"Star, cast another rigidity spell on the chassis." I say to him as I try and hold together various parts of The Excalibur's chassis to stop them warping and bending.

Equestrian metals are not that tough, it seems. New Year's Day was 9 days ago, if you didn't know how long had passed since the last update in the events we have experienced. I won't bother telling you guys about the days where it was full of working, sleeping and me contending with Writers Block in my room after my Vision has stopped working for the day. Apparently I can only use it once a day.

Anyways, where was I? Oh yeah, The Excalibur was finally taking shape. I had paid the finest blacksmiths around for the required parts I needed and I was welding and riveting them together. It could almost stand up on four corners without warping or bending. Almost.

Star nodded and powered up his horn so that it was highly charged with magic and cast a dark blue spell over the chassis. After a few minutes of slightly bending metals, tightening rivets and a bit more welding, I let him drop the spell.

I carefully took steady steps back and stared at awe as the chassis was now supporting itself without any objects stopping it from skewing to one side or any assistance from magic. It was getting there. But it still needed a secondary chassis on the top to further increase rigidity and integral strength. This needed to be air tight and space-worthy after all.

I bet that Princess Celestia could throw something like this together in a matter of seconds if she had all the materials in front of her.

...That's a good point actually. Celestia would piss all over a challenge like that. But what about Princess Twilight? She absolutely loves a challenge. And assembling a complex ship within a few minutes was certainly up there.

Perhaps I could challenge her to do it? And obviously repay her in some way if she could actually complete it.

But I still needed parts. Mostly exterior shell panels, copper wiring, but there was one part I had no idea how to assemble.

"Cheers guys. She is alright like that for now, as long as we keep the gazebo up. I still need to figure out how to make the final part." I said to Armstrong and Star as I walked back inside.

"And what part is that? We have most of the core components already, I made sure." Armstrong said to me from the other side of the garden under the large gazebo we had put up to hide construction of The Excalibur.

"You know I drew up a blueprint and a materials list for us? Well, there is a second blueprint. It is last thing required, and the most crucial, as it is the power core." I told him as he stopped me walking inside.

"Well, let's go and get the materials! It cannot be that hard to find." He said enthusiastically.

"Do you know where to find a Harmonious Crystal? You know, the life force capable of rivalling the Elements of Harmony? As they are also crystals themselves." I asked him, facing away from him.

When I wheeled round, expecting a sarcastic comment, all I saw was Armstrong's facial expression drop.

"No? How about the polar opposite of the Harmonious Crystals, Chaotic Crystals? How they are even created or synthesised?" I asked again, rhetorically.

"I actually have a slight idea of how to get Chaotic Crystals..." Armstrong replied with a dark smile.

It took me a few moments to catch on to what he was getting at. Chaotic. Which is Chaos... And who's famous in Equestria for Chaos...

That's right.

"No. We are not getting Q involved!" I said to him sternly.

"Awww come on! You know he is harmless!" He argued back.

"You know he could fuck up all we have planned? He would immediately question the fact that we don't have Marks yet, so that would not help us in the slightest. He constantly writes to Fluttershy so that would be one of the first things that he would include, she would be suspicious, she's get the rest of the Mane Six involved, Twilight Sparkle will be down our throats, wondering how we even got here and then eventually Princess Celestia would get stuck in, as she'd want to know where four foreigners have come from and why they are here." I said to him, taking a deep breath after my huge rant.

Armstrong had nothing to say after that. He just remained quiet.

"So yeah, best not to ask Q for any advice just yet. And don't say his name. I have no idea if he is attracted by his name or something." I muttered as I walked back inside.

I was rattling my brain on how to locate any of the Harmonious or Chaotic Crystals. The closest I could get was politely ask Rarity if she would come with us and cast her Crystal Location spell and desperately look for a crystals that is rainbow coloured, positively glowing and has a distinct hum when it is nearby. I only know that because the blueprint shows us it.

I still couldn't get over the fact that my hidden talent knew more about Equestria and Magic more than I did. But I guess that is Destiny Magic for you. I would bet Celestia, Twilight or even Starswirl have begun to understand how Destiny Magic works.

Since we were all a bit pissed off, I decided to take a walk around Canterlot Mountain, see if there was any progress to be made along there. The walk towards Canterlot really cleared my mind. I felt no stress once I finally arrived at the base of the winding path that scaled the mountain.

I seriously thought about what I was doing, as there used to be a dormant dragon at the top of this mountain. But hopefully, among some of the loot he left behind, might be a Harmonious Crystal. I started the long trek up the mountain, and I didn't bother taking any supplies up with me. I was looting, not fucking glamping. If you didn't understand glamping, it is where you take everything camping, including your double bed, the shower and the kitchen sink.

I got half way up when I had to start doing some seriously tricky jumps caused by the Mane Six on their trek up here and even more jumps after Spike's rampage as a fully grown dragon. My legs were killing me, but I was getting some decent exercise out of this "expedition".

Half an hour later, I reached the summit. And before me, was the entrance to a massive cave. I slowly walked inside, using a crudely made flint and steel to make a makeshift light. I used the light to illuminate the way and I found where the dragon used to sleep. I checked nearby and found a few loose golden coins and even some damaged gems on the floor as I looked deeper. These were clearly not good enough for whoever ransacked this place.

I decided to walk deeper, and what I found looked amazing. It was smaller cave that was nearly a perfect sphere, with my torch causing a rainbow light across the entire surface of the cave walls. Upon closer inspection, I realised the walls had thousands of tiny rainbow gems imbedded within. When I looked around the sphere, I found large shards of the rainbow gem.

I placed my torch down and pulled a shard out of the wall. What was incredible is that it was stronger than my forelegs bending it, and even my whole body weight but thinner than a streamer. I held it in my hoof and shined it towards the touch and as the firelight refracted off the crystal shard, it projected a immensely bright rainbow on the cave ceiling. The thing was, the rainbow was moving back and forth, like it was charged.

Whatever caused this, it looks like the crystal used to be Harmonious. It probably still is, but this must be a shard. A fraction of what it used to be. So the dragon did have a Harmonious Crystal, but something happened to it. Perhaps he had a Chaotic Crystal too and it exploded, due to the sheer amount of chaotic energy contained within?

I held onto the Harmonious shard and began my decent. The journey down was much quicker, as it was completely downhill and easier on the legs. Once I reached the base, I checked to make sure I still had my shard with me and I got back to the Cottage.

I let myself in and I saw Armstrong, Star and Barrel sat in the front room having a coffee. We drunk a lot of coffee, and I mean loads. There was no Coca-Cola or Pepsi. So the alternative was coffee.

"Hey guys." I said in a monotone.

"Afternoon dude, where did you go?" Barrel asked me from the couch.

"I went researching. And you'll never guess what I found." I said as I walked towards the couch and coffee table.

All three of their heads turned towards me as I stood beside them. I grabbed my shard and threw it on the table. It bounced once before becoming still in the centre of the table.

Armstrong instantly picked it up and inspected it.

"Holy shit, you found one!?" He said, unable to believe his eyes.

"No. That's a shard. Remember that cave in Canterlot Mountain that housed that dragon that Fluttershy took care of?" I muttered, trying to not be the bearer of bad news.

He simply looked up at me and nodded.

"Well, I found it there. But it looked like there had been an explosion that scattered it everywhere. I think that the dragon also had a Chaotic Crystal and it must have overloaded and sent the rest of his collection all over the walls." I described to them.

"Well, at least you have a sample. And I think you know where to go next." Barrel said.

I picked the shard back up from Armstrong and walked towards the door.

"Yep. And she'll do anything to get one of these on her ensembles." I smiled smugly.

We were all gathered outside Carousel Boutique when I was just about to knock the door, but Armstrong stopped me.

"Dude, before you knock, what are you gonna say to her?" He said nervously.

"I am going to ask her if she is interested in getting the most elegant gem in all of Equestria. I will tell her that whatever we find, we take half so everyone wins. I'll give her the shard so that she'll have a template to go by. And pray tell, we'll end up with some Harmonious Crystals by the end of today." I say as I hold the shard.

The rest of the lads agreed and thought that was a sound plan. I hovered my hoof next to the door and looked at the lads to get confirmation that I should knock. They looked at me and nodded. I held my breath and knocked the door four times.

We all waited their anxiously for her to answer the door. She did end up answering the door eventually.

"Oh, Circuit! How are you today darling?" She said cheerily as she opened the door, realising who was at the door.

"I am fantastic today, thank you Rarity, how are you?" I replied with a big smile.

"I am simply wonderful! Are these your friends that are new to town along with you?" She questioned politely.

"They certainly are, stuck with each other through thick and thin." I smiled as I bring my forelegs around them in a crude hug.

"It is simply brilliant to see that friendships extend further than Equestria. Anyway, may I help you with anything?" She said, standing proud in the doorway.

"Yes actually. You see, that we have this ultra rare gem that we would like more of and-" I said before she cut me off with her own response.

"You would like me to cast my Gem Seeking spell to find more?" She interrupted, knowing instantly what I was getting at.

"Uhh yes, and if we find any-" I said as I tried to recover my words before she cut in again.

"We can split the finds equally?" She said, finishing off my statement.

"... Yes." I said with a pause.

"Do you have one with you?" She asked, fluttering her eyelashes.

"... No. But I do have a shard, that could be enough?" I said steadily.

Before I could bring my hoof out to hand her the shard, it was already enveloped in her Levitation spell and was observing it.

"This'll be enough. Come with me darlings!" She said proudly, shutting her front door and began strutting away.

We should have invented cameras, because my face then was priceless. Or so they tell me.

"Uhh, what just happened?" I said, completely dumbfounded.

"You just got out-bartered by Rarity." Barrel sniggered.

I shook my head in embarrassment.

"Let's get on with this. I bet we'll be her digging bitches for today." I muttered quietly.

We walked behind her as she worked her literal magic to find any more of these Harmonious Crystals.

We must have walked for about an hour, because Ponyville was not even in sight and Cloudsdale was a fair distance away, being a city in the clouds and all. I just wish we could show them a true flying city...

Rarity made Armstrong and Barrel do the occasional fly-over to scout ahead. She must still be paranoid of that time she was abducted by Diamond Dogs. Though I am sure that four lads from Earth that have seen their fair share of fights knew how to handle themselves and protect Rarity easily.

Still, couldn't blame her for being paranoid.

We eventually ended up in the expanse that was said to hold Harmonious Crystals. There were crystallised roots all over the surface of the ground. Almost as if a tree made of crystal was here. But it was gone now.

Rarity tuned her spell so that it was more focused on being directly in front of her instead of the general direction. She scanned for a little while before we heard a distinct hum coming from the ground.

"Try digging there." Rarity said simply.

Using makeshift shovels that we created on the way, we started digging. After some minutes, we heard thunking as the metallic heads were hitting something hard. We shifted all other soil out of the way to find what looked like, a cocoon made of crystal roots.

"Stand back a minute." I said as I brung up my shovel above my head.

Mustering all the strength I could, I struck the crystal roots with the sharp edge of the shovel. The sound could have been heard for miles. But when I looked back at the roots, there was not even a mark. I looked at it, puzzled.

"How the fuck?" I muttered under my breath.

"Watch your language!" Rarity said, shocked.

"And you said it wrong." She added on the end once she got a bit of composure.

She tried placing her hoof on the cocoon and there was a huge flash of light. The cocoon then unravelled the crystal roots, leaving a loud humming, extremely bright, Harmonious Crystal laying in the dirt.

Rarity's eyes simply widened with glee. Everyone else gaped in awe. This thing was truly immense. Unlike any gem I had ever seen. I slowly picked it up and held it in my hooves. The colours of the rainbow seamlessly shimmered throughout the crystal, even moving back and forth from the energy within.

"Woah. This is what I'm talking about." I said, placing crystal carefully in the pull-trolley we brung with us.

"I do not know why, but once I touched that beautiful gem, it felt like my magic was unparalleled." Rarity mumbled, unable to keep her thoughts straight.

"Touch it again, and then cast your Gem Seeking spell. See if it affects the strength of it." I asked her, and she nodded.

She placed her hoof on the crystal and powered up her horn to cast the spell. However, her horn wasn't light blue like it had been ever since we started walking. It was a rainbow. Her horn glimmered with a transitioning rainbow.

After a few moments of straining, she got her thoughts straight and the ground became illuminated. We saw 16 cocoons under the ground. When she illuminated the ground, the crystal's hum became much more distinctive. I grabbed my shovel and made a beeline towards the nearest crystal and dug for it. The three others did the same and dug three separate cocoons out of the ground. We continued for 10 minutes, digging all of the cocoons out of the ground.

I walked over to Rarity and placed a hoof on her shoulder and gave her a nod so that she would stop using the highly charged spell. She then continued to place her hoof on the cocoons and unveil the Harmonious Crystals beneath them.

"So why do you think they are released by Rarity's touch?" I asked Star as we were collecting crystals.

"It could be because she's a Element of Harmony. And that these crystals are linked to the Tree of Harmony itself." He replied, gathering more crystals within his Levitation spell.

I opened my mouth to say something, but then nothing came out so I just shut my mouth and said nothing. Star was probably spot on with that theory.

We gathered all 17 Harmonious Crystals and placed them carefully on the pull-trolley and started to make our way back to Ponyville.

Rarity had a reasonable pace on, and I could clearly see why. She was incredibly eager to get those crystals into her new outfits and completely take over Fashion as we knew it. At least in Equestria. I knew nothing looked better than well-styled hair and a sharp three-pieced black suit.

We finally got back into Ponyville after 30 minutes of power-walking. We decided to go towards the Carousel Boutique and drop off Rarity and her share of the crystals before we make our way back to our cottage.

As we walked through the town, nearly every pony was bedazzled by the crystals we were transporting. They did made one hell of a noise.

17 individual crystals making one synchronous humming sound? It got real loud.

If it wasn't the sounds of the crystals, it was the immense light-show that was drawing the town in. All of us got defensive and stood equal distances apart circling the cargo, will me on-point, pulling said trolley.  

After the local ponies got a little bored, we high-tailed it to Rarity's to get them delivered. Once we arrived, Star levitated 8 Harmonious Crystals out of the trolley and Rarity took over his magic, giving her, the fair share she deserved.

I had a quick idea, and because of her generosity and willingness to help us out, I carefully lifted one more crystal out and walked towards Rarity.

"Dude, what are you doing?" Armstrong objected strongly.

I wheeled round slowly.

"She was the one who helped us get this motherlode. If it wasn't for Rarity, we wouldn't have any crystals. Just a tiny shard, useful for a damn wedding ring. So it is a token of appreciation." I replied harshly.

I walked up behind Rarity and cleared my throat. She had just finished putting her crystals away in her magically secure chest so she was startled by my presence.

"Oh! Sorry, is there anything else Circuit?" She smiled, gleefully.

"Just one thing. It has been difficult for me and my friends since arriving in Ponyville, and I would like to give you another crystal. Consider it a token of appreciation, as you are one of few ponies that have gone out of your own way to make us feel more comfortable." I said to her, with a strong honesty in my voice.

As I gave her the crystal, the humming became noticeably quieter and began to glow a very bright blue, over all of the rainbow colours.

Rarity on the other hand, had turned pink. She was blushing a significant amount. She lifted the crystal out of my hooves into the air with her magic, to see it only vanish in a flash of orange.

I ran back over to Armstrong who was chucking the crystal into the pile of others.

"Dude, what the fuck are you doing!?" I exclaimed.

"Giving another one of these crystals as a thank you? Write her a fucking card." Armstrong sneered.

I took the crystal back out of the trolley, which was back to it's normal rainbow colours.

"Star, cast a Protection spell over the trolley and get the rest of them back home." I stated to Star, to which he nodded as enveloped the trolley in a dark blue hue and walked towards our cottage.

"This belongs to Rarity. End of story." I deadpan to Armstrong, his look of irritancy growing stronger.

"Like fuck it does. Stop being such a kiss-ass Circuit." Armstrong said, but with a louder and sterner tone.

I placed the crystal on the ground and stepped in closer to Armstrong's space.

"Don't fucking raise your voice at me." I said,  venom dripping off every syllable.

Armstrong's wings took full extension, and using the momentum, he pushed me with his forelegs. I stumbled back, but quickly recovered my balance.

"You want to start something then!?" Armstrong shouts at me, taking on an offensive pose.

"I want you to stop being such a fucking prick!" I retort back, raising my voice.

I quickly look around and saw that we were causing quite the commotion. I could easily see Fluttershy, nearly crying behind Rarity's back, Rainbow Dash peering down from a nearby cloud, with many other townsfolk staring directly at us.

But what I didn't see behind me, was Barrel, picking up the crystal that I had placed on the floor. It was now glowing a deep purple and the humming was gradually getting louder.

"Ever since we got here, you've been nothing but a pompous ass!" Armstrong shouted back.

This was now a full-blown argument and was a few sentences from escalating into fisticuffs.

"I'm trying to get us somewhere! Not trying to be a dickhead and get us thrown out of Equestria!" I spat back.

It was then, that even I took an offensive stance.

"Don't make me kick your ass so that you'll shut the fuck up." I said, with more venom than my last statement I made to him.

Barrel was now concerned, as the crystal was  now glowing a dark red. And the hum was very loud, and had got higher in pitch.

Unbeknownst to my knowledge, Princess Twilight had been called, due to the commotion we were causing and she was already on her way.

"Come on then, you fucking asshat." Armstrong stated, readying himself into a combat stance.

As I ran towards him, he took into the air and began speeding towards me. I carefully calculated my steps so that by the time he reached me, I could land a uppercut right into his gut.

As we were about to clash, Twilight ran around the corner, demanding to know what was going on. But what she saw scared her. She immediately ran towards Barrel instead of us.

Barrel was staring right into a bright red crystal, that had a nearly ear-piercing screech.

"You there! Put the crystal down!" Twilight shouted as she zoomed past me, as I still ran towards Armstrong, still counting my steps.

With the shouting snapping Barrel out of it, he threw the crystal away from him. As he did this, Armstrong tried to clothesline me with his wing, but because I calculated it perfectly, I struck his gut with my right forehoof. Pretty hard.

Armstrong screamed in pain as I tumbled from imbalance. As I landed on the floor, all I saw was a white light and Twilight, as she was facing what used to be a Harmonious Crystal.

As the screeching died down to a loud rumble, I saw Twilight land and took a defensive stance.

"Oh buck." She muttered before casting a purple, opaque sphere around the floating white light.

What I heard next was a huge thunderous explosion from behind the purple sphere. After the explosion, the rumble became quiet and the sphere remained hovering for a few seconds as Twilight concentrated a lot of magical energy into the sphere.

She eventually stopped and ceased to cast the sphere spell, to which thousands upon thousands of rainbow shards fell from where the sphere was cast and landed on the floor.

I was mesmerised by the sight, only to be horrified by a blood-curdling scream I heard from a nearby pony.

She was staring at something, and I looked in the general direction. There laying on the ground, was a brown pony, with thousands of cuts. Bleeding profusely.

Barrel was hit by the shards.

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