A New Planet

by Robert Emerald Fountain


The New Planet

After an extremely long time, the Seed of Equestria finally arrived in orbit around the new planet that Celestia and Luna had found on the star map. Flurry Heart was revived and she started waking up everyone else. Twilight lay motionless in her stasis capsule until she felt herself waking up. Her vision was blurry for a few seconds, but she soon noticed the frost sublimating off of the hatch as the capsule warmed up. The hatch unlocked with a *click* and she started rising as it opened. After the platform stopped moving, Flurry started releasing the straps and removing the IV lines and electrodes.

"Are we there yet?", Twilight asked her niece.

"Yes, we're there Aunt Twilight. We're there.", Flurry replied.

Flurry then revealed the stunning truth to everyone.

"We've been in cryostasis for 5 years, 9 months and 22 days. We will be hungry, and we will be weak. If you are still cold, there are thick blankets on the shelves over there.", she explained as she pointed out three shelves off to one side.

Twilight saw the blankets and quickly ran over and grabbed one. Sitting in a chair, she wrapped herself tightly. She was so cold that she ended up sneezing and blowing her nose. Once everyone had recovered from their cold state, they headed to the dining area to eat. After a small meal, Flurry Heart assembled an excursion team to scout out the planet's terrain and environment. After putting on space suits, Twilight, Smolder, Rainbow, Ocellus, Yona, and Rarity boarded the shuttle and closed the hatch. After landing on the planet, they started exploring the land around them for the next week. When the week was over, it was time for the scouts to return to the main ship and give reports. After docking back on the Seed of Equestria, the team gave positive reports that the planet was perfect for rebuilding the civilizations of Equus. While the excursion took place, Flurry had opened a channel to Celestia and Luna. She received word that massive solar flares had caused immensely hot fires across Equus and forced everyone to evacuate to the remaining ship's that were on standby in orbit. The final shuttle launch nearly failed because the largest solar flare had sheared Equus in half. After getting the positive reports, Flurry gave the all clear to the remaining ships and the thousands of remaining inhabitants entered stasis. The sails were deployed, and the cruisers set off for the new planet.