May the Force Be With You: The Arrival

May the Force be with You: The Arrival

Chapter VI: Discovery pt. 2

"For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice.

―Obi-Wan Kenobi,

The ever glorious sun cascaded over the quaint town of Ponyville as its residents began to ready themselves for the day. Mares, Stallions and Foals alike had often enjoyed the calm mornings that graced the small town, ironically within this very same town that nearly chaos and hysteria occurred several times whether it be from mysterious enchantresses to an invasion of Parasprites, or the Spirit who embodied Chaos itself, Ponyville and its residents managed to move on with their lives, the introduction with the mysterious "Human" by the name of Alex was no different.

While some were wary of this “Human” majority of the town found Alex to be a enjoyable being who possessed a natural keen of high intelligence with a calm, friendly and thankfully non-hostile demeanor.

Near the northeastern outskirts of the town, five mares were all waiting for the last two of what was going to be a group of seven. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy had met up earlier in the morning after agreeing to meet up at edge of town each was accordingly dressed and equipped for the journey each of the mares were dressed for the trip in their own way.

Applejack wearing a simple red plaid work shirt a pair of work jeans and her trademark family heirloom Stetson, Pinkie Pie wearing baby blue and sunny yellow striped tank top and pair of shorts, Fluttershy wore a simple white T-shirt and pair of simple jeans, Rainbow Dash wore a rather interesting outfit as the idea of going on an expedition gave her the reason to wear the outfit of her favorite fictional adventure heroine Daring Do as she was dressed in a complete explorer outfit, Rarity was no exception either as she was in similar outfit only her ensemble matched her royal purple mane and etched with her cutie mark.  The groups of mares were all equipped for today’s expedition each of them with backpacks or in Rarity’s case a messenger bag filled with supplies as planned.

“I wonder what ‘takin those two so long, Twilight never been the one to be late.” Applejack commented.

“Well we do have to remember that she is the type of pony who double checks, although I do hope that today’s journey is not too perilous.” Rarity inquired.

“...oh come on, Rarity where’s your sense of Adventure, this is almost like something out of Daring Do.”Rainbow remarked.

“Don’t mistake my caution for cowardice, I simply hope that this little journey of ours doesn’t becomes too dangerous like our to efforts to ask the dragon to move somewhere else during his nap I rather not experience something like that again. Besides the point I’m rather curious about this trip it could even inspire me for new designs.” Rarity replied.

“I agree with Rarity I hope that this journey doesn’t become too dangerous or scary.” Fluttershy added.

“Well I just hope that this isn’t just some wild goose chase, I asked Big Mac to take over mah workload fer the day and I don’t want this trip to be all fer nothin.” Applejack said with bit skepticism.

“We’ll see, I hope we find something out I mean it would be really really really disappointing to find out nothing, but then again the princess wouldn’t just send us on a wild goose chase for nothing, although it could be fun.” Pinkie had added in her usual bubbly tone.

“What do you all think we might find out there.” Fluttershy asked quietly.

“I don’t know it could be anything, fer all we know.” Applejack responded.

"It could be treasure, really real treasure .” Pinkie said happily

“Well whatever it is, I just hope it’s not something lame, I mean this trip and all is cool but if there nothing to find out the end then I’ll be disappointed.” Rainbow commented.

“One could only wonder what lies beyond the unknown; oh the thought of finding anything is just so enthralling.” Rarity added.

“Hopefully it’ll be something that won’t be too dangerous.” Fluttershy added.

“Aww don’t worry Fluttershy, we’ll be alright this isn’t like we're heading to the Everfree forest. Sure we’re heading into some really mysterious place but who knows what we might find out there. I betcha Twilight or Alex can’t wait to see what we find.” Pinkie said excitingly.

“Speakin’ of which, what do ya’ll think of that Alex fella.” Applejack asked.

“He seems highly intelligent and calm, but overall he really sweet and nice.” Fluttershy commented.

“I think he’s really neat, he does like parties after all, plus like Fluttershy said he’s really nice. Pinkie added.

“I too believe he quite the gentle stallion, his manners and etiquette are well versed, and he definitely knows how to treat a lady and while he does denies it he does have a rather nice taste of clothing though it is a bit too casual. I approve of him. Rarity said.

The only one left to answer was now Rainbow Dash who looked at friends with a pondering look.

“I think he’s alright, but honestly I don’t really know… I mean ok he’s nice, smart and well-mannered but we really don’t know all that much about him...I mean this all could be just a trick.

“Rainbow, honestly must you always suspect a newcomer.” Rarity interrupted.

"Hey just hear me out,  think about it he just appears out of nowhere and uses this mysterious power I mean come on wouldn’t you all be just a little suspicious."

The others were silent for a moment, before the voice of Fluttershy actually broke the ice.

“Don’t worry Dashie, I have faith in him, I’m sure that he’ll do something to earn your trust.” Fluttershy said with a gentle tone.

“How can you be so sure?”

“His eyes.”

“His eyes?”

“Yes, some say that the eyes are the windows to the heart and soul and in Alex I see a kind hearted individual who wishes to ensure that peace is kept and wishes to do good wherever he goes, and I have a feeling that he will become a part of something great.” Fluttershy explained.

Everyone stood a bit shocked at the meek Pegasus’s theory, although when it came to it Fluttershy words went deep.

“alright I’ll take your word for it, but I’m still gonna keep an eye on him.” Rainbow said with hint skepticism

“OHHH, Oooohh Look Look their here, Twilight and Alex are finally here.”  Pinkie exclaimed with excitement.

The mentioned unicorn and human were then seen coming in the distance from the town. Twilight and Alex both appeared to be suited for the exploration both having backpacks filled with the necessary equipment for the day.

“Sorry about being late everypony, I needed to make sure that we had everything ready at the library for the Princesses. Twilight spoke.

Twilight was dressed accordingly for the trip as she wore a simple dark blue T-shirt similar to Pinkie she also wore a pair of cargo shorts and had her mane tied in a (ironically enough) ponytail. Alex wore the same thing he had been wearing of course however thanks to Twilight casting a refreshing spell in turned kept his clothes relatively clean and fresh so that he wouldn’t obviously reek though today he would probably need her to recast the spell before the princesses would arrive.

"It’s quite alright darling; we all understand that today will become a very busy day.”Rarity responded.

“Now y’all don’t worry your heads about it, what really matters is that yer here and that we can go on with this exploration.” Applejack spoke.

“ Alrighty then let’s roll out team!”  Pinkie exclaimed.

“Pinkie's right it time to head out.” Alex spoke with excitement.

The hike to Sentries Pass was a relatively peaceful trek compared to the times that the Mane Six had to journey through the dark foreboding nightmare that was the Everfree Forest. The landscape within the Northeastern Valley that lay beside Ponyville was an interesting contrast to that of which the Everfree forest had conveyed, as the coniferous pine trees that made most of the landscape raised a sense of serenity rather than paranoia.

The wildlife that scurried about ranged from mildly peaceful creatures to natural predators. The calm and clean air which had been in abundance surrounded the valley giving off a crisp refreshing smell, the natural formation of the area had consisted of a valley that which laid between the center a pair of mountain passes which only came into view when one stared around northeastward of Ponyville. Within the valley the group of mares and sole human traveled with Twilight began one of her lectures explaining the history of the valley.

“it is said that Sentries Pass is considered one of the more obscure and unknown areas amongst Equestria nearly similar to that of the Everfree forest as the only known significant event to had ever had occurred here was the halting of an unknown cult of rebels, however many scholars still believe that the valley holds secrets still unknown to pony kind.” Twilight explained in a scholarly tone.

While the others were listening intently, well except Rainbow Dash, Alex allowed his thoughts to wander he had already been informed about the pass and its history, looking around the valley gave off a mysterious yet peaceful vibe that he could get into touch with, the thick forest reminded him of when his Uncle had taken him and his younger brother Leon camping in New Mexico during the summer. He always liked forests  as they conveyed the idea of nature in tuned with the world the feeling of peace made his experience with such a place all the more enjoyable.

However one of the thing that Alex noticed was that faintly, he could sense the Force within this place it resonated like small pulse that he could feel through his body while he had been in Equestria for only three days his knowledge of the Force was massive and he knew from the first time he communed with the Force to save Spike he had already gained a sense of perceiving it through the environment, for example in Ponyville he felt the presence of the many citizens in town each of them having their own unique presence within the town  however when Alex ever tried to feel the town on a whole their combined presence overwhelmed him as he could only sense a big blur of life within the Town.

As he pondered his thought turned back to his family.

“Hmm...I wonder if Uncle Fenn and Aunt Lolita know I’m gone… and Leon, I just hope their doing alright.” Alex thought.

One of the things that Alex had been dealing with was the idea of how everyone one on earth was dealing with his “supposed death” his best friends Romeo and Christie saw everything firsthand. How did they react and deal with such a traumatic event, while he was grateful for being alive and trying to keep a positive demeanor about all what had occurred recently. It wouldn’t be long before his family would find out as his Aunt was the worrisome type and called him nearly every day to check up on him, his Aunt was the older sister to his Father, she had always spoiled him and his brother when they were younger, she sweet kind hearted woman he came to love for the many years that she raised him.

His Uncle was the stern yet loving man that had always took care of business, as a mechanic who owned his car repair shop it was one of the things Alex had come to appreciate while growing up as his uncle taught him the ways that real man should strive for in life and to become something in life, one the few things that Alex had always loved about his Uncle was his garage as the man had decked it out to be a workshop/lounge that he and brother would stay for hours working and watching their Uncle fix up different objects.

Then his little brother Leon came to mind while Romeo and Christie were his best friends, Leon (short for Leonardo) was one the few people that Alex gave his full attention and effort. While many older siblings would go on about the troublesome things that came from the typical younger sibling relationship, Alex  shared a special connection with his younger brother the two of them nearly inseparable as Leo had looked up to Alex for mostly anything while growing up anytime Leon was in bind Alex wasn’t too far behind to help his younger brother, the two of them shared their love of Star Wars as they were younger they would duel on another alongside Romeo and while Alex nearly won every duel  he was willing to teach his younger brother the mistakes he made and better his technique in the end before he left for college Leon was considerably skilled in lightsaber choreography,  his relationship with his brother was one of the things  that drove Alex in life as he shared that drive with Leon to strive for life and achieve greatness.

However  as Alex continued he was interrupted as he felt a soft tap on his left shoulder, Alex snapped out of his trance as he turned left to see to see that it was the hand of Fluttershy giving him a worried look.

“...um... Alex...you seem a little sad is everything alright?” the concerned Pegasus sked.

He smiled back at the gesture of kind hearted mare and said “...I’m fine just thinking about a few things.”

“What about? ...I mean if you don’t mind telling me.”

“I was thinking about home and how my family and friends are all doing, hopefully if we find something about me being here it’ll bring some comfort to mind and why I was taken away from home.”

“Homesick?”  she asked.

“you can say that I am, don’t get me wrong Equestria so far is alright place.” Alex said,

“Alright?” Rainbow questioned with a skeptic look.  “...Equestria is probably one of the best places in the world.”

“...yeah, well when you’re warped away from home after being nearly killed to a land inhabited by sentient ponies who can fly, use magic, and is probably stronger than an ox while that is an awesome experience...there still no place like home.” Alex responded with a solemn look.

“...Alright...I can respect that, I don’t blame ya for being a little homesick.” Rainbow responded “...By the way Twilight where are we anyway.” Rainbow asked the lavender unicorn.

Using her Magic, Twilight levitated the map that she requested a few day prior which displayed the region of Sentry’s pass however while the map had only been recently created the info regarding the valley was still incomplete as most of territory had yet to be explored and mapped.

“Judging by our current position we should be nearing into one the more obscure areas of the valley. Twilight explained. “…with that in mind, Rainbow could you head into the skies and give us a bird’s eye view and see how far we are from Ponyville.” Twilight asked the Pegasus.

“You got it Twi.” Rainbow responded giving a salute.

With that Rainbow took off towards the clear skies as she surveyed the area in the distance she could see Ponyville just off into the horizon so far from what she could tell the route they’d taken was clear although now they were within the deeper areas of the valley she knew if they managed to leave some sort of marker to remind them of where they were they could exit out of the deep woods and head home much faster than when they’d entered. With that in mind the Pegasus headed back towards the group.

“So far I can still see Ponyville, but we are bit far from home so it’ll probably a good idea to leave something to map our progress so we’ll know where to go when we head home, plus when we do head home we’ll know just where to head without needing to take things slow.”  Rainbow explained.

“Alright then, I’ll be able teleport us back to Ponyville later on today. Twilight said.

"Wait you can Teleport Twilight?” Alex asked shocked.

“Oh, well yes it actually a basic spell though it can drain a unicorn that doesn’t practice the spell on a regular basis, if I’ve been to the location once I can teleport to it without issue.” Twilight explained to the human.

Needless to say Alex was Impressed, Most Impressed.

Perspective: Alex Clearleaf

So far our trek through the Valley was peaceful, Twilight seemed to be pre-occupied with trying to write down everything that she found worth recording, Rainbow flew overhead scouting out the area although judging by where we were there was probably more forest ahead. The others were either checking out the scenery around, I could tell that Applejack and Fluttershy were captivated by the landscape,  Rarity seemed a bit worried about trying to keep herself from getting dirty though I could understand that she was the tidy type who tried to keep things in order, though she was enjoying the scenery as well , Pinkie was hopping about giving off that happy bubbly aura that surround her, she was also a bit captivated by the environment giving off some ooh's and aah's as we passed through.

“Hey Alex, can I ask you something.” Rainbow asked flying right over me.

“...Uh….yeah sure what’s up.”

“...Well I wanted to know more about “the Force” and what can it exactly do aside from levitating things.” Rainbow asked.

“…Yeah, I wanna know what else you can do, your telekinesis was really neat.” Pinkie said.

“…Ya know I’m a bit interested mahself Alex could ya elaborate.” Applejack added.

“...Well, the Force can give one many abilities  that are but not limited to telepathy, body augmentation and even heighten senses. But really it comes to what side of the Force the user affiliates themselves towards."

Now that everyone was listening to my makeshift lecture we all decided to take a moment to rest, Twilight who had previously been recording her findings of the valley now sat intently ready to record my words as I went on

“...Sides of the Force… what do ya mean Sugarcube?” Applejack asked.

“...Well you all know that the Force on a whole is connected through all forms of life right, well there are two sides that influences the practitioners of the Force, both of which are completely different yet have the same foundation that connects all life.

“…That sounds similar to the relationship that the Princesses share and their control over the sun and moon. “Rarity mentioned.

“…As I said these sides can grant one an assortment of abilities depending on which side that the practitioners affiliate themselves to."

“…And what exactly are these sides referred to as darling.” Rarity asked.

“Ashla” or as it commonly known as the “Light Side of the Force”, usually provides its practitioners the passive usage of the Force. The Light side gives one the control by having a positive outlook amongst all things emotions like happiness, joy, love and  or alternately freeing oneself from their emotions and disconnecting themselves from mortal relations by centering themselves within the Force  they’re able to use the Light Side to defend themselves and others from danger usually being selfless, practitioners use more passive abilities as they believe in meditating and focus on enlightening themselves.

“So this Light side is the power used by scholars and pacifists?” Twilight asked.

“Well, for the most part, aside from the natural abilities inert in Force sensitive’s, the Light Side can provides abilities like Healing oneself and others, creating shields to protect, curing diseases that could be incurable and even the ability to manipulate harmful energy by absorbing, redirecting or deflecting it”.

“…Amazing, the light side seems to be similar to what most magic has been utilized for however the ability to manipulate energy no spell has ever been thought of.”  Twilight exclaimed enthusiasm apparent in her voice as she continued to jot down more notes in her journal.

“The Light side’s most notable practitioners were the heroic members of the Jedi Order.”

“...The Jedi?”Twilight questioned.

“In my world their  figures of fictional lore who embraced the Light side to defend all sentient beings from danger they’re selfless individuals who dedicated themselves to ensure that peace and justice was kept and while they usually kept to themselves, they were willing to do anything to make sure all beings were safe even if that meant sacrificing themselves for the greater good.

“My, they almost sound like brave knights defending their kingdom from danger, Oooohh the thought of being saved by such a figure, it must be romantic.” Rarity mentioned.

"Actually, the Jedi were more like monks trying to enlighten themselves through the Force, although the most recognizable members of the order were referred as Jedi Knights, they did fit the description of a Knight quite well being heroic and all, however they forbade themselves from forming a romantically involved relationship.”

“…*gasp* such commitment were they were so engrossed into their studies that they never even gave a thought about finding Amor, such a noble, yet disheartening sacrifice. Rarity said feigning a look of shock.

“…I’ll tell you what, these Jedi sound like they’re pretty darn good fellers by the way that yer describing Alex.” Applejack commented.

“They sound pretty cool I mean if they were able to all that stuff and live in peace, but they kinda sound boring.” Rainbow mentioned.

"Well they are the fusion of monks, philosophers, scholars and guardians all put into one big package, definitely the heroes compared to the Sith.”

“...The Sith?”Twilight asked.

“Right I should, probably finish my explanation first, the other side of the Force “Bogan” or as its commonly referred as the Dark Side of the Force is the opposite of the Light side where one of the light side is powered by positive emotions or centering oneself in the Force. The dark side draws on the negative emotions such as Hate, Fear and Anger from the individual so they could fuel its power, the Dark side is considered to the path in which it serves the individual and inflict pain and torment on others rather than serve and protect them, it usually called the users to be aggressive and be fueled by the rage that they build within."

"That doesn't sound really helpful to anyone" Twilight commented.

Well, although the Light Side was powerful on its own the Dark side was absolutely relentless when it came to the abilities that it possessed. I continued.

"Okay so what were these abilities." Rainbow questioned.

Those who could call on its power could use the force to strangle others from distances, enticing fear in others demoralizing them from fighting, creating spells of madness to even conjuring the power of Lightning.” I

“..Waitwaitwait..., you mean to tell me that someone who used the power of the Dark side was able to conjure lightning from the sky from just anywhere?”  Rainbow interjected asking with a look of skepticism.

“No I mean that they were literally able to conjure it from their very fingertips and direct it towards their opponents in a continuous stream without stopping.”  I said validating my point.

The girls shuttered as the thought of being on the receiving end of such an ability would be torture even Rainbow who told me that most Pegasi were highly resistant to electricity grimaced at the thought of being shocked constantly.

“...that so... so terrible who be so cruel and would do such thing to anyone.” Fluttershy spoke sternly.

“..The Sith were basically the antithesis of the Jedi, while the Jedi were selfless guardians of peace and justice, they were their mortal enemies, who used their power of the force to fulfill their own selfish agenda, they more like dark wizards and warlords only wanting to rule all considering peace to be a lie.”

"That’s even worse,do they really believe that peace is truly a lie.” Fluttershy asked.

"...they preach it like a religion." I retorted.

“...They sound like a group of big meanies and bullies who want to make everypony cry.” Pinkie commented.

"Believe me Pinkie they’re more than just bullies they’re just plain evil, in fact one of the things that makes them insidious is the way they train one another."

[i" ok so...how does that work out?” Rainbow asked.

"One who embodies power and the other to crave it, hence the rule of two or in other words, one Master trains one apprentice but the relationship is that of mutual gain as the student only learns to gain power from the Master.”

Twilight surprised look told me that she rather stunned at the statement “…that unbelievable what type of student would only learn only to gain power.”

“...Like I said it mutual, as the Master places the student through years of nearly unbearable training forcing them to face trial after trial with only the highest regards of perfection acceptable... if the apprentice fails in any test that’s given they’re met with punishment or in some cases death, all of this from the master that puts them into torment beyond reason.”

“... Th-that just plain cruelty,” Rarity spoke with surprise “...Who would punish their student for making a mistake no one should be forced to endure such treatment it just outright diabolical.” she added.

“...That’s nothing because the apprentice isn’t the innocent one as you think they are, in fact their just as evil as the Master, as they train they gather their hated, malice and envy and keep it inside until their training is complete, in which their last test is to do the unthinkable, kill their own masters in a one on one duel to the death in which the outcome results in two ways, the apprentice kills the master and become the new Dark Lord of the Sith and repeat the cycle, or the Master kills the apprentice and seeks out a new one only for the cycle repeats itself.”

Nearly everyone gasped as I finished speaking, each of the girl’s faces had mixtures of shock, anger and disgust on their face the most affected was Twilight who probably thought of her own Master-Student relationship with the Princess of Equestria and putting as an example.

“...th-that just, just... INSANE, how could anypony be so heartless who would challenge their own teacher to a duel of the death, there evil and then there just being... that, wouldn’t it be enough for the master to pass down the title to his student rather than the student challenge him for the mantle and destroy him?”Twilight ranted her eyes pleading for an answer.

“…To the Sith their first reality is that there can only be two, A Master and an Apprentice no more no less...This is the dictate of the Rule of Two as it has been for over a thousand years.” I recited.

“...Now that jus’ plain crazy, who would be so dang on evil enough just to teach a student and put them through all that sufferin, and then have the student to try and kill them fer a title that jus’ cold blooded.” Applejack said in stern tone.

“…Believe me when I say I’d choose to be a Jedi Knight over a Sith Lord any day.”

...Well, at least now we know which side is good and bad, Yay for the Light side, Neigh for the Dark Side.”  Pinkie said encouragingly causing everyone to smile in agreement.

“...AGREED!!!” everyone said in unison.

As we continued through the valley I noticed that it was now around early to midafternoon we would soon have to turn back to get ready to meet with Princesses and so far we only managed to see more deep woods in fact they were now becoming so deep that Rainbow Dash couldn’t fly above the trees without being able to see the rest of us’ the good news was as we weren’t all that far from Ponyville the last time Rainbow had flown up she could still see the town we would probably be able to head home faster, than when we came in.

For right now it was lunch time, Twilight and Applejack were now studying the map to see where we all are, Rainbow was resting on tree branch, Pinkie and Fluttershy were both looking around at the different flowers and the animal that scurried about, and Rarity was resting on the same log that I was sitting on though underneath her she had a cloth that she brought along. As for me I was perched on said log trying to think of what we were all going to do next.

“...So right now we’re here and judging by the time we only have about a few hours before we need to head back to town before the Princesses arrive.” I heard Twilight said.

“...I’ll reckon that’ we’ll have to have to pick up the pace if we’re goin’ to find anything out here. “Applejack asked.

“...It would seem that's  the case, so far most of areas of the valley that we’ve visited have nothing of true interest, and the only area left is only a few minutes away.” Twilight said pointing to area on the map

As everyone else was preoccupied, I closed my eyes to meditate to see if that pulse from earlier was there.  My connection to the Force seemed to be getting stronger out here ever since we went out this morning I felt the flow of the force becoming stronger; it was then that I heard something was calling to me all in a faint whisper.

“....seek...the...lost…ones…, from...here….trust...in...The…..Force.”

My eyes opened as I looked around...  I could hear a voice commune to me.

“...Go…”

I rose up from my spot and looked straight down the path which the voice had given me before it spoke to me again.

“...Go on...trust...in….the...Force.”

I started to walk to down the path

“...Run….seek, the...truth....’

My pace began to speed up.

“...Run….”

I began to walk quite quickly, gaining the attention of the others

“...uh Alex, where are you going?” Twilight asked

“.I didn’t respond I instead picked up my pace.

“Alex!”

I I now started to jog.

“.ALEX!”

“.Quick, everypony follow him!” Twilight said with panic

I sprinted through the deep woods hearing the worried voices of the girls calling out for me.  ignoring their cries I listened intently on the voice , I didn't know why but this voice seemed to vaguely familiar.

“...I’m almost there!”  I said as light shined through the woods.

Crossing through the last patch of bushes and flora I came to an halt for I would forever stay with me.

The Mane Six chased after Alex with worry and confusion, Alex had suddenly ran off into the forest as if he had saw something, When Twilight asked him where he was going and he didn’t respond the girls knew that something wasn’t right.

“Why in the hay would he run off like that, what with all of a sudden?” Rainbow mentioned peeved at Alex’s sudden sprint from group.

“I don’t know he zoned out for a few minutes and then seemed entranced, something might be wrong with him.” Twilight added.

“I just hope he has a good reason for this.” Rarity commented.

"I jus’ hope that he doesn’t get hurt fer this.” Applejack added.

“I hope he’s ok. Fluttershy thought to herself.

As the girls ran after him they calling out his name to grab his attention only for him to keep on running, Twilight noticed at the path was leading to a sun peeking opening that at the end Alex seemed to have stopped in his track looking at something.

“Look he stopped he must’ve found something.” Pinkie mentioned.

When the mares caught up to the human they were panting heavily after the serious sprint trying to regain their breaths only Rainbow and Fluttershy were alright as they flew.

“.HEY, What gives Alex you just run off like that for no reason?” Rainbow yelled.

Alex didn’t respond

“I must agree*pant*, honestly Alex*pant* that no way for you*pant* to treat a lady.” Rarity added panting.

No response.

“...Ya’ll had us worried Alex,*pant*what in tarnation were you thinking running off like that.” Applejack said.

However Alex didn’t respond to any of the girls comments.

“Hey Alex …are you even listening to us.” Rainbow said now ticked off only for the human to repeat his action “...Hey I’m talking to you, what gives” once again Alex remained silent staring with surprised look.

Rainbow was now just agitated as the human still ignored her flying up to she looked to see what made him like this.

“What in name of Celestia are y-you looking at…? Whoa!” as the Pegasus looked in front her.

“.What is it Rainbow what going, Oh Celestia.” Twilight said.

“What do ya’ll see what’s…Well I’ll be, that is something alright.” Applejack commented.

“Oh my goodness…” Rarity said with apprehension.

“What is it guys what goin-WHOOOA.” Pinkie exclaimed.

“Oh, my.” Fluttershy spoke in awe.

The group stared in amazement as they gazed to see the vast area clear of trees and within in the center a set of large ancient ruins.

“What is this place?” Alex asked finally speaking.

“...I don’t know but it seems to be some sort of temple.” Twilight spoke before continuing. “…This place is so, so beautiful this temple must be more than thousands of years old, we have to get better look!” The unicorn said excitingly now entering into her scholar mode.

The trek to the temple was awe inspiring as the group walked to entrance of the ruins the entrance appeared to be something of that of courtyard, on the left and right appeared to be statues, however most of them appeared to be beyond recognizable as were all covered head to toe in moss, vines and plant matter, plus the most appeared to be broken and fragmented as different statues were missing different sections.

Twilight was at a loss of words, she’s never imagined such a large structure could last for so long undisturbed, while the Princess had given her a lead the thoughts of discovering of a place engulfed her mind, not only did she encounter Alex a being from another sentient world and became the first of her kind to communicate with him and even befriend him she alongside her friends had now discovered a nearly ancient site that most definitely contained vast amounts of untold history that could be studied for the benefit of Equestria and she was  the scholar who documented such an event.

To say that Twilight was overjoyed was an understatement.

“…Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes.” As the scholar in Twilight mind exclaimed.

Alex was in awe, the temple from what he could guess seemed to be a circular structure that was more than 50 feet high and around 80 feet in width the dome shaped roof gave him the idea that the architecture was similar to some building of earth, around the smaller buildings were placed around the perimeter of the clearing possibly as secondary areas for some other use. Looking around he saw faces of the others who’d followed him to see that they too were also amazed at the site. He couldn’t blame them the temple was something to behold it seemed too ancient yet the temple still it stood, he felt that this was the surface of the discovery.

Eventually the group stopped as they came across what seemed to be the large entrance that seemed to be closed by a pair large sealed entrance that dwarfed the group by meters, like the rest of the temple it too was covered in moss.

"Oh my goodness such an area that hasn’t been discovered for almost thousands of years, and still standing to this day, this discovery will be one of the most historical findings of equestrian history.” Twilight exclaimed with glee as she gazed around the temple.

"I would never have thought a place like was right around Ponyville, who would’ve thought that this was here all this time.” Applejack mentioned.

"You said it, I mean this here place must’ve had been here before well anything.” Rainbow added.

"This must the entrance.” Alex said looking around.

"Look at this place its HUUUUGE.” Pinkie said with enthusiasm.

"I still can’t believe that such a place exists, such a site too behold it must been left untouched for over millennia.” Rarity commented.

"I don’t blame ya; this is just as big if not bigger than when we found the castle in the Everfree Forest.” Applejack said.

As the group headed for the entrance, Alex felt the Force flowed strong here.

"How are we going to enter the entrance is blocked by this large stone.” Rarity inquired staring at the large frame. “

"Twilight could you use your magic to blast a hole big enough for us to enter.” Fluttershy asked.

“No, we shouldn’t risk using external force this place is ancient we don’t know how sturdy the structure is too much force could cause a collapse.” Twilight explained.

"What about Alex’s Force abilities, could they possibly work?” Rarity asked.

"Sorry Rarity, but I don’t think that a good idea I’m still trying understand how call on the Force it only comes out when necessary.” Alex responded.

"Yeah, but then again we have only have a so much time before we have to head home we need to think of something, if only we could somehow get ourselves in without makin’ too much of ruckus.” Applejack mentioned.

It was at that moment that an idea had popped into Alex’s head, reaching for waist he pulled out one of the lightsabers he had taken. Taking a two handed grip on the hilt and placing his thumb on the activator.

Twilight and the others turned their attention to Alex as he began to cutting through the stone with what appeared to be a glowing blue sword of magic that was. Half way through an arc like hole Alex held the lightsaber thoroughly, he noticed how it was capable of cutting through the thick rugged stone with ease he made a mental note it to only use it as a defensive weapon. Finally after a few minutes of cutting through he had deactivated the saber and pressed lightly, the wall had now begun to loosen and with one firm push fell back causing the door to fall backwards.

Looking back the girls Alex noticed each shared the same reaction surprise.

“what?” Alex asked blatantly

"Wh-wh-what is that thing it so AWESOME, seriously where you’d get it.”  Rainbow said with excitement.

"I KNOW, Alex you weird laser sword thing was SOOOO COOOL, It looked so neat.” Pinkie exclaimed similar to Rainbow exclamation.

"Oh my lightsaber…I made it.” Alex said with glee.

“… that’s one mighty good tool ya got there Alex; it pretty much got the job done in only a few minutes, if we had sumthin like on the farm it would be one the most useful tools to ever exist.” Applejack commented.

“…It's a be a really neat tool Alex, though a bit dangerous” Fluttershy commented.

"Alex I know you mentioned that your race was advanced in technology but I never thought it was this far. Rarity said with surprise in her voice.

“Such technology could lead Equestria thousands of years ahead than its time, however its best that we ask questions later we still have a discovery to explore.” Twilight said.

“I’m with you on that one Twilight, lets head on in and see what in store for us”

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Perspective: Alex Clearleaf

The interior was large as expected for a place of this size, from what I could tell we were within a main hall. The circular hall itself had about 4 different sections which most likely lead off to different sections of the temple, I walked around noting that the architecture was similar to some ancient civilizations back on earth, I was surprised to see that interior remained to be intact.

“Amazing, the architecture must predate around several millennia before the founding of the Equestrian Kingdom and somehow it very similar to modern structures intact.” Twilight mentioned as she scanned the interior.

"I must say whoever designed such a place must have been an architectural genius.” Rarity commented.

"It must’ve been one heckava project to build; though I will admit it they did a pretty damn good job of it. Applejack said.

"Oh boy at this rate we might some sorta secret treasure, REAL Treasure.”Pinkie exclaimed.

“I know right this is just straight out of Daring Do, all we need now is a group of angry protectors and today would officially be AWESOME.” Rainbow said with excitement.

“…Oh, let’s hope that doesn’t happen.” Fluttershy said quietly.

We continued on, heading into the one hall in front of us I noticed the symbol that was etched into the stone above the entryway the section appeared to have series of smaller sections which I led into what appeared to be lecture halls, maybe this place some sort of temple of enlightenment, thankfully the few windows and openings shined in some light so weren’t completely blind, However I spoke a bit too soon as we stopped to find a large door, Twilight had studied the door to see if we could open in any way thankfully unlike when we were entering the temple this door only required telekinesis to open and with that Twilight used her magic to open it with relative ease though on the other side all we could see was pitch black.

"Oh no…do we really have to go in there.” Fluttershy asked shaking like a leaf.

"It looks like it.” I said.

“...Twilight, do you think that our magic is enough to illuminate the room.” Rarity asked.

"...It shouldn't be an issue, but we’ll have to separate in two groups.” Twilight said as her horn illuminated.

With that we headed inside separating into two groups, one group consisted of Twilight, Rainbow, and me heading inside we went to the right side while Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack and Pinkie went left. As we entered I grabbed my Lightsaber allowing the blue blade to serve as my own personal flashlight. In our group Rainbow hovered overhead looking around to see anything that was interesting, Twilight was already in her scholar mode as she scanned the area to make sure she didn’t miss anything, we made a stop when we noticed what appeared to writing that etched on the wall, Twilight no doubt wanted to analyze and record the ancient wall scribe.

"This is amazing; this writing must pre-date several thousand years even before the Equestrian language was established.”

Taking a look myself I studied the wall only to notice that the language, now I was no linguist but after studying and learning about Languages around earth I seemed to recognize some of the words that appeared.

"Yeah, well it looks like a bunch of weird jumbled up letters to me, but then again it could be a message.” Rainbow commented.

"I don’t know Rainbow some of the words seem familiar to me.” I said.

"Really?”

"Yeah I just don’t know how to explain it.”

"Well maybe there a connection remember we are here to find anything that relates to your arrival here Alex.” Twilight explained.

"yeah, maybe this place is somehow related to you I mean you did lead us here.” Rainbow added.

They could be right, when I had ran towards this place I didn’t know where I was exactly going only the Force guide me here telling me to find something about the ”lost ones” if I had been led here for a reason then there had to be connection.

“Hey guys!!!!” Pinkie shouted from behind us.

To say that nearly scared us to death was an understatement.

"Whooa,..PINKIE.” Rainbow shouted. “What the heck, where did you come from.”

“Oh silly Dashie, from Ponyville of course, well first from my parents first then a rock farm and then Ponyville.” Pinkie said with glee.

“No I mean what are you doing here I thought you went with the others.” Rainbow retorted.

"Oh I did, I came here to tell you that we found something really really neat and that you wanted to know about it.

"Already?’ Twilight asked

"yep and it’s really neat too.” Pinkie simply said.

"well what are standing around for let’s go!” I said

Whatever it was that Pinkie and the others I couldn’t wait to see what it was.