//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Arrival // Story: The Rise of Cooper // by God_RC-626 //------------------------------// Chapter 1: Arrival It was just another one of those nights in Equestria, Celestia had already lowered the sun to make room for Luna's night. As Celestia passed her sister, she bid her good night and went to bed. Luna walked to her bedroom balcony to take watch over her little ponies. A few hours had passed and Luna looked bored out of her mind. " Yet another uneventful night. I wish something would happen during my nights. I mean, Tia gets to have all the fun when things happen just because everything happens during the day!" Luna pouted. She looked up to see a strange sight. A dark cloud formed in the night sky. It began increasing in size and rotation speed rapidly. It looked like a mini hurricane. Luna heard what sounded like thunder coming from it, then a huge explosion. The clouds where gone, but in it's place was a strange silver object. She stared at it blankly as she tried to understand what had just happened. She failed to realize that the silver object was hurdling towards her at ever increasing speeds. At just the right moment, Luna realized that it was getting dangerously close to her and jumped out of the way. The silver object crashed straight through the first wall, scraped up a lot of the tile and concrete off the floor, and embedded itself partially in the wall opposite of the first wall. Luna, with a dazed look, slowly got up and looked at the wall that used to be behind her before she jumped out of the way. She began to walk back to her room when a large group of guards burst through the door. "Are you alright princess? We heard a loud crash and came here as fast as we could!" said a rather tall white stallion. "Oh, yes I'm fine. Just something weird happened..." Luna said, hoping to leave it at that. This was almost exactly what she asked for! She asked for something to happen an it did. She wanted to find out what it was on her own. "Are you sure princess? You aren't injured are you?" said another guard. "I'm fine, it's nothing I can't handle," Luna said with a scowl. "Very well princess, we will leave you alone." And with that, Luna was by herself again. She began to assess the damage done to her room when she saw the silver object that flew after her. It wasn't much more an object than a small metallic box, 1' x 1' x 1'. She moved closer to the box to get a better look. The first thing that cought her attention was that the box didn't seem to have taken any damage at all dispite crashing through a wall and digging up her floor. The second thing that grabbed her attention was a single orange light that flashed slowly. This box seriously confused the princess. Is something in there? If there is, how do I get it out? Luna thought. She looked over the box again and saw no latch or buckle was on it, only that single light. Luna was a little hesitant to touch the box, but how else will she know what the box was? She tried to pick up the box with her magic, but as soon as her magic touched the box, it canceled out the spell. This frustrated the princess, but it also worried her. How can a box be immune to magic? She looked back one more time at the box. The orange light was still flashing. Luna hung her head and sighed, " here goes nothing..." She slowly moved her forehoof to the light. Just before touching it, she hesitated, took a deep breath, and tapped it quickly before pulling her hoof back as quick as she could. The orange light went out, and a few moments later, the light stayed a solid green. ------------------------------------------------------RC-626--------------------------------------------------------------- RC-626 REBOOTING............DONE BEGIN DIGNOSTIC SCANNING INTERNAL SYSTEMS............................DONE RESULT: NO INTERNAL DAMAGE SCANNING HARDWARE CONNECTIONS.....................DONE RESULT: ALL CONNECTIONS ARE SECURE AND ARE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY SCANNING EXTERNAL SHELL..............DONE RESULT: NO DAMAGE DIGNOSTIC COMPLETE BEGIN LIFE AND AREA SCAN ---------------------------------------------------Luna's Room----------------------------------------------------------- The box began to make a soft humming noise immediately after the green light turned on. Luna stared at the light in genuine confusion. "What is this thing?" Luna questioned. A very small portion of the box pulled out of the top left corner and flipped over. Soon after a green light waved around the room and stopped on Luna... ------------------------------------------------------RC-626--------------------------------------------------------------- LIFE FORM FOUND! SCANNING.................................................DONE RESULT: EQUINE, SENTIENCE=UNKNOWN; REQUIRES FURTHER ANALYSIS, GENDER=FEMALE. CREATING 3-D IMAGE............DONE CONNECTING TO SATELLITE.....................................................ERROR RESULT: FAILED TO CONNECT, SATELLITE DISTANCE IS TOO GREAT TO ESTABLISH CONNECTION. SET PRIORITY OF PRODUCTION OF SATELLITE PROBE=4 CONTINUE SCAN ---------------------------------------------------Luna's Room----------------------------------------------------------- Luna was wide eyed when the light hit her and stayed there. It stayed on her for only a moment, but it felt like an eternity to her. The light began moving again until it reached every little nook an cranny in the room, then shut off. ------------------------------------------------------RC-626--------------------------------------------------------------- SCAN COMPLETE RESULTS: ONE LIFE FORM WAS DETECTED, ROOM CLEARANCE IS TOO SMALL TO GO INTO FULL FORM, GPS LOCATOR WAS UNABLE TO STATE CURRENT LOCATION. TRANSFORM SHAPE TO LAST SENTIENT LIFE FORM ENCOUNTERED ---------------------------------------------------Luna's Room----------------------------------------------------------- Luna is now questioning if it was a good idea that she had pressed the flashing light in the first place. After the green light passed, the humming became a little louder, but not loud enough to cause any commotion. Without warning, the box seemed to have exploded. The room was filled with the brightest white light and the thickest smoke imaginable. This temporarily blinded her and caused her to cough like she had the whooping cough. When she regained her sight, she used her magic to clear out the smoke. She finally got the rest of the smoke out of her lungs and the room was clear of any smoke. She glanced at where the box used to be, and her eyes went so wide that you couldn't even see the ring of her eyes anymore. "I don't believe this!" Luna shouted. "This isn't possible!" Where the box was, the is now a human lying unconscious on the ground.