Back in the real world, after saving Cyberspace from the first virus, Sunset Shimmer was dreaming of cyberspace again and remembered the computer chip medals given to the rulers of Cyberspace and was called for a test run project with her friends in cyberspace for the Cyberspace Armor project here in Cyberspace. This gave her an idea, so she texted her 6 best friends, The Rainbooms, Trixie, wrote Princess Twilight in her magic journal alongside Starlight.

The letter said:

Dear friends,
Summer has already started and I was thinking, we should have a Summer vacation here in Cyberspace! I know it’s a little weird and besides, we haven’t been in Cyberspace since our first fight against the first virus that looks a lot like my demon self and I’m wondering if we should have our summer vacation here in Cyberspace. Well? If you think we should have our cyberspace summer vacation for 3 days, while we explore more of cyberspace!

Your friend,
Sunset.

Everyone got Sunset’s text and message and replied yes, since they don’t have school and Princess Twilight, including Starlight and the 2 Spikes doesn’t have to work at the School of Friendship, since the school was closed for the rest of the summer.

Then the rest of the girls, including Princess Twilight, Starlight and Trixie, met at Sunset’s condo and were ready to go to Cyberspace for their vacation, the girls also brought their magical geodes and their bags, including their computer chip medals which also serve as pads to create a portal to Cyberspace.

“Okay, girls. Everyone ready? Sunset asked.

“Ready!” the girls said.

And so, Sunset and the girls brought their computer chip medals and they scanned their hands on them until the portal to cyberspace arrived and the girls ran to the portal until the portal closed itself, flying all around the digital portal.

Meanwhile, back in Cyberspace, the green motherboard-lined sun rises in the sky and shines its yellow rays of bright binary code. That means it's a new day for the Shadowbolts! Another day, another opportunity! The alarm clocks sound on in each section of their hideout. The girls wake up ready for another day of exploration and fun, here in this cyber city.

“Morning, everyone. How’d you sleep?” Indigo said, yawning.

“It looked pretty peaceful for us.” Sunny said.

“Man, I’m really loving this Cyberspace world! I should show this to Dean Cadance and the teachers about this!” Lemon Zest said excitedly. But I kinda start to feel like something is about to happen in this cyber city and I feel like we want to go back home.”

Just like that, Lemon’s body starts glowing orange, the rings making her vibrate like a vibrating chair and a big, pixelated, rapidly beating heart appears on her chest.

“Don’t worry. Lemon, We’ll be fine.” Indigo said. We don’t want to ruin our Summer Vacation here in Cyberspace.”

With that, the orange lights turn off and Lemon is no longer vibrating and the heart disappears. “Thanks, Indigo. I don’t know what we would do without you.” Lemon said, all calm.

“Hey, How about this, since this is our second day here in the Cyberspace city, let’s all visit all the places in the city,” Sunny suggested.

“We’re in!” Everyone agreed.

“Okay! Onward to the city!” Indigo said joyfully.

But before the group can leave, they suddenly feel a rumbling crash outside of their hideout. They checked to see where it came from. It turns out that there’s another demon virus that is wreaking havoc in cyberspace, draining the energy from anything in her path.

“Oh, my gosh, what is that thing?” Sour said, scared.

Remembering the first time the girls got sucked in Cyberspace, Indigo recognized the voice that said the phrase from “The Matrix”. She snaps back and realizes the virus.

“I think I know who it is, it’s the same virus that infected my computer and it formed into a demon that is out to destroy Cyberspace!” Indigo explained, panicking.

With that, Sour and Indigo start to notice the effects of being scared in the digital world; purple lights on their rings flicker on, giving them ice-cold air blasts to their body.

“How are we gonna do it? We’re not even prepared!” Lemon said in fear…

“Think, Indigo, think!” Indigo thought. Suddenly, she remembered that her goggles had turned into Cyber Futuristic Goggles, giving her information and realized that there’s a weaponry database built into her new goggles. She opened the database that is showing futuristic weapons:

• Laser Guns
• Shields
• Archery Bows
• Crossbows
• Lances
• Axes
• Daggers

“Ah-ha! Archery bows will do.” said Indigo.

Indigo gave the girls digital Archery bows since the Shadowbolts are skilled archers. They used their archery bows to shoot at the Virus, but didn’t make a tiny dent.

Meanwhile, the Rainbooms, Princess Twilight, Starlight & the 2 Spikes have arrived in Cyberspace to prepare for their Cyberspace summer vacation.
“We’re in.” Sunset said.

“So this is Cyberspace, huh?” Sci-Twi said, looking at the place, including her Cyberspace body, similar to Princess Twilight's.

“Reminds me of this adventure when Princess Twilight and her pony friends and I got transported into a comic world, but this… it’s like something from an epic comic story.” Equestria Spike said.

“Yup. We’ve been there before." Princess Twilight said.

But before they could go, there were loud noises around cyberspace. Everyone was fleeing,

“Hey, isn’t that the virus that did this to us the first time we’re here?” Sunset said, confused.

“We thought we had beaten it together!” Rainbow said.

“Yeah, what’s going on?” Fluttershy said.

“We’d better check it out.” Sunset said. “Let’s go.”

The 11 girls ran over there to the place where the Shadowbolts were fighting the virus

“Okay, we need a new strategy!” Indigo said. She was feeling scared, causing her rings to deliver sudden ice-cold air blasts to her body to make her shake and shiver in fear.
Suddenly, The Rainbooms, Princess Twilight, Starlight and Trixie arrived in time to save the day.

“Leave them alone!” Applejack yelled at the virus.

“You…” The virus said… you’re these girls who destroyed our sister!”

“Huh? Your sister?! Then, that means… You’re siblings?!” Pinkie reacted in shock.

“Looks like you got some backup, huh?” The virus said to the Shadowbolts.

“Yeah, and this time we’ve got something that will make you blow your mind!” Rainbow said excitedly.

“Ready girls? Let’s show her our new Cyberspace armor!” Sunset said.

“Yeah!” Sci-Twi & Princess Twilight said in unison.

“I’m in!” Rainbow said

“Gladly.” Applejack said.

“This is my favorite part!” Pinkie said gleefully.

“The Great and Powerful Trixie is ready for action!” Trixie said.

“I’m so pumped up… for this.” Starlight said.

“Cyberspace Armors of Magic…” Sci-Twi & Princess Twilight said in unison..

“Cyberspace Armor of Loyalty…” Rainbow said…

“Cyberspace Armor of Honesty…” Applejack said…

“Cyberspace Armor of Laughter…” Pinkie said…

“Cyberspace Armor of Kindness…” Fluttershy said…

“Cyberspace Armor of Forgiveness and Empathy…” Sunset said…

“Cyberspace Armor of Justice…” Starlight said…

“Cyberspace Armor of Illusion…” Trixie said…

“ACTIVATE!” The girls yelled in unison.

Then, the girls held their medals, pushing the Cyberspace Armor button, causing a flash of light to appear to engulf them, starting the whole transformation sequence. The pieces of their armor are placed on their Cyberspace bodies/suits, from their feet, their thighs, their hands and all over their cyberspace bodies, similar to that of the Power Rangers/Super Sentai franchise.


“Whoa…” The Shadowbolts said. “Now that’s something we’ve never seen before!”

To be continued…

Author's Note

The Cyberspace Armor transformation sequence is simply one of the coolest and most creative things I've ever done. For those of you who haven't seen it yet, it's definitely a must-watch.

The sequence incorporates elements from so many of the fandoms' favorite childhood shows, of anime, cartoons, and live action TV, such as:

• Gridman the Hyper Agent
• Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (US Adaptation of Gridman)
• Zixx (Canadian TV Show)
• Ronin Warriors (Armor Legend Samurai Troopers)
• Megaman: NT Warrior/Rockman EXE (Axess, Stream, Beast & Beast+'s Cross Fusion sequence)
• Tenkai Knights
• Digimon Frontier (Digimon: Digital Monsters - Season 4)
• Super Sentai: (Denji Sentai Megaranger, Mirai Sentai Timeranger, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger & Avataro Sentai Donbrothers)
• Kamen Rider (Faiz, Kabuto, Den-O, Drive, Ex-Aid, (Ride Players from Kamen Rider Chronicle), Zi-O, Zero One, Geats)
• The Centurions
• Power Rangers: (In Space, Time Force, SPD, RPM & Beast Morphers)

If you watched any of those shows growing up, you'll get a kick out of seeing all the references. The creators of this sequence clearly have a lot of respect for tokusatsu, action shows and anime, and it shows.