Rainbow Dash woke up.
She was dizzy a bit. "What happened?" she mumbled as she got onto her hooves.
She was in a hospital room. She look at her chest. A bandage was wrapped around her chest. She got shoot by... what ever those weapons were.
"Did they shoot me?" she ask herself. "No, he was kind to her and he save her. It must had been a accident.
The only way to find out was to find him.
Meanwhile: In the Control Room
"So what are we going to do with... this alien onboard the ship," said a officer.
Him, Captain Zuma and Brine had been debating what to do with her.
"Enough!" said Brine, slamming his fist down on the table, surprising the both of them. This definably shock Zuma, because Brine wasn't quick to anger around others.
"I save her because she is like us," said Brine, unknowing that Rainbow Dash was right outside the door. "She is like us, a sentinel being. I save her because of that and that, she is her own person, not yours, no ones but her."
Rainbow Dash listened from behind the door in shock. He... cared for her. Besides her friends and family, not much cared for her. Those old bullies still drive her nuts and even some other Pegasus in the Wonder Blots treated her like shit.
She heard Brine leaving and she quickly hid behind a corner. She watch as Brine left the room and walk down the hallway. Once she knew he was not paying attention, she decided to follow him.
She followed him down the hallway of the sub. She was taken in by the complexity of the vessel. Evenaulty, she found the hatch that lead outside opened. She followed up.
It was night when she climb out of the submarine. Crisp, clear, peaceful. She found Brine standing there... crying?
As she walked closer to the alien that defended her, she realize. He was crying, holding a photo. She look to get a closer look.
On the photo was Him and a few others, dress in their combat gear, before their first mission.
Brine noticed her. "Jesus Christ!" he yelled, jumping. "You scared me."
"Sorry," said Rainbow Dash. "Why are you crying?"
Brine stood in silence why looking at the photo. "You have no idea how much torture we as a people went through," said Brine. "All the destruction. All the mass killings..."
He collapsed on his legs, crying. "I lost all friends I ever made. Verner and his buddies are all I have left!" he cried. "I remember the battles every night, the chaos it brought. It hurts to remember!"
Rainbow just stood their, speechless.
She didn't know what to do. He literati just broke down in front of her.
She had one idea, though.
She sat down next to him. "You're not the only one who's life is hell to the person living it," said Rainbow Dash, surprising Brine.
"What do you mean, you don't seem like fighters, soldiers to me," said Brine. "You don't have to be a soldier to have your life like hell," giggled Rainbow Dash.
"Then, what's your life like?" ask Brine as he watch the starry sky.
"I work with the Wonderblots, the best team in all of Equestria!" she yelled, with Brine raising a eyebrow.
"Well," said Rainbow Dash, "It ain't all fun and games." "Half the team is jealous of you being the fastest flyer ever and then those bullies pick on me whatever they get."
"Jezz," said Brine. "You not the only one, some people hate me for you now, being the President's son and all of that." "But their was one thing I had learn."
"What is that?" ask Rainbow.
"I learned that even with all of things they saw, I never back down. I smash my way to victory. I hate politics as much as the next guy, but I am a great soldier," said Brine.
He was going to countied when he heard a snore next to him. He look and found Rainbow Dash had fallen asleep on his shoulder.
"Good Ritz," smiled Brine as he carried her to her room and put her in bed. "Sweet dreams," said Brine as he left for his bed for the night.
THE NEXT MORNING:
Rainbow Dash woken up to blaring music coming from Brine's room. He must play music for a alarm clock, she thought as the alien music tune down.
She got out of the bed. She didn't know how she gotten into the bed, as she didn't come in here. But she didn't care much about that.
What she cared much about right now was her stomach, it was hungry for not eating in days.
"Hungry?" said Brine as he poke his head in the doorway. "The Mess Hall is down the hall if you want to eat."
"I am," said Rainbow Dash as she stretch her legs. "I will be down their in a minute," she said as Brine left.
Once she finish stretching, she took a long look at her wings. They were still sore from those pirates ropes.
She sign. She wasn't going to fly for a long while like this and the only thing she could do was be with the aliens on their ship.
She thought about it. It was cool to explore the ship as it was something no one had ever made before. She wonder what else these advance alien pups had.
She walk in the Mess Hall where it turned out where the rest of the crew was. Brine approached as he hold a chocolate ship muffin.
"We have a lot of stuff to eat," said Brine as he offered his muffin to Rainbow Dash, which she gladly took. "You might want to stay away from the meat products, since, well, you guys probity don't eat meat."
Rainbow Dash spit out a piece of her muffin in the nearby trash can. "You guys.. eat meat?" she asked.
"We grow the meat," said Brine. "Our scientists grow it in labs since we need it and we couldn't bring any animals with us. Don't worry, we're not going to eat you. No one will."
"Good," said Rainbow Dash as she finish her muffin. "I'm getting coffee," said Brine as he went over to the table and made himself some coffee.
Just then, a announcement came over the speaker. "Sergeant Brine, Mrs. Rainbow Dash, please report to the cabin."
"Looks like my Uncle wants us," said Brine, drinking his coffee. "Let's go see him."
The two walk to the Cabin. Going inside, they found Captain Zuma waiting for him.
"What's up Uncle?" ask Brine. "I brought you here for a important reason," said Zuma as a hologram of the U.R.S Missouri.
"She is going to be landing down in a matter of hours," said Captain Zuma. "Your father wants you two to take the rocket back to the Enterprise for a chat."
"This will be great," mumbled Brine. Rainbow Dash giggled.
"Alright then," said Zuma. "Get your things ready," the U.R.S Missouri is near."
A FEW MINUTES LATER:
Rainbow Dash and Brine were waiting on the surface, waiting for the U.R.S Missouri to appear. Luckily for them, they didn't have to wait for long as a few minutes later, a massive steel warship crash in the water next to them.
To Rainbow Dash, she was... stunned.
They have more of their metal warships and this is bigger, she told herself as Brine flew her to the massive Battleship.
"Hello Sergeant Brine," said the Captain of the U.R.S Missouri. "I see you brought a guest with you as well," his eyes pointing towards Rainbow Dash.
"We have to go to the Enterprise," said Brine in a business like manner. This always surprise Rainbow Dash.
"Right," said the Captain. "The rocket's this way, follow me."
Soon enough, the two were in the Rocket and were ready to latch.
"Um Brine?" said Rainbow Dash. "Are you sure this is safe?"
"Totally," said Brine, checking last minute stuff. "We have built thousands of rockets, it's totally safe."
"Ready for Latch in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Lift off!"
The Rocket roared into the air as it flew into space. "Whoa!" yelled Rainbow Dash as the rocket went into space.
Soon enough, the rocket had breach the upper limits of space and now, Rainbow Dash could see them. All of them.
There was a massive fleet of their metal warships, all hovering above her planet. She look out her window. She never what her planet look like. Now she did.
It look very similar to the Earth the alien pups showed through their holograms. Crystal blue oceans and green lands. A world without war.
She turned back around to see that the rocket was landing on a massive flat deck of a ship. She was impress that they could built so massive ships.
Soon, the Rocket shut down as it landed on the Carrier. "Ready?" she heard Brine ask as he put on his helmet. "I guess," said Rainbow Dash as she grab hers. "Are you though?" she giggled.
The two exited the spacecraft as a bunch of pups watch in total aw as the doctors did some checks to make sure she wasn't carrying anything dangerous.
Once that was done(and pushing pass the massive crowd of news reporters), the two entered the cabin, where everyone in the room stop what they were doing and stared at them. Soon, Chase entered the cabin.
"Hello son," said Chase smiling as he turned and look at Rainbow Dash. "And I see you brought your friend up here like I request."
Rainbow Dash was almost terrified. He was only a little taller then Brine. But she knew he had the experience of a bloody war under his belt. He didn't need guards. He could take care of himself just fine.
"Follow me you two," said Chase as he lead the two to his office. Once he close the door and sat down, he started to speak.
"How is the exploration going Brine," asked Chase. "I heard you had to rescue.. her from pirates."
"Yeah," said Brine. "These pirates are no threats to us, father. They use crossbows and swords and have wooden Vessels. All it took was one RPG round to sink it."
"So what is your relationship with Mrs. Rainbow Dash here," he asked. Brine shook a bit. He and Rainbow Dash weren't that close..
"Just friends," said Brine. "She has been really intersected in our technology."
"Um Mrs. Rainbow," said Chase. "Can you stand outside the door for a few minutes. Me and my son need to have a private talk."
Not knowing what he was talking about, she agree and left the room.
"What was that about?!" said Brine, confused as ever. "Don't be silly," said Chase grinning. "I can tell you have a crush on the Pegasus, don't you?"
Brine's eyes nearly bold out of his head when he heard that. "No!" he yelled, with Chase chuckling.
"Come on, I can tell when my son is in love with someone. You have the same traits I did for you mom," said Chase.
"I don't know," said Brine. "I just don't know." Chase listened.
"Ok, moving on," said Chase. "What is the world like below?"
"Plenty," said Brine. "No pollution of any kind, no toxic air. This world is perfect for us, but we do have a slight problem."
"The inhabits," ask Chase.
"Yes, there are established nations here, so finding land maybe be a problem for us."
"Not for long," said a familiar voice as Tech walked in the door. He put the hologram on the table.
"What are we looking at," said Chase. "We are looking towards what they call, the frozen north," said Tech as it move to the north.
"Ok, so what's special about here?" ask Brine. "Because not only it actually secretly holds the most valuable farmland anywhere on this planet," said Tech, showing them a piece that housed the best place to grow crops.
"But it also holds the largest mineral and energy deposits ever!" yelled Tech as it showed it's underground. They were shock to see vast, untap deposits of uranium, iron and oil and natural gas under the land.
"It's the perfect place," said Tech. "The locals fear the place too much as they never settled that north. We can though."
"Then it's settled," said Chase. "We are calling the north our new home," he said through a loud speaker.
Throughout the fleet still up in space and the ships on the Planet, the pups cheered and howled in victory as they celebrate.
Rainbow Dash listened as the pups howled. She wonder. "What's next for me and Equestria now that these pups are living in the north," she thought as the cheers and howls faded inside her mind.