Diamond Journals Issue 2: A Battle of the Bands

It was due time for Diamond to leave Equestria. However, Twilight had forgot to separate or at least label the two portals. Both of them were next to each other and they looked EXACTLY the same. One Mirror Portal led to Diamond's lab, the other led to the human Equestria and Diamond couldn't tell the difference between the two. He decided to just guess which was which, and evidently ended up picking the wrong mirror. Diamond fell face-first out of the wrong portal exit, finding himself in front of a strange high school, inhabited by human recreations of the Equestrian characters. He looked down at himself, and his alicorn shape had vanished to be replaced by a humanoid form of it. His skin and hair matched that of the alicorn form, he'd been placed in some extremely unfitting clothes, his horn, wings and tail had vanished and he looked overall dumb.

"Uh, Twilight? I've gone through the wrong mirror and now I have NO idea where I am." Diamond said, using that comm link for the first time. "Any ideas?"

"You appear to be in the alternate Equestria." Twilight analysed. "The portal took a huge amount of strain to transport you, so you won't be able to get out of there for a little while. See if there's anypony new around there. Make some new friends, maybe trash an old Equestrian artefact, you know the drill." Diamond shut off his comm and decided to look around, so that people wouldn't think he had voices in his head. He started his Canterlot High experience inside the school, and already he hadn't done brilliantly at making a good first impression. Walking through the halls, everyone who saw his either stared in awe or backed off, probably because of the amount of tech that Diamond had on his body. He was about to pass by the school hall when he heard music being played inside. It sounded like rock, but he couldn't be sure without going in. When he DID walk in, he saw a very odd sight. His six main Equestrian friends were there, along with a brand new face that he had NEVER seen before. The new girl had amber skin, red and yellow hair, a black jacket, pink shirt, orange skirt and appeared to play backup guitar in their band.

"Uh, sorry to interrupt the song, but...do I know you from somewhere else?" Diamond asked. The music stopped abruptly as the seven females turned to face the source of the unknown sound. The other six looked familiar, but they didn't seem like the same person, or pony.

"Why do you ask? Do we look familiar to you?" Rainbow Dash responded.

"Yeah, you definitely do. You look like my friends from another world." Diamond said. "You're Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and...uh..." he identified, pointing at each when he said their names, but slipped when he reached the new face. "I'm sorry, I don't think I know you."

"Sunset Shimmer." the new girl said, introducing herself. "But...how do you know everyone here but me? Am I really that unfamiliar?"

"Never mind that, look at HIM! He looks a little like a robot!" Twilight, more commonly known as Sci-Twi, exclaimed.

"That's probably because I AM a robot. Well, part robot, anyway." Diamond said. "I converted part of my body into robotic parts to stop a terrible infection I caught ten years ago, but it came with benefits and costs. I won't go into that, though."

"Hold up. You were infected? With what?" Applejack asked, but Diamond wasn't able to answer. His genes were reconfiguring themselves, and his genetics were changing back to normal. This took much less time than before, since the main shape was already what he wished it to be. When he was done, his visor began beeping at him to signify danger.

"No time to answer. I'm getting a danger signal coming from nearby. Probably a few robots sent to attack me." Diamond said. "We'll see about that, though! MEGANIZE ME! MEGA ARMOUR, ONLINE!"

[Transformation Scene]

Diamond leapt into the sky and was engulfed in a flash of light. He span through the air as his clothes vanished from his body, replacing it with light blue nano-tech armour.

Blue armoured boots began to form on his feet, created by nano-tech released by his armour. Next, the armoured upper body formed, with a breastplate and backplate appearing from nano-tech, and energy surged through his arms to create his gauntlets.

Finally, an armoured helmet with a knight's crest appeared on his head. He reached his right arm out, forming his Mega Buster, then touched down in a battle stance.

[End Transformation]

No sooner had Diamond's armour formed, a few Badniks burst into the room, led by Metal Sonic.

"Looks like Egg Face has a bit of beef with me today." Diamond remarked. "Stand back everypo-I mean, everybody. This could get ugly."

battle theme

Motobugs and Zingers charged at Diamond, the latter beginning to fire projectiles, but Diamond's Mega Buster pellets were more than enough to take care of them. Metal Sonic, obviously enraged by the fact that Diamond beat them so quickly, began to charge at him with an electric attack. Diamond's visor tracked this movement before it happened, and everyone not fighting dived out of the way. He sprang high into the air, firing down at Metal Sonic with his Mega Buster to little effect.

"Not working. What weapons do I have today, Rosette?" Diamond asked his automated assistant.

-The current weapons you are carrying are Bubble Lead, Metal Blade, Thunder Beam, Atomic Fire, Centaur Flash, Napalm Bomb, Ice Slasher and Quick Boomerang.

"That'll do. Activate Bubble Lead!" Diamond yelled, his armour changing to match that of Bubble Man. Being on land, his agility would be severely decreased, but it was worth it. He shot a few Bubble Lead projectiles at his opponent, and they did enough damage to force Metal Sonic to perform his Overdrive Charge. Metal sped towards Diamond, crackling with electricity. Diamond changed back to his Mega Buster to get his agility back, and ran circles around the room to avoid Metal. He could hear Metal making angry-sounding electronic noises, which Rosette translated to say "Get back here, Diamond! You can't escape me, nor can you escape the Sirens!" He stopped to consider this fact for a second, then Metal rammed into him and went all Super-Saiyan, attacking nonstop. Sunset quickly jumped to Diamond's aid as best she could and threw a nearby tool at Metal Sonic, making him turn his attention to them. Diamond crashed to the ground, but not without noticing the red gem protecting his core. Metal began talking again, and Diamond translated everything.

"What do you think you're doing, worthless scum? You will not stand in the way of me and Diamond." Metal began. He then took a second look, and his eyes began glowing even more red than usual. "You're more scum than I thought, being enemies of my masters, the Sirens. I shall now wipe you off the face of the planet." he finished, charging a blast of electricity.

"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!!" Diamond yelled, firing a well-charged shot directly at Metal Sonic's core. Upon contact, the gem protecting it shattered and Metal crashed to the floor.

end song

"I really didn't expect that a single blast straight in that gem could knock out that robot." Rainbow said. "But I don't think he means to be bad. Think you can fix him?"

"Yeah, I can repair Metal. It's actually quite easy when you have a cybernetic brain." Diamond answered. "Let's do this."

A STRANGELY SHORT REPAIR SESSION LATER...

Metal Sonic activated in near mint condition. He looked around, seeing his opponent and seven figures he couldn't even recognise.

"Where was I the past few minutes?" he asked himself. "Last thing I remember was tracking a huge energy signal and going in to investigate." Diamond's automated assistant, Rosette, translated every word of Metal's last few sentences, and would continue to do so for a while.

"Don't ask, Metal. Just...don't." Diamond said. "I'm sure we wouldn't be able to answer anyway." He picked up one of the shards dropped by the smashed gem, thoroughly examining it. He then used his levitation spell to grab all the shards and piece them back together. Once the gem was reassembled, he switched visors and scanned it.

-Recorded to Logbook.
-Element: Dark Crystal
-A crystal infused with dark magic. Most commonly found as rubies. When inserted into robotics systems, it will corrupt the machine to do it's owner's bidding. If possessed by organic lifeforms or cyborgs, it has powers even I cannot describe yet. Further research is required.
-Bound to: Adagio Dazzle.

Diamond dismissed his notifications and warped the crystal back to his lab, earning a question from Sci-Twi about why he couldn't just it to himself.

"Creating rifts between PLANETS is hard enough, but creating rifts between ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS? Unattainable." Diamond answered. "I can teleport things between dimensions, but I've tested on organic AND positronic lifeforms and they've been stuck in Null Space ever since. You know, a closed off space where NOTHING exists. It's where I put certain stuff before I need it. "

"I may be programmed to destroy you, Diamond, but there is a MAD amount of respect for you on every planet you've been to, including my own. But regardless, Eggman only sent me to investigate the energy surge, so I'll be on my way." Metal said. "We shall DEFINITELY meet again." And with a parting beep and a peace sign, Metal Sonic left the building. Diamond warped the broken Badnik parts into Null Space for later use, then turned to the girls.

"So, I'm gonna be here for a little while. Any idea what we're gonna do for that time?" Diamond asked.

"Well, you could start by applying to the school," a familiar sounding voice said. This came from Principal Celestia. "We can't have any old people just walk in, after that Dazzling incident. So-oh, wait, you're that human from another world, aren't you?"

"That would be me, Principal Celestia," Diamond confirmed. "Hold on, let me just take this armour off. Mega Armour, offline." As he finished his sentence, his armour collapsed on itself and his normal clothing reappeared on his person. Celestia went to say something, but instead just walked away, muttering to herself. "As I was saying, does ANYONE have any ideas?"

"I have a few ideas, but I dunno if you're gonna like them." Sunset said. "Here's my number. Let me know when you're available, or we'll let you know if we have a problem." Diamond scanned the number into his system and added Sunset into his contact list, then they walked out to have a bit of fun.

Outside the school walls, the Dazzlings were watching and waiting for the right time to strike. They were looking for a moment to release their newfound dark power to take over Diamond, but he never seemed to remain alone, and even if he was, he was in armour.

"So, how exactly are we gonna GET Diamond on our side if we can't even reach him?" Aria asked. "I don't see how we can get a crystal on him."

"Just be patient, Aria. Diamond won't ALWAYS be ready for battle, and he'll NEVER suspect we'll have a surprise attack," Adagio said.

"Well, that's if we don't take over his little robot brain with our singing voices first," Sonata pointed out. "Though I guess our voices aren't powerful enough yet."

"We just got them back, Sonata. What do you expect?" Aria asked sarcastically.

"And THIS is why you suck. You give me questions I shouldn't or can't answer," Sonata argued.

"Aria! Sonata! Back off. We won't get anything done with you bickering!" Adagio pointed out. The other two Dazzlings stopped arguing and turned to face her. "Alright gem, what do we do?" she asked her necklace.

"Diamond's a tough one to get to..."

"Luckily, you can create another Battle of the Bands..."

"Of course! The Battle of the Bands plan!" Adagio said. "Diamond probably doesn't have a band, which gives us an opportunity to hit him with a Dark Crystal!" She smirked evilly, before sending a telekinetic message to the crystal Diamond had accidentally placed in Null Space. It was able to take control of Diamond temporarily and have him erase everyone's memories of the Dazzlings, which would only help THEIR cause. Well, everyone's memories but Diamond's and the Humane 7's.

"Let's do this thing." they said in unison, entering the school grounds and heading to the Principal's Office. Their plan was only just beginning.