Chapter 19: EXPERIMENT TIME YAY!!!

Frank POV

Location: Castle of Friendship

Once we brought the Princesses and Lyra inside Fluttershy and Rarity were able to help them recovered from their nosebleed and were able to get back onto their hooves. I did ask why they reacted that way when I turned myself into an alicorn to which they went red in the face and were looking away from me for some odd reason. They then explained that the reason for their reaction was due to never seeing a male alicorn before especially one with some unique features as well though what made it odd was when they mentioned that I was handsome in that form. Hearing that caused me to blush for some reason as I tried to calm myself down while also wondering why I was reacting this way for it had been a while since I made felt that way.

“That was amazing dear, though this makes me wonder if your able to transform into other races than an alicorn.” Said Rarity as an idea came into my mind as I decided to try out the spell again.

Lighting up my hands I was then engulfed in a blue aura as my body was then covered in the same aura and as it fades I now had the appearance of an earth pony stallion as now with a tan brown coat, black mane and tail, though I noticed some parts of my body being more muscular then before.

“Well, this is new in this form I look more like my dad.” I said though this causes many of the mares to go wide-eyed at me. However, Bonbon, Pinkie, and Applejack seem to go red in the face as their tails began to wag like that of a dog which looked a bit funny to me.

Both Twilight and Lyra summoned a scroll as they began to write down notes about this as Eris takes pictures of me. I then decided to try again as only this time I spined around as my body was covered in the same blue aura before it fades as I stop my spin then presented myself as a Pegasus stallion at least that’s what I thought until I got a good look at myself. My body seemed to look more slimmer with some muscle on my body as my coat had changed to a greyish color, as my mane and tail turned white and on my back were a pair of bat wings while also having some bat ears and my fangs were now more visible.

“Well this is new.” I said as I notice the girls staring at me with disbelief though not as much as Luna, Rainbow, and Fluttershy who had their wings up though I didn’t think Fluttershy would react that way.

Both Twilight and Lyra took more notes as Eris took more pictures much to my amusement

I then decided to do it a third time as I spun around and was now in the form of a unicorn stallion as I had a white coat, black mane and tail with red highlights, along with a thin black moustache above my lip, as I had a red curved horn as well.

As I admired my new look, I then notice Lyra, Twilight, and Rarity look at me with red faces as Rarity faints dreamily as she lands on her fainting couch which was brought thanks the fourth wall breaking powers by Pinkie Pie. Soon Twilight and Lyra wrote down even more notes as Eris took even more pictures of me as I then reverted into a human.

“This is simply amazing I have never seen any pony use magic to alter their appearance though may I ask why you shifted into a thestral instead of a Pegasus?” asked Twilight to which I shrug at her.

“Not sure I intended to turn myself into a Pegasus stallion, but for some reason I shifted into that of a thestral. Do you think this could be the result of having Luna’s magic that I turned into a nocturnal being?” I asked as Twilight had also wondered as well.

“Speaking of magic why not show your new sword Sir McCloud.” Said Luna as I nearly forgot to show the girls the sword I received from Faust as I grabbed my bag and proceeded to pull out the blade with the scabbard as I pulled it out from its sheath and presented it to the mares.

Each of the mares were in awe at the sword as it sparkled in the light before placing it back onto its sheath.

“That sword looks so awesome were did you get it?” asked an excited Rainbow Dash as I looked over to the royal sisters who nodded at me reassuring as I looked back at the group.

“Well to tell you the truth it was a gift from… Faust.” I said and upon saying that the entire room became quiet as the mares minus the royal sisters had wide-eyed expressions though not as much Twilight who proceeds to appear before me as she grips onto the collar with a crazed look on her face with her hair all messy and her wings up.

“HOW THE FUCK IS THAT POSSIBLE? YOU RECEIVED A GIFT FROM FAUST THE CREATOR OF THE VERY WORLD!!! THAT FAUST!!!!!!!”

She screamed at the top of my lungs using the Canterlot voice which caused me to yell out in pain as I covered my ears as Twilight was pulled off from me as my ears were ringing like hell.

3rd POV

Rainbow and Fluttershy help ease Frank who was on her knees as his hearing was slowly coming back to him while Celestia tries to calm a frantic Twilight down.

“Twilight please calm yourself.” Said Celestia as she held her former student in her magical aura as Twilight was going off.

“CALM DOWN? HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO CALM DOWN AFTER FINDING OUT THAT SOME PONY HAD RECEIVED A GIFT FROM FAUST!!!!!!!” She yelled out still using the voice yet again before a receiving some water to the face thanks to Eris as this manages to calm her down much to Celestia’s annoyance.

“Was that really necessary Eris?” asked Celestia as Eris sighs at her.

“Celly if I didn’t Twilight would still be rambling on after learning about Frankies gift from Faust plus we should be grateful that her yell didn’t hurt Frank’s hearing with how sensitive his ears are.” Responded Eris as Frank was helped back onto his feet.

“Hay dios mio….” He said as his hearing was coming back to him.

“You alright big guy?” asked Dash as the human nodded at her.

“Yeah I forgot to mention that any loud sounds can cause me harm due to my enhanced hearing and since Twilight used the Canterlot voice on me it was enough to have me on my knees though I didn’t think she had that ability.” Said Frank as Twilight had a guilty look on her face before approaching me.

“I am really sorry about that Frank I was just shocked about that bit of info that I went on a tangent again.” She said as Frank smiles at the mare.

“Its alright Twilight though I do admit that it was surprising for you to have pipes like that. But going back on the whole gift from Faust it was surprising since I wasn’t expecting to receive a gift let alone receiving her attention at all. Though I should point out something that the sword has.” Frank says as he points toward the mark in the pummel of the sword which was the 6-pointed star the very same star that resembles Twilights cutie mark as the other mares are surprised at this.

“Our mother had given this to Frank during his stay in the Everfree. However, she had also mentioned of a great evil that may cloud over the land as well as the neighboring kingdoms. And with what has happened the news has made us feel unedged.” Said Luna as Frank turns to her and Celestia.

“And as I said before I am willing to lend a hand whatever threat may arrive to harm the ponies of this land. Now if only I can understand how to use my own natural magic and know more about this new sword for I can sense some unique power emanating from the blade.” Said Frank as this catches the unicorns plus Twilight’s attention.

“What do you mean natural magic?” asked Rarity as Lyra stepped in.

“From what I learned from the legends of the humans some who are mages have their own natural magic that relates to a specific element.” She said as Frank sighs at this.

“Here’s the thing, where I come from magic is none-existent and are mainly portrayed as slight of hand tricks and are mostly shown in forms of fiction. So far I figured that my magic happens to be a wind element after having magical outburst back in the Everfree which left a large hole on the ground. Plus I blew away some nearby trees and bushes while also blasting out razors made of air which left cut marks all over the place.” Said Frank however this also reminds him of the incident that happened before arriving to the Everfree.

“Strange I never heard of anyone using elemental magic have you Twilight?” asked Lyra as Twilight began to wonder about it.

“I am afraid not Lyra I have never heard of any pony using elemental magic before.” Said Twilight as the royal sisters stepped in.

“Which is why we plan on teaching Frank on how to use his new magic. Though we may have to experiment on it since his magic may be different from how we use magic.” Said Celestia as the girls nodded at her.

“Speaking of experimenting Twilight, I remember Dash mentioning that you wished to do some experiment with me if I ever arrive to Ponyvile. How about we work on that?” said the human as all eyes were now on Twilight who looks away sheepishly was Celestia and Luna look at the mare with a raised eyebrow.

“Exactly what kind of experiments did you wish to do on Frank, dear Twilight? Asked Luna as Celestia said her piece.

“Surely nothing overboard like that would make dear Frank uncomfortable right?” asked Celestia as she and Luna looked at Twilight with a scary looking gaze one that Frank had seen only in anime where the character would have half of their face shrouded in darkness while their eyes glowed red.

“I-I-I-I just wanted to conduct some experiments on him to test out his abilities and to record it since this is the first time a being like him has ever been seen in Equestria. And I wanted to be the first to document a real life superhuman.” She said nervously though the princesses didn’t seem to be convinced until Frank saved her.

“I mean I don’t mind if its just to record some information about me after all this could be educational for her plus I may learn something new that I never knew.” Said the human trying to defuse the situation which seemed to work as the sisters seem to calm down. Though some of the other mare mainly Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Bonbon were curious as to why the Princesses were reacting that way.

“So, Twilight, what kind of experiments did you have planned for today?” asked Frank as he turns to her as Twilight tries to ease herself after seeing the look both the princesses were giving her.

“Well…I was planning on doing some tests starting with some scans from my machine.” She said to which the human nodded as the two and the rest of the group followed them out from the current room to the lab.

The group are now in the lab as Frank was seen sitting on a chair as he wore a metal helmet with wires connected to it which also having some wires connected to various pads on the rest of his body. This was Twilights magical scanner as each wire began to sensed energy pulses to Frank’s body as it scans his body as the wires connected to a larger machine that was printing the results as Twilight was looking over the result and beside her was Lyra who was writing notes in her notebook from the data

“This is definitely a first for me but was it really necessary for me to be shirtless?” asked Frank as he had his jacket and shirt removed and was exposing his semi-muscular upper body.

“Sadly yes, I need the wires to scan every part of your body I do apologize if this makes you uncomfortable.” She says as Frank waves at her.

“Oh, it’s no issue besides I am used to being shirtless you wouldn’t believe how many times I lost a shirt from the fights I was in.” he said as this eases Twilights worries as Lyra wrote what he said down on her notes.

Little did they know that other mares were staring at the humans frame as the earth ponies mares wondered how the human got such a body. The Pegasus mares were also surprised at this as Dash seem to look at Frank with awe while Fluttershy was trying not to stare as her face turned red. Rarity however couldn’t help but stare at the human with a seductive gaze along with Eris as she wanted to coil around the handsome human like a snake. Celestia and Luna tried to calm themselves, but were having trouble as their hearts were beating at the sight of their human friend as their hearts were beating faster the longer they looked at him.

“Very interesting. From what I am getting from the scans you seem to have some unique elements from within your body structure. I am also getting scans of a very strong power source generating from within your body though whether its your magic or something else is still unknown for I have never seen something like this.” Said Twilight in both excitement and fascination as she and Lyra were both jotting down notes.

“Well, that’s no surprise after all with every new ability I receive the gauntlet reworks by DNA to use said abilities will also adapting it to my own blood to avoid any unnecessary mutation to my body. Though that energy source could be that same energy force that I used on Kane though I am still unsure how I used it at that time.” Said the human as Twilight and Lyra were interested in the humans words as Twilight removes all the pads from Franks body as well as the metal helmet on his head.

Once that was done Frank proceeds to stretch out his body which seem to entice the mares watching him as he moves around his body before looking back at Twilight.

“Alright so what’s next?” he asked as Twilight lights up her horn as she hands Frank 4 purple bracelets with a purple gem on it.

“Right now, we begin the physical test. These bracelets will calculate the amount of power you will use when running on your feet since Rainbow Dash mentioned that your able to run incredibly fast. So, lets head outside so that we can begin.” Said Twilight as Frank nods at her.

Location: Castle of Friendship/ Outside

The group were now outside from the castle as they all watch as Frank was getting ready for the run as he places the bracelets onto both of his wrists and ankles as Twilight gets beside him.

“Ready?” asked the purple alicorn as Frank gives her a thumbs up as Frank gets into a track stance as Rainbow has her wings out as the two were about to go fast.

“READY…SET…GO!!!” yelled out Twilight as Pinkie pulled out a trumpet and blasted out a sound as Frank and Dash were seen dashing forward leaving a dust trail as every pony else watched in amazement.

Both Frank and Dash were neck and neck as they move pass many of the residents who looked one in both amazements and awe as the two swirled around the town leaving a trail behind them with every turn as they then ran towards the mountain towards Canterlot. It was then that Frank decides to be like sonic as he then leaps off from the ground and on top of a nearby roof before continuing the run. As he then starts leaping from rooftop-to-rooftop Dash couldn’t help but stare at the sight as she tries to keep up with Frank who was now running toward the side of the castle as he waves at the nearby guards who wave back to him as he runs up the side of the tower. As he now finds himself at the top of the tower as he takes a good look at the view of the entire kingdom before running down the side and back toward Ponyvile. Dash is seen behind him as she tries to fly beside him but was finding trouble as her wings began to ache and it was at that moment that she is distracted as she crashes onto a nearby lightning cloud as she is then electrocuted and was going down. She sees herself going down as she closes her eyes awaiting the impact of the ground only for nothing to arrive as she opens her eyes only to see herself in Frank’s arms as the man saw what had happened to her and was able to catch her before she could hit the ground. Dash notices the position she was in as her face turns red for being carried in the arms of a stallion like a bride at her wedding as Frank looked at her with a concerned gaze.

“You okay Dash?” asked Frank as Dash looks away but nods at him either way.

“Y-yeah, I am fine…t-thanks for catching me.” She responded as Frank takes notice of the dark grey thunder cloud then let off a small shock.

“Can you still fly?” asked Frank as Dash shook his head as Frank sighs at this.

“Okay if that’s the case then you might want to hold onto me.” He said and just as Dash was about to ask why Frank continued the run as Dash yell out by the sudden speed but after a while was finding it to be really fun to be riding at such speed like that.

Once Frank arrived the castle he then makes a stop as both feet were now forward making the same sound that a car does when you pull the breaks as he stops before the group. They then run towards him once they notice Dash in his arms who was still frozen in place as her eyes were now pin pricks.

“What in same hill happened?” asked Applejack as Frank then explained himself.

“Dash crashed into a nearby dark grey cloud and was literally shocked by it and was unable to fly so I figured I would carry her back here.” He said as he pulls out the bracelets on his limbs before presenting them to Twilight.

Once the alicorn takes notice of them she and Lyra are shocked to see that the gems had cracked and were letting off black smoke as Frank smiles at them sheepishly.

“It would appear Sir McCloud’s speed cannot be measured in the normal fashion.” Said Luna sounding impressed at the human’s speed.

“To think he has such stamina makes you wonder what his stamina is like in bed.” Commented Eris which causes many of the mares to go red as Celestia smacks her upside the head while Frank rolls her eyes at her comment.

“Well since I am unable to measure the power of your speed lets move on ahead with your power mainly your power with the sun and moon. Here put this on.” She says before handing him another item with a gem this time it was a headband as Frank places it over his head.

“Okay lets just hope this one doesn’t go out like the others. Though I suggest you all stepped back just to be safe.” He said as the mares stepped back as Frank decided to start off by using his ability of the sun.

He powers up as his body was covered in a golden aura yet as the headband was glowing brightly before…

BOOM!!!

Like the bracelets the gem on the headband shatters will also exploding on Franks entire head thankfully his invulnerability had protected him, but it did leave his head covered him smoke and Sut.

“Frank are you alright?!!!” yelled out Celestia as she Luna rush over to him as Frank had a bewildered look on his face as he lets out a cough of smoke.

“Damn… that was…new I mean I have been hit with explosives before but never to the face.” he said still bewildered at the whole thing.

“I am so sorry Frank. If I had known that it would do that I wouldn’t have asked you to wear that in the first place.” Said Twilight as Frank waved at her nonchalantly.

“Its okay Miss Sparkle I was just surprised is all.” Said Frank though it sounded as if he was dazed at this.

“Mr. McCloud are alright?” asked Bonbon as Frank nods at her.

“So what’s next on the-…” he cuts himself off as he hears a set of voices who were screaming with fear as he turns to the direction of the sound while also sensing a dangerous presence.

“Girls I sense something in that direction. Follow me.” He said before dashing forward much to the surprise of the mares as they ran after the human who was running with incredible speed.

Frank POV

As I ran along the path I soon made a stop at a new location as I spotted a familiar looking treehouse in the area as I was drawn to 3 familiar fillies who were trapped within a cage made of black crystal as they struggled to get out. The first one was an earth pony filly with a red mane and tail, yellow coat, orange eyes, as she wore a yellow and red striped shirt with blue overalls, and a red bow on her mane. The second one was a unicorn filly with a purpled and pink mane and tail, white coat, green eyes, as she wore a white dress with green accents as had a diamond pattern around the waist. The third was a Pegasus filly with an purple mane and tail, orange coat, small wings, purple eyes, and wore a purple hoodie with a khaki shorts on as she tries to break the bars of the crystal cage.

Note: this was the only picture I could find with them as the proper age.

I knew who these fillies were for they were none other than the cutie mark crusaders Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo and just as I was about to free them, I felt a presence as another figure appears with a crystal fist charging at me to which I dodge as the figures fist hits the ground. And as I got into a fighting stance, I was able to get a good look at the figure before me only to go wide-eyed once I realized who it was. For it was none other than Tempest shadow a unicorn mare with a dark purple coat with a dark magenta mane and tail, as she wore here iconic outfit as a former member of the storm kings army which was a black skin tight outfit with dark metal plates though with this outfit her arms and legs were revealed.

Note: shout to the one who made this design.

Honestly, she looked bad ass, but what stood out the most was her horn which I recall was supposed to be broken as it was fused with a dark crystal as black veins spread throughout her head as her eyes were completely black as she stared at me with the gaze of a vicious animal.

“What the hell?” I say as the mare howled before charging towards me as her hands were covered in black crystals as they turn into claws as lunges toward me.

I manage to leap over her before firing my cryo-beam toward the corrupted Tempest, yet she manages to react to this as she leaps to the side before firing crystal projectiles at me as I raised my arm to block the attack. The projectiles bounce off from me, but just then I received a punch to the face knocking me to the side as I realized that she managed to strike will her projectiles distracted as her crystal covered hands that were once claws now turned into crystal gauntlets. I hit the ground hard as I got back up and as I raised my head I was able to spot Tempest who was about to deliver a right hook as I dodged the attack before delivering a right jab to her gut sending her back as her feet dragged within the dirt as she falls onto one knee while grabbing onto her gut while glaring at me as I got onto my feet.

“If you don’t surrender right now, I will be force to take you down.” I said as I got into a fighting stance as Tempest roared at me as she charges at me as I then pulled out my sword as I then blocked her attack as we then traded blows as both her claws and my blade collide with each other.

Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang, Clang…

Was the sound of our attacks colliding with each other before the two of us were now in a stalemate as the corrupted unicorn fires a beam of black energy as it hits me right in the face before receiving a punch to the gut, followed by a jab to the face, then strikes me with her claws hitting me in left side of my face and chest until finally head butting me. The attack causing a loud gong sound to be made as she staggers back a bit as I took this as the opportunity to fight back as I swing my blade at her hitting her right arm, left leg, before delivering a right jab to her chest as she goes flying and hitting a nearby tree.

It was then that the girls arrive as they notice the state I was in as parts of my clothes were either torn or sliced off as Celestia and Luna rush over to me.

“Frank what happened to you?!!” said Celestia in a worried tone as smiled at her.

“I am fine though I think you should be worried about them than me.” I said pointing towards the cutie mark crusaders who were wide-eyed probably from the fight as AJ, Rarity, and Dash had looks of terror when spotting the 3 fillies.

“Apple Bloom!!” yelled out AJ.

Sweetie Belle!!” yelled out Rarity.

“Scootalo!!!” yelled out Dash.

As all 3 mares rush over to the 3 fillies and it was then that a howl was made as Tempest manages to jump back into the scene now covered in dirt, pieces of bush, and splinters as she glared at me. I then heard the girls gasp in surprise though not as much as Twilight who was horrified at the sight of the corrupted unicorn.

“Tempest? What happened to you?!!” she said only for the corrupted unicorn to howl in anger as she then lunges toward Twilight as I then dashed forward and tackled Tempest onto the ground pining her down as she struggled to get up.

I then proceeded to grab the crystal horn on her forehead and proceeded to snap it off causing the mare to howl in pain before collapsing onto the ground as the corruption done on her had faded as she was back to her normal self. The princesses were then beside me as Twilight check on Tempest who was unconscious as parts of her outfit had a bunch of pieces torn off as I then held the crystal horn in my hand.

“*sigh* She is okay, but what happened to her?” asked the relieved Twilight as I held out the crystal as the other mares arrive along with the 3 fillies beside them.

“Is that…” said Celestia to which I nodded at her.

“She was using the same item that the others villains have been using to attack the kingdom.” Said Luna as I kneeled down to the unconscious unicorn.

“That’s right but I think this thing was placed onto her by force. Unlike the others this mare was like a wild beast while the others knew what they were doing.” I say as the crystal in hand began to spark with electricity and like what happened with the dragon it was then absorbed into my hand granting me a new power as my hands were now incased in crystal gauntlets which seemed to sparkle in the sun light.

Every pony stared at me with awe though not as much as Rarity who seemed to love the sight of the crystals around my hand as the Pegasus filly Scootaloo had sparkles in her eyes. Just then a loud groan was made as we look to the unicorn mare who lifted her eyed a bit as Twilight held her head up.

“Tempest what happened to you?” she asked as the unicorn mare tried to speak but was still week from what had happened to her but managed to say a few words as we all went wide-eyed at her words.

“Please…help…Crystal…empire…is…under…attack…”

Author's Note

This took so many rewrites but i am glad i managed to post this out already and will be working on the next chapter real soon hope you guys like it and will see you in the next post