Space, the final frontier of curiosity, the ultimate challenge of man is to explore it all, but little did we know that others were expanding their horisons as well...

[Space,

Martian orbit,

Serenity]

[Josh's POV]

I woke up to see the sun glimmering off the Martian landscape, gently touching it with its outspread arms. I appreciated the beauty of it as I got out of the firm bed, stretching from the short nap I had. As I got up a glowing orb popped out of its hiding spot and made me jump back onto the bed with an undignified flop.

"Rodre..." I said rubbing my head "Must you do that every time I get up?"

The orb glew a teasing green as I got up again, this time keeping an eye on the mischievous orb. I stepped over to the hall door, supported by the artificial gravity. I walked down the hall and then arriving at the ladder where my crew mates, were up at.

"Joe! You can take a break now! I can handle it!" I shouted upwards, or anywards in space terms.

"Took you long enough!" a man said sliding down the ladder. he was a nerdy fellow, with large glasses and a clean shaven face. he had created Rodre in all of his, um, glory. He usually had a pen in his ear, and had a CR-84, a graphing calculator, which I put a few games on.

I rolled my eyes and climbed up the metal ladder. "at least I came Joe!" I said with a smirk. "I could just let you pilot us all the way to base camp."

"Please god no, you've seen how I fly." he chuckled nervously.

I laughed. "Just kidding Joe, where is Captain Calhorn?"

"He is sleeping on the controls, snoring."

"Ill get him up, you go take a nap, you deserve it."

"What do you think I was doing?"

I laughed and I climbed up the ladder to the cockpit, where, sure enough, Fred Calhorn, a man with a brown beard, not too long, as he was in his forties, was sleeping on the controls.

"Fred get up." I said to him nudging him a little.

he groaned and I repeated a little louder. "Fred, get up." I said to him

He groaned again then rolled to his side, landing on a red button. we were suddenly launched forward by the plasma rockets.

"SHIT!" I shouted, jumping to the controls "FRED GET THE HELL UP NOW!"

"Holy mother of Christ!" Fred said jumping to the co-pilot seat.

"Houston! this is the Serenity! Fred Just slept on the control panel and now we are speeding off to god knows where!"

"What the hell is that?" Fred asked me as we flew toward the black orb.

"A gravitational force just opened in Front of you! Pull back now!"

I tried the controls but they didn't respond "We can't!" I shouted and Rodre showed me what it was. "Oh my fucking god." I said "It's a fucking wormhole."

"Joe! Get the hell over here now!" I shouted into the intercom.

Suddenly another jolt of gravity made me fly to the front of the ship and all light faded from sight.

[Unknown,

Unknown,

Serenity]

[Josh's POV]

I woke ever so slowly to see the cockpit surrounding me. I saw Fred staring at me in shock.

"What the hell happened?" I said trying to rub my head with my hand to be hit with something hard.

"What the hell?" I shouted and looked at what should have been hands.

"Why the fucking hell do I have hooves?" I shouted then realized that when I looked down my face I had a green muzzle.

"GAAAAHH!" I screamed and Joe was up the ladder.

"I've done some evaluations and it turns out the wormhole mutated you, but only you for some odd reason." Joe said in a matter of fact voice. "I don't know why you became a green pony with a yellow mane, but I'm working on it. you will just have to wait until I can fix you.

I looked at a mirror to see myself as a green stallion with a short yellow mane, much like my old haircut. I was still wearing my NASA uniform, thank god, but I had lost the shoes to make way for hooves. the uniform somehow fit me, despite my new look.

"How do I report to NASA like this?" I asked Joe.

"We cant. the satellite dish flew off during entry to the atmosphere."

"Damn. At least it isn't too bad." I said smirking "I still look better than Fred."

"Hey!" Fred shouted.

"You know," Joe started "The wildlife here is fascinating."

"Wildlife?" I asked Joe while walking to the window, "There is no wild- Holy shit."

What I saw was a massive ecosystem flourishing around us. Trees stood all around us, and more interestingly, a gravel path was seen in one direction leading to a civilization?"

"This isn't mars." I said.

"Naw, Really?" Fred said rolling his eyes.

I ignored that comment and slid down the ladder, walked down the hall, entered an airlock, and opened the door. The air was clean. cleaner than any earth air, as it was polluted to the max. But it was a cheerful air, I just couldn't help but smile once I exited the ship.

"Hey Josh!" Joe said stepping up to me. "I think that this planet is Kepler 22-b"

"That planet discovered in 2015 suspected of having life?"

"Yeah! the super earth!"

"Nice. I will be exploring the area while you two set up base camp. Thank god this was a cargo ship, we have supplies to last us months!" I said walking off. Rodre followed me, keeping close to my every move. "Sure Rodre you can come too." the orb then glows a happy yellow as we walk down the gravel road.

"We will continue to monitor the surrounding area," Joe stated "I will keep an eye on the two rovers, and Fred will do what he does best."

"Sleep?" I replied jokingly

"Shut up." Fred said over the radio as I was laughing.

Once I stopped laughing I said to Joe, "I will be back soon. See you!"

"See you!" he replied, walking back into the airlock to the Serenity.

Soon, after walking into the forest, I encountered nothing. Nothing was all that I saw as I walked down the trail.

"Dang." I eventually said to Rodre. "You would think that some animals would come out."

Suddenly, I heard a rustling in the bushes.

"Hello?" I asked the rustling, "Who is out there?" I said, somehow holding my ARC (Electricity gun) out at it.

A yellow Pegasus with a long pink mane stepped out of the bush, obviously very scared.

I lowered the ARC and stepped toward the strange creature. "Hello there," I said as calmly as I could, I was exited to meet the first creature of this world. "its okay, I won't hurt you.

It sighed, as if it understood me and sat down on a nearby rock. I joined it and sat next to... her? I was pretty sure it was a she, as it acted like one, but maybe it was the culture of this place? I shook my head and then thought, maybe this is what made the path.

"Can you speak?" I asked the mare, somehow thinking it could speak proper English.

"Y-Yes..." the creature murmured

I was surprised. first off, that the creature could speak English, though I plainly expected it, and secondly, that it could speak at all, though I shouldn't be surprised that it could speak, after all, I have been doing it for hours now with Rodre.

"What is your name?" I asked the yellow Pegasus.

"F-Fluttershy..." she whispered.

"Fluttershy, is there a town nearby?" I asked her.

"Y-Yes, but I am searching for that thing that flew through the sky, D-Did you see it?"

"No, what was it like?"

"T-There was a big flash, then it landed here, in the everfree. we are searching for it." she responded

"I think I know where and what it is."

"W-What is it, that is, if you don't mind..."

"I think it was my ship, the Serenity."