//------------------------------// // The Explanation and Months Later // Story: The Brony from Space // by Tank Drill //------------------------------// -Luna's point of view- Comets and asteroids... Why do they exist? Somepony's may say that they're debris from different planets that have died out, but I didn't need an explanation, I just don't want to be afraid of them anymore. Being banished to the Moon for a thousand years, put me into this situation where all I had to see was the stars or our planet. When I was Nightmare Moon though, she didn't have any interest of looking at the planet and I still regret her decision to face the stars. What happened next was unforgettable. I know for a fact that the moon got it's craters from space rocks, but to be inside the moon magically, made me experience what it feels like to be deformed. For over a thousand years, many different types of asteroids and comets impact the Moon, causing me to feel pain and to develop a fear of 'impacts' on the planet. This is why I was scared at the meeting when this 'tube' came out of space and Tia was able to comfort me before I lost my mind. Now with the meeting over, the creature was awake and when we came forward to his bed as I spoke to Tia. "He's awake." I pointed out. "Looks like he's stretching." Tia observed. It was true, he had been asleep the entire time when he impacted the Canterlot Castle's entrance. Though it makes me question how long he's been in a... Sleep status I believe it was called. He finally stopped stretching and opened his eyes. He dropped his jaw, took a deep breath and spoke. "You've all have grown..." It was all he said before he fainted back into the bed. We all looked at one another and I spoke out first, "I think we broke him." Twilight shook her head, "How... Why... What?" Tia smiled, "We now know that he is intelligent, but I believe that he knows us from somewhere." She turned to us, "Do you know this creature?" "No, I haven't seen him at all." Cadance admitted. "Neither have I, this is the first." Twilight said. POPOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM The hairs on my back stood up when I heard this noise, "Something is coming!" I shouted. CRASH! There was another tube like object that crashed just from the outside where the window was located. Luckily though, the impact didn't cause any structural damage, but it did cause the window to shatter into millions of pieces. I was still shaking, covering my face with my wings and tried not to force myself not to cry. 'Please... No more...' I thought. I felt a hoof on my shoulder and when I looked up, Tia was smiling, trying to comfort me. Her kindness radiated inside me and I slowly recovered by getting up on my hooves. "Twilight and Cadance are investigating." She looks at the creature and smiles, "I believe he's awake finally." I turn my head to see that he is in fact awake and a bit shaken, "Are you alright?" I asked. He nods, 'So he does understand us.' I thought. "The crash woke me up and when I saw you two and the others I didn't know what to say." "What do you mean?" Tia raised an eyebrow. He shook his head, "Sorry for being rude, my name is Jacob and I'm a human. An Ape that had evolved with intelligence. Anyway, I know who you are, if that doesn't freak you out as much." "Well, that is obvious. You have stuff toys of us on your lap. It's common for us Princesses to have stuff toys." Tia said levitating her own stuff toy from Jacobs lap, "Though your plush toys have more details that it's almost like a model." She puts it down an sighs, "With that aside, I just want to know what is your purpose here?" Jacob shrugged his shoulders, "I won a contest and I was launched into space with the help of a billionaire and his scientists. My purpose was to live in a planet that is two light years away from our planet." "There is no planet close to ours, he lies." I interjected. He raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?" I stare at him and I saw innocence in his eyes, "The nearest star from our planet is six light years away." He blinks and gets his bag to grab a black slab. 'What is that?' I asked internally. "I have to ask you one thing." Jacob said. "Go ahead, we have plenty of time." Tia assured him. "Was there anything else that came with me instead of this tube?" He asked. I glance at Tia and spoke, "No, you and the tube only landed at our entrance of the Castle." Jacob touched something on the slab and light came on from it. Tia and I took a step back while he was looking at it. "He seems very calm about this situation." I whispered. "Yes, of all the creatures and subjects that I met, none of them were so casual to us... Other than Discord." Tia pointed out. I glance at Jacob and he had his feet to the side. He was connecting a wire from the tube to the tablet. The tube roared to live as we heard it spouting out noise. "MISSION WAS A FAILURE, BLACK HOLE ENGULFED SHIP AND IT'S CARGO" It said mechanically. "Black hole?" I wondered. "Ship?" Tia asked. Jacob disconnected the wire and the tube turned off, he tried to stand up, but his legs were wobbly and he sat back on the bed. "It looks like the scientist were looking in the right direction, but it looks like I went though a black hole and survived." "What is this black hole you speak of?" I asked to get more information. He explained that a black hole was when a star explodes, it becomes this void of space that absorbs matter, radiation and no light can escape from it. This kind of excited me and terrified me at the same time, to think there are multiple voids in space swallowing up anything that it touches. Sounds like Tia when she's at the bakery. Jacob then explained how he might of escaped, his scientist theorized that white holes are the exit when entering a black hole. Given his deep train of thought, we believed him and continued to speak with him about the subject. "So you were suppose to detach from this ship you were in to land safely into our planet?" Tia walked by the things that Jacob said. He nodded, "Yep, I just wondered how long I would have been alive if the cryo-tube had run out of power." I gasped, "You mean, you would of died if this thing would of been in space a little longer?" "More or less..." He changes the subject, "Did you see any white holes around your area of space, Luna?" "Why yes, but only around three as you explained what they looked like." I confirmed. Just then, Cadance went through the door panting as in she ran from the sight to her in seconds. It was a long walk to get to the outside because the entrance to the garden was close tot he Royal Hall. Her mane was all over and her hooves were slightly dirty. "There's another one!" She exclaimed. -Cadance's point of view- "What do you mean there's another one?" Luna asked. I shook my head, "Twilight and I found another tube like object, but it is different from his..." My attention turns to the creature, "Oh! He's awake." "Hello Cadance." He smiled. My jaw dropped, 'He can speak Equestrian!?' I thought. Though I mentally got myself back to the task at hand and focused on a teleportation spell. I closed my eyes to focused on Twilight and the tube that were outside. Instantly, my magic was exchanged to teleport Twilight and the metal object right next to me. "That was cool." He commented. "Cadance did I hear him speak?" Twilight asked. I nodded, "Yes, you weren't mistaken." Celestia and Luna didn't pay attention to Twilight's antics, but were wondering what he would say about this object right next to me. "Jacob, do you have a clue of what this is?" Celestia asked him. I saw Jacob, which is probably his name, look at the metal object and he nodded, "I know what that is." "What is it? If you don't mind me asking." Twilight said twiddling her hooves. He looked at Twilight, "It's a storage device, it probably holds my belongings." I glanced at the thing and tilted my head, "Is there anything else that might be coming?" He shook his head, "No, that's about it." I heard Twilight teleport in front of Jacob and was levitating a blank scroll, quill and ink behind her. I haven't seen her so frazzled since the Yaks came from Yakyakistan to visit us. What surprised me more is how calm and collect Jacob was to Twilight's reaction. It was like he knew us, and the stuff toys were a confirmation about my suspicions. "So you know about us?" I wondered. "Yes, now before you ask, I have this tablet to explain how I know you." He explained as he got a slab that has light illuminating and used his fingers to slide around it. I walked to Auntie and wondered what he was going to show us. He showed us the light on the slab and before we could say anything, he tapped the screen and played the following tune. [Backup singer] My Little Pony, My Little Pony Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh... [Twilight Sparkle] (My Little Pony) I used to wonder what friendship could be (My Little Pony) Until you all shared its magic with me [Rainbow Dash] Big adventure [Pinkie Pie] Tons of fun [Rarity] A beautiful heart [Applejack] Faithful and strong [Fluttershy] Sharing kindness! [Twilight Sparkle] It's an easy feat And magic makes it all complete You have my little ponies Do you know you're all my very best friends? My eyes widened as I saw what was playing on the slab or 'tablet' as he called it. I really could not believe it, but how can I not? He showed proof that he knows us, but through a show called 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'? I look to Celestia and Luna, their faces were stern, but with concern; probably because of what knowledge does he know. Though, when I turned to Twilight, I saw tears coming down her cheeks. She was sobbing quietly after what she saw and I quickly came to her aid. I put a hoof on her shoulder and she suddenly hugged me. I looked to Jacob and he was getting scared, "D-Did I do something wrong?" 'No, you didn't, though you did give me the reason why Twilight was being restless.' I thought as I sighed. "You see, it's been two hundred years and Twilight had the burden to watch her friends... Passed at an old age. Now she oversee's Ponyville with her friends great granddaughters." I explained. "How... How old are you Twilight?" Jacob asked. "Two hundred and seventeen." She sniffed. "Two hundred years...." He muttered something else that I couldn't hear. -Celestia's point of view- It seems it was just yesterday when we met up with Jacob and with his information about how he knew us was interesting. How his world interpret us being on a show with some inaccuracies. Such as the musical numbers were cute, but unnecessary. Strangely enough, we accepted it and confronted Twilight who was having a emotional break down. She saw her friends on the 'tablet' and I noticed that she came to a realization that I came across when I was around her age. Immortality for a better word is a curse. Seeing your friends, family members, and so many others die and get replaced. I thought that she was taking it fine, but I was mistaken. Twilight's state became better when she let go her emotions onto Jacob. Everything else was a blur from there, Jacob got permission to live in Ponyville with the share of bits that I gave him, he helped around Ponyville to get odd jobs done and most of all he was happy doing it. When I asked him if he missed his home, he said and I quote: 'I really don't regret coming to this place, whether it was the purposed planet I was going to land on and I know that I'll be forever happy in Equestria.' In-between jobs, Jacob taught us all about the tablet and it taught us about earth in 'documents' and imagery. Jacob for a better word was doing great, even though he doesn't have magic, he still lived on in his life. Though with everything that was happy in his life, there was a problem. On the third month of his stay, Jacob started to get motionless, like he had sudden arthritis all over his body. When he went to his doctors appointment at the Ponyville hospital, doctors found out something in his blood when they analysed it. His blood happened to be affected by magic, so they used a spell to see how old it was. What they found out astounded me as well. For you see, Jacob wasn't two hundred and nineteen years old as he claimed, but two thousand and nineteen years of age. Upon hearing this, he came to me and became an emotional train wreak. I couldn't do anything to help him and neither could the other three Princesses. He told me that he didn't want to die, he told me that he was going to live at least three years give or take because of what Mr. Drill said. What could I do to comfort him? Magic doesn't affect him, but with the discovery of how the doctors were able to use a spell on his blood opened up an opportunity. I closed the Sun Court for the day and Jacob was with me as I stroked him with my hoof. "I think I can help you with your problem." I said. He sniffed, "How?" "You said that the doctors were able to analyze your blood with magic?" He nodded, "I have an opportunity for you, but you're not going to like it." "Please... I want to do it... I want to stay here for as long as I can." He whimpered. I nodded, "Very well." I sent a letter to Cadance, Luna and Twilight to make their way to the court for an emergency meeting. They immediately teleported to the room when I mentioned in the letter that Jacob was dying. Twilight had her mane in a mess, but kept her composure, Lulu had a cow lick on her mane to which I snickered and Cadance was in-between them giggling along with me slightly. "I'm sorry about this sudden announcement, but Jacob isn't two hundred and nineteen, but two thousand and nineteen years of age. He doesn't have to much long to live." I explained to the three. They all gasped. "How long Celestia?" Twilight asked. Jacob sniffed, "Less than a month give or take." "Are you sure it wasn't some mistake?" Cadance asked. I shook my head, "No the doctors had tripled checked his blood with magic, to which surprised me I assure you, and it was positive." "They also head to insert their unicorn horns as a needle to check my bone marrow as well." Jacob added. "It's a shame, but what can we do to help him... We're useless." Luna told me. I cleared my throat, "He can be helped." I paused and everypony looked at me, "By reincarnation magic." Luna gasped, "TIA! That's-!" "I know this spell, it was used on me so I could become a princess." Twilight informed. "Great observation Twilight, which is why I have the spell in a book." I said teleporting the book into my magical grasp. "This is crazy!" Cadance interjected, "The only stallion who wanted to be reincarnated was..." She stopped and winced, but continued. "Was Shining because he wanted to be with me forever." "What happened to him?" Jacob wondered as he sat back up next to me. I sighed, "One of the major payments for using this spell is not the magic weilder for it doesn't require that much magic." "However..." Jacob added. "It tests the individual if he or she is worthy for another chance at life. If he or she is not, death will come to them. Only five ponies that went through it and that is the princesses and Star Swirl, but he passed because he tried to use it a second time." Twilight explained. Cadance winced and I wished that she didn't have to go through that. "You mean when you four became princesses, that was the reincarnation spell? Star Swirl also had a second life?" Jacob wondered. I nodded, "Yes, it was the only time when all of us were worthy to serve Equestria. It's the only chance that we have, that is, if you want to go through with it Jacob." He looked at me, "What's the percent rate?" "Nopony know's." I answered truthfully. I could see from the look of his eyes that he was trying to think of what he was going to do. I didn't want to force him to do the spell only if he does it on his free will. He sighed to face me and the others, "I will try the reincarnation spell." I nodded, "Very well." "Celestia..." Twilight tried to object. "It's his decision, Twilight." We all made our way towards the chamber where the Elements used to be. I explained to him the consequences of what he was going to do. He told me this: 'If I don't do this, I'll die of a very old age. If I do this, then I'll have a fifty-fifty chance of surviving. I'll never know if I try.' I admired his bravery for trying this kind of spell. Though the method I was going to use is inserting my horn as a needle into his arm. When we entered, I informed Jacob to stand in the middle of the room and he complied. "What do I do now?" He asked. I walked up to him as my horn started to shrink into a needle, "I need to insert my sell into your blood stream." He lifted his arm towards my muzzle, "Go ahead." I sighed as my horn inserted into his arm, the magic sterilized and nullified the pain that he had, and cast the spell. Once it was cast, I pull out my horn and stand back to watch. The next events that happened in this room, Twilight, Cadance and Luna had to seal the doors and windows. What happened first was Jacobs veins were glowing through his skin. The magic light became brighter and brighter as he took a breath. The light became too bright for even I had to shield my eyes away from it. I looked back at Jacob as he was being lifted into the air. The noise of rumbling shook the ground and the walls. Then there was nothing, just the Princesses and I, Twilight was about to say something, but I raised my hoof. "Wait a moment." I told her. After a few minutes, there was an explosion that was small, but it did cause us to jump away. The bright light came back and it slowly faded away. I tied to find where Jacob was, but my ears dropped when I saw only a pile of clothing. I took a deep breath and held in my emotions. "It failed, I'm sorry Jacob and I'm sincerely sorry for what I did." I lowered my head. Cadance sighed and left the group immediately. Twilight came close to my right while Luna went to my left, I was about to mourn for a friend that had died through an impossible spell, but then I heard another lightning boom. I look to Jacobs clothing to see a baby human of what Jacob described to me and I teleported to him. His eyes and features were the same as Jacobs. Twilight gasped, "I guess it did work." She wiped a tear off her cheek. "Tia, how are we going to care for a human child?" Luna asked. I remembered that Jacob told me that his family past due to a gas station explosion accident. I shook off the feeling and used my magic to wrap around him. I lifted him up with my wings, he was very light and I looked upon him. He was so cute and I gently nuzzled him. He giggled and it made me smile, "We have we have to take care of him like his parents did and we have Jacobs tablet to use in case we get lost." I reminded her. "I'll go tell Cadance the good news and try to comfort her." Twilight explained leaving my presence. -Twilight's point of view- I felt saddened at first that the spell was a partially a failure, but Jacob was now a foal... Er... Baby? I rushed out of the chamber to search for Cadance. I checked her room where she stayed for the day, but she wasn't there. I searched the garden, the kitchen, the ballroom and I couldn't find her. Then it came to me, there will be one place where Cadance went when she got upset last time. That last time was Shining's funeral, the same place where they got married. I rushed to the ceremonial room where it was held and heard a sobbing Cadance. I closed the doors behind me and trotted to her side, "Cadance?" She looked at me with teary eyes, "Twilight..." "The spell was a success, well sort of. Jacob is a human baby or a small colt." I put my hoof on her shoulder, "Are you feeling alright?" She sniffed, "I thought I got over Shining, but when Auntie mentioned the spell... It opened memories, Twilight, good, bad and so many. When I saw Jacobs clothing on the floor, I couldn't take it anymore." She leaned into my shoulder. I sighed, "It's never easy, is it? Watching your loved ones and friends get old as we never age." I gazed into her eyes, "It's something I had to coup with as well, but what makes you and me special is that we're together in this." I hugged her, "So you don't have to suffer alone." I felt her sob on my shoulder as I pat her back with my wing. We sat there for a few minutes while we got our held up emotions out of the way. I think... I think Cadance and I are going to be just fine. "Let's go and make funny faces to the baby colt." Cadance smiled. I nodded, "Let's take care of him, like our friends and family would." We walked out of the room, but I looked back and for a moment, I swear my eyes were playing tricks on me. What I saw was Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Mom, Dad and Shining standing there. I didn't blink, but tears were trying to blur my vision. They seemed happy, I tried to say something, but I was afraid for them to disappear into thin air. Shining spoke, "What are you waiting for? Go!" I blinked to wipe my tears off of me and when I opened them, they were gone. I sighed, but smiled. I now know that they're in a better place. I looked back to see that Cadance had already left and I quickly galloped towards the human who changed our lives.