SWEET APPLE ACRES...

There was few little things that caused Big Mac to tremble in life, the well being of his family, the state of the family farm, an angry Luna, an angry Applejack, an angry Granny, an angry Sunset, thinking it better Mac realize how much afraid he was of angry girls in his life, but right now the fear in his heart was for his beloved truck, an object that not only helped the farm to progress but that held an important sentimental value for the man, it was his deceased father's final gift for him and as such it was unreplaceable.

The care of the truck was also a very important part of this, Big Mac didn't let his beloved truck to the hands of any mechanic, there was an old timer who did know how to fix it and properly care for it and Mac learned everything he could from him so that he himself could do the fixings it required. However, even with all of that, there was just a few things even Mac needed help with, his father told him not to let pride or stubbornness to get in the way of a good job, ' If ya can't fix it then be a man and look for help! Ya ain't gonna lose anythin' for doin' it Son ', were his Pop's own words.

And so when Big Mac couldn't find the reason for his truck recent problem he turned to his girlfriend for advise.

FLASHBACK

AH have tried everythin' ah can think 'bout Sugarcube, yet ah can find the problem! ".
Big Mac said as he dropped down on Sunset's bed.

" Hm, maybe you should think about replacing it then don't you think, there's no use if you're gonna expend more money fixing it that buying a new one ". Sunset responded from the kitchen where she was busy doing her homework.

Mac flinched at her comment. " Ah, ah, w-well, ah suppose that is one option ". Mac became crestfallen at her suggestion knowing that in paper she was likely right but felt bad still for how easy she suggested the idea. Sunset remained cold and in silence for a few more minutes before Mac couldn't hold his sadness anymore.

" Ah think ah need to some time to decide ". He stood up from the bed and walked pass Sunset making his way to the door when Sunset hugged him from behind.

" It was a joke Mac, a joke! I know how important is that truck is for you Honey, please, don't get mad ". Sunset implored feeling guilty.

" Is, is that so? Ya got me good ". Mac turned around and returned the hug, caressing the Sunset's back and kissing her.

" Sorry, I took it a little bit too far, didn't I? ". Asked Sunset. Her hands both showing love and concern as she patted him.

" Eeyup! A bit too far for mah likin' actually ". Sunset felt a chill run down her spine as he spoke with a threatening tone. Her fear turned real when in an instant she was scooped off the floor.

" He-hey! What are you doing?! ". Mac lift her over his shoulder like one of his barrels of apple cider and walked back to the bed.

" Just 'bout to punish this bad girl fer sayin' some insensitive things ta me ". Mac told her first before slapping her on the butt to prove his point. " Aaauch! Ma-Mac? I said I'm sorry already! You don't have toaaaah! Hey! ". Sunset protested again when the same treatment was delivered over her ample rump once more.

Once at the edge of the bed he threw her in the center making sure she wouldn't get hurt then started taking off his shirt. " Mac? What are you-? ". He didn't answer, instead he just tossed his shirt to the side and continued by unbuckling the belt from his pants.

" Big Mac, I have a test coming up tomorrow! ". Again the big Apple man didn't answer, he just took off his pants. " And and, I have to work later today and I promise Fluttershy that I would help her with-!? ".

By now But Mac was just boxers short of fully naked, standing there with a serious face and arms crossed in front of his wall of a chest, seen him like that, Sunset gulped and felt that her arguments were a bit too weak compared with the pectoral muscles her eyes were glued at.

" Ok, maybe a bit of ' punishment ' won't be so bad ". She said blushing as she finally accepted her fate.

An hour of intense lovemaking later, both lovers were happily cuddling under the sheets of the girl's bed. Sunset hummed as she traced a finger over Mac's chest, she wasn't too happy that she felt that easily, but she wasn't going to complain specially since she was the one asking for more after the first 45 minutes.

" You know I was joking right? I would never disrespect what you consider special to you Mac, never ".

" Ah know Hon, don't ya fret 'bout it, ah love ya too much to let a snarky comment cause problems between us ". Mac said and kissed Sunset in the top of her head which currently rested in top on his chest.

" Hey! I'm not snarky, snarky is someone like Rainbow Dash! ". Sunset huffed and tried to get up Big Mac pulled her back to him and laughed.

" Ah'm jokin' too, ok? ". Sunset huffed again but didn't tried to get away this time, she just resumed caressing her boyfriend's chest.

The lovely moment of piece was ruined when Mac sighed heavily. " Still don't know what can ah do with mah problem ".

" Hmm, it you haven't found the problem doing what you always do why don't you try something new? ".

" Like what exactly? ". Mac asked a bit defensive of his truck.

" Twilight just invented a new program that can interact with any computer and do a thorough scan of the system and find problems with ease, she used it already with the security system of the school apparently and Principal Celestia was very happy with the results ".

Mac hummed as he thought about the possibilities of giving his friend and fellow math connoisseur the chance of tempting with his beloved vehicle, then one particular thought came to mind. " How safe is this... invention of hers, is not gonna blow like Pinkie's confetti, is it? ".

" Oh come on! Is Twilight where are talking about here, she probably has a full manual fmher invention, is not like she invent dangerous things and walks around with them ". Sunset defended her friend.

" Ya sure? Didn't she invented that huckity thingy that sucked the magic from ya and the rest and turned her into a hardcore emo chick? ". Sunset flinched remembering the Midnight Sparkle incident. " Didn't she also programed those crazy drones that were supposed to help Applejack with the crops and end up attacking them? ".

" You mean the Skynet Program? Yeah, that was bad, but I think she sold it to some guys back in the Capital and did good money out of it, but-? ".

" And what 'bout that she messed up with that Carly doll that scared Bloom and the other girls? ".

" You mean the Chucky doll? But that wasn't her fault entirely, who knew that the spirit of an evil criminal would be able to posses an electronic doll fused with equestrian magic?! ". Sunset was running out of ideas at this point.

" Ok, fair enough, then tell one single invention of hers that hasn't going wild or blown near ya or the other girls ".

" That was, well she, uh, that time... hm ". Sunset was unable to defend her friend from that one, so she decided to change tactics.

" Come on Mac! Give Twilight a chance ".

" Ah don't know Sunny ". Sunset huffed, but then decide to use her secret weapon.

" Mac, if you let her help you then, I'll give you a little... price ". Sunset used her most seductive tone and pulled down the sheets from her body to show him her breasts with her nipples still hard.

" Ya convinced me, ah'll tell Applejack to ask her for me ". Big Mac didn't even took a second to think about it, he turned to Sunset and placed himself over her, his eyes looking at her exposed breasts like a starving Wolf would look a cornered hare.

" Wa-wait Mac, I didn't mean here or right now! ". Sunset tried to protect herself from the hungry and lustful look Mac had now.

" Sorry Honey, ya know ah'll go crazy if ya show me yer apples ". Big Mac took both of Sunset's arms under his letting her completely vulnerable.

" Bu-but you just bit them a few minutes ago! I'm gonna be sore if you don't agaiaaaah! ". Sunset couldn't finish in time before Mac could take a taste of her pink rosebud. Soon after her yells of protest became moans of pleasure.

END OF FLASHBACK.

Big Mac was lost in his memories when he felt a pinch in his arm. He took a look expecting to find a mosquito but he found Twilight Sparkle trying to pinch him a second time. " Twilight? ".

" Hehe, sorry Big Mac, I was trying to call you but you didn't respond so I have to use a more physical method, hope I didn't interrupted something important there, you looked like you were having a fond memory or something ". Twilight said cheerfully, she was carrying a laptop on one arm and a big bag in the other.

" Eeyup, somethin' like that. Anyway, thanks for comin' all the way for this ".

" Not a problem Big Mac, I'm actually looking forward to this, my program so far has interacted with modern hardware but nothing like what may be in your truck ".

" And how had worked so far, any explosions or fires? ".

" No! Of course not, I tested it several times with my cellphone and my own computer and so far everything is safe... but, just in case, do you have a fire extinguisher? ".
Mac pointed behind her where the nitrogen cylinder and a first aid kit were ready for emergencies. " Good, not that we'll need them but, you know ".

" Eeyup, anyway, let's ". Twilight followed Mac to his truck, the top was already up and ready to be inspected, she saw the a workbench nearby and placed the bag and laptop over it, she then started taking out an number of unknown items, some were buzzing while others had left guts that when on and off in intervals of time, in the meantime Big Mac was becoming more nervous watching those objects that could be potential disasters ready to go off at any minute.

" Ah ha! Found it! ". Twilight expressed in success shaking Mac out of his internal worry.

" Is that the thingy that's gonna fix mah truck? ". Mac asked looking at the small artifact Twilight was holding in her hands.

" Yes, but first it's gonna make a scanning of the internal computer of your truck, let me show you ". Twilight opened her laptop and punched her password and then a few more commands, she then took about her cellphone and used the USB port to plug it in.

She kept tapping keys and mumbling to herself for a few minutes. " Alright! Program ready! ". She unplugged her phone from the laptop and then plugged it but this time to the small artifact.

Twilight showed her phone to Mac and started explaining. " I'm downloading the program into my new utility drone, I used a semi-nano technology to create a small repair drone that can reach places where you normally would need to remove or disassemble part to get to. Look, is coming online! ".

Indeed, the little artifact came to action, first a pair of lights appeared in the smaller portion of its body that give the impression of eyes, then from the longest part four pair of extremities extended from the main body, the thing then started moving up and down, its light eyes took a green color and a ringtone came out from the phone indicating readiness.

" Awe and behold, my last model of AI operated drones for better human development, Scrapper! ". The little robot now started moving, Mac felt the sudden need to step on the metal bug and squash it but he force himself to held back, for now, it wasn't his fault that Granny Smith almost implanted in him and his sister an animosity against machines that was only made strong when Twilight's drones almost burned the orchards down a few months ago.

" Ok, let's get this baby moving! ". Twilight said with a mad grin in her face. " Now, I'm gonna send command via a text message directly to Scrapper's AI ". Twilight quickly tapped in her phone and the little abomination quickly when Into action, it jumped down from the workbench and ran directly for the cabin of the truck, it used six of its 8 legs to move at impressive speed, almost like a real bug crawling away.

Soon the metal insect reached the lower part under the driving wheel where the connection plug for the truck's computer was located, then, from the back torso a few wires came out and dug in into the plug. " COMMENCING SCANNING! ".

The voice came from the cellphone and Big Mac recognized the voice of Spike, Twilight's talking dog. " So far so good! Scrapper is searching for the problem, with it's vast information in the model and year of your truck it will find the hiccup in no time! ".

Big Mac nodded in understanding, but he wondered if the little trinket could really out do a human in that regard. " SCANNING COMPLETE! VERIFYING INFORMATION...[
... ... WHILE BUSY, HERE'S A SONG FROM YOUR FAVORITES TO PAST THE TIME...

As soon as the message was over, from the phone a tune accompanied by a young male voice started singing completely out of rhythm, it was a love song that the interpreter obviously just tried for the first time.

" Hi hehe, sorry, that's Timber, my boyfriend, he sometimes send me songs to cheer me up ". Twilight said with pink cheeks and very awkwardly.

" Very thoughtful of him ". Mac responded while cringing internally at the bad song the other was was giving, still, that give him the ideas of singing something for Sunset next time they visit the Hub.

Thankfully for Mac, a ping from the phone indicated that the information was confirmed. " DATABASE INFORMATION READY, NOW PROCEEDING TO PHYSICAL CONFIRMATION CHECK, PLEASE, MAKE SURE THE MOTOR IS OFF WHILE THIS UNIT VENTURES INSIDE THE OBJECT! ".

The phone said again in Spike's voice. Twilight approved of the action and the little drone disconnected itself from the computer, it then jumped off and disappeared down the truck.

" Here Big Mac, take a look ". Twilight passed her phone to him, he saw the view given by a moving camera, it was dark at first but then lights came up and Mac saw the lower part of his truck, the underside of the motor to be exact.

The image moved again as the bot jumped inside and crawled deeper in looking for the malfunction, it was a strange sensation seen the inside of his truck through the eyes of the machine, as the robot did its journey Mac took mental notes of certain areas and parts he saw looked like they would need replacement or clean up soon, finally the bot approached what it was looking for.

" What's that? Is that supposed to be there? ". Asked Twilight, but Mac didn't even bother to answer as he too was confused as to what the drone was showing them.
A small blue orb that pulsed like a beating heart.

" Ain't that a, what-ya-mah-call-it? A glitch ".

" Hm, no, image is not distorted or affected, that blue object is there, inside your truck for real, and its pulsating with energy! ".

" Twilight, this is a 1960 Ford F-100 vintage chassis, it was almost a pile of scrap when mah Pa bought it for me, this truck, shouldn't have anythin' remotely advanced! ". Mac asked worried, has someone replaced his truck with an alien doppelganger? And if so, then where was his real truck.

" Should I tell Scrapper to do something about that? ". Twilight asked as she called her cellphone again, while Mac got his emotions in check, the robot scanned the blue orb.
That triggered something, the moment the scanning finished, the orb pulsed once more but also moved away from the invading robot hiding behind a small compartment that also wasn't supposed to be there.

" What's goin' on?! ". Mac asked in alarm as his truck shook, the light also started blinking and the cellphone biped loudly.

" I don't know, something is crashing my system! ". Twilight kept pressing the screen, Mac meanwhile felt useless as bis truck acted beyond weird. " What? There's another program hacking back my own! I'll activate the killer protocol! ".

" Killer what?! Is that gonna harm mah truck?! ".

" No, it will delete my program and take the invading one with it, your truck will be fine, I promise ". Mac didn't felt like believing in that moment he was now about to pull his hair out.

" GREETINGS HUMANS, I SALUTE YOU! I MEAN NO HARM TO YOU ".

Twilight and Mac froze when a booming voice came from the truck. They looked at each other to confirm that neither imagined the voice.

" YES! IT IS I WHO SPEAK, MY NAME IS HOUND, AND I AM, AN AUTOBOT! ".

" Mah, did mah truck spoke just now? ". Mac asked.

" INDEED HUMAN KNOWN AS MACINTOSH APPLE, I SPOKE, AND I KNOW YOU ".

" The truck is sentient! The truck is alive! Was it because of equestrian magic? ".

" NEGATIVE, FEMALE KNOWS AS TWILIGHT, I'M ALIVE THANKS TO THE ALL SPARK, IT IS WHAT MADE US, TRANSFORMERS ".

" Alive? Ah... Ah don't care 'bout that right now, where's mah truck! The one mah Pa and me spend so much time fixin' together! What did ya do to it?! ". Mac asked furiously.

" THAT TRUCK, AS YOU CALL IT, IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ME, I STILL HOLD THE MOMENT IN MY DATABASE MEMORY WHEN BRIGHT MACINTOSH CHOOSE ME AS A GIFT FOR HIS FIRST SPAWN, THAT, WOULD BE YOU OF COURSE, THEN LITTLE BY LITTLE , HE FIXED MY BODY, ALONE AT FIRST, BUT LATER YOU WOULD JOIN HIM, I ALSO HAVE MEET THE REST OF YOUR CLAN ".

" Wait wait wait, are ya tell me that all this time, ya have been the same truck me and mah Pa have been thinkin' with? Then how come ya never revealed yerself to us until now? ". Asked Big Mac still very skeptical.

" And more importantly what exact are you? ". Asked Twilight as well.

" IM HOUND! AN AUTOBOT TRANSFORMER FROM THE FORMER PLANET CYBERTRON, I AND MANY OF MY KIND CAME HERE LOOKING FOR OUR LEADER OPTIMUS PRIME AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ALL SPARK, THE ORIGEN OF LIFE IN CYBERTRON! THE REASON WHY ONLY NOW I'M COMMUNICATING IS BECAUSE FOR THE LONGEST PART UNTIL RECENTLY, I WAS TOO DAMAGED AFTER CONFRONTING THE EVIL DECEPTICONS! ".

Mac absorbed the information as best as he could but then something the thing called Hound said stroke him. " Ya said ya have memories saved from back when mah parents were still alive? ".

" INDEED, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS OR ITS SAID NEAR ME IS CAPTURED BY MY SENSORS AND STORED IN MY DATABASE, I HAVE FILES IN YOU, YOUR PARENTS, FAMILY AND... EVEN YOUR REPRODUCTION MATE, BY THE WAY, THANKS FOR CLEANING MY CABIN AFTER HAVING INTERCOURSE WITH HER, I APPRECIATE THAT ".

" Big Mac? What did it meant by that? ". Asked Twilight innocently.

" No-nothin' Twilight, just kept checkin' what's up with mah truck please ".

" Will do, I'm recalling Scrapper in the meantime. ". Twilight told him.

" Hey, hm, truck, Hound, Hound sir, do ya, do ya have files on mah parents? Can ah see them? Please? ". Mac pleaded.

" OF COURSE HUMAN MACINTOSH, LET ME ACCESS MY... WHAT'S THIS? MY, MY CORE, MY CORE! MY BRAIN IS BEEN DESTROYED! I, I, KAAAAAH! KI-KI-KILLER PROTOCOL IN PROCESS! AAAAAAGHHH! PLEASEEEUGH! SOMEONE, STOP, THIS, MADNESS! AAAAGHHH! ".

" Hound! Truck! Guy in mah truck! Are ya ok? What about mah parents?! Twilight?! ".

" I'm sorry Big Mac, the killer protocol is done, whatever that was is gone for good, I send Scrapper to connect with the truck's computer again and see if everything is fine, it should take a couple of minutes at most ". Mac nodded but his mind was still overloaded with the craziness.

" It's done! Wow! Big Mac, you're truck, you won't believe it, it almost like it has a brand new computer inside! It even has security measures and a recording system! I have never seen anything like this! Will you mind let me do some testing in you truck, I'm also curious about what the weird voice said and that blue energy ".

Mac didn't answer, he simply turned to her letting his emotions show in his face.

" A-ah, bad moment I guess, ok, sorry, I know it was kind of crazy and all that, I get you, then I'll come back later, when you feel a little better, ok? ". Twilight recalled her drone and placed took everything back. " I'll see if Applejack is back, ok, later Big Mac! ".

She left as fast as she could, Mac felt bad for making her feel unwelcome but right now he couldn't help it. Taking his keys out he got into the driver seat and turned it on, the truck roared like new, the previous problem seemed gone now, alone and melancholic Mac wondered just what the hell happened, was this another example of why you didn't called Twilight to help with electronic things? Or something else entirely, whatever the case, Mac still felt like he missed a precious opportunity, after some time passed he dismissed the whole thing as just another crazy event in Canterlot, there was a lot of those lately.

A few days after the incident the security system Twilight helped upgrade crashed down as well.

END OF THE CHAPTER.

Author's Notes:

Sorry, silly chapter I know but I needed it to get it out of my system, if you remember I mentioned this in chapter 20 after the Rainbooms and their allies defeat Adagio and Rawhorn.

Thanks for reading, always appreciated, next is the real follow up chapter to the battle against Emerald Breeze, then another PokePon chapter, until next time folks.