Okay Declan, this is your subconscious telling you that although there is a real high possibility that you can go home, you don’t have to get all excited. Best prepare for the worst, just in case.
...
WOOO WE’RE GOING HOME!
“Spike! Need paper and quill, stat!” I order, a big grin eating my face. Spike saluted and dashed off inside.
“Good news?” Twilight asked hopefully, and I nodded vigorously.
“Oh yes! Princess Celestia can get us some oil. All we need to do is figure out how to refine it," I reply as Twilight and I head inside the library. Spike returned from upstairs with a new quill and parchment. I took it from him and went to the table, siting cross legged to write the letter.
Dear Princess Celestia,
Thank you for replying so quickly. I appreciate that you took time from your busy schedule to help me.
I should begin by saying that petrol, which I mentioned previously, is a refined product of oil. Unfortunately, I do not know the refining process. However, I am sure that it would be easy, since we could do it with magic. That is really all I need, apart from a lightning cloud, but Twilight will talk to the weather ponies about that.Also, do you know how much oil you can provide? Three drums should be more than plenty. And how soon can you get it here so me and Twilight can look into the refining process? We would like to get started as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Declan
I stopped writing, paused to think for a moment, then grabbed a new sheet of parchment and began to write another letter.
Dear Princess Luna,
Thank you for sending me the letter! I appreciate that you and your sister would try your best to help. Your hand hoofwriting wasn’t that bad, although it wasn’t that good. At least it’s better than mine, as I’m sure you can see! I hope you are settling well back in your role as princess, I look forward to our next visit.
Yours sincerely,
Declan
I rolled up both letters and gave them to Spike, who raised an eyebrow in curiosity, before smothering the rolls of parchment in emerald green fire. We watched the purple wisps fly out of an open window, up high into the sky.
“Now we wait,” I say, lying my back onto the floor and unfolding my legs. We waited for a few minutes in silence, Twilight reading a book and sipping some tea, me lying on my back and gazing up at the ceiling, and Spike left us, doing who-knows-what. The peace, however, did not last very long.
The door was suddenly flung open, revealing Pinkie Pie in the threshold, an unknown brown substance surrounding her muzzle.
“Pinkie, are you okay?” Twilight asked in concern, as Pinkie stood motionless in the doorway, her eyes mere pinpricks.
“I want more,” she said simply, looking right at me, eyes glowing in the shadow of the doorway.
“More what?” I ask in bewilderment, feeling very afraid and uneasy about what was about to happen.
In a flash, she travelled from the door to stand on top of me looking down into my eyes, not displaying the remotest hint of emotion. She then somehow produced something silvery and purple, practically shoving it in my face. I grabbed it from her, and was able to identify that it was a Cadbury’s chocolate wrapper.
Oh.
“I want more.” Pinkie spoke again, her gaze unwavering.
Oh snap.
“I-I only had the one bar...” I say weakly, before cringing for the fallout.
Pinkie somehow grabbed the collar of my duster in her hooves and brought my face closer to hers.
“Where can I get more?”
“You can only get them on Earth, which we are unable to go to right now please don’t hurt me!” Red alert! Batten down the hatches!
“WHAT?!” Pinkie released her grip on my duster, letting my head smack against the wooden floor. “But it’s the most delicious chocolate I’ve ever tasted! There’s literally nothing like it in Equestria! No, the whole planet! I must have more!” Note to self: keep Pinkie away from Hershey bars.
“Oww...” I groan, sitting up and rubbing the back of my head. “It’s just chocolate-” Pinkie sharply turns to give me a phaser death glare set to kill “-that’s totally popular on Earth! No wonder you like it, but I can’t go and get any until I get fuel for the DeLorean, which won’t be for a long time yet,” I explain, whilst crossing my fingers behind my back. Pinkie narrowed her eyes at me.
“Okie dokie lokie!” And with that, and a complete about-face, she hopped out of the library, leaving me, Sparkle and Spike looking on in complete confusion and bewilderment.
“She’s insane. Totally nuts. Bananas. Off her rocker. Two McNuggets short of a happy meal...” I mutter, staring out through the open door at the pink menace as she bounced down the street through town.
“Oookkkaaayyy...” Twilight said, closing the door with her magic, before I flung it open again as I dashed out as fast as I can.
“Oh God I hope she didn’t take those mouldy potatoes!”
Dear Declan,
It is a shame that you don’t know the refining process. That said, I will have the scholars at Canterlot look for a way to perform the refining process. We will try our best to obtain three drums of crude oil, however procuring even one drum would take several weeks. I am sorry to say that it may take a long time for us to gather the oil and refine it, but rest assured, we shall not give up.
Yours sincerely,
Princess Celestia
I sigh, tossing the letter onto the table.
“Well?” Twilight asked, noticing my attempt to remain stoic.
“It’s as I feared, they’re going to try their best, but she said it would take a long time.” I sigh again, nudging the bag of potatoes that Pinkie (thankfully) didn’t take.
“Well, they’re working on it, and that’s what matters. In the meantime, you can continue staying here with me and Spike if you wish,” Twilight offered, trotting over to rest a hoof on my lower arm.
“Cheers Twi, I wouldn’t want it any other way. And besides, I think this place is actually starting to grow on me,” I say, patting her head. “I guess hanging around town wouldn’t be too bad, as long as I steer clear of Pinkie.” Twilight chuckled, before moving to head upstairs.
“It’s a good thing I bought that spare bed then,” she said from the stairs. “It may not be long enough though.”
“It’ll be fine, I sleep curled up anyway,” I say nonchalantly, then sighing. “And, since I have a lot of time waiting on my hands, I might as well get started explaining about Earth, humans and our tech to you.” Twilight froze, before slowly turning with a wide grin plastered on her face. She practically teleported from the stairs to stand right next to me, notebook and quill in hand.
“Oooh, I can’t wait to hear about your culture! Tell me everything!” She said in excitement, looking up at me in rapt attention.
“Well, what do you want to know first?” I ask, as Twilight grabbed a plain wooden stool with her magic and placing it in front of mine, before sitting.]
“There’s so much, I can’t decide!” She fidgeted on the stool in anticipation.
“Okay, uhh... oh! Let’s talk about this,” I say, pulling out my iPhone. Twilight’s gaze instantly snapped to it. “This is an iPhone, generation 4 model. It’s main purpose is to communicate...”
Oh DeLorean, I would read this if only just for you.
Sexy car.
Sexy science.
3911202
That's a hard one. The Daedalus has the Asgard beam weapons and missiles which could give a Borg cube a run for their money before they adapt, plus fighters and an Asgard shield help in their defence. It also has a hyperdrive engine, which I think is faster than warp engines.
The Enterprise-D however is quite bigger than the Daedalus, and can hold more crew. It can also separate it's saucer section, making the fight a little harder for the Daedalus. The Enterprise also has fighter capability, storing them in it's main shuttlebay. Also, photon porpedos, which are much faster and can pack a considerable more punch than missiles. Not to mention that the Enterprise can use its main deflector dish (that Daedalus doesn't have) against said ship.
I think it would be a fair fight, with Daedalus maybe coming out on top.
3911202 Depends, if the Daedalus class has the beam weapons. If it only has the railguns than obviously the Enterprise. (Though I find the Galaxy class to be ugly and wish it would stop being so popular, everyone knows the Sovereign is where it's at! )
However with the beam weapons, which are ridiculously OP for their 'verse, probably the Daedalus. From what we've seen of the phaser banks, Federation phasers actually aren't much far behind, as the Galaxy class tends to overload the shields of most other ships it fights in ~5 shots, for a relatively equal vessel.
At lot of times it's one shot and overloaded shields + destruction of vessel because it out classes all those puny alien vessels who think they can fuck with the Federation when they only just developed warp engines last Tuesday.
So with the beam weapons it would be an even 50/50 split and would depend who had the more competent crew.
Or whatever the plot demands.
3911359
Nice.
Personally, it's the fleet of F-302s that make the Enterprise-D lose in my book, since the only 'fighters' that the Enterprise has are the shuttles, which are designed for scientific study and transportation, not combat.
Also, do remember that the separation mechanic will only allow for the combat section (Engineering and N-cells) to engage a real battle for the Daedalus.
Also, the Hyperdrive is much, much faster, since it can go to Pegasus galaxy in a matter of weeks, while it is predicted to take Voyager 72 years to cross just this galaxy.
3911722
True, but the Federation also has fighters, which have been ferried by the Akira class starships, so the Galaxy could pull it off I think. Also, the Enterprise used the saucer separation tactic when they fought against the Borg cube in The Best Of Both Worlds. If anything, the saucer would distract the Daedalus from the stardrive section.
And yeah, hyperdrive is super OP, especially when you factor in a Zero Point Module.
3911829
Hmmm....
I wonder how Picard, and Twilight Sparkle, would react to the Twilight Weapons Platform....
It can destroy a whole star system.....
3911841
The what now? It sounds dangerous, and awesome!
3911852
It is an experimental Weapons Platform designed to be deployed by a Daedalus-Class Carrier from orbit around a star.
It is comprised of (I believe) 9 Mark-IX Naquedah-Enhanced Nuclear Warheads, which are seeded in such a way as to maximize their destructive potential. To date it has only been deployed a handful of times, and has never once been used or tested.
It is theorized to be able to destroy an entire star system.
Just imagine Picard's (and Twilight's) face when told of it's destructive potential.
3911896 That's not going to work.
Need Octavia's 'special juice' to heal me.
Calling it right now, the potatos will become some sort of fuel in the near future.
3911972
FINALLY. Someone gets it after all these weeks!
3911926
T....
M....
I....
3912086 What?
It's this chemical concoction filled with nanites and stuff.
What did you think it was?
3912147
*Shoves Naquadriah-enhanced grenade down your throat*
Fuck you...
3912155 *Grenade hits gag reflex and I puke it at you*
You: FFFFUUUUUUUUU- *Boom!*
Me:
3912147
3912155
Lol you guys...
3912170 *Bows* Thank you, thank you, we'll be here all week!
3912169
*intercom voice over random speaker*
Deadman's Switch Activated. Mark-IX deployed. Explosion radius: 100 miles. Detonation Time: T-Minus Ten seconds.
You: Oh.... Shit....
Intercom: Three... Two... One... Have a nice day!
*BBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*
3912184 Me: Fuck this shit. *user Paddle_Steamer has left the match*
(I left before it blew up btw.)
3912195
-User Paddle_Steamer has been forcibly logged in-
-Paddle_Steamer died in a pool of plasma-
-Paddle_Steamer died in a pool of plasma-
-Paddle_Steamer died in a pool of plasma-
-Paddle_Steamer died in a pool of plasma-
-Paddle_Steamer died in a pool of plasma-
-Paddle_Steamer died in a pool of plasma-
3912215 You cannot forcibly log me in.
3916715 I was here first. So... *In cranky old man's voice* Git off mah lawn! *Waves cane*
3916728
Eat my shorts!
*skateboards around your old, frail form*
3916824 I'm not actually old, just doing an impersonation numb nuts.
Anyways. *Sticks leg out and trips you* *Laughs as you go flying and land on your face* How'd that feel lad?
3916842
Probably better than this!
*uses a rocket to propel crowbar at near super-sonic speeds into your face*
3916847 *Le epic dodge* What's with you and always going straight to lethal force, OPness, and generally cheating? You must be compensating for something.
3916861
WHY YOU LITTLE!!!!
*rushes straight for you only for both of us to be engulfed in a bright white light*
*light disappears*
"Whoah, hold it now you two!" Came the voice of one Colonel Mitchel as he grabbed Gordon's arm. Edwin was grasped by a large, brown arm, holding him back.
"I'M GOING TO KILL HIM" Gordon said, trying to lunge through Col. Mitchel's grip.
"That's not very nice" Mitchel said through his teeth as he held Gordon.
"... Where the fuck are we?" Edwin asked looking around at the grey interior of the room, black support beams visible on the walls. "Wait, don;'t tell me, another fucking adventure with this asshole" Edwin sighed.
3916877 "Also why am I being held? I only resort to violence after he does, he didn't hit me yet so I don't need to hit him, I'm content with a verbal assault of his size inadequacy issues." Edwin said with a sneer towards Gordon, whom only fumed more.
(Why are we doing this? Also you spelled it grey, not gray, yay my British English is rubbing off on you.)
3916909
We are doing this because why the hell not.
PM'ed you the reply.
I have just finished all 20 chapters of this in one sitting, I must say it is very good so far and I'd love to see more soon, I mean um, as soon as you can that is, oh and uh... Ithinkthisisgonnaendwithyouonthegroundwithmeontopofyou *squee* I'm kidding btw so my sincerest DERP
3916909 3916973 I believe I could smoke you two in a goof-off fairly easy, I mean umm you're funny and all but I think I could be even funnier no offence
3917650
*implements world-ending nuclear holocaust and traps you on the planet*
Not anymore you can't! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
BOOM!
3917650 I try to be semi-serious. Gordon operates without logic usually.
Any funnies from me are purely coincidental.
you're right next to me #genius anyway lol also, how are you soo funny? I must know
pleasepleaseplease?
it would make pinkie very happy
I don't even know where to go with that but what the hay ever
3917687 I forgot to click the 'respond to' button Sammy y u be so stupid
3917773 Cause you don't sing Blood on the Risers every morning like you should?
3917804 nope, instead I sing whatever comes to mind first, which lately has been the fan song 'nightmare night' by wooden toaster and brony dance party lol and yes you read right I call myself 'sammy'
3917941 'Kay.
Have fun with that laddie.
Omg you actually used it!!!
I feel so special! You even gave me internets cookie
Also great chapter, look forward to what will follow!
3940961
Indeed
Soo umm... any idea on when update?
Umm not trying to be rude but its been a while since last update and I really likethis story and want more and id really like to......