I was having a strange day, to say the least. My original body stolen, my spirit sent through the universe. Topping it off was the fact that my current allies were a small Rahi-insect(Who'd saved my life), a baby intelligent fire-breathing rahi, and a sentient being whose origins I was not familiar with. Well, better than simply smashing against a rock and my essence disappearing.

Twilight Sparkle was the "pony's" name, that is apparently the species' name, and she and her young "dragon" assistant, Spike, were supervising a special celebration for their leader, Princess Celestia, who apparently had the power to raise and lower their sun and moon. I wasn't surprised, I had moved entire solar systems before, but I digress. Twilight's directly appointed position , from the princess herself, was to check on all the accommodations for the party. So far, we'd checked on the food, and there, I'd met a pony named Applejack.

Applejack was, quaint, to say the least. She seemed trustworthy, and she was very supportive of friends. I respected her truthful ways, and believed she was a very kind being,albeit she didn't like my slight withdrawal. She was bright orange, with golden hair, tied into "ponytails"(how ironic), and she typically wore a hat with a wide brim. I think she referred to it as a "Cowcolt's Hat". Either way, she seemed quite kind. Twilight, Spike, and I were making our way around, Twilight having a Expanded stomach, and she spoke up, "I had too much pie." I chuckled, and remembered how today had been my first meal ever.

Food was amazing, apples especially were interesting, but I had other things on my mind. Why was I here? I know destiny is a tricky thing, but how was I meant to land on a planet full of "ponies" and dragons? My guess was as good as the next being's. "Hmm, There's supposed to be a pegasus pony named rainbow dash around here clearing the clouds," Spike spoke up, as he read from his list of things to do.

I looked around. "How does a Pe-geese-us clear clouds? Aren't clouds made of moisture?" I said, honestly confused.

"It's how their genetic makeup works. They can touch and stand on clouds. How, is anyone's guess," Twilight informed me with this sentence. "Also, it's pronounced 'Pegasus'."

"Ah. With that, where is this pegasus? She doesn't look like she's doing a good job here," I said, and, as if on que, she came barreling at me. I ducked, and she nailed Twilight, who landed in a big mud puddle.

They sat there a moment, dazed, and Twilight moaned in annoyance. The cyan-colored pegasus had a rainbow-colored mane, as was her tail. She stood up, and chuckled nervously, probably afraid of her reaction.

"Uh, excuse me?" She said, in a meager attempt to retribute herself, as she smiled a face-ripping smile. She chuckled a bit more, and took flight-"Flight? So that's a pegasus' ability, flight. I take it you're this "Rainbow Dash" figure?" I said, unknowing I did at first.

She must not have heard me, as she continued speaking toward Twilight. "Here, let me help you," she said, and flew away for a quick second. She came back, somehow pushing a gray cloud, and then, she landed on it. My mind was boggled slightly, but I temporarily ignored it. She began bouncing on said cloud, and water poured down, soaking Twilight. She looked as if she could kill the pegasus for that.

The pegasus giggled a bit, and said, "Oops, I guess I over-did it. Um, uh, how 'bout this?" she proceeded to spiral around Twilight very fast, causing her to become dry quickly. "My very own, patented, Rain-Blow-Dry." She stopped in midair, and continued as she began to descend. "No, no. Don't thank me. You're quite welcome." She then noticed Twilight's mane, which had become frizzled up, due to the high-speed winds used to blow-dry her hair.

The rainbow-based pegasus attempted to stifle a laugh, doing so poorly, and finally, busted out, laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes. Spike did a similar act, falling on top of Rainbow Dash, tears poking at his eyes. I was surprised, to be frank, I'd never seen such.. I don't have a word for it.

Twilight was about to speak, but I spoke first, showing my irritability, "Not exactly kind to laugh at any being when their misfortune is brought on by you, is it?" She stood up, Spike falling off of her.

"Hey, ease up!" She said, flying into my face. "It's just a little bit of fun, isn't it?" It was now she took a good, long look at me. She looked at me confused. "What are you, anyways? I've never seen something like you before." She punched my shoulder lightly, pulling back out of slight pain, saying, "And made out of metal, at that."

Twilight cut me off, "We've heard that you were supposed to be keeping the sky clear, Ms. Rainbow Dash." She looked away, let out a sigh, and looked back with a smile. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, and the Princess sent me to check on the weather." Rainbow stopped staring at me, and jetted up, flopping on a cloud.

"Yeah, yeah, that'll be a snap. I'll do it in a jiffy, just as soon as I'm done practicing," she said, self-confident.

"What's important enough that you ignore an order from a ruler? And more importantly, doesn't Twilight deserve the right to have an apology?" I said, unaware of their princess's kindness, and still upset.

She looked over the cloud at me. "Don't push it." I scowled, really not liking her manner. She then pointed a hoof, not entirely understanding my question, and I followed her gaze as she said, "And they are theThe WonderBolts! They're gonna perform at the celebration tomorrow." She did a quick backflip, and landed back on her cloud. "And I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!"

"What exactly are these 'Wonderful Bolts' you speak of?" I said, completely lost.

Twilight answered my question inadvertently. "The wonderbolts? The most talented acrobatic ponies in all of Equestria?" She must be taunting her.

I had to crack a smile, smart pony. "That's them!" Rainbow said, unaware of the taunt at first. Twilight continued her mental assault, so to speak, as she scoffed.

"Please! They would never accept a pegasus who can't keep the sky clear for one measly day!" She said. I added to this, "She's right! they're probably training as we speak, and here you are, sitting on a cloud.'

Rainbow turned around, with an angered face. "Hey! I could clear this sky in ten seconds flat!" She challenged, mostly at me.

I smirked at her, already formulating a possibly dangerous plan. "And I bet you I can clear it faster, my dear." She scowled at me, and flew down.

She jabbed me with a hoof-tip, and shouted, "How are you gonna do That!? You have no wings!" Then, she realized the glow of the Mask, and stared at my face. I recoiled from her, not wanting to hurt her, just show her up. I raised my hands, and two loose beams of energy, similar to tornadoes, came from my hands, and ripped all the clouds out of the sky.

It hadn't taken more than two seconds for me to do that, so obviously, their jaws dropped. As the mask cooled down, I could feel fatigue slightly, knowing that had also partly been my spiritual powers.

"Wow," They all said in unison, and Rainbow flew up to me. "Hey, uh, I-I'm sorry for how I was acting, you got me. Can we start over?" I looked her over, and realized she was serious. I softened my face.

"Apologize to Twilight, she's the one needing an apology." Much to my surprise, Rainbow actually did apologize to her. She then turned back to me, and said, "Am I good?" I finally smiled at her, and pet her on the head gently.

"Yes, you are, indeed, good now, Rainbow." She smiled back at me, and flew over to Twilight.

"You also seem pretty cool, Twilight Sparkle," She said to her, who had actually remained frozen with her jaw dropped. "We should hang out sometime, friend." Twilight's jaw snapped shut when Rainbow said this, and she froze again. Rainbow flew up in general, and said, "Well, I've gotta split. I'll see you all later." She then swooped down, slowing down near me, and quietly saying, "See ya... Handsome." As she took off at full speed again, I had to equate what had just happened.

"Did she just call you handsome? No offense, it's just, you're so different," Spike said, before Twilight gave him a death glare. I held up a hand signaling her to back off a bit.

"I wish I knew what just happened," I said, " I've worn many titles, been called many things, but never 'handsome'. Or 'Friend', for that matter."

"Well, I've never been called pretty before, so we're kinda even," Twilight said, and I contemplated whether or not to toy with her, deciding not.

"I've never seen more majestic creatures anywhere in the universe," I said, under my breath, and then she gave me a strange look, apparently having heard me.

"Anywhere in the universe...?" She trailed off, and I realized I'd said more than I should have. She was looking for me to explain this.

"Uh..." I quickly said, trying to cover my proverbial tracks, before getting an idea, "Where are we headed to next, Spike?"

"A place called the Carousel Boutique," He said, thankfully covering me, unbeknownst to him, "To check on decorations."


A short time later, we arrived. Spike looked around quickly, and looked back down, saying, "Decorations." I noticed a retreating gaze at his next sentence, meaning something caught his eye. "beautiful."

"Yes, the decor is coming along nicely. This oughta be quick," Twilight said, unaware of Spike's true reason for saying it, which I now saw.

"I don't think the decorations are why Spike said 'Beautiful' the way he did," I said, pointing towards a white pony who was currently sorting through ribbons of some kind, using telekinesis, probably with her magic.

"No. No. No. Oh, goods heavens, no." She said, cycling the ribbons past her. Spike appeared to have fallen in love at first sight, hearts seemed to dance in his eyes. He spoke up, "How are my spines? Are they straight?" I chuckled under my breath, never understanding "mortal" deep feelings like love.

Twilight rolled her eyes, and walked up to the pony. "Good afternoon," Twilight said.

The pony turned for a second, and said, "Just a moment, please. I'm in the zone," She said. She must have meant she was focusing on decoration. "Ah, yes," She said, as she settled on a sparkly ribbon,"Sparkle always does the trick, does it not?" She turned at this point, and gasped at me. "Oh, my, what are you?" She commented.

"That, can be told later, as my friend here is in need of a moment with you," I said, not wanting to explain things right now.

"Fair enough. So, how can I help yo-u?!" she slightly squealed as her eyes fell to Twilight's mane.

"Oh, my stars, darling, whatever happened to your" She said a word I'm not familiar with.

Twilight looked lost for a second, then replied, "Oh. You mean, my mane? Well, it's a long story. I'm just here to check on the decorations, then I'll be out of your hair," She said.

The white pony looked at an odd angle. "Out of my hair, what about your hair?" She questioned. She dashed behind Twilight, and began pushing her.

I had zoned out, thinking about the same thoughts I had been thinking of, my universe, my followers, likely enslaved against the makuta. My fears were rising at the thought of what Makuta Teridax could do, given the time. I broke from my trance when Twilight said, "Wait! Where are you taking me? Help!" As her cry for help reached my orical sensors, I dashed into action, leaping in front of both, and pulling out the stinger from before, saying, "What do you think you're doing?"

She looked at me, like I was crazy, and said, "Oh relax, darling, I'm just giving her a make over," She finished her explanation, and pushed her through the door. "Wait here, Spike, and Mata Nui," Twilight said. I had a feeling this would be a while.

I was slightly right. about 20 minutes later, as I was about to check on her, she tore out of the salon, and grabbed Spike, and took off running. I decided, I should follow her, this white pony made me slightly uncomfortable. I dashed after her, finding her resting a bit a hundred or so feet away.

"Well?" I said, curious as to why she had on an outfit with a big emerald on the chest. She gave me a look that said 'Not Now'. I put my hands up defensively, and sat down.

A while later, after walking towards our final destination, Spike was dreaming and talking to himself. "Wasn't she beautiful?" he asked to no one in particular. Twilight said, "Focus Casanova, What's next on the list?"

He cleared his throat, and said, "Oh, uh, Music! It's the last one!" Twilight smiled at this. Out of nowhere, we heard birds, whistling as if in chorus. We looked through a bush to see what was up, and I felt... something strange occur.

There, hovering in midair, was a yellow pegasus pony, with pink hair, and a pink tail, and she was talking to the birds. I would've turned my orical sensors up, but I was stunned for whatever reason. Twilight came out of the bush to talk to her. Twilight suddenly spoke up, "Hello!" The birds all nearby took off, startled by the purple study pony. This pony herself was startled worse, it seemed.

Twilight suddenly spoke up again, quieter, "Oh my, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to scare your birds away, I'm just hear to check up on the music, and it sounds beautiful," She finished. The yellow pony landed, and pawd the ground shyly. Even being an all-powerful universe ruler, this was enough "cuteness", as one might say, to make me mentally go, 'DAWWW'. I recuperated, and quieted down. It seemed she hadn't noticed me yet.

Twilight cracked a cheesy smile, and did her best to be kind. "I'm Twilight Sparkle," She said. the pony just looked nervous. "What's your name?" she added on. At this, I slightly strained my orical sensors, having a slight feeling she was shy. From her very quiet speech, I made out, "Um... I'm fluttershy..." I chose now to speak up.

"Well, miss Fluttershy, it's a pleasure to meet you," I said in the gentlest way possible. She looked over, and up, and her eyes widened, and she did the exact opposite of what I'd guessed she would have done.

She squealed, out of delight, and flew over, "Oh my gosh, I've never seen something like you! And you talk? This is amazing!"

I was slightly confused. "You seemed so... shy. What changed?" I asked, suddenly feeling that same feeling shifting around, like... insects, perhaps?

"Well, you see, I love caring for animals, and if I find a new species, I simply must learn about them!" she clarified my reasoning.

"I'd... rather not share my past at the moment. Maybe in the future, my acquaintance," I said, being as polite as possible.

She looked a little upset, but got over it. "Ok, there mister..." I filled in the blank, "Mata Nui."

"Mata Nui. Can't say I've ever heard that name before," She said. Nonetheless, she turned back to Twilight, and, Ironically, regained her shyness.

"Well, keep up the good work!" Twilight finished, falling back to talk with Spike. I noticed fluttershy look up, and when she saw Spike, she lost her shy attitude again, and nearly shouted "A baby dragon!" I had to put my hands to my orical sensors, as I had them set to pick up faint sounds, and that sounded like a Klakk screech from that distance.

She ended up catapulting Twilight into the distance, and spoke directly to Spike, "I've never seen a baby dragon before! He's so cute!" I almost felt a hint of jealousy at this remark. 'Wait, jealousy? Is it possible?' My brain went on overdrive, trying to compute this. Spike turned with a smirk to Twilight.

"Well, well, well!" he said, possibly acknowledging something. "Oh my, he talks! I didn't know dragons could talk," She continued, "That's just so incredibly wonderful, I-I don't even know what to say!" She began fluttering in midair. Twilight picked Spike up with magic, and said, "Well, in that case, we'd better be going."

Fluttershy ended up following us. I walked behind them, Zoned out of the real world, and into my thoughts.

I formed myself mentally, using the internal medium of, well, myself, to think. 'How possible is it,' I 'spoke', 'That my transformasion from bio-mechanical to biological has altered how I receive thoughts, computations, and feelings? I've always understood feelings, but I never possessed them. Well, time may tell, and who knows, I may understand this more.'

I noticed we'd gone all the way to the library, and I was surprised. 'I must have been really into my thoughts,' I mentally said, as I noticed Twilight must have forgot about me. "I take it we're locked out?" I said, as Fluttershy jumped, and said, "Oh, sorry..., I didn't notice you there. Um, no, just wait for Pinkie to yell surprise." I was about to question this, when I heard a very loud "SURPRISE!" from inside.

Instinctively, I went for the doorknob, finding it unlocked, and walked in, and everyone(It surprises me still how many ponies were there) Stopped and stared at me, all except one pink pony, who bounced right up to me, literally. It was here I learned of the party pony, Pinkie Pie.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! I-heard-you're-new-here-and-your-made-of-metal-and -you-are-WOW~!" she said, in one long word, essentially. I could not come up with any way at all to respond effortlessly to this greeting.

"Um... hello. I'm... Mata Nui?" I was utterly confused. She turned back to the party, and said, "Don't stop partying yet! Let's mumbo!" At this, the party restarted. I retreated upstairs to have some alone time, still lost in my thoughts. I was trying to understand why I had that feeling around Fluttershy...

A short time later, a very flustered-looking Twilight came up, surprised to see me. "Why are you up here?" She asked me. "I needed time with my thoughts," I responded. She looked at me oddly, asking, "What thoughts?" I could feel a slight blush form on my newly organic face, thanking the great beings my true bodily form was hidden by armor, namely my mask.

I quickly made up a white lie, "Nothing major to be concerned. How about you? How come you're not 'partying', or whatnot?"

She made a noise, and said, "I need my rest for the celebration tomorrow." She hopped up, onto her bed, and covered up.

Over the course of the next couple hours, she tossed and turned as I sat with my thoughts. Eventually, Spike came up, wearing some kind of lamp on his head. "Hey Twilight! Pinkie's starting 'Pin the tail on the pony'!" He picked the shade off his head, "You wanna play?"

She looked at him angrily. "No. All the ponies in this town. Are. CRAZY!" she was obviously very upset. "Do you know what time it is?!"

Spike countered with a bit of knowledge. "It's the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration! Everypony's gotta stay up, or they'll miss the Princess raising the sun." Twilight gave a forlorn look out the window. "You really should lighten up, Twilight," Spike said, " It's a party." He then noticed me, sitting down, and asked, "Hey Mata Nui, you wanna try it?"

I looked around a bit, and said, "if its okay, I'll remain out. Imagine the longest, weirdest day of your life, and multiply it infinitely." He shrugged, and left the room, leaving a tired Twilight, and a mentally-sabotaged Me, to ourselves.

Shortly later, Spike came up to the room to get me and Twilight, who was still upset about this all. As we went, I noticed the effects of lack of sleep in her eyes. We arrived, and everyone was quiet, save one hyper-as-Karzahni pink pony. "Isn't-this-exciting?aren't-you-excited-I'm-excite d-I've-never-been-so-excited, well, except-for-when-you-first-came-into-town-and-I-was -all-like"She imitated her gasp from yesterday, apparently,"But I mean, really, who can top that?" As I was praying the great beings to cease her babbling, Fluttershy's birds began singing their tune, and a spotlight fell on who I'm guessing was the town mayor.

"Fillies and gentlecolts, as mayor of ponyville,"'I was right'"It is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!" Everypony cheered loudly for a short time. "In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is..." Her voice trailed off from my sensors, as I saw Twilight look worriedly out the window, and I followed her gaze, looking toward the moon. I noticed a pattern in the shape of a mare's head on the moon, and I saw four stars moving closer. When the stars went behind the moon, the shape disappeared with a flash!

'that can't be good' I said to my self, and looked back the mayor. "...The very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, The Good, The Wise, The bringer of harmony to all of Equestria, Princess Celestia!" Rarity, who I just noticed, pulled a rope, opening to curtains. Fluttershy's birds began singing again, and a spotlight dropped to shine apon... Nothing! Rarity gasped. I immediately decided I needed the possible "Higher Ground" advantage, and climbed a nearby scaffold-type Object to the balcony Fluttershy's birds were on. I also happened to notice my insect friend sitting under my chestplate. 'there you are, quite possibly when I need you most.'

The mayor made a desperate attempt to resolve the town before panic, saying something, but I was out of focus. I was intently watching that spot. Waiting...

Time slowed down for me, as I eyed the balcony intently, my hand itching toward my make-shift dagger. I had a feeling a fight was on my hands. My trance was broken when Pinkie screamed. I looked to her, then looked back.

I witnessed an essence flowing forward, resembling makuta Anti-dermis. "Rarity, get away from there!" I shouted, as she moved as far back as she could. From the mist, Appeared a jet-black pony, whose mane was purple, and moved as if it had a mind of its own. She wore some kind of faceplate and Hoof-plating, along with a saddle-like plate, made of a substance that could have only been protosteel. She began to speak in a voice that reminded me of the makuta gorast.

"Oh, my beloved subjects, it's been so long since I've seen your precious, little, sun-loving faces,"She said, the last three words dripping with hate.
Rainbow bravely spoke up, "What have you done with the Princess?!" The dark-colored mare laughed slightly. Rainbow made a move to intercept the dark horse, and Applejack held her back,"Whoa, there, nelly!"

"Why, am I not 'Royal' enough for you?" She said, her evil smile quickly flipping. "Don't you know who I am?" I could not tell her intentions, but i guessed they were as dark as her coat.

Pinkie Pie obviously was oblivious to the danger, and spoke up, "Ooh, more guessing games! Uhm, 'Hokey Smokes'! How 'bout, 'Queen meanie'? No, 'Black Snootie'! Black Snooti'- she was cut short from Applejack shoving an apple in her mouth, which she ate noisily.

The dark uni-pegasus spoke up, "Does my crown no longer count, now that I've been imprisoned for a thousand years?" She got right up into Fluttershy's face, and I was overcome with an obliterant feeling of anger or rage. I took a flying leap from the balcony, as the insect crawled to my hand and turned to shield form.

I shouted, "Leave her be!" and crashed into the horse with a mad kick. She hit the balcony she had been on, as I landed before her. I closed the Mask's mouthplate, and beared in for a hopefully short fight.

She stood up, and said, "How dare you hit a princess? That insolence shall cost you your life!" she made an attempt to ram me with her horn, but I rose my shield to intercept it, and came across her chest with a sharp swipe, which did little more than club her, as the stinger wasn't sharp. I continued my assualt, and finally, she threw me off the ledge with a mighty double-kick from her back legs.

I hit the ground sharply, feeling pain shoot up my spine. The horse jumped down, and attempted to stab me again, to which I rolled to the side, causing her horn to become embedded in the ground. I rolled to my feet, and clubbed the back of her head, and she busted her horn loose. She rose up and fired a magic blast at me, which I deflected with the stinger, and looked at the 15-foot hole in the wall. I was then hit in the chest with another blast, sending my shield across the room.

I slammed into a pillar, bringing it down, as ponies scattered across to the room's other side. The dark horse walked up to me, speaking. "You weren't as powerful as Teridax described you could and would be." This caught me off guard, and I opened my maskplate to speak clearer. "How do you know of Teridax? Tell me, Now!"I said, highly confused, and angered at the same time. "I had a nice, long talk with a being from another planet, claiming if I saw a mask golden in color, and depicting a being with outstretched arms, and did my best to either subdue him, or destroy him, I'd be given a part of his empire. I simply couldn't refuse such a gentlemanly act." I was outraged.

"Teridax is no more a gentleman than I am a pony! He's merely leading you on!" I was attempting to prevent my death, in fear of Teridax Destroying this planet. I rose my head, to speak to everyone else, "If he comes, and no one does anything to stop him, or her" I pointed at the makuta-esque pony "He'll kill everyone!" All the ponies recoiled and murmured amongst themselves.

"I don't believe you," She said simply, and raised a bladed hoof. I rose the blade to my head, hoping to shield my eyes from my own incoming death. But then... something happened, something that was, at first, unexplainable. I saw a bright light through my eyelids, and opened them, seeing I was holding a wickedly curved Broadsword!

The Mask of life! It had used its power to give me a way to defend myself. The Pony seemed dazed, and I took action, sweeping her forelegs with my leg, quickly standing, and slashing at her. This had a far greater effect, as a shallow gouge opened on her chest. She fell back, and I held the blade to her throat. "Concede," I said, demanding she give in. She gave an angry scowl, and suddenly dissipated into purple smoke. As she fled I heard two voices in order. "Remember this day, Ponyville, for it shall be your last, as night shall now reign forever!" She began cackling madly, as I heard a voice which could only belong to The makuta Teridax.

"My brother, still alive? Oh, well, I guess I'll have to crush you under my armored heel when I conquer that planet, with Nightmare Moon at my side." I was filled with anger, and unleashed verbal fury.

"Teridax! I am not your brother in any way, and you have no right to say so!" He chuckled, a deep sound like rock grating on ProtoSteel.

"Oh, but am I not the one in the position of power now?" The smoke swirling had now formed my old face's shape in front of me, now Teridax's new face. "After all, ich bin Der Mata Nui, Der Großen Geist*." The language he had spoken in, I recognized it as true Matoran! That would be something to research later.

"You cowardly Stone Rat!" I attempted to slash the mist foring his "head", with it darting back. "How dare you steal my body, and acclaim yourself to my title?! After I gave you life?!"

He laughed again, "Oh, I dared. And look where it got me, dear brother." I had had enough. I rose my sword, channeling the mask's energy through it, and firing it at the mist-formed head before me, searinf g a chunk of it, and it deformed and flew away.

"I shall wreak havoc on all makuta when I return! Mark my words, Teridax, you WILL fall!" The cloud dissipated entirely, as I panted, and opened my mouthplate. "How can this be?"

Some random pony spoke up, "Who was that ? What did they want?"

Twilight answered them, "Her name was Nightmare Moon, and she's going to make night reign eternal!" At this, most ponies went into a havoc of their own, running and screaming. Twilight began to leave and I called to her, "Twilight, wait for me!"

Twilight stopped as I ran to her, and she said, "Follow me, we have to get to my house. I have a book which chould explain this all, minus the 'Teridax' figure," as I became slightly nervous.

We got to her house, and she began to cycle her books about the "Elements of Harmony". Suddenly. the rainbow pegasus came up to her face, out of no where. "And just what are the 'Elements of Harmony'? And how did you know about Nightmare Moon, huh? Are you a Spy?-Whoa!" she was pulled back by Applejack, who, amongst the others I had met today, had joined us.

"Simmer down, Sally," Applejack said, as Rainbow Dash did a sort of pouty face, "She ain't no spy. But"-Rainbow Dash cut her off looking at me and saying, "What about you, Tin Man, Workin' under the table?"

This struck a nerve with me, as I unsheathed my blade and swung it just above her head, cutting a mid-sized lock of her mane off. "How dare you consider me, a Giver of Life, to be a spy of This Nightmare Moon! Or that thieving Stone rat, Teridax," I said, as my blood boiled. "I swear on the Three Virtues, I'll eviscerate him into Oblivion!" I finished my small tantrum, short of breath, and slowly, I calmed down. Rainbow had became a shade lighter than cyan, and Twilight merely stared at my sword, looking fearful. I flinched, and put my sword back onto its sheath on my back, and said, "Sorry, I haven't had a chance ever to remove any stress from myself."

Applejack began again, "As I was saying, I doubt neither of them are spies, but they've got answers, Right?" they all looked towards us.

I spoke before Twilight, "This is all you really need to know for now: If I don't stop that other being, Teridax, he will kill ALL of you." They all recoiled back, except Rainbow Dash.

"We can take him, come on! I mean, he's only your size, right?" She said. I looked at her, and grabbed her by the muzzle to look at her in the eyes.

"If he were my exact stature as I am now, you would be smaller than a speck of dust." Her eyes widened. I let go and stepped back. "For that matter, Ponyville would not be larger than a speck of dust." I looked closely at her again, and said, "You'd have no chance. I'd have no chance. NO PONY ON THIS PLANET would have a chance." She was almost white by the time I was done.

"The only savior we have," I said, looking out the window to see a familiar looking moon-like world, "Is how advanced that body is. It would be like a pony learning to use a body with 5,000 times the amount of muscles and limbs." I turned back to them. "We have time, and a good bit of it, so, let's take this one step at a time. Twilight, what is it Applejack was asking on?"

Twilight spoke up, after I. "I read all about the prediction of Nightmare Moon. Some mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony are the only things that can stop her. But I don't know what they are, where to find them, I don't even know what they do!"

Pinkie had moved over to a shelf, and said, "'The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide'," She said, reading a title. Twilight barged into her, sending her flying back.

"How did you find that?!" She exclaimed, looking confused. Pinkie responded, in a sing-song voice, "It was under E~E~!"

Twilight gave an annoyed look, and said, "Oh." She proceeded to pull out the book, and open it, flipping pages as everyone looked over her shoulder. I was moreso trying to think of my explanation as to who I was. I was going to say the truth, but I had to think of my wording. I was suddenly brought out of my trance by everyone reluctantly leaving the house. I followed, hoping for an answer as to why I was here.

We eventually ended up at the entrance to this forest, known as the everfree forest. Everyone seemed frightened of it, but I was ready to go to the ends of, well, Equestria, to get my answers. Pinkie, unlike everyone else, began to walk it happily, whilst saying "Whee! let's go!" Twilight suddenly spoke up.

"Not so fast. look," She said, "I appreciate the offer, but, I'd really rather do this on my own."

I spoke up before anyone else could respond. "I don't care who comes with me either way, I'm going to these ruins. I have a feeling I was destined to be here, and these ruins may reveal it." I Said, the others looking my way. I began walking, hearing them speak for a while behind me. Applejack spoke up, talking to Twilight.

"No can do, sugarcube. We sure ain't lettin' any friend of ours go in that place alone!" She said, sealing the deal. "We're stickin' to you like caramel on a candy apple!" All the girls made an agreeing noise.

Pinkie, being herself, said, "Especially if there are caramel apples in there!" Twilight looked at her funny. "What? those things are Good!"

They had all eventually trotted to keep up with me, and we began our first journey together.


We'd been walking a ways, when Twilight spoke up. "So, none of you've ever been in here before?" She asked fearfully. Rarity spoke up first.

"Oh, Goods heavens, no! Just look at this place! It's Dreadful!" She said, Obviously scared.

Applejack added in, "And it ain't natural. Folks say it don't work the same way as Equestria. This seemed to unnerve Twilight, and I spoke up, seeing something out of the corner of my eye, "I think we're being watched. Stay near me." I said, fearing only for their safety. Twilight went on.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She said, asking Applejack how that was.

Rainbow appeared half in the shadows, and said, in a supposedly intimidating and ghostly voice, "NO PONY KNOWS...," And she continued, "And do you know why?" Applejack could see Rarity, Pinkie, and most importantly, Fluttershy, Were frightened, and she said, "Rainbow, quiddit!" Rainbow was about to continue, but I stopped her.

"Everyone move, now!" I said, suddenly realizing what I'd seen. They looked at me as if I had spoken a foreign language, but then, the very ground broke from beneath us. I heard Rainbow say, "Fluttershy, Quick!" I saw Rainbow swoop and pick up Pinkie, and Fluttershy grabbed Rarity's tail to save her. Applejack caught a root, and I noticed Twilight was beside me, and we were both sliding uncontrollably.

I saw the edge coming up, and decided she had a destiny to fulfill, even if my own life was at stake, I hoped, perhaps they could stop Teridax. I grabbed her, and pushed her back, at the expense of sending myself down. She stopped, and as time seemed to slow down, I saw her scared face, and she said, "Mata Nui! NO!" Then, time sped back up, as I maneuvered in midair to not see my death coming. I suddenly felt an incredible pain, as I slammed into the ground full force. Then my ears began ringing, and finally, all I saw was darkness.


MATA NUI'S DREAM


I was standing in a field, looking at a sunset. I could see my new friends, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and, Of course, Fluttershy. I suddenly saw a shadow cover them, and Teridax's face appeared, eyes glowing brightly. "I'm coming, brother, and soon, your friends, and Your" he chuckled hoarsely "love, Fluttershy, will all perish by my hands..."

Suddenly, I was Standing before my very creators, the Great Beings. "When you awake, you will believe this to be a dream. Rest assured, it isn't. We came to you due to your predicament," said Angonce, unofficial leader of the Great Beings.

I was baffled for a bit, but Angonce continued. "Makuta Teridax, Who stole your body, is intent of going to your home planet, Spherus Magna, and is going to conqeur it, then come to that planet, Equestrus Magna, and conquer it, and with it, destroy you. We sensed your plausible death, and decided we needed to tell you: there's a prototype machine, slightly beneath the planet's surface, a prototype version of you. It was built here, as we originally didn't care for these inhabitants, although we do now. This robot was christened, "Chardon Nui"(A/N, Pronounced Karton Nui, chardon being matoran for powerful, or almighty), the All-mighty Spirit. The body is smaller, but the power is greater than your previous form. We havn't been here in over one-hundred-thousand years, so where it is, that's your journey to find out." they began to fade from view, as I felt my spirit moving...


Amazingly, I woke up, barely able to move. I could feel The six girls sitting around me, as they hadn't known I was alive, and they were all crying. I then felt a pressure on my chest, Fluttershy, bawling her eyes out. So much pain came from her heart, for whatever reason, that I could feel it myself. I decided, there and then, That if I failed these ponies, I hadn't followed my own virtues. 'Unity...' I could feel my body respond more to my will. 'DUTY...' I began making every ounce of energy into one movement, to jumpstart my now still heart. 'DESTINY!' I forced my hand to move, suddenly, my feeling came back, and I quite violently took in a sharp breath, feeling the circulatory muscle in my chest kick off. Fluttershy, who'd been thrown slightly back when I'd bolted upright, suddenly latched onto me, and started crying more, which I didn't understand.

"Mata Nui! You're alive!" She and Twilight said in unison, and everyone helped me stay sitting up. My body still protested, and as I looked up, I saw why. I fell from what was, easily, A hundred foot cliff! "I was soo worried," Fluttershy said, and then, She blushed slightly, realising what she'd said.

Rainbow suddenly gave a slightly suggestive look, and said, "Oh, you were worried?" She said, in a taunting way.

I spoke up, "Now isn't the time, Rainbow." I looked to the sky, still being able to faintly see the water-blue planet-moon. I looked back down, and said, "I had a dream, A significant dream, one that may have just determined this world's future. We NEED to get to those ruins." I then stood up, my every muscle agonizingly painful, but knowing I needed to fight on. I noticed a purple mist retreating, and knew that Nightmare Moon was trying to deter us.

I forced myself to walk, and said," Let's go." We began moving towards our next area.


As we walked, My sonic sensors picked up a loud sound, a roar, and I stopped in my tracks. Twilight looked at me, and asked "what's wrong? Did you see something?" I gave her a slightly worried look.

"No, I heard something," I said, not sure if my body could take a fight after that fall. Suddenly, a massive creature sprang forth, and I could tell immediately, it was not all one creature, as its parts were too mix-matched. Twilight suddenly shouted, "A manticore!" I was startled by it, and my bug partner transformed, signaling me on what to do. I drew my sword, closed my maskplate, and crouched, feeling my body wanting me to stop, but I refused, for my friends' sake!

"Everyone-"They gave me the same look as before, and I figured it out-"Everypony listen up! I have a plan, but I need a distraction. Rainbow, go left, and focus its attention that way, I need to get to its back!" She nodded, and took off. I rushed to its right, and it attempted to slash my chest, and I jumped back, smacking its face with the sharp edge, finding out that it had thick skin, as a deep gash on its cheek didn't go all the way through. It looked at me, and attempted to sting me, as I raised the shield, blocking a possibly deadly strike. I heard fluttershy say something, but I couldn't hear her.

I ducked under another strike from a claw, and hit its chest with my shield, winding it slightly. I jumped back, and shouted, "Rainbow, where's that distraction?" She suddenly appeared with a small boulder held between her front hooves. "right here!" She said, smacking against a hill made of gravel. I saw her plan take effect, as the beast looked left, turning. I made my move, leaping up to its tail, and then onto its back. I saw its tail raised, and put my shield on my back. My plan worked, as every attempt to hit me failed. I noticed Rarity kick its face, and everyone charged, except Fluttershy.

"STOOOP!" She screamed incredibly loudly, as I had just put my sword around the beast's neck, ready to end it's life. When I stopped, its tail came under my backplate, and launched me forward, and as I landed it came towards me, claw raised. I closed my eyes, and awaited a death blow. It never came.

I opened my eyes to see Fluttershy somehow stopping it by praising it. I noticed she'd pulled a thorn out of its paw, and was currently being licked on the head, as the Manticore purred loudly. I chuckled, standing up to retrieve my sword and my small bug-friend, who clicked victoriously. "You know, I still haven't named my little friend here," I said, and Fluttershy floated up.

"How about... Click? It fits him, just listen to him celebrating, in his own way," She said, cracking a smile.

"Hmm." I thought for a moment. "I like it. 'Click' it is!," I said, as the bug made a chirping sound, similar to a combination of a cricket, and snapping.

I walked over to the manticore, and it growled a bit, but I simply put my hand on its forehead, petting it slightly, and said," Don't worry. I am sorry for our altercation. I will forgive you, if I am forgiven." I got a response I hadn't been expecting.

"You are forgiven, so let us go our ways," I somehow heard in my head, and realized I'd heard the Manticore's thoughts, as it looked at me. I nodded, and it walked away. "I am so confused right now," I accidentally said.

"About what, sugarcube?" Applejack questioned me about what I'd said.

"I believe my Mask, the Kanohi Ignika, is the source of my power. When the stinger became my blade, and Click, my shield, and just now, I heard the Manticore's response in my head, I believe the mask has caused it all." I then shook my head. "We have no time to wallow in thought." I said, and stood up after sitting down for a bit. "Let's get moving."


Later still, we kept walking, and I heard Rarity start talking, "Ugh, my eyes need a rest from all this icky muck." The canopy suddenly thickened up, and darkness surrounded us, as Rarity said, under her breath, "I didn't mean that literally," She said. We all looked around, darkness being quite pesky. I Thought I saw that purple mist again...

Twilight spoke up, "The ruin could be right in front of our faces, and we wouldn't see it!" All the girls began to comment on the darkness, and I spoke up, "Be careful. I have a bad feeling."

Applejack stopped, and said, "Oh, wait, I think I stepped in something." She held up a hoof, and suddenly, Fluttershy screamed loudly, and Applejack kept walking, and said, "easy girl, it's just mud-She suddenly ran into something, and I saw what Fluttershy screamed at. A tree, with a face twisted horribly into the trunk, was staring straight at Applejack. I reacted instinctively(like usual) and impaled the tree with my sword before I'd registered what had happened. I pulled the sword, and looked around, seeing all the trees twisted like this!

"Maintain your focus, girls! It's obvious that evil has tampered with this area!" I shouted to them, to no avail. they began freaking out slightly, as they corraled themselves together. Except, of course, Pinkie Pie.

She was busting out laughing-her-flank-off, and making funny faces at the trees. I began to slightly see her point, but I wasn't feeling it. Twilight spoke up, "Pinkie! What are you doing? Run!"

Pinkie started to almost sing with her next words, "Oh, girls, don't you see?" Then, she did begin to sing.

"When I was a little filly, and the sun was going do-o-o-own,"

Twilight shortly Intervened here, "Tell me she's not-"

"The darkness and the shadows, they would always make me fro-o-o-own,"

This time it was Rarity's turn to say, "She is."

"I'd hide under my pillow, from what I'd thought I'd saw

But Granny Pie said that wasn't a way to deal with fears at all,"

Now was Rainbow's turn, "Well, then, what is?"

"She said, 'Pinkie, you gotta stand up tall, learn to face your fe-ars,

You'll see that they can't hurt you, just laugh to make them disappear."

She stopped her song quite dramatically, and simply said, "Ha, Ha, Ha." and the face on the tree disappeared!

I was surprised to say the least, but She just turned and gave a smile.

"Sooo, Giggle at the ghostly," Fluttershy giggled towards another tree, and its face disappeared as well.

"Guffaw at the grossly," Rainbow laughed as well, and another tree became normal.

"Crack up at the creepy," Rarity started laughing as well, for the same reaction.

"Woof it up with the weepy," Applejack bounced off her back, and in midair, shouted "Whoo-hoo!", causing a higher up face to disappear.

"Chortle at the kooky," She pushed Twilight at a tree, and even she began to giggle.

"Snortle at the spooky," they all laughed, and a whole bunch of trees turned normal.

"And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and-if-he-thinks-he-can-scare-you-then-he's-got-an other-thing-coming-and-the-very-idea-of-such -a-thing-just-makes-you-wanna hahahaha... Laaaauugh!"

I noticed a tree near me, and abruptly, and unintentionally, ended her song when I charged my blade with energy from the mask, and stabbed the tree in the "Face", causing cracks to appear, and finally, the tree exploded with a Cordak-blaster-like sound. They all stopped and stared at this, and I simply said, "I'm not big on laughing. It'll be rare to see me truly laugh."

"Eh," was Pinkie's reply as she shrugged. At this, they all suddenly busted into fits of giggles and laughter. I wasn't incredibly amused, and simply began to follow them after they began running off through the forest.


They were still giggling, as I jogged to keep up with them, and we suddenly reached a river. Pinkie suddenly stopped, and everyone, minus me, slid into her flank. She peered at the river, everyone else following. Twilight spoke up, "how are we gonna cross this?" I began to speak, "Well, I might-"

I was Interupted by the most unmanly cry I'd ever heard. We looked around for a bit, and eventually, found an (Unmanly) Sea Serpent, clinging to his head as if it were about to fall off.

"Oh, what a world! What, A, World!" He pounded the surface of the river with his (Unmanly) arms.

Twilight decided to ask, "Excuse me sir, Why are you crying?"

"Oh, I don't know, I was just sitting here, minding my own business," I already didn't like this being, his "Off-putting" accent, which sounded vaguely feminine, was annoying, "When this... Tacky, little cloud of purple smoke just whisked past me-

I cut him off, unfortunately sounding rude, "Purple smoke? Which way did it go?"

The over-grown tree lizard looked at me, and said, "As I was just saying, this tacky, little cloud of purple smoke just whisked past me, and tore half of my precious moustache" He pointed at a stub of hair on his snout," Clean off! And, now, I look Simply horrid!" He began crying, and fell over dramatically in the river. His splash was about to soak the girls, but I pulled out my blade and fired a loose blast of energy at it, causing it to incinerate in midair. They all nodded towards me, thanking me.

Rainbow must have shared my opinion," Aw, Gimme a break!" Applejack also spoke up, "That's what all the fuss is about?" I was gonna add on, but Rarity suddenly said:

"Why, of course it is! How can you be so insensitive?" I spoke up now, "Considering my previous body being Hi-jacked by a psychotic, murdering backstabber, versus his facial folicles, I personally say he's far worse off," I said, rolling my eyes. Rarity looked at me for a moment, and then continued talking.

"Oh, just look at him. Such lovely, Luminescent scales!" His next words only proved to me he was conceited, "I know." I spoke quieter this time, "Narcissist," I said.

"And that expertly quoped mane," She continued. It reared back, running a hand over its "mane", "oh, I know, I know!" Rarity continued further, "Your fabulous manecure!" He gasped, hands on his cheeks, "Oh, it's soo true!" She finished in a way that made me chuckle, "And it's all ruined because of your mustache!"

He began to sob again slightly, saying, "It's true! I'm Hideous!"

I made a comment to Rainbow, as I found this funny. I crossed my arms and said, "Someone's self-aware." Rainbow covered her mouth with her hooves, trying not to laugh out loud. Rarity, on the other hand, had a serious face on.

"I simply cannot let such a crime against fabulosity go uncorrected!" She suddenly ripped off a scale of his, surprising even me, earning a loud "Ow!" from him. "What'd you do that for?" She held the scale up, and I noticed it had a razor-edge to it. Twilight began to speak, "Rarity, what're you-" She suddenly gasped when Rarity brought the blade to her tail, cutting off the end. The dragon-like serpent fell over dramatically, for no reason.

Rarity then magically picked up her tail, brought it over to said dragon's face, and affixiated the tail-piece to the ripped ends of the moustache, fusing it into place. I was surprised that someone of her mindset would go way out of the way to help someone. I suddenly changed my thoughts toward the dragon, ever-so-slightly.

He rose up, giggling like an insane-asylum patient, and said, "Oh, my Moustache! How wonderful!" He put one hand on his "hip", and, while he did loose a lot of respect from me, I figured he was happy. Rarity simply finished with "You look smashing!"

Twilight walked up towards her, "Oh, Rarity, your beautiful tail!" her tail was now a simple stub. "I can fix that," I said, taking a guess on something, walking up and grabbing her tail. Rarity loudly said, "Oh my stars!" I focused my mask power into my hands, then to her tail. "Together, as one mind," I said, and felt the Ignika's power and thoughts temporarily meld with mine. There was a flash, and Rarity gasped loudly. Then, when it was gone, her tail was fully restored. "Wow, I wasn't sure that would work," I said, highly approving the mask's power.

Rarity gasped, and hugged me. "Oh, thank you, dear! Next time, tell me though. I thought you were being fresh with me." I apologized, and looked back. Twilight noticed the river had stopped its violence. "Hey, we can cross now! Whoa!" She was suddenly raised up by the Sea Serpent. "Allow me," He said, with a bow, and allowed us to cross over his back.


Walking yet some more, I noticed a ravine, and across it, what looked like a castle. "Look! The ruins! We mane it!" Twilight said, and went running. I suddenly noticed the bridge was out. "Twilight, stop!" I sprinted full speed, and threw her backwards again, falling a second time. A second impact would have killed me, and I was lucky I found the bridge about half way down, and latched on. I could hear Twilight's voice, saying "NO! Not again! He surely couldn't have survived that..."

I climbed up, using the fallen bridge, and when they were visible, I shouted, "Surely, He did!" She looked down, and Squealed "Mata Nui!" I forced myself all the way up, and the others pulled me up. Rainbow bluntly said, "What's with you two, and cliffs?" I figured she was just having her fun.

"Yeah, do you have a death wish, sugarcube?" Applejack joked. I turned to Twilight, "I could say the same to her," Pointing with my thumb. She squeaked, and blushed brightly. Pinkie looked across, and said, "well, now what?"

I decided to have some more fun, "Should I 'Fall off' to the other side, and pull the bridge up?" I said cheekily, hoping to get a rise out of them. They all shouted, "NO!" I put up my hands and flashed a grin.

Rainbow simply said, "Du-uh," and wiggled her wings. She bounced into flight, as Pinkie said, "Oh, yeah."

She flew over the ledge, and just before going down, said, "Here's a tribute to Mata Nui!" She winked at me, and dropped. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Fluttershy huff silently. I rose an eyebrow in questioning. What exactly had that been about? Rainbow came back up, bridge in tow, and pulled it to the other side. Fog rolled in and she wasn't visible for a little while. We had witnessed her talking with a group moments before the fog rolled in. Eventually, she came back across, and landed, in a triumphant pose. We crossed the bridge, thioughts still plaguing my mind.

We arrived into the building, and Twilight stopped. "The Elements of Harmony!" she said, in wonder, "We found them!" Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy each brought one over, and I brought the other three. They surprised me with how light the rocks were. "One, two, three, four... There's only five!" pinkie said, as Twilight frowned. Rainbow said, "Where's the sixth?"

I spoke up, "Didn't he book say the sixth one was hidden?" Twilight corrected me, "The book said, that when the five elements meet, a spark will cause the sixth to appear."

Applejack spoke next, "What, in the hay, is that supposed to mean?"

Twilight spoke, "I'm not sure, but I have an idea. Stand back, as I don't know what will happen.

Applejack motioned for everyone to move away. "Come on, y'all, she needs to focus." As we retreated, I noticed the purple mist! "Everypony, Stop!" I said, as I turned on my heel, and moved with all my reaction speed. The mist began to swirl around the elements, and I drew my sword, and continued running. Twilight must have felt the cloud, opened her eyes, and screamed. "No!" I shouted, as the others came back through the door, and dove for the portal. I was a second short, and slammed into the monument the elements had been on, my sword flying out of my hand..

The others came over, and Fluttershy helped me up. "I'm ok, Flutters," I said, unintentionally using a pet name. She blushed slightly, and Looked up, with the others. I immediately noticed Twilight was gone. The others noticed, and began to panic. I noticed a glow coming from another tower, and went to the window. "There! This way!" I said, and began following a hallway in that direction.

I entered the room to see Twilight pat the ground, as if readying a charge. They began running towards each other, and suddenly Twilight teleported past her, to the elements, and attempted again, to spark them. I decided I needed to buy her some time. I pulled my blade and managed to get close enough to hit Nightmare Moon with the pommel of the sword's handle. She was stunned, and when she looked up, she became overwhelmed with anger.

"Ready for round two?" I said, as click transformed into shield form, and I locked my mouthplate closed. she somehow looked angrier.

"You have humiliated me once! You will not do so again!" She said, charging me. I raised my sword, and let loose a blast of life energy. She wasn't expecting this, and went flying backwards. she managed to land on her back hooves, and fired at me this time. I was learning my combat skills relatively quickly, if I may say so, and rolled to the side to dodge. I began to run at her, and rolled to the left, as she fired another, going willy-nilly with her attacks. One caught my shoulder, but I kept going, and eventually got close enough to hit her again, slashing her chest across the other way, leaving an "X"-shaped scar/gouge on her front. I followed up, rolling forward, and, whilst halfway forward, I kicked out with both feet, launching her backwards into the wall.

"Double-kicks aren't so fun when you're receiving them, are they?" I said, as she opened fire again. I countered with a blast of my own, eventually they evened out. I suddenly poured on energy, and it hit her directly, and she went down, shortly. I looked back to Twilight, and asked, "Are you getting anywhere?"

"Not quite. It says a spark will do it, but nothing's happening!" She said. I ran up to her, and said, "I have an idea." I set down my shield, and placed my hands onto the element in front, and channeled mask power into it, and magic began to engulf them. Nightmare Moon suddenly teleported in front of me, and blasted me backwards. I laid for a small moment, writhing in lightning-induced pain. I was able to stand back up, seeing my plan must have worked, as electricity was channeling around the Elements. "No, NO!" Nightmare said, as me and Twilight smirked.

Suddenly, the sparking stopped, and Twilight lost her smirk, and did my mood fall. "What? Where's the sixth element?" Nightmare Moon began cackling madly again, and stomped the ground near them, causing them to shatter, and Twilight gave a look like her hope had been shattered, as well.

"You little foal, thinking you could defeat me?" Nightmare Moon said, "Now, you will never see your princess, or your sun!" Twilight seemed to shrink down. "The night, will last forever!" She began laughing wildly again.

"Why do all you villains cackle madly when you believe you've won?" I said loudly, attempting to gain her attention, and confuse her. It worked, as she seemed puzzled by this, as she stopped. I noticed the others join us in the room, Twilight looking forlorn. I continued, "Don't you see? Those stones were a mere Physical representation of the elements. I have a saying, that my followers use." I stood all the way up, and placed a fist diagonally across my chest. "Unity, Duty, Destiny. Unity brings together the power to defeat evil, and these ponies have demonstrated that perfectly. And right here, to the end, they stuck to their duty, and that, brings them to their destiny!"

Twilight must have understood. "He's right! The spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right here!" the six appeared to together. The fragments near Nightmare Moon began to float, and this startled her, with which, she said, "What?" I laughed at her surprise.

"Applejack, who reasurred me when I was in doubt, represents the Spirit of Honesty!" Several fragments began following and flying around Applejack.

Twilight continued, "Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the Spirit of Kindness!" Fragments surrounded her too.

"Pinkie Pie, who banished fear, by giggling in the face of danger, represents the Spirit of Laughter!" she, too, was surrounded, smiling hugely.

"Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful Serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the Spirit of Generosity!" she smiled, batting her eyes, as shards floated near her.

"And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire, represents the Spirit of Loyalty!" She was surrounded too, smiling."The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you through at us!" Nightmare Moon looked worried.

"You still don't have the sixth element! The spark didn't work" She said, hoping to strike fear, but to no avail.

"Mine didn't, but Mata Nui's did!" She said. I spoke up, "Every strong fire requires a strong tinder, and the Mask of Life was the perfect Firestarter!"

Twilight finished her point here. "And a different kind of spark. I felt it the very moment when I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you. the spark ignited inside me. When I realized that you all," she made a broad sweep with her hoof, even towards me, "Are my friends!"

I noticed a flash, and the sixth element appeared before Twilight. "That spark activated the mask's power, and brought forth the Sixth element." Twilight finished it for me, "The Element of Magic!" In a flash, the fragments formed a necklace on the five from Ponyville, their "flank symbol" upon the center. Twilight's formed a tiara, with her's resting above her forehead.

They stood proudly, and I finished, "And, what good tool is without a focusing point?" I held up my sword, and it glowed bright gold, and as they brought their power together, they fired a rainbow blast through my sword, my energy concentrating, and propelling the Elements' powers. The blast ran into Nightmare Moon as she screamed, "NO!" I shouted, "The three virtues are that focus! Unity!" the blast power increased " Duty!" said blast began surrounding her entirely, "DESTINY!" I allowed maximum power to be released, grasping the hilt with both hands, as the combined force caused a massive flash to resonate around the room.

A few seconds later, they were all on the ground, and I was barely standing, my power gone almost completely. I sheathed my sword, and they began to get up, Rainbow saying, "ugh, my head..."

"Everypony ok?" Applejack asked? Everyone around us was lying on the ground, Me excluded

As I said, "I'm alive, barely, but alive..." I collapsed, and hit the floor. I was awake, but my power was nearly gone. They rushed over to help me, and I was helped up by Rainbow and Rarity.

Fluttershy commented, "Oh, Rarity, your necklace is beautiful! It's just like your cutie mark!"

So that's what that symbol is called. She looked at both, and looked back, saying, "So does yours!"

Pinkie randomly bounced over, and said, "Look at mine! Look at mine!"

Rainbow simply said, "aww, yeah!"

Applejack spoke up, "Gee, Twilight, I thought you were just spoutin' a lot o' hooey. But, I reckon, we do represent the Elements Of Friendship!" There was a dim flash, slowly glowing brighter, and a voice said, "Indeed you do." I looked out the window shortly. "The sun! It's rising!" As if coming from the sun, a ball of light appeared, and floated down. "With Unity, comes Duty, And when the two are brought together," I spiked my blade's tip into the ground, "Your destiny is revealed. Twilight, when you were about to fall, both times, I believed it was my duty to prevent you from falling, and to assist you in achieving your destiny. That's why I nearly sacrificed myself." Suddenly, from the ball of light, I witnessed a snow-white unicorn, with wings to boot, and a mane which appeared to possess the colors of the very universe, and flowed in a non-existant breeze.

Twilight suddenly spoke up, "Princess Celestia!" The others bowed, but unlike them, I did not feel I needed to bow, as I was, realistically, the superior being here, and as such, I merely sheathed my blade and returned click to his normal form.

"Twilight Sparkle, My faithful student," Said the allegedly most powerful being on this planet, Princess Celestia, "I knew you could do it."

Twilight looked confused. "But, you told me it was all an old pony tail!" She said, and Celestia corrected her, "I told you that you needed to make some friends. Nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return, and I knew it was you who has the magic inside to defeat her. But you could not unleash it until you'd made true friends." She turned to me, and said, "Warrior, I must ask you something." I nodded, acknowledging her.

"Speak, Princess, you have the floor," I said, making clear that I had no intent of giving her a spread of leeway merely because she was foreign royalty. She nodded, and said, "What drove you to protect these ponies?"

She had asked me a question I could answer with no problem.

I looked out the window, towards "her" sun. "Where I come from, we have the Three Virtues to follow. Unity, Duty, Destiny. The Unity of these friends brought together the power needed to stop Nightmare Moon, and They followed their Duty to the very end. I could not allow them to fail to achieve their Destiny." I turned back to her, and finished with, "Their Destiny has been fulfilled, and mine is to be intertwined with theirs' and your's, most likely."

I began to speak more, before she had the chance to. "May I also state, I will warn you now, your world, it is in grave danger. My ancient enemy, Makuta Teridax, has stolen my old body, and is, eventually, going to kill anything and everything on this planet."

"I will heed your warning," She said, and then she said, "But first."She turned toward where Nightmare Moon had been. In her place, was a beautiful purple and dark teal pony. "If only another will is well. Princess Luna," she walked towards the pony, and her eyes widened in fear, "It has been a thousand years since I've seen you like this. Time to put our differences behind us. We're meant to rule together, little sister." This caught the others off guard.

"Sister?" Twilight, Rainbow dash, and Fluttershy said in unison, as I spoke, "I had a feeling they were siblings, as two deity-level beings are very unlikely to exist side-by-side, and not be relative."

Celestia continued. "Will you accept my friendship?" All the ponies' were on edge, literally, with Pinkie falling onto her chin. I was holding a straight face. The Pony looked down, then jumped up, tears in her eyes. "I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister!" They both cried a little bit. I even felt a tear try to slip from my newly-formed organic eyes. Celestia added, "I missed you too." Pinkie began being random again, when suddenly, I lost all focus. On the wall, in the back of the room, there was a symbol. A very, very familiar symbol. "Hey, do you know what this calls for? a Party!" Pinkie said.

"Hold it," I said, and they all stopped and turned to look at me. "Come here, all of you." They all walked over to where I had gone, and I pointed at a symbol, of three circles, surrounded by two curved lines. So simple, yet, meaning so much "This symbol... It's the symbol for 'Unity, Duty, Destiny'! How's it here?!" I was utterly confused.

"We discovered this castle a long time ago, and used it before Canterlot was ever conceived. That was over two thousand years ago," Said the newly formed Princess Luna, "Is it possible that someone you know built it?" I considered this, and immediately, 6 unique beings came to mind. Was it possible?

Had the Great Beings graced this planet with their presence?

"There is only one way to find out." I then walked up to touch it, and as I did, I suddenly felt the mask begin to glow. I recoiled, fearing what may have happened, then put my hand forward again, touching it, and as I did, I heard a click. All of a sudden, The door dropped, and I reflexed, drawing my sword and backing up. When the door had dropped away, I put my sword away, and walked down. All the others followed me.

I noticed the walls, they were layered in hundreds of thousands of millions of inscribed Matoran symbols. "This?" I said, spinning all around, waving my hand at everything, "This proves what could be quite possibly the greatest thing at the greatest time. The only beings who could have been here were the Great Beings. My creators."

Luna spoke up, using an older, less advanced version of their language, as she hadn't been herself since the "Nightmare Moon" incident. "What art thou speaketh about, nave?" I had heard all sorts of languages, so this was no harder to decipher than any other.

"My creators, they were here." I said, and began to walk around, reading the symbols. "These are letters, from my language, Matoran." I kept looking for the one thing I needed to see, and, indeed, I found it. I pointed my hand at one, poking it. "This word, this determines it."

Twilight walked over, and, for a moment, she studied the letters, trying to make out any of the letters, and eventually said, "I got nothing. What does this read, Mata Nui?"

I said one word, one with the grandest significance to all of this. "Angonce."

Rainbow flew over, and said, "'Angonce'? What does 'Angonce' mean, exactly?"

"It doesn't actually mean anything, it's a name," I responded, "The name of my creator. Angonce came up with the plan for, well, me." Rainbow seemed mindblown by all this. I began to translate some of the wall of text. "This appears to be the earliest of their recordings here. I quote, 'We have safely assimilated into the races of this world, as we have not revealed ourselves. This world may be the one where we begin our testing to the reconnaissance androids. We can only hope they are successful if we are to stop the combat on Spherus Magna and prevent the Core War from annihilating the planet. We will begin taking small numbers of the races on this world, to use for laborous work on the probes. We may not have enough time.' This is incredible!" I had never once seen my own creators' writings, and this was fascinating.

I made my way to another wall, roughly 15 feet from the first one, where I translated some more. "This segment is interesting. I quote, again, 'We have been preparing the first test of the first of our reconnaissance androids, and if this being succeeds, it shall be christened the "Chardon Nui", the All-mighty Spirit. The power source is a highly experimental one, using the process of special machines, taking hydrogen molecules, and splitting them, producing tremendous power. The power source is in the shape of a cube, approximately 167 feet on all sides. Within it, are housed over 800 of these reactors, and they will give this being the power to do almost anything by itself. We do fear, however, that the leader of a quadrupedal race who have deemed themselves "Ponies" may be onto our capture of their species. Its only a matter of time.' So, the pony leaders of their time were semi-hostile, for good reason, I suppose." The others were all listening intently,hearing what I said.

The next wall thereafter had some interesting data on the inscriptions, as it detail the results of the experiment. "It appears this next section may contain what I'm looking for. I quote, once more, 'The test of the "Chardon Nui" android has been deemed a massive failure. When the android was activated, it rose, and we detailed its mission to it, to explore the universe, and learn the ultimate way to maintain an unfaltering civilization. However, as the Red Star'" I paused to explain the red star, basically a booster engine, "' approached for lift-off, just one of the reactors went critical, and detonated around half the others. This, alone, didn't destroy the robot, but the resulting chain reaction inside the power chords fractured the torso, and destroyed a good part of the robot. It is, however, reversable, as we have a power supply stationed to the north, capable of repairing the whole. However, the "Ponies" were finally able to make an effective claim amongst themselves that we are, indeed, stealing their species. However, they've spread the rumor that we're killing them, and they've rallied against us. We also believe their leader may have been the one to cause the reactor failure. We may not have the time to attempt the restoration.' I don't believe it. There really is an android here... Huh?" On the next wall, there was what appeared to be a large screen, with a switch in the form of a press-handle. I grabbed the handle, and twisted is 180 degrees to the right, and then forced it in.

Almost immediately, a metal clamp wrapped around my wrist, preventing me from removing my hand. I attempted to remove my hand, even going so far as to put my foot to the wall and pull, and simply could not get it loose. I then had an idea, fairly quickly, to pump the Mask of Life's energy into the device. When I did, the screen activated, and on came the face of Angonce**.

"Do not be alarmed, Mata Nui" My eyes went wide "Your arrival here has been destiny from the start. You are supposed to be here. You've always had one mission. We knew eventually your body would be stolen, and you would be brought here, so I will regive your mission to you. You are destined to return to Spherus magna, with all that you've learned, and restore the planet, as we know now, there is no chance of stopping the Fracturing. Spherus Magna is in your hands, and we know, your opponent will not give easily. Surely, you've already read, the 'Chardon Nui' robot." I nodded, even though it was merely a recording. "The power source to restore it, its-" Angonce wasn't given the time to finish his sentence, as a door behind him exploded with magical power, and he, and all the other beings turned to face it. I noticed a Very large Unicorn-Pegasus Hybrid pony, whose main color was a white-silver, and whose mane seemed to float on an invisible breeze. His mane, the first thing I thought of when I saw it was the Time-Space continuum. Both the princesses behind me gasped loudly, obviously knowing what they saw.

The pony spoke up, shouting "All of you will pay for your insolence on my people! Fall by my mag-" The pony wasn't given the chance to finish, as all six Great beings pulled out weapons similar to Nyhrah Ghost Blasters, and each of them unloaded into him. Princess Luna screamed loudly, and I watched, my heart, nearly stopped, as my creators murdered a being trying to protect his people. When they had ended, there was blood all over the ground where the pony had been, and the pony itself... Why? Why would they do this?! I began to violently strain on the wrist vice, trying my hardest to end it. Finally, the Great Being known at Kerboltix turned, and blasted the camera, and the record finally ended. All at once, the vise let go, and I went flying landing on my back. I fell, and no one moved. They were all stunned by what they'd seen.

I'd seen enough. I stood up, rage full in my veins, and drew my sword. I growled out my every breath, my fury unlike any other, and the Mask charged a unique, black energy into my sword. I finally screamed as loud as I could before jumping up and impaling the screen in the center, and blasting the energy into it. The result blew up the screen completely, destroying every ounce of that record. I couldn't take anymore, and passed out from adrenaline.


I woke up on the ground, at the outskirts of Ponyville. Twilight noticed me, and ran over. "Mata Nui! Are you okay?" I nodded, and stood up, feeling a bit of pain in all of my general body. "Phew, we were sure you were hurt." I then noticed everyone else waiting around.

Pinkie Pie came over, and said, "Well, its about time you woke up, Sleepy Pants, 'cuz its Party Time!" I hoped she could cheer up Celestia and Luna, I hadn't forgot what I and they had seen.


Immediately upon returning home, Pinkie threw an enormous party, for all of Ponyville. Everyone came, thanking the gods for Celestia, and even a few ponies came up to me, thanking me for being a "real Stallion".

Celestia and Luna came in upon a carriage, and Spike was reunited with Twilight. Celestia and Luna came forth, both looking better than before, and everyone, except me, bowed. everyone froze, and looked at me. I pulled my sword, and everyone gasped. I swung down, and instead of doing what any one thought, I rammed the end into the ground, and dropped to one knee. I felt Luna had earned the right for me to bow to her, not so much yet Celestia.

Twilight, later had a saddened face, and I walked up to her. "Why are you so sad Twilight? you saved your world from a grave danger," I said, wondering about this.

"Yes, Why?" The Princess had came up behind me. "Aren't you happy that you can return to your studies in Canterlot?" Twilight looked on a moment before she spoke up.

"That's just it. Just when I learn how wonderful it is to have friends, I have to leave them." I saw the forlorn looks on their faces, and decided I had to act then. "Kind Celestia, I, too, have just learned this joy. And, although I won't be returning to Spherus Magna anytime soon, I wish to request Twilight and I remain in Ponyville, if you'd be so kind." I noticed everyone's face brighten at my words.

She paused for a moment, then said, "Spike, take a note please. 'I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the unicorn, Twilight Sparkle, shall take on a new mission in equestria. She must continue to study the magic of friendship. She must report to me her findings, from her new home in Ponyville!" all her friends gathered around, happily. I was feeling bad for a bit until she said:

"Princess, What about Mata Nui?" I couldn't believe it! a being I had met not a day ago was helping me? "Friendship" is incredible... "Spike, take a second note. *Ahem*. 'I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the 'Warrior of Friendship', Mata Nui, shall be given a home in Ponyville, free of charge, to study with Twilight.'" I felt a feeling of not necessarily happiness, but a good feeling indeed it was. I knew it would only be a matter of time that I stayed here.

I was given a house (Ironically, near Fluttershy's house). I couldn't believe the hospitality. I had removed my extra armor, Shoulder armor included, and laid down, and for the first time ever, I was about to willingly sleep. Then I remembered, I still have to tell my side of the story to the others. Even with this, my sleep finally came.


*{ This phrase her is how I explain the use of Matoran Language. In this case, Matoran will be in german, here, he says, "I am the Mata Nui, The Great Spirit."

**{ In this, you can imagine Angonce as a very old-looking human, with a long beard.