//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: What channel is it on? // Story: Stargate - SG-FUN: Another World // by Word Wizard //------------------------------// "I'm telling you Jack, I'm compleatly sane!" Daniel half-shouted at the colonial while walking towards his office, "I just think there might be a connection between a little girls television show and an alien distress call!" "Uh, I think you just proved my point," Jack pointed out,rounding the corner into Daniel's office. "Here, look at this," Daniel does a quick google and shows the monitor to Jack. "Wait, what?" O'neil looks through the wikipedia article on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, "What the hell?" "See, the names match up!" Daniel looked triumphantly at his gaping superior. "So wait, we have a bunch of aliens sending us prank calls after watching a demented television show?" Jack said, looking away from the monitor. Daniel puts a palm to his forehead. "No! I know it sounds crazy, but what if these creatures that sent the letter, what if they ARE the same things as in the show?" "Daniel, I know you've had a lot of crazy ideas which have turned out to be right, but.... I'd be more willing to beleive that pyramids are landing platforms than the SGC just got a letter from an animated television series," Jack looked at Daniel, un-sure whether the scientist is joking or dead serious. "I'm dead serious," Daniel said, "This could be happening, I mean, sure, it's impossible, but that didn't stop the pyramids!" "Ok....," Jack starts walking out of the room, "We'll see if you're right, UAV launch, 0900 hours, be there." "Alright," Daniel Jackson said, continuing to look through the wiki article. Scrolling down until something caught his eye, a small link in the footnotes section, reading: 'Ponies Real?'. Clicking on it, it began him on a quest of search and find through 10 different websites, 3 internal rouder re-directions, and 5 wiki articles. Eventually ending up on a little list of 2005 article titles related to the subject. It read: HASBRO has purchased metal artifact found in arctic ice, part of new science initiative, chairman says. HASBRO announces artifact working! Manned exploration team to depart. Men find magical land, making TV show about it, team says. Scrolling through a number of these articles, one caught Daniel's eye: HASBRO denies ever touching, buying or using artifact, all a hoax, chairman says. Before he could think about it further, however, Sam poked her head in, "Daniel? Drone launch in an hour, better get ready." "Yeah yeah...." Daniel brushed her off, glaring at his computer, thinking hard. "Daniel?" "Oh right, yes, get ready!" Daniel stood up, walking out of the room past Sam. "Sometimes I just don't know what he's thinking..." Sam muttered to herself before walking off to get ready herself. -------- "Standing by to launch, all systems go," A technician radioed Hammond and the rest of the crew in the dialing office while departing the gateroom. "Good, begin dialing," Hammond instructed a woman working the dialing controls in front of him. "Dialing," She repeated in a monotone, pressing some buttons on the dashboard in front of her. The doors on either side of the gateroom closed as scientists and technichins left after preping the UAV. The gate starts turning. "Chevron 1, engaged," The gate clanks into position, "Chevron 2...." "Well, this is it, let's see if you cracked or not," Jack said, patting Daniel on the shoulder. Daniel just gritted his teeth. "Chevron 8, activated," A swirling blue cloud of anti-mater flies out of the stargate, settling back into a blue sheen. "Preparing UAV...launch in T-10 seconds," Sam announces, pushing a number of buttons on the dashboard in front of her. "T-9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ENGAGE," FWOOOSH!! The UAV shoots off it's launcher, propelled by two rocket engines. "That'll never get old," Jack shakes his head. The rest of the team looks at him, a little confusidly but turns back to the monitors. "Arriving at destination in three, two, one, incoming visuals," Sam punches a few buttons and a picture flashes onto the screen. The UAV is flying over a green meadow, with gray bunnies and perfect wildflowers. Little squirrels jump and chip from inbetween trees.... "Ok, what the hell?" Jack looks at the screen confused, expressing the feelings everyone else had inside at that moment. "Indeed," Teal'c said, nodding his head. "Ok, Carter," Jack turned back to the monitor, "Is this the visual feed or the Disney channel?" "It's the visual sir, no doubt about it," Sam checks a few gauges, "This IS what the planet looks like." "Pull up and engage the telescope," Daniel advised, looking with great interest, "I think I know where we are." Everyone stared at him for a second, but Sam turned back to the controls and did as he asked. "Altitude, 2 kilometers, engaging telescope," She fixes a few things on the dashboard. O'neil was still shaking his head in disgust. "So wait," He asked, "We're flying through the Disney channel?" "Zoom in on that sign!" Daniel called, ignoring Jack. The view on the screen flashes and homes in on the sign, which read: WELCOME TO PONYVILLE in large cartoonish writing. "Ok, what the hell is up with this planet???" Jack continues to shake his head. "Indeed, is is rather odd," Teal'c said, examining the sign. "We're going to be going through some clouds," Sam said, returning the view to normal. The screen went white. "Wait, we're getting some audio," She flicks a switch. Soon, a voice comes over the speakers. "What is that thing?" A voice screams from behind the UAV. "I dunno, but it's wrecking up Cloudsdale!" A second voice called. "Switching to rear-view camera," Sam hits a few more of the many buttons on the dashboard and the camera view changes. Everyone's mouth dropped open, everyone, that is, except Daniel. On the screen now are two equine figures, one blue one brown, with wings out their backs, chasing the airplane. "See, I told you!" Daniel shouts, "Lets see, that's Rainbow Dash, and that's...." "Daniel?" Jack recovers from his gape, "You KNOW these things?" "Well yeah, while you were getting ready, I was doing some cultural research," Daniel responds. "Daniel Jackson, our internet records say you've been watching, My Little Pony:Friendship Is Magic?!" General Hammond walks into the room, holding a few pieces of paper. "Pffft," Jack laughs, "Cultural research my foot!" "It's true, look, here's a picture of Rainbow Dash, that blue pony...AS SEEN ON THE TELEVISION SHOW." Daniel holds up his wallet, revealing a picture of the blue pony inside. "Wait wait wait, you keep a picture of a pony in your wallet?" Jack says, marveling at the idea, not just the picture. "Well yeah, it makes it 20% cooler!" Daniel said, acting as if everyone knew this. "Guys!" Sam called everyone's attention back to the monitor, "I have some visuals of a native town." Pictures of a perfect little town, as seen from above blinked onto the monitor. Multi-colored ponies walked around it's streets, laughing and playing. "Ok, wow.... So wait, once again, your SURE this isn't the Disney channel?" Jack asked Sam. She sighed. "Yes, I'm sure, this is the planet!" "Ok ok," Jack said, pulling back. "UAV running low on fuel, prepare for crash landing." Sam steered the craft towards an uninhabited part of the land and let go of the controls. ----- Meanwhile in Ponyville, Pinkie noticed her tail twitching. "Hmm, twitchy tail...AK!" She said, diving for cover. "Come on Pinkie not this again!" Twilight said, sighing and moving over to her friend. "Get down here, something's gonna fall!" Pinkie pulled Twilight under the bench. "Pfft, Pinkie, nothing's gonna fall! This is all ridiculous!" Twilight said, squished under the bench with the pink mare. "It's gonna be big!" "Pinkie nothings--" Twilight stopped. NNNNNNNNNNNNNRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! A black streak flies out of the sky, striking the ground near by. BOOM! A firey explosion filled the air. "Alright, I guess you're right...." Twilight muttered, defeated yet again by the Pinkie Sense. ----- "Alright, ready?" Jack asked as his companions lined up behind him. "Yup!" Everyone replied. "CHEVRON 7, ACTIVATED!" A voice booms over the loud speaker. The swirl of anti-matter is sucked back into the gate. "Alright, let's take Cartoon Network by force!" Jack shouts, charging into the blue sheen. The rest of the team followed, plunging into another world.