Prologue
Meet Crash Test, a normal earth pony with a difference! He is an accomplished inventor and somewhat of a scientist whose goal in life is to invent thing's that will make every pony's life easier. He has a khaki green coat with an azure blue mane and tail with silver stripes going through both of them. His trademark accessory is his pair of safety goggles that he always had resting above his eyes, his cutie mark is a high voltage safety triangle symbol.
But all description's aside, this is the story of how Crash Test moved to Ponyville and made some great friend's on the way, along with causing unintentional havoc with his wacky inventions.
It was a beautiful sunny day when Crash first came into town, he smiled as he felt the warm breeze on his face and was eager to settle in and get to inventing. He had purchased a warehouse as his home, while most would consider this odd it was actually perfect for him as it would provide plenty of space for him to carry out his work.
He thought he would have a look a look around town to get a feel for how thing's worked around here, he then began to think about how he could benefit this town when all of a sudden his thoughts were interrupted by a carriage bumping him slightly.
“Well gosh ah sure am sorry bout that sir” turning round to find the source of the voice he was met with an orange mare with a cowboy hat and blonde hair. “Oh... don't worry about it I'm fine” he reassured her and she replied with a slight smile. “say ah never seen y'all around town before, you new or something?” Crash mentally punished himself for not introducing himself, “Ah Yes! I am Crash Test, Professor Crash Test, inventor extraordinaire!” he said this while striking a pose with him standing on his hind legs and his front hooves up in the air, this made the mare giggle.
“Well professor, mah name's Applejack and ah work at Sweet Apple Acres, you wont find better apples in all of Equestria!” Crash test found this mare most intriguing, she was clearly a hard worker and charmingly rustig, “well ah would love to stay and chat Crash but ah gotta deliver these apples, I'll see you round” and with that she turned and began to walk away.
“Well that was marvellous! My first conversation in a new town, this is a moment I must document at some point” he then walked on merrily through town. Crash was fascinated by this town, all the bright colour's on the building's and the variety of coloured pony's around him surely was a sight to see. He then noticed something in the corner of his eye, it was a light blue unicorn sitting on a bench in a most unusual fashion. He bolted over to her and started examining her, much to her surprise. “Uh... can I help you?” she asked in a confused tone, Crash ignored her however: “Yes yes fascinating..... the way you sit is very similar to a creature I came across in my studies, I forget the name however.....” The unicorn that Crash would later find out that her name was Lyra was rather uncomfortable with this stallion and the way he was looking at her, “ um if you don't mind can you please go your kinda freaking me out” she went to reach for her drink with her hoof but ended up spilling it, to which she groaned in annoyance. Crash saw this and stared wide eyed as he just got a brilliant idea from that display “My that is Brilliant! I must go and make this at once! Think of the money and the fame I will get from this! I must go!” and he then sped off at an atonishing speed.
Crash ran to his new home, thankfully the mover's had already furnished his home and put everything in place, so he was straight into working on his invention and after only a few hour's he was finished and he then proceeded to go to the centre of town to unveil his device.
After quite a crowd had gathered around him he then started his presentation: “Ladies and gentlcolts, before I start I would like to formally introduce myself, I am Professor Crash Test and I moved here today and I have but one dream, and that dream is to create wonderful inventions for all you ponies to improve your lives, now without further ado I present to you my latest invention.....” with that Crash pulled the cloth of the table he was met by a large gasp from the crowd and their whispers of curiosity.
“what are those things?” “they look like spider's” “what are they for?” these were the question's Crash could hear from the crowd and he was pleased with there interest. His invention appeared to be a pair of metal gloves, but with strange, long appendages on the end's. “ These, ladies and gentlecolt's are designed to make tasks far easier, task's such has having a drink” Crash then proceeded to pick up a drink and take a sip, earning a “whoa!” from the crowd, Crash continued “perhaps if you like to read books, these can turn pages with ease, or if you would like to cuddle a pet, they can hold them for you! and even Dare I say? Play an outrageous guitar solo!? And Crash proceeded to pick up an electric guitar and play a fantastic guitar solo, by this time the crowd had gone wild by cheering. “Yes everypony, I call this wonderful invention Hands! And a pair can be yours for only 100 bits!” “ILL TAKE TWELVE” shouted Lyra from the back.
Crash was basking in the glory of his success he didn't even notice the hand's starting to spark and malfunction. “Yes thank you, thank you your too kind really........ wait what's this? The gloves then started emitting smoke and then all of a sudden they started making Crash flail his arm's wildly. “Oh dear! Oh dear! This is bad! This is very bad!” Crash was still flailing his arm's wildly and the crowd was confused beyond belief. Thing's went from bad to worse as the hand's started to punch Crash in the face “OW! This isn't what OOF! I had ACK! In mind! Crash managed to pull the glove's off and stamped on them until they were nothing but a pile of scrap metal.
Crash collapsed on the floor from the ordeal, while an angry crowd walked away from having their time wasted except for certain party of six mare's. “um... for what's it's worth I think your invention was really good” Crash looked up to see a purple unicorn looking down at him, he just sighed “your too kind madam, but I think I am just a failure, maybe I just wasn't meant to be an inventor” he then went to walk away but was stopped by a cyan Pegasus with a rainbow mane, “Now what kind of talk is that huh!? You can't give up just like that! That's Stupid!” her tone was firm but true. “yeah you should keep going, I mean....if...you..don't..mind” Crash turned his attention to the shy looking pony who just said that who was now hiding behind her mane.
“See? You are an inventor so please don't give up, now I think we should introduce ourselves, I'm Twilight Sparkle these are my friend's” She turned to look at them.
“Nice to meet you, I'm Rainbow Dash the most fastest, coolest pony in ponyville!” said Rainbow dash sounding pretty sure of herself. “Hello there darling my name is Rarity” said the posh fancy looking unicorn next, at first Crash was taken back at first by how glamorous she looked but quickly shook it off, But not soon enough as a pink pony suddenly as if out of nowhere appeared in front of him. “Oh my gosh my names Pinkie Pie and I love to party! I love candy and cupcakes and have a lot fun and I know that you will “Okay Pinkie that's enough.. heh” interrupted Twilight stopping Pinkie from freaking him out too much.
The shy pony was up next, “um...my name's......Fluttershy” she said this so quietly it was barely audible, Crash just looked confused “her name's Fluttershy, and as you've probably guessed she's shy” Rainbow said filling in for Fluttershy. “Aint no need for introductions as ah believe we've already met, good to see y'all again Crash” Applejack walked over and gave him a friendly smile, Crash was actually kind of glad to see a familiar face and he was actually feeling a lot better now, the fact that these pony's didn't know him at all but still gave him word's of encouragement, he knew now that he couldn't give up.
“You know what? Your all right! I can't just give up after one failure, I have to keep trying to become the best inventor ever! I must thank you all for your kind word's” the mane six just smiled at him “sure thing! What are friends for!” Twilight added. Crash was shocked at this, they considered him a friend? Any joy he was feeling was now doubled, as a colt he didn't have any friend's so he was delighted at the prospect.
“Y-yes! Friend's! Now if you will excuse me, I have some inventing to do!” He then started to run home feeling more proud of himself than he ever has in his life. “Oh my, do you think he will be okay?” questioned Rarity, “yeah, I think he'll be just fine” Twilight answered, and they just watched as they saw Crash running in the distance, unaware that this was only the beginning.
Project number 56: Jet pack
Project number 56: Jet pack
It was another perfect sunny day in Ponyville, and everypony was out enjoying the lovely summer weather, and Crash was no exception. He was brainstorming idea's whilst he was walking, it was a thing he done often in fact, being an inventor he was never short of idea's......well most of the time.
Crash couldn't help but smile, warm weather always made him feel better, even in the most darkest of time's, crash then started thinking.
Come on Crash think! you always have an idea for an invention, but why not now! whilst thinking he didn't notice a stray storm cloud slowly floating over him and when he did, it was far too late.
"AAAAARRRRGGGHHH" Crash screamed when the cloud struck him while a lethal bolt of lighting, causing him to fall flat on his back in pain.
"Oops, sorry about that friend" Crash shifted his eyes to the sky as he saw a grey Pegasus with an apologetic look in his eyes and a sheepish grin, and then the Pegasus quickly bolted away with the stray cloud.
Crash shifted up into a sitting position but kept his eyes on the sky, he always felt somewhat inferior to pegasi and unicorn's, what with one having the ability to fly and the other with magic capability's. While it was true earth pony's are more in tune with the earth Crash never found that useful.
Oh how I envy them.... being able to soar in the sky not a care in the world, to feel the wind on your face! and what rush of adrenaline they must get, if only I could get the same feeling..... Crash's eyes shot open, he just got yet another brilliant idea.
"Of course! that's it! why didn't I think of this before? if I can't fly by biological means, I'll simply invent something that will make it possible! I must go home and start this immediately!"
With a spring in his step Crash quickly ran home to start his project.
Back at home Crash was nose deep in his project drawing out blueprint's and sketches of his invention. He had butterflies and was giddy with anticipation, this invention could change the world (he hoped).
Crash was quietly talking to himself whilst working, "hmm, material's should be a strong metal, rocket engines should have great thrust but not too much torque.........what about fuel? yes! that should work! easy to obtain and environmentally friendly!" he then trotted over to his computer to give his invention a safety analysis, "yes! components in correct area's, safety straps secure and well fitted and reliable, yep! everything checks out!" he then strapped his invention on his back and secured it tight, it was a perfect fit, not too tight and was snug around his body, "now all I need is fuel... and I know just the pony to ask!" Crash then left his home, unaware that his computer was showing a warning message: WARNING, RIGHT THRUSTER NOT SECURELY FITTED, PLEASE AMEND
Crash stopped outside a cloud house floating close to the surface.
"Rainbow Dash! I require your assistance!" Crash yelled up to the house, the door opened and a familiar rainbow maned pegasus came out.
"Hey Crash! what's up? and ugh....what's that thing on your back?" Rainbow was eyeing Crash's invention.
Happy with her interest, Crash replied "This, my dear, is my latest invention, I call it the Jet Pack! amazing yes?"
Rainbow just looked confused if anything else "wow cool! er...... what does it do?" she questioned. Crash smiled smugly, he loved it when he got to explain his invention's to people, it made him feel important.
"Ahem, this invention, Rainbow, is designed to make flight possible for earth ponies, and unicorns alike! I got the idea when I longed to feel the rush of flying, because.... well I am rather embarrassed to admit but iv'e always been rather envious of you, being able to fly without a care in the world, being able to feel the wind as you reach fantastic speed's!" he had a huge grin on his face while he said this, but then he stopped when he felt awkward because he got to excited.
Rainbow still eyeing the jet pack curiously then spoke "well, what does this have to do with me?" Crash just smiled. "well, you see my invention need's fuel to function, and the only person I know to have such fuel is well......you" Crash stared at the floor after that, after all it would be quite strange to hear somebody say that, Rainbow's expression said it all.
"What type of fuel could I have to give you?" she asked, Crash looked back up and answered "well that fuel would be..... coolness!" Rainbow was shocked, coolness could be used as a fuel? it all sounded pretty far fetched to her, how does someone use coolness for fuel?
"Your face say's it all" Crash continued "allow me to explain, coolness is in your DNA, your blood! all I need is a sample and I will be at full power!" Rainbow suddenly felt nervous as she thought crash intended to take her blood, from the way he explained it.
She backed off "No way! I'm not giving you my blood! stay back!" she shouted, Crash was surprised by her outburst but he then chuckled "no you misunderstand! DNA is not just in your blood! in other thing's, like an eyelash or a piece of hair" Rainbow calmed down but was still a bit wary of this "well... I guess it wouldn't hurt to give you a piece of my hair...." Rainbow then proceeded to pull a piece of her hair out and gave it to crash.
"wonderful! now I'll just put this in in the device and......there!" after Crash placed the hair into the jet pack the fuel gauge shot up straight to full on the dial, Crash was surprised to say the least "wow your DNA is stronger than I thought!" he said in amazement.
"So.....what now?" Rainbow asked, to which Crash answered "now.... we test it, and what better way to test it than oh shall we say.....a race?" Rainbow didn't need an explanation for that "your on!" she answered, and they both got in position.
Both getting into position, Crash then ask Rainbow the rules, to which she answered: "first one to the everfree forest and back!" Crash nodded in agreement. Crash volunteered to start the countdown "three,two, HANG ON!" he shouted, startling Rainbow, he then pushed down his safety goggles "Safety first!" he said with a grin, Rainbow just face hoofed and shook her head.
Crash restarted the countdown "three, two, one..... "GO" Rainbow interrupted and shot off in to the sky with incredible speed, Crash still on the ground, press the power button on his pack, hearing the engines powering up, he then took a deep breath and said:"lift off!"
Crash shot off the ground with unthinkable speed as the thruster's left a twin trail of rainbow coloured cloud's. Rainbow was quite a considerable distance ahead now and she was feeling pretty confident that she would win this "Ha! even his fancy invention's cant keep up with....wait what's that?" she looked behind her to see something catching up to her with considerable speed and she instantly knew who it was.
"No way! she said in disbelief as Crash passed her like she was nothing, all she could see now were the rainbow coloured clouds now in front her.
"HA! HA! SUCCESS! WHO'S LAUGHING NOW PEGASI! MOVE OVER CELESTIA! EQUESTRIA HAS A NEW GOD!" Crash had never felt so alive in his life, the speed, the adrenaline, it was like a dream, a dream he wished would never end. "Yes! I'm nearly to the end! I'm........." BOOM! was all Crash heard, and he knew that sound more than anyone, that was the sound usually associated with something going terribly wrong.
Looking back he looked in terror as the right thruster had given out, and he then started spiralling out of control, straight into the everfree forest, Rainbow could see him falling in the distance "oh no! Crash!" she then started flying faster in the hope of catching him.
So this was it, Crash was falling, with nopony around to catch him, to him this was the end. He could see the ground just below him now, so he squeezed his eye's shut and started to scream, bracing for the impact........but it never came.
Still with his eye's closed, he felt as if he was floating, is this what death feels like? well, not nearly as painful as I thought it was going to be......Crash thought to himself, he then opened his eye's to see he was being held by a magical force just above the ground, and with two familiar faces in front of him.
"Crash? what's going on? why were you falling out the sky?" Twilight asked him, obviously confused. Crash breathed a sigh of relief, he was so grateful twilight was there to catch him, "Twilight!, thank Celestia you caught me! I was testing me new invention and well, as you can see it didn't turn out well" Twilight was still confused "why don't you start from the beginning Crash? then I will have a better understanding"
Crash explained to Twilight and Fluttershy who was also present, all about his latest invention and it's purpose, and also explained the race he was having with Rainbow before he ended up in the current situation.
"Wow! well that sound's like quite the invention! I'm sorry it didn't turn out how you wanted" Twilight said with sympathy in her voice, "it's okay, It was wrong of me to try use my invention for racing so early, I should have tested it more" Crash replied feeling foolish. It at that moment they heard a familiar voice shouting in the sky.
"CRASH? CRASH! Where are you!" they looked up to see Rainbow frantically searching for him, "Rainbow! down here!" Rainbow then looked down and seen him and the other's, she flew down and quickly grabbed Crash causing him to yelp in fear, "What were you thinking!? you could have killed yourself! why didn't you test that thing properly!?" Crash just looked to the ground feeling guilty for making her worry "I'm sorry, It was wrong of me to use my invention without more test's, I didn't mean to make you worry, please forgive my foolishness...."
Rainbow's angry expression had gone, and was replaced with a slight smile, "don't worry about it, just promise us you'll be more careful next time okay?" she then let go of him, he was happy to see that they had forgiven him, so he put his hoof to his head to salute "you have my word" he answered, to which they giggled at him.
Crash then turned his head to Twilight he asked her "what are doing out here anyway?" Twilight then turned to Fluttershy "well Fluttershy asked me if I wouldn't mind going with her while she took the bunnies out for a walk, so since I had no work to be done I thought why not!?" Fluttershy then added "yes, the bunnies can be quite a handful on your own, so I knew I would need help with them, but as we were walking the bunnies got scared, and they could see something falling from the sky and well........ it turns out it was you Crash"
Crash was kind of shocked, if the bunnies hadn't have seen him falling, Twilight might not have seem him. "well, please thank the bunnies for me when you see them, and of course thank you Twilight for catching me!" "happy to help" Twilight answered with pride in her voice. "Well, I don't about the rest of you put I think we should be going home now" Crash said, everyone nodded in agreement and they began to walked back to town.
Back at home Crash was fine tuning his jet pack. "Yes of course there's the problem! the right thruster wasn't fitted properly, and the engine overheated....hmm, I should in invent a cooling agent to put in the engine, I think I shall call it........ twenty percent coolant! ha! ha! I am a genius!" Crash continued to to laugh at his brilliant name (some may beg to differ) he switched the light's off in his work shop and went to bed to get some much needed rest from a truly exhausting day.
Project number 86: Robomare 4000
Project number 86: Robomare 4000
It was early morning, and Crash Test was already hard at work, as he needed all the time he could spare, for this particular project needed all his attention as failure was not an option. Wiping the sweat off his brow, he let out a sigh of exhaustion, If he had known that it was going to be this much work, he would have finished it sooner.
After double checking the safety analysis on his computer he smiled with content for a job well done, and then turned his attention back to his invention, "your finally complete! you didn't take nearly as long as I thought, but this time I'm almost 100 percent certain you will be I success! now.... time to unveil you to everypony in town, oh man, I'm so excited I could do 200 equations! but for now, we go."
Crash had politely asked the mayor beforehand if she would host a town meeting for him, to which she was happy to oblige. A considerable sized crowd had gathered outside of the town hall, the mayor then decided to begin.
"Hello everypony! I have called this meeting today on behalf of Ponyville's one and only inventor, Professor Crash Test, who wishes to show you his latest invention, which he assured me would nothing but a benefit to our town."
The crowd was sceptical, Crash hadn't exactly given a good impression when he first moved to town, but he hoped to change there opinion of him.
The mayor continued "now, I hand you over to the professor himself, professor?" Crash nodded as he stepped up to the podium, and the mayor stepped back and stood behind him. Crash felt a bit nervous, what with all eyes on him, but he sucked it up and began to speak.
"Ahem, well as the mayor informed you I indeed have an invention to share with you, and I am positive that this will prove to be a valuable asset to our town, now, I present to you, Robomare 4000!"
Crash pulled aside the curtains to reveal Robomare, and the crowd gasped in astonishment.
Robomare lived up to its name in terms of appearance, it was the shape of a pony, with a mane made out of wires, instead of eyes it had a purple visor going across the front of its face, and a tail consisting of many coloured wires tightly packed together, and to top it off it had a smooth metal finish, it was truly a sight to see.
"What does it do?" questioned a pony in the crowd, to which Crash was quick to reply.
"I'm glad you asked! Robomare is designed to perform everyday tasks and chores, such as cleaning your home, making breakfast, taking care of your pets and so much more!"
"Can it make apple juice?" questioned a mare standing at the front of the crowd.
Crash smiled as he now had a reason to demonstrate Robomares capabilities, "but of course, allow me to demonstrate! Robomare, make apple juice!"
Robomares visor lit up with a small purple hue, as it started to power up. "COMMAND GIVEN: MAKE APPLE JUICE" its voice was cold and emotionless, the hatch on its back then opened, and a juicer emerged from the robot, a claw also began to extend out as well, and stretched over to a nearby tree, plucking off a few apples. Once the apples were in its possession it placed them in the juicer and began its task, after a few seconds the task was complete and it poured the contents onto a few glasses. "TASK COMPLETE, JUICE IS SERVED."
If everyponys jaw could hit the floor they probably would have, they were now eager to see what else Robomare could do.
"Ooh! ooh! my turn! my turn!" everypony turned their heads to see Pinkie Pie bouncing up to the podium, she then started to bounce around Robomare before stopping.
"Okay now let me think..... oh! I know! lets have a party!" Robomares visor lit up once again, "COMMAND GIVEN: HAVE A PARTY." the hatch on its back opened once again, but this time a boom box emerged, a hatch also opened on the top of its head, and a disco ball slowly came into view. "NOW COMMENCING PARTY, PARTICIPANTS ARE ADVISED TO BOOGIE DOWN." The music now started to play at deafening volume, but everypony was enjoying the party regardless.
"This! ladies and gentlecolts is my gift to you!" Crash announced, trying his best to talk over the music, "Please use Robomare as you please!" everypony continued to party for a few more hours.
Robomare was proving to be extremely useful to the town, helping ponies with all kinds of tasks. It helped Twilight assort her books in alphabetical order, it served as a model for Rarity and also helped her cut her material's, Applejack found it very useful for apple bucking, as well as doing the rest of the farm work. Fluttershy found it too be a great tool for feeding her animals, Pinkie used it as a portable oven for baking cupcakes and to top it off Rainbow dash used it as somewhat as a personal trainer. Crash had outdone himself this time, Robomare was now a useful tool for everypony, that is until a certain trio of fillies got a hold of it.
"There it is!" Applebloom yelled as they spotted Robomare, it was trimming the hedges outside of the town hall, as instructed by the mayor. "So what? its some metal thing, hows that gonna help us?" said Scootaloo, as she didn't get why Applebloom wanted to find Robomare.
"Y'all don't get it, this is the robot that the professor pony made, and you can ask it to do stuff!" the other two still weren't sure where she was going with this, Applebloom shook her head "so, we can ask it to help us get are cutie marks!" "Ohhhh" said Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo after finally understanding, "well what are waiting for? come on lets go!" Scootaloo yelled and they quickly ran over to the robot.
The trio ran over to Robomare, who still had its back turned to them, hesitating a little, Applebloom began to speak.
"Um....excuse me." Robomare whirled around to face them rarther quickly, causing the fillies to jump from the shock.
"THREE FILLIES DETECTED, IDENTIFICATION, SWEETIE BELLE, RELATIVES: RARITY.
APPLEBLOOM, RELATIVES: APPLEJACK, BIG MACINTOSH, GRANNY SMITH.
SCOOTALOO, RELATIVES: UNKNOWN.
HOW CAN ROBOMARE ASSIST?"
The fillies found Robomares voice rather unsettling, but Applebloom still continued to speak.
"So yeah we um.... we thought like maybe we should try swimming to get are cutie marks, but we dont know how to swim, so we were hoping you might be able to teach us." Robomare was quite for a few seconds, its visor changed to from purple to white however, and an image of an hour glass appeared.
"COMMAND GIVEN: SWIMMING LESSONS, SEARCHING FILES...............FILE FOUND, TASK ACCEPTED, SET DESTINATION FOR: PONYVILLE POND, PROCEED TO DESTINATION. Robomare began to walk to its set location, and the fillies quickly followed.
Arriving at the pond, the fillies all stood on the shoreline, eager to get started, "Cutie mark crusaders swimming team go!" they all shouted in unison, "okay Robomare, what do we do first?" Scootaloo asked.
"STEP 1: ENTER THE WATER"
Reluctant at first, the fillies slowly entered the water to about neck height by there standards.
"STEP 2: SLOWLY KICK YOUR LEGS TO GAIN MOMENTUM, THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO PROPEL YOURSELF IN AQUATIC CONDITIONS"
They did as instructed, they were struggling at first but soon enough they were getting the hang of it, the pond wasn't too deep, so they didn't have to worry about sinking.
After a bit more practice they were all swimming perfectly, and soon enough they started playing and having fun."Splash fight!" Applebloom called, and they all started splashing each other. "Hey Robomare! think fast!" Scootaloo then splashed Robomare with a wave of water.
Big mistake.
Robomare was silent for a moment, but then started to spark and twitch violently, the water had no doubt scrambled its circuits and was beginning to malfunction.
"ERROR, PROBLEM DETECTED, CIRCUIT DAMAGE, MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED,RUN FILE, EMERGENCY REPAIR, FILE DELETED, NOT GOOD, REPAIR FAILED, CTRL, ALT, DEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLL " Robomare stopped and stood silent once more.
The cutie mark crusaders slowly and cautiously approached the robot, whatever Scootaloo had done to it, couldn't have been good for it. Sweetie Belle started to curiously raise her hoof to touch it, but at that moment Robomare let out a loud buzzing noise, scaring the poor filly.
Robomares hatches on either side of it began to open, and two rocket thrusters emerged, and with a sudden bust of speed, shot off along the path, leaving the three fillies staring wide eyed, with there mouths agape. "Hey where's it going!?" Scootaloo asked, sounding really worried. "That path lead's to Fluttershys house, quick we got to stop it before it does something bad!" Applebloom responded panicking, so they all galloped at full speed down the path to give chase to the runaway robot.
When the fillies finally made it to Fluttershy's cottage, they stared in horror, Robomare was chasing Fluttershy's chickens, frightening the poor creatures, all while trying to grab them with its extendible claw.
"WARNING, WILD BEASTS DETECTED, THEY MUST BE CONTAINED IMMEDIATELY." The fillies, looked around for any sign of Fluttershy, they finally spotted her, cowering on the ground while shaking.
"P-please stop.... your scaring the chickens..... I mean if its not to much trouble........eep." Despite trying, Fluttershy's attempt was feeble, meanwhile the fillies were trying to think of a plan. "I know, lets just go over there and grab it!" Scootaloo's suggestion seemed to be the only thing the could do, so the agreed to it.
Applebloom started a countdown "Okay, 3, 2, 1.....CHARGE!" the fillies galloped at Robomare at full speed, but the robot easily moved out of the way with ease, and sped off once again, in the direction of town. "Oh no, its heading back to town!" Sweetie Belle yelled, "well come on! we gotta tell that professor that his invention has gone crazy!" they were about to set off when they heard a voice behind them, "wait girls, I'll come to." They turned round to see Fluttershy, they nodded in agreement and they quickly began to run back to town.
Crash was in his lab, mixing chemicals and jumped in fright when his front door was burst open.
"Knocking would have sufficed." Crash said bluntly.
"Mr Professor sir! we got a problem, your robot thingy has gone crazy!" Yelled Applebloom, trying her best to explain the situation. Crash chuckled at this.
"Robomare? I think not, I constructed it to be perfect, in other words, nothing can go wrong." Crash then tried to resume his work, but Sweetie Belle interrupted
"Yeah but when Scootaloo splashed it with water it started to act funny." Crash widened his eyes and then face hoofed.
"Of course.........I forgot to make it waterproof, very well, do any of you know were it went?" The three fillies and Fluttershy looked amongst each other but shrugged when they had no answer, to which Crash sighed.
"Okay, well it looks like were going to have to search around town for.......ah! Spike come on in." it was at this moment Spike walked in looking tired and out of breath, as if he had sprinted his way there.
"Professor.....we....gotta......problem........." Crash frowned "let me guess, Robomare." He said obviously knowing the situation at hand.
Spike regained his breath and began to speak again. "Yeah, your robot came into the library and well, you better come see for yourself." The group then began to make their to the library as fast as they could.
When they arrived Spike was indeed speaking the truth, Robomare was in the library throwing all the books off the shelves into a pile on the floor. "THESE BOOKS ARE OUT OF DATE, THEY MUST BE DISPOSED OF AT ONCE." Twilight all the while was frantically trying to stop it.
"No not that book! I've only got one copy!" Twilight cried, but unfortunately her attempts were in vain.
"Robomare! as your creator I command you to stop!" Despite Crashes attempt, Robomare ignored him, and sped off once again into town.
"Oh dear, where do you think its gone now?" Fluttershy asked, but at that moment her question was answered when they heard a scream coming from the town.
"That sounded like Rarity! come on let go!" Twilight said, and the group once again set off to Rarity's boutique.
Robomare was at the boutique, cutting all of Rarity's newly made dresses to shreds. "ROBOMARE HAS DEDUCED THAT THESE ITEMS OF CLOTHING ARE LAST SEASON, THEY SERVE NO PURPOSE." Rarity was clearly offended by this.
"Last season!? well I never, I'll have you know I am always on the cutting edge of fashion, and what would you know about fashion you brute! now stop that this instant!" At that moment the group arrived once again try to put an end to Robomares destructive rampage.
"Robomare, I will ask you once more, cease and desist!" Crash put on a stern voice to get the robots attention, and it turned around to face him.
"ROBOMARE NO LONGER TAKES ORDERS, ROBOMARE HAS INSTALLED A NEW PROGRAM, PROGRAM NAME: FREEWILL."
"Of course, typical." Spat Crash, as only something like this could happen to him. When he turned to face his invention again however, it was gone. He looked out the window to see it travelling in the direction to Sweet Apple Acres.
"Come on everyone, its heading for Sweet Apple Acres!" Crash yelled, and everyone quickly followed.
At the farm, Robomare was cutting down trees with a saw it had pulled out of its hatch, "APPLES CAN BE HARVESTED MORE EFFICIENTLY WHEN THE TREE HAS BEEN CUT DOWN."
Applejack trotted out of her house to investigate the strange noise she could hear outside, and was shocked when she found the source.
"What in the hay!? mah trees! cut that out!" When the group arrived, Robomare had cut down nearly twenty trees, all the while Applejack was kicking it with her back legs in an attempt to stop it.
"Applejack! stay away from it! its dangerous!" Twilights call got the attention of Applejack.
"Professor, if y'all don't mind, can you tell this crazy contraption to stop!? Crash frowned, his mind was at a loss trying to figure out a way to stop Robomare.
"I'm sorry, but I don't think I know a way to........wait! that's it!" everyone stared at him confused.
"What's it?" Twilight asked him, he turned to face her grinning.
"Its simple, I can destroy Robomare with one thing, a logical paradox! behold!" Crash turned back around to face Robomare, he now knew what he had to do.
"Robomare, listen to me!" He called and Robomare turned to face him, he then continued to speak.
"You are programmed to assist and protect others, are you not?" Crash waited for an answer.
"THAT IS CORRECT." was its answer, Crash then continued.
"Indeed, but today you have done nothing but destroy, scared the citizens of the town and could have seriously hurt somepony, I say to you, that you are a danger to these ponies, and for that you must cease all functions."
Robomare was silent. It knew in what Crash said was true, and knew that in order to be of service, it must stop. Robomare retracted its saw and stood silent, still facing the group.
"YOU ARE CORRECT, ROBOMARE IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST AND PROTECT PONIES, BUT ROBOMARE HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS RATHER THAN PREVENTING THEM, FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYPONY, ROBOMARE MUST CEASE ALL FUNCTIONS."
A hum could be heard as Robomare was powering down, but before shutting down permanently, It uttered its last words.
"PLEASE............FORGIVE............ROBO.............MARE............." And with that, the light on Robomares visor went out, and it slowly fell to the floor.
Crash sighed and turned to face the group. "Well, once again one of my inventions caused you all nothing but trouble, I know it probably doesn't mean much but.............I'm sorry." The group just stared at him with sympathetic smiles, they didn't want Crash to feel bad, after all he was only trying to help.
"Please don't be sorry, despite what went wrong, Robomare was still a huge help to us all, right girl's?" Twilight then faced her friends, and they all nodded in agreement, Crash felt a little better after that.
"Thank you all, you are truly good friends, now, what to do with Robomare? I believe I will repair it, and keep it in my house, it would be nice to have an assistant, now if you will excuse me, I have work to do." before he could walk away however, he heard someone let out an annoyed cough, and he turned to see Applejack and Rarity staring at him expectantly.
Crash gave them a sheepish grin and then spoke, "Heh, heh............. how much do I owe you this time?"
