Mega Masters

Magic,which didn't need to sleep due to the fact he was a robot, started to walk away from his room,not caring if he did too much noise. After all,Gyro too wasn't sleeping,and was listening to his musical playlist with his headphones. The noise could easily cover Magic,which then could explore Canterlot freely, without anyone interrupting him,having the time to see the majestic city.

The magician walked along the halls of the royal sister's home, from time to time looking out of the various windows that made the light enter the palace during daytime,watching the magnificent statues that adorned the gardens. the guards weren't on duty,strangely, because from what he learned from Clown's podcasts, Canterlot is the capital of Equestria, and is usually assaulted by bandits.

However,there was one room in particular that he didn't visit. The throne room, which was also unprotected by the guards.

'Eh. Makes you wonder if they are that efficient. I am not insulting them, of course, but there is not a single guard in the whole castle. Strange.' thought Magic to himself, knowing that if he made those while being accompanied by Gyro,the former would have told him something like, 'Whoa, i didn't fucking noticed it, Captain Obvious' or 'No shit, Sherlock'.

Once he entered the room,Magic went to observe the tinted windows,and immediately noticed something. Each one of them represented at least an alicorn or an element of harmony. However, Magic thoughts were interrupted by someone else entering that same room.

Magic, preparing for the worst, turned around and unsheathed the Magic Card,only to met with a magenta unicorn's tired eyes,her glance locked up on him. Soon the two calmed down,and took time to recognize each other.

"Miss Twilight Sparkle..."

"Magic Man..."

Twilight Sparkle woke up from her sleep when she heard a rumor coming from the hall outside her door. The noise soon became a little stronger,then started a decrescendo and soon died off.

"Strange...the night guards are on vacation right now, but someone is strolling in the halls... and what if it's...

Oh Celestia, i think i should follow it."

Twilight Sparkle darted outside of her room so fast that no noise was made in the process,leaving her 'evasion' unknown to anyone. The magenta unicorn soon started to follow the noise that minutes ago woke her up. When she was able to see the source of the noise,it was quite clear that its identity couldn't be specified. There was only one factor that could help Twilight classify the creature. It walked on two legs.

"Oh my Celestia...! That could be a Diamond Dog that's seeking revenge against the masters! I gotta stop him before-

Oh no,i'm losing him!"

Twilight immediately started the chase,being the most silent she could.  the creature didn't show any interest in stealing anything,and it almost looked like it was admiring the architecture. However,the unicorn raised an eyebrow when she saw the thing enter the throne room.

'The...throne room? what could he possibly want?'

The unicorn tried to open the door the more silently she could,but the old door creaked a lot,making the creature turn around and unsheathe something. Twilight met his eyes,and was immediately able to recognize him. The silk hat,the scepter,the frac,the Magic Card...

"Miss Twilight Sparkle..."

"Magic Man..."

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The two magician then got into an argument that interested both of them. Differences between worlds are something interesting,and when two eggheads get thrown into the same conversation about them,you can be sure something interesting will happen.

"You are actually telling me" recapped Magic,while doing some gestures in the air,probably to make what he was going to say easier to understand, "That you actually purified Princess Luna, encased, then unleashed and reformed a god of chaos only with the power of friendship?"

Twilight Sparkle gave a nod,and then started to explain to the confused magician the power the elements had.

"You see,the elements can channel a lot of magic, that can be then released under the form of what i can call the 'Rainbow of Light'. "

"However,this happens only if all of the six main elements are together, and if the ponies represents the element they are wearing. A magician like you should have something like that in his world,no?"

At that point,the magician let out an hearty laugh,before recomposing himself.

"Unluckily...no. Our world does not have any kind of magic, and now is based only on machines like us. And yes, i am a magician, but i show off,using various kind of tricks. Never heard of someone doing that?" asked Magic,making the librarian reflect for a few seconds,trying to remember if there was anyone that fell into that category.

"Well...there actually is." Twilight explained,while remembering her in all of the details,"I know an unicorn that doesn't always use magic in her acts. But...there was also another thing i wanted to ask you. It's about your-what was the name again? Ah, yes, about your...serial number."

The magician let out another hearty laugh,but this one died off pretty soon compared to the other one.

"So you noticed that too? Well,now i think i will have to explain why. Sit down please,it is going to take a while.

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In another part of the castle,the royal sisters were now arguing about the masters,and also something else.

Celestia was the more worried one after seeing what happened hours ago.

"Luna, i can't let such warriors stay with my subjects! You saw too what they've done with the Diamond Dogs. The room is still getting cleaned up!"

"Oh sis, you worry too much." Luna tried to make her sister calm down,bringing up again the three laws, "The dogs got attacked by the masters because the three laws allowed them. The dogs were threatening our security, so they protected us. As i already said,they don't attack who they want,but only people that menace living beings and their own lives."

Celestia,even if she wanted to send the dangerous robots home,had to give this point to her sister. Also,damn if they weren't efficient. Not even all the royal guards can kick an army of dogs out of Canterlot in ten minutes flat. However, Celestia had another thing in her mind at the moment

"Luna,are you going to..."

"Answer to your question,sis? No. I told you,until the time will come,i'm not answering them. If there is something else you want to talk about,please tell me now. the local DJ Vinyl Scratch invited me to her party,and i accepted her invitation."

However,there was another thing the princess of the sun wanted to talk about,something much more important.

"There actually is something else,Lulu. That...force. The guards found these strange glowing rocks around the city. When i saw them,i understood what kind of enemy this is going to be. And that was dark energy,right?"

Luna smile suddenly turned into a more serious expression,giving a nod of confirmation to her sister.

"If you really want to know,it's a long story how i discovered the darn thing. So,sit down...would you kindly."

"This is...really..."

Twilight was leaved speechless by the story Magic told her. Moments of sadness,anger,hope.joy...so many emotions for only a machine.

"This the whole story,and i am the only one who knows it."

"Really? don't you have brothers after all? Don't they know about it?"

At the mention of his brothers,however,Magic's face darkened. he lowered his hat on his eyes,and let go his staff,which didn't fell and remained straight like a tree,

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"Well...the circumstances about them are...particular to say the least. Burner Man is a psycho-pyromaniac, Dynamo Man is a solitary wolf which slips away when there are too many people in the same room, Pirate is an alcoholic and Cold...went missing two years ago."

The unicorn started to feel bad,strangely. Sure,it was a particular family,but it was still family...no?

"Wily suggests us to have those 'family reunions' ,but frankly,i'm glad the only robot masters that can't be hurt by them or can hurt them. The ones that can aren't part of my family. Back to those family reunions,each time they would try to kill themselves in every occasion. I always refused to come,and i always had an excellent reason. They didn't even care about Cold... or him for the matter of facts,when they disappeared. Why? Because they care only for themselves."

Twilight couldn't believe it. In his 'family' Magic was probably the sanest one. Not having anyone to help you,or listen to a tragic story like that. Magic,however,looked like a gentleman and kept his cool attitude even in the most desperate situation.

But there was something that troubled Twilight about what Magic told her,but maybe it was just her being tired.

"Well,Magic,i'm going bed. Good night."

"Good night,Twilight Sparkle."

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When the unicorn leaved, however, Magic let any single emotion slip by. His face turned from darkened to pure sadness,like he wanted to shed tears.The robot master picked up his staff,and looked at the beautiful nocturnal sky.

"I am doing this for you, brother. I am going to restart,to leave Wily and the others behind. I got a few robots with me,and things will turn out well. I promise you brother. I promise you...Ground."

And with that,the robot master went back to his room,knowing that the sunrise was now upcoming,and that the guards would be back anytime soon. Giving his goodbye to the moon,Magic walked away,with only an happy thought in his head.

He knew he was always watching him,from above.