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// Chapter Four (Part Two) 
// Story: Star Trek: Equestrian Rescue 
// by Blake Skies 
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Chapter Four (Part Two)


Twilight and Trixie go into space, with Spike, to save Blaze's Carrer


When Twilight walked into the library, every one of her friends was all in her face within moments. The poor pony’s ears were inundated with questions about the human guests and what they were all about.
“Girls…girls…” Twilight shouted.
“And than I asked if he really did like oatmeal,” Pinkie Pie continued. 
After a quick moment of head shaking, Twilight spoke up, “Yes it is true Human beings have visited Equestria, and in fact their still in orbit right now?”
“Orbit, you mean they’re up in space right now?” Rainbow Dash asked, “How can they breathe up there?”
“And what was with those horrid outfits they have, I mean do they even know anything about fashion?” Rarity asked.
“And what about appearing outta no where?” Applejack asked, “Don’t seem to me like they’re very friendly if they go sneaking around.”
“Applejack’s Right,” Rainbow cut in before Fluttershy could peep, “If they can go invisible, who knows how long they’ve been here. We don’t even know what their plan is…”
“Enough speculation!” Trixie cut it, “They didn’t harm Scootaloo or any of the Crusaders nor Princess Celestia.”
“Yes, and from what I could understand, they’re a very non-violent race much like us.” Twilight spoke.
“But are you sure Twilight?” Fluttershy asked, “What if Rainbow is right?”
“Yea how can we be sure?” Pinkie Pie added.
“Well to Rainbow’s credit, my books have informed me that all legends involving Humans generally depict them as a very violent species. However I can’t really be sure until I actually go up there?”
“Up there?” Trixie asked, “Up where exactly?”
“To their ship, I think it’s called the  Evans ?” Twilight answered. Every pony looked at the unicorn with extremely wide eyes. “They did provide me with a device to talk with them allow them to transport me to their ship, but they did say I can only bring a few guests with me. So I’m sorry everypony but most of you will stay behind.”
The prospect of going up to meet the humans in their realm did not appeal to the others out right. They all talked amongst themselves deciding whether or not to go.
“Ah think most of us will,” Applejack cut in, “Despite all this I still have some farm work to provide.” Then Applejack left in quite a hurry without saying another word. 
“Yea and I have some pretty big orders to fill and Rainbow here is going to help me model these designs.” Rarity lied.
“I am…” Rainbow asked a little shocked before Rarity elbowed her, “Oh I mean I am right come on Rarity lets go.” With that the two ponies also raced out.
“Well I can’t come, Angel has to be fed and I don’t know what I’d do if he’d go hungry so I’m just going to go….if that’s okay.” Fluttershy said creeping to the door. 
Pinkie pie however was very bubbly about her excuse, “Well I’m not like the others I would love to go. But I gotta party to throw for our human guests and my talents are needed here not up in a space ship.” And then the pink pony simply bounced out a window, prominently opened by Spike.
After rolling her eyes at Pinkie’s famous randomness, Twilight turned to Trixie, “Well what about you?”
Trixie bit her lower lip deciding. Then the azure pony turned around as she decided while Twilight looked at Spike. His expression wasn’t enthusiastic but he did seem interested, “You know Twilight I normally don’t rush into these things, but being an Ambassador may actually be interesting so count me in.”
Twilight smiled, “Thanks Spike that means a lot.”
“Trixie will come too.” Trixie added, “Spike’s right, this does sound like a lovely adventure. And besides you’re paying Trixie back for that dinner.”
Twilight gave an unamused smile but still felt good that Trixie was already involved, “Okay than it settled; now I hope I can find that communicator because the ship actually is expecting me.”
“Wait you were going anyway?” Trixie asked.
“Of course, Princess Celestia thinks its best for me to go up there immediately, in order to determine if there actually is any real threat.” Twilight answered. Then she levitated out the star shaped, or poorly shaped like a star, combadge of the Federation, “Now how do I activate it again?” After a few moments of thinking, it came to her and she magically clicked, “This is Twilight Sparkle, I’m calling the Evans anyone there.”
A warm, feminine, chuckle responded, “This is Quells Ms. Sparkle, and we are indeed here. Are you ready to be brought up?”
“Brought up?” Trixie asked, “By what means? No spell can transport any pony higher than the clouds.”
Twilight waved her off and motioned for the three of them to get closer, “Uhhh yes we are ready to go.”
Quells laughed, “Get ready ponies, transportation in progresses.”
Suddenly every fiber of the ponies and dragon being felt like it began to move apart. The trio suddenly became engulfed by twinkling lights and energy. A soft humming sound filled the library along with a blue light. Before the trio knew what was happening, they vanished within the library and reappeared inside another room. Standing near a large podium was a tall human woman with long brown hair. Twilight remembered her from the castle, her name was Quells. A big smile was plastered on her face as she saw the trio stumble around on the transporter pad.
Twilight quickly looked all over her body to make sure every part of her was there before checking Trixie and Spike. Then Twilight turned to Quells and asked, “Are we…?” The unicorn’s voice was almost a whimper as she was still uneasy from whatever had just happened. But the ambassador quickly recovered.
“Yep,” Quells answered, “Welcome aboard the  USS Evans .”
Twilight stammered before taking a ginger step off the platform, “Umm…thank you. These two are my marefriend Trixie Lulamoon and my number one assistant Spike.”
Quells nodded, “My name is Lieutenant Commander Quells; I’m the ships ambassador and Quarter master.” Quells then noticed Spike and Trixie still inching their way around the transporter pad and with a chuckle, “Don’t worry every part of you is there. Trust me I was similar when I was first beamed up.”
“If you don’t mind Trixie asking,” Trixie whispered, her voice uneasy, “What exactly happened?”
“We beamed you up.” Quells answered, “You see the people of Earth have figured out a way to turn matter into energy. So what we did was convert your atoms to energy and transport it from one place to another. Then once you were in the new place, we reverted your energy to matter.”
Trixie nodded but understood very little of that. Twilight however was completely beside herself with what Quells just said, “Oh wow, it’s almost like how we unicorns transport ourselves, see we…”
But just then a loud beep interrupted the unicorn, “Johnson to transporter room three what’s the status of our ambassador?”
Quells taped her combadge, “Quells here Admiral, the Ambassador is transporting up now, I was about to give her the grand tour.”
“You’re going to have to belay that Quells I need her up in my ready room soonest.” Blaze answered disengaging the conversation.
Quells rolled her eyes. “Aye Admiral, I’m sorry my little ponies but you’re going to have to join me.”
Twilight and Trixie nodded as they clambered off the transporter pad. Spike however stood for another second before following suit. Quells then led the trio into a long hallway that was brightly lit. “Where exactly are we off to if you don’t mind me asking?” Twilight asked.
“Deck one, the bridge of the ship. Apparently Blaze needs to see your party immediately.” Quells answered.
“Why the rush?” Spike asked.
“I have a hunch, but I’d rather not speculate,” Quells answered.
“So how big is this ship actually?” Trixie asked.
“There are thirty five decks exactly, but if you want exact length the  Evans  is about 878 meters long bow to stern.” Quells answered, “I’ll give you the full tour once Blaze is finished speaking with you.”
The trio all looked at each other with impressed looks on their faces. As they continued to walk through the hallway, Quells was quick to answer any questions they may have had.
“So you didn’t mention yourself when you spoke of humanity, pardon Trixie’s bluntness but you look like a human.” Trixie asked.
“Well I’m not,” Quells answered with a smile, “This form was the one I took when I was…well when I left my people. You see I am actually a Q, a race of omnipotent beings that sort of…actually let me just leave it as we’re omnipotent. I’m one of the many non-human races aboard this ship.”
“Right because Earth is a part of a coalition of races?” Twilight asked as they approached a set of doors. The doors then opened and the quartet stepped into an enclosed round room. 
“Exactly, it’s called the United Federation of Planets, more commonly known as the Federation.” Quells answered as the doors closed, “Bridge.”
The room then shook for a moment to the trio as they felt the floor moving. Twilight looked up at Quells, “Is this an elevator?”
“More advanced version of one, we call it a turbolift.” Quells answered. 
“This ship is absolutely amazing, much more interesting than the dirigibles we ponies operate.” Twilight commented still very wide eyed, “Much faster too I presume.”
“Oh yes, at top speed this ship can hit Warp 14 or 14 times faster than the speed of light.” Quells promoted.
“And Rainbow Dash didn’t want to come.” Spike snickered.
Just then the turbolift stopped and the doors opened onto a large room with three levels. The quartet exited and Quells spoke, “And this is the bridge, the primary nerve center of the ship. But more later, please follow me.”
Twilight was amazed at the variety of individuals on the bridge; she recognized the blue and brown skinned creatures as Lotar the Reman and Thatok the Klingon. However she saw a figure totally dressed in a suit with a helmet that had a long nose along with another human like being with ridges on his nose. Sitting at what she assumed was the captain’s chair was another human with pointed ears. She also saw a female variant of the pointed eared human sitting next to a green skinned one. 
Before she reached the room Quells was taking her too, she also saw a human with black pieces of technology all over her. One of them covered her eye, almost like an eye patch but this had a red light next to it. That sight made Twilight shudder a bit.
Just then Quells walked into an adjacent room and spoke, “Admiral your ambassador and her party are here.”
Twilight spotted Vice Admiral Blaze Johnson who was smiling, “Ah perfect timing, send them in.”
Quells stepped back and whispered, “Okay ponies I’ll be right outside, good luck.”
Twilight nodded before leading Trixie and Spike into the room. Twilight instantly noticed a female human sitting across from Blaze. She had long red hair that was tied back in a bun and a completely shocked expression on her face. The woman wore a coat similar to Blaze’s but this one had a black base with grey shoulder patches and a red collar. 
Twilight didn’t know who the woman was, but she still had to introduce herself, “Hello my name is Twilight Sparkle, ambassador to Princess Celestia and the ponies of Equestria. And this is my number one assistant Spike and my marefriend Trixie Lulamoon.”
The woman leaned back in her chair, a shocked smile on her face. “Well, this defiantly changes things.” She said.
Blaze nodded with an amused smile, “Twilight would you please have a seat.” He motioned to a chair next to the woman. 
Twilight nodded and walked over to the chair. After hopping up, Twilight turned around and took a seat. Trixie and Spike walked over to the couches and sat down, keeping an eye on Twilight. 
“This is Fleet Admiral Kathryn Janeway,” Blaze introduced, “She’s here to oversee First Contact.”
“What?” Janeway asked a little unsure. Blaze winked and she instantly understood, “Oh yes right I am, a pleasure to meet you Miss Sparkle.”
Twilight nodded, “The pleasure is mine.” 

After about an hour of endless conversation, Twilight had informed Janeway of all that Blaze wanted her to. The primary saving points were when Twilight began speaking of the ponies arrival with the preservers. Blaze kept his focus upon the Fleet Admiral and grinned as she became more and more intrigued. Pretty soon Twilight and Janeway were finished conversing and Blaze jumped in.
“Thank you Twilight, but if you wouldn’t mind I need to speak with Admiral Janeway for a bit.” Blaze answered.
Twilight nodded before rising from the chair and leading her party out of Blaze’s ready room. But before she left Blaze added, “I’ll give you the grand tour in a few moments.”
Twilight gave Blaze an appreciatory smile before the door closed.
With a very amused smile Blaze looked back at Kathryn, “Well did I get lucky or didn’t I?” 
“I must admit, I wish I’d seen this planet when I was a little girl.” Janeway answered, “It’s absolutely amazing how those ponies built their society. Even more that every mythical creature we humans know is myth is on this planet.”
“Crazy isn’t it.” Blaze agreed.
“I must admit Blaze you found a gem here. Okay I’ll send my report to Starfleet Command though I doubt you’ll have little to worry about.” Janeway said rising to her feet. 
Blaze also rose up to escort the Admiral out. “Aren’t you going to stay? Apparently theirs a party going to be thrown soon.”
“No I think I’ll let you handle this one.” Janeway answered.