Chapters Chapter one
“This is going to be amazing, can you believe it. An ancient ruin found after beaning lost for so many years.” Twilight said as she arriving at an excavation site with Applejack, Rarity, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.
“Remind me why we’re coming here again big sis?” Apple Bloom asking Applejack and she replied “Cheerilee told us you three were falling behind on your history and Twilight said she could take you three to this excavation site to help you learn a thing or two. Also as long as there at least two adults with you three and luckily, Twilight, Raity and I are here to keep an eye on you three.”
Sweetie Belle came up to her sister and asked “Rarity I’m a bit confused aren’t excavation sites, involved in digging and getting dirt with all the mud, dust and that stuff?”
“Four reasons Sweetie Belle. One is that Fluttershy is visiting her parents at Las Pegasus, Pinkie Pie is at the hospital getting her tongue untied, don’t ask me how and Rainbow Dash is at a Daring Do convention in Cloudsdale. Two, rare gams are normally found at old ruins and if I’m lucky, I might take some home with me if the archaeologist don’t need them. Three Twilight need Spike to look after the library while she with us, And four is that I got my new air bath installed at home, so today is a good way to see how good it is.”
As the ponies got to the site, a unicorn stallion that has a brown coat also with blue mane came out of one of the tents and saw Twilight. “Twilight Sparkle it’s good to see you again. Last time I saw you started getting lesson from the princess, and how’s your bother last time heard from about him he got married to a princess, and I take it these friends of yours are joining us?”
Twilight nodded “it’s good to see you again Professor Mud. Of course, girls this is Professor Mud, he’s a good friend of my dad, Professor Mud this is Applejack and her little sister Apple Bloom.”
Applejack lifts her hat up and replied “Howdy” followed be her sister “Hi”
“This is Rarity and her little sister Sweetie Belle.”
“Oh my, smart and handsome, it’s very nice to meet you” Rarity replied. Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes at Rarity and said “Hi”
“And this little filly is Scootaloo.” Scootaloo hovered up and said “Hi Professor Mud, do you have a cutie mark?”
Twilight, Applejack and Rarity face hood simultaneously for that question Scootaloo asked him, only for Professor Mud to laugh. “Yes I so have a cutie mark, here I’ll show you.” Professor Mud turned to his side to show Scootaloo his cutie mark, his cutie mark is an old vase with a small brush next to it. “My cutie mark shows I’m good at uncovering and understanding ancient artefacts. Also I take it you little fillies are trying to earn your cutie marks?”
Sweetie Belle then steps in “That’s right Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and I are” All fillies say simultaneously “THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!” Apple Bloom then steps in “and it is our mission to discover our special talent to earn our cutie marks.”
Professor Mud couldn’t do anything but laugh “That’s what I like to see, kids full of life in them and ready to take on anything.” The CMC smiled over what he said.
“Let’s get some of the paper work in order then shall we? Lara dear can you come here for a minute please?” Another pony soon came out of the same tent that Professor Mud came out of. The pony coming to them is a female Pegasus has the same colour mane, but has a light green colour coat instead. When she got closer everypony is surprises how tall Lara is she’s as tall as Big Mac.
“Everypony this is my wife Lara, Lara this Twilight Sparkle I told you about, also these are her friends Applejack, Apple Bloom, Rarity, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.” Lara replied “it’s nice to meet you all. Can Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Rarity come with me so we can fill in some forms, while we doing that, Mud can looks after the fillies.”
After Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity and Lara left to do some form filling. Sweetie Belle saw a warning sign next to them and decided to see what it says. To her surprise it’s about a pony she and the others meet before.
Warning
“Excuses me Professor Mud, why dose Lyra poster of herself that telling us that she can’t come here?” “What? Oh her, we got a restraining order on her, because that pony has been a right pain to us for some time now.” Mud explained to Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo couldn’t help herself but ask. “Why, what did she do that you had to get a restraining order on her?” “Yeah, Why” said Apple Bloom “Apart from, every time we set up a new site for us to dig she always asking us what we found before we even started, looking into our work files behind are backs, going in to the site when no ponies are around taking what she finds without us knowing that might be important to us, even looking in our bins, all for just to know more about Hu-apes. Not much.” Mud explained to the three fillies.
“Oh, but I thought Hu-apes were just some made up story?” Scootaloo said. “That was the case Scootaloo but for some time now we found some signs that Hu-apes once lived long ago.” “If they did exist, what happened to them?” Scootaloo asked. “That’s what we hoping we would find in this ruin” Mud explained.
“I just hope Lyra doesn’t show up this time.” Mud said worrying. Sweetie Belle thought it would be the best to let him know. “Don’t worry Professor Mud, Lyra has gone to Appleloosa for a” “It’s AAAAPPLELOOSA! Not Appleloosa Sweetie Belle.” Apple Bloom interrupting Sweetie Belle. “Right, right, like I was saying, she at AAAAPPLELOOSA! For a few days and she just left yesterday, so you don’t have to worry right now.”
This has put a smile on Professor Mud face “thanks for letting me know Sweetie Bell. Now let’s see if the others have done those forms yet?”
Professor Mud takes lead as the fillies followed. “Wow I knew Lyra was crazy, but not this crazy” Sweetie Bell talking to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo “Yay” said Scootaloo. “Indeed” said Apple Bloom.
Meanwhile at Appleloosa.
*Achoo!* “Bless you Lyra” Braeburn said. “Thank you Braeburn” Lyra replied.
Chapter two
“Ok then, let’s get these forms filled in shall we?” Lara said as she placed some forms on the table.
As they finished filling in some forms Lara noticed something on Scootaloo’s next of kin. “Rainbow Dash is Scootaloo’s aunt? Thee Rainbow Dash, the Pegasus who once saved the Wonderbolts and did a Sonic Rainboom three times?”
“Yep, she sure is.” Applejack answered. “But what about her parents, aren’t they supposed they the next of kin?” Lara asked.
“They would be but sadly her mother died after giving birth to Scootaloo, and her father Rainbow Dash’s bother, died five years ago, during though bad storm while he was saving some ponies.” Applejack answered again.
“Oh I’m sorry to hear that. It must have been hard for both of them?” Lara said feeling bad asking about it now.
Rarity came up to Lara and placed her hoof on her shoulder “Darling its ok you didn’t know about it.”
“I know, but what about her aunt, why couldn’t come?” Lara asked.
“Because she at a Daring Do convention and she said she’ll bring me something that has an autograph from the author of the series for me, since I couldn’t go.” Scootaloo answered. Lara turned to see Scootaloo and the others.
“Oh, I don’t hear you come in.” Lara said with a sad tone in her voice and then said. “We finished filling the forms so we can go and get some tools and some safety gear from Check list.”
On their way to meet Check list Twilight came up to Professor Mud and asked him a question. “Professor Mud when Applejack told Lara about how Scootaloo lost her parents, she seemed to be more upset then the others that found out about it. Do you know why?”
Professor Mud moved up closer to Twilight and wisped “Lara is still a bit upset over the news that we can’t have any fillies of our own. We thought about adopting one but I thought it would be best that we wait for a bit for her to get better. But with us being so busy lately I’m not sure when we’ll get around going it.”
Twilight knows she’s going to feel bad about asking the next question. “Do you know what was the course of all this?”
“The doctors couldn’t be sure what was course of all of this, they think there might have something to do with Lara’s blood, but at the same time they think there something wrong with my blood as well. Since this doesn’t happen very much, they don’t much data on this.” Professor Mud replied.
Twilight was just about to say something but Professor Mud interrupted her “There’s no need to say anything Twilight, something will work out some day. Oh we’re here already. Check List over here.”
Twilight and the others arrived to a storage office and outside was a white earth pony stallion with a clip board cutie mark and he is also bald. Lara started the introduce “Everypony this is Check List, he’ll be” “AAAGH!” Everypony turned to see who that was, only to see it was Rarity. “Why is a stallion like you with such a beautiful white coat walking around bald? I can’t let this continue. Come we must fix this.”
Before Check List protest, Rarity used her magic to lift him up and drag him away with her. “Somepony, Anypony help me!” Check List said in a panic.
As Rarity ran past Sweetie Belle she quickly said “Sorry Sweetie Belle I got to help this poor stallion I’ll get back as soon as I can.” Sweetie Belle turned to face the others and said “Well we won’t be seeing those two for the rest of the day.”
Professor Mud and Lara looked at each other with a confuse look on their faces, then Lara look at Twilight and asked “Is that normal for your friend to ponynapped ponies over a mane?”
Applejack couldn’t help herself but laugh over what just happened and answer her question “Well she is a fashion designer, so I could say that more or less normal.”
Lara with a surprise look on her face over her answer and asked “Any idea on when they’ll be back?”
Sweetie Belle decided it was her turn to answer a question “That depends on how long it takes for my sister to find the right wig for Check List and there might be a chance she could give him some clothes, also asked him out.”
Professor Mud decided to tell everypony it would be best to get the equipment they need and start without Check List and Rarity. “Ok now that we got what we need, let’s get to the excavation site and see what we can find. Remember stay close together and if you find anything let me or Lara know ok?”
Everypony nodded “Good let’s get started then.”
Three hours has passed for Twilight and the others during their time in the ancient ruin they found different ancient items that’s ready to be studied. They were about to end their search to take a break until Sweetie Belle of the CMC found something on one of the walls. “Professor Mud, I think I found something.”
Professor Mud herd Sweetie Belle and came to see what she found “What have you found Sweetie Belle?”
Sweetie Belle pointed to what she found so Professor Mud took a closer look and also removing more dirt of it. “This is interesting. It seems to be some sort of metal I haven’t seen before and I think there’s something else as well. Give me a minute here.”
Professor Mud then closed his eyes and then his horn started to glow, then he moved his horn on the metal wall. Twilight came up to Lara wanted to ask something. “What spell is he using?” Lara looked at Twilight told her. “He’s using an ultrasound spell. It allows him to get a closer look on what we can’t see and what’s on the other side of it. Also there was a time when he uses it to see what I got for him for his birthday and hearth’s warming day, so I had to hide the presents at my friends home so he doesn’t use that spell to see what’s in them.”
Twilight nodded. “I see, I heard about that spell before, only a few unicorns could do it. I bet it wasn’t easy.”
“It wasn’t easy for him. He can only do it for a short time at a square meter area.” Lara answered.
Professor Mud finished his scan and happy to tell everypony what he found. “There seem to be a door just to our right here. Let’s get the dirt off and let’s see what’s behind that door.”
Everypony carefully removed the dirt to uncover more of the door. Once it was cleared Professor Mud carefully using his magic to open the door to reveal what’s inside. Professor Mud slowly and carefully entered the discovered room. “What do you see Professor Mud?” “I can tell you one thing Twilight, there’s not much in here, except this thing here.”
Professor Mud walked over to what he saw, at a closer look also removing a bit of dust off it, he was amazed what he has found. As the others come in he told everypony what it is. “This seems to be a stasis capsule. The ones that freeze you in time from those sci-fi novels, I never thought I would see a real one.”
Applejack having a hard time believing this, asked the Professor just to be sure. “Professor how can you be sure it’s one of those stasis thingies?”
“That’s a good question Applejack.” Professor Mud walked over to the stasis capsule and pointed to something. “This here is monitoring its heart like the ones we have at hospitals, there’s a view window so you can see who or what is inside and there’s a few other things that needs looking into. So yes it’s indeed a stasis capsule and whatever’s in there it’s alive.”
Lara looked in to the view window to see what’s inside. She was not expecting to what was inside. “It’s a. It’s a, a real Hu-ape everpony, a real Hu-ape.”
“Are you sure Lara?” Professor Mud then looked in the view window just to be sure. “It is. It really is a Hu-ape in side. This is the discovery of a life time. Lara let the other team know what we have found and tell them to bring some of the other equipment as well, this will need to be studied carefully.”
“I’m on it.” Lara left the room to bring the news to the other team. Scootaloo walked up to Professor Mud and asked “So when are you going to let the Hu-ape out?”
“I’m not sure if that’s a good idea. First off we know if it’s understand our language, second releasing it to a new world might bring harm to it shelf and to others. So until then it stays inside.” Professor Mud said answering Scootaloo question.
Sweetie Belle walked up to the stasis capsule and saw a button. “Hey, what does this button do?” As she said it, she pushed the button and then the stasis capsule started making some noises. Everpony was scared thinking what would happen next. The door slowly opening, when the door fully opened the Hu-ape slowly walk out of the capsule. Different question were running into the ponies minds, does it speak their language, does it know what happened to its people, what does it eats, does it like cupcakes just to save Pinkie Pie the time asking the question and will she show up?
Meanwhile at Ponyville Hospital
“Hum? Nurs Ifik soomne iss bracking he fuof wal.” (Nurse I think somepony is breaking the forth wall.) Pinkie said with her tongue still sticking out. “Yes, Yes now stop talking, I’m trying to get your tongue untied, a two meter tongue.
Back to the excavation site
The Hu-ape now out of the stasis capsule looking around the room, the poinies wasn’t sure what’s going to happen next, and then the Hu-ape spoke. “Ow, ow, ow, pain, PAIN!” Hu-ape fell on to the floor culled up in pain. The ponies were surprised it could speak their language. Twilight went over to the Hu-ape to see if she could help it. “What’s wrong?” “Cramp, CRAMP!” “Where?” The Hu-ape took a deep breath then said “EVREYWHERE!”
Chapter three
Everypony is still having a hard time taking this in over what they’re seeing, an Hu-ape from that old story out of its stasis capsule in front of them, can talk in their language and it’s on the floor having the most painful cramp in Equestria history. Professor Mud couldn’t let this Hu-ape go through any more pain unfortunately he doesn’t know any spells that can lower the pain, but he knows one unicorn that could help. “Twilight, do you know any spells that can stop the pain?”
Twilight took a monument to think about it. “Well I read a bit about paralyzing the muscles, but I’m not sure what affect the Hu-ape will have when exposed to magic.” Twilight look again at the Hu-ape unsure if that spell on it would be a good idea.
“I knew I should have brought those smeging pain killers with me when I got inside the stasis capsule.” The Hu-ape then looked at Twilight unknowing that what the Hu-ape see is a real pony. “You wouldn’t have any pain killers with you? Also I need someone to check my eyes and head, I seem to be seeing multicolour ponies, some with wings and some with horns on there heads.”
“I don’t have pain killers on me, but I do have a spell that’ll paralyze your muscles.”
“What do you mean spell?”
“I mean I’m going to use a simple spell that will shut down your body for a bit hopefully stopping the cramps. But it’s risky because I don’t know what would happen if I use magic on a Hu-ape.”
“Ok. First magic seriously? You been reading too many fantasy novels and second, either I missed herd that last world or the human race have become so dumb that they forgot what are race is called.” Just then the cramping pain starting to get worse for the human. “Ok, that’s really painful, so do you have anything for the cramps or what?”
“Ok then, let’s see of this works then” Twilight’s horn started to glow aura, as her aura got brighter the aura started to cover the human. The human could feel the cramp easing up and the human starting to feel a bit tired.
“What are…you doing…to…me?” As the human’s eyes closed, Professor Mud walk up to Twilight slowly. “What did you do to it Twilight?”
“I used a sleep spell with the paralyzing spell. So now we can move the human somewhere more comfortable for it to rest.”
Just then Lara returned with more archaeologists with some of their equipment. “I’m back and I got the…” Lara stops for a moment and saw the stasis capsule open. “Am I missing something here?”
“Apart from Sweetie Belle pushing a button that releasing what was inside the stasis capsule, find out that the Hu-ape can speak the same language as us, told us that they’re acutely called humans, started to having cramps when it got out and Twilight had to use magic on it to give it another nap. Not much dear.”
“Oh, ok then. What do we do now the human then?”
“You with Twilight take the human to the medical tent just to make sure the human is still alright and I need you two to stay with the human to help clam it down just in case if it freaks out when it wakes up. Applejack I need you to take the kids with you outside, while me and the others set up the some of the equipment down here.”
Once everypony understand what they needed to do Applejack took the kids outside and told Sweetie Belle that she’s going to tell Rarity what she has done. Twilight used her magic to levitate the human and Lara guided her to the medical tent. Professor Mud and the other archaeologists set up some of their equipment.
“Just remember we don’t need all of the equipment set up now that we know the human can talk in are language. It’ll be able to answer many questions we have for it.”
One of the archaeologists came up to Professor Mud and asked. “Professor Mud do you think it would be best to find out what gender the human is, it would make the human feel more comfortable if we knew its gender.”
“Good point. I’ll have to ask the human that question when I have the chance, unless Lara beat me to it first.”
Lara and Twilight while carrying the human with her magic got to the medical tent for the human to rest and to check if the human is all right.
Lara stopped outside of the medical tent and turn to face Twilight. “Wait here for a minute. I’m going to see if there’s a spare bed in there and see if it’s big enough for it.”
“Ok.”
Lara then walked inside the tent to check on their medic. “Medic is there a spare bed in here?”
The site medic turned to see who it was asking him. “Yeah, I always have a bed ready just in case. Why is somepony hurt?”
“I think it might be easier if you see for yourself. Twilight, you can bring the human in now.”
“Human?”
Twilight then walked in along with the human still asleep. “You can the human over there Twilight.”
Twilight put the human on the bed, while the Medic was speechless over what he’s seeing, a human that he has no idea what it is, in his medical tent, a sleep, on a spare bed. Medic then regains his speech. “Lara, what in the love of all princesses of Equestria what is that?”
Lara turned and looks at the medic and said. “This is a human, the real name of a Hu-ape. It’s what we found in those ruins.”
“Really that’s Hu-a, I mean human?”
“Yes it is medic. We just letting it rest here for a bit until Twilight’s spell wear off and we’re staying with this human when it wakes up. We got many question to ask, about its people, what really happened to them and what are these round things on its chest?”
“I’m not sure Lara.” *poke* *poke* “But they’re soft and squishy. Also I feel a bit jealous by it, I’m not sure why.”
“Really Twilight, I’ll have to wright that down. Oh I forgot I left my note book at my tent, I’ll just be a minute.”
Lara then left the medical tent leaving Twilight and Medic alone with a sleeping human.
“So is Medic your real name do you let them call you that?”