I stood there in shock as Celestia revealed her knowledge of me being Ironman. And blush at that seven minutes in heaven thing. “How?” was all I could ask.

“It was easy. You really should have expected it. I knew you were gonna pull something, plus I was listening in on your interview. Your confession was all the assurance I needed when you said your armor was tech, not magic.”

“I really should have chosen my words more carefully.”

“Nonetheless, I am actually proud you chose to do good, even at your own self risk.”

“So you're not going to tell my parents or brother that I am Ironman?”

“Your parent’s, you’ll have to tell them if you wish, as for your brother… leave him in the dark. It’s wrong, but fun to watch him obsess over who you are.” She chuckled.

“Anyway, why are you here Princess?” Pepper asked.

“Well, I think it’s in the best interest of both the people and Ark’s that I should fund his project, under the table labeled as a regular technology development corporation. That line about the youth attaching to technology more did make sense, and I have noticed it. Who better to prove the council wrong about technology than that one who can evolve it.”

“Well that's great. Looks like Ark tech is getting off the ground after all.” I said as pepper looked at me.

“Ark tech?”

“Yeah, my tech company.” I replied.

“Agreed.” Celestia cut in. “So, how much do you think will be necessary?”

“Well the first suit only cost about five thousand bits in oricalcum and wireing but with improvements and corner cuts I could see it at about seven million for a tech company and secret armory.” I said calculated.

“It would be about eight million sir.” Jarvis said startling Celestia.

“My word, that… is that someone in your tech?” Celestia asked, looking around.

“That’s just Jarvis, he helps me with calculating and helps in combat.” I explained.

“That’s what I want to see from you Ark, fantasy made reality. I can send you the cash from my personal savings tomorrow and deposit it in your bank account without anypony questioning it. Just check your bank account tomorrow, it’s a surprise amount.” Celestia said as she teleported out.

With that, Paper and I went home without much else to talk about. The next day came and I did as Celestia said and went to the bank to see how much I now had… I felt dizzy… n-n-n Ninety million… HOW CAN SHE JUST GIVE THAT MUCH AWAY?! “Well Guess I should head over and start my company...how do I start a company anyway?” I asked myself.

A month later I started my small company in my warehouse and hired Pepper to basically be the secretary/vice president. And fourteen people to work at my for me. “Alright people first day and we have a busy week ahead we have been commissioned to build a satellite.”

“Question.” One of the female employees asked. “What is a satellite?”

“Basically we’re going to be the first people to launch something into space that isn’t a princess assuming the legend is true.”

There was muttering among them. “Such technology would take years to make, even with magic.” Another employee said.

“That’s why I spent a month working on this.” I said, showing blueprints for a satellite.

One of the other female employees, who stood out given her rather punk-rock get up, looked them over. “Damn, no rune spells or anything anywhere… Nice, show those mages up in Celestia’s school they don’t run the world.”

“We have a month to get the testing Celestia wants to prove to her council that Tech can fight against magic.” I said as the crowd cheered. “Let's go!” I said as they got to work.

A month passed as I made another suit of armor and work on Hulkbuster became underway as well as the satellite. “Ladies and gentlemen I present to you our first piece of work at Ark tech.” I said as the crowd cheered at the satellite’s completion. “Now the only problem is launching it.” I said as the crowd looked nervously “Don’t worry we are still getting paid, but we won’t get the full price till it's launched.” I said as the crowd looked nevus.

“Um…” One of the more quiet employees spoke. His name was Jurry Rigged. “I have a rather… insane idea.”

“What is it?” I asked.

“Well, we know that oxygen is what fuels a fire, more oxygen, more fire. If we could ignite the air and managed it to fire the satellite up rather than blowing it apart. Plus, burning air, which is recyclable, would give us a new project to work towards after this.”

“That could work, You come with me we have designing to to.”

Jurry Rigged followed my into the drawing room, where we make and improve all out blueprints. “S-so I was thinking of starting the explosion off small, then as it gets higher and further away it another one goes off, sending it out of orbit, but not into or passed the moon.”

“That could work.” I said quickly drawing up a design for it. “If we're lucky we can have it in two weeks.” I said

“The thing is that the shield containing it will have to be strong enough to withstand a 10,000 kiloton explosion. Perhaps a metal aly fuzion would be required. Mixing our usual oricalcum with other strong metals.”

“Maybe mixing it with Titanium would work.”

“I think we still need something stronger. Uh… maybe a way to ‘stitch’ together these metals at an atomic level would help greatly?”

“Hmm... Yes that could work, though, it would be incredibly difficult.”

“Not if we can manage to manipulate the atoms and rearrange them into what we need. A rather powerful and precise magnet might work, though it will take time to build, test, and make the metal.”

“Yes that could work though it might be another month to make the magnet.” I said.

“What if it’s an already magnetized metal, that we amplify with an electric one?”

“Yes...YES That could work.” I said, grabbing blueprints and drawing them up.

“The magnetized metal we get will have to be extremely strong on it's own before we amplify it.”

Two weeks passed as we prepared the final presentation at a remote location for the launch “Ladies, Gentlemen, Princess and members of the council I give you the first manmade object to head to space.” I said revealing the rocket and satellite.

“That will never work.” A council member muttered.

“Fire!” I said as an explosion rocked the ground as the satellite flew off into the air followed by another one and a few more till the satellite was in orbit “Neon Spark, check the signal.” I asked my Punk-rock looking employee.

She turned on the rather large device we set up to check the satellite and on the screen, there was us from a bird's eye view. “We have stable orbit, and it’s fully operational.” She confirmed, to which the entire council’s jaws dropped.

I turned to the head of the council giving him a smug look before heading to talk. “Ladies and gentlemen the Ark tech telescope will tell us what's beyond our little planet and show us the secrets of the universe.” I said as I turned to have the telescope show us what's on the moon. “What?” I said. “Neon enhance the signal there is something on the moon

She did as told and what we saw was surprising. “Is that a castle… on the moon?” Neon said.

“I’m sorry, but this presentation is over.” A guard said escorting the council members and press out of the room.

“Celestia what was that?” I asked.

She sighed. “Nightmare Moon’s castle.” She said rather nonchalantly.

“So the fairy tale is real?”

“Yes, almost every word of it.”

“What do we do?”

“You, don’t worry. I have a plan and it will go well. If it doesn’t, you know who to find.” She said, winking.

“Okay Celestia.” I said walking out.

A few days latter I was in my armor flying over the Everfree forest as that is what the old stories told where the Elements where. ”Pepper can you hear me?”

“Yeah I can hear you.” Pepper said.

“Okay I’m flying over the everfree if there is anything the book said about the elements it should be here.”

“I know Tony I was read the same story. Anyway, they’re likely either in or under the castle.”

“Okay and I see the castle, Jarvis scan for any form of residual energy.”

“Scanning found six forms of energy in the castle and one under the castle.” Jarvis said as I landed in front of the castle.

“Okay find me those energy signatures” I said as I got a layout of the castle.

“The six of the energy signatures are resonating from that tower.” Jarvis said.

“That must be what I’m looking for.” I said walking up the stairs to the top of the tower. When I got to the top I said. “Jarvis give me a energy scan of this room.”

“Scanning.” Jarvis said as I grabbed a small orb. “The object you are holding seems to resonate the same frequency that we are detecting.”

“Well that's good to know.” I said as I realised I couldn't just take these without messing up Celestia’s plan. “Pepper remind me how long till Nightmare moon returned?” I asked.

“Well, the next summer sun celebration is in a few week is the 997th and legends say that she will return on the thousandth so I’d say three years.” Pepper said.

“Which give us plenty of time to scan the relics.” I said grabbing the orb and taking it back to Canterlot.

A week passed as I built a machine to scan the orb. “What are you?” I asked looking at the orb, I had to return it by the end of the week as i wanted to make sure that when Nightmare Moon returned The plan that Celestia had would go off.

“Hey Tony you done with the element of harmony?” Pepper asked climbing down the ladder to my lab.

“Element of Harmony?” I asked confused.

“Yeah that's what the old story calls them at least.”

“Right sorry I haven’t really read that old tale.”

“But it's what Nightmare night is based on... Are you telling me you’ve never celebrated Nightmare night?” Pepper asked.

“I did once, I just remember wandering off and having my candy stolen by some older kids, I never really did it again.” I said as Pepper hugged me.

“Oh you poor thing.” She said as she kept on hugging me.

“Could you let go please.” I asked as she let go her face red as a tomato.”Alright.” I said getting back to the Element of Harmony. “Now how to unlock its power?” I asked before turning to Pepper. “Does the legend say anything about how to unlock them?” I asked.

“Well you could read the story and find out it’s not that long a read.” She said.

“I could, but I have science to do, plus you're the one who went to Celestia’s school for gifted mages so you’re the expert in magic here.” I said.

“Well I wouldn’t call myself an expert on magic.” She said as her ego flew off and started to fantasise.

I snapped my fingers as she snapped out of it. “Snap out of it, I need answers.”

“Right.” she said before she remembered. “There are six elements, Honesty, Laughter, Loyalty,Kindness, Generosity and magic.”

“Of course magic is one of them.” I said exasperated. “Anyway there was a seventh energy signature similar to the elements of harmony.”

“Thats weird, maybe it has something to do with the elements? Maybe we should ask Celestia.”

“No I don’t want her to know i’m working on this armor.”

“Why? She could help us.”

“Or tell us to stop and trust in her plan. Look I know she could help but I need to figure this out on my own.”

“Okay Tony I trust you.” Pepper said as I returned to my work.