Watching A New Generation

The scene changes to Inside the factory of Canterlogic, first was Deputy Sprout, who was tasked with taking Sunny's cart of smoothies into the facility.

The deputy was just minding his business, when a little filly came galloping in front of him, startling him to a halt.

"Hey watch it!" The deputy barked to the filly.

"Take it easy, they're just fillies," Twilight advised

"Welcome, everypony," A workpony greeted. "Got any questions about the Canterlogic factory? Happy to answer them."

A stallion asked "Oh yeah! Where are the free smoothies?"

"Uh...I can't answer that one," The workpony sadly admitted.

“A very, very important question.” Pinky nodded agreeing with the mystery pony's question

"You know what, Sprout?" Sheriff Hitch stated to Sprout, and the critters following him. "I think I finally got through to Sunny."

Before another word could be said, the lights inside the building suddenly went dark. Then, several spotlights were turned on, drawing everypony's attentions in the room, to a large stage.

"It's the moment you've all been waiting for," A loud booming voice announced. "As the founder of Canterlogic, she's been keeping us safe and stylish for the last 20 moons," Their was a logo animated on a large black screen, on stage. "Please go wild for the one and only Phyllis Cloverleaf!"

"A bit of fashion finally, let's see what the future has for the most important art." Rarity looked somewhat excited to see the future of fashion.

With that, the said founder herself, Phyllis Cloverleaf, appeared on stage from the left, greeting the audience.

"Thank you!" Phyllis greeted. "Thank you! How are you? Thank you so much!"

"We here at Canterlogic are so thrilled to create perfect products that protect ponies like you...from ponies like that!"Phyllis pointed the audience's attention to a couple of posters, showing pegasus and unicorns as shadowy demons, antagonizing scared earth ponies, to which the audiences booed in disgust.

“Excuse me?!” The entirety of the main 6 exclaimed in unison.

"And like I always say," Phyllis began. "To be scared is..."

"To be prepared!" The audience followed after her.

“Seeing the future makes my head hurt more and more, that doesn't make sense!” Twilight stated as she lowered her head.

“They have a point that fear can prepare you, but it’s not the answer to everything, in this case it seems that all the ponies need a little conversation among themselves.” Applejack twisted her mouth as she saw more how misunderstanding and senseless fear was what what else was seen.

"Oh, I love it," Phyllis giddied as she continued. "That's right. So let's start the show!"

With that, some upbeat pop music was heard playing in the background, as a spotlight shines on a mare, strutting down the stage, wearing what appeared to be a helmet with and antenna with a red light on top

"Up first, we have Sugar Moonlight looking absolutely stunning in our high-tech Anti-Mind-Reading-Hat," Phyllis announced. "All those psychic unicorns out there are going to be out of luck when you wear this little number!"

“Mind reading?" Rarity exclaimed in outrage. "Okay. That’s not how our magic works…”

“Alright, I’ll be the first to say I don’t know a lick about fashion, but even I can tell that whatever that is ain’t fashion.” Stated Applejack

“If anything this is an insult to fashion and Unicorns!” Rarity yelled slightly annoyed, Applejack touched her back a little to calm her slightly

A moment of Hitch was seen moving to the music as Phillis explained more of the helmet.

“You’ve always had weakness for music.” Sunny laughed a little at that sight

"Now let's welcome Sparkle Chaser in his Pega-Periscope Goggles," Phyllis presented another pony, wearing a strange look eyewear. "The easy way to keep your eye on the sky."

Just then the pony wearing the goggles stumbled and fell off the stage, much to everypony's shock.

“Yeah… Eyes on the sky," Applejack criticized. "But not what’s under your muzzle…”

Only Rainbow Dash noticed out of the corner of her eye how the two new Pegasi were getting nervous before the flying part

"It's all part of the show!" Phyllis chuckled nervously

Wanting to get out of the awkward moment, Phyllis presented the next pony and their invention, "Next up, the Earth Pony Balloon Escape Pack."

With that, the pony presented the said pack, pulled a strap, releasing a colorful stock of balloons that lifted him up into the air.

“Hey! My friend Pinkie Pie called!" Rainbow Dash joked, "She wants her balloons back!”

The audience all watched as the stallion was carried, helpless up into the air, and out of an open window, screaming, until he was out of sight.

“Welp. He’s gone with the wind…” Applejack commented.

"Yikes," Sheriff Hitch commented. "That's going to be a lot of paperwork."

Back on stage, Phyllis continued with the presentation she was hosting.

"We take great care here at Canterlogic to ensure the safety of you, our loyal costumers."

“Aww!” The audience smiled.

“Give me a break…” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.

"Now, please, stand back," Everypony all did as they were told, "This product-testing demonstration is fully automated."

The CEO turned her attention to some of the staffs, who pressed a button, turning on a blinding light, to show everypony a test dummy of a pony. Or at least there was a test dummy, until a certain Earth Pony came and knocked it to the side, dressed in a fake horn and wings.

"Sunny, just being there makes you break a lot of rules!" Hitch yells at his friend, their was a test pony for a reason and now the test pony was Sunny.

"Uuuhhh, your Sparkle looks strong and determined." Izzy's excited words deflected the scolding that Hicth almost gave Sunny.

“I admire her determination to prove that she’s right but I have to say that was reckless.” Twilight stated firmly

Hitch stated “Thank you!” He paused and then asked “Wait did I just thank an Alicorn?”

Nearby, Hitch was aghast, with Deputy Sprout doing a spit take, with his smoothie.

"Earth Ponies of Maretime Bay!" Sunny Starscout began, holding up a colorful sign, showing a Unicorn's horn, Pegasus wings, and a horseshoe. "Fear is not your friend! But the Unicorns and Pegasi can be, let's extend the hoof of friendship."

Suddenly, the floors beneath Sunny gave way as her hooves were suddenly clasped inside what appeared to be robotic boots.

“Uh oh." Twilight moaned, already seeing trouble.

"That is not what I meant," Sunny commented at the predicament she finds herself in.

"Turn it off," Phyllis whispered to some of the staffs. "Turn it off, turn it off!" The staffs frantically tried to turn off the machine, while Phyllis continued, "So now you can prevent an aerial abduction with a set of Anti-Pegalift Boots!"

With that, a large robotic version of a pegasus, with claws beneath it, came falling out of the ceiling, narrowly grabbing Sunny, who ducked her head to avoid being caught, as she continued, "Peace with Pegasi! Unity with Unicorns!" However, the only thing the robots managed to snatch away from Sunny are her fake wings, horns, and sign. "Whoa! Give me that back!" As if complying, one of the robots dropped the sign on Sunny's head.

"Shouldn't someone get her out of there?" Fluttershy asked, worryingly.

"Sunny..." Hitch scowled, the first to leap in, while his deputy stayed behind to watch the show.

"Peace...with Pegasi!" Sunny continued, when she was suddenly lifted up by a claw, with the boots taken off of her, and the platform beneath her, flipping over to reveal a large red X.

"Uh...everypony take a look at our Unicorn Entrapment Device," Phyllis presented.

“Unicorn entrap–WHAT?!” Rarity exclaimed in shock

Watching as Sunny was fitted with a fake unicorn horn, dropped onto the red X, and in the blink of an eye, was entrapped in a metal box, with a red flashing alarm.

"Sweet Celesta!" Twilight screamed, with a twitching eye.

In the meantime, Sheriff Hitch came to the rescue, as he barked at the frantic staffs of Canterlogic, "Toots, Sweets, shut her down. Sheriff's orders!"

"We're trying!" One of the staffs explained, as he frantically pressed several buttons.

"Fully automated means it has to go through the whole cycle," The other staff explained.

As they said this Sunny was fitted with a pair of robotic wings, facing another machine, developed by the Canterlogic engineers.

In appearance, it appeared to be a large electric fan, built with catapults for blades, with a tank of strange green liquid mounted on the other side.

"Oh no!" Sunny whimpered.

Sunny was suddenly lifted off the floor and was spinning around in the air, as if she was a toy airplane, with several strange green liquids lobbed at her, as she continued, "Peace with Pegasi! Unity with unicorns!"

In the meantime, the audience were all protected from the green sticky projectiles, behind a see-through wall.

"And this is the Splat-a-pult!" Phyllis stammered, presenting the said machine, while Sunny was having a wild flight of her life.

"Cease fire!" Sunny screamed, only to be hit, in the face, by one of the globs.

Sheriff Hitch looked down with determination to see an electric cable and pulled the plug from its socket, shutting down the entire system, and freeing Sunny, who came flying out and landed before the shocked audience.

“I have to admit it's not the smartest thing I could have done” Sunny gave Hitch a point in favor of the situation.

Sunny turned to the audience. "Aren't you tired of being scared all the time? The truth is, we're not in danger. It's all a lie," She stamped her hoof. "We don't need any of this Canterlogic junk."

"Oh, we don't, do we?" Phyllis asked, feeling insulted, and proceeded to challenge, "How do you suggest that we defend ourselves? With hugs and cupcakes?"

With that, the audience all broke out laughing at that remark

"Hey! One of my friends makes a living, laughing in the face of danger!" Twilight shouted.

"I'll bet she does, laughing in the face of a Unicorn and Pegasus!" Hitch mocked.

"I mean REAL DANGER!" Twilight growled. "Like manticores! Or an Ursa Major! Or even a...a Draconequus! C'mon! Whatever happened to the days when all we had to worry about were...were...a CENTAUR?!"

"A cent what?" He asked confused

"You've got to be kidding me..." Twilight shook her head.

“You're insulting the power of cupcakes!" Pinkie pointed accusingly at the screen.

"Even I have to say we finished someone off with cupcakes or rather cookies," Applejack laughed a little.

"Please don't even remind me." Rainbow Dash shook her head, the worst day of her life where she was scared.

The foals looked confused about the lack of context for the cookie situation.

"Yeah, we certainly did something with the cupcakes too." Pinky held a cupcake in her hoof that the youngsters didn't understand where it came from. The rest of the Mane Six also looked confused but also seeing it as something normal every day.

"Just imagine..." Sunny continued to the audience. "If you had a friend who could fly..." She encouraged to some little foals.

"Yeah...fly!" Rainbow started. "I can fly and punch clouds and clear the skies in ten seconds flat! And I’m awesome like that!"

Zipp looked at Rainbow in admiration with a tiny hint of jealousy that only Pipp could pick up on

Sunny continued “Or friend who could..."

"Fry your brains with a single horn zap?" Phyllis interrupted. "Or swoop down and snatch you away?" The ponies in the audience all gasped in horror, with parents holding their children close.

"That's not what we do!" Rarity shook her head, while keeping her cool. "That's not what any Unicorns or Pegasi do! Pegasi...they move clouds! They control the weather! And Unicorns, l-li-like Twilight was... they don't fry brains! Or any creature's brains!"

But like Sunny’s words fell on deaf ears, to which Phyllis turned to Hitch, "Sheriff, do your job."

With a reluctance compliance, Hitch marched towards Sunny "All right, Sunny, let's go.”

"No!" Sunny continued. "Everypony needs to hear this," She continued to persist, "Everything you believe about unicorns and pegasi is wrong. They used to be our friends and can be again."

"Hey, we don't need any of them round here!" A random pony shouted.

"Get off the stage!" Another audience member added.

Hitch turned Sunny away as he beckoned, "Come on, let's go. Show's over, Sunny."

Defeated, Sunny turned and followed Sheriff Hitch

"Sunny, you're just embarrassing yourself!" One of the audience member shouted.

Twilight looked at the screen with a mix of disgust and anger. To think that these ponies were once part of a kingdom that was ruled by her and her friends. Perhaps it's as the old same goes, how the might has fallen.

"It's quite sad, really," Phyllis commented at Sunny's expense, before she changed the subject. "Now, where were we?"