“Spark? You mind helping me out with something?” I ask the andriod.

“Sure, what is it?”

“I just need help with setting my lab up in the second story guest room.”

“Alright.” I wave for her to follow me and then lead her to my room.

“Just these boxes.” I point to a small pile of boxes marked with ‘Science’ written in black sharpie. I grab two big boxes in my magic and a few smaller ones with my hands. Spark does the same. And I mean the exact same, magic n’ all. I found out a while ago that she’s capable of using magic like a regular unicorn.

Anyway, with Spark helping me the boxes are moved to the designated room, it took little time to have everything put up there. Once we were done I enlisted her help once again to set things up; the fume hood against the window to allow proper airflow, the steel table, the chemicals, the elements I was able to get my hands on, and other things.

“Ember?” I stop taking out sodium metal out of an air-tight box and turn to her.

“What?” She holds up a small, thick disk of metal.

“What is this? It’s messing with my system?”

“That, my dear, is a neodymium magnet.” She drops the thing and I catch it in my magic and bring it to me. Luckily the metals making up my being are not magnetic. Though, I do get this numbing feeling whenever I make contact with it. “Careful Spark. These break easily.” I carefully set the piece of metal on the ground a ways away from the steel table.

“Sorry,” Spark sighed. “but as you know magnets and androids don’t mix too well.”

“That’s exactly why I made your body out of non-magnetic materials. Though I don’t know why it’s mucking up your systems. I designed your body to not be affected by strong magnetic fields...” She shrugs.

“Oh well I guess?”

“Yeah, I guess. Anyway that should be it.” I look around the room and see the many devices and materials set across tables. Then I turn back to the steel table with loads of glass beakers, pipes, tubes, bunsen burners, and the like.

“If you don’t mind me asking, why do you have all of this?”

“... You know the laws of physics as humans know it right?” She nodded. “Well, in this world most of those laws can fuck off according to the residents of this planet.” At that she connected the dots.

“So you want to find out what still applies here and possibly discover new things? Along the lines of science?”

“Something like that, plus, it’ll give something to do when things get boring around here.” I jokingly remark. Spark giggled a little and I just stared.

“What?” I shake my head a little.

“Nothing, just, still getting used to you laughing.”

“Oh, alright.” She smiled. “What are you planning to do first with all this stuff?”

“Well, firstly, I plan to make thermite.” Spark notably froze when I said that.

“... Really?”

“Yes. If I can make molten iron in this world, I can forge other metals and mold them.”

“But… Why? Why would you want to do that?”

“A while back Celestia told me they just pull the fucking gold they use to make armor straight from the ground and mold it using magic.”

“How-”

“She grabbed one of the guards helmets and turned it into a perfect sphere.”

“Oh...”

“So!” I levitate two jars, one containing a simple pile of iron rust and the other jar containing a pile of aluminum dust. “Let’s see if I can do this!” I open both jars and pour them into a bow I created out of magic and mix it thoroughly. And once again using magic to create a little fire I ignite the mixture and seal off the bowl. And almost instantaneously the mound of powder erupts to blinding light. I felt the heat coming off the reaction and pretty soon the light died down, leaving behind a soup of white-hot molten iron. “Perfect...” I mutter dumbly. *And since alloys can exist here I can create steel!*

~And why would you want to do such a thing?~ Ruby asked.

*For science of course!*

~Really?~ Ruby asked, unconvinced.

*Alright, fine. I may or may not want to create an army of androids to conquer Earth.*

~...~

~...~

~...~

*Ruby?*

~Why the ever loving fuck would you want to do that!?~ Ruby’s sudden outburst actually shocked me. Though, I was still able to recover quickly to give an answer.

*To put it simply Ruby. To help make it a better place.*

~And why would you need to make a fucking army?~

*So I can get rid of those who oppose me.*

~And why would they oppose you?~

*Probably because I need to overthrow the world’s governments?* I ask slashed state blandly.

~And why would you need to do that?~

*Probably because, in my opinion, the governments of my world are fucked.*

~Really?~

*Really. I just hope whenever I go through with this plan that I can create a better Earth afterwards.*

-Isn’t that getting a little ahead of yourself? You still got an army to build if you want accomplish any of that.-

*I know, but there it doesn’t hurt to think does it?*

-I guess not…- The conversation pretty much ended there and I spent the rest of the day performing some lab experiments.

So, a lot of experiments went as planned, except the little ingot of gold I got from Earth to mold. Turns out metals formed here posses magical properties. But I did also find out the I can give metals from Earth magical properties just by supplying the metal with magic. How you ask? Well, just by casting a ‘blank’ spell. What is a blank spell? Think of it like the blank bullet cases they use in movies, the ones they use to make the gun look like it’s shooting -that is the blank spell-, what I do is replace the very tip of the thing -you know, the front part the actually leaves the gun- with a lead bullet so I can find out what it can do and what kind of magical properties it possesses, except with metals. And turns out I can do a number of things with the metals I got. I can put magic in sodium to deoxidize it and make it combustible on its own. With iron I can instantly make iron oxide just by adding magic and ‘control’ the rate of oxidization and make more thermite. And then I can also use magic to apparently create an iron-gold alloy that’s apparently stronger than titanium, after I did a few strength and stress tests. That discovery was a bit of an accident since I left an ingot of iron next to one of gold. They merged on their own. I think I just ‘Iron Man’ed that shit. Or was it Titanium and gold..?

Also, don’t ask how I got those metals. I am well connected. Despite my year-long absence for some reason…

Anway! With the new metal created I went about duplicating it to the point that I had to move the gigantic pile to my room to avoid destroying the house. And I decided to call it ‘Buttered Iron’ because it has this faded yellow tinge to it, and it’s extremely reflective. Looks like Mercury stained yellow. Speaking of Mercury…

Holy fuck that shit’s the fucking bomb when magic is applied. It acts like magnetic putty, but responds to your fucking mind. Imagine that liquid armor Tony Stark has and that’s what I have. Except I can make it look like whatever the fuck I want. Well, with whatever I have available at the time. I’ll have to get my hands on a lot more since that stuff evaporates over time. I wonder if I can find any here…

“Hey Chysi? Wanna see something awesome?” I walk into the living room.

“Uh, sure. What is it?” I smile widely and take a seat next to her. “Umm… What are you doing?”

“Just hold on a sec. This is gonna blow your mind.” She tilted her head to the side and raised an eyebrow, but never asked out loud. Just a second later my Snake of Mercury slithers into the room and reforms into a puddle of mirror. Chrysi, to my surprise, managed to not freak out at all. I guess she's used to seeing weirder shit…

“Ember, what is that?” She calmly points a hoof and the puddle of Mercury.

“That, Chrysanthemum, is Mercury, one of the only metals that is liquid at room temperature.”

“Are you kidding me?“ She immediately responded.

“About what?” I asked enthusiastically.

“About the liquid metal part.” She deadpanned.

“Oh, it’s true Chrysi. That puddle is literally a puddle of melted metal.” She continued staring at the puddle. “Amazing isn’t it?”

“How did it slither in like that?”

“Great question!” I answered. “Apparently, since it came from my world and metals have magical properties here, pouring some of my magic into gives me control over it. I can make do or look like whatever I want. With what amount of it I have at the time. I can even keep it from beading up everywhere to boot!”

“‘Beading up’? What do you mean by that?” Chrysi asked.

“Mercury tends the leave behind little beads that stick to most surfaces. Which could mean a major health hazard for you or anybody else besides Spark, but since I can control this puddle I can keep it from doing just that!” I tilt my head to the side. “Though, I don’t know how I’m going to keep it from evaporating...”

“Wait,” Chrysi interrupted my thoughts. “That stuff evaporates? I thought it was a metal?”

“It is. But it does evaporate very slowly. Which still presents a health hazard, the vapors are toxic.” She eyes notably widened. “But don’t worry Chrysi,” the puddle quickly turned into a dog and scampered off, right before my dogs could get close to it. “The stuff evaporates slowly, so for now as long as I keep it in a well-ventilated room it’s not going to be a problem.”

“Oh...” She breathed out a sigh of relief she was holding. “But why for now?”

“Well I want to make use of my new discovery. And even though I really don’t have any uses yet. I want to put some air conditioning in this house. If anything Rainbow told me about last year’s summer, we’re going to need it.”

“Air conditioning?” Chrysi confusedly asked.

“Basically a big metal box I put on top of the house to control the temperature.”

“... Is that some human thing or something?” There was a weird glint in her eyes when she asked that.

“Pretty much, yeah.”

“How soon can get that thing?”

“Probably tomorrow since I still got that teleportation scroll thing.”

“But why can’t you go now?” She whinned.

“I have things to do for once Chrysi. I am making history on this world. Unless this stuff has already been discovered...”

“I doubt that. But maybe you can ask Twilight about this? If there’s anybody to ask about this kind of thing it’d be her.”

“Yeah, you think she’ll forgive me for being a dick to her recently?”

“That’s a strong maybe.”

“Better than a no.” I sigh. “Anyway, gotta get back to the lab, I got a few things to do in there.” I get up and, with the puddle in tow, walk back to my unofficial lab.

“Alright, good luck.”

“Thanks!”

“Thank you for coming Twilight.” The purple alicorn and me were sitting in my lab, everything cloaked in an invisibility spell of course.

“Um, no problem. But I have to ask, why?” I smile and snap my fingers, and in an instant everything is revealed. The beakers, the -hopefully- new metals, compounds, and mixtures alike. The little pony looks around the room in awe. Then she spots a brown bottle and walks up to it.

“What’s this?” She leaned her head in to look at the contents of the bottle.

“That’s Bromine.” She immediately backs away. Huh, so they do have some of these elements…

“Where did you get this from!?” She asked and the verge of rage.

“From my home planet Twi. I got a lot of things since my last visit there.”

“Oh.” She changed her attitude at the drop of a hat. “Sorry...” She apologized.

“It’s alright Twi. Your reaction was understandable. I probably should’ve told you about that...”

“Well, what do you want to show me?” She said changing the subject.

“Oh! Right!” I walk over to the steel table and grab a large metal jug. “I don’t know if this is already known, but, lemme just show you.” I set it on the floor and twist the cap off. Once I’m standing beside Twilight I focus my thoughts on the liquid metal, telling it to climb out. And it does, startling Twilight.

“What is that!?” She shrieked. The Mercury kept pouring itself out of the jug until it was empty, leaving a puddle of reflective material on the floor next to it.

“That’s just Mercury, it’s an element of what we humans call the ‘periodic table’. Ever heard of it?”

“No!” She started back pedaling towards the door.

“Don’t worry Twilight. It’s harmless, I was just getting it out of the jug.” She paused.

“Wait. You were doing that?”

“Yeah.”

“How?” Her fear quickly turned into curiosity.

“Since metals from Earth don’t have any magical properties, and since I was wanting to do a few experiments, I got my hands on some metals and see how they would react to magic. And when magic is applied to Mercury, I discovered that I could control it with my mind. I can make it look like whatever I want,” the puddles forms into a snake. “and I can make do whatever I want.” The snake slithers over to me and gently wraps itself around my leg. “And no. I don’t know how this happened besides magic.” The Mercury detaches itself from me and pours itself back into the jug.

“... You said it was called ‘Mercury’ right?” I nod. “What is ‘Mercury’?”

“It’s basically a metal that melts at room temperature.”

“Fascinating.” she said. “Do you mind if you would bring it out again? Please?” She asked.

“I don’t mind.” I said as the metal came back out and presented itself to Twilight. While she was looking at it I used my magic to turn on the fume hood. “And don't worry about touching the stuff.” A quite clop of hoof meeting metal rang out as soon as those words left my lips.

“Woah.” She suddenly said. “It takes some effort to push my hoof into it...”

“That’s because that stuff’s really dense. Like I said Twilight, Mercury is a metal.” I turn to the table. “Besides, I have more to show you.”

“Oh? Like what?” The walked up next to me, staring at the table with barely contained excitement. I pick up and ingot of Buttered Iron and present it to Twilight.

“I think I created a new metal alloy. That’s a thing here right?” Twilight nodded owlishly.

“Yes, alloys do exist.”

“Well? Care to tell me what currently exists?”

“The list is too long even for me to tell you every combination. But I know for a fact that there is no alloy between Gold and Iron, or any alloy between any metal and iron.”

“Alright.”

“But how? Iron is completely magic resistant.” She tilted her head up to me.

“I probably pulled it off because the iron I used wasn’t from here.”

“You mean...”

“Yup. I discovered metals here have magical properties. And Earthly metals don’t. But when I put some magic into the Earth metals they behave differently. Thus my creation of Buttered Iron, and yes, that’s what I’m calling it.”

“Amazing! Do you have any more iron? Just think of the things we could create with it!”

“Yes, I do have more. But I would like to keep it for now if you don’t mind. There are still more things I’d like to do with it.” Twilight nodded.

“I understand. Is this all you have to show me?”

“Well… unless you know what thermite is...”

“What’s that?”

“I’ll take that as a no.” I laugh. “It’s basically a mixture of iron oxide and aluminum dust. Well, more of the reaction between those two things.”

“‘Iron Oxide’? Iron can be oxidized?”

“Yeah, it happens over time. We humans call it rust, and it’s more of an annoyance than anything.”

“Oh. What kind of reaction is it?”

“Exothermic.”

“Ooooh… Can you show me what it looks like?”

“Sure, if I can find some more of the ingredients...”

“Oh! Here, let me help!” A flash of her horn and a small bowl of aluminum dust appears on the table.

“Thank you… I don’t think that’ll work though. The metals didn’t contain magic.” Her ears folded.

“Oh, right...”

“But don’t worry Twi. I’m pretty sure there’s more around here.” I rummage through jars and containers I’ve yet to organize. I need shelves… “Aha! Here we go!” I pick up two more jars, these two the same size os the last ones. But each of holding more of each ingredient. “I knew I had more laying around.” Once again I mix the compound and metal in a magical bowl. After saving a good portion of each ingredient for later. Once I showed TWilight the reaction take place she was astonished.

“Wow, I never thought it would look like that...” She kept staring at the spot where the reaction took place.

-Was she looking directly at it?-

“Well, I’ll be going then. Unless if there is anything else you would like to show me?”

*Yes.*

“No, that’s it for now… Oh! Maybe one more thing! Do magnets exist here?”

“Yes, sometimes miners find deposits of magnetic metals deep underground.” She explained as she looked at the wall behind me.

“Oh, then I got nothing else.” *Oh god wait for it.*

“Ok! I’ll be on my way then!” She promptly sun around and walked right into the wall next to the door. The way her snout fucking smushed against the wall caused me to fall on the floor laughing so hard I couldn’t get enough air in my lungs to laugh properly.