Oh, golly, this is exciting! A seemingly friendly alien species stands right before me! The Pikmin doesn't seem to care that an endless stream of snapshots is attacking it. Once I'm done jumping around in excitement, the Pikmin points to his left.
“Moo!” He yells. I look over to see a gigantic flower with a red petal.
“You want to go over to that flower?” I ask, not having even the slightest clue what he's trying to say to me. He bounces up and down and starts to run over to the flower with more excitement than a Pinkie Pie with a balloon. I calmly walk over to him as he still points to the flower petal. He starts jumping to try and reach for it. I can't help but laugh a little at the adorable attempt inside.
I'm instantly reminded of Spike, when he used to jump for the candy on top of the fridge. It was hopeless, but he wanted it nonetheless. The Pikmin has the same courage as my little dragon friend and won't stop jumping until he reaches his destination.
The Pikmin suddenly starts to preform an action with his arms. He jumps as he arches his arms over his head in a throwing position, as if throwing a heavy ball in the air. I take it that he wants me to throw him up to the petal, so I pick him up and aim him for the flower's beautiful red center.
“Is this what you want me to do?” I ask the creature.
“Moo!” He responds. It's not like I expected him to say anything different.
With carefulness and persition, I toss the Pikmin in the air. I look up in time to see him flying like a rocket through the air, as though he could glide. He grabs on to the flower with force. I expected him to suck some kind of liquid out of the flower with that long, pointy nose, but something rather unexpected happens.
He slams the flower with his head a few times and the flower starts to wiggle. Suddenly, the flower retreats quickly into the ground, leaving it's red center behind, laying lifelessly on the ground.
Astounding! I would have never believed that this is how nature would work out on this planet! If gigantic flowers retreat into the ground after being attacked by midgets, who knows what anything else does! I'm excited to see the beautiful organisms on this planet react to each other in ways such as this!
The only problem is that I keep remembering that I have thirty days to live. My suit indicates that this planet is home to the alien molecule called “Oxygen”. If merely two breaths of Oxygen were breathed by a pony such as me... I shudder to think about it.
While lost in my train of thought, I've noticed that my little red friend is heftily carrying the red core of the flower back to the Onion Spaceship that he landed in. What could he possibly be doing with it? I'm deciding to name the core a “color pellet”.
The Pikmin lies the core directly below the Onion. The Onion lights up and starts making odd sounds, reminding me of a wa-wa machine that is used in... oh what did Vinyl call it... wubstep? Something along those lines. The onion forms a swirly light around the color pellet as the red Pikmin steps back and... ehem... “moos”.
Then the Onion did something I would have never expected. It surprised me so much I flinched! The Onion's bottom side opens up to reveal a hole that starts making a sucking sound effect. This Onion slurps up the color pellet as if it were a vacuum and makes a grinding sound effect. It reminds me of when I used to vacuum all of the candy pieces Pinkie Pie was too lazy to pick up.
Suddenly, the top of the Onion now opens up and makes a loud, annoying noise, kind of like a leaf-blower. Two more bulbs with leaves pop out and plop into the ground. The leaves pop up and start moving.
Pulling at the leaves, I see two more identical clones of the same exact species of organisms are right before my eyes. They moo in victory and happiness as they form a circle and start waving their leafy heads back and forth in simultaneous motion. It's like they are part of a marching band with their deadly accurate motions.
They suddenly all surround me and start to jump and... moo. I feel like a deity... either that or a mother. I can't really decide which one, both of them have a huge responsibility. I look around me and every 15 or so feet I see a color pellet flower. Hmm... maybe I can...
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Whew! That sure did take a while! I went around the forest clearing and got all of the pellets I could. I'm now surrounded by at least thirty of these magnificent beings. It's wonderful to see them work together for a lovely family cause. Seeing them all dance around me in joy makes my heart sink in adorableness. I've shed a tear at one point today I think... maybe two.
Suddenly, I realize there is a chugging sound hitting my left ear faintly. This is probably something I should have noticed before, but I guess I was too excited by the Pikmin and nature.
The plants here really fascinate me. I feel so small because I can see the plant's veins. If I squint down hard enough, I could probably see their stomata as well. They probably do, but I wonder if they preform photosynthesis as they do in Equestria. The thought puzzles me as I'm heading towards the sound.
I can hear the sound clearly now, but it's on the other side of this big wall I'm in front of. In closer inspection, a part of it really isn't a wall, but some kind of smooth, papery object that crackles if I bend it's edges too much.
The problem is that I can't move it. My magic's dead and my physical strength is not one thing to be proud of. Simply put, I can't do anything. However, the paper structure starts moving after a while. In total disbelief that I moved it, I open my eyes only to see something incredible.
The Pikmin are working together to move the object! They've all found a spot on the wall and are easily pushing it out of the way. The sure adorableness is making my eyes either water or melt, I can't tell which one. Maybe both.
I go around the corner to see something I'd never thought I'd see ever again. Of all things, the sound is coming from my ship's engine! It's perfectly fine and even running somehow! I'm in so much happiness and disbelief that I'm crying. Legitimately, I'm crying at the sight of my working engine.
Just like they had done before, the Pikmin surround my engine and lift it up. They grunt as they head toward me with the massive metal object, but if I was carrying that thing, I'd be making more sounds than grunting. Possibly even swearing at it to move an inch.
“Alright, guys. This way! Follow me!” I shout at them. As expected, the little plant specimens follow my every step. In no short of three minutes, we're back at the ship. The odd thing is, though is that it's up on it's tail like it should be. How could this be? I nose dived down, so there should be no reason it's standing up. Even some of the scratches have been patched up with leaves perfectly. Though it bothers me, I'll accept it. Thanks to whoever did that for me, I guess.
I open the hatch of the Dolphin as it sucks the engine right up into the main hold. Suddenly, the lights in the cockpit light up and the Dolphin begins to puff smoke from the bottom. I can't believe it! Because the engine is back in place, I can actually lift off for a while!
...Which I'm going to be taking advantage of quite soon, because who knows what lies in this wistful wild at night? I sure don't want to know. I guide the Pikmin back into their Onion safe and soundly and open my ship's cockpit.
It feels amazing to sit in this thing again. To my right, I see a paper and pencil. I think that I'm going to record my findings, for I have new found hope for returning to home with these Pikmin at my side. These beings willing to help me return home, I don't know how to express my gratitude yet. All I can do is lead them and help them survive.
On my way up into the dark, night sky, I see that the union is lifting up with me as well. As long as my engine holds up, I sincerely hope that the Pikmin and I have a good night's sleep, for we will need it for the upcoming journey.