//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Harmony Effect // by DW_Beast //------------------------------// Getting Answers Raising her right arm her eyes mostly adjusted to the bright lights at this point and rubs her eyes, letting the soft thin fur covered digits push the dried crust from her eyes. It took a moment of rubbing for a thought to finally click making her eyes shoot open and holding her new hand in front of her face to get a better look. She sat there starting at the lavender hand and fingers, she wiggled them in test to see if they where actually her's not having the concept fully click within her mind. Watching the three fingers and thumb wiggle at her command the process finally clicked and there was only one thing she could do it this situation. A loud scream echoed not only in the medical bay but all over the deck alerting everyone who knew they where there they one was awake, it also jolted the others from their dark dream land making them jump a little. Chakwas turned in her chair to look at the screaming lavender mare noticing the others awake also staring at their scream companion. "It's okay calm down." Spoken as gentle as she can approaching her as the screams settle a little into deep quick breathes. Chakwas watched as the violet eyes seemed to focus as if digesting information. The good doctor had been right of course but couldn't even imagine on what really was passing though Twilight's mind, as the memories the gem had picked up looking for home started to process into her mind. She remembered the memories of her people's descendants evolution and how her, and looking around her friends new appearances seemed to fit what she saw. So even though she couldn't understand the silver haired woman's language her new form was starting to no longer frightened her. It took but a moment for the fear to give way to sadness as she remembered the memory of the purple and green dragon, her friend, brother, son assistant figure dying alone in the cave with only an old ratty photo of her and the girls as company. Her large eyes closed as the tears fell down her muzzle, lowing her head as the tears fell into her lap. Lost in the sad memory of her first real friend outside family she didn't notice one of her friends pulling her self up on the bed until she felt arms wrap around her torso and a head nuzzling into the back of her neck bringing her some comfort. Before she could open her eyes to look four more sets encircled her, her face burying itself into the one in front of her. Her ears twitching as now she heard soft sobs of the ones holding her and a dampness in her mane and against the back of her neck. Chakwas watched as the six seemed to try to comfort each other, just watching them she could feel the love and caring in each of them for one another, she knew these six where closer then most could even imagine. She was so focused on the love she could feel pouring off of them she jumped as she heard someone talking to her. Taking a moment to notice the language wasn't translating yet. "Try again dear, maybe it can pick up your language this time." Said to someone who couldn't understand her yet either, she raised her left arm as the orange holographic gauntlet appears and began making adjustments. "Where are we?" Simply asked the lavender one in the center of the others still clinging to her as her language was now being picked up in her omnitool. "There much better, can you understand me dear?" The six of them nodded to her inquiry. She smiled at them her eyes showing a gentleness. "Okay now I am sure you need answers, but those are better left to my commander. But first you girls are, well indecent so I got some clothes from the female crew. Now for the three of you with wings there isn't a slot for them to slip though, so you'll need to keep from spreading them till we can find more accommodating outfits. She said as she started to hand out shorts and tee shirts the female crew gave her from their shore leave supplies. Watching with a raised eye brow though when the girls who she would have guessed never wore close seemed to figure out how to put them on rather easy, she was about to ask before the door to the med bay opened. The girls looked up at the man who had come in, watching as the guards at the door saluted making Twilight who had watched her brother raise up in the military meant that this guy was in charge. He broke the silence only a few moments after entering the room "Let us take this out in the mess table, I had the crew there clear out for now so we can talk undisturbed and more comfortable." It did not take long for all to take a seat at the eight chaired table, Shepard on the right side chair closest to the stairs to the CIC, across from him was the lavender Equine and to her left was the white one, the yellow one and the blue one the other two siting on his side with the pink one closest. "Let us start off with introductions, I am Commander John Shepard of the Alliance ship Normandy and recent counsel Specter." It was the lavender one who spoke, Shepard noticed she had a slight authority tone to her voice meaning she had at least some experience of being in charge. "I am Princess Twilight Sparkle, princess of friendship and bearer of the element of magic. Beside me in order are Rarity element of generosity, Flutteshy bearer of the element of kindness, Rainbow Dash bearer of the element of loyalty, and on the other side are Applejack bearer of honesty and Pinkie Pie bearer of the element of laughter." Remembering lessons on diplomacy from Celestia that when given titles it is good to give titles back in the return greeting to even to playing field and not make the other person doubt you. "Good to meet you your highness and the rest of you ladies. Now where would you like to start?" asked Shepard. Twilight though a moment before making her questions. "Let us start with the most crucial where are we and how did we get here?" "Where you are is on my ship the SSV Normandy traveling to a crucial mission in the Artemis Tau cluster. I think it be best to you the extranet to understand the star cluster, the info is a little vast for us to try to talk about. Now for how you got here is a little harder to explain. I found you or rather the large rainbow gem you were all encased in when responding to a distress call from a professor from your home world who was looking for any evidence of the bearers of the Elements of Harmony according to the extranet, which I believe you girls are from you info. He was attacked by a group of synthetic creatures call Geth, who seemed to what to get to the gem you where encased in from the force they used to wipe out the research team. How you ended up there, I can only guess if you drifted there from your last action in stopping what your people's history book calls the 'Star Beast'. When I got close to the gem it seemed to want to touch it, it called to me pulling me to do just that and when I did my team and I where blinded by a bright light that came from it. When the light receded the six of you where encased in individual glowing cocoons with an orange apple, a blue balloon, a pink butterfly, a red lightning bolt, a purple gem, and a magenta star gems floating over. The bam out came you six as you are now and we brought you back to my ship for your safety." Twilight looked at him a moment digesting what he had said before following it up. "What happened to the gems?" "They went into each of you light cocoons and where gone when the light faded so couldn't tell you, I'm sorry." He opened his mouth to say something else before a communication came over the speakers over head. "Commander I thought i would let you know we are approaching Dr. T'Soni's last known coordinates and I am picking up Geth activity so you may need to get down there quickly." "Rodger Joker have Garrus and Ashley meet me at the Mako." Cutting it off as he returned his attention to the girls one last time. "Sorry ladies I have to get down there, but before I go I will have a crew member teach you how to access the extranet and you can look up any information that doesn't have to do with your rescue. Any more about the team who found you I will answer later that you can't find on there, the name of the professor who found you was Ground Breaker." Standing up slowly as he finishes telling them the name he moves over to a young human female standing against the wall away from them and says something Twilight can't make out properly before heading out.