Iron Ore Mine near Ponyville, Equestria. 12:34 AM. April 21, 2341...

The pickaxe came down with tremendous force, and the earth pony behind it grunted due to the excess amount of strength that he had put into his swing. Another pony gave him a concerned glance.

"You okay there Mac?" He said.

"I'm fine." Mac said, hefting the pick for another swing.

He brought the obsolete mining tool down again, and the pickaxe went through the rock about an inch, and was stopped by something. Mac pulled the pick back, and hit the rock again, even harder this time. But the pick just wouldn't go through.

"There must be something buried here..." He said under his breath.

"What's that?" Blu, a light blue stallion with bright orange hair and matching eyes asked.

"I think there's something buried here in the rock." Mac said.

Mac was about average height for a pony, with a stocky build and strong legs that could smash through your skull before you could blink. He was light brown, with dark brown hair and light green eyes. His cutie mark was a set of dumbbells, earned when he discovered how strong he really was.

"You think so?" said Blu.

"Yeah. Help me un-bury it would you?" Mac said, taking another swing and tearing a big chunk of rock away.

Underneath was... something. Deep black with glowing red symbols all over it. It's surface was smooth, and it appeared to have quite a reflective sheen. It also wasn't fully uncovered, only a small section of it about ten inches wide was uncovered. The rest still lay buried under the rock.

"We should call this in." Blu suggested.

"Yeah, we should." Mac agreed.

Ponyville, Equestria. 7:45 AM...

Applejack awoke to the sound of an alarm clock. She groaned and reached her hoof over to turn it off. Her hoof connected with plastic, and she pressed down on the button, shutting up the alarm. She slowly opened her eyes in the dim morning light. She felt the warmth of her lover, who was still asleep next to her. She looked at the sky blue mare, whose left wing was missing, blown off in a mining accident many years ago. She looked lovingly at the multicoloured mane of the mare.

"Mornin' Rainbow." she said, wrapping her forelegs around her and placing her chin in the crook of her neck, planting a light kiss on Rainbow's cheek.

Rainbow had her back turned to Applejack, but returned the embrace as best as she could, turning her head and connecting her lips with Applejack's. Slowly breaking apart, Rainbow said; "Morning AJ." and turned around in Applejack's arms to face her.

The two shared an even more passionate kiss, their tongues dancing around each other's mouths. Rainbow slid her left hoof down to AJ's crotch, and started to lightly massage her slit. Applejack let out a soft moan into Rainbow's mouth, and Rainbow the redoubled her efforts, rubbing Applejack's clit even harder. Applejack moaned even louder, and moved her own hoof to return the favor. Rubbing Rainbow Dash's slit and slipping her tongue into her mouth, caressing Rainbow's and pulling her even closer.

Twilight's Libraby. Ponyville, Equestria. 9:30 AM...

Twilight Sparkle trotted about her library home, storing all of the ancient paper books on the even older wooden shelves. Technology may have taken a huge turn for the better in the last few hundred years, but when Twilight saw this old library which still housed paper books, she knew that she had to maintain it. Her love of classical Woden architecture just wouldn't allow her to do otherwise. She placed the last book in its place on the shelf, and her horn stopped glowing. She looked around the library, beaming with pride. She had kept the several-hundred-year-old tree alive with her magic, and a little help from Fluttershy. Speaking of Fluttershy, the yellow mare trotted through the door, the health meter on the back of her RIG glowing bright blue. Twilight's own RIG was hanging in her closet, as she wasn't expecting visitors nor was she planning on going anywhere today.

"Hello Fluttershy." Twilight greeted in a friendly manner.

"Hi Twilight." Fluttershy said.

"What brings you here?" Twi asked.

"The miners found... Something. They're not exactly sure what it is, but it's old. They think you might have a book or something that may shed some light on it." Fluttershy said.

Twilight was head of the mining company in Ponyville, she still maintained the library because she still was when the mining company was started. Since most of the mining may uncover some scientific anomalies, she was put in charge of it. All discoveries that weren't what they were mining for had to be reported to Twilight.

"What did they find?" Twilight asked, raising an eyebrow quizzically.

"This." Fluttershy said, and a holographic image of the artifact appeared between the two, projected from Fluttershy's RIG.

The artifact was big. It looked like two horns which intertwined in a spiral pattern, ending in two sharp points at the top. It was a deep black, darker than Night Rain's coat, and was covered in strange, glowing, red symbols. Twilight stared at the alien artifact with intense curiosity.

"Any idea what it is?" Fluttershy asked, snapping Twilight back to reality.

"No." Twilight said. "There might be something in here though." She gestured to the shelves of books around them. "I'll see what I can find."

"Thank you." Was all Fluttershy said.

Twilight trotted from shelf to shelf, looking for her books on ancient artifacts. Once she pin done, she pored through it until she had read every single page, but not one of the books had anything on this type of artifact. She lace the tenth book down, and turned to Fluttershy, who had stood there patiently as Twilight rooted through her books. She had offered to help after the second, but Twilight brushed her off, saying that she wouldn't take long. That was over an hour ago. Defeated, Twilight walked over to Fluttershy.

"I'm sorry Fluttershy, there's nothing in my books about anything like this." She said.

"It's okay Twilight, you did what you could. I think that you might like to actually see the artifact, so you can study it." Fluttershy suggested.

Twilight nodded, "Yeah, I would actually."

Author's Note

So... Yeah... Here it is... If any of you are complaining that I didn't take it farther with Rainbow Dash and Applejack, I WASNT GOING TO WRITE A FULL ON SEX SCENE!!! I'm saving that for The Storm... Anyway, hope this was somewhat interesting, but if you were reading this for the outbreak you'll have to wait a little while... Also, you can probably already guess, but Night Rain will be making an appearance in this. She is pretty much my universal OC... is that a problem? I think not...

~Devastation