Captain Octavia walked slowly into her new ship, looking around in awe.

The sleek design, like a bird of some sort, the humming of the engines... the undeniable feeling that the ship was alive, which it could very well be, being of Minbari and Vorlon design, and the deferential looks given to her by the Minbari crew making her feel like she was dreaming.

She finally reached the bridge, where Vi'nyl waited for her with a smile. "Here's your chair, Captain."

"How... when did y—"

"When the portents of the Shadow's return were made known to us..." Vi'nyl interrupted, "I knew I had to use the Wubs to create a symbol... with the aid of the Vorlons we made it a reality. It's called... the White Wub."

"The White Wub..." Octavia whispered in awe, looking at the cello resting next to the captain's chair. "Is that..."

"...connected to the Wubs?" Vi'nyl asked. "Yes, yes it is. Do you want to give it a try?"

"Let's take it for a ride!"

Captain Octavia grinned and approached her seat when suddenly, in a flash of light a young mare with a slightly curved purple and pink mane and tail appeared on the bridge, sending all the present ponies and aliens into a panic. The mare shook her head and looked around, finally spotting Vi'nyl and Captain Octavia.

"'Tavi? Vinyl?" She asked, blinking in confusion as she looked around the bridge. "This place is pretty crazy."

Her movement revealed her horn to all present. "Are you Minbari?" Vi'nyl asked in surprise. "What caste?"

"Uh? No, I'm Sweetie Belle!" the newly identified mare stated. "Don't you know me? Guess not." She she closed her eyes and seemed to concentrate. "Hm... the fragment seems to be... in that direction!" She opened her eyes and pointed out the window. "How do you control this... ship?"

"Uh... with Wubs." Vi'nyl muttered.

Sweetie Belle blinked. "Wubs? Really?"

"I believe you are supposed to play an Earth Pony instrument to control the ship through intent..." Octavia stammered, still surprised by the appearance of this strange Minbari Pony.

"Huh," Sweetie looked up at the cello. "I guess there's no helping it."

Standing on her hind legs, and earning frankly bug-eyed stares from all present, since never, in the millennial history of the Minbari Ponies had anypony ever played the Earth Pony way, Sweetie Belle proceeded to frown and conjured up illusory versions of herself to the amazement of all gathered, since as far as anypony knew, the Minbari were actually limited to telekinesis... then Sweetie began to play along with her partners.

The White Wub lurched in space, which thanks to the gravitational fields inside didn't affect anypony and shot through space at a seemingly random destination. As the music played the ship jumped into hyperspace and sped through the cosmos until Sweetie finished playing, as she slowed down, they jumped back into normal space, and halted in front of a glowing, purple gem no bigger than Captain Octavia's hoof.

Grinning, Sweetie used her strange powers to somehow teleport the gem from outside and into the ship, where she grabbed it and somehow seemed to absorb it. "Well, that was quick!" She looked at the shocked ponies around her. "Well, nice to see you, but I gotta go!"

And in a flash of light she was gone.

Octavia stared at her computer screen for a whole five minutes. "What the hay did I just write?! That's not my fan fic!"