Exceedingly Unlikely Plot Arc by SpinelStride
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"Lero, you don't have to do this!" Rainbow Dash begged. "There has to be some other way. Something!"
Lero bent down to hug her, but pried her forelegs off of his waist when he was done. "We both know I'm the only one who can do it, Rainbow." He sighed, looking up. A purple star beamed in the sky.
"She got up there, she can get down!" Rainbow Dash insisted. "Lero, this is me we're talking about here, and I'M telling you this is insanely way too crazy dangerous!"
Lero kept trying to pry himself free. "Rainbow, Princess Luna explained all this. Unicorn-style magic doesn't extend above the atmosphere, and astral magic doesn't do any good when your body's physically up there. That's why Luna didn't just teleport back to Equestria when Celestia bound Nightmare Moon there in the first place; Luna's physical body was stuck until that thousand-year conjunction let her access Equestria's unicorn magic. Twilight teleported herself up there, but she can't teleport back down. And there's no air for her to flap her wings against, so she can't fly either."
Rainbow Dash let go, reluctantly, but pointed at the massive metal edifice Lero was about to enter. "But Lero! You can't seriously tell me you think that thing is going to get you safely up there and back! At least let me fly it! Nopony can fly like I can and you know it!"
Lero kissed her firmly. "Outside of magic. Twilight's an alicorn and that lets her stay aware. You aren't. You'd be drooling on the control panels and floating around the cabin."
Rainbow Dash outright whimpered. "But... Lero, how the hay did Applebloom even make that thing?"
Lero smiled at his mare. "Apparently she got her cutie mark in rocket science. Who knew? The first apple-powered spacecraft ever." He pulled his helmet on and started climbing the gantry. "Hold on, Twilight! I'm coming for you!"
Up in orbit, Twilight sighed into the vacuum and swore once again to never answer an "Is it possible for an alicorn?" question with "Let's find out."
A rocket powered by apples!?
Now I've seen it all.
You know that things are bad when Lero has to use a rocket built by the CMC.
Ugh...Twilight...
It really sounds like Twilight to teleport on orbit just to see if she can, or RD is rubbing off her.
Damnit Twilight, curiosity killed the alicorn!
It's so stupid that it's brilliant.
This one was an awful lot of fun to write.
You silly, silly pony. Of course you go the extra step to satisfy your madness.
Haha! I would love to see what happens next,
Ah, it's Our First Steps, the ultra-abridged version. That story would have gone a lot quicker if they'd thought to stuff apples in their rocket. :)
"Let's find out" is possibly the second most dangerous thing anyone can say anywhere next to that most dangerous of all things not to say; "What's the worst that could happen?". Though there are some who believe the saying "What could possibly go wrong?" is far worse but they're a bunch of doody heads.
2996245 Here's another dangerous thing to hear. "Hey! Watch THIS!"
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Heh! I hadn't seen that one. I think 200,000 words might have been a little long to put up as a oneshot, though.
Twilight is this you
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2996245 Rainbow Dash traded smirks with her Alicorn herd-mate. "Princess Twilight, how many licks does it take to get to the tasty center of a Lero-pop?"
Twilight licked her lips. "Let's find out."
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You forget "Hey, hold my beer."
~Hearn
damn it twi -.- go lero! xD
sudden jump to rocket science for ponies,yyaaaay
Ground Control to Major Lero