Star Ponies

Back on Earth Celestia began the process of rallying ships to deal with the Nightmare Moon threat. Gilda went to visit the 3 refugees who were staying at a suite at Confederation headquarters.

She went to the room pressed a button on the side of the wall and the doors opened and there stood one of the Griffins. Who was surprised to see her he shouted “your excellency!”

This got the attention of the other Griffins who came to the door and saw Gilda standing there. They were also stunned to see her but they invited her inside she said “I spoke with the Confederation leaders and with the threat from Koszmar Meness, we have decided to put aside our differences for now and fight against a common enemy.”

One of the refugees asked “what about Ornicondira?” Gilda said “he has been exiled from Voltor for conducting back door negotiations I am returning to Voltor soon and would ask you 3 to come with me. We will need all the comanders we can get."

The 3 Griffins nodded in agreement and they left for Voltor. Celestia and Luna watched as the Griffin thunderbird departed then vanished in a streak. Luna asked “do you think there will be peace between us and the Griffons?”

Celestia looked over and said softly “I hope so we have so much to offer each other.”

At the same time Rainbow Dash was in a room below the admirals looking out the window also watching as Gilda’s ship departed. She just sighed and slowly walked away feeling slightly depressed. She needed something to lift her spirits she then remembered the virtual reality room. She went there and walked up to set of doors pressed a button on the wall and said “computer activate Rainbow Dash flying program 12.”

The computer said “program loaded enter when ready.”

The door lifted up and she saw a welcome sight the skies over the planet Hecate having visited it a few times loved the warm air currents. She smiled as she took to the air she could feel the wind in her mane she thought about everything looked and felt so real. Looking around she saw the orange sky and the 2 suns low on the horizon it was just as she remembered. Just the door opened and a yellow pegasus entered the room.

Rainbow landed on the floor and smiled “oh hey Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy looked around and said “oooh the planet Hecate very nice.”

Rainbow smiled and said “come flying with me.”

The 2 pegasi took to the air and flew around the sky watching as the ground below moved along Rainbow asked “what brings you here?”

Fluttershy said “oh I’m going to Earth to visit my parents and I was on my way to the shuttle bay when I saw the room was active so I peeked inside.”

Rainbow smiled then sighed “my parents are on Rhea right now it takes 3 weeks to get there and leave is only for 2 weeks.”

Fluttershy just looked down and said “oh.”

After they finished flying Fluttershy said “that was nice I have to be going I’ll see you soon”

Rainbow said “see ya.”

As the 2 exited the virtual room Fluttershy went to the shuttle bay and Rainbow had an idea she said “wait I’m coming to Earth.”

The 2 walked along the corridor as they passed the gymnasium. They heard a voice it sounded like it was shouting “ALRIGHT NOW I WANT TO SEE SOME EFFORT! NO PAIN NO GAIN! LET’S GO MOVE IT! MOVE IT! TODAY PONIES TODAY! Curious they peeked inside and saw the gym coach Bulk Biceps coaching some ponies. He wore a whistle and a ball cap as ponies were lifting weights and running on treadmills.

They giggled and Fluttershy said “I’m glad he’s not my coach.”

Rainbow said “me too.”

They continued to the shuttle bay when they arrived they met a pegasus stallion with a wind swirl cutie mark who said “greetings I am Lt. Wind Breaker what is your destination?”

Rainbow and Fluttershy said in unison “Earth.”

Wind Breaker smiled and said “you’re in luck the last shuttle is available.”

Fluttershy asked “where are the others?”

Wind Breaker replied “they are being used the next one is not scheduled to return for at least an hour.”

They boarded the shuttle and left for Earth as the left the bay the blackness of space could be seen as the shuttle turned the Earth came into view. It was a wondrous spectacle Rainbow wished she could fly that high into the sky to see the planet from this viewpoint. When the shuttle landed the 2 pegasi parted company. Rainbow sighed as Fluttershy flew away she took to the air as well. Not sure what she wanted to do she flew around for a while before flying over Confederation headquarters she noticed something unusual. She landed nearby and saw 2 phillies that were acting out of place looking around nervously. Rainbow moved in closer for a better look one was silver with a white mane and tail with eye glasses and spoon for a cutie mark. The other was light pink with a light purple mail and tail with a white streaks and a tiara for a cutie mark.

The one with the tiara seemed to be in charge as she said “come on lets go the queen won’t wait forever.”

The silver one seemed slightly reluctant “I don’t know about this if we get caught.”

The pinkish one said “we won’t remember if we do this we are guaranteed a place in the new order and we might even get our own moon or planet to rule over.”

Rainbow thought queen? She watched as they put on some outfits to conceal their identity she then followed them as they entered Confederation headquarters she continued following them hovering near the ceiling. She watched as they came to a secured location 2 guards were standing watch when one of the rolled a totally clear ball in their direction. It blended in with the floor and could not really be seen it bumped against the wall behind them. Then expelled a purple smoke the guards passed out as the smoke dissipated the 2 phillies entered the room. Rainbow followed then still keeping a low profile hiding behind various objects.

She noticed them accessing the Confederation mainframe and downloading something then one of them spoke “the queen will be pleased.” She watched then as they left the room and she continued to follow them they entered a room closing the door behind them.

A voice was heard she placed an ear next to the door and heard the voice say “here is the information you requested.”

A 3rd voice could be heard it sounded almost insectoid. “You have done well Kosmaras Zana will be pleased when the chaos storm comes you will be spared. You also will have a place in the new order continue to please us and you a moon or even a planet to rule over as you see fit.

Rainbow left headquarters and went to contact either admiral Celestia or Luna. She went a nearby console and tried to contact either of them but instead she got vice admiral Cadence who said “hello Cmdr. Dash how can I help you today?”

Rainbow said “we have a situation and need to talk” Cadence asked “what is it?”

Rainbow said “I don’t want to talk over communication channels but let’s just say the security of the Confederation may be at risk.”

Cadence said “I see, I will meet you at Confederation headquarters” Rainbow nodded and the screen went blank.

A short time later Cadence arrived at Confederation headquarters and found Rainbow sitting nearby waiting. She said “thank you for coming on such short notice”

Cadence said “you said it was vitally important.”

Rainbow nodded and said “yes” she then told the story about what she saw.

Cadence tilted her head back and said softly “that is a serious accusation.”

Rainbow nodded and said “access the security footage and you’ll see.”

Cadence said “very well as they entered she noticed the passed out guards near the computer mainframe room they were just beginning to awaken.

She asked “what happened here?”

Still groggy one of them said something about a puff of purple smoke.

Cadence she said “report to the medical facility” they saluted and left. She levitated a communication device out of her saddle bag and spoke into it “Cadence to Confederation security chief.”

A voice replied “security chief Lightning Dust speaking.”

Cadence said “we have 2 guards down by an intruder or intruders I sent them to medical facility and I also want security doubled.”

Lightning dust said “at once admiral.”

Moments later 2 new guards arrived to take the previous ones place. Cadence and Rainbow continued on to the confederation security archive. When they arrived Cadence looked at a small box on the wall with 2 lights on it. She levitated out a small flat rectangular card out of her saddle bag and slid it into a slot on the bottom of the box.

A voice said “enter voice authorization code” Cadence said “Cadence vice admiral of the crystal naval fleet authorization code delta vega 72664.”

A green light lite up and the voice said “voice authorization accepted.”

The door lifted up reveling a large room with 3 consoles one in the middle the other 2 on either side.

She asked Rainbow when did this event take place?”

Rainbow said “about 25 minutes ago”

Cadence said “computer play security footage main hallway time index 13:23 hrs.”

She watched as she saw the duo rolling a small sphere and smoke then them entering the Confederation mainframe room.

She then said “computer show footage for Confederation mainframe room time index 13:25 hrs.”

The footage showed them entering the room and Rainbow following and hiding then Cadence noticed something.

She said “computer zoom in and enhance frame 26.6”

She looked at the text on the download bar and said “this is not good see that it says operation chaos. That is the details of our attack plan against Nightmare Moon as well as our fleet capacity who did they give this information too?”

Rainbow replied “I don’t know all I heard was a queen and someone named Kosmaras Zana.”

Cadence’s eyes grew very wide and all she could say was “oh crap!”

She pressed a button on the wall and the door opened as they exited the room.

Rainbow was confused she said “what’s going on?”

Cadence said “we need to contact admiral Celestia and Luna right away! The queen they mentioned is queen Chrysalis of the Changeling Empire and Kosmaras Zana is their name for Nightmare Moon.”

Rainbow asked “what happens now?”

Cadence said “come with me I want you to help identify these spies and when we find them we will deal with them accordingly.”

Rainbow nodded as they went to cadence’s shuttle and soon returned to station Equestria. Rainbow was escorted to a room and Cadence levitated a pad with pictures on it.

Cadence said “just slide your hoof to the left or right to scroll.”

Rainbow began scrolling through the pictures until she came across the phillies she saw outside Confederation headquarters she said “these are the ones slides 12 and 14.”

Cadence asked “are you sure?”

Rainbow nodded Cadence levitated the pad and said “computer access this device and upload slides 12 and 14 to this screen.”

The computer displayed the pictures side by side on the screen on the wall Cadence then said “computer identify the slides 12 and 14”

Above their heads were the names Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to both Rainbow and Cadence's surprise below the names there was a text known offences.

Cadence said “list known offenses.”

The images darkened slightly and text began to scroll up listing their offences it read list of suspected offenses vandalism, extortion, forgery, extortion and sabotage.

Rainbow said enthusiastically “let’s get them and make them pay.”

Cadence replied “not until we have more evidence I will speak to Celestia and Luna.”

At the same time on Koros Nightmare Moon is talking to Chrysalis about the possible attack. Chrysalis said “my spies have just sent me some Intel on the Confederation. Their attack plan and fleet capacity they won’t stand a chance should they be foolish enough to attack

Discord came in and said with a wicked grin. “Oh they will come and when they do we will have a surprise waiting for them."

He laughed manically Nightmare Moon and Chrysalis just sneered wickedly.

Chrysalis asked “what sort of reward should we give the spies? They seemed egger to join our cause.”

Nightmare Moon scowled and said flatly “we have everything we need they are no longer of any use to us.”

Discord grinned and said “wait I have a better idea let them believe they are still useful give them a task that will get them caught then let the Confederation deal with them.”

Nightmare Moon said “Chrysalis contact the spies and give them a task.”

Chrysalis asked “what sort of task?”

Nightmare Moon grinned wickedly and said “use your imagination just make sure they get caught.”

Chrysalis nodded and the screen went blank then sent a message to the spies the message read agents DT-004 and SP-006 here are your instructions. You are to go to Confederation headquarters and introduce a virus into the Confederation mainframe. One that will melt their microchips virus is included in this message.

After sending the message she returned to where Nightmare Moon and Discord were and said “I sent the message they are caught for certain. I sent it on a frequency that the Confederation is sure to intercept but not be able to trace.”

Both Discord and Nightmare Moon smiled wickedly Discord said “prepare your fleet they will be coming soon.”

Turning to Nightmare Moon he said “make sure the troops are ready I will turn up the chaos” Nightmare Moon nodded and went to inform the Vol-Ponika. As Discord focused and the laws of physics vanished entirely in addition to the previous chaos he created. He added upside down rainbows and mint cotton candy rain with and candy corn hail.

Back in Earth orbit the signal Chrysalis sent was intercepted at an orbital relay station by a Confederation officer a dark purple mare with a red mane and a satellite dish cutie mark. She was monitoring incoming transmissions and sending them to their proper destinations. The officer noticed something different about this signal and contacted admiral Celestia she appeared on the screen she said “greetings Lt. Jormin how may I help you?”

Jormin said “sorry to disturb you admiral but I received a transmission I think it’s form Koros. It’s hard to tell the origin is hard to pinpoint and it contains a computer virus.”

Celestia arched an eyebrow then said “change the code of the virus so that it is inert hut is still there then send it through.” Jormin said “at once admiral.”

After making the modifications the transmission was sent to its destination a house on the outskirts San Ponsisko Diamond Tiara receives the message.

She then contacted Silver Spoon “DT-004 contacting SP-006

A voice replied “SP-006 here.” Diamond says “we have the package meet me at Confederation headquarters”

Spoon said I’m on my way.”

Back at confederation headquarters Cadence and Rainbow were waiting inside. Cadence is speaking to the guards “shortly 2 young phillies will be coming here to attempt to sabotage the Confederation mainframe let them pass.”

The guards are confused Cadence smiles “they will use something to immobilize you.”

She levitates a small hypodermic device and says “this is an antidote from Dr. Stalls it will protect you from the effects of their knockout gas.”

She then administers it to the guards then says “when they administer the gas pretend to pass out and let them inside as they exit take them into custody.”

The guards saluted and Cadence left soon afterwards Tiara and Spoon came into Confederation headquarters and used the same gas on the guards. They fell to the ground and Tiara and Spoon entered the room once inside they went to the computer and inserted the card into the slot.

The computer uploaded the data and the lights began to dim and flicker as a voice said “WARNING!-WARNING! Evil overweight centaurs have invaded produce stands across the planet they have come to steal Earth’s boulders.”

Tiara said “let’s get out of here.”

As the 2 left the room they were confronted by the guards that one said “HALT DON’T MOVE!”

The 2 looked at each other in surprise they tried to flee but were caught in an aura of magic as they were held in the magic aura. The other went to a communication terminal and contacted Cadence and said “admiral we have the 2 in custody”

Cadence said “excellent I’m on my way.”

When she arrived she took the 2 in her magic and teleported them to a prison cell.

Turning to the guards she said “you have done well I will see that you receive an accommodation.”

When she went to a console and contacted Celestia and Luna and said “I captured 2 spies attempting to sabotage the Confederation mainframe meet me on station Equestria.”

When she arrived on the station with Rainbow who wen to her quarters as Cadence met with Celestia and Luna and told them about how Rainbow Dash alerted her to the spies the virus and how they were captured.

Celestia said “these are serious charges I hope you have evidence to back up your accusations.”

Cadence nodded and she contacted Rainbow Dash who came to the room where the 3 admirals were and said “you wanted to see me?”

Cadence said “yes tell Celestia and Luna what you saw at Confederation headquarters.”

Rainbow told the details of what happened and who they answered too and mentioned the video footage they viewed the footage Luna said nothing and Celestia just shook her head.

Cadence said “thank you Rainbow you are dismissed.”

Rainbow saluted and left the 3 admirals went to visit the prisoners to get their side of the story they went to the cells where they were being held they insisted they were innocent

Luna said “if you are innocent then why do we have footage of you attempting to sabotage the Confederation mainframe?”

Neither one of them had a response Diamond Tiara only grinned and said in a very snarky tone “when the chaos storm comes you will be sorry.”

Silver Spoon said nothing she just looked around nervously Celestia said “if either of you are willing to tell any of us what you know we will exact a degree of leniency to your sentence.”

Silver Spoon looked up at the 3 admirals Diamond Tiara just lay down and said nothing later that day Diamond Tiara was taken to an interrogation room. There she was asked about the events at Confederation headquarters she just grinned and said “chaos is coming.”

After some time of questioning it seemed that she was refusing to talk so they decided to see if Silver Spoon would be more forthcoming. They placed her in the room and to their surprise she was more cooperative she asked “if I tell you what I know what happens to me?”

Luna said “treason and sabotage are very serious crimes they carry a sentence of exile from the planet and sometimes banishment to a distant moon or worse. So I recommend that if you tell us what you know we will be lenient.”

Silver Spoon thought for a moment and said “we were hired by a changeling on the planet Tethys they offered us something a chance to avoid the coming chaos storm. All we had to do was pledge our elegance to queen Chrysalis who answered to some being called Kosmaras Zana. They are planning to take over the galaxy and promised us immunity if we agreed to do some tasks for them.

Luna said “do you have any idea how vulnerable you have made us?” She then said in a loud booming voice “we had a chance to defeat Nightmare Moon and Discord. But thanks to you and your friend they are more than likely going to hand our flanks to us on a silver platter!”

Silver Spoon cowered as Luna spoke she shakily said “I’m sorry.”

Luna calmed down a little and said “you will not suffer the same fate as your companion. Hence forth you are hereby exiled from Earth.”

Silver Spoon asked what will happen to Diamond Tiara?”

Luna said “she is going to be sent to a parallel dimension where she will be rehabilitated it is a military dimension where honor and loyalty are paramount.” We have a trade agreement with them where we send them our criminals and they rehabilitate them. In return we give them resources. Once Diamond has learned her lesson she will be permitted to return Silver Spoon asked “how long will that take?” Luna said “it depends on the pony some learn faster than others some never learn.” Leaning close she said “they’re very strict imagine that loud voice I used only louder and harsher.”

Silver cringed.