A Search For Something More

Chapter 39: The Truth about Octavia Melody

3rd person P.O.V.

"You finished already, Doc?"

It's been two days since the Friendship Games, and the E.M.R. has been hard at work since Human Twilight attacked the school. Vinyl and Doc have been hard at work, adjusting future weapons and means of defense in Vinyl's basement. Currently, Doc is making the final touches on a giant machine that looks like a giant microwave with a large container, and a scanner plugged into it.

"Patience, my friend," Doc says, not looking at Vinyl as he tinkers with the machine. "We only get one shot at this, and we do not want to mess it up."

"I'm sure you won't, cuddle muffin," Derpy says, who is standing next to Doc holding a case of tools for him while he works. "You're good with all this tech and math...stuff."

"Thank you, dear," Doc says before he gives Derpy a quick peck on the cheek, making her blush before he goes back to focusing on the machine.

"Yeah, well, you better be right about that, Derpy," Vinyl says with her arms crossed. "After that other Twilight nearly destroyed the world, we need to be prepared more than ever in case something worse happens."

"But how do we know that there will be another magical attack?" Lyra asks while sitting on a couch with Bon Bon as they wait for Doc to finish making his machine. "I mean, what happened at the Friendship games was only because our world's Twilight found out how to steal magic and didn't know what was going to happen when she used it."

"That might be, but she still turned into Midlight Sprinkle or whatever the Rainbooms are calling that thing she turned into," Vinyl says. "And that drove her to nearly destroy the world. We can't take that chance to let the Rainbooms handle this anymore if people can take their magic and almost get eaten by man-eating plants."

"They were pretty lucky that Rainbow Dash was able to transform so that she could fight off those things without her guitar," Bon Bon admits. "Not to mention how all of them still had enough magic for Sunset Shimmer to turn into ... whatever she turned into to stop Midnight Sparkle."

"Exactly," Vinyl says. "We don't know what is going on with their magic, and apparently neither do they. We need to be prepared more than ever if anything close to this whole Midnight Twilight thing or whatever happens again."

"Funny how you're acting so hostile to the Rainbooms again despite helping Rainbow and Pinkie Pie with their music during the Friendship Games," Bon Bon says skeptically.

"Eh, what can I say? I'm cautious, but the DJ in me can't deny a good beat," Vinyl says, shrugging before giving Bon Bon a skeptical smirk. "Besides, you're the one to talk about acting out of character after you and Flash Sentry baked a loaf of bread in a cake baking contest at the decathlon. Seriously, you're all about baking sweets, and the best you come up with is bread with some sprinkles on top?"

Bon Bon blushes nervously and avoids eye contact with Vinyl.

"Flash never baked before, and he looked so cute when he was ashamed, and I wanted to help him with something simple," she says.

"And a loaf of bread was your choice in the middle of a big competition?" Vinyl ridicules. "Heck, even making Prench bread would have made more sense with or without those stupid sprinkles since that's like, the candy of bread."

"Now, now, let's not bicker about who did what during your school's competition with Crystal Prep," Doc says while still focused on the machine. "What matters is whether or not we can finally defend ourselves against this 'magic.'"