Iron Man in Equestria

When the sun rose on Canterlot the morning of Stark Enterprises' grand opening, members of the press and important dignitary ponies were already making camp around the building where the former Nazi German embassy once stood.

"So there it is," said a pony reporter as he and another reporter admired the strength and power of the building. "Stark Enterprises' Equestrian division, ready to be open to the public."

"Humans and ponies working together," replied the other reporter. "I never thought I'd live to see the day and the era will begin when that ribbon is cut."

The two reporters noticed a red ribbon tied right at the front door and for the next few hours, they would wait along with those who were already there. Little did anyone know that at S.M.I.L.E. headquarters, Nick Fury was alerted of a disturbance taking place within Canterlot.

"Looks like this is our first test, Romanoff," he said. "What's happening?"

"Apparently, it's coming from within a house near Canterlot Castle," answered Natasha, leading Fury into the command center where a pinpoint of the disturbance was displayed for all to see. "And it's not far from where Tony is opening his Equestria offices."

"We'd better notify the princesses and have them cancel the opening," suggested Fury. "Send a note to Celestia and Luna! Tell them the opening is cancelled due to a security threat."

"Tony's not going to like that," advised Natasha.

"This is for the best and besides," remarked Fury, looking intently at Romanoff. "if there is ever a time for S.M.I.L.E. to stretch its legs, it's now. Agents Heartstrings and Sweetie Drops!"

Heeding the call, the two mares and lifelong friends came dashing into the command center.

"What is it?"

"I need you to stop a disturbance within Canterlot."

"What kind of a disturbance?" asked Lyra.

"One of your own kind," replied Fury, quietly. "And apparently, he's got a few screws loose. Now go!"

Saluting him, Lyra and Bon-Bon immediately went to work. However, Fury wasn't done yet.

"Go keep an eye on them, Romanoff," he ordered as he watched Lyra and Bon-Bon leave. "Make sure they don't screw up."

"Yes, Fury."

Now, all Fury and the rest of the agents could do was wait for S.M.I.L.E. to pass the first test.

…

Meanwhile, at Twilight's castle, Tony stood in front of a mirror trying to rehearse his speech for the opening of his new building. Julia stood behind him watching and chuckling to herself.

"You know," he said sarcastically, turning around to face his professionally dressed COO and girlfriend. "I'm beginning to get the sense why Rhody calls you 'Chuckles.' You always seem to laugh at my embarrassing moments."

"There have been plenty of embarrassing moments for you, Tony," whispered Julia, wrapping her arms around him. "Just go with the flow. If it doesn't go well, the papers will just eat it up like always."

Tony couldn't help but chuckle lightly at his girlfriend's remark.

"I'm glad you stayed when Force Works broke up, Julia," he whispered back. "Could never live without you."

"And I can't live without you, Tony."

Before the two of them could kiss one another, they heard a knock at the door to their room and they turned to see Jim standing in the doorway in his Air Force uniform.

"Um, sorry to interrupt your little lovemaking session," he said with Twilight standing next to him wearing her princess crown. "But, I think our ride to Canterlot is waiting for us downstairs."

"Good morning, Twilight," said Tony, slightly chuckling embarrassingly. "Sorry for us almost making out in front of you."

"Don't worry," Twilight chuckled slyly, nudging Tony and Julia with one of her wings. "I've got a brother and a sister-in-law who do that all the time. Did you rehearse your speech?"

"Yeah, not the best, but I've been through worse."

…

Stepping downstairs, Twilight and her human guests were escorted to the train station where they boarded a VIP train to Canterlot. As they walked onto the platform, members of the human and pony presses asked them questions about the opening.

"Make way! Make way!" shouted several guardsponies, one of them grabbing a camera away from a human reporter. "You! Get out of the way!"

Once they were on the train, they proceeded to Canterlot as the reporters of both races tried to capture their every movement.

"Never a dull moment," chuckled Tony, before looking back to Twilight, who was sitting across from them. "Always like this?"

"When you're a princess of Equestria, you learn to live with it," remarked Twilight and at that moment, Jim suddenly got up and felt a vibrating movement in his coat pocket.

"What's up, Jim?"

"Got to take this call," he answered hastily rushing to the back of the train car and going into a rest room.

"Hope he doesn't take too long," remarked Julia, looking back towards the restroom. "I need to put on a little more make up before the opening."

"There is a bathroom towards the front, Julia," gestured Twilight as Julia got up and walked towards the front of the car. As the train neared a turn, Julia nearly fell over thanks to her blue high heels she was wearing. Yelping, Julia was saved by Twilight who used her magic to keep her from falling over. "Sorry about that."

Smiling briefly, Julia made her way into the bathroom at the same time Jim came out of the rear bathroom. Tony and Twilight noticed that Jim had a worried look on his face.

"Tony, we've got a problem," he said.

"What is it, Rhody?" Tony wondered, rising to his feet. "Who called?"

…

At that moment, Titanium had managed to power up his entire army of robot ponies, who were now stretching their legs, moving their legs up and down as Titanium stood on a wooden box.

"STOP THAT STOMPING!" he ordered and the robot army fell silent, giving Titanium their undivided attention. "Now, my beautiful robotic creations, your father here was denied a chance to make his family financially secure once more. So, this very day, we get our revenge against the creature responsible!"

Almost as if on the cue, the robots cheered in monotone cheering voice, only to be silence once more.

"Yes, my fine warriors," continued Titanium. "We get our revenge against the human, Tony Stark for this travesty! And anyone who gets in our way, be it pony or human, will also suffer our wrath! Now, let's go and extract our revenge!"

Loudly cheering in monotone robotic voices, the robot ponies followed Titanium as he led the robots out of his workroom, charging through the house and seeping through the front door heading towards the grand opening.

As they charged out, Titanium looked back towards his house and took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry, Webo," he sighed. "But, I need to get even with those who denied me."

And as he left, Webo watched helplessly from their bedroom window, bound and gagged along with their two children who could only hope and pray that someone or somepony could stop his impending reign of terror…