Space Mare

Space: The Final Frontier.

For thousands of years, the Residents of the planet Airus have looked up to the stars, and wondered what was out there in the deep void of outer space. And so they invented telescopes; great lenses that could see far away, to get a better look at whatever was out there. However the intriguing things they saw only made them more curious. They wanted to explore the planets and satellites they saw, they wanted to know if they, or any other life could thrive on other planets or moons.

It was 1134 AA (After Ascent) when the first magic powered Space Rockets made trips to the Moon, before that year this was a feat only the Alicorns of legend Celestia and Luna could perform.

After those original moon landings occurred, for a few hundred years almost all the scientists and engineers of the planet were scrambling to find more efficient and faster methods of space travel, and after four-hundred years of research the very first cost-efficient, fuel-efficient FTL drive was created. Another twenty or so years after that, and anti-gravity cores that were created for airships long ago were modified into versions usable with Spacecraft.

However… The magical energy of the planet was being drained in large amounts by these machines, regardless of the fuel-efficiency. And so another problem formed. The planet needed to regenerate the magical energy that had been taken from it, or else catastrophic events may happen. Unfortunately, an alternative power source couldn’t be found, and all space experiments were shut down until the planet could recover.

Even longer after that the experiments resumed, a new generation took the wheel, and started going through the old books and notes of long gone researchers, and so it began again. This time with much more success.

A new way of using magical energy was invented, this method used the energy in such a way that the magical energy could be returned to the planet, it was a revolutionary discovery.

Finally, the first Space Ships were finally created. At the time though, they were quite expensive, and were only really available to the rich and the governments of the world.

Eventually though, the residents of Airus learned they were not alone in the universe, and that there were millions of other races out there.

However, this story is not about that.

It is not about the races of Airus discovering alien life, it’s not about an epic war over control of a galaxy or the universe or whatever.

This is the story of a Mare, this is the story of her adventures in space, her adventures with whoever she finds along the way, it is a story that could be very short, or maybe even very long? Who knows? I certainly don’t, that’s for sure. What happens, will happen.

Now then, who is this mare? What is her name? What does she look like? What does she do in life? I’m sure some of you are asking this question. And so I, the narrator will answer that question right now.

This mare’s name is Comet Lily, she’s a twenty-six year old unicorn. She has a light-blue coat, and a long dark-purple mane, she has no cutie mark despite her age.

Comet Lilly’s entire life was a mess, she had a pretty bad gambling problem (in fact, she still does) and ended up in seriously bad debt. She had no way to pay her loans, so she sold herself to pay off the money as a last resort at the age of twenty-one, the five years after that were complete hell, all sorts of awful beings bought her, used her, and then put her back on the market to make a quick buck when they didn’t have a use for her anymore.

Currently she was possessed by a very strange human, he wasn’t as terrible as the others who had purchased her before, but still, he was quite clingy.

Now then, I believe that's all the exposition for now. Let's get this started!

Comet Lilly awoke to a very sunny morning, her eyes burning in the intense light.

And so there she was, laying in bed, her master’s arms wrapped around the pony as he slept.

It disgusted her, having to act like she loved and cared about the rich fool.

She squirmed out of his grip and got off the bed, then exited the room into the vast third-floor hallway. She made her way down to the shower room and entered, she had a cool shower, got out and dried off, then returned to her owner’s room, he would probably freak out if she wasn’t there once he woke up.

Once she returned she looked at herself in the mirror. Her mane was a mess, so she grabbed a brush with her hooves and got to work, her horn, as well as the magic seal on it was now visible after the mane was properly brushed.

And so she waited there for him to awaken, occasionally looking out the window at the vast gardens outside, and the wall trapping the pony inside.

Today was the day, the day she might just be able to escape this wretched place.

You see, the security in the mansion was actually pretty loose in comparison to the previous places she’s been, there’s just security cameras, some guards, and the walls, there might have been a few turrets on the wall but that didn’t make much of a difference. She was able to find a hole in security, and was somehow able to exploit it to contact an old friend who owed her a favour or two, so long as they didn’t have any problems, someone should sneak in today to get her out of there.

So she went on with her day, a smile on her face, hoping things go alright.

In Earth’s orbit

A Floran sat in her spaceship, lounging around, and overall looking pretty bored.

*beep beep beep*

Suddenly, someone started calling her, she let the video phone ring a little to pretend she was in the middle of something, and then answered.

The video feed said “Audio Only” in bold letters.

“Yess? Who iss thiss?” She asked.

“It’s me.” a masculine voice very familiar to her said.

“Bossss? Why iss there no video?” The Floran asked.

“Shush, I’m trying to act all mysterious.” The voice responded.

“Sso then your camera broke?” The Floran asked with a smile.

“...”

“I’m right, aren’t I?” She said.

“... Yes, and it was an expensive one too.” The Boss responded.

“Well that ssucks dude, you’ll jusst have to get a new one.” The Floran responded.

“Yeah, anyways, I’m calling to make sure you remember the mission.” The Boss said.

“Sstop worrying, I know I’m ssupposed to ssneak into the mansion at night, no fireworkss or anything fancy, try not to kill too much, get your pony friend, and get out fast.” The Floran replied.

“Good, call me once you escape, okay?” The Boss asked.

“Got it.” The floran replied.

“I’m counting on you, Bonepetal.” The Boss said.

“Whatever.” The floran replied.

The Boss hung up.

Bonepetal sighed. “Thiss is going to be a pain in the assss, issn’t it?” Bonepetal said.