(7 hours earlier)
They had been on the Covenant cruiser, Redemptive Penance, when a slip-space anomaly struck the ship. The grunts were patrolling the mid-deck when the corridors shook with tremendous might. They felt a low hum turn into a buzz as a purple wave began to transform into some ghastly space nebula. A sharp, screeching sound filled their ears and the squad fell to their knees. Then it was all-quiet. BANG! The cloud cut clean through the ship and began to engulf the corridor ahead of them.
The elite, in his blue-clad armor, incinerated before their eyes; the grunts ran for the hangar.
The phantom gunboat was a space gunboat boarding craft. The grunts were not allowed to use anything but the turrets on it. However, it was their only chance of escaping this slip-space disaster. The doors were thankfully open and the grunts stepped in, pressing a console command on the holographic screen: the same one that elite officers usually press.
A gloomy violet glow took over the cabin as the doors shut the grunts in. The major, known as Flipyap, ran to the cockpit. The holographic commands were overwhelming. He didn’t even know where to start. He tentatively pressed a bright red button, the cannon below switched with a pang. Flipyap hastily tried to close it when the gun let out a burst of magenta energy.
There was an explosion and a red elite could be seen flying in the air, his last words being “BLARG!” as he crashed into a pile of containers that were filled with plasma grenades. The crate glowed with blue energy as part of the ship disappeared in a flash of light and plasma.
I am…so…dead thought the grunt. He had to keep trying but there were to many buttons and he felt like he would accidentally kill himself if he tried another button.
“Uhhh guys..” he squeaked,” I don’t know how to drive this hunk of junk.”
“What do you mean-“ his brother, Yapflip said just as a loud hum turned into a thunderous roar. The Redemptive Penance was tearing itself apart. The grunts held on to each other as they felt themselves being lifted into the air.
Whatever happened on that day is still unexplainable, but we can say that the grunts were thank fully unharmed by the anomaly. The phantom, along with other pieces of the ship, jettisoned out the other side of the slip-hole into another region of space. It was unpredictable and pieces were shot across the surface in a shower. The phantom however, managed to survive the atmospheric pressure as it descended into the atmosphere of the unknown planet.
Twilight Sparkle and the other ponies watched in awe as a meteor shower rained on Equestria’s moonlit plains. She looked around at her friends and saw that they all shared in her bewilderment.
“Hey Twi’” Applejack motioned, “I thought there weren’t supposed to be any meteor showers scheduled for tonight.”
“I’m as stumped as you are,” Twilight said.
“Well whatever they are, they’re heading for the Everfree Forest.” Said Rainbow Dash.
Fluttershy gave a yelp and started to run towards the forest.
“Fluttershy,” Twilight called, “Why are you going closer to the shower?”
All the yellow mare could say as she flew off was “What if someone got hurt.”