Asura immediately woke up when morning came. He had been waiting impatiently for morning to come because he had a few plans that he needs to work on. But first, he got out of his bed and went to the bathroom and wash up. After that, he went down stairs and stop outside the room where the girls are resting. He heard their snoring confirming that they are still sleeping. So he went into the kitchen and began to make their breakfast.

During cooking, the fragrance of the food spread out from the kitchen and seeped into the girl's room. As they were sleeping peacefully, they got a whiff of something delicious. Their noses began to sniff the fragrance and the girls, in their sleep state, got out of their beds. They began to sleep walk towards the fragrance and out of their room.

Asura cooked a few dishes and put them on the dining table. He went back to make more. As he left, the sleeping girls came into the dining room and their noses lead them towards the delicious food. Asura came back into the dining room with more food but stop when he saw something funny.

The girls looked like they had a huge slumber party and their hairs were really messy, except for Pinkie. Her hair is just as poofy as always. Even the fillies and Spike moved like zombies and walk slowly towards the food like they want to eat brains. Rarity had a blind fold on her eyes and her hair was messy. Rainbow, Ditzy and Gilda were flapping a bit above the floor while they glide towards the table with the food on it. Even the princesses look like they had a bad hair day. He then saw Fluttershy and saw how cute she looked. She had her face hid behind her hair and was taking really small steps like a child would. The rest of the girls were in similar state.

Asura chuckled at the site and said, "Good morning girls."

This made them wake up from their sleep walking and stop in their tracks. They rubbed their eyes and stretched their limbs and yawned. After they were fully awake they look around and were confused as to why were they out of their room. They then saw Asura smiling and he was holding a few plates of food.

They all said "good morning" to Asura and Applejack ask, "Can you tell me why we were out of our room and here in the dining room?"

Asura said, "Would you believe me when I say that you girls got a whiff of the breakfast I was making and then made your way here while sleep walking?"

The girls look at him in disbelief and thought that he was joking. Rainbow began to laugh at his joke and then said, "Ha ha ha! Good one Asura. But seriously, why are we in here rather than our room?"

Asura smiled and said, "You really want to know?" The girls nodded and he said with a grin, "Well, see for yourselves."

Asura snap his finger and an his memory of seeing the girls went into the girls mind. In their minds, the girls saw how they were sleep walking towards the food and how messy they look. Rarity immediately screamed and said, "I look hideous!" The other girls began to look at themselves and saw that they also had messy hairs.

Asura said, "Rarity. You don't look hideous at all. In fact, I think that you all look cuter this way."

This made all of the girls blush while the fillies laugh. Rarity asked, "Do you really think I am cute?"

Asura smiled and said, "Sure you are Rarity. All of you are cute in your own ways. Except for the fillies. They are already cute."

This time it was the fillies who blushed and the girls laugh. Then the fillies pouted cutely and they simultaneously said, "We are not cute."

Asura chuckled and said , "Yup. They're cute." He then look over the girls and said, "Why don't you all get wash up while I finish preparing your breakfast."

The girls, fillies and Spike nodded and went back to their room and began to wash up. Mean while Asura prepared their breakfast and waited for them to come. While he waited, he thought about the plans he has for the girls. He will need to travel dimensions in search of a blueprint for the golems. They need to be really strong in order to protect the girls. However, he will need to be cautious when he travels to another dimensions. He does not know what the dimensions will hold for him to face.

Asura was brought out of his thoughts when he saw the girls, fillies and Spike coming towards the dining table. They all sat on the chairs and begin eating their delicious food. As usual, they all moaned in bliss from the delicious food.

During breakfast, Asura said, "Celestia. Luna. I need to inform something to you.

The princesses turn their attention from their yummy food towards Asura. Celestia said, "Yes?"

Asura said, "I am making a special squad that will directly work for me."

Luna said, "Why do you want that?"

Asura said, "After seeing how inefficient the guards were against Discord, I want to make a special squad that would be at least able to harm or stop someone like him for a time."

Celestia said, "Really? Can you do that?"

Asura nodded and Luna asked, "Who will be joining this squad of your? Are there any willing ones?"

Asura said, "Yes. In fact, I already got my first member yesterday."

Celestia said, "That fast? Who is it?"

Asura said, "A solar guard whose name is Sliver Streak."

Luna said, "Ah yes. Sliver Streak. I didn't know he would leave the solar guards like that."

Asura said, "He didn't. He was expelled."

The princesses were startled to hear that. Celestia asked, "Why was he expelled?

Asura said, "You can thank the captain of the royal guard for that."

This gained the attention of the rest of the girls. Twilight asked, "What did my brother do? Why did he expelled Silver Streak?"

Asura said, "Last night, when I went to the castle, I met Silver Streak outside the castle's gate wounded. I healed him and he thanked me for it. I asked him if there were anymore wounded guards to which he said yes. He then lead me to the recovery room where the wounded guards were. However, Shining Armor was standing at the door and he saw me. He then began badmouthing me and saying things like I was not need here or like I didn't belong here. Silver Streak became angry at how I was being treated by Shining Armor. So he stood his ground against Shining Armor while he said all about how he was not the one who fought Discord and stuff. Shining Armor didn't like that and expelled him right there. However, Silver Streak was relieved that he was free from working under someone like him. I like this one. So I invited him to join my squad to which he joined instantly. Of course Shining Armor tried to stop him from joining me but Silver Streak simply flipped him off."

The princesses and the girls were appalled at Shining Armor's behavior and began angry at him. Twilight said with anger, "Why is my brother acting like this? He did not act like this before he became Captain of the royal guards? What is wrong with him?"

Asura took in this new information and said, "Hmmm. Maybe he thinks of himself as a superior being after he received that position."

Rarity asked, "Why would you think that darling?"

Asura said, "There are many beings who would change their attitude after they receive something of great importance or in this case, the position of captain of the royal guards."

The princesses had a look of understanding and Celestia said, "I see. Then it would be best to have him remove from such a position."

The girls nodded and agreed but Asura said, "Let him be Celestia. Shining Armor won't change his attitude if you simply remove him from his position. In fact it will get only worse. He needs to learn his lesson by himself. If he cause trouble then I will take care of it."

Everyone look at him in surprise. They thought that he would be happy that Shining Armor would be removed from his position but has refused that idea.

Luna asked, "Then how would you change his attitude on all of this?"

Asura smiled and said, "Simple. When I train my squad and he sees how efficient they are than his own guards, he will train them with everything he got. With time, his behavior will change for the better when he has someone to complete with. However, if he refuses to change and remains the same, then he really does not deserve that position."

The princesses nodded and Celestia said, "If that will help Shining Armor then I approve of your "Monster Hunter" squad. When I and my sister return to our castle, we will announce this news to the guards and see if anyone would like to join your squad."

Asura said, "You don't need to do that Celestia. I rather just personally choose who can join my team. Just announce the news of my squad is more than enough."

Luna asked, "Why don't you want us to tell them if they would like to join your squad?"

Swift Tail said, "Yeah. Would that not benefit you in having a lot of guards join your squad?"

Asura shook his head and said, "No. I can't allow just anyone to join my squad. I need to see them personally and see how they behave with others. Whats their personality is like? Is the one joining my squad for honor or just fame, glory or money? I don't want guards who think they are better than the rest or those who look down on others. They would misuse my training for their own desires or worse they would teach others who are not worthy and cause trouble. What I want are guards who are willing to be able to give their lives away for another. I want selfless guards who see others as equals. That is what I want for my squad and Silver Streak is the first member for it."

Everyone listened to him and understood what he meant. To have guards who are selfless and don't look down on others, would be perfect to join Asura's squad. Also, having someone possess the knowledge of his training would be troubling.

Celestia nodded and said, "Okay Asura. I will only announce the news of your squad."

Asura said, "Thank you Celestia. I will visit the castle in a few days, so tell Silver Streak to keep on training and wait for my arrival." The princesses nodded.

A while later, everyone finished their breakfast. The princesses thanked Asura for the delicious food and give him a kiss on the cheek. They then teleported themselves back to their castles. The girls, fillies and Spike went to their homes and continued their day. Now Asura was left alone in his house. He first cleaned the dishes and went to his room. He locked his door and and then snap his finger to create a barrier around his room. He is about to try out his dimensional traveling power and he does not want anything from another world to run free in this world. The barrier will trap anything from escaping this room.

Before he begin, he suddenly realized that he had acquire some new DNA from yesterday. Lets see what they are.

Earth Pony DNA
Can now create infected creatures that can help with a farm.

Unicorn DNA
Can now create infected creatures that can use unicorn magic.

Celestia DNA
Can now use Light magic.

Luna DNA
Can now use Shadow magic.

Discord DNA
Can create one infected creature with limited reality warping power.

Hmmm. The first one he can use to make some infected creatures who can aid Applejack's farm or grow other things. Then the second one will allow him to create an infected mage that can use unicorn magic against enemies. Then he had the princesses DNA. With them, he as gained the ability to use Light and Shadow magic. Finally, the last one, Discord's DNA. He already had Discord's power but much better than him. To create infected zombie that can warp reality around them, that sound awesome but at the moment, he needs to try out his dimensional traveling power.

Asura first thought of what world he wanted to go to. He want a world where he can see the beauty of nature. Then he used his dimensional traveling power and a beautiful stone gate formed in the middle of his room. Through the gate, he could see what lies on the other side. It looked like just like he want the world to be. The natural beauty of nature.

Asura began to walk towards the gate and lifted his right leg to go through the gate. However, he stopped right in his track and pulled his leg back. Before he goes through the gate, he needs to have some precautions. What if he went through the gate and when he returns, he finds out that a month or a year has passed in his Equestria? Or once he cross the gate, he would never be able to return back to his Equestria? There are many more precautions he needs to take before he cross the gate.

Then an idea pop into his mind and made some hand signs. Asura said said "Shadow Clone Jutsu" and with a *Poof* of white smoke, 10 perfect clones appeared. He told one clone to go through the gate and then return immediately. The clone did that and walked through the gate and then returned within the next second. Okay, so the clone was able to return without any problem.

Now for another test. He told the same clone to go back through the gate and spend 10 minutes there. Also, bring back some plant and stone samples. The clone again went through the gate and again, the clone returned back but within the next second. And the clone also brought a plant sample.

Asura was confused and asked the clone, "I though I told you to spend 10 minutes on the other side. Its only been one second."

The clone was surprise and said, "But I did spend 10 minutes there and returned back here."

Asura was surprise to hear that. He knows that his clones would not lie to him so he accepted it. But this raises some more tests. He asked, "OK. This is new information. Show me the plant and stone sample."

The clone gave Asura the plant and stone sample and saw that it was just a normal plant and stone. This test gave him new information about his dimensional traveling power. Now, on to the next test. He told the clone to go through the gate and close it. Then the clone must use dimensional power to return back here.

The clone obeyed and walk through the gate. The gate closed and disappeared. After a few seconds, another gate like the last one opened in the middle of his room. Then from the gate, the clone came back safe and sound. This revealed more information about his dimensional power.

Now for the last test. He used his dimensional power to create 9 more gates but they look a bit different from each other. A total of 10 dimensional gate were created in his room. Then Asura told all of his 10 clones to go through each of the gates separately and spend some time there before returning here. Each clone went through a different gate and the gates disappeared.

Asura then waited to see if his experiment was successful. After a few seconds, 10 gates appeared in his room and each of his clone came out from the gates. Asura asked each of them how much time did they spend beyond their gates. He got different answers. One clone spend 14 minutes, another spend 34 minutes, another spend 52 minutes. Each clone spend a different amount of time than each other but the end result was the same. They all returned back a few seconds later and at the same time. So, what information he has gathered from his experiments is:

1. You can go to any world you want to. You first need to think about the world before opening a dimensional gate.

2. You can go through them and return safely.

3. You can close the gate and open it again to return back to the original world.

4. You can bring anything through the gate.

5. No amount of time will effect the original world when you go through the gate. This means that you can spend a lot of time in another world but when you return back to your world, the time line would be the same as if you have not left your world.

The last info was really convenient for Asura. He can go and spend a month beyond a gate but he will return to his world at the same time he left. He smiled and began to walk through the gate but stopped again. What if something happened to him on the other side? If something did happen to him, Equestria would be left defenseless against the monsters. He then told his 10 clones to stay here and if he doesn't return, they will need to defend Equestria. He gave them permission to create more clones if they began to lose their numbers. The clone saluted him.

Asura nodded and stored his guns and "Punisher" in his pocket dimension. He then took a breath, closed his eyes and walk through the dimensional gate. As he walk, he felt the floor changing into soft grass. He stopped and opened his eyes. Asura look in amazement at his surrounding.

He was surrounded by beautiful nature. The smell of trees and flowers filled his nose which made him clam. He looked back and saw that the gate was not there anymore. Must have closed when he crossed it. Asura then laid on the grass and relaxed. For 20 minutes he relaxed his body while being surrounded by the beauty of nature.

After he relaxed, he stand back up and created a dimensional gate back to his world. He walk through the gate and saw that he returned back to his room with the 10 clone standing there. Asura smiled that the information was correct. He had no need for the clones and demised them who disappeared in a puff of smoke. The rest of the dimensional gates disappeared as he had no use for them.

Asura need to start his plans. First was the plan to fins some blueprints for a powerful golem. He though of a world to find that kind of blueprint and created a gate. However, this gate looked like a swirling blue energy.

Asura shrugged his shoulder at the weird gate and walk through it. When he crossed the gate, his eyes went wide at what he saw.

On the other side, there were massive buildings that looked futuristic. Their designs were weird and he heard something soaring above him. He looked up and saw futuristic jets flying in the sky. He then look around and saw that he was in some alley. Asura walk out from the alley and onto the main street but stopped at what he saw next. There were humans. Humans were walking around and talking to each others. Their clothes, hair styles, accessories everything were different than what his human world has.

So this world is a futuristic one and humans inhabit this world. Their military must be futuristic as well. How about he finds out for himself? Asura began to follow the sound of the jets that will lead him to their military base. As he was walking, he saw that some people were looking at him curiously. He understood what they were looking at. His clothes were different than theirs and is raising some suspicion. He needs to fix this.

Asura saw a cloth department and went inside. He looked around saw many different types of clothes. He then saw a customer purchasing some clothes. The customer then pulled out some papers that looked like money and gave them to another person who could be the shop employee. Asura carefully looked at the money and saw what it looked like.

So this can be called futuristic money? Well, whatever they are, he need to have them. Asura used reality warping to make a bundle of futuristic money in his pocket. After the customer bought his clothes and left the shop, the employee saw Asura and walk towards him. The employee smiled and welcomed him. The employee said, "Welcome to the clothes department where you can find whatever style of clothes you want. How can I be of your service."

Asura saw that the employee was staring at his clothes which made him a bit uncomfortable. He said, "I know that my clothes look out of fashion but I couldn't find any good ones. So I just wore these and came here to buy some good clothes. So can you help me fins something that will fit me?"

The employee came out of his though and apologized. He said, "Forgive me for staring at your clothes. Its just that they are some of the oldest clothes I have ever seen. And they are in pretty good shape to. Oh yes, you asked me to help find you some clothes that fit you? So follow me and well see what there is."

After searching for a while and wearing several clothes, Asura finally found some clothes that not only fit him but were stylish as well. This is what he looked like.

The employee said, "Wow. you look really great in those clothes."

Asura looked in the mirror and saw how good he looked. He looked back at the employee and said, "I'll take it. How much?"

The employee smiled and said, "That will be $5600."

Asura nodded and gave him a bundle of cash. The employee eyes went wide when he saw that he over paid him. By a lot. He was about to say something but Asura cut hm off by saying, "Keep the change." With that he walked out of the shop, leaving a wide eye employee with his jaw on the ground.

Asura then continued to follow the sound of the Jets. He also saw that the people were not looking at hi any more. He wore their clothes and has stopped their suspicion. Good. He needs it this way. Asura continued following the Jets sound and an hour later, he finally found a military base that look really awesome.

Wow. How big is this base. With his "Superhuman Vision", Asura look over the base from a far and saw several different kinds of vehicles ranging from jeeps, tank to helicopters and Jets. He also saw several soldiers equipped with weapons paroling the area. Getting inside the base without anyone noticing him would be a bit difficult.

Asura needs to prepare some precautions before he enters the base. He first used "Life Erase" to erase his presence. Then he used an invisibility spell on himself to become invisible. Then he cast a spell that covered his entire body, from head to toe, in a transparent cover that will prevent him from leaving any foot prints or finger prints around. Then he cast a silence spell on himself that will cut off any sound he makes. Then, he used "Echolocation" on the entire military base and mark every soldier and vehicles patrolling the area. Finally, he used "Hair Sensor" to spread his feelers to his surroundings that will alert him from anyone coming close to him.

Now that the preparation has been completed, Asura slowly began to walk towards the military base. Even with all of the buffs he had on himself, Asura walk carefully and heightened his sense around himself. He does not want to fight them and destroy this military base. After walking carefully around the base for half and hour, he found an entrance that goes deeper into the base. Asura walk inside and saw that it was an area where they make weapons and vehicles etc.

This is the right place he needs to be. There must be a place or a room where they keep their blueprints. Asura needs to find that room and see what the futuristic humans have achieved. Asura walk through several hall ways that goes deeper and deeper below the ground. After a while, he reached an area where he saw many scientist and engineers working together to make several different machines.

Good. Asura is near the place where he can find some blueprints but the question is where are they exactly? He looked over the scientist and saw that she stood out from the rest. She was wearing a white coat, glasses and had black hair. She had a clip board and telling the scientist to complete their project faster. She must be the one who overlook all of the projects. That means she might know where the blueprints are kept.

Asura thought about how to proceed with extracting the information from her. He can't just kill her and devour her in order to gain her memories. She is not the enemy. However, he can mind control her with his Lesser Mind Control but this is a risky move because he can only control those with lesser intelligence. Maybe he can make her let her guard down and open her mind. That way he can easily control her mind and have her show where the blueprints are.

Yes. This can work. If it fails, he can cast a sleep spell on her and search the underground base himself until he finds the blueprints. Asura followed her and when she came into a hallway, he look around and saw that she was alone in the hallway. Perfect. Asura first cast a spell to make her relax and waited. The woman expression soften and closed her eyes as he became relaxed. When she left her guard down, Asura used Lesser Mind Control to control her mind. He got a hold of her mind as she didn't put up her guard. He can't fully control her but he can give her some suggestion.

Asura whispered into her ear and said, "Why don't you go and check on the blueprints of weapons that are stored in this base. See if they are okay."

The women nodded and began walking and Asura followed her. After a while they arrived before a huge gate.

The women said, "I have already come here before. Maybe I should check on those blueprints and see if they are there."

The women pulled out a card and swiped it at the door. Then a small orb opened on the left side of the door. The women pushed her face closer to the orb and it scanned her eyes. After scanning her eyes, it beeped once and the door opened.

Asura said, "Thank you" and and cast a sleep spell on the women. She fell asleep and Asura walk in. The door closed behind him and he saw several blueprints scattered all around the room.

Asura rubbed his hands and said with glee, "Lets see what level of military weapons this world has achieved." He then began to look over each of the blueprints and was fascinated at what he saw. Some blueprints were about guns but looked heavily modified.

These weapons look cool and the amount of fire power they pack must be on a whole now level from his human world. He then looked at the others and saw that they were blueprints of flying ships.

Wow. The last two got him very excited. Huge battle ships patrolling Equestria and if any monsters or enemies dare to come closer, they would bombard them from the sky. He like it. On to the next ones. What else they got? Now these next blueprints are about ground machines.

Asura was now drooling at what he saw. So awesome. He can build the last two huge machines that will defend cities from any attack and with his type of strong metal, they will be really hard to damage. Everything he saw is good and all but he has still yet to find anything blueprints about golems or robots.

Asura checked them all but didn't find any. He sigh with disappointment. He thought that such a futuristic world would have come up with something about a robotic fighter but he didn't find any. He began to walk towards the door but stop when he felt something beneath his feet. Asura look down and tap the floor a few times. He found out that the floor was a bit hollow. Why would that be?

Asura kneel down and punch the floor, thus breaking it. At once several alarms activated that alerted the military base. Asura ignored the alarms and searched the hollow floor. He found a case and opened it. Inside he found some blueprints and smiled at what he saw.

Finally! Asura found some blueprints about creating golems or robots. From the looks of it, there are several procedures he needs to follow if he wants to make a powerful guardian and with the Ninth metal, they will become immune to magic and harder to damage. He took all of the blueprints in the room and stored them in his dimensional storage.

Asura attention was then brought back to the alarm. With his "Superhuman Hearing" he heard a huge squad of people outside the room. They must be soldiers who came here to see what made the alarm set off. Hooo. So they think they can stop him? HA! Lest see how they fare against a monster hunter!

Asura pulled his right fist back and was about to punch the door but stop at the end. He thought that they didn't do anything wrong and he don't want to hurt them. So how will he escape from here without punching them? He thought for a bit and then facepalm. He has one skill with which he can get out of this base.

Asura closed his eyes and then he opened them. His eyes were not the same as before. They were different.

With these eyes, he walk towards a wall and .... pass right through it like he was a ghost or something. Asura used "Kamui" to turn his body intangible that allowed him to pass through solid objects. Before Asura left, he snap his finger and created duplicates of all the blueprints he took and put them back in the room. The humans of this world still need those blueprints so he left behind a copy of them. He also freed the women from his mind control.

With that Asura left the military base while he moved underground. After moving far away from the base, he came out from the ground and look around. He was alone. He used his dimensional power to create a gate back to his Equestria and walk through it. Asura returned back to his room and the gate disappeared. He then pulled out the blueprints for making a golem and set them on a table.

As Asura was looking over the blue prints, he remembered that he needs to go and save the dragon kingdom. However Ember said that she and her army of dragon warriors can defend their kingdom for at least a month. He needs to work on his projects so he thought of a way to given them a helping hand.

Asura went outside the house and buried his hands in the ground. He then released tons of biomass below the ground. The biomass then began to take form and after a few seconds, 10 Viral Hydras were created below the ground. Asura snap his finger and created a scroll. He rolled it up and mentally ordered on Hydra to raise its fang. A huge fang emerged from the ground and opened a bit. Asura put the scroll inside its mouth and mentally ordered the Hydras to go towards the dragon kingdom and help them. He ordered them to give the scroll to princesses Ember and follow her orders and protect the kingdom.

The Hydras obeyed and moved towards the dragon kingdom while burrowing below the ground. The Hydras will take a few days to reach the kingdom but when they do, they will greatly help them in fighting against the monsters. In those few days, he will be busy with his projects. Asura went back inside his house and in his room. He first checked how his Gourmet Cells were coming along and saw that they were only 0.02% complete. Wow. That's slow. Well, that will take a long time for completion as it is not an easy task.

Asura then sat on a chair and began to study the blueprints. After studying them for a few hours, he understood what he needed to do in order to create a strong golem but it will take time to make it. He began to use the Ninth metal in his body to construct several small strong circuits. After that, he made a skeleton of 8 foot tall made from Ninth metal. However, they were not perfect, so he absorbed them and again try to create circuits and skeleton. It took Asura 6 hours to make several perfect circuits and a skeleton that is very tough.

He looked out side and saw that it was already evening. He used 6 more hours to create another perfect skeleton and several circuits. Good. These skeletons will be the main support for making a strong golem. It was about time Trixie, Gilda, Swift Tail and Mellow Hoof would come back here. He stored the Ninth metal circuits and two skeletons in his pocket dimension.

Asura then moved towards the kitchen and prepared dinner for the girls. After a while the four girls entered his house and saw that Asura was finishing putting food on the table. The girls hugged him and greeted him.

Asura hugged them and said, "Hello girls. How was your day today?"

The girls said that it was a fine day for them. They all ate their dinner and went to their rooms and slept. Asura washed the dishes and went to his room. He still had 3 hours before he sleep. So what will he do in that time? Aha! Another project for the girls. He pulled out a steel ingot and ate it. Then he started creating something from the steel. After working on it, he made an 8 inch long thing that looked a bit like a centipede. Asura will present this thing to the girls in the future. For now, he stored this thing into his dimensional storage and went to sleep.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

Asura woke up from his sleep when someone knocked on his door. He got out of his bed and walk to the door. He opened it and saw Trixie, Gilda, Swift Tail and Mellow Hoof were standing there in their night gowns. They also held their pillows and were blushing a bit.

Asura asked, "Hey girls. What is it?"

They look down and didn't spoke for a while. Then Trixie asked, "Can we .... sleep with you?" Asura's eyes widened at that.

Mellow Hoof said, "We want to sleep in the same room as you."

Gilda said, "After going through such pain, we are now scared."

Swift Tail, "Since you have saved us, we would feel much safer closer to you."

Asura let out a sigh of relaxation. He thought that the girls wanted to do some intimate things with him but fortunately that was not the reason. Don't get him wrong. He would love to do some .... intimate things with them but he is not ready yet.

Asura gave a soft smile and said, "Come in girls. You don't need my permission to come in my room. Whenever you need help or comfort, come to me okay?"

The girls nodded and came to his room. Asura snap his finger to make the bed larger for the girls to fit in. Asura laid in the middle. Trixie and Gilda laid on his left side while Swift Tail and Mellow Hoof laid on his right side. The girls hugged him and fell asleep as they felt safer with him. Asura hugged them and also fell asleep.

Next Day Fluttershy's Cottage

Fluttershy was sleeping peacefully as she dreams of being hugged by Asura in a protective manner. In her dream, she was cuddling with Asura as he hugged her. They both look at each other eyes and their face came closer and closer. She leaned in for a lovely kiss-

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

However, she woke up when someone knocked at her room's window. She opened her eyes and saw that it was a dream. She pouted that she was just this close to the good part of her dream. Fluttershy then remembered that someone knocked at her window and said, "Who could that be? It's so early."

All of a sudden, the window opened when something rammed through it and crashed in the room. She look who it was and saw that it was Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow flew towards Fluttershy and said in a panic voice, "C'mon, Fluttershy! Cider season's about to start!"

She removed the bed sheet from Fluttershy and saw that she was in a night gown. A very sexy night gown. Fluttershy immediately blush and covered herself with her hands and squee in embarrassingly. Rainbow saw her erotic night gown and blushed. She shook her head and helped her get dress quickly. When Fluttershy was dress, Rainbow grabbed her and flew out of her house.

Fluttershy shrieks when she was forcefully take from her room and asked, "Oh, where are we? What's the rush?"

Rainbow Dash said, "The rush? Don't you remember what happened last year? Or the year before that? Or pretty much any cider season ever?"

Fluttershy said, "Um, well, uh–"

Rainbow cut her off by saying, "Pinkie Pie. She always ends up ahead of us in line, and then they always run out of cider!"

Fluttershy said, "I guess I–"

She was cut again by Rainbow saying, "Well, not this year! This year I'm gonna get there before sunrise, so I can drink all the cider I want and laugh when she doesn't get any! It's the perfect plan. Y'know, I might even buy some cider and hold onto it for a while, drinking it drop by drop in front of her–" She then gasped in shock at what she saw.

There was a really long line of tents on the road leading towards Sweet Apple Acre. Fluttershy said, "Gee, Rainbow Dash. It looks like a few other ponies had the same idea."

They both landed at the front end of the line where a pink tent was. The tent opened and out came a bunch of balloons and then came Pinkie Pie with messy hairs.

Fluttershy saw Pinkie's hair and clew closer to her. She said, "Oh, gosh, Pinkie. I love your new style."

Rainbow flew closer to them and asked in shock, "Who are all these ponies?!"

Pinkie became excited that made her hair sprang back to normal and said, "Isn't this great? I couldn't sleep last night 'cause I was so excited about cider season, and I had this brilliant idea to come down here and camp out, so I told a few others about it, and they all thought it was a great idea too, and now it's just a big old cider party! Woo-hoo!"

Pinkie jumped high into the air and came down crashing with her face kissing the ground. She pulled her face back up and saw the rest of the tents. She said, "Oh, gosh, that's a lot of ponies. Hope they don't run out before you get any."

Rainbow could only growl at that as she look at the long waiting line. She and Fluttershy then went to the back of the line and waited for Cider Season to begin.

Asura's House

Asura woke up with some soft fuzzy feeling over his chest and abdomen. He opened his eyes and saw that Gilda and Swift Tail were hugging his abdomen while Trixie and Mellow Hoof had their muzzle under his jaw. The girls were cuddling to him. He smiled softly and scratched their ears. This made them cuddle some more and nuzzle their muzzle and beak with his body. Asura was now feeling ticklish but held his chuckle.

Asura look at the clock and saw that it was six in the morning. He needed to get up but he was held down by the girls. He didn't want to wake them up, so he created a bunch of pillows. He then switch his body with the pillow by teleporting. The girls didn't notice this and continued to cuddle with the pillow thinking that it was Asura. He smiled sweetly at the scene he was looking at. The girls slept peacefully with not a hint of worry.

Seeing them in this state, he whispered, "I promise you girls that I will make a world where no one will have to worry about being attack by anyone or anything."

Asura then moved closer to the sleeping girls and kissed their foreheads. This brought a sweet smile on their faces and continued to sleep. He will protect them at any cost. Asura then went to the bathroom and washed up. He then went down stairs and into the kitchen. He prepared the girls breakfast and put them on the table.

The girls woke up, came down, hugged Asura and quickly began to eat their breakfast. Asura was worried and said, "Slow down girls. The food is not going anywhere."

Gilda said, "Its not that. We need to get to Sweet Apple Acre quickly."

Asura asked, "Why?"

Trixie said, "Today is Cider Season."

Asura raised one of his eyebrow and asked, "The what?"

Trixie said, "Yesterday, Applejack said that she will be selling apple cider to Ponyville today."

Asura said, "And?"

Mellow Hoof said, "Applejack's apple cider is very delicious and she sells them once every few months."

Again Asura said, "And?"

Swift Tail said, "In short, everyone from Ponyville wants to have a taste of her apple cider that is a limited amount."

Asura nodded and said, "If you say that her apple cider is good, then maybe I should try some myself."

After they all ate their breakfast, Asura and the girls exited his house. Then he used "Sound Orb" to send the girls and himself towards Applejack's Sweet Apple Acre. From the sky, he saw a very long line of small tents on the road that goes to Sweet Apple Acre.

When they landed near Applejack's farm, Asura asked, "what is with all that line of tents?"

Mellow Hoof said, "Since Applejack produce a limited amount of apple cider, the ponies would camp out and wait their turn."

Asura then saw Applejack coming from the farm with Big Mac puling a cart loaded with several barrels. They must be filled with cider. Apple Bloom was sitting on the barrels. Granny Smith was sitting in the cart.

Asura greeted her, "Hi Applejack. How are you?"

Applejack hugged him and said, "Just doing fine Asura. So what are you doing here? Came here to buy my apple cider?"

Asura hugged her and said, "The girls told me that today is Cider Season. So I came to see how your cider taste like. And by the looks of the long line, it must be really good."

Applejack chuckled and said, "Yeah. It sure is. You should try some. Wait here while I get some for you."

Applejack was about to get a mug of cider but Asura stopped her and said, "Applejack. That is really nice and all but you don't have to do that."

Applejack said, "Why not? Your my coltfriend."

Asura said, "I am your coltfriend Applejack but if you give me some cider then it would not be fair to the others who have been waiting in line before me to get a taste of your cider."

Applejack's ears went flat on her head when she heard that. She said, "Oh. Sorry about that. Your right."

Asura found that cute and hugged her. He said, "It's okay Applejack. I'll just wait in line like everyone else."

Applejack smiled and hugged him. She said, "Asura. You are the best coltfriend the girls could ever have. If someone else was my coltfriend, he would have taken the cider but you. You thought about others who are waiting in line to get cider." She nuzzle her muzzle in his chest and said, "I am so glad to have you sugarcube."

Asura gave a soft smile and said, "And I am glad to have you and the girls. I will never take advantage from anyone. Except from the enemy of course."

This made Applejack laugh and she kissed him on the lips. Then she said, "I am going to set up the stall now, so why don't you go and join the line."

Asura thought for a bit and said, "Nah. I think I'll help you with selling the cider." He look back at Trixie, Gilda, Swift Tail and Mellow Hoof, and said, "Girls. Why don't you all go without me and join the line?"

The girls nodded and went to join the line. Asura then helped Applejack and Big Mac with setting up the stall and placing the barrels near it. Granny Smith and Apple Bloom sat at the stall. Then Applejack faced the line of customers and announced through a megaphone, "Attention, everyone! Cider season is now officially open!"

Everyone began to chatter in excitement. The first customer was Pinkie Pie. She dropped two bags filled with bits at the counter. Granny Smith took the bits and Apple Bloom pulled a lever that filled a mug with cider. Pinkie drank the cider and looked like she was in a state of bliss. Apple Bloom began to fill several mugs with cider according to the amount of bits Pinkie paid.

While Pinkie was waiting for her cider, she looked around and saw Asura talking with Big Mac.

Asura asked, "So how the business is going Big Mac?"

Big Mac said, "All good."

Asura asked, "Any infestation going around at the farm?"

Big Mac said, "Nope."

Asura asked, "Any beast from the Everfree forest troubling the farm?"

Big Mac said, "Nope."

Asura said, "If you see any Timber Wolf, then don't attack them Okay."

Big Mac raised and eyebrow and asked, "Why?"

Asura said, "A few days ago, I was in the Everfree forest and I encountered the Timber Wolf King. I fought it and beat the king and now, all of the Timber Wolfs follow my command."

Big Mac look at him in shock and asked, "You really beat the king of Timber Wolfs?"

Asura nodded and said, "Yep. The king was huge and strong but that's all it was. It was pretty easy to beat it."

Big Mac whistle in amazement. He said, "That's good. This means that the farm wouldn't be attack by them anymore."

Asura raised one of his eyebrow and asked, "They attack your farm in the past?"

Big Mac nodded and said, "Sometimes at night, the Timber Wolfs sneak into our farm and eat our farm animals."

Asura smiled and said, "Well, they won't trouble you anymore. In fact, I ordered them to patrol the Everfree forest and prevent any beast from coming near Ponyville and the farm. They will also lookout for anyone who goes into the forest and protect them."

Big Mach smiled and said, "Thank you Asura. So what do you think about Applejack?"

Asura gave a soft smile and said, "What can I say. Applejack is sweet, strong and a hard worker. She can be a bit stubborn sometime but she is one who really cares about her family's safety. Sometimes she do these little things that makes her look so cute that you want to just hug her and pet her."

Big Mac laugh at that and said, "Yeah. She can be a bit stubborn-no scratch that. She can sometimes be really stubborn and won't change her mind. Once, I got my leg injured and Applejack had taken it upon herself to harvest all of the apple orchard."

Asura eyes widen and asked, "Seriously? But she is just one girl and there are more than 20,000 apple tress at the farm. So how it went?"

Big Mac said, "Well, from what her friends told me is that she got so tired from harvesting the apples that she started to make mistake in her sleepy state. And before you ask, nope. Her friends offered to help but she refused to accept any. When Rainbow Dash asked her help with one of her stunt, Applejack accidentally launched Rainbow towards Twilight's house. When Pinkie asked her help in baking some muffins, instead of adding the correct ingredients in the batch, she mixed them with something else. Like salty potato chips instead of chocolate chips, fizzy soda instead of baking soda, a cup of lemonade juice instead of a cup of flower and earth worms instead of wheat germ."

Asura grimace and said, "Aug. That is a recipe for disaster."

Big Mac nodded and said, "Eeyup. Applejack got more than 20 ponies sick because of that. However for some reason, Spike liked those muffins. Don't know why he didn't got sick from eating them?"

Asura said, "He is a dragon. So maybe his stomach was strong enough to stop him from getting sick. Heck, I seen him eat gems like they were candy to him."

They both laugh at that until Pinkie shouted, "Asura!!"

Asura look and saw that Pinkie was waving at him. Asura said to Big Mac, "I'll be right back. Gonna meet Pinkie there."

Asura then walk towards the stall and said, "Hi Pinkie. How are you?"

Pinkie hugged him and said, "I'm doing fine! I'm so excited with the Cider Season starting. What are you doing here?"

Asura hugged her and said, "Just helping Applejack out." He then saw how several mugs full of cider on the table and asked, "Are you going to drink all of that?"

Pinkie said, "Of course silly. They are so tasty and yummy that you just want to keep on drinking them."

Asura said, "Just don't get sick from drinking too much. You will- never mind. I don't think you will ever get sick from eating sweet things. Also, I think you better take your cider now because the customers are waiting for their turn."

Pinkie look behind her and saw the customers were waiting impatiently for her to move. Pinkie smiled and kiss Asura on the lips and took all of her cider with her and walk away. Asura tasted apple cider from that kiss he got from Pinkie. It was sweet and he liked it.

Time passed as customers come, paid bits and drink their mug of cider. Big Mac and Asura took turns in bringing barrels to the stand when one barrels is empty. Asura also meet the girls at the stall. There were several barrels by as time went by, only a few remains, then one. Fluttershy took her cider and Rainbow came to the stall. She paid her bits and was drooling as she waited to get her hands on her cider and drink it. Unfortunately, when Apple Bloom pulled the leaver, only a few drops of cider fell into her mug. Rainbow became so sad that she looked like she was about to cry but then her face became one of anger as she growls a bit.

Applejack saw that their cider was finished and said to the rest of the customers, "Heh. Sorry, everyone! That's it for today!"

Everyone became sad and let out "Awww" that they didn't get to drink cider.

Rainbow flew towards her and said, "Surprise, surprise. You ran out again!"

One pony said, "Yeah, you always run out!"

Fluttershy became a bit sad and said, "For the record, I don't mind–"

Rainbow cut her off by saying, "Why can't you make enough cider for all of us? Or at least for me!"

The rest of the ponies agreed and said "Yeah" as they begin to complain.

Applejack hold up her hands and said, "Hold on, everyone. We've done our best to improve supply this year-"

Applejack was cut off when one pony said, "You always say that!"

Applejack nodded and said, "And it's always true. But Apple family cider is made with love and integrity, and only the highest quality apples in Equestria. Sorry, but that recipe takes time."

The ponies didn't like her reason and continued to complain.

Applejack said, "If y'all just be patient, we'll have plenty more tomorrow."

Everyone went away disappointed. When Rainbow turn back, Pinkie's face came closer to hers and she said, "She's right, y'know! You can't rush perfection! And this year's batch was perfection!"

This was making Rainbow angry a bit. Fluttershy saw that and tried to stop her, "Uh, Pinkie Pie–"

However, Fluttershy was cur off by Pinkie who put an arm around Rainbow and said, "I'll never forget the cider I just drank! It was a moment in time that will never exist again." She sigh in bliss.

Rainbow got really angry and was about to shout when

*Honk* *Honk*

Everyone look in the direction of that noise and saw something making its way towards the stall. Asura heard some motorized noises coming from whatever it was

Applejack walk in the middle of the road and said, "What in Equestria is that?"

As the thing got closer, Asura saw that it was some kind of a machine on wheels. Strange. He has never seen this level of technology in this world. The only thing that come close to it was the train and medical equipment.

The machine stopped near the stall and hit a fence that made Granny glare at it. Asura looked closely and saw some barrels, beakers, buttons and a vacuum on the machine. What purpose does this machine has? Everyone gathered near the strange machine with curiosity. Then saw two male unicorns got off from the machine. They both were twins and wore matching clothes and hats. However, there was a difference. One had mustache while the other didn't.

The first one without a mustache said in a singing voice, "Well, lookie what we got here, brother of mine, it's the same in every town" He got walk closer towards a mare and said, "Ponies with thirsty throats, dry tongues, and not a drop of cider to be found." He then joined the other one and continued, "Maybe they're not aware that there's really no need for this teary despair."

The second one with the mustache sing, "That the key that they need to solve this sad cider shortage you and I will share." This made the ponies a bit excited as they began chattering.

Both the unicorn twins sing, "Well you've got opportunity. In this very community."

The first one pointed towards the second one and said, "He's Flim."

Flim pointed towards the first one and said, "He's Flam."

Both Flim and Flam sing, "We're the world famous Flim Flam Brothers. Traveling salesponies nonpareil."

Pinkie was confused and asked, "Nonpa-what?"

Flim explained, "Nonpareil, and that's exactly the reason why, you see. No pony else in this whole place will give you such a chance to be where you need to be. And that's a new world, with tons of cider. Fresh squeezed and ready for drinking."

Flam sing, "More cider than you could drink in all your days of thinking."

Rainbow Dash crossed her arms and said, "I doubt that."

Flim and Flam began to dance and the crowd join their singing, "So take this opportunity. In this very community."

Flam said, "He's Flim."

Flim said, "He's Flam."

Flim and Flam sing , "We're the world famous Flim Flam Brothers. Traveling salesponies."

The crowd, Flim and Flam said together, "Nonpareil."

Flim then sing while pointing at the machine, "I suppose by now you're wondering 'bout our peculiar mode of transport."

Flam sing, "I say, our mode of locomotion."

Flim sing, "And I suppose by now you're wondering, where is this promised cider?"

Flam sing, "Any horse can make a claim and any pony can do the same."

Flim sing, "But my brother and I have something most unique and superb. Unseen at any time in this big new world"

Flim and Flam sing together, "And that's opportunity."

Flim sing, "Folks, it's the one and only, the biggest and the best."

Flam sing, "The unbelievable."

Flim, "Unimpeachable."

Flam, "Indispensable."

Flim, "I-can't-believe-able."

Flim and Flam sing together, "Flim Flam Brothers' Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000."

Flam sing to Rarity, "What d'you say, sister?"

Rarity step back from him as he came closer to her in her comfort zone. She does not want to be close to any male besides Asura.

The crowd began to sing, "Oh, we got opportunity. In this very community. Please, Flim, please, Flam, help us out of this jam. With your Flim Flam Brothers' Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000."

Flim came closer to the stall and sing to Applejack, "Young filly, I would be ever so honored if you might see fit to let my brother and I borrow some of your delicious, and might I add spellbindingly fragrant apples for our little demonstration here?"

Applejack hesitated for a bit and said, "Uh, sure, I guess."

Flam said, "Ready, Flim?"

Flim said, "Ready, Flam?"

Both said, "Let's bing bang zam!"

Both of them lit their horns and shoot a green beam of magic at the machine's iron rods that absorbed their magic. The machine began to come to life as the vacuum stretch towards a apple tree.

Flim sing, "And show these thirsty ponies a world of delectable cider!"

Flim sing, "Watch closely, my friends!"

The vacuum suck up all of the apples from the apple tree. The apples went towards the barrel and it began to spin.

Flam sing, "The fun begins!"

Flim then explains to the crowd, "Now, here's where the magic happens. Right here in this heaving, roiling, cider-press-boiling guts of the very machine, those apples plucked fresh are right now as we speak being turned into grade-A, top-notch, five-star, blow-your-horseshoes-off, one-of-a-kind cider!"

The two large glass beakers on top of the machine began to be filled with cider.

Flam then pointed towards a window on the side of the machine and said, "Feel free to take a sneak peek!" Some ponies gathered around and watch through the window. They saw that several apples were on a moving platform. When a good apple come through a sensor, the light went green but when a bad apple comes, the light went red and that apple is thrown off from the platform.

Granny Smith interrupted them and sing, "Now wait, you fellers, hold it! You went and over-sold it! I guarantee that what you have there won't compare. For the very most important ingredient. Can't be added or done expedient. And it's quality, friends, Apple Acres' quality and care!"

Some ponies nodded in agreement with Granny. Flim approached Granny and sing, "Well, Granny, I'm glad you brought that up, my dear, I say I'm glad you brought that up. You see that we are very picky when it comes to cider if you'll kindly try a cup." He gave her a mug of their own cider and when she drink some, she found it to be delicious just like theirs.

Flam sing, "Yes, sir, yes, ma'am, this great machine lets just the very best. So whaddaya say then, Apples? Care to step into the modern world. And put the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 to the test?"

Flim sing, "What do you think, folks? Do you see what the Apples can't? I see it clear as day! I know she does! So does he! C'mon, Ponyville, you know what I'm talking about!"

Flim and Flam sand together, "We're saying you've got. Opportunity. In this very community. He's Flim, he's Flam. We're the world famous Flim Flam Brothers. Traveling salesponies nonpareil! Yeah!"

When their song end, everyone was cheering for them. Apple Bloom ran in front of the twins and said, "You got a deal!"

This made the crowd chatter with excitement that they get to drink cider. However, Granny Smith stomp her right hoof and said, "Not so fast!" This stopped everyone.

Granny Smith, Big Mac, Applejack and Apple Bloom huddle together and talk among them selves. Granny Smith said, "No way no how that machine matches up with the care we put in our cider!"

Apple Bloom said, "But if it really does work, we could make everyone in town happy!"

Applejack said, "I just don't know, y'all. We've always made cider the same way."

Big Mac said, "Eeyup." He then saw the twins right besides them and said, "Huh?"

Flim said, "We'll sweeten the deal. You supply the apples..."

Flam continued, "We supply the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000."

Then they both said, ""Then we split those sweet sweet profits."

Flim said, "Seventy-five."

Flam said, "Twenty-five."

Apple Bloom said, "Deal–"

Applejack cut her off and said, "Hold on. Who gets the seventy five?"

Flim said, "Why, us, naturally."

Flam said, "And, we'll throw in the magic to power the machine for free."

Applejack said to her family, "Cider sales keep our business afloat through the winter. We'd lose Sweet Apple Acres if we agreed to this."

Flim and Flam said, "So? What will it be?"

Big McIntosh stomp his hoof and said, "No deal."

Flim narrowed his eyes and said, "Humph. Very well. If you refuse our generous offer to be partners, then we'll just have to be competitors."

Applejack glared at him and said, "You wouldn't dare."

Flim said in a challenge tone, "Oh no?" He look back at his brother and nodded.

Flam saw his brother nodded to him and then said to the crowd, "Don't you worry, everyone! There will be plenty of cider for all of you!"

Flim whispered to the Apple family, "Once we drive Sweet Apple Acres out of business." They all gasped at what they heard.

Asura did not like when he saw them using the crowd to their own gain. Then he got angry when he heard Flim whispering to Applejack and her family. Asura clenched his jaw at the twins. How dare they think they can talk like that to Applejack and her family.

After the twin left with their machine, Asura saw how sad the Applejack looked. He hate seeing her like this. Asura walk to her and rub his hand on her head. He said, "Don't worry about them Applejack. They were just trying to scare you into agreeing to their terms."

Applejack hugged him and cry a bit. She nuzzle her muzzle in his chest and said, "But what if they were serious? What if they did something that would hurt my family or take away my farm?"

Asura hugged her and said, "Then I will deal with them. I promise you and the girls that I will protect my family. And you and your family are my family."

Applejack hugged him tightly as she cried into his chest. Asura's anger was erupting inside of him as he see Applejack crying like this. How dare those twins made her cry! If they cross a line then he will deal with them. Personally.

The rest of the day went by and Asura was able to create 3 more Ninth metal skeletons. Now there were a total of 5 Ninth metal skeletons. It took him a lot of time to make just these and it was night time. He then checked the Gourmet Cells inside his body and found that only 0.05% was completed. Damn, this is slow. After checking that, he laid on his bed and when he was about to sleep, Trixie, Gilda, Swift Tail and Mellow Hoof came into his room to sleep with him. The girls laid with Asura and then fell asleep. Asura hugged them and fell asleep.

Next Day Sweet Apple Acre

The apple family continued selling their cider at their farm. Twilight and Spike were drinking their cider while they talk with Applejack who looked worried.

Twilight asked Applejack, "Still worried about Flim and Flam?"

Spike said, "Granny Smith says they were just blowing hot air."

Applejack said, "I'm not so sure. They sounded mighty serious when they threatened to run us out of business."

Apple Bloom said, "That's it! Last cup!"

From a distance, Rainbow flew into the sky and yelled, "Oh, for Pete's sake!" while the rest of the customers sighs in disappointment.

Apple Bloom said, "Come back tomorrow, everyone!" This only made them complain.

Then they all heard the same sounds they heard yesterday. Applejack look somewhat scared when she heard that sound. The Cider Squeezy 6000 came towards the stall and again, it hit the fence that Granny Smith was fixing.

Flim said, "What seems to be the problem here?"

Flam said, "Oh my, oh my, out of cider again?"

Flim pressed a button on Cider Squeezy 6000 and a barrel of cider was ejected out.

Flim said, "What have we here? Who'd like a cup?"

The rest of the customers ran towards the twins for cider.

Flam said, "Don't worry, everyone, we've got the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 to make more in an instant!" He gave a mug of cider to Rainbow who took it with a wide smile.

Applejack look at the barrel and gasped. She took out a lasso and threw it towards the barrel. She then pulled the barrel towards herself. In the process, the barrel collided with Rainbow's mug that spilled all of her cider on the ground.

Applejack: You can't sell that cider! That's made from Apple family apples!

Rainbow look at her cider on the ground and had tears falling down from her eyes. She was just about to taste the cider but that was denied to her. She quickly gather the cider on the ground into a mud ball and ate it. She then look at Applejack with teary eyes and said, "Is this some kind of cruel joke?"

Flim said, "Don't worry, everyone, there are plenty of apples in Equestria. We'll find some others and make more cider than all of Ponyville can drink!"

The crowd gasped at that. Apple Bloom came forward and said, "We'll make more cider than you could ever imagine!"

The crowd gasped again. Apple Bloom was then pulled back by her brother Big Mac. Granny Smith said, "Now, it ain't about the speed, young'un, it's about quality."

This made the crowd sighs in disappointment. Rainbow said, "Who cares how good the cider is if I never get to drink any?"

Flim said, "Oh, look at these poor, dissatisfied ponies."

Apple Bloom said, "Ponyville is Sweet Apple Cider country!"

Applejack said, "Our cider speaks for itself!"

Flim sat on his seat and said, "Let's put it to the test!"

Apple Bloom said, "Anywhere, anytime!"

Now the crowds were muttering in shock at that. Granny Smith told Apple Bloom, "Well, that's enough now."

Flam said while pointing towards the Cider Squeezy 6000, "With our machine, we can make enough cider in one hour to satisfy this entire town!"

Apple Bloom said, "We'll do it in 45 minutes!" The crowd chatter in shock. This made Flim smirk that their plan was going accordingly.

Granny Smith said, "Easy, Apple Bloom, easy."

Flim need one more push for his plans and said, "What's the matter, Granny Smith? Chicken?"

Granny Smith became stiff and asked in a low voice, "What did you call me, sonny?"

Flim said with a smirk, "If you're so confident in your cider, then what's the problem?"

Granny Smith zoomed right in front of Flim that shocked him and said, "Tomorrow morning, right here!"

Flam interrupted them and said, "But I'm afraid we haven't any ... apples."

Granny Smith said, "You can use our south field! It'll be worth it to teach y'all a thing or two about cider making!"

Flim grinned and said, "Excellent; we have a bet. Whoever produces the most barrels in one hour wins the exclusive right to sell cider in Ponyville."

Applejack was sweating as she worried about what was about to happen. The twins grinned as they waited to hear their answer.

Granny Smith shook Flim's hand and said, "And after we beat ya, I don't never want to see you bambahoozlers around here again!"

The crowd begins to cheer for them. The twins bowed to the crowd and Flam said, "Until tomorrow." Then they went away with their machine.

Applejack look really worried at what just happened. Twilight put a hand on her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Applejack, I know you'll win tomorrow!"

Applejack said in a sad tone, "We'd better, 'cause if we don't, we're gonna lose our farm." A lone tear fell from her eye as she thought about losing her farm.

Asura spend his time inside his house and was busy creating more Ninth metal skeletons. He made 4 more and now he has 9 Ninth metal skeletons. His Gourmet Cells were about 0.09% complete. From his house, Asura heard everything that happened at Sweet Apple Acre. He was not happy at all. He heard how sad Applejack's voice was which hurt him. Tomorrow, he will personally deal with her problems once and for all. The girls slept with him just like yesterday.

Next Morning Sweet Apple Acre

At the apple farm, Film and Flam were on the left side of the orchard with their machine while the Apple family were on the other side on the right side of the orchard.

Big Mac was doing some pushup to rill himself up. Granny Smith was sniffing some apples. Applejack was kicking a sandbag that Apple Bloom was holding for her.

Twilight came to Applejack and said, "Applejack? Are you sure this is such a good idea?"

Applejack said while kicking the sandbag, "Me 'n' the family are *Thud* one hundred percent confident *Thud* in our cider making capabilities."

Apple Bloom said, "And besides, no one calls Granny a chicken." She was then launched away when Applejack kicked the sandbag harder.

Mayor Mare said through a megaphone, "Attention, everyone!"

Twilight said, "Well, good luck." She then walk away."

Applejack said, "Thanks, Twilight. We'll need it." She the helped Apple Bloom whose eyes were spinning around.

Twilight then joined Rainbow, Ditzy, Fluttershy, Gilda, Trixie, Swift Tail, Mellow Hoof, Aloe, Lotus, Rarity, Pinkie and Zecora. Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Spike were there as well. They were all worried about Applejack.

Twilight asked Trixie, "Where is Asura? Is he gonna be here?"

Trixie said, "Asura said that he will come when the time is right."

Rainbow said, "That's it? It would be more awesome if he would be here right now."

Gilda said, "Rainbow. This is Asura we are talking about."

Swift Tail said, "Yeah. He won't let Applejack to face this contest by herself."

Fluttershy said, "He will definitely come to save Applejack's farm. Just trust in him girls."

The girls nodded and look at the competition that was about to start. Then Fleetfoot, Spit Fire and Nurse Red Heart arrived there to see what's going on.

Rainbow saw the wonder bolts members and squee with excitement. She said, "Look! Its Fleetfoot and Spit Fire!"

The rest of the girls look and saw them. Fleetfoot, Spit Fire and Nurse Red Heart approach them. Fleetfoot said, "Hi Rainbow. How you doing?"

Rainbow squee again and said, "Ohmagosh, ohmagosh! She is asking how I'm doing! Someone pinch me."

Gilda grinned and said, "Okay." She pinched Rainbow's cute butt that made her yelp. Rainbow then look at her and glared. She said, "What? You asked for it."

Rainbow said, "I meant on my cheek. Not my butt!"

Gilda grinned and said, "Well, cheek can also be used for butt cheek. Next time be more specific." This made Rainbow grumbled.

Spit Fire said, "So can anyone tell me what's going on?"

Twilight was about to explain but Mayor Mare said through a megaphone, "The teams have one hour to produce as much cider as they can, after which the barrels will be counted and the winner will be named the sole cider provider for all of Ponyville!"

Fleetfoot, Spit Fire and Nurse Red Heart said, "Oh."

Twilight said, "If the Film and Flam brothers win this, then they are going to take away Applejack's farm."

Nurse Red Heart said, "Can't we help her?"

Twilight shook her head and said, "We can't. This is only for the Apple family."

Spit Fire said, "Damn. Wish we could have helped."

Fleetfoot said, "Yeah. Her apple pies are really delicious."

Nurse Red Heart look at Fleetfoot with a deadpan expression and said, "I don't think that is what you should be worrying about."

Mayor Mare then asked the Apple family, "Are both teams ready?"

They all nodded and Applejack said, "Ready!"

Flim and Flam relaxed on their couch and said, "Ready!"

Mayor Mare flip an hour glass and said, "Then let's ... go!"

The Apple family immediately started working. Applejack kick the tree and Apple Bloom catch the falling apples in a wooden basket. She then give the bast full of apples to Granny Smith.

Flim and Flam yawn and use their magic to power up their machine and then they control the vacuum pipe to suck up apples from the apple trees.

Granny took one apple and sniff it and said, "Ugh, bad 'un. Good 'un! Bad 'un..." She throw the bad ones away and throw the good ones behind her into a juicer.

Big Mac was running over a tread mail that power up the juicer and cider comes out and fill a barrel. He then stops, seal the barrel and put it away. Then he replace it with another empty barrel and starts to run on the tread mail again.

Applejack kick another tree and said, "Great job, y'all! We've already filled an entire barrel!"

Apple Bloom caught the apples and give them to Granny while she said, "I'll bet you those guys don't even have–" Then Apple Bloom, Big McIntosh and Granny Smith suddenly gasps in shock.

In the time that the apple family produce 2 barrels, Film and Flam's machine was able to produce 5 barrels of cider. Applejack eyes were filled with fear as she saw how efficient the machine was.

Applejack quickly kick a tree but Apple Bloom didn't catch the falling apples as she was stunned when she look at the amount of cider the machine was making. Applejack said, "Come on, Apple Bloom, focus! We gotta forget those guys if we're gonna have a chance of winning!"

Apple Bloom came out of her shock and said, "Sorry, sis!" She quickly collected the apples and gave it to Granny Smith. She said, "Better keep up, Granny, we're falling behind!"

Granny Smith still had five more baskets of apples to sort out. She wipe off some of her sweat on her forehead and started to sniff the apples, "Egh ... *Sniffs* Good 'un ... Ugh, bad 'un ..."

Big Mac was running slower as he became tired from all the running. Applejack saw this and said, "Rest when it's over, Big McIntosh! Ride! Ride!"

Big Mac nodded and his face became on of determination. He began to run faster than before and the barrel was filled in just a few seconds.

Rarity look over the Apple family and saw how they were struggling against the machine. She said, "This is just dreadful. Even at top speed the Apples are only making one barrel to the twins' three!"

Twilight began thinking about what she and her friends can do to her Applejack. She walk towards Mayor Mare and asked, "Um, Miss Mayor! Are honorary family members allowed to help in the competition?"

Mayor Mare put a finger on her chin and thought about it. She said, "Well, I'm not sure... Flim, Flam, would you object to honorary family members helping?"

Film and Flam were relaxing on their couch while their machine do all of the work. Flim asked mockingly, "Are you kidding?"

Flam said, "We don't care if the whole kingdom of Canterlot helps. It's a lost cause." They act like they already won.

Mayor Mare said, "Hm, I guess it's okay." She then look at Applejack and asked, "Applejack? What do you think?"

Applejack kicked a tree and wipe away the sweat from her forehead. She said, "I think I'd love to have the rest of my family helping out."

The rest of the girls exclaimed, "All right!"

Fleetfoot, Spit Fire and Nurse Red Heart approach Mayor Mare. Spit Fire asked, "Can we also join in and help Applejack?"

Mayor Mare said, "Flim and Flam did say anyone can help. So, go ahead."

With that Fleetfoot, Spit Fire and Nurse Red Heart joined the rest of the girls. Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Spike asked, "Can we help too?"

Mayor Mare smiled and nodded. The fillies and dragon joined the girls.

Twilight then said the her friends and the new comers which she was surprise to see. She said, "Okay, everyone, we're not gonna let those smooth talkers take our friend's farm."

The girls, fillies and dragon said, "Yeah!"

Nurse Red Heart asked, "Excuse me Twilight but where is Asura. Should he not be here helping Applejack?"

Twilight said, "He told us that he will be here when the time comes."

Fleetfoot said, "Really? Will he really come?"

Fluttershy said, "Of course he will. He is our coltfriend and will not let Applejack face this by herself. Asura will come. You'll see."

Fleetfoot said, "Okay."

Twilight then said, "Fluttershy, Ditzy, Zecora, Swift Tail. Go an help Applejack with the trees."

Fluttershy, Ditzy, Zecora, Swift Tail said, "Got it."

Twilight said, "Pinkie Pie, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Spike. You all are on apple catching detail."

Pinkie Pie, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Spike said a mixture of "Yes sir" or "Ma'am" or "Sir!"

Twilight said, "Rarity, Mellow Hoof, Lotus, Aloe. Can you all help Granny Smith at the quality control station."

Rarity, Mellow Hoof, Lotus, Aloe said, "Of course."

Twilight asked, "Rainbow Dash, Gilda, Fleetfoot, Spit Fire. Do you think you can help Big Mac with the juicer?"

Rainbow Dash, Gilda, Fleetfoot, Spit Fire said, "We are made for speed."

Twilight said, "Nurse Red Heart and Trixie. You two are with me. Alright, everyone, let's save Sweet Apple Acres!"

The girls, fillies and dragon said, "All right!"

Pinkie Pie, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Spike ran towards Apple Bloom and Helped her with collecting the apples. Zecora and Swift Tail ran towards Applejack and started kicking the trees. Fluttershy and Ditzy flew at the trees and shake them that made the apples fall. Rarity, Mellow Hoof, Lotus and Aloe ran towards Granny Smith and started sorting the good apples from the bad. Rainbow Dash, Gilda, Fleetfoot, and Spit Fire took turns and ran on the tread mail while Big Mac rested. When a barrel is filled with cider, Nurse Red Heart replaced it with an empty one. Trixie took the cider filled barrel and put them with the other barrels. Twilight count them and write them on her clip board.

Twilight then smiled and said, "Based on these figures, we're making five barrels for every three of theirs!"

The crowd began to cheer for them. Applejack smiled and said, "Keep it up, everyone! We're back in this!"

When Flim heard that, he spat out his cider in shock. He said, "Come on, brother, we've gotta pick up the pace!"

Flam panic a bit and said, "Right, uh, double the power!"

They both shot their magic and overpowered the machine that made it suck up the apples and the tree as well. In the sorting area in the machine, the apples were smashed and mixed with leaves and wood. This made the machine reject them all.

When Flim saw this, he panic and said, "We've gotta try something else!"

Flam said with a smile, "I've got it, brother of mine."

Flam pressed a button on the machine that made it accept the smashed apples and made cider out of it along with the mix gunk. It began to produce 10 for every 5 the Apple team produced. Flim said, "Well done, Flam! We're at top productivity!"

When Rainbow saw this, she thought about speeding their production. She left the tread mail but Twilight said, "C'mon, Rainbow Dash, keep grinding!"

Rainbow said, "We don't have time for quality control if we wanna win this thing!"

Rainbow flew towards the apple sorting area but Granny Smith stopped her and said, "Get back, you! One bad apple spoils the bunch!"

Rainbow said, "Applejack, help me!"

Applejack said, "There's no point in winning if we cheat!"

Twilight said, "We'll just have to work harder! C'mon, everyone!"

Rainbow then flex her muscles (which weren't much) and said, "All right then, double time!"

The apple team worked harder to produce more cider but could not match up to the machine's speed. The situation began to look like a lost cause. Some even stopped doing their work. Applejack had tears in her eyes as she thought that she was about to lose her farm.

Applejack closed her eyes and pleaded, "Asura. Where are you?"

*Boom*

Applejack's eyes opened and saw that a crater was formed a few distance away. When they dust settled, she and the rest of the girls gasped when they saw who it was. Asura was standing in the middle of the crater.

Asura looked around and saw how much the machine was producing. He then saw the girls who had sweat on their bodies that made some parts of their cloths transparent. He could see their under clothes. He averted his eyes and saw that Applejack was coming towards him.

When Applejack came closer Asura asked, "I'm not late for the competition am I?"

Applejack frowned and said, "No your not but I don't think even you can help with this."

Asura smiled and petted her head. He said, "Applejack. I told you that I will protect your farm and that is what I'll do."

Applejack asked, "How? We only have about 2 more minutes."

Asura smiled and asked, "Mayor Mare. Can I help Applejack with the competition?"

Mayor Mare was speechless that he would still ask to help when there is not enough time. She said, "Of course you can but with such little time I don't think you can do much."

Flam said with a grin, "Oh brother. Look at that. Its some kind of creature that I have never seen before."

Flim said, "Your right. Is that creature a friend of Applejack?"

Applejack heard them and got angry about how they were referring to Asura. She shouted at them, "Don't you dare call him creature you varmints! His name is Asura and he is my coltfriend!"

Flim said, "Oh sorry about that. This Asura will be helping you? I want to see that."

Flam said, "Yes. Put on a show for our victory would you."

Applejack and the girls became angry but Asura grinned and said, "Ooooh? A show huh? Alright. I'll put up a show."

Applejack gasped and said, "Asura! How could you-"

Applejack got cut off when Asura continued, "But! This show will be for the girls victory."

Everyone became confused and said, "Huh?"

Asura look at the juicer and said, "Girls. I want all of you to keep the juicer running and manage the cider production."

The apple team became confused and Applejack said, "But then who will kick the tress and collect the apples and sort them out?"

Asura said with a grin, "I will."

The girls were surprised to hear that he will be doing almost all of the work. They then saw Asura bending down into a kneeling position and the ground *Crackle* began to crack as they feel a small quake.

Asura kneel down and gather energy in his leg muscles. He closed his eyes, use "Superhuman Smell" and took a deep sniff. He smelled a huge portion of the apple orchard and found which ones were the fresh and juicy ones from the spoiled ones. He then opened his eyes and used "Soru" to disappear in from everyone's eyes.

Everyone look around to see where Asura disappeared to . Flim said, "Where is he? I thought he was going to put on a .... whaaa?"

Everyone saw the most bizarre thing they have ever seen in their lives. There were several sighting to Asura everywhere. One second he's at the apple tree and then at the next, he's in front of the juicer. Asura was dashing around with such speed that he was leaving several after images of himself behind him.

Asura didn't kick the tree but instead grabbed the apples from their branches. He took the good apples and avoided the bad ones. He knew where they good apples were because he smelled the area before. He collect a bunch of apples and throw them in the juicer.

Everyone looked at the amazing feet in shock and awe. Rainbow, Gilda, Fleetfoot and Spit Fire only thought of one thing. How fast can he really go?

Twilight came out of her shock when she saw how much cider was coming out of the juicer. She immediately changed the barrel with an empty one but it was filled again in just 2 seconds.

Twilight said, "I want every free hands available to help me with managing these barrels!"

Besides Rainbow, Fleetfoot, Spit Fire, Gilda and Big Mac, the rest of the girls came running towards the juicer and began to rapidly change and seal the cider barrels.

Granny Smith look at the amount of cider and said, "Hooey. That sonny sure is a hard worker if he can make this much in just a few seconds."

Everyone kept seeing him appearing and disappearing all over the place. The crowd were seeing everything with wide eyes and their jaws on the ground.

Twilight look over the production and said in disbelief, "I don't believe it."

Rarity asked, "Whats not to believe Twilight?"

Twilight said, "Flim and Flam's machine is making 10 barrels of cider but here with Asura's help, we are making 40 barrels of cider in every 10 seconds!!!"

Everyone's eyes widen at that. Asura was really speeding up their work and produced more than the machine could. Both teams kept on making cider and when the time end, Mayor Mare shouted, "Time's up!"

Everyone stopped and took a break from their work. Well, almost all of the work was done by Asura. The crowd began to cheer for both the teams. Asura then appeared near Applejack who immediately hugged him and kissed him on the lips. The rest of the girls hugged him too.

Twilight said, "Thank you Asura for coming to help Applejack."

Asura said with a soft smile, "I will always look out for you girls. That is a promise."

Mayor Mare was counting the barrels made by both teams. The Flim and Flam brothers were relaxing on their couch as they thought that they have won with their machine.

Mayor Mare announced, "The winner of this competition is .... the Apple family!!"

The crowd began to cheer while the girls hugged Asura as he was the reason they were able to win. The Flim and Flam brothers could not believe that the apple team won against their machine.

They both yelled, "We can't accept this! There must be a mistake!"

Mayor Mare said, "I assure you that they won fair and square."

Flim said, "How can they win!? We have a machine that can perform work without any rest!"

Flam said, "And tell us how much did we made compared to theirs!"

Before Mayor Mare could answer, Asura said, "Its true that your machine work splendidly. A machine does not need any rest and work when it has been commanded. But you forget one thing."

The Unicorn brothers said, "And whats that?"

Asura said with a smile, "Family. Look around Applejack and see how many family members are here to help her. No matter how good your machine is, it would not be enough to beat a family."

When Applejack heard him say that, she hugged him and cried tears of happiness. The rest of the girls also hugged him.

Mayor Mare smiled at the scene a she look at Asura with ... something. She then look back at the unicorn twins and said, "As for your second question, your machine has produced 177 barrels of cider."

The unicorn brothers at least grinned at how much their machine was able to produced. However, their grins didn't last long.

Mayor Mare continued, "The apple team has produced ....... 798 barrels of cider!!!"

The crowd gasped in shock and Flim and Flam's grin fell from their faces. The apple team has beaten their machine by a landslide.

Twilight said, "This means Sweet Apple Acres is still in business!"

Applejack said, "Sure is." She then look up to Asura and said, "And its all thanks to you sugarcube."

Asura gave a soft smile and said, "And I will always help you girls whenever you need me."

Apple Bloom said, "Thanks to this silly competition, we've made enough of our cider for the whole town!

This made the crowd cheer in joy but among them there were two individuals who were looking at the human with interest or at least one of them did. The Flim and Flam brothers then left the apple farm in defeat with their machine.

Asura saw that and didn't want to let them get away. With the ability to make something like the machine, they would be valuable business partners. He was about to chase them but was suddenly tackled by a green mint unicorn mare. However, Asura didn't go down as he had his feet planted onto the ground. He then look down at the mare who tackled and saw her eyes was full of little stars. He as kind of getting a strange vibe from her. A vibe that said "Get the hell away from this one!!!"

The unicorn mare asked, "Are you a human?"

Asura raised one of his eyebrow and said, "Yes, I am. Who are you by the way?"

The unicorn mare gasped in shock and was about to say something but someone else shouted, "Lyra! Release him at once!"

Asura look who said it and saw that it was a cream color Earth pony mare. The mint unicorn that was Lyra pouted and released him.

The cream colored mare grabbed Lyra and said, "Lyra! Why in Celestia's name did you tackled him!? It was a good thing that he didn't fell down or you would have hurt him."

Lyra said, "But Bon Bon! You won't believe what he is! He said that he is a human!"

The Earth pony mare that was Bon Bon sigh and said, "Lyra. How many times do I have to tell you that there are no such things as humans. They are only in your head and nothing more."

Lyra said, "But-" Bon Bon cut her off and said, "Lyra please. We have gone over this several times. You have seen how the other ponies reacted to your delusions, calling you crazy and other things. Just let it go."

Lyra's eyes got moist and lowered her head in shame. Asura didn't like what he saw and said, "Excuse me miss Bon Bon but miss Lyra is right. I am indeed a human."

Bon Bon look at Asura in disbelief and said, "You can't be a human. Although I have never seen anything like you before."

Asura said, "That is because I came from another dimension. I came from a world that is inhabited by billions of humans."

Lyra and Bon Bon's eyes widen in disbelief. For a long time, Bon Bon could not believe Lyra's delusion about humans but right here and now, a real live human is standing right in front of them.

Lyra smiled widely and said, "Yes! I told you humans are real!"

Bon Bon said, "B-but how? Lyra only dreamed of humans."

Asura shrug his shoulder and said, "I don't know how Lyra was able to dream about something she didn't know about. However, I am real. I simply crossed into this dimension and now, I am living here in Ponyville."

Rainbow flew towards Asura and hugged him. She said, "Yeah he is. Where were you two? Didn't you know that Ponyville was attacked by monsters and we lost but Asura here saved all of Ponyville. He came out of nowhere and killed all of the monsters like they were nothing to him. You should have seen how awesome he was when he was killing them without even moving from his spot!"

Lyra and Bon Bon were shocked to hear that not only Ponyville was attacked by a hoard of monsters but when they were about to lose, Asura, a human came and saved them all by himself.

The rest of the girls came towards them and Twilight said, "Hello Lyra, Bon Bon."

They both greeted her and Rainbow asked again, "Hey I asked you both a question. Where were you two?"

Bon Bon said, "We were visiting Canterlot for a few days and then went to Manehattan and spend some days there. Then we came back to Ponyville today and saw the competition going."

Lyra said, "And I have to say that what Asura did with the multiple images of him was amazing! Are all of you humans capable of doing such amazing feats?" She had sparkles in her eyes as she stares at the human.

Asura said, "Well, not all of us are capable of doing feats such as the one I did a while ago. Out of the billions of humans, only a couple of thousands are capable to doing those kind of things."

Lyra and Bon Bon were amazed to hear that but there was one thing that needed to be asked since all the girls were standing closer to Asura and Rainbow was hugging him.

Lyra said, "Um girls. can I ask you all something?"

Applejack said, "Sure Lyra. Ask away."

Lyra said, "Um ... why are you all standing closer to him and why is Rainbow hugging him?"

The girls were confused at what she meant by that. They then realized and hugged Asura. Then Applejack said, "You see here that we are all part of Asura's herd."

Rarity said, "He is a gentlemen who treats girls with respect."

Fluttershy said, "He is very kind and care about us."

Trixie said, "He not only healed my wounds but give me back my magic."

Gilda said, "He give me back my wings."

Mellow Hoof said, "He freed my home from a tyrant king."

Zecora said, "He saved my life from a Timber Wolf King."

Lyra and Bon Bon were amazed as they hear what Asura did. Redheart said, "Not only that, Asura was able to cure Scootaloo's wing disease and made several antidotes for several incurable diseases."

Bon Bon look at her in shock and asked, "Really?" Redheart nodded.

Asura then said, "So girls, what do you all want to do now?"

Pinkie said, "Why don't we have a party!?"

Asura nodded and said, "Sounds good."

They all joined Pinkie and began to prepare a party at Sweet Apple Acre. Everyone were enjoying a good time while they drink the cider from the competition. Asura then saw that Fleetfoot, Spitfire and Redheart were walking closer to him. From their facial expression, it seems that they want to ask something.

When they came closer, Spitfire said, "Asura. There is something that we need to ask you."

Asura nodded and said, "Sure. What it is that you wanted to ask?"

They all began to shift uncomfortably on their spots. They look at each other and Spitfire look at him and asked, "Can I- no can we become you marefriends?"

Asura was thinking that is what they wanted to ask but he needs to know something first. He said, "Girls. I am fine with you being my marefriends but I need to ask you all something?"

Fleetfoot, Spitfire and Redheart said, "Yes?"

Asura asked, "Why me? I mean what do you all see in me that makes you want to be my marefriends?"

The three girls looked at each other and began to think for an answer. After a while, Spitfire said, "Its because you respect the girls."

Fleetfoot said, "You don't treat them like objects."

Redheart said, "You didn't ask for anything in return when you made those cures. Anyone else would ask huge amount of bits but you didn't."

Asura nodded and asked, "But Spitfire, Fleetfoot. Tell me. Both of you are like celebrities right?" They nodded. He continued, "Then you two must have several stallions coming on to you. Why didn't you choose someone from them?"

The wonder bolts members look down and they frowned. Spitfire said, "Its because we are celebrities that we avoid males who approach us for gaining some fame. They only see us as a way to increase their reputation or fame."

Fleetfoot said, "The stallions don't think about our feeling as long as they get what they want. One time, I thought that I found someone who love me for who I am but later I found out that he was only using me to further his goals. I dumped him after that and didn't look for any stallions."

Spitfire said, "The same thing happened to me a couple of time. Since I am the captain of the wonder bolts, several stallions just wants to own me as their prize. I tried to find the one who would truly love me but they all wanted the same thing. Fame. When I dumped them, they tried to beat me but since I trained myself, I was able to beat them and got away with a couple of bruises. From that day on, I and Fleetfoot have been looking for the right one to love."

Fleetfoot said, "Then you came. We have been reading about your achievements which we amazing but the one thing amazed us the most was your gentleness and kindness towards the girls. You don't treat them like objects. You don't order them around. You don't beat them. You simply love them and respect them."

Asura then look at Redheart and asked, "And you like me because I didn't ask for anything in return?"

Redheart nodded and said, "That too but most of it is because of how you treat your herd mates. They all seem to love you very much."

Spitfire said, "I would have to say that your type of males would be very rare in Equestria."

Asura raised one of his eyebrow and said, "Hoooo. Why is that?"

Spitfire smirked and pointed towards his herd girls and said, "The amount of girls you have in your herd is a sign of a great stallion."

Asura simply started at her in silence for a few moments and then said, "Reeeeaaaaaallllllllyyyyyyy?"

Spitfire, Fleetfoot and Redheart nodded and said, "Really."

Asura again said, "Really?"

Spitfire, Fleetfoot and Redheart again nodded and said, "Really."

Asura again said, "Really?"

Spitfire, Fleetfoot and Redheart glared at him, nodded again and said, "Really."

Asura smiled and again said, "Really?"

Spitfire, Fleetfoot and Redheart became angry and said, "Really!"

Asura was silent for a few moments and he said it again with a grin, "Reeeaaaaaallllllyyyyy?"

Now Spitfire, Fleetfoot and Redheart became red with anger and shouted, "Yes! Really! We love you! So can we be part of your herd!?"

Silence took hold of the air as everyone stopped. The party became quite as everyone was staring at them. Spitfire, Fleetfoot and Redheart look around and saw that everyone was looking at them. Their eyes went wide as they realized what they did. The look back at Asura and saw that he was chuckling at them. Their faces blushed red in embarrassment.

Then his herd mates gathered around them. They were also surprised to hear that from the three girls. Rainbow was the first one to broke the silence.

Rainbow said, "No way. The captain of the wonder bolts want to be in Asura's herd? Yes!"

Rarity said, "Well darlings. We would be happy to have you three join his herd."

Applejack said, "We sure are. I have to go and visit Redheart a lot of time whenever I got injured. Now we have a doctor in our herd."

Redheart look at her with a deadpan expression and said, "Is that the only bright side you see me joining?"

The girls begin to laugh that made them blush. Asura smiled and said, "Well girls? Would you mind letting Fleetfoot, Spitfire and Redheart join the herd?"

All of his herd mates nodded and congratulated the three new comers to the herd. Fleetfoot, Spitfire and Redheart hugged Asura and thanked him giving them a chance. A chance to find true love.

A few distance away from them were two individuals who were looking at Asura with interest. Well, one was madly interested with the human.

Lyra look at Asura with dreamy eyes and she was drooling too. Bon Bon shook her and said, "Lyra. Will you please stop looking at him like he is a piece of meat?"

Lyra said, "But Bon Booonn. Just look at him. Look at his well built muscles. Look at the way he treats his herd mates. Look at how he is scratching Fluttershy's ears and she is in a bliss like state. Look at how dreamy he is." She sigh and said, "What I would give to be held in those strong arms of his."

Lyra was madly in love with the human but unknown to her, her friend Bon Bon was also beginning to have interest in Asura. She too look at his well built body and his treatment of the girls. Bon Bon saw that he was not acting mean like the stallions here do but the opposite exactly. She will need to wait for some time before she decides to do what she and Lyra wants.

The rest of the day went by and when it was evening, Asura use "Superhuman Smell" to find the location of the Film and Flam brothers. When he got their sent, he use "Soru" to dash towards them.

After a while Asura found them and saw that they were sleeping on the machine's couch. He *Thud* stomp his leg on the ground that woke them up from their sleep. When they look who has disturbed them, their eyes widen in fear as they thought that the creature has come to finish them off for what they did to the apple family.

They both immediately began to beg for their lives as they kept on saying "Please don't kill us" or "We're sorry for what we did" or "we'll never bother anyone ever again" etc. Asura was beginning to become irritate from their begging and shouted, "Silence!"

The unicorn brothers shut their mouth with their hands. Asura sigh and said, "I didn't came here to kill you two. If I wanted you dead, then I would have killed you in your sleep."

The unicorn brothers understood what he meant. If he was able to come this close to them without making any sound, then he could have easily killed them while they slept.

Asura continued, "The reason I am here is because I am interested in your machine. Did the two of you build it by yourselves?"

The unicorn brothers nodded. Flim said, "We indeed build it by ourselves."

Flam said, "It took us a several days but we were able to complete it."

Asura nodded and asked, "How good is your skills in making something from scratch?"

Flim said, "We are really good in construction things from scratch."

Asura then asked, "So can you make anything? Say something like a metal arm that can be controlled with small wires running through it?"

Flam said, "Well, we can but we need to have a blueprint or something if we want to build something like that."

Asura nodded and look at the machine. He opened his dimensional storage and stored the entire machine in it. The unicorn brothers were shocked to see their machine disappearing in front of their eyes just like that.

They were about to ask where their machine went but Asura beat them by saying, "If you are asking about what happened to your machine then you can relax. I only stored it in my magic storage. Now, I need you to tell me where is your house located."

The unicorn brothers hesitated for a bit but answered anyway. After getting their house location, Asura used "Sound Orb" and sent them and himself towards Flim and Flam's house.

A while later, they all landed near Manehattan. The unicorn brothers were shocked to see how fast they got here from Ponyville. They then lead Asura towards their house which was in the outskirt of the city. It was a abandon building that looked like it was about to collapse from all the cracks the building had. Asura then pulled out their machine from his pocket dimension and put it in front of their house. Flim and Flam were shock to see their machine appearing like that. They then went inside the building.

Inside the building, there were several pieces of scraps, wood and metals. There was also a small place where metallic ores are melted, refined and then give a form. There were several things related to metalworking available in the building.

Flim said, "Well, here we are in our humble house." A wall then collapsed due to the cracks. He cringe at that and said, "Or whats left of it."

Flam said, "So what do you need from us?"

Asura pulled out a blueprint with a simple design of a robotic hand and gave it to them. He said, "I want you to demonstrate your skills to me by building this."

The unicorn brothers look at the blueprints in wonder as they have never seen something like this before. After looking over the blueprints, Flim said, "Well, I have to say that this is a unique thing we are seeing."

Flam said, "Yes. Something like this would take us a while to build."

Asura said, "I can wait. Just show me how good you two are."

Flim asked, "What would you do after we build this thing?"

Asura glared at them which scared them and said, "I'll decide what to do after you complete this thing. Now proceed."

The unicorn twins accepted and began to work on the project. They first melted some ores and scrap and refined them. Then they give them a form and from that, they began to construct the metallic hand. A few hours later, they finally completed it. They present the metallic hand to Asura.

Asura took the metallic hand and began to look all over it. He saw how great it was really. Such artwork and use of refine skills, the unicorn brothers were able to build something that was thousands of years ahead of their time. He even saw how the wires inside them were connected with the fingers and was able to move them.

Asura was satisfied with their work and will now proceed with his plan. He look at the two unicorns and asked, "Tell me. Do you like Equestria?"

Flim said, "Of course we like it. We were born in Equestria."

Flam said, "Yes. Even if were face some obstacles, we still love this kingdom. Why did you ask us that?"

Asura said, "Before I explain that, I want to hire you both to work for me and build more things like this metallic hand you constructed. You will be paid handsomely of course."

The unicorn brother's eyes widen at the sound of money. Flim smiled and said, "Well if you are willing to pay us handsomely, then we accept."

Flam said, "Yes. Construction something like that was really fun. I am looking forward to see what else you give us to build."

Flim asked, "So, can you tell us now?"

Asura nodded and said, "One more thing. What I am about to tell you, you two must promise never to inform to anyone about it. You two will work for me and for this Kingdom's future. You will be rewarded for you work." The unicorn smiled when they heard that but their happiness fell when Asura continued, "But! If you do anything that leads to a betrayal, then I will devour you both. Understand?"

The unicorn brothers nodded in fear. Asura then began to tell them whats going on, how an ancient evil is returning and what he needs them to do. After telling the whole story, Asura said, "So that's about it."

No one spoke for a while as the unicorn brothers took in the information Asura has revealed. Something is threatening to destroy Equestria and he needs their help making the kingdom stronger. Flim and Flam always tried to con others for their own gain but this time, an individual name Asura has come for their skills. Not for their trickery but for their machine skills. They are being asked to build something that will protect Equestria and will also be rewarded for their work. The unicorn brothers look at each other and nodded their heads. They decide that if they can help make Equestria strong enough to protect it, then they will do it. They will protect Equestria by working for Asura.

The unicorn brothers then stand straight like a guard and their face became serious. No more trickery, no more schemes, just pure determination.

Flim said, "We have decided that we will work for you."

Flam said, "If it means that our beloved Equestria will be safe from the coming evil, then we will for till the night in order to complete the projects you give us."

Flim said, "We will not betray you for anything. No matter what amount of bits are given to us by others."

Flam said, "It won't be enough to buy us. We are now working to protect Equestria and nothing will come in our path."

Flim said, "Even if it means our death"

Both of them said simultaneously, "We will still march on out path to Equestria's safety!" In the end they both gave a salute to Asura.

Asura smiled and said, "Well for your first order" he snap his finger and the old cracking building shine bright for a few seconds that made the unicorn brothers shut their eyes. When they opened their eyes, they were shocked to see that their the old abandon building was renewed. No more cracks in the walls, white tiles covered the floor, bright light lit from different parts of the house that illuminate the building, new furniture replaced the old broken ones. Their house was completely rebuild into something new.

Asura said, "Here is your first payment. A brand new house. I also filled your refrigerator with food. So go ahead, eat something and sleep for the night. I will come here tomorrow and will then give you new projects."

Flim and Flam smiled and nodded. They then went to the kitchen to eat something. Asura left their house and shouted "Jet Voice". He flew towards his house and arrived a while later. Asura went in and to his room but when he opened the door, he stops at what he saw. Gilda, Trixie, Swift Tail and Mellow Hoof were sleeping on his bed. They were waiting for his return but fell asleep.

Asura smiled and gently laid in the middle of the bed without disturbing them. When he settled down, the girls hugged him in their sleep. Asura hugged them and fell asleep as well. He has many plans for Equestria.

Somewhere Inside A Mountain

In a cave of a mountain, several shadowy figures were moving around in the darkness. They had green eyes and transparent wings. They wore black armor and were equipped with swords and spears. A lot of noises were going around that were similar to the sound of insects.

However, there was one individual stood out from the rest. This one stood at 9 feet tall, wore a green dress and had a slender body that attracted the eyes of males. She spoke, "Are the preparation ready?"

One smaller shadowy figure hissed and said, "Yeeeessss. Mmmmyyyyy Quuueeennn. Wee are ready."

The larger figure grinned that revealed two sharp teeth and said, "Excellent. Soon I will have all the food my hive requires. Soon." She said as she look from the cave, towards Canterlot.