My Little Pony: The Crystal Empire
Chapter 4
Neo's Plan
The mane 6, Shining Armor, Spike and Neo were walking down the hallway of Princess Cadence's castle in the Crystal Empire. When they came to the throne room, Princess Cadence was sitting on her throne, she looked very tired and out of energy, her horn was glowing, she was using her magic to keep the force field going to keep King Sombra from entering the Crystal Empire, and the more magic she used, the more tired she was getting. When they came into the throne room, Twilight was very happy to see Princess Cadence, she said, "Cadence." With a big smile, Cadence smiled and walked over to her.
When they came to each other, they did their girly greeting, they chanted, "Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!" They jumped up and down, hid their faces, clapped their hooves and shook their tails as they did their greeting and they laughed playfully, they always enjoyed doing that greeting. Neo enjoyed watching them do their greeting, he thought it was wonderful and he loved seeing Twilight and Cadence laughing. Then Neo said to Twilight and Cadence, "You two need to get together more often, and at a time when some evil pony is not trying to raise hell over Equestria."
Princess Cadence was happy to see Neo, she smiled at him and said, "Hello Neo, welcome to the Crystal Empire, I'm so happy to see you." Neo said, "Thank you Cadence." Princess Cadence didn't look too well, Neo got concerned and said, "Are you okay Cadence, you look like hell." The ponies gasped at what Neo just said to Princess Cadence. But Princess Cadence knew what he meant by that, she said, "I'm just so very tired." Shining Armor came over to Neo and Cadence and said, "Cadance has been able to use her magic to spread love and light. That seems to be what is protecting it. But she hasn't slept, barely eats. I want to help her, but my protection spell has been countered by King Sombra." Princess Cadence took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, I'm fine." Shining Armor just frowned and said, "She's not fine. She can't go on like this forever, and if her magic were to fade... Well, you saw what's out there waiting for that to happen." Neo said, "Well I can help her, I happen to have a force field of my own." Shining Armor, Princess Cadence, the mane 6 and Spike said, "What?"
Neo explained to them that he has these devices that generate force fields, he used to use them all the time back when he lived in his homeland before it was destroyed. Princess Cadence said, "Oh Neo, what would we do without you, I'm so happy we have a friend like you living with us in Equestria, if you could give us a force field so I can rest, I would be so grateful." Shining Armor said, "So would I, we would greatly appreciate any help you can provide." Neo said, "Of course, that's why Twilight and I are here, to help you." Applejack said, "Why we're all here." The other ponies nodded, Shining Armor said, "Well, with Cadance putting all her strength into keeping her spell going, and me trying to keep an eye on signs of trouble in the arctic, we haven't been able to gather much information from the Crystal Ponies." Rarity got excited and said, "Crystal Ponies?! Hahaha, there are Crystal Ponies?! Um, ahem. Please continue." Rarity loved the idea of being a crystal pony, then Shining Armor said, "But we have to believe one of them knows how we can protect the Empire without having to use Cadance's magic." Then Twilight thought she should do a research paper, she thought part of her test was to gather information from the crystal ponies and deliver it to Shining Armor. Twilight loved doing research papers.
Neo felt like Princess Cadence and Shining Armor needed more protection. So he told them that as long as they are in danger, he was going to have a bodyguard protect them, Princess Cadence and Shining Armor gladly accepted his protection. Neo left the throne room for a minute, Twilight went outside with him while the other ponies and Spike comforted Princess Cadence. Neo took out his cellphone and made a phone call, when he got an answer, Neo said, "Listen carefully, I have a job for you, I can't tell you over the phone, I need you to come to Equestria and I'll give you the details." Then the person said he was on his way and hung up. Twilight wondered who Neo was talking to, he said that she'll find out very soon. Then Neo and Twilight went back into the throne room, Neo told Princess Cadence and Shining Armor that their bodyguard was on the way.
They waited about 5 minutes when suddenly, lighting zapped in a spot in the throne room, they all wondered what was going on, except Neo, then a ball of energy appeared for a second, then the ball and lighting disappeared, and where the ball was stood a tall human man wearing a black leather jacket, sunglasses, blue jeans, and motorcycle boots, and he had weapons all around him. But he didn't seem to show any emotion. Everypony stared at this mysterious looking human. Neo went up to the man and said, "Thanks for coming, it's been a while." The man said, "Yes it has." The mane 6 thought the man was very handsome, especially Rarity. Twilight said to Neo, "Neo, who is this human?" Neo said, "This is The Terminator." Twilight was surprised by his name, then Neo said, "And he's not human." Everypony said, "What?"
Neo explained to them that The Terminator was a cyborg that had human skin, inside is a metal endoskeleton, which is a powerful cyborg, and outside is human skin. Everypony was astonished by the information, but then The Terminator said, "What is this job you had for me?" Neo said, "I want you to guard and protect Princess Cadence and Shining Armor." Neo pointed to them, then Neo told the Terminator that they were in danger from an evil unicorn known as King Sombra and Neo wanted the Terminator to protect the princess and her husband from King Sombra and keep him from taking over the Crystal Empire. The Terminator had never seen unicorns or pegasus before, but he was willing to do anything that Neo told him to do, he was always loyal to him.
The Terminator went over and stood next to Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, then Neo said to them, "Don't worry Cadence, The Terminator will protect you, he has protected me for years, and I know he can do the same for you." Princess Cadence said, "Oh thank you Neo, you're so sweet to protect me from that evil King Sombra, I'm so happy to have a friend like you." Then Princess Cadence gave Neo a big hug, then she kissed him on the cheek, which made Neo blush. The ponies were kind of jealous, but they were happy and wanted to do whatever they could to help. The Terminator said, "Not to worry Neo, I will protect them." Neo told Princess Cadence and Shining Armor that he will get to work on getting his force field going so that Princess Cadence can get some rest, and while Neo works on that, the mane 6 would try to get some answers from the crystal ponies, so Neo, the mane 6 and Spike left the throne room and headed into the empire to talk to the crystal ponies.
End of chapter 4, chapter 5 coming soon.