On a new day in Canterlot City, we focused on a specific building, where several students were seen entering the building that looked like it was the Canterlot school.

Inside the school, we found ourselves watching a very well-known fire-haired girl, it was Sunset Shimmer, who was heading towards Principal Celestia's office. It turns out that when she arrived at school, she was immediately called to the office by the loudspeakers, she had to separate from her friends and go to the office.

When she arrived at the office, she opened the door and could see Principal Celestia sitting at her desk and next to the window was Vice Principal Luna looking out the window at no specific point. What the fire-haired girl noticed by the expressions on their faces and their restless looks was that they both seemed restless and nervous about something, you could even say they were scared, since she had never seen both adult women have that expression, not even when she was the bully queen in her dark times.

Celestia finally noticed Sunset at the entrance, and looked up from the documents in her hand. "Miss Shimmer, I'm glad you came as quickly as possible," Headmistress Celestia said, showing a somewhat fake smile to hide her nervousness.

"Director Celestia, how can I help you?" Sunset asked, suspecting something was wrong.

"You see Sunset, I'll get straight to the point," Celestia said, pausing before finally saying, "... Today we'll have a new student joining CHS, who also happens to be the son of an old friend of mine and Luna."

"Oh, so you want me to show you around the school," Sunset guessed, understanding where this conversation was going.

"Yes, but this is more complicated than you think," Vice Principal Luna finally spoke, turning to speak to her. "Our friend's son is someone very, very special, who has had many problems at his previous school, which happens to be Crystal Prep Academy."

"And well... besides that, he has the bad habit of getting into a lot of trouble, not that he has had... certain problems with the law"

"Have you been arrested?!" Sunset exclaimed, starting to get alarmed.

"No, it turns out that the vast majority of what he is accused of are just rumors and false accusations, he has never done anything wrong due to lack of evidence, but we are getting off topic" said Luna to stand next to her sister and pick up some documents that have the information of the transferred student "As he has previously been a student at Crystal Prep, he has not been in the best environment to control his bad behavior as they were before Principal Candece took over"

Sunset understood what she meant, Twilight had told her before how things were at Crystal Prep when the former principal Cinch was in charge, it was always a competition to see who was the best whether it was in sports, academics, among other things. As every day at that time was a competition between them, there was no room for friendship, Cinch had made that very clear by only caring about her reputation.

"And knowing your past, we thought you could help him open up more to people and keep him from getting into more trouble," Luna said seriously, to which Celestia agreed.

"We've known him for a long time and I can say that he's a good person, he's just misunderstood and sometimes likes to pretend to be a criminal" Celestia said, to which the last thing confused Sunset not knowing what she was referring to "But I'm sure that if someone extended a helping hand to him, I'm sure he could change, and I think that you could understand the concept of someone helping you change for the better"

When Sunset said that, she remembered the times when she was evil and when she became a She-demon, but then she remembered the times when her friends showed her how wonderful friendship is and all the effort she made to show that she had changed for the better.

"It would be a great help if you could be friends with the new student. I'm sure you'd like him if you could see what he's really like inside," Celestia said, very sure of her statement. "In fact, I think you two have a lot in common."

Sunset seemed unsure at first, but then thought that maybe the new student wasn't so bad, and if things went well, she could have a new friend. "I'll do my best," she replied with a confident smile.

"We appreciate it very much, Miss Shimmer," Celestia thanked, with Luna nodding.

*Tock* *Tock*

Someone was heard knocking on the door, quietly.

"Looks like I'm just in time. Come in!" Headmistress Celestia said, knowing who it was. The door opened, revealing a certain boy with silver-blue hair and emerald green eyes. "I'm glad to see you, Stardust."

Stardust appeared in front of both adult women and Sunset Shimmer with a stoic and calm face "Good morning Director Celestia and Vice Director Luna, it's been a while."

"Well, you might be wondering: How did our protagonist Stardust Stellar, the new Kamen rider Virtualx, get into this situation?"

"Well, it all started yesterday morning"

It had been exactly 4 days since my debut as Kamen Rider Virtualx. Although there were only 3 people there to watch me in my fight against the bird cybrix, and things calmed down thanks to me interfering and managing to prevent the invasion of the cybrix. Many people were confused by what happened and fear the fact that it will happen again, many people went directly to talk to the high-level businessmen of the Cyberse industries, since many suspect that it has something to do with the incident because they saw the cybercorruption was infecting the entire building and then they saw how strange golden, white and red flames spread where the cybercorruption was only to disappear a second later and show that the building was as good as new.

And then there's the fact that the robots disappeared at the same time the flames burned the building and when they went out, they left it as good as new. The journalists didn't wait and attacked the company with everything they had, but the only one who could give a clear answer was my mother, Hope Light.

I remember what his words were

"I'm not entirely sure what exactly happened that day either, I just know that we were invaded by an unknown force that wanted to destroy our entire life and we couldn't fight back, but when everything seemed lost and when an innocent life was about to die, a brave person appeared who faced this threat. I don't know who he was or where his powers came from, but I could see that he risked his life to prevent our city and our lives from being destroyed. He was beaten and wounded, but he still managed to defeat the monster and somehow fix what this unknown force destroyed."

I remembered that many journalists, even her coworkers, seemed confused by her words and believed that what happened that day made her hallucinate. They thought it would be better to take the microphone away from her and rest, but she didn't let them and continued.

"The name of that hero is Kamen Rider Virtualx... if you're listening to this I'd like to be able to tell you something I couldn't tell you because of the shock of that day. Thank you!!" he shouted, bowing slightly which surprised everyone. "Thanks to you, many lives were saved and you managed to fix many things that were destroyed, although you couldn't completely fix the destruction of the city and many people were injured. At least those things can be repaired and healed! But what can never be fixed is a person's life...! I don't know what kind of mysteries he hides behind that mask, but someone who risks their own well-being for someone else is worthy of being called a hero. For now, I'll do what I can to find out who caused that day and why they did it, that's all I can say due to the lack of information. If I find out anything else, then I'll notify the authorities. Excuse me!"

Jeez, it was pretty bold of her to just leave before the interview was over. Typical of my mom.

The press was going crazy demanding more explanation about my mother, making false accusations that she was hiding information and that Cyberse Industries was supporting them, but since she was working for one of the most powerful companies in the city, the media had no choice but to wait until they gave more information or they would have to suffer huge lawsuits for harassment of my mother. It's a good thing they were warned in time, since I saw a few TV channel patrols outside our house.

I've noticed that many people have changed, some continued with their normal lives, but deep down they were afraid that those robots would return, and that this would happen when the next day the mysterious explosions occurred in a few blocks and streets around them worried them even more. Others began to take out various theories from the internet, such as that this is the work of a clandestine underground organization that wants to dominate the world and began with some experiments in Canterlot City. Others said that the mysterious hero that my mother spoke of on the news is part of a government conspiracy.

And among other even crazier things. Seriously, people like them have a lot of free time.

I also noticed that the two girls I saved were definitely Twilight Sparkle, sister of my greatest enemy, and her friend named Sunset Shimmer, the girl who saved her life. I told Film that since he went to the same school as those two, he should keep an eye on them just in case. I usually wouldn't ask anyone to do that, but those girls aren't ordinary people, those two are a danger to my identity for having magic and being intelligent. I say this for the simple reason that I know Sparkle from being at Crustal Prep before and I know that she's smart enough to be able to deduce that I'm Kamen Rider Virtualx, but the good side is that she used to ignore me a lot when we were classmates, even when she acted like a total ingrate when I helped her with certain bullying problems, and since she doesn't usually spend much time with me, then she'll never find out who I am.

The one that really worries me is that girl, Sunset Shimmer, she's the one I should be more careful with. When I asked Film what kind of magic those girls and their other friends have, I was a little interested in some of their magic, but the one that caught my attention the most was the one that can read people's minds. Of the 7 magics that those CHS girls have, Shimmer's is the most dangerous.

And I know you're wondering, how can reading people's minds be more dangerous than telekinesis, super speed or super strength?

Well, if you focus well on my words, Sparkle's telekinesis would be the most powerful magic as it is the most versatile, but the most dangerous (speaking of the psychological side) would be the one to read minds, since the power to read people's minds could be used in several ways such as extorting someone, discovering your biggest secrets or fears, or in my case, revealing your secret identity and telling everyone.

But that situation is almost impossible, for the simple fact that I doubt he will find them again as a Kamen Rider and that they spend time in the same places as him.

Back to the point, Film had told me that those girls told their friends about what happened to their other magical friends or as they are known at school, The Rainbooms. It seems that they have been picking up cyber energy signals from one of Sparkle's devices, the good side is that they don't know what kind of energy it is since they believed before that it was magical energy. With that I can make sure that those girls and my mother don't have any suspicions about me.

And now, back to my current situation, I found myself in the cyberspace lair reviewing one of my father's inventions. I had not wasted any time and I began to study everything about cyberspace, cyber energy, cyber corruption, cybrix and cybercores.

The good thing is that my mother had forced me to learn the basics of her job related to cyberspace, according to her she couldn't have a child who didn't know what his mother does for a living. Luckily for me, that paid off when I was able to delve deeper into the subject of cyberspace.

And in the middle of my studies, I came across one of the inventions that my father built for me, at this moment, I had in my hands a kind of sword hilt, but without a sword, the hilt was connected to a prismatic object where a slit could be seen where the cybercores could be slid and inserted.

"So, you're telling me that this *VirtualxMorpher* is a weapon that if I put one of these two cybercores in it, it can transform into a blaster or a sword" I asked Cryon who was showing me how to use it.

"Yes, the VirtualxMorpher will be a very important weapon in your fight against the future cybrix, but it is possible that if we get more cyber energy from the cybrix, we could create more cybercores that adapt to the weapon" Cryon explained in detail.

"Well, let's try it" I said to place the cybercore with the drawing of a holographic sword

"Virtualizer! Sword!" The weapon was turned by several digital cubes on the front of the hilt to take the shape of a medieval sword, but with the blunt end a red color and the sides a pale yellow color.

"Not bad" I said to get into a swordsman's position and start throwing several cuts in the air avoiding hitting Cryon, while the latter looked on calculating how to fight

"It's definitely a good sword," I said, smiling, sliding my fingers along the blunt end. "It'll serve me well next time I fight."

I noticed that in the last fight I didn't have much of an advantage because I was fighting barehanded, while that bird cybrix was fighting by flying and throwing its metallic feathers. I got a little confident in being able to control my power for the second time, which is what matters most to me in a life or death fight.

Your opponents will never play fair

I was able to regain the advantage thanks to being able to figure out how to fly and the laser gun that my mother had apparently built, those two things were what helped me win.

That's why I can't always rely on fighting barehanded, I have to learn to use new weapons and gain more powers if I want to defeat the possible cybrix that are coming.

"Let's try the other mode" I said to bring out a cybercore with the image of a blaster.

"Virtualizer! Change! Blaster!" The blade of the sword changed and the shape of the hilt changed as it bent and became part of a trigger, and the digital cubes changed into the shape of a firearm.

I whistled at the intimidating appearance of the VirtualxMorpher "Not bad, I wish there was something I could shoot at" I said with an excited smile and eager to try out this new weapon

"Well don't wait any longer!!" said a familiar voice, turning to see Voltaris, Aerion, Aqua and Terran with a small metal table with 5 soda cans on top and perfectly lined up so I could shoot them "It's all yours Dusty!! Try it!"

"Just what I needed!" I said smiling as I aimed at the soda cans, causing the cyphris to move from the spot in fear of being shot by accident in case I missed the shots.

I calmed my mind so I could firmly grip the VirtualxMorpher and focusing my aim, I fired 5 times, but because I miscalculated the thrust force, I managed to knock down the first and second canisters, but missed the last three. I frowned at this, tried again, and managed to knock down the remaining canisters after 6 more shots.

"The thrust force will be a little bit of a problem, but I guess when I become Virtualx, it won't be a problem anymore" analyze the blaster analyzing its build and design

"I'm afraid to ask, but have you used a fire weapon before?" Aqua asked, approaching the other Cyphris.

"No, but I've played a lot of first-person shooters, who knew that video games would be useful?" I said to myself with a wry smile. Then I turn to the other cyphris "And one more thing, is there anything else my father had left me to fight against the cybrix?"

The one who answered was Aerion "In fact, it's something we wanted to talk to you about, there is a way for you to get more powers and abilities, but it would be better to wait for Film so he can hear it too"

"I highly doubt he'll come," I shrugged as I sat down in my chair, deactivating the VirtualxMorpher. "He should still be leaving his school, and since it'll take him about two hours to get from the city to here-"

"Unless! You have a great Cyphris of fire who helped you use cyberspace to make the trip even shorter!" Virtuix was heard saying, who came with Film at his side with a backpack on his back.

"Sorry for being late, I was late because some friends needed help moving some items, luckily, Virtuix arrived and brought me here" said Film as he approached us with Virtuix

I gave my phoenix self a silent, annoyed look, telling him with my gaze: "Did you have to bring him?", to which Virtuix ignored it, annoying me.

I sighed to calm down, then after calming down I turned to Aerion "Now could you tell me what you meant by getting more powers and abilities?"

"I'd better explain it to you, but first I need your driver" Terran replied pointing at my driver that was on the table, I was confused by this, but I accepted anyway.

Terran grabbed my driver and placed it near the spherical device in the lair. A figure resembling the Driver could be seen there, and as he placed it the sphere began to glow blue and projected several holographic screens that appeared at my sides and in front of me. This surprised me, Film, and Virtuix.

It was also seen how the cyphris turned into digital cubes and entered the sphere, beginning to shine in various colors like a rainbow.

"What's going on?" Film asked looking at Virtuix, who is the only one who did not enter the sphere, to which he replied that he did not know.

"This sphere you are looking at is known as the Cybernetic Purification System... or simply CPS" answered the Terran voice from inside the sphere, or CPS "This machine has the ability to store the cybercores we have collected and analyze the cyber energy they possess, in order to then decide whether to use it or destroy it and reuse the cyber energy it contains"

"Ehhh...? Can you be more specific?" Film said confused.

"Listen carefully, especially you Prince" he said so that the screen in front of me showed the image of two cybercores, the one on the left had the image of a bird with half of its body made of metal, while the right had the image of three blades crossed between them -What you are seeing are the cybercores that you collected by destroying the cybrix that possessed them-

"Hey, that's right! The one on the right is the first cybrix you destroyed and the other one must be the bird cybrix!" he said.

"These are the Cybercores *Hedgehog* and *Owl* whose common element is the "Metal" element, which previously belonged to the cybrix, but thanks to one of the Virtual-Driver's mechanisms, by destroying the cybrix, you also destroyed the cybercorruption that was in them and your Driver was able to absorb purified cyber energy from them and we were able to store it to use later."

"Ok... I think I'm getting this, but what exactly is this cyber energy?" I asked.

"Cyber energy is the natural energy that exists in cyberspace, basically cyberspace is full of that energy and it is also the energy that we, the cyphris, can control naturally and we use it to give life to constructions and cyber-ecosystems in order to maintain the balance that exists in cyberspace, or just to be able to live in them as we please."

"You guys could create different things in cyberspace? That's amazing!" Virtuix exclaimed in amazement, then thought, "I wonder if I can do the same?"

"If you can do it, you just never tried it. But back to the topic, usually a single cyphris can create small objects like an apple or a bottle, but when they work in a group, the possibilities are endless, we could create a 50-story building or an entire beach for ourselves, we could even make an entire city full of buildings and streets with cars of different types. But of course, that would require several of us or the guardian cyphris to do it."

"That ability must have been the main reason why the cybrix decided to hunt them to extinction" I said without thinking causing the cyphris to fall silent for a sad moment, even without being present.

Film nudged me for my insensitivity and Virtuix supported him with a blow of his wing behind my neck. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to remind you of bad memories." I apologized when I noticed my mistake.

"Don't worry, especially since you're right, the cybrix feared the potential of our powers, that's why they attacked us to prevent us from helping the inhabitants of other worlds against them."

"And that is exactly what we are going to do in your world Prince, and this will be the beginning of your new power" he said and then on the holographic screen on the right he began to open as if it were a gate and from the screen began to appear the image of a memory card with black edges and the space where the image should go is completely blank.

"A cybercore? Why does this one look blank?" I asked, not understanding anything.

"You see prince, as I told you before, we Cyphris have the ability to create things with the help of cyber energy, that includes the creation of cybercores, but as cybercores are the representation of energy and memory of an individual, object or creature, everything is stored in what you would consider at first glance a memory card. But this card is special, since this cybercore is specifically made to store the powers of one of us."

The eyes of the three of them widened as they understood what we were trying to get at.

"You mean Stardust could acquire the power of one of you!!" Film said surprised.

"Exactly, if we combine our powers as Guardian Cyphris with yours, you will be able to reach new heights and evolve as a Kamen Rider, or well, that's what King Virtur told us and the history of the other Riders who had different forms confirm it."

"So, I would basically be changing my fire power for another element. That would not affect me in any way since my cybercore is incompatible with their elements like water or ice."

"We're not sure about that, but I guess it's better to test it in a safe place like the base than on the battlefield."

"Well I can't deny that, I guess I'll play it safe and try this cybercore with Aerion"

"Oh yeah!" Aerion shouted as he emerged from the Cybernetic Purification System (CPS) and floated with joy. "We have to do it!"

At that time I decided to choose Aerion for the simple reason that fire and air are somewhat compatible elements since air can strengthen fire with the necessary force. So we decided to test it in the training area. And yes, it turns out that the base has a training area which is the blank room that could be seen through the window when we first entered here. That room had the ability to create and simulate any possible place, in this case what we are projecting is a blank rocky terrain with some hills in the background.

And you might wonder, did we manage to make it work?

Well let me tell you that...

No

...

"AAAAAAAAAHHH!" I screamed as I was dragged by a mini green tornado until I was thrown directly into the window and crashed.

I could see the Cyphris, Film and Virtuix looking at me with grimaces of pain as I crashed.

"Damn... it..." I managed to say before sliding down to the floor.

Throughout the history of humanity, humans have been progressing little by little with technology until reaching the present times, where the brilliant scientist, Hope Light, discovered cyberspace, a Digital Universe made entirely of data and from her she developed a system capable of making the holograms created in cyberspace become organic materials such as fruits and construction materials.

But with the arrival of a new darkness, comes a light, or in this case, a flame of hope that came to face this new threat.

Stardust Stellar, a boy who recently discovered the origin of his supernatural abilities, and now with a new responsibility falling on his shoulders, will have to decide whether to use his power to protect the world and those people who marginalized him and saw him as a monster, or to finally take revenge on the people he always hated.

He's already faced two cybrix and managed to defeat them both, but it seems that an evil plan by the cybrix known as Korrup is happening in the shadows. And Stardust is still trying to uncover the mysteries of his powers and learn them in order to save the world.

What plans does Korrup have in store? Will Stardust be able to control his new powers?

There is only one thing that is certain

The legend of a new Kamen Rider begins...!

"Can someone tell me how the transformation went wrong?" I asked annoyed with some scratches on my face.

"I don't know, we did the same steps you do with Virtuix and we still failed" Aerion exclaimed dejectedly.

"Maybe you two aren't as in sync as you are with Virtuix," Cryon deduced.

"I guess that means you can't transform with Aerion for now," Fil said, then looked at the other Cyphris. "Who's up for the challenge?"

"Hey! You do realize that if you fail again, I'll be the one taking the damage!" I look at him annoyed by this, to which he takes a step back intimidated.

"Yes.. but don't you think it's better to take into account who you can transform into or not?" he said trying to calm me down "That way you can prevent another accident on the battlefield"

"Besides, your wounds have already healed thanks to our healing factor," Virtuix added to show how my facial wounds had already healed, surprising Film.

I sighed, resigned to this happening. "This better be worth it..."

And was it worth it?

Let me answer you with a resounding no.

First, it was with Terran

"Henshin!"

From outside the training room, there was a sound like there was a collapse and several rocks began to fall to the ground.

Those outside could only grimace in pain as they watched Stardust lying on the ground with large rocks.

"Maybe...? Third time's the charm?"

Then it was with Aqua

"Henshin!"

The sound of a huge wave crashing against the wall and some muffled screams in the water were heard. A minute later, wet footsteps were heard coming out of the training room, and Stardust was seen completely wet and going to the others with a sour face, along with Aqua with a sad face.

"The fourth one The fourth one will definitely be the good one!"

Then I tried it with Voltaris

"Henshin!"

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" I screamed as several billion volt discharges passed through my body, good thing I wasn't completely human, because if I was, I would have died right then.

Afterwards I left the room with some shocks still running through my body and with my hair standing on end due to static electricity.

"Ok! This will definitely be the last one! Ice can't be that dangerous! It will only make me feel very cold all over my body!" Film exclaimed, trying to see the positive side.

And finally, Cryon, which also went wrong.

"Ok I have no excuses for this anymore, we definitely failed" said Film resignedly as he saw how Stardsut had become a giant block of ice, with Virtuix setting fire all over his body to melt the ice and release Stardust.

"We'd better leave this for another day, I highly doubt Prince Stardust can continue like this without getting angry at someone."

Those moments were the worst moments of my life, in the end we found out that it's not possible for the cyphris to transform with me, so for now I'm stuck with Virtuix.

According to a theory of Cryon, it is possible that none of the transformations before worked due to the simple fact that Virtuix was attached to my soul and being the cybercore that is spiritually connected to me, it is not possible to transform with others since it is the same Virtuix that unconsciously rejects them.

However, that doesn't mean we've forgotten about the transformations with the Cyphris. Cryon and Terran will do their best to find a solution to our problem.

"I guess we'll see each other tomorrow," Aqua said, saying goodbye to us along with the other Cyphris. "Be careful."

"We'll have it, when my classes are over, I'll come here to help in any way I can."

"You better not bother, because I won't be coming all day tomorrow" I said to get everyone's attention surprised, except Virtuix, who already knew the reason.

"What do you mean? Since the first day we entered the base you haven't stopped coming even a single day to study all the information that is here, now you say you're not going to come?" Film exclaimed.

"Those are my business, you don't have to get involved in them" I said without giving it more importance and going to the exit.

Until Virtuix decided to open his beak "He's going to be busy all day looking for a job since he doesn't have school and is unemployed right now" I gave him an angry look to which he ignored me again

"Damn it Virtuix! You can't keep your beak shut!"

"Ummm... nope" he said smiling cheekily, to which I growled angrily

"Get a job? I never saw you as someone interested in working for anyone."

"Since I was kicked out of CPA, I highly doubt there'll be another school that'll take me, and since my plans to leave town have been delayed because of the whole cybrix thing, I have no choice but to get a job so my mom won't think I've been procrastinating all these days, and the fact that I have to have a good excuse to be gone most of the day, I'm surprised my mom didn't ask me where I was going before."

Since the battle with the cybrix bird, my mother has been acting differently. She used to come home very tired and late at night. I would leave food for her so she could eat dinner, but sometimes I would see that she didn't even touch the food, and her relaxed and tomboyish attitude had changed to that of someone serious and focused.

I was worried about her condition, but I couldn't ask her because I was also busy with my own affairs, but I know that sooner or later she will calm down and be her usual self again.

But returning with us, the others understood my reasons for not coming tomorrow, so they accepted and we went through cyberspace thanks to my new motorcycle "the cyberstream".

When I got home, I hadn't seen my mother, which didn't surprise me given the above. What did surprise me was the note I found on the dining room table, which had my mother's handwriting on it.

I took it and read it:

"Stardust, if you're reading this, it means you're coming over late at night and I could punish you for that but I won't since I'm busy with a new experiment. Look, I've been talking to some old friends you know, Celestia and Luna, and I asked them to transfer you to Canterlot High School. Luckily for me, they agreed, so you'll be able to dress in more comfortable clothes than before and hopefully you'll be able to make some friends there without getting into any more trouble."

Sincerely, Your mother Hope Light"

"WHAT!!" I exclaimed angrily "I don't want to go to another damn school!! Why are you telling me this in a damn note and not face to face?!!" I asked without expecting an answer, but then I noticed another note that was under the first one

I picked it up and read it:

"I'm a very busy woman with a lot of work to do, you know that with what's been going on lately I haven't had time to spend time with you, which I apologize for, but I'm still your mother and it's my duty to make sure that you end up with a good education so you'll go to CHS whether you want to or not."

"Damn it" I muttered to myself as I crumpled up the papers and threw them into the trash can "If it wasn't enough that I have to deal with the cybrix, I have to go back to school to hang out with other people unnecessarily" Then I look at a third note on the table that I didn't see.

"Stardust Kirby Stellar, you are a very good person and I know that if you would put aside that delinquent and lone wolf exterior for a moment, people might love you for showing who you really are. I know that this is a lot to ask for, but I would like that before you finish high school, I see you with some friends having fun and enjoying yourself like any boy your age, and if possible, with a special girl since I know that you are heterosexual, despite your incomprehensible disgust towards romance and without understanding anything of what it implies. But getting back to the subject, I know that you will probably ignore me for not wanting to have friends, but the only thing I ask of you is that you try not to get into trouble."

"..." I sighed resignedly "I wish you didn't know me so well" I said to throw the paper on the floor and go up the stairs to my room, but then I noticed another note stuck on the railing

"And you better pick up that last piece of paper off the floor when I get back!! Just because I'm not home doesn't mean you can make it as dirty as you want!"

"... Sometimes I wish he didn't know me so well"

The next day, I had to get up early reluctantly, because my mother was the one who woke me up with a kick, knocking me to the floor. She told me that she had left my breakfast on the table and said goodbye with a kiss on the cheek. My mother does have a strong character.

Anyway, since I'm not going to Crystal Prep anymore, I'll take this moment to put on my favorite clothes. I'm not exactly a fashionista, since fashion would require the approval and opinion of others, and I don't care about the opinions or approval of others. However, if I'm going to this new school, I better go in style.

I opened my garage door and saw myself coming out dragging my motorcycle out onto the street in my favorite outfit.

I was wearing a blue jacket with a flame design in colors ranging from yellow to orange, highlighting my favorite element which is fire, which I have had since I was little and knowing about Virtuix now makes more sense. Underneath the jacket is a white shirt with a simple design, complemented by a checkered shirt in neutral tones that is left open at the bottom. I had on black tight pants with chain details on the side, which give me my characteristic rebellious air. I also had black boots, with a sturdy design, probably with buckles or metallic details. And finally, I wear an orange scarf with a black flame pattern that perfectly matches the jacket, covering my neck in a stylized way, and it was my favorite scarf.

Once I was on the street, I put on my helmet and rode my motorcycle straight to Canterlot High School. The ride wasn't that big of a deal and there weren't any difficulties, but I've always liked the breeze of air touching my body when I ride my motorcycle, it makes me feel free and helps me forget about my problems, that's why I like riding my motorcycle so much.

Once I arrived at Canterlot High, I could see several students entering through the main door, it looked like they were in several happy groups and laughing at something that someone in their group commented, this place has a somewhat friendlier atmosphere than Crystal Prep.

I went to the back of the parking section, and luckily for me, there was a space to put my motorcycle, good thing I brought my chain from home to tie my bike and prevent someone from stealing it.

In order not to attract too much attention, I decided to enter through the back door and avoid the students here as much as possible. To be honest, I wish I knew where Film was now. Since I already knew him, it would be easier to talk to him and I wouldn't have to call anyone else.

Now I'm regretting not asking for her number to keep in touch.

"Stardust?! What are you doing here?" I turned to see who it was, and it turned out to be the person I was thinking of.

"Speak of the devil, and he will appear to you" I thought as I watched Film approach me. Luckily for me, we seemed to be the only ones in those hallways for now... "Just in time Film, I need you to tell me where the principal's office is."

"Director Celestia's? Well, it's a few hallways ahead, then turn left and go straight ahead, then turn left and you'll see a door with a sign indicating her office," she explained in detail, showing me where to go.

"Ok, I've got it memorized," I said as I continued on my way without looking at Film.

"Hey! You still haven't told me why you're here? Did you just get transferred?" Film asked, walking with me at the same speed.

"I think that's pretty obvious, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't come to this school with several people who could bother me" I said, still in a bad mood for having found out about this yesterday.

"Great, then that would mean we could spend more time together and get to know each other better" he replied smiling, which made me frown even more, which didn't go unnoticed by Film "You really are someone very difficult to talk to, especially with that unfriendly face"

"I don't even try that hard," I said sarcastically, as I continued walking. "You shouldn't be in class or something."

"Well, I should actually be going. Are you sure you don't want me to show you where Principal Celestia's office is?"

"No, I already memorized the address you told me, if I get lost, I guess it will be because you didn't give me the right address" I didn't wait for an answer and increased the speed, leaving Film sighing frustratedly.

And here we are, standing in front of my mother's friends, Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna, two of the kindest women I've ever met and one of the few adults I have respect for and haven't insulted. And in the office I notice a girl about my age. She has yellow skin, wavy red and yellow hair, and aqua green eyes. She's wearing a leather jacket with a red and yellow sun on the back over a light blue blouse, a pair of jeans, and a pair of long black boots, each with a purple flame pattern.

"And who is she?" I asked abruptly when I saw the unknown girl in the room.

"This is Susnet Shimmer, she will be the one to show you around the school facilities and help you find your scheduled classes. I hope you can behave and blend in with the other students."

"I'll do what I can, but I think we know that sooner or later something will happen and I'll be involved," I said with a shrug, which made Celestia and Luna sigh, and also made the fire-haired girl look at me confused as she didn't know what I was talking about.

"For now, just try not to cause trouble" Luna replied staring at me.

"I don't cause problems, the problems are the ones that come for me" was the last thing I said before leaving the office.

"Hey! Cum, I'm supposed to be your guide!" the girl said as she followed me out of the room, closing the door behind her and leaving the school's headmistress sisters alone.

"Do you really think he'll be able to get through the day without getting into any trouble?" Luna asked her sister.

She leaned back in her seat thoughtfully, "I'd like to believe so. Do you think Stardust can change behavior?"

"I've bet my entire week's paycheck that something is going to happen before the end of the day and it's going to have to do with Stardust. We both know that's going to happen."

"I think you're being a bit pessimistic, sister. It's not like Stardust had magic to cause trouble wherever he goes. I'm sure this will just be a normal day."

If only he knew about his powers as a Rider

Already outside Principal Celestia's office, the fire-haired girl started talking to me. "First of all, welcome to Canterlot High," Sunset greeted. "I'm Sunset Shimmer."

"... Stardust Stellar" I replied dryly "It was nice meeting you, but I have to get on my way now" I said to get away from her, again

"Wait! You can't just leave like that!" she complained while holding onto my jacket arm. "We have a system here and I have to follow it. Besides, if the teachers see that I'm not helping you, they'll tell Celestia and I'll get in trouble for not doing what I'm supposed to do."

I sighed at this "Listen Sunset Shimmer, right?" I asked, to which she felt "Look, I don't want to get you in trouble, but I also don't want to be with someone I don't know even if it's less than 5 minutes. Besides the fact that being with me affects you because of my reputation"

I tilt my head in confusion. “Your reputation? What do you mean?”

"You really don't know who I am?" She shook her head. "SERIOUSLY, are you from another world or something?" he asked rhetorically.

She let out a small, nervous laugh, which struck me as suspicious, but I ignored it. "All I know is what Celestia and Luna told me, that you were from Crystal Prep and that you've had... problems with the law for false accusations."

"Yeah, like I said before, trouble follows me wherever I go, so you better go your way and I'll go mine," I turned around to continue on my way, but Shimmer grabbed my arm again and pulled me towards her.

"Look! I don't care what you say about those rumors, you're part of Canterlot High now, a WonderColt, and the people here are very friendly, you don't have to isolate yourself-" I interrupted her before she could say anything else.

"I don't isolate myself because of what others say, their opinions are worthless to me" I said monotonously and with a serious expression on my face "I'm a lone wolf, as long as someone doesn't do anything to me or provoke me, I won't cause trouble. That's just how things are when you deal with me, so I ask you with all the kindness I can offer, leave me alone" I turned to look at her intently, making my emerald eyes interact with her emerald green eyes came into contact with her aqua green eyes

She answered me frowning without being intimidated "I'm afraid you won't be able to get rid of me that easily, look, I don't want to be hard on you, but if you want to be that way, two can play that game" she moved her head closer with fire in her eyes "So you won't get rid of me until you allow me to show you the school, whether you want to or not"

We stared at each other for a few moments in silence, neither of us backing away or blinking in that interval of minutes, until I broke that tense silence by giving a sigh of resignation.

"I guess I can't get rid of you until we go on this stupid ride," I took a deep breath to calm myself. "Ok, you win, lead the way."

Sunset gave me a deep look when she saw my reaction, I guess she was offended by the way I spoke to her, but the truth is I don't care. She pulled herself together and just nodded at what I said.

"Okay, follow me, I'll show you the school library first."

I just nodded and we started walking, the only thing I want now is to end all this as quickly as possible.

You're taking this very calmly Stardust.

I don't want to get into trouble right now, if a Cybrix attack were to occur while I'm in detention, I'd have to escape, which would only make things worse.

Yes, you're right, but why don't you take advantage of this to make new friends?

Once again the mule to the wheat, you should already know the answer. No, in no way, never, never and never.

You really are stubborn, but sooner or later you will see your mistake.

What mistake? I'm not making any mistakes, I don't need friends and I never will.

"And here's the school library," Sunset said as she and Stardust walked through the entrance. "You can check out about five books at a time, but only for one school week, so you have to turn them in by Friday if you check any out. There's also a computer lab and a printer if you need to work on something online, but it costs about ten cents for each paper you print out after the first ten of any given week."

"Ajum" I said with total disinterest, but still listening to her so as not to be rude.

Sunset found Stardust's behavior a bit strange and irritating. His avoidance of her gaze and his disinterested voice made it feel like he was ignoring her, but at the same time it seemed like he was paying attention to her from time to time.

However, what bothered her the most was that she couldn't help but have that same strange feeling she felt when the Dazzlings came to Canterlot High and almost took over the school. The boy next to her didn't seem to be a creature banished from Equestria or a person driven mad by Equestrian magic. But still, she couldn't help but feel that there was something suspicious about his way of being, how he acted, and his strange bad boy expression. He almost reminded her of how they were in her time as the School's Evil Queen, only he had that unfriendly face to keep a distance from the others.

"Is there somewhere you want to go?" I asked, trying to be polite.

"I don't care where you want to go, can we hurry up?" I asked with some impatience.

Sunset frowned at this "Look, I don't know what your problem is, I'm trying to be nice to you, couldn't you behave better?"

Stardust gave a small smile "Trust me girl, I'm being as nice as possible right now, let's just get this over with and we'll never have to exchange words again" he said as if it was the most normal thing in the world "And I won't have to interact with anyone else"

"What makes you say that? The students at Canterlot High are very friendly, I'm sure you can find someone to make friends with, I could even introduce you to my friends."

I stopped dead at this, she noticed me stop walking and turned to look at me with a serious and dark look.

"Listen carefully, fire-haired girl, all that stuff about making friends and friendship is not my thing, I'm a lone wolf, if I interact with someone it would only be for school activities, but that's all" I said putting on my typical unfriendly face.

Sunset was surprised by the way Stardust expressed himself, but then it changed to some irritation. Even when she introduced the school to the mermaids, she didn't feel that way, mostly because they tried to be friendly so as not to raise suspicions, despite their personalities. However, Stardust was already making it clear that she didn't want to have friends or integrate into the school.

"If that's what you think, then why did you come to Canterlot High?" he couldn't help but ask,

"That's my business" he crossed his arms while looking away, Sunset's eyebrow twitched from the annoyance that Stardust caused her, for some reason, the way he talks bothered her, when she was going to say something else, he continued "I'll just tell you that I was forced to come from here and I don't want to get into any trouble that would make me. So... just keep your distance from me and I from the others, that way no one will get into trouble" I began to walk without a fixed direction

She opened her eyes wide and followed me. “Wait! You’re basically telling me that you will avoid all interaction with other people so as not to cause any problems.”

"I don't cause problems, they're the ones who are after me," I replied, frustrated because he was saying the same thing as everyone else. "We can just drop this and continue with the tour. I'm not in the mood to talk anymore."

Sunset looked at him for a few seconds, before sighing in resignation. "Okay, let's continue with the tour."

Then, she continued showing me the other places in Canterlot High, she showed me the science rooms, the chemistry lab, the music room, etc. I memorized all the important places in this school, one of which are the places where I can spend my time in peace and solitude. Throughout the tour, it was noticeable that the fire-haired girl was uncomfortable, however, she still tried to start a casual conversation with me, but I told her that we will continue with the tour or simply ignored her. For some strange reason, I couldn't help but feel bad about how I behaved with her and it's strange, usually I don't mind acting distant with others, since the vast majority didn't want anything to do with me or wanted to use me, but the fire-haired girl was only nice to me since we met, and the fact that she didn't know anything about my background only increased my guilt, but when she knows all the things I did and that they framed me for, she'll look at me like the others.

The last place to end our tour was the cafeteria, which we are heading to

"Well, this is finally the cafeteria, and that would cover everything. Any questions?"

—No, I already memorized all the rooms and facilities at CHS, I guess I'll have to say thank you for the tour— I said, giving him a small bow.

—It was nothing, but we better go inside and I'll go with my friends— Sunset said as she headed to the entrance of the cafeteria, but she noticed how I walked away and went in the opposite direction. —Wait! Where are you going? Aren't you going to have lunch?—

"I already have my lunch in my backpack, I prefer to eat in a quiet place without anyone around me" I replied, turning to look at her.

"You really don't like being with other people, do you?" Sunset said, looking at me with pity.

I snorted mockingly. “And you just noticed it,” I said sarcastically. “You’re already done with your duty of showing me CHS, so there’s no reason why you and I should be together anymore.”

"That's not true," Sunset denied. "The fact that Principal Celestia asked me to show you CHS doesn't mean I'm forced to be with you. I did it because I wanted to get to know you and be friends." When she said that last word, I felt like an electric current ran through my entire body.

"Yeah right, no one is with me for fun and I don't need friends" I thought to myself "Whatever, just let me be alone and I can promise you that I won't cause any trouble. Or at least I hope so " he whispered the last thing before walking away from Sunset. Leaving Sunset with the word

"It was necessary to behave that way with her, she was being nice to us and you were just rude to them"

"I'm sure that when she finds out the truth about my background, she'll see me like the others, and it's possible that when the people here find out about my arrival, they'll stay away from me for their own good," I said as I lay down behind a bookshelf and sat on the floor.

I was currently in the library which happens to be almost empty at lunch time as everyone else is in the cafeteria, and one of my new hiding spots to avoid engaging in conversation with other people. Plus, since it's a quiet place where a person can easily hide, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if someone could stay here all night and no one would notice. Although it's possible that someone already has because I found a set of books stacked in the shape of a bed.

But I'm getting off topic, at least I'm in a place where I can be alone without anyone bothering me.

"Stardust?" said a familiar voice. "What are you doing here?"

"Ha! It seems like the universe is against you!"

"Shut up Virtuix!" I mentally yelled "What are you doing here Action?"

He approached me and I noticed he had a laptop in his hands. "Well, I was... investigating?" He answered nervously. It was obvious he was hiding something and I'm almost sure it has to do with the laptop he has in his hands, but it's none of my business, so I won't ask.

-Anyway, I think you better go if you want to meet up with your friends- I said with some venom in the word 'friends'. While I was saying all that, I was taking out a rectangular bento from my backpack and when I opened it I found my lunch, and I used my chopsticks to grab some rice and eat it.

"Usually yes, but I've been researching some things and I needed a quiet, secluded place where I can concentrate," said Film. "And what better place than the library?"

"I see, and by any chance, aren't you investigating something related to what happened 4 days ago?" I asked with a hunch that it was true.

"Partly yes, but also because I want to know about this" Film took out his cell phone and showed me a strange chat with a person with an unknown number

"Unknown number?"

"Yeah, I'm not sure where it came from, but..." I seemed unsure of what he was about to say, until he spoke again, "I think this message was meant for you."

"For me?" That caught my attention and I read what was written in the chat of the unknown number.

Like a virus that infects a person's body, the corruption upon first coming into contact with this world began to fester and spread, resting on nothing until everything was corrupted.

If this is to be avoided, the Rebel Phoenix will have to ally itself with the Renegade Dragon.

But he will also have to learn about trusting others, his first test will be to obtain the new power of the "Winds of Freedom".

The Phoenix of the "Eternal Flame" will have to merge with the "Winds of Freedom" to create a new power. A new Phoenix will rise from the ashes whose fire will cut like a thousand gusts of wind against corruption.

My first reaction after finishing reading was shock, my mind still couldn't process everything that was written there, after a moment of meditation, I was able to formulate the most appropriate words for this moment "WTF! What is this?!"

"Yes, I don't blame you for reacting that way," he said, ignoring my words. "I can't find out who sent this to me, but what I'm sure of is that he knows that you are Virtualx and that I am related to you."

"But how could that kind of information be leaked? I'm almost certain that I kept the secret well-" I paused for a moment, then turned an accusatory look to Film "Have you told anyone about my secret?"

He stepped back in intimidation and shaking his head said, "No! Of course not! The first rule of a superhero is to always keep your secret identity a secret. I would never reveal that to anyone, even if it's not mine."

I raised my eyebrow still looking at him, "Do you have a secret identity?"

"No, but I always keep my friends' secrets" she said with a proud smile.

"We're not friends," I said, fed up with him calling himself my friend. "We're just two people who met because of an accident and now one of them won't leave the other one alone, who clearly wants to be alone," I said, looking at him accusingly again.

"So do you want me to tell someone?" Film watched my expression change for a few moments, then shook his head in frustration. "Well, we'll be friends whether you like it or not, so we can keep your secret."

" Great! Now I have to deal with this guy who is blackmailing me into being friends, just great " I thought frustrated as I clenched my right fist tightly and continued eating with my left one.

"Hey Stardust," Film called my attention as he noticed that his expression and voice became serious. "Do you think you can defeat all the cybrix you encounter?"

I was taken by surprise by that question, but I answered calmly, "I've already defeated two of those things, and although I know there are still many secrets in my powers that I still don't know how to use, I have the confidence that I can handle anything."

"But so far you've only faced simple cybrix, one would believe that at this point, those who pull the strings in the darkness would appear and try to kill you" Film said thinking "And even if he is strong, a single person cannot against an entire army of monsters willing to destroy humanity."

"Do you think you should become a Kamen Rider to fight me?" I tried to guess what he meant.

"What? No, I know I'm not a fighter like you," Film denied. "But I'd like to think there's someone else who, like me, found a cyber drive and could become a Kamen Rider to fight you."

"..." I stood there thinking about his words, I'd be lying if I said I haven't thought about that before. I know I'm strong, stronger than a normal human and knowing that I could fight barehanded with several policemen with firearms and knives at the same time (don't ask how I know for sure) , but I'm fighting with destructive monsters from other worlds that are clearly stronger than normal humans, I'm not even sure if they would be able to be defeated by a nuclear and hydrogen bomb.

But... I'm the only one in this world who can stand up to them, and if I don't, who will? I know that the police and the army don't have enough weapons to defeat them, and giving them the weapons I have in the hideout isn't an option. There's a chance that if they find out about my powers and their origins, they'll use me as their guinea pig, and not just me, they could also do the same to the Cyphris.

I know how humans like those in government act, and if alien movies have taught me anything, it's that the government doesn't care about non-human lives and that anything they see as a potential threat is either destroyed or experimented on to create super powerful weapons that could destroy the world if they fell into the wrong hands.

Call me paranoid if you want, but I know perfectly well that if they discovered the existence of the cyphris, they would not hesitate to use them for their experiments that could risk their freedom, and above all their lives, without caring that they are thinking beings with feelings. They already suffered a lot by being the last of their species alive and being locked in their lair for as long as God knows.

I'll be damned if they think I'm going to let those selfish bastards take away the freedom of living beings!

I shook my head to come back to reality "... You know there's also the risk that if another Rider with my same powers were to appear, it might not be someone with my same goals, like if a thief found a Driver and used it to steal or whoever disturbing things"

"But that's impossible, your father said that he installed a security system on the drivers to prevent evil people from becoming Riders."

"You're wrong," I shook my head. "That security system prevents people with the Enhanced Driver from being corrupted, and you'd need a cybecore to activate it anyway, without that the driver won't be much use," I said confidently.

"Yeah... you're right..." Film's mind started to move and after a few moments, the realization hit him "... How could they give a cybercore to someone other than you?"

"Hey?"

"I mean, you got the Virtual Driver and you had a cybercore thanks to being half Cyphris," Film replied. "However, if you hadn't been the one to get the Driver, how would anyone get a cybercore? What would have happened if someone other than you used the Drive? Would they have gotten a cybercore or would they have been corrupted like your father said?" Film asked with his head down trying to find an answer.

Meanwhile, I opened my eyes as I realized what he meant. With all the crazy things and twists and turns they've had these past few days, I hadn't thought about something as simple as that. If his father was still alive, how exactly would he have given the cybercores to those chosen to become Kamen Riders? In his recording he never explained the process of creating the cybercores, and as far as he knew, it takes cyber energy and cyphris to create a cybercore, but one that's blank and requires a cyphris to give it its power for it to be useful.

Just when I think I've gotten some answers, more questions pop up and make my life even more difficult.

When did my life become so complicated?

"... We better not talk about this here and continue this somewhere more safe" I said when I had finished all the food in my bento and was wiping my mouth with my hand. I stood up and gave Film one last glare "And if you're going to keep bothering me, you better not tell anyone about my SECRET"

"Relax, as a journalist, I can keep several secrets" he said proudly.

"Aren't you supposed to be a journalist looking for things that will get the public's attention?"

"We are not gossips or nosy" replied Film

"Says the one who keeps meddling in my lair and touching the things that are mine by inheritance," I muttered to myself somewhat grumpily.

And just then the bell for the next class rang. I just have to survive a few more hours and I can get on with my more important tasks, like figuring out how to use the blank cybercore and which cyphris could work for it.

Well, the hours have passed and things have turned out better than I expected. Unlike the classes at CPA, the classes at CHS are not that difficult and are much calmer and easier to solve. I guess it's because CPA is a private school where they put the children of politicians, businessmen or people of famous reputation, and that's the reason why that bitch Cinch accepted me in her school, because of my mother's reputation, regardless of my criminal record.

Back to me, when I introduced myself to class, I could see that there was Film, the fire-haired girl Shimmer and Sparkle. I also put on my typical unfriendly face and told them a brief introduction about myself, and when I said my name many of them started to murmur, I assumed it was due to the fact of the rumors that circulate about me. The truth is I don't care much, since I'm already used to that kind of welcome, so I simply ignored it and went to sit down to continue the classes.

During class time, I just pretended to listen to the teachers while thinking about ways I could use the white cybercore and sometimes I talked to Virtuix while reminiscing about things from the past. It should also be mentioned that the people around me kept talking about me thinking I couldn't hear them, not knowing that I have better auditory senses than others, although of course, none of them tried to get close to me, but they weren't afraid of me, they just seemed cautious. Especially Sparkle and her group of friends, in fact, I know some of them.

For example, Skittles (the rainbow haired girl), I've met her before in the past and she really hates me, the typical brainless girl that only focuses on keeping her "cool" look. The other one that I recognize is the drama queen (the purple haired girl), she's been present in some troubles I've had at the mall and she was one of the first people to notice how I was banned from the mall as a pro-lifer, and she looks like a very gossipy girl, I wouldn't be surprised if she knew about most of the exaggerated rumors about me. And lastly, Sparkle, the younger sister of my arch enemy, she and I never got along as I already mentioned and it seems that she's the one that's most displeased about studying in the same school as me... again.

I had a slight problem with Skittles when we met eyes, but it was quickly solved due to classes, although it's obvious that she kept looking at me with distrust and hatred, but I don't pay attention to her anyway. However, the worst of all is that I had to deal with a very annoying pink threat and that I should stop eating sugar forever, I don't remember her name well "Pinkat Pi" or something like that (But I'll call her the pink girl), she kept bothering me saying that she wanted to be my friend or something, I tried to be patient and I answered her kindly that I prefer to be alone, but she didn't seem to understand and kept trying to be my friend, she even gave me a cupcake of my favorite flavor "chocolate", which alarmed me as I don't know how the pink girl knew my favorite flavor. Somehow I'll have to be careful that she somehow finds out my identity.

But well, in the end everything went smoothly, I didn't talk more than necessary with anyone other than Film and I avoided fighting with anyone, luckily for me. So I consider it a victory, usually my day would end with someone going to the infirmary and me being called to detention.

"Stardust Stellar! Please go to my office!"

It seems that I spoke too soon

"What did you do?" asked Film who was next to me.

"Today, nothing," I said, not understanding why they called me Celestia . "But whatever the reason, I better finish it quickly."

"Do you want me to wait for you at the exit?" Film asked kindly.

"I don't think it's necessary, anyway, I doubt it will take me long" I said disinterestedly as I headed to Celestia's office without waiting for Film's response.

"Okay! We'll meet up later!" he said dejectedly as he watched her act distant.

And well, it wouldn't be the first time that they called me out and asked me to go to the principal's office, but compared to dealing with a witch like Cinch, dealing with Celestia will be a piece of cake, especially since I already know her.

I know what I have to say when I get there.

"WHATEVER YOU BLAME ME FOR! IT WASN'T ME!" I exclaimed, sitting in front of Celestia and Luna staring at me.

"Stardust... What do you think they're blaming you for?" Celestia asked patiently.

"I don't know, usually I get blamed for things I had nothing to do with and then I have to do a bunch of things to avoid being expelled or arrested," I replied, shrugging my shoulders.

"You're not in trouble, we just wanted you to come for a little chat" Luna said

"Mainly because we are worried about your attitude" Celestia added, staring at me.

I raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”

"Well, I talked to Sunset Shimmer and asked her how your journey went." Celestia leaned forward. "She told me that she tried to get to know you better, but you stayed quiet and distant with her."

"I heard her and I was not rude to her," I replied coldly. "That's not enough."

"It's not just about that, Stardust," Luna intervened. "I know you had trouble relating to other people because of that, but since you're now in CHS, it could be your chance to make friends."

"No thanks, I'd rather be alone," I said, frowning in annoyance.

"Just because you want to be alone doesn't mean you can isolate yourself from others, that's a bad habit your mother warned us about," Celestia said, looking at me seriously. "That's why we thought maybe you'd like to join one of our clubs at our school."

"Uh... I'm not the type of person who joins clubs, I prefer to work alone" I said disinterestedly "And before you say anything else, I know my mother and you guys worry about me and everything, but I'm already 18, I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself"

Vice Principal Luna cleared her throat to get my attention. "We know you can take care of yourself, Stardust, but the fact is that it's not healthy for you to continue this way. Tell me, how exactly do you see yourself in 10 years?"

That question took me by surprise, I've never been asked what I plan to do after high school, but I guess I can't exactly tell him that I don't have any plans for my future, going to a university doesn't appeal to me and I highly doubt he'll accept the fact that I don't have any plans for the future, so I'll just tell a half lie.

"... In 10 years I see myself traveling through different cities around the world, with a travel backpack and a wooden stick with a pair of lucky underwear hanging from it" I answered as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

I could see that the sisters put on a perplexed face at my future, but after a small awkward silence, Celestia spoke: "Ignoring the fact of... the last thing you said, I don't think you're bringing out your full potential in that future you see" from her desk she took out some grade papers "Each and every one of your grades were given to me and I see that you remain average, but we know you very well Starust, I was much smarter than this"

"I got caught red-handed," I said jokingly. "I only did that to annoy Witch Cinch, but these days I just do it to keep my life simple."

"What do you mean?" Luna asked.

"High grades and above average grades attract a lot of attention... attention that I don't want, all I want is to live my life with all the freedom I can, without having to get involved with other people and living with my own happiness" I explained with complete calm "Besides-"

I couldn't finish that sentence because I suddenly felt a familiar, annoying headache. For a moment, I felt as if everything around me had slowed down and I could feel a corrupt presence roaming freely through the cyberspace network, and it was moving fast.

However, the worst thing is that if I calculated the direction and speed at which I was going, I could calculate where I was going.

He's coming here

I abruptly stood up from the chair and grabbed my backpack. "I'm sorry, but I have to go now!" I said as I ran to the door, but I didn't get there in time. I felt Luna grab my arm to stop me from leaving.

"And where do you think you're going?! We haven't finished talking to you yet!" Luna exclaimed firmly.

"I remembered I had something important to do! I need to go now!" I said trying to get out of his grip, but it only made his strength increase.

Stardust! The cybrix is approaching!

"Tell me something I don't know!"

"And why do you suddenly want to leave so suddenly? There's something you're not telling us!" she said suspiciously.

"Luna, let him go! We'll never get anywhere this way!" Celestia intervened to reassure her sister and prevent a scene from happening.

"I have to go! NOW!"

Out of nowhere, it was seen how the lights in the office began to flicker out of nowhere and some electrical appliances in the room began to draw electricity.

Too late!! I'm here...! BE CAREFUL!

I felt like my instincts alerted me and told me to move, but since I was still held by Luna, I couldn't react in time and I felt like someone or something hit me in the face and sent me flying towards the door, which broke from the impact and made me fall to the ground.

I could hear the worried cries of the principal and vice principal calling my name and approaching me. I stood up and saw another fist coming towards me, but I rolled, dodging it and making a fist-sized hole in the floor. This shocked and scared the sisters.

From his point of view, I jumped at the door with such force that I deflected it and now, out of nowhere, there was a fist-sized hole in the floor in the middle of the hallway.

"But what just happened?!" Luna exclaimed confused.

"Stardust! Are you okay?!" Celestia asked worriedly.

"I have to go!!" That was all I could say before running away, ignoring the sisters' screams, but I didn't get very far.

"This is bad! How did the cybrix find out my secret identity? I was very careful so that no one would suspect!!"

There will be time for that later! Jump!!

Intuitively, I listened to him and jumped, avoiding an attack from a Glitch figure. When I landed, I turned to see the monster and concentrated so I could see it. It was like that time when I saved Film and some people couldn't see the cybrix that was chasing us.

As I focused better, I could see it. It was a cybrix with the appearance of a wolf, it was a few meters bigger than me, it had dark brown fur that covered most of its head, its arms and legs, on its face it had a pair of blood red eyes, a large snout with large and sharp fangs. In its hands, you could see claws that looked like a group of sharp swords, and with a pair of metal chains on its chest that crossed giving the shape of an "X". And it seemed to have a pair of blue pants torn and very damaged giving it an intimidating and dangerous appearance.

"Finally... after so long, I can get revenge on you! Stardust Stellar!" the wolf cybrix exclaimed like a beast.

"Did that cybrix just speak English?" I couldn't help but ask, usually the other cybrix I fought spoke in another language that thanks to my powers as a Rider, I could understand, but this one speaks so fluently that it was impossible for me to believe he was like the others. "Who are you?! And how do you know my name?!"

Celestia and Luna watched as Stardust seemed to be yelling at nothing, which confused them, but then they noticed something strange where Stardust was looking, somehow the floor began to emit a strange energy in the form of a wolf footprint, that energy turns out to be the cyber corruption of the cybrix.

"I'm actually surprised, normal humans shouldn't be able to see me, but I guess a freak like you can't be a normal human!" He exclaimed before hitting a locker, destroying it and causing the lights in the hallway to explode due to the expulsion of his cyber corruption, causing the sisters and Stardust to be covered in the pieces of destroyed glass.

The expulsion of cybercorruption made it possible for the wolf cybrix to fully materialize in reality making it possible for both Celestia and Luna to be able to see them.

"What is that thing?!" Luna shouted visibly scared, Celestia was about to say something, but I spoke first

"It doesn't matter what it is! You have to evacuate the school now!" I yelled at both of them as I stood in front of them, getting into a combat stance. "I'll take care of him."

"You've gone crazy! This isn't just any thug! We have to escape!"

"Ha, if I were you, I would stay away from the Stellar phenomenon, I only came for him, I don't care what happens to you or the rest of the pathetic students of this School"

"I'll be fine! Just evacuate the other students!" I yelled before running towards the cybrix and punching it, but it held my fist as if it were nothing.

"Maybe you beat me before, but now I have a power you couldn't even imagine."

She gave me a simple slap that sent me crashing into a locker, this worried the brothers, but they had to react to the danger their students were in, Celestia saw a fire switch and quickly activated it, causing the alarm to sound, alerting the other students or teachers who were still in the school to evacuate the school.

Meanwhile, I kept trying to defeat the cybrix with my fists. If it weren't for Celestia and Luna still being here, I would transform to make it explode, but I also needed to get answers. How did it know my name? Do they really know that I'm the Kamen Rider Virtualx or is it just a coincidence?

The cybrix seemed to just be playing with me, because it didn't fight back or bother to dodge them. How I wish I could wipe that smile off its face with my true power!

"That's it! I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE FUN, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THIS POWER IS TOO MUCH FOR A SIMPLE AND INSIGNIFICANT PIECE OF TRASH LIKE YOU!" he exclaimed with such arrogance that it makes me sick.

"Shut up!" I yelled as I jumped up and punched him in the face, but it still didn't do anything.

"You know what? Why don't we go somewhere more private so I can continue humiliating you!"

That was all she said before she grabbed me by my arms immobilizing them, only for the cybrix to start turning into data along with my body, I wasn't afraid knowing where she was taking me. In fact, I gave a small smile at the very stupid thing doing me a favor, but I could hear Celestia screaming my name before disappearing.

I felt my body come back together, only to be thrown to the ground roughly by the wolf cybrix.

"Finally, it's just you and me. I can finally get revenge on you!" he exclaimed, looking at me menacingly, but I didn't let myself be intimidated.

I stopped to look at him better. "What do you mean by revenge? I don't even know who you are!"

"You're right, in this form you can't recognize me, so I'll do you one last favor, just so you can be the one who's your killer" after that the cyber corruption flooded his entire body and began to group in two locations on his body, on his right hand and on his hip.

A strange waist formed on his hip, resembling my Virtual Driver, only this one was dark and red, and it only had one slot for a single cybercore. And in his hand a cybercore formed with the image of a wolf on the cover, and a glitchy aura of cybercorruption came out of it.

"Long time no see Stardust!" said a young blond boy with red eyes with an evil smile

"You..."

...

"Who are you?" I asked confused.

"WHAT-?! Don't you even recognize me?!" the boy exclaimed angrily. "After how you ruined my life! Because of you, I rotted in jail until my family managed to pay my bail! After I got expelled from Crystal Prep and became the loser of my family! YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME!!"

I shrugged my shoulders with a disinterested look "You're not the first person to say all those things to me, I've ruined a lot of people's lives, I've kicked a lot of idiots' asses and I'm even responsible for sending a lot of people to jail, the amount is in the double digits" I crossed my arms looking at him "So don't feel too special, because there are a lot of assholes who hate me with all their being, believe me, if they gave me a dollar for every time an idiot tried to get revenge on me, I would be a millionaire and I could live the rest of my life on a private island with all the luxuries I wanted"

"I'm Elias Shock!" he told me angrily.

"... It doesn't ring a bell" I shook my head.

"Seriously! I was part of the Shock Gang, remember?"

"I have made enemies of many gangs"

"Son of a-! Look, don't you remember that time you hid in an abandoned warehouse and we attacked you!"

"This isn't the first time they've done that to me, and look, I'm still alive" I said pointing all over my body, but then I grabbed my chin thinking "Wait, aren't you that idiot who hates me because I supposedly ruined his chance to date the girl he likes?"

"That's Trenderhoof, you moron! Plus, that cheesy jerk falls for any girl he sees as a real working girl or whatever you call it!"

"So, you're the one who was abusing Coco Pommel a lot and I had her disqualified for stealing a fabric design in a fashion contest."

"That's Suri Polomare! And she's a girl!" His fist and teeth began to clench so tightly that they seemed about to break.

"Oh! I know!" I hit his fist with the palm of my other hand. "You're that guy I always beat at the King Boxing Club and humiliated at a football match."

"You're talking about Indigo Zapp! And again, you're referring to a girl!!" she shouted angrily, holding her cybercore tighter. "How can you be so forgetful?!"

"I'm not going to waste my time remembering the names of all the people who hate me, I have better things to do" I said without giving it much importance, after all, I am the most hated person in this damn city.

"Well done, asshole!! Now you're-!!"

The sound of a call ringing made me ignore what he was saying and I focused on the ChronoLink, the smart watch that my father created, and I saw that someone was calling me, which is strange since there is no one who has the number of my watch.

"Wait a minute! Time out!" I said raising my palm stopping his revenge speech.

"Are you kidding me?! Do you think I'm a girl or what-!"

"Who's speaking?" I asked, accepting the call.

"Stardust! What happened?!" Film's voice said on my Smart Watch . "The principals evacuated the entire school and the police just called saying you were kidnapped by a monster!"

"Long story, but to sum it up, it seems that cybrix are able to reproduce by turning other species into cybrix, and just now, someone who hates me came to get revenge believing that he can defeat me by abandoning his humanity" I told him while looking at the wolf cybrix whose name I already forgot.

"Seriously?! How do you not seem surprised by this?!"

"Film, there are many things you don't know about me, one of them is that I get into trouble every day, whether I look for it or it looks for me"

"Does this happen to you every day?!" he said but quickly changed the subject, sounding even more worried than before "Well, nevermind! The city is under attack!"

"That?!"

"The same glicht or cyber corruption as before is back, although this time it hasn't spread everywhere, it has already covered almost the entire school and there are some streets in the city with it. You have to go back-!"

A loud static was heard "Hello! Film! Film, answer!"

My concern made me lower my guard, the wolf cybrix transformed again placing his cybercore on his belt, and ran towards me to attack me with his claws, but that was where Virtuix came out of my body and repelled the attack pushing the cybrix back.

"Stardust, focus! We have to destroy this Cybrix first!" Virtuix exclaimed, ready for battle.

"You're right!" I said as I placed the Virtual Driver on my hip. "Let's get this over with!"

Virtuix became your phoenix cybercore and I held it, then put it into the slot and then slid it in. "Virtualize! Phoenix Protocol Engaged!" I inserted the cybercore into the slot on the left side of the Driver "HENSHIN!"

The image of a phoenix appeared behind me, as I became enveloped in digital cubes that transformed into my Kamen Rider Virtualx armor, but as I continued to transform, a memory from a few days ago came to mind.

"A phrase? What did you want a phrase for?" I asked as I sat on a tree branch leaning against it, we were in Canterlot Park.

"Well, all Kamen Riders usually have a catchy phrase that shows how heroic we are" said Film standing next to the tree

"Heroism is not something I'm interested in being, I only become a Kamen Rider to destroy monsters and prevent the total destruction of the world, not to play the hero" I said with my eyes closed while still leaning on the tree branch.

"But the job of a Kamen Rider is not just to fight monsters, but to inspire people and make them feel protected, to believe that even when everything seems bad, there is still HOPE in the world. Kamen Riders are the very representation of heroism and with one phrase is the beginning of it."

"Yes, but I still don't like this"

"Come on! So far the only phrases you've said were! I've created the victory circuit! And let's start the simulation of your defeat! Although it's not bad, I think it would be better if you thought of some cooler phrases."

"And what do you suggest?" I asked.

"Now you're interested?"

"If you're going to keep asking about a catchy phrase, then we might as well get this over with," I said as I climbed down from the branch and landed standing next to Film. "What do you suggest?"

"Well, I've been thinking and I've come up with a good one"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...Not bad, but I think I know which one I should use..."

"...I think it's fine, I think it suits your personality"

"So it's decided"

The wolf cybrix was surprised by Stardust's appearance, what caught his attention the most was the belt similar to his own, but it gave off a much calmer and more positive energy.

"You can transform too! What are you supposed to be?!" the wolf cybrix exclaimed seriously.

I looked at him as I summoned the VirtualxMorpher "I am Kamen Rider Virtualx... And I will purge this corrupt system!" I said as I placed the cybercore sword and changed it into its sword form and pointed it, ready to fight.

To be continued...

Author's Note

In the next chapter of Kamen Rider Virtualx

Elias: I always knew you were a phenomenon! But the fact that you had powers before explains how you were always able to beat my entire gang!

Korrup: Nice to finally meet you Kamen Rider Virtualx!

Stardust: Another Cybrix! Who are you?!

Korrup: I am the Cybrix that represents the sin of Wrath. Call me Lord Korrup

*Dragon Roar*

Sunset: You look like Kamen Rider Virtualx!

Twilight: Do you know what's going on?

¿?: Hackross. I am Kamen Rider Hackross

Aerion: Come on Prince Virtualx! Let's fuse our powers!

Chapter 5: Another Kamen Rider?! / Elemental Fusion! Virtualx forms Phoenix Tempest!