B-Boot Up Sequence R-R-Ready

Firmware
Latest Version [ERROR.ERROR.ERROR]

Starting Calibration
Several systems unresponsive, Running Diagnostics....

Hydraulics: 28% functionality
Blood Absorptive Plates: 53% Functionality
Arsenal Storage System: Unresponsive
Plated Bionic Wings: 78% Functionality
Energy Distribution Core: 10% Functionality
Battle AI: Unresponsive
Main Memory Drive: Corrupted [Estimated Recovery Time: ERROR.]
Emergency Memory Drive: 100% Functionality

Loading Status Update....

Machine ID: ERROR
Location: ERROR
Current Objective: ERROR

Booting Up...

Boot Up Failed. Essential Systems Damaged

Celestia works late into the night, signing and reading countless paperwork while sipping her lukewarm tea. She looks up in surprise when her trusted assistant Raven Inkwell bursts into the room. Celestia finds it odd her assistant didn’t knock, usually even with diplomatic emergencies, she would atleast have the courtesy for a curt knock on the door.

Raven takes a deep breath mustering her courage. “Princess Celestia, I... Bring bad news...”

Celestia raises and eyebrow before leaning in towards her assistant. Her ears rising in attention. “Continue.”

Raven fumbles with her glasses almost slipping off her snout from the sweat on her brow. “T-The recent supply train for the trade deals we have in crystal empire came back and... T-the crew weren’t present and the guards that were stationed in Manhattan’s train station that promptly went to check were killed. " Raven gulps as she sees her superior’s eyes widen in surprise. Raven continues. “The monster that had killed train guards had started killing the nearby ponies but thankfully not too many innocent casualties were sustained before the elite guard intercepted the situation. The ponies were evacuated but the elite guards that were stationed... They did not survive either. The monster’s current whereabouts are unknown. All we have is witness testimonies that claim it to be some kind of Metal beast.”

Celestia remains silent, taking in all the information given to her best as she can. “How’d... This Thing get on the supply train? Have you contacted the crystal empire on this?”

Raven sheepishly nods “Yes we did... But they did not send a magic letter back. It’s silence out there in The North”

Celestia tries her best not to show the fear brewing in her mind. “This is... Most concerning. Rally up and inform every guard of this threat, take the reserve guards and bolster them around our cities. Silence the news papers and change up the story. Erase the witnesses memories, we musn’t let this beast take more lives nor sow chaos among our subjects.”

Raven nods briefly and exists Celestia’s quarters, leaving her all alone to think. “I must speak to my sister about this...”

Twilight sits on her chair by herself. Enjoying the latest copy of Daring Doo and The Mystic Forest. Spike enters the room with a stack of pancakes drenched in syrup and topped with some whipping cream and strawberries. Twilight looks up from her book and upon noticing the delicious pancakes comments. “Oh! Spike, you didn’t have to. Coffee is all i need in the morning.”

Spike rolls his eyes. “Yea? And let you starve yourself on my watch? Nada not happening.” Spike places the stack of pancakes alongside a fork on a table near twilight’s sofa.

Twilight take a mouthful of pancakes, squeaking with delight, “Mmm! So good! Did pinkie help you with this?”

Before Spike could reply two familiar unicorns teleport beside him. Twilight recognises them and greets them happily. “Welcome back I hope you had fun!”

Trixie replies with equal enthusiasm. “Oh yea, we had a great sh-”

Twilight interrupts trixie. “I wasn’t talking about you, Trixie”

Trixie snarls back. “You’re the one who was too busy to come have fun with starlight!”

Starlight gets in between both parties before Twilight could throw out a retort. “Guys! I thought you two got over this, plus aren’t we gonna tell Twilight what happened, Trixie?”

Trixie sticks out her tongue at Twilight. Twilight sighs, ignoring Trixie and addressing starlight. “Alright, alright. What’s exactly happened? And... Why are you dragging that sack behind you?” Twilight points at the brown sack behind Starlight.”

Starlight sighs tiredly. “You see, after our show we went outside when we heard-”

Starlight is interrupted as trixie steps infront of her. “A BIG BOOM!”

Starlight pushes trixie back to make some space so she can speak with Twilight who is getting more confused. “As trixie said, a “Big Boom.” after we heard said noise we went outside to find the area eerily quiet and filled with smoke. In that smoke, we found this thing,” Starlight struggles to lift the sack before dropping it’s contents infront of twilight. Unveiling the non functional humanoid machine onto the table.

Twilight gasps in surprise taking a step back before taking two more steps forward. Observing the machine as Starlight speaks. “When it came out the smoke it tried to kill us. It was very fast, i’m pretty sure it took out a few guards before it came at us. But thankfully, due to Trixie’s help i was able to knock it out where it stood.”

Twilight looks up skeptically. “Your telling me ‘Trixie’ was able to dispatch this... Robot? Starlight even i know better then to believe that.”

Trixie pouts, flapping her cloak as she drops the Machine’s 2 weapons from her own, albeit smaller sack on to the table. “Excuse me, Princess Twilight. I, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE. Was the one who blinded this Robot. You don’t hear about that every day do you?”

Twilight looks towards Starlight for her confirmation. Starlight sighs before nodding. “Yea... Trixie helped. If it weren’t for her We wouldn’t be here.”

Twilight sighs and reluctantly faces Trixie. “Good job. But don’t expect me to congratulate you with open arms, alright?”

Trixie gets on the table and stands triumphantly before her stomach starts growling, “.... Trixie believes her great and heroic actions have have created a deep hunger within her. Trixie will indulges herself at home with cake.” Trixie promptly leaves the castle to feast in celebration of her victory.

Twilight face hooves herself. Having had enough with Trixie for the day. Twilight turns to Spike who decided to read his comics in the corner after everyone instantly forgot about him. “Spike? Can you get a wheelbarrow?”

Spike looks up and rolls his eyes before getting up and leaving to go and get a wheelbarrow. Starlight decides to ask. “Twilight? What exactly are you thinking we should do? It’s knocked out but it will stay that way for only so long. Shouldn’t we tell Princess Celestia?”

Twilight looks back at the Machine, keenly looking at it’s visible innards. “We could, but she is quite busy. We can handle this for now. Plus, I asked Spike for a wheelbarrow so we can bring it to my secret lab!”

Starlight raises an eyebrow curiously. “You have... A secret lab?” Starlight asked incredulously.

Twilight simply smiles back as Spike arrives with a wheelbarrow. “Of course! What scientist doesn’t have a elaborately hidden secret lab out of sight?”

Twilight begins to load the Machine’s crippled body and it’s two weapons into the wheelbarrow. Starlight meanwhile thinks of a reply to twilight. “I haven’t seen nor heard a single secret lab in real life...”

Twilight chuckles as she begins to push the wheelbarrow with magic through the hallway. “Oh, starlight! That’s because they are well hidden secrets. Unlike those supposedly secret Japanese ninjas.”

Starlight thinks on Twilight’s words. “That oddly... Makes sense....” Starlight halts as she turns the corner and sees the hallway ends at a wall. “Umm this is just a dead end...”

Twilight just keeps on going. “Just keep following.” Twilight proceeds to go straight through the wall, much to Starlight’s confusion. Starlight shakes her head and reluctantly follows in with closed eyes.

Starlight opens her eyes seeing the large sprawling lab beyond the projected wall. “Wow.... You hid this inside the castle for this long?”

Twilight smiles smugly as she dumps the Machine onto a metal table and the two weapons are placed on the side for later inspection. “What can i say? I’m good at my craft. But enough about that! We have a robot to dissect!” Twilight begins excitedly grabbing various tools and laying them on the table.

Starlight goes up behind Twilight. “Huh? Aren’t those tools from the Human World?”

Twilight shrugs. “I just.... ‘Borrowed’ a few things from the Human World...”

Starlight glares at twilight. “You stole those tools? Twilight... I thought you were a element of harmony!”

Twilight just brushes it off. “No, i left some bits for them with adjustment for the value of gold in the human world. They’ll be fine... "

Starlight intensifies her glare "You are still manipulating prices..." Starlight sighs before approaching the table. “Okay... Pulling away from that tangent, how exactly are we dissecting this thing?”

Twilight peers through the melted gold plates. “Hmm... It’s very complicated. I can’t tell anything apart from this angle.” Twilight takes out some tongs, prying off the softened gold and melting any more gold present. But finds it difficult to melt the Machine’s original blue Plating

Starlight seems confused as she observes Twilight melting the plating. “Hmm? Why is it’s armour so un-uniform? The gold plates were so rough and weak but the blue plates are so much more durable...”

Twilight makes a guess as she finally cuts a big enough hole in the Machine’s chest. “If i have to guess... Maybe it’s not as it was originally? I sense residual enchantments on the gold plates. But the rest of it’s body lack it. So it must be royal guard armour bent into itself? How odd, where’d it get enchanted royal gold?.” She pries the last of the gold off the machine.

Twilight looks inside, seeing it’s insides. The Machine has a large blue core at its center, It's yellow light slowly pulsing as if it were a heart. Transparent tubes run through the core, blood circulating within. Behind the core rests various wires hydraulics all lining the inner ‘Skeleton’ of the machine. “How interesting, it doesn’t run off oil or any other kind of fuel but blood? Wonder why the creator would ever make this kind of decision. Wouldn't it be horribly inefficient to run off of blood?”

Starlight just stares at Twilight with frightened eyes at the realisation. “Why aren’t you scared?? This thing is like a... BLOOD DRINKING MACHINE! And your just talking about it like reviewing a book! This thing was probably chasing me and Trixie for our blood!”

Twilight just rolls her eyes. “It’s not gonna spring up and kill me, is it?” she pokes at the insides of the Machine with a Stick. Watching the wires flex and writh like pseudo muscles. “It’s not completely non-functional so that means you only knocked it offline. Which can only mean either it’s out of energy or has sustained too much damage. Considering the damage i can see, it’s probably the latter.”

Starlight just sighs as she asks. “Okay... How do you even know all of this? This is far too complex for me to even grasp.”

Twilight turns to face her, finally taking her head out of the machine’s innards. “Oh? Sunset gave me a few books on the subject of engineering. I’ve read through almost all the volumes she sent so far!”

Starlight shakes her head. “You truly do have an insatiable hunger for knowledge, not even all the books in equestria can sate you.” Starlight yawns as the toll of her little adventure with Trixie catches up to her. “I’m beat, i’ll go sleep earlier than usual. Have fun.... Taking that thing’s insides out.... Just remember to sleep, kay?”

Twilight nods and turns back to the machine, poking it and taking things out and inspecting them. Starlight teleports away to her room as twilight hooks up V1 to a few of her machines to see any readings that may come out. Trying random wires getting nothing more then pulse waves on a piece of paper until a combination of wires gives out legible text. One that she takes great interest in.

It’s a list filled with items, neatly categorized into limbs, of what was damaged and ways to fix them, much to twilight’s glee. “Ooh! The person who made this robot kept categorization as a core value, Just like me!” Twilight excitedly takes out her tools without a second thought, including a few welding tools and extra parts she has laying around. “Let’s do this!” she puts on her welding mask as she goes to work.

As the sun rises high into the sky, it’s rays hitting Starlight’s eyes. Waking her up for a new day. She stretches quickly getting out of bed, doing her morning routine before remembering about Twilight. “Wonder if she’s doing fine...” she walks down the same hallway, passing through the projected wall and into the lab. Only to see Twilight drinking a cup of coffee as she seemingly finishes wiping down the Machine layed down on the table. Starlight gives a glance to the machine, widening as she realises the damage she had done had been undone. The charred and dirty plating is long gone, replaced with shiny Bluish crystalline plates. Giving off a iridicent shimmer. The two faulty wings have also been renewed to look similar to it's undamaged brethren but now give off a blue light in comparison. Starlight is left speechless. “Twilight.... You... You did not just repair the same robot... That was trying to kill me and Trixie yesterday... Right?”

Starlight’s eyes twitch as Twilight feigns ignorance by looking to the side. “Maybe...” She sips on her coffee.

Starlight groans before scolding twilight. “You just fixed up a murderous machine without thinking! And without those weak gold plates, how are we going to beat it when it turns on again?!”

Twilight puffs up her cheek. “Don’t shout at me! I learnt a lot from repairing it! And don’t you dare suggest i don’t think before acting!”

The both of them go back and forth, going nowhere as they argue about each others beliefs. As they fight, the camera lights up, it’s blue lenses giving off light as it boots up again.

Boot Up Sequence Ready

Firmware

Latest Version: [Data Missing]

Restarting Recalibration

Hydraulics: 100% Functionality
Blood Absorptive Plates: 100% Functionality
Plated Bionic Wings: 100% Functionality
Arsenal Storage System: 100% Functionality[Empty]
Energy Distribution Core: 100% Functionality [74% Blood Left.]
Battle AI: 100% Functional[On Standby Until Main Drive Is Recovered]
Main Memory Drive: Corrupted [Recovery Time: ERROR]
Emergency Memory Drive: 100% Functional [Active]

Loading Status Update...

Machine ID: V1
Location: Unknown
Current Objective: [ERROR. No Objective Found.]
Emergency Objective: [Research, Learn And Improvise Until Main Drive Is Recovered]

Booting Up...

As V1’s boot up sequence finishes several joints start clicking together. The two ponies too distracted to notice the machine re-awakening. Pressurised air inside the hydraulics hisses as the machine stands up, the two still arguing ponies are taken off guard as the V1 towers over them, it's wings flaring as it's light intensifies. It's camera lenses focusing on the two as they look up at it...

Author's Note

Edit before release: i had this story ready to go a whole four months ago, but i wanted to prepare the green text so i can edit this if i needed to for the continuity, but with all the real life things catching up, (School projects, House renovations and The exam breathing down my neck...) it's quite hard to keep up.
so i'm releasing this now so those who actually like my bad story can enjoy it. As a little gift i drew up the two unique weapons in this fanfic. gave them real names and stats of how i'd imagine they'd work if they were ever in ultrakill.

as for the "Scarlet Serrated Blade" it is no longer serrated, since i didn't really like any of the designs i made for the serrated versions i went for a straight cut. as per it's new name and it's form it's made to impale not hack and slash. though it can do that if need be

As you can see, the "Yellow Forearm" has been improved on. and for clarity's sake, it goes directly ON V1's forearm, not the wrist.

Took a new approach to writing dialogue. hopefully it's much better than condensed paragraphs. took a few days to write up, and a hour to proof read. that being said, getting the text in the first calibration sequence to be coloured and all corrupted looking took forever and looks like an absolute mess to read when editing, i still love how it turned out though.

{Pictures got messed up, don't know how but if you wanna see em open it and go to the source. plugging in pictures in fimfiction is so annoying and i'm not spending two hours troubleshooting that}