"...And I never kissed a chipmunk, and I have never gotten headlice, and I've never been to Boston in the fall," Pinkie Pie sang at the top of her lungs as Twilight and the others groaned. Twilight and the Elements decided to pay Cosmica a visit, and Pinkie decided to sing a little song, much to her friend's disappointment, while they traveled from Canterlot to the hidden location of Cosmica's ship.
"Pinkie, this is the sixth time you sang that song. At this point, it's stuck in our heads. So, with all due respect Pinkie, please stop," Twilight begged as she cleaned her ear out with her wing.
"Besides, Darling, What's a rooster and mashed potatoes have to do with being a pirate?" Rarity asked.
"Yeah, weren't ya singin' about bein a pirate or sumthin'?" Applejack asked as Pinkie bounced along.
"LET'S GO FOR ROUND 7!!!" Pinkie called out as Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash groaned. Twilight, however, breathed a sigh of relief as she could see Cosmica's ship from behind a few trees.
"No need, Pinkie. We finally made it," Twilight called out as the fellow ponies could see the white, green, and blue lights emanating from the flying saucer. As they neared the spacecraft, the doors opened, revealing Cosmica waiting ever so patiently to see her pony friends once more.
"Oh, Good morning Everypony. It's so nice to see you all again!" Cosmica said as she hugged them all one by one.
"It's good to see you too, Cosmica. You said you wanted to share something with us?" Twilight said as Cosmica's eyes beamed as bright as a unicorn's horn.
"Oh, yes. I was wondering if you'd like to go for a ride in my ship," Cosmica offered as the ponies gasped in surprise at the thought of their alien friend offering them a ride in her craft. Twilights reaction was more out of concern than the other ponies, which was out of bewilderment.
"Um, Cosmica? Do you think that this might not be a good idea? It's just that there's a secret organization after you that even I did not even know about. And I don't have any political influence over them, so I can't tell them to stop," Twilight reminded Cosmica as she thought it over.
"Don't worry about it, Twilight. We'll just have to fly into the middle of your planet's stratosphere, higher up than any normal pegasus would fly by my calculations, and we can just simply fly around. There's no way anypony would be able to see us from that high up," Cosmica planned out as Twilight thought over Cosmica's plan.
"I...suppose so," Twilight said as the 5 other ponies boarded Cosmica's ship.
"Come on, Twilight! The ride's about to start!" Cosmica said as Twilight followed her into the ship. The ponies were in awe as they toured around on a real alien spaceship. Pinkie was staring at all of the buttons and doodads wondering what each colored button did. Applejack examined the alien-looking tools next to the operating table. Rainbow Dash stared at the helm of the ship, which appeared to be both a steering wheel and a joystick at once. Dash held herself back to not take the helm for herself and be the new ship's captain. Meanwhile, Fluttershy and Rarity got acquainted with Cosmica's first mate.
"Ugh! Cosmica, Darling? Why do you have such a foul-smelling creature aboard your ship as a pet?" Rarity asked, holding her nose at the sight of Potato. Fluttershy chuckled at Rarity's overreaction.
"For starters, Fluttershy helped me tame him since I asked so nicely. Again, thank you for that, by the way, Fluttershy. Second, your planet's skunks actually remind me of a much similar animal that we have tamed as pets on my homeworld. They have similar scent glands right under their tails as well and are known for their sharp loyalty" Cosmica informed.
"Ah. Space skunks. That's something I didn't need to know about," Rarity commented as Cosmica headed to the bridge, only to find Rainbow Dash playing around with the helm as if she was about to race a horseless chariot.
"Having fun?" Cosmica asked, startling Rainbow Dash and causing her to jump.
"Oh! Hey, Cosmica. Sorry for messing around. Hope I haven't accidentally broken anything," Rainbow Dash said, backing away from the helm.
"Yeah, don't worry. We didn't begin our flight anyways, so you were fine," Cosmica informed Rainbow Dash as the six ponied gathered around the helm. Cosmica cleared her throat and sat in the driver's seat.
"Alright ponies. Who's ready to go for a ride?" Cosmica asked as the ponies cheered in response. Cosmica chuckled at their enthusiasm.
"Then buckle your seatbelts," Cosmica advised as the ponies noticed something was off.
"Uhh...Cosmica? I think you're the only one with a seatbelt," Pinkie pointed out as Cosmica realized she was sitting in quite frankly the only chair the ship has.
"Oh...uh...Didn't quite think that one through, now did I?" Cosmica said, blushing in embarrassment.
"So...where are we supposed to sit?" Rainbow Dash asked as Cosmica thought it over.
"Yeah, I was only saying 'Buckle your seatbelts' just to sound cool. In all honesty, getting this ship off the ground and into space would just feel like an elevator ride," Cosmica explained as she realized how less cool all of that sounded out loud to the ponies. She pressed a couple of buttons, causing the ship's computer to spring to life.
"Computer! Initiate take-off sequence, head to the planet's stratosphere, and deactivate auto-pilot. We're goin' for a bit of a joyride!" Cosmica called to the computer in her native language.
"Take-off sequence initiated," The ship's computer replied in the same language as the spacecraft hovered above the ground, allowing the ship's retractable legs to fold into the ship itself. The spaceship launched itself high into the air in record time, and not too long later, made it's way to the stratosphere, where the fun is about to begin.
"Computer, activate lower cameras," Cosmica said in her alien way as the Computer's monitor showed the city of Canterlot from way high up from where they were. The ponies looked into the monitor with much interest.
"So, this is how you were able to learn so much about us?" Rarity asked as Cosmica hopped off the driver's seat, causing the ship to sit still for a while.
"Uh-huh. Twilight said that this was wrong, but thankfully I don't have to stalk you the way I did anymore," Cosmica said as she went to the ship's monitor and clicked in a bunch of alien characters.
"So...what kind of ship is this? Is it a starfighter? a battleship? a scout ship for discovering new planets?" Rainbow Dash asked as Cosmica turned towards the operating table and alien devices.
"Yeah, no. This ship was basically manufactured to attend to the grievously and perilously wounded. The kind that was meant to operate this ship were more or less medical professionals," Cosmica explained, much to Rainbow Dash's disappointment.
"So you're saying you flew light-years from your home planet in what's basically an ambulance?" Rainbow Dash asked as Cosmica sheepishly grinned at Dash.
"Yeah, I didn't think I would need to tell you that part because I thought you'd find my ship not as cool as you hoped," Cosmica confessed, letting her head hang low.
"Hey, it doesn't matter if you got here in an ambulance or a limousine or even just a bicycle. Your spaceship will still be pure awesomeness!" Rainbow Dash assured Cosmica as she picked her head up and the two turned their heads to the driver's seat.
"Say, do I need to learn how to drive this thing, or can I go at it?" Rainbow Dash asked as Cosmica was caught off guard.
"You...you want to try and pilot my ship?" Cosmica asked as Rainbow Dash nodded.
"Well...OK, but it's gonna be very difficult to--" Cosmica tried to explain before Rainbow zipped through and hopped immediately in the driver's seat.
"Bah, how hard can it be. It doesn't look too different from a video game," Rainbow Dash analyzed as she got her grubby little hooves onto the helm, very much worrying Cosmica.
"Dash, I don't think--" Comica tried to warn, before Rainbow Dash made a quick turn on the helm, completely throwing the ship, and the ponies inside, all over the place. Cosmica, Twilight, and the others groaned in motion sickness and pain at Dash's reckless driving skills.
"Hey, can I have--" Cosmica tried to ask before Rainbow Dash's speedy little mind wanted more of what just happened.
"This is where the fun begins!" Rainbow Dash declared as she went berzerk with the helm, spinning and speeding the spacecraft all over the place, shaking the ponies inside like they're merely ragdolls in a toy chest.
"MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE INSTALLED EXTRA SEATS!!!" Twilight yelled as she almost slammed right into Pinkie.
"I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET THAT DONE!!!" Cosmica responded as she pushed Rarity off of her body. Just, then, the ship inexplicably stopped, causing Rainbow Dash's dangerous drag race to stop. All the ponies inside breathed sighs of relief and took the time to catch their breath.
"I think...I'll take...the helm back," Cosmica panted as Rainbow Dash continued moved the steering wheel, but nothing seemed to have happened.
"Hey, did you turn on autopilot or something? I can't seem to budge this thing," Rainbow Dash pointed out as Cosmica noticed something off.
"I mean, that is a good idea for next time you try to crash this thing. But...I didn't turn on autopilot," Cosmica informed Rainbow Dash as the two looked down at the recovering ponies below.
"Computer! What's going on? Why aren't we moving?" Cosmica asked the computer in her native language as the computer sprang to life but in an alarming red tone.
"Alert! The ship has been caught in a tractor beam! Prepare for emergency boarding!" The computer responded in the same language as Cosmica's face shifted into paralyzing fear.
"Cosmica, what's going on? What did your tech box thing say? I don't speak random gibberish!!!" Pinkie Pie panicked as everypony on the ship felt the ship descend down back toward the planet.
"The ship has been caught in a tractor beam! We have to brace for impact!" Cosmica warned everypony as they looked at each other in varying degrees of fear.
"Is it more aliens? Please don't let it be more aliens!" Fluttershy asked as the ship descended lower and lower.
"If it was, we'd be going higher into space. We're being forced back down to the ground!" Cosmica explained as Twilight came to a startling conclusion, but didn't want to spoil the surprise. As the ship made it closer to the ground, The ship's crew could see a makeshift landing platform with a big red target painted into the sand of a vast desert covered in nothing but the green cactuses that scattered the barren lands. The only other things they could find was a large dish pointed right at the ship, and two very familiar ponies in nothing but black suits and shades. As the ship landed and the entrance of the ship lowered, revealing the seven queasy ponies, the two agents stood firm with their hooves in their suits.
"Bon Bon? Lyra? What's going on?" Rarity asked as the two agents pulled out blow darts and fired tranquilizer darts at the ponies.
"LOOK OUT!" Twilight shouted as the ponies ducked and Twilight cast a force field, stopping the two tranq darts in their tracks. Twilight stared the two agents down.
"Princess Twilight, please. We don't want to hurt you! We just want to talk to Cosmica." Lyra explained as she took off her shades.
"You literally just shot sleep darts at us! This is quite literally kidnapping!" Twilight countered as Lyra scratched the back of her head.
"The only reason why is because we can't have non-S.M.I.L.E. agents knowing the location of our HQ if we need to speak with them. And we desperately need to speak with Cosmica, so..." Bon Bon said as she too took off her glasses. Lyra and Bon Bon glanced at each other, hoping that some way, they'll come quietly.
"Only if you let my friends and I go afterward?" Twilight bargained, hoping they don't lock ponies who know their secrets up.
"I mean, we'll be in big trouble if we don't. All of you are too valuable to keep prisoner," Bon Bon agreed as Twilight took a deep breath.
"Then there's only one way to do this," Twilight said, lowering her magic shield. Just then, Twilight's horn lit up and cast a magic pink and purple cloud of smoke around Cosmica, herself, and her friends. Just then, Cosmica felt woozy, as did the other ponies, as one by one, Twilight's spell put the seven ponies to sleep.
"See...works like a cha--" Twilight said before passing out, welcoming Lyra and Bon Bon to take the sleeping ponies into their secret HQ to talk things out.
"Well...I wasn't expecting that," Bon Bon commented as Lyra inspected her blow dart.
"Hey, how come we use tranq darts instead of sleep spells anyway?" Lyra asked as Bon Bon realized how easier their job would be if they did that.