Golf Echo Bravoby part time ponyChaptersChapter 1 | MaydayChapter 2 | The InquiryChapter 3 | A Noble VisitChapter 4 | DevelopmentsChapter 5 | Formidable Discoveries & TroublesChapter 6 | Double the Trouble Part IChapter 7 | Double the Trouble Part IIChapter 8 | The ResolveChapter 9 | Echoes of the PastChapter 10 | The MoralityChapter 1 | MaydayChapter 1: "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, France 11:47 AM It was a hot Tuesday Afternoon, the weather today had exceeded all expectations. The sun was hitting the ground and providing perhaps too much heat to the city of Toulouse in Southern France, the city where the famous European multinational corporation that designs, builds and sells popular aircraft. Such as the double-deck Airbus A380, or the small yet comfortable Airbus A318. One of these smaller Airbuses was currently on Runway 14R. The Aircraft had recently been built and was flying on its maiden voyage. Not that it was the first A318 ever built, but the more recent one. The Aircraft had been ordered by a British Airline but had however cancelled the order. Now the Aircraft was instead going to become the aircraft to represent the A318 aeroplane and the A320 Family. Onboard the plane were two pilots, Captain Antoine Pardieu and First Officer Timothy Coburn. Antoine was French while his friend, Timothy was British. Both are highly experienced pilots, having flown for over 12 years and knew every little detail that came with the cockpit of an Airbus. Today their destination was Keflavik Airport, the biggest Airport in Iceland and the hub for Icelandair and WOW! Air. It also served as the airport for Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The Aircraft would have the callsign of Golf Echo Bravo for the flight because this wasn't a commercial flight, so, therefore, there'd be no digits or anything else that commercial flights had. "Golf Echo Bravo, the wind is heading from the east at 4 knots. Cleared for takeoff Runway 14R." ATC said. "Cleared for takeoff Runway 14R, Golf Echo Bravo," Antoine responded. Timothy began to increase thrust. Slowly, the plane began to move on the runway. Upon reaching higher speeds, it began to shake a little but nothing too big to abort take off. "V1," Timothy said. "Rotate," he said again. Upon hearing 'Rotate', Antoine began to pull on the control stick to the left of him. The Airbus A318 began to leave the runway and fly. The landing gear would then also no longer be on the ground. The plane was now flying and slowly pulling away from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. "Gear up," Antoine said. Timothy located the Landing Gear level and pulled it upwards, following this the sound of the gear being brought up could be heard. The plane began to climb in altitude. Once they reached Positive Climb, Timothy retracted the flaps so that the Airbus could fly at max speed during cruising, also because it was much safer so. 1:27 PM The Airbus A318 had been cruising for the past two hours. It was now in Icelandic Airspace and was about 120 Kilometers from Keflavik Airport. The plane was flying above the Westmann Islands. Timothy was on his laptop that he carried on medium-range flights to entertain himself while the plane was on Auto-pilot. Antoine, on the other hand, was measuring fuel consumption. However, unbeknownst to the two pilots, a Volcanic Eruption had just occurred 20 kilometres from their location. ATC would detect it quickly but, they'd fail to warn Golf Echo Bravo. Somehow, the controller responsible for warning all aircraft had failed to reach the Airbus A318, the plane was an emergency about to happen. Unless the pilots were to spot the eruption themselves they would need to hope that they could find a suitable road for landing or hope they can reach Keflavik Airport by gliding the plane. The plane, flying at 380 km/h was approaching fast the ash. It didn't take long before the aircraft passed right through it and alerted the two pilots. Both their engines were gone. They were now experiencing a similar situation, if not the same to what happened to British Airways Flight 9, a Boeing 747-200 on the 24th June 1982 flew into Volcanic Ash that had erupted from Mount Galunggung south-east of Jakarta. As of result of this, all four engines failed. Luckily for them, three of the engines managed to restart and the plane safely landed in Jakarta. "We've got both engines rolling back!" Timothy warned Antoine of the problem occurring. The speed of the plane began to drop. Antoine put away the notebook which he was previously writing on all essential in-flight details. He quickly disabled Auto-pilot and began to steer the aircraft. "Contact Keflavik Airport, tell them we have an emergency," Antoine said to Timothy. While Antoine was flying the plane, Timothy would contact Keflavik Tower. "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Keflavik Tower, Golf Echo Bravo we've lost both engines to Volcanic Ash, requesting assistance." "Golf Echo Bravo, Roger. Turn Right Heading 170, align with ILS for ILS Approach." Keflavik Tower would instruct the crew. Antoine would do as he heard, he would turn the plane right, 170. There he would attempt to align with the ILS for the approach. When all of the sudden. Electric sparks appeared out of nowhere in front of the aircraft. Antoine did not know what it was, nor did Timothy. But both knew it wasn't good. They attempted to switch directions but the electric sparks followed. Eventually, the sparks became a hole. A purple one that looked like a portal to another dimension. Antoine reacted quickly and pulled up, however it was to no avail. The plane entered the portal and then appeared on the other sides. The land in front was beautiful, but it didn't look like the one on Earth. Something wasn't right they thought. It was too colourful for it to be Earth. The engines, which were previously rendered useless were now working again somehow. The crew did not know that the portal they just passed through, took them to Equestria. Home of the Pony and other species. Elsewhere Rainbow Dash was flying, flying like she always did. However, instead of flying near her home she decided to take it one step further and fly at the Smokey Mountains. She was mostly practising flying close to the ground without hitting the ground and getting hurt. After flying for about two hours and starting to get exhausted, she decided to return to her home. A homemade out of clouds. Though, what she would see on her return was to surprise her. She began to hear loud noises, they sounded unnatural, it'd be impossible for a creature to create that sound. When the noises got louder she decided to look backwards from where they were coming from. Suddenly, a white object appeared and was about to collide with her. Having quick reflexes she flew upwards to dodge the collision. She saw how the giant object with wings flew away. Being a curious pony, she decided to follow the object. The fast pegasus mare managed to catch up. The object was huge for her. Though the object was probably flying much faster than she could, the mare still managed to follow it and spectate as the object was flying through the sky. It was also headed for Ponyville. Onboard the Airbus A318 The plane was low on fuel. Antoine and Timothy would need to land the aircraft, but there was only a problem. They were unable to contact Air Traffic Control or locate an Airport on the radar. The plane would be forced to make an emergency landing. Timothy pulled down the landing gear and the flaps. The Radio Altimeter had also been activated now. "Five Hundred." The Radio Altimeter said. The plane was now visible to anyone who was looking the sky. It was approaching the ground fast and not far from where the plane was going to land was a town. It didn't look big and Timothy estimated it housed 500-1000. The plane was also now approaching to stall. They knew they couldn't risk a stall but at the same time, they couldn't waste fuel. It wasn't until an alarm began to ring that they had to apply thrust to save themselves. "Sink rate, Sink rate." "Pull up! Pull up!" The plane was now flying lower than a hundred meters above the ground. Below the aircraft was the Everfree forest, if the plane was to go down now, it wouldn't be very good as the forest was a dangerous one. Therefore a new alarm began ringing in the cockpit. "Terrain, Terrain, Pull up!" "Fifty." "Fourty." "Thirty." "Twenty." "Ten." "Retard, Retard." The plane's landing gear located in the middle would touch the ground. The Airbus would flare slightly before the front landing gear made contact with the ground. Antoine applied the reverse thrusters and the spoilers came on as well to aid in the braking. The plane barely came to a stop before it advanced into a forest not far away. When the Airbus A318 came to a stop, so did the engines and all the lights that had been activated. The crew of the Airbus had just done something that is rarely successfully done. Rainbow Dash who had followed the plane the whole time landed right beside it. She was the first pony to witness such a large object that looked like it came from another world. It was impossible for this to come from Equestria. Shortly after, Rainbow Dash's 5 best friends came. "Rainbow Dash, what is that?" Twilight Sparkle asked. "I dunno! You're an egg head so you should know!" Rainbow Dash responded. Suddenly, a noise coming from the plane could be heard. One of the doors was opening on the other side of where the ponies were. Then, a grey slide appeared out of the door. "Oh! A Slide! I can have so much fun with it!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed and began to run towards the slide before being stopped by Applejack who had grabbed her tail using the teeth. She pulled the pink mare back. "Careful Pinkie, it can be dangerous!" Applejack said. Antoine and Timothy were now outside of the Aircraft. The ponies could only see the legs of the two humans as the Aircraft was blocking the rest. Twilight Sparkle began to approach the Aircraft. She went under it and could see the two humans fully. "Um, hello?" The lavender unicorn said quietly. Both pilots turned around quickly, being slightly scared as it was unexpected. They examined the creature that resembled a horse, but it wasn't a horse. It was a pony, a unicorn. And an intelligent one. "H-hello?" Timothy said, still being quite shocked. First Contact, had just been made. Author's Note Thank you for reading Chapter 1 of my new fanfiction Golf Echo Bravo. I hope you all enjoyed it! 25/02/2018 - Minor edits have been made, mostly correcting spelling errors and grammar. 09/04/2018 - One minor edit has been made. Chapter 2 | The InquiryChapter 2: "Questions" 48 Hours after the disappearance of Golf Echo Bravo Two days had passed since the A318 disappeared over the Westmann Islands. The news came as a shock to Airbus, for one of their planes to just disappear could impact their image in the Aviation Industry. Airbus, together with the French, British and Icelandic Government had sent some of their investigators from their respective agencies to work together and put the pieces together. One of these investigators was Álfur Sigurðsson, he was Icelandic. He was currently in his summer house on the Westmann Islands where he'd be staying until the investigation is over. For Álfur this would just be another day at the office, but he knew that this wouldn't be so easy. The only branch of the Icelandic Military, the Coast Guard had already begun to search for the flight recorders along with the US Navy which had decided to help the ICG. There also was the Royal Navy from the UK that had sent some of its ships to aid and the Royal Danish Navy from Denmark as well. The TV inside his living room was displaying a short report on the missing aircraft from the BBC. Álfur was looking at the TV and listening while being on the phone with one of his superiors in Reykjavik. "And as the search for Golf Echo Bravo continues, many have begun speculating whether the MH370 Incident in 2014 is connected to the disappearance of Golf Echo Bravo. The reporter said with a calm, neutral voice as background footage of the Icelandic Coast Guard searching for the flight recorders was playing. "I've already told Laufar that this won't be easy, I can't understand how you want this done in two months time, we don't even have the recordings from Air Traffic Control yet!" Álfur said while being frustrated. "Listen Álfur, we are on a tight schedule with the annual report coming and the boss requires all employees at the office by the time it arrives, alright? If it was up to me I would delay it and give you all the time on earth you need." His superior said over the phone, understanding his worker's frustration. "Alright, alright. I understand. We'll try to get it done, otherwise, we'll just leave it to the other guys." Álfur said feeling already better. "That's what I like to hear. Oh and we're also sending Ebba to help you, we know that you and Úlrik can't handle it without having too much on your plate." "Okay. Well, we'll talk to each other next week I suppose about the investigation." "You bet." After that Álfur hanged up and looked at the TV one more time before deciding to change the channel. The TV went pitch-black for one second before then showing an ongoing football game between Manchester United and Chelsea. Álfur could tell the match was taking place Old Trafford. He had been there during a vacation in England and had even been on a tour of the stadium. "Lingard with the ball now, passes it to Sánchez." The Commentator said as he was following the action on the pitch "Sánchez, crosses it towards Ibrahimovć... GOAL! THAT'S HIS SECOND FOR THE DAY! MANCHESTER UNITED LEAD WITH TWO GOALS. THE SCORE IS NOW 3-1!" The crowd at the stadium roared as the tall Swede scored the acrobatic goal. The Red Devils were winning against one of London's best teams if not the best. Everyone in the stadium was jumping and cheering the goal, all except for the away fans that had travelled from the English capital to Manchester. However, Álfur wasn't at all interested in watching the remaining 23 minutes of the EPL Match, sure he loved football and even went to Paris for when Euro 2016 was hosted when Iceland, the underdogs went from being predicted to drop out of the group stage to making it as far as the Quarter Finals where they were defeated by France in a one-sided game with the score at the end being 5-2. Álfur looked at his phone, seeing the time was 21:37. He looked then at the TV Remote and grabbed it. Before shutting off the TV for the night, he looked at it one more time and saw Zlatan finishing his celebration and returning to his position for the game to continue. Most of the fans had stopped celebrating by now but there still was some clapping. Then with one press of a button, the television shut off. Álfur looked around the living room, more specifically at a picture of his wife and two children. Even though he arrived here a day ago it still felt like he hadn't seen his family in a year. He was used to coming home after a long day at the office and being greeted by his wife and two children. He then took off his jacket and folded it nicely and left it on the sofa as he made his way to the bedroom to get some sleep before starting work tomorrow morning. He would greet the other investigators including Ebba and then it'd be going straight to work. However, what Álfur didn't know was that, in another world, a world that at first glance seems to be a look-alike of Earth was where the missing pilots and the aircraft was. Ponyville The two humans that had landed in Ponyville two days ago were currently in the Golden Oak Library, where Twilight Sparkle, a student of Princess Celestia resided. The Unicorn Mare had been for the past two days been asking questions about her new 'friends'. Both for Timothy and Antoine, it was nice to have a creature able to understand them. Both of them had feared in the first place when they appeared in Equestria that they may have to live in isolation, just like in the movie 'Cast Away' that both of them had watched before. As Twilight's other friends they were mostly fine with these new humans, all of them had asked many questions about their universe. Fluttershy about animals, Rarity about fashion and cuisine, Pinkie Pie about, well, uh, partying and cakes? Applejack about agriculture and also about cuisine like Rarity. But, Rainbow Dash had probably asked the most questions than any of them. Maybe even Twilight. Having seen the A318 fly right next to her and landing she wanted to know everything about flying and how it worked for them. She had probably lost interest in Daring Do at the point as she was hooked to asking the pilots. Antoine had explained everything when it came to Aviation. He even told her how the world's largest plane, the Antonov An-225 Mryia could even manage takeoffs and how much it even weighed. Rainbow Dash was speechless, but Twilight, on the other hand, began asking how it even was possible to build such a beast to which Timothy responded. "If there's one thing that the Russians do better than the rest then it's building mechanical beasts." At the end of the day, the two pilots had probably answered over a thousand questions since there were so many. Mainly from the two mares. Timothy and Antoine would be sharing a recently built house not far from the Golden Oak Library, that way they would always know where they needed to go if they needed help or advice. Canterlot The Princess of the Sun had just finished lowering her bright sun as her younger sister Princess Luna began raising her moon. The two Princesses had been busy the last couple of days, mostly with lots of pressing matters such as the upcoming Mayor Elections for Canterlot required the two princesses to prepare major events that would span the entire city, and with the humans landing in Ponyville it only added more paperwork for the two sisters. Maybe too much paperwork as once Princess Celestia entered her younger sister's room only to find her half asleep on a chair with stacks of paper on her desk. The two princesses were currently walking down a hallway of Canterlot Castle. The night outside was not as bright as other nights but it was still providing some natural lighting for the two. "Sister, what should we do with these two new creatures and their mechanical beast in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle has not even sent you a letter regarding them yet." Princess Luna said to her older sister. "I share your concerns Luna, but if I know Twilight Sparkle well, then she's most likely busy asking questions to them," Celestia said with a side of humour in her answer.¨ "Funny," Luna responded with an annoyed voice. While admitted to herself that the small joke Celestia had put in was quite funny she was too concerned to share laugh at it. "But in all honesty Luna, I have faith that these new creatures won't pose any danger. If it's anything we have to worry about then it's the elections coming up for the Mayor's Office in Canterlot." Celestia said. "Now if you excuse me, sister, I have some paperwork to catch up on," Celestia said one more time before slowly trotting down the hallway to her room. And with that, the Princess of the Sun was gone from the eyes of her younger sister. Luna looked out one of the many windows in the castle. Her eyes were looking at the small town of Ponyville that was visible from this hallway. She could barely see the aircraft parked in a grass field. Then she looked at the iconic Ponyville library that still had its lights on. Even though most ponies were sleeping right now she could still see the lights glowing bright inside the library. "Maybe Twilight Sparkle is asking too many questions," Luna said as she looked away. The Alicorn looked down the hallway. She spotted a guard walking towards he direction, the guard was wearing the usual golden armour on him and was also carrying a lantern using his horn. She recognized the guard as Staff Sergeant Lighting Strike, a veteran when it came to the Royal Guard, having served for more than 30 years, the guard was quickly approaching his retirement age after having joined quite late for his age. "Your Highness," The guard said as he bowed down upon seeing the princess. "You may rise Lighting Strike." "Is there anything you need your highness?" "Yes, there is one thing," said Luna. "I need you to send down one or two Pegasus Guards to Twilight Sparkle's home. I need them to perform a one-week recon mission." "As you wish your highness." Lighting Strike before turning left at the next door which led to the Pegasus Barracks. Luna looked away and began to walk down slowly the hallway. Her destination wasn't decided. She didn't know where to go. Something was feeling wrong. It wasn't the two creatures, no, everything was fine with them, but the way they got here from what she'd heard wasn't right. How could they just appear coming in from the Undiscovered West. None of this made sense to her. Sometimes Luna felt as if she had trapped herself inside of a dream or nightmare, and the only way to return to reality was by doing something crazy that at first glance nopony would dare to do. Just like Luna sees and hears when she visits the nightmares of ponies and helps them to solve their issues. Most of the time it works, sometimes, it may need a second try. Author's Note Sorry for not updating in a long, long time. I forgot about this story shortly after I put it on Hiatus mostly due to not writing Chapter 2 until recently. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you have any concerns regarding my story then please don't be shy to contact me. If you disliked this chapter or the whole fic in general, then please tell me why. Doing so will help me to solve any issues and improve. Any feedback is good feedback. 12/04/2018 - Minor edits have been made. Also, I know this is late but I kind of predicted the score of the Manchester United and Chelsea game, sure United won 2-1 instead of 3-1 and Romelo Lukaku scored instead of Zlatan who has now moved to L.A Galaxy but close enough. (FYI: I am not a Manchester United fan, I'm a BVB Fan) Chapter 3 | A Noble VisitChapter 3: "Royal Visit" 3 days since the disappearance of Golf Echo Bravo Having already lived three days and nights in the new world, Timothy and Antoine were already used to seeing the ponies instead of normal humans. They had both learned the names of most ponies in Ponyville as well. Timothy himself was a fast learner, as for Antoine he prefered taking things slowly so that he wouldn't make mistakes in the long run. Bot The two that shared the small house near the Golden Oak Library did miss the technology, cultures, history and other common sights in their world, but at the same time, they were fascinated by Equestria. While the technology here resembled more of a Victorian-era one it still had the modern appliances such as the Television and modern-day Healthcare. As for transportation, the main forms of it were by steam train. Equestria had yet not gotten electrical trains which could go much, much faster than a steam train. At about 600km/h the SCMaglev from Japan was the fastest train the world, the human world of course. Timothy had estimated that the Friendship Express could go a max speed of 98km/h, not even close to the Mallard, a steam train on Earth that could go up to 203km/h. Antoine was, for the most part, curious about how a world full of ponies could adapt into a modern-day society. He perhaps thought too much of it as Timothy was trying to wake the Frenchman from his thoughts. "Hey, Antoine!" Timothy said loudly. "Ouais?" Antoine responded in his native language. "I don't speak baguette you know that." "Shut up.." Antoine started. "And you should at least be able to know that Ouais means Yeah at least." "The only word in French I'll ever know is Bonjour," said Timothy. "By the way, that Rare pony was looking for you, forgot her name." "I'll go see her at her store later today then. Ever since we arrived here she has been glued to me, must be because of how I described fashion in France." "Well I wouldn't be so surprised, she's a fashion designer, probably looking for some inspiration," Timothy said. All of the sudden though, a knock was heard on the front door of the small house. Antoine wasted no time in going to the door and opening it. When he opened it he was surprised to see a white pegasus pony with golden shiny armour. The pony looked as if he was military. "Hello?" Antoine said. "Hello, I am Squadron Leader Messerschmitt from the Royal Pegasus Corps, Princess Celestia was wondering whether you and your friend could come to her," Messerschmitt said. "Of course we'll come. Timmy, vien ici." Timothy who had been sitting at the kitchen table stood up and walked towards the entrance of the door. He looked at Antoine who was looking at a peculiar looking pony. Timothy was sort of stunned at first sight of the pony, the armour made him think that the pony at the front door was perhaps military. Maybe the pony government did not like the humans and wanted them to leave? Unlikely but possible, Timothy thought. "Yes, what is it?" The Brit asked after having been thinking for a while. "You two have been invited for a discussion with Princess Celestia. She is waiting for you two at your, uh, flying machine." Westmann Islands, Iceland The Investigation had officially begun yesterday on what happened to Golf Echo Bravo. All Investigators from the three countries and Airbus were currently being briefed by Álfur, the lead investigator who had been given special permission to oversee the investigation. The room was huge, but that wasn't a surprise to anyone as they were inside a hangar at the local airport. Álfur was standing at the end of the table while the others were sitting, behind him were some Whiteboards with a small, not to scale Airbus A318 painted on it, a roughly drawn map of Iceland's coast and some additional info. "Three days ago, at 1 PM local time, Golf Echo Bravo entered Icelandic Airspace. The Aircraft, an Airbus A318 was starting its long approach towards Keflavík Airport." Álfur started. "About 15 minutes later, a volcanic eruption started here." Álfur pointed towards a point on Southern Iceland. "ATC did not warn Golf Echo Bravo and moments later the aircraft disappeared." Álfur finished. "So what's the big deal, the plane's in the ocean, let's just dig it up." An Investigator from the UK said. "I wish it was that easy but it's not. There is no trace of the aircraft in the ocean and we haven't been able to find any of the beacons from the Flight Recorders." Álfur responded to the comments of the British Investigator. "So, if the aircraft isn't in the water, where is it then?" An Investigator from France asked. "That's our job, kind of. We're here to find out what happened, and if possible find this aircraft as it'll help us greatly." Álfur said. Landing Site of the Airbus A318, Equestria Princess Celestia looked in amazement at the aircraft. She had never seen anything like it. For her, it was an experience to learn something new, a thing the Princess enjoyed very much. Right next to her was one of her best pupils if not the best, Twilight Sparkle and her five best friends. They hadn't searched the aircraft yet to figure out what it is as they feared it could possibly be dangerous. Therefore, they decided to let the experts, Timothy and Antoine do the job. The two humans approached the aircraft followed by the Squadron Leader they met earlier. Antoine looked at the aircraft and saw how it had remained untouched, the evacuation slide was still there and had begun deflating slightly. While Antoine looked around Timothy went to Princess Celestia. The Princess was about the same height as Timothy, and as the man from Great Britain approached her he realized how much taller the white alicorn was compared to the other ponies. She was at least twice their height. "Hello your highness, I'm Timothy but can you can just call me Tim or Timmy." Timothy started. "Thank you for introducing yourself Timothy, I am Princess Equestria, ruler of Equestria," said Celestia. "Could you please tell me what this flying beast is?" She asked. "Oh, our aircraft? Well, it's an Airbus A318, built by the large multinational corporation known as Airbus and part of the A320 family. You know, I should tell you all the history of aviation while I'm here, it'll help you understand." Timothy offered. "History? Yes please!" Twilight Sparkle said out loud. "Well then, the history of aviation dates back to a millennium before the first flights. Back in Ancient Greece there already were stories about aviation, such as the most popular one about Icarus." "However, it would take years before humans would be able to enjoy the luxury of flying. You see, everyone was obsessed with flying back then, even English monks." "But in France, in the year 1783, two brilliant brothers ignite the match in modern air travel. Well, it wasn't very modern but you get the point." "After that, we went on to fly with zeppelins. Until the Hindenburg disaster which ended the legacy of zeppelins." "But, at the turn of the century, in 1903, the first aircraft took off in the United States. And that's when flying became a reality. However, before we could go to commercial flights the uh, The Great War had something planned for aviation, in fact, both world wars had and it wasn't until the end of the second that commercial flying could begin." "Numerous airlines sprung up, Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways, Scandinavian Airlines and the oldest existing airline KLM." "At the dawn of the sixties, a new form I'd travel by air was brought into commercial flight with the jet age. Air travel became cheaper, faster, safer and more efficient." "And from there it's history, multiple aircraft were built including the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747. Today, much bigger planes exist and new ones are coming out every day. Oh and don't get me started on Space travel!" "Space travel? Pleas-" Twilight tried to stay but was however cut off by Applejack. "Sorry Twilight, but ah don't think we want to hear more, just you sugar cube and Rainbow Dash seem interested." Applejack said while pointing at Rainbow Dash who had her mouth wide open. The five mares began to laugh at Rainbow Dash's expression and it took a while before the Pegasus mare realized she was being laughed at. "Uh, what's funny?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Oh, nothing! Except for that wide open mouth you had earlier!" Pinkie Pie said fast. Author's Note Chapter 3 is out, and I apologise for the late upload. I actually got injured quite bad yesterday which was the day I intended to upload, anyways thanks for reading. If you disliked this chapter or the whole fic in general, please let me know why so that I can possibly improve, all feedback is welcome. 25/3/18 - A minor mistake has been corrected. Chapter 4 | DevelopmentsSomething has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.Chapter 5 | Formidable Discoveries & TroublesSomething has gone wrong. 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Chapter 1 | MaydayChapter 1: "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, France 11:47 AM It was a hot Tuesday Afternoon, the weather today had exceeded all expectations. The sun was hitting the ground and providing perhaps too much heat to the city of Toulouse in Southern France, the city where the famous European multinational corporation that designs, builds and sells popular aircraft. Such as the double-deck Airbus A380, or the small yet comfortable Airbus A318. One of these smaller Airbuses was currently on Runway 14R. The Aircraft had recently been built and was flying on its maiden voyage. Not that it was the first A318 ever built, but the more recent one. The Aircraft had been ordered by a British Airline but had however cancelled the order. Now the Aircraft was instead going to become the aircraft to represent the A318 aeroplane and the A320 Family. Onboard the plane were two pilots, Captain Antoine Pardieu and First Officer Timothy Coburn. Antoine was French while his friend, Timothy was British. Both are highly experienced pilots, having flown for over 12 years and knew every little detail that came with the cockpit of an Airbus. Today their destination was Keflavik Airport, the biggest Airport in Iceland and the hub for Icelandair and WOW! Air. It also served as the airport for Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The Aircraft would have the callsign of Golf Echo Bravo for the flight because this wasn't a commercial flight, so, therefore, there'd be no digits or anything else that commercial flights had. "Golf Echo Bravo, the wind is heading from the east at 4 knots. Cleared for takeoff Runway 14R." ATC said. "Cleared for takeoff Runway 14R, Golf Echo Bravo," Antoine responded. Timothy began to increase thrust. Slowly, the plane began to move on the runway. Upon reaching higher speeds, it began to shake a little but nothing too big to abort take off. "V1," Timothy said. "Rotate," he said again. Upon hearing 'Rotate', Antoine began to pull on the control stick to the left of him. The Airbus A318 began to leave the runway and fly. The landing gear would then also no longer be on the ground. The plane was now flying and slowly pulling away from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. "Gear up," Antoine said. Timothy located the Landing Gear level and pulled it upwards, following this the sound of the gear being brought up could be heard. The plane began to climb in altitude. Once they reached Positive Climb, Timothy retracted the flaps so that the Airbus could fly at max speed during cruising, also because it was much safer so. 1:27 PM The Airbus A318 had been cruising for the past two hours. It was now in Icelandic Airspace and was about 120 Kilometers from Keflavik Airport. The plane was flying above the Westmann Islands. Timothy was on his laptop that he carried on medium-range flights to entertain himself while the plane was on Auto-pilot. Antoine, on the other hand, was measuring fuel consumption. However, unbeknownst to the two pilots, a Volcanic Eruption had just occurred 20 kilometres from their location. ATC would detect it quickly but, they'd fail to warn Golf Echo Bravo. Somehow, the controller responsible for warning all aircraft had failed to reach the Airbus A318, the plane was an emergency about to happen. Unless the pilots were to spot the eruption themselves they would need to hope that they could find a suitable road for landing or hope they can reach Keflavik Airport by gliding the plane. The plane, flying at 380 km/h was approaching fast the ash. It didn't take long before the aircraft passed right through it and alerted the two pilots. Both their engines were gone. They were now experiencing a similar situation, if not the same to what happened to British Airways Flight 9, a Boeing 747-200 on the 24th June 1982 flew into Volcanic Ash that had erupted from Mount Galunggung south-east of Jakarta. As of result of this, all four engines failed. Luckily for them, three of the engines managed to restart and the plane safely landed in Jakarta. "We've got both engines rolling back!" Timothy warned Antoine of the problem occurring. The speed of the plane began to drop. Antoine put away the notebook which he was previously writing on all essential in-flight details. He quickly disabled Auto-pilot and began to steer the aircraft. "Contact Keflavik Airport, tell them we have an emergency," Antoine said to Timothy. While Antoine was flying the plane, Timothy would contact Keflavik Tower. "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Keflavik Tower, Golf Echo Bravo we've lost both engines to Volcanic Ash, requesting assistance." "Golf Echo Bravo, Roger. Turn Right Heading 170, align with ILS for ILS Approach." Keflavik Tower would instruct the crew. Antoine would do as he heard, he would turn the plane right, 170. There he would attempt to align with the ILS for the approach. When all of the sudden. Electric sparks appeared out of nowhere in front of the aircraft. Antoine did not know what it was, nor did Timothy. But both knew it wasn't good. They attempted to switch directions but the electric sparks followed. Eventually, the sparks became a hole. A purple one that looked like a portal to another dimension. Antoine reacted quickly and pulled up, however it was to no avail. The plane entered the portal and then appeared on the other sides. The land in front was beautiful, but it didn't look like the one on Earth. Something wasn't right they thought. It was too colourful for it to be Earth. The engines, which were previously rendered useless were now working again somehow. The crew did not know that the portal they just passed through, took them to Equestria. Home of the Pony and other species. Elsewhere Rainbow Dash was flying, flying like she always did. However, instead of flying near her home she decided to take it one step further and fly at the Smokey Mountains. She was mostly practising flying close to the ground without hitting the ground and getting hurt. After flying for about two hours and starting to get exhausted, she decided to return to her home. A homemade out of clouds. Though, what she would see on her return was to surprise her. She began to hear loud noises, they sounded unnatural, it'd be impossible for a creature to create that sound. When the noises got louder she decided to look backwards from where they were coming from. Suddenly, a white object appeared and was about to collide with her. Having quick reflexes she flew upwards to dodge the collision. She saw how the giant object with wings flew away. Being a curious pony, she decided to follow the object. The fast pegasus mare managed to catch up. The object was huge for her. Though the object was probably flying much faster than she could, the mare still managed to follow it and spectate as the object was flying through the sky. It was also headed for Ponyville. Onboard the Airbus A318 The plane was low on fuel. Antoine and Timothy would need to land the aircraft, but there was only a problem. They were unable to contact Air Traffic Control or locate an Airport on the radar. The plane would be forced to make an emergency landing. Timothy pulled down the landing gear and the flaps. The Radio Altimeter had also been activated now. "Five Hundred." The Radio Altimeter said. The plane was now visible to anyone who was looking the sky. It was approaching the ground fast and not far from where the plane was going to land was a town. It didn't look big and Timothy estimated it housed 500-1000. The plane was also now approaching to stall. They knew they couldn't risk a stall but at the same time, they couldn't waste fuel. It wasn't until an alarm began to ring that they had to apply thrust to save themselves. "Sink rate, Sink rate." "Pull up! Pull up!" The plane was now flying lower than a hundred meters above the ground. Below the aircraft was the Everfree forest, if the plane was to go down now, it wouldn't be very good as the forest was a dangerous one. Therefore a new alarm began ringing in the cockpit. "Terrain, Terrain, Pull up!" "Fifty." "Fourty." "Thirty." "Twenty." "Ten." "Retard, Retard." The plane's landing gear located in the middle would touch the ground. The Airbus would flare slightly before the front landing gear made contact with the ground. Antoine applied the reverse thrusters and the spoilers came on as well to aid in the braking. The plane barely came to a stop before it advanced into a forest not far away. When the Airbus A318 came to a stop, so did the engines and all the lights that had been activated. The crew of the Airbus had just done something that is rarely successfully done. Rainbow Dash who had followed the plane the whole time landed right beside it. She was the first pony to witness such a large object that looked like it came from another world. It was impossible for this to come from Equestria. Shortly after, Rainbow Dash's 5 best friends came. "Rainbow Dash, what is that?" Twilight Sparkle asked. "I dunno! You're an egg head so you should know!" Rainbow Dash responded. Suddenly, a noise coming from the plane could be heard. One of the doors was opening on the other side of where the ponies were. Then, a grey slide appeared out of the door. "Oh! A Slide! I can have so much fun with it!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed and began to run towards the slide before being stopped by Applejack who had grabbed her tail using the teeth. She pulled the pink mare back. "Careful Pinkie, it can be dangerous!" Applejack said. Antoine and Timothy were now outside of the Aircraft. The ponies could only see the legs of the two humans as the Aircraft was blocking the rest. Twilight Sparkle began to approach the Aircraft. She went under it and could see the two humans fully. "Um, hello?" The lavender unicorn said quietly. Both pilots turned around quickly, being slightly scared as it was unexpected. They examined the creature that resembled a horse, but it wasn't a horse. It was a pony, a unicorn. And an intelligent one. "H-hello?" Timothy said, still being quite shocked. First Contact, had just been made. Author's Note Thank you for reading Chapter 1 of my new fanfiction Golf Echo Bravo. I hope you all enjoyed it! 25/02/2018 - Minor edits have been made, mostly correcting spelling errors and grammar. 09/04/2018 - One minor edit has been made.
Chapter 2 | The InquiryChapter 2: "Questions" 48 Hours after the disappearance of Golf Echo Bravo Two days had passed since the A318 disappeared over the Westmann Islands. The news came as a shock to Airbus, for one of their planes to just disappear could impact their image in the Aviation Industry. Airbus, together with the French, British and Icelandic Government had sent some of their investigators from their respective agencies to work together and put the pieces together. One of these investigators was Álfur Sigurðsson, he was Icelandic. He was currently in his summer house on the Westmann Islands where he'd be staying until the investigation is over. For Álfur this would just be another day at the office, but he knew that this wouldn't be so easy. The only branch of the Icelandic Military, the Coast Guard had already begun to search for the flight recorders along with the US Navy which had decided to help the ICG. There also was the Royal Navy from the UK that had sent some of its ships to aid and the Royal Danish Navy from Denmark as well. The TV inside his living room was displaying a short report on the missing aircraft from the BBC. Álfur was looking at the TV and listening while being on the phone with one of his superiors in Reykjavik. "And as the search for Golf Echo Bravo continues, many have begun speculating whether the MH370 Incident in 2014 is connected to the disappearance of Golf Echo Bravo. The reporter said with a calm, neutral voice as background footage of the Icelandic Coast Guard searching for the flight recorders was playing. "I've already told Laufar that this won't be easy, I can't understand how you want this done in two months time, we don't even have the recordings from Air Traffic Control yet!" Álfur said while being frustrated. "Listen Álfur, we are on a tight schedule with the annual report coming and the boss requires all employees at the office by the time it arrives, alright? If it was up to me I would delay it and give you all the time on earth you need." His superior said over the phone, understanding his worker's frustration. "Alright, alright. I understand. We'll try to get it done, otherwise, we'll just leave it to the other guys." Álfur said feeling already better. "That's what I like to hear. Oh and we're also sending Ebba to help you, we know that you and Úlrik can't handle it without having too much on your plate." "Okay. Well, we'll talk to each other next week I suppose about the investigation." "You bet." After that Álfur hanged up and looked at the TV one more time before deciding to change the channel. The TV went pitch-black for one second before then showing an ongoing football game between Manchester United and Chelsea. Álfur could tell the match was taking place Old Trafford. He had been there during a vacation in England and had even been on a tour of the stadium. "Lingard with the ball now, passes it to Sánchez." The Commentator said as he was following the action on the pitch "Sánchez, crosses it towards Ibrahimovć... GOAL! THAT'S HIS SECOND FOR THE DAY! MANCHESTER UNITED LEAD WITH TWO GOALS. THE SCORE IS NOW 3-1!" The crowd at the stadium roared as the tall Swede scored the acrobatic goal. The Red Devils were winning against one of London's best teams if not the best. Everyone in the stadium was jumping and cheering the goal, all except for the away fans that had travelled from the English capital to Manchester. However, Álfur wasn't at all interested in watching the remaining 23 minutes of the EPL Match, sure he loved football and even went to Paris for when Euro 2016 was hosted when Iceland, the underdogs went from being predicted to drop out of the group stage to making it as far as the Quarter Finals where they were defeated by France in a one-sided game with the score at the end being 5-2. Álfur looked at his phone, seeing the time was 21:37. He looked then at the TV Remote and grabbed it. Before shutting off the TV for the night, he looked at it one more time and saw Zlatan finishing his celebration and returning to his position for the game to continue. Most of the fans had stopped celebrating by now but there still was some clapping. Then with one press of a button, the television shut off. Álfur looked around the living room, more specifically at a picture of his wife and two children. Even though he arrived here a day ago it still felt like he hadn't seen his family in a year. He was used to coming home after a long day at the office and being greeted by his wife and two children. He then took off his jacket and folded it nicely and left it on the sofa as he made his way to the bedroom to get some sleep before starting work tomorrow morning. He would greet the other investigators including Ebba and then it'd be going straight to work. However, what Álfur didn't know was that, in another world, a world that at first glance seems to be a look-alike of Earth was where the missing pilots and the aircraft was. Ponyville The two humans that had landed in Ponyville two days ago were currently in the Golden Oak Library, where Twilight Sparkle, a student of Princess Celestia resided. The Unicorn Mare had been for the past two days been asking questions about her new 'friends'. Both for Timothy and Antoine, it was nice to have a creature able to understand them. Both of them had feared in the first place when they appeared in Equestria that they may have to live in isolation, just like in the movie 'Cast Away' that both of them had watched before. As Twilight's other friends they were mostly fine with these new humans, all of them had asked many questions about their universe. Fluttershy about animals, Rarity about fashion and cuisine, Pinkie Pie about, well, uh, partying and cakes? Applejack about agriculture and also about cuisine like Rarity. But, Rainbow Dash had probably asked the most questions than any of them. Maybe even Twilight. Having seen the A318 fly right next to her and landing she wanted to know everything about flying and how it worked for them. She had probably lost interest in Daring Do at the point as she was hooked to asking the pilots. Antoine had explained everything when it came to Aviation. He even told her how the world's largest plane, the Antonov An-225 Mryia could even manage takeoffs and how much it even weighed. Rainbow Dash was speechless, but Twilight, on the other hand, began asking how it even was possible to build such a beast to which Timothy responded. "If there's one thing that the Russians do better than the rest then it's building mechanical beasts." At the end of the day, the two pilots had probably answered over a thousand questions since there were so many. Mainly from the two mares. Timothy and Antoine would be sharing a recently built house not far from the Golden Oak Library, that way they would always know where they needed to go if they needed help or advice. Canterlot The Princess of the Sun had just finished lowering her bright sun as her younger sister Princess Luna began raising her moon. The two Princesses had been busy the last couple of days, mostly with lots of pressing matters such as the upcoming Mayor Elections for Canterlot required the two princesses to prepare major events that would span the entire city, and with the humans landing in Ponyville it only added more paperwork for the two sisters. Maybe too much paperwork as once Princess Celestia entered her younger sister's room only to find her half asleep on a chair with stacks of paper on her desk. The two princesses were currently walking down a hallway of Canterlot Castle. The night outside was not as bright as other nights but it was still providing some natural lighting for the two. "Sister, what should we do with these two new creatures and their mechanical beast in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle has not even sent you a letter regarding them yet." Princess Luna said to her older sister. "I share your concerns Luna, but if I know Twilight Sparkle well, then she's most likely busy asking questions to them," Celestia said with a side of humour in her answer.¨ "Funny," Luna responded with an annoyed voice. While admitted to herself that the small joke Celestia had put in was quite funny she was too concerned to share laugh at it. "But in all honesty Luna, I have faith that these new creatures won't pose any danger. If it's anything we have to worry about then it's the elections coming up for the Mayor's Office in Canterlot." Celestia said. "Now if you excuse me, sister, I have some paperwork to catch up on," Celestia said one more time before slowly trotting down the hallway to her room. And with that, the Princess of the Sun was gone from the eyes of her younger sister. Luna looked out one of the many windows in the castle. Her eyes were looking at the small town of Ponyville that was visible from this hallway. She could barely see the aircraft parked in a grass field. Then she looked at the iconic Ponyville library that still had its lights on. Even though most ponies were sleeping right now she could still see the lights glowing bright inside the library. "Maybe Twilight Sparkle is asking too many questions," Luna said as she looked away. The Alicorn looked down the hallway. She spotted a guard walking towards he direction, the guard was wearing the usual golden armour on him and was also carrying a lantern using his horn. She recognized the guard as Staff Sergeant Lighting Strike, a veteran when it came to the Royal Guard, having served for more than 30 years, the guard was quickly approaching his retirement age after having joined quite late for his age. "Your Highness," The guard said as he bowed down upon seeing the princess. "You may rise Lighting Strike." "Is there anything you need your highness?" "Yes, there is one thing," said Luna. "I need you to send down one or two Pegasus Guards to Twilight Sparkle's home. I need them to perform a one-week recon mission." "As you wish your highness." Lighting Strike before turning left at the next door which led to the Pegasus Barracks. Luna looked away and began to walk down slowly the hallway. Her destination wasn't decided. She didn't know where to go. Something was feeling wrong. It wasn't the two creatures, no, everything was fine with them, but the way they got here from what she'd heard wasn't right. How could they just appear coming in from the Undiscovered West. None of this made sense to her. Sometimes Luna felt as if she had trapped herself inside of a dream or nightmare, and the only way to return to reality was by doing something crazy that at first glance nopony would dare to do. Just like Luna sees and hears when she visits the nightmares of ponies and helps them to solve their issues. Most of the time it works, sometimes, it may need a second try. Author's Note Sorry for not updating in a long, long time. I forgot about this story shortly after I put it on Hiatus mostly due to not writing Chapter 2 until recently. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you have any concerns regarding my story then please don't be shy to contact me. If you disliked this chapter or the whole fic in general, then please tell me why. Doing so will help me to solve any issues and improve. Any feedback is good feedback. 12/04/2018 - Minor edits have been made. Also, I know this is late but I kind of predicted the score of the Manchester United and Chelsea game, sure United won 2-1 instead of 3-1 and Romelo Lukaku scored instead of Zlatan who has now moved to L.A Galaxy but close enough. (FYI: I am not a Manchester United fan, I'm a BVB Fan)
Chapter 3 | A Noble VisitChapter 3: "Royal Visit" 3 days since the disappearance of Golf Echo Bravo Having already lived three days and nights in the new world, Timothy and Antoine were already used to seeing the ponies instead of normal humans. They had both learned the names of most ponies in Ponyville as well. Timothy himself was a fast learner, as for Antoine he prefered taking things slowly so that he wouldn't make mistakes in the long run. Bot The two that shared the small house near the Golden Oak Library did miss the technology, cultures, history and other common sights in their world, but at the same time, they were fascinated by Equestria. While the technology here resembled more of a Victorian-era one it still had the modern appliances such as the Television and modern-day Healthcare. As for transportation, the main forms of it were by steam train. Equestria had yet not gotten electrical trains which could go much, much faster than a steam train. At about 600km/h the SCMaglev from Japan was the fastest train the world, the human world of course. Timothy had estimated that the Friendship Express could go a max speed of 98km/h, not even close to the Mallard, a steam train on Earth that could go up to 203km/h. Antoine was, for the most part, curious about how a world full of ponies could adapt into a modern-day society. He perhaps thought too much of it as Timothy was trying to wake the Frenchman from his thoughts. "Hey, Antoine!" Timothy said loudly. "Ouais?" Antoine responded in his native language. "I don't speak baguette you know that." "Shut up.." Antoine started. "And you should at least be able to know that Ouais means Yeah at least." "The only word in French I'll ever know is Bonjour," said Timothy. "By the way, that Rare pony was looking for you, forgot her name." "I'll go see her at her store later today then. Ever since we arrived here she has been glued to me, must be because of how I described fashion in France." "Well I wouldn't be so surprised, she's a fashion designer, probably looking for some inspiration," Timothy said. All of the sudden though, a knock was heard on the front door of the small house. Antoine wasted no time in going to the door and opening it. When he opened it he was surprised to see a white pegasus pony with golden shiny armour. The pony looked as if he was military. "Hello?" Antoine said. "Hello, I am Squadron Leader Messerschmitt from the Royal Pegasus Corps, Princess Celestia was wondering whether you and your friend could come to her," Messerschmitt said. "Of course we'll come. Timmy, vien ici." Timothy who had been sitting at the kitchen table stood up and walked towards the entrance of the door. He looked at Antoine who was looking at a peculiar looking pony. Timothy was sort of stunned at first sight of the pony, the armour made him think that the pony at the front door was perhaps military. Maybe the pony government did not like the humans and wanted them to leave? Unlikely but possible, Timothy thought. "Yes, what is it?" The Brit asked after having been thinking for a while. "You two have been invited for a discussion with Princess Celestia. She is waiting for you two at your, uh, flying machine." Westmann Islands, Iceland The Investigation had officially begun yesterday on what happened to Golf Echo Bravo. All Investigators from the three countries and Airbus were currently being briefed by Álfur, the lead investigator who had been given special permission to oversee the investigation. The room was huge, but that wasn't a surprise to anyone as they were inside a hangar at the local airport. Álfur was standing at the end of the table while the others were sitting, behind him were some Whiteboards with a small, not to scale Airbus A318 painted on it, a roughly drawn map of Iceland's coast and some additional info. "Three days ago, at 1 PM local time, Golf Echo Bravo entered Icelandic Airspace. The Aircraft, an Airbus A318 was starting its long approach towards Keflavík Airport." Álfur started. "About 15 minutes later, a volcanic eruption started here." Álfur pointed towards a point on Southern Iceland. "ATC did not warn Golf Echo Bravo and moments later the aircraft disappeared." Álfur finished. "So what's the big deal, the plane's in the ocean, let's just dig it up." An Investigator from the UK said. "I wish it was that easy but it's not. There is no trace of the aircraft in the ocean and we haven't been able to find any of the beacons from the Flight Recorders." Álfur responded to the comments of the British Investigator. "So, if the aircraft isn't in the water, where is it then?" An Investigator from France asked. "That's our job, kind of. We're here to find out what happened, and if possible find this aircraft as it'll help us greatly." Álfur said. Landing Site of the Airbus A318, Equestria Princess Celestia looked in amazement at the aircraft. She had never seen anything like it. For her, it was an experience to learn something new, a thing the Princess enjoyed very much. Right next to her was one of her best pupils if not the best, Twilight Sparkle and her five best friends. They hadn't searched the aircraft yet to figure out what it is as they feared it could possibly be dangerous. Therefore, they decided to let the experts, Timothy and Antoine do the job. The two humans approached the aircraft followed by the Squadron Leader they met earlier. Antoine looked at the aircraft and saw how it had remained untouched, the evacuation slide was still there and had begun deflating slightly. While Antoine looked around Timothy went to Princess Celestia. The Princess was about the same height as Timothy, and as the man from Great Britain approached her he realized how much taller the white alicorn was compared to the other ponies. She was at least twice their height. "Hello your highness, I'm Timothy but can you can just call me Tim or Timmy." Timothy started. "Thank you for introducing yourself Timothy, I am Princess Equestria, ruler of Equestria," said Celestia. "Could you please tell me what this flying beast is?" She asked. "Oh, our aircraft? Well, it's an Airbus A318, built by the large multinational corporation known as Airbus and part of the A320 family. You know, I should tell you all the history of aviation while I'm here, it'll help you understand." Timothy offered. "History? Yes please!" Twilight Sparkle said out loud. "Well then, the history of aviation dates back to a millennium before the first flights. Back in Ancient Greece there already were stories about aviation, such as the most popular one about Icarus." "However, it would take years before humans would be able to enjoy the luxury of flying. You see, everyone was obsessed with flying back then, even English monks." "But in France, in the year 1783, two brilliant brothers ignite the match in modern air travel. Well, it wasn't very modern but you get the point." "After that, we went on to fly with zeppelins. Until the Hindenburg disaster which ended the legacy of zeppelins." "But, at the turn of the century, in 1903, the first aircraft took off in the United States. And that's when flying became a reality. However, before we could go to commercial flights the uh, The Great War had something planned for aviation, in fact, both world wars had and it wasn't until the end of the second that commercial flying could begin." "Numerous airlines sprung up, Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways, Scandinavian Airlines and the oldest existing airline KLM." "At the dawn of the sixties, a new form I'd travel by air was brought into commercial flight with the jet age. Air travel became cheaper, faster, safer and more efficient." "And from there it's history, multiple aircraft were built including the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747. Today, much bigger planes exist and new ones are coming out every day. Oh and don't get me started on Space travel!" "Space travel? Pleas-" Twilight tried to stay but was however cut off by Applejack. "Sorry Twilight, but ah don't think we want to hear more, just you sugar cube and Rainbow Dash seem interested." Applejack said while pointing at Rainbow Dash who had her mouth wide open. The five mares began to laugh at Rainbow Dash's expression and it took a while before the Pegasus mare realized she was being laughed at. "Uh, what's funny?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Oh, nothing! Except for that wide open mouth you had earlier!" Pinkie Pie said fast. Author's Note Chapter 3 is out, and I apologise for the late upload. I actually got injured quite bad yesterday which was the day I intended to upload, anyways thanks for reading. If you disliked this chapter or the whole fic in general, please let me know why so that I can possibly improve, all feedback is welcome. 25/3/18 - A minor mistake has been corrected.
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