Author's Note

sorry for keeping you waiting for so long but I finally got my inspiration for this story back, and I have noticed that the story has been progressing rapidly from when I first started and I plan to fix that by slowing down and stretching things out instead of speeding through events

chapter 15 finally

Several months had passed and many things had happened a dragon made a cave on the mountain its home which threatened to darken the skies of Equestria, everyone causing a fuss because of a woman who lived in the everfree called Zecora, and a swarm of small flying creatures nearly devouring the entire town. As for the present, Rarity, and I are currently packing, turns out the dressing competition she was invited to was moved up because of all the crazy stuff. I guess they want to get it done before something cancels the event altogether. {AN Look to chapter 12 if you forgot she got the invite} She has also invited the rest of the girls because they could help her with modeling.

As for my new right arm and right eye, with Chibi Ed’s help, I heavily modified both of them. My eye remained the same at least visually but my arm had changed drastically. Its plasma cannon which was in the palm of my hand can also function as a welding torch. On the back of my hand were two drones that were connected to my eye. They could fly around allowing me to see what they did. My hand can also be taken off so I can attach a multitude of different tools to my wrist. Then there were the three changes I liked the best, first one my fingertips were sensors that could actually let me feel, but also scan whatever they touch.

The second was a capsule on my arms in which I could put hard light dust to power my shield, and for the most important part, a small generator housed in my shoulder which created a second-skin-like layer over my body that produced heat. While I could not feel it, it at least means that Rarity won't have to deal with the cold my body gives off, but my breath was still visibly cold.

“So Rarity, where are going we going to stay once we get to Manehattan?” I asked as I picked up a sewing machine, but then nearly dropped it. Even after all this time, I was still getting used to this new arm, but I was getting better every day.

“Yes, an old friend of mine owns a hotel there, and she’s given us a good deal on a couple of rooms.” Rarity told me as she walked up, before gently taking the sewing machine out of my hands. “Since we’re almost done packing my things why don't you go over to your place and start packing yours.” Rarity told me. “Just don't over-exert yourself.” She told me.

With a loving smile, I nodded before I walked out of her boutique. I walked to the next building over which was also my home. I opened the door and closed it behind me after I walked in.

“Winter I got your things packed.” Chibi Ed said as he came out of hiding.

“Thank you.” I said as I walked over to a chair before I sat down. I looked at my cybernetic arm before clenching my metal fist. “Still adjusting?” Chibi asked, and I nodded.

“Yeah, I'm also worried because that aura no longer protects this arm, but I am confident in its durability,” I told Chibi as I relaxed in the chair.

“I can see how you'd be a little worried but with its modifications, it can be far more useful than your previous arm, your new eye is also far superior to your old one.” Chibi said as He sat on the ground in front of me.

“Yes, that’s true but I think I prefer flesh and blood, and now it seems that with the absence of my right arm, the aura around the rest of my body seems to have grown a little thicker, for now I think I will focus on honing that aura abilities I've been neglecting and put haki on the back burner for a bit.” I told Chibi who nodded in understanding. I looked down at my metal hand once more before I stood up from the chair.

“That reminds me, how is our little side project coming along.” I said with a cheerful grin. Chibi grinned as well before he stood up.

“It’s ready.” He said before he started running towards a white tarp that was covering something. Chibi grabbed the end of the tarp before he started to pull it. The tarp started to fall to the ground reviling a red and black motorcycle, and like my spear rifle I made it out of uru, and vibranium. “Here it is.” He said.

With a childish laugh, I ran over to it before I got on. “I am so glad I managed to talk Celestia into giving me the blueprints for the bike, all it needed was a few changes,” I said with a smile, well more than a few actually the entire wiring had to be altered for it to actually work, then there were the wheels which were not in the original design put because vital in how it worked.

I pressed a button and the bike roared to life. “How do I get the wheels to come out?” I asked, then Chibi pointed to a button on the end of the right handle. Right after I pressed it with my thumb the wheels started to come out.

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The wheels finally unfolded becoming jet engines. How this bike is the gravity dust when activated drastically reduced the weight of the bike, and the jet engines which are powered by fire dust provide propulsion. The jets started up, then slowly but surely the bike started to rise.

“It looks stable, want to take it on a test flight?” Asked Chibi.

“Of course!” I yelled with glee before I descended putting it back into bike mode I then quickly grabbed my spear rifle and put it on my back. Chibi opened the door allowing me to slowly rode it outside so I can test fly this. I put it back into flying mode, then took off toward the sky. I had a grin on my face the whole time before I looked back down to the ground to see how small ponyville was up here.

“Wow, this is amazing.” I said as I looked around at the wide open sky. I pulled my spear rifle off of my back before looking through the scope to get a better look at things from up here. I looked down through the scope with my robotic eye which greatly amplified the zoom of the scope allowing me to pick out the smallest details from miles away. Then as I looked down the scope I saw a single Beowulf.

“Target practice.” I said with a grin before I reached into my pocket and pulled out the mag filled with ice bullets. I put the make into the gun before looking back down at the scope. After gauging the distance between me and the Beowulf I realized that I wouldn't be able to hit it from here. “Damn.” I said

I lowered my gun taking a looked at my weapon. “Im gonna have to make some changes so it can shoot at longer ranges.” I said as I fiddled with some of the parts before it was evaluated white shimmering aura.

“What?!” I said, then suddenly it fired without me pulling the trigger. I pulled my head back in surprise before I literally saw the bullet turn and flew down toward the surface. “No fucking way,” I said quickly lifting the rifle back up to look through the scope to see the Beowolf dead with a bullet hole through its skull.

I slowly lowered my spear rifle before I looked at it to see the aura disappear. ‘Am I going through a thor love and thunder right now.’ I thought as I tried to think this through rationally. ‘Alright, I made this out of uru just like Mjolnir and Stormbreaker both of which have shown some sort of personality in thor love and thunder. Perhaps mine has done the same, but how does it have an aura? Did it absorb some of mine to create its own?’ That is what ran through my head as I started flying back to town with a question-filled mind.

I quickly landed in front of my home before rolling the bike into the building. Chibi ed ran up and asked. “So how was she?” He asked.

“Perfect, the bike is great but there is something I want to ask.” I said showing him my weapon. “Do you think it's possible that my weapon has developed a mind of its own?” I asked him with a nervous smile.

Chibi looked at the weapon then back to me and laughed. “No, it's impossible, it's just a lump of metal.” Chibi laughed before the spear rifle flew out of my hands and pointed its barrel right at Chibi’s face. Chibi froze as he lifted his hands. “Well then, umm Winter mind grabbing your gun before it blows my face off?” He asked. I quickly grabbed it, then pulled it away.

“What should I do?” I asked him.

“Umm, name it.” He said with a shrug.

“Is that all you can think of?” I asked, and he shrugged again which only made me stare at him before I groaned. I looked down at the spear rifle before I said. “Well umm, don't know if you can tell me or anything but what gender do you see yourself.” I asked but it did nothing. “Alright, how about this flip one of your blades up if you are a boy middle if your are a girl and down if you're neither.” The blade moved to a 90-degree angle and stayed there.

“Ok girl then, let's see, oh how about I name you after the Glacian of final fantasy 15. What was her name oh yeah Shiva, flip your blade up and down if that is a yes.” Shiva’s blade started flipping up and down rapidly. “Good, now let's get you put up so we can get going.” I said before I went upstairs. I pulled out a case, and when I opened it, it was filled with a black foam that had Shiva’s imprint on it.

I placed her in the case before I closed and locked it. I then pulled out a few more cases, one was a large briefcase filled with vials of varying dust, and the other was a large trolly-style toolbox. It mostly had the tools to perform maintenance of my mechanical parts and Shiva, but I also have a few surprises stored in there should I ever need them.

“Alright, now I need clothes.” I said as I pulled out a duffle bag, then I started grabbing the usual. Socks, underwear, pants, shirts, and everything I would need while I was in manehattan. After grabbing just a few more necessities like my toothbrush and some books to read on the train.

“Alright that should be.”

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK* Surprised by the sudden knocking I went downstairs to see who was at the door. When I opened the door I saw it was a guard. I was immediately cautious but it looked like he carried no weapons. “I carry a package from Princess Celestia.” He said before pulling out a card and then held it out to me.

I cautiously took the card and looked at it. ‘Wait is this a credit card, they have credit cards here.’ I thought before I looked up at him. “Its a new policy that Princess Celestia has implemented after her scientist went over those blueprints. During the last few months, we have been setting it up and have given most medium, to larger businesses a payment terminal. She already put you payment on the card, and all future payments will be put on it.” He explained.

“Well, this will certainly bet having to carry heavy bags of bits.” I said, to which he nodded in agreement. “But how do I put the bits I already on in it?” I asked him.

“The princesses have commissioned several temporary banks for this purpose till a more permanent solution is found, you’ll find the bank at the town hall, just give them your name, card, and the number of bits you would like to put on it, however, there is a tax if you were to put a large amount all at once.” He explained to me. I nodded in response before I asked.

“Is there anything else?” I asked him.

“Yes, both of the princesses wish you a good time in manehattan while your recover.” He told me.

“Well tell them I'll be getting back to work after the fashion show, I need to shake the rust off,” I told him with a smile before I closed the door. I looked back at the plain card with a smile. “Thank you Celestia.” I said then put it in my pocket. I don't really know how they devised a wireless banking system off of those blueprints but I'm happy to see that it also benefits me greatly. I gathered all of the bits I had before I covered them all in frost so I could levitate them behind me.

After making sure that I had them all, I left my home and headed towards the town hall with the bags of bits floating slowly behind me. I walked for what fell like a good ten minutes before I arrived and walked into the building. I looked around to see where the temporary bank was.

Then I laid my eyes on who I think was the mayor's assistant sitting at a desk. “Hello sir, can I help you?” She asked.

“Yeah, can you tell me where the temporary bank is? I want to put bits on my card.” I said as I looked around a little more.

“Oh, I’m in charge of that for the moment until officials arrive from Canterlot.” She told me. I walked up to her, then levitated the bags onto her desk before pulling out my card.

“Winter Storm.” I told her. She took the card and looked at it before she pulled out a laptop. “Wait is that a laptop?” I asked.

“Umm, I think that's what they called it, I'm not sure, they just told me to insert the card into this to make sure it’s real, then type in the number of bits.” She said with a shrug as she put the card into the computer.

‘What the fuck did they find in that lab?’ I thought as she pulled it out and gave it back to me. I put it in my pocket before she reached for and grabbed one of the bags before she looked inside.

“Um, this might take a while, do you want this all done immediately or are you ok with waiting possibly a few days for it to be transferred?” She asked with a nervous smile

“Im alright with waiting with what I'm told there are already bits on my card so I'll be fine for a while, take your time.” I told her before I turned around and left. I immediately went back to my house to see Chibi Ed was packing the dragon egg I received from Elwood.

“What are you doing?” I asked him as I closed the door.

“You got to keep it with you in case it hatches.” He said as he placed the egg in a similar case I put Shiva in. “Don't want it wandering off if it hatches while you are away.” He told me.

“Fair point, so what about you, you want to come?” I asked him, but he shook his head.

“No, I'm good, in fact, I thinking of making a few changes to the place if you’ll let me?” He asked.

“I don't really mind as long as you don't go overboard. But if you're redecorating while I'm gone, do you think you can possibly make a basement and start stockpiling Uru and other metals?” I asked which seemed to make him curious.

“Why do you need all that uru?” He asked me crossing his arms.

I sighed before I spoke. “I’ve been thinking about what Ed said, he might be right, but if I'm doing this I'm doing this right. After I come back I'm going to have a little sit down with Celestia to discuss my plan to make a group of hunters. First I want to invite either experienced mercenaries or retired guards to join so I have some experienced fighters. I don’t want a bunch of upstarts charging toward their deaths. Then I’ll see about training younger people.” I explained before I sat down in a chair.

“That sounds like a good idea.” Chibi said. “So you want Uru but are there any other materials you wish me to stockpile?” He asked.

“Mithril is the only thing I can think of. I do not want to make a stockpile of Virbranium, that might cause some problems, so those two and whatever else you might think of will have to do.” I said as I gathered all my things. “Then once I get back, and after I talk to Celestia we can get this started.”

“But where would you train them?” He asked me which got me thinking.

“Im not sure, perhaps Celestia and give me a few ideas, and if not maybe I can purchase some land out of town, and build a facility there.” I said, but then looked at my card. “But then again, I got no idea how much that would cost, or even if I have the money to do it.”

“You don't know how much money you have?” He asked with a raised eyebrow.

“I was kinda in a hurry, I just put all my bits into the account and came here to finish packing. I'm sure I can figure out how much I have at the bank in Manehattan, I just hope it's enough.” I said, and if we are left with no choice which I really hope doesn't happen, I might have to get Chibi to make gold which could cause massive problems with Equestria’s economy. Then again gold in this world isn't really valuable seeing it is used as their most common currency along with the less valuable silver bits.

‘I wonder, what kind of metal or ore would sell very well.’ I thought. ‘Uru would sell well if I revival its secrets but that’s risky. I guess I’ll just have to figure something out later. I left my home and went to Rarity’s boutique with my luggage to see if she was ready. When I arrived I saw she was working on an outfit. “Hey, what are you working on?” I asked

“Something for you to wear to the contest,” She told me with a smile. “I just finished and the girls should be getting us at the train station." Rarity told me. I nodded before I helped her grab her bags, then left the boutique. “From what Twilight has told me I heard that when told Celestia we were going to Manehatten she arranged something for us at the train station,” Rarity told me.

“What, I thought you arranged all the tickets?” I asked a little confused, and she shrugged.

“I did, but the princesses are giving us special treatment,” She told me with a smile, then hugged my arm.

“Well I guess well just have to enjoy ourselves while we can, I plan to continue hunting Grimm after return,” I told Rarity which seemed to make her smile. We soon arrived at the train station, to see the girls were already waiting for us there. “So how long will it take to get there?” I asked Rarity.

“Hmm depends on how many stops the train makes, but I’d say a week a most,” She explained. I nodded, before the five girls walked up to greet us.

“Hey, yall ready to go?” Asked Applejack as she fixed her hat.

“Yeah, I want to party,” Said excitedly as she jumped up and down making the other girls just shake their heads.

“Of course girls. Now lets figure out where train car we’re staying in.” Rarity told them before I spotted a booth with a worker standing in it.

“Do we talk to him?” I asked pointing my thumb at the booth. Rarity looked to where I was pointing and nodded so the 7 of us walked over to ask which car we were going to be staying in.

“Sir, can you please tell us which car we’re supposed to be in?” Asked rarity as she handed the man the tickets. The man looked at each of the tickets before he nodded his head.

“Five of you will be staying in car 7, the other two will be in car 8,” He informed us before he handed back all but two the tickets.

“Car 8?” Asked Twilight. “Isnt that supposed to be the luxury car reserved for nobles and foreign royalty?”

“Umm Yes, I received specific instructions to give two of you high-class tickets,” He explained before he too put the two away and pulled out two golden tickets. He handed them to me and Rarity with a smile on his face.

“Wow, I didn’t think Princess Celestia would reserve us golden tickets,” Rarity said happily.

“I’m surprised as well,” I said with a smile. “We should get on before the train leaves,” I suggested.

“Yes, lets,” Said Rarity before we started making our way to the train. Each section of the train had a number, and there were a total of 15 attached to the steam locomotive. Twilight, Rainbow, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Applejack went over to car seven while Rarity and I went to car eight. A conductor was waiting at the door of the car.

“Tickets please?” He asked, so we showed him our golden train tickets. He took them both before he started to examine them both and nodded when he was done. “Thank you,” He said before he handed the two tickets back, then opened the door for us. When we stepped inside the car was much larger than it appeared. It had a fully stocked bar and what looked like a kitchen behind it. Scattered around were lounges, chairs, and tables, and on the opposite side of the car were a row of doors.

“Wow, I guess those with statues really get the full treatment,” I said as I looked around and saw there were only a few workers here. “But I guess it's rarely packed,’

“Most nobles have their own means of getting around so very few nobles actually use the train,” Rarity said which I guess made sense. We brought in all of our luggage and went to the first door we saw. When we walked in we were surprised again by the size of the room, it was basically a master bedroom with its own bathroom, wardrobe, and a king-sized bed.

“They really went all out on this car didnt they?” I said as I started to put out luggage away for now. “Alright so I guess we should get settled in and then go visit the girls?” I asked Rarity.

“Great idea.” She said with a smile as we started getting comfortable.