>"Hey! You two!" >What could you have possibly gotten into trouble for this time? >You and Scootaloo perform a synchronised pivot, and both end up facing the burly stallion. "What?" >"Your little frog contraption destroyed one of the trains." >You sigh and slump your shoulders. "I suppose I'll have to fix this?" >"No, that won't be necessary. You'll simply have to pay for-" >Yeah, right. As though you have money. >You push past the stallion and head for the train yard.   >Upon arriving at the train yard, you pick a train at random and take a look at it. >There's a hole where it's boiler should be, and the wheels aren't connected to anything except the axles. >Should be easy enough to fix. >You stare at the train for a while longer. >Mental drafts for all sorts of improvements skip about your head, before settling on one. "Scootaloo, fetch me some tools. And that jetpack." >"You got it!" >She dumps the jetpack at your feet, and you start pulling it apart. >Once it's been reduced to it's important parts, you start to build the train's new and improved engine. >This needs to go here, this other bit could be cut short... >Scootaloo arrives with some tools, and you start putting the engine together in earnest. >An hour or so of furious working later, and you have an engine. >Well, almost an engine. >Your design called for more lead plating, to keep the radiation under wraps, but oh well. >It looks like a tank had a head on collision with about fifty Tesla coils while travelling at the speed of sound, but it'll probably work. >You get Scootaloo to help you lift it into the place the boiler should be. >You fish around in your pocket for a bit, before finding a couple AA batteries. >Some of the few pieces of earth technology to make the trip here with you. >You slot them into the engine, and flick the switch. >The machine hums as it turns on, and an eerie glow starts to emanate from it's internals. >You hop out of the train, and beckon somepony over. >"What now?" "I've fixed this train." >He scoffs. >"In an hour? Yeah, right." >You frown at him, and hop into the train. >He doesn't think this train works, you'll have to show him! >You push Scootaloo towards the engine, and head towards the front of the train. "Scootaloo. Plot a course for Canterlot." >"Sure thing, Anonymous!" >She fiddles about with the engine for a bit before giving it a firm kick. >It surges to life, with lightning sparking through it and a loud grinding noise starting up. >A few seconds later, and the train suddenly flies down the tracks at about a thousand miles an hour. >For half a minute, you brace against the tremendous forces threatening to tear the train apart. >Then the train stops, as quickly as it started. >You take a look outside the train. >Elegant, Russian inspired architecture, lots of whites and golds, and a gaggle of unicorns gawking at the train. >Must be in Canterlot! "Yeah! We did it!" >"Yeah!" >You wave and smile to the gathering crowd, before you see what looks like the local law enforcement start to show up. >You're pretty sure that you've broken at least one law by doing this. "Well, Scoots, that's our cue to leave! Put this thing in reverse!" >"Can do, Anonymous!" >She fiddles with the engine some more, and kicks it again. >Once more, the engine rumbles to life, with lightning and noise. >Then the outside world turns into a blur of color for thirty seconds. >And you stop back in Ponyville. >You step out of the train, and pat the slack jawed stallion on the shoulder. "It works." >You start to walk away as the stallion heads for the train. >"How in blazes do you work this thing?" >Guess you have to do everything around here. >You turn on the spot and barge back into the train. >Whistling for Rivets, you set about making some handy-dandy pedals. >You tear a panel off the side of the train for scrap metal, and Scootaloo starts rearranging the insides of the machine. >When Rivets arrives, you tell him to fetch the paint. >"Rivet, rivet!" >What a great frog. >You remove some of the engine's safety mechanisms out, and assemble a plasma cutter out of them. >One of the AA batteries should be enough to power it. >You fish one of the batteries out of the engine. It's surprisingly warm. >Regardless, you slot it into the plasma cutter, and it sparks to life. >You hand the plasma cutter to Scootaloo and she starts cutting pedals out of the sheet metal. >At about that time, Rivets returns with the paint. >And only the paint. >Whatever, finger painting it is then. >Scootaloo finishes cutting out the pedals, and disassembles the plasma cutter while you paint them. >Each one gets a yellow paint job, and is then labelled appropriately in red. >Each pedal is labelled thusly; >FAST >FASTER >SLOW >STOP >And the left over pedals get the names of nearby towns and cities painted on. >Canterlot, Dodge Junction and the like. >You pick up the parts of the disassembled plasma cutter, and rebuild it into an arc welder. >You weld the pedals onto appropriate parts of the machinery, and upon completion step back and admire your handiwork. >It looks like some expensive piece of military hardware collided at high speeds with some sort of electrical device, and then someone welded a bunch of yellow pedals to it. >Perfect! >You disassemble the arc welder, and retrieve it's battery. >After slotting the battery back in the engine, you dust off your hands and walk away. >Another job well done.