Celestia walked down the hallways of the castle with Cybe and Flash by her sides, earning a few confused looks from the castle staff and guards. Cybe felt uncomfortable with the dirty looks the guards and maids were giving him, but was reassured by Celestia wrapping a wing around him.

"So Cybe, if you don't plan on fighting in the war, what are you planning to do?" She asked with curiosity.

Cybe scratched his chin with his metal claw. "I was thinking of maybe living near or in Ponyville. I've grown to like the area around the town." Celestia smiled and nodded.

"I will make preparations for you to be accepted as an Equestrian citizen, and I will reassure the ponies in the town that you mean them no harm."

"Thank you Celestia." Cybe reached up and scratched Celestias ear.

"Oh..." Celestia smiled and leaned into his touch, causing Flash to laugh. They reached the door of the dining hall. Celestia gave a nod to Flash, signalling him to enter first. The young private nodded and opened the door just enough for him to walk through without revealing Cybe. Next Celestia walked in. "Hello everypony, sorry I took so long."

"That's ok Princess, you were meeting with an important visitor." Replied Twilight as she began eating another set of pancakes.

"That I was Twilight, speaking of which, we have a guest joining us for lunch." Cybe took that as his que and walked into the room. Fluttershy smiled at him and waved, Twilight took the chance to look him over, Cadence's wings ruffled a bit as she struggled not to give him a death glare and Shining Armour just gave him a neutral stare.

Meanwhile in Dressia

A group of human scientists stood behind an energy field in a huge room only lit by weak ceiling lights. A large figure sat in the darkness, it's Joan's glowing red eye flickering on and off. On the wall of the large room a screen appeared with the words 'Prototype Cyborg Activated.'

The large figure shakily got to its feet, only to place its lagre and long metal arms on the ground for support. One of the scientists in the field cowered slightly.

"How is that thing so huge?" He asked in a terrified voice.

One of the older scientists looked to him. "You're new to this experiment correct?" The young man nodded. "This cyborg was the first ever result of the cloning process. It's body was deformed and grew to an unnaturally large size. Seeing greater use for it our leaders ordered that we try and transform it into a superweapon, code named 'Project Goliath', we've been trying to get the coding right for months, but the only codes that have worked so far give it free will."

Soon the large cyborg started to twitch uncontrollably until it eventually shut down and slumped back into a siting position. The eldest scientist sighed and shook his head.

"Clearly further experimentation is required. If only we had a cyborg that somehow had a reprogrammed core." Just then a lone cyborg walked into the room. It had jet black hair and anything that was supposed to be red was also black. Upon further inspection it also hand an eyepatch and a hole in its jacket. It was the cyborg that had been accidentally hit by a blast when Cybe had escaped. The cyborg looked to the large prototype and walked towards it.

It walked around to a console on the large machines arm and began to transfer his own data into it. The scientists watched as the giant rose in the same way as before, but remained functioning. The black cyborg jumped up on the giant's shoulder and placed a hand on the side of it's face. The cyborg pointed to the scientists and motioned for them to be crushed. The large robot lifted its giant metal fist and slammed it against the energy field, causing the scientists to back away.

The lone cyborg just glared down at the humans with its only functioning eye. A metal mask covered the lowere half its face. It aimed its laser cannon at the energy field and fired, causing the shield to fall. The scientists looked in horror as the large metal fist rose on the air and descended upon them, ending their lives.

Equestria, the next day

Cybe sat in the forest he had made his home. Celestia was currently informing the population of Ponyville about his arrival, although keeping the crowd under control was proving difficult as a number of mothers had lost their sons or daughters to the cyborgs in the war.

He sat with his back against a tree as he held a small daisy in his claw, staring as a little bumble bee buzzed around until it landed on the tiny flower. He heard tiny hoofsteps coming from nearby. Getting up he moved a set of leaves out of the way to see a tiny grey unicorn filly with a messy blond mane. She looked around with great interest, taking in the wildlife. Thinking he would scare the tiny pony Cybe moved back yo his spot and left the foal to wander.

He closed his eyes and tried to take a quick nap when he heard the hoofsteps stop. He opened one eye to see the filly had found him, looking at him with curiosity. He smiled and patted a spot next to him. She smiled and sat down beside him.

"Hello little one."

"Hello mister." She looked to his claw and batted it with her hoof. "What are you?" She asked with a great deal of curiosity.

"Well, I'm what's known as a cyborg. My name is Cybe, what's your name?" He asked with a gentle soothing voice.

"I'm Dinky Hooves, nice to meet you Cube." Cybe chuckled at her mistake.

"It's Cybe."

"Oh, sorry, I mix some words up sometimes." He just ruffled her mane.

"You can call me Cube if you want, it's alright with me." She smiled and wrapped all her legs around his robotic arm and he brought her to eye level.

"I'm bored, can you tell me a story?" She asked with big puppy-dog eyes.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt. I only know one story though, it's about the first pony I ever met." Dinky moved down to his lap, hugging his metal arm in her forelegs. "This is the story, of Glowing Heart."