[Space Anon in Equestria] Ch7: Pony Odyssey

"Computer, start up the engine reactors."
>'Starting reactors.'
>"Hey mister computer! Can you make me a chocolate cake?" asks Pinkie.
>'I'm sorry, please enter the appropriate commands.'
>"Hey!"
You chuckle. "Haha, I'm afraid its not made for that Pinkie."
>Lets see now, its been a while you piloted a ship like this, but it would be fine.
>Its like riding a bicycle, wait, not really.

>"I should totally fly next to it!" says Dash while flying around the cockpit.
"Dash, how high can you fly?" you ask.
>Huh? At the same level of the clouds?"
"But have you ever flown far far above the clouds?"
>"Uh, no."
"Stick around, I'll show you what its like."
>Cheers and excitement all around. Except from Fluttershy.

>You assure Fluttershy that it will be completely safe and that the view will be amazing.
>You sit on the pilot's seat and go over the procedures.
>You didn't get constantly shouted at by some meathead wearing a shitty hat for forgetting some of them for nothing.
"Computer, set this general area as point of return. Plot auto-pilot to reach an altitude that shows popular near space scenery."
>'Plotted, would you like to activate auto pilot now?'
"Only when I say so."
"By the way, do you ponies have other ways of flying?" you ask the ponies.
>"Other ponies often use hot air balloons or get help from other pegasi." says Applejack.
>Hot air balloons, cute.
"You will soon see the difference. We'll start out slow, okay Fluttershy?"
>Fluttershy nods, she still must be nervous.

>You help the ponies on the seats and their seat belts.
>Rainbow Dash complains but you tell her its for her safety.
>The ship slowly lifts up and starts hovering.
>The ship gains altitude a starts flying over Ponyville.
>Now that you see that the ship is working perfectly and that you still can pilot this thing, you activate auto-pilot.
>Mixed reaction from ponies as they feel the gravitational force.
>Pinkie is treating this like a rollercoaster ride. Fluttershy is covering her eyes.
"Here we are." you switch the ship to hover mode.

>The ponies watch the from the front windows the scenery of near space altitude.
>First thing they see is the border that shows the limit of the planet's atmosphere
>"Is that black part outer space?" asks Rainbow Dash.
"Yes, WE are flying in midst the BOUNDARY of your planet's welcoming skies and the DARKNESS of the endless void beyond."
>You say that in the most dramatic way possible.
>Heh, that was fucking corny, but you really liked saying that part.
"Beautiful..."  says Rarity with amazement.

"Check this out, computer, show us the view of the planet below."
>You show them the view of the planet below through the viewers.
>"That is Equestria?" Dash asks.
"Seen from far far above, told you its something you have never seen before."
>"We are not falling...." says Fluttershy.
>"Told you it was safe."
>Wow, this must be how it feels to be a teacher leading kids on a school trip. Even Fluttershy is amazed by all this.
>After about 10 minutes you decide to turn back to Ponyville.

>You land the craft a near the town this time.
"Hope you enjoyed the flight!"
>"WooHoo! AGAIN?" Pinkie jumps around.
"I shouldn't work the ship too hard for now, maybe some other time."
>"Okie dokie! I really should get back to Sugarcube corner too!"
>You exit the ship with the 5 ponies happily discussing their little school trip.

>"Oh, I'm sure I need to tend to the animals, thank you Anon." says Fluttershy.
>"That was an exquisite experience! But I really should get back to the boutique, see you later dear!" Rarity waves at you.
>"It was one heck of a ride, Anon. My granny is probably looking for me, you know the way to the castle?" asks Applejack.
"Pretty hard to miss."
>"We should race with the ship later, okay? Bye!"  says Dash before zooming off.

>The ponies head back to where they belong.
>You probably should get things sorted out too.
>The ship is awfully spacious and quiet with you being the only one inside.
>You try not to get depressed, you wash your face and look in the mirror.
>All of this is hard to keep up with.
>You also start to think.
>Were the deaths of your friends your fault?
>If you hadn't decided to play the goddamn hero, maybe none of this would have happened.
"Fuck me."
>You need a beer.

>You walk to the common area, reach the fridge, grab a can, drink up and-
>You spit out the liquid like an cliche comedy act.
>What the fuck, something is wrong with this beer.
>You check the fridge, all of the leftover food is dust or ashes.
>You check one of the ration containers.
>Yep, the same.
>Its like every organic material, except you, disintegrated the moment you came here.
>You need to ask the ponies for food from now on.

>You check the basic equipment locker room.
>The ship you are on is a patrol ship, these days it means it also acts as a first responder for disasters.
>Its fitted for aiding than damage.
>You have various tools for dealing with disasters. From basic fixing tools to advanced robotic arms.
>Nothing seems damaged here, fortunately.

>Next, the weapons locker and the emergency med-bay.
>This isn't a battleship, you don't exactly have an armory here.
>You have a few basic military gear and equipment, plasma assault rifles, beam pistols and energy batteries for the guns.
>That's about it.
>You got enough batteries you think. You probably wont need guns in Equestria, just look at this place.
>But your training tells you should at least pick up the pistol. Ignoring your training almost got you killed earlier today.
>And the two laser rifles the pirates were carrying, modified laser tools, you stashed them there not too long ago.
>Weak but easier to make, can't even penetrate modern combat gear so it is used against soft targets.
>You guess you can't just dump them in Ponyville, some pony might get hurt.
>Emergency med-bay, where Faith used to stay and work on her little botany projects.
>Her plants and projects were disintegrated as well.
>Real shame, you liked that bonsai tree.

>Only other places you need to check are the crew quarters, emergency teleporter room, and the storage room.
>Crew quarters are as you left them, clean and empty, you clench your fist and move on.
>Teleporter room, used for mostly emergency evacuation, nothing wrong here.
>Storage room, lets see here.
>A few Space suit containers, some extra rations(ashes now), big ass weapon cases, a small hovercycle.
>Wait a sec, big ass weapon cases?

>Oh right, the weapon cases your ship was supposed to deliver to a military base after your patrol was over
>There was a bureaucratic incompetence and they were sent to the research station.
>You never really checked what was in there.
>Curiosity killed the cat, but whatever.
>You swipe your identification and open it up.
>HOLY SHIT, this is some destructive force of super-science here.
>You open up another one, dear god.
>What retarded bureaucrat decided to send these things to a civilian station?
>You close them. Ponies wouldn't like to know how these things work.

>You decide its a good idea to head to that castle.
>You also need to tell ponies you need food for a while.
>Maybe you should get a temporary job or something, you can't rely on their hospitality for too long.
>Ponies stare at you as you walk among them, at least they don't seem to be afraid of you, much.
>Some younger ponies follow you around at a distance, you feel like being a man inside a stupid animal costume working at a park.
>When you look at them, they scurry behind something to hide.
>My god, these creatures are too cute to be real.

>When you reach the castle gates, Twilight busts out of it.
>"ANON, good timing! We must talk about certain things, please come in."
>This should be good.
>"I sent a letter to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna about you, they didn't respond to me yet but they probably will soon."
"Princess Celestia? Luna?" you ask.
>"Oh they are Princesses that look over Equestria. Well, we are supposed to look over together, I mean..."
>Twilight suddenly mumbles.
>Huh, the Princess thing earlier wasn't just a slip of the tongue.

"Am I in presence of royalty?
>You try to do that ancient bowing thing you saw on a shitty holo-movie.
"Hmm how should I say this? Oh right, forgive my ill-manners before...your highness."
>Really, monarchy? Interesting.
>You don't know if the concept itself still exists from where you come from, even on earth.

>"Please don't do that, it still makes me uncomfortable, please just refer to me as Twilight." Twilight says that as if you are embarrassing her.
"As you wish, princess."
>"Anyway, I think they would really want to hear more about your species, your world, and your science and magic!"
"Magic?"

[Chapter 7 End]