Apple core slowly opened her eyes. She felt very weak of course after being asleep for so long. She slowly got out of the bed groaning falling full on the floor looking down at her front left leg. It's fully cybernetic up to the shoulder. She tries to remember what happened to her. But she finally remembers that it was blasted off. A dark weaver slowly helped her up. This one called for Luna with a strange device.
Core stood on her hooves looking at her friends who are out as well. So much has changed she felt having no hope in her heart at the very moment. Since she doesn’t fully remember what happened to the station but the battle of the station broke her. Luna walked into the tent staring at the poor mare.
"Hello, Apple Core. Are you alright?"
Core smiled weakly. "If worried about my friends is being alright then yes I am I guess."
"Your friends are oddly awake well the elements again are trying to do a strange time issue. The time issue is the fact that you may see them but their journey to the next part of their lives is over."
Core blinked staring at her friends again on the beds. Then looking up to Luna.
"I don't understand what you mean but I can understand. Now If I may is there anything for me at all left?"
Luna smiled weakly. "Some of your family lived through the battle on Equis and well they want to build an orchid and a farm but they wish you to be there before they do."
Core smiled. "So some of my family is alive. Good... Good." She looked away looking down closing her eyes a moment feeling so upset and not sure what to think anymore. "Luna, what happens to the station?"
Luna sighed shaking her head. "The station fell apart and blew up really. A spell that Twilight placed on it herself caused you along with the rest of the station to freeze in time. So while you all dreamed of your mind healing. You had to fight the counter of the elements that you hold."
Core blinked. "Ah, I remember some of that. Now, what must I do to see my friends again?"
Luna sighed. "Make a home for yourself find a stallion and make a home for yourself. So you have to get married my dear core."
Core smiled weakly. "I'm happy to hear that. But it's odd for me to have to get married. But if that's needed it better before love and not just sex and lust."
Luna laughed softly. "Oh of course my dear Core. It's going to be because of love. Also so you know this new world we won't have the technology that we did on Equis. Many feel in this new alliance that the reason for Equis fall was because of all the tech we had. Now the station is being built in space with defenses and shipyards."
Core blinked. "So we are still at war with Disharmony? What happened to Equis Luna?"
Luna closed her eyes sighing. "Equis is not the same since many of the creatures left. Some stayed behind to make sure they could keep an eye on the others. But Sunset Shimmer took over the world but we don't know even if she is alive anymore. No one can get into the ruins of the still-burning Cantorlot after one of my Commandos crashed their ship into the castle. To get to her. So the entire world is burning and the sun and Moon are in between and hasn’t been changed since then."
Core's ears pin to the back of her head with tears streaming down her eyes. "But. My home sweet apple what happen to it?!"
She sighed. "All the trees were cut and brought here. Since the ground was poisoned by the battle in Ponyville and Ponyville burnt to the ground thanks to the battle. The very battle did so much to the ponies of Equis."
Core sobbed softly. Luna sighed and wrapped her wings around the poor mare gently nuzzling her back allowing her to cry and sob. She broke down hard took her a while to get through it the thing is though. She was trying to follow the hoof steps of Applejack. Now she is not able to anymore. She then sighs after awhile shaking her mane.
"Where is my hat Luna?"
Luna smile her horn glowed placing the hat back onto Core's head. "Don't worry my friend. You will find some pony that will love you. You will find all the places to plant the zap apple trees and the trees that survived the trip here. The bat creatures that made this world. They have found a way to make them grow like they used to year-round. So you will be able to sell them again."
Core smiled. "I will be able to make the Zap apple jam again. It's not going to be easy without the tech that we had but I am sure living like we did before all that would be great. Till we get back into the station."
Luna nodded. "Yes, that's some things some ponies are worried about. That when they go back to the station they won't understand what to do with the station so I can understand. Some will have issues getting used to the fact that they go from primitive ways of old Equis to high powered tech like the station."
Core sighed looking at her friends then at the tent. "So what is this new world called?"
"New Celestia."
Core blinked a moment thinking. "Yesh that is crazy I don't understand the fact that it's named after our former Princess of the sun."
Luna nods. "It was my idea. I'm now Queen of the world. My castle has been built close to this town so I could keep an eye on the elements. Even if I will just be there watching from afar I am not going to be part of the battle anymore."
Core blinked thinking a moment. "Then who will be the leader of the station?"
"Rainbow cloud will be the leader of the station. She is the commander she will follow what I say and I will tell her I want her to fight Disharmony and harmony before we go take back the other worlds. Meaning we need to fight all of the threats that harmony will send after us."
Core nodded. "Alright, I understand Luna. I mean my Queen." Core bowed down slowly with a gentle smile on her face. "I wish I could speak like the rest of my family. But the cowgirl way of speaking has kind of left my family."
Luna nodded. "Now you need to go take care of your home dear Core we found you a place for your family to stay and a farm to be built."
Core nodded leaving the tent to see the beautiful new town. It's almost a city but it's just small enough to be a town. She turned to look at the hills that look like sweet apple was. But all she sees is a farmhouse. No barn but just a farmhouse.
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The fields
Core walked from the town to the farm. Her family just stared at her at the fact that they see she is alive. But sadly they don't fully trust her since she was in space. Most of them don't even remember her. But waiting for her near were the farm would be built. A group of workers ready to help her with everything.
"Greetings I'm Mortar. I will be helping you build this barn and getting your farm ready to grow." Core smiled giving him a nod.
"So a unicorn wishes to do the job of an earth pony. Could you keep up with me?"
Mortar smirked. "Oh, I can keep with you miss Core." Core smiled she felt her heartthrob hard. This stallion triggered something inside her. Making her feel like she wants this stallion but. More of the fact she wants to get to know him first.
"Alright then." She picks up the pencil with her mouth drawing how she wants the barn to look. The inside looks pretty large for the storage of all the food they grow. They even want a trade-up inside the barn for the other growers of the planet. She backs up after she is done having Mortar look at it.
"Hmm, I see You might need to build yourself a new home too. These ponies who are your family don't see to trust you that much. But It could be that most of them still think that Twilight was right about the elements. I'm sure sooner or later they will rethink that. I think giving the time they need will be better."
Core nods moving the blueprints of the barn to the side. She made started drawing the house. Inside the house is not any storage she added a large set of bedrooms a good large kitchen and all this would be connected to the barn. She then drew a place for Mortar to stay.
He looked at it and turned to look at her with a smirk. "Did I make an impression the mare of hope?"
Core laughed. "Oh, maybe I am sure you will enjoy living with me till I learn more about you and make my husband." She winked at him. Mortar laughed.
"Oh, so that is your game then miss Core? Bringing a stallion in on a faults sense of security and then asking them to marry you and give you foals?"
Core chuckled. "You don't seem to be complaining big guy."
Mortar just shook his head. "Why should I miss Core. I am honored that you wish to try that with me. But how about this we do a good old fashioned courtship. I will court you."
Core nods. "Sounds good to me."
"Now before we do anything else my dear core. We need to have a blueprint of how you want the farm. Your family hasn’t gotten brave enough to plow the fields or plant the trees. Are you ready to do just that?"
Core nodded pushing another Blueprint she drew how she wanted the Apple trees like they were back on Equis. Then the same with the Zap apple trees. She was given a great amount to help the other farms to grow as well. Since some just do one thing. But she wanted to be like her ancestors before her and grow more.
"Hmm alright, this will take some time. I will try to get your family to join in. I have tried to get them to come into town. But they don't even trust any other pony. From what I learned the farm was turned into prison soon after you left Equis."
Cores ears drooped after she heard this. Why would Twilight do this to her family? But she couldn't just blame Twilight for that. The fact that Applejack was her friend and that she is living in the hoof steps of Apple Jack. She wanted to make sure non of Core’s family or core herself would destroy what Apple Jack made. It upsets her that Twilight would do so much to ruin others.
"I wish I could have been more helpful to them. The battle of the station kept me from returning. If I knew how they were being treated I would have gotten on the first shuttle to rush to see them. I wish I did that."
Mortar nodded watching a filly walk from her parents to look up to Core.
"Are you... my auntie Apple Core?" The little brown filly asked. Core’s eyes fill with tears staring down at her niece she gave a weak and slow nod. She didn't want to get the fillies hopes up.
"Yes, I am your aunt."
Mortar smiled looking towards the workers "Get to work we need to get this ready. Also Core I need to speak to you alone."
Core blinks nodding following Mortar to a private area of the farm so she could speak to the unicorn. She got a good look at him this time. He was a pure teal stallion with a green tail and mane. When they got to the private spot he turned to her with a smile.
"Luna thought you would like me so she asked me to be the one to come. So what’s interesting about this I never thought you would want to be with me or for me to court you."
Core laughed. "Mortar you're a strong stallion. I look for a lot in a male. Strong ability to make my week kneed and able to help me when I get back on the station. I feel that you will do your best with that. The station is not going to be easy for me to go along with that."
Mortar nodded. "Yes, I can understand that since the station is not going to be easy for most of us to get used to. I have always lived like we used to back before Equis got the heavy new tech that made us weaker."
Core smiled weakly. "Yes yes I agree but you will get used to when we get on the station with our foals?"
Mortar blinks blushing deep red. "You want my foals we barely know each other."
Core rolled her eyes. "Mortar we will get to know each other first. Before I allow you to mate with me." She laughs. "Besides handsome, you already impressed me with how strong you look." She winked at him with a smile.
"Well, at least I did something right with you. Are you up for helping the workers and it seems some of your family has gotten into it as well."
Core turned to watch her family helping the workers build her home and barn. She nods.
They go to work on the farm and the house and barn. Core with her family and Mortar plowed the fields with ponies behind her planting the seeds. This would take a while but this hard work made Core very happy. Since she has been on that station for so long. The idea of the station made her happy but not able to plant or do this. it made her harder. Now the first field was full of carrots and lettuce.
The next set of fields where most of the same thing but one had corn. Now it would take a lot longer for her to harvest. The trees would be next. The trees were slowly planted into the ground since the trees are pretty weak from only getting water every once in a while. She had to order a long rainstorm to allow her farm to get a drink. Mortar set up a tent since the barn and house is still being built but taking a lot longer then they thought it would.
Core stared at the water looking back to Mortar. "I find it interesting this water is so pure in this new world. I never would expect to see this again."
Mortar nodded. "That's what most love about this new world. It's gotten to the point that many don't even wish to go back to Equis we have everything we need right here. Maybe ponies should have listened to the others in the past. If we follow the path of Tech. We would lose ourselves and the fact that we did. It is very easy to see. We pulled ourselves into a war we never should have."
Core sighed looking over to Mortar. "So tell me about yourself."
Mortar chuckles. "Well, not much to tell really. My family was part of the royal building society in Cantorlot under Celestia. We would build what she wanted and then just live in the castle. Of course, when I was young we never lived in the castle. Since most of my family spent so much time getting that station up and running."
Core stared at him smiling. "So you know what it's like to live in space then?"
He nodded. "Yes, I was born there in a very core room. It's where I spent most of my foal hood till I grew up fully and left the station. I was told that ponies like you would be running in and I didn't wish to be there. So I went back to Equis got married had foals. But.."
He went silent a moment sighing.
Core at beside him nuzzling his side gently. "Go on, please. I want to know what happens."
Mortar took a deep breath. "I was with my family in Saddle Aaraba It got attacked by Twilights army since they heard there is a group of resistance fighters in the town. But they took out ever they wished. Twilight told them to take anyone out that looked like a threat."
Core stared at him.
"My family and I were thought to be that threat. They gunned all my family members down even half the town. I was left for dead lying in the bodies of my family and friends. I waited there to die then Flurry heart and her mother found me. Along with some others that lived. They told me a new world had been found. So while I was badly wounded they helped me into the ship."
Core nodded.
"It took us about almost many months just to find the planet. I for one didn't care when I healed up I was able to do my best to help. I did I helped the rest of the ponies to find places to live along with the other races. The crystal empire is being rebuilt as well. I feel bad for them. most of them that lived watched some of their families freeze to death."
"You don't need to tell me anymore Mortar. I see you as some pony I will fall in love with and want to have a family with. You're strong you did so much for me just now and I didn't need to ask you. I'm sure you did." Core gently lays her head on the bed closing her eyes to sleep
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The passing months
The farm slowly took time to be built. The farmhouse and the barn were built with couches and such from the old Apple house. Some of the ponies were able to sneak back into Equis and steel from Applejack’s old farm. They took only what they could since the patrols were pretty harsh. It wasn't even easy for them to get off the world. They almost got shot down.
But thanks to the new farm for new Ponyville is not ready to fully trade with the rest of the world. All veggies and so on go through Apple Core's farm the other farmers aren't upset at this fact since they feel it connects the farmers of the new world. Spoiled riches family with them is still alive. They built a large store in the middle of the from New Ponyville to Minotaur bay a new Minotaur town that recently was built.
Core and Mortar went through a pretty clean courting. It took them both time to warm up to each other. But after six months longer then it took the others to get together with someone. The wedding with them was a pretty simple one of course. They just had it with their family.
Core was one of the lucky mares of the entire group. She had twins a filly and a colt. She named one of them Cement block. Then the other Sandstone. The filly is Sandstone for her color look of being sand and the other cement since he is the color of that.
But after she gave birth to them she is suddenly transported to the wedding their foals playing with her other friends foals frozen one of them is even dressed as a flower girl.
Luna stood there again with Discord.
"I'm getting tired of this." Discord softly said sighing.
"I know Discord but soon we will finally be able to see this go on and then the next station will finally be done. I need to go take care of some things what about you Discord?"
Discord shook his head. "I will stay here and see what else forms." Luna nodded transporting out of the time freezing. She looks at the glowing elements the next one slowly starts to glow. The next one is the element of speech. A soft smile forms on her face. She knows that Sugar Sparkle as already started a relationship with the doctor that helped her. Now only three are left. Speech. Peace, and Forgiveness