Super Equestria

by PonyofTacos

Out of the Forest

Finishing their gawking, the the Mane 6 started to descend down the hill they were on. Soon they reached the object of interest.

"Ok girls search the area around this thing for any clues as to what this thing is or where it came from," ordered Twilight.

So the group split up to search for clues. Twilight inspected the debris around her area and studied some of the metal pieces on the ground.

Hmm, she thought. Wondering if the pieces of metal had any unkown properties Twilight used her magic to conduct several experiments. First she tried bending and tearing it. It strained her to even bend it a little. Next she heated the piece up to see how it reacted. It dissapated the heat as if it wasn't able to hold it. Finally Twilight magicked one of the larger pieces and put it in her hoof. To her surprise it was lighter than an iron chunk of the same size. This metal is unlike anything known to ponies. It's extremely light and heat resistant. The applications for such material could be endless! I still need to do more tests. Who knows what else it's capable of!

While Twilight conducted her experiments on the metal Applejack and Fluttershy were discussing the identity of the red substance leaking out of the object

"Well what do ya think it is Fluttershy," inquired AJ.

"l I can tell you what it's not if that's ok with you," said Fluttershy.

"Go ahead, that'll take one guess out of the way"

"It's not blood."

"How is it not blood? Just look at it. It's red like it and flows like it."

"Please don't say any more," asks a slightly quesier Fluttershy.

"Ah apologize sugercube. Now, why is it not blood?"

"Thats why." She points to the spot where the liquid hits the ground. The spot is slightly black with small hints of smoke.

"Ah see. Maybe we should get Twi over here to look at it."

"Agreed."

Samus is blasting away at the foilage in an attempt to get a clear runway to get her speed booster charged. Her plan was to use this ability to shorten her time in this damned forest. Also this would be safer than just slowly blasting the way out which would probably alert some vicious predator. Usually she wouldn't do the speed booster run due to the fact there were energy and missle refill stations on some of the planets and she had her ship to fill those duties if there weren't any or if there wasn't a station for the weapon such as power bombs. Those she had limits on even when she had her ship, but now, she had to put even the thought of using them out of her head. Besides power bombs she also had to decrease her missle usage dramaticly. She always took for granted the 255 she had cause of how easily they could be renewed. Now she had to rely on the charge beam more to keep her missle count high. Finishing the runway she took a small break and meditated on the events of last night.

Shortly after the crash Samus inspected the inside of the ship. Most of it was intact except for the cockpit. The electronic boards and panels had electricity racing on them and she discovered that it had been crumpled up like a space pirate skull under her boot for about foot or two after hitting what appeared to be an ancient tree. She checked the hatch that led out of the ship. It was open and and found that there was a tiny space between it and the ground. Using the morph ball she dropped out of the ship and rolled a few feet and unmorphed. She checked the surrounding area as best she could with the limited light. All Samus could see was pitch black forest. The darkness made her notice something about her HUD. The minimap was off. She opened the map interface and was greeted with the message 'No data recieved from ship cartography scans. Open interface with ship navigation center.'. Samus let out a sigh. Now she had to find another way to exit the forest. Thinking of an unlikely idea, she used her space jump ability to reach the highest point she could find. From this position she could scan the horizon to see if there were any lights from an earth bound settlement. She found one off in the distance on the side of a mountain. She would consider heading in there if there wasn't a closer one. To her surprise she spied one a few miles away and out of the forest. Satisfied, Samus jumped down from the tree and decided to use her gunship as a safe haven to rest and formulate a plan for the upcoming day.

Removing herself from her trance, Samus took her position at the end of her runway and started sprinting towards the other end to get the speed booster to activate.

"Well girls, I can't help you with this mystery," said Twilight. "I have never seen anything like it. Even in the palace labs. I wish I had a few test tubes to collect some samples to study."

"What about mah flask here," asked Applejack after pulling one out and chugging it's contents.

"I don't know AJ. Seeing how it's affected the ground I dont want to risk a leak if it slowly corrodes your flask."

"Ah see yer point."

With nothing left to observe about the strange substance the ponies walked around the object to see what everypony else was doing.

"I wonder what's inside," said Pinkie staring at the circular hole in the object.

"Well why don't you crawl in and find out" replied Rainbow Dash.

"I can't do that. There's not enough space for me to crawl under silly."

"What do you think Rarity?"

"Well I think that the only one who would be able crawl in would be Spike, but he's not here."

"Maybe we can ask Twilight to use her magic to lift this thing up so we can go inside."

"Not a chance girls," answered Twilight as she, Fluttershy, and Applejack came around.

"Why not," asked a slightly frustrated Rainbow Dash.

"That would take up too much energy and --"

Her explanation was interrupted by a ferocious roar which was interrupted with a barely audible splatting noise.

"Maybe it's time to go."

"Yer probably right sugercube. Last pony out gets the lights!"

Everypony laughed and bolted out of the forest.

Samus skidded to a stop after breaking out of the forest. She inspected her suit to find it covered in what appeared to be blood, bone pieces, and bits of internal organs. Looking back at the creature she boosted through. It was large in size, covered in fur except for the tail, which appeared to be covered in a hard shell with a stinger, and cut in two. Instant death was one of the effects of the speed booster she prized. Gazing long enough at the gruesome sight she returned to the view in front of her. Clear blue sky, green rolling hills, and strange structures between the hills with small figures moving about them. With the settlement with a second chance at life in front and the forest with her past behind her, Samus started towards what she hoped would be the end of her troubles.