Cyber burst's training accident

by Mr Jelly

Rating: teen
Tags: Pinkie Pie, Crossover, Zecora, Twilight Sparkle, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Comedy, Rarity, Romance
Length: 7259

Cyburst gets something unexpected when training with Zecora

The second book in the Cyburst Origions trilogy

When sharing more memories with Rarity, Cyber burst finds that some of his memories have been tampered with. the memory in question is one that he remembers quite fondly because of something it does to his cutie mark. when Rarity tells Cyburst what she saw, Cyburst goe's to a Friend that helped him after the strange occurence.

Rated T for some crude humor and adult themes.
This is the second story in a series in which the timeline of BlackMirage's main intertwines with this one.

Published 2012-08-11 05:04:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-08-16 04:15:02 UTC

Right where we left off

Chapter 1: Right Where We Left Off.

“…”

“…”

“…”

“…soon…”

“…”

“…soon, he will remember me…”

“…”

“… too soon…”

“Screech”

Cyburst awoke from his “deep” slumber with a start. He looked at time it was and the rolled out of the Guest bed in Rarity’s shop, the Carousel Boutique. After groggily making a nice breakfast, Cyburst went into Rarity’s room to wake her up. Cyburst was confused to find nobody was in there. He turned to leave and bumped into Rarity, who had just arrived back home.

“Good morning darling! Well, technically afternoon.”

“Wait, so it actually is 1:00 in the afternoon?”

“What’d you expect from sharing four days’ worth of memories in three seconds? A quick nap?”

“No need to be smart. I was just checking.”

Cyburst and Rarity talked more about what they had seen last night when Cyburst used one of his many abilities that he’d gotten from ancient artifacts he had found in any unexplored region of anywhere. The one he had used last night (if you haven’t already guessed) was the ability to share memories. Cyburst is an adventurer. He uses his natural skills to find and explore regions that contain challenges for all who enter, and treasures for all who make it through to the finish.

The memory in question was Cyburst first adventure ever and how he got his Cutie Mark. (Read Cyber Burst and the Mirage temple for that adventure.)

“That prophecy still bothers me, Rarity.”

“But why darling. Didn’t we already establish that the fight with Night Mare Moon was the so-called war?”

“Yes, we did. But nine elements didn’t start the fight, and six ended it.”

“I will not stand around and listen to this nonsense, Cyburst!”

And with that, Rarity walked past Cyburst and then turned around after she noticed something strange about Cyburst’s flank.

“Cyber burst! Your cutie mark!”

“Yes, what about it?”

“In the memory it was an open book with a lot of numbers on the pages, but now it’s… it’s different.”

“Oh, that’s right. That was a strange week.”

Cyburst’s Cutie mark now is, well rather hard to explain. It would just be easier to show a picture of it.

“If you would like me to show you how my cutie mark changed, then I’ll have to share my memories again.”

“Oh, um… Not now. Let’s try to at least do something productive with the day first, darling.”

“Wait, you’re telling me that sharing a memory, a thing that only I can do, that shows how I accidently changed my cutie mark, which isn’t ever supposed to happen, isn’t productive?”

“Well, not really. I mean… it is, but it takes almost everything out of you so you can’t do anything for the rest of the day.”

Cyburst could do nothing but give in to Rarity’s logic. Cyburst and Rarity started to clean the boutique and get it ready for customers. Once the boutique was clean, they both went to collect supplies for the shop, which really meant that Rarity would find gems and Cyburst would dig them up, clean them, and carry them to the shop. The sun was almost out of sight when they found the last gem. Rarity was only slightly tired. In fact, she felt like she could do this three more times. She looked over at Cyburst and saw that he could hardly stand.

“Good gracious! You look like you’ve worked all day.”

Cyburst opens his eyes up wide and glares at Rarity. He then tilts his head so that it is at a diagonal angle and says sarcastically,

“You don’t say?”

“He-he. Let’s go back to my Boutique, eat, and then you can share the memory with me.”

Once they got to the Boutique, Rarity took out a handmade cookbook and telekinetically flipped through the pages until she found the recipe for apple pie that they were going to eat for dissert. Rarity, being the perfect dress designer she is, measured all of the ingredients to the exact atomic measurement and made the crust, and about everything else. All Cyburst did was cut and candy the apples. Cyburst and Rarity carefully placed the pan and pie into the oven and let it cook. They then made apple cider and dandelion sandwiches for the actual meal. Cyburst and Rarity started to converse while drinking there alcoholic beverages

“How do you know how to make such good apple pie and cider, Rarity? -sip-”

“My friend applejack, the orange mare with the Stinson hat that we landed next to yesterday,-sip- owns an apple orchard and knows how to make the best apple anything. –sip- She made me a cookbook with a lot of her family recipes.”

“That’s really nice of her.-sip- I wonder if I could get her to give me some recipes.”

“I don’t think so. –sip- I practically had to pull it out of her hooves to get them. And we’re    -sip- really good friends.”

“-sip- Oh, then perhaps you could give me the recipes, Rarity?”

“Sadly, I can’t. –sip- I promised her I wouldn’t give the recipe away. I’m not generous enough to tell you something that I promised I wouldn’t tell anybody.”

“That’s okay. I don’t really want the apple cider recipe any way. –sip- I can’t get drunk.”

“Oh, why not darling? –sip- Everyone likes to get once in a while.”

“What, no I mean I physically can’t get drunk. It is one of the after effects of Zecora’s training.”

“You trained with Zecora?”

“Yes.-sip- It’s all in the memory I’m about to show you.”

“That’s right –sip- you’re going to show me a memory. –sip- I’d almost forgotten.”

“Shouldn’t we take the pie out before we get started?”

“Celestia no, if we took it out now, it wouldn’t be done for dissert.”

“Ok then, but if it burns, I’m going to say I told you so.”

Cyburst got ready to touch horns with Rarity for the second time within twenty four hours the process is simple and actually feels good for both ponies. All they do is touch horns for as long as they’re supposed to, the time depends on the memory, and then the process is complete.

Once Rarity touched horns with Cyburst, she saw a brilliant flash of white light and then she saw a younger Cyburst. He was looking for something that wasn’t adventure. He was looking for training.

The Search For A Coach

Chapter 2: The Search for a Coach.

Cyber burst had just finished his school life at the Canterlot’s School for Gifted Unicorns. He was 17 years old and ready to take on more adventures. But there was one problem. All the adventuring he had done only required magic and not physical ability. Cyburst assumed that any dungeons after this point will actually need him to test his body’s limits. For him to learn his body’s limits, he needs to train and grow stronger. He starts his search for a training coach in Manehatten. He takes one good look at the city and realizes that there probably won’t be any coaches for the exact training he needs.  Sure enough, there were dance coaches, singing coaches, even butler coaches, but not mind and body coaches. Cyburst buys a train ticket to Ponyville, his home town, to continue his search there. The only other occupant on the train was a rather bouncy pink mare with pink hair that looked like it hadn’t seen a hairbrush in ten years. She looked about the same age as him if not a little younger.

“Excuse me miss but have you heard of any type of coaches in Ponyville?” Cyburst asked the bouncy pink mare, wondering if she can even hear him over her own loud humming.

“Yes, I certainly have. There is a store in Ponyville called Quills and Sofas.” She answered with a bright smile.

“Wait what. Oh, you misunderstood me. I said coaches, not couches.” Cyburst said slightly annoyed.

“Conches? There are no beaches in Ponyville, silly.” The mare said with a smile that mirrored the last.

“Not Conches, COACHES!” Cyburst said a little angry at the mare for misunderstanding him again.

“Crotches? Ponyville isn’t like Las Pegasus. There aren’t any prostitutes in Ponyville, silly. Aren’t you a little young to be bucking mares yet anyway?” Said the pink mare her smile waning away.

“NOT CROTCHES, COACHES!!!” Cyburst yelled, now in a rage of embarrassment because he was mistaken for a pervert.

“Oh, coaches… No, I don’t think we have any of those. Ha ha ha. I thought you were some kind of mating addict” pink mare said, laughing very hard at something that wasn’t that funny.

“Are you okay?” Cyburst said, lowering one eyebrow and raising the other.

“I’m not okay, I’m Pinkie Pie. How could you have known my name if you didn’t ask for it?” The mare said, copying Cyburst eyebrow movement.

“Well, for one… Wait, what is wrong with you? You laugh at the smallest misunderstanding and then ask if they are a mating addict.” Cyburst asks Pinkie Pie, who now is taken aback a little.

“Nothing’s wrong with me! That hurt my feelings.” Pinkie Pie says, pouting a little. “Say you’re sorry!”

“I’m sorry. Thank you for the information, all it means is that I wasted a trip to Ponyville.” Cyburst said, sighing after the last word.

“Sooooooooooooo… what’s your name, I already told you mine.” Pinkie said, bouncing back up to a smile after the pause.

“My name is Cyber Burst. But everyone calls me Cyburst.” Cyburst said, smiling back to Pinkie Pie.

“And why are you going to Ponyville? For cupcakes? Or for pies? Or for mmmmmmph?” Pinkie Pie tried to say but on the last few words, Cyburst used magic to zip Pinkie lips together.

“I’m going to Ponyville to find somepony to train my body and mind.” Cyburst said removing the zipper from Pinkie Pie’s mouth.

“Oh, well I think you should try and find Zecora.” Pinkie pie said while bouncing up and down.

“Who’s Zecora” Cyburst asked.

“She’s a strange pony that comes into town sometimes and scratches at the ground.”

“And why didn’t you tell me this sooner?”

“Because nopony knows who she is. But, nopony knows what she does. There is a slight possibility she is a coach. Or she could be a witch doctor. Or a mmph.” Pinkie says again. This time getting her lips removed.

“Ok, do you know where I can find her?” Cyburst says, giving Pinkie back her lips.

“Nope.” Pinkie says shaking her head side to side vigorously.

“Well, I guess I should just look for her on my own.” Cyburst said, sighing on the last word

“I guess you will. Oh, look! We’re here!” Pinkie said as the pulled into the station for Ponyville.

“Nice meeting you, Pinkie. I hope we meet again.” Cyburst said while exiting the train.

“Okay-Doky-Loki!” Pinkie said, bouncing through a window of the train instead of using he door.

Cyburst chuckled to himself at her silliness. But in the back of his head, he had a feeling he had seen her somewhere. Cyburst started to ask around about Zecora and found that Pinkie was right. Ponies had seen Zecora, but nopony actually asked her anything. After, talking to a rather white pony with nice sunglasses, he gave up. He walked to a nearby bench and sat down, shoulders slouched in defeat. As he thought about his next move, Cyburst didn’t see all the ponies rushing to close their shops and hide in their houses. He was about to leave when he heard a strange voice, who only talked in rhymes.

“Why do you frown? Is there some way to turn it upside-down?” the voice said.

“I need to find someone to train me in something other than magic. Something that would help me on my adventures.” Cyburst said, without looking up.

“I will teach you what I can, I have learned lots from my clan.” The voice said

“Really!” Cyburst said shooting up from where he was sitting. Astonished at the pony who was talking to him.

The pony wasn’t actually a pony at all. It was a zebra with a lot of rings and a mane that was a rather well-kept Mohawk. The Zebra smiled at Cyburst and continued talking.

“My name is Zecora, don’t mix it up with Zamora.” The zebra said starting to turn away from Cyburst and then walked in the direction of the Everfree Forest.

“Wait, where are you going?” Cyburst said to Zecora.

“Come with me to my house, my friend. It is only around the bend.” Zecora said, not looking back to see that Cyburst was following.

Cyburst immediately followed, not really sure what to expect when he got to Zecora’s house.

Lots Of Training

Chapter 3: lots and lots of Training

After entering Zecora’s house in the Everfree Forest, Cyburst could see that Zecora really did come from a clan. There were masks everywhere and different ingredients for who knows what lining the walls.

“Super-natural ponies you must slay, if you ever want to save the day.” Zecora said, finally looking back

“But I don’t want to save the day, I want to go on adventures into old ruins.” Cyburst said, pouting a little.

“Sometimes there will be a distressed mare, which is when you will need this there.” Zecora said, slightly chuckling, as if she made a joke

Zecora moved a mask from its position on the wall. Cyburst looked and saw a button protruding from the wall. Zecora pressed the button and a silver katana popped up from under a trap door in the ground.

“I will teach you the way of the sword. After that, you could slice things with a board.” Zecora said, it sounded almost as if she was bragging.

“Well, if you’re that good of a teacher. I guess I could learn how to use the sword, but you will teach me how to dodge and other things, right?” Cyburst asked, testing if Zecora would slip up and not rhyme her sentence.

All Zecora did was nod up and down. Dang, she knew.

After that was a long training montage, watch Rockyy if you want.

THREE MONTHS LATER

Cyburst was lying down on the floor of the Everfree forest, gasping for air. When Zecora said he would be able to slice things with a board, she wasn’t kidding. Cyburst heard a leaf crack. He moved just in time before Zecora brought a kendo stick down where he was resting.

It had been this way since the second day training with Zecora. Zecora would teach Cyburst a sword skill, them getting more advanced later, and then sparring until Cyburst mastered the technique. Today was different. Today, Cyburst had to use all he had learned to hit the striped zebra ten times and not get hit. Take it from him, hitting and dodging sword master is hard. Cyburst only had to hit Zecora one more time with the kendo stick. He was about to try a made up move, but Zecora had appeared out of nowhere and tried to do a helm splitter. Cyburst parried and then tried his move.

“Take THIS!” Cyburst said before turning in a wide circle and slamming Zecora with the kendo stick.

Cyburst saw that Zecora was taken by surprise. That was only because she actually knew sword techniques. Something he wouldn’t be counting on if he ever got into a real fight with someone who knows nothing. Zecora got up and dusted herself off.

“What type of move was that, if these were real, ker-splat.” Zecora said motioning to the sticks, then to the bruise Cyburst’s made.

“It’s a move I made up. It’s called the spin attack.” Cyburst said, excited that he had just completed the hardest thing he had ever done.

“You have trained well. I hope none of this gets you in a cell.” Zecora said, teasing Cyburst.

“You know better than to think that. I would never use any of the things you taught me on someone who is innocent.” Cyburst said, throwing a mock punch at Zecora’s face.

Zecora and Cyburst headed back for the night. Once they got to Zecora’s house, Cyburst got ready for sleep while Zecora put away the equipment and got back out the silver katana. She brought it back to Cyburst.

“Now that you have completed your training, we can get back to the naming.” Zecora said.

Zecora explained before that the sword she held in front of her was one destined to protect its owner with its life. How that pony used the sword, was something else altogether. If given to an evil pony, it would leave a path of destruction in its wake. If given to a good pony, it would lead the world to a time of prosperity.  The only thing was, the sword didn’t have a name. No sword could be any good if it didn’t have a name. That was one of the reasons that Zecora had held the sword in her possession for so long. She couldn’t come up with a name.

Cyburst thought of everything while training. Bone crusher? Too dark. Enigma? Too weird. Excalibur? Too cliché. Only when he saw the blade did he hear the name. The blade called to him with the name.

“How about Silverbolt?” Cyburst asked, thinking of a certain beast from a distant war.

“That is the perfect name for this blade,” Zecora said “for you, I think it was made.”

Cyburst looked at Silverbolt, it seemed to look back, happily. Cyburst shook away that feeling. Surly the blade couldn’t be happy, could it? Cyburst’s thoughts were interrupted by a striped tail swooping near his face.

“Are you okay? Maybe you need to hit the hay?” Zecora said, slightly concerned for his well-being.

“No, I’m fine. I just had this strange, space-time bending thought.” Cyburst said, meaning it.

Where did he get the name Silverbolt? His thought was interrupted by his lack of energy.

“On second thought, *yawn* maybe it is time to go to bed.”  Cyburst mumbled going into his make-shift bed for the night.

“Goodnight Cyber Burst” Zecora said.

“Goodnight Zecora” Cyburst said.

Cyburst fell asleep rather slowly because something weird had happened. One, Zecora didn’t make her sentence rhyme, and two, she had called him by his real name.

THE NEXT DAY

Cyburst woke up the same way he always had for the last three months, to Zecora mixing something in her Cauldron. Today, he knew something different was going to happen. Cyburst knew this because he had completed his sword training.

“Good morning Zecora, and what are we going to do today?”

“Today we’ll be training the mind. Because we have already trained the body, you’ll find.”

Cyburst’s body was, indeed, trained. He muscles were lean and toned to perfection. Why, if he was in jail, he would be the pick of the… SWEET CELESTIA NEVER THINK LIKE THAT AGAIN!!

After those traumatic thoughts, he wondered if training the “mind” meant meditation. Sure enough, it did.

He and Zecora both went outside to meditate for the whole day. They both closed their eyes, but something happened to Cyburst that wasn’t supposed to, something unexpected. When Cyburst gave Silverbolt its name he had accidently triggered a power of the blade. He had ripped through the fabric of time-space. When Cyburst opened his eyes, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. He was at the edge of a platform with a bottomless pit on one end, and a giant, red avian beast blocking the only path out.

“Oh, oh dear” Cyburst said as the huge bird turned around to face him.

The Weird Part

A/N: All of the background on Falzar is correct. If you don’t believe me, buy a copy of Megaman Battle Network 6 and beat it. If you find I’m incorrect, feel free to hunt me down and punch me in the face.

Chapter 4: the weird part.

Cyburst was surprised to find that the giant bird was surprised to see him, and maybe a little afraid. What did it have to be afraid of? It was a humongous bird! Cyburst started to loosen up a little bit, realizing that the avian giant was blocking his only means of escape. He had to figure out a way around it. Around it? Its wingspan was too big. Over it?  He couldn’t jump that high. Under it? Maybe, if he could miss the talons. Cyburst knew that was a risk he had to take.

Cyburst rushed directly at the bird, confusing it as he did. Right before he hit the bird, he slid right under it. He thought he had made it, but he had forgotten one thing. Birds have tails. He slammed his face strait into one of the many hard, sharp feathers of this colossal fowl. Once Cyburst had touched the bird, something weird happened. A computerized, genderless voice popped into his head.

“Download of Cybeast, commencing.” The voice said.

“Wait, what.” Cyburst said.

“Download of Cybeast, 10% complete.” The voice continued.

“What’s a Cybeast?” Cyburst asked starting to feel a little bit of pressure in the front of his head.

“Download of Cybeast, 20% complete.” The voice said again, ignoring Cyburst altogether.

“Stop ignoring me, what’s a Cybeast?” Cyburst said, the pressure becoming stronger.

“Download of Cybeast, 35% complete.”the voice said slowly getting faster.

“Are you causing this pressure?” Cyburst asked the voice, as pressure was becoming painful.

“Download of Cybeast, 60% complete.” The voice said, not answering Cyburst’s question.

“Stop it!” Cyburst said, as the pain became unbearable.

“Download of Cybeast, 99% complete.” The voice said, Cyburst thought that the voice was probably automated

“GYHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!” Cyburst screamed, felling that his brain was about to explode.

“Download of Cybeast, complete. Would you like to save or delete the program you have just downloaded?” The voice asked.

“Haa-haaa-haa, delete.” Cyburst said quietly, he was about to pass out because of the stress.

“Cybeast saved. Thank you for choosing Scilabs as your selected downloader.” The voice said.

After that, there was silence. The pain was gone and was replaced by a soft throb. Cyburst got up and saw that the monstrous bird was gone.

“…Why hello there, Cyber burst…” Said a deeper voice.

“Who’s there?” Cyburst said, turning around to see nothing.

“…My original name was Cybeast Falzar. But you can address me as, the phoenix…” the voice said. The voice seemed to be emanating from Cyburst’s brain.

“Where are you? Show yourself!” Cyburst yelled, already knowing the answer.

“…Oh, I’m afraid that that is quite impossible. For you see, right now, I’m in your short-term memory…” Phoenix said. As if to make his point, he made Cyburst’s head throb even more.

“Ok, ok I believe you. Stop hurting me.” Cyburst said. “Where did you come from?”

‘...You mean before I was downloaded, tail first, into your brain…’ Phoenix asked, or should I say thought, sarcastically.

‘You’re the giant bird that I hit?’ Cyburst thought.

‘…No, I’m the bagel you ate…’ Phoenix thought.

‘I’m picking up a vibe that tells me you like sarcasm.’ Cyburst thought. ‘But you haven’t answered my question.’

‘…I was originally created by humans to delete the other Cybeast known as Cybeast Gregar.’ Phoenix thought. ‘But they thought I was too destructive and locked me up in that dreaded underground area with Gregar…’ Phoenix said, shuddering when he said underground.

Weirdly enough, Cyburst knew everything Phoenix was talking about, even the things he had never seen. Cyburst assumed he also downloaded a memory encyclopedia thing that let him know every noun that Phoenix knew. Handy.

‘…Then, some crazy clown opened the lock and tried to suck me into himself,” Phoenix continued, “but then some blue guy showed up and defeated the clown and downloaded me himself. I fought as hard as I could, but he still won in the end…’

‘Was that bad?’ Cyburst asked.

‘…No, not really. He then used my power, without permission mind you, to save the world…’ Phoenix said. He didn’t seem unhappy that he helped save the world.

‘Sooooo… I guess it’s time for us to leave.’ Cyburst thought, assuming that Phoenix was done.

‘…I guess so. Now where’s the exit?..’ Phoenix asked.

Cyburst looked for one. He saw an exit, weirdly enough, form where he originally stood. He walked up and entered the rip in time-space to find that time travel actually takes a little while to get where you’re going.

‘What shall we do in the meantime?’ Cyburst asked Phoenix.

‘…it doesn’t really matter. You won’t remember it anyway…’ Phoenix thought gleefully.

‘WHAT?!’

‘…did you really expect me to be a small program. Well I’m not. I’m going to have to delete your short-term memory every once and a while…’ Phoenix said, already ready to delete this moment.

‘Wait, no! You can’t!’ Cyburst thought, starting to panic.

‘…Oh yes I can! Goodbye Cyber burst. See you never!...’ Phoenix thought

And with that, Phoenix had deleted Cyburst’s short-term memory right when they got back to Cyburst meditating in the Everfree forest with Zecora. Knowing something was wrong, but not knowing what.

“I.. I’m sorry Zecora, but I have to leave to go somewhere.” Cybeast said as he hopped up and ran to Ponyville as fast as he could.

Cyburst knew that something was wrong, and that there was only one pony that could help him figure out what. A pony that had so much raw magical power, she became Celestia’s personal student. Cyburst knew where she lived, because the pony said if there was a pony that needed magical help, they could go to her. Cyburst didn’t have much time. He knew he couldn’t take the train to Canterlot. It took too long. Cyburst had to try his luck with a long range teleport. Cyburst mustered all his mana, and teleported , quite accurately, to a house that was purple. Cyburst smashed the door down and looked around the room. His eyes stopping on the pony he was looking for.

“Please… I need your help.” Was the last thing Cyburst said before collapsing from exhaustion in front of the pony.

Two Minds That Think Alike

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.

Having Fun with Power and Finding Somthing Worth Fighting for

A/N there is a long description of the second transformation in this chapter. If you don’t want to read it, that’s okay. He looks relatively the same as my profile picture.

Chapter 6: having fun with power

TWILIGHT:

When Cyburst yelled, I could feel the power emanating from him. His body began contort slightly. The horn on his head started to retreat into his head. His coat began to turn a slightly lighter color of red. After ten seconds, the transformation was complete. I’ve never seen anything quite like it, somepony that can change their body structure just by telling it to.

“Well that was… interesting.” Twilight said

“Wow, I’m a Pegasus!” Cyburst said, looking at a new pair of wings that just unfolded themselves.

Cyburst tried to fly, but just fell to the ground with an audible, thump.

“You think you can just get a pair of wings and be able to fly?” Twilight said, laughing as she did. “It takes years for pegasi to learn how to fly.”

CYBURST:

Cyburst frowned, twilight was right. Even if he had wings, he couldn’t just fly.

‘…Cyburst, I think I know how you can fly’ Phoenix said. ‘You’re approaching it the wrong way…’

‘Oh? And how does the “Great and Powerful Phoenix” suggest I approach it.’ Cyburst thought. I don’t know how to fly.’

‘…yes you do,’ Phoenix thought, ‘you just don’t know it…’

‘…Don’t think about what you’re going to do before you do it,’ Phoenix added, ‘just, well, do it.’

‘That’s kind of vague, but I’ll try.’ Cyburst said

Cyburst leaped into the air and flew around the room a few times before landing back down. When he landed he saw a completely shocked twilight staring right at him.

“How did you?.. What did you?.. HUH.” Twilight stammered, amazed at what she just saw.

“The pegasi have nothing on me” Cyburst said, as he slowly did the backstroke in mid-air.

Cyburst landed again he felt a pain ripping through him. He held his head as the pain grew stronger.

‘W-what’s happening?’ Cyburst asked Phoenix.

‘…it seems that this form is unstable,’ Phoenix thought, ‘I’m going to cut the power…’

Like clockwork, Cyburst returned back to his original form. He seemed to be rather sad.

He had only experienced the power for about five minutes, but he knew nothing could ever compare to the feeling he got.

‘…it to my calculations, we must be in a perfect balance of pony and avian to be able to hold a form.’ Phoenix said, he was starting to sound like an egghead. ‘We will also have even control over your body…’

‘So, half and half, is what you’re saying?’ Cyburst asked

‘…that’s exactly what I’m saying…’ Phoenix said getting exited.

“Twilight, I’m going to release 50% of the power.” Cyburst said, “Phoenix said I should be fine.”

“Wait, what? You can’t do that!” Twilight said, getting scared. “You might tear down this whole building!”

“Watch me!” Cyburst and Phoenix said, synchronized “FIFTY PERCENT RELEASE!”

Cyburst let out another otherworldly screech

Twilight:

Twilight was now paralyzed in fear and closed her closed her eyes, but her curiosity got the better of her and she opened them. She was amazed at the change that was taking place.

Cyburst’s coat was becoming more of an orange that red. His mane had retracted into his head and was replaced by what looked like an avian head, but it was more like a helm. He grew back his wings, but they started closer to the shoulders and the feathers looked as hard as steel, as sharp as a scalpel. Cyburst’s skeletal structure was also changing, he was starting to get up on his back legs and his front legs were becoming arms his hooves were becoming more like feet and he grew talons that looked like you wouldn’t want to be touched by them. His tail retreated and his cutie mark moved from his flank to his chest, making an emblem of sorts. Cyburst stood up, at about the same height as Celestia.

“Um… twilight? Why are you cowering in the corner?” Cyburst asked, he didn’t notice the change he’d just been through.

“Y-you. You’re okay.” Twilight said, shivering with fear. “You are totally fine.”

“Yes, I’m fine.” Cyburst said, walking towards twilight. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“L-look at yourself in the mirror,” twilight said, as she floated a full sized mirror “You’ve changed.”

“To say the least!” Cyburst said as he looked at himself in the mirror. “I look awesome!”

Cyburst put his new hand on his head, finding all the changes that had taken place. Finally, he looked back at his wings. He gave them a good flap, which sent all the books of their shelves because of the force.

“It looks like everything is okay.” Phoenix said, “Oh, look I can talk now, not that anyone cares.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.” Cyburst said, “Phoenix, this is twilight. Twilight, this is Phoenix.”

Twilight blinked in astonishment. She then got up and greeted Cyburst, not knowing if it was some kind of joke.

“Well, this is cool.” Cyburst said. “Let’s try 100%”

“Okay, here goes nothing.” Phoenix said

“Oh no you’re not!” Twilight said.

“Watch us!” Cyburst and Phoenix said, “HUNDREAD PERCENT, RELEA-“

“NO!” Twilight yelled as she threw herself onto Cyburst. “I won’t let you.”

“There are so many things that could go wrong.” Twilight said, on the verge of tears. “You could lose control, or you could grow to big, or you-“

Cyburst brought twilight into a hug, careful not to touch her with his claws. Twilight was surprised. Nopony had ever hugged her before, and certainly not a stallion.

“Okay, I won’t.” Cyburst whispered into her ear. “I won’t do it if you say not to.”

Cyburst released twilight and got back to his feet.

“There is one thing I want to see.” Cyburst said

“What’s that” Twilight asked, still in the same position.

“How this body handles in flight!” Cyburst said, grinning

Cyburst crouched and left the library, looking upon Ponyville. He then shot into the air at such a speed, he left no trail. He flew in the general direction of Canterlot. He looked back and noticed that his wings weren’t moving. He flew without moving his wings. Some part of his body shot out and covered his mouth and nose, but it didn’t seem to impede his breathing.

“Phoenix, what’s our current speed?” Cyburst asked

“Well, in human terms, we’re going 1000 miles an hour.” Phoenix said, “My power is holding steady.”

“Well then, it’s time to speed up!” Cyburst said as he increased speed.

As he sped up, he heard a loud bang then he couldn’t hear anything. Not to his surprise, he couldn’t say anything ether.

‘Now, how fast are we going,’ Cyburst asked Phoenix, ‘and what was that loud noise?’

‘The noise is called a sonic boom,’ Phoenix thought, releasing his inner egghead, ‘it’s heard when something exceeds the speed of sound. We are currently going Mach one.”

‘And your power?’ Cyburst asked.

‘Still holding steady’ Phoenix thought

‘Then let’s… GO!’ Cyburst thought, accelerating to an even greater speed.

‘Mach two’ Phoenix thought, ‘Powers normal.’

Cyburst sped up. He had never felt so alive before. He turned around and headed for Ponyville

‘Mach three,’ Phoenix thought, ‘Powers unsteady. I suggest we slow down’

‘Never’ Cyburst thought as he want even faster, ‘This is too good’

‘Cyburst! We’re going Mach four’ Phoenix thought in a panic ‘I can’t keep the power on. We… We’re going down!’

Cyburst was returning to normal, in the middle of flight, going at Mach four.

“HHHHHHOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYY SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIII-oomph” Cyburst yelled as he collided into the hard ground.

He bounced three times before he finally landing making a large crater.

“Well, well, well,” Said a familiar voice “look who it is, the grand adventurer himself.”

Cyburst looked up to find a pair of blue eyes staring back at him.

“Candy Corn?!” Cyburst said in surprise. “It is you!”

Cyburst leaped from the crater and on to his long lost friend, hugging her with great joy.

“Yes, it’s me” Candy Corn said, “You can stop choking me now.”

“Oh, sorry,” Cyburst said, getting of her “how long has it been?”

“Seven years, I think.” Candy Corn said

“So, how have you been?” Cyburst asked.

“Pretty good,” Candy Corn said, “Come on, my house is close. I can tell you my story there.”

Cyburst and Candy Corn walked to her house, chatting the whole way there. As it turns out, after school, Candy Corn found a passion for archeology. Whenever somepony found an ancient ruin, she and her team would investigate the site for any historical significance. She had solved the mystery behind the Pyramids of Gaia. She was quite famous in the archeological world. They talked about ancient ruins, since Cyburst actually found a lot of them, until the early morning.

“Wow, we talked all night.” Cyburst said, drowsily. “Well, I guess I better get going”

“Cyburst wait.” Candy corn said walking towards Cyburst.

“Yes?” Cyburst said, turning around to face Candy Corn.

Candy Corn grabbed Cyburst and pulled him in for the best kiss in his entire life. When they broke away, Candy looked away and blushed.

“Sorry,” Candy Corn said “I guess Archeology wasn’t the only thing I had a passion for.”

“I guess the same thing goes for me and adventuring.” Cyburst said as he pulled her in for another  kiss.

Candy Corn, was shocked, but then she lost herself to him. They both fell to the ground. Sharing their body heat for what seemed like forever.

“I love you, Cyburst.” Candy Corn said, breaking away for only a second.

“And I love you, Candy Corn.” Cyburst said.

End of book two