//------------------------------// // Protocol AVGI: Advanced life forms detected. // Story: New Horizons // by ParaNomaly //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle looked into her telescope and into the night sky, occasionally taking notes on various things, she was determined to prove her friends wrong, to prove that aliens did in fact exist. So far, she hasn't found anything, but her full attention was not at the search, but rather to the sprawling span of stars that littered the night sky, with the background of the Milky way seemingly hanging there, adding more splendor the already beautiful night sky as the stars glowed softly, providing its share of light to the world below. She couldn't help but admire it all, such a vast and beautiful expanse; this truly was the final frontier, one that only those who earned it could traverse its galaxies and nebulae, She hoped that whenever Ponykind ventured into space, they could enjoy it in all its glory. She sighed and looked away from her telescope to the notepad on the night stand next to it, she picked it up and read through it briefly, not that there was much of anything, she just simply didn't have the equipment to do this kind of research, and the Canterlot Observatory was out of the question, despite her Princess status, she understood that they had their work do to, and she couldn't burst in there and declare that she was going to use their telescope to look for extraterrestrials... Well, she could, but they would probably think she was crazy. She set the notepad down and yawned slightly, tired from staying up so long into the night; Spike was still awake surprisingly, he was immersed in his comics she couldn't get him to drop them. 'He'll fall asleep sooner or later, he always does.' " Twilight thought with a smile and a shake of her head, even if Spike doesn't want to sleep, she does. She walked over to her bed and got under the covers, pulling them over her with another yawn. "Tired after all those hours of searching for aliens, huh?" Spike's voice rang throughout the room, startling Twilight, causing her to jump slightly. "Spike? When did you get here? Asked Twilight as she turned her head to where the voice came from, only to find Spike sitting on her arm chair, reading one of his comics. "I got in while you were working with the telescope. I was going to ask if you found anything, but you seemed to enveloped in what you were doing so I kinda sat here and waited for you to finish" Replied Spike as he flipped another page of his comic. "How long have you been there?" She could have sworn she hadn't seen him enter, after all, she thought he was busy reading his comics. "About three hours." Twilight raised an eyebrow in surprise; she didn't notice him sitting there this entire time? "Aren't you tired, Spike?" "Not in the slightest! I'm more awake than you when you start making all those weird noises at ni-" Spike's face was suddenly assaulted by a rampaging pillow as it slammed into his face. "Spike!" Twilight yelled as her face turned redder than a tomato. "What I'd do?! I didn't say anything wrong!" Spike yelled back as he scrambled off the floor, startled by Twilight's Sudden outburst. "Er... Nothing! I just saw a... A spider on your face! Yeah! Don't worry; I got it... Hehe... "Twilight nervously said as she rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah right, I'm going to my room, where ponies don't throw pillows at me!" Spike stormed out of Twilight's room with his comic book in tow. "No wai-... " Twilight sighed and leaned back into her bed and stared up at the ceiling. "I should really put sound proofing spells in my room.... " She said to herself as she drifted off into sleep. November 23th, 2064 Equestrian orbit ULC Amber in Arms 0800 Hours In orbit around Equestria, unbeknownst to the inhabitants of the planet, space was suddenly distorted as three large objects appeared, leaving behind a trail of warped space-time. "Scanning... Warning, advanced life forms detected. Waking up crew..." "Captain, wake up."