“I’m not prepared to go into outer space! I don’t have the training.” Twilight galloped around the room in a frenzy as a ring of books, saddlebags, and disgruntled dragon assistant orbited around her. Princess Celestia had opened everything in the castle for the ponies to use on their trip. Letters to family and personal belongings shipped in and out of the castle at record breaking speeds much to the agonizing torture of the delivery colt. “What if the laws of space are different in some galaxies? I might need to pack my swim suit.”
A rubber ball bounced off the ceiling and back down to it’s owner. “Relax Twilight, pretty sure if Mario can go in his overalls we won’t need that much stuff.”
“Where are your things?” Twilight stopped to gaze unyielding madness at her friend. “Aren’t you going to bring anything?”
Rainbow Dash didn’t even flinch from that. “My ball.”
“Your ball.” Another misaligned hair sprung from her mane.
“Yup.” Ball bounced off a levitating book and back to her. “Figured when we weren’t doing anything I can bounce it around.”
“What about a tooth brush, comb, and maybe, I dunno, some soap!?” Twilight protested as her disinterested friend continued to casually ignore her. A lick of flames sparked off Twilight.
“Meh.” The ball ricocheted off the ceiling and bounced off Twilight’s rump.
Dash only heard the roar of frustration as she tumbled in the air and out of the tower. ‘What got her all worked up? Oh there’s my ball.” With a simple flip she landed on the little planetoid that was about to be her temporary home for the next few months. “Can we get this trip started? The longer we prance around the farther away the kidnappers get.”
A shadow loomed over her as a peculiar mushroom shaped spaceship orbited above the larger planetoid sized space ship. Rainbow bounced her ball on her head as she ascended. “Hey anypony home?”
“Captain, it’s one of those ponies!” A somewhat scratchy voiced proved to her that someone was on the little ship. The top popped open as a creature that was rounder and smaller than Mario bounced out. “Hi!”
Rainbow waved back. “Ya, hi. So ya some kind of mushroom dude? Looks like it with that yellow hat...unless that’s just your head.”
“Welcome to the starshroom! I’m the captain.” A strobe light glared into Dash’s face before it was quickly shut off. “Sorry. Forgot I had that on, but as captain I can’t go without it.”
“Wait, wait, wait I thought Mario was the captain.” Dash hovered down and sat on one of the seats inside the little ship next to a blue capped toad. If this was a spaceship it was bare of all the junk that Twilight was worried about. ‘Most likely worrying over nothing like an egghead.’
“He’s the captain of that faceship. We’re the Toad Brigade.” The captain answered proudly. “We go on adventures and help Mario out to save the princess!”
The ‘faceship’ as it was called still made her snort in amusement. Those little star creatures sure knew how to play a prank on someone. Though she did wonder what a ship shaped like her head would be like. Rainbow nodded with a small smile. “That’s cool. Guess that makes us teammates. Whatever you guys do I’ll bring the speed. I’m Rainbow Dash, the fastest pegasus in Equestria.”
The captain smiled and took out a green mushroom. “Welcome aboard partner, take this 1-up mushroom as a greeting gift.”
She cringed slightly as she took the odd mushroom. “I’m not really a fungus kind a pony. The fact that is looking at me is not helping.”
“Well you don’t have to eat it. Just do this.” The blue toad pushed the mushroom into Dash’s barrel. It disappeared in a blink of an eye as a little chime rang.
“Whoa! That was...wow I feel like a new mare. I could take on a whole army of Koopas!” Dash pumped her forelegs. “Let’s get this trip going!”
With a gust of speed she vanished from her spot. The toads fell over as the updraft carried them briefly. “She’s fast and really excitable.”
Dash bolted around the ship and found Rarity. “Hey you need help with anything? I'd really like to get this thing going.” She said curtly.
An assembly line of lumas tossed suitcase after suitcase into each other’s wiggly arms. Didn’t matter how big the luggage was, the rainbow colored children alternately carried or bounced them to one another like a game of volleyball. A little jaunty tune was heard amongst them as they cheerfully worked. “Don’t worry Ms. Rarity. We almost got all your stuff.”
“You’re all doing well darlings. Well Rainbow, I’m happy to see you too.” Rarity huffed as the pegasus hovered above her airspace. “Clearly we have everything under control. I will be ready shortly.”
“Where did you even get all this? You didn’t bring it with you at the gala did you?” Dash ducked under a mini fridge with a small yelp.
“A lady is always prepared for any situation.” Rarity had a small grin on her as she raised her head with closed eyes.
“Twilight actually lived here and she doesn’t even have half as much junk.” Rainbow swerved her body out of the path of a flying mirror. “I pretty sure you don’t need half of this stuff!”
Rarity feigned hurt and placed her hoof on her barrel. “I do not do anything thoughtlessly, Dash. Everything here has a purpose. Except for that.”
“Except for--!” Dash turned around just in time for Sweetie Bell to crash into her.
“Ow! What’s going on? Rarity, why are all these creatures taking your stuff?” The squeaky voice of her dearest little sister made Rarity sigh.
“It was an honest mistake, Sweetie Belle. Now then please put her back and tuck her into bed.” Rarity quickly kissed her sister’s cheek. “I’ll tell you all about it when I get back all right?”
A red luma and green luma picked her up with a quick salute and carried her through the portal. Rainbow Dash sat dazed on the ground from the unprovoked tackle from a unicorn filly divebomber. “You got a portal back to your house?”
“Ms. Rarity was worried about not being ready for the trip so we offered to help.” A luma with a bucket holding a list floated by. “She really needed our help with all the belongings she’s bringing.”
Dash swatted the dizzy stars away as she pulled herself together. “Well when you get a chance go talk to Twilight. She needs the help as well.”
“Howdy there Dash. You all right there? Saw you crash pretty hard.” The drawl of her farmer friend quickly made Rainbow bounce to her hooves. Applejack had a friendly smug expression as she leaned up against an apple tree. “Filly took you off guard?”
“Geez, it’s like you didn’t watch me dodge a house load of furniture.” She caught the apple that Applejack tossed to her. “Don’t tell me you got them to bring you a tree from your farm.”
“Eenope. I shared some of my food to these little guys and they loved it so much they made these trees. With a little help from me of course.” Applejack gestured to the dozen of trees around them. “Though given where we are on this spaceship, it sure is weird to be seeing the ground instead of the sky. At least the fruit still falls in the right direction.”
“You plant?” A small wooden voice made Dash jump a bit. She looked down to see a small carved block of wood with strange little eyes.
“Did you just talk?”
“This little guy is a Whittle.” AJ patted the little guy on the back. “Rather down to earth guy.”
“Happy. Meet you.” The alien woodenly held out his appendage. Rainbow tentatively took it and shook slowly. “You. Yellow. Sisters?”
“What?” Rainbow looked behind her to Fluttershy who was gleefully swamped with star bunnies of all colors. “No, we’re just friends.”
“Bird horses. Strange.”
“Hey.” She yelled with indignation. “Pegasus. Not bird horse. Say it with me. Pegasus. Peg-a-sus.”
“...Hard. Bird horse.”
Dash facehoofed with a groan. Her objections were overruled by a giant library tree crashing into the ship. Everyone flopped over as the ground bounced beneath them. Birds scattered in all directions as several apples rained down on Applejack and Dash. They poked their heads out of their respective apple piles after a few moments.
Twilight stood in front of her house with a satisfied grin. “Perfect.”
“Whoa. Twilight your house. You brought your house.” Rainbow raised an eyebrow at the proud unicorn. “So I guess this fills out your list.”
“Yup and then some. This is absolutely perfect.” Twilight’s horn glowed as she helped the tree’s roots take hold into the planetoid.
Applejack rubbed the headache that threatened to attack her. “Sugarcube, isn’t your house technically the town library? Don’t think you can just take government property like that.”
“True, very true.” Twilight nodded. “Thankfully the time machine feature on this ship works like a charm. They won’t even notice it missing.”
“I think I recall Mario mentioning that this ship could do that.” Applejack then noticed a medal that hung around Twilight’s neck. “Hey, that looks like the gold medal from the Running of the Leaves.”
Rainbow leaned closer. “Hey it is…”
“What!!!” Twilight yanked it off her neck and telekinetically threw it hard. She had guilty smile as the two athletes raised a collective eyebrow. “So yes, time travel.”
The medal landed perfectly at her feet after it’s short orbit around the ship. Twilight turned red from embarrassment as her friends pieced together the information. “Twilight, did you race again?”
“Maybe.” Twilight gulped as their gaze bore down on her. “I was testing it. Turns out you can only re-live timelines that would allow you to collect a star. So I may have done a few experiments.”
---
“Ha! In your face!” Twilight laughed maliciously with her winning medal. “The egghead can’t race huh. Well look what I got here. The gold medal. How do you like them apples!?”
The Ponyville racers wheezed around her as most of the town gapped jaws wide open. Particularly her two athletic friends. Twilight couldn’t help, but prance in place with exaggerated movements. Then the obnoxious song started. “I’m the T to the WI--!”
---
“Wow, you actually won the race. Why don’t I remember it?” Rainbow scratched her head.
“Well turns out you can’t overwrite the original timeline, but you can experience the time period as many times as you like.” Twilight explained as her house finally settled in. “And bring a few things with you.”
Applejack nodded slowly as a small smile lined her muzzle. “So Twilight. How many times did it take you to finally win that race?”
Twilight leaned back like she was smacked across her nose before she blushed and answered in a small voice. “25.”
“I’m surprised you managed it at all.” Dash nudged her friend’s side. “Not bad for an egghead.”
Twilight blew a raspberry. “I also got to go back to earlier today to see if anything could be changed to save Luna. It just cemented my fear of ghosts.”
“Sometimes I think you would just test everything if you had the time.” Rainbow chuckled as she opened the door to the library. “Twilight, what exactly happened? I see a mountain of scrolls in here.”
“Dang, did you decide to monitor everything or something?” AJ peaked over Raibow at the brainiac’s work. Spike could be heard somewhere in the depths. Most likely cooking.
“Monitor everything?” Twilight shrill giggle caused her two friends to lean back. “That’s silly. You’re silly. Stop being silly Applejack. You silly pony.”
Their silence added to the awkwardness. “I may have gone back to the day we met and done a few things…”
---
“Raven, I’ve not heard a word from Twilight today. I’m beginning to wonder that she might be buried so deep in her books she didn’t get my message.” Princess Celestia sipped her tea as she surveyed her kingdom on her balcony. Things were about to change soon.
“According to the servants and guards, she’s not in the library or in her usual study area.” Raven flipped through more notes before she found the new information. “Oh, she left for Ponyville around 8:00 this morning.”
Princess Celestia blinked owlishly. “What?”
---
“Twilight, what did you do?” Applejack couldn’t shake the feeling that Twilight may have gone overboard again.
“With you specifically?” Twilight hummed as she looked through the piles of work. “Ah, here’s your pile.”
“Tarnations girl, what could you have found out about me that is worth a mountain of paper.”
“Well I actually stayed for the majority of your family reunion, instead of running away as fast as I could. Got to know the family really well.”
---
“So you’re saying that apple pie does have love in it as an ingredient?” Twilight took the rare opportunity to talk with Granny Smith and a few of the older Apples. “That’s incredible.”
“Eeyup, which is why an Apple apple pie is considered a class A weapon by the government.” Granny leaned in closer with a twinkle in her eye like she was about to share a national secret. “It’s called tough love.”
Twilight bounced like a little filly on a sugar rush. “That’s how you repelled the Ursa Major attack when you first founded Ponyville! You baked the largest pie in the history of Equestria.”
“Sure did sugarcube.” Granny paused a moment. She knew her memory wasn’t always top notch, but this nugget bugged her. “Wait, I don’t remember telling you that.”
---
Applejack chewed on an invisible hay straw as Twilight talked. “Sugarcube, was it really that necessary to revisit the same reunion so many times? I mean I love my family, but that is a bit much.”
“I can’t let this once in a lifetime chance pass me up!” Twilight said proudly as she imagine a patriotic tune in her mind for her work. “This is the day that lead up to us all being friends. I want to know everything!”
“Twilight…” Applejack shook her head at the obsessiveness of her friend. “I know you mean well, but you shouldn’t do that to yourself.”
“Probably, but with how the machine works I don’t get tired and have all the time I need.” Twilight placed her pile of Apple Family knowledge back in the pile. “Also, Sweet Apple Acres has about twenty four billion five hundred sixty seven thousand eight hundred forty two blades of grass.”
Applejack’s jaw dropped as her eyes bugged out. She waited a moment as sanity returned to her before she said anything she would regret. “Are you bloomin’ kidden’ me? You counted all the grass blades on my farm!?”
Twilight snorted with crazed laughter. “Counted? Don’t be silly. Only a foal would do that. I used math.” She flipped several black boards around to reveal a row of needless math. “It was a challenge that I sure enjoyed.”
“Why would you even do that?” Dash closed AJ’s mouth.
“Big Mac.”
“What’s my brother got to do with all this?”
“You know how he had the last apple cider at reunions?” Twilight continued before AJ could answer. “Well I got it from him. He thought he had an impossible challenge, but I showed him.”
“You took the last cider from Big Mac?” Dash saved herself from drooling for a moment but forget her job to keep Applejack’s mouth from hanging wide open like a barn door. “Wait a moment, you said there wasn’t any cider!”
Applejack winced as she took a step back. “I said that huh?”
Twilight casually stepped between them and patted them on their heads. “The cider was brought in by somepony else in the family. It was a surprise anyway so don’t worry your feathers.”
“Still, wish I could have known.” Rainbow grumbled with ears flat.
“If you want I could go back and give some to you. I’ll even take a picture of...oh wait I have it right here.” Twilight flashed a very giddy Rainbow Dash drinking down a mug of cider. “That was the fastest, no wait, second fastest friendship connection I made. Pinkie will be Pinkie. She went out of her way to greet me every time I deviated from my path.”
“You gave me cider and it didn’t count.” Dash sucked in a deep breath to stabilize herself. “I’ll be fine. Just fine.” She sounded a little squeaky.
“Pinkie huh.” Applejack snickered as her imagination galloped free. “I bet you did all sorts of things with her.”
Twilight chuckled darkly. “Oh when I turned my attention to her I learned all sorts of things.”
---
Ear flapped, knees knocked, mane wiggled, and tail frazzled. The full body alarm woke Pinkie Pie up from her sleep to another morning. The frantic body gelagulations threw Pinkie from her bed with a scream from the pink mare. She landed on the floor with a heavy thud as the last vibrations left her for another day. “Wow, that was a dooooooozy.”
She willed her straight mane and tail to the bouncy curliness that she loved. “I’m about to make friends with a unicorn visiting Ponyville for the first time then something crazy will happen.”
Pinkie bounced her way over to her special closet door as her pet greeted her with his usual routine (gumming her noggin).“This day is going to be so exciting. Wonder if she likes hot sauce on her cupcakes.”
The closet door opened up. “Hi, Pinkie.”
Pinkie blinked a few times as the strange lavender unicorn draped on the party cannon. Pinkie Pie closed the door slowly. Opened it, and she was still there. Rinsed and repeated a few times with varying speeds and tricks. Same results. The unicorn had the sweetest smile that Pinkie would have welcomed any other time. It even twinkled for her.
Pinkie’s eyes narrowed. “...You’re early.”
---
“That moment of confusion on her face was worth it.” Twilight giggled like a little foal that played a silly prank. “I found out how incredibly busy she is. I mean look at her.”
They all turned to look at Pinkie Pie, the pink pony sat at a humble round table. A golden robot and a silver robot kept her company, or she kept them company.
“I say, you are a pink pony.” The golden robot clicked cooly as the gear in his head turned rhythmically.
“I am a pink pony. You’re good, and you’re a gold robot with a gear for hair. Just like your brother, but he’s chrome.” Pinkie Pie took a quick gulp from one of the tea cups that was between one of the robots. “Hmm, needs sugar.”
The silver machine’s pressure gauge eyes flickered a moment as he briefly contemplated his lost drink. “I’m Silver Gearmo--”
“Gearmo! I get it, because you have a giant gear.”
“and he’s Gold Gearmo. I’m afraid we are not siblings like most organic bodies, but our serial numbers can both be expressible by the sum of two cubes.”
“Neat.” Pinkie grinned as she poured a bag of sugar into her cup of tea. “So you two like parties? Outside of this little tea party which I’m sure Fluttershy would love, but she is currently hugging all the animals here.”
Gold Gearmo cranked his head 360° degrees. “Parties are enjoyable. I take it you are a party pony of sorts?”
“I’m the pink party pony. What I want to know is, “Pinkie Pie leaned in a restrained and comically serious tone. “Can you dance the robot?”
Silver Gearmo whistled steam from his ears. “The robot? Young hairbag I was ready to do the robot before I was assembled.”
“Those are some weird robots.” Applejack shook her head as Pinkie and her new found friends danced like well oiled machines. At least until Silver Gearmo’s arm flew off.
“I know right. Our roommates are strange aliens with all sorts of new ideas and a whole culture to discover.” Twilight squeed as she pranced. She stopped quickly as she engaged her serious scholarly voice. “I also figured out that Pinkie ate 2846.3 cupcakes the day we meet. She shared some with me.”
“Flying feather! Are you for real?” Rainbow Dash puffed her cheeks like a sour lemon had just graced her lips. “She must be made of pure sugar.”
“I’m afraid to test it for myself. Science and Pinkie get along like a match surrounded by explosives.” Twilight explained as they followed her out of her treehouse. She casually gestured
up above her tree home to a collection of clouds. “Also took some clouds with us, so if you want to build a simple dorm room go right ahead Dash.”
“Huh, thanks. The clouds here are a little weird. So what did you do when Nightmare Moon showed up?”
---
Ponyville waited in town hall for the arrival of their Princess Celestia, who was not about to appear anytime soon. Twilight waited behind a curtain with Pinkie Pie who was persistent in her goal to make friends with the newcomer.
“So when Nightmare Moon comes we surprise her?” Pinkie Pie stealthy whispered as loud as possible.
“Yes, Pinkie.” Twilight folded her ears at her partner. She neglected to tell her that she also set up an complex array of magic spells to trap the alicorn. “Now when you see the dark alicorn laughing on the balcony pull the welcome cord.”
“After waiting a thousand years by herself on the moon I bet she’s ready for a great welcome party!” Pinkie Pie played with the red rip cord.
“Shh, the mayor is speaking.” Twilight nudged her as they hunkered down. Mayor Mare went through her standardized greeting for Princess Celestia only for her grand appearance to be nought. “Get ready.”
On the balcony that overlooked the population of Ponyville, Nightmare Moon strode forward with a confident sharp smile. Mist wrapped around her form as revealed in the shock of the ponies beneath her. “Am I not royal enough for you? Don’t you know who I am?”
“Surprise!” Pinkie pulled her cord. An explosion of streamers burst into Nightmare’s muzzle as a splatter of cake batter engulfed her. “Darn, I mixed up the streamers and cake batter again.”
“That’s just fine Pinkie.” Twilight’s horn glowed. The plentiful streamers came to life as they wrapped around Nightmare’s horn and legs. The batter quickly hardened thanks to the mixture of added rainbow liquid (which Nightmare currently enjoyed a mouthful of) and semi-solid foam cake surprise. All courtesy of the strange kitchen from Sugarcube Corner, with a touch of magic.
“What is the meaning of this!?” Nightmare Moon gagged out as she found her body quickly entangled by the strange trap. The surprisingly hard materials severely restricted her movements, the she noticed the ring of sigil around her that started to power up. “No! It will not end like this!”
“Equus, Robur, Robur, Robur, Excipio, Robur, Robur, Robur, Theia.” Twilight chanted as the glyphs glowed before they shot a column of light through the roof of the building with Nightmare in the center. She broke free from her constrains and attempted to fly out. Petrification stopped her long before her wings fully spread. A perfect statue of Nightmare Moon stood on the balcony now.
Pinkie’s jaw dropped as she slowly turned her head to Twilight. “What did you do?”
The sun rose on schedule. “I found a way to imprison Nightmare Moon, and it looks like a complete success.”
The ponies murmured below as Pinkie Pie puffed out her cheeks. “But what if she wanted to party?” Twilight gave her a long even look. “Well ok maybe she looked like a big meanie.”
“It doesn’t really matter anyway. This was all just confirming my experiment.” Twilight sighed with a happy smile. All her research finally bore fruit. This will help with rescuing Luna and beating Nightmare Moon once and for all. She heard a hush move throughout the herd of ponies as the doors opened.
“Princess Celestia!” Twilight look up to her mentor. This was the first jump back in time where she meet her tutor. Celestia’s face remain passive as she looked up to the statue before the dam of emotions broke. Despite her tears, she spoke clearly.
“Twilight, what have you done?”
---
Twilight paused at Rainbow’s question as she seemed to droop. “I did a few tests and found a way that could help us beat her.”
“Awesome, way to go egghead.” Rainbow nodded in approval.
“Did you ask Mario to bring all this with you?” Applejack asked with a slight hint of uneasiness.
“Um...might have been a little bit eager before I discussed this arrangement with him.” Twilight blushed. She looked around with a raised eyebrow. “In fact, I haven’t seen him in a while.”
“I see him, look up...or is it down? This is going to be annoying.” Rarity answered her she inspected the last of her things. “I think I have everything I need. Thank you very much.”
A chorus of children chirped happily. “You’re welcome Miss Rarity.”
“Mario!” Twilight yelled out. Mario walked away from the castle as he whistled a little tune. He paused when he looked up at his ship. The tree was definitely not there before. “I brought my house with me, hope you don’t mind.”
‘...Why didn’t I think of that.’
“It’s-a fine. Can you gather everyone to the deck? I have something to share with them.” Mario jumped up building then leaped up to the planetoid ship next to a pile of happy animals. “We got some new information.”
Fluttershy poked her head out. “Oh, um alright. I was just hugging your friends here. I’ve met a bee that could talk back.”
“Yoshi.”
“Oh and your friend that you brought with you the last time you came and never bothered to see me. It’s fine though I’m not upset, I know you are very busy. I’m sure the race was very, very important.”
Mario shook his head as he grabbed Fluttershy by her hoof. “Come on.”
“Ok, bye friends. I’ll see you you all later.” Fluttershy waved as she haphazardly followed the plumber. “You met them all on your adventure?”
“That I-a did. Raced with penguins, climbed honeycomb homes, and flew with a condor. You never know what you might-a find out there.” Mario and his companion reached the deck with relative ease. As a pegasus, it slightly unnerved her that she was walking up a slope vertically. Their friends greeted them with the usual exuberance.
“Hey dude, what’s going on?” Rainbow asked as she spinned the helm freely.
Twilight pulled her away before any ill fated tragedy struck. “Did something important happen?”
“I just got some mail from our Mail Toad here.”
“Hey there newcomers.” The little guy smiled. “If you want to send anything back home I’m your guy.”
“The mail was from Princess Peach and Princess Luna--”Mario quickly got a face full of concerned mares.
“Really! How is she?”
“Did she escape? We need to rescue her now.”
“Oh dear. She’s not hurt is she?”
“She give those brutes a proper beating?”
“Clever girl.”
Twilight pulled Mario’s face uncomfortably close. “Tell us everything!”
“Princess Peach is capable of sending letters despite being captured. Here it is.” Mario pulled back as he waved the letter in front of them. Twilight yanked it with her magic and read it out loud.
Dear Mario,
I have recently been introduced to a new friend. I believe you know her as Princess Luna. We are safe for the moment, but the new partnership of Nightmare Moon and Bowser is a bit concerning. To aid you in your travels we have combined our talents to best find a way to sabotage their efforts to evade you and prevent them from conquering the rest of the universe. They are currently inbound to Recycle Matter Galaxy to collect old materials. Please be safe.
Yours truly,
Princess Toadstool ‘Peach’
“This is perfect! We can go rescue the princess.” Twilight exclaimed as her other friends whoop in exuberance. “Let’s go now...where is Recycle Matter Galaxy again?”
Lubba chuckled at the enthusiastic mares. “That place is in the middle of nowhere. Considering just how big space is that is really out of the way.”
Mario peeled himself out of the herd as he grabbed the helm. “If we are ready let’s get going.”
A collective nod answered him. The powerful ship purred to life as they ascended beyond the heavens. A collection of ponies cheered down below in the courtyard. Twilight saw Princess Celestia on the highest balcony with her usual serene smile. Pleased to see her teacher smiling again, Twilight watched on as the ship breached the clouds and her home became smaller and smaller.
“Ooooh, the stars are getting shinier and there are lots of them now.” Pinkie Pie munched on some popcorn as her head darted every which way to catch all the sights. Countless stars greeted them in far greater numbers than what was possible in a clear night in the country.
“Our home is absolutely gorgeous. Gives me the shivers just looking at it.” Rarity grinned calmly as the world hung above them like a suspended ornament. Reds, brown, green, and blue.
With the biggest grin on her muzzle Rainbow lightly noogied Mario. “Amazing view dude, but let’s see this baby blast off.”
“Wait, don’t we need to be safely secured before we activate the warp drive?” Twilight squeaked as the trance of seeing her home broke.
“Nope!” Mario punched the activation pedal. “We-a go for it!”
Power coursed through the ship as space, matter, and time started to warp around them.
“We go boldly!”