//Begin Personal Log
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//June 4th, 2559
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//18:07 Local Time
Well it’s been a few days since we found the remnants of a second changeling hive. Luckily we weren’t stumbling through a total graveyard. We managed to pull thirty survivors and even found them a place to stay until a more permanent solution could be found, to which I have a crazy idea.
Anyway, today was the summer solstice in Equestria. A day marked by a festival called The Summer Sun Celebration. Fun right? So then why was our resident midnight Princess looking quite depressed? Well, as it turns out, the Summer Sun Celebration is also a celebration of the day Nightmare Moon was banished. So I can easily imagine how it might be a touchy day for Luna. Though this doesn’t mean we didn’t have fun.
And now for some interesting analysis on our changeling hives. Those things are fucking amazing. The hive we nuked stayed mostly intact for about twenty minutes before finally collapsing completely. We’re not quite sure what they use to make those hives, but it’s some seriously strong shit.
//End Log
It was still dark out as Daniel heaved himself out of bed. It was only six thirty in the morning, the sun wouldn’t be up for another half hour. With a deep sigh and a yawn, the Captain pulled himself up and began his morning routine.
Daniel was contently reading a news article on a datapad as he ate his breakfast in the galley. It was an article on how reconstruction crews were still finding bodies in the ruined town of Voi, just outside New Mombasa. The Captain shook his head at the thought of Voi.
The Captain was eventually brought out of his reading as someone took a seat opposite him. Sitting across from him was a very tired looking Luna.
“Long night?” Daniel said with a chuckle.
“You wouldn’t believe it even if I told you.” She grumbled.
“That bad?” The human asked calmly.
“I got tired of ponies coming into the night court and shouting ‘Down with Nightmare Moon’. I eventually had the guards lock the doors for the night.” Luna said with a sigh as she set her head on the table.
“Wow. That fucking sucks.” Daniel said with an astonished look.
“Indeed it does.” Luna sighed deeply. “It’s like this every year.”
“Captain Ryan, a moment?” Daniel looked over to see Doctor Yarow standing next to his table.
“Take a seat.” Daniel said, gesturing to an unoccupied chair.
Doctor Yarow quickly sat down and pulled out a number of datapads.
“Sir, I’ve been going over the images and scans of the changeling hive structure and noticed a few things that were out of place.” Karen quickly said.
“Slow down, and take your time. Now, what kind of things?” Daniel continued.
“Well, I found it incredibly difficult to believe that the gryphons could slaughter and entire hive and not suffer a single fatality. We only saw changeling bodies.”
“Keep going.” Daniel prompted.
“What she means to say is that the gryphons removed their dead.” Said Chef as he stood next to the xenobiologist.
“You think they took their dead with them?” Luna asked with a surprised look.
“Without a doubt. It’s a brilliant strategy really. Slaughter an entire civilian and military population and then remove your own fallen from the piles of dead bodies. That way if someone were to come looking, they would only see dead changelings. It might make people think the gryphons are strong enough to kill hundreds of thousands without losing a single warrior.” Chef said firmly.
“That’s... incredibly insightful.” Luna said with shock.
“It’s part of my job.” Chef said with a shrug.
Luna just sat there with a horribly confused look.
“He’s got a doctorate in applied psychology.” Daniel stated.
“Then why is he working as a cook?” Luna said with an exasperated tone.
“Meh, I like food.” Chef replied with a beaming grin.
“Anyway, what else ya got for us.” Daniel chuckled, quickly looking back to Karen.
“Well, not a whole lot more. How are the other changelings doing?” Yarow asked.
“Fine. Celestia said she wanted to talk with me about them later today.” The Captain added after a sip of tea.
“Isn’t today some kind of holiday?” Yarow asked as she looked to Luna.
“Yeah. Summer Sun Celebration. Lovely day.” The Princess replied dryly.
“Okay then. I’ll head back to the lab; lots to do.” The xenobiologist quickly replied before getting up and walking back to her lab.
“So... any plans for today?” Luna asked, looking back to Daniel.
“None that I can think of.” The Captain said before pausing. “You've been enjoying sci-fi movies, right?”
“Yeah.” Luna responded with interest.
“I know exactly what we can do today.” Daniel announced with a grin.
~~~
Celestia and Zerom were happily chatting as they made their way through the Tuscany’s halls. The Commander and a few others had gotten front row seats for the raising of the sun that morning. Even though it was just a sunrise, it felt much more powerful and dramatic.
“Commander, I was wondering something.” Celestia said as the two continued to walk.
“Oh?”
“I was wondering how my sister has been doing on the ship. She’s... not the most sociable pony.” Celestia replied while carefully picking her words.
“You want to know if she’s getting along with the crew?” Zerom responded with a smile.
“Exactly.” Celestia said with a nod.
“Well, I’d say she’s getting along fairly well with everyone.” Zerom said as he opened the door to the crew lounge. Neither the Princess nor the Commander were prepared for what was inside.
The lounge was packed with sailors, marines, ODSTs, and even a few SPARTANs, all watching something on the large, wall mounted TV. Daniel sat on a stool in front of the group with an acoustic guitar and Luna by his side.
Zerom and Celestia stood in shocked silence as Daniel and Luna began leading the group in a song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQ5m4btECM
The two watched and listened until the song finished. Celestia stood slackjawed while Zerom stood with a grin. The Commander looked to Celestia and chuckled.
“Yeah, I’d say she’s getting along pretty well.”
Luna then quietly took a seat on one of the couches as Firefly continued to play on the screen, while Daniel quickly made his way toward Zerom and Celestia.
“Catch that little show?” Daniel asked with his guitar still in hand.
“Firefly marathon?” Zerom replied with a chuckle.
“It’s classic sci-fi, how could we possibly not.” Daniel responded dramatically.
“I had no idea you played an instrument.” Celestia added.
“Yeah, well being out in space for years gives you time to pick up new hobbies.” Daniel said with a shrug. “So what brings you two here?”
“I was just checking up on my sister, to which I have to say thank you.” Celestia replied with a warm smile.
“Oh?”
“Ever since she has been staying on your ship, she has been much happier around the castle. You’ve no doubt heard of how some ponies treated her upon her return?” Daniel nodded. “Well, I was worried she would continue to isolate herself; doubly so with her staying on a spaceship. Though, it seems quite the opposite has happened.”
“Princess, I guarantee that if you walked into that room and asked if anyone would be willing to take a bullet for Luna, every hand would be raised. They see her as another crew member and would protect her as such.” Daniel stated with a grin as he stepped out of the doorway and into the hall.
“Really?” Celestia replied with surprise.
Daniel laughed and held up a hand. He then turned and opened the door to the lounge and peered in. The credits of the episode were rolling as everyone got snacks and drinks.
“Yo! Some asshole is outside threatening to shoot Luna!” Daniel yelled into the room.
“The fuck?!”
“He’s fucking dead.”
“Ah hell naw!”
Almost everyone in the room then drew a weapon of some sort, mostly handguns and submachine guns. Luna just sat on the couch confused as every weapon echoed with metallic clicks as weapon slides moved.
“Satisfied?” Daniel said, looking over his shoulder at Celestia. “Too late, guards got him.”
“Aww.”
“I wanted to kick his ass.”
“Dibs on the next one.”
Celestia stood in stunned silence. She had never expected the humans would be so willing to rush out and kill someone just for threatening her sister. Even with the possibility of injury and death, the humans didn’t hesitate.
“Anyway,” Daniel continued, “could we talk about our new changelings?”
Celestia sighed. “Yes, there are a few things I would like to discuss.”
“Then let’s walk and talk.” Daniel said as he began to slowly walk down the passageway with Celestia and Zerom.
“I just wanted to let you know that I have decided to grant Queen Aria temporary asylum,” The solar Princess began.
“I’m glad to hear that. You didn’t sound too thrilled about them a few days ago.” Daniel added as he glanced over to her.
“I was caught up with the fact that she was Chrysalis’ daughter.” Celestia replied with a sigh.
“She’s the one that tried to invade during Cadance’s wedding?”
“Indeed. It was because of this that I instantly thought that Aria would be just like her mother. I had to remind myself that the sins of the parent are not passed to the child.” Celestia answered with a hint of regret.
“At least you can recognize your mistake. And this isn’t coming from a saint by any stretch of the imagination.” Daniel chuckled..
“I just need to sit down with Aria and have a discussion about her plans. I just want to be sure she isn’t plotting something. Call me paranoid.”
“You’re not paranoid. Besides... I may have had Spotlight talk with Aria.” Daniel said with a shy grin.
“Oh? Did he learn anything?” Celestia said with a critical eye.
“He reassured me that Aria has absolutely no intention of trying to do anything stupid. She understands how dire their situation is and would not try to compromise the safety of her remaining changelings. She’s an endangered species and she knows it,” Daniel reported.
Celestia seemed to ponder this for a moment as the group continued to walk through the passageway.
“Then I suppose I can push aside the thought of a second changeling invasion.” Celestia replied with a light chuckle.
“I’d say so. Besides, it’s the gryphons I’m worried about.” Daniel answered with a shrug.
“True. However, we can continue this at a later time. For now I need to head back to the castle,” Celestia said with a nod.
“Alright. Try not to have too much fun.” Daniel responded jokingly.
“Oh trust me, I won’t.” Celestia deadpanned before teleporting away.
~~~
It was late that night as Luna sat in her room aboard the Tuscany. It had been a relaxed day of watching Firefly with some of the crew. Though as she sat in her room, one question occupied her mind: what did humans dream about?
Being the Princess of the night, she had experienced and shaped the dreams of many ponies. Never had she seriously considered trying to dream walk into the dreams of an alien species. Though there were a few potential issues. For starters, Luna didn’t know if humans dreamt at all. Nor did she know how the humans might react if they caught her messing in their subconscious minds. Perhaps it would be better if she simply observed the dream, rather than try to shape it.
The Princess sighed as she glanced at her reflection in the polarized window. She had no idea what she might find in the minds of the ship’s crew. Though she was also excited about seeing what humans dreamt about.
Luna walked across her room toward the bed. While it was nowhere near as extravagant as her old bed, it was a strange and enjoyable change. She kicked off her silver slippers and placed her crown and necklace on the desk, before pulling herself onto the bed with a small hop. With a deep breath, Luna closed her eyes and focused her magic. Her horn lit up as she began to probe the ship, looking for minds that were asleep and dreaming.
She didn’t have to look long, as her magic reached into the engine room. Oddly enough, Andrew was sleeping suspended between two cooling pipes. Without hesitating, Luna entered the subconscious mind of the dreaming engineer.
As the dream came into focus, Luna found herself standing in a very unfamiliar place. She was looking over the sea from what looked like a kind of seaport. As she turned around, her eyes went wide. Before her was a massive sprawling city of skyscrapers and small aircraft. The closest tower provided a bit of insight to where she was. Painted up the side of the massive skyscraper was the word TRAXUS.
The air was suddenly filled with the sound of metal crashing against metal, followed by the ground shaking. Luna looked around and noticed two new pieces of the dream. On either side of her were a pair of what looked like giant metal humans, each at least two hundred feet tall. The two robots quickly ran forward and met in the middle of the open seaport. They then began throwing punches at each other, as if they were boxing.
Luna quickly took flight and quickly moved toward the tower. She could barely make out a group of humans standing on a large overhang. Seven humans stood on the platform while two stood much closer to the edge than the others. Both were holding joysticks and were focusing on the two giant robots fighting in the open area.
The alicorn quickly identified Andrew, but was unable to recognize the other human next to him. Luna then turned her attention back to the giant fighting robots, just in time to see the blue robot on the right throw it’s red opponent to the ground before stomping on the red one’s chest. The blue robot quickly turned around and climbed to the top of a nearby warehouse before looking back to face the red robot. With a mighty leap, the blue robot jumped from the warehouse and shifted all its weight over the right elbow.
The human spectators all gasped in excitement as the blue robot slammed into the red robot, elbow first, causing the red robot to explode in a massive mushroom cloud. Andrew slowly turned to his opponent and grinned.
“And that’s why it’s called an atomic piledriver.” Andrew said with a grin.
Before his opponent could react, the floor panel exploded, catapulted him over the flaming wreckage of the red robot and into the sea. The engineer set his controller on the ground and climbed aboard a very large alligator.
“Heeya boy!” Andrew shouted as his picked up a set of reins. The alligator began slowly walking away.
“Interior, crocodile, alligator. I drive a Chevrolet, movie theater!” The engineer chanted as the large reptile walked away. The surviving blue robot began dancing as the engineer continued to sing. Luna stood in stunned silence before leaving the dream.
“Okay, seriously, what the fuck was that?” Luna muttered in absolute shock as she opened her eyes.
This proved it; Andrew was totally insane. Not that she was surprised, but this was a great piece of evidence. What would the other dreams look like? Luna began to laugh softly as she thought back to what she had just witnessed. With another deep breath, Luna reached out with her magic and began looking for the next sleeping mind.
A new mind grabbed her attention as she probed the ship. Just down the hall from her, Daniel was experiencing what felt like a dream.
~~~
Luna opened her eyes to see she was in the same city as Andrew’s dream. Only this one looked more like a warzone, as most of the skyscrapers were on fire and explosions could be heard echoing. A group of fifteen ODSTs, twenty marines, and seven sailors were all taking cover by two doors to a nearby building. Luna looked at the digital sign that stood above the glass doorway
“New Alexandria starport... what the hay is a starport?” Luna muttered to herself.
The Princess then made her way toward the group at the entrance to get a better vantage point to what was going on.
“Alright, listen up! Our mission right now is to hold this starport. There are thousands of civilians onboard those transports, waiting to leave. Too bad they can’t take off with this fucking corvette right over our heads. Though, Noble team is working a plan. So, we hold here until they can clear the sky. Got it?” A series of nods were all he got in response. “Great. If it isn’t human, fuck it up.”
The soldiers quickly took defensive positions by the doors, weapons pointing in every direction. A few minutes passed with only the sounds of war echoing through the city. A lone marine dared break the silence.
“Hey Commander, what... what’s the plan after this? I mean, after the transports leave.” The marine asked shakily.
“We’re going to make our way back to Traxus tower where I managed to find us a ride off this rock.” Daniel replied.
“Contact!” Another ODST shouted. Luna noticed that it sounded exactly like Ahmad.
“Light ‘em up!” Daniel shouted before opening fire with his Battle RIfle.
Luna got a good look at a group of pudgy little bipedal aliens. They were only about four feet tall and wore massive tanks on their backs. As she was trying to further analyze them, the humans proceeded to quickly kill the entire group in a hail of gunfire. The alicorn watched in horror as blue blood splattered with every bullet.
“Shit, that was just a scouting group. Get ready! They’re coming!” An arab voice yelled.
Sure enough, another group of aliens came running down the street. Though these ones were much taller, about seven feet. They were also much more muscular and much better armored. The humans wasted no time in firing on the new threats as every rifle began to spew projectiles.
“Focus your fire! Take ‘em down one at a time!” Daniel shouted over the gunfire.
Luna watched as the human’s weapons turned and fired on the closest alien. For the first few seconds the alien began to glow gold before the glow disappeared and it began to convulse as bullets tore through it’s body. The Princess turned back to the human’s position in time to see three of them die in a blue explosion. Even with the deaths of three marines, the others never stopped fighting.
For every alien killed, at least two humans died. Daniel was ducked behind a concrete barricade as he reloaded his rifle. He looked across to one of the other barricade positions just in time to see two massive green projectiles slam into the barrier, obliterating it and all the marines behind it. The Commander quickly looked over his cover at the new threat.
“Hunters! Spread out!” Daniel yelled.
A group of marines quickly broke cover and began to run to a nearby overturned truck, only to be cut down in a hail of plasma. Daniel quickly popped up and squeezed two bursts into the head of the closest alien, killing it instantly.
“Ahmad! Kelly! We should have some heavy weapons inside. Get it and fucking kill these hunters!” The Commander ordered.
“You got it!” Kelly replied as she and Ahmad ran into the starport.
Daniel and the remaining fighters continued to suppress the other aliens, allowing the two ODSTs to retrieve the weapons. Occasionally the shields on one alien would fail, leaving him vulnerable and quickly killed.
“Seems like the shields on an Elite are all they got going for them.” One marine said jokingly, just as a shot from a needle rifle went through his head.
A marine who was sitting next to the one that just died looked down at his fallen comrade. “Ya really think that? Cause that Elite seems to disagree.”
The starport doors opened as Ahmad and Kelly ran back to the firing line, both with their new toys.
“Some kind fellow left us a pair of lasers! How thoughtful.” Kelly said with a grin.
“You got those from a dead guy, didn’t you?” Daniel deadpanned.
“What makes you think that?” Kelly replied with fake shock.
“The blood splatter on the side.” Daniel sighed as he pointed to the red blotches.
“Huh... why didn’t I notice that.” Kenny pondered.
“The fuck does it matter? Let’s kill the hunters.” Ahmad announced.
“We’ll suppress while you charge the shot. Got it?” Both ODSTs nodded. “Suppressing fire!”
Every rifle began firing, forcing the remaining few Elites to dive for cover, leaving the Hunter pair exposed. The two ODSTs picked one Hunter and charged their weapons. Two seconds later, a pair of red lasers shot out of the shoulder mounted weapons, leaving two neat holes in the Hunter’s body. The massive alien fell face forward as orange blood splattered everywhere.
The other Hunter, enraged by the death of it’s companion, began to charge at the human line. Kelly and Ahmad quickly aimed and fired another two lasers, killing the charging alien only a few feet from the barricades.
The only thing remaining were the handful of Elites who charged the humans in a final desperate attempt to take the starport. The human fighters made quick work of the Elites, killing each with a torrent of gunfire.
“Fox Actual, this is Paladin 3-3, where the hell is Noble team? That fucking corvette is still above us.” Daniel yelled into his radio.
“Sit tight Paladin, Noble is on the way,” came the reply.
“Does Duvall think it’s a fucking picnic over here? We just fought two Hunters and an Elite kill squad!” An exasperated marine cried.
“Shut the fuck up, dude. It’s worse on the other side of the bay.” Kelly snapped.
"This is civilian transport 6 Echo 2, I need to go now, Sergeant Major!" came over everyones radio.
"Hold on, Echo 2. Stalwart Dawn, I have multiple commercial craft loaded with civilians. I have got to get them out of this city. I need air support, now!" The Sergeant Major replied.
"As soon something frees up, you'll be the first to-" Came the reply from the Stalwart Dawn.
"Not good enough!" Duvall interjected.
"I've got six hundred souls on board, Sergeant Major! I can't wait any longer!" The transport pilot cried.
"Negative, Echo 2, I can't cover you! Do not take off!" Duvall pleaded.
To everyone’s horror, the sound of a ship taking off emanated from the starport as a single transport ship rose just above the roof, only to be immediately shot down by a plasma torpedo from the corvette overhead.
"Mayday! Mayday!" The pilot cried.
"6 Echo 2, can you maintain altitude?" Duvall replied.
"Negative! We're going down...!" The radio transmission cut out as a loud splash erupted from the bay.
“Did... oh fuck... oh fuck man!” One of the marines cried as he grabbed his helmet with both hands.
“Pull it together, marine!” Daniel commanded.
“Contact!” One of the ODSTs yelled.
All attention was diverted to a single Elite standing four hundred feet from the human’s defensive line. Daniel’s eyes went wide as he recognized what it was.
“Zealot!” Daniel yelled.
While the normal Elites were fierce warriors, they could be easily taken down by coordinated fire. Zealots, though, were nearly unstoppable. Their shields were hardened, their armor nearly impenetrable, and they carried only the deadliest of weapons.
This Zealot happened to be carrying an energy sword. A two prong blade of pure plasma, capable of slicing through just about any material on the battlefield.
Luna watched the hulking Zealot slowly walk forward with its sword in hand. One of the lesser Elites ran from cover to join his brother, only for the Zealot to bring the sword up, slicing through his neck. The Princess watched in horror as the headless body of the Elite hit the ground with a thud, slain by his own comrade.
Just as the humans were about to fire upon this new threat, it disappeared. The humans began scanning the area in a panic; even Luna was confused and worried.
“Well this fucking sucks.” A marine commented.
A split second later, the Zealot reappeared as he brought the sword forward, impaling and killing a marine. The Elite let out a roar as he began swinging and stabbing, killing someone with every move. Soon the massive Elite set it’s sights on Daniel and charged.
Everyone began focusing their fire on the Zealot, but to no effect. The massive alien killed the marine next to Daniel before knocking the Battle Rifle away and grabbing the ODST by the neck. The Zealot then slammed the helpless human against a wall while still maintaining a tight grasp on his neck.
The Elite pulled his sword back and prepared to finish off the dangling human. As the sword shot forward toward Daniel’s chest, a well timed kick from the human knocked the blade off course. Instead of two plasma blades spearing through his chest, only one blade made contact. The ODST screamed in pain as the blade sliced through armor, bone, and eventually his left lung. The Elite chuckled as he brought his face closer to the human.
There was a high pitched whining sound as the Elite spun around and noticed Kelly with her SPARTAN laser pointed directly at him. With a quick backhand, he knocked the ODST and her weapon to the ground. Ahmad quickly reacted and pumped two shotgun blasts into the Elite at close range. Still with one hand on the energy sword, the Elite kicked the ODST away, sending him sprawling across the street.
The Zealot then turned back to Daniel, only to be uppercutted in the jaw. This was followed by a double beep sound and a tingling sensation. Daniel quickly brought both his knees to his chest and delivered a kick to the Zealot’s chest, staggering him backward. As the Zealot prepared to finish the human, it’s vision was engulfed in a blue glow, just as a massive explosion blew the upper body off the Elite.
The impaled ODST reached forward and grabbed the hilt of the sword before deactivating it, allowing him to drop back to the ground. He staggered a bit before slumping against the wall. The remaining humans quickly gathered near the fallen Commander.
“Ah shit. Do we have a medic here?” One of the marines cried out.
“Yeah, fucktard. I’m the medic.” Daniel wheezed.
“Nice job with the Elite. Plasma grenade to the jaw. I’ll have to remember that move.” Ahmad said with a chuckle.
“Yeah, just skip the whole getting stabbed part.” Daniel replied with labored breath. “At least he was nice enough to use a plasma weapon.”
“The fuck does that matter?” A marine asked in shock.
“For starters it cauterized the wound, so I won’t bleed to death. Also it burned away most the nerves, so it doesn’t hurt nearly as much as a normal stab wound.” Daniel said with a pained chuckle.
Just then, thunderous explosions echoed overhead as multiple missiles impacted with the corvette. The ship began to turn and flee as trails of purple fire leaked out through the damaged hull.
“Nice timing... Can someone hand me a can of biofoam?” Daniel wheezed.
Ahmad pulled a olive green can from his pack and handed it to the Commander. Daniel pulled a pin on the can and inserted the nozzle into his wound with a pained grunt. The foam stung like hell at first, but soon gave way to a cool and soothing feeling as the anesthetic kicked in.
“Looks like it’s time to go. Where to boss?” Kelly asked as Ahmad helped Daniel to his feet.
“Traxus tower. By the way, anyone here a pilot?” Daniel asked as he threw an arm over Ahmad for support.
“Uh, I can fly.” A lone sailor raised his hand.
“What’s your name?” Daniel said with a nod.
“Ensign Vezina, sir.” The marine replied.
“What kind of craft can you fly?” Daniel asked while still clutching his wounded side.
“I’m rated for everything up to starfighters, sir.” The ensign replied proudly.
“Great. You’re going to be flying a Prowler, congrats. Let’s get the fuck outta here.” Daniel ordered.
Ensign Vezina stood in shocked silence before jogging to catch up with the group of survivors.
“Commander, why are we going after a Prowler? There are plenty of evac ships taking people off world.” Ahmad quietly asked.
“Because, those things are fucking death traps. The Covenant control the space around this planet.” The Commander replied.
“And a Prowler will fare better than a frigate?” The ODST asked sarcastically.
“Not in open combat, but Prowlers have optical and sensory cloaking systems. No one will know we left.” Daniel said with a grin.
“Huh, I suddenly like this plan a whole lot more.” Ahmad said with a chuckle.
“Besides, I’ve already got some other survivors at Traxus Tower waiting for us.” Daniel added.
“Like who?” Ahmad asked curiously.
“Lieutenant Jonathan Zerom has a group of other wayward sailors and marines along with a small group of civies.” Daniel replied.
“So we’re gonna try and slip past the Covies with a Prowler... this is not how I imagined the fight going.” Ahmad said as he shook his head.
“Yeah, and I wasn’t expecting to get stabbed. Life is full of disappointments.” Daniel replied sarcastically.
~~~
Luna had seen enough. From people being decapitated, to entire ships full of people being shot down, enough was enough. She focused her magic and severed the spell that linked their minds. As the spell faded, Luna opened her eyes to see the familiar interior of her quarters. What she had just witnessed was no dream, nor was it a nightmare. It was a memory, a flashback of sorts. It was eye opening, to experience firsthoof what humanity had gone through, even if it was only a small sliver.
She had just seen more people die in that memory, than in the past two hundred years before her banishment. And yet, despite all the bloodshed, despite almost being exterminated, humanity stood strong. They faced certain annihilation and didn’t flinch.
Her thoughts drifted back to Daniel and the crew. There was much more to these people than she ever suspected. They were a very tight knit group. Everyone looking out for the safety and well being of the guy next to them. It made Luna happy, knowing that these humans included her in that group.