The Invincible Iron Manon (Part 1)

>You are Anon
>Billionaire playboy philanthropist
>In your dreams at least…
>In Equestria you’re just a really smart guy
>However, there is one thing that gives you purpose in the ruins of what was once a successful life
>Your armor!
>That’s right, they never thought it could happen
>They laughed when you talked about it
>”What will it run on? A water wheel? HA HA HA!”
N-no! That’s dumb and impractical!
>Your trash quickly filled with blue prints saying something about a back-mounted water wheel
>The cave which housed your creation began to smell from the lack of cleaning, your lack of cleaning, and the sheer amount of other…STUFF that was going into the suit
>Finally though, against all the odds, against all the speculation and ‘cease and disist’ warnings, you did it

>”So why are we here again?”
>”I don’t know. Anon said something about having something important to tell us.”
>”Oh, is it that thing he was working on?”
>”Must be. Either that or he gave up. Its been what, a month? How long can somep0ny last without light?”
>Soon they all shut up
>A bright pink light emanated from the cave along with sounds of heavy foot steps and metal hitting stone
>From the darkness emerged a statue
>No, it was walking
>”I-Is that…”
>”Anon?”
>The outline of the face on the metal being steams and lifts to reveal the same monkey-esque face they knew
Miss me?
>”Anon is that what I think it is?!” Twilight jumps to your side and begins examining the suit in detail
>She pokes it with her hooves
>You were no Tony Stark, but man, you worked hard on this and it seemed like it all paid off
You bet it is! And you all thought it would never happen!
>”Well its just that even Equestria’s greatest scientists have barely tapped STEAM power, let alon…THIS!”
>Her statement only makes your suit tighter as it fills with your pride
>Rainbow begins to circle you, eyeing carefully at your creation
>”A bit bland. It could use a dash of color.”
>A dash
>Hue hue
>OK, stop that now
Well its not like I can make paint out of rocks.
>”Just buy some then. You had to get the parts for this thing from somewhere.”
>Yeah, just not entirely legally…
>**The lady has a point, Sir. Perhaps it would be best to color the suit in a less harsh way. Imagine what other ponies would think of a giant silver monster flying towards them.**
>The ponies jump and look around
>”Who said that?”
Oh nobody. Just a AI that I programmed into the suit.
>They stare like a child does when their physicist father tries to explain why the sky is blue
Oh um…I put a fake person in the suit.
>There is a chorus of ‘ah’s
>The face plate closes on your helmet
[Good idea Jahvise.]
>Jahvise was the name of the AI
>You wanted to pay homage to the original one you had read so much about on Earth while still keeping yours separate
>**Shall I set a course for the rainbow factory, Sir?**
[I didn’t program a map of Equestria into you yet.]
>**Ah yes, terribly sorry for the mistake.**
[Don’t sweat it. Hey Rainbow, mind taking me to Cloudsdale so I can get some color?]
>The p0ny looked at you, visibly surprised that your voice sounded staticy
>”Wait, you cant fly!”
[Not normally, but you see, This suit has flight capabilities!]
>She eyed you funny
>Must not be used to science talk even with a friend like Twilight around
>”O-oh OK, sure.” She bends down, showing off her toned wing muscles, her…
>The suit become tight again, but nop0ny had complimented you
>It must be…oh. At least the suit is metal
>”Hey Anon!”
[Yeah?]
>”Race ya!”
>A rainbow streak shot into the sky and followed Rainbow Dash through the clouds
>Jets of energy pulsated from your palms and feet as you lifted into the air
[Jahvise?]
>**Yes, Sir?**
[Follow the rainbow trail until we catch up with its source.]
>**Right away, Sir**
>The display screen in the faceplate beeped
>A glowing white line traced from outside the lower right corner and zigzagged across the screen into the distance
[You wont lose me this time!]
>She wont be able to gloat about all the races she won anymore
>With this suit, the air belonged to you!
>Air whizzed by you while you flew
>It was nice
>You felt the light…in your eyes
>You could smell the breeze…though your face plate and just barely
>You could hear the birds chirp clearly though, at least that sense wasn’t hindered
>The suit really cut off most things
>You couldn’t feel anything but the cushions and metal, you couldn’t taste except for what was in your mouth already, you could barely smell anything which was bad because you designed the suit to cut off that sense, and so on
>Sight was the only thing that wasn’t dulled. In fact, the armor enhanced it
>Jahvise was proof of this
>For 3 minutes, you’ve been following the same trail Jahvise was displaying
>A very faint rainbow trail, invisible to the naked eye
>**Sir, I’m picking up a large life form on the scanners.**
[How large?]
>**P0ny sized.**
>Yep, Dash was close now
>You’d say you could almost taste it but that would be a blatant lie even if it was a figure of speech, and you didn’t like to lie
>Much
>OK, you lied a lot
>She was so close you could taste it

>You are now Rainbow Dash
>For some time, you had been flying as fast as you could
>Anon was supposed to be following you but you became worried and slowed down
>For a whole the skies were peaceful
>Suddenly though, you heard a buzzing noise behind you
>It was…Anon?
>He was fast!
>Really fast actually. He was catching up
>Fast…
>Speed up time! You flapped your wings even harder trying to widen the gap between you both
>He doesn’t let up though. Actually he moves faster
>The buzzing sound from behind you gets louder
>It not buzzing, but its hard to explain what else it could sound like. Maybe a…OH CLESTIA HES RIGHT HERE
>[Hey Dash! So, Cloudsdale is this way?]
Y-yeah!
>You cant even go much faster and hes not even tired!
>He doesn’t look tired
>Its hard to tell when hes in a full metal suit

>You are Ano—no wait. If you’re going to be in this suit, you need a new name
>You’re…
>You’re…
>AH HA!
>You are Iron Manon
>Rainbow Dash has stopped trying to outfly you for now
>Good thing too, your chest was starting to hurt from the power drain
>Couldn’t let her know that though. Its better to keep her pride at a minimum which in comparison to a NORMAL p0ny is actually pretty prideful
>After a awkward bout of silent flying, Cloudsdale came into sight
[Thanks Dash! You’ve been a real help.]
>ZOOM!
>The jets from your palms and feet surge with power as you zip by her
>**1000 feet, Sir. 800 feet, 500 feet, 100 feet, Cloudsdale has been reached, Sir.**
[Thanks Jahvise.]
>Sticking your hands out in front of you slows you down enough to balance out
>You can fly now, so you figure you should be able to walk on clouds now
>Down gently
>Gently
>Geeeeently
>DROP!
>Just like in the movies!
>Utter glee fills you as you fall, fist preparing to smash into the cloud
>The cloud puffs up around you as you make contact with it and land
>Wait no, not land
>You fall
>Still cant walk on clouds darn it
>The armor senses your fear and the quick descent
>It sends a shock through your system, waking you up and alerting you
[Wow!]
>The repulsers on your hands and feet fire to stabilize you before turning on fully to lift the giant metal hull housing the monkey
>**Alright there, Sir? You seem to have had a scare. My scanners picked up a sharp increase in your heart rate.**
[I’m alright, Jahvise. Thanks. You really saved me there.]
>Even in this suit, you weren’t invincible
>Something as simple as a child’s prank could still get to you
>The scary woods could still get you
>Damn it
>You shake off the sadness and fly up just beneath the cloud layer
[Jahvise, find the rainbow pool.]
>Your faceplate screen highlights a area of cloud in the distance in a faint blue
>Without fail, Jahvise led you to the pool of color
>Memories of when Pinkie touched it to taste the rainbow came into focus
>The colors stuck to her then, why not to the armor now?
>You burst through the cloud and came into the pool of colors
>It was beautiful to say the least
>The mask protected your eyes from the liquid light from flowing into your eyes, allowing you to see
>A million colors flowed around you like a rock in a river
>None of them mixed into some ugly abomination of a hue, the just…were
>You pitty the everything in Equestria, for they cannot know such joys

>Ponies working around the pool jumped
>Something just burst from the rainbow pool!
>It flew up and floated there, looking at them all
>It looked like a inp0ny creation, a monster of magic and mad science, like something a filly has dreams about
>3 pink lights glowed with warmth on the chest and the face
>It nodded politely and jetted off, a trail small trail of light following it

>You flew through schools of pegasi like a car in the bug-infested amazon
[Hey watch out! I’m flying here!]
>They narrowly avoided you as you spun through the sky and made loopty loops
>You’re Iron Manon
>You liked the sound of that