The Fortress of the Sun finally appears as an over watch of the small town of Ponyville. Many mares and stallions leave their homes and look into the golden abyss known and Utopia. It has changed. In the center was a full blown star that was small and yellow. Utopia itself had a doughnut shape and with the star hanging freely in the center only to be kept there by power of Utopia’s unlimited source of the star itself. Utopia’s center is void of gold with the exception of the stars warmth, and spires rise from the center in two directions. One direction is skyward and they rise high enough so it looked like a grand city on a plate of gold. On the bottom was almost a symmetric similarity only the spires that reached to the ground where lesser and shorter. But they still reached low. The spires held flying golems and latched onto battleships.
There was a large vacant area that called for the Zenith to take its place. And the daughter of the golden fortress obeyed its great golden mother. The Zenith latches onto a side of a spire where it connected and fused with Utopia. The ponies beneath could feel the loving reunion in their own hearts…some began to cry.
Cole wakes from his sleep and goes to the bridge to see the Zenith docked at Utopia. His eyes the size of dinner plates and his forehead far from dry. He fails to notice the golden angel named Nano Swarm sitting in the captains’ seat turn to a black angel. Her wings no longer held the golden tint and she reverted back to the way she was before becoming an angel.
“That’s Utopia.” She said out loud, scaring the former general out of his skin, he spins around to meet her gaze.
“So that’s the fortress?” his body loses its tension and he calms himself. “That’s the legendary sun?”
“Yea. You’ve heard of it?” Nano Swarm questioned.
“We know it existed but we thought it was a weapon of war so we tried to get the alliance to discontinue the project with our spies…I guess we failed…” his expression saddened. “How long will it take them to kill me when they realize who I am?”
“We won’t kill you…We hail to no flag…We bow to no man…We are a democracy…We are Utopian’s…We spread peace, not war.” Her words comforted the retired space general for a moment.
“So you’re a Utopian? I know you told me that already but…I’m related to a Utopian?”
“Yep. And now that the gangs all here. Or at lest some of them. We can determine whether or not we want you with us.”
“Wait? I get to become a Utopian?” Cole said with surprise.
“Yep! Only if you prove yourself. I think I want to shove you out the door right now and lets Rainbow take care of you for now. I’ve got business to-” She shudders. “Oh fuck…”
“What?”
“Golem’s here…OH GOD!” She shouted as a loud noise echoed through the halls.
Golem God walked into the bridge with his golden tux and his golden cane and top hat.
“How is all you do!” he announced in a not so serious or mature manner, after his brutality with his sentence he notices Cole. “Nano who’s your friend?” he said in a calmer voice.
“He’s my dad if you could believe it.”
“…Nope.”
Cole was about to say something when he noticed a little black dog in the center of the room. It scared the shit out of him because it looked like it was a ghost with its see through features.
“HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THAT!” he said in a manly scream…ok he whimpered like a wounded animal.
“Hi I’m Mouse!”
“…” Cole stood there with wide eyes.
“Cole?” Asked Nano Swarm. “Ok he’s not ready for this. I’ll send him to Ponyville. Golem? How many specialists joined us?”
Golem was brought out of his trance. He was observing Cole and trying to figure out his history. “Hmm? What? Oh yes! Beast Master is the only one other than me. Impulse should arrive when its time for us to be moving on, and the capsule that you came here in is docked with us now.”
“That’s good. Don’t want to leave anything behind.” Nano Swarm walks up to Cole. “Ready to see Rainbow?”
“Yea um…” He looks around the room. “Where’s my plushie?”
“Bahahahaha!” Nano Swarm burst into laughter. Cole was obsessing over Rainbow Dash. “You can cuddle with the real thing you know?” She said after calming down a bit.
“Yea but.” He rubbed the back of his head. “When she’s gone what will I cuddle with?”
Nano Swarm stopped finding this funny and found out how creepy it actually was. “Cole…You’re obsessing over a pony. You realize that right?”
“…Oh shi-” Cole disappeared in a flash of light.
“GOLEM!” shouted Nano Swarm. Only to halt when she saw the aggravated expression on his face.
“You didn’t…” He said in a hostile manor.
Nano Swarm gulped loudly when she figured out what he knew. “W-what do you mean?”
“You forced a pony and a human to love each other?”
“Um now that you put it like that…Yea.”
“Nano I know not what you plan. But I don’t want any more of this bending and skating the rules. You know you’re not allowed to control the actions of other creatures. Even if it allows peace!”
“What! It’s what I’m good at! Besides I’ve never really done this on my own!” Nano relented and admitted she forced Rainbow and Cole to become lovers. “Now where did you send him?”
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“Umm…hi Applejack long time no see.” Said Cole nervously at the glaring orange apple farmer.
“An’ what’re you doin?” By Applejack’s tone Cole could tell the farmer didn’t like him.
“Umm I was just…Up there.” He pointed to the golden city. “And I kinda was kicked out. You know where Rainbow is?”
“Yer gonna be in a mighty bit O trouble if yeh hurt Rainbow.” Said Applejack even more hostilely.
“Oh…Well I’m not here to hurt or maim but I’m here to. Umm play a game?” He pathetically tried to rhyme to lighten the mood. It somewhat worked when her scowl turned to a confused frown.
“an’ what deh hay does that mean?”
“Well. I don’t know. Anyway after I met with Nano Swarm she took away all my abilities to fight back with the swarm. She kinda made me just a regular old human.”
“So yer powerless?” She said in an almost too happy and mischievous way. Cole backed away from the stand.
“Well…Yea I’m pretty much defenseless.” He said with a nervous smile.
“Good.” She said flatly.
Cole stood there with a little hint of fear considering he couldn’t use superhuman strength without the swarm backing him up. Also there’s the issue with his knowledge of Equestria and the ponies where AJ is able to kick trees hard enough that they drop their fruit. So it’s understandable that Cole was terrified out of his mind when Applejack launched herself at him when he turned and ran away like a little bitch.
“GET BACK HERE YA VARMENT!”
“NANO HELP!”
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“God dammit.” Said Nano Swarm while Golem was mid scolding her.
“What?” He asked.
“Cole’s in trouble.” She said calmly.
“I’ll send Beast Master.”
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Applejack galloped through parted ponies that were in the market place. They all moved aside when the saw the bipedal creature that stabbed their friend and the work horse acting out a cat and mouse scenario. Though it was a lot more serious than that as everyone could tell. Cole had dread plastered on his face while Applejack had the look of pure rage and vengeance as she chased down the human. Applejack was able to close the distance quickly and she leaped into the air and slammed her hooves into Cole’s back, which made him topple to the ground.
“Got yah now yah pony eater!” She rose her hooves to crack down on Cole’s skull and end his life. But something grabbed her hooves while they where still lifted up in the air.
“My my that wouldn’t do.” Applejack looks up to be greeted by another bipedal creature. Only his eyes were soft and comforting. His shirt was ripped and torn and he had not a scratch on him. He was buff and he spoke with a gentle fatherly like, yet very masculine voice.
“Now my good apple farmer.” He stated. “Do you really want to have the guilt of taking another creatures life on your hooves? Besides who will see the mangled body before someone finally cleans it up? You’ll scare little fillies.” He said with a hint of worry and dread.
“W-who are y’all?” She said terrified.
“Master of all things living. I’m Beast Master.” He said with a cheerful smile.
“Y-yer not gonna hurt me are yah?” Applejack was unsure of this new arrival. Nano Swarm looked like an angel. This one didn’t but he had carried himself like some sort of gentle giant.
“Why would I hurt you?” He said with a hurt expression.
“Ah’m sorry Mr. but you look kinda...”Applejack chose her words carefully but her honesty got the better of her. “Well yer human. And ah don’t trust humans.”
“Oh that’s understandable with the history of this place…Did you know in an alternate Equestria you and I are friends?” A loving smile appeared on his face. He didn’t have a hint of a lie either so Applejack could assume he either believed that himself or he’s very good at lying.
“Y-yer lyin’.” She stated but felt unsure.
“You are too.”
“No ah ain’t!” She snapped back but realized she kind of was. This appeared on her face when she had the look of confusion while she had he hoof over her mouth.
“Maybe you should get off of Cole first?” Beast Master offered.
“What? Oh right.” Applejack let Cole back on his feet and he turned to Beast Master.
“So Beast I’m guessing you know my daughter?”
“A personal friend of hers as well. She’s quite fond of playing with my dragon too.” He smiled as he stated that. Both Cole and Applejack’s mouths hung open before Cole broke the momentary silence.
“You have a dragon? Like little guy like spike?”
“Nope full grown. Want me to call him?”
“I don’t believe you so yea. Call him.” Challenged Cole. Applejack got worried because she didn’t detect a lie.
“Ok then. One moment.” Beast Master sat cross legged style on the ground and closed his eyes for a few moments. Then he opened them back up after a few seconds and stated. “Done. He’s coming.”
“I don’t know what I just saw but there was no way you called a dragon like that.” Said Cole.
“Then stay for a while…and listen.” He held a hand to his ear and smiled when he heard a distant roar that obviously belonged to a dragon.
“Holy shit.” Stated Cole.
“Holy? No. Royalty? Yes! He’s the dragon prince.”
“What. Thee. Christ.” Cole said a horrified expression…But not really feeling horrified just more shocked.
“Don’t let it get any closer! Please, please send it away!” Beast Master has never really seen a hysterical Applejack. He sent a command to the dragon to return to Utopia because the ponies aren’t ready.
“Don’t worry I sent him back to his pen.” Said Beast Master reassuringly. “I’m sorry if I worried you.” He looked genuinely hurt. Which in turn made Applejack trust him even more.
“Aw it’s ok all right Beast. Umm yah don’t mind if ah call y’all beast right?”
“Neh, it’s a shorter way to say my name. What’s your name?”
“Yah said yah knew me?” Asked AJ.
“Hehe all right. Mind if I call you Apple? Miss Applejack.”
“Sure sugarcube. Now tell me bout yerself.”
“I’m master of all creatures non sentient. I can command creatures like rabbits, birds, other things on the ground and in the air. Many creatures that Fluttershy would be used to taking care of.”
“Ah admit Ah’m a little afraid’a the fact yah know so much about us and we don’t know nutin about y’all.”
“That’s why I’m telling you about myself.” He stated with a wink.
Cole only watched as Beast Master talked up Applejack. He used this time to get away before Applejack remembered why she is in the middle of the market street in the first place. It was also a good time to find Rainbow Dash and hang out for the remainder of the day. He remembers what he can about the environment. But all he could really think about is Rainbow Dash and what her house looked like. He mindlessly walks to the outskirts of town and finally see’s her cloud home in the distance.
“OH DAAAAAASH!” He yells out to the low hanging cloud. “I’M BAAAAAAAAACK!”
Then a cyan head pops out from behind the cloud cover. It zooms down and slams into Cole’s chest and puts his ass on the hard ground with a thud.
“Haiya!” said the rainbow mare.
“Oh hey Dashie. Wana hang?”
“Sure what you got in mind?”
Cole thought for a moment. He rubbed his chin in thought and said “Hmm.” While Rainbow decided to lay down on him while he thought.
“You know. I can stay like this for a while.” He finally said with a smile on his face.
(Ok not going to lie…This is where I got stuck. Because I had no idea what I wanted to do with Beast Master or Cole when this was done. So excuse any shitty plot line bullshit.)