Chapter 2 Meeting the ponies!
The Oriber landed down near a large forest, the landing was rough; the front of the ship smashed into the ground skidding as it went, leaving a large gouge in the earth behind it destroying farmland and trees at it went.
"We have landed Operator…Running a full diagnostics right away, though it may take a while." Ordis spoke surprisingly calm despite the damage to himself, the ship was essentially his body after all. Kallis realised she had been gripping onto the chair's armrests for dear life and she had actually felt scared on the way down, something she'd not experienced in a long, long while. She forced herself to relax.
"Ordis is there any way to contact the Lotus or at least send out a distress signal?" She asked.
"Negative Operator, all communications are currently down."
"Soon as you have done the diagnostics please focus on getting the communications back."
"Affirmative operator. Ordis is here to serve!"
"Right pull Frost back out, we'll go and have an explore and survey the area…." Kallis replied. She did have other warframes she could use; Nyx, Rhino, Trinity and a recently acquired loki, but it was really Frost she gelled with the most. It often felt like he responded best to her control and would even do things before she even thought it, so as a result it was the frame she was most comfortable and safest with.
Once she was out of his stasis pod, she guided him out of the ship to look around the area. Equipped with a Boar; an automatic shotgun and a set of Ether daggers. The area seemed deserted, it was night time which wasn't a problem as each warframe had its own light source in its helmet. As they walked around the 'landing' site she noticed that the land was cultivated, which was a good sign for intelligent life. Kallis looked towards the edge of the Forest.
"We should take a look for supplies, The forest is probably the best bet, though I'm not sure what we'll really find….Orids contact me when you are done when we can work out what to do from there…" She readied herself then continued them forward. Ordis merely made an odd static noise of conformation in reply as he was hard at work.
Twilight had gathered the others and boldly led them to the entrance of the Everfree forest.
"Aww man I am Stoked! We haven't had an adventure in ages!" Rainbow Dash said punching the air with her hooves.
"There was that Giant serpent that attacked PonyVille just last week, wasn't that an adventure enough?" Replied Rarity shaking her head at her friends excitement.
"Yeah but Fluttershy gave it a good talking to and it just went away so there wasn't much action really…" Replied Rainbow Dash thoughtfully.
"Speak for yourself! It ate one of my portable wardrobes! Dresses and all!" Pouted Rarity.
"You know maybe the thing that fell wasn't as big as it looked and it was just the poor lighting that made it look big and scary…and perhaps we could erm, go around the Forest, it is still dark after all…." Asked Fluttershy avoiding looking at the other Ponies.
"Are you kidding that thing was hhuugggee?!" Said Pinkie Pie who seemed just as happy to go on an adventure like Rainbow Rash did.
"Aww Sugar cube, you know it would take us forever to do, and besides you'll be safe with us, you'll see!" replied Applejack trying to re-assure her friend.
"All right team let's go! We have no idea what that was or what we are going to face, or if there was somepony inside it, so be ready, it's also best if we keep the chatter to a minimum, we don't want to wake the Forests inhabitants and have them to deal with them as well." Twilight said as she swiftly walked forward.
Spike had remained back at the castle in-case Celesta or Luna showed up after he sent them a message, The princesses said at least one of them would arrive as soon as they had the sun up and the moon away.
"Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Hopefully there will be a new friend in that thing, it was like a ship from space you know?!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie bouncing alongside Twilight.
"Pinkie Pie, what I just say, keep it down!" moaned Twilight.
"Sowwwiee" murmured Pinkie pie who stopped bouncing.
A ship from space? Like a space ship? I guess something like that could exist. Thought Twilight as they walked along. Then it means some-pony was flying it…
They traveled for quite some time, Twilight and Rarity lit the way with a magical lights, and the Forest was Eerily silent; far more than what it normally would be. It wasn't long before dawn and they were surprised they hadn't encountered any wild creatures.
"Owie! I'm stuck in a thorn bush, augh no not my hair!" Rarity moaned as she appeared to be fighting with a large bush. AppleJack soon helped her free, trying to hide a grin as she did.
Just as Rarity thanked her, there was a loud bang and what sounded like a large crash of breaking branches, They headed towards the source of the commotion only to find that three large Timber wolves came running towards them. Fluttershy yelped and hid behind Rainbow Dash but it was quickly clear the Wolves didn't care for the Ponies and they lumbered past, ignoring them and whining in fear as they went.
"What in the world, they look terrified…." Commented Twilight now slightly afraid, it generally took a lot to scare Timber wolves.
"I've never heard of Timber Wolves behave like that before, oohh this must be bad. Very bad!" Replied Fluttershy wide eyed.
Twilight snuffed out their lights, the others moved up with her slowly as they could hear a snapping sound and the pained yep of a Timber wolf as they came to the edge of a clearing.
In the clearing they could just make out a strange looking creature that was quite literally ripping the head off a Timber Wolf that fell to pieces as its head was removed. There was at least one other wolf dead on the floor nearby. The remains of the latest wolf seemed to glint as if it was covered in a Icey frost.
The six of them looked in horror as the thing imminently looked towards them, and pulled a large odd looking thing off its back and pointed it in their direction. It slowly started walking towards them.
As it got closer they could make out that it appeared to walk on two legs, it was dark with coppery lines decorated on it with a large tail-coat that seemed to merge into it's very body. There was lights on its face instead of normal facial features, like eyes or a mouth, and it had a small horn on the top of its head. It also appeared to be wearing a cape of some sort on its back.
Twilight took a deep breath and boldly walked forward.
"Hello There, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and I would like to welcome you to Equestria, and I hope that we can be friends…." She smiled as she spoke, trying to hide her nerves.
Kallis looked up and threw the remains of the odd wooden beast away. Frost automatically directed her vision to some figures in the shadows and reached for the Boar on his back and aimed it towards them.
"We have more lifeforms it seems." Murmured Kallis.
As they walked slowly forward, out from the shadows a Mid-sized Purple, four legged creature walked towards them. It had a Horn on its head and wings on its back, it wasn't like anything she had seen before.
The creature then appeared to make an odd series of noises, and then seemed to bow.
"Is it trying to communicate? It must be a lot smarter than those last thigns at least." Kallis commented to her frost; she then spoke louder "Ordis…You there? I need an I.D on these things!"
"*JuSt KiLl-* Searching database now Operator."
The creature just looked back at them with wide eyes.
Notes:
I hope you are enjoying so far. For the record play a lot of warframe (clocking in 2100+ hours so far), with Frost Prime being my Favorite frame.
This is kinda an odd crossover I know, but i figured it would be fun :)
