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A human machine falls from the sky and Twilight, with the help of her friends discover all its musical secrets.

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Chapter 43: Magical Contact.

At the top of the Castle of Friendship, next to the giant telescope that was installed a few moons ago, a group of friends prepared to save the shiny space body from being melted by their sun, Twilight gave the other alicorns a few final instructions, they only had one chance to change the trajectory of the space body now that it was at its closes from their planet.

At the telescope Starlight was searching for it, “there I can see it now, oh my gosh, that definitely wasn’t made by nature, look at it.”

Twilight stopped her instruction and looked through the telescope, “it’s beautiful, its surface is completely smooth, it’s geometrically spherical with what appears some cylindrical protuberances and the object orbiting it around a kilometer from it is making a perfect circular loop, not an oval, yeah this object was manufactured, no doubt on that, we need to save it.”

“Yeah let’s save that alien thingy,” Pinkie said wearing a white and blue hat with a picture of the object on it and a t-shirt with the phrase #SaveTheAlienThingy and holding a foam hand, “hey where is everypony else,” Pinkie noticed that only the four alicorns, Starlight, Moondancer and Sunburst and herself were for the event.

Moondancer fixed her glasses pulling out her notebook, “according to this only you confirmed coming to this event.”

Celestia grabbed a bottle of water and sipped it, “Tube Tester and Tinker Claw, haven’t returned from Laburinthos, there was an issue but they will watch the event at the academy of sciences.”

“And Trixie is babysitting Flurry Heart, since Shining Armor went with Spike, Big Mac and Discord to a boy’s night, even if it is just early afternoon.”

“Oh… speaking of babies, you haven’t told me about your new sibling.”

“Pinkie NO!”, Moondancer tried warning but it was too late, Sunburst and Starlight’s eyes filled with shine, they ran and stopped in front of Pinkie and pulled several pictures of a pink coated unicorn baby foal, her mane was blonde and her eyes seemed to be the same color, they were talking at the same time so fast that not even Pinkie could understand them, “it will take a while for them to calm down, it seems they both fell in love with their new half sister,” Pinkie slipped out from the duo who kept talking wonders about the foal.

“Wow talk about crazy ponies am I right?” she went closer to Moondancer and whispered in her ear so Starlight and Sunburst wouldn’t hear her, “so what’s her name.”

Moondancer whispered back, “her parents went with Luster Dawn.”

“So when are you two going to have one?”

“Wawawhaaaaat?”

“Come on,” pinkie winked at Moondancer, hitting her with an elbow.

“T-T-That hasn’t come up in a conversation, we have only been dating for a few moons, so I think it is too soon for us to think about that,” the embarrassed unicorn said while blushing.

Twilight cleared her throat, “ok if everypony is ready, we need to do this now,” this snapped Sunburst and Starlight, who saluted and went to the whiteboard and telescope, “ok pulling team, we trained for moons for this occasion, I don’t have to tell you how important this is and that we only have one shot, we need to do this right at the first try, are you with me?”

“YEAH!” said the other three alicorns.

“Ok, I prepared the runes on the ground, this will boost our magic so please make a circle as we trained, we will start right away,” she turned to Starlight, “observing team are you ready?” the trio saluted and prepared the telescope, the blackboard and the notations, “and witnesses… Pinkie, well I guess only you came, are you ready?.”

“YEAH!!” she pulled a recliner and some popcorn out of nowhere, “GO TEAM!” The alicorns surrounded the runes and ignited their horns, they concentrated to synchronize their magic pulse, once they reached a level of synchronization they let out a single beam of magic, “COOL! Now where is it?” Pinkie watched everywhere trying to see the space object.

“Um Pinkie,” Sunburst called out the party pony, who faced him, “this is just the initial pulse, it will take a few hours to reach the space object, right here,” he pointed at one of the white boards who showed a diagram of the point in space where the space body and the magic beam will connect.

“Wait, you said hours?”

“Yes Pinkie, if my calculations are correct it will take two hours and twenty two minutes with an error margin of fifteen minutes,” said Moondancer checking her notes.

“Why nopony told me that? I would have brought more snacks for that wait.”

Starlight left the telescope for a second, “we did, in fact I personally told you the timeframe, but you were too busy jumping around to pay attention.”

“Oh pooh, well I guess there is nothing else to do but wait,” Pinkie sat on the recliner and watched how the alicorns kept concentrating, trying to reach the space body with their magic, Pinkie finished her popcorn then stared at the unicorns working, Moondancer was revising her notes while Starlight watched through the telescope and took notes, Sunburst made a few calculations on one of the whiteboards, Pinkie turned her body on the recliner, then turned back, she stared at the pulling team, there was no change, turned to see the observing team and no change at all, “OH MY GOSH! Please tell me it’s almost over.”

The trio stared at Pinkie, “Pinkie, it’s only been five minutes.”

“Oh please make it faster!”

“Pinkie, I’m getting a bit hungry, why don’t you go down the kitchen and prepare something and we’ll let you know if something changes.”

“That’s a great idea Starlight, I’ll be right back.”

The pink party pony ran downstairs to get some snacks ready, “that will give us around an hour”

“Nice thinking Starlight,” said Sunburst

Moondacer fixed her glasses again and returned to her notes, “to be fair, nothing really happens during the first few hours, I can see how it would get boring for most ponies,” the other two unicorns nodded.

~♥~♦~♣~♠~

At the castle’s kitchen Pinkie prepared snacks for all the present ponies, “all you have to do is take a cup of flour! Add it to the mix♫ Now just take a little something sweet, not sour! A bit of salt, just a pinch♪ Baking these treats is such a cinch! Add a teaspoon of vanilla♫ Add a little more, and you count to four, And you never get your fill of... Cupcakes! So sweet and tasty! Cupcakes! Don't be too hasty! Cupcakes! Cupcakes, cupcakes, CUPCAKES!♫”

~♥~♦~♣~♠~

A bit over an hour passed since Pinkie left for the kitchen, “you know Starlight, I’m actually getting hungry, hopefully Pinkie comes soon with the snacks.”

“I have been summoned! Hey guys, here is the food, enjoy!” Pinkie brought an entire table filled with baked goods and drinks.

“Wow and all this in an hour, Pinkie you are amazing.”

“I know Starlight, I have a gift, hey while I was cooking I was thinking, this could take a while so why don’t we listen to a few songs while we wait?”

“I don’t know Pinkie, we need to stay here in case something happens,” said Sunburst.

Starlight bit a donut chewed and swallowed it, “I don’t see why we couldn’t bring the equipment up here, I believe it is about time to recharge the music box’s battery anyway, this wouldn’t take long, Moondancer can you help me?”

“Sure can Starlight,” the two mares went down to the studio and magically carried the equipment to the roof, setting it up so they could hear it, while Starlight was preparing the console and the music box, Moondancer stared at the alicorns who were concentrating, Luna in particular seemed to always have a particularly joy filled expression when they did this, she knew that currently they couldn’t hear them, the alicorns could right now only sense the tip of the magic beam, but at the same time they were experiencing what is like to travel the cosmos at an unimaginably speed, Luna seemed to have an expression full of wonder, like a child watching something for the first time, maybe since she is the alicorn of the night, she appreciates the vast of space more than the other alicorns, “wouldn’t it be amazing to experience what they are experiencing right now?”

Sunburst sat next to her and she immediately leaned on him, “I’m sure it would be one of the most magical experiences, maybe one day.”

“You two get a room, so who wants to press the button first?”

Pinkie jumped up raising her hoof, “oh me, mememememe♪” Pinkie pressed the button and an electrical sequence of beeps came up from the music box.

“That… sounds, weird… but at the same time inspiring and maybe a bit nostalgic, doesn’t it Sunburst?”

“You are right, I feel like I could fly in space with this song, what do you think, Moondancer?”

Moondancer looked up where the magic beam connected with the skies, “it fills me with hope, that I could look at the stars and that even if life is strange and full of unknowns, it is also filled with wonder and joy and that I could face each new day with my eyes clear and true, on that moment I’m no longer scared of the unknown, because I know I won’t be alone,” she then looked Sunburst to the eyes and nuzzled him.

“D’awww that is so cute, I can’t wait to see your fo-bfbfbf,” Pinkie began but Starlight quickly shut her off with a muffin.

“Don’t freak them out Pinkie, they are going really good,” Starlight whispered in Pinkie’s ear.

~♥~♦~♣~♠~

Far away in space, the magic beam crossed on a trajectory to intercept the unknown space object, but this bean also gave sensory feedback to the alicorns on the planet.

“It’s beautiful don’t you think?” a voice resonated from the aether.

“Luna, we need to concentrate.”

“Let her be Twilight, this is her favorite part every time we do this on the trainings, and we both know we can concentrate and enjoy the view at the same time.”

“Fine.”

“So what do you think, Twilight?”

“It is… indeed pretty magical.”

~♥~♦~♣~♠~

“Ok, who’s next? Who’s next?”

“Calm down Pinkie, we are not leaving just yet… just give me a second, I need to check on the object,” Starlight walked to the Telescope and looked through the lens, “Oh boy...”

“Is there something wrong Starlight?”

“I lost the object, Sunburst, show me the coordinates it should be right now.”

“Right on Starlight,” he picked the schematics and made the calculations then showed them to Starlight, who adjusted the telescope.

“The object seems to be a bit farther than we expected.”

“Oh my gosh, does it mean that they won’t reach it?”

“I don’t know yet, Pinkie. Moondancer Sunburst, take these coordinates and let’s make a calculation of the trajectory of the space body and the magic beam.”

The trio of unicorns put their mind together doing calculations, crossing with the stellar map, doing more calculations, referencing with some books on space bodies and doing a bit more calculations, while Pinkie watched them, one could think this bored the fun loving mare, but she was staring at them with great fascination.

“Ok, so after all this… we got that… ok, this won’t affect the time or space of the contact, false alarm everypony, good job,” the group seemed to calm down after Starlight’s announcement, “ok, it shouldn’t be long until contact, I think we have enough time for a song before they reach the object,” Starlight pressed the button with her magic a solemn tune began playing.

“This sounds great and strangely fitting,” Starlight said while grabbing another cupcake.

“Yeah it sounds like some time of encounter… hey now that I think about it, wouldn’t it be weird for everypony else for a huge beam to come from the Castle of Friendship?”

“Don’t worry about it Pinkie, every time we trained for this and today, there is a spell that would make the beam invisible for anypony outside the castle, luckily the spell is affected by the atmosphere so anypony with a telescope strong enough would be able to see it when it makes contact, that’s why Tube Tester on the Academy and the group at the Institute of Sciences of Canterlot will be able to see it too.”

“Cool!”

“Yeah it’s pretty cool,” at that moment an alarm alerted the group, Moondancer turned it off, “it’s almost time,” Starlight casted a spell on the telescope and then pointed at the biggest of the whiteboards turning it black and then showing the image from the telescope in it.

“Wow, that’s the same spell Twilight used when catching Svengallop isn’t it?”

“Yeah, but now we will be able to see the moment that the beam reaches the object.”

“Hey Starlight, if it took hours for the beam to reach it, wouldn’t it take hours to send other instructions to move it?”

“No Pinkie, this is the beauty of the spell they are using, once they reach the space body, it will create a quantum connection that will let them move it real time… oh there it is look.”

In the image they could see that the magic beam finally reached the object.

~♥~♦~♣~♠~

At millions of kilometers from the planet, the magic beam finally reached the object, all four of the alicorns sensed the size, texture, weight, temperature, etc of the weird space object, but one of them sensed something else, something more important.

“Twilight.”

“Not now Luna this part is crucial and we can’t make a single mistake.”

“But..”

“Please Luna, tell me when we have secured this.”

“Alright.”

~♥~♦~♣~♠~

Back in planet Equum the group could see how the alien contraption slowly changed its trajectory, little by little the magic beam pulled the sphere. On land the alicorns showed strain on their faces, signaling that they were working as hard as they can to save the alien machine.

“Come on, come on, that’s it, come on just a little more,” chanted Starlight while the others stared in awe how the small object orbiting the big one also changed trajectory, following the bigger mass.

“I knew it, the small object is tied to the big one not just for gravity but by something else, no wonder its orbit is a perfect circle and not an oval.”

Sunburst sipped from a cup of tea, “Ok, trajectory adjusted, it’s perfectly aligned, now they just need to adjust its speed.”

“Why adjust the speed, Sunburst?”

“Elementary Pinkie, if it goes too slow it might not get trapped on Equum’s gravity, it could go past it, if it’s too fast then… well it would smash directly into us, causing a lot of destruction.”

“Oh… look the beam stopped.”

“Sunburst, Moondancer, let’s review the location and speed of the object, we need to make sure it’s where it is supposed to,” both unicorns saluted and began doing more calculations while Starlight ran to the pulling team who laid unconscious on the ground after the strain they put their magic reserves to, Starlight began using a soothing spell to help them recover and reignite their magic, it could take a few moments for them to wake up.

“Starlight.”

“What is it, Sunburst?” The stallion showed her some paperwork and she read through it, several times to make sure it’s correct, she let out a sigh of relief, “we did it guys, congratulations.”

The group cheered and Pinkie pulled out a cardboard sign with the message Welcome to Equum, we have cookies, and pointed it to the sky.

“What are you doing Pinkie,” asked Moondancer.

“Well Moony, I’m showing that thing that is welcome to the planet.”

“Well unless you can hold that sign for a few weeks that thing wouldn't be able to see it.”

“What weeks?”

“Yeah, you didn’t think it would be instantaneous, did you?”

“I kinda thought that, yeah.”

A voice came from behind them, “don’t worry Pinkie, a few weeks will pass really soon.”

“Twilight, you are awake!” the pink mare jumped huggin the purple alicorn, “you did it Twi, you are amazing.”

“No Pinkie, WE did it,” she said pointing at the other alicorns beginning to wake up as well “we all did it,” she said looking at the unicorn team who hugged twilight as well.

After that, they helped the other alicorns up, they all were a bit wobbly and weak but nothing a few desserts wouldn’t help, as they were enjoying the pastries, Luna cleared her throat.

“Is there something wrong Lulu?”

“Tia, when we made contact… I felt.”

“Yes aunt Luna, we all felt its weight, it was lighter than we expected but Twilight was able to adjust the strength of the beam accordingly.”

Luna shook her head, “that’s not it, I felt… something else,” the rest of them looked at the night alicorn worried, “whenever I dream walk, I can feel all the ponies in slumber and then I can enter their dreams, when we made contact with that huge thing, I felt something similar.”

“Luna what are you saying?”

“I don’t really know exactly what was in that object, but… it was alive and sleeping, but not dreaming, there were many sleeping presences.”

Sunburst and Moondancer stared at Luna, “around how many presences?” asked Sunburst.

“Several.”

“More than ten?” asked Starlight.

Luna nodded, “much more than that.”

“Around a hundred,” asked Starlight.

Luna nodded again, “more.”

“Like a thousand?” asked Pinkie

Luna began sweating, “I felt tens of thousands of individual lives sleeping and not dreaming, like they were in some sort of stasis,” the group looked at her with their mouths open, realizing that tens of thousands of alien life forms were headed directly to their planet.

Pinkie grabbed another cupcake and swallowed it whole, “wow now that’s a doozy.”

To be continued

Author's Note:

YAY! They are close!

Yeah I know Pinkie, I guess Twilight will need to share the good news with all the pony populace.

I wonder how they will take it.

I don't think that's necessary just yet, the ship hasn't even arrived and once it arrives it will only orbit the planet... I mean... oops.

AH HA! So it is a ship.

Well, I think that was pretty obvious since Luna felt all those presences.

Cool, so ponykind will make a close encounter.

Anyway, I hope you liked today's chapter as always every comment, advice, request, demand or complain is appreciated and don't forget:

Be polite, be careful, educate yourself as much as you can, respect  your neighbor so that they respect you and may the force be with you,  say goodbye Pinkie.

Goodbye Pinkie. :pinkiehappy:

Say Goodbye Izzi.

Klaatu barada nikto!

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