The Clockwork Angels

"Spike! This is our chance!" said an excited Twilight Sparkle, bouncing up and down with joy.

"Ugh, Twilight! We arn't supposed to go to the city! It's against the laws here-"

"I don't care! This is my chance! And I'll be damned if I don't take it! Come on, Spike! I know how much you've wanted to go!"

"...Alright! But do we need to catch the caravan this very instant?"

"Of course! We need to make it to the city! Pack your bags, Spike, because we're getting out of here!"

Twilight Sparkle lives in a town called Ponyville. Ponyville isn't a very exciting town, mind you. It's boring. Nothing happens in Ponyville. You wake up. You do your job, if you have one. You go back home, and you sleep. Does that sound boring? It is boring. But then there was "The City". Canterlot was the place to be! It was filled with all the important ponies that you hear about. It was lavish, it was way more technologically advanced, not to mention that there was stuff to do in the meantime. Ponyville just didn't compare. However, if you were a resident of Ponyville, you were not allowed to go the city. But, a caravan would come 3 miles out to a station, and that was the chance. It took refugees...

Those who made it.

There are highly tecnologically advanced robots that guarded Ponyville, given to the town by Canterlot, for Ponyville couldn't produce anything like them. They were called "The Patrol", but in Ponyville they tend to call the robots "The Gateway to Hell". The robots were armed with darts that would tear a hole through steel, much less a pony. So, tin order to make it to Canterlot, you had to get through the Patrol. Which, generally, doesn't happen. But Twilight Sparkle had a plan...one that Spike didn't take to kindly to.

"WHAT!? Are you kidding me! That will never work!"

"Spike, It needs to! If it doesn't than I'm stuck here. We're stuck here. Forever."

"..."

"..."

"I'm in."

Outside Ponyville, 2 Miles from The Caravan

The Patrol would be coming soon.

"Twilight...are you sure-"

"You can stop asking, Spike. I know this will work. I'm confident. From the books that I've read, The Patrol have a weakness. Every machine that we make has a weakness. And I think I've found it."

"...Think? What happens if you're wrong?" asked Spike.

"We die. Come on, Spike. They'll be coming very soon."

They walked about 40 feet before a golden bot with bronze that shone brighter than the sun appeared before them.

"Alright, Spike. Here...we...go!"

The robot rushed up to Twilight with tremendous speed. Twilight jumped up and over the robot, doing a barrel roll. When she recovered, she turned around.

"Spike!"

Spike breathed fire at the robot, which melted part of it's shining bronze plate.

"Yes!"

Twilight charged up a spell with her horn. It wasn't simple, so she had to do it correct on the first try. The robot surged for her once more, the acceleration behind him amazing Twilight. How could a machine go that fast?

"Wait..."

The robot gained acceleration, 30 feet away from Twilight.

"Wait..."

20.

"Wait..."

10.

She launched the spell and jumped immediatly after, repeating her barrel roll move from the last charge.

The spell entered the robot's system. The robot turned around and charged Twilight Sparkle for the 3rd time in a row.

Twilight smiled.

The robot approached her rapidly. It got within a 30 feet range, still coming at her. It was 10 feet away from the prone unicorn when the robot exploded.

The spell that Twilight used was a timebomb. She had casted it into the robot's body, thanks to Spike, who had breathed enough fire to burn a hole through the robot. Every machine that Equestria ever produced had a weakness, the Patrol's being it's bronze plate. It was hard to dent or break, but the metal used would melt if enough heat was applied to it. Twilight had use that weakness to her advantage.

They were going to make it to the Caravan for sure.

The Caravan

Twilight Sparkle had made it to the Caravan.

After repeating the technique several times, Twilight was finally able to board the Caravan. The conductor of the train only had a few words when she came on board.

"You are a lucky mare. A very, very, VERY lucky mare."

She went to onne of the rooms on the Caravan and stared out the window.

"We're going to do it, Spike. We're going to Canterlot."

Spike was fast asleep. Twilight chuckled.

"I might as well follow suit. That spell really took it out of me."

She tucked herself in and closed her eyes, thinking of what she would find in the wonderful city of Canterlot. She eventually fell asleep as the Caravan continued to thunder down the tracks.

Canterlot

Rainbow Dash was flying high in the sky, as she always did at this time of day. The veiw of the city from up here was amazing. The city itself captured your heart from the ground. Up high, it was the most amazing thing that you could lay eyes on. Nowhere else in Equestria could you find a better veiw of, well, anything. She was going for a loop-de-loop when all the sudden she saw a group of ponies in the distance. She flew up to the strange ponies.

"Who are you guys? I haven't seen you down here in Canterlot before."

"We are the Clockwork Angels." said one of them, a gold furred pony with a pitch black mane.

"But you won't remember that little detail."

"Why not?" asked Dash, clearly confused.

To answer her question, the pony sent a right hoof straight across the mare's jaw, knocking her unconscious and sending her plummeting to the city below her.

The Caravan

"Spike! Wake up! It's the city! we're here!" exclaimed Twilight Sparkle, bouncing up and down like a filly.

"Ugh...wow! It's amazing! Look at it!"

"Yes, It really is something."

"Twilight! Look!"

"What, Spike? What is it?"

"That pony! she's falling from the sky!"

"Ah! What's happening!...look!"

A gold pony with a black mane was flying at stunning speeds, catching up with the pony. He swept in and grabbed the mare, doing some trick with her in his arms before surficing to applause. Numerous others landed with him.

"Wow! Those ponies are heros!"