In Princess Twilight Sparkle's subconscious mind, her very soul remains trapped in an unbreakable four-pointed star crystal prison of her own making. Since being frozen in suspended animation, Princess Twilight Sparkle has been unable to break free of this crystal prison to seek forgiveness from the First Star.
"This is where you belong, Princess Twilight Sparkle, or should I call you Nightmare Sparkle. The destroyer of harmony and killer of innocent life. You were jealous of your sister-in-law's Crystal Empire. Why could I not do the same for my Friendship Kingdom? The answer to that is because I am so weak. My mentor should have never ascended me to the rank of Alicorn Princess." Nightmare Sparkle said viciously as tears begin to run down Twilight Sparkle cheeks splashing on her average-sized breasts.
"Twilight Sparkle, you don't belong here; if you did, you wouldn't be crying feeling guilty about what you did. Yes, you destroy many innocent lives and damage your relationship with your sister-in-law Princess Cadence. But all that can be fixed all you have to do is break free of this prison and ask for forgiveness from the first star." Twilight sparkle said encouraging as Twilight soul touches the Crystal prison with her hand, and it starts to fracture and crack with her slight touch.
"No pony will forgive you, Princess Nightmare Sparkle, and your sister-in-law will never forgive you." Nightmare sparkle said, undermining her confidence, making her feel weak and alone.
"Twilight's don't listen to her! I know one pony that will forgive you, Lord Justice Silverlight! The husband of your mentor Princess Celestia Silverlight!" Twilight Sparkle said reassuring tying to boost Twilight's confidence to break free of her guilt.
"Princess Twilight Sparkle, did you not promise me your heart and soul! So you may not remain in this place! I order you to break free!" A strong stallion voice said as Twilight shatters the crystal prison that held her.
Slowly the moderate violet color eyes of Princess Twilight Sparkle open up through her sleepy blurred vision; the very bright lights of unknown sterile white room greets her sight. On instinct, she brings her arm and hands up to shield her eyes from the bright light. She suddenly gasps, and tears come to her eyes as she can now move all her extremities went she wants. As she quickly sits up, she gets a nasty brain freeze.
"Whoa Twily, take it easy. You are suffering from freezer sickness after being in suspended animation for five years. The effects of freezer sickness are only a temporary affliction. So lay back down." A pink alicorn mare with a surgical mask and face shield on her snout said as she lay her back down on the bed.
"Cadence?" Twilight comments as the mare remove her surgical mask and face shield.
"Yes, it is me. Welcome back, Twilight." Cadence said her face flushed with happiness.
"Shining Armor?" Twilight asked as a lump form in Cadence's throat.
"I don't know, Twily," Cadence said her voice a lifeless monotone as she turns to check the multitude of medical monitoring instruments by Twilight's hospital bed.
"We will talk later, Twilight, right now rest," Cadence said as she covers her with a sheet after giving her a very light sleep drug to help her rest and help her body beat the freezer sickness.
Sitting on her bed in the officer's quarters of 'the infinity palace' was Galactic Medical Technician Cadence Sparkle, her eyes bloodshot from crying. After finish her shift at the Infinity palace hospital in the large medical control module of the Citadel Class Space Station. She made her way back to the living area module of the space station. She was surprised to find her uncle Royal Shogun Justice Silverlight in his study looking over the latest intelligence reports of the movement of 'The echoes.'
Sense his niece's distress, Justice locked the top-secret intelligence report in his safe and followed Cadence into her room. Once in her room, Cadence's started to beat on Justice and said all stallions are the same; they toss aside a loving mare like garbage. As the initial anger began to subside, Cadence sunk to her knees and admitted that everything she said was a lie to make herself feel better about her marriage breaking up. Justice gently picked Cadence up off the floor and carried her over to her bed and sat her down on her bed to talk.
"Our marriage started to sour after we discover my missing Shining Armor barely alive in a cell deep in Crystal Palace. It seems that our own daughter Flurry Heart couldn't control the power of the Crystal Heart. Because her heart became black with Dark Crystal Magic. So to remedy this, she created a love siphon based on Queen Chrysalis ability to suck the love out of a pony." Cadence explains as Justice hand her Kleenex for wiping her tears.
"With me missing for nine years, the only other pony was her father, Shining Armor. Who the Crystal Heart would respond to. Then one night, Flurry's heart drugged her father and took him down to the dungeon. She placed the love siphon on him. Anytime she needed to get the Crystal ponies to work for her, she siphoned a small bit of love out of her father, and the Crystal Heart would respond. To the crystal heart, love energy is love energy. It could not tell that it did not come from Flurry Heart. After her father recovered, I told him it was our own daughter that did it to him. He accused me of trying to destroy our daughter's ascension to the throne of love I show him the evidence against her. He refused to see it." Cadence explains as Justice returns a moment later with a glass of water for Cadence. She takes a drink and continues.
"What shatter my marriage was the attack by the Friendship Kingdom and Princess Twilight Sparkle. Like our daughter, Shining Armor refused to believe the evidence against his own sister. He once again accused me of opposing his sister's ascension to the rank of Alicorn Princess. That finally broke the pony's back, I told Shining Armor he so blinded by his own vision of ponies that he thoughts he knew so well. That anything I say about it would be the meaningless and only way this will be solved. Is to file for divorce from him and remove him from the throne of the Crystal Empire. So he can go on with denying everything. Without me." Cadence said coldly as she slams her fist onto the mattress with a loud thud.
Meanwhile, back at the Infinity palace hospital in the large medical control module of the Citadel Class Space Station, an extraordinary attractive light sepia-colored brown vixen morph with shoulder-length light sepia hair makes her rounds in the hospital. Her 6ft even elegant feline figure was attired in orange, yellow form-fitting spacesuit with yellow, green trim. On her light, sepia-colored four-toed bare pawed feet were knee-high boots. This vixen morph was UAC Medical Tech Specialist Veronica Sterling.
UAC Medical Tech Specialist Veronica Sterling has earned the respect of her Imperator Alicorn Galactic Medical Technicians colleagues, to the point that her colleagues appealed to the Empress to loosen some of the restrictions on her. Before the Empress would do that, she put Veronica to the test by simulating a mass casualty situation. Even those some of Galactic Medical Technicians would not listen to her. She calmly took control of the situation and used the Galactic Medical Technicians that would listen and take control of the situation. In the end, all the restrictions were lifted from her, and the Empress gave her all the rights of one of her Imperator Alicorns.
"Greeting your highness. How do you feel? Any symptoms of freezer sickness?" Veronica asked with a compassionate voice as she calling up the medical report on the holo screen of the computerized clipboard.
"You are not a pony!" Twilight said as she blinks with surprise.
"That is correct, your highness. I am a vixen morph from the Planet of ARK." Veronica explains as she uncovers Twilight's average size purple barefoot from the sheets of the hospital bed and places her heel into the palm of her hand.
Veronica's hand felt a bit strange to Twilight with the minimum of pressure she had a firm grip on her heel, she could feel what felt like soft pads on her hand. Twilight watch as Veronica took what look like a small rod with round tip on the end from the pocket of her lab coat. She brought the rod up, placing the tip against the bottom of Twilight's big toe. She quickly pokes that toe, causing Twilight to gasp with surprise and continue the same test on all her toes with the same result.
To complete the test, she flipped the rod over, revealing a small metal ball on the other end. She places the metal ball at the base of her toes on the bottom of her foot. She dragged the metal ball down the full length of her foot, causing her to yelp. She proceeded to minister the same series of tests on her other foot with the same results. She quickly grabs the computerized clipboard from the end of the bed and enters the results.
Next, Veronica moved up to Twilight's head and took a small penlight out of her pocket and checks her pupils to see if they reacted. She enters the results onto the computerized clipboard. She quickly placed the ends of the stethoscope into her ears and listened to Twilight's heart and lungs. As she enter the results onto the computerized clipboard an Imperator Alicorn mare nurse arrived pushing a small rolling table with Twilight's lunch on it. She sets the table up beside Twilight's bed, so she can eat. As the nurse leaves, Veronica sighs, relieved.
"Please forgive me for not talking to you, your highness. That particular nurse has already scolded me for taking too long to examine a patient. She tries to feed the patient at the same time every day." Veronica explains as Twilight begins eating her lunch.
"You said that you are a vixen morph from the Planet of ARK. What is morph? And the planet of ARK?" Twilight inquiry as she opens a small carton of milk and takes a drink from it.
"Unfortunately your highness what a morph is kind of hard to explain, on my planet that what we call ourselves. Other than that, I have no idea what morph means." Veronica explains honestly as Twilight takes another drink from a carton of milk.
"As for the Planet of ARK. That is the planet I am from. The planet of ARK is a beautiful green and blue orb with plenty of territory for any kind of morph to live happily in. I come from an area called the North American sector; I live in the largest city in the North American sector called New Sirius. I work as New Sirius Seraph Emergency Service Paramedic." Veronica explains as she looked at the watch on her MCV.
"Well, farewell, your highness, my shift is over," Veronica said as she leaves Princess Twilight Sparkle hospital room to head home as Twilight watches the vixen morph leave her room a feeling of a cold fist closes over her heart. Before tears begin to stream down her snout.
'This not my time anymore. Why did they release me from suspended animation into this world with morph from the planet of ARK? And my planet of Sol under the command of the Imperator Alicorn space. Now I know how Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadence feel went they awoke in a futuristic Equestria after nine years. I don't belong in this time, and I will never belong in this time.' Twilight thoughts as tears soaked her pillow as she cries herself to sleep.
Meanwhile, is specially designed living module for morphs from the planet of ARK living at 'the infinity palace' Wolf Knight Lady Krystal Sterling pitter-patter angerly in her bare pawed feet in the living room of the officer's quarters. Her younger sister who works as a secretary for an ambassador at the United Animal Council building in the North American sector.
Has just informed her sister that the United Animal Council General Assembly is dragging their feet over ratifies the join cooperation treaty with the infinity star sector. Her boss is frustrated with the other members of the UAC General Assembly not ratifying the treaty. One half of the UAC General Assembly doesn't believe the echoes exist. Why the other half of the UAC General Assembly fights over which Sectors will be giving the glory for the first contact.
On the recreation deck of 'the infinity palace' in a favorite bar frequented by both Celestial Alicorns and morphs. Royal Shogun Justice Silverlight and Wolf Knight Lord Keith Sterling sit having a drink together after talking for some time; the two commanders come to the realization that they have a similar lifestyle went growing up. Both come from a very powerful family-run by a powerful Matriarch; both have older sisters who were hard on them went they were small. Both never thought they would find a wife like the one they married.
"You should try kissing your girlfriend in public without a camera going off and the headlines saying 'Royal Guard kisses princess news at 6'. But still, my sun princess is the best thing to happen to me." Justice explains, taking a drink from his glass.
"Justice, you keep referring to your wife as your Sun Princess. Who is Celestia Silverlight that you would call her your Sun Princess?" Keith inquiry a bit puzzled, taking a drink from his glass.
"I don't call her Sun Princess as general term Keith that is her rank or more to the point Empress ruler of the Solar Empire on Sol," Justice said nonchalantly as Keith spits his drink out of his mouth.
"She is actually royalty!" Keith exclaims, drying his lips with a napkin.
"If she up here who rules the Solar Empire?" Keith inquiry
"That would be our oldest daughter Grand Solar Princess Aurora Sol Silverlight," Justice explains as Keith jaw drops.
"How old are you, Justice? If you have the oldest daughter?" Keith inquiry
"That one thing about Alicorn likes Celestia and me. We are immortal. As a matter of fact, we have three grandchildren from our only son Grand Prince Somnus Justice Silverlight." Justice explains as the two continue to drink and talk.
~At that same time~
"How goes the joint cooperation treaty in the United Animal Council on ARK, Lady Sterling?" Empress Galaxy Cosmos asked, talking to the holographic head of Lady Jennifer Sterling during a holo conference.
"That the reason I asked for this holo conference with you, your imperial majesty," Jennifer said, her voice edged with tension as Galaxy noticed Jennifer's face grows haggard with worry.
"We have met with heavy resistance from the South America sector, the northern Euro Sector, and the eastern sector. The African Sector and Far East Sector are on board with the Joint Cooperation treaty with the infinity star sector. That the good news, your imperial majesty." Jennifer explains as Galaxy unleashes an audible sigh.
"What is the bad news, Lady Sterling? I can read it on your face." Galaxy comments as Jennifer's facial muscles twitch nervously.
"You are too good at reading my face, Galaxy. The bad news is if the United Animal Council General Assembly continues to drag their feet over ratifying the join cooperation treaty with the infinity star sector. The African Sector with absolve their support for the motion and become a neutral party in this. As for the Far East Sector, I have been friends with Prime Minister Oichi Usagi for many years. She will remain to support the ratification of the treaty. Plus, Usagi and I have been discussing an alternate plan if the UAC fails to ratify. If you don't mine your Imperial Majesty, I would like to bring the Prime Minister of the Far East Sector in so we can discuss the Alternate Plan." Jennifer comment as Galaxy shook her head.
A moment later, a second holo camera spring to life in front of Galaxy. The holographic head of a beautiful gray she-wolf morph with shoulder-length raven black hair bows her head before Jennifer introduces her to Galaxy.
"Your Imperial Majesty, I would like to introduce the Prime Minister of the Far East Sector Oichi Usagi," Jennifer said as Galaxy nods her head.
"Please to meet you, your Imperial Majesty, I am Prime Minister Oichi Usagi, and thank you, Lady Sterling. Before we start, my Emperor extends his greeting to you, your imperial majesty. He also as authorized me with the backing of the Far East Sector government to go ahead with the back-up plan. If the first plan fails." Prime Minister Oichi said as Galaxy nod her head one more time and the conference continues.