//------------------------------// // Farewell Wilma // Story: My little dead space // by Cone of Wonders //------------------------------// Isaac's now unconscious body fell closer and closer to the ground. Alarms were going off and explosions were going off over the entire station, some small and others enough to destroy several patches of already ruined buildings. Each explosion glowed a bright orange followed by gigantic booms loud enough to blow apart anybody's eardrums, even from a distance. However there was a bright side of all this, no more marker, no more death or chaos. Even the Ishimura, the hellhole in which Isaacs horrifying journey began, surely couldn't have survived the intense flames which ripped it, melted it and tore it away ever so slowly. If that ship had a soul, it would have been screaming for mercy. Soon enough, the last of the air had been sucked out through the holes of the marker storage facility. Isaacs air meter began to count down the seconds, starting at 210 seconds leaving Isaac three and a half minutes before he would suffocate and die. However as though something had detected Isaac, a light purple ball popped into existence right next to his body. This ball was no bigger than Isaacs head, but suddenly the ball slowly expanded. As it grew, it seemed to have some sort of gravitational pull as Isaac began drifting towards it. Isaac was unable to escape from the balls grasp it had on him, even if he was unconscious. It also wouldn't have helped that some sort of menacing laughter filled the empty void of silence. The top of Isaacs head had entered the portal, as soon as his whole head entered, the countdown timer immediately refilled and closed down. But Isaac wasn't the only thing that was being sucked into the portal, an unarmed detonator mine followed Isaac into the portal, then a broken javelin gun with two javelins within the ammo slot and finally a hand with some sort of blade sticking out of the palm entered just as Isaac's feet had been sucked in. The portal then closed, leaving to proof of its existence as the whole of Titan Station exploded and transformed into a gigantic fireball for a short amount of time before the oxygen free environment shortly extinguished it leaving nothing of the station in its wake. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PONYVILLE 12:00PM EQUESTRIA Twilight finished off the last of a daffodil sandwich from one of the popular restaurants in Ponyville. She smiled in satisfaction and rested her front hooves on top of the table in front of her and looked over at Pinkie. After being served five minutes ago, Pinkie had already gone through several different deserts, scoffing them down almost immediately, sometimes swallowing the plates as she did. Twilight shook her head, reminding herself to ignore Pinkie from... well being herself, and proceeded to pull out a schedule. She began to look though it as it listed her daily routine. Pinkie saw this and looked up at the book, half her face was covered in chocolate. "Whatca doing"? She asked innocently, leaning over the table to try and get a better look of inside the book. Unfortunately for herself, Twilight closed it just before she saw the page. "Just planning out my week. I've got a busy week ahead of me". Twilight replied joyfully as though she was looking forward to it (Which she was). "Ugh, you and me both". Groaned Pinkie who then pulled another book from her hair, except this one was three times bigger than the one Twilight had and was twice as thick. Twilights jaw dropped a little after witnessing the huge book and on top of that, surprised that Pinkie would have a schedule to begin with. "Wow Pinkie, I didn't know you were one for being organized". Spoke Twilight in awe, keeping her eyes on the titan of a schedule plan that lay before her, all existence of her own schedule became forgotten for the moment. "Oh but I am". Responded Pinkie cheerfully. "It to help me keep track of everyponys birthday, Nightmare Night parties, Hearts Warming Eve parties, welcome to Ponyville parties, B-". Before she could go any further, a few sudden cheers heading their direction caught her attention. And sure enough, three fillies ran up to them. One an earth pony who carried a trowel in her mouth, one a unicorn and the other a pegasus who carried a small watering can with supports placed between both the pegasus and the unicorn. Both adult ponies knew these three right off the bat and greeted them with friendly smiles. "Hi girls. Why are you in a hurry"? Asked Twilight, managing to tear her eyes off pinkies book at last. "We're off to see how well our tree is growing"! said the orange pegasus excitedly. "You're growing a tree"? Asked Twilight as her friendly face turned into one of confusion. "Well... we sort of grew it last week...". Admitted the white unicorn, pawing the ground as she spoke. "But seeing how ma family grows apple trees, I got this idea. What if our special talent had sumthing ta do with growing plants! And we've been workin on it ever since we planted it"! finished the yellow earth pony. Just then, all three fillies stood next to each other before yelling out. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS TREE GROWERS! YAY"! Catching everyponys attention causing them to look at the three fillies. The three small ponies blushed in embarrassment. "That explains the gardening tools". Thought Twilight. "Ooh, sounds fun! Can I come? Pleeeease"? Pleaded Pinkie. Anything or anypony who mentioned fun, she would always ask. After all, Pinkie was never one to say no to anything fun not even as a Filly. Once she had discovered her cutie mark of course. "Ummm ah dunno Pinkie". Muttered the earth pony. "This is official cutie mark business only". "awwwwwww...". Moaned Pinkie, slightly disappointed as she buried her head onto the table. "Its ok Pinkie". Twilight began, patting her soft mane. "I am practicing some new spells later. Perhaps you would like to help me with them"? Upon hearing her sentence, Pinkies head suddenly popped back up with a smile. "Oki Doki Loki Twili"! Twilight just rolled her eyes in response. "Well, see ya around"! squeaked the white unicorn as all three of them bolted off down the road as fast as their legs could take them. leaving Twilight and Pinkie to wave them off. However none of them noticed that Pinkies tail began to twitch as soon as they left. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUTSIDE THE EVERFREE FOREST 12:08PM EQUESTRIA All three fillies ran up to the tree line of the forest. They all then stopped in unison just outside it and glanced down excitedly at a noticeable patch of brown soil. Why they had chosen to grow their tree right next to the Everfree was unknown. "A'right girls. Ya know what to do"! Ordered the yellow earth pony as the other two shook off the weak supports. The can fell softly onto the ground and the two fillies did their best to hold it between themselves. One held the handle in her mouth while the other did her best to grasp the nozzle. The then proceeded and watered said patch of soil with every single drop the watering can held. Once this was done, the yellow earth pony began to pat down the soil with the trowel in her mouth, being careful round the middle as she did, and smoothed it out. Once she had finished her job, she spat the trowel to the ground and stared gleefully at the patch of soil. The other two fillies rushed to each of her side and did the same. Their faces were beyond excited, as though they were expecting the acorn to just suddenly sprout into a tree in one second. A minute passed, then another, and another, the three fillies getting more bored with each passing second. Eventually, the pegasus spoke up. "Hey Applebloom, I've been meaning to ask. How long DOES a tree take to grow"? She asked the earth pony now known as Applebloom. "Uhh... ah ain't sure. Ah think they're supposed ta take a few years at the least". "WHAT"!? each pony at Appleblooms side yelled with both shock and disappointment at this sudden bad news. "Yeah, ah guess ah forgot ta mention that part". Applebloom blushed, earning her a groan from each of her friends. "So now what, should we just give up on it"? asked the pegasus, gesturing to the patch of soil. "No way no how. Ah've seen ma sister take care of her apple trees plenty of times. And I know that with enough love and care, this acorn will become a big an strong tree". Applebloom spoke proudly, patting the patch of soil as she did. Before the other fillies had the chance to respond, a small humming was heard. It sounds soft but got louder. Soon enough, the surrounding area became engulfed in a bright purple light. All three fillies looked up as that was where the humming was coming from and spotted a purple ball right above Applebloom, several meters above her. The purple ball wasn't very big but it was enough to worry them. Each one had a different reaction. Curiosity, fear and protective. Applebloom was mostly curious seeing how the sound emitting ball was right above her, thought she did feel a small sting of fear. Right behind her, the unicorn was mostly afraid and hid behind her pegasus friend who took a fighting stance, ready to attack it if it tried anything, but kept back just in case. Soon enough, after a minute of the ball doing nothing other than drone the same humming noise, each pony loosened up slightly. But as soon as they did, the portal spit out several objects, each one unique in their own way. Applebloom managed to avoid them as the hit the ground with force and suddenly, a giant machine like object shot out of it. It was too big for Applebloom to avoid. Then all of a sudden, something pulled on her tail and she was yanked backwards just in time as the heavy metal object slammed into the ground, crushing the patch of soil. and even a few beautiful flowers next to it. Applebloom looked behind her just in time to see both her friends spit out a section of her tail before smiling at her, thankful that she was unharmed. Applebloom smiled back and turned her attention to the giant machine. The front of it seemed to have two noticeable slits on its head which let out a blue light which kept flickering on and off. Most of it seemed to be black and on its back, a small red light was blinking. "Oh No! Wilma"! Yelped the unicorn breaking the silence as she noticed the thing was now lying right on top of the soil patch and held one hoof up to her muzzle. "Wilma"? Asked Applebloom, turning to face her friend with a confused face. "Yeah I... sort of named the tree". Confessed the white unicorn. "I think we have bigger problems than naming the tree right now"! Interrupted the orange pegasus as all three fillies turned to see the so called machine starting to move.