Hunter's Harmony

Leila found herself in Equestria, standing before the purple Alicorn who had sent her back in the first place. There was a silence between the two and the Reploid, having accepted that her time to spend in the past had come to an end, merely turned away from the pony. "Did you do everything you wanted to do, Leila?" the Alicorn asked.

The Maverick Hunter stopped herself from walking away, "Yeah, I did. I made some new memories, had some great memories added to my database," she said, a sadness in her voice.

Twilight Sparkle stepped down from her throne and walked over to stand in front of the Reploid. The two beings looked in to the eyes of each other for a brief moment. "You're sad and alone. Everyone you knew and cared about is gone, but you don't want to admit to yourself that you're upset about it," she assumed.

Leila shook her head and then walked past the Queen of Equestria, "Everyone handles grief differently, this includes Reploids. The concern is heartwarming, but I'll be fine. I've got a world to get back to and I want to learn about the lives my friends had lived. If they lived full and happy lives, I can be happy. If you want to come visit me in the human world, I won't mind, your highness," she said at the door of the throne room.

The two turned to share a brief smile, the Reploid's was sad and it became obvious to Twilight that the machine wasn't hiding her sadness, she was just dealing with it differently than she was used to seeing. The two of them waved to each other and parted ways. There wasn't much to say between the two of them and all Leila really wanted to do was get back home.

She walked through the halls of the castle and reached the portal room, entering the portal and being thrown out onto the other side. Her internal gyroscopic systems forced her body to right itself, allowing her to once again, acrobatically land on her feet. She was back in the human world, back in the year 2180. Her Ride Chaser was still sitting outside of the embassy building and she climbed aboard it. The Reploid started the ignition and started to drive along the highway. She wasn't heading back towards the lab, she was heading somewhere different. Somewhere she could think.

She pulled the ride chaser up to a graveyard and shut it down. She placed her helmet on the handlebars and walked in. The Reploid walked towards a group of people that resembled her old friends and noticed that they were standing in front of the graves of her friends. A quick glance revealed that they had indeed lived long lives. Quiet gasps and hushed whispers sounded around her as she turned away and left the graveyard to head back to the lab.

Midnight Sparkle was waiting at the lab after a quiet drive back. The other Reploid looked at Leila with a smile, "You left in such a hurry, I didn't get to tell you that your friends had left you some things for you to have when you woke up. Oh and someone named Dr. Ciel wants to talk to you," she stated.

The Maverick Hunter nodded and walked into the lab, she was going to have a meeting with this Dr. Ciel before she did anything else. She followed the signs until she reached what was known as a communications room and saw a hologram of a woman with a long ponytail standing there, "You must be Leila, I've heard so much about you from Midnight Sparkle and X," the woman said.

The Reploid nodded, "And you must be Dr. Ciel, I've heard nothing about you," she said.

The human laughed a bit, "You're as serious as he told me, but I'm here to tell you something that wasn't told to you when the decision had been made. You're no longer an A-Rank Maverick Hunter. You're a GA-Rank Hunter. You were promoted around sixty years ago, during the Weil Incident. You are also the de facto leader of the Maverick Hunters, being the last one that exists. Though I must say that you certainly do look the part. Commander Leila, congratulations on your new promotion and your new position," she reported.

The Maverick Hunter sighed and deleted the registration of being a current Maverick Hunter from her database, "I'm abolishing the Maverick Hunters. They are not needed in this world. What this world needs are Guardians to ensure that the peace will continue. I shall create such an organization to ensure the utopian world that my friends had created doesn't fall apart," she told the human.

This shocked Ciel, she hadn't expected this from the Reploid, "I created an organization known as the Guardians to ensure the peace a friend of mine had created as well. He was a great warrior and a protect of humanity until the very end. He had sacrificed himself to defeat Weil and save Area Zero from certain destruction, ensuring that nature would spread across the world. I wonder what kind of leader you'll be though. X told me that you looked up to him a lot, that you used him as a role model. If you're anything like the real deal and not the copy I made as a child, you'll be a wonderful leader," she said.

A biometal floated into the view of the hologram, "So you have chosen to retire from the Maverick Hunters to become a Guardian, Leila. Your creator would be proud of you. I regret to inform you that none of his creations had survived the Elf Wars, but your legacy wasn't forgotten. Several Neo Arcadian Reploids looked up to you and Sage Harpuia was at least partially based off of your appearance. The question is, what are you going to do now since you're going to be a Guardian rather than a Maverick Hunter?" it asked in the voice of X.

Leila thought about it for a while, "Construct a floating vessel, see the world and how much it changed in the last one hundred and sixty-two years. Help some people and Reploids on the way. You know, do some good in the world like my family would want to on the way. You know, that sort of thing," she replied with a smile.

"X was right, you do have a good heart in your chest. Your world will be in good hands with you at the helm," another voice said.

A second biometal, this one looking different from X floated into the hologram. "You seem confused, I am Model Z. Created from the DNA Soul of Zero, a legendary hero from the past," he introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you, finally, Zero. I've heard many legends about you, but I fear that our first meeting may be where we part ways for now. It was good meeting you again, Commander, but I have some messages from my friends and family to go through," the female Reploid stated.

The hologram shut off after the three on the other side said their goodbyes and Leila walked back to the room with her capsule in it. The room was completely empty. None of the researchers were there anymore. A hologram appeared behind her and this triggered some of her sensors. The Guardian turned around and looked at it. It was Twilight Sparkle, but she was old. "To the future world, I know that you have heard that the Reploid in this Capsule had gone Maverick at one time, but the research that I have done on her systems have led to a new era of peace and prosperity for my world. The lives of humans however are short and time waits for no one, so I will not be able to live to see my project out to its completion. Do not fear Leila, do not worry about her going berserk. I had fixed those issues during my life time, but instead when you finally bring her into the world, welcome her with open arms. She is my sister and will be the oldest member of this family upon her revival. She comes from a world that is different from our own and despite all of this, had chosen to try to fit in here. She befriended us and joined my family. She will be the progenitor to a new race of mechanical beings for our world, a race that her world has seen go through multiple iterations. Reploids have great potential for the future of our world. Leila, if you're watching this, all of the recordings we have made were compiled and added to your memory unit, you'll be able to upload them to any machine and watch them as you please. Or you could just watch them in your own head," she stated.

This caused the Reploid to smile and she shut off the hologram, "You won't ever be forgotten, Twilight Sparkle."

Five years had passed, Leila had redesigned her armor and now wore a blue coat over it in honor and memory of Megaman X. She was now the founder and leader of the Guardians, traveling in their airship above the clouds. She sat on her chair with a smile on her face, her violet eyes staring forward through the viewport. They had left the drydock for their maiden voyage only hours ago and everything had been running smoothly. "Commander Leila, everything so far has been in the green!" an engineer Reploid stated to her.

The Guardian Commander smiled, she stood up and turned on the intercom to the entire ship, "Guardians, as you know, I am your Commander, Leila. But do not dissuade you from just calling me by my first name. I have assembled you all here, because you are the finest Reploids and humans in your field who volunteered. Our task will not be an easy one, but we'll get to travel all around the planet and get to see exciting places and meet new people. Hopefully, some day, we will expand our operations to other worlds. We are not a military or paramilitary organization, despite some elements of those being among you. Our primary job is the defense and rescue of the innocent peoples down there. We are a law enforcement group, nothing more. I hope you all will enjoy your time on our mobile airship and remember to work together, we are friends, family, and a crew. Thank you for your time," she said.

The red haired Reploid turned off the intercom and looked towards the helmsman, "Let's go to Prance first, Rarity told me about that place and I would like to see it with my own eyes first," she told her.

The helmsman, a Reploid based off Apple Bloom nodded and turned her attention back towards the navigation console as the Commander sat down in her chair. This was the end of an era for Leila. She started to accept that this world was a second home to her and she was going to do her best to protect it. As she thought back on her friends and the messages that they had left to her, she swore that she was going to do everything in her power to defend the world that they left behind.