Some ponies prefer to live normal lives, away from the unusual or the strange. They like the peace and the quiet, where dark and deadly secrets dont stand out above. But as usual, one mare and her friends..... are a whole different story entirely. Plus, who is this mysterious new stallion that moved into town eight months ago?
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2558, Edge of Known Space
A highly experienced soldier in space, that's who he was. But he was no machine. Soldiers are people too, and this particular man was the definition of an honorable and respectable being. His name is Captain Lasky, and this is his story of a strange new world that would welcome these ideals.... but not the enemies that follow them in.
"LT!! GET US THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Lasky ordered.
"AYE SIR!" was the response of the Lieutenant that received the order.
As the metal planet beneath them gave way from its orbit, plummeting towards the local star, their ship, UNSC Infinity, shuddered violently as it accelerated away from the falling artificial world, narrowly escaping into Slipspace as the star went supernova.
A yellow holographic man in a pilot outfit, likeness of the ships AI known as Roland, appeared on the holotable. "Emergency jump complete Captain. Injuries reported on multiple decks, but no major casualties," he said.
"This is Captain Lasky to all crew. WE MADE IT!"
The bridge and the rest of the ship erupted with the sounds of cheers both of relief, and of victory.
"GOOD WORK EVERYONE!" Lasky yelled out in congratulations to his loyal, hard working crew.
Little did they know that they were being followed, nor were they aware of their next destination.
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Ponyville, Equestria
"Spike! You, almost done organizing down there!?" a certain purple mare called down to her little dragon assistant from her balcony while she studies the night sky.
"A few more minutes and I will be." came the reply.
Twilight Sparkle, a studious unicorn mare with dark purple mane and tail and pink highlight in mane and tail, and purple coat, watched the night skies, studying the patterns of the stars. Her passion for astronomy and magic were apparent not just by her actions though, but also by the mark on either of her flanks resembling a pink star surrounded by smaller white ones.
As Twilight observed the night sky, she could have sworn she saw a flash, and a shooting star originating from that flash. "What the...." She was interrupted by a loud boom and rumbling, followed by an object streaking upwards through the air, trailing smoke, right through her line of sight. For a moment, she tried to follow the trail to its source until....
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......" came the first part of the male pony screaming for his life, causing Twilight to look up from her telescope.
"WHAAAAH!" She cried out and ducked.
Apparently she ducked just in time too.... "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH" he flew over her head, into the library, and BOOM, crashed into the bookcases.
"Heeeeey, I just organized those!" cried an irritated baby dragon assistant, but he switched to concern right away, "Hey, are you okay......?"
Twilight looked down to see what was going on, completely missing the second flash and shooting star following the first....