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Chapter 19: Soaring

Lucy stayed quiet after I spoke those words, obviously getting the message. I looked around the ship and took in everything and watched the ships repair progress. I watched as guard ponies and ponies in white coats walked around the ship.

"Lucy... I expected more done by now... why does it seem like we aren't moving as fast as we could?" I ask looking at some parts of the damaged hull.

"Well... it seems getting supplies to the ship proves... hazardous to the ponies. Too much danger all over the place and for some reason, the unicorns can't seem to lift the ship." She said as I nodded.

"Hm... maybe it has something to do with it's built in shielding... can it fly in lower atmosphere at least?" I ask as I get a quick reply from Lucy.

"Oh yes it is quite capable of that. But with the damaged hull it cannot do any high altitude flying or space flight. Oh and the FTL drive is still broken." Lucy finished as I gave a small smile.

"Perfect." I said aloud as I gave a large whistle, getting everypony's attention. "I'm going to move the ship OUT of the forest! Any of you who are not capable of flying out yourselves, please follow me!" I shout aloud as I let my suit helmet cover my head again.

I looked through my overlay and scanned the ship, double checking it's hull integrity and making sure it won't collapse from flight. Once I was sure I turned to the nearest guard and pointed at him. He wore the normal night armor from the royal guard so his coat was blue, (I earlier found out this was because of an enchantment) but his cutie mark, a dark cloud with a golden lightning bolt, remained their for all to see.

"You. What is your name." I ask getting him to look around him before looking back at me.

"Uh... Golden Bolt.... sir." He said giving an awkward salute.

"Alright Bolt, I need you to go tell any others that may not have heard me and rally them up at the door. Go!" I said getting him to nod and fly off.

After a few minutes I had moved everypony into the ship and stepped in last, closing the doors behind me. I looked around to see every white coat in the ship running around, writing everything down that they could see. None of them were allowed in the ship as the repair bots did the inside work. The guards on the other hand all had the same looks on their faces, un-moving and passive. All but one Pegasus, the same one I had given orders to round up the ponies and bring them here. He was currently looking around the ship, strangely excited... even more so than the white coats.

I walked up to him and tapped on his back as my helmet retracted. "Hey, what's got you so excited?" I asked as he turned and looked up at me.

Smiling he looked back around the ship. "Well... I'm going to be one of the FIRST ponies to fly in something ALIEN. That alone is cool enough but flying is my favorite pass-time. A 'Hobby' so to speak." He finishes as he looks around.

'How can flying be a hobby to a Pegasus...?'

Ignoring it I motioned for him to follow me. "Alright then, follow me I got something to show you." I said as he nodded and quickly followed me into the ship's cockpit. "Welcome to the ships control center. This is where we fly it." I said as he looked around. "But anyway I gotta take off so... go ahead and hold onto something." I said as I reached over and pressed a button, causing my voice to echo through the ship. "Everypony hold on we're initiating take off." I said aloud as I got into the seat and began takeoff.

"Sir... I could fly it to ponyville if you wish to go into the bay with the others." Lucy said aloud as I shook my head.

"No... I need a feel for this ship anyway, not used to these models."

I flicked through all the warm-up procedures and tests before pressing a red button, firing up the engines. Slowly, I pulled back on the wheel and the ship began to rise. As it did I turned and pointed myself towards ponyvill and was about to hit the gas when-

*POOF*

Luna suddenly appeared next to me looking like she was about to say something and noticed we were in mid air. I'd like to say this happened in a nice and calm manner...

But it definitely did not.

The moment she appeared she scared the shit out of me causing me to punch the acceleration. Immediately we shot off reaching top speed in about 6 seconds flat as an explosion shook the ship, indicating we broke the sound barrier almost instantly.

(Top speed for a ship like this in atmosphere is usually around 3500 km/h or about 2175 for you mph users)

As we rocketed through the skies I turned and pulled back on the acceleration, to find it was stuck.

"SONOVABITCH!" I yelled out as I turned and saw Luna and the guard hugged against the back wall next to the cockpits door. "LUNA! GET YOUR SPARKLY ASS UP HERE!" I yelled through the intensely loud noise of the engine.

Luna struggled to move forward but with the help of her magic she managed to get beside me.

"YES?!" She asked in a state of panic. "I'M SORRY I-" She began but I immediately cut her off as I quickly dodged right and left, passing some large mountains and soaring over deserts.

"I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED BUT GET THAT DAMN ACCELERATOR UNSTUCK BEFORE THIS WHOLE SHIP TEARS APART!" I yell back as she quickly begins pulling on the accelerator.

After a few moments of pulling she revved up her magic and started to pull harder, and I could hear the sound of metal starting to bend. Then I saw in the distance a very large castle that we were heading straight at and about to collide into.

"OH FUCK!" I yell out as I quickly pull up, barely scraping the top of it. "ALRIGHT MOVE OVER!" I yell as I grab her and put her into the drivers seat and I stamp my feet into the floor, rooting me in place. "JUST TURN THE WAY YOU WANNA GO AND DON'T GET US KILLED!" I yell as she quickly nods and grabs onto the wheel.

I grab the accelerator and begin to pull, trying my hardest to un-stick the god damned thing, but no matter how hard I pulled the thing was stuck.

"LUCY SEND ALL POWER TO HYDRAULICS!" I yell as I watch us zoom by another city.

I feel the suit get a bit heavier as the hydraulics in my arms begin to whir with power. I grasp on to the accelerator, take in a breath and give a big heave. The sound of metal bending filled the room before a loud *CRRRRACK* was heard and the ship stopped immediately. *BANG* was all I hear a moment later as... I presumed, everypony in the ship flew forward and slammed into the cockpit door and the guard in said room flew at the windshield and plastered himself on it.

"Ow..." He voiced out as he fell off onto the ground.

I let out a small breath as I felt power return to the rest of my suit. That's when I began to hear the panicked sound of Luna.

Luna...

"God dammit Luna what the fuck were you THINKING?!" I yelled at her as she didn't turn around from where she sat, which at the time was the captains chair. "You could have killed EVERYPONY ON THIS SHIP! DID YOU NOT THINK BEFOREHAND?!" I yelled at her as I began pacing. "PLEASE tell me what was going through your mind when you decided 'HMMM I'M GONNA GO SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF JAKE! YEAH THAT WOULD BE FUNNY!' WELL IT FUCKING WASN'T AND IT WAS REALLY GOD DAMN STUPID!" I yell at her as I try to calm myself down.

I watched as she spun around and looked at me with eyes that would have made my heart bleed. Her cheeks were completely wet and she was sobbing. She ran past me and out the cockpit door, before it closed behind her. I let out a small sigh as I walked forward and pressed the same speaker button I had before.

"I'm sorry for that everypony... we had an... unexpected arrival and things got crazy. We'll be home soon." I said as I turned and saw the angry look of Golden Bolt.

Ignoring it I spoke to Lucy. "Lucy... how far did we fly?" I ask her as I dread the answer.

"Very... very far." She said back as I sighed.

"Alright... autopilot us back as fast as you can... BUT NOT THAT FAST!" I yell before she gets any ideas as the ship turns around and picks up speed.

'We're lucky the G-force shield was still... partially functional...' I thought as I let out a shiver.

Before I had a chance to step through the cockpit door I heard somepony clear their throat. "Well?" I heard from Golden Bolt behind me.

I turned and eyed him. "'Well' what?"

"'Well' are you gonna go say sorry?" He said matter-o-factly.

"Uh... why? She has a lot to think about after what we just went through. She'll be fine." I said as I waved him off.

"Well you say that now, but you do realize how much that hurt her right?" He said as I shook my head getting him to roll his eyes. "Listen man, ever since I was moved to the night guard, ALL I'VE HEARD was her talk about you. Always you. When I'd talk to her she'd do WHATEVER she can in a conversation to bring you into it." He said as he tried to make his point.

I slowly nodded. "Wow... I didn't think she thought of me as THAT good a friend..." I said as I looked back at the cockpit doors.

Rolling his eyes again he muttered under his breath. "Well you call it friend I call it something more... but that's besides the point!" He said at my confused expression. "Right now she probably thinks you HATE her guts. You need to go fix this. NOW!" He said with a determined look.

'God dammit today is the shittiest day I've had in a while'

I quickly opened the door and made my way out, looking around me at all the ponies brushing themselves off. Other than a few bruises they all seemed mostly unharmed.

"Hey... any of you see a pony run through here? Tall, blue. Really sparkly?" I said as they motioned down a hallway. "Thanks." I said aloud as I ran that way.

I ran through the ship trying to figure out where she was when I heard a quiet noise. The sound of sobbing. I slowly made my way to it, following it through the hallway. As it began to get louder I peered around an edge and saw her, huddled up and crying into a corner. I felt sadness well up in my heart at the scene as I remembered what I said to her. I slowly made my way to her, as quietly as I could (My suits stealth cups in the feet helping quite nicely) before reaching her and placing my hand on her shoulder. Immediately she jerked away from me, continuing to sob.

"Luna please... I'm sorry for what I said I was angry... I didn't mean any of it." I said trying to comfort her.

After a few moments I stood straight and took off my suit, freeing myself from it and moving towards her again. I sat down next to her with my back to the wall and placed my hand on her again. This time she turned and pulled me into a hug, sobbing over my shoulder.

"I-I'm sorry! I d-didn't mean to! I-I wanted t-to come and s-see how the ship was coming al-long... and I..." She trailed off as she continued to sob.

I brought my hand up and gently brushed her mane as I used my other hand to pat her on the back.

"Shhhhh... shhhh it's alright. It's okay no one got hurt... let it out." I said as softly as I could as she continued to cry into my shoulder, holding me tighter. "Let it out..."

A few minutes went by before her cries slowed into random sniffles and hiccups. I slowly pushed her forward so she could look me in the eyes, as I looked back at hers. Which were a bit puffy from the crying.

"See? Everything's fine. Nothing to worry about." I said with a smile.

She sniffled and gave a small nod before looking at my half wet shirt. "S-Sorry about your shirt..." She said as I looked it over.

"Hey... it was worth it to make sure you're okay... come here." I said as I pulled her into another hug, which she accepted quickly.

"I was so scared... oh my god I haven't been scared like that since... since I..." She began but stopped as she let out another hiccup.

'Oh my god... that's why she was so scared... it reminded her of when she... turned into Nightmare...' I thought to myself as I looked down at her, remembering the story of Nightmare moon from Twilight.

"Shhh it's alright... " I said as I brushed her mane some more and looked towards my suit. "Lucy, alert me when we're nearing Ponyville, I'm gonna stay here with her."

I looked back towards Luna as she closed her eyes, still erupting in a hiccup or a sniffle now and again but remained silent, laying her head over my heart. "I'm gonna stay here for a bit..." She whispered.

"Don't worry I'm right here with you..." I cooed into her ear. "I'm right here..."

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