Cyber burst's training accident

Chapter 5: two minds that think alike

Cyburst woke up to find himself sleeping in an actual bed, not the makeshift bed at Zecora’s. He felt the presence of magic enveloping his body. Learning that the spell was analyzing him was easy, being that he graduated from advanced magic school three months ago. Why it was starting to focus on his, ahem “Maleness” was another matter.

“Okay!” Cyburst said, shooting into a sitting position. “That’s enough analyzing while I’m unconscious.”

“EEP!” the wielder of the spell said. “Oh, you’re awake.”

“Yes, I’m awake. Now, pony that I’ve never met before, tell me why you were checking out my ju-“ Cyburst tried to say.

“My name is Twilight Sparkle, I am Celestia’s number one student.” The pony said blushing after the next words. “The reason I was analyzing your t-thing was because I’ve never had a chance to look at a stallion’s anatomy before.”

“That doesn’t give you the right to-.“ Cyburst tried to say again.

“Why I was even Analyzing you in the first place is because you asked for my help, after breaking down my door.” Twilight said, still blushing.

“Oh, sorry about that. I was in a hurry.” Cyburst said sheepishly.

“It seems you did have quite the problem.” Twilight said. “There was a strange thing blocking all short-term memory from getting in or out.”

“What, really how come I didn’t know that?” Cyburst said, then adding “Wait, never mind, stupid question.”

“Good, you figured it out.” Twilight said, relieved to not have to explain. “I couldn’t remove the thing entirely, but I could move it into another part of your brain.

“Where did you move it to?” Cyburst asked.

“Well, I moved it to swswswsws” Twilight whispered into Cyburst’s ear “that was a precaution so if the thing is sentient and tries anything funny.

“Oh, thank you.” Cyburst said, sheepishly again.

“It also has a lot of raw power in it, I closed that off completely because it might harm you.” Twilight said.

PRESENT

And with that, Cyburst’s memory transfer was complete. Rarity seemed surprised it ended so abruptly.

“So darling, if you don’t mind me asking, what happened after that?” Rarity asked in her most innocent voice.

“Oh, nothing really. I packed up my things and went back to Zecora’s to complete my training.” Cyburst said.

“So, do you remember anything before you ran off?” Rarity asked, not expecting the answer she got.

“All I remember was starting to meditate, and then I got this bad feeling that something was wrong.” Cyburst said questioningly.

“You mean that you really don’t remember Phoenix?!” Rarity asked, shocked.

“Who’s Phoenix?” Cyburst asked, clearly oblivious to some of the memories that were shared.

“So he really did erase your memory.” Rarity said “ Cyburst, I have something to tell you.”

Rarity went on to explain what she had seen, the power of Silverbolt, the Cybeast, Phoenix’s past, everything. Cyburst was surprised, but not at all shocked. He then sat down to think about his next move.

‘Phoenix?’ Cyburst thought

‘…’

Phoenix?’ Cyburst thought again

‘…’

‘Phoenix, I know your there.’ Cyburst said. His patience was getting thin.

‘…’

‘PHOENIX I SWEAR TO CELESTIA, IF YOU DON’T-’ Cyburst thought yelled

‘… Fine fine. You got me. Now what do you want…’ Phoenix finally responded slightly grumpily.

‘I want nothing, except to know you are there and, why did you erase my memory?’ Cyburst asked.

‘…I’ve already told you that. It had to be removed because I took up too much space...’ Phoenix thought, keeping a level head.

‘Yet I felt fine when you were first downloaded.’ Cyburst thought, ‘What’s the real reason?’

‘…Can’t keep anything from you can I?’ Phoenix thought sighing ‘I thought. I thought that, if you would remember me, you’d delete me like when I was fully downloaded…’

‘Well, I’m not going to.’ Cyburst thought, his tone softening. ‘You’re a part of me now’

‘…Does, does that mean I can stay?..’ Phoenix thought, sounding like he was on the edge of tears.

‘Yes’ Cyburst said

The Phoenix started to cry (can you cry in your thoughts?) Cyburst got up and started to pack his belongings, which wasn’t much. He got a serious look in his eye, but it faded when he remembered that he had a crying cybeast in his brain.

“Rarity, I need to see twilight again.” Cyburst said. “Do you know where I can find her?”

“Yes. She is currently living at the library on orders of Celestia.” Rarity said, looking confused. “Why do you want to see her, darling?”

“I need her to tweak something.” Cyburst said.

Cyburst picked up Silverbolt. Rarity was now even more confused.

“Cyburst, did you bring Silverbolt with you to my house?” Rarity asked.

“No. It seems to appear next to me when I ever look for it.” Cyburst said, rubbing the back of his neck with his hoof. “I think it knows it belongs to me.”

Cyburst puts Silverbolt into its sheath, wraps the silk band around his chest so that the sheath rests nicely on his back, and walks to the place of great joy for him, the library. He walks up and knocks on the door. The familiar Purple pony opens the door and hangs there for a moment.

“At least you didn’t knock down the door this time.” Twilight said teasingly.

“Oh good, you remember me. That makes this much easier.” Cyburst said. “I need your help again.”

Twilight lets Cyburst in and the both sit down on the nearby couch.

“You know how you blocked the power flowing from that entity so it doesn’t harm me?” Cyburst asked.

“Yes” Twilight said, already knowing where this was going.

“Could you turn that block into a controllable valve of sorts?” Cyburst asked pleadingly.

‘…Wait, what’s happening?..’ Phoenix thought, finally getting over his thought tears. ‘ I never agreed to this!..’

‘Oh, you stopped crying. Can you please let me use your power for my selfish desires?’ Cyburst thought teasingly.

‘…fine, only because you’re letting me live in your brain…’ Phoenix thought.

‘Wait, really?’ Cyburst thought. ‘That went better than I thought it would.’

“Equestria to Cyburst! Are you in there?” Twilight said, slightly annoyed.

“Oh, sorry, what did you say?” Cyburst said, getting jerked back into the real world.

“I said, I can, but do you really think that is a good idea? I mean there are so many things that could go wrong. You could-“ Twilight tried to say before getting interrupted by Cyburst.

“It’s okay. Phoenix and I have become friends .” Cyburst said, smiling as wide as pinkie pie.

“So, you gave it a name, alright I’ll begin.” Twilight said as she slowly enveloped Cyburst with her purple magic.

“I didn’t give it the name, he told me his name.” Cyburst said as he slowly drifted into the air. Cyburst wasn’t sure if Twilight Sparkle could hear him.

30 minutes later

“Almost done… There, done” Twilight said, her horn sparking, then stopping any magic what so ever.

Cyburst got up, glared at twilight for not putting him down gently, but letting him fall. He then started to grin after he remembered what Twilight had just finished with her magic.

“Well, let’s see what this new power can do!” Cyburst said, then thinking, ‘Phoenix, I’m going to release 10% of your power.’

‘…I’m ready…’ Phoenix thought.

“TEN PERCENT, RELEASE” Cyburst yelled,

Cyburst then let out an otherworldly avian screech.