//------------------------------// // Testing...Testing... // Story: Legacy // by NFire //------------------------------// The morning dawn shed it’s rays upon a new world, the golden light beaming down from the furnace that was Equestria’s star, spinning it’s magic to reveal a castle of the widest and tallest proportions sitting on the side of a mountain, almost half buried in it. Her Imperial Majesty, Imperatrix Twilight Sparkle, Conqueror of Equestria and Known Space, (And unknown once she got around to it) sits upon her throne, brooding as is her wont. The crown on her brow bedecked with the finest jewels and metals weighs heavily upon her. So many things to worry about. Silent, and tapping a heavily clad hoof on the arm of her throne, she stared out into the quiet stillness of her throne room. An edifice of massive proportions which extended for a clear mile to doors made of solid gold at the end. It was hung with tapestries adorned with the finest depictions of her rule from the best tailors and weavers in the world. Carpets of exotic cloth covered the floor, her royal hooves would not touch a single piece of cold marble. Her Cutie Mark rose like a beacon behind her, glowing with a fierce light that brought terror and fear into the hearts of all who viewed it, even from afar. Guards lined the room on either side, clad in armor that was heavily spelled and made in a way which resisted all attempts to cut through it. They were her personal attendants, sworn to give their lives to her whims. Her advisors sat one either side of her, six mares and one stallion on thrones slightly less ornate. They were all feared in their own rights, spell users of tremendous powers, generals of her mechanized forces, commanders of millions of troops,unstoppable in their quest to bring the world and the galaxy under one rule, HER rule. The burgeoning space fleets, powered by the new Spell Drive, were reaching outwards, conquering and crushing all resistance to her will and might. Showing not just this world, but all others that to bow to her would be the only way to survive. She smiled to herself, seeing all of her advisors thinking their own thoughts, probably wanting to usurp my throne, well they’ll see I don’t take kindly to thoughts of treason. She brought up a glowing map in front of her, seeing her world a single shade of lavender, her color, showing it had been pacified. She expanded the view farther, seeing solar systems and planets with the same bright hue, conquered in her name. Her Imperial Majesty did not tolerate anypony saying no. The Sun and the Moon rose at her slightest command, a single whisper could put to death thousands, her will was the will of all those she ruled. She pointed an imperious hoof outward, “We will spread Friendship to the Stars! Those who do not accept it will be swept away!” The Alicorn laughed maniacally.... ------------ “Waaaait a second...” ------------ Athena looked into the eyes of her most treasured love, those same violet eyes looking back solemn and warm as they both sat under a starlit sky. A hoof was placed in hers, their breathing both slowed and heavy in the still air as they looked at nothing other than each other. Twilight Sparkle, Alicorn, Princess and the one who loved the sable Pegasus back with all her heart, felt it skip a beat as the warm hoof tightened on hers. Nothing was said, it didn’t need to be. It was a love for the ages, something to be told in stories and tales, of two who would be together until the sun faded in the sky. Athena might be a machine, but her cores beat fiercely for this Alicorn, her smile, every touch and tilt of her head brought joy to her. Joy such as she had never beheld was bright in her hearing each time her beloved laughed. Her body reacted to the touch of her hoof, making her lean forward as they whispered endearments under the starlit sky. Closer their faces came until that moment when they could no longer deny the passions that burned within them. Their lips touched, tentative at first and then with a building fire that swept through them both, warmth poured through their veins, making this first kiss something to remember as they held it. Mouths parted, tongues dancing under a full moon they finally gave into their flames of desire. ------------ “Hey!” “Where did...” “Oh my!" “Bwahahahaha!" ------------ Pinkie was sliding down a hill of ice cream, the splattering colors covering her body like a cold wave of pure delight. She was whipping around hills and dales as she finally ended up at the base of the chilly mound. She giggled and laughed, her blue eyes sparkling as she looked around to see a stallion waiting for her at the termination of her run. He was eyeing her with great interest. She took a demure pose, covered in melting ice cream as she fluttered her blue eyes at him. The pink mare pointed at herself, giving a smile that looked so very very tempting. “So what flavor do you want to try first?” -------------- “No...nononono!” “Oh come on!” “Woo-hoo! Fun!” -------------- Applejack stood on a balcony, looking outward to what appeared to be a battlefield. Her dress long and lacy as her hair was done up in a full, but lovely style. She waved a fan at the side of her face, tsk’ing at the war going on in the city, houses burning and troops were running back and forth, the sounds of muskets loud even at this distance. She swept into the bedroom, wondering what she should take as her personal servant helped her pack for the evacuation. A knock at the door downstairs took her from her task as she rushed down the stairs breathlessly, opening the heavy wooden portal to see a mustachioed stallion, standing there in his Sunday finest, looking upon her with fire in his eyes. “Oh dear, Atlanta is burning, what evah shall we do Crusadah!” Her southern accent more pronounced as she waved her fan. “I don’t know Applejack my darling, but I do know this. I love you, I’ve loved you since I first saw you. Be mine Applejack, let me take you away from this!” He pointed dramatically outside, where troops in gray and blue were fighting viciously. “Oh my! Whatevah will mah father say?” Her fan fluttered intensely. “Ah don’t know, and frankly mah dear Applejack, I don’t give a damn!” ------------ “How in the world...” “Wait, that’s not..” “Well that was interesting....” ----------- Rarity is stepping down a marble staircase daintily, her hooves shined to a polish as she smiles at the stallions lining the sides of it. They are dressed in the finest tuxedos as she glitters with jewels, her voice is sweet and beautiful in the surrounding stage. “Stallions grow cold, As mares grow old, And we all lose our charms in the end. But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks don’t lose their shape. Diamonds are a mares best friend!” -------------- “That is so not...” “What the...!” “Okay..that was...” ------------- The beach was littered with bodies, troops hiding behind steel boat traps as the machine-guns raked the sand beside them. Cringing into cover they held onto their helmets tight as Twilight looked over the barricade, seeing Minotaurs manning the breastworks above. Explosions covered them with dirt as the screams of dying soldiers around them pierced their brains, making their faces drawn and worn under the constant barrage of heavy fire. “Take some ponies and hit that dune, blow the way in with Bangalores!” Twilight pointed to a hill close to the cliff. Two soldiers stood up, running for the dune with long tubes in their mouths, they were gunned down to lie in the sand, still and unmoving as the others watched with dawning horror. They would not get off this beach alive if the Minotaurs had anything to say about it. ----------- “What?!” “Oh no!” “That’s not right!” ----------- The twisting bodies were in the throes of passion, lost to the world around them under the night sky as they entwined in a breathless embrace of pure ecstacy. Hooves caressed while tongues stroked intimate places that made the body shiver with glee.. Loving whispers were told and retold as the lavender and sable forms held tight to each other. The moans of delight were audible in the cool night air which wicked away the dripping sweat from the exertions of their last few minutes. Hot breath came from panting mouths, nibbling and stroking each other with their tongues, the two left no place untouched, nor alone in their quest for the romance they both desired and wanted so very badly. The flames in the lonely campfire on the desert sands couldn’t match the heat given off by the two figures as they lay in it’s light. The lavender mare’s mouth opened as her muscles clenched, to give a scream... -------------- “WHOA!” “WOW!” “OH MY!” “Bwahahahahaha!” ------------- Fluttershy stalked on the stage, a swagger stick held under one wing as she glared out at the audience. Her face grim and tight as she stood for a moment, speaking before a huge Equestrian Flag as a backdrop. “Be seated.” The sounds of hundreds of backsides hitting a floor resounded through the area. “I want you to know, no bastard every won a war, by dying for his country.” She pauses, looking out from the stage. “He won it, by making the other poor dumb bastard..die for his country.” She points a hoof, “Ponies, all this stuff you’ve heard about Equestria not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is ponyfeathers.” ------------- “Ooookaaaaay..” “Oh goodness...” “Really?” ------------ Melconian forces had dug in deeply on Sestus, we were tasked to eradicate them then spread outward to the other planets in her system. The Concordiat Navy was currently bombarding the single moon to keep reinforcements from arriving. Corvettes and heavy cruisers were patrolling the outer planets, after wiping the enemy ships from the area, we concentrated everything on the heavily armed inner system. The full might of the Concordiat was bringing it to bear on this heavily fortified star system, a most important one to keep the resupply routes open for the Outer Reaches. We had to take it, or die trying. It was that critical. ‘Twilight’, Unit TWLT of the Line swung her Hellbores around, unleashing destruction upon the Surturs currently rushing her, they were coming thick and heavy out of underground bunkers. All nine Bolos were deep in TSDS, forming a battle-line of solid durasteel to roll over the defenders. Their Hellbores glowed in the night as they powered up and smashed the oncoming mechs. Melconian forces scattering to the wind as they moved forward. They had backed up a large group of the enemy into a no retreat area, they were caught, and they were going to die. Units RNBW 'Rainbow’ and FLTS ‘Fluttershy’ took the left side along with Unit ATNA ‘Athena’, swinging outwards to surround the retreating forces, Secondaries and Mains taking their toll as the Enemy line fell into disarray. “More coming in at thirty-four degrees...mark!.., bring up Seige Units, lay down fire along the back line, cruise missiles up!” Heavy VLS plates slapped back along their hulls, Units CRSD ‘Crusader’, RRTY 'Rarity’ and APJK 'Applejack’ launched full salvoes at the Melconians, blocking their retreat and turning the pocket into a slaughterhouse. The explosions from the ten megaton warheads completely blanketing the spectrum with EMP, knocking out communications for a moment. Unit PNKI 'Pinkie’ came around the right side, showering the Melconian troops with Anti-Personnel canisters, tearing them to shreds as she rolled over the emplacement with a laugh, “Got em!” “Pinkie, stay with the line, it’s not safe to try it alone," Crusader was admonishing, Pinkie loved the field of battle and roamed it with Athena and her sister sometimes. Striking hard into the enemy and retreating back to the solidity of our front. Hera and Athena laughed, their voices bright over the commlinks, “Way to go Pinkie!” “I know right?” She giggled back as the three took off, swinging around and pounding the enemy with their Hellbores, ECM covering their every movement. They were swift and oh so deadly, bringing their secondaries to bear in pinpoint shots. “Let ‘em go sugar, they know what they’re doin’” Applejack’s voice was soft over the network. “We got our own problems. Incoming Kinetic Strike Package, bearing up forty-five degrees, impact in fifteen seconds!” All Anti-Air assets swung up, slamming into the oncoming penetrator rods launched by the ground cannons on the moon, slipping through the blockade and heading our way. They would do some damage if they connected with our group. “Sorry darlings, Anti-Air lasers took a hit in the last fight, I’m useless!” Rarity’s voice was sorrowful. She put everything into her secondaries and Mains, trying to take out groups of the long rod penetrators. “We’ll cover! Rainbow and Fluttershy moved into place beside her, upping their rate of fire to make a deadly shield around their comrade. ------------- “COOL!” “What..?” “Whoops!” ------------- A pony in armor stood before others, his face drawn and haggard as the stallion was caught mid-speech to his troops. “From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, band of ponies; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother and sister, be they ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And those in Equestria now-a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their ponyhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us on Crispin’s day. The roar of the surrounding soldiers is deafening to the ears as spears, swords and halberds are raised in triumph and glee. ------------ “Well....” “Nope... “No....” -------------- Flash Dash stood at the communicator of her spaceship, accompanied by her compatriot Fluttershy Arden, she threatened Twilight the Merciless over the speaker. “You’ll never get away with this Twilight! I have everything I need to take you down!” The face on the tele-visor was cruel and laughing. “Oh Rainbow, you’ll never defeat me and my armies,” She laughed maniacally. Dr. Hooves Zarkov, a bearded be-spectacled stallion was nervously controlling the ship while looking back at them, “She’s right, they’ve got everything, we only have a few troops!” “Bah! We’ll defeat her, we always have!” She pointed forward, “Onward to victory for Equestria!” ------------ “Oh boy...” “What? “Oh for...” ------------- Eight ponies are watching in horror as a huge Dragon is stomping through Manehatten. It’s flattening high rises, breathing fire as the military is trying desperately to stop it with all the weapons at their command. A rainbow maned one turns to the others, “Watashitachiha o susume koko kara dete kimashita!” (Subtitle : We’ve got to get out of here!) The lavender one looks at the huge monster stomping through the city with a bit of interest, “Watashi wa, ryu ga sono okina motte shirimasendeshita.” (Subtitle: I didn’t know Dragons could get that big.) ------------ “Do what?” “Oh for....” “Huh...” ------------ Celestia sits glaring down from a throne of metal, dull and bleak. She grins fiercely as her sister sets beside her. Minotaurs bow their heads before them as they both laugh. “So now that you have been defeated, you shall pay the Iron Price!” Their laughs echoes throughout the throne room. ------------ “Whoa.... “How did... “Interesting...” -------------- Rainbow Dash is sitting in a field of flowers, picking one and holding it to her nose delicately as she sighs dreamily into the warm summer air. Her eyes unfocused as she watches the wispy clouds scuttle by. She picks the petals on the flower one by one, whispering to herself. “She loves me...she loves me not..” -------------- “Awwwwww!” “Oh come on!” “Serves you right!” -------------- A ring of the doorbell comes in a shoddily furnished apartment, Applejack answers the door wearing what looks to be a tight t-shirt and shorts over her muscular body, her hair somewhat messy but done in a kind of ..sensual..way? Really bad music plays in the background as a mustached Crusader stands in the doorway holding a box in his hoof. “Pizza delivery!” “Oh my!” Applejack fans herself, fluttering her big emerald eyes, “Ah, ah don’t have any money to pay!” The lines are badly delivered as if in some farce of a movie. The stallion gets a leer on his face as he steps inside, “Well I’m sure we can figure out a reasonable exchange..” Applejack smiles demurely, her eyes growing warm and inviting as she motions him into the living room near the couch, the music rises... ------------ “What in tarnation?” “Hahahaha!” “Oh my...!” ------------- A nervous Rarity looks at Fluttershy on the floor, equipping herself with weapons of many calibers and makes, a grim look on her face. “Wh..what are you going to do?” The buttery mare looks up, no emotion whatsoever as she finishes her loadout. “I’m going to kill them all sir.” -------------- “Eeep!” “Wow..” “Goodness!” ------------- Rainbow Dash is wandering through more fields of flowers, she is bouncing and laughing as she runs through the colored hills. She approaches closer, closer and spins in place, singing beautifully... “The hills are alive...with the sound of muuuuusic!” -------------- “Nonono!” “Hahahahah! “*snicker*” “*snort*” ------------- Two ponies are running down a long hallway, it is dark and dank, the smell of fetid humidity everywhere. They run out of breath as they both cling to the nearest wall. The umber stallion looks at his friend and gasps. They both look odd, as if not quite fully fleshed out for some reason. “Oh no, they’re gone, what are we gonna do Scooby Dash?” The rainbow maned mare shakes her head, looking around with wide eyes “Righ dunno Ruhsader, ruh roh!” ------------- “*Snort*” “Hahahaha!” “*Snicker*” -------------- The chirping of crickets is all that can be heard in the silent night. The lake is warm, steaming slightly as night birds catch insects above a single lantern hanging outside a cabin. Peaceful and calm, the sluggish movement of a stream feeding the lake is heard before all Tartarus breaks loose. Eight ponies come stampeding out the door to the cabin, their eyes wide as they fumble over themselves and gallop for everything they are worth. Right behind them, so close the chainsaw he carries is almost whacking their tails short, a hockey-masked pony follows with a roar of displeasure. ------------- “AAAAAAHHHH!” “AUGH!” “EEEEEP!” ------------- The same eight ponies are catching their breath, having dodged the chain-saw wielding maniac for a moment. Looking around they realize they’re in a part of the woods none of them recognize. As they exchange exhausted smiles a shadow rises behind them. Huge and menacing it stalks closer, coming up behind the group before letting a blood-curdling, ear shattering roar. Eight faces turn to see the massive Timberwolf bearing down on them, jumping up in fright as their tails go straight out from their bodies, manes standing on end as they turn and run once more! ------------- “Oh Celestia....!” “WHOA!” “AAAAAAHHHHHH!” ------------- Rarity stares at herself in a mirror, her mane short as she turns side to side, looking intently before stepping back and looking around. “You talkin’ to me?” She looks side to side once more, pointing a hoof at the mirror, then herself once more.. “You...talkin’ to me?” “You talkin’...to me?” ------------- “Niiiice...” “Wow...” “*snicker*” ------------- Fluttershy and Applejack are in a house, slamming boards up against the windows and pounding nails in with hammers held in their mouths. They are not bright colored any more, it’s gone with just a plain black and white look for some reason. Finishing their work they take a break for a moment, grinning at each other and slumping to the floor for a minute’s rest when sounds are heard outside. Thy both jump up and look around as rotted hooves bust through the windows, reaching and grabbing for them both. Huddling together they back up towards the wall as ponies break through the door, grinning skull like faces missing flesh, moaning in their desire to eat their BRAINS! ------------- “AHHHH!” “What the...” “Oh ponyfeathers!” -------------- Music is loud in their ears as all eight are dancing on a floor that lights up underneath their hooves. Moving in time they swing around to the beat as others watch them. Wearing some kind of shiny clothing, they hustle and slip across the dance floor, staying in rhythm with the music without even trying. “Ah ah ah ah Stayin’ Aliiiiiiiiive!” ------------- “Oh those clothes....!” “*Snort* Hahahaha!” “Woooo!” ------------- Athena skids to a heap on a tiled floor, seeing a figure she recognizes that ignites her with fear. She tries to back up, putting her hooves up in front of her face, expecting her doom as a pink hoof is offered to her, a monotone voice saying... “Come with me if you want to live.” ------------- “Oooooohhhhh! “*Giggles*” -------------- Applejack holds Twilight’s hooves in hers, preventing her from escaping as she talks in an urgent voice. “Understand...that pony is out there!” She shakes her head, holding tight. “It can’t be bargained with, it can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity or remorse! Or fear! And it absolutely will not stop...EVER!” “Until you are dead!” -------------- “Ohhhh drama!” “Shush!” “*Giggles*” -------------- Eight ponies trot along, one Alicorn wearing a crown, the rest attired in armor or rude clothing as they follow along, the crowned one raising a hoof, “Halt!” The crowd stops, the sound of hooves silenced as they stand and look at a castle far away, a gasp running through the crowd. “It’s Canterlot! “Canterlot! “Canterlot!” “It’s only a model.” That pony is looked at disgustedly. The lavender Alicorn speaks regally, “Ponies, I bring you to your new home, let us trot, to Canterlot!” A musical score suddenly breaks in, showing Princesses Luna and Celestia dancing with their Guard. “We’re Ponies of the Round Table, We dance when’er we’re able!” They mount a table, kicking their hooves up, “We do routines and chorus scenes! With hoofwork impeccable!” It continues on through dancing and chorus lines. The music ends with the eight ponies looking at each other warily. The Alicorn nods, “On second thought, let us not go to Canterlot, ‘tis a silly place.” They all agree and trot onward. ------------ “*Snort*...bwahahaha!” “*Giggles*” “Oh..what...hahahaha!” ------------- The group of ponies is slowly working it’s way through a tunnel, dripping with humidity it is claustrophobic. Eyes are wide as they slink along, holding weapons in hooves or magic, their clothes camoflauged to try and match the background. Whisper are exchanged as the radios crackle, orders received from somewhere as Twilight nods, “Alright, let’s have the magazines, orders.” Groans are heard as the weapons’ mags are taken out and handed over to a single pony. Looks are exchanged as they all get more out of their equipment, surreptitiously putting them back in with grins or a wink here and there. It is a rustling sound heard first, movement in the shadows that attract the eye, and the ends of weapons that point in all directions. “Incoming!” Fluttershy swings her gun around, “LET’S ROCK!” The tunnel is lit up with fire as the aliens get wasted in the sleet of plasma and heavy caliber bullets flying their way. ----------- “Uhm...oh..” “Way to go!” “Neat!” ----------- Pinkie is standing in a room full of cakes and baked goods, staring at nothing in particular she licks her lips, holding a caramel covered cupcake to her mouth as she takes a slow bite, one eyebrow raised. Her eyes slide to the side as she chews, licking around to get the remnants off her nose as she grins slowly, her blue eyes wavering with warmth in the light. She is covered in flour, icing and various ingredients, looking like a battle had been fought while she was turning out sweets. Grinning and giggling, she looks out towards the viewer, holding the half eaten confection while she speaks low, “It’s not what’s on the outside, it’s the cream filling that’s best.” Her tongue reaches out to... -------------- “That’s it! Everypony out! Out of the pool!” “Wha...” “Oh come on! It..that..bwahahaha!” “Out, out ya buncha ponies!” “Wow I looked good!” “Stop that, get out, out with all of you!” “Awwwww!” “That’s not fair!” “It’s more than, get out!” Eight ponies rouse from a trance, six taking off the new neural link headsets as they are covered in sweat from long linking. The new adjustments need more work it seems. “I was trying to get the translation program fixed, but no, you HAD to mess with it didn’t you Rainbow?” I point at the cyan mare who’s laughing. “It wasn’t my fault!” “Yes it was! The second you started imagining things it threw everything off, we got stuck in a loop you dolt!” I can only sigh, “It got mixed up with the archives and threw a wrench in the program, you dirty-minded mare!” “Well that’s what coulda happened that night in the desert!” She cackles evilly. Crusader is looking at me oddly as I point a hoof, “It would not have! You..you...” Pinkie pops up, “What was with that pizza delivery stallion? I mean you looked good in the shirt A.J, but wow, even his mustache was kinda crooked. Kinda sloppy if ya ask me, even if he did look like Crusader.” Applejack is blushing a bit as I turn to Crusader with a look, “Why in all that’s known would THAT be in your archives?” He shrugs, “I didn’t load the archives, I just have them.” I can only sigh and toss a hoof in the air, “Good Celestia those scientists were perverts!” Applejack turns to him, “What was gonna happen anyways, it ended pretty quick.” He leans over to whisper in her ear for a minute, her eyes go wide in shock as she blushes even more down to her hooves, “Say WHAT? In front of everypony?!?!” She looks as if any human in the room would lose their teeth. A snicker nearby makes me look at Twilight, I was thinking she’d be furious, but no. “Well you did say be careful, anything we thought could come to life and it sure did!” Her voice is merry. “I always wondered what being a conqueror was like after reading all those books.” “I know, that was our test until....” I look at a laughing Pegasus again, “About the other..that..that was just wrong.. I couldn’t stop Rainbow in time.” She laughs, “We all know about the birds and the bees Athena, it’s not something secret. But I know where those scenes came from Rainbow Dash!” She points at her friend. “Wha..what? No, I made..” “No you didn’t, that was straight out of “Ponies in Love” by Cartland! I know every book in my library Rainbow! You’ve been reading romance novels!” She grins, “Sneaking into the library huh?” “I did not...” She looks at all of us before throwing up her hooves, “All right, I got bored one day!” Everypony gets a good laugh out of it. Rarity asks, “So what was with Pinkie and her..well...escapades there?” We all turn to look at the giggling mare, “Yeah Pinkie, what was up with that?” She shrugs, “It was fun!” She laughs at our looks, “Oh c’mon, like none of you ever had those dreams before!” Not a single eye meets another in the room as we all go silent for a moment. “See! Fun stuff!” She is giggling merrily and elbowing Rainbow who is blushing, “Right Scooby Dash?” Rarity looks as if she’s about to faint, landing on a couch beside her, “If I see a pony in a hockey mask ever again...!” Fluttershy is shaking all over as we try to get her calmed down, “That..that Timberwolf was soooo big...and me..mean..” I sigh, “I’m sorry, the program accessed horror movies and translated them, I am SO sorry.” I really hope they don’t ask what the chainsaw was going to be used for. Fluttershy has stopped shaking long enough to ask, “But..but why did it feel so real, like we were in the movies?” “It’s the program, it takes you and that and puts it together for a ..well hopefully... fun experience, I tweaked it a bit and it worked, but way beyond what I thought. It started looking for thoughts and memories as well as anything it could put together..augh!” Twilight laughs mischievously, “Well watching Rainbow Dash sing in the meadow was hilarious.” “That wasn’t me!” She glares at Twilight. “Sure looked like you sugarcube, didn’t know you could dance that well.” Applejack snickers, “And picking flower petals, that’s jus’ so sweet!” Rainbow rolls her eyes and grumps, hovering in the command deck. Fluttershy giggles, “Well I thought it was nice Rainbow Dash.” Twilight does look at me, “What was with those Bolos? We were Bolos?” “It was a mission record, the stupid program started accessing everything,” I glare at Rainbow who is snickering, “It started digging for things when you started pushing at it you doofus.” I throw my hooves up in defeat, “Well this was a bust. Back to the drawing board!” We leave the command deck, I have to admit it was an experience, and worth it! Especially to see Rainbow getting ribbed by everypony about her little number in the meadow. Rarity is humming her song, I’ll have to let her see the whole movie one day. What’s different is seeing Fluttershy re-enacting that scene and yelling “Let’s Rock!” in her normal whisper, sometimes it’s the quiet ones. Pinkie is helping her get it all right, wonder if she’d like a pulse gun and harness? Ha, Crusader would kill me. Watching Applejack elbowing and giving Crusader a rough time about being the pizza delivery guy is so worth the trouble, I can only laugh as he blushes. Twilight is giving me a hard time about all this, she is laughing and describing the book to me where Rainbow got all that from. All I can do is blink as I never realized there were things like that in the library. She sees my expression and giggles harder. Shaking my head, it’s amazing to see them all so merry, still a bit shaken by some things, but laughing still. Normally you’d expect hurt feelings or a fight, but no. No, because this is how friends do things.