The powerpuff fillies

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A friendship is born
Irreparable loss
Creation

A friendship is born

The day was peaceful in Ponyville, as it was at that time of year, and at that time, in the small town school it was recess time, where all the children went out to play in the yard. But among all of them, there was one who preferred to be in the shade of a leafy tree, one whose eyes greedily devoured the contents of a large book, beside him, a notebook and a pencil, ready to take notes. It was a unicorn foal, with snow-white fur and a mane as black as coal, its eyes were of a green nature that expressed immense intelligence, to finish, the little one had not yet achieved his cutie mark.

He read with interest the words written in the book between his hooves, and after a few moments, he turned to the notebook and the pencil, covering them in a magical aura of a greenish color equal to his eyes. It was strange that a unicorn that hadn't gotten his cutie mark and was already out of the magic outburst phase they had in early foalhood could use levitation so well. But the foal was a somewhat exceptional pony, since he went to a scientific convention at the age of six with his parents, he was fascinated by the stallions and mares of all pony breeds that made Equestria a better place thanks to his advances in science, and he knew that he wanted to be the same, and for that, he first had to learn, at a minimum, levitate perfectly, or at least, well enough to lift a pencil and a notebook.

Now, two years later and at the age of eight, the colt already mastered this art with ease. He wrote various calculations and explanations on the paper, trying to absorb the information given by the book. Once done, he continued reading, at least that was his intention until he heard someone approach. With a resigned sigh, he raised his eyes, seeing a small pegasus with light blue fur, very light, while his mane was a duller one and emerald green eyes. Despite being the same age, he had already achieved his cutie mark, a winged lightning bolt.

Since he moved to town last month, the pegasus had decided to make the new foal, which soon proved to be the top of the class, his method of getting ahead in school. The colt gave him a smug smile, followed by his two friends of his, two other Pegasi.

"What's up, nerd?"

"Hello, Soarin," said the little unicorn as he resigned himself to the inevitable.

The pegasus noticed the book and, before the poor colt could do anything, he snatched it from him, observing it carefully and making a confused face.

"These ... are math operations? Can you tell what you are reading?"

"It's an introductory book on physics," the colt whispered, fear in his voice. "Please give it back to me, my parents gave it to me for my birthday last weekend."

"How cute," Soarin said with a shrug. "Don't worry, I don't want this, it's pretty useless, like you."

With that, he tossed the book aside, falling, to the colt's horror, into a puddle of mud that he had avoided when he reached the tree. Before he could go to pick him up, he was hit by Soarin and pushed to the ground. The unicorn looked fearfully at the pegasus, who did not seem very happy.

"Do you know why we are here?"

In fear, the little colt nodded, he knew why he was receiving the punishment. Soarin smiled at that and nodded.

"Well, I thought I would have to remind you to beat. The deal was, you'd let us cheat on yesterday's test, and what did you do, geek?"

"I ... I didn't let you."

"Very well, it shows that you are intelligent, but my question is, why? You know the punishment was worse."

"T ... the te ... teacher sa... said that his ... would suspend who ... who copied ... copied or let himself ... be copied. I could not ..."

"And what? If we had done it carefully, he would not have known. Because of you, we are going to suspend, do you think that's good?"

The little foal did not respond, causing Soarin to lose his patience and go to strike, at least until a voice stopped him.

"Leave him alone, Soarin!"

The pegasus turned next to his friends, and both they and the unicorn saw a group of three foals, all staring at the bullies. One was a pegasus with orange fur, a fiery red mane and yellowish eyes, to his left, in the center, was a earth pony, big enough to be eight years old, yellow in color, with a reddish mane and green eyes, and to the right of he was a unicorn, which due to its complexion could perfectly pass for an earth pony, with white fur, brown mane and bluish eyes. Soarin gave a little grunt and faced the new members of the little discussion.

"Mind your own business, Bright Mac, this is none of your business."

The earth pony, apparently named Bright Mac, smirked.

"Yeah, but I don't like to see you abuse those who are weaker than you."

"That, we are not going to let you continue like this, you are already over" said the orange pegasus while spreading its wings,to which Soarin gave a little laugh.

"Really? And what are you going to do to me? If you can't beat me at flying, much less will you be able to defend that brainiac."

That seemed to enrage the colt, who went to do something but was stopped by the hoof of his earth pony friend.

"I don't think a fight is convenient for anyone, why not relax and each one of us go our own way?"

"And why would I do that?"

"For him," said the unicorn who pointed back.

Soarin followed the helmet and saw the teacher from him, staring at the group. In annoyance, he gave a sign to his friends and walked away, leaving the foals alone. The three saviors of him observed with a friendly smile the little unicorn, who preferred not to make eye contact, but approached his book. He lifted it up with his magic and sighed in relief to see that only the cover was stained with mud. Once he cleaned it fairly well, he turned to the three children, who were still looking at him, the one called Bright Mac being the one who approached, to which the colt took a step back, still somewhat scared and insecure, causing the terrestrial to take a step back as a sign of peace.

"Are you okay?" he ask kindly.

The little colt was confused, the normal thing was that they made fun of him, and those who did not, did not intrude with those who did, both in Ponyville and in his old home, Manehattan. He had seen them in his class, he even saw the unicorn, whose cutie mark was three rugby balls, in the small children's team in town, but neither the three of them approached him, nor did he approach them, therefore Why help you?

"Yes ... yes ... Thank ... thank you ..."

"No need," Bright Mac replied with a smile before raising his right hoof for the colt to narrow. "I'm Bright Mac."

The unicorn foal looked at the hoof for a few moments before shaking it and giving a small smile.

"I ... I'm Atomic Utonium."

Bright smiled even more before pulling away and pointing to his friends.

"They are Cloud Sky" he said pointing to the pegasus, who spread his wings with pride, before pointing to the unicorn, "and Hondo Flanks."

The so-called Hondo greeted Atomic cheerfully, who smiled weakly and returned the salute. After a few minutes, the small group approached the tree and lay down in its shade, with the little unicorn picking up his notebook and pencil to bring to his side. Cloud looked at the book that the colt was placing again between his legs with curiosity.

"Hey, what is that book about?"

Well, there was the relative friendship he might have had, Atomic thought, sure the colts would find him boring.

"W... well ... it's about fi ... physics ..."

"Physics?" Hondo Flanks asked doubtfully.

"Yo ... you know ... you know, the la ... laws of ... physics."

The three colts looked at each other, and Atomic was already sure they would either make fun of him or go away.

"Could you specify a little more? We're not that good at science" said Bright Mac a bit embarrassed.

Atomic's eyes widened and he stared at the three colts in front of him. Not only had they not laughed or left, but they asked him for an explanation on physics.

"I ... Sure ..." in spite of himself, Atomic smiled, for the first time since he could remember, someone was interested in his tastes, something that made him feel comfortable between them. " Is simple, actually, we use physics for everything."

"But there is math," Cloud said, looking suspiciously at the few calculations he saw in the book. "I don't do math every day! They are boring!"

"Are you flying?"

"What?"

Cloud looked uncertainly at Atomic, who was now grinning at them with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Are you flying?" He repeated again, and seeing Cloud's nod, he raised his smile. "Well then, you use it."

"How? I failed the vast majority of math exams..."

"It is not necessary to know mathematics to do the laws of physics. When flying, your body fulfills them, it is like magic, it is everywhere and its law is unbreakable. For example ..." Atomic looked around and saw a small stone, smiling when he saw it and placing it next to his helmet. "Look at this stone."

The three foals watched her without knowing what she was referring to.

"Yes, and?" Asked Bright Mac doubtfully.

"According to the laws of physics, an object will remain motionless until energy is applied, which translates into force, that is, something like this."

Atomic tapped and sent the stone towards Bright Mac, who stopped it with his helmet, staring at the curious unicorn.

" And according to the same laws, only the loss of energy or a force equal to or greater than that applied to the movement can stop it."

The three of them fell silent and looked at the stone, and Atomic got nervous, maybe he had gotten too excited? Hondo Flanks looked at him curiously.

" So ... Everything we do on a daily basis is physical?"

"Basically, yes," Atomic said with a nod.

The three know how to lookThey on to each other and then to the stone, with Bright Mac slamming her away from them.

"I had never thought about it ..." the earth pony gaze focused on Atomic, who felt nervous. "And did you know that?"

"Well ... yeah ... I like science."

Atomic was bracing himself for a laugh or a rejection, not a friendly smile and a feeling of acceptance on his part.

"That's great," Hondo Flanks said with a smile. "You're like ..." the little boy put a helmet to his chin and thought for a moment. "Like heroes themselves!"

"Yeah, it's super cool!" Cloud yelled with a huge smile.

Atomic could not believe what he heard, those colts had helped him with Soarin, they were interested in his tastes and on top of that they said that he was cool for knowing those things. Maybe ... maybe he would finally have friends. The sound of the bell that announced the end of recess took him out of his reveries and forced him to return to reality, that had only been a thing of once, and it was reinforced when he saw the foals get up and go to class. The young unicorn sighed and stared at his book, suddenly depressed, at least until he heard Bright Mac's voice.

"Aren't you coming, Atomic?"

Atomic looked up in surprise and looked at the earth pony, who was looking at him curiously, and his hope rose.

"Sure," he said with a small smile before getting up.

About four months had passed, and the friendship between the four foals had only grown. Soarin no longer dared to mess with him, not with Bright Mac and Hondo Flanks, the strongest colts in the school, beside him. Atomic was happy, he finally had some real friends, and not those who pretended to be so that he could do their homework, no, they really were. They were meeting to play together, to go to a small candy store, they had even had pajama parties in their respective houses. But the best thing is that they supported each other, he helped them in mathematics, not by telling them the answers, but by helping them understand the method to find them themselves, and they helped him to be more outgoing, to stop being so Shy no longer being afraid to express his likes.

That day, he was walking Bright Mac into the town square, ready to join the others. Despite his brief friendship status, he could already tell when something was happening to his friend, causing her to worry.

"Is something the matter?"

"No ... I'm just ... a little mad at my mother."

"Why?"

"Do you remember that filly that played with us last week?"

Atomic remembered her, a earth filly with pale pale yellow fur, an orange mane, and bright turquoise eyes named Pear Butter. Kind, nice and funny, it was nice to play with her, he did not understand why Bright Mac had not brought her more times with them.

"Yes, I remember her, why?"

"Well ... her family is rival of mine, and my mother does not want us to be together, and her father thinks the same. It is unfair!"

"If you want we can help you, surely between the four of us we will find a solution."

"Leave it, we are used to it" said the terrestrial young man with a sigh and giving a small smile. "We are mastering seeing each other secretly, don't worry."

"As you like..."

The two finally reached the plaza, seeing Cloud Sky and Hondo Flanks talking to each other, but seeing their friends, they looked at each other and smiled as they approached, the Pegasus hiding something between its wings.

"Hey, you're finally here," Cloud said with a smile, one directed especially at Atomic, who in the short time he knew him, recognized it as a warning of danger.

"Let him go, what are you planning?" He said cautiously, to which Cloud groaned.

"Oh come on, I'm not going to do anything."

"You said that last time, and I ended up with mud even in places that I didn't even know existe" the unicorn commented with narrowed eyes, to which the pegasus sighed.

"But you did have fun too."

"Yeah, but I'm always the butt of jokes, it starts to tire."

Cloud frowned before sighing.

"Okay, maybe I spend a bit, but this time it's nothing like that! I promise!"

Both Bright Mac and Hondo Flanks watched, enjoying the scene their two friends did. Although it was true that it annoyed him a little that it was mostly after him, Atomic was grateful that they were always jokes that she could enjoy, and his friends had received theirs as well. He was convinced that in time, Cloud would balance his jokes between the three of them. With a sigh, and smiling back, he nodded, to which the pegasus showed his own smile as he handed him a brochure, one that looked familiar to the colt.

"This ... is the brochure for the fair," he said with a raised eyebrow.

His and his friends had already been to the fair the previous two days since he arrived in Ponyville to five days.

"Yes, and again, he looks at what he says below," Cloud commented smiling.

Atomic, confused, did as he asked, looking at a part of the booklet in large print, drawing attention, and a drawing of what could only be a scientist.

Do you have a talent with science? Do you have great ideas to share with the world? Sign up now for the science contest of the largest traveling fair in Equestria! It's simple, just bring that project that awaits in your young prodigy mind and show it to the world!

"And what do you want me to do with this?" Atomic asked, somewhat doubtful of where all this was going, to which Cloud looked at him in amazement.

"Is seriously? It's your chance to show everyone your talent!"

"What a talent? I just like science, no ..."

Bright Mac snatched the brochure from him and flipped through it with Hondo, then staring at Atomic in disbelief.

"Are you kidding?" said Bright Mac. "You must participate here, it is made for you."

"Hey, I don't ..."

"Come on, you're the smartest I know, and you always talk about wanting to be a scientist helping ponies," Hondo Flanks continued.

"But I..."

"And what better than a science contest to start?" Cloud finished smiling.

A few minutes later, Atomic sighed and nodded, practically being dragged into the fair to sign up. Even though he was nervous, deep down in his being, he was excited, at last he was going to be a true scientist.

Atomic nervously looked at the table where his project was, hidden behind a box, and on which he had been working for a week. Nearby were his friends, who had helped him as much as possible, it was true that it was an individual contest, and the regulations indicated that the project should be presented by the person who devised it, but they allowed family and / or friends to help in the process. His parents were in the crowd, who walked among the tents and observing the covered projects until the arrival of the judges, and gave him encouraging glances. He was grateful for his presence, for they had been, until Bright Mac, Hondo Flanks and Cloud Sky, his only support. And speaking of support, Bright Mac walked over and gave him a friendly little smack on the shoulder, giving him a smile.

"Ready?"

"I hope so."

"Oh come on," Cloud said, approaching Hondo. "You'll do great, and we'll be here to support you."

Atomic smiled at his friends and sighed, trying to relax, but failing to hear the announcement that the judges had arrived. The unicorn foal peeked out as best as possible without leaving his position, nervous, but also curious to see what job his competition was in, since it was forbidden to see the projects of the other competitors until that moment. Despite what he expected, he was disappointed, for each tent they passed, what he saw was either a model of a volcano or an electrical circuit, the most original, one that simulated being a lit house. When they were happening, the other ponies could approach a specific project to see the demonstration again, and as things were going, seen one seen all. At last they approached him, three unicorn ponies, one of them a mare, and she felt a knot in his stomach. He saw his parents cheer him on, and heard words of encouragement from his friends from behind him.

"I ... I ..." he saw their faces calm and, although they tried to hide it, bored, making him even more nervous.

"Don't worry" said the mare with a kind smile. "You do your best and show us your great project."

Atomic took a deep breath and calmed down, counting to ten and deciding to speak again.

"Or ... let me ... present my pro ... project ... The bacterial hive."

Using his magic, he removed the box and revealed what he was hiding, surprising the judges for the first time at the event, leaving them curious and interested. Before them was a sphere filled with water, a small tube came out of a hole made in the base, which was made of wood, and was connected to a funnel placed on a support. Along with all this were two boxes that remained closed.

"You see, in nature, there are bacteria and cells that, independently, are tiny but, in some cases, they come together to support each other, creating an immense hive made up of billions of them, visible to the naked eye. Today, I am going to show you the creation of an artificial hive."

The judges looked at each other doubtfully, in all their years, they had never seen a child who had presented such a project. As smart as he was, the doubt persisted, would he make it? Creating such a hive artificially sounded impossible, it was like trying to create life, and that was unattainable without using black magic, something forbidden both by the highest authorities of magic and by the law and Princess Celestia. Atomic did not focus on the faces of the judges or the audience of onlookers who had approached, no, he was already inside the presentation, and he planned to follow it to the end. He opened the first drawer with his magic and showed several vials filled with a transparent liquid wrapped in a halo of icy mist, the product of a spell cast in the hospital, which was where he got it from.

"This" he said as he took one of the vials in his magic, then closing the drawer, "there are about three hundred stem cells, and I want to thank my mother, who is a nurse, for getting them for me" his gaze went to the aforementioned, who gave a smile. "Well, stem cells are capable of becoming any cell that is needed and do any work, therefore, they are the ones to be the ones to guide this hive."

Atomic took the vial to the funnel, removed the cap and poured the contents, which, thanks to a spell from his father, propelled him to his destination. Everyone could see a small distortion in the water, but it soon disappeared. Next, he opened the second box and showed vials, this time, filled with blood, and the foal grabbed one of these in his greenish aura, without needing to close the small trunk, since its contents did not have to remain cold. .

"This blood, donated by my dad" the aforementioned sent him a friendly wink "will serve as the bacteria in the hive."

As before, he poured the contents into the funnel, which passed into the sphere and floated weakly, approaching the edges and spreading across the surface, staining some of the water red. Atomic paused for a moment and looked at the judges, who seemed quite interested, and the rest of the ponies, whose gaze did not leave the sphere.

"Well, as many must be thinking, stem cells and a little blood are not enough to create a hive, not by themselves, at least. They need energy, and no, electricity will not work, although its effects on biology are interesting, they cannot give life, as horror and science fiction novels have led us to believe. Instead, we will turn to an energy that is intimately linked with living beings and is in all of us, whether we are unicorns, pegasi or terrestrial ... I am talking about magic."

He lit up his horn and generated a small ball at its tip, barely the size of a marble, and it was already costing him. Thanks to Celestia, he had practiced quite a bit to achieve this. With concentration, he approached the funnel and released the small ball, which made its way to the sphere and exploded in the center in a green color, covering the entire blood before disappearing. For a full minute, nothing happened, and the judges looked at each other, making Atomic nervous, what if this time he had failed? His friends approached him and gave him moral support, which he appreciated, without them, the pressure would have been worse. Just when the three unicorns were about to write down their notebooks and leave, the mare noticed a small change, warning her companions of it before focusing on the water.

Blood began to pool in the center, creating a perfect sphere that moved slightly in place. The judges had to use all their self-control not to let their mouths drop to the ground in shock. The other viewers, on the other hand, had no trouble expressing their surprise, muttering among themselves as they watched the apparent miracle. They weren't the only ones impressed, as his parents and friends, whom Atomic refused to tell what his project really consisted of until that day, stared unblinkingly at the ball of blood moving freely through the water.

The small sphere approached the edges, drifted to the bottom before climbing, and soon after, it trembled and fell apart, returning the blood to its dormant state. At the end of this, the judges took out their notebooks and began to point before nodding to the little one, the mare with a smile, and walking away. Atomic let out the air he had held and gave a small smile, jumping scared when he noticed someone passing their front paw around his shoulders. The person in charge was Cloud, who gave him a huge smile.

"That was impressive!"

"It hasn't been that bad either," he commented with a small smile.

"What not?" said Bright impressed. "It was the coolest thing I have ever seen."

Atomic was going to respond, but the appearance of onlookers who had not seen the presentation kept him silent. With alacrity and help from his friends, he set about changing the water in the sphere and starting all over again. He wanted to deny it, but he was proud of his success, and he would lie if he said he wasn't excited.

A stage had been set up in the center of the fair, and in front of it was a crowd of ponies, many of them colts who had participated in the science contest and were eagerly awaiting the reveal of the winner. The presenter, an Earthman who was looking at the audience smiling, had already announced the winners of third and second place, and now he was waiting for the judgesThey will name the first position. Atomic was with his friends, her parents a little apart, allowing her son to have some privacy with them, but still giving her his support. The unicorn mare that observed his presentation along with his companions, approached with a cup that served as a trophy and an envelope, giving them to the Earthman, who thanked him with a nod and a smile before turning to the audience.

"And now, I want to introduce you to the first prize winner of our science contest!" The pony opened the envelope and took out a small card, reading before looking up, the smile never leaving his face. "The winner is ...!"

Atomic closed his eyes and waited in silence, he never thought he would get so nervous, but if he won here, it would be a great first step into the world of science.

"Atomic Utonium!"

The unicorn foal widened his eyes in shock, joy flooding him and rendering him immobile in equal measure. His friends gave him a smile, but seeing that he was paralyzed, they looked at each other and nodded, dragging Atomic towards the small stairs, waking him from his reverie and starting to run a little. Once on stage, he saw the presenter give him his undivided attention and smile, causing the colt to take a deep breath before approaching, grabbing the award he was given.

"Congratulations, young pony! Your artificial bacterial hive project has been the winner! Keep surprising the world with your ideas!"

Atomic nodded furiously, delighted, before slowly walking away, first greeting the applauding audience. The trophy was made of stainless steel and painted with a layer of gold, but he didn't care, what mattered to him was the plaque that read on the wooden base: First prize in the traveling equestrian fair science contest, Atomic Utonium . He went downstairs to meet his friends, who were giving him huge smiles.

"I knew it was a good idea to show you that brochure," Cloud said, puffing up his chest with pride, to which Atomic smiled.

"Thank you, all three, if it weren't for you ... I would never have achieved this."

The three of them gave him smiles, which turned to astonishment when they saw a flash on either side of his friend, who looked at them in confusion.

"What's the matter?"

Bright Mac looked at his friends before smiling at Atomic.

"I think ... you should see for yourself."

Atomic stared at him blankly, until an idea crossed his mind. With speed, he turned to look at his flank, seeing that, at last, he had managed to get his cutie mark, a vial filled with a bubbly bluish liquid in front of a microscope. The small smile increased even more, looming over his friends in a devastating hug. This was the happiest day he had ever had in his short life.

Irreparable loss

The sun was rising in the sky, reaching its highest point and announcing to everypony that noon had arrived. A white unicorn watched the sky from the large window in his office located in one of the headquarters of Bio-Magic, one of the most important biotech companies in all of Equestria, in Manehattan. There worked Atomic Utonium, now better known as Professor Utonium, and 38 years old. If Star Swirl was considered the greatest wizard of his time and an eminence in all magical fields ever and to be, he was his counterpart among scientists and in modern life.

A knock on his door took him out of his view of the city, and when he turned around, he saw a young earth pony who had started working there four years ago and whom he had great confidence in, enough to make him the chief supervisor of the facilities when he took a break or had to focus on other jobs. His fur was a silver hue and a bluish-blackish mane, with his cutie mark being a magnifying glass, in the center of which was a bacterium. His name was Silver Glass, and despite being only 28 years old, he was a brilliant scientist, and Atomic took him very seriously.

"Good afternoon, Professor Utonium."

"Likewise, Silver, what brings you here?" He said as he smiled and sat on his desk.

"He wanted me to inform you when we hear from the Chemical X mine."

Chemical X, the most recent discovery of the ponity, more specifically, Bio-Magic Laboratories, located in the Frozen North only about six months ago, while doing a study on the magic crystals that grew in its surroundings and, that according to the legends, they were the last vestige of an Empire lost in time. After getting permission from Princess Celestia, they immediately went to take samples, and the results, despite not having been refined before, were very, very promising. It seemed to have similar but superior capabilities to Chemical W, a substance discovered in the Badlands, halfway to the equestrian frontier.

Chemical W had the ability to substantially improve the ponies' abilities, endurance, strength, regeneration, speed ... The bad thing is that it generated an increase in aggressive impulses, the more violent the test subject was, the stronger they would be. outbursts. However, many of the investors disagreed, after all, those tests were done in magic simulations, with a fidelity of 98% and only a 2% chance of being wrong. His vision was to get rich with this substance in medical and military fields, although of course, they had two huge problems.

First of all, Equestria and most kingdoms of the world did not resort to war very often, advantages of having an immortal being with millennia of experience in diplomacy, and secondly, the chief scientist in charge of this project, the Professor Utonium, he flatly refused to test living beings. And Princess Celestia had agreed with it, allowed the study of Chemical W, but if they dared to try to test the effects on ponies or animals, legal penalties would apply ranging from fines amounting to millions of bits to a jail time, and since they spoke of the princess, they doubted there were lawyers capable of saving them from it.

For this reason, the project had to be suspended, not only because of this new law, but also because of the lack of means to achieve more. After depleting the mines closest to the equestrian frontier, they were left with about 700 liters, and when they prepared to move further, Celestia banned it. The reason for this was not well understood, but there were rumors that there was a hive of changelings nearby, beings from myths and legends, something ridiculous for any self-respecting scientist. Therefore, all hopes were turned on the recently discovered Chemical X, of which they had already synthesized and stored 100 liters, and hoped to get more. They hoped that the studies would find a formula to use on ponies and improve their physiognomy, at least as far as health was concerned, since Chemical W had resulted in a failure to try to isolate only their healing abilities, so they prayed to achieve it with the new discovery.

"Right," Atomic said with a slight smile, focusing more on the window to the left of his seat.

Silver looked at his superior worried about him, he was normally someone cheerful, with optimism and who always listened carefully to everything he said, but now, he seemed ... distracted.

"Well ... We have managed to get another 200 liters ... but the mine has been exhausted."

"How?" Atomic said, now giving his full attention to the earth pony in front of him. "It was supposed to have 400 or 500 liters inside."

"That is the case, Professor Utonium, although the cavern is as large as indicated by the magic scanners, the amount of Chemical X was less than expected."

"I understand ..." Atomic looked at his table for a few moments before looking up again. "Have you already started the search for new mines?"

"Yes ... but expectations are very low. The North Healdo is gigantic, we found the current one by sheer luck, and we are not 100% sure that there are more. For all we know, this could be the only one in all of Equestria or ... worse ... all over the world."

Atomic stared at the ceiling, thinking, if that was so, it would be a heavy blow to Bio-Magic Labs, although he was sure they could easily trace it. What worried him is that Chemical X could be the cure to hundreds of diseases without putting the mental health of patients at risk, because if it did, it would become an achievable luxury only for the rich, and he did not want that. With a heavy sigh, he looked at Silver and tried to give him a smile.

"Well, there is not much you can do. Let our teams in the Frozen North know to continue the search, but not to take unnecessary risks. Prepare the transfer of the collected liters to our facilities to be synthesized and stored together with the rest. I ... will take care of breaking the news to our investors ..."

Atomic looked back to the window, once more, distracted, worrying Silver. With a deep breath, he caught the attention of his superior before asking the mind-eating question.

" Professor Utonium ... Is something wrong? Lately you are ... more discouraged than usual, the whole team and I are worried about you."

Atomic watched the young earth pony for a moment before sighing.

"Is it so obvious?" He said with a small laugh, and Silver's silence confirmed it. "I'm just ... worried. Some very good friends of mine have stopped writing to me some time ago, but it is not something you need to worry about."

"Sir ... May I give my opinion?"

"You know you can always tell me what you think, Silver," Atomic said with a smile.

"I ... if they are as important to you as you make it sound, and you are so concerned, you should take a break and go see how they are."

"I can't, I have a meeting with investors and ..."

"I'll take care of it, it wouldn't be the first time I've done it, and they trust me as much as they trust you," Silver said with obvious pride in his voice, to which Atomic sighed.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, professor, you need it."

Atomic thought for a few minutes before sighing and smiling at Silver, he was right, he couldn't do his job when he was so worried about his friends. After clarifying everything with the earth pony and communicating that he would take a few days off, the advantages of being a workaholic, which accumulate, he left the building, he had a lot to prepare.

When he opened his door, he was greeted by a squeak, immediately seeing a small chimpanzee that barely reached his chest and wearing diapers quickly approaching him, climbing up his body and hugging himself tightly. Atomic smiled, raising his right paw to hug the ape.

"Hi Jojo, how are you with your foalsitter?"

"Very good, Professor Utonium" said the voice of a unicorn stallion that approached smiling. "As always, Jojo has behaved wonderfully."

"Wasn't there a problem?" Atomic said as Jojo climbed onto his back.

The unicorn shook its head and smiled at the scientist.

"Not at all, Jojo is an angel."

"Great, thanks once more."

"You're welcome, will he need me to come tomorrow?"

"Actually, no, I'll take a break from work and bring Jojo with me," Atomic said as he patted the chimp's head, who seemed pleased by it.

"Very good," said the unicorn as he nodded. "Enjoy your vacation, Professor Utonium."

"Equally."

Atomic accompanied the stallion to the exit before going to the kitchen to eat something, and in passing, give some fruit to Jojo. His story was quite sad, he met him on a visit to a laboratory in Zebrica, where he served as a representative for Bio-Magic. Given that the general population there lacked common magic, simulation spells were difficult to come by, which led to tests being done on animals, and the parents of the little chimpanzee were part of those subjects, luckily for him, he did not know. They use him in experiments for being too young, five years old at the time.

When Professor Utonium found him in one of the cages they had for the animals, it was in a state of significant malnutrition, since, because Bio-Magic, in a collaboration agreement, gave them devices that did magic simulations without need to be a unicorn, they no longer knew what to do with them. Atomic could not leave him there, so he made the decision to take him with him, and there he was, eight years later, raising a 13-year-old chimpanzee, energetic and curious, responsible for having had to pay several damages in his house. But he cared little, that little ape had brought him more joys than misfortunes.

"Well, Jojo, what do you think if we travel out of the city?" He said as he placed the chimpanzee on the table and saw him give some screeches in response. "Yes, I am also excited, although worried ... last? They never go long without writing to me."

And it was true, his three childhood friends never lost contact with him, and neither did he. They wrote to each other often, and saw each other at least once a month or, when his work didn't allow it, every two months. But now ... they hadn't written to him for a month, first it was Bright Mac, a month and two weeks before, and when he wrote to Cloud and Hondo asking about them, he stopped receiving the letters from him. Something was up, and he was willing to find out.
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"Here it is, Mr. Utonium, we have kept it clean in her absence, and I have taken the liberty of filling her pantry with food."

"Thank you very much," Atomic said with a smile.

There he was, with his saddlebags carrying the little luggage he thought he needed, levitating in his magic a huge box, containing something quite important, and Jojo perched on his back and clutching his mane, observing the house. in amazement. He had received strange looks at the chimpanzee from the ponies he encountered, but he cared little. At last he was there, across from what had been his home for most of his foalhood in Ponyville, and left to her by his parents before they died. Although that memory hurt him, the happiest memories dominated that place, so he had no problem. After saying goodbye to the real estate pony, a pegasus, and opening the door with his key, he entered, being inundated with a great deal of nostalgia for the past.

Upon entering, one found a cozy living room with several sofas, enough to have many ponies without problems, and a coffee table in front of them, to the right there was a door that led to the bathroom, a free frame from which you reached the kitchen and the small table where you could eat and a staircase that went up to the second floor and to the bedrooms. To the left of him was a wall lined with pictures and a door that was the entrance to the basement. Atomic smiled when he saw her, remembering how he had made the house's basement his private laboratory. Leaving the saddlebags on the couch and urging Jojo to explore his new surroundings, he headed there, the large box levitating behind him.

Opening the door, one found a small room, and to his left, a staircase that led down to the basement. When they arrived, right in front of the stairs, there was a wall in which there was another door that led to a fairly large closet, and that was their goal. He opened the box and took out what it contained, a rather large potion bottle containing 20 liters of Chemical X. Atomic, despite being on his days off, was not good at not having anything to work with, so So he decided to take a small amount to study it, although he knew that his team in Manehattan would do it too, with more material and better resources, but that did not matter to him.

After leaving the chemical safely, he turned around, seeing on the back wall a desk that he had used as his work table, smiling at the memory, now, so many years later, he would do it again. He climbed back up, making sure to close tight, and watched Jojo leap between the furniture with the agility only chimpanzees possessed. The sight of him turned to the clock, "ten minutes to go," he thought, heading to the couch and pulling a small book out of his saddlebags, ready to read to pass the time. Almost twelve minutes later, someone knocked on the door, so Atomic got up and went to open it, finding a young unicorn mare, about 17 years old, with mint green fur, mane of a soft turquoise hue, with a white stripe, and orange eyes and that he was smiling enormously.

"Hello, nice to meet you!"

"Anyway," Atomic replied kindly. "You must be the foalsitter."

"Aha," the girl said with a nod. "Lyra Heartstrings at her service, ready to take care of her little one."

Atomic gave a smile and pulled away from her a little to let her pass, closing behind her.

"I'm glad you were able to come, I have heard very well about you."

"Really?" Lyra asked curiously, to which Atomic nodded.

"That's right, when I told the real estate pony that I was looking for a babysitter for Jojo, he immediately told me about you. You have a great reputation around here, and from what I know, a lot of parents lament that you don't work outside of summer break."

Lyra smiled sheepishly and blushed, staring at the ground as she rubbed her left paw with her right.

" Well, I am glad to hear that, I also enjoy this job a lot and I have great affection for all the foals that I have taken care of, and I am sure that yours will be the same, you can trust me" she said the latter with a smile and determination In his gaze.

"Regarding my colt..."

Atomic broke off at the sound of something breaking from the kitchen. Both unicorns looked at each other before heading there, seeing the little chimpanzee on the table, observing the vase, which had previously been placed in the center, shattered on the floor, with the water and flowers scattered throughout it. Jojo looked up when she noticed that someone had entered, to which she soon jumped to the top of the fridge and gave an innocent look at his owner, who sighed and gave a small smile to a very surprised Lyra.

"Lyra, this is Jojo, you are going to take care of him while I go out to run some errands. Jojo" the chimpanzee observed his owner, who gave him a severe look before pointing to the vase, "do you think this is how you should greet your new foalsitter?"

The chimpanzee followed Atomic's helmet towards Lyra, deciding to get down from the fridge and approach the young mare, climbing on her back so fast that she didn't have time to stop him, something that Professor Utonium found quite funny.

"He likes you," he said as he approached the disaster, laughing in amusement as he saw Jojo exploring Lyra's mane. "He's pretty quiet most of the time, but he likes to play. If he grabs something, shows it to you and runs off, it's for you to try to catch him, just ... don't use magic, the only thing you'll get is he freaks out and throws whatever he's wearing, which usually leads to something broken."

Atomic threw everything in the trash and turned to see a very nervous Lyra that had Jojo settling on her back.

" Do you think you can take care of him?"

"I ..." Lyra looked over her shoulder at the chimpanzee, who also observed her and placed one of her hands on her head, her eyes full of curiosity, making the mare smile weakly. "I think so ..."

"Great, I'll be back later then," her gaze focused on Jojo, who looked at his owner with a smile.

After stroking the chimpanzee's head, he left his foalhood home and walked through town to a specific destination. He had already visited it several times over the years, and considering that it was the closest to his current place of residence, he thought it would be better to start there. He arrived in a short time at a modest house, about two stories high. He approached the door and knocked hard enough to be heard but not enough to sound desperate or rude. The one who opened it was a pegasus with bluish fur, a purple mane and eyes of a shade softer than her mane, her cutie mark was a wing surrounded by four stars, and her name was Wing Star, the wife of Cloud Sky. The mare watched Atomic for a few seconds before her eyes widened in surprise.

"Atomic? Are you?"

"The same," said the aforementioned with a smile, one that soon faded and showed concern. "How are you and Cloud doing? You have not written me anything in a while nor have you replied to my letters."

"Well ..." Wing Star looked away and gave a little sigh. "Just ... no one wanted to talk about it ... we were waiting to get over it a bit before telling you anything."

Before Atomic could ask what she meant, Wing entered the house, allowing her stallion to follow. In the small parlor of the parlor, he saw two other mares drinking two cups of coffee, Pear Butter, Bright Mac's wife, whom, after her father disowned her for marrying an Apple, she changed her name to Buttercup , and that he had grown a lot since they were little, achieving his cutie mark, a jar containing pear jam, which he could paste by apple without difficulty, and a unicorn with pink fur, mane of two different shades of blue, blue eyes and three cookies like cutie mark, Cookie Crumbles, the mare who agreed to marry Hondo Flanks. They both looked at him with small smiles, apparently happy to see him again.

"Atomic, it's nice to see you again," Buttercup said with a smile, one that Atomic responded with a gesture of concern.

"I wish I could say the same, but ... you have me worried. What has happened? You don't usually stop writing to me all of a sudden."

That response set off a chain reaction, Cookie Crumbles looked away, her eyes damping slightly, and Buttercup looked down, her tears beginning to flow freely and causing Atomic to regret it.

"I ... I'm sorry ..."

"No, don't apologize," said Buttercup, looking up and showing a weak smile, which added to her watery eyes gave her an appearance of enormous weakness. "You were just worried, you even came here still with the important job you have, but ... I don't think ... I don't think I can tell you what happened ..."

Atomic felt his concern grow even more, and the worst thing is that he did not know what had happened to them. He dared not ask further, the sight of the devastated mares persuaded him of it. Wing Star's voice behind her made her turn around, seeing how she avoided making eye contact with him, probably because she was in the same state as Buttercup and Cookie, which only made her see how serious it must have been. Whatever happened, because the Pegasus mare was not known to cry in front of others.

"Cloud and the others could tell you what happened ... They have been doing a little better ... but don't be surprised if they can't tell you anything either."

"V... very good ... Since it's Friday, I suppose they are at the bowling alley..."

"They haven't been bowling since ... since ... since the incident," Cookie whispered, staying silent as he took a single sip of her drink.

"They are in their favorite bar, you should already know what it is."

Atomic myth horrified Buttercup, that his friends were in a bar drinking at that time of day, worried him enormously. He prayed they hadn't succumbed to it, alcohol could turn good ponies into monsters.

" If you are afraid that they have become drunk, don't worry, they have each other to control themselves" said Wing, giving a small smile. "And if not, they have us for it."

Atomic nodded and started to leave, saying goodbye to the mares first. He walked for a little over twenty minutes until at last he saw the bar where he had shared several drinks with his friends at festivities and celebrations. Breathing deeply, he entered, looking around the place and seeing his friends at one of the back tables, the three of them with glasses in front of them but not paying much attention to them, talking to each other weakly, so he decided to approach slowly. The first to notice him was Bright Mac, who grinned and gestured for him to come even closer.

"Atomic! Come on, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Atomic walked over, smiling at his three foalhood friends. They hadn't changed much, except for Hondo Flanks, who had achieved a huge mustache. Cloud now possessed a cutie mark consisting of a winged wheel, while the Bright Mac was a green apple with a star in its center. He sat in the only free chair and looked at his friends, immediately noticing the dark circles, which he had already noticed in his wifes.

"What brings a super important scientist to a small town like Ponyville?" Cloud asked with a smile, one that Atomic didn't reciprocate.

"Well, the fact that you haven't written to me in almost a month. I have gone to see your wives, and from what I have seen, something horrible has happened, may I know what happened?"

The three friends of his were in absolute silence, looking away. Atomic sighed, already resigned to not knowing what had happened for a long time, at least until Hondo decided to speak.

"Do you remember Candy Belle?"

"Your little daughter?" Atomic said doubtfully, he didn't like where that was going. "How many does she and she have? One year?"

Hondo's silence only worried Atomic even more, who had a very bad feeling.

"At the beginning of the year, Ponyville suffered an epidemic of a rare disease. Now, with the help of the Canterlot hospital, it has been brought under control. For adults it was not serious, but for young foals... especially those that had not even reached two years..."

He was silent, there was no need to say what happened. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that Cloud wore a grim expression.

" Candy was not the only one, Moon Sky ... she followed her shortly after..."

Moon Sky, the first and only daughter of Cloud and Wing Star, and surely the last, since after having her, the couple was told that they could not have more foals, the last he heard from her was four months ago, when he was six months old. Atomic felt a pressure on her chest, and as he watched Bright Mac, it increased. He knew that Buttercup had been pregnant with a third child, and last month she was supposed to have given birth, but the situation had prevented him from asking, and now he was afraid to. The earth pony noticed her gaze and gave her a weak smile.

"In case you ask, no, Tree Apple did not get that disease" for some reason, that did not reassure Atomic. "She ... she ... did not survive the delivery ..."

That was the point where Bright Mac started crying, he couldn't take it anymore, for many nights he had spent crying, he still had tears. Atomic felt horrible, he wanted to help, but he felt that no words of encouragement could help. Still, he stayed with his friends, and promised that he would stay there in case they needed him for anything, after all, they were friends.

Creation

Atomic came to his house after spending the afternoon at Cloud's home, talking to his friends, who preferred not to get the subject of his lost daughters, and he would respect that decision. When he arrived, with the sun hiding, he found that Lyra had not had many problems, even so, he paid her with a very generous bit bag. After making sure that Jojo had gone to sleep, he went to the basement, closing behind him, and down the stairs he went to the closet where he had kept the vial of Chemical X. With the tragic news he had had, the only thing he could Calming him was working. He opened the small door and watched the shelves and the ground full of boxes, but he was only him for what he had gone to look, at least until he saw something out of the corner of his eye that caught his attention.

It was a box full of trophies, won in various science contests, the school, a Canterlot scientific fair, among many others. With a weak smile, he picked up the box, and seeing a larger one that contained the ancient projects of him, he also grabbed her in the magic of him and went to the desk in the basement. Step hours observing the prizes and looking for the corresponding work, laughing a little by seeing the things that was invented as a foal, from a more complex aerial vehicle model than the airships, trains that could work with electricity, the latter was one that achieved Carry out with several more scientists, although it was not very common for the expensive and complicated it was to manufacture them. Soon, he saw one who brought him pleasant memories, one who prayed like this: "First prize of the science contest of the equestrian ambulatory fair, Atomic Utonium".

He look for the corresponding project, taking a small sphere and a funnel placed on a base, the artificial bacterial hive of him. He smiled at the memory of the amazed judges, who could not believe that a foal would have done something that was considered impossible. Inevitably, the view of his old job and today's experience led him to formulate theories, if he managed to recreate a hive of bacteria, could he recreate the development of a baby pony?

Atomic frowned at that, he could not, that was ... unnatural, he could not do it ... but ... the friends of him were debased. They did not deserve so much suffering, they supported him when nobody else did, he should help them, right? But the doubts assaulted him, was it ethical? He would be replacing the daughters of him for others, that he did not even know if they would be real ponies. The memory of Buttercup, Cookie Crumbles and Wing Star destroyed came to mind.

No, he could not leave things like that, nature decided that her friends had to undergo a traumatic experience, one that would mark them for life, but he was not willing to be overcome. He had dominated nature with science, he was capable of blowing it at his will, and not even death would stop him. Determined, he removed all the boxes from the desk, leaving only the small project, and went to look for paper and ink. Returning to the workplace of him, he began to create some planes, following himself what he had done towards so many years.

The sphere was replaced by three capsules of one meter fifty high and fifty centimeters wide, large enough so that a foal could fit inside, and added a small hatch in the front that would open to be able to insert a hoof and remove what was inside. From the base of the three structures, it drawing six pipes, three would go to three individual tanks and the rest to a huge version of the funnel. After thinking about it for a moment, he decided that he should have one of the artificial intelligences that took care of the simulations, synthesize any substance that was given and controlling storage. Once done, he wrote a letter, one with a recipient in particular.

Dear Silver Glass,

I need you to send me a team of no more than five ponies engineers, and at least one of them should know how to create an artificial intelligence to automate a project in which I am working, attached a list of materials. Unfortunately, I can not tell you what it consists, it is something ... Personal, but I trust you so that this is taken in the most discreet way possible, I would appreciate Bio-Magic do not know about this. With my sincere thanks,

Professor Atomic Utonium.

At the end, he left the basement, and he looking for an envelope to be able to send the letter early in the morning.

He had spent about a week when Atomic, after returning from a lunch at Bright Mac's house, pretty animated because Jojo had come with him, he saw a group of five ponies at the door of him. Two were earth ponies, two other unicorns and a pegasus, behind them wore a car full of material. The pegasus, who looked like he was in charge, approached by recognizing him, not very difficult because the chimpanzee was on his back.

"Professor Utonium?"

"That's right, can I help you?"

"Silver Glass sends me to help him with his project, he has also asked me to give him this."

The pegasus took out from among his feathers an envelope he handed him to Atomic, who opened it and began to read immediately.

Dear Professor Utonium,

Although I am sorry that I can not reveal that this new project is about, I will be happy to help you. I have taken the liberty of paying a team of my entire confidence that they have promised to keep everything in what they ask for work. Do not worry about your accommodation, I have already reserved rooms at one of the hotels in the city. Good luck with your work, and I'm sure that nobody from Bio-Magic will bother you, carefully,

Silver Glass.

Atomic smiled at the end of reading, watching the group and nodding, entering his home and indicating the workers who could pass. After leaving Jojo in the kitchen, he opened the basement door and bass, watching how pegasus came down with him to see the workplace. Utonium approached the desk and showed him the plans, that the engineer observed with interest, although he soon knew that he would have to make some new ones for his boys, especially for the strange device that would be connected to the three capsules.

"I want the capsules there" Atomic said pointing the wall under the stairs, "with enough space behind them to put the tanks."

"So he wants the tanks?" Asked by the pegasus as he grabbed the planes and watched the pointed wall.

"Seriviran to fill or empty the capsules, the central device will only be introduced to introduce small things."

"I understand" said pegasus, still focused on paper. "I see that it has specified that this device must have an I.A., can I know for what?"

"I need it to control that capsule opens, that pipes will be activated, and that it will be introduced in each one."

"Okay ... it's something simple, except for the central device ... maybe ... I calculate that in three days you will have it ready."

"So little?" ask Atomic genuinely surprised.

"Professor Utonium, compared to what we have to do normally, this is nothing."

"Well, if you need something or help them with something, let me know."

As the pegasus promised, they ended up quickly, and Atomic under the same day in which they went to see the work by itself. The capsules were such where he asked, the tanks that would fill them were behind, and the huge funnel in the center of everything. He approached him, seeing that they had put a panel with several buttons, and according to the brief explanation they gave him, he was able to deduce for each one. There were four green buttons in a row, three of them numbered, and one red at the end, underneath, there were three more, and in turn, under all of them there were three buttons, blue, yellow and black. Surely, he squeezed the green clean.

"Capsules 1, 2 and 3 lists" said a monotonous and robotic voice.

Satisfied, he pressed the red button.

"Capsula 1, 2 and 3 closed" he repeated again, to what atomic tightens the number one button. "Capsula 1 list" after this, he returned to press it again.

With that, he tested the one below.

"Opening capsule 1."

He looked up and saw as a small hatch opened in front of the indicated capsule, which was to the left of him. After pressing the button again, it was closed with the same robotic voice from before. Satisfied, he went to those below, pressing the blue first.

"Flling capsules ... Error ... Empty tanks, try later" once he heard, that, he went for yellow. "Emptying capsules ... Embossion ... Empty capsules, try later."

Atomic nodded satisfied after checking that everything worked as it should, leaving the black, because that stopped the filling or emptying process. He approached the desk, observing the planes of him and those who had manufactured for work, pushing them away and preparing paper and ink. After having the computer ready, what was missing was to make the list of what he would use for this experiment. It was clear that I could not use water, for a hive of artificial bacteria was fine, but for this ...

He needed something else, and the only thing that could come perfectly to this was amniotic fluid, something that was only generated in the uterus of the pregnant mares. Along with this, he would need more than about 300 stem cells, much more, with 1000 for each capsule would be enough. Something fundamental would also be the blood of the friends of him, wives included, was the best method to get the DNA of him, he prayed that he would work as he expected. Finally, he needed the energy to bind it all together, but his magic would not be worth it, no unicorn's would be worth it. He needed something very, very powerful, powerful enough to breathe life.

Atomic watched the paper for a while, unable to think about anything. The only thing that occurred to him, was Celestia, and if he asked him, he may send him to the moon as in that foalish story ...His mind clicked, and the unicorn ran out of the basement, making sure to close well, and went to the room he had had small. He still had several books that he enjoyed as a foal, but he was looking for a specific one, and after a small search, he found him, a compendium of foal's stories, and the most popular was that of "The Mare on the Moon", that where Celestia sent his sister to Lunar Astro for a thousand years with the help of six very, very powerful artifacts.

He knew it was crazy, that was just a story, but ... did not there exist the castle of the two sisters in the everfree forest? Did not there be a Sister Alicornian who controlled the moon and disappeared in mysterious circumstances? If she turned out to be real, she could use one of them just to be able to extract something from her magic and use it, what better source of power than that of powerful artifacts that banned Nightmare Moon? Despite everything, it was preferable to get the easiest ingredients first, and once so, he would start up to go for the elements.
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As every afternoon, he was next to Bright Mac and the others, enjoying the mutual company and drinks. The three were handling their losses quite well, something that atomic was happy, but he knew that, in the end, they suffered terribly.

"Seriously," he said deep, a smile crossing his face, "I tell you that I had to face a furious mother with me for putting the son of her the idea that the rugby was not so dangerous."

"You will not be joking? I do not know a single pony that think that", Cloud said with a laugh.

"How did not?" Bright Mac interrupted with a laugh. "Buttercup practically put the scream in the sky when he learned that Big Mac had tried to get into the team."

"Already, but she was not for Hondo" added Cloud.

"Believe me, they come to complain is nothing" Atomic said smiling. "I know a Kárate teacher who a mother threatened to denounce him for teaching her daughter something so violent."

"I hope that she did not do it at the end" he say deep with a raised eyebrow.

"That goes, if I take it to trial and caused a magazine to publish how bad that sport was for foals."

"Do not fuck me," Bright Mac said as he gave a sound laugh. "I can not believe that there are such a pony."

"There are, luckily, the judge was intelligent and in the end, both the mother and the magazine ended up paying the teacher for attempting against the reputation of him. The funny thing is that in the end, all that only made the dojo of him more popular, now he has a chain of these throughout Manehattan."

The three left out laughing while Atomic considered what would be the perfect time to ask for "help" from him. When he saw the time, and knowing that there was little, he decided to say it now.

"Listen," he said as he gave a sip of his cider, caught the attention of others, "I'm sorry I ask you for this, but ... Could you laugh at me? You and the girls."

"For?" ask Bright Mac with a raised eyebrow.

"You see, do you remember the Chemical X?

"As not to do so", said Cloud with a small laughter. "When you discovered it, you did not talk about something else in your cards."

"Now, I brought me about 20 liters to study some of its effects, we are still in diapers with that. The question is that, if you are so kind, I would like you to give me a small blood sample of the six, to study the effects that I would have in the blood of each poni race, it would not be much, a single road."

" Why do you need that of our wives too?" he ask deep with curiosity, and Atomic already had a prepared excuse.

" Although you do not believe it, there are differences between the blood of a mare and a stallion" it was a lie, but he needed it to achieve his blood and be able to help them.

The three thought it for a while before Hondo spoke, apparently with an idea.

"I accept if tomorrow you all come to our house to celebrate a small private party. I am sure that Cookie will love her, she will make the delicious cookies of her."

"In that case, I think Buttercup will want to compete with your wife with the cupcakes, believe me, nobody overcomes them" said Bright Mac with a smile, receiving a laughter from Cloud.

"As soon as you try my buns filled with cream, you will change my grandmother, it's the recipe of my grandmother" Cloud commented with pride, frowning when he saw the faces of his friends. "What?"

"Does the buns are yours?" acknowledged Bright Mac dubious.

"Of course they are, what happens? A stallion addicted to extreme sports can not have a calmer hobby?"

"I thought that I would be wing, nothing more" said Atomic with sincere confusion, what Cloud gave a laugh.

"Wing? She knows how to cook, but in regards to sweets, she leaves me everything to me."

"Do you have health insurance?" Bright Mac said, looking at the rest of his friends. "I do not think it's a good idea to try those buns without having it."

"Cookie forced me to make me" Hondo comment, followed by Atomic.

"Bio-Magic gives us health insurance for working there, so I'm covered."

"You are some distrustful bastards of shit" Cloud said with narrowed eyes before the four burst into laughter.

The evening had begun facing enough, over the four, and it was already nine o'clock at night. The first thing Atomic did was to pick up the blood from her friends, so I can drink alcohol quietly, and he had her put it in a bag. Jojo had stayed again with Lyra, who was taking something from affection to the sympathetic chimpanzee.

"And there I was, about to be a Wonderbolt, playing the position against Soarin- Cloud said with an air of mysticism, "and seeing the humble that he had turned, and that his dream was to enter the team, I did not have The heart of ruining her hopes. After all, I had my own talent and fame in motorized scooter races."

"Really?" said Wing Star with a smile, receiving a pleading look from her husband. "I remember it very differently."

"Honey, please..."

"I remember that soarin was just as good as you..."

"I beg..."

"And he was the one who helped you with some tests..."

"If you love me, do not say it."

"But when you faced that machine that should be dizzy and then retake the flight, you starry in a cloud and vomites."

The room is full of laughter while Cloud frowned.

"You're awful."

"And you love me for that" Wing gave a small laugh before approaching and kissing him on the cheek.

Cloud was enrolled a little more before starting to laugh next to others.

"How is it what are you so good in races on land but not in flight?" said cookie between laughter.

"It's very different" answered Cloud, still smiling. "In flight you have to be more attentive to many more things, while in a scooter you just have to worry about knowing how to handle it, have some skill and know how to catch the curves."

"That reminds me that I should go see one of your careers" said Atomic with a smile.

Before Cloud could respond, the door entrance to the house opened and those present listened to the noise of hoofs approaching. Soon, the daughter of Hondo Flanks and Cookie Crumbles, Rarity Belle appeared, which has already possessed her cutie mark of three gems and had turned 16 about three months ago.

"Dad, mom? Are you still raising ...?" the young woman was interrupted when she saw the others presents.

"Hello, honey" said Cookie as she approached with a smile. "How about the party with your friend Suri?"

"It's been good" said the unicorn with a shrug. "But I'm over boring, I preferred to be here ... I'm going to bed."

"Bends in her's house?" Cookie ask deeply with concern.

"Some sandwiches, I'm already served" said Rarity, then looking at the rest. "Good evening to all of you, I'm sorry to be so ... discourteous, but I'm tired."

"No problems, Rarity" said Buttercup with a small smile. "Have a good night."

Rarity gave a small assent before getting away from her, she can hear her hoofs in the distance. Cookie watched the place where she had been before sighing and sitting on her's place, the good humor had disappeared. Atomic was confusing, what he remembered from the young unicorn was a kind mare and that he enjoyed socializing.

"It's not for getting me," he said carefully, "but ... Is something wrong? I do not remember it like that."

Cookie remained silent, looking down, smiling to deep when she put her hoof on her on her shoulder, being he who spoke.

"It's like that since... you know..."

It was not necessary to say more, Atomic already knew that he was referring. With that, he saw that what he was going to do would not only help her friends, help her children, at least Rarity, Big Mac and Applejack. That day, when he returned home, he was more determined than ever.

The sun shone high in Canterlot when Atomic arrived at the general hospital of the city. There were the best doctors in the kingdom, and all the advances in the sanitary areas began there. The unicorn entered without delay, heading towards the corridors and enrolling in the building. After walking a lot, he reached the area of offices, where the most important doctors and those who directed the complex had their workplaces, but Utonium had one in mind. At the door at the end of the corridor, next to this, there was a desk with a earth pony mare, who watched the newcomer with a raised eyebrow.

"Excuse me, but ... can I help you in something? Visitors are not allowed to enter this area."

"Tell the Director General that Professor Utonium wants to see him."

"No appointment can not ... Wait ... Professor Utonium?" said the mare with open eyes. "The same one who perfected X-ray machines?"

Atomic gave a small smile and nodded, to which the mare ran from the desk and opened the door, entering and closing behind him. A few minutes later, she went out again and indicated to the stallion that he could pass. In doing so, he touches himself with a pretty big office, a window to the bottom and several shelves full of books around, with two small armchairs in front of a table with a chessboard. In front of the window was a large desk after which a soft red unicorn was sitting with a golden crient, the cutie mark of him, a hospital.

"Atomic, old friend, what can I do for you?" Said him as he smiled and erupted a little in his chair to shake his visitor's hoof, before they both sat down.

"I'm fine, Red Bandage, and I see that you too, have progressed a lot these years."

"Thanks to you" Bandage said with a huge smile. "If it was not for your recommendation a few years ago, it could not have been what I am now."

"You deserved it, I just help ... now, I'm sorry to have to ask you a favor, but..."

"Nonsense, I owe you my career, so ask what you want."

"In that case, I need you to give me this."

Atomic took out a small role from her saddlebags and spread it to the unicorn, that he read carefully before opening his eyes and looking at an unbeliever his friend.

"You must be joking, I can achieve 3000 stem cells, but the other ... There is no mare capable of generating both amniotic fluid, not a single pregnancy. You know that you could only collect little at a time."

"That's why I trust that the director of, not only this hospital, but the one that organizes all hospitals in the capital can gather that amount. I will not hurry, but I need it, please."

"Can I know for shits you need all this?"

"It's personal, you don't need to know."

Bandage leaned back in his chair, frowning, and Atomic feared he wouldn't make it. In the end, he took a deep breath and spoke.

"I warn you, if it is something illegal, my helmet will not shake when I tell the truth."

"If I get in trouble, you can say I forced you," he said with a smile, one that Bandage didn't reciprocate.

"I hope we don't have to come to that ... Everything will come to you in a week at most."

After a week and three days, a huge tank of amniotic fluid arrived along with a small box enchanted with cold that contained a vial with the 3,000 stem cells that he requested. He accompanied the ponies and indicated the tanks that needed to be filled, and as calculated, they were perfectly filled to the top. After this, he fired the workers and focused on his next step, getting some of the magic of The Elementos of Harmony. He prayed they would exist, because if they didn't, the only other option was Princess Celestia, and he suspected she wouldn't take what he was trying to do well. After comparing several old books and maps, along with a current one, he was able to trace a route through the Everfree to the Two Sisters' castle, but still, he would need equipment.

He went to a trekking and mountaineering store in Ponyville and set about cataloging his equipment. After half an hour, he returned home with a generous amount of rope, a climbing pick, a hammer to drive a good assortment of nails into the stone, all in case he had to get around a cliff or the like, and, of course, repellents magic capable of driving away predators, although he would have to be careful with timverwolves and manticores, if he got close to them, those repellants would be of no use.

The last thing he checked, was that Lyra was available the next day to take care of Jojo, something complicated because he would soon have to return to Canterlot to return to study at Celestia's gifted unicorn school, and make sure that his friends did not come looking for his home, telling them a white lie in which, supposedly, he would go all day to the capital of Equestria to compare notes with a fellow scientist. Atomic was ready and determined, if he fulfilled his goal, he would be one step closer to helping his friends, and by the way, demonstrating that a pony could do things just as well as mother nature.

He had left at dawn, but when he finally glimpsed his destination, it was already past noon. In front of him, was the castle of the Two Sisters, and still in ruins, it was so majestic that it dazzled all who observed it. Its tall towers almost seemed to touch the sky, and the huge gates gave the impression that they were made to let giants through. It was accessed via a long wooden suspension bridge that spanned a ravine, and Atomic wondered if he had been to the palace before, or was formed as a defense for it. Entering the gigantic lobby, he decided to have a small lunch, taking out his few provisions, eating quickly before turning away and into the dark corridors and the rooms lit by the windows.

He had brought maps made in old history books, but he wasn't sure if they were filed with reality. After quite some time, he came to a huge room, in the center of which was an interesting structure, a huge pedestal, on which was a smaller one that held a large sphere. From the base came five stone plates that supported five other smaller spheres, each one with a kind of engraved stone. There they were, those had to be The Elementos of Harmony, but... they were nothing like what I imagine.

Maybe I have to wake them up, he thought, illuminating his horn and covering the spheres, but nothing happened, and after half an hour, he gave up, walking away and searching the rest of the castle. When he finally emerged, disappointed, the sun was already setting behind the mountains, something Atomic didn't realize until he was on the other side of the ravine, watching the sunset with concern.

"Maybe... maybe I should sleep inside", he said, shifting his gaze from the forest edge to the castle.

Sighing, he went to cross the bridge, praying that Lyra didn't mind staying with Jojo that night, after all, he had commented to her that this could happen.

Now that he had explored part of the castle, and although it was still majestic, he was not so drawn to its structure, he looked around the ravine under the bridge, noticing something that he missed when he arrived. In the rock wall, near the precarious bridge, was a stairway carved into the stone that led down to the bottom, and his sharp mind wondered why the hell they were going to put something like that if there was nothing of value down there. Then it occurred to him that the supposed Elements of Harmony that he had found in the palace were an imitation, and he would make sense, why keep something so powerful if they could protect them in a more isolated place?

He decided, went down the stairs, sticking as much as possible to the stone wall, and arriving in a short time to the floor of the ravine. He had to light his horn, because there was already little light, the last rays of the sun, and he illuminated as much as possible, approaching the end that was on the esplanade that supported the castle. At first sight, there was nothing strange, except for a stone frame that led... nowhere. Atomic smiled, obviously there was something behind there, protected by some spell, at least in the past, but he wanted to make sure. With his magic, he scoured the rock and pillars around him, searching for some method of protection, but to no avail, making him smile and advance.

It was true that Princess Celestia was powerful, but no matter how powerful a protection spell was, if it was not renewed every so often, it began to lose its effectiveness until it disappeared, and almost a thousand years had passed since the castle was abandoned, thus that it was not crazy to think that it would have already disappeared. He put his ear to the wall and took a few taps with his helmet, smiling when he noticed that it was hollow. Pulling apart a bit, he readied his horn and released a powerful beam of energy, at least as powerful as he could make it. The only thing he got was a small hole that he could barely see through, and as he was getting ready to launch another one, it enlarged, creating more and more cracks and dislodging chunks of stone and dust, causing Atomic to seize. quickly move away.

When it was all over, I look at what was left, the stone frame had collapsed, a few pieces remained in place. Some debris was at the entrance of what looked like a cave, but it was perfectly okay to pass. Atomic smiled hugely and entered decisively, ready to find the Elements of Harmony, what else would be there if not? But observing what was inside, he stood still, surprised and dumbfounded, what was there were not the objects that he thought they would be. He was in front of a majestic tree made entirely of glass, its branches, devoid of leaves, except for a few lianas, extended into the cave, and its entire structure let out a hypnotic glow and that calmed his mind and spirit.

Atomic noticed that, on the trunk, several symbols were engraved, beginning with a waning moon, similar to the representations of the cutie mark of the long-lost princess, on this one, one of Princess Celestia, recognizable even if it was in muted colors and gray, and above these, in the center of the tree and from which the branches came out, a six-pointed star. He didn't recognize his from anywhere, but he seemed important anyway. His sight went to the branches, noticing that in five of them there were gaps, gaps where a small jewel could fit perfectly ... like the Elements of Harmony. The unicorn opened its eyes in amazement, it had gone in search of some powerful artifacts, and instead, it found what seemed to be the source of these objects.

"If the elements arose from here ..." he said in a low voice. "So, this is ... the Tree of Harmony."

The Tree of Harmony had been a legend even older than the Elements of Harmony, one that dated back to the time of the pony union. Few knew about her, and Atomic only knew because in his work he had encountered many scholars from various fields. If it was true, then he ... he had found a source of magical power far more powerful than the elements. Determined, he pulled from his saddlebags the pick he had used to descend a cliff that he encountered in his path and approached one of the roots, beginning to itch. At the precise moment that he did, the glow from the tree grew brighter, except in the area where the unicorn was working insistently, as if they did not want to alert him.

His light grew so powerful that it even illuminated the outside, already dark, for it had long since fallen dark. If there had been somepony near the area or inside the castle, anypony could have seen the intense glow that illuminated the night as if it were day, but Atomic did not notice it. In his mind there was only room for his friends, those who always supported him and made him the pony he was today. He couldn't erase his sadness from his mind, it didn't seem like they were getting over it, something like that was marked forever.

For several minutes, he nibbled at the root without stopping, frustrated that it didn't scratch it. The tree glowed brightly once more before all the light went to the same point that was being worked on by the unicorn, blinding and scaring him so much that he jumped back and began to fall into the darkness. The last thing he saw was the Tree of Harmony, reverting to his normal glow, and then everything turned black.

When Atomic woke up, he sat on the floor, massaging his head and looking around. He was still in the same place, and the enigmatic tree was still unchanged. When he remembered what had happened, he got up and approached the root that he had been picking, seeing the spike on the ground and, next to it, a rather large piece of glass, surely part of the root. Had he stung enough? Confused, he stared at the place she had worked, his eyes widening. It was clean, there wasn't even a single scratch, it was as if nothing had ever been ripped off. Surprised, he examined in more detail the roots, the branches, the trunk, going around several times, but nothing, it was like new.

Now that thing did not convey calmness to him, rather nervousness, especially when he felt that they were watching him. He knew it was stupid, that thing was just a tree, one that created magical artifacts capable of sending an enraged alicorn to the moon, but a tree in the end. And yet, it was the only option he could think of to explain why he had a piece of it without causing a single scratch. Using his magic, he took the pickaxe and the chunk for storage, deciding that he would rather sleep in the castle than there, but as he headed for the exit, he noticed two things.

The first was that he had apparently been unconscious all night, and the second was that there was no longer any debris. He went out and looked at the entrance to the cave, being surprised to see that not even the column pieces were there, it was as if there had never been anything to hide the cave. Deciding that he didn't prefer to think about it, he headed back to civilization.

He arrived when the sun was already at its highest, making his way leisurely to his house, opening and watching a show something fun to watch. Lyra was running after Jojo, who was holding a book that Atomic did not recognize and assumed that she had brought it from the unicorn.

"Jojo, give it back to me or I won't give you bananas for dessert!" The teenager yelled as she chased the chimpanzee.

This was the first to notice Atomic, running to his side and climbing on his back, which the unicorn took advantage of to take the book and hand it to Lyra with a smile.

" How's it going?"

"W... well," the unicorn said, trying to catch her breath as she grabbed the book in her magic. "Last night he fell asleep almost right away. And thank you for allowing me to sleep in her guest room."

"No problems," Atomic said as he walked over to a table and took out a bag of bits already prepared from one of the drawers. "Thanks once more for your services."

The unicorn gave a huge smile as she grabbed the bag, saying goodbye to Atomic and Jojo, who reached out to stroke her mane before leaving. Leaving the chimp on the ground, he went down to the basement and left hid saddlebags on the desk, going upstairs once more for lunch. He preferred to go to work that night, when the little one was asleep.

He had just put Jojo to bed when he nearly ran down the stairs and headed for the basement entrance, pausing for a moment and going into the kitchen to grab a rather large bowl and retrace his steps. He closed the door behind him, although in the rush he was in, he didn't make sure it was locked securely, and went straight to his desk.

After taking out the piece of the Tree of Harmony and putting it in the bowl, he began to beat it with the hammer he had in his saddlebag, which, although it was for nails to be driven into rocks, he hoped it would serve to turn it into dust. Unlike with the root, here he did see results, cracking like glass and generating little sparks of rainbow colors.

After almost 45 minutes of work, everything turned to dust, putting the hammer aside and grabbing it with the magic of it. With effort, he managed to perform the spell that many of his companions used to turn a simple and simple material into liquid, which made him get a triumphant smile, filling the bowl to the brim and acquiring various colors, looking like a rainbow. . Once like this, he approached the machine, pressing the first buttons.

"Filling capsules."

Instantly, the hatches in the floor of the three capsules that connected to the tanks opened and let out the amniotic fluid, filling every nook and cranny, just as Atomic calculated. After making sure the hatches were closed, he grabbed a box of magic from it and pressed the next button.

"Capsules 1, 2 and 3 ready" upon hearing it, he opened the box and took out the vial with the stem cells and poured it inside. "Introducing genetic material ... stem cells."

The machine, aided by the A.I., separated the contents into three exactly equal parts, and Atomic could see the small distortion in the liquid, indicating that they had reached their destination, causing him to prepare the next part.

" Capsules 1, 2 and 3 closed ... Capsule 1 ready."

He grabbed the trunk where he had stored his friend's blood and pulled out two vials, marked B, for Belle, Hondo's family last name. The others were marked A for Apple and S for Sky, the surname Cloud and Wing gave to her late daughter. He opened both vials and dropped their contents into the funnel, hearing the robotic voice shortly after.

"Introducing genetic material ... blood."

Seeing how the reddish color entered capsule 1, to the left of him, he prepare the next one where she poured vial A and then let go of the S in capsule 3, to the right of him. When finished, he prepared the three and grabbed the bowl with the piece of the Tree of Harmony made liquid, dropping it into the funnel.

"Introducing energy source ... magic."

Atomic saw the colorful liquid enter capsule 2 first, then 3, and finally 1, with minimal delay between each, but there it was. He watch as the blood swirled around the magic and a bubble of all possible colors was created, but slowly, each one began to acquire its own. Before he could look further, the noise of a door opening to the right of him alerted him, and the sound of some glass moving frightened him. Turning around, he saw that Jojo was there, he had opened the cupboard, and in his hands he had a flask that he recognized immediately.

"JOJO!" Atomic shouted terrified.

That was not a vase, book or any of the things he had used to play with, it was something dangerous. The chimpanzee observed his owner running towards him, considering it the beginning of the game, and he threw himself with agility between his legs, escaping from his grasp and heading to the center of the room while shrieking with joy. For the first time in a long time, Atomic did something he never did, he used his magic to grab him, causing Jojo to panic and throw the vial with all his might, going, to the horror of the unicorn, into the funnel.

Fear caused him to drop Jojo, who complained in pain, and looked up at his owner, distracted by the noise of glass breaking. Turning around, he saw the flask break, and some of the liquid inside him fell directly into his face, a small part into his eyes, making him scream in agony. Atomic approached concerned, but his attention was drawn by the wreckage, drawing closer. The crystals had been left outside, the work of a spell that prevented solid objects from entering.

"Introducing chemical ... Chemical X.
"

Atomic watched in horror as the black liquid entered the capsules, in the same order as with the piece of the tree. The bubbles, which were already taking on their colors, began to glow brightly, absorbing Chemical X while appearing to have an electrical reaction, forcing Utonium to cover his face.

The lightbulb in the basement went out, the three glowing orbs being the only source of light. After a few minutes, everything calmed down, the electricity returned, and the unicorn could see what had happened. The spheres were formed, the one with capsule 1 was pink, followed by a red one and, finally, purple.

Atomic watched the result, fearful of the effects of Chemical X, but Jojo's plaintive moans let him know that he didn't have time for it. Placing the chimp on his back, he took one last look at the capsules before leaving. He would see what to do the next day.

September 13, 994 of the new era, 1 day after the experiment.

Jojo seems stable, I've been with him most of the day, I haven't been shy about abandoning him. At the moment, he doesn't seem to have suffered damage beyond irritation to his eyes, but I have the strangest feeling that they are now more ... intelligent. Anyway, I must not completely rule out that Chemical X has done nothing to him, after all, he is still writhing in pain and can barely move. Tomorrow morning I will review the capsules, now I want to focus on Jojo.

September 14, 994 of the new era, 2 days after the experiment.

Today ... Jojo has been suffering, much more than yesterday. It seems that his skull is increasing, as if ... as if his brain is getting too big for his head. I am afraid of what may happen to him. Today I have not gone to see the capsules either, I do not dare to leave him alone, beyond going to make him eat. I will continue to write down his evolution in this notebook ... By Celestia, I hadn't done these things for a long time ...

September 18, 994 of the new era, 6 days after the experiment.

I can't believe what happened ... Jojo's brain has grown ... outside of his skull, about 12 inches. I have been able to see the organ perfectly, pulsing, coming out while breaking the bone, leaving pieces on the ground, and I don't know what to do with them. Interestingly, it is hard and resistant, as if it had been covered with a protective layer, even so, I did not want to risk it. With doubts, I went to a hardware store and bought materials to make an artificial skull, trying to take as little time as possible. I have molded it with stainless steel and coated its interior with rubber. It looks great on he and it doesn't seem to bother he.

To all this, I have received a visit from Bright Mac, Hondo Flanks and Cloud Sky, they were worried about me, I assured them that nothing was happening, only that ... Jojo was sick. I managed to stop them insisting. This reminds me that tomorrow I have to look at the capsules, they worry me. Was it a failure?

September 19, 994 of the new era, 7 days after the experiment.

I made it ... for the Heavenly Meadow ... I made it ... Today, around 12:47, I went to make food for Jojo, who although he seems to be recovering slowly, is still weak, and I thought about going to the basement one second. What I saw down there left me stunned, I spent so much time observing what was there, that when I wanted to realize it, it was already 1:23 PM, I had to make a simple sandwich for Jojo, I hope it does not bother him. Anyway, returning to the topic, the bubbles created now are transparent, they continue with their colors, but you could see what's inside, and... Celestia... it's shocking to see.

There are pony fetuses in there, they're still developing, but ... they seem to be in the 6 week phase, and it's only been 7 days. By my calculations they should take as long as a normal colt, maybe I was wrong ... or maybe ... Chemical X has something to do with it. I have to be more attentive to its development.

By the way, it seems that fetuses have developed an umbilical cord that connects to their bubble, which in turn has contact with its environment. That means that I will have to feed them, I will have to get nutrients in liquid form, it will not be complicated, there are pharmacies where I can get them in powder, I will be able to use my magic to turn them into liquid.

September 23, 994 of the new era, one week and four days after the experiment.

Jojo ... has escaped ... It was during the night, or while he was watching the fetuses, I don't know ... I wrote to Silver Glass immediately and sent several police patrols. I don't know what I would do without that pony, sometimes he thinks better of things than I do. My friends have come to visit me to encourage me, and I have had to accept. It has been a tense and exhausting exercise, to think that at any moment any of them could go down to the basement to see the place where we played as foals and see... that...

I think it was my fault, I have been so focused on the fetuses that I have neglected them a bit, so much that I forgot several times to feed them. That's something that usually happens when I get involved in my work, that's why I hired caregivers... but this time... I didn't want anypony around.

I should have paid more attention to him, and not just because he deserved it, but because of the effect Chemical X seems to have had on him. His intelligence had seemed to increase, it was almost as if now he understood me perfectly, and in the last moments we spent together, I saw him eat with cutlery himself. If he hadn't been so engrossed with fetuses ...

September 24, 994 of the new era, one week and 5 days after the experiment.

The police are still looking for Jojo, I can't do more so I have refocused on the fetuses.

They appear to have evolved to a state that appears to be from week 12 of the gestation phase of a normal foal. They are definitely developing faster. Now I can see how the fetus in capsule 1 is developing its horn, while that in 3 has already started with its wings ... and they worry me. I am not a doctor, but in my youth I was interested in how they managed to fly so I read several books on the subject, so I can say that those wings do not seem to be developing like in other pegasus foals.

Although when they are completely they will seem healthy, the truth is that he has all the earmarks that it is very likely that he will never be able to fly. Maybe a Chemical X malformation? Although possible, I must consider the idea that it is genetic. Wing Star has the same defect, and she has never flown by herself, and if this fetus has developed the same problem for that reason, then... it is her son... or daughter, I never knew how to distinguish the sex in fetuses. However, this implies many things, the fetuses are not only developing like normal foals, only faster, but they also seem to be acquiring traits from their parents.

September 26, 994 of the new era, two weeks after the experiment.

Jojo still shows no signs of life, and I'm getting worried. Not being able to do anything is frustrating, but there is no use lamenting...

For now, I will continue studying the development of the fetuses, once I finish and give them to Bright Mac and the others, I'll be able to go back to Manehattan and fully focus on finding Jojo. As for fetuses, well, I don't think I can call them that anymore. In two days, they have gone from the 12-week stage to the final stages, they are already fully developed foals, and it is appreciable that they are three girls.

I can distinguish the color of their coats and manes through the bubbles, and I also see them kick and move gently from time to time. The one that kicks the most and seems most active is the one in capsule 3, and taking into account her parents... I am not surprised, she will be an energetic filly, there is no doubt about that. 2 seems to be the second most active, I can't help but smile at the thought of Bright Mac and Buttercup chasing a filly around their house. The 1, however, is the calmest, it hardly moves, it worries me, is that normal in babies?

Returning to the topic, I have noticed something curious about their manes. At first I thought it was a coincidence, but studying the one in capsule 1 in more detail, I realized that it was not. The 3 has an orange fur, inherited from her father, and a purple mane, softer than that of her mother. The 2 has a yellow color in her fur and a red mane, both seem inherited from her father, but the 1 ... has made me reconsider that idea. While her fur is as white as her father's, her mane is another story, a small part is minimally similar to her mother's, but most of it is pink ... like her bubble.

This gives me the idea that the color of their manes has not been based only on their indirect parents, but rather on their creation process. I am not sure if it is the effect of Chemical X or, on the contrary, it is the Tree of Harmony demonstrating its participation. Be that as it may, I have to be more attentive than before. Their development seems to be accelerating, so they could be born at any moment. I hope it's soon, Silver Glass is informing me that Bio-Magic is getting impatient with my extended vacations, I have never taken so many days off. I hope it can distract they a bit more.

Author's Note

Hi how are things? I hope you are enjoying this story as much as I am writing it. First of all, I am sorry if there are any spelling errors, this is not my first language, and I am using a translator and my limited English skills.

Second, I'm sorry if the duration of this chapter gets too long. In its original version, which is in Spanish, this chapter is divided into two, but now that I have revised it to convert it to English, I realized that it was better, in my opinion, together. Hope it's not too annoying.

Constructive criticism is appreciated, and once again, I hope you are enjoying this story.