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Todays the day crusaders! Today we finally get our cutie marks!" A young yellow filly with a red mane proclaimed.
"In what Applebloom?" A white unicorn filly asked.
"Why rock cave explorin of course Sweetie Belle!" The filly known as Applebloom responded.
"But there aren't any caves around here!" Sweetie Belle said.
"Not here there isn't." A orange pegasus filly named Scootaloo said pointing to the Everfree Forest. Sweetie Belle immediately protested the idea.
"But remember what happened last time we went in there? We almost got to turned to stone by that Cockatrice!" Sweetie cried out.
"Cockatrices are nocturnal they won't be out during the day and we will come back before its gets dark." Scootaloo said.
"Come on Sweetie Belle! You want yer cutie mark doncha?" Applebloom asked.
"Oh I guess so." Sweetie Belle reluctantly said.
"Then lets go! CUTIE MARK CRUSADER ROCK CAVE EXPLORERS!" The three fillies shouted as they ran into the Everfree Forest. The three fillies had been wandering for hours and hadn't found any sort of cave. The day was still young and most of the dangerous creatures like the Timberwolves or Cockatrices wouldn't come out till nightfall but there was still plenty in the forest to fear.
"Uh we've been in here for hours and we haven't seen any caves!" Sweetie moaned taking on her elder sister, Rarity's, attitude for a moment.
"Its a big forest! There has to be a stupid cave here somewhere!" Scootaloo said annoyed as she walked into a large boulder. "AH! STUPID BOULDER!" She shook her head as she regained her bearings.
"Scootaloo." Applebloom said.
"What?" Scootaloo responded rubbing her head.
"Ah don't think thats a boulder." Applebloom said as she rubbed away some of the heavy shrub and banged on the surface. It almost felt metallic in nature.
"What is it?" Sweetie Belle asked as she touched it as well. There was a large hissing sound as the large metal structure began to move. The three fillies jumped behind a rock to hide as a dark open passage revealed itself on the side.
"Woah." The three said at once.
"You thinkin what ah'm thinkin?" Applebloom said smirking to Scootaloo.
"No!" Sweetie cried. "What if there is a monster in there!"
"Sweetie there aint no monsters this close to Ponyville." Applebloom said. They were not very far into the forest and large creatures like Manticores. Ursas, and even dragons resided miles and miles further into the forest.
"I don't have a good feeling about this." Sweetie said nervously as they approached the opening.
"Well here we go." Scootaloo said as she put her hoof inside. The moment her hoof hit the ground the entire cave lit up with a bright light. The fillies covered their eyes as a computerized voice began to repeat itself.
"Warning fuel levels dangerously low, beginning emergency cryo-state release."
"Uh-oh." Applebloom said as she began to back out.
"RUN!" Sweetie said as the three fillies sprinted as fast as their hooves could carry them away from the cave. Inside the cave, eight beings frozen in time finally began to awake. Captain James Iverson slowly opened his eyes as he regained consciousness. His head ached and his vision was very blurry. He stumbled out of the tube and quickly fell to the ground with a thud. If he wasn't wearing his Skyjumper armor he would have broken all his teeth.
"What the fuck?" He said as he tried to get back up again. Damn Sleepers Syndrome, too much time in suspended animation resulted in severe migraines, temporary blindess, nausea, and temporary loss of motor controls. Iverson rolled on the ground in agony as he saw several other humans go through the same process.
"Holy dog shit!" Tommy said as he vomited inside his helmet. He quickly opened the face plate to rid himself of the terrible smell.
"My head!" Michael said as he bumped into Navarro and sent them both sprawling to the ground. After an hour of writhing in agony, the Sleepers Syndrome subsided and they were able to finally get up and moved.
"That. Fucking. SUCKED!" Andy said.
"I'm never going into cyro-sleep ever again!" Ritchy proclaimed.
"Dammit Tommy you fuckin puked everywhere!" Tony said as he wiped the vomit off of his armor.
"Gah! That did not feel like five years." Danny said.
"I know what you mean there." Ritchy said. "I felt like we were sleeping much longer."
"Get to the bridge and lets find out what the hell is going on." Iverson said as the eight humans made their way to the bridge. Danny sat down on a chair and opened the ships log to find the date.
"Fuel levels low?" Danny said confused.
"Fuel low? How? This runs on xanadium fuel! That shit takes thousands of years to burn out." Navarro yelled. Xanadium was a new stable and slowly decomposing energy source that had replaced fossil fuels. Xanadium was known for its long endurance, the type used for UNR starships could last for thousands of years.
"I don't like what the fuck is going on here." Andy said nervously.
"WHAT? This cannot be!" Danny said having a mini heart attack.
"Whats wrong Kowalski?" Navarro asked.
"According to the ships log, the date is-." Kowalski said.
"WHAT!?" Tony screamed.
"July 18, 8450 A.D." Danny said as his voice dropped. The humans sat there in shock.
"Alright there has to be a mistake." Michael said.
"Yeah there is no way we were out for that long!" Tommy yelled.
"Wether what is says is true or not we should try to get a better idea on where we are." Navarro said. "After all, as if now we are an endangered species."
"According to scanners, We are on Equis and the atmosphere is breathable." Kowalski said. "I cannot pick up any radio or electronic signatures though."
"Ritchy, Tommy. I need you to fly out and see if you can find any traces of the human colony that was supposed to be sent here. You have to stay quite in case we have hostiles out there." Iverson said.
"You don't think the Hydra are here do you?" Ritchy asked.
"No but in six thousand years, some other aliens might be here. It is best to keep a low profile till we establish contact with the human colony." Iverson said. "Kowalski! Help me change the Xanadium rod so we can get this piece of shit running again!"
"APPLEJACK! APPLEJACK!" Applebloom cried to older sister who was bucking apples from a tree. The orange mare turned to see the Cutie Mark Crusaders running for their lives.
"Applebloom? Whats wrong?" Applejack asked her sister.
"We were in the Everfree forest and we were tryin to-" Scootaloo began to say.
"Wait, y'all were in the Everfree Forest?" Applejack sternly asked.
"Yes." Applebloom said shyly.
"What in tarnation were you doin in there? How many times have ah told you not go in there!" Applejack yelled quite angry with the three fillies.
"We just wanted to get our cutie marks!" Sweetie Belle cried. Applejack sighed, this whole cutie mark thing was going to be the death of her.
"Alright, ah'll punish you later Applebloom but tell me what you saw that spooked you." Applejack said.
"We saw this big rock thing and when we touched it it opened up and all these lights turned on. Then is said that fuel levels were low and it was beginning emergency release!" Applebloom said without taking a breath.
"Applebloom what have ah told you about yer imagination?" Applejack said not believing her sister.
"But Applejack!" Applebloom cried.
"You just got scared and yer imagination got the best of you." Applejack said. "Its getting late anyways, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo have to go home and don't think ah've forgotten bout yer punishment Appebloom!"
"OH!" Applebloom said pouting as she said goodbye to her friends and went inside.
Ritchy and Michael flew fast through the Everfree Forest with their jetpacks. They were set on stealth mode so the jets wouldn't make much noise.
"Do you think the Hydra are here too?" Ritchy asked.
"I hope to the Lord they are not." Michael said.
"What about the colony, you think they made it here?" Ritchy asked as the two came to the edge of the forest and started walking.
"I'd say so, take a look!" Michael said pointing to a field. Ritchy used the zoom on his visor to get a better look. He saw houses which looked like Elizabethan Age homes in his home country of Britain. He also saw a farmhouse where he saw a large red horse with a yoke pulling a plough through some fields.
"Bloody hell! They are thriving! They have built towns and domesticated horses!" Ritchy said as he radioed back to the Intervention.
"Ritchy this is Kowalski, what do you see?" Danny asked.
"The human colony appears to be thriving! There are houses and farms here and I even saw a horse pulling a plough!" Ritchy said.
"Ritchy this is Iverson, do you see any humans?" Iverson asked. Ritchy looked to Michael who was scanning the town through his sniper scope and gave a shake of his head.
"No sir, we have not spotted any humans but signs of life are obviously here." Ritchy said.
"Alright, fly into the town and when you make contact make sure you let them know you are human! Make sure you take your helmet off to show them!" Iverson ordered.
"Roger that." Ritchy said. "Come on Michael lets go."
Twilight Sparkle trotted through the market to buy groceries for her and Spike. She had been researching the old relics for almost a week now and she was not letting up. She couldn't wait to get home and look into it some more. She wasn't looking and bumped into a yellow pegasus.
"Fluttershy! I'm so sorry I didn't see you!" Twilight said as she used her magic to pick up her friends dropped things.
"Oh its okay Twilight." Fluttershy said faintly. Twilight noticed the massive amount of vegetables Fluttershy had.
"Angel wants his salad again?" Twilight asked.
"Oh yes, he is very picky." Fluttershy said. Twilight frowned, Fluttershy hadn't realized it but she had spoiled the rabbit terribly. Her thoughts were interrupted when a soaring noise was heard above them.
"Is that Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked.
"I don't think so, that didn't sound like a pegasus." Twilight said backing up when she heard a loud thud. She turned to see a large creature before her. It stood much taller than even Big Macintosh. It was heavily armored and it had a grayish tint in it. She looked at the red eyes which stared at her.
"T-t-t-twilight? What is that?" Fluttershy said hypervenilating as another creature landed next to the other one. Apparently these things could fly. Everypony began panicking as stampedes of panicking ponies leveled the marketplace. One of the creatures pointed at Twilight and Fluttershy and moved forward. The creature was suddenly knocked to the ground as a rainbow blur tackled it.
"GET OUTTA HERE! ILL HOLD THEM OFF!" A rainbow maned pegasus said.
"Rainbow Dash be careful its-!" Twilight said as the creature Rainbow hit struck her at incredible speed knocking the pegasus thirty feet away.
"SOMEPONY CALL THE ROYAL GUARD!" Twilight yelled as the creature advanced on Rainbow Dash.
