______*Equis orbit, Lyaroa/Galesh's ship.*______
Lyaroa just stared at her mother with a deadpan expression, she said nothing at first but after a while she looked up at the ceiling. "Why the interest in them? I haven't seen them for thousands of years, longer probably." She asked flatly.
"The only way to cure you is to restore your immortality and powers, and since I know you erased your memories of it, there are only two individuals who you would trust with them." Galesh explained as though it were obvious.
Lyaroa closed her eyes and grunted. "Didn't Wheatly tell you anything?" She asked with irritation as she placed her hand over her eyes.
Galesh raised an eyebrow. "He said to go to Earth, but there isn't anything there." She replied with confusion.
Lyaroa suddenly grinned with a slight laugh which turned into a pained cough, she recovered quickly and removed her hand to look at Galesh. "It's amazing what's in plain sight isn't it? but then again, the amazing is often clumped together with many of the same thing." She said to herself before looking up again.
"What are you babbling about now?" Galesh asked her daughter who simply chuckled, seemingly in a demented manner.
"What does an onion have?" The younger Sentinel teased as she rested her head on the table, which was surprisingly soft.
Galesh grunted and stood up. "Brood all you want, I'll find out for myself." She walked away from Lyaroa and reached the door, and then Lyaroa's words sunk in. 'An onion?...That's It!' She looked at Lyaroa who forced herself to stand up. "Oh no, you are NOT leaving this med bay!" She stated as she walked back over with the intention to put her back on the table.
Lyaroa held her hand up as Galesh approached. "You need me in order to reach the correct worlds, unless you want to deal with several thousand seperate jumps." She said as she walked very slowly towards the door, where Galesh begrudgingly helped her to the bridge.
When the two Sentinel's left the med bay, the ship was surprisingly quiet, as in there was no one in sight as they slowly made their way to the bridge, they walked into the main chamber and there was no one there either, they shared a confused look for a second before continuing on to the bridge, Lyaroa had some difficulty with the stairs at first but made it up after a few minutes.
When Galesh finally reached the bridge with her daughter she found only Fang and Skitter sitting in the chairs, with the former listening to a quiet version of the Computer explaining how to fly the ship. "Where is everyone else?" Galesh asked as she motioned to the chairs.
"They went to explore the ship, find out where they are going to sleep and such." Skitter said nonchalantly before looking over her shoulder and smiling at Lyaroa, who waved with her free hand.
Lyaroa chuckled and gave Fang a nod when he looked over his shoulder at her and he returned the nod before returning his focus to the vastness of space.
Galesh led Lyaroa carefully to the helm and sat down in the pilots seat while Lyaroa leaned on the chair to keep herself from falling over. "Mistress Lyaroa, it's good to have you back." The computer said with some joy.
Lyaroa nodded and then focused on Galesh. "I'm going to give you a destination now, no matter what do not stray from them." She ordered as she called up a hologram and typed the coordinates in.
"You really have gone mad." Galesh said, staring at the coordinates in disbelief, she then turned the ship and began flying in that direction.
Fang looked over at the coordinates, they read. "Brd000trth." The wolf blinked and looked at Lyaroa. "Where exactly is that?" He asked out of curiosity.
"Mistress, those coordinates cannot be right, they point to a dimensional ripple the size of a walnut." The computer said as it scanned, as though it could not believe it.
Lyaroa grinned. "Where better to hide what no one should find?" She asked, with a crazed grin, which Skitter found disturbing on a number of levels.
The ship then launched towards its destination, Galesh flew it at a slower speed to avoid any tracking equipment. "It'll take us a while to reach it safely, you should sit down." She told her daughter as she kept her focus on flying.
"I will not sit down-" Lyaroa was suddenly thrust into her chair by red and yellow magic. "Bad Lyaroa." Skitter said in a mocking tone and a smirk on her face.
Lyaroa glared at Skitter. "Computer, override code four three c, program two." She said ominously.
Skitter raised an eyebrow. "What's that-" She was cut off as a large boxing glove suddenly descended from the ceiling punched her in the face.
"I am sorry miss, that program was added in a practical joke war six thousand years ago." The computer apologized.
Skitter held her head in a daze and then growled and glared at Lyaroa with aggravation. "That wasn't fair." She stated as she lit her horn and Lyaroa's seat spun around rapidly, thankfully the Computer locked the Sentinel in so she didn't fall off the chair.
Meanwhile, Galesh looked at Fang with a hopeful expression. "Are they always like this?" She asked, hoping it wasn't true.
"Sorry to say, they are, just be glad they didn't break out the explosives." Fang said with dread, shuddering at the memory of waking up to fireworks in the living room.
When Lyaroa stopped spinning after a minute, she fought urge to vomit and looked at Skitter with aggravation. "If I could use my powers without possibly dying, I would soooo...kick your ass." She warned.
Before Skitter could counter the veiled threat, Galesh growled and trembled in anger, she then released her anger in the best way to end the bickering. "SHUT UP! I WON'T TOLERATE THIS BULLSHIT ON MY SHIP!" She snapped, glaring at the two.
"Technically madam-" The computer didn't even finish before a unified voice in the cockpit shouted. "Quiet!"
______*Elsewhere in the ship.*______
Firefly had gone off with Syrin to explore the ship together, what they quickly discovered was that the ship was far bigger on the inside than the outside, right now the two fillies were inside a chamber of sorts, with a viewing area above them, tones of boxes and scattered parts littered the area. "What is all of this?" Firefly asked as she looked around at some of the stuff.
Syrin lit her horn and examined an object that was on the ground, it was small and had wires sticking out, there was a seven engraved on the object and it had two prongs. "Parts to a machine...of what kind I don't know." She set the part down and grabbed the lid of a crate with her magic.
"Wait! we don't know what's in these boxes! what if one of them is trapped?" Firefly asked with worry.
Syrin rolled her eyes and the crates lid popped off, she stepped onto a small box and looked inside the crate, she raised an eyebrow at what was inside. "We shouldn't be snooping like this, what if we're caught?" Firefly asked as she took a step back.
As Firefly panicked behind the unicorn filly, Syrin gripped the object inside the crate. "It's a hairdryer." Syrin stated flatly, silencing the Pegasus as she pulled out a massive hairdryer that was bigger than them.
"Why does Galesh have that? and why is it so big?" Firefly asked as she stared at the white and red device.
Syrin noticed something odd about the hairdryer other than its size and turned it so she could see what it was. "There's writing here, it says Desert Tech Industrial Strength Hairdyer, for when you need to dry multiple heads at once." She shrugged and put the hairdryer back in the crate before closing it. "I wonder if this is all Lyaroa's stuff, because Estalli turns into a raptor while Galesh stays in her Sentinel body most of the time." She theorized.
Firefly blinked. "So...this is all, oh boy." She stated with concern, she clutched her necklace.
Syrin looked at Firefly and her gaze drifted to the necklace after the Pegasus lowered her hoof. "What's with the fang?" She asked, pointing at the odd necklace.
Firefly looked at the necklace sadly and held it in her hoof. "Back in the other world." She said, flinching at the memory of Ponyville burning. "Before you showed up, I met a Werewolf named Storm." She smiled at the memory of her friend. "He came from another version of the world and helped us to get Fang out of Tartarus, before we sent him home he gave me this, it's one of his fangs." She felt her eyes moisten and she felt tears falling down her face. "We used to talk through it, it's a connection you know? but I haven't heard a peep from him, not one." She said through sobs as she fell to ground crying.
Syrin walked up to the Firefly and with some uncertainty she put her arms around the crying Pegasus filly, she pulled her into a hug and the Pegasus buried her face into Syrin's fur as she cried. "Shh...let it out." The unicorn said quietly, gently stroking the pegasus' mane. "I understand what it's like to lose a friend, it'll hurt like this for a long while, I'll help you through it." She whispered the middle bit but with no less sincerity.
Up in the viewing area above the room, Darkestlight and Roxanne watched as Syrin comforted the crying Firefly. "Shouldn't you go down there and comfort your daughter?" Dark asked out of worry.
Roxanne sighed and looked at her friend. "As much as I want to do that, Firefly needs this, not just to finally vent to someone else, but to make a friend." She shook her head as she walked to the door to leave the viewing room.
"I thought she had friends?" Dark asked with confusion, not entirely understanding what the fox was saying.
Roxanne looked at the unicorn with a sad gaze. "She doesn't have any friends her own age, Spark is her brother, Apache is more of a sister to her and she can't stand to look at the crusaders or Spike...I can barely stand being in the same room as Dash, and I know Fang feels the same way when around Twilight." She said before opening the door and walking out.
Dark bit her lip and followed the fox. "Wait up!" She called out.
_____*Meanwhile.*_____
Spark and Apache entered a small room with a large orb that was bigger than both of them in the center of it, and booth like seating all around it. "What is this room?" The dragon asked as he looked around, the walls and ceiling were steel gray and the lights were a soft yellow.
"This is the memory chamber, any individual can enter and relive one of their memories or any memory stored in my files." The Computer answered. "Though I shall be limiting your access." It added.
Apache gained a thoughtful look on her face and she looked at Spark. "Can you...show me a memory of Fang? I want to know what he was like before he was Star." She asked the dragon.
Spark smiled and nodded. "How do I show my memory?" He asked.
"Simply sit down and think of the memory you wish to show." The computer explained.
Spark and Apache sat down and the dragon thought on one of his memories, a smile on his face as he did so.
Soon enough, the orb came to life, an image of perfect quality appeared within and the orb seemed to expand to cover the rest of the room, Apache blinked and watched with wide eyes as she stared at Lyaroa's old home from the other world.
The view was from Spark's eyes and they watched and took in every detail, a familiar mechanical ball with two metal grips that was made of a kind of metal rode along a rail that went around the room, a pure white wolf lay asleep on the couch, covered by a comfy looking red blanket, a fluffy white tail poked out from the blanket.
Past Spark was sitting in a chair looking around the room, Spark revealed that Lyaroa had a habit of changing the floor or furniture whenever the mood struck her but she always kept the tan walls and dark red couch, the chair that Past Spark was sitting in was made of brown felt, the floor at this time was soft blue carpet.
The other occupants of the room were two that Apache didn't recognize, one was a golden bear with regular eyes and orange irises, he drank something from a mug and was reading a book, the other was a strange gray wolf with dark red eyes, his legs bent forwards instead of backwards like most wolves, he was laying on the floor next to the couch and a pillow under his head.
"It was four in the morning, most of us fell asleep but everyone else stayed up because we didn't feel tired." Spark said to Apache, he then pointed at the stairs and they watched as a familiar black wolf with white patches walked down the stairs, he had a smile on his face as he looked at Past Spark. "Dad was so happy, he hadn't had any visions for a long time and things were returning to normal around Ponyville." The dragon said as he watched Fang go into the kitchen, open the refrigerator and pull out a bottle of water.
"This memory doesn't really have anything interesting, it's just all of us enjoying some quiet time as a family." Spark said, he touched the orb and the images changed.
The room was the same as before, only now there was an all too familiar Pegasus filly in Past Sparks face. "Wake up sleepyhead! breakfast is almost done!" Firefly's energetic voice said happily before the filly jumped off the chair and ran off to somewhere else.
No one was in the living room aside from the still sleeping Lyaroa, so Past Spark looked to the kitchen and saw the golden bear working with a familiar white furred fox with faded red patches, and bright yellow eyes, Apache recognized her as Roxanne and Past Spark turned to face the door behind him when a knock came to the door.
"I'll get it." Said the voice of Fang as he walked up to the door and opened it, revealing Rainbow Dash and Derpy, along with Dinky and Amethyst Star, or Sparkler as some of the Ponyville residents called her. "Hey Fang, are we late?" The prismatic maned Pegasus asked.
Fang chuckled. "No way, come on In." He said as he moved aside to let the four ponies enter.
Spark smiled fondly as Rainbow Dash walked into the kitchen and whispered into the golden bears ear, he grinned and grabbed a cup, he watched as the bear handed Rainbow the cup after filling it with water, and he watched as Rainbow placed the cup by Lyaroa on the floor.
"That is so stupid." Apache commented, but Spark silenced her by holding up a hand, silently telling the Pegasus to watch the scene unfold.
Rainbow gently grabbed Lyaroa's free hand and they heard Past Spark stifle a laugh when they saw Lyaroa gain a smirk, before the Pegasus could put the Sentinel's hand in the water the cup teleported over her head and dumped its contents on the would-be prankster, Fang was heard laughing and Rainbow pouted as she grumbled.
Spark stopped the memory and the room returned to normal, he looked at Apache. "We were a mismatched family, but we cared about one another, we had a good life and we had eachother through thick and thin." He sighed as he leaned back in the seat. "It broke my heart when we had to abandon it all, well, that's not entirely accurate." He looked at Apache again. "Lyaroa made rules for herself, and she broke them without realizing it, and instead of fixing her mistake she had us leave the world we loved." Spark rubbed his eyes.
"Do you resent her for it? you have the right to you know?" Apache asked, curious as to how her brother felt.
Spark shook his head and sighed sadly. "At first? yes...I hated her, I wanted to find her and make her feel how sad I felt that day, but after a while I realized something." He leaned back and stared at the ceiling. "I don't know how she must have felt that day, and I just couldn't bring myself to hate her when I put enough thought into it." He went silent as he lay down on his chest, he closed his eyes and felt content to just sit and relax.
Apache looked at her brother for a short while before walking next to him and laying right up against his body. "Say anything about this and I will deny everything and never forgive you." She warned as she rested her head on Spark's back.
Spark said nothing, only gaining a small smile as he rested, attempting to sleep.
______*Meanwhile*______
Estalli and Nightmare stood in the sleeping quarters of the ship, they had been discussing the sleeping arrangements for the 'crew' of the ship, thankfully the room had a lot of beds, one of which was charred beyond recognition, Estalli didn't know why and she said that her mother refused to tell her, so the subject was dropped and the bed disposed of, the only problem they couldn't agree on was who would fly the ship.
"My mother and Fang can't be the only ones to fly the ship! Lyaroa is out of commission and none of you know how to fly!" Estalli argued.
Nightmare groaned. "The computer taught Fang how to fly this thing! and Galesh said that you are NOT allowed to fly this thing after some...incident!" She countered.
Estalli crossed her arms and huffed. "That was one time! ONE! and it wasn't even that bad!" She said in her defense, however as soon as she said that a screen appeared next to her and played an image, she paled at the sight of the ship rapidly descending and falling towards a rocky canyon, the ship was heavily damaged and it crashed right into a cliff face.
"Not that bad huh?" Nightmare teased with a smirk.
Estalli grumbled. "THATS NOT FAIR COMPUTER!" She shouted with annoyance.
"That is the truth." The computer replied. "It took weeks before I was back up and running again at full power, so you will forgive if I am reluctant to deal with that again." It added.
"Besides, the computer can fly on its own, it's not like we're stressing for pilots here." Nightmare said with a roll of her eyes, she walked to the entrance of the sleeping quarters and looked at Estalli. "If I have to I'll learn to fly the ship, so just calm down and stop worrying so much." She said before leaving the room to go elsewhere.
______*The bridge.*______
Galesh steadied her course and looked over to Fang who was busy checking the systems, she had sent Skitter and Lyaroa away to the med bay and it was quiet in the bridge, she looked out into space and spoke. "How can you read Voidarian?" She asked with curiosity.
"Read what now?" Fang asked as he looked over at Galesh.
Galesh sighed and looked at Fang with a little annoyance. "Sentinel language?" She asked, hoping that the wolf knew what she was talking about.
Fang blinked and realization dawned on him. "Oh yea...that, I think it's a side effect of your daughter possessing my body for a while." He sighed to himself. "I try not to think about the old world that much, I did things I'm not proud of." He said before focusing on flying.
Galesh raised an eyebrow at Fang's choice of words but chose not to say anything about it, she decided to change the subject. "It's funny how things work out isn't it?" She said, getting a look from Fang. "We fought once, I killed you and now look at us, working together to save my daughter." Galesh shook her head at the irony.
Fang said nothing at first as he returned his focus to piloting the ship. "Yea...funny." He whispered to himself.