takes off into a full out run with the scroll in his mouth. The wood ceiling breaks exactly above the podium and spreads outward. Cyburst starts turning on instinct, his subconscious knowing exactly which way he needed to go. Cyburst finds himself stuck underground because the elevator doesn’t work without the power from the scroll. Oh no, ohnoohnoohnoohnoonhoohnoohnoohnoohno. What am I going to do?!” While in his panic, he notices that the elevator is supported on four separate beams. With the sand coming from behind and slipping under the elevator, it threatens to crack his only platform to freedom. His face lights up with hope. “Holy sh…………itake mushrooms! I’ve got an idea! He breaks the support beams and lets the sand flow freely UNDER the platform, making a one-way elevator to the surface. His idea works, until the sand above him starts to fall. “This is not how I’m going to die!” He sends a bolt of magic to disperse the sand above him, making a small but usable hole. Cyburst focuses all of his mana into his hooves and shoves off with enough force to make it to the surface. “Haaa, haaa, haaa, hai’m alive. I’M ALIVE!!” A breathless Cyburst hops up and down in joy of him surly being alive. He couldn’t believe he did it. He then realized all he did was risk his life in destroying a religious temple, (probably enraging some deity) rip a priceless artifact of unimaginable power, and burying millions of bits worth of magical machinery. He did notice that he got two consolation prizes. He had proof that the Mirage temple existed and he got his cutie mark! It was a computer directory with the words “Best Around” written in a simple code. First, you had to switch the numbers from a Duodecimal system to a Decadecimal system. (For those who are numerically “Challenged”, he switched the numbers from a system with only two different numbers to one with ten different numbers.) Then, you had to switch the numbers into letters. “I got my cutie mark from breaking and stealing? Cool!” After Cyburst was done chuckling, he found that he had obtained a lot of scrapes and cuts. He was losing blood fast! If he didn’t get help, he’d die from blood loss. He ran through the forest and found a cottage that had smoke coming out of the chimney. He walked up to the door and knocked quite loudly so that he knew someone could hear him. The door opened and a pure white unicorn that looked quite familiar was the last thing Cyburst saw before passing out from exhaustion. ______________________(You all know what happens next. If you don’t, read chapter one.)______________________ After leaving Rarity’s cottage he raced over to his mother’s house in Ponyville. He let the half-a-scroll drop to the ground so that he could speak. “Mom, I’m home!” “Hello swee- wait, YOUR HOME!” Cyburst’s mom rushed to hug him. Crushing his ribs. Once she was done killing him, the questioning of things began. “Where have you been?!” “I was exploring a deep underground temple where I tricked an Ursa Major into running into a wall and found a strange picture- “Oh never mind. I’m just glad you’re safe.” Cyburst’s mom went in to try to kill him again with hugging, but Cyburst eventually got the upper hand and slipped out of her grasp. “I need to talk to Candy Corn. I’ll be back in a few minutes.” And with that he went out to find his friend Candy. It didn’t take him long to find her because she was in the first place he looked. He opened the door to her house to find her crying, into her hoofs, on her living room couch. “Why are you crying Candy?” Candy looked up with hopeful eye to find a perfectly normal Cyburst looking down with serious concern. She got off her couch and tackled Cyburst to the ground screaming. “I’m crying because I was worried about you! You big meanie!” She cried even harder after this point. Cyburst looked at her with confusion. “I did find th-“ “I don’t care about what you found! Don’t you ever do that again!” “Cyber, I don’t know what I would do if you weren’t around.” Cyburst, who was completely oblivious to how a girl works, now looked even more confused then ever. Wait, did she call Cyburst by his real name? Before he could question her, she kissed him right on the lips. He didn’t even let his mom do that. Candy’s face turns a nice shade of scarlet “I…. I’m sorry. I’m sorry!” Candy ran to her room and shuts the door. Cyburst is now about to go mad. Does she…? No, no of course not. That’s absurd. Cyburst walks to his house with all of his hairs on end. PRESENT Rarity seems shocked at what just happened! She never knew it was possible to share memories. It was now her turn to go deep in thought. She didn’t have very much time because Cyburst was questioning about how the Sugar Cube Corner could be open so late. “Uhhh…. Rarity? Rarity, they need to close the store.” “What? Good gracious! I lost track of time. You can stay in my guest room for the night.” “Oh, okay. But my house is just on the ed-“ “No, no I insist. You stay at my house. I was the one who made you stay for so long.” Rarity levitated Cyburst out of Sugar Cube Corner and to Carousal Boutique. Rarity and Cyburst had to discuss what she saw. “That prophecy must have been talking about the attack of night mare moon. Darling, don’t you think so.” “I don’t know Rarity. I just hope it was, for the sake of Equestria. Because if it wasn’t, we will have a very big problem.” “It must have been! Celestia had confiscated Night mare moon’s armor that same night. There is no way Luna could get the armor back.” “Hmm. Perhaps you’re right. Good night Rarity” “Good night, Cyber Burst.” But something was troubling Cyburst as he got into the guest bed. No, not that rarity had said his full name. It said in the prophecy that there were NINE elements. Where did the other three come from? Cyburst fell asleep a short while after he lay down on the bed because well, Sharing memories can take a lot out of you. End of story one “…” “…” “…….” “Screeeeech”
