Chapter 5
Author's Note: Written by Samaru163 and Tricondon.
Chapter 5
Twilight
The mountainside was dangerous. A slip or a trip, and one would fall all the way back down. That wasn’t much of a problem for Rainbow Dash or Fluttershy, but for those of us who were earthbound it made the climb difficult. I looked up the cliffside; the black smoke had nearly vanished by this point, though I could see a few lingering flames create odd flashes of light.
“Rainbow, can’t ya fly up, at least tell us if there’s anythin’ dangerous?” Applejack asked. As the most athletic, she was highest up the mountain, aside from Rainbow, of course, who was fluttering above us.
“I already told you!” Rainbow retorted. “It’s too hot! I can’t get very close without scorching my wings!”
“That was over an hour ago, Rainbow. Surely you could get closer by now!”
I sighed as Rainbow and Applejack continued bickering. I wasn’t that much surprised though; this whole situation seemed to have everypony on edge.
“So, what do you think is up there?” Fluttershy asked quietly.
“I don’t know, that thing was unlike any celestial object I’ve ever read about. It looked almost like it had been built by somepony.”
“Oh really Twilight, I have seen my fair share of airships and I can tell you, that thing was not like anything I’ve ever seen before,” Rarity piped up. “I don’t see why we’re up here so soon anyways. The recent rain has made this path all muddy. Do you know how long it’s going to take to get clean after this?”
“No, but you’re going to tell us anyway," Rainbow sighed.
“Pinkie, you’re being awfully quiet. Is everything ok?” Fluttershy asked timidly.
“I’ve been thinking, what if that thing was actually a gift from some form of space pony who just wanted to become friends?” She said optimistically. “I just can’t think of a good way to have a party for them!”
“Really Pinkie, that is just the craziest thing you have said yet. And that’s counting everything else you’ve said,” Rainbow said.
“Well do you have any evidence against it, hmmmm?”
“Well no, but-”
“Then I rest my case.”
“Girls! Stop arguing! We’re almost there!” I shouted, my patience wearing thin by this point. I looked upwards again; the flames seemed to have died out at last, and we were nearing the giant hole the thing had made.
It looked like a horde of dragons had raked the mountainside in search of gemstones. The impact site went deep into the solid rock, and the edges of it were warm to the touch.
Warily, I glanced into the depression, and stared dumbstruck for a few moments. At the base of the crater lay a giant metal bug, although it was bent and twisted from the crash. Its body seemed to be made entirely out of steel. This only served to bring up more questions; what built this thing, and how could it fly?
“Oh, my! It looks hurt!” Fluttershy said, her voice full of concern.
“Fluttershy, it was never alive to begin with,” I said in an oh-so-obvious tone.
A flash of blue shot past me, and before I could blink Rainbow was standing on top of the weird metal bug. She banged her hooves against it curiously, and the loud echoing noise suggested it was hollowed out inside.
“Rainbow, get offa there!” Applejack yelled. “We don’t even know if it’s safe!”
“Relax Applejack, this thing isn’t in any condition to do anything,” Rainbow shot back, waving a hoof dismissively. The metal object then gave a small groan, causing her to jump back. Rainbow hovered in the air, laughing sheepishly. “I-I meant to do that.”
Tentatively, we all approached the giant metal bug, with Fluttershy lagging behind. It seemed to just grow larger the more we approached it. I could hear Rarity complaining about the hot ground, but I sighed and tried to tune her out for the time being. Rainbow flew around it a couple times, looking at it intently.
“There aren’t any windows or doors on this thing.”
Pinkie gave a disappointed groan. “But how are we supposed to get the special present inside?”
Ignoring Pinkie for a moment, I also wondered how we were to get inside. “Maybe we could cut through it somehow.”
“Twilight, why don’t yah jes teleport us in?” Applejack asked. I shook my head.
“No, we don’t even know what’s inside. And besides that, I don’t like teleporting when I can’t see where I’m going to end up.”
With no other option open to us at the moment we decided to perform a thorough scanning of the ship. At this close proximity there was no denying that this object was not of pony design. The way the metal had been forged and welded was entirely different.
Suddenly Pinkie began hopping up and down excitedly. “I found something, I found something!” she chanted.
The rest of us all came over to examine her findings. At the very back of the object, or at least what seemed like it, were two pieces of metal that weren’t fully welded together. From the very thin line that separated them, it looked like one of the pieces was movable.
“Well at least there’s a way in,” I said optimistically. “Now, how to open it?”
Cassie
The first thing I noticed was the sunlight streaming in through the window. It felt warm and comforting against my roach body. At first I was surprised to be in roach morph, but then the memories came crashing back like a horrific wave.
<Jake, Marco, Ax, anybody!>
<Five more minutes please...> Marco, of course. I looked around as best I could with my roach eyes, but I couldn’t see much of anything. The ship itself was dark, save the sunlight streaming in. I could tell from the texture under my feet that I wouldn't behold anything magnificent if I could.
<Oh, man. I can’t believe we survived that.> Tobias spoke up next.
<Anyone know how long we’ve been in morph?> I asked.
<My internal clock hasn’t fully adjusted to this planet’s rotation, but I would assume at least one of your hours at most.>
<Let’s hope you’re right. Everyone demorph,> Jake ordered. I concentrated, focusing my thoughts on returning to my human self. I felt bones reforming, and gave a relaxed sigh at the knowledge that we could still morph back.
After a moment we were all back in our original forms. Ax fumbled around for the light switch, but when he flipped it sparks came off.
<We appear to have damaged the power converter,> Ax stated. <I can repair it, assuming we can find suitable replacement parts.>
“So, wait, you’re telling me this ship won’t fly unless we can fix it?” Marco asked, a hint of fear in his voice.
“More importantly, can we even get out?” I asked. “Without power, how do we open the door?”
<The doors come with a manual disengage, which should pop the hatch off of its frame and allow it to be removed via physical force,> Ax said as he moved towards the door.
No sooner had he reached it, however, when a loud sound echoed and reverberated through the ship. We all looked up at the caved-in ceiling in anticipation. After a moment without a reply though we loosened up.
“It’s fine. Probably a rock fell on the roof, that’s all,” Jake reasoned. “We did hit a mountain, after all.”
“As well as whatever that tower was,” Rachel said.
“Yeah, do you think the locals are going to be happy about that?” Marco asked.
It had totally slipped my mind that we were on an alien planet right now. I crossed my arms, deep in thought. “Do you think any of the locals will come to investigate the ship?” I asked. “I know humans would definitely send someone to search the crash site.”
“Good point. Plus we don’t know how many of them are controllers or not,” Jake pointed out. “Ax, you open the door and see what’s out there. The rest of us will morph battle morphs and be out soon.”
While Ax began to detach the door we moved back into the control room. Once there I focused on my most common combat morph, a wolf. The first thing I felt was the coarse grey fur spread all over my body like a ripple. The bones in my legs cracked and shifted as my nose and mouth extended into the wolf’s killing jaws. Long knife like teeth slid out between my lips as I watched my hands reform into paws.
Soon a Siberian tiger, gorilla, grizzly bear and a second Andalite came with me to see Ax finally finish his work on the door. He was having difficulty moving it though, since Andalites aren’t the most physically powerful race around.
<Allow me Ax,> Rachel said happily. With one quick swing of her grizzly bear paw she plowed the door off effortlessly. The doorway was suddenly filled with fresh sunlight, which really did help to lift my spirits up.
And that’s when I noticed the smells. It was definitely alien, and yet somehow very familiar.
<There is something definitely here,> I said to the others.
Jake gave me a small nod. <Ax, you’re up>
Ax cautiously stepped from the ship, his stalk eyes darting in every direction.
<I do not detect any form of life outside at the moment,> he reported. Ax exited the ship, a slight drop down to the ground. Rachel followed him outside, then Marco. I hopped out after them and searched the area, sniffing the air. There was certainly a familiar scent, but I couldn’t quite place it. Finally Jake and Tobias exited and joined us.
I perked up my ears.
<Guys, I hear voices,> I told the others. I shifted my gaze towards the back of the ship and stepped towards it slowly. As I neared the corner, I could make out words.
“Rainbow, do be careful! There’s no way you can fit inside that thing! It’s simply too small.” One voice said, clearly female.
“Aw, pipe down Rarity. How do you know you can’t do it if you don’t try?” A second voice, slightly cocky and proud.
“I don’t think this is the best way to get inside the thing anyways.” A third voice chimed in, somewhat annoyed at the other two.
“Yeah! There’s gotta be a better way! Just think of what we’ll find inside! It could be so much fun!” A fourth voice piped up, full of excitement and energy.
Deciding I had heard enough, I growled menacingly and rounded the corner, prepared to attack...only to freeze in my tracks. There, standing behind the ship, stood six small, brightly colored horses. At my entrance, all six turned to stare at me in wonderment. The pink horse smiled and waved a hoof.
“Well hi!”
All my thoughts froze in place. The horse spoke to me, in perfect English. I slowly turned my gaze over the other horses, and felt my eyes widen in disbelief. Two of the horses sported wings from their backs, one of which was floating above the others. And to add to my shock and amazement, two others had horns.
I was dimly aware of the others running up behind me.
<Holy...what are they?> Marco asked.
<They appear to be equine in appearance, but the coloring is quite astounding,> Ax responded.
<This coming from a bright blue alien centaur,> Marco joked.
“Oh no, they look angry!” the chestnut horse said. I noted she wore a cowboy hat.
“Then the only thing to do is to fight!” The blue horse spoke up next, and seconds later dashed past us, hitting Ax in the side. The two of them fell to the ground in a heap. The blue horse was quick to get up and took to the sky again. Once high enough she made a dive at Ax. Seconds before impact however he whipped his tail blade forward and hit her with its flat edge. The horse went veering off course and crashed into the ground.
Behind me I could hear Rachel give a roar. She ran past me and lunged at the other equines. They all scattered, except for the winged yellow one. She flew up into the air, hanging a few feet off the ground, and stared straight at Rachel. Moments before Rachel hit the horse with one of her paws, the horse spoke up in an unusually strong voice.
“No!”
And then Rachel did something I never thought she’d do. She froze. The horse’s eyes grew large and seemed to be concentrating hard, and every second they did Rachel seemed to grow more rigid.
<Rachel, what’s wrong?> I asked privately. I was met with an eerie silence.
The yellow horse smiled, floating over to Rachel and petting her on the head. It was all I could do not to laugh at the absurd situation as Rachel relaxed, letting her arms rest by her side and leaned into the horse’s attentions.
<Is she doing what I think she is?> Marco asked. I nodded in reply and he burst out laughing. <W-Wait until the guys back home hear about this! Mighty Xena bowing to a little horse!>
“There you go. You don’t really want to hurt us, do you big guy?” The yellow horse cooed softly. The others had all gathered together by this point, though the blue horse looked at Ax with great resentment.
“Do you think they came from the bug?” The orange horse spoke softly to the purple horned one, though my wolf senses could hear her just fine.
<Ax, do you think you can speak to them?> Jake asked.
<I shall attempt to.>
<Am I the only one still weirded out that coloured horses are talking?> Marco asked.
I looked over the horses, a little more relaxed now. They came in several unusual colours, from pink to blue to purple, though the orange, yellow, and white ones were at least what I was accustomed to seeing. Something ate at the back of my mind, however, and I kept looking over the horses, trying to figure out what was so unusual about them, besides the colouring and the talking. I examined them closely, eying the wings on the floating ones, and the sharp-looking horns on the purple and white ones...
<Oh my God!> I said.
<What? What is it?> Tobias asked. I scolded myself, forgetting that they could hear me.
<Guys, look at them. Winged and horned horses. They look just like a Pegasus and a Unicorn.>
<Whoa, whoa, back up. How can they be mythological creatures from Earth? It doesn’t seem possible,> Marco said disbelievingly.
<It doesn’t matter. Right now we just need to clarify some things,> Jake spoke up. <Ax.>
Ax stepped in front of the rest of us and began open thought speak. <Greeting strange equines, my name is...> That was as far as he got before the pink horse popped up in front of him, a huge smile on her face.
“Oh, neat! I can hear you in my head! How are you doing that? Are you like a unicorn?” She gasped. “You have two horns! Are you a double-unicorn?! Can you cast twice as many spells? How do you eat without a mouth? What’s wrong with your tail?”
<I do not believe it is going well Prince Jake,> he said in private speech.
<Just do your best, Ax.>
He turned from us and faced the pink horse again. <I am not a unicorn, I am an Andalite. We are...>
“Wow, that’s a funny name. Is that what you Space Ponies call yourself? I’m an Earth Pony! Welcome to Equestria! My name is Pinkie Pie!” She gasped again. “We need to have a party and celebrate you coming here!”
Marco let out another round of laughter. <Ok, so not only are they talking horses that look like they just stepped out of a dye factory, but now they have the cheesiest names I have ever heard?>
“Pinkie!” The purple unicorn spoke up. “Give him a chance to talk. Er, mind-talk, I guess.”
<The technical term is thought speech,> Ax said. <Now, as I was saying, I am an Andalite. My name is Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill.>
The horses all stared at Ax with dumbfounded expressions on their faces.
“That...certainly is a mouthful,” the white unicorn said after a minute.
<Well, they don’t seem to be controllers,> Tobias said privately. <Otherwise we’d all be dead right now.>
<I guess, but let’s be safe,> Jake said. <Ax, ask them what they are.>
<If you don’t mind me asking, what is your race called?>
The purple unicorn stepped forward, and I assumed she was the leader of the group.
“I’m known as a unicorn, you already know Pinkie is an Earth Pony, and Rainbow and Fluttershy, the ones with wings, are both Pegasi.”
<Ok, they even have the same names as we call them on Earth?> Marco asked again. <Is this all some bizarre dream I’m having? Did I actually die in the spaceship crash?> I gave Marco a friendly nudge in the ribs. <I guess not.>
I looked over at Rachel and the yellow Pegasus, which was still petting her gently. <Umm, Ax,> I said gesturing over to them.
<Could you please tell your friend to release mine?>
As soon as he spoke, the yellow Pegasus quickly fluttered back, holding her forehooves behind her back and looking quite ashamed of herself. I pondered for a moment as to how she had the dexterity to move her feet like that, but didn’t have time to question it before Rachel started to move again.
<Ugh, wha? What happened?>
<Oh, you are going to love this Xena. Not only are we on a world inhabited by colored taking horses, but you were just in the embrace of one for about ten minutes straight!> Marco laughed.
<What?!> Rachel asked with a mixture of outrage and shock.
<I can’t wait to tell how the mighty Rachel, fierce battle hardened warrior, was defeated by a soft, sweet little winged horse.>
Rachel walked over to Marco and quickly slammed her paw gently into his face. Even so, gentle for Rachel still meant pain for Marco.
<Definitely worth it.>
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Epic! Poor Rachel! Oh, and poor Rainbow! I...don't think the Andalite race as a whole is evolved enough to deal with Pinkie. I'm sure her casual disregard for all laws of the known universe will have Ax's brain imploding.
Very nice chapter. Some good comedy!
It'll be interesting to see how the ponies react to the morphing sequence.
What I'm definitely looking to is Rachel and Fluttershy and how the two interact. From a strategic stand-point, Fluttershy is deadly. Freeze an enemy in its tracks and...voila.
It does raise some questions though, as to how a Yeerk would adapt to utilizing magic. And if a Yeerk ever infested Pinkie...poor Yeerk!
Oh, and first! Go Australian Insomniacs!
Somehow I actually saw that coming.
lawl love the ending cant wait for the next chapter
Yay! Update! I can't wait to see what happens next.
Aaaand cue adorableness! Somehow, the thought of Rachel being treated like an overgrown puppy is just d'awww-inducing.
Still, things are definitely going to get awkward when the Animorphs demorph. Changeling accusations, anypony?
And when the Animorphs explain what they're doing here... cue almighty
from Twilight.
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Demorph? No, no, the entire adventure will only take two hours. No one's demorphing in this story.
-Tricondon
700362 If that actually happens, I'm going to jump into my computer and go to Equestria myself. Because clearly, the laws of physics have been disregarded.
Anyway, this is an excellent story, and I demand moar!
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I am happy to oblige! ...as soon as me and Sammy figure out where the story's headed.
-Tricondon
My mind exploded from all the win contained in this story.
My only hope is more chapters.
Oh, I reeaaallllyyyyhope they realize they're in 'My Little pony' reactions would be PRICELESS
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WHAT?!!!
No demorphing?!
At least let them demorph and let the pnoies see their true selves when the 2-hour battle is over! PLLLEEEEEEAASEE???
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Trolling complete. Returning to base.
Roger, Trollestia. You are cleared for landing.
-Trollodon
Backstory wise, I have a few thoughts.
Obviously anything could be explained as "The Ellimist did it", but still.
Speaking English might have an explanations. One would be the Biological Translators Andalites have. It might be tied to morphing technology, which would explain the Animorphs having it (however since we know they don't get translation normally, that doesn't really work)
As for the Mythology coincidence, well, we can assume earth contact. Considering book 26 (I think) and the contact with the Isk-Ort (I think), how they were Yeerks who were somehow taken from their homeworld. Something similar may have happened with the Unicorns/Pegasi. Personally I blame the Skirt-NA in both cases.
Another idea would be, in book 7, I seem to remember the Ellimist planning to set up a "Zoo" or something similar for the human race. While he was technically cheating there, and gave Rachel the point of view required to escape, it is possible other races he tried to save took the choice. I am thinking about Ponies somehow being hunted to extinction by humans (or another race) and the Ellimist stepping in to save them (displacing them to another planet)
Looking forward to the next chapter.
Oh, expecting some comments from Marco on how their superpowers happen to correspond to a recent local villian's race's powers.
I also have to wonder if the Andalites ever had a concept of magic, and if so, if an equivalent to Arther C. Clark's quote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." exists for them. After all, Morphing certain qualifies, eh?
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701899 I blame the Goa'uld dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Pinkie_loool.png
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I don't know who you are, but I
you with every fiber of my being. 
That comment was pure gold, and I don't think I could've said it any better myself.
704632 *Grins* You can keep your love if you give me my very own Luna. If not, gimme all your love! *Grins*
What makes it so funny? Fluttershy is so damn shy that Rachel will hate herself for hating Fluttershy.
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That's just it tho. XD To agree with Marco: Rachel? Miss Xena? Coddled and cuddled by a technicolor candy-coated sugary sweet and innocent pony? It'd be worth getting whupped just to say that to her face. XD And as far as Pinkie/Ax...oh dear god...forget the 4th wall. With that level of intelligence at her disposal, walls as of yet unknown to us are in danger.
704673 Nein. You know what's worse?
Ax in human morph...and Pinkie's cooking. I think we're going to see Cinnabon go the way of the dodo in this case.
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Sugarcube Corner: MEET YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.
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Pinkie/Ax is totally OTP.
-Tricondon
Rachel taken down by the Stare. That. Was. PRICELESS. Someone needs to animate this whole thing ASAP.
Stared. You were stared, Rachel.
FEAR THE HYPNO-STARE!!
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“Pinkie, you’re being awfully quiet. Is everything ok?” Fluttershy asked timidly.
Don't worry Flutter's. Pinkie's just realizing the two of you have the same voice actor.
"<The technical term is thought speech.>"
Nooo...the technical term is technically 'telepathy.' Thought speech is something a kindergartener called telepathy before they even had a decent grasp of the English language and were still wetting themselves in bed.
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Either read the books or stop complaining about them using the style and terms used in them.
...actually, do the first so you can do the second.
....
He said a week late.
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-Tricondon
Okay, so Rarity is NOT one of them. Goody.
Rachel my favourite character brought low by Fluttershy
My body was not ready
Then Rachel punched Marco in the face then all was right in the world
1396009 Come on, u know it was funny!!
Chestnut? o.O
SPOILER ALERT!!!
“Relax Applejack, this thing isn’t in any condition to do anything,” Rainbow shot back, waving a hoof dismissively. The metal object then gave a small groan, causing her to jump back. Rainbow hovered in the air, laughing sheepishly. “I-I meant to do that.”
-And it took me this long to realize Spike should be able to BITE through any cloth gag like you or I could through a single, well cooked, strand of spaghetti.
The rest of us will morph battle morphs and be out soon.”
-Well, that should set Fluttershy at ease... I wonder how her animal speech will interact with morphed animorphs? I could even see her being the only one who can talk to them... also, much of the wildlife of Equestria is VERY similar to Earth... I mean they have Quarry Eels and Hydras, but also rabbits and hummingbirds.
And that’s when I noticed the smells. It was definitely alien, and yet somehow very familiar.
-Lack of industrial vapors, and a bit more wood-smoke?
“Rainbow, do be careful! There’s no way you can fit inside that thing! It’s simply too small.” One voice said, clearly female.
-Speech of magical creatures is magically understandable? I would have gone with Fluttershy and later a translation spell, but this works too... or maybe Twilight humored Pinkie Pie and already cast the translation spell?
<They appear to be equine in appearance, but the coloring is quite astounding,> Ax responded.
-This coming from the BLUE DEER scorpion centaur.
<This coming from a bright blue alien centaur,> Marco joked.
-Nice lampshade hanging.
“Oh no, they look angry!” the chestnut horse said. I noted she wore a cowboy hat.
-I don't think AJ is "chestnut", I think that is more brown then orange.
Seconds before impact however he whipped his tail blade forward and hit her with its flat edge. The horse went veering off course and crashed into the ground.
-Well, that sets the relative power levels. Then again, even the Manticore could do that.
<I do not believe it is going well Prince Jake,> he said in private speech.
-No, Ax, it is actually going very well.
--Well, you now have a sample of my commentaries... might or might not continue if you don't reply one way or the other.
Pinkie taking an Andalite by surprise? Yeah, that sounds about right.
704773 I didn't even think about that.
I fear for my life.
Lol!!!! Rachel was frozen by Flutters "Stare" attack!
have you been keyboard mashing again?!
4109050 No sir I regret to inform you that, that is in fact the Ax-man's real name