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// Episode 4: Not My San Andreas Fault 
// Story: My Little Pony: The Mobian Era (Season 4) 
// by Mister E-Nonymous 
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Episode 4: Not My San Andreas Fault






In San Francisco, at the Golden Gate Park Archery Range, Cozy Glow was holding a bow and arrow, and Midpoint was helping her with aiming the arrow at the right angle.

"A little more higher," Midpoint said. "To the left." Cozy Glow raised the bow and arrow a little bit, and moved it to the left. "Now, keep your eye on the target." Cozy almost closed her eyes to focus on the target. "And... release." Cozy Glow then released the arrow, hitting the target. It hit the nine ring instead of the bullseye.

"Dang," Cozy Glow said.

"Not bad for your first try," Midpoint said. "It's all about concentration." He then brought out his bow and picked up one of the rental arrows. "Like this." He then aimed the arrow at the target. He then released and hit the bullseye.

"Wow," Cozy Glow said.

"You see, you have to keep up your concentration," Midpoint said. "Otherwise..." Then the ground started shaking. Everyone there started losing balance, car alarms were going off. Then Midpoint grabbed Cozy Glow and both of them went down onto the ground. After 10 seconds of shaking, the shaking stopped.

Cozy Glow looked around the place, seeing people running away from the park, heading off somewhere. Cozy then asked, "What was that?"

"That was an Earthquake," Midpoint said. He then looked around. "It was in your science class."

"That's what an Earthquake is?" Cozy Glow asked. "Never thought I'd experience one in person."

Midpoint then looked around. He then said, "I've got the feeling this isn't all we're gonna feel today."








At Freedom Fighters Mansion, Sunny was making a smoothie for MC, who was sitting on his Extreme Gear in a meditation pose, a blind fold over his eyes. The Young 6, Sunny and her friends and Mutt were looking at MC. Pipp was recording it on her phone.

"Okay, MC," Sunny said. "One Super Duper Mystery Smoothie. I bet you can't guess what I mixed in it." Gallus was snickering quietly right as MC was taking a sip. MC was checking out the flavor with his taste buds.

"Strawberry, watermelon, lime..." MC said, the last recipe was making Sunny smile widely. "...zest." That made Sunny lose her smile. "Paprika... Parmesan Cheese..." He then smacked his lips, leaning towards Sunny. "And Gallus dipped his toe in it."

"What?!" Sunny asked. Then everyone looked towards Gallus, who was darting his eyes from left to right quickly.

Gallus chuckled and asked, "Which foot?"

"Right foot," MC said.

"Which toe?" Gallus asked again.

"Pinkie," MC answered.

Gallus smiled, then laughed and said, "You are a freak!" MC then took off his blindfold.

Misty then came from her room, walking up to the group. She then asked, "What's going on?"

"I still can't believe that MC guessed all the ingredients in Sunny's mystery smoothie," Hitch said. "No one, even back in our time, has ever guessed every ingredient down to the tee. Not even Phyllis Cloverleaf."

"Check it out, Misty," Pipp said, showing the video of MC's taste testing.

"Ew!" Misty said, hearing the part where Gallus dipped his toe in the smoothie. "That's gross!"

"I didn't even think that he would even figure out that he'd figure out which toe of which foot was dipped into it," Gallus said. "And he guessed it correctly."

"It was impressive, though," Smolder said.

"Michael," came Nicole's voice.

"What is it, Nicole?" MC asked.

"We've got a problem on the West Coast," Nicole said. "It seems that an Earthquake is stirring up."

"An Earthquake?" MC asked. "Oh, that can't be good."

"What's an Earthquake?" Misty asked.

"It's a shaking of the ground that happens around fault lines," Ocellus said. "They can cause tremendous amounts of damage if the building structures aren't sound."

"And being in a city with tall buildings near a fault line isn't the best place to be if it's a magnitude of 6 or higher," MC said. "We better check to see if Lynol is okay."

"Good idea," Hitch said. "If there's an emergency going on, we should go there and help out."

"Let's get going," MC said. "Zipp, you pilot the Spirit of Freedom, I'll take the X-Tornado." He then headed off into the mansion. "Silver! Blaze! Marine! We're gonna need your help for this!"

Misty then headed towards the side of the house. Making sure that no one was looking, she brought out the necklace from under her shirt.

"Opaline, it seems that MC is taking the Freedom Fighter trainees to a place to check on their friend," Misty said. "Someone named Lynol."

"Alex Lynol, also known as Midpoint," Opaline said. "That annoying archer otter with the special tipped arrows. Always so confident."

"They said that there was an Earthquake where he was," Misty said. "Is that something we should worry about?"

"In your current location, no," Opaline said. She then paused. "Wait a minute. That's it!"

Back in Opaline's lair, Opaline was talking to Misty through the enchanted mirror.

"Ever since that otter's grandfather died, he left everything to that irritating otter!" Opaline said. "If we take everything away from him, he'll lose so much confidence and will never recover! It's brilliant!"

"How will we do that?" Misty asked through the mirror.

Opaline chuckled and said, "By having the worst kind of Earthquake in San Francisco." Then an image of Midpoint appeared from the enchanted mirror. "Say goodbye to everything you have, Alex Lynol." Then the image of San Francisco came up from the enchanted mirror as Opaline stepped towards it. "I may be an Alicorn of Fire, but doesn't mean I can't have fun with messing with other elements." She then fired magic from her horn into the enchanted mirror with an evil grin.

In San Francisco, Midpoint and Cozy Glow were driving through the streets of San Francisco when suddenly, a more stronger Earthquake started happening.

"Whoa!" Midpoint said, turning the steering wheel to the side of the road, making the car almost crash into a lamp post. Midpoint put the car in park and shielded Cozy Glow. When the quake stopped, he looked around at all the people on the ground, starting to go in a panic.

"That Earthquake felt more intense," Cozy Glow said.

"You're right, it did," Midpoint said. He then brought out his phone and checked the geological activity. "Whoa. The magnitude was up to 6-point-3." He then typed on his phone and he had connected it to every single radio station and mobile device in San Francisco. "Attention all citizens of San Francisco. That was a 6-point-3 Magnitude Earthquake. For your safety, evacuate the city as quickly and as calmly as possible." Then everyone started to get prepared for their evacuation plan.

"Wow," Cozy Glow said. "Everyone here is getting prepared for this."

"Most of the people of San Francisco are prepared for this kind of situation," Midpoint said. "Right now, we need to get back to Shadow Appliances."

"Isn't that on the other side of the city?" Cozy Glow asked.

"Shadow Appliances was started by my grandfather," Midpoint said. "No way I'm gonna lose his legacy by a series of earthquakes."  Midpoint then backed up the car and started turning towards where Shadow Appliances was and drove there carefully.








The Spirit of Freedom and the X-Tornado were flying towards San Francisco as quickly as it could. In the X-Tornado, there was MC and Silver in the front cockpit area while Blaze and Mutt were in the back cockpit. In the Spirit of Freedom, Sunny and her friends, the Young 6, Sparky and Misty were there. Zipp was piloting the Spirit of Freedom.

"Okay, guys," Zipp said. "ETA on San Francisco, 5 minutes." She then turned her head slightly to the right. "Hey, sis. You gotten any connection with Lynol yet?"

"Still trying to get a hold of his company," Pipp said. "But it keeps cutting out. Saying about being disconnected."

Then a holographic image of MC came in over Pipp's head. MC then said, "The tremors must've ripped apart the phone lines. No landline must be working in San Francisco."

Then a holographic image of Mutt came in next to MC's holographic image. Mutt then said, "Earthquakes are quite destructive. Hopefully, there's not too much damage."

"If an Earthquake can cause serious damage, then the best way for everyone there to survive is to head east," Ocellus said, looking at a science book. "Which means we're gonna have to help anyone trying to get out."

"Escorting people out of San Francisco safely," Gallus said. "Sounds simple enough."

"Not unless the ground starts to shake and starts tearing apart the bridge out of there," Zipp said.

"I'll keep that from happening, Zephyrina," MC said from a holographic screen. "My materiokinesis will prevent any more tremors happening. Meanwhile, Silver and Blaze will rush across the city helping with anyone who is trapped beneath rubble or by fire."

"Sounds like a plan," Sunny said. "The rest of us will help escort the citizens towards the bridge."

Then on Treasure Island, the X-Tornado and the Spirit of Freedom landed near the tunnel to the bridge. MC, Mutt, Silver, Blaze, the Young 6, Sunny and her friends and Misty got out of the airships. They went towards the city of San Francisco.

"Okay, everyone," MC said. "You know the drill. Rescue and evacuate the citizens. Mutt, you help out with the Equestrians. Silver, Blaze, let's do this." Silver and Blaze nodded. Silver then started levitating himself up and then he hovered quickly towards the city. MC and Blaze used their super speed towards the city. Then Mutt and the Equestrians started running towards the city on foot.

MC then reached the Transamerica Building. He then placed his hands on the ground, them glowing in a golden aura.

Meanwhile, Opaline was watching from the enchanted mirror in her throne room. She smiled evilly at what MC was doing.

"So, that pesky Prince thinks he can save his friend's city like that?" Opaline asked. "That's where you're wrong, Michael Crayton." She then used her magic to create a more powerful Earthquake.

In San Francisco, MC felt the force happening from the Earthquake that Opaline was creating. MC groaned in pain from the event happening.

"This isn't right," MC said. "This isn't the tectonic plates pushing each other. Someone's forcing the quake to happen."

Silver was hovering high above the city, looking for anyone in danger from above. But then, he heard the sound of a little girl crying out for help.

"Huh?" Silver asked. He then saw a building collapsing. On one balcony, there was a little girl reaching out. "Hey! I'm coming!" He then landed on the balcony and looked in the apartment, seeing that the door was blocked by heavy household items. "Okay, you're trapped. Is anyone else in there?" The little girl shook her head. "Okay, I'm gonna get you out of here. Wrap your arms around my neck, and hold on." The little girl nodded and wrapped her arms around Silver's neck. He then levitated both of them off the balcony and slowly descended.

Down at the bottom of the building, a woman was crying out for help. "Somebody help! My daughter is trapped in my apartment!" Silver then came down with the little girl.

"Excuse me, Ma'am," Silver said. "Is this your child?" The little girl let go of Silver and turned around.

"Mommy!" the little girl said.

"Suzy!" the woman said. She kneeled and the little girl ran into her arms and hugged the girl tight. "I was so worried!" The woman then looked back at Silver. "Thank you!"

"You're welcome," Silver said. "Now, head towards the Bay Bridge. That's where everyone else is heading." The woman nodded, picked up the girl, and headed east to the Bay Bridge.

Around Fisherman's Wharf, Blaze was running towards the area, putting out some fires just by snapping her fingers. Blaze then saw an Applebee's on the third floor of a building, and there were some people were trying to climb down a rope made of tablecloths. One boy was struggling to hang on, but he was losing his grip.

Blaze jumped towards the boy and caught him, jumped off the side of the building, and she released fire from the bottom of her heeled shoes, decreasing her descent.

"Be careful," Blaze said. She then used her super speed and brought down more and more people down from Applebee's. When everyone was out of the restaurant, Blaze looked towards the people. "Okay, everyone. Head towards the Bay Bridge. Keep heading East." The people nodded and headed towards the Bay Bridge. Blaze then brought up her left wrist and said, "MC, more people are heading towards the Bay Bridge."

"Good!" MC's voice came from the communicator. "I'm holding back the quakes, but it feels like these quakes are being forced to go off!"

"What?" Blaze asked. "How is that possible?"

"Unless Manic has found a magical set of drums that cause Earthquakes, it might be someone else's doing," MC said through the communicator.

Mutt and the Freedom Fighter trainees were escorting the citizens of San Francisco towards the Bay Bridge. One man, who happened to be Bruce Lynol, Midpoint's father and Cozy Glow's adopted father, was coming up to Mutt.

"Mister Lynol?" Mutt asked. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, young man," Bruce Lynol said. "Hey, you're one of the Freedom Fighters, aren't you?"

"That's right," Mutt said. "Where's Alex?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing," Bruce said. "He and Cozy Glow haven't come back home to evacuate." He then brought out his cell phone. "I've tried calling them, but the cell phone towers are all down. The last quake took out the towers."

"Shoot!" Mutt said. He then brought up his right arm. "MC, this is Mutt! Bruce Lynol is here! Alex and Cozy Glow aren't with him, and he has no way of contacting them!"

"Hang on, Mutt!" MC's voice said. At the bottom of the Transamerica Building, MC was still kneeling down, but his right arm was up to his muzzle. "I'll find him." He then put his arm back down to the ground. He then closed his eyes. "Where are you, Lynol?" He then started checking the city for Midpoint and Cozy. He then saw the two in Lynol's car pulling up to Shadow Appliances. It then went back to his face. "What are you doing, Lynol?"

At Shadow Appliances, Midpoint and Cozy Glow got out of the car and started walking towards the building.

"What are we doing here?" Cozy Glow asked.

"I'm getting my grandfather's legacy," Midpoint said. "I'm not gonna..." Just then, another earthquake happened, making both of them losing their balance, and the sound of metal bending came in. Then a lamppost started falling, and it landed on the car, the car bent down the middle horizontally. Midpoint and Cozy Glow looked at the car in surprise. "My car!"

Cozy looked towards Midpoint and asked, "What are we gonna do?" Midpoint then ran back towards the car and headed for the back of the car, and opened up the trunk. Inside, there was a spare quiver full of trick arrows, and an Earthquake Preparedness Kit Backpack. He took the backpack and handed it to Cozy Glow.

"Put his on," Midpoint said. "Head towards the Bay Bridge. Find Dad."

"Not without you!" Cozy Glow said.

"You go find Dad," Midpoint said. "I'll find you in the Patriot Arrow. Now go."	 Cozy Glow gave Alex a sad look. She then nodded and started flying off, taking the Earthquake Preparedness Kit Backpack with her. Midpoint then looked up at the building, pulled out a trick arrow, attached it to his bow, and fired it towards the window that led to his office. The arrow connected to the window, and it sent out sonic waves, breaking the glass. Then he brought out another arrow, connected a coil from his belt, and fired the arrow into the office. He then pushed a button on his belt and he was being pulled up towards the office. He made it in and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa. I won't let your legacy die."








The people of San Francisco were still evacuating the city, and Mutt and the Freedom Fighter trainees were helping with escorting people out.

Misty was looking around, seeing so many people were getting out safely. She then walked out of eye and earshot, brought out her necklace, and spoke into it.

"Opaline, the Freedom Fighters have evacuated so many people," Misty said. "So far, no sign of the otter."

"Good," Opaline said. "As long as that otter is gone, we've won." Misty then looked over and saw a  little girl, sitting down next to a building, hugging her knees in sadness. Just then, Misty then saw some debris about to fall down on top of the girl.

Misty nodded and ran towards the girl. As she was running, another quake was happening.  She was jumping towards the girl, dodging falling debris. And she jumped and turned in mid air, her eyes closed, just as a fire hydrant burst, spraying water under Misty as she was jumping and turning. Misty then grabbed the girl and carried her towards the Bay Bridge.

"Still got it," Misty said. She didn't notice that Pipp and Mutt were there, recording the gymnastic movement she just did. "Uh... how long were you recording that?"

"When you started heading towards the girl," Pipp said. "That was amazing, Misty!"

"That... was awesome!" Mutt said.

"Oh, um... really?" Misty asked.

"C'mon, we've gotta go," Mutt said. "I wish I had cell phone reception to post that on the internet."

That made Pipp go wide eyed in shock, gasped, screamed, and started jittering rapidly. She then asked, "What did you just say to me?!"

Mutt then started laughing and said, "Note to self, don't let Pipp near anywhere near places that lack cell phone reception." He then headed towards the bridge.

MC then looked around to see if anyone else was still out there. He didn't see anyone else. He then looked around with his mind sight to see if anyone else was in the city.

"Where are you, Lynol?" MC asked. Just then, his concentration was interrupted when a voice came to his attention.

"Your Highness!"

MC looked up towards the voice and saw Cozy Glow flying in place at a 60 degree angle from MC's sighting.

"Cozy Glow?" MC asked. "Where's Alex?"

"He's still at Shadow Appliances!" Cozy Glow said. "He said something about getting his grandfather's legacy."

Back in Shadow Appliances, Midpoint was at his desk, grabbing and unplugging his computer. He grabbed the power cords and stuffed them and the computer into a garbage bag. He then stuffed that bag into another garbage bag. He basically used 10 garbage bags to save his computer. He then headed for the door. No. Not the door. The window. He jumped through the window. Thanks to his unbreakable skin, he came out unscathed. He still had the bag with his computer in it. He then went down the stairs and then he headed through the factory, heading for a staircase.

He headed down towards the hanger where the Patriot Arrow was parked. Just then, another quake happened. This one was stronger.

"Whoa!" Midpoint said. He then kneeled down. He then looked up and saw that the Patriot Arrow was heading towards the edge. "No! No no no no no no!" He then started running towards the Patriot Arrow, but the ship fell off the edge, heading down to the shipping area on the ground, exploding. Midpoint looked over the edge of the building and said, "Not... good."

MC escorted Cozy Glow towards the bridge as Silver and Blaze caught up with them.

"The citizens of San Francisco have been evacuated," Blaze said.

"Everyone's safe," Silver said.

"That's good," MC said. "Cozy, go with the others." He then looked around, looking for anyone else as Cozy, Silver and Blaze headed up to the bridge. MC then used his mind sight to get a look at Shadow Appliances. He then saw Midpoint running through the building with his computer in the bag of garbage bags. He then saw the shipping area and saw Midpoint's airship destroyed. "Oh, no." MC then got out of his Mind Sight and pulled up his right arm.

In Shadow Appliances, Midpoint was heading towards the front door. Just then, another quake was happening, making him lose his balance. Opaline was watching this from her enchanted mirror with an evil look.

"Now, time to finish you off," Opaline said. She then used her magic to start a more powerful quake.

"Oof!" Midpoint said. Just then, his communicator beeped. He brought up his left arm. "Midpoint here!"

"Lynol, what are you doing?!" MC asked through the communicator.

"I'm not letting my grandfather's legacy die!" Midpoint said. "I'm gonna..." Just then, a really strong earthquake started going off. "Whoa!" He then looked back and saw Shadow Appliances starting to tear apart. It then broke apart, falling down in front of Midpoint's eyes. "NOOOOO!!"

Opaline was watching from her Throne Room with an evil smile. She then said, "Goodbye, Alex Lynol!" She then used her magic through the enchanted mirror.

Then another quake happened. Then the building behind Lynol started to collapse. Instead of falling straight down, it started leaning towards Midpoint. It was going to fall on him. Midpoint then saw the building going to fall on him. Instead, he didn't move at all. He knew he didn't have the speed to get out of the way, so he was going to accept his fate.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa," Midpoint said, closing his eyes. Just then, the building landed on top of him.

MC rushed towards the Spirit of Freedom and the X-Tornado, where Mutt, Silver, Blaze, Cozy Glow, Bruce Lynol and the Freedom Fighter Trainees were. Just then, he felt something. He looked back towards San Francisco.

"NO!!" MC said.

"What? What is it?" Mutt asked.

MC looked back towards the others and said, "He... He didn't make it."

"No!" Cozy Glow said.

"Alex!" Bruce said. Zipp and Blaze held Bruce back as he tried running back towards the city.

"Bruce... Cozy... I'm so sorry," MC said. He then sighed. "Let's... let's get out of here." He then looked towards the Spirit of Freedom and was surprised on who he saw laying in front of it. Midpoint was there, unconscious. "Alex?" Everyone looked towards the Spirit of Freedom and saw Midpoint laying in front of the Spirit of Freedom, unconscious. The bag that had his computer in it was right next to him.

Hitch ran towards Midpoint and checked the otter's pulse. He then said, "He's still alive."

"But... how?" Izzy asked. Just then, the sound of footsteps on metal came to their ears. They looked inside the Spirit of Freedom, and coming from the shadows was, ironically...

"Shadow?!" MC, Mutt, Silver, Blaze, the Young 6, Sunny and her friends, Cozy Glow and Bruce asked in unison. It then flashbacked to when the building was about to fall on top of Midpoint.

Midpoint was standing there about to accept his fate, saying, "I'm sorry, Grandpa." Right before the building was about to make contact with Lynol, a yellow flash was heading right towards him.

"Chaos Control!" Shadow's voice came from the flash. Time froze for a moment. During that moment, Shadow grabbed Midpoint and the garbage bag that had the computer in it, and Shadow rushed out of there.

It then went back to the present time. Shadow walked towards MC.

"You're lucky that I came here," Shadow said.

"But... why?" Cozy Glow asked.

"Terrence Lynol was a good friend to me and Maria back on the ARK," Shadow said. "I couldn't let his grandson die like that." He then grabbed MC's hand, and put something into it. "Take this and Terrence's true legacy back to your mansion. I'm staying here to help these people recover." He then headed for the other side of the Bay. MC then looked at what Shadow gave him.



Bruce Lynol then said, "I better go with him." He then started following Shadow. "I'll let you all know when things settle down." Then the heroes looked down at Alex, who was still unconscious.

Opaline was watching them with anger from her enchanted mirror. She then shouted, "NOOO!!" She then growled angrily. "Those irritating heroes have ruined my plans again!" She then growled again.

Back at Freedom Fighters Mansion, Midpoint was asleep on the living room couch with Cozy Glow sitting on a side couch, her head bowed and her eyes closed in sadness. Just then, Midpoint groaned. He then slowly opened his eyes and saw the ceiling. He then looked around and saw where he was. He then saw Cozy Glow.

"Cozy?" Midpoint asked.

Cozy Glow opened her eyes in shock. She then rushed towards Midpoint and hugged him. She then said, "You're okay!"

"What... what happened?" Midpoint asked.

"Shadow saved your butt," MC said, coming into the room. Midpoint looked towards MC. "You're lucky that Shadow got you out of there in time."

Midpoint then sighed and said, "Even though I lost my Grandfather's legacy."

"The business was never your Grandfather's legacy," MC said. "You were. It was always you."

"What?" Midpoint asked.

"You've taken your grandfather's company and made it into an amazing company," MC said. He then sighed. "Sorry about your home, though." He then pulled out some keys and handed them to Midpoint. "You and Cozy can stay the night. But tomorrow, you're gonna move into our beach side villa at Emerald Coast."

"Oh, yeah," Midpoint said. "I remember that. That's where you guys had that beach party before our futuristic friends moved in." He then noticed another key. "You're giving me a new car, too?"

"I know it's not your grandfather's car, but it'll do, right?" MC asked.

Midpoint sighed and said, "Yeah. Thanks." Just then, Blaze came in.

"You guys might want to take a look at this," Blaze said.

MC, Midpoint and Cozy Glow followed Blaze outside. They looked and saw Sparky running around, giggling happily.

"So what?" MC asked.

Hitch picked up Sparky and said, "Watch this. Okay, Sparky. Do it."

Sparky then shot out fire and hit a plastic cup on an outside table, and it transformed into a cactus. MC then said, "Whoa! Sparky has magic?!" Misty was watching from her room, the door slightly opened. She then closed it.

"Opaline," Misty said, bringing out her necklace. "That baby dragon has magic."

"What?!" Opaline's voice came from the necklace. Her voice then paused for a moment. "Wait a minute. If I'm going to be a powerful Fire Alicorn, I might as well have more fire to make me more powerful. Especially, magical dragon fire! Misty, I have a new task for you! Get me either that dragon, or the dragon that belongs to Twilight Sparkle! Their fire will soon be mine!"

MC, Mutt and Zipp were watching the recording of that through Zipp's computer.

"Opaline wants Spike or Sparky for their magical fire?" Mutt asked.

"Opaline did say she's an all powerful Fire Alicorn," Zipp said. "I guess with that, she's gonna be even more powerful."

"No if we get Misty on our side," MC said.

"And how are we gonna do that?" Zipp asked.

"We keep giving her a subconscious message," MC said. "Keep making her come to our side." He then looked towards Mutt. "Mutt, you still have that video of Misty doing gymnastics to save that girl, right?"

"Yeah, why?" Mutt asked.

"We're gonna send that footage... to the Representatives of the Olympics," MC said. "No doubt a representative would want Misty to represent America for the Olympics."