One hundred and three years had passed since the day of Leila's disappearance and Megaman X found himself entirely within Cyberspace, he could no longer hold his Cyber-Elf form and had left the world in the care of his best friend, Zero. It was here that he finally met an old friend of his that he hadn't seen in many decades, Axl stood there with the same cocky grin he always had. "Hey X, you think that Zero will be able to protect the world?" he asked.

X smiled, "Yeah, I'm sure he will," was the response.

The Second Generation Reploid Prototype thumbed towards a particular file, "By the way, I brought this over here. It says that it needs you to unlock it or something like that. I tried figuring out what it was, but it keeps rejecting me," he said with a frown.

X nodded and placed his hand on the file. An image of an elderly purple woman with graying blue hair appeared before him in a lab coat. "If you're receiving this message, then I have not been able to bring my sister, Leila back online. Commander X, or perhaps I should just call you X, I am Twilight Sparkle and I am the one who found your friend fifty-two years ago. While she found it surprising that someone so accomplished and intelligent was so young, we formed a fast friendship and she touched the lives of myself and my friends. I regret to inform you that our time with her was short lived, only a month and a half. Sunset knew what was going on when it happened and she was the one to stop Leila. I believe the term that was used was Maverick, but in her last moments she was surrounded by us and she had returned to herself. When we were younger, we all compiled our feelings into our own letters. I would like for you to hear them now," the woman said.

X nodded, feeling saddened that Leila had gone Maverick and had to be put down. He had hoped that she would resurface one day, but knowing that she had died as herself instead of as a Maverick eased the aching in his heart. He was at least relieved to finally know what had happened to her as the image shifted to show a younger version of the woman in question. She was in her twenties at the oldest.

"X, when Leila came into my life, I had never seen anything so advanced in my life. A machine that could think and act on its own. A machine that could learn and feel and grow, it was the dream of every scientist. But as I got to know her, I got to learn that she was more than just a machine, deep down within her, she was a person and the two of us grew close. We saw each other as sisters and my mom took her in as her own daughter. Since that day, we've never been the same and I promise you that even if I don't live to see it, our world will advance far enough to be able to repair your friend. She was a wonderful friend and an even better sister and I miss her," Twilight Sparkle said.

The image shifted to a cyan athlete with rainbow hair as Sage Harpuia, Fighting Fefnir, Fairy Leviathan, and Hidden Phantom joined them. "When I first met Leila, I thought she was going to be boring, Twilight had told me that she was a machine and I couldn't get over the idea that she'd just be another nerd invention. But, Leila was pretty awesome, she was happy to play sports and was almost as good as I was at them. Every morning at around seven AM, she'd wake up and go for a run around the city, she really enjoyed it and I enjoyed our running together. She was one of the coolest people I ever knew, not as cool as me of course, but close. Anyway, she was one of the best friends I ever had and I'm gonna miss her!" Rainbow Dash told them.

The image then shifted to a tan woman with blond hair, "Ah have ta admit that Ah feel some responsibility for the loss of yer friend and ours. If Ah hadn't had asked her ta go look out fer Flim and Flam, maybe she would still be here and we wouldn't have ta be doin this here memorial for ya ta see. Ah hope ya can find it in yer heart ta forgive me, X. Ah just... everyone tells me not ta feel guilty about it, that Flim and Flam were put away for the rest of their lives, but Ah can't help but ta think that if she were with us on that day, she'd have alerted us ta their trickery and we'd have had many more happy experiences together. She didn't know a thresher from a spade, but she was one of the most honest and loyal friends Ah could've ever asked fer and Ah wish I could go back and stop it all from happening. Axl, Ah don't know ya that well, but Ah hope ya can forgive me too," Applejack apologized.

There was a pause in the transformation of the image, almost as if a reaction was expected. "I don't know who you are, but I forgive you, it wasn't your fault, ma'am. Leila was a Maverick Hunter, she did what her heart told her was right," X said, knowing that the person in the recording couldn't hear him.

"Yeah, she was one of the finest Maverick Hunters I knew during the Elf Wars. She was known to keep a level head and carry out the mission, no matter the circumstances. If she turned Maverick, she would've wanted to have been taken out to protect the lives of others," Axl replied.

A few seconds later, the image morphed to a pink woman with a frown on her face, "Leila was a really nice Reploid who liked to spread cheer. She told me a lot about the world she came from and how you all have a terrible world because of someone that you haven't yet figured out. But by the time you get this, you might have already saved your world from him. If so, yay! But she wasn't a grump like so many characters I've seen in movies and games. She always enjoyed spreading joy and happiness. She wanted people to smile and to wear a smile herself. Whenever she spoke of you, X, she spoke incredibly highly of you and how you inspired her to become a better Reploid. I know that you probably missed her a whole lot, but she was one of the best friends I could ever have," Pinkie Pie said, finally smiling sadly at the end.

The image morphed again this time to a white woman with purple hair, "X, darling. When I first met Leila, she was in the need of some new clothing, she was wearing this absolutely unfashionable armor. But she had a great attention to fashion, she enjoyed wearing new clothing, telling me that she felt more like the woman her father wanted her to be, instead of the soldier that she had became. It was heartwarming to see her become a much more confident woman and admittedly, she did know how to look absolutely good in green, a color that I don't believe fits most people. But she was also a good friend, never taking advantage of anyone's generosity and always offering to pay me whenever I gave her a gift. I'm glad that I got to know her and I wanted you to know that if I could send some clothes for you to try, I would," Rarity announced.

The image changed to a pale yellow woman with pink hair. "Um. Leila always told me how you cared so much about people and Reploids, X and how you were always thinking of other living creatures as well. She also once told me that you have an ability that no other Reploid does, the ability to cry. I want to take care of all the animals like she did. Seeing so many different creatures that don't exist where she came from made her very happy. She was always excited to see the different animals in the shelter as they were creatures she wouldn't ever have been able to see if she came here. She was also very kind and very gentle and I'm glad she came into my life," Fluttershy quietly said.

The eighth image to appear was of a pale amber woman with red and yellow hair, "It's been a few years since that day happened and I haven't been able to let go of her Beam Saber, it's the only thing I have to remind me of her and what I did. Leila knew about my past and was the first to bring it up in a respectful way that told me that she had admiration for me. She trusted me to be the one to retire her if she ever became a Maverick and I fulfilled that promise. It wasn't easy, but I could see the fear in her eyes when she talked to me about that possibility. Like her, I wasn't originally from this world and we bonded over that, becoming good friends in the process, despite the promise mentioned earlier. I want you to know that all of us miss her and we hope to see her again one day," Sunset Shimmer reported.

The ninth image shift wasn't back to the purple woman, but rather to Leila, surprising everyone. The Four Guardians finally got to see the Reploid that they had heard stories of from X. "Commander X, Captain Axl, if you are receiving this message, then for some reason, I cannot ever return to our world. It might just be impossible without Cyber-Elves and I'm alive and well or I've turned Maverick and Sunset Shimmer has retired me or any number of possibilities. I don't know. The last month of my life has been the happiest I've ever been. Commander, I found the peace that you always talked about wanting. There's no fighting in this world and though there's minor conflicts between people, no one really gets hurt. I hope that by the time you get this message, your ideal world has come to fruition. Captain, I hope you were found safe and sound, I got worried when you went missing. But do not lament the fact that I can't be there, do not mourn me if I have been retired. Take solace in the fact that I've been happy for the time I've been here. The two of you will forever be my friends and I will always wish you the best. Your friend, Leila."

The image shifted back to the elderly scientist, "I have one more thing to show you before I go, X. I have to get back to work on keeping the world on the peaceful path that it's on," she said.

The image changed one last time to a picture taken in the parking lot of a theme park, it was all seven of the girls and Leila. All of them were happy and this put a smile on X's face.

"Master X, what are you going to do?" asked Harpuia.

The Android thought for a second, "Leila fell in the Elf Wars, she gets a posthumous two-rank promotion to GA-Rank. Just like all the other A-Rank hunters we lost in that war," he declared.

The Four Guardians of Neo Arcadia all knelt before X and Axl smiled, "I'm sure that's what she would have wanted," Axl stated.

X nodded and smiled knowing that Zero was out there protecting this world and in a different world, Leila had helped inspire someone to create a peaceful world.

Seventy years after Leila had been retired, an elderly Twilight Sparkle stood over a capsule containing a Reploid. This Reploid was a First Generation Reploid based off of Leila's schematics. With the press of a button she finally brought the machine to life, the capsule opened and the Reploid looked at her creator. She was a lighter shade of purple than Twilight was, and where there was a pink stripe in the hair of the human, the Reploid had a light blue stripe and blue eyes. "Mother?" the machine asked.

"Good morning, Midnight Sparkle. Get out of your capsule and look around the lab. This is your home and I hope you'll continue my work. I've spent the last ten years verifying your reliability," Twilight Sparkle said to her creation.

Midnight climbed out of the capsule and looked around, she noticed so many robotics components around, many notes that her creator had kept. But something caught her eye, a capsule on the wall containing a more advanced looking Reploid in green and black armor with a hole in its mid-section, a buster with six holes in it and a partially crushed right wrist, "Mom, who is that?" she asked.

A sad smile crossed the face of Twilight Sparkle, "She's an old friend. I hope that some day you'll get to meet her, but I fear she won't ever be repaired during my time," she said.

The Reploid nodded, knowing the mortality of humans, "I promise to carry on your work, Mother," she announced.

There were no words from the elderly scientist, just a knowing smile and a hand on her creation's shoulder. Thanks to Leila, robotics had advanced by over one hundred years and the world was at peace now. Overpopulation had been solved by putting colonies on the Moon and on Mars, food was plentiful and people all worked together. Much like the Reploid in the capsule dreamed of for her own world.

Author's Note

Minor Edit: S-Rank is a shortened version of SA or Special A rank and thus sits one rank above A-Rank. GA or Gold A is a two-rank promotion.