Twilight, Celestia and I were absorbed in the book, we sat comfortably in the couch while reading the book out loud. Celestia yawned, her eyes began to feel heavy as she sunk into the soft cushions. Twilight got up, lifted me out of the sofa and went towards the fire, she grabbed a blanket and draped over Celestia as she slept soundly. Twilight and I went near the fire as we waited for midnight to strike. Twilight hovered over a marshmallow that she had been roasting in the fire to my mouth and I engulfed it, attempting to prevent any of the melted marshmallow from escaping my mouth. I failed however as the liquid began to drip from my mouth. Twilight and I giggled as she wiped it off with a tissue. I looked at the clock on the wall.

"Eleven O Clock," I huffed in impatience.

"How about we play a game?" Twilight suggested as she smiled at me.

"Sure, how about truth or dare?" I began to grin to myself.

"I don't know," Twilight rubbed the back of her neck.

"Come on, it will be fun!"

"Fine, I'll start".

"Truth," I began to smirk. "Can you play an instrument". Let's be easy on her, for now.

"I can! I play a small bit of piano," Twilight wiped off a bit of sweat off her forehead. "You next, have you and Alex pranked Celestia?"

"Easy one. April Foals is Celestia's most favourite day as she loves to prank. However me and Alex always collaborate to prank her, last year we decided to set up a giant cake for her and when she cut into it, bright green dye would explode all over the place," I giggled quietly. "Your turn, dare. I dare you to to take every book off the shelf".

"What!" She exclaimed, Celestia stirred in her sleep as Twilight shouted. "Fine," She grunted. Every book on the shelf made a soft impact to the ground. "OK, my turn! Truth, what's the most random thing you have done?" I shook my head and chuckled as memories from Earth popped in my head.

"Once I was in an exam and I fell asleep, however the examiner woke me up but I panicked and ended up attacking the examiner. Pretending to be a ninja". I shook my head even more. "My turn, truth". A expression of thought appeared on my face until I finally decided to bring in the big guns. "Do you think about anypony while sleeping?" Twilight inhaled a marshmallow whole and almost chocked on it.

"What do you mean," she asked in confusion.

"Do you fantasize about anypony in your dreams?"

"Like what?"

"It's not rocket science!" I stared at her for a few seconds until she finally clicked.

"Wait, you mean..." Twilight chuckled awkwardly and blushed slightly.

"Annnnnd the last horse crosses the finish line".

"I don't want to answer that," she stammered.

"You forced Rarity to stand outside in the rain when playing truth or dare to follow the rules," I smirked.

"How did you know about that?"

"I see everything," I said in a spooky tone while pretending to be a ghost. "I can already guess any-ways".

"I don't dream of anypony," She muttered while looking away.

"So you don't fantasize about a certain, Flash Sentry?" Twilight sharply turned towards me and blushed bright red.

"I...how did you," Twilight stammered.

"So you have a crush on Flash Sentry," I chuckled.

"I don't he is just a friend!"

"With benefits". Twilight groaned in annoyance.

"Fine, you win!" She huffed. "My turn, truth. Do you fantasize anypony," Twilight grinned but I gave her a deadpan look.

"Really? You're asking me that to say I'm married, the answer's obvious..." I said monotonously.

"Oh, right I forgot about that".

"Yeah, I'll leave you to guess that. My turn, truth," I smirked as a brilliant question popped in my head. "Have you ever fornicated with anypony?" Twilight chocked on a marshmallow as I bluntly asked.

"Excuse me!"

"You heard".

"I'm not going to answer that!"

"You have to, it's the rules," I did a bad impersonation of Twilight which she then frowned at me for.

"I..."

"You have to".

"I never asked you these type of questions!"

"Only because you didn't want to".

"Fine, I haven't," Twilight said bluntly.

"You're very forthcoming with that".

"Because I'm not ashamed of it, I prefer a good book rather than fornicating I can assure you," she lectured. A small blush of embarrassment still shown on her face. "My turn, truth. Except Luna, who else would you fornicate with and why?"

"Touché, Twilight," I complimented. "If I wasn't with Luna I would have a one night stand with," I leant closer to Twilight. "Celestia," I whispered. Twilight looked at me in shock.

"What! Really?" She asked.

"No, I said it for the hell of it. Of course!"

"Why?"

"Why not more like". Twilight still stared at me. "Oh come on, you never thought that Celestia is even a little attractive?"

"No!"

"Why not?"

"Don't have to answer that," She smirked.

"OK then, Truth. Why don't you find Celestia attractive?"

"Celestia damn you!" She growled. "I just respect her that all, more like what ponies call the friend zone".

"I see," I arched an eyebrow. "What thinks that Celestia doesn't like you?"

"I..." Twilight looked down at the floor. "...don't know".

"Well, just saying. I believe its your turn?" The game continued, Twilight returned with more personal questions but I still managed to fight back with very embarrassing questions, who knew that Twilight and Flash had a game of tonsil tennis while the part after Sunset Shimmer's assault went on.

The town clock struck midnight and the bell began to ring throughout the town.

"It is midnight," Celestia yawned, stretching her large wings out and looking towards a clock on the wall

"Well, our package is here," I chuckled nervously. Twilight took the wheelchair from the corner of the room and placed me on it. "Lets go," I said impatiently.

A small explosion could be heard and felt in Ponyville, everypony began to wake up and we sped across the town with Twilight being my main method of propulsion. Dust lingered around the crash site and trees were perfectly singed. The meteor pulsed with a purple aura and a quiet humming sound could be heard. Twilight and I was on the edge of the crater while we saw lights and heard chatter of ponies behind us. This meteor was much larger than any other, towering above the trees.

"Twilight," I said. Ordering the asteroid to be opened. She cast a spell and the purple aura began to encase the entire metallic rock. A small section opened up revealing a surgery table. "OK this is different," I muttered to myself.

"What is it?" Celestia asked in intrigue.

"One way to find out, put me on that table," I ordered.

"What if something happens to you?" Twilight began to panic.

"Nothing will, if this is from my friend. I doubt this will harm me, this contact helped us in the Canterlot war and now he is doing it again. She thought for a moment but soon quickly pushed me towards the rock and lifted me onto the table.

"Patient received, performing surgery," A voice said. The door quickly slammed and several thin metal arms came out of the walls.

"Lucas!" Twilight screamed as she began to bang her hooves on the metal door but was dragged back Celestia.

The entire town crowded around the meteor as Lucas' screams filled the quiet night atmosphere. The royal guards were dispatched and stood on guard with rifles pointing towards the monstrous rock standing tall in the forest. Suddenly the entire metal tower opened up, releasing a extremely large amount of steam on the ponies below. When the steam settled from the pegasi wings flapping furiously, Lucas' face was revealed.

"Lucas!" Twilight shouted, running towards him.

"Twilight no!" Celestia attempted to call her back. Lucas opened his eyes and began to grin madly.

"Now this, is what I call a present!" He complimented. Replacing parts of his torso were metal plates, it was indistinguishable where the metal started and the flesh began. He walked out, revealing his new thick metal arms and legs. They were heavily plated and coloured black, several hatches were scattered on both of his arm. He picked up a device the size of his hand and jammed it into the left side of his face. Tiny metal tendrils burrowed into his face and a screen covered his eye.

A metal behemoth was behind him, similar to Lucas' physique, two gigantic arms and two gigantic legs, it crouched with a empty hole awaiting for a pilot to take the controls of the colossus. On the edge of the arms were two unidentifiable devices, from the two metal plates surrounding a orange glowing canister the size of the arm, ponies deduced that is was a weapon of some sort. Lucas backed away and implanted himself into the device, the giant stood straight up and a small piece of armour rose from the back and closed tightly on the cockpit, forming a head shape. It stood the twice the size as an average Sentinel bot and towered over the crowd. The giant's fingers began to flex and contract, then it began to look at the crowd who were standing in total shock.

"Monster!" A villager cried.

"What are you waiting for? Fire!" A guard shouted, a flurry of bullets flew towards Lucas' robot and barely scratched the paint. One weapon attached on it's arm glowed with a bright yellow and pointed towards the crowd, the crowd began to disperse back into the forest as it suddenly jerked its arm up and fired into the night sky. It then faced Twilight and Celestia who were looking in shock.

"What happened," Celestia asked loudly.

"I had an upgrade, I must say this is much better than I expected," I complimented while looking at the two large cannons attached to the arms.

"What did you expect," Twilight asked me.

"Some weapon of some sort or a way to make me useful once more. Now I got these babies I can finally have a chance to end this battle once and for all!"

"Lucas, don't do anything harsh!" Celestia shouted. "Think of the message you are trying to put across!" The metal giant raised his hand to the cockpit as if it was thinking.

"Now that you say that," The pod hissed and Lucas' robot crouched for him to walk on the soil once more. "I don't want to be equal to that monster, we all have to draw our lines somewhere I suppose". Lucas walked up to Twilight and knelt beside her.

"Twilight, I want you to do something for me."

"Anything for a friend," Twilight smiled.

"If I go mad with power, or becoming a threat to Equestria. Imprison me".

"Lucas, I don't think you will go mad".

"I will eventually, I need you to build a chamber that can house me. However I need to be in range if you need me once more, I couldn't stand the fact that I was unable to help you in dark times".

"Lucas, we will do what you say," Celestia interjected.

"Princess, I don't think anypony should have to imprison their friends".

"I know, but Lucas knows best for anypony. That is why I listen to him, if it wasn't for Lucas' advice seven years ago I wouldn't be here".

"So you want me to make a prison for you? Is that what you really want Lucas?" Twilight asked hesitantly.

"Yes, I'm afraid that is what will happen. When Alex turns eighteen and I am in prison, give him this note," A small recorder appeared from nowhere which he then gave to Twilight.

"One question, how can I reason with you?"

"I knew you would ask that, here," He handed a tiny microchip. "Attach this to a powerful unicorn's head, this allows a one time use of a spell that deactivates my augments for a while".

"You have this all planned out I see," Celestia complimented.

"Indeed I do, I have to plan everything".

"Reminds me of some pony," Celestia looked at Twilight and smirked.

"My second in command tells me that scouts have picked up some sort of infected commander, not the Mastermind but something still commanding a small force," Lucas informed, pressing a metal finger inside of his ear.

"So, what do you propose we do?" Twilight asked.

"We capture it and interrogate it, best to get some information out of it than kill it". Lucas raised his head and looked towards the forest. He pulled out a pistol and fired blindly, which was then followed by a scream. An infected dropped out of the concealment and exploded. "I think it's safe to say we have to move, I have to plan the assault on the infected patrol and you two have a country to run," Lucas stepped back into the cockpit and walked towards Canterlot. Twilight observed the microchip she was given closely.

"What exactly is this princess?"

"A project which Starswirl the Bearded was working on. He was looking for a way to make disposable spell casters," Celestia lectured.

"This doesn't look like something Starswirl would do," she observed the intricate circuitry which was then taken by Celestia's telekinetic grip.

"Indeed, it was only a theory however it seems like Lucas put it into practice," she looked at Twilight who was fascinated with the tiny device. "Twilight, I need to ask you something important".

"Yes, Princess?"

"Lucas has changed the face of Canterlot has he not?"

"I should say Equestria. We haven't had this much growth in years!"

"The royal family plays important parts in Equestria, even I can say that. I raise the sun, Luna raises the moon, Cadence protects the Crystal Empire and you protect Equestria from dangerous beings and wield the Elements of Harmony".

"What are you proposing?"

"Even though he has had unstable times in his life, Lucas has done Equestria a great service".

"You mean..."

"Yes. We have decided that Lucas should be appointed the Prince of Technology".