Chapter 1
"The experiment is going well" one scientist said as the supervisor pony looked at the creature in the Creation Tank. The experiment had been in this tank for the past year, growing, according to a display on the wall. Yet no one had known about this project for that year. Development of the experiment was kept secret, and anyone who had ever worked on this project was never allowed to leave the walls of the facility. There was an unspoken agreement that nobody would even attempt an escape, for they were held here by their own device, fear. The simple truth was, there would be no mercy for anyone who left. The punishments for the crimes they commit, almost on a day-to-day basis, would have them banished to the moon or worse. There would be no questions asked.
"When will it be complete?"
"Within a week at the most" The scientist felt uneasy, but did not dare show it. The supervisor did not appreciate the words spoken.
"I want this project done in no more than three days, understood?"
"I can make that happen"
"No…" the supervisor's words came out like an invisible sword, cutting through the heart of the scientist. "You will make that happen" He gave a stern look at the scientist, then left the laboratory. The scientist watched him leave then looked back at the control panel. The supervisor was a pony of few words. He had no need to say very much. His very demeanor gave the workers in the facility a reason to fear him.
"It appears we may have to speed up the process by a few days" the scientist whispered to himself. He pressed a few buttons and thought: 'At least I was so close to a safe completion. Let's hope that the work done on this one wasn't in vain'. He then went to the room that he was assigned to sleep in.
The scientist woke up to an alarm going off throughout the facility. He ran to the door and thrust it open, paused realizing what the alarm might mean, and kept going. He had to get to the experiment, and fast. The hallways were full of confused ponies, some of them running to a room in at the end of the corridor. Pandemonium ensued while he ran. After pushing past a few ponies, he made it into the room where the experiment was kept.
"You have got to be kidding me." The scientist was looking at an empty Creation Tank with broken glass all around it. Thinking of possible punishments for even losing control of experiments, the scientist knew there was no time to waste. He looked around and found a trail of Creation Fluid leading out toward a broken down door. He ran, following the trail that the experiment left behind. He found that it lead to outside, exactly the one place he did not want it to go. Where was the supervisor? The answer was quickly revealed.
The supervisor was in a stare down with the experiment. This experiment was not an ordinary one though. The scientist referred to it as an "Artificial Alicorn", because that was exactly what it was. Using the technology developed in the facility and the DNA of a powerful Pegasus mixed with the DNA of an magically powerful unicorn, the scientist was able to grow an alicorn. He also inserted knowledge of magic, flight maneuvers, and knowledge into the brain of the experiment. Now the supervisor, a unicorn, and the "Artificial Alicorn" were about to engage in battle. What the supervisor did not know was that he was heavily outmatched. In short terms, any magic used against the alicorn would be absorbed and stored for its own use and it had over double the power of the supervisor on its own. These modifications were added since it was meant to be used as a weapon.
"Do you even know what you are? You aren't anything without me, understand?" The supervisor never seemed so angry.
"I know exactly what I was meant to be. I was meant to be a tool to decimate Equestria, isn't that right, Chasm?" The experiment was also taught the names of its creators, sadly that was another piece of information that the supervisor did not have. He looked shocked for a moment but quickly retorted.
"And a tool is all you ever will be!" Chasm shot a beam of magic directly at the experiment. The "Artificial Alicorn" absorbed the beam, showing no signs of pain or change in mood. He then began charging his own.
"You are wrong about many things, Chasm." The level of magical power that was now charged in his horn was enough to kill Chasm, even if it just grazed him. Chasm had studied magical energy and knew this, so he started backing away. It was far too late. The beam the experiment let loose at Chasm completely engulfed him, leaving no time to scream and only a charred streak across the ground where Chasm stood. The "Artificial Alicorn" then looked behind at the scientist.
"You must be Prism, the scientist that generated me"
"Yes, I am" Prism said, hoping that the experiment would join him. His hopes were quickly dashed.
"Then you will die like the rest" Prism then realized that this experiment, this monster he had created, already had the mentality of a killer. This rainbow-maned monster would continue to kill and destroy until all the land was burnt to a crisp. The only things that could stop him were the two ponies that he was created from.
"Wait!" Prism was trying to stall what he would call Rainbow Burn. Rainbow for the hair, and Burn for what he was going to do to Equestria. "Can we negotiate, Rainbow Burn?"
"No, I will not, Prism" With that Rainbow Burn blasted Prism back with a small amount of energy, only enough to knock him into the facility walls. Before Prism blacked out, he watched as Burn flew up and charged a beam that would completely incinerate the facility and everypony in it. He knew that this experiment was an immense mistake that would affect all of Equestria if it was not stopped. There was a killer on the loose, with Ponyville as its first target. The scientist watched as the blood red beam was released from its prison in Rainbow Burn's horn and then everything went dark.