Within a dark abyss, glowing dots of varying sizes and brightness filled it. Some balls of pure gas and plasma, others water and ice, fewer rock, and even less holding all. Planets and stars of different sizes, different structures, some similar, some so fantastical they would almost seem to be the product of a creative mind.
Yet few held the prospect of life, the capability to sustain it seemingly so rare and so far in between the planets that one may never witness life from another in their lifetime.
In a rare few of these, a astronomical rarity sat ever moving, a ball of white pure gas and energy sat with numerous other planets of different sizes yet none close to its magnitude rotated around it never ceasing. One such was a sphere of blue, green, and various colors in-between sat in the expanse of space, surrounding it a smaller white ball.
The ones which hold life are just as different from one another as their planets, life forms so strange and different they can't even be compared in some cases. And in those life filled planets those races are capable of such amazing things, creation of their own, exploration, some able to fly through the air, others able to move mountains, and some even capable of magic.
This is not such a planet…
This planet is known for its inhabitants' constant war with themselves, destruction of their home, and otherwise lacking care for most if not anything. A rare few on it attempt to make their home a better place, to save it from it's inhabitants who would see fit to destroy themselves. The few who care work tirelessly to save their home and these people, working to see a brighter future…
Snoring softly, I mumbled in my sleep when suddenly, a noise blared sending me into a panic. I jumped and smacked the offending noise away.
A very expensive phone flew through the air and slammed to the wall before sliding down it to the floor.
"Gah fuuuuu-lip" I groaned, rubbing my eyes, even tired and probably just having broken my phone. I still fell into my self discipline of not cursing, just something that stuck with me from growing up. Course, my family cursed like sailors, sooo kinda hypocritical of them.
Scratching my head, I took a step out of bed and proceeded to end up face first in my carpet. My lower body was caught in the blankets on my bed still. Groaning, I shuffled before feeling a weight shift as I suddenly began falling again and crashed to the floor completely, a blanket securely tied around my limbs following and draping across me gently.
"Thank God my blankets were restraining me otherwise I'd never have fallen out of bed" I huffed, lying still before looking around and getting free "ok! No more falling, this morning is not getting the better of me!"
My phone suddenly buzzed once more, miraculously still alive. Moving over, I picked it up and anxiously began turning it over, fearful of a cracked screen, however a smile came to my face, seeing no cracks at all "haha! Thank goodness for my pathetic strength…..kay stab at myself didn't work to make me feel better."
Checking the notification, I found it was from myself, more so past me, which was about what I had planned for today, to be exact, what I planned for the day that I was currently late for.
Eyes going wide, I quickly rushed around getting dressed and ready before bursting through my front door and booking it down the driveway. A couple of seconds later, I returned, grabbing my bike before riding it. I had a strange fear of driving in which I believed with all certainty that if I were behind the wheel of a car I'd crash and die in a horrible fire, so bikes were my go to.
Soon enough, arriving at my destination, I hopped off my bike letting it fall over as I ran into a building "Hey! Not late!" I shouted, as if that would convince anyone.
A long sigh filled the room as my boss pinched the bridge of his nose "right…..just…just go to work" he pointed to a fabric bag and Grabber Reacher Tool, before going back to his phone.
"Thanka sir" I smiled nervously, hurrying over I grabbed said items and left before I made my boss more upset. Working for a city cleaning company may pay well, but also surprisingly struggle filled….at least for me.
Heading out, I slung the bag over my shoulder as it took hold of the Grabber Reacher Tool or Grt or Gert for short. Playing with the claw, snapping it open and closed "beware my cybernetic powers" I made the transformers noise as I snapped at the air
A woman quickly walked her child past trying to avoid looking in my direction 'riiiight….people were a thing…'
Huffing, I kept walking without making the transformer noises or using the claw to play with, I grabbed different trash from the side of the road putting it into the bag, it was pretty gross at times, but mostly sad to see so much trash just….scattered about, I didn't understand how people just….threw things on the side of the road, was a trash can so hard to wait to get to?
Shaking my head, I picked up a green and silver object from the ground. Looking it over in the grip of the claw I found it was a small alien toy, little green alien head sticking out of the flying saucer "dang some kid probably lost this…."
Grabbing a separate bag from my pocket, I opened it and placed the toy in it before continuing on, cleaning up the sides of the road till the sun was close to setting. I then went back to the dump.
Walking through the doors, I set the bag on the counter, my boss glancing up from his phone "great good job" he said boredly and, going back to his phone.
"Thanks, hey uh I found another toy on the side of the road, I was thinking maybe we could-" I started as I pulled the toy from the other bag holding it in my hands.
My boss groaned, cutting me off "We are not lost and found, either toss the thing with the rest of the trash or keep it, I don't care."
I frowned and looked down at the toy in my hands "...I'll keep it then…"
"Whatever" he replied.
I turned, heading out of the building and went towards my bike. Picking it up, I walked it alongside me as I stared at the toy in my hands, a small bit of heartache in my chest "poor kid, probably their favorite toy…I don't even know how I'd find them, posters seems a bit much…maybe an online post?" I thought aloud.
I could be overly sentimental at times, not sure where it came from, at times I'd feel remorse for things that were so small or just not even that sad. Something about abandoned toys really brought something out, the idea that this thing which brought joy to someone was gone. What if it were alive? Or in some way capable of feeling the same way a person could.
Eventually arriving home, I parked my bike and headed inside. Kicking my shoes off, I went to the kitchen, flicking some lights on and opened the freezer connected to my fridge and pulled out a bag of chicken nuggets. Walking over to the cupboard, I grabbed a plate and poured a few on before popping it in the microwave.
I then hopped on to the couch and stared at the ceiling for a bit, thinking. Getting tired of the ceiling, I lifted up the toy, turning it in my hand, dirt was caked on it from the time it was left on the side of the road.
Gently, I rubbed some of the dirt off the toy with my thumb, the little alien's head bouncing around like a bobble head, it brought a small smile to my face thinking about aliens actually looking this way. Would they be offended if their likeness was used for a child's toy? Or just offended by the false image of them?
Then again, I'm sure there was a lot more they'd be offended by than a toy that may or may not look like them, seeing as our planet was full of…well not very likable people. I honestly could not imagine aliens liking our planet. First of all, we trash it regularly, second, we don't paint the kindest picture of aliens, and third we really don't like each other.
Suddenly there was a flash of light which filled my house through my window from the backyard, the sudden light causing me to jump and fall off the couch, peaking over the coffee table, I looked towards the patio glass doors, leading to the backyard which now was dark "the heck was that?!?"
Getting up slowly, I crept to the wall and peaked around to look through the sliding glass door into my dark yard. I didn't see anything that could have caused the light, this side of my house wasn't facing the street, just a forest, and I have a large wooden fence...
Taking a few deep breaths, I looked around before picking up a baseball bat and slowly slid the door open…stepping out into the cool night air, my sock covered feet touching the grassy floor as I stepped further out.
I turned my head about looking for anything out of the ordinary as I held the bar up ready, but it was just a simple empty backyard, wooden fence, grassy ground, strange black empty space up in the sky over my house where no stars were, completely ordinary-
Strange black empty space up in the sky over my house where no stars were?!?!? I stared up into the sky where a large circle of darkness sat, the bar falling from my hands to the ground with a soft thud, the stars around it seemingly ending at the point of pure darkness, it was impossible…how could stars vanish in a perfect circle?!?
Staring at it for a couple seconds, I then finally decided now was a good time to go back inside, taking a step to go back in. Suddenly, a light erupted from the middle of the abyss and shined down, blanketing the backyard and myself.
I threw my hand up to shield myself from the light, stumbling blindly "ok! Not ordinary!!! Very not ordinary!!"
I booked it for the door, only getting five steps before both my feet left the ground and began to float upwards "gah! No what?!?? Gravity!! Come back to me!!" I clawed at the air trying to grab anything I could to get myself closer towards the door.
Flailing around in the air, I soon reached for the ground trying to grab it, my fingers getting hold of the grass "ha! Yes, grass you beautiful thing you!"
The grass was plucked free from the earth, causing me to drift upwards "nooooo!! Traitor!" I cried as I floated into the bright light all while flailing around, my panicked mind a storm of thoughts before one surfaced to the front of my mind as I floated to my inevitable doom "my chicken nuggets!!!" Everything went dark in an instant and my mind vanished.
Within the house, the microwave beeped signaling the chicken nuggets within were finished cooking, now being left to go cold….
My mind felt heavy as I became aware I was aware, the last thing I remembered was the strange light and floating, and then maybe passing out? I don't remember dreaming and I always had dreams...
Blinking my eyes opened, everything was blurry and my eyes stung a bit. Rubbing them with my hands, I took note that my whole body felt odd. To be more exact, it felt like I was moving through strange air...my movement was sluggish, it felt like I was moving through molasses. Tho to be fair, I've never moved through molasses...
Now capable of seeing unblurred, I was suddenly alerted to the fact that everything in my vision was green, shifting around and looking, I found I was floating in green water? A light shining from above and below allowing me to see.
In an instance, panic filled me. I was gonna drown!!! Thrashing my elbow struck something hard in the water, making me wince and grab my elbow in not exactly pain but the waves of uncomfortable tingling of my funny bone being hit, the person who named it that deserves nothing but misery.
Once my funny bone stopped tingling as much, I reached my hand out, feeling around for what I hit and found a smooth wall following it, It circled around me completely. I was in some sort of tube…peering into the wall, I found it was see through glass? I was in a glass tank? What was I, a fish now?
Thinking about fish, I blinked and cautiously took in a breath. In came water and I choked but…I wasn't drowning, I could breathe water now?!? No wait, I heard of this before, oxygenated water or something, isn't it supposed to be like yellow or something? This was really confusing. Who put me in a tank of air-water and why????
I heard a muffled noise through the tank and looked forward. Light filled the otherwise dark room as a figure moved in slowly. Squinting, I tried to see what exactly it was. The light behind it created a black silhouette, and it wasn't very human shaped, more like a tube or weird rounded triangle. However, I became keenly aware I was nude, my hands jumping to cover my crotch and chest in panic.
The thing moved closer, filling the light of the doorway as it came closer, the darkness that covered it giving way as it moved into the light of my tank, illuminating it in a green glow. What I saw made me freeze, rolling in on hidden wheels of some sort was a trash can robot, or the second thing that came to mind when I saw it….a Dalek, course it wasn't exactly like one, it was missing the eye stalk, the plunger arm, and strange ball things on its lower body, instead it had a robot claw not dissimilar to my Grabber Reacher Tool just way more robotic, it also was all black…or a dark color, the green filter forced upon me definitely tampered with color identification, the smooth body of the thing had no visible panel edges besides where it's neck and head connected.
The dalek knockoff looked to me with its singular eye, seemingly taking in my appearance, before it's claw reached up to the glass slowly.
Blinking, I looked from it to its claw, was it...was it just curious? Slowly, I reached my hand out, touching the glass as its claw touched the other side, a smile spreading across my face, maybe this meant peace...
A holographic panel appeared in the glass and its claw began typing on it, moving away from my hand. Ah okay so it was just turning on the keyboard gotcha…
It tapped strange symbols all across the glass as it went to work before Suddenly a robotic arm extended down from above using its multiple joints to bend and move as it reached all the way down to me. My eyes looking it over before going wide as I saw at the end of it was a large syringe needle, quickly trying to swim away. The needle jabbed at me trying to stick me, but I kept dodging it, paddling circles in the tank.
The arm jabbing and trying to catch me before it lunged forward, slamming its arm into me and stabbed the needle into my right arm, burning pain erupted through my arm as the needle was stabbed into my flesh without remorse. The doctors were gentler than this and it still hurt then!
Wincing, I looked at the needle as I saw whatever strange liquid was inside the syringe slowly empty into my arm, the needle remaining there as I then looked at the robot.
The robot made a few mechanical beeping noises before slowly words began to filter through into my brain "does the subject process verbal input?"
It sounded like Johnny Five...
"Does the subject process verbal input?" It repeated robotically as the needle suddenly twisted in my arm.
I nodded, glaring at it, trying to fight back the pain.
"Injection successful, translator nanos functional, beginning stage two, initiating electrical charge" the bot said as it clicked a few more symbols, symbols I was starting to be able to read...
Wait, did it just say electrical char- My muffled scream filled the tank as electricity was pumped throughout my body, my limbs spasming as my vision blurred and every ounce of my being felt like it was on fire, and then in an instant it was over, my body twitching as I panted breathing in and out the air water.
"One of eight of electrical charge complete, beginning electrical charge two of eight" the robot stated, and reached for the button.
Tensing up, I tried holding in whatever breath I had, though I was pretty sure it was just this strange oxygen-like liquid in my lungs by now, looking around searching for some type of exit from this glass prison all while that Darlek rip off watched me with intensity.
Finally, I grimaced looking at the syringe still in my arm as I got an idea. Taking hold of the arm and prepping myself, I tore the needle out of my skin with a trail of blood following the needle and let out a muffled grunt of pain. I then began slamming the needle end of the arm against the glass, trying to keep my grip firm as the tank vibrated from the thuds.
"Struggling is futile, remain calm as the nanobots travel through your body, In the meantime meantime, might I interest you in-" the droid was cut off as a needle-sized hole punctured the glass, sending a tiny glass shard clinking to the metal floor.
The needle was then pulled back as a small stream of the green liquid sprayed out, hitting the droid in its "face" The room was silent for a couple of seconds with the two of us staring at one another. I blinked and the water ran down its metal surface, it's single eye staring unchanged.
And then the droid erupted in a colorful display of electricity, orange and blue sparks flying off it's body, different lights on its body flashing on and off, its eyes changing to a multitude of colors before its head began spinning like a top as it screeched in a r2d2-like scream.
The robotic arm bent in different directions as it spazzed out, before the head stopped spinning, returning to facing the tank "opening subject tank 85735, 🎶have a good day🎶" it said in a sing song voice before its head proceeded to then blow off like a wine bottle cork
I felt a sudden movement of water below me and looked down to see a small hole open like a drain, happiness filling me as I'd get actually air to breath, the hole then proceeded to enlarge to the full size of the floor of the tank, my happiness turning to dread as I tried swimming upwards but the suction became too strong and I was flushed downward with the water.
The green light of the tank turned to darkness as I was flushed down a tunnel, the sound of rushing water mixed with my screams of panic followed by gurgling as water splashed into my face. Suddenly, light returned though the warm liquid that had surrounded me was gone and replaced by cold air, and the hard tunnel below my nude rump vanished, as I realized I was falling through the air.
Blinking, I returned to screaming as I flailed through the air plummeting, I was above the freaking clouds!! Screaming as much as I could, I fell before impacting a cushioned surface...of a cloud "wha-?" I suddenly sank through and returned to falling as well as screaming.
Continuing to scream, I hit another cloud though something else too, as someone else made a startled yelp filled my ears. Looking to the source, I found a blue horse thing staring at me with rainbow hair, its large violet eyes staring into my brown ones. We both then screamed as we scrambled away from one another, it to more of the cloud, me off the edge "oh shit noo!!" I screamed as I fell once more.
My fall was interrupted this time by sharp tree branches and small leaf slaps as I crashed through a tree top soon enough, hitting thicker branches bouncing off each with oofs and grunts till I was clotheslined by a vine and gagged from being choked and finally hit the ground wheezing.
As I wheezed I suddenly gargled before throwing up a geyser of air water from my lungs, hacking and coughing and panting "okay...okay...I'm done...no wait" I threw up once more before falling over unconscious.
Twilight flipped to the next page in her book as she walked through the library in her castle "Spike did you find that book?"
The small dragon assistant put a book away on the shelf "no, none of these on this shelf have anything to do with late magic."
"latent spike" Twilight sighed, setting her book down " at this rate I will have to go to Canterlot to check their libraries if I want this spell to work...I need to know how Luna turned into nigh-"
Suddenly, the doors burst open, silencing Twilight's words as a panicked Raindowdash flew into the room, skidding across the ground past Twilight before scrambling back " Twilight! Twilight Twilight Twilight!!! I I saw a thing from the sky, it attacked me o-or landed on me and and it was naked or it didn't have fur or well it did but only in its head and it was weird! It had long arms and legs and weird things on its hooves!!"
Twilight grabbed her rambling friend" Rainbowdash, take a deep breath in."
Raindowdash inhaled.
"Now let it out.." Twilight instructed.
Raindowdash exhaled with a sigh and close of her eyes, her posture much more relaxed.
"Feel better?" Twilight asked.
Raindowdash nodded "yeah, sorry Twi."
"It's fine, now explain to me again what you saw?" Twilight replied.
"Okay so, I was just relaxing on a cloud taking a break from flying when out of nowhere this thing fell on me, I don't know if it was attacking me or just fell, but it got scared, probably of me, but then it fell off the cloud, and before I could follow it was gone in the everfree" Raindowdash explained.
"And you said it looked weird? No fur and just a mane?" Twilight asked.
Raindowdash nodded "yeah and weird things on his hooves, like Spike's claws, but uh more nubby" she added.
"That sounds like hands...wait how'd you know it was a he?" Twilight raised a brow.
"Well, unless it's weird, it has guy bits" Raindowdash blushed, looking away embarrassedly.
Twilight blinked, blushing "I see...I think I know what he is...oh no...if he's in the everfree he's in danger!!" Twilight hurried, for the door Dash following behind quickly, and Spike followed best he could.
Groaning, I rubbed my aching head, my bed felt not soft at all, and I think there was a rock in my bed too. Reaching under myself and pulling it up I found it was a rock. Oh and I'm in a forest...oh no... It wasn't a dream.
The rock dropped from my hand as I looked around in fear. What I thought was a dream was reality, I was abducted by an alien...but I escaped!! Yeah!! I escaped an alien abduction, and this forest was familiar at all, but I lived by a forest! So then this had to be there! I could find my way home.
It was just going to be a long walk...in the nude...cringing at my lack of decency, I looked around before I spotted some large leaves using them to make a loincloth, I then made myself some nifty leaf shoes, though really I just wrapped my feet up with some leaves, now where to go...I had to choose a right direction otherwise I'll be just going deeper in the woods, however I did find it interesting its day time cause when I was abducted it was night...how long was I in that tank? Hours??
Jeez, hopefully my boss accepts alien abductions as a good reason to be late for work. Maybe if I can find some moss I can figure out which way is north...and hopefully that means the towns that way cause I don't remember if my towns north of the forest...so here's to hoping, I took a look around and saw a mossy rock "norths thata way" I headed off that way.
Funnily enough, I found out loincloths made from leaves are in fact not comfortable in the slightest, tugging on the leaf a bit as I walked. I was thankfully without a shirt cause it was hot and muggy so I was getting more air on my warm body, unfortunately there were mosquitos, and boy did they enjoy biting me.
Growling, I slapped myself a couple times trying to hit a mosquito but always missed. Grumbling, I looked around the forest around me. It was odd the trees looked so different from the ones by my house. I never went this deep into the woods I guess...
Oh man, I really hope I don't run into a bear or something. I'm so screwed if I do "hm..." Looking about, I walk over to a nearby bush and pull out a thick branch, brushing off old leaves and dirt and giving it a good few swings. It'd work as a club or a walking stick at the very least.
I had my weapon, I could protect myself, and now I can survive!!
"Hello?" A woman's voice called
A high pitched scream escaped my mouth as I swung around behind me, my stick hitting air, my eyes catching a blue blob- oh hey it's the hors- stars filled my vision and the world spun backwards before going black.
Twilight stood jaw dropped as Raindowdash knocked the human out cold "Raindowdash!!"
"What?? He swung at us!!" Raindowdash defended flying over the thing.
Twilight groaned "well now we need to carry him back to the castle, or hospital."
"What why don't you just teleport us?" Raindowdash asked.
"Because I don't know how magic will affect him" Twilight huffed walking over and trying to lift the human's legs up on her back.
Raindowdash groaned and slowly descended, her arms crossed as she helped put his upper half on her back before the two began to carry the unconscious creature through the everfree.