Equestrian Goldblum

Earth.  A world filled to the brim with diverse forms of life.  A world that, at the very beginning of time, pulled the longest straw in the cosmic game of chance.  A planet that was once a chaotic, hellish environment, now an oxygen filled, water-based paradise.  Billion years of continental formation and evolutionary leaps shaped the planet into a force to be reckon with.  Seated on the perfect spot of the solar system, the blue celestial sphere makes its yearly travel around the glowing, fiery orb that is the sun.

The planet’s inhabitants, the equine species, have overtime become the dominant force on the planet.  Ruled by a duo of benevolent alicorn princesses, they have proven themselves to be the most versatile organisms the world had ever known.  Evolution had divided the equines into three distinct classes: Earth, Pegasi, and Unicorn - each with their own unique ability and skill.  The Earth ponies are the great laborers of the land.  The pegasi control the sky and weather.  The unicorns use magic to perform the tasks neither the earth nor pegasi could do.  All three classes work together for the good of their prosperous nation.

Princesses Celestia and Luna, the ruling sibling duo of the Kingdom of Equestria, reign over their land with love and kindness.  Over the course of one hundred years, two more alicorns had risen.  Princess Mi Amore Cadenza; who along with her husband rule over the glorious Crystal Empire and Twilight Sparkle; personal protege for the solar princess.  These four alicorns represent the strength and unity Equestria, and by larger extent the entire inhabitants of the planet, strive toward.

However, deep within the edge of the blackness of the universe, the wonderful life nourishing planet is nothing more than a pale blue speck on the cosmic canvas that must be removed.  Overlooking the distant planet from their own world, the extraterrestrial beings cast their envious eyes at the thriving planet.  Their only solution is annihilation.

On that day, the star-filled blanket of space was the stage for the mobilization of the alien race.  Ships, carriers, attackers of all kinds rallied their forces for the coming invasion.  The Earth - and her children - was about to be their own.  The war is about to begin.

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Meanwhile in another dimension, one where time had forgotten exist, and chaotic landscape of earthquakes and volcanos ruled over the native planet.  This earth is much different from Earth-Prime.  Instead of intelligent equines, Earth is ruled by a species of ancient reptiles from 65 million years ago.  These beasts towered over the tallest of buildings of the modern era.  Not only are the reptilians were regarded as the giants of old, but they were skilled practitioners of the hunt; their only instinct is that of survival.

They were the dinosaurs, thought to be extinct for millions of years.  Some crawled on the earth, others soared across the air.  Unlike the ponies, these beasts did not live in harmony.  Everyday was a conflict for food and dominance.  The smaller ones would never stand a chance against the likes of a velociraptor.  With their speed and agility, they could almost win the battle of the beasts.

But in the Cretaceous period, there could be only one victor.  One that stood above the rest; one that would prove to be the most fearsome creature beyond imagination.  It was the Tyrannosaurus, and as its name implies, it was the ruthless dictator of that time.  Cold, unfeeling, and unnaturally evil, the King of All Beasts roared as it has captured another prey.  Its loud victorious cry let the other ones know who will always be the top of the food chain.

Unbeknownst to the living fossils, their world and their existence was approaching death’s door.  Their version of earthly paradise was on a collision course with a rogue planetary object.  If it makes impact, all life on the young planet would be no more.  It would be the largest extinction event never recorded.  As the dinosaurs are all but intelligent, they could do nothing to change the situation.  Their days were numbered.  Their fate was sealed.

The final days of the old reptiles was upon them.  As the days slowly passed, the dinosaurs did not noticed that the usual yellow sky was turning blood red.  A black circular object slowly descended from the sky, causing dramatic changes to the weather.  The rainstorms became fierce, causing floods and drowning the lesser beings.  The nights were long and cold, while the days were short and extremely hot.  Any living creature caught outside were instantly killed from the elements.  Not even the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex with all its glory could not escape from the coming apocalypse.

Meanwhile, a velociraptor was chasing down its prey.  The prey ran as fast as the wind, trying desperately to evade the prospect of being dinner.  Unfortunately for the dinosaur, the vicious velociraptor captured the terrified animal.  The carnivorous dinosaur sunk its sharp teeth into the dead reptile.  Blood and flesh mingled with its teeth as it enjoyed its afternoon snack.  Other velociraptors joined in on the fun.

Suddenly, a swirling vortex appeared in front of them.  It glowed a white light and flashed before their confused soulless eyes.  The velociraptors were considerably awestruck and ceased their devouring of the poor dinosaur.  A mysterious voice was calling them into the vortex, a voice only they could understand.  The group of velociraptor hunters slowly advanced toward the white, glowing portal.  The vortex disappeared in mid air  along with the vicious reptiles.

Not before another creature followed them.

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Night had fallen in Equestria and Princess Luna took guard over the balcony in her bed chambers.  She looked at the night sky with her new telescope Princess Twilight Sparkle had given her for her birthday.  Ever since she received the telescope as a gift, her perception of the night had drastically changed.  She never knew that outside of the moon and stars laid an entire arena of otherworldly wonders.  She could not bring herself to take a break from her instrument of stargazing.

For the first time in long life, she had finally seen nebulae, planets, galaxies, constellations.  Before her banishment and return to Equestria, she never believed her role as the raiser of the moon was worth anything; the ponies of the olden times always slept during the nights.  Now, she realized that the night was something special to modern day ponies and to herself.  By witnessing the vast infinite cosmos through her telescope she realized that night does indeed have a purpose.

Princess Celestia, her elder sister, slowly opened the door to Luna’s chamber.  The moon princess turned around and smiled warmly at the white alicorn before her.  Celestia walked up to her sister to join her in the balcony.  The two alicorn sisters embraced each other and Luna looked at Celestia with a sense of longing in her eyes.

“How are you enjoying your gift sister?” Celestia asked.

“Oh Tia, this telescope Twilight Sparkle has given is wonderful!  The night is so full of wonder and mystery!  I never knew the night was full of art,” she said in a joyful manner.  Celestia nuzzled her sister’s neck.  Princess Luna continued to look through her telescope until another thought came to her.  “However... whenever I look through this... as I gaze at the amazing features of space, at the infinite... I begin to realize how small and insignificant we really are,” she said somberly.

“Lu-Lu, that is nothing to be down about,” Celestia reassured her.  “Just because there are many things up in the heavens that we don’t know about, does not mean we are insignificant.  We are more than insignificant.”

“How can you be so sure?”  One of Celestia’s wings wrapped itself around the dark alicorn and brought her close.

“Luna, whenever I look up at the stars, I am reminded of how lucky we are that we are part of this wonderful world,” Celestia said.  Luna looked at her confusingly before Celestia continued.  “I often think about if there are other worlds besides our own.  I often think about if they go through the same struggles as we do.  If there was a civilization with a ruler who would do anything to protect those he or she loves.  Whenever I look up at the stars, I do not believe we are insignificant in the grand scheme of the universe.  I believe that we, and every other world, play a very important role in the cosmic stage.”

Luna looked at her sister before bringing her eyes back to the night.  She thought about of what Celestia had just told her.  An important role in the cosmic stage?  Looking at the stars, she couldn’t possibly believe that Equestria would be so important in this so-called “grand scheme.”  The universe seemed like an entirely gigantic place to pay any attention to the small ponies.  A feeling of immense doubt loomed over her very soul.  She looked back her telescope before she said anything to Celestia.

“Tia... do you think there could be somepony out there looking through a telescope... trying to find us?”

“I believe so Lu-Lu,” Celestia said warmly.  The royal sisters smiled softly at each other and walked back to their rooms.  All this time, not one of them noticed a small change in the alignment of the stars.

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Meanwhile, in a small village just outside the Equestrian capital, an alicorn was sleeping peacefully in her bed.  Just beneath her bed laid a little sleeping dragon.  After a day of attending to royal business that required her attention, Princess Twilight Sparkle was relieved that the night solely belonged to her.  Being the Bearer of the Element of Magic and a royal princess was a demanding 24/7 job.  However, meetings and paperworks were nothing compared to the evils she and her friends had against to save their great land.

Her sleep was interrupted when she heard a small voice from beneath her bed.  She slowly opened her eyes as the voice increased with volume.  She looked down and saw her assistant and “brother” Spike wrestling under his blankets.  He was speaking loudly, incoherent words coming from his mouth.  Her sisterly instincts took over and she released him from his nightmare.

“Spike, Spike!  Wake up!  You’re having a nightmare, wake up!” she half yelled as she shook his scaly body.  The small dragon’s eyes shot open, sending him back to reality.  He looked into the worrying face of his alicorn mentor and panted heavily.  Twilight grabbed her “little brother” and brought him close.  “Spike, it’s okay.  Everything is okay.  It was all just a dream,” she said softly.

“Twilight, it was terrible!” Spike said in-between breaths.  “I was in some kind of jungle with all these weird looking animals!  They were big and had razor-sharp teeth and claws... and their eyes... oh gosh it was so scary, I thought I’ll never get out!” he cried.  “It looked so real!”

“Don’t worry Spike, you’re safe now,” she reassured him.  Spike and Twilight continued their moment of embrace until Twilight fell back into slumber.  She let Spike sleep next to her for the rest of the night.  As Twilight rested her mind and body, Spike was wide awake - the frightening images from his nightmare still fresh in his mind.  He looked out the window next to him, trying to purge the nightmare out his mind, but to no avail.

He could still see the barren wasteland, devoid of all life.  He could the terrible winged creatures that soared across the red sky.  His nightmare also included mountains that spit fire and earthquakes powerful enough to crumble the entire earth with ease.  The worst part was the giant creature that roamed across the land like a tyrannical ruler of his kingdom.  His dreadful, soulless eyes; his towering body decorated with scales; his blood soaked teeth and his large, clawed feet.  The thought of seeing this creature filled Spike with fear.  Every thought, every feeling, Spike could not bear the image of the tyrannical monster.

He turned his head to look at his “big sister.”  Even when Twilight is asleep she had the most beautiful smile on any pony - well, besides Rarity.  Her radiant smile comforted Spike, temporarily filling him with hope for a better dream this night.  As Spike was trying to fall asleep, One of Twilight’s wing involuntarily, but softly, landed on Spike.  The warmth from the wing is exactly what he need to make his eyelids heavier.  Spike was sound asleep, the two of them unaware that dark forces would invade their peaceful world.

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There is another Earth that is just like the equines’ world but at the same time, drastically different.  In this world, equines are not the dominant force of the planet.  Instead, this version of Earth was populated by bipedal creatures known as “humans.”  The homo sapien, descendants of primate-like creatures of the paleolithic era, stood out from all creatures that inhabited every part of the Earth.  Unlike the ponies, the humans could not fly or posses the natural ability of magic.  However, an important aspect that proved to be successful in their growth was their history as laborers of the land.

While the earth was still young, the primates that were the human’s ancestors fought amongst each other for food and survival.  Every day was a conflict for superiority and dominance.  In those ancient times, the primates had not the skill or the tools to become predators.  prehistoric animals would ambush them, and one by one claim them as trophies for the hunt.

However, in a day not recorded in history, a mysterious object appeared to them.  No one knows what it was that appeared before the human’s ancestors, but it was known to be alien of origin.  The mysterious object increased the primate’s intelligence, which allowed them to create tools and weapons.  From that moment on, the primates ceased being the prey and became the predator.  Their destiny was finally in their own hands.

In the span of two millennia, the ancient primates evolved into beings that stood up straight.  They gave birth to fire, invented the wheel, forged civilizations and empires, and laid way to technological progress.  In addition, the human race gave birth to important figures in philosophy, history, and the arts.  The human race have passed every test the universe had given them.  Soon, another test will be presented to them, which will determine the fate of the humans and their equine counterparts.  At the peak of their civilization, only one man could bring them together in such a time as this.

In Hollywood, USA, in the year 2014 A.D. a man parked his automobile in the parking lot of Warner Brothers Studios in preparation to film his scenes for a new feature film.  This man’s name is Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum - his peers and fans know him as famous actor, Jeff Goldblum.  Mr. Goldblum has signed on to star in a new film by Oscar-nominated film director Wes Anderson.  His co-stars include the admirable Robert De Niro, funnyman Bill Murray, and the bland Owen Wilson.  Mr. Anderson met Mr. Goldblum at the lobby of one the studios and shook hands.

“Mr. Goldblum, I’m glad you arrived,” Wes Anderson said with a smile.

“Yeah, yeah, great.  It’s very nice to be here.  I uh, I uh, it’s always great to be in movies where I don’t have to play a scientist,” Jeff Goldblum joked, remembering his roles he was most famous for.  Mr. Anderson laughed along with him, reminded him of the upcoming Jurassic Park IV.  They talked to each other about Hollywood business and other life experience.  Unbeknownst to the actor, he was about to become the key that will connect two entirely different worlds.

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The dinosaurs were flung across the wormhole that swept them off their dying land.  Their peanut-sized brains could not apprehend what was happening to them.  Inside the wormhole was filled the tremendous images and light that almost burned away their retinas.  After what seem like an eternity, the wormhole finally dropped them off into a whole new world.

The velociraptors and the other dinosaurs that followed them found themselves standing on what felt like... grass.  They sniffed the fresh air that was not polluted from the smoke and ash of the erupting volcanoes.  Surrounding them was an infinite amount of trees and branches.  It was so... beautiful.  The dinosaurs turned their heads up and saw it was still night.  But this night was different than the nights on their world.  They could still see the moon... that beautiful, pristine, glowing moon.

Their admiration for the new environment was interrupted when they heard the bushes rustling.  The menacing velociraptors readied themselves in a defensive stance to meet their enemy.  A pair of paws appeared from behind the bushes - wooden paws.  The creatures revealed themselves to be wolves of some kind.  The wolves looked like their bodies were made entirely out of lumber.  The pack leader growled at the velociraptors, giving them a clear warning of intruding into their territory.  The reptiles only response the grinning of their sharp teeth.  The wolves and raptors circled each other until one of them made the first move.

With speed faster than any pegasus, the raptors attacked the wooden wolves.  The battle only consisted of biting and gnawing.  The wolves sharp claws and the raptors sharp teeth were equally matched, supplying no clear victor for the ensuing battle of the predators.  After a few minutes of fighting, the wolves retreated into the night.  The raptors had won, but the battle proved pointless; there was no animal to feast on.  Hungry for flesh, they ventured into the deep dark forest in search of food.

It was going to be a long night.