Chapter 1
A/N WARNING! Contains SCIENCE!
“You think you can destroy The Elements of Harmony just like that? Well, you're wrong, because the spirits of The Elements of Harmony are right here.” Said Twilight Sparkle.
“What?” Sputtered Nightmare Moon.
“Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of... honesty!”
“Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of...kindness!”
“Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of...laughter!”
“Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of...generosity!”
“And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire represents the spirit of... loyalty!”
“The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us.”
“You still don't have the sixth Element! The spark didn't work!” Nightmare Moon responded.
“But it did! A different kind of spark. I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all are my friends. You see, Night Mare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the... the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element: the element of... magic.” Finished Twilight, putting a period at the end of her sentence by blasting her with the Elements of Harmony.
“NOOO! Nooo!” Screamed Nightmare Moon in panic. In her panic, she tried use her magic to get away. The powerful magic of the Elements of Harmony were already putting strain on the dimensional boundaries of their universe. Combined with Nightmare Moon’s magic, it opened a small invisible hole to an alternate reality. The Elements of Harmony were close to completing their job and ridding the world of Nightmare Moon forever when the invisible hole to the other dimension started glowing.
The glowing hole, at first, had no effect on what was going on around it. But, as it began to glow even brighter, the six ponies were forced to look at it through curiosity, only to have their gazes shoved away as it began to glow brighter than the sun. By now, the spell that the Elements of Harmony were casting had already faded as they had lost their concentration before completing the spell.
Nightmare Moon, seeing her escape opportunity, teleported away quickly, but nopony noticed. They were focused on the loud high pitched screaming that was coming from the glowing hole. It was slowly getting louder, and they knew that somepony was in immense pain.
“Twilight, what is that?” Asked Rainbow Dash, shielding her eyes with her front leg.
“I don’t know!” Twilight yelled back. The screaming was getting louder.
“It sounds like somepony is getting hurt!” The screaming was so loud at this point they were forced to cover their ears instead of shield their eyes.
“I’m going to see what it is!” Yelled Rainbow Dash. Before Twilight could spout any objections, the light went out, and in its place was a strange...thing. It was bipedal, it wore a lot of heavy looking clothing that was green, olive green, and light green, and although they were unfamiliar with this certain creature, it was obvious that it was hurt. It was lying on the ground with a pained expression, and was looking at them with pleading eyes. It was covered in blood and bruises, and several of its appendages were bent at odd angles. It also wore a strange black mask that was strapped onto its face, leaving only its eyes viewable. Then it did something no one expected.
“Please...help...m-me.” It said in a gravelly voice, and then proceeded to cough up large amounts of blood. Everypony present stared in shock at the bloody and bruised creature. It had just spoken Equestrian. It then let its head fall to the stone ground with a small *thump*.
“Twilight....w-what is that thing?” Asked Rainbow Dash with a stutter in her voice, revealing fear that she hardly ever showed.
“I...I don’t know Rainbow. But we have to get it to the hospital, it’s seriously injured.” She said as she tenderly picked up the aforementioned creature and tried to set it on her back. She was instantly besieged by, what felt like, thousands of pounds of weight. She collapsed under its weight and struggled to get free.
“TWILIGHT!” Yelled Rainbow Dash protectively, as she swooped down to her new friend to protect her from the dangerous alien.
“It’s fine Rainbow, it’s just really heavy. Can somepony help me carry him? I can’t hold it with my magic all the way there.”
“I got this Twilight.” Said Applejack. “Just drop it on mah back, I can hold ‘im.” Twilight obliged and when she dropped the creature, Applejack stumbled a bit from his weight. She stopped, and put on a strained expression and started walking.
“Are you sure you can carry it AJ?” Asked Rainbow Dash, actually doubting her friend for once.
“Yea...at least ‘til we get to Ponyville.”
“How heavy is it?”
“I’d say around 300 pounds, give or take.” And with that, the ponies began their journey back to Ponyville, not giving any thought to Nightmare Moon and how she escaped, and focusing only on the hurt animal that had come to them.
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Nightmare Moon watched as the ponies left from the castle from her tower, high up in the crumbling castle. She also paid specific attention to the strange thing that the orange one was carrying on her back.
“Whatever this strange creature is, I owe it my life...I shall find a way to repay it, and maybe recruit it to my cause.”
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“What is that thing on its face?” Asked Rarity in a very unladylike manner. “It looks simply, horrid.”
“Judging by the vents on it, I think it’s some sort of breathing mask.” Answered Twilight.
“OOOH! Do you think I could wear it?!” Asked Pinkie Pie, in a sing-song voice.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea Pinkie.” But her words fell on deaf ears, and the pink mare was soon tugging at the mask in a futile attempt to simply pull it off.
“Pinkie, can ya stop that? Yer makin’ this...eumm...thing a might hard ta’ carry!” Applejack asked, as Pinkie continued pulling on the mask.
“That’d probably be a good Idea Pinkie, it might not breath the same air as we do. What it’s breathing could be poisonous to us, removing it could have fatal consequences for it and us.” Said Twilight with a worried voice.
The rest of the trip was spent in a brooding silence. But, before long they reached the edge of the Everfree forest and the silence was shattered to pieces by the groaning of the thing on Applejack’s back. Twilight’s horn began to glow a deep purple and it lifted the head of the creature up to look at it. Its eyelids were fluttering and they opened all the way and winced shut in pain.
“Urrrghh, goddamnit that hurts.” It took a deep breath, and bit its lip quite forcefully to avoid groaning. “That hurts too.” it said, voice muffled from its mask.
“GIRLS! It’s AWAKE!” Shouted Twilight, and the thing winced.
“GAH!” It near yelled in pain. “Could you keep it down?” It then tried to push itself off of Applejack and succeeded, with the ground as a reward. It let out a pained yelp as its broken body hit the ground and when Twilight checked again it was passed out.
“C’mon girls, we have to get him to Ponyville.” She said as she picked it up again and gave it to Applejack. “There is no telling how much longer it can stay like this.” She spoke with a frown, gazing a small trickle of blood that was leaving a trail through the Everfree. They continued their trek in silence for about five minutes until they passed Fluttershy’s cottage.
“Um, girls, I really have to get going, and take care of the animals. That is if...it’s okay with you.” She said with a small cower.
“Of course Fluttershy, we will take care of this...thing.” Said Rarity with a small smile at her friends timid ways. And with that they left behind Fluttershy, who was too scared of the alien thing to stay with the group. Fluttershy was intrigued by the new animal, but scared to death of any possible hostility from the alien. They continued trotting along at an urgent pace, but not too fast as to damage their passenger any more than it was already. After a five minute walk through the town, ignoring the weird stares they were getting from the inhabitants, they arrived at the hospital, and they burst in.
“Hello, somepony! We have an injured...thing! It needs medical assistance.” Yelled Twilight as they ran in. As it turned out, her yelling wasn’t necessary because Nurse Redheart was standing there, behind the desk.
“What do you mean, a ‘thing’?” She asked, and Twilights response was gesturing to Applejack. The nurse looked over, and let out a gasp when she saw the creature.
“W-what, is that?” She asked in horror, both at its appearance and that it would be easily taller than 2 ponies stacked on top of eachother. It was also very burly, as far as she could tell with all of its clothing on.
“No time to explain. It needs medical assistance right away. Only one note, the thing on its face looks like a breathing apparatus. It is wise not to remove it until we figure out what it breathes.” The nurse blanched and nodded.
“Please take...it... to operating room 4. I will get a doctor.” She said as she hurried away.
“Uhmmm, does anyone know where operating room 4 is?” Asked Twilight.
“Yea, it’s that way!” Said Pinkie Pie, pointing down a corridor.
“How did you know?”
“There’s a sign that says operating room four on the wall.” She responded. Twilight coughed and started walking down the hallway. Not a moment later they arrived at the room, and Twilight levitated the creature onto the table.
“C’mon, we better leave. Let the doctors do their thing.” She said as she trotted out the door. Pinkie followed, hopping cheerily out. Rainbow grumbled something about an awesome alien that she couldn’t talk to, and then followed. Applejack and Rarity didn’t complain and just walked out.
