//------------------------------// // Sssssssssssstatusssssssssssss quo // Story: A Flowery Affair // by Voltsthevoltvolts //------------------------------// The dust settled, both Fern and Luna were lying on the ground and laughing loudly. Fern sprung up happily, she had been disarmed during the fight and she now lacked any weapons to fight with. Fern looked around, most of the ponies who had been watching had backed away and only a few remained. Fern sighed and pulled out a small syringe full of red liquid. Fern winced as she injected the liquid into her skin. "Sssss..." Fern hissed as her battle wounds began to heal over rapidly. Within a moment Fern was in the same state she was when she started fighting. "Floran feelsssss fine." Fern stated boldly, much to her dismay Luna was still on the floor and laughing. Fern slowly trudged over to Luna and offered her a hand up, Luna eagerly took the offer and Fern helped her up. Without saying a word the pair nodded at each other and walked away from each other. As Fern walked away a bright light took her back to her ship. "We think it is safe to say we have come to an impasse." Luna happily said to the ponies who were still watching. "That being said, I have no doubt that she will return after she had recuperated from the battle." Twilight had watched the whole battle from the side lines, if Luna had not told her to stay out of the fight she would have helped the minute Fern pulled out the large club. "What!?" Twilight shouted as she ran over to Luna. "Princess Luna, are you alright?" "Aye, we are okay. Just a little shaken up." Luna chuckled happily as she walked with Twilight. "It would seem that our visitor lives up to her savage nature." "Yeah..." Twilight meekly said, still shocked by the sudden turn of events. "What happened?" "We merely came to an agreement while on the battlefield, we were both evenly matched and we knew it." Luna stated happily. "I will need to explain to our sister what has happened, she will be most pleased with the results." Luna winced in pain as she attempted to take off, a large red mark on her wing made it evident why she couldn't fly. "Alas, we are unable to fly." Luna sighed. "May we stay at you castle until we are able to fly?" Luna polity asked Twilight. "Of course!" Twilight replied happily. "Your wing must be sore, maybe a trip to the spa will help?" Twilight boldly suggested. Luna nodded her head and the two walked off into town, leaving the battlefield quiet and deserted. Lyra hastily drew the curtains, carefully making sure that nopony saw her. Once she was certain she sighed happily and sat down. "You can come out now." Lyra giggled. Fern appeared from the kitchen, eating a large apple. "Floran think fight went well." Fern stated. "Floran not kill sssssssmall pony." "Yes, I think it went relatively well." Lyra sighed. "Why were you laughing at the end?" "Floran think it wasssssss funny how Floran'ssssssssssssss and ssssssssmall ponie'sssssssssss power reacted." Fern sat down and finished the apple. "Sssssssssmall pony very ssssssssstrong, however Floran issssssss very ssssssssstrong." Fern stated happily. "Maybe sssssssmall poniessssss not sssssssssee it, but the sssssssssmall pony Floran fight enjoyed fighting." "I imagine Luna would enjoy the old tussle, she has only recently just returned from being exiled for one-thousand years." Lyra explained. "For a while she could only speak with the Royal Canterlot voice, it was quite scary." Lyra sighed happily and remained Luna's fabled visit during nightmare night. "Ssssssss." Fern hissed, snapping Lyra out of her daydream. "Oh! Sorry." Lyra apologized. "Itssssss alright." Fern replied. "Floran need to go ssssssee other sssssssssmall pony now." Fern chuckled. "Hm. I think I could take you... I mean, I might have to sneak you out of Ponyville but I should be able to do that easily." Lyra proudly stated+ "Sssss..." Fern got up and carefully looked out the window. "Floran... Felt ssssssomething..." "Eh? What do you mean?" Lyra inquired. "Floran... Itsssss nothing." Fern shakily sat back down. "Floran remembered feeling sssssssssomething familiar when bird-people arrived at village... Bird-lady ssssssssaid it wasssss sssssssomething to do with enginessssssssss." "Like... An engine on a space ship?" Lyra curiously asked. "Maybe you felt something else in the space outside Equestria." "Sssss... Maybe..." Fern sighed and relaxed. "Floran could have imagined it..." Luna was enjoy a relaxing soak in hot water, going to the spa with Twilight had been a good idea. The spa was empty due to most ponies worrying about Fern returning and possibly attacking, however Luna knew better. "This is nice, Canterlot needs more spas like this." Luna stated as she relaxed further, the soreness of her wings slowly fading. Suddenly, Luna jerked upright, a strange sensation flew through her body and vanished. Twilight, who had been relaxing in a nearby mud bath suddenly became aware of Luna's state and removed a cucumber that was covering her eye. "Whats up Luna?" Twilight asked. "Something else... Something else has just arrived in our system... It came at speeds unheard of..." Luna settled back down in her warm bath. "It might be this Bird-Lady Lyra told me about... Or another Floran." Twilight mused. "Or something else altogether." "Perhaps..." Luna slowly said. "However, this beings ship is larger then the other creatures ship." Luna sighed. "We are worried that this may be a warship looking for a planet to attack..." Luna chuckled. "Then again, the amount of traffic that passes our humble planet... It may just be a traveler passing by." Fern pointed out of the window of her ship. "Right there! Floran sssssssee it!" Fern happily jumped in the air and cheered. Lyra moved over to the window, taking a large breath she peered out and observed space. "Woah..." Lyra exclaimed as she took in the view. "This is amazing." Lyra quickly spotted the area Fern was pointing at. Sure enough there was a large sphere in space no larger then the moon, but distinctively a ship of some sort. "What is that?" "Floran not know, however Floran ssssssssscannersssssssss sssssssssshow advanced technology isssssssssss being used in ssssssship." Fern frowned. "Floran cannot teleport to it..." Fern sighed and sat down. "Perhaps Floran and ssssssssssmall pony ssssssshould go back and tell other ssssssssmall poniesssssssssssssss." "That seems like a good idea." Lyra agreed, walking over towards the teleport. Lyra hit the large red button and was whisked away in a bright light. Fern followed suit and beamed herself back down to the planet.