Of Myrs, Fire And Mind

As everyone was walking towards the library, Malik decided to have a personal talk with Twilight. “So this library… what can you tell me about it?” He asked.

“It’s quite a large tree that serves as both Ponyville’s library and my house. I guess you can say I am very thirsty for knowledge. Do you mind telling me how you got here, to Equestria?” Twilight replied.

“Well we planeswalked.” He answered as if it was obvious.

“Planeswalked?” She asked.

“Me, Chandra and Jace are planeswalkers. We are one in a million that has the spark, and when the spark is lit up we gain the ability to travel freely through the planes of the Multiverse. So yeah, we planeswalked.” He explained.

“Where is a notebook when I need one?” She muttered in disappointment.

“You do know I can just repeat everything, don’t you?” He asked with a smirk.

“Oh, right. What are those machines? You said they have feelings and they’re, what do you call them, myrs. Is there anything else you can say about them?” She asked.

“The myrs are a strange form of machinery. They first appeared in Mirrodin, created by some insane half-machine guy called Memnarch. I managed to create a personality core, giving the myrs feelings, personalities and critical thinking. They are more like living beings actually.” He explained.

“So does that mean they were alive but you turned them?” She asked.

“Quite so, but I make sure to only turn them if they want to. You see Alpha there? He was part of the Vulshok spear-tribe in Mirrodin, Gama was also from Mirrodin and he was one of the few honorable Morioks, and Omega was a Ravnican Vedalken. Shimmer however… he doesn’t talk much about it, it’s like he hated his life before he was a myr.” He continued.

“I see… Can you explain me what you are? No offense of course.” She said

“Well me, Jace and Chandra are all humans. In case you’re wondering Vulshoks are mostly humans but their arms are rocks and lava, Morioks are really mysterious and well… there isn’t much that can be said about them and Vedalken are a very smart and cautious race, they think twice before doing anything.” He said.

Twilight was amazed at the influx of new information, there were so many questions, there was so much knowledge. “Woah… That is amazing.” Was all she managed to say, her mind going into overdrive.

“I think that’s enough for now, we don’t want your mind to overload with all this new knowledge, now do we? By the way where is Pinkie Pie? She just disappeared.” He said

“You’ll figure out soon enough.” She said barely containing her laughter. Malik just shrugged and sped up his pace to catch up with the other planeswalkers.

“So what were you and Sparkly over there talking about?” Chandra asked.

“Wow, you’re quick with the nicknames! But anyway, I was just explaining her what we are, more information on the myrs, that kind of things. And remember Chandra, don’t burn anything!” Malik replied.

“No promises. I just hope we get to wherever we’re going to soon.” Chandra said as they approached the small town.

From this distance they could get a clear look at it. The wooden structures of several colors with hay roofs were everywhere. “So many wood, so many hay, so much fuel… I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to hold on.” She said slowly as she took in her surroundings.

“Huh… Jace?” Malik asked reluctantly.

“On it.” He said resting his hand on Chandra’s forehead, taking away her need to burn things until it was needed. He knew the spell wouldn’t last very long because of Chandra’s passion for fire but it was worth a shot.

“I just remembered. If we bring you with us everypony’s going to panic. Unless you can stay hidden you can’t come.” Twilight said, her hears hanging low.

“I think I know what to do.” Jace said. “I think I have enough mana for this but I’m not sure.” He continued.

As in response Malik summoned three Silver myrs and one Palladium. “Does that help?” He asked with a smirk.

“Yes that should be enough.” Jace answered absorbing the mana from the myrs, which fell to the floor inactive.

“What the hay was that?” Rainbow asked.

“Some myrs keep mana reserves within them, this mana can be used by whoever their summoner desires but it deactivates them for a while.” Chandra explained and was met with curious looks from the other planeswalkers. “What? Am I not allowed to know anything about artifacts?” She asked in response to the stares.

“You said that these artifacts have personalities and feelings yet you treat them this way!” Twilight said with anger.

“I do not have many personality cores, the ones I just summoned are just machines, programed to blindly follow orders.” Malik said with an expressionless face as he looked at the metal carcasses on the ground.

“He’s right you know? He treats us with outmost respect. He is a nice guy, and that is one of the reasons I accepted to be a myr. He knows we are more than artifacts. We’re living beings inside a metallic shell and he treats us like he would treat a friend.” Came the voice of Alpha. Gama and Omega other myrs nodded.

Twilight blushed a little once she realized how wrong she was. “Putting that little incident aside. What are you going to do Jace?” She asked trying to get the attention away from her.

“It’s simple: for a mind mage illusion is very important, so I’ll make us invisible.” Jace said with a grin.

“Wait wha-” Twilight tried to protest but was cut short by a blue flash.

“Are you there?” Rainbow asked.

“Jace… wasn’t this the spell you weren’t sure would work?” Chandra asked reluctantly.

“Kind of. But it worked, didn’t it?” Jace said with a nervous chuckle.

If looks could kill Jace would’ve been killed by Chandra ten times over. Even if it couldn’t be seen the tension in the air was clear.

“Moving on. Lead the way and we’ll follow. Does that sound good?” Malik asked, attempting to move to another subject.

“Yes but there is one problem. The myrs are not invisible.” Twilight answered as she looked at the constructs.

“Alright guys you know what that means.” Malik said glancing at the myrs.

“See ya’ real soon, I’m sure.” Gama said before transforming into gray energy and being absorbed by Malik’s gauntlet. He was followed by the other myrs.

“So, shall we go now?” He asked. The ponies watched in awe. Twilight managed to recover from the vision of the myrs transforming into energy right before her very eyes and nodded.

They started walking and they reached a very large tree. A red door was the way inside the living library and a balcony could be seen on its side, along with the previously stated there were also several windows adorning the tree.

They walked in and it was pitch black. Jace, unable to hold the invisibility spell, dropped it causing the planeswalkers to be visible. Jace was panting. “That was more difficult than I thought. Maybe it’s this plane’s mana.” He said.

Suddenly the room lit up and revealed several ponies yelling one thing and one thing only. “Surprise!” The planeswalkers’ minds went into overload. Malik tried to run for his life, Jace was trying to think of any barrier spell that could help him, as for Chandra… she panicked.

“Ah! What the hell is happening!?” Chandra shouted as she jumped back and prepared for battle. Only when she noticed a banner with ‘Welcome to Ponyville’ written on it, the balloons, the streamers and other party materials did she realize. That realization came with a facepalm.

“I freaked out because of a party.” She muttered.

A few seconds passed and the room was now in silence except for some ponies who whispered something about monsters and how they would be eaten. They were interrupted by Chandra bursting into laughter. “Alright who was the genius who set this up?” She asked.

Jace and Malik exchanged confused glances at Chandra’s sudden change. “I did!” They heard Pinkie Pie shout from the middle of the crowd.

“Nice one! Not many can surprise me like that! You and me, are now friends.” Chandra said, resulting on a big grin from Pinkie.

“Now let’s get this party started!” She shouted in glee.

The artificer and mind-mage looked at the other ponies. “Does this happen often?” Jace asked.

“Ya’ll better get used to this.” Applejack said with a chuckle.

“That means: yes, it does happen a lot.” Rarity explained.

Jace spotted a white unicorn with blue mane walking to a DJ stand. The purple shades she wore reflected the lights from the library. “Who’s that?” He asked.

“That’s Dj-Pon3 also known as Vynil Scratch, she’s the local DJ.” Rainbow explained.

“I’ve had enough of this back on Earth, if you need me I’ll be outside.” Malik said as he headed towards the door.

“What’s wrong with him?” Rainbow asked.

“I think it has something to do with bringing memories of Earth, his home plane. Or maybe he simply doesn’t like it.” Jace explained shrugging at the end.

Malik was outside and his gauntlet was glowing with intensity to match the Sun. “I’ll show you. I’ll show you all what I can do.” He said as a massive steel structure appeared in front of him.

“Alpha, Beta, Gama, Epsilon and Omega come on out.” He summoned some of the myrs with personality cores installed, all named according to the Greek alphabet. He summoned three guitars, each landing on Alpha’s, Gama’s and Epsilon’s hand’s. Epsilon’s red metal glimmered in the moon light as he looked down at the stringed Instrument in its hands.

Then Malik summoned a set of drums in the stage he had built and Omega without hesitation sat down and prepared to play. Last but not least was the bass guitar which was given to Beta. The pure white metal that composed its body made him a beacon in the night. “Lemme guess, we’re gonna teach them how to rock, aren’t we?” Beta asked.

“Pretty much.” Malik answered summoning a microphone for himself.

“Let’s do this!” Came the voice of Alpha.

“Which song should we start with?” Beta asked.

“Follow my lead.” Malik answered with a smirk.

Chandra was rocking the dance floor, breakdancing to the beat and Jace was simply talking to Twilight. “Could you repeat that? You defeated a spirit of chaos with friendship?” Jace asked with disbelief.

“Why yes. We have done things of the sort many times.” She said.

“This truly is an interesting plane.” Jace chuckled.

Then a yell broke the conversation. “AIEEEEE!”

“Could it be?” Chandra muttered. Looking towards the door. “Come on Jace we don’t want to miss the show!” She shouted with excitement as she ran off the door.

“You lead me on the path

Keep showing me the way

I feel a little lost

A little strange today”

“Yeah this is awesome!” Chandra shouted.

“He sure loves that band.” Jace said with a chuckle.

“I think I'll take a hold

Of whatever comes my way

Then we'll see what happens

Take it day by day

I thought I had it all

I had it all worked out

Just what my future held

That there would be no doubt

But then the card came up

And I took another turn

But I don't know if it's

Fulfillment that I yearn

Tell me what you can hear

And then tell me what you see

Everybody has a different way

To view the world

I would like you to know

When you see the simple things

To appreciate this life

It's not too late to learn”

By the end of the chorus almost every pony from the party was outside, rocking out to the band of myrs and the human.

“Don't want to be here

Somewhere I'd rather be

But when I get there

I might find it's not for me

Tell me what you can hear

And then tell me what you see

Everybody has a different way

To view the world

I would like you to know

When you see the simple things

To appreciate this life

It's not too late to learn

Tell me what you can hear

And then tell me what you see

Everybody has a different way

To view the world

I would like you to know

When you see the simple things

To appreciate this life

It's not too late to learn

Don't want to be here

Somewhere I'd rather be

But when I get there

I might find it's not for me

Don't know what I want

Or where I want to be

Feeling more confused

The more the days go by”

When the music was over there was a lot of cheering from everyone. “Mission accomplished. We taught them how to rock!” Malik said triumphantly before heading towards the myrs and high-five every one of them.

“We want more! We want more! We want more!” Chandra started chanting before all the ponies and even Jace joined in.

“The show must go on am I right?” Malik asked the myrs before turning to the crowd. “Hello! I’m Malik Arcanus and I have

one question and one question only for you: Can I play with madness?” He shouted.