Planetshine's Space Odyssey Book 2

All I can say about the Na'vi are that they were very nice to us, even helping us, well the Omaticaya clan at least. Little was known about the other clans, but hey, one clan was good enough, right? Neytiri told me about how she learned the language that us ponies speak, and for some reason, it was called English. She also told me that there were other living things on Pandora.

The place was great, not as good as Equestria or anything like that, but it was good. The only thing was that I didn't want to have my helmet on and that some of the atmospheric gas was poisonous, maybe, as some weren't even discovered on Equestria. There was only one thing to do if I didn't want to wear a helmet, and that was to actually try breathing the air. I took off my helmet just for some testing, I could always put it back on if I got dizzy or something like that.

After taking off my helmet, I breathed in the air around me. I was in my own part of the guest branch of the tree, the others exploring the tree even more, even looking around it. The air felt so much fresher than the oxygenated air in my helmet. The air did seem like it was a bit, uh, smelly. To my knowledge, it could be the trace amounts of hydrogen sulfate, which to my knowledge, smells bad.

I didn't feel dizzy or even got unconscious, it seemed like the Pandoran air was breathable by ponies. I had to tell the others, which were just flying around, Lyra hanging around with some other Na'vi. I flew down from my place, approaching Lyra slowly. I touched down slowly, she looking at me strangely, maybe wondering about me not wearing a helmet. I told her, 'Lyra, you don't need a helmet here, you should be fine without one.'

She trusted me and took her's off, sniffing the air. 'Why does this place smell so bad, and how can you live like this?'

'Uh, resist the urge to vomit?'

She frowned at me, putting on her helmet again. I still haven't got used to that bad smell, but it was getting better, as in getting less smelly. Lyra didn't like the smell and I guess she would prefer wearing a helmet than to breathe in some smelly stuff. A Na'vi sat next to us, telling us that we should have lunch, it was lunchtime for them right now.

Good thing for me I didn't have a helmet on, Lyra would need to take her's off, not the best but whatever, if she wants to do that, then she can. The other ponies came back, nice huh? 'Planetshine, why don't you have your helmet on?' Flamerider asked, a bit confused.

'Atmosphere isn't toxic,' I replied, 'But it smells bad.'

'Hold on.'

Flamerider took off her helmet, breathing in the air. From what I saw, she didn't care too much about the smell, keeping her helmet off. Starry then took off her helmet, sniffing the air. 'Uhh, that smell,' she complained, putting on her helmet back on again.

We realised one thing later, we left Derpy out at our home. We quickly hurried back, flying quickly to the Diver's debris, Flamerider carrying Lyra. Over there, Sandbar greeted us. He wasn't dead, it was a miracle. I dashed over, hugging him tightly. The others hugged with me, just later. I had an emotional breakdown, I was extremely glad and happy that he survived. Derpy then greeted us, accidentally tripping.

She was fine though, also huddling together with us. Lyra asked Sandbar, 'How did you survive, and where were you?'

'I smashed a window when the plane was about to land, and then I bailed out, the others didn't make it though, I did at least. I then rolled down the slope and into a forest. I then spent the night there, scavenging for my own food. Then I found the plane's debris, good story eigh?' he told us.

I gasped, there was no way that was true, right, maybe it was, more real than fake. The others believed him though, so I guess I would believe him, even if it was fake, which I don't think was. He didn't have a helmet on, like me and Flamerider, and he's a bit dirty, so I guess I should believe him.

Night was going to fall, great, daytime was over, all I can say here is that the day is much shorter than back home, and the nights are the same, a bit strange but it was a moon orbiting a planet, what can I say. There was no food in the debris, only cabins. Since there was no food, I guess somepony had to scavenge some. Sandbar and I would scavenge for today.

Great thing I knew what to eat, grass. I chopped off some grass, also analyzing it using a little science kit that I brought along. Sandbar got some berries from the nearby forest that he deemed safe to eat. He had eaten them before, or at least that was what he told me, which meant I could somewhat rely on him.

The grass on Pandora was safe to eat, that is according to the scientific analysis. The grass was the exact same as the ones in Equestria. I plucked a lot of grass, well, that was because we were in a clearing, basically a grassland. I took the grass into our home, telling the others that it was safe to eat. Sandbar came later, carrying a few berries and carrot like plants that were white.

I went on and started to prepare them, realising that there was a shortage of water. It was great that water was easily found on Pandora, there was a river near us, only a 1 minute walk away. I got the water, going back to making the food. There was no fire, so it was served cold, not pleasant at all, seriously. It took a long time for all of us to eat, 99% of it because of the bad taste and 1% on how it looks.

Then we went to sleep, waiting for the next day.