Flesh and Chrome

  ONE

"I told you, my compass always points to Sweetie Belle." Apple Bloom told Scootaloo. Little did they know that they were being watched.

  Up in a tree sat a pony, one who was sent here for investigation of a potential robot.

She appears to have the inner workings of one who would be a robot, but you can never be TOO sure, she thought to herself, remembering what happened in Manehattan. How was I supposed to know that it was from her necklace. She sighed, brushed her midnight blue mane out of her eyes, then continued watching the fillies.

"Cool! Teach us?" Apple Bloom and Scootaloo exclaimed.

"Well, we aren't supposed to think about death, but ok." replied Sweetie Belle.

 "That voice," muttered the pony.

She lifted up her hoof and spoke into a watch. "Agent Bend reporting to base,"

  "Any development on the suspect, Bend? Crackled the watch.

 "She appears to redirect compasses, and you already know about the voice." Bend muttered.

 "Carry on." the watch said.

    The fillies had left by now but she took to her wings, pressed a button on her ever-so-helpful watch, and became unseen to all. She scanned the ground for any sign of the potential robot. No luck. After an hour of vigorous flying, she landed on an apple tree to rest.

 "I am uninstalling you from my heartdrive and reinstalling Applejack," A familiar voice said.

  "Buy some apples!" "Buy some apples!" "Buy some apples!"

 The ground shook, "Applejack loves me no matter what."

"Now listen here sugar cube, don't go putting words in my mouth."

That was enough evidence, the so called Sweetie Belle needed to be destroyed, she would let her finish the day at least. After the eclipse, she would strike.

It had been a week since the eclipse, yet she still hadn't made her move, she kept telling herself, today is the day. but for no use. She wanted to just scream she was so annoyed. Why was she taking so long? She had encountered others before Sweetie. Was it because she was a filly? "No, that can't be it." Bend muttered.

It was going to be Nightmare Night tomorrow, she will do it then, she'll get Princess Celestia to send her sister to Ponyville to cause a commotion. Then she will, she promised herself, then she will.

Her watch vibrated a bit. She lifted up her hoof and spoke into it. "Agent Bend speaking."

"Bend, have you gotten the bot yet?

"Negative, sir."

"What are you waiting for?"

"A distraction sir. Could you get Celestia to send 'Luna', as she calls herself, to Ponyville tommorow?"

"And you will take her then?"

"Yes sir."

A pause, then "I'll see what I can do." crackled over the watch.

         NIGHTMARE NIGHT

"She tipped over the bowl! The spiders are escaping!" Screamed a pony. Sweetie Belle ran into an alley in fear. Perfect. Thought Bend. I'll go now. She silently swooped down in front of the robot.

"Scanning... Scanning.." Muttered the filly. "My system does not recognize you."

"It shouldn't." Said Bend, realizing that this was yet another hint to her true functions. "My name is Hypothesis Bend. I have come to take you away."

"Where to?" Sweetie said uncertainly in that queer voice of hers. "Are you part of the Fashion Police?" She began backing away. "Don't hit me with your fabulous baton!!" she shrieked.

"No no no.." Hypothesis said gently. "I am not part of the fashion police." The potential robot let out a sigh of relief.

"Then, who are you?" She asked, "Apart from the name, I mean. Why do you want to take me away?"

"You see, Sweetie.."

"YOU KNOW MY NAME?!"

"Yes. I am part of the.. the robot police." She sighed. "we need to run a couple tests on you."

"No!" Sweetie Belle cried. "I am not supposed to me a robot! Initiating cry sequence."

"We don't know if you are a robot!" The policemare exclaimed. "We just need to run a few tests first, to make sure." She already knew Sweetiebot, as she was going to call her, was a robot. But she wanted to make sure that she came willingly, not by force. "I would never personally hurt you, if anyone wanted to kill you I would personally guard you with my life." she smiled sweetly. It was true, if Rainbow Dash wasn't the Element of Loyalty, she would be.

Sweetie paused, reeling in this information. She opened her mouth. "O.K, take me there." What a brave little filly. Bend thought. I mean robot.

Agent Bend regretfully lay down and let the bot onto her back. "Lets go." she whispered.

She took off into the air, the robot on her back.

She flew for a while, letting the cool night breeze flow through her mane. She realized the irony of Sweetie's costume, a cool looking dress with an intricate gear and wire pattern, she had two bolts on the sides of her neck, like Frankenstein's Monster. All of the sudden she heard a squeak. Not a mechanical one, a vocal one.

"Are you ok?" she asked. Sweetie was shaking, scared shaking.

"I'm, I'm scared. What if I am a robot? What happens next? Do I get destroyed?"

"Oh no, of course not." Bend said, lying through her teeth. "You will be.. brought into the security system." That was kinda true. The leftover parts from the disassembly were used as security cameras. "That is, if you are a robot in the first place."

Hypothesis started to feel tiny drops of water on her back. Tears? Impossible. Robots cannot cry. They leak... clear oil. She landed on an outcropping in the middle of the forest. but androids can.. androids aren't robots.

"Where are we?" Sweetie asked.

"Sorry, I got tired." Agent Bend said, faking a pant. "Hey, don't cry."

She reached out a deep grey hoof and wiped away some tears. She tasted them. Sweetie Belle ran up and hugged the strange pony. Bend let one of her forelegs wrap around the small, quivering device.

"Sweetie, do you trust me?" She asked.

"Y-yeah?" Sweetiebot replied.

"Ok, this might hurt a little, but it will be short," Bend took a small pocket knife and clicked it open. Sweetie's eyes grew wide. "What are you doing with that?" she squeaked.

"I'm sorry." Bend said as she inched ever so closer to the scared filly, "I'm sorry.."

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Well there you go. I hope you are enjoying my story. Ooh, cliffhangers and whatnot. Do you call this a cliffhanger? Anyway.. My inspiration was off of a parody titled Friendship is Witchcraft. I suggest watching them if you haven't yet.

Like I said in the description, this is my first My Little Pony related story. Not saying that I haven't written before. I just haven't written any fanfiction. Please tell me what you think. If you found any grammatical errors please notify me. Also tell me if I should label this as something else. ok? (I hope nobody else has done this before) Regards- Muffinpatrol