//------------------------------// // Intro and Ch.1 // Story: Planet of The Ponies // by Urvy1A //------------------------------// Planet of The Ponies DISCLAIMER-I do not own My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. MLP: FiM- © Hasbro Toys and Lauren Faust Story inspired by "Planet of The Apes" released by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation and written by Rod Serling and Michael Wilson, based on the novel "La Planete Des Singes (Monkey Planet)" by Pierre Boulle. Certain characters and story- © Urvy Jaramillo. INTRODUCTION-Final Entry "As I close in my final entry, my crew and I will be in hibernation for about 10 years, Earth years to be exact." An astronaut said to himself recording a log entry. "I hear that Earth was still in the same mess that our past president 5 years ago, but now thanks to our new president, he cleaned it ump and reinstated manned space travel to make this mission possible. Is there life on other worlds, and if there has, will it be like our own home? Will man still be the superior species? But if not, then who will?" The astronaut pondered as he prepared himself for hibernation. "This is what our mission is about. Exploring the unknown. Signed, Saturday, April 29th, 2016, Captain Richard McAllen." Captain McAllen prepared himself for his deep slumber. What he or his crew doesn't know, is where would be the spaceship Liberty Bell would end up in. Capt. McAllen and his crew, a medic by the name of Virginia Hawke, a science expert named Bradley Walsh, and a technician by the name of Cassandra Moreno. They were chosen by NASA to explore other galaxies after manned space travel was restored by the Republican President under the suggestion of the Republican-controlled House and Senate in 2014. Since then, NASA engineers decided to resurrect the Space Shuttle, but only to give it a new look and new engine to avoid such delays and disasters that happened in the 20th Century with the Challenger explosion in 1986 and in 2003 with the Columbia disaster. One of the many reasons that they want to explore another planet is simple, they want to find another world to repopulate and claim in the name of the United States of America. This mission is a very crucial one in order to get the upper hand against China. China has been trying to one-up the US by launching it's own manned space program after the end of the shuttle program in 2011. But under President Sarah Palin, she decided to reinstate manned space travel to reestablish the US as number one in space travel. In addition to exploring the moon and other planets for new places to live, these new missions will also have the opportunity to recreate and repopulate dead planets as a new mission in case the Earth is destroyed. That, or they would establish colonies in these other words. Either way, it's part of the new manned space flight program. "So, everyone all set for hibernation mode?" asked the captain to his crew. Everyone all agreed in unison. "Captain, how are you going to pilot the ship for ten years?" asked Prof. Walsh. "Easy, I have set the controls to auto-pilot so we can go to our destination at ease. By the time we land into whatever we end up, we should be set for repopulation and exploration" replied Capt. McAllen. "But captain, what would happen if something like a solar storm or meteorites hitting the ship?" asked Dr. Moreno. "The auto-pilot will take care of things, my friend." replied Capt. McAllen, "This ship was tested back in Cape Kennedy, it can withstand solar flares and meteorites." With their captain's reassurance about the auto-pilot, the crew members once again all in unison of an agreement. After checking in final preparations, the crew of four were ready for hibernation. The crew got in their hibernation capsules to take their 10-year sleep. Now, we need to introduce ourselves to the crew of this mission. The leader, Captain Richard McAllen, was a graduate of Texas A&M, and was in the US Air Force, fighting in the War on Terror. He was chosen by NASA to lead the mission due to his experience. Professor Bradley Walsh, a graduate from the University of of Oklahoma, is one of the many African-Americans who ventured into space in NASA's rich history. Doctor Virginia Hawke, a graduate of the University of Phenix, was chosen for her experience in medical treatment in Afghanistan. And finally from Miami University, Doctor Cassandra Moreno, a Cuban-American scientist who left Castro's barbaric, Stalinist country of Cuba when she was a baby back in the late 20th Century to achieve top honors. Before they went in this mission, they had to learn about the basics and tools of the trade about space exploration. After all, it was their first time being in space. It's also NASA's 1st mission since the year 2011, when the Space Shuttle program was shut down. After Barack Obama was voted out of office during the election of 2012, the new president decided to revive manned space travel without the dependence on other countries like Russia, and in order to beat the Chinese into space once again, just like the Cold War era when the US took on Russia in the Space Race. Now that all 4 crew members are in hibernation until they land somewhere in space, the ship is now piloted by auto-computer to who knows where they'll end up at. What they won't know, is that the fact that their lives will change forever. As the crew went in hibernation, the Liberty Bell was entering a hasty barrage of meteorites on the way. Some of the parts of the ship was hit by the small rocks. Then, the ship came across space junk. The auto-pilot dodged several chunks, but a few managed to hit the ship. Just as the ship and its passengers were home free, a wave from the stars was heading towards it. The powerful magnetic hold was too much for the ship to avoid, so it sucked it in. By the time the wave passed, it caused an electrical disturbance, interfering with the clock of the ship as well as other valuable electronic equipment. The wave short circuited the clock to speed up the time for about 10 years. The ship was spiraling out of control, spinning around and around and around. Finally when the spinning stopped, the ship was heading towards a planet. The Auto-Pilot prepares the ship for emergency landing as it was entering the planet's atmosphere. The ship swooped passed a small town that seems to be empty, right passed a farm where apples are the main crop, and it crashed into a forrest near the town. The ship has hit several trees, not to mention, cutting some of them down with the wingspan. After the impact, the ship's emergency power supply was activated. The capsules that hold the astronauts in their hibernation modes opened up. All 4 astronauts woke up and got up, unaware of what has happened during their 10-year sleep. This is where our story begins, they're about to find out that on this strange and alien planet, man is no longer the dominant species. They'll find out the hard way that the roles will going to be reversed on this planet. And they won't like what they'll see… CHAPTER 1: Strangers in A Strange World Capt. McAllen woke up, so did the other 3 members of the crew. "Oooohhhhh, what happened here…" said Capt. McAllen as he woke up. "Dr. Hawke? Prof. Walsh? Capt. Moreno? Is everyone hurt?" asked the pilot. "Just some minor cuts and bruises, nothing too serious to report, captain." said Dr. Hawke. "Damage report, professor" said Capt. McAllen, "Main power damaged on reentry into atmosphere, backup systems online, solar batteries powered and online." Prof. Walsh stated, checking the damage of the Liberty Bell. "How long for repairs?" Capt. McAllen asked, "When will we get the ship back in operation?" "It could take weeks or months." said Prof. Walsh, as he took supplies out of the damaged ship. "Well now, we have to see if the air is toxic or not." Capt. McAllen told his crew. "Air quality has no signs of toxic material in the atmosphere, captain." said Dr. Hawke. "Very well, we don't need these helmets right now. I guess it's time to explore this strange land we're in." said Capt. McAllen. With food and supplies intact, the crew of the Liberty Bell set off to their trek to the strange land. Days turned to nights, the crew explored the many colorful regions of the strange land, they noticed that the planet and its scenery was similar to their planet, Earth. "Hmmm, somehow, this planet looks like Earth somehow." said Capt. McAllen, as the crew sees trees, water, mountains, and other landscapes that resemble the landscapes of planet Earth. "Captain, does the landscape of this planet remind you of home?" asked Dr. Moreno. "Somewhat, doctor. I think I can see the resemblance in this planet." replied Capt. McAllen. Prof. Walsh takes out a American flag from his bag, as he planned to plant it on the ground. "Well, looks like it's up to us to repopulate this planet and declare it in the name of the United States and Earth." said Prof. Walsh, "At least we beaten the Chinese to this planet. If it wasn't for our president, we wouldn't returned to manned space flight and the Chinese would gotten here first." Each day, the crew of the Liberty Bell walked and walked, until they decided to clean themselves after looking at a waterfall. "Look captain, there's a waterfall near that forest. Maybe we can clean ourselves up." pointed Dr. Hawke. "Well, I suppose we all need a nice clean bath after this walking." said Capt. McAllen, as the crew took a dive in the waterfall for a bath. Unknown to the crew, their items and food rations are being ransacked by other beings. Since the crew were busy bathing in the waterfall, they didn't notice the thefts. After they got out, they see that some of their food rations were stolen and their stuff was taken, some left behind. "Captain, someone stole our rations and tools, most of the rations have been bitten as well." noticed Prof. Walsh, as he looked at his bag. Some of his tools were intact, while some were missing. Just then, Dr. Moreno noticed something. "Guys, look! Looks like we're not alone in this planet, I see human beings with our stuff!" she said. Capt. McAllen then replied, "I guess we ca follow them, but try not to startle them, we don't want to scare them." With that, the crew followed the humans to what appears to be a farm. But to the strangers in this strange land, this place was familiar to the humans that reside in this planet. To those humans, this place is not any ordinary farm, but it is an apple farm. The name of the farm is known as Sweet Apple Acres. The humans began to climb up the trees to grab several apples from the trees. "Captain, it appears to me that these humans lack any form of verbal communication, but they are adapt to climb on these trees to get the apples." said Dr. Moreno. "Well, so this planet has the same landscape, and they have a farm similar to Earth? This is some good planet to repopulate." Capt. McAllen said. With that, the crew joined in on the feast by grabbing some apples of their own. Unknown to the humans and the crew, they're being watched. Someone was looking at them grabbing the juicy apples from the apple trees. Something else was strange, it appears to be that a galloping noise was heard. "Captain, I heard some galloping noises coming in from the northwest." said Prof. Walsh with a concerned look on his face. "Who could be in this planet besides us and these humans, Professor?" asked Capt. McAllen, as he continued to eat the apples from the trees. After each bite of each apple, the humans tend to throw the apple cores away on the ground. However, one of the apple cores hit something, then, the galloping noise was heard again. "There's that noise again, Captain." said Prof. Walsh. "Must be your mind again, professor." said Capt. McAllen, as he continued to chew on his apples. However at the course of their feast, they noticed something on the ground. "Look, I think I found some other signs of life on this planet." pointed Dr. Hawke, "It looks like a footprint to me." "I don't think it's a normal human footprint, doctor. I believe it is a hoofprint." Dr. Moreno replied to her colleague, "We don't know if that's the method of transportation or does this farm even own horses." That was the million dollar question the crew was wondering after they crash landed. "Do you believe that animals share this planet along with these humans?" asked Prof. Walsh. "I believe so, at least it isn't like those old science fiction movies that you see at 2 AM on TV." said Dr. Hawke. "Ladies, gentlemen, remain calm and finish your apples, we have a planet to repopulate and explore." Capt. McAllen told his crew, as they finish eating their food. For years on Earth, man was the master of the Earth. Some say God created the Earth in 6 days, others have other theories that clash with that. Man has controlled animals ever since the first wild animal was domesticated. Some were used for work, others for food, even others were raised as companion animals and sporting animals. But soon,the crew will learn a lesson from the human inhabitants of this strange world. They will learn that man is no longer the dominant species in this strange new world. In this planet, it's run by the one animal that the crew didn't expect to find out… End Chapter 1.