My Little Pony: The Element of Space

by Thunderwing250

Chapter 2: Sons & Daughters

Over at Fluttershy’s cottage, General StoneColt stood by the doorway and knocked.

“Miss Fluttershy? Are you there?” he called out.

“Wait a moment, please.” Fluttershy responded.

From outside, StoneColt could here rustling, with pans falling on floor, barking, chirping, anything he could think of that involved animal sounds. After a minute, Fluttershy opened the door, walked out, and closed it behind her.

“Oh please excuse me about that. The animals have been acting very strange lately. Like something they could sense that we can’t.” Fluttershy said.

“I see…looks like you have a zoo for a house.” He commented.

“Yes. I do.” She chuckled.

StoneColt cleared his throat.

“Anyhow, I wanted to ask you are animals are able to sense earthquakes much faster than any other creature?” he asked.

“Yes. They are capable of doing that. Why do you ask?” Fluttershy asked.

“I see…well, I am in need of your assistance.” StoneColt commented.

“Sure. What do you need?” Fluttershy asked.

“Have you ever come across Crustacean creatures before?” StoneColt asked.

“Like crabs. Unfortunately no, but I may be able to understand them. Why?” she asked.

StoneColt took a moment to absorb her words.

“I need you to translate what they are saying. Apparently word has it that something appeared on the beach line, near Manehattan and the witnesses were crustaceans. I can’t understand them, which is why I need you to tell me what exactly they saw. Do you understand what I mean?” StoneColt said.

“Of course. When will I meet them?” Fluttershy happily replied.

“We will meet them in two hours. In the meantime, can you please get your friend, Rainbow Dash? This will concern her as well. Once you have done with…um…whatever you are attending to, meet me at the city square.” StoneColt ordered.

“Yes sir.” Fluttershy replied, going back into her home.

As StoneColt walked away, he felt confident that both the Pegasus Mare’s will do their part, but something wasn’t right. Ignoring the matter, he continued back to Ponyville. Back at Doctor Hooves’ home, Twilight had arrived and was introduced to Amethyst Crystal. Explaining the current situation, the Archivist still couldn’t understand why Khaoios’ only daughter would come to her for answers. Twilight turned.

“Let me get this straight. Your father, Khaoios, who literally raged havoc on Equestria…is back? Do you have any idea what that monster did…” Twilight was interrupted.

“My father is NOT a monster!” Amethyst Crystal shouted.

The Archivist walked over, putting her hoof on Amethyst’s shoulder.

“I know how protective you are of your father, however he did commit crimes, including blackmailing the princess, into giving him knowledge of the Guardians.” She said.

Amethyst’s ears dropped.

“I know. It’s just the first time I heard about his return, I just couldn’t face him. I…I…was scared.” Amethyst replied, innocently.

Doctor Hooves, the Archivist, Twilight understood how she felt, but could do no good to cheer her up. They knew Khaoios was dangerous and to reason with him, would be hopeless. There was a long silence in the room, until a knock was heard. The Archivist opened the door to realize it was six Pegasus ponies, landing on one another as they entered the house. Doctor Hooves slammed his hoof against his face.

“Family reunion now?” he said.

The oldest of the six stood on his hooves.

“Forgive us, Madame Archivist, Doctor, and Princess. The General sent us here, and…wait…what Amethyst is doing here?” the he asked.

“Now, Mariner let’s not get worked up.” Doctor Hooves commented.

“No. It’s not that. I was also told by General StoneColt to meet him at the city square. I didn’t expect him to call her for assistance.” Mariner replied, pointing at Amethyst.

“Wait what’s going on here? I thought it was you that sent me a message requiring my presence.” Amethyst asked the Archivist.

Commotion between the ponies broke out as the crowd kept getting louder and louder. Twilight stepped in.

“Now wait…wait. Let’s all calm down, please. First off, the Archivist and Doctor Hooves just sent General StoneColt to see my friend, Fluttershy. Then, he’ll go to the city square. We can all meet him there.” She spoke.

“That’s sound like a better plan. Aye?” one of the other Pegasus pony said.

“Very well…now before we go anywhere, can I ask for your names? Don’t think I’ve met any of you before.” Twilight responded.

The Archivist stepped in.

“I can be of assistance with that. Iron Clads, Attention!” The Archivist yelled out.

Then the Pegasus ponies lined up like a military squad. The Archivist ordered each one to step forward and give their names.

“Greetings, Princess! I am Mariner, first son of Interstellar Paguseus” Mariner spoke.

Another walked up.

“Hello, Princess! My name is Deep Impact, second son of Interstellar Paguseus. Friends tend to call me Impact, for short.” Deep Impact said.

“Hello, Princess! Names Orbiter, third son of Interstellar Paguseus!” Orbiter said.

The next Pegasus pony walked up as if he were trying to show off.

“Hey there, Princess! Names Moonraker, fourth and cool son of Interstell…” Moonraker was interrupted.

“That’s enough, lover boy.” One female Pegasus said, pulling Moonraker away.

“Forgive me Princess. He has the tendency of showing off.” She continued.

Twilight giggled for the moment.

“No worries. My friend Rainbow Dash is like that…” she said.

“Really? Is she cute?” Moonraker commented.

“MOONRAKER!” Mariner yelled.

“Sorry, bro.” Moonraker apologized.

Twilight continued to giggle. In her mind, Twilight found Moonraker rather cute.

“May we please continue…?” The Archivist spoke.

“Yes. Hello, Princess! I am Voyager, fifth son of Interstellar Paguseus.” Voyager spoke.

The female Pegasus pony stepped forward.

“Salutations, Princess Twilight. My name is New Horizon, first daughter and sixth child of Interstellar Paguseus.” She spoke.

Twilight after hearing the introductions looked at all of them.

“You’re all siblings? That’s so cool, in my opinion.” Twilight asked in curiosity.

“Depends…” Mariner spoke.

“Depends on what, Mariner? She finds us…you know…cool. Probably because she likes me…” Moonraker smirked.

“Oh please, shut up, Moonraker.” Orbiter said under his breath.

Twilight began to blush. She cleared her throat.
“So there six of you?” she said.

“Not all of us, to be honest.” Mariner sadly replied.

Twilight tilted her head, curiously. The Archivist and Doctor Hooves on the other hoof realized what they meant. They were missing their youngest sibling, who was nowhere to be found. Growing up with a missing sibling took a toll on them emotionally.

“Crying about something that occurred in the past isn’t gonna get us anywhere.” StoneColt spoke appearing at the doorway.

“Now that we’re all here…well…almost everypony, let’s go to the square, shall we?” StoneColt spoke.

They all understood as they walked out of Doctor Hooves’ home. As they made it to the town square, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash had awaited.

“What took you guys so long?” Rainbow Dash called out.

Moonraker hearing her voice, sent him into a trance. Orbiter turned.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“Her…she’s beautiful”. Moonraker responded, still tranced.

New Horizon bit Moonraker’s ear.

“Ow! What was that for?” he yelled.

“Show some respect, cool boy.” New Horizon giggled.

Rainbow tiled her head.

“Um…what’s up with that guy?” she asked.

“Oh…he’s just wants to be cool for you.”

“Really…” Rainbow Dash smirked.

New Horizon rolled her eyes, annoyed with her brother and his immaturity. At the same time she felt worried about him, even though he was older than her. StoneColt face-hoofed himself.

“Kids…why did I take the responsibility of being their “uncle”?” he thought to himself.

“Maybe because Paguseus noticed how hard headed you are that he wanted to see how well you can handle kids? Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s testing you.” The Archivist chuckled.

“Ha…ha…ha. Very funny” StoneColt replied sarcastically.

“Anyhow, see we are all finally here…here’s the mission. I’ve been scouting around the eastern seaboard and learned that something had caused some commotion and we want to keep the public out of it the best we can. The mission is to go to this area of interest along with our animal lover-slash-translator, she will tell us what these animals have seen…”

“You can talk to animals. Wow…that’s awesome.” Voyager spoke proudly.

“Keep your hooves on the ground, V” StoneColt replied.

“Now, Princess Twilight. I would like you, the Archivist, and Amethyst to go to Canterlot and await our message. In the meantime, we will depart, but I would like you first to tell you’re three other friends to monitor progress here. Is that understood?” StoneColt ordered.

“Yes, sir.” They all responded.

“Alright then. Let’s move out.”

“Roger!” they replied.