There's a forest out there that burns. I wish I hadn't gone there.

Long ago and far off were two fillies: one and the other. One filly went to sleep at dusk; the other stayed up throughout the night. One was ever cheerful and open; the other avoided crowds. One yearned to see the world in facts and numbers; the other dwelt in fairytales and romance. But they both looked to the sky for guidance.

Coverart image found here.
Great thanks to editors, without whom the story would hardly even resemble what it is now:
Paracompact, especially for his help with the description and the overall shape of the story
Setokaiva
Silphius

Two ponies hide in a pillow fort from the rainy, windy autumn outside. As the drops of water pound against the window, they brush each other’s manes and reflect on their past together.

Co-written with Adalbertus, Amber Drops belongs to him.
Rain Dancer belongs to gonedreamer.

Edited by
Shaleclaw
Jaryn Frostwing
Setokaiva

60 years to build the Mothership.
5 000 000 tons of resources invested into its construction.
One female scientist integrated permanently into its computer.
531 ships destroyed during the journey.
124 246 people perished during the journey.
300 464 275 people gone as a result of the genocide for breaking a 4 000-year treaty by redeveloping the hyperspace drive.
One galactic empire shattered.
We are home.
But we are not the only ones who wish to thrive here.

There are spoilers in the comments section. You have been warned.
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The cover image by Conrie.

If you haven't played the games, and/or have simply little to no knowledge of the Homeworld universe, I'd like you to point out anything that doesn't seem to make sense, or that appears to require inside knowledge to understand, in the comments. I will either alter the story to explain it, or simply explain it myself in response.

The timeline of the story is set prior to the finale of Season 4, nothing further from that in the canon has been implemented (no twilacorn, the Elements of Harmony are still intact, the Griffins aren't poor, and the Dragons aren't ruled by a tyrant).

Edited by AlicornPriest up to chapter 10, I believe.

Preread by Chicago Ted and Majora

Special thanks to:

Icebeerg and Wobble, for looking through the story.

Zaid ValRoa for editing and advice on the revamped short description and looking through the story.

Section for getting me into social sci-fi in the first place with the excellent Foundation stories by Isaac Asimov.

An old stallion is tasked by a mysterious god with keeping the fire burning in an old lighthouse. He guides the way for the ponies of Equestria's past, present, and future, both teaching and learning the simplest truths of life in the process.

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The comments are gone because of my fiddling with the powers that be (that is, removing chapters and reposting them after editing) a few years ago, when I had no idea of how Fimfic works. I don't remove comments willingly.

Edited and preread by the omniscient, omnibenevolent and omnipotent sourichan,
jeray2000 and JeffCvt.