Mega Masters

by Black Slash

8. Meet the Apples

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In the meantime,Magnet and Applejack were already half the way to the apple orchard,and were calmly talking about the Apple family and Sweet Apple Acres in general.

"So, you have a brother, a sister and... your 'Granny Smith', even if i'm not sure if she's your grandma or your grand-grandma.

Still,what happened to your parents? If it's personal,then, you don't have to tell me,AJ..."

Applejack,however,simply chuckled,and started to explain to red robot the facts.

"Don't worry,ah'm made of tough stuff. To tell tah truth,ah don't know what happened to them." explained AJ,surprising Magnet. "Heck,ah don't even remember them! Granny was tah one that raised us all for the facts."

Magnet gave a small laugh,and after thinking for some instants,spoke again.

"Well, she sure is indestructible. I mean,she raised all of you, she cared for the whole orchard for years, and she still keeps going. I mean, talking about badass grandmas, they can eat their heart out compared to Granny."

The two then shared a long laugh, until the orchard finally came into view. Magnet stopped and almost 'bit his tongue' and AJ gave him a worried look,not knowing what happened to paralyze the red robot like that.

"What's going on tah make ya stop in mid-laugh and freeze yarself like that?"

However, Magnet didn't answer,eyes glued to the trees that were decameters away from him, The he turned his attention to AJ,even if he still was pointing to the orchard.

"THAT is your family's orchard?"

Applejack gave a nod of confirm, successfully making Magnet's jaw hit the floor. The former took a few minutes to regain himself.

"...How. Do you even. Harvest. All. Those. Apples."

AJ then burst into a laugh and fell to the road,rolling herself for the laughter and crying for how funny the scene was. After recomposing herself and putting her hat back on her head,the cowgirl answered.

"Well,ah told ya ah have ah big brother,no? But when ah said 'big' ah meant it. His name is Big Macintosh-

Now it was Magnet's turn to fall on the road and roll himself in laughter when he heard the name. Obviously,the robot master immediately recomposed himself,and explained why the sudden outburst,

"Well,you see AJ, in my world the name 'Big Mac' is given to an hamburger,an ensemble of cheese,vegetable,sauces and meat."

AJ then giggled a little when she heard what the name 'Big Mac' meant to Magnet,but immediately stopped when she noticed something about the red robot's statement.

"Wait,ya said 'meat'?"

"Oh,sorry, i forgot to mention that humans are omnivores. Don't worry for me, i don't need anything."

The duo then kept walking,and soon arrived at Sweet Apple Acres. Magnet noticed that the windows were open,which meant the 'Apples' had to be home. Magnet and AJ then entered from the gates, getting closer to the habitation.

But before being able to open it, Magnet got hit to the face, so hard that a piece of his helmet flew off, revealing some internal circuits. Magnet has been stunned too by the hit. So stunned, in fact ,that he couldn't see that well. He only saw a big, red stain and an orange stain,which was probably AJ. However, Magnet was still able to hear their conversation.

"Stop, Big Mac! That's no way you treat guests!"

"Guests? Ya call this monster guest?!"

"Monster?! He was sent here by Princess Celestia herself,and it's only staying here at Sweet Apple Acres!"

"Pr-Prin-Princess Celestia?!

"...Yep."

When Magnet's vision came back,he saw AJ near a huge, red stallion. Magnet shook his head,and raised himself from the ground,checking for eventual damage on his armor and dusting it off in the process.

"So, lemme guess,you are Big Mac?"

Big Mac simply gave a nod of confirmation to the red robot,making him raise his nonexistent eyebrow,looking to AJ,which simply shook her head, AJ looked behind Magnet, and saw the piece of helmet that flew off when Mac hit him in the face.

"Magnet, your helmet..."

However,Magnet already noticed the piece way before Applejack,and right now was putting it back to his place. When he placed the broken piece on the zone it was supposed to be,it stayed there,like it was glued when it came to contact with the rest of the helmet.

"Oh,don't worry with me. I work with metal,after all."

Mac raised his eyebrow to AJ, which simply shook her head again,like she wanted to say ' I'll tell you later '.

The three then entered the house, Magnet noticed that the house,to be ranch-like,had some really nice fabrics,and the furnishings were not only good,but they were in a vintage stile,maintained perfectly.

However,his thoughts about the house were interrupted when a spoon came into contact with his torso. And then a fork. And then about thirty kinds of knives between machetes, fish's knives and regular knives.

Luckily for him,they all hit his torso flatly,making no damage.

"AJ, you may want to cover anything else that is made of metal or iron. Until that piece doesn't glue back,i can't turn off my 'powers' and so i'll attract everything in the house. Also, what in hell are all those knives doing here?"

AJ,in a rush,had already removed all of the knives from Magnet's torso,and putted them into a chest. Mac raised another eyebrow,which was followed by the same gestures AJ made before. However, before she could say anything,Applejack noticed the absence of her smaller sister or Granny Smith.

"Hey Mac, do ya know where anyone is? Ah mean,it's almost midday..."

"Ah,don't worry sis,they're out." explained Mac,making her sister raise an eyebrow "Apple Bloom is with the her friends,while Granny is at the market. However...ya haven't introduced us to our guest,sis."

At this point,Magnet stepped in by himself,not needing Applejack's help. If Mac was going to kick him in the face,he was going to duck and then reply with a punch.

"I'm Magnet Man,pleasure to meet ya,Big Mac."

the two shared an 'hand-to-hoofshake' which leaved both of them impressed. Big Mac had a strong grip that surprised Magnet,and the former was stronger than Mac's expectations,which leaved him too surprised.

'Duh,that's normal for a stallion of his size. And even if i don't want to offend,i wonder how big he was when his mother was pregnant.'

"So,Magnet," spoke Applejack, " ah think there is a free room on the second plan if you need to stay. Don't worry,if there's something ya need, call me."

Magnet,however,chuckled a little and simply shook his head,knowing where AJ was going and wanting to stop her.

"Nah, don't worry,I can perfectly handle myself. Also, don't worry,i can perfectly get up and take something by myself, really."

The three then parted ways. Applejack was checking the condition of Magnet's room,while Mac went somewhere we really don't know. Magnet then simply sit on a chair in the kitchen, relaxing for a while and trying to process everything that happened in the past minutes.

' So,i got hit by AJ's brother,which by the way remembers me of Rock that time i had a crush on Roll. Still,the kick was so strong that it made a piece of my helmet fly off. Then we entered here and few metallic objects flew to my torso, thank God that i received no damage.'

' I then introduced myself to Mac and now i'm sitting on a wooden chair in the kitchen while the mare i'm supposed to guard is checking my room's condtion. Woah. Now this is what you can perfectly call a good start. '

However,his thoughts were once again interrupted when the door opened,revealing an old,green mare with a grayish mane.

"Oh, hi there sonny. Ya must be that guest Applejack talked about." she spoke.

"Oh yes-wait, AJ said that?"

The old mare nodded,then proceeded to explain.

"Ah meet her at the acres's gates. She said something about a guest and also about going to tell her lil' sis about ya.

Still, ya look familiar...but maybe it's just me."

Magnet was quite puzzled about the last things the mare said. 'Ya look familiar...'. How could he look familiar,when he is a being from a complete different dimension?

"So...you must be Granny Smith,right? I'm Magnet Man, pleasure to meet ya."

At the mention of his name,Granny seemed to flinch a little,but Magnet cursed his eyes for starting to let him down just because he got kicked in the face by some huge red stallion.

"Well,Magnet, ah hope Sweet Apple Acres will be of your acceptance until ya stay here."

Said so,Grammy went upstairs,leaving Magnet alone once more. However,the former now was still thinking and rethinking about what the older mare said. 'Ya look familiar...'.  That statement bounced all over his internal memory. Again,how could he look familiar to her?

This was the perfect time for taking a walk around the huge apple orchard. After leaving a note,the red robot exited from the house and started to walk around the huge orchard,hoping to not get lost like he already was in his thoughts.


Even the greatest can fall. However,when a dark force resurrects them and gives them more power,no one can guess what is going to happen.

People call him a mad doctor now, even if in the past he was a great scientist. His mind helped him serve his master, but when he died,came back to life and became the master of his own army, no one would've dared try to stop him.

Doors, locks and windows to the past are going to be opened. And only when every single piece of the puzzle will fall into place, HE will eventually show up. It's a pure matter...of time.

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