Chapters Starshine was just like any other unicorn in Equestria. She had a white coat with a thick neon blue mane. She had gotten her cutie mark earlier than most. It was a small four pointed blue star with a grey ring around it. She had gotten by learning that she was very good with magic that was particularl kind of magic. She liked to play with her friends, use magic, go exploring etc. She would just be a normal pony in Equestria. The only problem with that was, she wasn't in Equestria. Her family had moved to a planet that had been discovered before she was even born. She didn't know much about the actual space travel, and neither did her parents when they came here. Their job was to set up new magic Beacons that helped keep oxygen stable in certain areas. The planet had oxygen of course, but it was not fit for breathing.
Stoct Ridley was terrified. It had already gotten Dale and the others. Now it was just her, Pren, and Biré. They had no idea where it was or when it would strike next. Their only hope of survival was to get on the escape pod, and self-destruct the ship, killing that bastard.
Ridley woke up screaming. Where was she? What was she doing here. She looked around. She was on a small bed in a dull grey metal room. The sheets she was on felt really uncomfortable. She kept looking around and notice two doctors, one a light green with a combed mane, the other white with a black shaggy mane that made him look like he was from the 70's. They came in, gave her a quick shot, and left.
Dr. Heybale began reading Ridley's psychiatric evaluation. So far she seemed totally crazy, yet. The evaluation from 61 years ago said she was fine. Did something happen to her hyper-sleep chamber? He didn't think that wass the case based on the condition the team said they found it in. Not to mention no one knew what happened to the rest of her crew. What could have happene to her to cause so much trauma?
Shooter was having such a normal morning. How could it have gotten so weird? He woke up like always, on his same bed with the other soldiers beside him, asleep. He was always the first pony up. He liked to get so flying in before breakfast. So he got out of bed,and walked over to the bathroom. He splashed some water in his face and looked at himself in the mirror. He was just a normal pegasus. Dark green, with an even darker green mane and tail. He looked down at his cutie mark. Hard to believe they still called it that with what some ponies were getting as them nowadays. His was an assault rifle, which is why he joined the military. Did not do much. Not since the last Celestial war. That was only 5 years ago that it ended, and it wasn't to bad. he was so young at the time too. Shooter only saw action once, and he was dead terrified. Ironic the battlefield was where he got his cutie mark.
Ridley was pissed. They didn't believe her. She had told the board what had happened, how the creature had wiped out her crew, but they just thought she was crazy. Maybe she was. No, that couldn't be, she knew it really happened, although, she wished it hadn't. She galloped to her new room. She wished that the doors didn't open on their own with key cards, because she wanted to slam it shut.
Shooter had gathered in the landing dock with the others. First there was Spark, a blue unicorn, with an orange mane and tail, with a bull's-eye as her cutie mark. Second there was Cake Baker, a heavily built blue pony, with a crate as his cutie mark, just because he was good at lifting things. Third there was Violet Sunflower. Despite her name, she was not the nicest pony you'd meet in Equestria. She was covered in burn marks because of all the battles she was in, and all the fights she got into. No one even knew what he cutie mark was, given that the area where it had been was covered in a huge scar. She had originally beena yellow pegusus with green hair, but she dyed her coat black. She said it was to keep ponies from seeing her scars, but everypony knew better. She just didn't like looking like such a pansy. Her wings were still yellow, but they were a much darker shade. Fourth there was Halfwing. He was an olive color with a plane as his cutie mark. He had been born with only one wing so he couldn't fly naturally, but he made up for it by being a great pilot. Fifth there was Flute Bottom, a ginger colored unicorn with a soccer ball as his cutie mark. He was originally just a good athlete when it came to sports, but for some reason nopony can quite understand he joined the military. Sixth there was Sargent Peppers, but everypony just called him Sarge. He wasn't that big but heavily built. He was crimson with a fist as a cutie mark, and had an eye patch, which he never told anypony how he got it, and if they asked he just threatened them with needing one. Shooter and all of them were wearing standard military uniforms, small camo shits with magic-proof vests over them. Seventh there was Checkers, a black and white checkered android pony. There were also ten other ponies, but Shooter had never met them before. One of them didn't appear to be military, company, or an android.
The flight was over all a routine one. The ponies stayed in their hyper-sleep chambers, while Checkers ran the ship on the way there. Checkers, despite being an android, did get very bored. He was given television, but only to learn how to interact with ponies better. He watched them quite often to have something to do, but he never truely understood somethings. For example, he could not comprehend this thing that the ponies called "friendship." He did not understand what made somepony a friend. Was it a sort of symbiotic relationship? Was it having common traits? Enjoying the happiness of others? Checkers understood so much of it, yet still had no idea what exactly it was. He was able to understand and feel some basic emotions such as happiness, disappointment, and the one most promenent now, boredom. However, because of efficiency problems, androids no longer were programmed with saddness, anger, and emotions such as these. But he felt he still had know idea. While he wondered what friendship could be, a light began flashing, which ment the others were about to wake up, which ment they had arrived.
All the ponies had arrived at the LG-28 space station. It was a thin cylinder, with tubes connecting it to a circular ring like section, that had large antennas sticking out of it with a purple glow. These were made to magically keep astroids from hitting the station itself.
