A Massive Equine Environment

Chapter 3 – Flesh and Steel

Celestia sat up in her bed, sipping her favorite blend of tea and reading an old friendship report from her most beloved student.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I've learned that one of the joys of friendship is sharing your blessings. But when there's not enough blessings to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful. So, though I appreciate the invitation, I will be returning both tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle

Celestia read the note over and over again, it was the first that Twilight had sent to her, and one of the most important lessons the young mare had taught herself: that no matter what it is, friends come first.

Once the diarch had finished her evening tea, she rolled the scroll back up and lay in the growing pyramid pile of others. Celesta was about to lay herself to rest, when a familiar fizzling sound appeared and she grabbed the note without even looking.

She groaned, rolling to see what it was. The moment she laid eyes on it, she knew something was wrong. There was no seal, the writing was hasty and it came unfurled. Her eyes scanned the page with millennia of precision.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I am, sooo so sorry about waking you like this, but there is something URGENT that needs tending to. Today, the CMC found an odd creature in the Everfree, it was made of metal and had a single glowing eye. It walked on four legs and apparently was well trained in the art of combat. We first met when I found her reading one of my books.  I naturally panicked and tried to defend my home, but her cunning was also exemplary, as she used my attacks to open an escape point for herself.

I gave chase, only to find that she had INCREDIBLE speed, one that only Rainbow Dash was able to catch up to. She fled back into the woods and we lost her, soon every one of my friends and I were scouring the woods for her. That was before the attack.

We soon found ourselves surrounded by an astoundingly large pack of Timberwolves, so I created a shield to ready ourselves. But, then she came again, attacking the wolves in our defence. At first, her strikes were in pure defence, rebounding blows and throwing wolves over her shoulders. But when they surrounded her and attacked as one, her usually blue eye glowed red and she howled like a monster before literally tearing the wolves to pieces, even going as far to use one of them as a weapon.

Once she finished her attack, she spoke, requesting that we drop the shield. I refused, after seeing such a display of unneeded violence. Her eye glowed blue again and she broke down into ‘tears’, crying softly and pushing us away. We learned that A.M.E.E (Autonomous Mapping Exploration and Evasion) had a second side, like a pony that has Split Personality Disorder. She ran away into the woods, and we lost her again. Fluttershy gave chase, and we lost sight of her too.

After breaking into teams of two, we again searched the woods. But soon, the BAD side of A.M.E.E returned, and she began to ‘play’ with us, breaking both Applejacks and Pinkies psych, almost like Discord did, only she went a little further.

She nearly broke Rainbow down as well, and made Rarity faint, before disappearing again. I have sent this letter as a request for help, and to explain what we are up against: a tricky creature that takes pride in stealth and vicious attacks. I ask that you send some royal guard to help restrain her, and see if we can separate the good A.M.E.E from the bad one.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle

Celestia read the scroll twice, then a third time before rolling it up and walking towards the door. She opened it and looked out, signaling one of the guards.

He trotted up, giving a firm salute before being hooved the letter.

“Take this to Captain Star Tail, and tell him to pick out his best in animal capture after reading this letter.” she ordered.

He nodded, running off into the castle, faster than normal it seemed. Celestia was wearing a frown as he rounded the corner, knowing that whatever this thing was, it must have been left over from Discords last escape. Nothing else could be so cruel and so protective at the same time.

She leaned back inside, closing the doors behind her. Celestia returned to her bed, but the silky sheets did nothing to answer the questions that rattled her mind. She lay pondering what the trickster god was up to this time, was it another attempt to escape, or just a belated sucker punch to some of her favorite subjects?

She tried to console herself that they could take care of one another, but if this metal creature had truly broken some of their minds more than Discord dare do so, then they needed help, and soon.

She felt her eyes flutter, sleep gripping her. Whatever was attacking, they could handle themselves and with the guards that were to join them, they could easily beat whatever thing dare try to harm her subjects.

Oh, right, return letter. Celestia rose once again from her bed and trotted over to the writing desk in her room, retrieved

a piece of parchment plus a pen and inkwell, and began to write.

(ஜ۩۞۩ஜ) Ponyvile (ஜ۩۞۩ஜ)

Twilight looked out the window, Spike had sent her message just minutes ago, but she could already feel the anxiety of the return letter. Maybe she didn’t believe them? Twilight admitted, if somepony sent her a message about an evil metal monster that lived in the Everfree and messed with pony’s minds, she would disregard it as a figment of the sender’s imagination.

It didn’t help that she had a SLIGHT history of being a LITTLE paranoid. Perhaps asking for an entire regime of guards was a tad too much? As she began to walk towards Spike’s bed for a second letter to be sent, he suddenly sat upright, woken from his sleep as if by nothing.

His cheeks puffed up, launching him slightly into the air before he released a jet of green sparkling fire that transmuted into a scroll baring the royal seal.

Twilight grabbed it mid fall with her magic, looking down to her assistant, “I told you not to fall asleep, it only makes things worse.” she scolded.

Spike just lay back down and groaned, tired of the amount of time his sleep had been disturbed by ‘urgent matters’.

Twilight unfurled the page faster than usual, ripping and edge by accident. She cringed, but continued to read the reply

as quick as her years of experience would allow.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

Worry not, my faithful student, I have had a regime of guards readied, they should arrive within the hour. I do hope you are alright, from the way you describe it, A.M.E.E, she sounds like a spawn of Discord himself. Do not let her convince you of ANYTHING you do not believe, and I have also dispatched some of the best in the business for psych checks that should cover anything that you can’t or haven’t already undone.

Sincerely,

Princess Celestia of Equestria

Twilight shut the note with a sigh, she had believed it! Celestia had foreseen that she couldn’t handle absolutely everything, and so she was sending a doctor for AJ and Pinkie. Twilight stepped to the top of her staircase and looked down at her two friends lying on the floor, frowning even in their sleep. She and the other Elements had agreed that they shouldn’t be brought back to their houses in case they memories had profound effects on their minds, and opted to let them rest at Twilight’s until she found a cure.

Within the hour as well, the princess was taking this very seriously, and chances are these guards meant business as well. She sighed, what a life it must be for A.M.E.E., trapped in the hull of a monster. If it wasn’t for the red eyed evil side, Twilight would swear that A.M.E.E. was an average Equestrian, or at least as average as they got.

Twilight looked out the window, wondering what it was like being A.M.E.E. Was it all a split perspective where only one saw or was her mind operating two at once whilst one had control and both could see? Twilight lay down these thoughts as her mind wandered to the evil A.M.E.E., what drove her to be as she was? Did she want to be evil, or were there darker forces at work here? Twilight couldn’t help but hate whatever was controlling A.M.E.E right now, or hate A.M.E.E. if she really was evil.

Twilight had concluded her ponderings as the sound of wings filled the night. She stuck her head out the window as at least twenty guards entered the local airspace. They touched down silently, one braking off from the main body and approaching her home.

She teleported downstairs as he knocked on the door. She opened it swiftly, nearly startling the Night Guard.

“Er, hello Miss Sparkle, I am Captain Star Tail of Canterlot. Princess Celestia sent us after she received a letter from you. I have with me twenty of my best and a medical advisor for those who have come into contact with this… Amy.”

“A.M.E.E.” corrected Twilight, “Though she disappeared soon after we left, and she has a knack for hiding.”

Star Tail nodded, “As I said Miss Sparkle, these are my best, we’ll have your metal monster trapped by daybreak.”

Twilight watched him glide back to his stallions, prepping them for their job. As he did so, a pegasus emerged from the group that was neither a Bat Pony nor a guard. He walked to her house, steps seemably measured by instinct.

He stopped a foot away, clearing his throat, “I am Doctor Grey Matter, I was sent here by your teacher as a way to help cure your friends of a very severe case of Psych Brake. May I come in?”

Twilight nodded, “They’re asleep on the couch, I’ll wake them.”

Grey Matter stood statically, waiting for her to move. She flinched, and then moved inside, Grey Matter following in precise steps.

“AJ, Pinkie, there’s somepony here to see you.” she cooed, waking the two grey ponies.

Doctor Grey Matter looked them over, “This will take some time, please remove yourself from the immediate area, Miss Sparkle.”

She nodded, leaving the home and stepping into the cool night air. She looked down the road to see that Star Tail’s stallions were gone, already on the operative side of their mission. She sighed, this entire event was too stressful for her, she needed a place to sleep though, and Rarity’s sounded good.

(ஜ۩۞۩ஜ) Everfree (ஜ۩۞۩ஜ)

Star Tail looked ever his stallions again; making sure each was in line, “Alright, this is going to be quick and clean, you hear me? Quick, and clean. We are to track and capture a metal beast that has been terrorizing the nearby town before it has the chance to do so again. Spread out, if you don’t think you can handle it, the yell out and fly up. Got it!?”

“YES SIR!” they all hollered in unison.

“Then move out!” he ordered, taking to the air himself.

As they all spread out, a single creature awoke, and was none too happy about it.

(ஜ۩۞۩ஜ) A.M.E.E. (ஜ۩۞۩ஜ)

PROXIMITY ALERT

BEGINNING STARTUP

POWER: 39% CHARGE: FIVE HOURS

STARTUP SEQUENCE INITIATE… … …

ALL SYSTEMS GO

A.M.E.E. woke with a start. She looked frantically about, blue ocular lens triangulating her position on screen. She shook her head in a mock attempt to clear it, as there was a continuous buzzing. Once it was gone, she realized why she was awoken, and looked toward the dozens of red dots moving about the forest, searching for her. No, they were searching for her, not her.

She stood up, dashing in the opposite direction as to avoid the ponies looking for them. If she could last another five hours, then she could rest again and hopefully find out why she was in control again.

‘That’s it, run away, stay in fear and run from what you’ve done…’

A.M.E.E. recognized the voice instantly, “YOU!” she yelled to herself.

‘Ooh, so you can hear me… interesting.’

A.M.E.E. fumed at the sound of her, just her voice sent her into a fury, “What do you want!?”

‘Now now, let’s not be hasty, where would the fun be in letting you know?’

A.M.E.E. felt her servos groan as she gripped the ground, crushing the dirt to sand, “Stop toying with me! I know what and who you are, I know what you will do with me if I let go!”

‘What certification do you have? Maybe I’m not all bad, hmm? Ever think of that missy, that you may be the bad one?’

“No,” A.M.E.E. began, releasing her grip on the ground. The emotion known as rage died down, followed by pity, “You may think you aren’t bad, but you are. Maybe you don’t think the things you do are evil, but they are. I study and defend, you remember and lash out. I discover what a creature does; you discover how it’s inside look pulverized against another. I am the good, you are the bad, we are like a Ying and Yang.”

‘Don’t you dare give me your pity, fool! I know what I do, I know you don’t see it as right, but what I see is something you fail to. The fun in it. I am the optimist, you are the pessimist.’

A.M.E.E. shook their head, “Yes, perhaps I am pessimistic, but I don’t find ripping the life from things in a literal manner fun. Many who are sane find it grotesque, though I suppose you don’t know what it’s like to be sane, do you? You weren’t programmed like that.”

She felt the Military Mode silently rage, opting to not say a word, but instead began to make an affront on her defences again.

“I made a few upgrades, hopefully you won’t find it so easy to break through and take control again.” she said with a sneer.

‘I swear when I get out, and I will! I am going to torture and burn that little village I already feel you holding dear. I will squeeze the life from every denizen; recording and forcing you to watch every one of them asphyxiate!’

A.M.E.E. had since tuned out the raging A.I., already savoring the silence that gripped her and made her shell feel… she couldn’t sense at all but she imagined it felt nice right now.

PROXIMITY WARNING

A.M.E.E. turned to face the approaching pony, knowing full well what it meant to do so.

As the armored guard broke the tree line, he stared at her with cautious eyes, making sure to get the first move.

“There will be no need for violence guard, I will go peacefully.” the guard flinched.

He righted himself, looking her in the eye, “Too bad, I was hoping you would try and resist arrest.”

A.M.E.E. did little but watch him wrap primitive shackles around her forelegs, making sure they were secured before Leading her through the woods.

She looked him over, obviously he was a subspecies she had yet to determine, “What species are you?”

The guard seemed startled by the question, expecting her first to be something like ‘where are we going’, or, ‘how long is my sentence,’ both which he had prepared answers for.

“Uh- Nocturne. Though most simply call us Bat Ponies or Night Guards.”

A.M.E.E. nodded, “Data stored, what is your origin?”

The Nocturne raised a brow, “Why, you know what? I shouldn’t even be conversing with you.”

He then looked away, leading them on in silence. A.M.E.E. hypothesized their species origin was either a successful breeding attempt with a large bat that may be native to the world, or magic. Why was that suddenly a reoccurring possibility?

Soon enough they reached a clearing where another Nocturne stood guard. He spotted A.M.E.E. being lead in irons by the other guard and retrieved a bull horn from its pouch. (The horn was donated by an aging buffalo near Apploosa after being struck in the head by an apple pie.)

He blew into the horn, which seemed to emit no sound, but A.M.E.E. increased her hearing spectrum to find it a high pitched whistle meant for the Nocturne’s bat-like sonar capabilities.

Soon, many other Nocturne filled the sky, some coming on foot, others flanked by a pack of Timberwolves. A.M.E.E. could not supress a giggle when the Nocturne being trailed by the wooden lupines was suddenly nipped at. She cringed when a spear was drove through the creature’s skull, causing it to crumple like a used tissue.

After scaring off the rest of the pack, the Nocturne guard rejoined his brethren. When all where present, they marched out of the woods in the direction of Ponyville. A.M.E.E. felt a sudden pressure on the back of her head, to which she found a Nocturne blowing on his hoof, not really thinking with his brain when he struck her.

“I could shut down for you, but I doubt you would be able to carry me.” she offered.

The Nocturne continued to wave his bruised hoof, not really hearing her. She sighed, moving with the rest of the creatures, finding the shackles becoming an increasing nuisance with her usual walking patterns. She was about to break the brittle iron when she realized it would probably cause the guards to attack her, breaking their weapons and lowering their combat effectiveness if another pack of wolves or a Manticore decided they would be easier to kill without them.

She groaned; this was going to be a long night.

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A.M.E.E. opened her ocular lens to find herself find the shed that the Nocturne had reinforced into a makeshift prison. She stood up, testing and stretching her servos before knocking awkwardly on the door.

“May I come out now?”

“No.” came the swift reply.

“Very well. What is the origin of our species?” she said, restarting the query.

The Nocturne guard sighed, “For the fiftieth tim-”

“Eleventh.” corrected A.M.E.E.

“Eleventh,” growled the guard, “I am not at liberty to answer any of the prisoner’s questions.”

A.M.E.E. nodded, “Very well. You obviously have some interest in me or you would have stopped talking to me at all, like the others.”

She heard his neck brace move around slightly, indicating nervousness, “No, I simply do not think that you should have absolutely no one to talk to.”

“I can detect lies like your eyes can see in the dark.”

The guard shuffled, but otherwise made no response.

“Very well. What is the origin of your species?”

The guard threw his hooves into the air, “WHY ME!?!”

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Twilights ears perked up at the sound of somepony yelling. She turned the voices way only to have the guard cough.

She turned back and blushed, “Oh right, sorry, so how did you catch her?”

The captain shrugged, “The one who captured her said that she simply gave up. It seemed fishy at first, but when she came willingly and even agreed to go into the prison-shed, I stopped worrying. You said she has a split personality?”

Twilight sighed, and nodded, “Yes, the one you have now is the nicer of the two, the other is pure evil. Her eye is red and she enjoys tearing creatures limb from limb. I feel sorry for this A.M.E.E., she has to live with that thing in the same body, it must be torture…”

As she finished, the Nocturne sighed, “That is going to make punishment problematic, and yes, it must be near unbearable to see that happening.”

She nodded in response, looking out the window of the library, “If only there was something I could do, to get the bad one out, or even get rid of it. I would feel so much better that way, but the evil ones done so many bad things that I can’t just let both of them run free either…”

The captain smiled, “That’s where we come in, you won’t have to do anything to her.”

“Just, please be careful with her, if you hurt the red one, then you’re hurting the blue one too.”

“Of course, Miss Sparkle, of course...”

(ஜ۩۞۩ஜ) Shed (ஜ۩۞۩ஜ)

“Very well.” continued A.M.E.E. to the rhythmic sound of the guard pounding his unprotected head against the side of shed, “May I request you stop before you cause mental damage?”

“That’s ‘WHAP’ the ‘WHAP’ intent ‘WHAP’.”

“Very well. What i-“

’Yoo hoo, anybody home?’

A.M.E.E. stopped for a moment. She ran to the door of the prison-shed, “RUN!!!”

The whapping stopped, “What?”

“I mean it, she’s coming, RUN!!!”

“What do you mean, She’s coming?” he asked, replacing his helmet and returning to his post.

“I mean th-“

The guard waited a moment after she stopped to abruptly, “Hello…?”

“You should have listened to her…”

“Wha- AAAHH!!!” he cried out as an eight toed metal foot broke through the edge of the shed, nearly grasping him.

“Why hello there you, mind to join us?” she asked innocently, showing her red eye to him through the hole.

He tripped on himself, falling over and barely dodging another attempt to grab him. She laughed maniacally, reaching out time and time again, breaking away at the door.

He stepped back, retrieving his spear and pointing it at the door just as it exploded, “Stay back, I don’t want to hurt you!”

She chuckled in a distorted voice, “Ooh, so you do like her eh? That is going to make this a million times more satisfying…”

She stepped forward, and he thrust his spear out. He expected the clang of pieced metal, but instead he heard the wood shatter as it bounced harmlessly off the steel body of the monstrosity.

“Uh-oh, someone hasn't invented the drop forge yet…” she snickered, reaching out again.

He cowered behind his hooves, until he heard the other voice, “I… said… RUN!!!!”

He looked again to see a blue eyed A.M.E.E. trembling. He accepted her advice as the eye began to flicker back to a crimson red. The guard took off and began to fly into the air as she roared with rage, jumping up and nearly grabbing his hoof, but managed to remove the metal boot attached to it.

He began to fly towards the library, hoping to warn the rest of them. He avoided a bird just as the shaft of his wooded spear flew past him like a javelin, nearly impaling him and catching the bird instead. He turned around to see her readying the poles end like it was a throwing knife, hurtling it towards him. He tried to move but the object was faster than he could have ever anticipated, and it embedded itself in his chest plate, breaking skin. He groaned in pain, and began a faster than usual decent back to the ground.

He hit it running, seeing the library in range. He burst through the front door, startling both of the ponies at the table before crying out, “She escaped!” and fell to the floor unconscious.

Instantly Twilight was on her hooves and the captain was already out the door. He began barking orders until a feral howl filled the night air and caused everypony to shiver. Twilights eyes began to search the area, a single question racing through her mind: Where is she?!

The question looped in her mind over and over until some of the guards began to settle down and some of the homes lights began to flicker on. Then she felt a piece of metal run down the length of her body, leaving a small cut.

She turned the opposite direction to see A.M.E.E. holding a blood tipped sword, though it looked more like a knife in her massive palms, “Hello there little Sparkle…”

Instantly Twilight charged her horn with her most basic combat magic and fired it at the metal beast. The shot was deflected by the blade, firing it at her library and knocking out a window. Twilight gasped as she remembered who was sleeping in there.

“Hehehe… Don’t worry, I’ll get back to those two soon enough…” the machine snickered.

“Help!”

Soon, the entire night guard was around A.M.E.E., pointing pole hooves and spears in her direction.

A.M.E.E. looked around her, and then set her voice to sound exactly like a certain movie robot that had killed many things in its imaginary time, “Oh, so unwise…”

They all rushed her at once. She twirled the blade backwards and snapped the end off of the nearest spear and used it as a makeshift staff. Her mind began to follow every weapon being pointed at her and she computed a plan in less than a second.

The moment a guard tried to lash out, she grabbed the end of his weapon, pulling him in and tossing him against another pointed end before twirling  in a circle which knocked away ever spear and allowed her to run directly in front of the guards. She then ran on three legs around the polygon the guards had formed and cut every one of their chest open, each released a scream. Soon, they all lay about cringing as their armor was shredded by the absolute speed of the attack.

A.M.E.E. had effectively taken out the Night Guards best in less than thirty seconds.

If she had a mouth, a bored frown would have crossed it in how utterly boring the fight really was.

“The Timberwolves gave me more trouble.” she sneered, looking about the horrible guards.

“You forgot about somepony, you monstrosity!”

A.M.E.E. twirled around to see Twilight again charging her horn, this time it had been cooking.

“Oh,” started A.M.E.E., “and what makes you so special little Sparkle?”

Twilight smirked, “This.”

She fired a beam of highly concentrated magic hot enough to melt titanium at A.M.E.E., who looked bored at the relatively slow moving projectile. (Relative to a bullet.)

Just before contact, A.M.E.E. rolled to her right, expecting it to fly past and burn the library down for her. Instead, it changed course and headed for A.M.E.E. again. Not expecting this, she was barely able to move out of the way as it melted a part of her CPU casing.

She roared in fake agony as she felt no pain, but knew that that spot was now unprotected, leaving her chest open for attack. The beam danced above Twilight’s head, who until now, had regular eyes. Now that A.M.E.E. had actually looked, she saw that her eyes were replaced by two white glowing orbs that bore holes into her casing.

“Hehehe, we might not be so different after all…” she snickered, seeing Twilight mane flash with a quick lick of fire.

“WE ARE NOTHING ALIKE!” she yelled back, firing the beam at her again.

A.M.E.E. had predicted this, and so this time after rolling, she dashed straight for Twilight.

“Don’ think that turning my own beam on me will work!”

“Didn’t plan on it.”

As she neared Twilight, A.M.E.E. grabbed the nearest guard, holding him up as a literal meat shield.

Twilight gasped, firing the beam into the air so it could do nopony harm. Instants later, a second sun lit the evening, catching the attention of a certain Princess of the Night. She stood up, moving her telescope to the spot where the radiance had been produced. She found Twilight standing off against some sort of red eyed monster.

Instantly she lit her horn, causing her to become a beam of moonlight and appear in front of Twilight.

“Princess Luna!” cried the surprised Unicorn.

“Yes, now, I assume this is A.M.E.E.?”

Twilight looked back to the red eyed beast, who was currently trying to figure out how a princess had suddenly just appeared out of nowhere, not even creating the flash of teleportation. “Yes, she broke out of her prison a few minutes ago, then she came here and beat down every guard in seconds. I tried to fight her, and even wounded her, but then she used a Night Guard as a shield against my attack.”

Luna had not taken her eyes off the metal creature in front of her, but acknowledged, “A.M.E.E., I hereby place you under royal arrest for breaking Law 12: No intelligent creature shall harm or incapacitate an Equestrian, friendly conflict notwithstanding. You have broken this law more than twenty times.”

A.M.E.E. chuckled, “Oh dear, it seems the big bad princess is going to save the day! HA! Bring it on sister, I hereby resist arrest.”

Luna snickered herself, “Is that how it is going to be? Fine, but don’t blame me if I break you.”

Each took a combat stance; A.M.E.E. changed form to be bipedal and easily stood above the princess, but held the small sword close so she could carry as much momentum behind it as possible.

A.M.E.E. made the first move, patience having disintegrated. She growled and thrust the sword towards Luna, who conjured up her own ethereal blade and parried it. They locked blades, each with a sense of victory already in their hearts… or CPU’s, or whatever. Just ignore this.

They clashed time and time again; A.M.E.E.’s having more power behind each blow, but Luna’s blade being much lighter and more agile. Sparks flew into the air as the blades clashed, each blade whistling as they whirled around as mere beams of light. Soon they locked blades, staring into each other’s method of sight. A.M.E.E. tried to break contact, but found her sword lying in the dirt as Luna flung it away.

Luna pointed her blade at A.M.E.E. who was looking for other methods of combat, until he mentally face palmed as she spun up her own toes.

Luna laughed, “You would fight with your own hands before you are taken by the law? I admire your courage but it is for not.”

Luna tried stabbing A.M.E.E. in some important looking parts, which happed to be her leg servos. But when A.M.E.E. deflected the blow and stepped back, Luna tried a slice down the middle. Then A.M.E.E. caught the blade with one hand, then scanned for vitals and found Luna’s heart to be very close. She tried to stop the heart with a quick punch, rip it out if need be, but was stopped be an aura of midnight blue.

“Enough!” bellowed Luna, horn glowing as she gripped the resilient machine.

A.M.E.E. tried the push on, tried to move at all, but the Princess’s power overpowered her own and held her in place.

“Enough… A.M.E.E., you are hereby placed under arrest for a lifetime in prison for assaulting royalty and attempted murder on many citizens of Equestria. I know of your strength now, and will construct a prison strong enough to hold you personally, be it here, or on the moon itself.”

Twilight stepped beside the diarch, “Princess Luna, you can’t! A.M.E.E. can be officially diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder. This A.M.E.E. might be guilty, but the other A.M.E.E. is the opposite, she even saved all of my friends once!”

Luna looked ad A.M.E.E., “Truly?”

The red eyed A.M.E.E. chuckled, “Yep, got her locked up in here tighter than a nucleus in an atom. Which is pretty hard to separate, and generally causes a mass release of potential energy.” (don’t take my word on that.)

Luna sighed, “This complicates things. I shall have to find a way to supress this A.M.E.E. in order to allow the other to appeal. Twilight, I may need your help with this.”

Twilight gaped at the princess, “W-What, here, now?! You can’t be serious Princess, I don’t know how to supress a mind!”

“Twilight Sparkle, you are the personal protégé of my sister, defeated my dark side once in combat with ease using…”

They stared at one another for a moment, “The Elements!”

A.M.E.E. blinked, “What?”

Luna turned back to their prisoner, smiling lightly as Twilight went to retrieve them from the library and gather her friends, “The Elements of Harmony. They are an ancient and powerful magic that has cleansed this land of the vilest evils and wretched foes. I am confident that they hold the power to ‘supress’ you. Be it by simply storing you, or getting rid of you all together.”

A.M.E.E. felt the emotion listened as ‘nervous tension’ go up, “Is that really necessary? I mean, come on, I’m no overlord of magical power, right?”

Luna smiled as Twilight returned with a rather stern looking Applejack and Pinkie, both staring holes into A.M.E.E. with the trinkets around their necks, “I think they believe you qualify.”

If A.M.E.E. was organic, she would have gulped.

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Soon, all six Elements of Harmony were present. The Night Guard were rushed to the hospital and Twilight had gathered her friends. Each had sleepy eyes or hair curlers in their manes because they had not the adequate time to become presentable. They gathered around a magically restrained A.M.E.E., each baring a jewelled solid gold necklace and one golden tiara.

Rainbow looked into the eye of A.M.E.E., who stared right back, “I hope this turns you to stone you friend mangling monster.”

“Girls, into formation!” called Twilight.

Each one lined up, their eyes suddenly burst into light as the floated into the air and charged their ancient power. A.M.E.E. read the power level was over 9000. Suddenly, they gave a great burst of energy as a rainbow hued beam of pure friendship and good intent washed over A.M.E.E. She felt something happen, actually felt it. She was being split, torn between two halves. Then, just as soon as it started, the beam dissipated and a small cloud of dust appeared.

All six friends touched down and stared into the cloud, well, one hid behind her mane behind AJ, but they all looked nonetheless. Luna touched down near them, a little drained from A.M.E.E.’s surprising strength. Soon, the dust began to clear, leaving two figures to arise in the dust.

Both were prone, neither moved and each was about the same size. The collection of friends stepped nearer, moving into the dust and trying to see what had happened.

Then one moved.

Twilight instantly charged her horn and Rainbow Dash cleared the dust. But before them stood a rather unusual sight. Bits of metal and machinery lay scattered about, all seemingly surrounding two bodies.

“D-Did somepony get caught in the blast?” asked Twilight aloud, trotting up and inspecting the bodies. They were both a steely grey, but their coats shined like freshly polished iron. One was a Unicorn, the other a Pegasus. The Unicorn’s Cutie Mark was a gear behind a map with a quill on it. The Pegasus’ Cutie Mark was a little more gruesome, being a skull with a sword and arrow piercing it.

The Pegasus’ eyes flew open and she jumped to her feet. Then fell over like it was her first day walking. They each stared with curious eyes as the pony tried to stand, failing miserably.

She looked up with signature, deep crimson eyes, “Why do I feel funny, what did your little rainbow beam to do me?!”

Each pony gasped upon realising what had just happened, staring flabbergasted at the two.

“It can’t be, the Elements have never done this!” remarked Twilight.

Each pony began to converse upon multiple topics as the Pegasus silently crawled away, giving up on trying to stand again.

“And where do you think you’re going?”

A.M.E.E. froze, slowly turning her head, she saw all seven of them staring at her with hatred in their eyes.

She smiled awkwardly, “Uh, to the shed?”

Luna was on her in an instant, grabbing her with magic and raising her above her head, “I hereby arrest you for breaking the laws of Equestria and assaulting royalty. This time, no setbacks.”

A.M.E.E. began to flail in Luna’s grip, “I’ll break out, watch me closely dear princes, for if you don’t I’ll beat you so fast that y-”

Before she could finish, a bright light signaled Luna’s departure, taking the new pony with her.

The Element Bearers returned their gaze to the sleeping Unicorn that now smiled, as if she heard A.M.E.E. leave. Twilight looked among her friends, “I suppose I’ll take her. If this is the good A.M.E.E., then we’ll know by morning.”

Each nodded their agreement before a groan sounded and A.M.E.E. rose from the dirt. Rarity instantly began to fiddle with the curlers; they were in no way a good impression on her abilities in presentation. Her eyes fluttered open, each a startling and twinkling blue. She looked around, before striking herself in the head. Each pony watched wide eyed as she fell over, roiling in pan.

“OW OW OW,  WHAT IS HAPPENING!?!” she yelled suddenly, rolling around in the dirt.

Twilight chuckled awkwardly, “We have a lot of explaining to do.”