Atrox strikes again!

   With a basket on his right arm, and the shop list in the left hand, Atrox was happily walking the path to the market. The episode of The Powerpuff Fillies of the previous night had been particularly good, and the Dark Conqueror had dreamed about his old days of glory. In a nutshell, Atrox was in a really good mood that morning.

   “A magnificent day, isn’t it?” asked he, smiling, to the mailstallion who was pulling from the mail carriage.

   “Sure it is,” the pony smiled back.

   “Have a nice morning, young colt. Oh, and tell your boss that he will perish in flames for firing Derpy. La, la, la...”

   Atrox started to jump, cheerfully greeting every creature he encountered:

   “Good morning, little mices! Good morning, birdies! Good morning, ants! Good morning, bacterias which I cannot see but surely are everywhere!”

   Then, he bumped into somepony.

   “Oh, I’m sorry, Fluttershy!” apologized Atrox. “Are you ok? I’m really sorry, I didn’t see you.”

   The yellow pegasus slowly looked up, frowning.

   “Never apologize,” she mumbled, “ when you can criticize.”

   “What did you say, Fluttershy?”

   She flapped her wings, angrily, and flew until she could look directly at the red eyes of the Dark Conqueror.

   “Oh, is the Lord of Zero Universes too busy with his nonexistent Empire to look for where he walks?!”, she said, in an absolutely non-friendly way. “No wonder the hero was able to defeat you! Your head is so in the clouds, that it would fly away if you weren’t wearing that helmet, which, by the way, is totally unimpressive and non-terrific, just like you. Actually, I fail to see how you could reunite an army in the first place. Who would like to work, much less fight, for such a loser like you? Just look at Ponyville, at us! What are we? Ferocious monsters? Raging demons? No, we are ponies! You haven’t been able to conquer a small town filled with defenseless small horses! You, sir, are pathetic!”

   The last word thundered like the Royal Canterlot Voice.

   “And now, if you allow me to pass, I have to find that pony who always delivers the wrong mail! And you’d better allow me to pass!”

   Atrox stepped aside, and Fluttershy walked away, with head high.

   The Dark Conqueror didn’t continue his walk to the market. He wasn’t jumping anymore, not even walking. He just stood there, with his lips trembling, and his red eyes filled with tears.

   Eventually, Fluttershy found the mailpony, then she threw a tourist in the air, then she insulted her friends Pinkie Pie and Rarity... well, you know how it went.

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    Another good morning in Ponyville. The pegasi had done a magnificent job with the sky, and Celestia’s sun was gifting the land with its warm light.

   Fluttershy and Rarity were walking through the town. Anytime the yellow pegasus found some of the ponies she had insulted and/or bullied the previous day, she apologized.

   “I’m really glad to see you back to normal,” said Rarity, for the twentieth time.

   “Me too,” said Fluttershy. “But it won’t be really over until I formally apologize to everypony. Including Atrox.”

   Then, the entire town trembled. And again. And again. And again.

   A gigantic red figure made its way through the streets, leaving enormous footprints in the ground with its titanic feet of steel. The light of the sun reflected in its armor, red like blood. Both its head and chest had the shape of a skull, the first one adorned with a crown.

   “Kneel before me, equines!” sounded the voice of Atrox, coming from inside the giant robot.

   “What is that thing?!” shouted Rarity.

   “Fear and tremble, ponies, for you’re defenseless against the power of my iron titan! Look at your doom, the prototype for my future army of mobile weapons: Kaiser Atrox! Patent pending.”

   “Are you going to try to conquer Ponyville again? I thought you had abandoned such rude habits!”

   “You!” the robot pointed at Fluttershy with his steel finger. The pegasus hid behind Rarity. “You dared to mock me yesterday! You dared to call me pathetic! Now, Fluttershy, you and your fellow ponies will suffer my wrath! Revenge!”

   Trembling, she came out from behind Rarity, looked at the metallic skull head, gulped, and said:

   “I’m sorry!”

   “Prepare to meet your end! Your magic will not save- What did you say?”

   “I’m sorry,” repeated Fluttershy. “I shouldn’t have insulted you yesterday, I behaved in a very mean way, and I apologize for that. You weren’t the only one I hurt, I’m apologizing to everypony. I’m really sorry, Atrox.”

   The robot scratched the back of its head.

   “Oh, well...” said the Dark Conqueror, from the inside. “In that case... You’re forgiven, Fluttershy.”

   “Really?”

   “Of course. All of us behave like jerks sometimes. Don’t worry, what happened yesterday has been forgotten.”

   “Thank you. Now, could you please retire your giant robot and not conquer Ponyville?”

   “Are you kidding? I’m not angry at you anymore, but I’m not going to waste this opportunity of taking control of the town! Besides, what you said yesterday was partially right, I need to conquer something, and soon!”

   The red robot started to walk, heading its way to the town hall. Fluttershy and Rarity followed the steel titan.

   “We have to warn Twilight!” said the unicorn.

   “How about Derpy?” asked Fluttershy. “Maybe she could convince Atrox to stop!”

   “Derpy’s out of the town today, visiting some relatives in Manehattan!”

   “What are we gonna do?!”

   Then, the red robot stopped suddenly. Something was blocking its path, something really big. Rarity and Fluttershy approached, and with their mouths opened, they contemplated another giant robot, a white one and with the shape of a medieval knight, which had appeared out of nowhere.

   “Who dares to stay in my way?” asked Atrox, from inside his machine.

   The answer was yelled by three voices:

   “CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS PILOTS OF GIANT ROBOTS! YEAH!”

   “Sweetie Belle?!”, shouted Rarity. “What are you doing inside that thing?!”

   “Hi, sister!” said the voice of Sweetie Belle, while the white robot waved his hand. “Look what Pinkie Pie built for us!”

   “Pinkie Pie did what?!”

   Atrox laughed, pleased.

   “It seems that we’re going to have a mecha fight.”, he said. “I haven’t enjoyed one in quite a while. Ok, Cutie Mark Crusaders! Show me what your robot can do!”

   “You asked for it!” said the voice of Scootaloo. “You’ll witness the power of the Cutieatron Max! Applebloom, you control the legs! Sweetie Belle, the arms are yours! I’ll do the special attacks and I’ll shout their names! Let’s go!”

   Rarity and Fluttershy decided to sit down and enjoy the show. Pinkie Pie appeared out of nowhere and brought popcorn.

***

   Two punches of steel, red and white, clashed in the air. Despite having three different pilots, the Cutieatron Max moved perfectly, almost as good as the Kaiser Atrox, who was quite fast despite looking pretty heavy.

   “This town will be mine!” shouted Atrox. “Take this! Kaiser Lightning!”

   The red robot fired a spear of electricity through its fingers.

   “That’s nothing!” said Scootaloo. “Cutie Mark Shield!”

   The white robot pulled a circular shield out of nowhere, decorated with the cutie marks of the Mane Six. It blocked the lightning.

   “And now, Atrox, you’ll see... Hey! Where did he go?!”

   “Look up, my little ponies!” laughed and evil voice.

   Kaiser Atrox had jumped in the air. The robot materialized a long black sword in his hands and descended.

   “I’ll cut you in half with my Eldritch Blade!”

   “Not so fast!” shouted Scootaloo. “Let’s use the Rainbow Claymore, girls!”

   Using its hammerspace ability again, undoubtedly the work of Pinkie Pie, the Cutieatron summoned a big seven-coloured sword and stopped the attack of the crimson robot. The two titans started a sword fight through the streets of Ponyville.

   “Did you really build that thing, Pinkie Pie?” asked Rarity.

   “Yes I did!” smiled the pink mare. “I’ve been building things since I was an itty-bitty little-wittle Twinkie-Pinkie.”

   “And what other things have you created in all these years?” asked Rainbow Dash, eating from Applejack’s popcorn.

   “I don’t remember, because I’ve built so many things! But all of them are stored in the basement of the Sugarcube Corner. You can come and see them whenever you want!”

   “I didn’t know the bakery had a basement,” said Celestia.

   “Me neither,” said Mr. Cake.

   “Shut up, please!” requested Luna. “Some ponies here are trying to watch the fight!”

   With a metallic sound, and releasing a little cloud of sparks, the two swords clashed for the last time, and broke.

   “Very good,” said Atrox. “You are skilled, I admit that.”

   “Did you hear that, girls?” asked Scootaloo. “Those cutie marks of piloting giant robots are ours!”

   “Don’t look at your flanks yet, the fight is not over! I’m not comfortable in these narrow streets, let’s go to the skies, so we can unleash the full potential of our mechas!”

   And the two robots flew in the air, leaving traces of smoke behind them.

   “Are you ready?” asked the Dark Conqueror. “Because I won’t go easy on you!”

   “Shoot whenever you want, and we’ll do the same!” said Scootaloo, defiant.

   And the two robots started to launch their attacks, filling the sky with explosions, as the blasts clashed:

   “You asked for it!” laughed Atrox. “Take this! Dark Laser!”

   “Take you this!” shouted Scootaloo. “Harmony Wave!”

   “Atrox Slicer!”

   “Spear of Celestia!”

   “Rocket Punch!”

   “Anti-Aircraft Party Cannon!”

   “White Dwarf Smasher!”

   “Cutie Mark Blaster!”

   “Death Wave of the Conqueror!”

   “Cupcake Missile!”

   “Burning Pulverizing Rocket Punch!”

   “Plasma Streamer Whip!”

   “Crotch Missile! ... What?! ‘Out of order’? What do you mean ‘out of order’?”

   “It’s our chance, girls!”

   The Cutieatron Max raised its hands, concentrating a sphere of energy in each one of them, yellow in the right and white in the left.

   “Our ultimate attack!” shouted Scootaloo. “With the combined powers of Sun and Moon, we shall defeat your evilness!”

   The white robot united his hands, fusing the two spheres in a gigantic ball of light and flames. This time, the three fillies shouted:

   “In the name of the Princesses, and in the name of Equestria, all our enemies shall burn in the golden flames, and vanish before the silver light! Ultimate Technique: Cosmic Glory of the Sister Godesses!”

   And so, the Cutieatron Max fired a powerful blast of golden and silver energy, which took the shape of a majestic gigantic alicorn. And, because in this situations the bad guy never thinks of any logical solution, like stepping aside to avoid the attack, the Kaiser Atrox was impaled by the horn of light, and then disintegrated by the following wave of power.

***

   As the day came to an end (not really, it was still morning), the light of the sunse... er, midday was reflecting in the white armor of the Cutieatron Max. The robot was knelt before the Sugarcube Corner. Mr. and Mrs. Cake discovered that it was a very good publicity.

   “Aw, still no cutie mark...” sighed Scootaloo, looking at her flank. “I would have conformed even with a cutie mark of shouting names of attacks.”

   “What would that cutie mark look like?” wondered Applebloom.

   And the three fillies went away, thinking about what they were going to try next.

   “Did you seriously build this, Pinkie Pie?” asked Celestia, looking at the robot.

   “Yes. Why everypony keeps asking that? Is it really so hard to believe?”

   “And how can this machine use the power of both my sun and my sister’s moon?”

   “Oh, that’s easy. You’ll see, I only had to- Oh, look, they’re selling cookies! I love cookies!”

   “Please, take me to the hospital...” mumbled Atrox, crawling from under the mountain of scraps which had been his robot not so long ago.

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  Well, it seems that the ponies can sleep tight this night, knowing that Equestria has survived the schemes of Atrox one more day. But tomorrow things may be different... Be brave, my little ponies!

To be continued... maybe.

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