My these creatures were pushy! At least the yellow and the pink one were kinder and just walked with me making these funny noises with their little mouths. I giggled a bit and shook my head, "Sorry little ones, I still can't understand you. I'm happy that you try to talk to me at least" I said while petting the pink one. She just smiled and started yapping at high speed, at which I laughed again. I liked the pink one.
At my backside the lavender one was trying to be gentle while pushing me through some kind of path and failing to do so. It was obvious that they wanted me to follow them but they must learn a bit of how to guide someone when they don't know what they are saying! By the sun and stars my rump was achy after all that continuous pushing. I was just enjoying the forest...
Still I wasn't mad. No, I was ecstatic! They were so much like me and my son! The same number of limbs... more or less, the same body type and even the same two eyes! Well... the lavender one was the only one that was like me but the other were pretty close too.
They were talking among themselves and stealing quick glances towards me from time to time. I just smiled at them, and tried to look around for more plants and animals to look at. I saw a patch of pretty plants with strange blue leaves making a bulbous form at the top, but all of them stopped me with worried sounds and looks so I sighed and continued to walk with them. Now that I think about it... there were many of those strange plants with leaves of many colors and smells. I had never seen such a thing back home... the same with the ever-present plants with little but pointy leaves that sprouted from the ground. It was all so alien and fascinating...
We found another quadruped creature, this time with a striped pattern that sounded quite melodic while talking in their funny language. She looked at me surpried and bowed, murmuring something to the ground and offering me some kind of plant. I smiled and ate it, saying a polite "Thank you" to her, which looked to be pleased with it even if she didn't seem to understand the words but the meaning behind them. Maybe the small hug I gave her also helped to translate the words. The plant tasted as delicious as it looked.
The striped one talked a bit with the others while I was just petting one of the little feathery creatures that were at the top of my head, traveling with me. It chirped something at which its parter on my head replied, making a melodic conversation between them. Not a day here and I'm already marveled by these new creatures. I'm liking this 'vacation' thing!
But the time to depart arrived too soon and we bid our farewells to the stripped one, and again she looked quite pleased to see me and bowed. She probably thought I was family to the warden of this planet and wanted to pay me respects. I just smiled and waved at her, a gesture that transcended space and time since she seemed to understand it and waved back at me. Another mile, another friend.
The lavender one was quiet during the rest of our trip, looking at me with a thoughtful expression on her face. "You are going to get all wrinkly if you keep that face" I said to her while laughing a bit, at which she just looked confused and embarrased, choosing to look forward and talk to her friends. The Pink one said something and giggled with me. Maybe she understood the meaning of my words? Definitely I liked the pink one.
Twilight was a bit stressed because of the recent developments with Zecora and the strange alicorn. For what her zebra friend said, the alicorn transmitted a pretty strong aura of calmness and she was probably 'bonded' with all the natural world... which made her the main cause of the Everfree being so 'tame' today. Zecora also said that her tribe traditionaly gives gifts back to the nature in the form of foods so they can appease the spirits of the land. The alicorn didn't seemed to know the context but ate the offering anyways with a smile and hugged Zecora so she knew some manners at least.
When managed to exit the forest the birds on the alicorn's mane flew away while she looked surprised, making a small gasp. Twilight looked the scene with a smile. The prairies around Ponyville were quite impressive.
What she didn't expect was the alicorn to run like a small filly and laugh while sniffing the plants and some bushes.
"Do you think that she isn't right in the head?" asked Rainbow
"Rainbow Dash! How can you say such a thing!?" exclaimed Rarity, horrified by the claims of the brash pegasus.
"But just look at her! She is like a overgrown filly!" Rainbow pointed out while the alicorn was rolling on the grass and basking in the sun. Pinkie was just rolling beside her and talking to her about different rolling techniques.
"Still that was an awful thing to say darling. Would you call our dear Pinkie mentally challenged as well?" Rarity asked with a inquisitive tone.
"What!? No, of course not!" Rainbow replied
"Then why you say that about her? It might not be very proper of a princess but..." Rarity pressed on, only to be interrupted by Rainbow.
"Okay! Okay! Geez... I'm sorry, alright? I didn't mean to say something so mean..." Rainbow said, landing slowly and looking to the ground.
"We know Rainbow, that's why we are telling you that. We are your friends and we don't want to see you getting into problems because of a mistake" said Twilight with a smile "Now we should gather Pinkie and her and be on our way to the castle. I need to send a letter to the princesses"
They managed after some coaxing to get both ponies to act like the mares they were and carry on to Ponyville's castle.
It was pretty awkward and some ponies asked who was she and what she was doing in Ponyville, but for the most part they just stared at her. She didn't look like phased and just waved at them, sometimes even getting a wave back. Once they were at the castle Twilight turned to look at her friends.
"Seeing that she enjoys the outdoors I'll enter the castle and send the letter. Meanwhile I need you girls to keep our guest out of problems and near the castle. It's that okay?" she said to ther friends.
"Of course, sugarcube! Ya can count on us!" said Applejack
"Thank you girls. I'll back in a moment!" Twilight replied while trotting to the castle. The strange alicorn was eating the grass near the castle and munching it while looking around curiously.
"Oh goodness, no! Why are you eating that filthy grass, darling? If you were hungry we could..." Rarity spoke while the alicorn looked at her, rumiating the grass slowly "...of course you don't understand a word of what I am saying." Rarity sighed. "Rainbow, be a dear and fetch something for her to eat. We can't allow a princess to eat from the ground." Rarity said while Rainbow saluted.
"On it!" Rainbow replied while flying at top speed. The alicorn looked impressed and made some of her clicking noises.
"Indeed, she's quite the speedster. Now why don't we work a bit on your mane while we wait?" Rarity asked with a smile
"Hay Rares, already trying to fancy her up?" Asked Applejack with a smirk.
"But of course, dear Applejack! We can let her look like she has been living in the Everfree all her life!" Rarity said aghast "It's a crime against fashion!"
"I think she looks nice" said Fluttershy with a small smile.
"Nice doesn't cut for royalty, dear" replied Rarity "But I must be sincere and say that these accesories look simply divine. This armband looks positively ancient and stylish! Where do you think she got it?" Rarity murmured, analizing the looks of the alicorn while she made small clicking noises from time to time, apparently every time Rarity stopped to see some of her accesories.
"I think she's fun! Do you think she would like a party?" asked Pinkie bouncing in place.
"Everypony loves your parties Pinkie, but we need to sort things out right now" said Applejack to placate the urges of the party pony.
A small whistling sound could be heard and sooner than they could think about it Rainbow appeared with a paper bag
"One double giant hayburger menu with hayfries and soda for the big pony!" she said proudly, displaying the food towards the alicorn, who smelled the food with curiosity.
"By Celestia... Rainbow! Some fruit would have been enough!" scolded Rarity
"What? I love hayburgers, and so does Twilight! So she will love them too!" replied Rainbow with a proud smirk
"That is not how it works, Rainbow! Dear Twilight is a new princess so she needs to develop her palate a bit. I'm pretty sure that this grown princess on the other hoof has..." Rarity said only to be interrupted by one peculiar sound.
The alicorn was devouring the menu with glee, dirtying herself with ketchup and grease while eating like a starved pony.
"Well girls! The princesses are already informed and..." Twilight said while walking outside, Spike sitting on her back. She was left speechless because of the bizarre scene.
"Geez Twilight, she's even worse than you" said Spike with a smile
"Shush now, Spike. Well girls... mind to tell me what's happening?" asked Twilight with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, you see darling. She looked hungry and started to eat from the ground so I asked Rainbow to bring her some food and..." explained Rarity
"And she attacked it like mah brother after applebuck season! Whoo whee girl... It's been some time since Ah saw somepony eat that fast" said Applejack, amused by the situation. Twilight sighed and went towards the alicorn, who was still eating with a big smile on her face.
"At least she's here and not wandering around town" said Twilight. "That could have been a disaster"
"Aw don't be so grumpy-pants, Twilight! She just enjoys the food. Can't you see her smile? Because I do!" said Pinkie while circling around the alicorn. "I'm happy that other ponies are happy!"
"Yes I saw, and we know Pinkie" replied Twilight with a small smile.
"She's huge! Do you think that she eats that much because she is so big?" asked Spike with childlike curiosity
"That's indeed food for thought, Spike" said Twilight.
"Don't you dare to steal my thunder, Twilight! I'm the one who cames with the puns after all" replied Spike while displaying a mocking frown.
"Don't worry, I don't plan to do that" Twilight replied with a smirk "I can't steal one of the hobbies of my number one assistant"
"That's right!" he said while nodding.
"I am the only one who is horrified by the way she is eating?" asked Rarity with incredulity in her voice.
"That's the most natural way to do it, Rares. Don't know what did ya expect" said Applejack. "Ain't nothing wrong with that"
"But it's she is so filthy right now..." said Rarity
"She can always clean herself, so worry none about that" replied Applejack with a smile "We don't need to make a fuss about it"
"Goodness gracious... Imagine what would the princesses think about her if they see her like this!" exclaimed Rarity
"See who like what, my little pony?" said a calm voice behind her.
Both Celestia and Luna were at the gates of the castle and apparently walked quietly towards the group, both wearing their usual regalia and calm smiles.
Rarity fainted on the spot, while the strange alicorn kept eating loudly and ignoring everything around her. Only the sound of the alicorn munching could be heard around the now surprised group of ponies.
5568034 Thank you
5568078 Glad you like it! I hope to keep delivering adorableness and awkward situations in next chapters
well i do say this is quite interesting and i love how you portray Gaia infront of everypony.
I'm pretty sure that as far as manners and propriety goes, Gaia is covered by the 'grandfather clause'. A being so old as to defy comprehension can only really live in the moment. What does she care for the opinions of others, when she doesn't even care for the opinions of her own children (beyond doing them favors when they beg)? She simply IS, like a mountain, like a planet.
I'm guessing the role of Mother Nature is split between all ponies (and counter balanced by Discord) in Equestria, as the ponies control the weather, growths, and magic outside of the chaotic Everfree.
This story is adorable, please continue it.
Are you making one chapter a day or do you already have them written?
Either way I really like this one. Leaving the translator behind gives so much room for comedy value and for them to really see who she is, to an extant.
Keep going your doing great.
And I just read up on what simearth was. I wonder why no one has thought of this type of thing before?
It someone has then I haven't seen it.
Either way I love the fact that Gaia is the "player". You always seem to come up with great ideas.
What year is it for her "ingame"?
...Wow. Just when I thought MLP had been crossed over with everything. Never would have thought of this. I must read it. :)
5568522 Glad that you like the story and the character
5568643 You are correct there, she goes with the flow wherever it goes and doesn't really care for anything except life itself. She likes the lands flourishing with fauna and flora and with that she is happy. She has suffered enough loss when she was a foal. Being barely a filly and have to endure the loss of millions of creatures that are essentially her sons it's a tough pill to swallow. She had a lot of time to work on that after all.
I didn't thought of that right now but yeah, nature in Equestria will be probably an orphaned child being cared by anyone who paid enough attention to it, being mainly cared by the own inhabitants of the planet like the ponies. A completly stationary planet can't generate by itself any kind of seasonal change since solar radiation is uniformly distributed through the surface.
I'll try to conitnue the story and the adorableness. Thank you for your comment
5569109 Since I want this story to be a excercise in being constant (which is a bit hard to me at the moment) I'm writing them day by day. The first chapter was resting on a file like a year but I decided to rework it and finally put the story for the public.
And yes, without magical or technological translator the development between the characters can be more funny and natural
About the idea of doing something like this... probably it's a bit hard to come with this kind of mix. I mean you got pretty well the concept from just googling about the game, it's just that the game is so obscure and unknown that anyone here probably doesn't know about its existence.
I try to always do something, if not completly, a bit new to make path for ideas that were never taken into consdieration before. I hope to keep the quality to back that initial boldness that made this story possible
The year in game, as well as her age, is 4.281.006.479 years. Full exodus of a trichordate civilization. I have noted all of the events that happened during the game. So yeah I can point wars; asteroids, tidal waves... anything. It gives me quite the material to work on her backstory
Ultron approves.
Fun story (waiting for the next chapter )
Just a detail but, I thing you don't use enough commas (Some sentences are too long to be pronounced without a breath )
Quite a lovely story. It is quite enjoyable!
5569248 She seems to enjoy being a mother to much to allow anything overly bad to happen to her species, but if they start to fight I don't know if she would let them or put her hoof down. And there is the possibility of there being more then one sentient race from her world. Could there be a malicious force waiting for the chance to strike while she has a vacation!?
Either way, if you let me I can help edit the stories if you wish. Just get rid of the minor spelling and grammar errors through out. There aren't to many but they are very much there.
Oh well, even with them it is a good story.
5568405 IT NEEDS MORE!
Gee thanks random anon for putting a dislike. I would like to know why you disliked it though but you can't win them all... If you change your mind you know where I am. Probably it was a troll that thought that it was funny to put a dislike since someone put the story on a group called "No Dislikes Group". You can be all silly and stuff but... really, anon?
5569189 The best crossovers are the unexpected ones I hope the story is of your liking
5569286 Glad to count with the approval of Ultron
5569353 I'm working on it, but I'll wait until tomorrow to make the chapter public. By tomorrow mean a few hours from now don't worry . Also glad you like the story!
5569357 You are probably right. My first language is spanish and it's a bit hard to see where I make mistakes. Still this is just proofreaded by myself right now
5569358 While a bit paradoxical, I'm glad that Gaia likes a story about... Gaia
5569360 Yeah she tries to avoid conflict whenever she can but wars are unavoidable. She can only influence on a global scale through her son, who is the one who controls how the civilization develops on her planet.
Also those are pretty good plot drives but for the moment it will be just Gaia being herself and trying to relax.
5569372 I'm working on it. Gee I'm glad you liked it but I need a bit of time
5569417 If you need an editor I can help.
5569421 Ready as well, SIR!!! gamesprays.com/files/resource_media/preview/pinkie-pie-salute-6050_preview.png
This story is great!
5569421 5569464 Thank you both for offering to help me with this. I would like to try and publish the chapters as I'm doing right now to try and improve a bit (and to write and publish every day on this story), but it would be a great help if you spot bad grammar or spelling. You can send me via PM what you think that needs to be corrected and then I'll make the necesary editions on the story. Again, thank you both for the offer
5569465 Glad you like it!
UPDATE?!?!?!? please...?
5569503 Fimfiction.net has a password setting for viewing past stories. You input the code and send us a link to an unpublished chapter and we put in the code. That way we can edit.
5569464 PM the author.
5569528 Ah true, I forgot there was such a feature in the story system. I've been away from the writing far too much time it seems .
Anyway, I don't want to impose so don't worry too much about it. While I would like it to be as free of mistakes as possible I also want to publish one chapter per day so it can be a little inconvenient for the process because maybe you are not online when I want to publish them. Again, don't worry too much. We can edit and change anyting along the ride
5569504 Working on it!
5569536 Just a silly and simple association. Canon Equestria pretty much has living embodiments of primal forces in pony form, so why not other places too? It's like the thing that happens with Star Trek, in which almost every alien is like a human but blue; gree, with scales, etc... Plus Gaia packed in pony form is way more cute than just a globe with eyes and mouth, right?
5569557 I'll try to help. But I'm happy you're attempting a daily update!
5569570 In the Star Trek-verse, it was explained in ST:TNG by a bajillion-year old extinct race seeding the primordial soups with their genetic sequences.
"Prometheus" totally stole the concept and made it stupidly grim-dark to tie in with "Alien".
Laaaaaaaaame!
Oh, and the Marvel-verse is basically just different-colored humans too. Same difference.
Have Gaia make Celestia and Luna feel small and inferior without even trying or being hostile. Bonus points for you if Discord gets the same treatment.
this is great!
She's going to out motherly celestia, isn't she? Bonus points if she sends Discord to timeout.
5569531 I feel like i see you everywhere...
5569668 Well, there goes that theory. Still, it's pretty romantic to think about natural parallel evolution, right?
5569754 Gaia's son it's not really relevant right now, but he is a smaller alicorn and he basically commands the evolution of the civilization that flourished on her planet.
5569778 5569965 She isn't trying to make others smaller... She just mothers every creature since, at least on her world, she is their mother. . Whe shall see about Discord in the next chapters
5569895 Glad you like it!
"Well girls! The princesses are already informed and..." Twilight said while walking outside, Spike sitting on her back. She was left speechless because of the bizarre scene.
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5570052 Thanks for spotting that. Fixed!
Faust help the ponies if Gaia get bored.
I eagerly await more.
I wonder when Twilight or Celestia will pull out some sort of translation spell.
P.s did you do the art? Love the design.
5570101 Lucky for them that Gaia is easily pleased and enjoys simple things
They will try magic that's for sure, but... well, you will see.
And yep, I did the art! Glad you like it!
5570107 Whoops! Thanks for spotting that. Fixed!
5570046 Like bats, birds, and bugs... all independently evolved flight.
But honestly, we may find that cephalization (a compact central nervous system, which is far more efficient and complex than a dissociated one) and articulated appendages are exceedingly common among advanced species in the long run (fingers make it so much easier to develop and utilize tools and machines).
So creatures with very finger-like front feet like rats could one day learn ninja skills and raccoons could be abducted by aliens and surgically altered and then hang around with a talking tree that has a very limited vocabulary!
5570149 Her design is really novel, both elegant and wild.
Do you have a tumblr or a devaintart I could stalk?
*pulls a Applebloom*
I need the next chapter and I need it nooooowwww!!!!!
Erm, some of yer words ran away.
(Not just in this chapter)
You had my curiosity, and now you've caught my attention.
this is a really nice cozy story
Apparently, Equestria is a good vacation destination.
I was going to point out a need for an editor, but it seems you've found a couple, if the comments are anything to judge by.
Loving the story, it's whimsical and amusing to me. Keep it up, if you will!
Congrats on getting featured.
So can we expect more?
Had to google simearth, but this looks fun.
Only saw one error with sentence structure....
But by Celestia's flank I love this story!!!
Man, I haven't played Sim Earth in YEARS.
This story has made me want to play it again.
Are they going to force princess duty work and give her a kingdom to rule? Could happen I feel bad for Alicorns seems they are forced to lead chained to people for whatever reason politics to greedy ponies control basically or fear the good of it nation power stability ponies assume alicorn have to rule and lead all of them. The noble and this world will flip at this and it shall be hilarious disaster.
How big/tall is Gaia? Compared to Celestia that is.
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I wouldn't worry too much about Gaia getting chained to any actual duties as a princess. Princess Cadence had her title for years, and only actually received a royal post once the Crystal Empire returned, and Princess Twilight was only ever called upon to perform duties specifically requiring a princess two or three times between her ascension and being proclaimed as the Princess of Friendship.
Damn cliffhanger we need more!
This is adorable!
This looks fucking amazing... Keep it up mate!
5570212 This is my deviantart gallery if you want to take a look
5570261 Aw man, sorry to mess with your grumpyness
5570388 5571046 Check again~
5570632 Well, that explains the influx of people on the story. I never expected so many people to like it!
And indeed, you should check right now for the new chapter.
5570910 There will be some political unrest, but as far as they know she is a savage, for a better word for it, and absolutely unfit to any political duty. Not that the idiotic nobles know about being not fit to political work, right?
5570588 Ah darn, well I'm trying to first publish the chapters without any edition from other users to see if I manage to improve, so many errors are to be expected. I would be glad if all of you readers tell me where I made a mistake so I can fix it though
5570609 Every bit of help is appreciated though! And glad that you like the story
5570634 I hope it's as fun tu read as it is to write at least
5570939 You are right. Even if she is named after the greek Gaia her son in this story isn't one of the greek gods.
5570971 check the new chapter to find out
5571101 Glad that you like it!
5571212 Thank you! Glad that you like it, and I'll try to update at least one small chapter per day
finally a pony that's grazing that's going back to your roots, it's perfectly healthy