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// These are the voyages of star ship centurion 
// Story: Space 
// by GenericJosh 
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Cold. So cold. So very cold. I could hear my breathing echo inside my suit. I set my 'alarm' to stop sending in cryo gas when 1 of 2 circumstances occurred. 1. 100 years had passed 2. the ship had found a planet capable of supporting life. My heart began to beat again as a shock pulsed through my body.
"Computer how long have i been in cryo?"
"Exactly 100 years and 362 days 2 hours 5 minutes and 45 seconds."
"Time to get to work." I thought as i began opening the radiation shields. After about 2 minutes every window shield was open and i could see a VERY colorful planet full of green red blue and all the other colors.
"Wow" is all i could say as i stared out the window in awe. Now i knew why the computer woke me up. The top window on the space craft had a spotlight and was revealing a space station named Equis IV. Something was floating outside an airlock, using an old tether. I snickered at the ancient tech until i saw the figures form. It looked like a horse! A SPACE HORSE!!!
"Hello there! Space horse? can you hear my voice boy?" I asked on all frequencies. The space horse thrashed around until it was looking at me through the window. The helmet had a golden tint just like mine.
"I beg your pardon?" asked a female voice.
"Sorry a space PONY my bad." i said sarcastically disregarding the fact that it responded to my words.
"Thats much better" said the 'mare'.
"My name is Commander Josh Ferrum. Permission to EVA ma'am?"
"Permission granted" said the mare. I opened up the hatch and when i came out the pony flailed in joy screaming.
"YES I KNEW I WAS RIGHT THEY DO EXIST THEY DO EXIST!!!!!" shouted the space mare.
"Your name ma'am?" i said firmly once her giggling calmed down.
"Lyra, Sorry i didn't introduce myself right away" she said still very giggly. I lifted my visor up and she did the same. what i saw was a white and mint green cartoon pony with the biggest grin on her face.
"That face is so adorable!" she said over the radio. "Why don't you come inside where its safe? Maybe we can eat some hay burgers or what ever humans eat." she said barely containing her joy



I kept my suit on when we entered the very small hatch to the space station.
"Oh my gosh. The stallions are going to be so surprised!" she said really excitedly.
"You mean there are other ponies on this ship too?" i asked curiously.
"Yeah, about 20 other ponies are on here." Lyra responded. I went inside the very small space station only to see all the ponies stare at me in fear.
"Hi." i said very shy like. All of them didn't dare move a muscle until lyra broke the silence.
"Welcome aboard Josh"