An old friend... or?

The group got on the edge of the cliff.

• Wow! - Twilight was amazed how high they were. Miles, miles bellow a river could barely be seen.

• It surely is high! - said Hawk. Rarity and Spike neared him and also looked bellow. Both jumped back and admitted, that even if it had no fear from hights, a pony should certainly be afraid from falling.

• How can you, Twilight and you, darling, not be afraid? - Rarity asked them

• I have wings. - spoke Twilight

• No, you don't. I have, remember? - replied Spike

Twilight realized that and quickly jumped off the edge. Now only Hawk was staring down.

• And you, darling? - Rarity asked him again

• I have rope arrows. By the way...

• Something's coming! - said Pinkie and Hawk.

• Wait, how did you see it. It is at least a mile bellow and you weren't looking! - Hawk asked.

• Her Pinkie sence. - replied Dash

• Mmmhm! My left ear is shaking!

They both were right. Cadence and Luna, who also dared to near the void, saw it after a minute when it was closer.

• What can it be? - Cadence was confused.

• It's very fast. - added Luna

After another minute they could even hear it.

• Oh, come on! - Glace didn't want to wait any more.

And in the same moment the thing passed and went up. After a half second it realised it's mistake and went back bellow.

• Ah! A robot! - Cadence was horrified

• Target located, sir! We have an eye contact. - spoke a male voice from the robot

• Ok, Djarvis - replied another

• They are two! - spoke the horrified Rarity. The robot did look strange. It was coloured in red and yellow, his eyes were shining in blue and his face was weird. Only Hawk didn't horrify, but instead he laughed:

• Come on, Pony! You won't fool me!

• You know him, darling? - Rarity asked him

• Of course! That is my fellow pony Pony!

• Wait, his name is Pony? - Dash was confused

• Yes, Pony Stark! He is my friend! I didn't tell you, but I had a period, when I searched allies for my cause. Back then, I met him and we became fellows, right, Pony?

The robot's upper jaw lifted to reveal a head of a white earh pony.

• Hi, Hawk! - he greeted

• I see you boosted the Iron Horse technology! Go on like that!

• Wait.. wha? - Applejack was confused

• It would certainly be better if I take you home and explain all now! - said the stranger - It is a mile and a half bellow.

• But why did it take so long to get up here? - Hawk asked him.

• I was handeling some aggressors. When I came home, Djarvis told me, that a portal is detected. Now let's move to the elevator.

The pony group let Hawk And Pony Stark go ahead and made a group meeting:

• Ok, this is obviously a new form of Hase he didn't tell us about. He looks almost like him! - said Celestia

• Sure? - Luna wasn't very sure

• Yes. And if Hawk trusts him, we can too! - said Twilight

• Coming? - they heard the voice of the pony.

• Coming! - yelled they

• And where's tha' elevator? - asked Applejack

• Under us. - answered the stalion in the strange suit. The ground beneath their hooves moved and started falling down with a huge speed.

• Wow! - Pinkie was happy, while the others strugled to remain with their hooves on the platform. Luckily soon it was useless, because a ceiling appeared over them.

• We are here! - said Pony Stark

Everypony fell on the ground except Hawk and Rarity, who still weared the suit, managed to fall on their hooves.

• Welcome home, sir. - spoke the familiar male voice.

• Don't be afraid, that is my personal computer assistant Djarvis! - Pony told the others

• An'tha' was as interestin' ride! - spoke AJ.

• You haven't seen anything! - replied the stalion. He got on a circle in the room. Robotic arms and other kinds of things removed the suit from him and put it behind a screen. There were many screens and behind each one of them a different costume stood. - I'll tell you everything when we get in the main hall.

    The ponies, led by Hawk, left the room with the armours and entered a huge living room.

• Have a seat. - the owner told them

They sat. Twilight asked:

• What's that?

A strange looking robotic arm on wheels neared the lavender earth pony.

• Oh, that's Dummy. Dummy! Champagne!

The robot made a sad sound and went to the kitchen.

• He was my first invention. Sadly, he is only good in messing thing up. And bringing champagne! - Pony joked

• Ahem... - Rarity expected an explanation

• Hawk, I see you found a new owner of the Widow! Thank the Primal Master! You were killing yourself! Oh, the story. Do you really want to hear it all? It's very long!

• I guess we have enough champagne for this purpose. - Rarity joked and drank a bit of the champagne, that Dummy brought.

• Oh. Ok. First - with the name! I don't have an idea why my parents named me that silly way. From the horror in which the way Breeze destructed the village left them sure that was the least on their minds.

• Breeze? - Twilight was confused.

• The wind lord. - Glace cleared

• Oh, we have a lord here! Than, thou shallst be admitted as our ally!

• i am not an ancient lord and I don't speak ancient equestrian. - noted Glace

• Oh.  You are those of the Ice, right. Anyway, there aren't any other ponies in this area but me, Breeze and his servants. I will never let him rule! He destroyed our village when I was a young colt. My parents barely saved their lives. With the little many they got they sent me in the Canterlot Science academy. There I was the best student ever. I understood everything! I even told the teachers when they were wrong. But after I graduated, I was homeless and moneyless. My only job was to show Dummy, which I invented a little before I graduated, on the street, but more of the ponies thought it was magic and passed away. But then everything changed. A old professor in the school dies and left me his house with all the technology in there. Soon I invented the first version of Djarvis. I found myself a marefriend. everything was OK. Untill I invented the Stark Missiles. They were ment to protect the citizen, but one day a bunch of terrorists kidnapped me and forced me to hack my own missiles, so they could launch it. I refused. They shot me thrice with my own invention. I could feel their bulets making way to my hearth. They gave me three days and locked me in the warehouse with all of their others stolen experimental weapons, most of which I had designed, and a fellow prisoner. I was on the edge of death. I asked him to take the palladium core of each missile and give it to me. Using it, I invented my most genious invention - the Arc Reactor. It kept the bullets away from my heart. It constantly depleted the palladium, but I knew, that a single core would be enough for me to get out. I invented the first and the Mark I version of the Iron Stalion armour, which only depended on machine guns and a flamethrower. I killed all the terrorists, but my fellow prisoner was shot. Immeadietly after I returned, I invented a better version of the Arc Reactor, using an element, that never depleted, was simillar to paladium, but unlike it, it wasn't poisoning me. After that I could invent a better version of the Iron Stalion armour, using the unknown strength of the repulsor rays. I was briefly a hero in Canterlot, but soon as I remembered my home, I came here. Since then I constantly evolve my Iron Stalion tech and fight the wind lord.

• That has to hurt. - said Twilight.

Pony lied on the sofa and evrypony saw the shining circle of light in his breasts.

• It did. But now it'doesn't.

• Demonstrate us! - Dash was eager to see the costume's power.

• Alright. - Stark agreed and got to the other room. After a minute they saw the Iron Stalion flying through the door with the help of the jets on his hooves.

• Take this! - said Rainbow and threw the empty bottle of champagne

Iron Horse stretched his hoof forward. Everypony saw the white circle in the middle of his hoof starting to shine, making a weird noise and firing a bolt of light at the bottle, which turned to pieces. Dash threw another one. This time he shot it with his other front hoof.

    Dash still wondered what she can throw. Finally, with great effort, she threw a watermellon.

• Think she wants the Gallaher! - yelled the pony, turned in a vertical position and fired a unibeam of light through his Arc Reactor.

The watermellon was gone.

• And that's it! - his helmet got up.

Everypony clapped with hooves.

• Now follow me! - he said after he got the suit off in the other room and returned. -This is a bit more santimental.

Everypony but Fluttershy followed Pony Stark. She got on the balconee and found a rabbit:

• Oh, you are so sweet! - said she and picked up the rabbit. Then she followed the rest.