Super Pinkie Galaxyby uniquecornChaptersIntroductionGood Egg GalaxyHoneyhive GalaxySombra’s Robot Reactor and More GalaxiesSpace Junk GalaxyBattlerock GalaxySombra’s Star Reactor and More GalaxiesBeach Bowl GalaxyGhostly GalaxyInterlude: Stella's StorybookGusty Garden GalaxyFreezeflame GalaxySombra's Spaceship Safari and More GalaxiesIntroductionAt the Golden Oak Library, Twilight was studying some spell that allows ponies to breathe anywhere in Equestria with the help of Spike so that it comes in use later. “Focus on your magics, Twilight. This spell is not that advance, you should be able to achieve this.” “I knew that, Spike.” Twilight’s horn glowed as she prepared to cast the spell on herself and pulled the trigger. “Did that work?” “Let’s test it. I prepared a plastic tub full of water over there.” So Twilight approached the tub and dunked her head into the tub of water and experienced no suffocation in the water. She lifted her head off the tub to record the results for Spike. “It worked! I’ve cast a breathing spell!” “Nice. I hope it works in space too.” “I hope so too, Spike.” That’s when Pinkie broke the door down off its hinges to enter it dramatically. “What did the letter say?” “Letter? What letter?” “You haven’t got it yet? My Pinkie Sense is telling me a letter is gonna come outta Spike.” Then, a letter did come out of Spike’s magical fire breath. Twilight unrolled the scroll to start reading it. “To my faithful student, Twilight I’m inviting you and your friends to celebrate the Star Festival at Canterlot at 7 pm. I hope we’re gonna have a wonderful festival and a great time and hopefully, we can get a good collection of star bits. From, Princess Celestia.” “The Star Festival?” “The Star Festival is a celebration when a shower of star bits lands on Equestria.” “And what are these star bits she’s talking about?” “Star bits are candy meteors.” “Did you say candy meteors?” “I knew you would get excited, Pinkie. Come on, let’s see if our friends will join us. Tomorrow, we’ll go to Canterlot.” “I can’t wait.” The Mane 6 took the train to Canterlot at 7 pm. Along the way, the star bits were showering down from the sky and can be viewed through the window. “Are those the star bits?” “Yep, that’s definitely them.” “I would be crazy with these space candies.” “They look so beautiful.” “That’s a lot of space rocks, I don’t know who’s gonna clean them all after the festival.” “Honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of hard-working ponies.” The train has arrived at their destination, Canterlot, and everypony alighted from the train. Pinkie withdrew her party cannon out and shouted... “Let’s get this party started!” *BOOM* The Mane 6 went their separate ways after that. Pinkie was busy collecting as many star bits as she could as she’s advancing to the castle while admiring the decorations for the festival. When Pinkie reached Canterlot’s ghetto with the other elements of harmony, however, a crystal rock emerged out of the ground and demolished the tower behind her to collapse behind Pinkie. “Hey, watch it!” “What’s happening?” More crystals appeared out of the ground to destroy more buildings and statues. At this point, the Mane 6 knew they were in danger. “Quick, to the castle!” The six ponies rushed for the castle as they encountered many ponies being sealed in crystals, both recognized and unidentified. “Oh dear.” They climb the steps of the Canterlot castle where they saw what they’re up against. It’s King Sombra on an unidentified flying object cordoning off the balcony, the front doors and the stairs with crystals to keep the alicorns from escaping and the Mane 6 from intruding. “Princess Celestia and Luna.” “Why are you here? What do you want from us.” “You are invited to my new galaxy creation.” “Your new galaxy creation?” “Bwahahahaha! Time to crash this party!” “Don’t ever!” Sombra’s UFO hovered over the castle revealing lasers slicing around the castle. And then, more space vehicles came with anchors attaching to the ground and lifting the whole castle into the air. “Twilight, I think we’re going to space!” “Hold on. Here’s a spell that lets us breathe in space.” The spell blasted the ponies and the alicorns. The flash was so bright that it made Sombra notice the Mane 6. “Very clever. But you really can’t stay up here.” The castle, the princesses and the elements of harmony saw themselves above Equestria in space. “Farewell.” With magic, Sombra blasted the stairs and caused the Mane 6 to float away into deep space. “No!” “Yes. Now let’s go.” Upon Sombra’s presumed victory, the UFOs and the castle with the princesses magically teleported away. Far away in space, the Mane 6 were unconscious in a flower bed of a planet. A white star-shaped character was tapping Pinkie’s temple drawing an attempt at her consciousness. Suddenly, Pinkie’s eyes start to open as a sign that she’s awake. “Ugh, what happened? Girls?” “I think I remembered, the Canterlot castle was being lifted to space and then Sombra blasted us away.” “The real question is where are we?” “And what’s this little creature?” “Ah, you’re all awake. Come and play with us.” The little creature spoke as it turned into a bunny and started hopping. “Oh. I’ve never seen anything like it. I think we should follow it.” “Come on.” The bunny escorts the six to approach another flower area with two more bunnies that have yellow ears instead of white like the one leporine. “Aw, they’re so cute.” “Let’s play hide-and-seek. If you catch all 3 of us, we’ll tell you where you are.” “Ooh, hide-and-seek. I’m good at this game.” Thereafter, the bunnies vanished into thin air, they presumably teleported their hides into hiding spots. “Let’s go and find them, maybe they’ll give us good information afterwards as they said.” The Mane 6 split into three equally-sized groups to inspect the globe for those hoppers. Rarity and Twilight heard a rustling near some grass. It’s suspicious enough for the curious unicorns to search the lawn, then suddenly, a rabbit and 3 star bits appeared out of the grass. Rarity grabbed the sugary star sweets while Twilight gave chase and used her magic to catch the bunny. “So star bit collections are still going, huh?” Applejack and Rainbow Dash went for a stroll around the planet until they encountered a crater that leads to darkness and is seemingly bottomless with a single coin in the middle. “I bet there’s one in here.” “Ya think so? Ah don’t see any bottom or ground though.” “Applejack, who needs ground when you’re in the air.” The pegasus tried to flap her feathers over the hole, but, as somepony who's never been beyond the moon, wings don't work in space and so she committed to falling into black. "Rainbow!" Luckily, the seemingly bottomless pit was a pit with a bottom. "Hey, I'm okay! There's a floor and the bunny here." "Hold on, ah brought mah rope for a reason." While Applejack tossed her lasso to fish Rainbow Dash out of the crater, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie scoured for a cottontail when they confronted a green pipe on the way. “Where will this lead to?” “Maybe we should enter it. I think the bunny’s in there.” Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy infiltrated the pipe and came out the other side where a bunny escaped from it. The girls chased after it and while doing so, they ran over some blue flowers that spat space snacks of 3 to collect. Within seconds, Pinkie got her forelimbs on the hare. "Ha, you can’t escape the best hide-and-seeker in this universe!” “Is that true, Pinkie?” “Only exaggerating, Fluttershy. Probably not.” As promised, all 3 bunnies transformed into star beings and rendezvoused in one spot. The mares followed them to where they gathered in the garden they were on since the start. “Amazing! You caught all of us.” “So? We earned the information, right?” "Of course, you’ve all waited for it.” After that line was said, a structure surfaced on the surface nearby. It also exhibits a bright glow on the architecture. “Please speak with Mama.” “Mama?” The Mane 6 began scaling the high stairs to the summit and stood in front of the physique of a turquoise blonde alicorn who towers above them. She nearly looks a little under Princess Luna’s height. “Hello, everypony.” the alicorn greets. “Um, not to be rude, ma’am, but who are you? And where are we?” “Don’t be afraid to ask. I’m Stella, the guardian of the cosmos and you’re at the gateway to the starry skies. I’ve been watching over your home planet from here.” “Wait a minute, first we have the guardian of the sun and the moon, now there’s a guardian for the cosmos?” “Equestria’s sovereigns are in danger, Princess Stella. They’ve been captured by King Sombra.” “I noticed. To save your special one, you would need the power to travel to space.” The white entity flew around Fluttershy’s head like an insect distracting a pony. “Hey. What are you doing flying near my face?” “This is Luma.” “Luma?” “He will give you that power. However, only one of you can possess it. If somepony volunteers, they may face the upcoming dangers.” Sounds interesting to them, they understood Stella’s instructions. As she waits for a participant, the nominees had to consider the circumstances. It’s natural to agree on the fact that only one mare can obtain said power because there’s only this Luma around. They need to also consider the upcoming dangers, it’s unknown what it means. “Ooh, I’ll volunteer! I’ve always wanted to have a space adventure. Besides, I’m sure I’ll learn how to evade whatever those dangers will be.” “Well, if a volunteer is needed, then by all means, Pinkie. There’s no telling what’s out in the deep vacuum of space, but just be alert.” “Then I’ll entrust you with its care.” Luma spun endlessly before infiltrating Pinkie’s mane. She now felt highly powerful. “Do you feel powerful, Pinkie?” “Uh huh.” “Disaster has struck us, so please rescue the Grand Stars.” “Grand Stars?” “I’ll explain once you got one. May the stars shine down on you.” And with that, Stella disappeared as the message of saying bye. “Well, that just happened.” Right in front of the Mane 6 is yellow Luma who stood in front of a crystal. “Pinkie Pie, you can do a spin move now.” “I can?” Pinkie tested her special move on its own. ”Cool.” “Try to smash this crystal.” So Pinkie approached closer to the crystal and shattered it using the spin attack, fueled by the white Luma’s power. The crystal broke after one more hit revealing a star-shaped object. “That was awesome, Pinkie Pie.” “What is that? What did you reveal?” “This is a launch star. Just hop in, it’ll be fun.” “If you say so.” Pinkie mounted the launch star to then be blasted off into the air. “That was even more awesome.” Rainbow’s got launched next, followed by Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Twilight respectively. “Weee!” The six ponies landed on a new planet and encountered another Luma. “Hi, ponies.” “Hello, Luma.” “So, I had a launch star set up on this planet and…” “Great, so where is this launch star you set up?” “A meteor destroyed it into chips.” “NOOOOOOOOO!” “Pinkie, not so loud!” “Oops, sorry. Ahem. So how do we fix this?” “Can you get the star chips for me? All 5 of them should be on this planet. Oh, and don’t fall into the black hole.” “Black hole?” Twilight glanced inside one of the planet’s holes to see the terrifying black hole at the core. “Let’s go and find them.” The team was able to obtain the 4 free star pieces and only Pinkie could grab the last of them and 2 bits from crystals while dodging the meteors falling. After all 5 star chips were collected, the pieces magically merged into a launch star on a stone platform. “Let’s go!” The Mane 6 gets launched into the air to land on a new metal planet. On that planet, they saw Luma trapped in a cage. “Help! Get me out of here!” “Don’t worry, we’ll get you out. Um, how do we get you out?” “There’s a shadowbolt on this planet with the key.” “A shadowbolt? Well, how do we kick his butt?” “You can use your traditional bare hooves or you could spin attack them.” The Mane 6 searched for the shadowbolt who’s polar-opposite to Luma’s side “Hey, you’re the ponies King Sombra told us about.” “And you’re the shadowbolt Luma told us about.” “Well, come and get the key.” Rainbow attacked the shadowbolt by crashing into them applying collision on the pillar. The shadowbolt vanished in defeat and the key was dropped. “Huh, that was shockingly easy.” “Nice. Let’s free Luma.” Pinkie ran to the encased Luma with the key and slotted it in the slot freeing it. “Thanks. Can you go save my friend up there?” “Why, of course.” “I’ll turn into a sling star so that you could get to that planet.” Luma transformed into a sling star to catapult the ponies onto the next planet where Luma and a pipe were caged. “Hey, are you here to save me?” “Yes. Who has the key?” “There’s a giant shadowbolt here. Find them and kick their butt.” “Hold on. Did you just say ‘giant’ shadowbolt?” The Mane 6 overcame the mobile electric platforms, which had 6 coins along with them, to encounter the enormous shadowbolt. “Hahahaha! Look at you. You look as tiny as an insect.” The shadowbolt lifted their colossal hoof and thrust down on the little ponies who just escaped getting pancaked. “How do we defeat this one?” “I know. Cover your eardrums. I’m gonna make a little sound.” The pink pony galloped towards the pink pillar and used her special creating soundwaves that made the shadowbolt fall over. Pinkie first gathered the 9 star bits nearby before she delivered the final blow as the key was unhoofed. She brought the key to the confined Luma to free it. “Quickly! Come down here!” “Quickly? What’s the rush?” The Mane 6 quickly followed the Luma down the pipe revealing the planet’s sophisticated inside. “What’s all this.” “Look there, that’s a Grand Star.” “That’s a Grand Star?” “Lucky, we were looking for one.” “Well, it’s powering that machine and it doesn’t look good!” “It doesn’t look good.” “You have to rescue it fast before the power’s drained.” “Oh no.” “We have to go now.” The Mane 6 quickly survived the electric platforms to approach the Grand Star and Fluttershy accidentally stepped on a yellow button on the floor as it turned blue. “Uh oh. Is that bad?” “Ah don’t think so, Fluttershy. Maybe you’re supposed to step all the buttons.” “Smart Shy.” Fluttershy blushed with embarrassment at Pinkie’s comment. “Um… thanks?” The Mane 6 deactivated all 12 buttons on the ground. Nothing happened yet. “Huh. Perhaps there are hidden buttons?” Everypony looked around the room until Pinkie could see 4 more yellow buttons on the "walls". "There they are. Let's go." Four out of the sextet ran back past the voltaic hurdles to activate the decommissioning panels. Upon all of them being turned off, they changed to green for good. The machine stopped utilizing power from the Grand Star and released it for its obtainability. “That star looks admittingly pretty when it’s glowing.” “We did it. Now let’s treasure it for the space queen.” Touched the Grand Star the Mane 6 did, then a little celebration while airborne before soaring away from the galaxy. The Mane 6 with the Grand Star came from a distance to advance towards a blackout space station that they’re viewing. “Oh. Is this star gonna power that?” “I think so.” The six ponies arrived at the lobby of the cosmic base as the Grand Star enters the power storage core in the nucleus. That illuminated a sector of the station and unlocked a dome in that region. “Look, it’s Stella.” The Mane 6 walked closer to and bows down at the guardian of the galaxies and listened to her dialogue. “The beacon is lit again, weakly.” “Weakly? It doesn’t have full power?” “Correct. The beacon is now classified as a Class 6 star, but at least the poor Lumas will survive now.” “Poor Lumas? Poor thing.” “Thanks for rescuing the grand star. These Lumas are my family, I have the responsiblity to protect them.” “You’re welcome, Stella.” “Welcome to the Comet Observatory, it’s our home. You see, we travel the starry skies. We meet at this area once every hundred years, but suddenly, we were stopped by some kind of force taking away Star Bits and Power Stars from our observatory. Our ship lost power, it cannot move from this hibernation. The fiend that took your special one stole those power stars.” “King Sombra stole your Power Stars?” “If that’s his name, then yes. He now has the power to cross the universe. Please, I have a request...” The Mane 6 looks up to the turquoise alicorn to pay attention. “...We need to find more power stars. We use those domes over there to discover and observe galaxies. The only one that’s open with the Grand Star is the Terrace. Please try to recover the Power Stars from the available accessible galaxies. If enough power is restored, the Comet Observatory will fly like a comet and possibly, we’ll be able to find this King Sombra.” “We won’t let you down, Sugarcube.” “I have faith in you. I have expectations that you won’t let me down.” To be continued… Author's Note I’m keeping the score here now. Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 24 Coins: 3 Stars: 1 Good Egg GalaxyAfter the Mane 6 closed their dialogue with Stella and acquired information for their quest, they approached the Terrace dome to start it. “So here’s where we start our search for power stars.” The six entered the Terrace and saw two lumas in the hub, one black and one blue. “Welcome to the Terrace dome! You can see distant galaxies from these domes. This blue luma will transform into a pull star when you’re ready.” “How do I use a pull star?” “The luma in your mane will make the pull star magnetize you onto it. Go near one, look at one and say ‘pull’ or ‘release’ or ‘pull and release’.” “Okay, that’s easy directions.” The blue luma flew right under the roof and reshaped into a pull star ready for dragging. “But before I go, I wanna know if I should go alone or not.” “Hmm. I think it’s best if you go alone and experience it first. You said that you’ll learn how to evade the dangers.” “Yeah, sorry we can’t go with you.” “That’s okay, girls. I thought it’s best too.” “If that’s the case, then go find those Power Stars!” Pinkie looked directly up into the pull star to shout... “Pull!” ...and gestured the white luma in her mane to raise her to the pull star. Galaxies are visible through the glass. “What you’re seeing are the galaxies that can be observed from this dome. The numbers represent the distance from the observatory. The more stars you find, the farther you’ll travel. It seems like you have only Good Egg Galaxy available.” “Good Egg Galaxy, huh? Alright, let’s-a go!” A launch star suddenly appeared on Pinkie to immediately launch her to the galaxy. “Weee!” Dino Piranha Pinkie Pie excitedly rocketed across the stars from the Comet Observatory to arrive on the first planet of Good Egg Galaxy. “Welcome to the galaxy, Pinkie Pie. Wait, I was talking to myself, wasn’t I.” On first sight, she noticed a house, a green pipe and two gardens. While exploring, she trampled over the flowers and bushes to find star bits. Pinkie had a choice to trot across the wooden or stone bridge. She chose the stone path, she wound up on the other hemisphere. A shadowbolt blocked the steps to reach a sideways-gravity path. “Hey, pink pony! You’d like a rock to the face?” The shadowbolt threw a rock at the pink pony when she dodged it. “Um, I’d rather not.” Pinkie climbed up the steps to engage CQC and spin-attack the enemy. In defeat, the shadowbolt vanished into 3 candy comets for her to collect. Then, she follows the sideways-facing path as she miraculously walks by weird gravity. She could reach the crystallized star bits, using her Luma-powered special to shatter it. “Wow. I wish Twilight was here to experience this type of gravity.” Pinkie continued her adventure by deviating from the path to encounter a question mark block. “Oh, I know what to do with these.” She oddly decided to wear a questionable red hat and bonked her head underneath the box repeatedly until it was empty of star bits. Then, she noticed another green pipe and assumed it leads back to the other green pipe on the other side of the planet. Just past the pipe is another stone path that made her walk up a tower. A shadowbolt blocked the way. “You can’t be up here, pony.” “I’m already up here, silly.” Pinkie attacked the shadowbolt and earned her space sweets. The path pursued until a Luma is met by the pink pony located on the tower. “My friends are ahead. Hurry!” “Hurry? There’s no need to rush, little Luma.” The Luma transmogrified into a sling star to throw Pinkie Pie onto a launch star projecting her to arrive on the Boulder Planet. A star chip was found right in front of her. “Looks like I have to find 5 star chips again. That is without getting rolled over by those boulders.” Eventually, with caution, Pinkie found all 5 pieces without getting rolled over. The existing mud was designed to decelerate her running speed, but the deed was still doable. She also gathered 4 coins while doing so. The 5 star chips formed a launch star that’s safe to use and arrived at the Bean Planet featuring a shadowbolt occupying a stone platform. “Have a rock for dessert!” The shadowbolt threw a rock at Pinkie, but instead of dodging it, she ate the boulder. “Delicious. That was a good dessert, I was a rock farm pony in the past.” Pinkie Pie spin-attacked the bewildered shadowbolt and then sees a carnivorous plant in front of her. The plant attempted to lunge at her which gave her a window to defeat it for a vine to grow out of the soil. “Hmm. I feel like there’s something else on this planet.” She explored underneath the Bean Planet and found a big question mark coin and small bouncing whoopee cushions? “Hey, are you nice?” The bloodsuckers bounced onto Pinkie’s head to absorb the iron within it. “Hey! Get off!” Pinkie spun the bloodsuckers off to vanquish them into star bits. “That got me a little woozy.” She turned to the huge coin. “You’re one big bit. What happens when I collect you?” Obtaining the bit made a star bit trail to wrap around the bean planet and crawl up the vine. Pinkie followed and collected the candy meteors to ascend the liana and set hoof on the Bitten Apple Planet with more bloodsuckers that she killed first. “Who threw an apple into space?” Pinkie encountered a fork in the apple, she could follow the path of the incoming boulders or parkour across a new platform over the black hole for the carnivorous plant occupying the pipe. “Let’s go safe here, the pipe.” Pinkie jumped onto the green checkered platform which made it start shrinking and disappearing, instincts jumped her to the next platform which had the pipe. “Whoa! That could’ve been bad.” Pinkie immediately spin-attacked the carnivorous plant and collected the space candy it drops. Then she made her way for the pipe’s very important pony. The pipe took Pinkie to a planet featuring four flipswitches. “So just like when I had to save the first Grand Star, I had to press all the buttons until they’re all another color, am I right?” So Pinkie began stepping on all four buttons. They changed from yellow to green as the final switch got switched. As a result, more side-facing flipswitches appeared at the ramp. Pinkie goes up to trample over them all while avoiding a moving spiked platform. After the objective is completed, a launch star appeared employing to fire Pinkie Pie past the Bitten Apple Planet and debarked under the Block-Climb Planet. She noticed some prints on the ground being made by nothing. Pinkie knew it was certainly gonna be a game of chase, so the technique she used was to leap and spin-attack the invisible being. “I gotcha!” The being being a bag with boots. Pinkie spun it once more to release a great quantity of cosmic confectionery and make it vanish in vanquish. That was underneath, the top of the world presents a couple of platforms with three shadowbolts on them. “You like this group? Let’s have stones raining down on you!” All 3 of the shadowbolts rained their rocks unto Pinkie when she evaded all the projectiles coming down while she amazingly spin-attacked the shadowbolts in style and collected their star bits. Pinkie applied her special move to rescue the launch star from its crystal on the summit. As she zoomed through rock debris in space, 6 sweet stars settles to soar with her, the Luma within her mane went to round them up for her. “Oh! Thanks, Luma.” In the distance, Pinkie saw a planet with a gigantic egg, she incidentally alights on it heavily and accidentally damaged the shell. “Uh oh, what did I do?” Pinkie quickly jumped off the egg as two green legs and a bulbous tail came out of it. The creature began to walk aimlessly around the planet, not knowing the pony’s presence. “I think this might be a boss fight. I think, to defeat whatever is that, I have to spin its tail? Yeah, I’ll be launching the tail into the air and then it’ll get pulled back onto the creature’s face. Brutal but brilliant blueprints, Pinkie Pie.” Pinkie Pie arose to fling the boss’s tail up, then it gets pulled back unto the creature’s hard eggshell, revealing a roaring dino plant. “Oh my Celestia!” Pinkie started dashing away from the dino plant as it’s giving chase of her. “Okay, I have to hit it with its tail again.” She went for the sally in. Evading the creature’s quakes as she targetted her spin-attack at the cauda to hurl it into its high point. Then it tugged back onto its skull with impact, which prompted it to produce a big portion of star bits but to shiver the ground and roar at full volume. “Uh oh. It’s mad now! What’s gonna happen now?” The dino plant begins trailing the pink pony around the planet briskly. Pinkie Pie scurried her hooves to move as much distance from the monster as possible, but she still had to throw its tail. So she tailed the tail while dodging the plant’s anatomy. When near the appendage, she twirled it and elasticity knocked the dinosaur’s cranium and made more candy comets, but it ain’t defeated yet. “Maybe one more should defeat you!” The boss continued chasing prey while Pinkie aimed to reach its tail and struck the plant down once more. At loss, it yields its last obnoxious shriek before collapsing and evaporating. As a reward, a Power Star appears upon the nest where the egg once rested before being disturbed. “Whoo! That was intense. I have a Power Star!” On that note, collected the star and Pinkie danced her triumph when she magically hovers with the star. Then Pinkie rocketed back in the direction of the Observatory. Pinkie Pie returned to the Terrace at the Comet Observatory with the Power Star. The star flew out of sight to store itself in the observatory’s storage. In the Terrace, Pinkie Pie noticed that Twilight Sparkle was at the telescope. ”Hi, Twilight.” ”Oh, welcome back. I just wanted to use this telescope to look into planets and galaxies.” ”Where’s everypony else?” ”They’re outside. Did you manage to get a Power Star?” ”Yes, I did.” ”Great. You’re going back in for more stars?” ”Yep.” Pinkie looks up at the pull star and shouts… ”Pull!” …to view Good Egg Galaxy. ”Let's go!” A launch star appeared on Pinkie Pie to immediately launch her to the galaxy. A Snack for Cosmic Proportions Pinkie Pie arrived on the same starting planet as last time. From the looks of it, every entry into a galaxy starts from a constant location, unless there are some special occasions. She decided to follow along the cobblestone road from last time. To her amazement, a new blue luma resides on the side-facing platform awaiting to address dialogue. The mare went over to her at the tilted gravity. "Hey, you don’t mind sharing your snacks, right?” "Of course not, I’m not a selfish pony.” "Good, share your star bits with the Hungry Luma ahead. Make sure you have plenty.” After the discourse, the blue protostar fellow changed appearance into four pull stars that revealed a route to the launch star. ”Pull!” The pull stars held and gave Pinkie to the subsequent astral magnets and the trebuchet to launch herself onto the world shaped like a vacant pear. On the planet, there existed sharp shrubs, rooted balloons, regular flowers and a lot of shadowbolts. ”You’re looking for a fight?” "You know what? Let’s fight.” Knowing that she’s required as many star sweets as possible, she pulverized every shadowbolt, fractured every crystal, trod on every blossom and learned to gyrate near the balloons to spoil every prickly plant to get a good amount of star fragments. She broke the diamond spire to access its launch star and blast off to the Rock Planet. This planet presents prodigious pebbles rolling around seeking to flatten the pink pony that would be in their path. However, Pinkie Pie’s just unstoppable to discover that she’ll obtain a hoofful of comet candies for demolishing the boulders at their weak point. Add the star bits extracted from crystals into her black hole pocket before using another astro-cannon within a prism spire onto the egg-shaped planet, the Hungry Luma nearby. ”A pink Luma? I’m impressed already.” "Hey, you! Got any tasty Star Bits?” "Yeah, I do. You need a lot right?” "Yep. Please feed me 100 Star Bits.” "Your meal is served.” Pinkie pulled out 100 Star Bits from her mane to feed the Luma. "That’s it, I’m stuffed. I’m ready to… TRANSFORM!” The pink Luma flew into the distance and transformed into the Tower Planet in the blink of an eye. A pink launch star appeared in front of Pinkie Pie which she takes to the base of the spire, context conveys that it’s a course to a whole new world. A launch star laid upon the summit, so she climbed it while eliminating enemies and scavenging for coins along the way. Once atop, using the launch star took her to a capsule-shaped planet. Pinkie saw her next launch star through the glass ground of the planet. If only there wasn’t a sturdy acrylic, there would be an easy entrance. "Aw, I can almost touch it. Oh well, guess I need to find a way in.” She meandered around the world until she found a hole into the pill in which a crystal rock blocked it. She had to shatter it and reveal the hole into the planet. There are obtuse triangles decorated on different sections of the walls that seemed important. Pink mare started platforming and parkouring while storing meteor portions, but being beside the orange background inverted the gravity. ”Whoa. Am I walking on the ceiling? Crazy.” She advanced through the tunnel while she hoarded more star bits and a couple of coins and also annihilated some shadowbolts along the way. Eventually, she made it to the launch star and the next planet which is shaped like a star. Pinkie noticed the star right in front of her retina ”I’m so close. I just gotta collect those 5 blue star chips.” Without hesitation, Pinkie collected all 5 blue star chips which made 5 pull stars appear on the planet. ”Pull!” Pinkie shouted as the perpendicular pull star pulled her to the Power Star. She celebrated her success with a little midair victory dance before flying back to the Comet Observatory. Pinkie Pie flew back to the dome while the Power Star flew away to restock its depository. Twilight looks like she’s still on the telescope. ”Welcome back, Pinkie Pie.” "Have you been on the telescope the entire time?” ”Oh. Yes, I have. I’m sorry if it bothers you.” ”No, no. I wasn't bothered. I was just asking.” ”Well, is everything alright?” ”Yes. Everything is alright. Anyway, I gotta go back for another star. Pull!” The pull star attracted Pinkie up like a magnet to be at eye level with the galaxies again. She’s observed on Good Egg Galaxy and shouted… ”Blast off!” …and Pinkie Pie became a rocket zooming towards Good Egg Galaxy. King Kaliente’s Battle Fleet Pinkie Pie debarked on the house planet from prior star journeys and the first thing she noticed was a launch star on the rooftop of the cottage with an orange chimney. "That wasn’t there the last time I was here. So I need to find an orange pipe to get out of that orange pipe on the roof. Wait, I thought I saw such an entry on the underside.” So knowing what to search for, the pink equine strolled around the world until she came across the carrot pipe. Back in the cobblestone-covered area, where she remembered the location of the orange pipe. Entering it revealed an underground area, a giant cubic room. ”Whoa, where am I?” She stood on the bottom face and saw the exit on the top face. Pinkie began advancing towards the ramp, it gravitates her to the right wall which she’s surprised by. Another slope allowed her to walk on the back wall and reach a big coin with a question mark on it. "Can you do something else instead of a trail of star bits?” When she obtained the big coin, it made rainbow music notes appear. Her instincts said to gather the notes as they improvise a verse of her Smile Song. Completing the song caused a bunch of candy stars to materialize in the middle of the back wall. ”Love that song.” After collecting her prize, Pinkie egressed the exit pipe that’s linked to the house chimney, she was able to use the launcher within grasp to land on a new world. At the Tropic Planet, the mare identified a tropical tree with hanging sweet stars, crates containing coins were also present for unboxing. “Looks like a relaxing paradise island, although planet’s not a good size to pull a deckchair out, not to mention nearby stars and zero population.” Green coconuts were littered around the surface, they looked significant. Those tropical fruits are as green as the balloons she utilized in a prior mission. Prickly flowers were featured, looks like the tools state that they could be withered by throwing coconuts at them. Pinkie showcased her throwing power in her forehooves to do just that, the loot they dropped were star bits, but then a bigger blossom she noticed and left for last. Breaking it revealed a slinger, it took the pony to the second Tropic Planet’s considered bottom and the first sight was two crates with bits in them. She spun both boxes and obtained both bits before she walked on top of the world, then a sentient cactus emerged from the ground. ”Whoa. Well, that was a shocker. Guess defeating him is the way to advance.” Beating a cactus barehooved won’t be pleasant, so Pinkie searched the island for something she could use. A coconut was spotted, then she knows what to do. She picked up and hurled away from the fruit towards the opuntia, doing so revealed a launcher upon its disappearance. It took the pony to a spherical asteroid where she almost blasts away with the sling star. ”Whoa. Slow down, sling star. I gotta explore this planet.” Pinkie Pie alighted from the slingshot to investigate the rock and noticed big black burnished balls with a face rolling on the equator. Had to evade being flattened, she reached a pipe, it revealed the interior of the planet with a plethora of shadowbolts. ”Uh oh. That’s a lot of enemies.” ”Catch her!” A chase where Pinkie is the target, no way can she fend them all alone. There’s also a big coin that she collects, resulting in a necklace with a rainbow gem placed in Pinkie’s hooves. ”A rainbow necklace? It looks magical.” She endeavored to wear the pendant and it changed her pink coat to neon rainbow. She halted to see the alteration on her body. ”Hmm. What does this mean?” The shadowbolts unwittingly collided with the oblivious mare only to be defeated by invincibility. ”I’m invincible?! I can defeat those metal spheres it means!” She hastily exited the pipe and successfully experimented her invincibility on the sentient orbs, obliterating them into star bits, before the necklace shattered and the power diminished. ”Aw. I mean, it’s fair but a shame.” Finally, she took the sling star, it flung Pinkie to the bottom of the Chomp Saucer Planet. When the equine switched to the top, there was a war zone with a sentient sphere summoning turret, a homing bullet cannon and some shadowbolts, a crystallized launch star resided on the fort. However, she jebaited the bullets and rocks, vanquishing the shadowbolts meanwhile and as she earned coins and reached the catapult. The cannon took her to a flying fleet. ”Hmm. I wonder where these airships came from.” After she said that, Pinkie raided the ship for 4 crates of gold. She stood on the port of the vessel and two octopodes emerged from the barrels on the other boat beside a drawbridge. They appeared to be spitting out coconuts. "Are we playing tennis? Smash!” Managed to knock-knock both coconuts back and they struck the cephalopods. That action led to lowering the bridge so that she can board the next airship. More coin crates and quasi-Socrates shadowbolts show themselves here, Pinkie broke, attacked and collected everything. On the bow, there’s a crystal-sealed launch star. Upon its freedom, taking it zoomed her to a new planet and new Luma. Suddenly, Pinkie started shaking vigorously, a doozy is nearby. "Be careful, danger ahead!” ”I-I-I-I-I kno-o-o-o-ow tha-a-a-a-at.” Pinkie attempted to investigate what made her jitter aggressively. Whilst vibrating, she moved to the other side of the planet, the surface is a steaming lava pool. Then the ground started to quake like her, a giant crown-adorned octopus surfaced from the surface as the pony stopped quaking so that she could focus. "That is a giant octopus king! Looks like it’s gonna be rough.” King octopus fired fireballs at her to attack, but Pinkie engaged in dodgeball with them. Afterwards, the boss shot a coconut and the game turned into a tennis match. Based on prior knowledge, she batted the coconut back at the boss for a turn successful and several stars of sugar. "I know how to defeat you now.” The boss recuperated for another round, the cephalopod hasn’t developed its moves yet. The equine dodged incoming fireballs until the octopus threw a coconut, then she spin-attacked the fruit to the king. This time, it actually struck the coconut back. "Oh, so we’re actually playing tennis, huh?” And so Pinkie knocked the coconut back, but the boss failed to bat it back again, so it struck his mantle and the crown off of the boss’s head. ”Pinkie: 2, Octopus: 0. If I score this one, it’s over I guess.” In the third and final round, the king octopus splashed the magma and summoned small sulfuric fire beings with eyes attempting to distract her shots, but avoiding is just plain easy. "You're gonna need more minions to be able to take me down.” She waited until a coconut appeared in the arena, Pinkie and the cephalopod struck the projectile alternatingly until the boss threw away his shot and the king was beaten. And of course, the Power Star appeared near the pink pony. "That was stressful, I was sweating in the boiler. I need a break after I get back.” Victory. Pinkie treasured the energy and danced a celebration before returning to the Comet Observatory. Pinkie soared to the Terrace of the Comet Observatory while the Power Star stashed itself in the beacon. In the Terrace, she noticed Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy looking through the spyglass. ”Fluttershy? I didn't know you are fascinated with space objects.” ”Oh. Well, Twilight told me that I don't wanna miss seeing constellations.” "You know, I saw the shape of Aries and it prompted an Equestrian history that I don’t remember.” “Was it related to the three races not getting along?” The pony in purple was perplexed by the knockback her memory experienced. “It was something along those lines. How much have you read about it?” “But I haven’t even touched a treatise.” Confusion, how did this horse get her hooves on history without library holidays? Twilight’s given no time to ask out loud as the black luma wanted to speak to the trio. "Pinkie Pie, a new galaxy is within sight with the Power Stars you just got.” “Really?” "That’s cool, but uh…actually, I need a rest after that boss I faced.” "I guess that’s a good idea, you must’ve had a wild ride.” ”You faced a boss? Were you hurt?” ”Not a scratch or burn. Come on, I’ll explain it once we sat down.” Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle headed out of the Terrace to join Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Applejack on a patch of grass. The protagonist took a break from the space journey, recharging so she’s prepared for the next galaxy. Author's Note Pinkie Pie’s collection: Star Bits: 341 Coins: 33 Stars: 4 Honeyhive GalaxyPinkie Pie has earned sufficient vigor from her sleep, she’s ready to blast off like a rocket and shoot for the stars. She took a stroll with Rarity approaching the Terrace entrance, the unicorn discussing the rainbow necklace that was found and lost. "I really wish I could have seen that necklace, darling. Shame you couldn't bring it with you so that I could examine it.” "Yeah, it’s a pity. Could you picture what it looks like, Rarity?” ”Hmm. I wonder if we have rainbow gems back in Equestria?” "Anyway, we’re in the Terrace now.” The black Luma gave the duo a welcome and began a trialogue. "Good morning, Pinkie Pie and…Rarity?” ”Why, yes. That’s my name.” "Did you sleep well?” "Absolutely, and I have a stock of cupcakes in my mane for breakfast.” Pinkie ate a frosted muffin pulled from her mane as explained. ”Cool. Yesterday, I told you that a new galaxy is accessible.” "What is the name of the galaxy?” "With 4 stars, you can visit Honeyhive.” ”Honey? Oh, I’m just glad I didn’t volunteer, honey would’ve made my coat sticky.” "You’re just saying honey and now I’m hungry. Anyway, I’m ready now. Pull!” The pull star on the dome’s ceiling attracted the pony, then she was able to view the new galaxy. "I think I see a new galaxy?” ”Yep. That’s the one.” ”Good luck, darling!” ”Here we go!” A launch star materialized upon Pinkie Pie and it launched her to the galaxy. Bee Pinkie Pie Takes Flight New galaxy, new planet, it’s larger than the worlds of the last galaxy. Actual land formations, massive trunks of leaves and colorful decorations that this terrain included. Pinkie began her mission on a small bump on the ground, there was a greeter bee at the beginning of the road. "Welcome to our kingdom. Our queen rules this land.” ”Wow, bees are natives. If only Fluttershy is here, her enthusiasm would explode. She loves bees and other critters.” She followed the road and passed some logs and a tunnel. The path led to a water fountain with a big coin above its mouth but watching her step for three little blue vampires hopping toward her. ”Excuse me, bloodsuckers. Nopony will ever put their mouths on my brain.” The pony of laughter eliminated her enemies, then she touched the money and it caused Pinkie’s tail to spasm. ”Twitchy twitch! Twitchy twitch! Something dropped… down here?” Peeking below the cliff, she saw and jumped down to a yellow gem necklace with a bee picture on it. ”Huh. It looks like the rainbow necklace I got from Good Egg Galaxy. I wonder what this does.” Her attempt to wear the necklace, and then suddenly, a light show magically suits her into a bee costume. ”Whoa. *gasp* I feel so awesome! I am a bee. Wait, does this mean I could fly?” Pinkie Bee tested her flight abilities on the high ledge behind her and the results concluded that she can fly like a bee. "So I’m actually a bee. That's crazy.” Happy with her answer, she observed two bits over a small pool of a small shower and dared to step into the water without warning, causing a shattered necklace and the vanished outfit. Fortunately, where she’s first received the riviére it resuscitated there. "Huh, it’s not waterproof? I guess that makes sense.” So, Pinkie descended the ledges to wear the necklace, then she ascended the overhangs by flying and advanced through a gigantic gap in the wall where she encountered bugs coming towards her. To her, they seemed weaker than the shadowbolts. Bee flapped her wings to grab the gold on the dome, but that’s when she found out that… ”Hmm? My wings are tired? I can’t flutter them forever that means.” The magenta mare was grounded and she annihilated the enemies on the path. She noticed another planet rested a bee queen in the distance, hypothesized that's her upcoming destination. A slot in a stump led to a slippery slope, a diverting slide lined a trail of comets. ”Weee!” A big ledge awaited, so high that Pinkie can only fly up. On the way, she hoarded sixteen coins upon two flowers and followed by two gaps between platforms that are lined half with honey and two natives harvesting the stuff. "Honey is really heavy.” One of them spoke while the pony listened. ”That’s true. Oh, heavy as in thick. Wordplay.” From hearing this, she evaded the honey areas and leapt from grass to grass. There were a couple of hopping whoopee bags to assault and more confection led to a launch star. It took pinker to a planet of lily pads. Filled to the brim with water, advises her to not fall off the lily pads. She’s gotta parkour until she reaches a flower with a bee native next to it, which she successfully did. "The launch star is on the flowers above. Grab the flower and twirl around the stem to climb it.” ”Can I?” Diane did as directed, hoof on a ray floret flower and her special spin move brought her swinging skywards onto the furthest petalled flower. The middle flower contained twenty star bits approximately and once collected, boarded the star cannon on the biggest bloom. "I bet this brings me to the planet with the bee monarch.” As she predicted, the launch star fired Pinkie Pie to sovereignty’s grounds, only she’s below the mainland with a honeycomb wall. There’s a bee demonstrator to teach her things. "As a bee, you can climb the honeycomb.” ”Okey dokey lokey.” The pink equine attempted to do what’s taught, she’s able as a yellow and black insect. In the midst of this, she paused for the honey’s flavour appraisal. ”Mmm. I could use this for my next cake. Continue.” Pinkie ascended the honeycomb and earned some bits until the next floor with a predatory plant. Exterminating it grew a vine, instincts brought her to climb, then she met the queen. "Hmm? Do we have a physician?” "No, but my friend is. What do you need?” "I have an infuriating predicament and require assistance. Please take care of these furious itchy spots on my back.” "Well, I’ll be your backscratcher then.” So the bee pony as a medic fluttered towards the seta of sovereign bee, then able to scale it like the honeycomb. The culprits were star pieces. ”Star chips? That’s what’s been itching you?” Her objective turned into finding five points of a star instead of solving the queen’s irritation. Once it’s done, a launch star appeared. "Thank you. You have proven yourself trustworthy when we see you in the future.” ”Wow. You’re welcome and thank you.” Pinkie dropped from the bee’s body and hovered over the water. Using the launcher surrounded by six sugar stars brought her to a tree that, to Pinkie’s surprise, has the fillies Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, also known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders. A UFO beside them looked as they crewed it. ”Pinkie Pie? Is that you?” ”Yep, it’s me!” "Why are you wearing a bee costume.” "Oh, I’ll explain that soon. How did you get here and that UFO?” "Uh, we’re gonna explain to everypony in a gatherin’. Hey, ah found this up here, do you know what it’s used for?” Apple Bloom withdrew a Power Star from the saucer and asked for its function. Recognized by the mare, she urged for her hooves on it. ”Oh. Gimme that, I need that.” ”Here.” Pinkie swiped the star from the filly’s yellow hooves, then to celebrate her victory, even though the costume and necklet vanished after. She got a star! "Can you drive that thing?” ”We got the hang of it.” ”Soar with me, crusaders.” Pinkie and the CMC left the galaxy to store the Power Star at the Comet Observatory. There’s Pinkie Pie and a UFO in the sky, they flew to the observatory lobby in front of Stella. The CMC alighted from their spaceship to address the towering guardian of the galaxies. ”Who in Equestria are you?” It’s a voice familiar that it made the other mares’ attention to the Cutie Mark Crusaders ”Apple Bloom?” ”Sweetie Belle?” ”Scootaloo?” "What are you girls doing here?” "And how did you girls get a UFO?” "Well, we’re gonna explain everythin’ to y’all.” A brief account that's essential to be attentive to, or it’s a riddle for those who weren’t. "Picture this: We saw Canterlot’s castle levitating into space and we endeavoured to follow it.” "A bright purple light flashed up there, we thought it was your magic, Twilight. Along the way, found a crash-landed UFO with no pilot.” "We planned to get Mr. Whooves to repair the UFO and have Zecora make us breathe in space. We tried to follow y’all via the UFO usin’ the manual.” ”Wow, brave fillies.” ”Yeah. They had to do what they can to try and join us.” "So, these are your siblings. I’m Stella, the guardian of the cosmos.” "Guardian of the cosmos? Well, what have you been doing here?.” "We’ve been collecting Power Stars so that we could power this observatory.” ”We can help.” "Sorry, sugarcube. But ah suggest you stay with us.” ”Oh, come on, sis. We’ll promise not to run into any trouble.” "We will help and we’re not asking.” ”You can count on us. We can help Pinkie at any cost.” Waiting for their older sisters’ decision, anticipating a ‘yes’. But their thoughts express the fillies’ safety, no way are they exploring blind of danger. However, their fates rely on one pony or one alicorn. ”Let them go.” “What?!” “Trust me, something good will happen if you let them.” Shocked were the six equines. However, they can’t ignore Stella’s orders, they have to accept them. Who knows if it’s true? “Well, alright. I don’t understand what would come out, but we’ll let them.” “Yay! Cutie Mark Crusader Space Adventurers!!!” The three fillies found their place in space. Now, Pinkie continued her quest, she’s ready to visit that world for another star. ”Pull!” She’s carried to the ceiling by the blue stars to view Honeyhive Galaxy. ”Alright, let's go!” As always, a launch star appeared to blast the pink pony into the galaxy. Trouble on the Tower Pinkie debarked on the same area as the last star mission. There’s a slab of stone on the road, it’s exceptionally fractured with a bee citizen beside it. "Break these rocks with a heavy force thrust.” ”Like back at the rock farm.” As instructed, she sprang five meters above ground and dove down onto the slab. It split into pebbles with five confectionery comets. Continuing, the contextual path conducted the mare to another concretion. The block, once smashed, unleashed a liana stretching beyond the oversized orifice onto the other outcrop of land. "Wait, before I climb it, I gotta explore the fountain.” Headed for the fountain and the fuchsia fun-filled filly noticed six more rocks around it containing star bits. Off the ledge edge, there’s a column of a dozen rocks and a single separate one, plowed for more bonbons. Only then, she advanced the vine to arrive on the other side. Noticed a spring unusable since the slab on it and a yellow block above it. ”Let’s see what’s inside.” Pinkie broke the rock for the trampoline and the cube’s access, it embodied edible bolides. Across a river, two more stones had more in them and a spring launched the partier onto the slinger that brought her higher to a big yellow caterpillar nest. ”Look, there’s a peaceful creature. No interest in my presence.” The big bug could be bypassed, force on a button bridged a gap, but the impact flipped the critter on its back. ”Oh. Was that too hard? I’m sorry, I didn’t know that would happen.” Pinkie paid time by talking until he turns red and started charging at her. Panicked, she outran his anger, crossing the bridge. "I thought you were nice!” She stood on a wooden overhang which has a circle with a stomping indication on it. Equine’s hooves made impact on it and sank a section of the structure to display accessible platforms. A sign explained important tutorials. “How to wall jump: Jump and slide against the wall with your hooves. You can jump from there to gain height. Jump to an opposite wall to do another wall jump for more height.” “Hmm, only I can perform such stunts and call easy.” Pinkie’s wall-jumps happened and waiting at the top were star bits. She followed the small couloir and a water stream to encounter an obstacle that required wall-jumping. A launch star atop shot her to a brown mushroom planet. Five plants on the planet purposed a pink pony for lunch, those she annihilated with her spin ability. A few meters above the brown mushroom cap is a white mushroom cap. ”Oh. I know what to do.” Pinkie stood directly under and center of her planet and jumped. Gravity changed, hence she’s walking on the other planet. ”I’m so smart.” On it, a few yellow caterpillars just minding their own happy business. ”Heh heh. I’m just gonna avoid you two. Don’t get angry, just reaching that sling star.” The sling star slung her to a new planet and landed near a question mark coin. Obtaining that bit attached the multicolored jewellery on her neck, the same necklace from Good Egg that turned her invincible. ”I’m invincible again.” She began an elimination spree, clearing all the plants and the one yellow caterpillar with her rainbow touch before her ability's gone. "So the rainbow necklace always wears off after a limited amount of time. Best to keep that in mind.” After acquiring information, Pinkie advanced towards the hollow stump resting on the planet. A hole with a trail of one cent and many sweets, Pinkie incredibly absorbant falls softly onto the first planet’s observation deck. Across the wooden floor was a trapeze made from vines and florets, utilized to swing across the small gap. "I think I could’ve jumped that, but…” More planks ahead, the route routed her encountering a new enemy that looks… unneighborly. ”I’m curious. What do you do when you are you?” Dared to experiment with the beetle’s method of assault, Diane enters its territory and the enemy made its move, snapping its proboscis towards Pinkie. It’s so sudden, her reflexes jumped her body, she dodge the attack and landed on the bug’s back. Notice a mark like those on the stomp stones, her gears ticked and tocked, a thrust is enough to rout the insect and earn three star bits. "Okay, now I know how to rout them.” Next, she had to utilize her wall-jumping skills. Along the left, there’s an orange button with a single beetle enemy guarding it. She quickly smushed the beetle, since she knows how to do it. The equine hoarded the prizes and reached the button. ”Let’s see what this does.” Pushing the button moved the windmill’s blades to the right. The platforms on the blades made context. "So there’s something at the top of the windmill.” Pinkie mounted on the ride, this platform had four star bits on it. During the ride, eight she collected before the top, facing two beetles; a young and parent. “A mini-boss fight?” Without hesitation, the beetles stormed towards the pink pony when she jumped and squished on the little critter, the paternal turned red. “Sorry, but I bet you have what I need. It’s not bring your child to work day.” In the midst of talking, the raging beetle almost bit her. She dodged away but squished the last beetle. Finally, the Power Star is on display from defeat. “You had what I need. You two deserved death.” Pinkie spoke in the distance as if her message was sent to Tartarus. As she collects the Power Star, her success was celebrated, then she returned to the Comet Observatory. Back at the space station, Pinkie returned from the galaxy and the fuel star cached in its cache. Applejack and Fluttershy were awaiting her friend’s travel back. “Welcome back, Sugarcube.” “Did you have an exciting adventure?” “Yepperoni pepperoni. By the way, I haven’t told you about the bees, have I?” “No, you haven’t. You’ve met bees? Are they, um...healthy?” ”Of course they are. I was the queen’s physician, in fact.” That event would be Fluttershy’s joy, not volunteering became her jealousy. “I’m a bit envious. I mean, I don’t want an argument, but we can’t crowd over you, can we?” "Yeah, the more we think about it, it’s like you’re havin’ all the fun for yourself.” "Hmm, tell you what? Give me some time to think about it. Maybe I’ll consider sooner or later. Pull.” As the grounded ponies thought about Pinkie’s delayed decision, her sudden one word carried her under the ceiling for Honeyhive. ”Countdown in 3…2…1!” Blast off! Big Bad Bugaboom Pinkie Pie entered the scene on the same hill as earlier expeditions. A panicky bee on the brown path, she approached to discover the problem “Thank goodness you’re here. Our kingdom’s infested with mandibugs!” "That’s what they’re called?” The magenta mare saw two mandibugs on the margin ready to masticate her meat when close. “You will not get a piece of me, beetles!” She ran en route for them, dodged sudden ambush and pounded on the insects. Two more foes on route to the water spout. A bubble gun beside a bit based on a block sat by it. ”Oh. This is gonna be fun. Hold on to your ’horses’, Pinkie Pie. Prepare ammunition!” Pinkie erected on the cube and remained until the cannon shot a bubble. Possible or not, it caught her physique to the caterpillar’s nest occupied by a mandibug. "How dare you invade the caterpillar’s home!” Bug was ambushed before descending the pole adjacent to her platform. On the ground, the bee pendant was found encased in a crystal, stranded on a lily pad. Spin it to win it, the equine wore it and Bee Pinkie was reborn. "Now that I transformed, I believe I’m able to enter the giant hole.” Ascended the mast onto elevated ground, the open hole she approached by airborne. Within the tunnel, a trio of beetles awaited her surprise visit to eliminate the guest, but they have been trivially crushed thanks to Pinkie’s hard dives. ”Ha! You’re no match for me!” At the end of the tunnel, the kingdom’s royalist bee was located right in front of her. "The mandibugs are causing trouble again. They must be stopped!” "Don’t worry, your Highness. Call me Baygon and give me 5 minutes to clear the infestation.” A launch star emerged on the stump as her entrance. It shot her like a cannon, she zoomed like a rocket, across some debris and alighted on one small island of two near the planet of big tree. "Okay, that tree is my destination, correct? If I just use the flowers, will I make it over the black hole down there?” Thought swinging around the stem would be enough, she fully committed only to realize she won’t reach. Barely a distance to the second island, but the filly, fortunately, had flight, her fright forced her to flutter across the abyss. ”Whoo! That could’ve been bad, I could’ve been a goner.” Pinkie Pie amassed three chips of gold laying on a stone before using the second plant to leap the pit and reach the planet with the tree. Suddenly, lo and behold, a giant green beetle came from above. ”Uh oh, it’s a boss fight. I hope you’re ready, myself.” The mega mandibug crawled leisurely on the ground, its route walking circles around the tree. Observed a symbol on its back indicating for impact on it. ”The flower. Get on the flower!” A plan. The pony’s hooves on the blossom, she ascended and hovered above the beetle and thrust down. The insect took some damage, producing a cluster of star bits. Pinkie quickly disembarked the boss before it spread wings and flew around the planet, it started to rain explosive balls from its underbelly. "Okay, you have bombs, that’s not good.” Some honeycomb cells were placed along the tree. The equine noticed it as opportunity, she bounced from a flower and used flight to cling on honey, attached were two astral bonbons and a single coin. Prepared and waiting for the moment when the bug flew on her window for strike. ”Alright, third phase, third hit.” The mandibug recovered and the damage underwent enraged it. It flew higher and faster than in the last phase and occasionally tilts sideways. "Oh, I see. Gotta have perfect timing, I have to pound when it’s in position.” Pinkie hastily evaded its spherical bombs to board the hexagons. When at the ready, she levitated somewhere she was sure would impact and forcefully accelerated her descent and hit the target. The giant bug gave up, a final shriek before collapsing and fading, the conqueror earned the Power Star. ”I did it! I’ve faced a giant mandibug!” Victorious for her pride and stashed her prize, but lost her bee powers throughout. Done of her quest, Pinkie soared out of the galaxy and back to the Comet Observatory. Pinkie Pie and the Power Star returned where they belonged, the beacon and the Terrace. The observatory’s dome was unexpectedly vacant, except for the black luma. "Welcome back, Pinkie Pie.” ”Hey, um, where is everypony?” "They’re outside. Guess it’s commonplace to stay in the Terrace.” "With just a telescope on the side, it’s understandable.” "Congratulations, Pinkie Pie. We’ve stored enough Power Stars and thus, we saw two galaxies in orbit.” ”Two new galaxies? Instantly? Insanity.” "If you like, you can start going there, unless you wanna rest up.” "I’m exhausted after Honeyhive Galaxy, I just wanna relax with my friends for a while.” "I understand, see you later.” “Oh, I wanna ask: how many ponies can venture out?” “Fun fact: pull stars like the one above us can lift two entities maximum.” “Alright, that’s all I need to know.” Pinkie Pie left the dome to approach her friends, the vicenarians and the fillies, atop the space station’s viridescent sector to unwind. ”Welcome back, darling.” "Are you coming here to rest?” "Yepperoni, my flank is flanking for a seat.” "Can we learn about what you saw and experienced?” ”Of course, you can. Before that, though, snack time; ten space candies for brunch.” Pinkie sat on her rump facing the garage and the UFO to consume a decade star bits. A bit of quiet, then eventually, a panel forced off the spaceship. ”Uh, hello?” Everypony twisted their necks and glimpsed a lavender and lime youth of a wyvern emerged from the wires. ”Spike?” "Spikey-wikey, what were you doing in that UFO’s electric panel?” "Uh, I can explain.” Author's Note Pinkie’s collection (including consumed ones): Star Bits: 601 Coins: 77 Stars: 7 The CMC replaced the Toad Brigade and Spike replaced Mail Toad. Don’t you love it when lines rhyme with itself, compare my writing with Eminem’s lyrics. Sombra’s Robot Reactor and More GalaxiesSpike wasn’t a member when the adults floated into space, he didn’t board the satellite from journey’s beginning. Now he’s just appeared from the wiring of an extraterrestrial spacecraft, why the wyvern has set foot now was explained from himself. “I perceived some commotion in Canterlot and ran as fast as my legs could carry to the festival presuming you girls were in danger. Then I saw your bright magic activate on the way, it’s your breathing spell, isn’t it, Twilight?” ”That’s our POV.” "After the party that morning, I observed this UFO next to Dr. Whooves’s lab and my claws were helpless for investigating. Eventually, a trio of silhouettes approached and I discerned them as... aliens, so I hid in the electric panel.” Embarrassment, like something an audience would laugh in disbelief. The dragon’s scales have reddened and he continued. "Anyway, I felt vibrations of the UFO taking flight and panicked until I heard the voices of three fillies. I calmed down, but I was tangled in the wires. It took some time, so I only got out in this minute.” ”At least you’re here, unexpectedly.” "Here, I’ll give you the spell just to make sure. Spike, I need a letter to the Princess, pronto.” "I didn’t carry any equipment on me.” "Well, find a parchment and a pen, pluck a feather of mine if you have to. I need to know if she’s okay.” ”Okay? Why don’t you rest like what I heard from inside the spaceship?” After 10 minutes, Pinkie was pumped for an adventure and especially enlivened to explore more galaxies available, or what’s heard. "Who’s ready to escort me to my next travels.” "I’m willing, you mentioned new galaxies and I wanna hear them.” She’s accompanied by Rainbow Dash into the observatory’s Terrace and the black Luma began a discussion. "Yesterday, I informed you about what you’ve unlocked with more stars.” “Progress, it grows without hurdles. We’ll fill that beacon in no time.” “We found Flipswitch Galaxy and Loopdeeloop Galaxy in orbit.” “Flipswitch?” “Loopdeeloop? That one sounded like my kind of galaxy.” “Pull!” Curious, Pinkie demanded a lift beneath the roof to detect the new nebulae. ”I think my next destination is… Loopdeeloop Galaxy. Cause it sounds fun.” "There should be with a planet that’s mostly river.” ”Mainly river? Go after that star anyway, Pinkie.” A launch star surfaced in front of the equine and it sent her to Loopdeeloop. Surfing 101 Zooming across the atmosphere, Pinkie set hoof on solid ground. Passive penguins were monitoring visitors and watchdogs of the area. "Oh my Celestia, they’re adorable. I wish I could hear Fluttershy’s noises.” "Hey, pink pony, this is a penguin paradise. Around here, our favourite sport is ray surfing.” ”Ray surfing? That sounds like fun.” "Do you wanna sign up? Talk to our chief. You can get a prize if you participate.” The mention of reward rewarded her interest, she approached the towering picador, he’s the coach. "Are you a surfer too?” ”Good question. Sometimes I surf in my spare time.” "Is this your first-time ray surfing?” ”Yepperooni. Are you gonna teach me how?” "Of course, I am basically the teacher. Let me show you the ropes.” The violet flatfish was Pinkie’s ride, she mounted it and instructions began to unfold. "Stand vertically to surf roughly straight.” ”I can stand.” "Good, that’s the basic position. Tilt your body to turn left or right.” ”I can do that.” ”Perfect. Lean forward to go faster.” ”I got it.” "Excellent! That’s all you need to know. Enter the real course and show me some ray surfing.” Pinkie on the ray fish inclined forward, left and right to follow a gold line and arrive at the genuine playground. Once in position, the penguin in the background is ready to start the clock. ”3…2…1…GO!” She advanced and angled ahead for acceleration, curving the bends while cautious of the boundaries and dropping into the empty depths below. Ascended sloped water and twisted through twisty turns and sharp U-turns while the mare amassed some coinage on the course. Pinkie Pie passed through hoops and coiled 360-turns and climbed more uphill streams. Heading towards an inclined water section that provided airtime and splashed upon landing. Eventually, she identified the checkered banner and intersected it. The chief penguin stopped the timer. "Alright, you have a decent record. Come up here so that I could give your reward.” A sling star appeared ahead of the finisher to throw her on the stage the chief penguin stood. There's a podium to label Pinkie’s position, even though she's the only one racing. ”What’s my record?” "You crossed the finish line in… 01:21.00? Congratulations! You deserve a gold medal.” ”A gold medal?” He withdrew a ’gold medal’ which is actually a Power Star stationed on the highest platform. "That was fun, I wished I could stay and do more, but I have to save a whole universe.” Pinkie Pie hopped on to collect the Power Star. After, the pony of laughter and the star of fuel soared all the way back to the Comet Observatory. Rainbow seemingly remained in the Terrace as Pinkie flew back in. She welcomed her back by asking about galaxy contents. "Tell me it’s awesome up there.” "Absolutely, I was cruising on rays like it’s summer!” "I’m jealous I couldn’t come with you.” "Sorry, I promise it’s not on purpose. Believe me, I was hoping for a partner. Can you wait a little longer?” "You know I’m not a patient pegasus. But you’re in charge of everything, so I can handle it.” ”Again, sorry. Pull.” Pinkie Pie floated to the dome’s dome for a glimpse of the other unlocked galaxy. ”How does Flipswitch look?” ”Minuscule.” ”Oh. A short trip, I guess.” "But I’m ready for any galaxy, huge or tiny.” Ejected from the star cannon, she planed into the ether to her next destination. Painting the Planet Yellow Diane zoomed passed a field of brick blocks and reached the nebula’s solitary planet. Her cleft limbs were situated on a lapis button and it switched to lemon. Like the preview, there were no other worlds nearby or within eyesight. “Wow, this really is a really small galaxy.” Contents completely consisted of cobalt buttons as flooring and exhibited voltaic fences meandering the edges, two platforms lined with sharp cones and deadly shockwaves formed from a new enemy. "If this is the only planet, then the only objective should be to press all the buttons.” The mare of joy trampled every square without rush but evading frying. Occasionally, re-stepping is necessary, yellow becomes ultramarine when hoof meets. Eventually, all hazardous obstacles were circumvented and periodically employed to reach button after button, all ocean were painted lemon and then lime to define completion. Everything turned static as the Power Star was placed high above the shockwaver. "Bet you’re not placed without reason.” Pinkie endeavoured to jump on it. It sprang her like a trampoline with enough elasticity to land hooves on the Power Star. Fuel in her ungulae, a prize won within three minutes, then she returned to the Comet Observatory. Not a comeback to the Terrace, Pinkie Pie descended to the foyer for Stella’s announcement to her. Even though it’s specifically for the pony in charge, the gang paid attention as a provision of importance. "Do you see that Luma beside the Terrace dome?” There’s a Luma in the color of equine’s coat bigger than the denizens of the observatory, holding star bits on a stick "Oh, I’ve encountered one before. That's a Hungry Luma.” "That Luma can bring you to another galaxy.” ”Really? So if we feed it a lot of Star Bits, it’ll transform into a whole galaxy?” "Well, what are you waiting for?” Pinkie approached the Luma, but before making a move away, the young wyvern expelled a parchment from his muzzle. "Looks like Celestia wrote a letter to us.” "Can you read it, Spike?” Spike’s claws opened the ribbon that wrapped the parchment and revealed the contents reading out loud. ”To my faithful student, Twilight and her friends, My sister and I are alright where we are. Knowing that Pinkie Pie is in charge of this mission, we would like to give you something that we think is helpful. Best wishes, Celestia and Luna.” "And there are fifty star bits attached to the letter.” "Wow, the princesses have thought through. Gimme those space rocks and those will be the pink Luma’s snack.” Pinkie Pie hoarded the half a century sweets to add to her collection before she goes up to the Hungry Luma. “Hey, pink pony. Can you serve some star Bits?” “Of course. How many do you wanna swallow?” “Looking forward to 400 star bits. Do you have that many?” “That’s a lot. But yes, I have ‘em.” 400 space sugar sweets supplied to the starving star. It got overweight after its meal. “I’m full. Now, I can… TRANSFORM!” In happiness, the Luma zooms into cosmos and exploded into a newborn assembly of worlds. A salmon star mortar arose close to Pinkie, assuming it’ll blast her there. Rarity snuck behind the pink pony attempting to discuss, didn’t account for her jump-startle. "Oh, I didn’t mean to rudely creep on your back, darling.” ”What’s up?” “I turned my back to the garage just to listen to Princess Stella’s lecture. When I looked back, well, the UFO’s gone.” The altruistic glanced behind generosity’s back, noticing the steel catwalk connecting the grass patch bare. ”Oh. The fillies must be looking for Power Stars for us.” “That’s what I figured. Honestly, Pinkie, I must complain, why is letting my Sweetie Belle voyage into the unknown a benefit?!” “Okay, Rarity, calm down. Let’s talk about Sweetie Belle. What are you worried about?” “Worried? About her precautions. She’s just so young that I don’t want anything to happen to her. As her babysitter, it’s only best if she avoids places like the Everfree forest.” “How old is she?” “Um...10? “She’s not an infant anymore. If what Stella said is true, do you trust your sister?” “Y...yes. Yes, I trust my sister.” “Then you should give her a chance, there might be a chance she’ll do something good for us for once.” “You’re right, I was being overprotective. But when you find them, make sure they’re safe.” ”Okey dokey lokey. I gotta go.” Glad she understood, Pinkie mounted the pink launch star and broke through the atmospheres. First the observatory’s, then Sweet Sweet Galaxy’s. Rocky Road Pinkie Pie accessed the grounds of the newborn Milky Way. First sights in this place resembled somewhere a confectioner regards to reside because the world was constructed with desserts. "No way, is this real? I must be dreaming.” The sweet-toothed equine flicked her tongue off the floor made from biscuits, she even slapped herself as provision that she was hallucinating. Despite her sore cheek, the floor tasted like wafers. "It’s my dreamland, but I have to fight the urge, otherwise this galaxy's a trap for my loyalty.” Fortunately, she had practice in Equestria, avoiding cravings is virtually a trivial control. The road ahead had holes moulded that led to abyss. "That’s a big drop to nowhere. I gotta be careful.” Pinkie Pie cautiously navigated the cookie surface while amassing coins and evading pits onto the next stationary terrain. Following a right corner that circumnavigated an extensive quadrant with more mobile biscotti. Obstacle conquered, next was a pausing area with Sweetie Belle ploughing the fortifications. ”Sweetie Belle? What are you doing here?” ”Mmph?” The greedy filly engulfed the cake into her gullet to speak with a free mouth. ”Hi, Pinkie Pie. Isn’t it obvious? We’re finding a Power Star for you.” "Where’s Apple Bloom and Scootaloo?” "Apple Bloom dropped me and Scootaloo on that previous platform. Scootaloo risked my life to reach the star, but I wasn't able to keep up, so I stayed here while she carried on.” "Why couldn’t you simply steer to the star?” "Because you’re in charge, you should collect the star.” ”I guess. Could’ve been easier though.” After the meet-up, Pinkie Pie stole a hoofful of soufflé and wolfed it before jumping the active holes ahead. She manoeuvred around the desserts carefully without errors, or her supportive balance fails and she’ll fall into nothing. Her strategic routing and observant hoofing got her on the next motionless cookie. "That wasn't too bad. Some may say it's a piece of ’cake’.” Then she confronted the last hurdle, separated grounds plus an electrical barrier in the center of the segment. Ponies may describe as difficult, especially the pink one, but she committed and succeeded eventually nonetheless along with two coins acquired. Apparently, Scootaloo reached the achievement as well. ”Wow, Pinkie Pie. You made it.” "Scootaloo, how did you reach the end already?” “Fun fact: my parents were hardworking adventurers and they often bring me to their excursions, so I had experience.” “Really? I’ve never really met your parents. Where are they?” “Now’s not the time to discuss this. The Power Star is the cherry on that cake.” Diane Pie was astonished by the multilayered fondant and she was drooling. She was able to stop herself but pulled a pen and paper conveniently in her mane. (Wasn’t there when she lifted to space.) “Gotta jot this down. Um, where’s Apple Bloom?” “Oh. She’s on the UFO in the background over there.” Apple Bloom stood on her spacecraft hovering as far as the surrounding sweets, yelled in the distance that the filly and the mare could hear clearly. “Hey, Pinkie Pie! Scootaloo! We should be returnin’ now!” “Alright! How ‘bout you, Pinkie Pie?” “This could be the last time I’ll ever see this galaxy, but I’m ready.” Scootaloo’s transportation aviated closer to fetch her. “We’ll be the first returning to the observatory.” With that settled, the brigade flew away unharmed. Pinkie Pie climbed the levels and obtained the sprinkled space candy, then the Power Star on top. That’s the last her eyes caught a world of confectionery, she returns to the Comet Observatory. Scene was swapped to the porch of the observatory as Pinkie soared through the airspace and arrived in front of Stella. “We’ve discovered an enemy base galaxy in our region.” “Oh, that’s Sombra’s galaxy. Princess, I’m gonna take care of this, don’t worry.” On the verdant sector of the space station, the threesome of young sisters made their appearance. Rarity and Applejack were chatting to each other while she eavesdropped. “Don’t get any ideas, darling. If you dare terminate their travels, we might get cornered somewhere.” “To be honest, ah can’t think of one instance where she’d be any use.” “Applejack, watch your mouth!” “Sorry, but can’t you see ah’m tryna keep Apple Bloom safe?” “I understood. But here’s a question: How old is she?” “10. The same age as your sister.” “You’re not her babysitter anymore, she’s old enough for this. The princess believed our sisters would be helpful to us and you don’t trust Apple Bloom?” “Ah...ah do...” “Like Pinkie told me, give her a chance. Stella was certain of the future, you might as well.” “Did Pinkie tell you? Well, if it’s what Pinkie wants, ah’ll listen.” "I’m about to face King Sombra.” The magenta mare interrupted their dialogue. From hearing the news, wide-eyed Twilight eyed Pinkie Pie, surprised by her pride to fight that black knight tonight. ”What?! Now?!” ”Yep, I’m ready!” Both pegasi were notified as they participated in the conversation ensuring she was free from doubt. "Wait, this seemed immoderately straightforward. There’s no way he’s gonna be defeated like this.” "And Sombra’s main territory is in the center of the universe. What if it’s a trap?” "Don’t worry, I’ve learned a lot in the worlds I’ve been in. Whatever he’s got in his sleeve, I’m prepared for it.” "Well, good luck fighting… what you’re after.” Ready to follow the oppressive unicorn, Pinkie galloped into the room where it happens and shouted one word. ”Pull!” She was lifted to the top of the dome and saw the new location in the distance. ”Here I come, Sombrero. Let’s get this party started.” Blast off to the galaxy via launch star. What was awaiting her there? Megaleg’s Moon The space voyager arrived at the enemy hideout where she’ll expectantly encounter the prime villain. This planet existed with holes like swiss cheese, new foes and scattered cages, one near her held a launch star. ”That’s new. Let’s see if I can’t crack it open.” Pinkie examined the world while staying away from the calamitous black hole in the core. She confronted a shadowbolt with armor arming his torso and head. "So long as I have protective clothing, it’s gonna be tough to eliminate me.” "You think so? We’ll see about that.” Her special spin ability is too powerful though, the hostile party experienced knockback into the black void and vanished. The pony continued scrutinizing for an entrance through the pens. Eventually, she found a mortar the ammo's homing from coming towards her. Pinkie briskly dodged the bullet and it boomed the barrier of astral bonbons behind her. Acting this activity activated her act of action. ”Alright, come at me, bullet bullies.” The mare taunted the cannon as it released another shot. Chased her approaching the glass barricade with the launch star, she evaded the missile and it busted open. Taking the launcher brought her to the planet where one confronts King Sombra on his UFO. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha!” Sombra’s coming in with his evil laugh. ”King Sombra. This is the moment I’ve waited for.” "You? The pink pony? What happened to the other five? Are you doing this alone?” "I’m not here to discuss, I’m here to beat you up!” "How? By landing bucks on me? Good luck doing that. I guess my creation will take care of you now, you’ll regret coming by yourself.” ”Wait, what? Don’t leave when I’m ready, you coward!” Without another word, King Sombra performed his evil cackle before flying away on his spaceship. Blaring sirens provided Pinkie Pie’s notice to the colossal robot with enormous legs ahead. As her mouth was agape at the display, ready or not, the fight got underway. ”That’s a gigantic machine. How am I supposed to fight this thing? My only guess would be to climb it.” The robot’s limb gradually rose over the pony and immediately descended when she barely escaped by a hair. She observed indicators on its foot, decided to climb the machine. The knee had three barrels of bullets aiming straight at Pinkie Pie. ”Whoa. I’m definitely not safe here.” The equine leapt her highest ascend over the missiles and reached the boss’s thigh. A few cogs rotated at varying rates attempting to push her off, but manoeuvring brought her to the other side. She approached the dome of the mechanism where within two cages is bigger than a Power Star. ”A Grand Star. I have to get it out.” She looked behind as mini rockets shot away and aimed toward her. Mare ran away and it contacted one of the barriers, exploding it. The irritating sirens thundered as result, more barrels protruded from the head and elevated fences surround its power source. A score of star bits unleashed before a bullet fired to spotlight the pony. “Come to me, I dare you.” Pinkie Pie jeered and steered the projectile to dismantle a wall. For the last shot, she escorted a second shot through the opening and penetrated the central dome with the big star. The mega-limbed robot quaked, she shouldn’t be aboard for it. ”Oh no. It’s gonna blow!” Jumped off immediately to the ground and escaped before she detonated with the robotic components. The Grand Star and a decade of comets dropped beside the equine. ”That was absurd. I have a Grand Star, but curse you, Sombra!” Pinkie’s hooves rested on superior power, what she needed. Her tendency to perform an airborne celebration, then she could leave the galaxy and charge the beacon with the Grand Star. Zooming through the ether of glistening stars around the Comet Observatory was Pinkie Pie soaring with a Grand Star. Everypony on the satellite glanced at her aghast because of what she brought with her. ”Look, Pinkie earned a Grand Star.” ”A Grand Star?” "You’ll see what it does, Sugarcube.” She floated to the front of the foyer to fill the fuel supply. The core grew larger and it unlocked the dome left of the Terrace. "The beacon is where we store our power stars. Every time a Grand Star is restored, power is restored and the beacon will grow. That power is used to fly our observatory. Once all the power is restored, we will have the ability to fly to the center of the universe.” “So if we want to travel there and save Celestia and Luna, we have to collect four more Grand Stars.” ”Correct. Please go to the Fountain and find some more stars for us.” Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 313 Coins: 139 Stars: 11 Let me know if I did some math wrong with the collection. By this time, Pinkie has obtained 11 stars for certain. Small enemies = 1 Star Bit, Medium enemies = 3 Star Bits, Big enemies = 8 Star Bits, Bosses = 30 Star Bits All other instances will be stated or it’s where they are in the original game. Space Junk GalaxyGiven the conversation’s conclusion and the request’s acquisition, Pinkie approached and compiled with her treasured friends on the lawn ready to recharge her batteries after a battering battle. Twilight began her first line of this chapter, asking about altruistic’s afternoon award achieved. ”How did you get that Grand Star?” “I fought a giant robot and it gave me the star.” ”Wait, I thought you said you’re fighting King Sombra himself. Don’t tell me he’s a coward.” ”Wouldn’t I have mentioned it if I did?” Disbelief, Rainbow was anticipating a quick success, but unfortunately, her wish was not granted. She kept her rudeness within her mouth, her mind was raging at the villain’s spinelessness. ”At least a new dome’s unlocked. We can continue the quest for now.” ”I actually wanna drop after that vigorous boss battle. Anypony want some cupcakes for lunch?” ”You know what? I’m hungry. Do you have any vanilla ones?” Who knows how many she could store in her mane? There’s plenty that Pinkie shared one or two for each and her stock appeared unlimited, even though it seemed like she’d emptied it. Meanwhile, Apple Bloom decided and brought the brigade to convince Applejack of their next expedition. “Can we go on another trip, please?” “A trip? Out there? You know ah-“ Rarity sat beside the apple farmer, the fashion designer prodded her brachialis abutting her friend trying to revamp her response. The gesture prompted a cut in her sentence, her eyes broadened before bringing backup vocables into her brain. “-will allow, but promise me you’ll be careful.” “Don’t worry, sis. Us crusaders have faced harder dangers I assure you.” “Uh, have we?” “To my knowledge, we’ve fought zero threats. We were only saved from a cockatrice by Fluttershy.” “Look, the point is, we’ll be fine.” “Alright, come back soon then.” Applejack watched worriedly as the young’uns ambled towards their space vehicle, activated its engine and zoomed away until no eye can notice a clear shape in a distance. Though it’s an onus for a bonus, appraisal is a question for the southener, she complained, prey on Rarity. “Consarn it, Rarity. You had me hidin’ mah judgement from mah sister. Bein’ secretive to defend her disencouragement, ah’m startin’ to believe there ain’t a point in sendin’ those three to who knows where.” “Don’t forget that one time when you defended your pride by literally hiding in a cherry manufactory. Keep in mind, you’re not only doing this for their esteem, darling, you’re doing this because the Princess foresaw the future. We might not be allowed to know that future, but if we follow along and make the right decisions, the pieces will align into the future that she wanted.” “When you put it that way, ah’ll just hope they’re unharmed up there.” Pinkie Pie was a dynamized dynamite ready for another errand. However, throughout her few galaxy visits, she thought about company. It wouldn’t hurt to have a friend join in, the wait has longed a long while, so time for an update. “Before I continue my journey, which I would love to do, I’ve decided I shouldn’t be a selfish filly and give the experience to my friends.” It’s news that caused all heads to face her. Everypony was aware of the mare’s choice, but can’t decide what to think of it. “Really? You’ve decided?” “Hold on now, don’t get greedy.” “If it’s pressuring you, we understand. We didn’t mean to leave you with no choice.” “No, this is my certified choice. An opportunity to acquire assistance from my friends. I want somepony volunteering to come with me to the Fountain.” Her audience surveyed each other concerned if they should follow along. Late response to the idea, Pinkie’s about to prophesy that nopony will proffer a pair-up and continue without companion. Twilight Sparkle was also disquieted, but would she rather seize the chance or let it slip? “I’ll make sure you know what you’re doing, if that’s okay with the others.” “No worries, darling. We’ll be waiting until next time.” “Let’s go, then. New galaxies await us.” The couple strolled down the path left of the Terrace. The new dome sat on a level elevated metres off a lower floor plus a gap in between. A simple bounce upwards won’t even cover the height of it, reason behind the blueprints must be under their muzzles, perhaps it’s the new device near them. ”’What is it?’ I questioned.” ”There’s light linking another of its kind up there. May I guess it’ll bring us up?” Pinkie Pie attempted the hypothesis by stepping into the light, she warped to the top where the dome’s at. Amazed by the contraption, Twilight followed and got teleported too. “You were right. But is it really something to be amazed by.” ”Nopony has invented teleport stations, you see. Just because unicorns already knew teleportation spells.” Both entered the Fountain where water flowed and splashed satisfyingly and a Luma in black awaited here while they thought he stayed in the Terrace, guess not. ”Before you go anywhere, let me tell you about the map.” ”The map?” ”We’ve displayed a holographic map of the Comet Observatory that detects what stars you’ve collected and avoided behind where Mama stood. You can view it now if you want.” ”Thanks for the info, I’ll check it out later. Pretty sure I did everything there was to do.” “We’re going together, just so you know.” ”Sure. Go ahead.” Both mares consecutively enunciated the magic word gesturing the pull star to levitate them under the ceiling and observing new territory with an accessible galaxy. ”Space Junk Galaxy is unlocked for you.” ”Space junk? As in, spacecraft debris floating in the middle of space?” ”Sounds like it, let’s investigate.” Ready were the equines, blasting off via launcher materializing upon them. They’re flying towards and invading the untouched atmosphere. Pull Star Path Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle set their hooves on a small planet. It’s flat and square with thickness. “Isn’t it weird how we’re able to walk on wonky-shaped planets.” ”Spheres are ideal formations of worlds, how this works defeats factual science.” ”Well, hate to burst your bubble, but our universe is not exactly authentic.” The princess attempted to query what her friend just stated before she got blocked. “Don’t ask.” Pinkie Pie notices a pull star between the starting planet and the second planet. The ponies stare at the pull star to say… ”Pull!” …and get floaty into it. ”Uh, we’re kinda stuck here, Pinkie Pie.” ”Don’t worry, all I have to say is… release.” That one word made the pull star release the ponies onto the second planet with crystal-caged Star Bits. ”I’m spinning.” Pinkie Pie spin attacks the crystals to get the Star Bits. After that, she and Twilight see a path of pull stars. ”Guess we gotta start pulling.” In other words, the ponies have to say the word ’pull’ a lot of times while also collecting the floating golden bits. Eventually, they reach the three spherical transparent planets. Around the three planets are five star chips; some are moving, some are not. ”So if we collect all 5 star chips, a launch star will appear, right?” ”Uh-huh.” Twilight and Pinkie are running around the three spheres while avoiding the two electrical orbs to collect five star chips so that a launch star appears so that they can use it. The launch star rockets the ponies to crash through a crystal of Star Bits and reach a planet shaped like a rocket- no, it is a rocket. ”Oh my gosh. A rocket as a planet? Pinkie Pie, we’re talking about technology and astronomy combined.” ”Woah, Twilight. I know you're excited to learn about the universe, but you have to control yourself.” ”Ahem. Right. Sorry.” On the rocket, Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle find two bits trapped in crystals which to break them, she spins them. After that, they meet up with a pull star planet. ”Do you think it functions similar to a pull star?” ”I think so. Pull.” Pinkie and Twilight feel like they're being dragged to the pull star, it seems like it’s working. There are three pull star planets with Star Bits on them and after that is some more normal pull stars Pinkie and Twilight has to say ’pull’ each time and collect the floating bits carefully to avoid bumping into the floating weirdly-shaped asteroids. At the end of the pull star path is the T-shaped Planet and the enemies they’re encountering are some jumpy spiders the size of a pony. ”Spiders? Are they a match for you?” Pinkie Pie spin attacks one just to test its attack pattern, but fortunately, it's an easy enemy; the unfortunate is that she expects something different. ”I was kinda expecting that they attack harder than the shadowbolts.” ”Um, why?” ”It’s kind of boring to fight something like this. Oh well.” Pinkie spin attacks the next few spiders to continue forward, she and Twilight see a wall which, seeing Pinkie Pie, is walkable. This left the alicorn confused. ”How can you do that?” ”How can I do what?” ”You’re walking on a wall.” ”Huh? Oh. Gravity pulls on this surface.” ”Oh. I get it.” On the top surface of the T-shaped Planet is one more spider but also a lot of crystals. Most of them are empty, one has a bit, one has Star Bits, but surprisingly Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are found inside one of the crystals. ”Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo?” ”What are you fillies doing here? Pinkie Pie, quick, free them with your spin attack.” Pinkie Pie shatters the crystals with the two fillies, the crystal with the Star Bits and the crystal with the single bit to get them out. ”Pinkie Pie!” ”That’s my name.” ”You brought Twilight here?” ”Yep. I’m here. Hey, where’s Apple Bloom?” Above the ponies is the UFO that the CMC drives and on it is Apple Bloom. ”Sweetie Belle! Scootaloo! Are ya alright?” ”Yeah, we’re alright.” ”Hold on, how did you get trapped in the crystal?” ”I don’t know. Apple Bloom just dropped us here and then suddenly, pop goes the crystal.” ”May I suspect King Sombra?” ”We don't know for sure. Hey, looks like ah stopped just under a sling star.” Pinkie and Twilight smile before they jump on top of the UFO to see the sling star right in their faces. ”Well, thanks for the conveniently placed platform you created.” ”You’re welcome, ah guess.” Using the launch star takes Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle to a platform by an area with floating geometry and a black hole in the middle. There are also five Silver Stars in bubbles in random spots. ”What are we supposed to do here?” Pinkie Pie stepped closer into the area to start seeing some of the floating blocks fly to make walkable platforms. ”Woah. Now that’s kinda cool.” Realizing this, Twilight has a thought of what they have to do. ”Okay, I think I understand. See those five Silver Stars? I think if we collect them all, they’ll form into a Power Star.” ”Oh. So we have to get across these platforms to reach those stars. Since when did you get so smart?” ”Pinkie, I’m an alicorn, I’m supposed to be smart.” ”Right. I knew that.” They begin to walk over the blue geometric platforms, reaching a fork in the road with three paths. ”I go left, you go right.” ”Right.” Pinkie on the left path has to jump over a gap between two green platforms to get the first Silver Star, while Twilight has to climb a little staircase to get the second Silver Star. With nowhere else to go from there, the two ponies get to the centre of the fork and goes to the third path which is to the front of them and another fork awaits them. ”Alright. How about I go left and you go right this time.” ”Okey dokey lokey.” On the right path are platforms going zigzag before an orange octagonal platform for Pinkie to step on. In front of the orange platform are small red triangular floating platforms that form together to make two red octagonal platforms she needs to jump on and reach the Silver Star. Meanwhile, the last two Silver Stars are on the left path that Twilight’s reaching. One of them is high up but it’s possible to reach it. Once all five Silver Stars are collected, they do form into a yellow Power Star to let it float to the starting platform. Not for long, Pinkie and Twilight reach the star. ”Look, Twilight. Behold the beholding.” ”Our first Power Star reached by us. I’m glad you brought me along.” ”Don’t mention it.” Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle put their hooves on the star together and they victory dance midair before zooming back to the Comet Observatory. Twilight and Pinkie fly back inside the Fountain of the Comet Observatory where Applejack is there to welcome them back. ”Oh. Applejack, what are you doing here?” ”Ah’m here to welcome you two back.” ”Are the CMC back too? We’ve just met them in that galaxy.” ”Um, no.” “So they’re still in Space Junk Galaxy? They must have a purpose out there still.” “But ah’ll be optimistic for ‘em. It’s what everypony wanted from what ah heard.” “That’s the spirit!” Twilight, at this time, is currently at the pull star waiting for Pinkie to end the conversation. ”We’re done. Pull!” Pinkie Pie gets floaty to the pull star for her and Twilight to immediately get launched by a launch star that appears on top of them. Kamella’s Airship Attack Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie is soaring through the starry skies of Space Junk Galaxy reaching the bottom of the CMC’s UFO. “Huh? Wait, the CMC is back in this galaxy?” “They must’ve immediately left the observatory to come here.” At the top of the UFO is Apple Bloom standing next to a launch star. “Pinkie Pie? Twilight? You two are here?” ”Yep. We’re here.” ”What are you doing here? I thought you’re back at the Comet Observatory.” ”We were, but we decided that we should go again.” ”Did you tell anypony where you’re going?” ”Eeyup. Sweetie Belle asked Rarity for freedom.” ”Is Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo with you?” ”No. Ah dropped them off on an airship up there. Ah just stayed here ’cause ah saw this launch star floatin’, so ah flew here to wait for ya.” ”Why, that’s great. I think that’s what we have to do now.” ”Glad ah could help ya.” The launch star next to Apple Bloom takes the party pony and the alicorn to the first airship. On the airship are 4 boxes in a diamond formation with Star Bits in them, within the boxes, there’s a shadowbolt hiding to frighten the ponies once Pinkie spins one. ”Boo! Ha! I surprised you. I’ma buck you now.” The shadowbolt turns her back to extend his hind legs to attempt bucking Pinkie Pie. Fortunately, Twilight is there to push her out of the way in time. ”Woah. That was close.” ”That was really close.” Pinkie gets up to defeat the shadowbolt with her spin attack move. ”Are you okay, Pinkie? You’re lucky I’m here.” ”Oh. Thank you, Twilight. I wouldn’t avoid that buck of the shadowbolt, I just know it.” ”Hey, what’s that golden box up there?” ”Oh. Let me handle that.” Pinkie Pie climbs the deck to reach the question mark block to hit underneath the block as it empties 10 Star Bits. She turns back from the block to meet up with Twilight in front of a drawbridge and beside the bridge is a lever. ”Do you think that lever activates the drawbridge?” ”Well, duh. It’s right next to the drawbridge. Isn’t that obvious?” Pinkie said as she starts pulling the lever to lower the bridge leading to some rocky platforms with spinning bunnies, aka some lumas. ”Hi, pink pony. Hi, purple alicorn.” “Hi, star bunnies.” “Hello.” “You wanna know a fancy move? Jump and spin to reach these bits.” Pinkie sees that the 5 bits above the ponies are too high for a normal jump. She has to jump and spin to get the extra height of her jump to collect one. Knowing this, Pinkie quickly jump spins towards all 5 bits before jump spinning a box with a sling star in it. The sling star slings Twilight and Pinkie onto the next airship and the first thing they see is a question mark block above a wheel, three shadowbolts and crystals with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo inside. ”Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo? They are trapped in crystals again?” ”Yep. They’re trapped alright. We took care of them and now it looks like we have to take care of you two.” ”Not on my watch!” Unbelievably, Twilight uses her magic to lift one of the shadowbolts to then throw him at another shadowbolt to defeat the two shadowbolts and thus, out comes the Star Bits. ”Woah, Twilight. I’ve never thought you could fight like that.” ”Well, you see, unicorns are weak but smart, so they have some good advantage to fight.” Pinkie Pie quickly spins the last shadowbolt to defeat him before checking the wheel under the block. The wheel has four holes the size of a hoof. ”What do you think you're supposed to do with this.” ”I think I have to unscrew the wheel with my spin ability.” Pinkie slots her hooves onto the wheel to then spin it up until Star Bits came out of the ground and hitting the block is possible. Pinkie Pie quickly spins Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo free after. ”Are you fillies okay?” ”We’re alright. Thanks for the save.” ”Don’t mention it.” ”How did you two get trapped in those crystals again?” ”I don’t know. Sombra must've been going crazy with these crystals.” ”He must’ve. Hey, got any tips to share with us?” ”Hmm. Well, you see chests over there?” ”I can see those chests.” ”I think you have to throw that green shell at them to unlock them.” So Twilight walks towards the shell to pick it up and throw it at the first two chests below the high deck for Star Bits and golden bits to come out since the shell respawns to reuse it. She then throws the shell at the chest on the deck to get a launch star out of it. ”Thanks for the tip, Scootaloo.” ”We’ll see you back at the Comet Observatory, okay?” ”Okay. See you later, Twilight and Pinkie Pie.” Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie use the launch star to launch them to another airship’s mast. In front of the mast is a platform that tilts up and down, on the platform is a shadowbolt and a question mark block. “What’s up, pink pony? You got a problem?” “Yes, whatever your name is… your the problem!” Pinkie Pie said as she leaps from her platform to the shadowbolt’s platform to spin attack and defeat him and then hit the block to get the Star Bits from it. After that, Pinkie and Twilight has to get down. “Here, instead of breaking our legs, we’ll teleport down.” Twilight’s alicorn horn glimmers next to Pinkie Pie to teleport both ponies on the floor of the airship. On the airship floor lies a stompable hole. ”Looks like there’s an area in this hole.” ”But how can you get in the hole.” ”Maybe I can stomp it. Stand back.” Pinkie Pie dives down into the hole to enter the area in the hole which has a floor of Star Bits and a sling star to fly back out of the hole. What’s more on this airship are a couple of shells and a couple of unfriendly octopi on the next airship in front of them. ”Oh. I’ve done this before, Twilight. We have to defeat those octopi to lower that bridge.” ”So we have to use the shells. I’ll throw them.” Twilight picked up one of the shells to then throw it at the first octopus to defeat it as the second one shoots a fireball at the ponies as they avoid it. ”Woah, there. They shoot fireballs?” ”I know, dangerous creatures. Now stop stalling, start slinging.” ”Right.” Twilight picks up another green shell to then launch it at the octopus to defeat it and lower the bridge down leading to the sling star inside the ship. The sling star slings the ponies to the top of the ship to see magic particles appearing. ”Now what is that?” ”Twilight? Is that your magic?” ”Me? No. I’m not doing anything.” What comes out of the sorcery is a shadowbolt the size of three full-grown ponies wearing a wizard’s attire and holding a wand with a Power Star on it. ”Hahahaha. You dare to set foot on this airship, now you must be eliminated.” ”Pinkie Pie, what’s going on?” ”I think it’s boss fight time.” ”What?!” ”Just be ready.” The boss fight starts with the shadowbolt flying around for a while before waving his wand to cast fire rolling around the ground. After Pinkie and Twilight dodge them, the shadowbolt casts a spell to produce a green shell to bounce around the ship. ”Oh. Gimme that.” Twilight said as she stops the shell from moving to throw it at the boss. But no, he’s not defeated yet. ”Why isn’t he defeated yet?” ”You need to damage him a few times before you can defeat it.” The wizard shadowbolt recovers from the damage before waving his wand to produce more fire and then another shell to avoid. But Twilight managed to stop, pick up and throw the shell at the shadowbolt. ”Again, I have no clue you could fight like that.” ”Try to match my skills, Pinkie. I couldn't be the only one with such techniques.” With two hits so far, the mage made his minions arise from the wave of his wand, so while the boss casts fire and shells, the minions may blast the ponies with magic. However, as the ponies dodge every projectile the enemies launch, Twilight is able to defeat the big shadowbolt wizard by hurling a shell at it and to reveal a Power Star free of the wand. ”Whoo! That was an insane boss fight.” “I know, right? Don’t you just wanna do it again?” “What? No… Maybe? It may be too risky to ask for more.” “Who knows? Maybe we’ll encounter something like this again. Anyway, we earn this star.” And just like that, Pinkie and Twilight gains the star and celebrates before flying back to the Comet Observatory’s Fountain dome. Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle got back from Space Junk Galaxy to the Observatory where Applejack and Rarity kept in touch. “Has the Cutie Mark Crusaders come back yet?” “Eeyup.” “Have they left yet?” “Nope. Unless they did when we turned our backs.” “Hopefully they don’t because that would just be bizarre.” “Okay, Pinkie. Ready to go again?” “I’m always ready.” “Pull!” The pull star pulls Twilight and Pinkie Pie to the ceiling of the dome to set launching into Space Junk Galaxy for the third time for a third star. Tarantox’s Tangled Web Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle land on the first planet they’ve been on since getting the first star. On that planet, the first thing they have to do to advance is to say ‘pull’ as a pull star pulls the ponies onto the next planet. That planet contains spiders to defeat and crystals of Star Bits to crack open. And then, they have to do more pulling to get across a pull star path while collecting 3 bits along the way and eventually making it to a new planet. The new planet is colossal and surrounded in transparent sturdy glass. A launch star can be seen under Pinkie and Twilight’s hooves. “We have to find a way through the glass orb. I don’t think we can break the glass.” “Maybe there’s an entrance somewhere.” After walking around for a bit, and smashing a crystal of Star Bits, they found a hole leading inside the glass and found themselves in a maze. Thankfully, it’s a short one as Pinkie and Twilight reach the launch star despite the dead ends they’ve walked into. Taking the launch star blasts the ponies out of the glass orb and through space, shortly crashing into a Star Bit cluster that explodes into 6 collectable Star Bits upon the impact. Eventually, they landed on one of the Grave Stone Planets and in front of them is a stone archway, the entrance to a stone bridge with three spiders. “Pinkie, do you have arachnophobia?” “Arachno-what?” “The fear of spiders.” “No. Are you? Why did you ask?” “It’s nothing. Anyway, back to fighting.” Pinkie Pie shrugs off the question and starts spin attacking the spiders to defeat them. At the end of the bridge is a… bundle of webs? “Do you know what are we looking at, Pinkie?” “Hmm. It’s a bundle of webs. Webs are stretchy… We have to slingshot with it.” Pinkie said as she pulls the bundle away from the small block platform. “Well, we have to make sure we don’t miss.” Twilight said as she follows Pinkie’s actions while she aims her trajectory to where she won’t go beyond her target and go flying off in the middle of space. Once she prepared her launch direction, she releases her back hooves off the ground and goes flying to the block and survives with Twilight following. Then, they have to do it again, except the target is the rocket planet from earlier. Thankfully, the rocket’s area is bigger than the block planet, so they don’t have any problems aiming at the planet while Pinkie aims at a trail of floating bits. Once they’re on the rocket, they have to defeat 8 spiders with a few spin attacks from Pinkie and magic beams from Twilight experiencing easy difficulty. With the spiders gone, another ball of webs awaits them at the booster of the rocket. They need to use the webs to fling at the L-shaped block platform with 3 more spiders, collecting floating bits at the launch. After defeating the spiders, Pinkie and Twilight meets another ball of webs, seeing that their target is a giant ball of webs. “What is that?” “That is a giant ball of webs.” “And we’re supposed to shoot ourselves towards that thing?” “I think so.” So they pull back the small bundle of webs to aim at the giant ball of webs. They release their back hooves off the ground to catapult to and plow through the webs that it split open, revealing the inside. A completed spider web was contained with a web-covered cocoon in the middle. The spider web was attached inside a stone ring and around outer web strings are more slinging webs. Twilight realizes what they’re supposed to do. “Uh, Pinkie, you don’t think this is another boss fight, do you?” Pinkie looks around to see the planet, but then knows what they’re gonna fight and answers Twilight’s question with another question as she walks towards a sling pod. “What do you think we’re gonna fight?” She uses the sling pod to aim at the cocoon. “A… spider?” “Yepperoni. Are you ready?” Twilight takes a few seconds before an answer comes out of her mouth. “Let’s do this!.” Pinkie starts the fight by slinging at the cocoon and cracking it open, unveiling a giant brown three-eyed spider that its diameter size is about as long as Discord. This spider also features bulging green orbs on its sides and its dorsal. The spider starts attacking by spewing out some green toxic fluid from its mouth to the ponies as they start running to avoid it. “How are we supposed to defeat this boss?!” “We have to find a weak spot. Let’s try hitting one of those orbs. Get on a sling pod, aim at an orb, hit the orb.” “Got it!” Following Pinkie’s battling algorithm, she and Twilight climbs on an individual sling pod to aim and fire themselves at an orb. Hitting an orb causes it to pop out of existence, which mostly does nothing to the spider. Sure, it hurts for the spider, but nothing special has happened yet. “Hmm. I do notice that orb at the dorsal is glowing green and red. Maybe we just have to hit that and something will happen.” “Okey dokey lokey.” Pinkie gets on the sling pod under the spider’s flashing orbs to sling at it. Doing so makes the spider flip over on its back, revealing three red orbs on its underbelly. “Twilight! Quick! Hit those orbs before it gets back up!” Pinkie and Twilight each gets on a sling pod and direct it at the red orbs, damaging the spider in the process. They managed to hit all three orbs to fully damage it. And that was just the first phase. The spider regenerates the orbs back and flips back up for phase 2. In phase 2, the toxic fluid flows out again. Not only from the mouth, but also from the orbs. At the same time, the spider moves to constantly redirect the squirters, so they have to carefully traverse between the toxic fluid ducts to avoid getting sprayed on until it stops squirting. Now, there’s the chance. Pinkie and Twilight race to the sling pod under the dorsal before the spider starts squirting the poisonous liquid. Pinkie gets on the sling pod and fires herself onto the glowing orb, which causes the spider to expose its underbelly and thus, exposing the red orbs. Now, it’s the opportunity to strike. Pinkie and Twilight prepare ammunition, which is themselves, on the sling pods and fired themselves to hit the red orbs. Pinkie gives the final blow by launching at the last orb on the spider’s underbelly, making it fall through its web, sending it flying into space in defeat. In return, a Power Star from the boss appears in the middle of the web. “So, what do you think of the fight? Do you think it’s fun?” “You know what? Yes, I do think the boss fight is fun. I don’t know why I think so, but I do enjoy it.” “This is why Rainbow Dash likes fighting danger so much.” “Guess it is. Let’s grab the star so we can leave this galaxy.” So Pinkie and Twilight get on a sling pod to catapult to the Power Star and collect it. Another small victory dance for before going back to the Comet Observatory. Back at the Observatory, Pinkie and Twilight are coming in hot to the Fountain. Nopony is accompanying them except for the black Luma. “Welcome back, Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle.” “Hi, black Luma. We’ve retrieved a third star from Space Junk Galaxy.” “Together.” “Cool. You’ve just discovered a new galaxy.” “Right now?” “Yep. Why don’t you rest for energy before tackling it, huh?” “Good idea. Come on, Pinkie. Let’s meet up with the others.” Twilight and Pinkie left the Fountain to then use the teleporter to cross the gap and meet up with the rest of the Mane 6, the CMC and Spike. They also see the map at the front of the Observatory while Twilight is awing at how detailed and technological it is. Pinkie and Twilight sat next to their friends to rest and be ready for the next galaxy. Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 595 Coins: 170 Stars: 14 Finally! Space Junk Galaxy is done! Sorry this chapter took 2 months, but here we are. Battlerock GalaxyPinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle jump out of their seat after a fair relaxing time. Without hesitation, they begin walking towards the Fountain dome. Once they’re in, the black luma awaits their arrival. “So, have you returned to collect more Power Stars and make more progress?” “Of course we have. We’re here to rescue the royal princesses who’re out there in far space.” “But we still have a lot more ground to cover. More galaxies to discover and more stars to collect. What would Celestia be doing in Sombra’s hooves?” “Let’s just hope she won’t suffer in a bad way. I don’t know why Sombra wants her and Luna out of Equestria. I mean, it’s probably obvious that that’s how he’ll terrorise Equestria.” “Ooh. Replace ‘probably’ with ‘definitely’. Anyway, we’re getting off topic.” “Ahem. Can you tell us what galaxy is open for us?” “Right. You’ve just discovered Battlerock Galaxy. Hop onto the pull star and you’ll see it.” With the glance at the pull star and the “Pull.” voicing out of Pinkie and Twilight’s mouth, the ponies start floating on the star. In the distance, they can see the new galaxy in sight. “So I’m guessing that is Battlerock?” “That’s the one. Get in there and collect more Power Stars.” “Okey dokey lokey.” A launch star appeared on the pink pony’s body again to launch her into the galaxy with Twilight following. Battlerock Barrage Out there, zooming through the sky is Pinkie and Twilight. They start their little scavenger hunt of stars by landing on one of five metallic discs. The first thing they see when landing is their first objective, which is to collect 5 pull star chips. “A straightforward objective. I like this.” Within probably a few minutes, Pinkie and Twilight quickly hop from disc to disc to find all 5 star chips while also collecting 8 bits from a question mark bit, collecting Star Bits under some of the platforms and encountering and defeating 2 Shadowbolts with armor. They also encounter new small top-like enemies. “Those are new. What are they supposed to be?” “Small yellow tops that spins to harm you like what I’m gonna do to them.” Pinkie Pie attempts to spin attack them but she miraculously misses and proceeds to experience their style of attack which is bumping her to move and lose balance, although it barely took any lives. Pinkie falls on her stomach as Twilight shoots magical beams out of her horn at the top-like enemies. She then hopped onto that disc to see if Pinkie’s alright. “I’m okay, Twilight. They just made me fall over. No big deal.” “Why would Sombra unleash enemies that doesn’t hurt you?” “They could. They just appeared at the wrong place to hurt us, I guess.” They continue to collect star chips so that they can form into a few pull stars that lead to a launch star. Pinkie and Twilight get under the pull stars and shouted “Pull!” to enter the launch star. That launch star launches the ponies closer to the battlerock and onto another disc-shaped planet on its underside. Presented on the planet is a single Shadowbolt in armor near the landing spot. “Woah. That’s way too close.” Pinkie spin attacks the Shadowbolt to make him fall over before stomping on him. Making the Shadowbolt vanish into 3 Star Bits. Then they proceed to the top of the disc where they find a purple figure, which Pinkie recognises what it is. “I’ve seen one of these before.” “Well, what is it?” “It’s a laser shockwave launching trampoline, except this is deactivated.” “Trampoline, you say?” “Yep. Let’s hop into it.” Twilight shrugs off the joke as she and Pinkie jump on the inactive enemy to spring onto the platform above while collecting 4 Star Bits in the way. “Weee!” Upon landing on that disc, Twilight and Pinkie has to reach the top side to find a loose screw. “You can screw this in. A little like what you did at Space Junk Galaxy, right?” “Yes, I’ll proceed.” Pinkie Pie stands on top of the screw to then spin it tight. Doing so turns the cannons on the battlerock on, but it also makes their platform move towards and pass the cannons. “Uh oh. We have to dodge the cannonballs.” “Ooh. A game of dodgeball. Those balls will never hit Pinkie Pie.” Starting off with Pinkie and Twilight moving left and right to avoid the cannonballs. Then, they see that they’re heading straight towards a wall, so they have to move under the platform as Pinkie collects some bits. But coming up next is a wall of red lasers, so they have to move to the top. Then, Pinkie and Twilight has to move to the bottom because a wall of green lasers is in the way. And then, they have to move to the top. Oh, there’s a question mark bit which, when collected, makes a lot of Star Bits appear in a way that they can collect them. Then they move down and up again to see that they have to jump over the one line of lasers because the underside is blocked. Pinkie and Twilight can see the end, it’s the final stretch, they just have to move around the last wall of lasers before the platform stops next to another disc-shaped platform possessing a caged Power Star and also two Shadowbolts that Pinkie and Twilight first take care of. “Battlerock’s first Power Star! How do we get it out of its cage?” Pinkie finds the answer as she notices two Bullet Bill cannons across another disc platform in the distance. “Do you see those Bullet Bill cannons in the distance? We can lure the bullets to explode the cage.” “We can do that?” “Yes, I’ve done this before in Sombra’s Galaxy. Wait here just to be safe.” So Pinkie hops onto the platform to get closer to the cannon for the bullet to notice her. The platform she’s standing on has 4 cages; 2 contains 6 Star Bits each, 1 has 3 bits and 1 has a spring that springs a pony onto a question mark block. Of course, Pinkie can’t resist a few sugary space sweets, so she directs the bullets to bust open all the cages and collect the contents inside them and also break open the high up block via the spring. “I insist in trying to do that.” Twilight suddenly appears behind Pinkie Pie. She suggests that she should give luring a go expecting that she can dodge the bullet. “Well, if you insist, be careful then.” Bullet Bill launches out of the barrel and its eyes are on the alicorn. The bullet starts to home at Twilight as she and Pinkie runs away from it and at the same time, leading the bullet towards the cage with the Power Star. Bullet Bill eventually makes contact with the cage and boom goes the cage and releasing the star. “Woo! I feel like a daredevil, but hey, I did something new and explosive, it’s an achievement.” “Why the hay did you want to risk it, by the way?” “Well, I can’t just keep you company to only watch your actions helplessly.” “I see. Anyway, we have a Power Star!” Pinkie and Twilight collects the Power Star out of the air and their victory dance is present as always before they fly back to the space station, the Comet Observatory. Twilight and Pinkie returns to the Fountain dome unscratched. Upon arrival, Applejack and Rainbow Dash is there to meet up and greet back. “You went to Battlerock Galaxy, huh? What’s it like in there?” “Oh. You know, a couple of platforms, a big rock in the middle for the main event and a challenging game of dodge-cannonball.” “Sounds sightseeing, except for the dodge-cannonball part. Too bad we can’t see it in action.” “Well, sometimes, good things have to go to waste.” “It’s fine, Pinkie Pie. One day, we’ll see something cool, whether that is inside or outside Equestria.” “Glad we could settle this. We gotta go for round two of our visit to Battlerock. Pull!” Let’s-a go. A pull by the pull star to lift to where a launch star should be and now Twilight and Pinkie are hanging in the air. Pinkie uses her hoof signals to gesture a go. With such a necessary course of action, the ponies go boom blasting out of the materializing launch star. “Power Star 2, here we come.” Breaking into the Battlerock Starting from the disc planets from the previous mission, Pinkie and Twilight noticed different objects occupies over and under the planet. The two planets in front of them occupies some kind of device and the others occupies cages containing Star Bits and a launch star. Pinkie and Twilight hopped onto the first planet in front of them looking at the black device curiously. “What is this?” “I’m not sure. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s bad, maybe it’s both. All we need is something to explode that cage with the launch star so we can get out of this section.” Seconds after her dialogue, a bomb pops out of the machine and into Pinkie’s hooves and immediately ignites itself. It only takes a few milliseconds until she realizes what just happened before she panics. “Ah! What do I do? What do I do?” “Throw it away! Quick!” A word of warning. Pinkie quickly throws the bomb away not knowing where she’s throwing to. Apparently, she unintentionally throws the bomb at the cage with Star Bits and frees her prize. “Well, I did not expect that. I don’t know what I’d do if I hadn’t reacted to a bomb that’s about to explode in my hooves.” At that moment, another bomb appears out of the bomb generator and onto the ground. Pinkie flinches at the sudden danger, refrains from touching it and proceeds to have a rant at it. “No! Bad bombs! I almost blew up because of you!” “Pinkie, I’m afraid we have to use these bombs to explode that cage.” “Oh. In that case, don’t blow me up, mister.” Pinkie said as she picks up the bomb and the pressure is on. She runs towards the cage with the launch star and throws the bomb at it before it explodes in her hooves. Boom! The launch star is free. Twilight follows Pinkie to use it to transfer to another planet, also known as, the Molecule Planet. The ponies land right next to a cage with a luma. “Help!” “Don’t worry! We’ll get you out! Twilight, how do we get him out?” “Why are you asking me? I don’t know, I don’t put lumas in cages.” “Oh. I mean do you have any ideas?” “We need to find either a bullet launcher or a bomb producer.” Pinkie’s tail twitches, something fell in the distance. “Tail twitch, something fell on that green part of the planet.” “It must be a bomb producer, but what about the yellow part of the planet?” “We can check it out.” Pinkie and Twilight avoid the existing Chain Chomps that rolls around different sections of the planet to reach the yellow part of the planet. They can see a cage with a rainbow-gem necklace. “It’s the invincibility necklace from previous galaxies.” “Interesting. If we explode this as well, we should be able to grab it. Let’s see the bomb that appeared on the green part of the planet.” On the green part of the Molecule Planet, there is indeed a bomb and its generator. “I’ll do it, for your health sake.” “But what about your health sake.” “The bomb only harms you when you hold it too close to you. With magic, I shouldn’t have a problem.” Twilight uses wingardium leviosa to levitate the bomb and quickly carries it to the rainbow necklace cage to boom it open. “Would you mind if I get power?” “Not at all, but you do have a limited amount of time once you wear it to have fun with it until it shatters into pieces. Also, we need that power to demolish all those Chain Chomps so that I can get their Star Bits. Do you need me to summarize what I just said?” “No, I got it. I have a limited amount time to destroy the Chain Chomps.” With all the information stored inside Twilight’s smart brain, Twilight wears the necklace. Now, she looks more sparklier than normal. Now that she’s feeling the power, she immediately runs into the Chain Chomps one at a time, all 6 Chain Champs. While the action was happening, Pinkie proceeds to collect all the collectables that were littered all over the planet, including 2 bits. Twilight’s invincibility powers wear off after all the destruction. After that, Pinkie comes in screaming with a bomb held over her head in panic to the luma holding cage. “Take cover!” Pinkie exclaimed as she throws the bomb at the cage, jumps away from the exploding radius and frees the luma. At the same time, Twilight walks towards Pinkie to mention her commotion. “Pinkie, uh, you’re full of surprises. Let me just say that. I mean…” “Twilight, are you okay? You’re stuttering a little bit.” “I… What I’m saying is that, you scared me when you were running with the bomb and when you were screaming on the way.” Pinkie rewinded Twilight’s sentence and made an immediate but unpleasant conclusion. “You were annoyed by… my screaming? Are you saying that I’m… loud?!” “What? No! Why would you think that?” Pinkie goes up to Twilight’s face to closely face eye-to-eye. It’s an uncomfortable position to position yourself. Basically, this is how Pinkie detects lies. It’s like Fluttershy’s stare to make ponies spit out words that they don’t want anypony else to hear about. Twilight has to spill the truth. She can’t handle staring at Pinkie’s eyes for too long that she explains it in a haste. “If I did, I did. I’m sorry, I was only disturbed by your screams.” Pinkie’s mane deflated. A stone-hearted, depressing and dark look on her that nopony wants to see. “You had to blurt it out to me. Here I am in my depressive state.” “I was just being honest. I didn’t think I was going to insult you. I’m sorry, can we start over?” “No, we can’t. Thanks for your apology, no thanks for your insults. Let’s just move on.” Straight-maned Pinkie advances towards the sling star that is the luma that was freed and transformed. Pinkie slings onto the launch star above while automatically collect 3 bits. Twilight on the other hand, nervously follows her because Pinkie’s depressed form looks dark and that she continues with that look. Twilight clearly sees that herself and Pinkie Pie are both on the wrong here, but trauma alert, she’s nervous about trying to convince her. In the next part of the mission, Pinkie and Twilight land on another disc surrounded in a minefield. This section also has pull stars that they can use to get across. Because Twilight’s in trauma, she decides to stay silent the whole time. “We have to use the pull stars to get past this minefield and reach that launch star.” Twilight has to say something though, she has to say the word ‘pull’ multiple times if she wants to get through the minefield. Along the way, a couple of Star Bits are featured to be collected by Pinkie Pie while Twilight decides not to collect any Star Bit. Pinkie Pie notices this however, she’s slightly starting to feel bad for her because it looks like Twilight’s not in a good mood. Pinkie and Twilight reach and use the launch star to get launched to what looks like the opening to battlerock. Battlerock’s entrance consists a button occupying the top of a high bump and two question mark blocks. “That is high. Too high for a normal jump.” So she covers the height with a spin jump. A jump and spin is enough to reach the button and a powerful force is needed to press the button. The button when pressed causes a lot of Star Bits to appear around the bump for Pinkie to collect. “That’s more than a hoofful of Star Bits.” What about Twilight? Well, she’s just… sitting there, watching her ‘friend’ collect everything. While Pinkie is in the middle of collecting all the Star Bits she sees, she can’t help but to keep her eyes on Twilight. Then, Pinkie decides to stop for a second to look at her reflection on the glass floor below her. Her mane when depressed, her smile disappeared from her face and to think that she’s showing her that frown and straight mane to her friend. All the signs are there, Twilight is silent and apathetic because she’s traumatized by Pinkie Pie and she hasn’t noticed it before. If only she noticed sooner. So, she stops interacting with everything and walks towards Twilight in sorrow. “Twilight, are you okay?” “I’m just fine. Thanks for asking.” Twilight weakly responded. Poor Twilight is filled with trauma. Poor Pinkie is completely filled with sorrow. “I… I’m so sorry for accusing you of insulting me and I’m especially really sorry for, you know, you seeing me in my unpoofy mane.” “It’s okay. I understand that it’s how you respond to...” “No, Twilight, you can’t say that. Please, forgive me. I take back what I said. We can start over. I pinkie promise.” “I forgive you, Pinkie. I appreciate it. Let’s get back to what we came here for.” Settled. Poofy-maned Pinkie and determined Twilight became actual friends again, starting with collecting the rest of the Star Bits Pinkie Pie left and emptying the two blocks; one contains 20 Star Bits and the other contains 8 bits. Once all the collectables are collected, they can now advance through a pipe with Pinkie Pie leading the way. The pipe spawns the ponies in the battlerock where a new object in a cage is featured. “Whatever this is, I assume we’re going to need it.” “What we need is that bomb.” Actually, the bomb does not activate when it’s in somepony’s hooves. No, the bomb has legs and a wind up key and it’s also immediately activated. “Woah, let’s let it blow up so that we can get a fresh one.” “Look out! A second one!” Pinkie Pie warned as she and Twilight constantly move to avoid both bombs’ explosion. Once one exploded, a new walking boombot pops out from one of the bomb generators, which Pinkie goes to take and throw at the cage. Boom! What awaits in the cage for the ponies to use? “What is it? Pinkie, what do you think?” “I think I should enter it?” And she did and out comes a cannon. “A cannon?” Twilight looks up to see where Pinkie should aim, which is a luma trapped in a moving crystal. “There’s a luma trapped in a crystal up there.” “I see it. So I can’t hit those lasers and I’ll try not to miss.” Pinkie has to time it right so that her launch out of the cannon and the position of the crystalized luma meet at a point. Pinkie goes blasting out of the cannon and successfully crashed into the crystal and free the luma that transforms into a launch star as granted. “Nice shot, Pinkie.” “Thanks for the compliment. Nopony’s gonna take away my shot.” Pinkie has to boom the cannon-in-cage with another bomb before she can reach the launch star, while Twilight attempts to cannon out of the other cannon to reach the launch star. Both ponies blast out of a cannon and into the launch star. That launch star launches the ponies out of battlerock. Upon leaving, the structure behind them explodes for no reason. Nothing for them to matter since they got out alive, but still, they have no idea what just happened. Twilight and Pinkie landed on the tip of the Blast Missile planet. And of course, a bomb generator is featured on it, but this time it produces inactive bombs. Pinkie looks at the side of the planet to see that they have to explode another caged cannon on the other side of the moving lasers. “I see. We have to carry the bomb across those lasers to unlock that cannon.” “Well, we don’t have a choice, do we?” “I don’t think so. Why don’t you ensure my safety.” “I can do that.” Twilight decides that she will carry the bomb with her magic. Wingardium leviosa, she hovers the bomb as its fuse is immediately lit. She quickly runs with it while avoiding the incoming lasers by either moving between or over the lasers. She eventually reaches the cannon to blow the cage up and allow its access. Pinkie follows her tail while collecting 5 Star Bits and a single bit. Twilight looks up to see where she and Pinkie has to aim. She sees the second Power Star floating in the sky between an arrangement of moving fences. “I saw our second Power Star right above us.” Pinkie looks at where Twilight’s pointing and immediately looks concerned. “But what if we missed? I don’t want to be floating in space alone.” “We’re not gonna miss. We’re not even gonna try to anyway.” “Yeah, you’re right. What was I overreacting about? Do you think we can enter the cannon at the same time?” “We can try.” So Pinkie and Twilight enters the cannon at the same time. It definitely works as normal, but the space they’re positioned in is uncomfortable. They can fit inside, it’s just that they meet face-to-face from time to time. “Please tell me this is awkward.” “Don’t think you should ask any questions.” So yes, they have to aim at the star and launch at the right time. If the position and timing is too far off, they might A) miss the star completely and fly endlessly into endless space or B) bonk into one of the fences and experience a severe headache. Once Pinkie is sure she directs the cannon in the right position, she fires herself and Twilight at the right time in a way that she avoids the fences altogether. The Power Star is snatch out of the air by two ponies. Then they hold their triumphant success by victory dancing far off the ground. “Ya-hoo!” Pinkie cheers as they begin to soar back to Stella’s space station. Back to the Observatory that they technically came from, it seems like nopony is in the fountain waiting for Twilight and Pinkie’s comeback. So Twilight and Pinkie find themselves left alone, apart from the black luma, presumably to let them go straight to the third star in short minutes. “Huh, guess nopony’s home.” “Guess we should get going for the third star, right?” “We should. However…” “However what?” “May I use this time to tell you about something?” “Sure? What’s it about?” “More Pinkamena Diane Pie.” Twilight faces Pinkie to listen. Why is Pinkie still talking about depression states? “Remember when you set up that ‘not really my birthday’ party for me without me because you want to surprise me?” “That time when you think we ditched Gummy’s ‘after party’ because you think we dislike your parties and that makes you all dark and stuff?” “Yeah. *Sigh* I just don’t want to be that way ever again. I’ll never think that you and the others abandoned me again. After I realized I traumatized you in my depressive state, just… I want you to take this as an apology and as my way of saying I don’t want to feel that way and give you trauma again.” “Oh, Pinkie. What would I do if I’m truly your friend? As a friend, I forgive you and I’m okay. Okay? Why don’t we dismiss our discussion?” “Yeah, alright. I’m feeling better. Let’s just go for Battlerock’s Power Star #3.” “Pull.” The ponies unenthusiastically said because they’re recovering from a deep talk. But here we go, third star from Battlerock, launch star launching in… “3…2…1…Blast off!” *** Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe Pinkie and Twilight’s Power Star journey starts at the same location as the other mission, except the number of discs were reduced from 5 to 3. Their starting disc has nothing featured on it while the other discs has something new on top of them and a big question mark bit. First, they jump onto the next disc to see what has been featured on it. At first, it looks like an innocent hatch, but inside the hatch is what they have to look out for, a wrench-throwing mole. “Woah!” Pinkie and Twilight ducked on the ground to barely dodge the flying wrench. Then Pinkie attempts to attack the mole while the enemy is partially out. “You dare throw a mechanic’s tool at me?” Pinkie tries to spin attack the mole, but unexpectedly, it disappeared into the hatch before she could hit it. “Wow. Smart, quick-thinking mole.” Then, the mole popped out of the hole again. Knowing that Pinkie will encounter more moles in advanced galaxies, she thinks about how to defeat that mole as it keeps attacking “There must be a special way to spin him. Woah!” “Then, think about it. I’ll buy you some time to do so.” While Twilight is busy baiting the mole’s throw, Pinkie is busy thinking of a solution. Looking through her palette of moves, Pinkie had a thought. As the mole is exposed, Pinkie proceeds to stomp hard on the ground next to it. Doing so caused the mole to flip upside-down so that its bottom is in the air. Pinkie wants to laugh at this, but now that its stunned like this, she can now spin it to win it and out comes 3 Star Bits upon defeat. “Nice one!” Twilight complimented. Then Pinkie advances to defeat the other mole on the other disc planet. After that, Pinkie thought about collecting the question mark bit, but because she’s still feeling bad about traumatizing Twilight, she decides to let her get the big bit and the prize that would appear out of it. “Twilight, I think you should get the question mark bit.” “Why don’t you get it.” “I want to make it up. I insist. I’ll just head up those pull stars while I wait for you.” “You don’t have to do this, but thank you, nonetheless. Twilight walks to the underside of the disc-shaped planet to find the bit. That bit caused a lot of star bits to appear around her. Then, she proceeds to follow Pinkie’s route by saying “Pull.” at each pull star ahead. The pull stars lead Twilight to another disc on the underside and Pinkie was waiting for her as all of that was happening. Moving to the top of the disc, Pinkie and Twilight encounter a laser shooting enemy with a sling star over its head. Upon meeting its presence, the enemy shoots its laser out of its mouth and barely scratched a piece of skin if the ponies hadn’t moved out of the way. “Woah! Out of the way!” Twilight tries to shoot the enemy with a magic beam as Pinkie runs away from the incoming charging laser, but it doesn’t seem to affect it and thus, its angry to target Twilight. “I don’t think we can defeat it. Looks like we have to keep it alive.” “Okey dokey. Get on the sling star!” So the ponies quickly jump into the sling star before the enemy fries them. The sling star slings Pinkie and Twilight to the platform in front of the previous platform. At first, the disc looks stationary until it moves when a hoof contacts the ground of the planet. Then, Pinkie’s Pinkie Sense says that one bit is below the platform, so she hurries to collect it while Twilight grabs a second one in front of her. However, it’s not easy to do so since there are floating mines on the path. The disc planet stops before the next disc with a launch star. That launch star launches Pinkie and Twilight to the next planet, Metal Bowl Planet. The planet features two lumas, one inside a cage and one outside the cage. There is also a red spinning top-like enemy in front of them. “Over here!” The uncaged luma called out to draw the ponies’ attention. Pinkie and Twilight avoid the enemy to reach the luma’s high ground to listen to what he has to say. “What’s up? Do we have to save your friend from in there?” “Yes, that’s right. Hit the power lines with something to cut off the power.” “Hit the power lines with something? That enemy?” “Ah. It seems to me you don’t know the names of these enemies.” “Names? These creatures have names?” “Yup. When you return to Mama, ask her about enemies, she’ll tell you the enemy’s name, its attack pattern and how to defeat the enemy.” “Wow. Thanks, we’ll keep that in mind.” As their conversation ended, Pinkie jumps down from the platform to face the enemy in the right direction. Then, as the top-like enemy gets closer to the pony, Pinkie spins it to throw it into the power lines. Doing so causes the power lines to deactivate and the cage to vanish. While all the action was happening, Twilight was busy collecting 2 bits, thinking that she’s helping. Still being traumatized by Pinkie, she had to ask. “I hope you don’t mind if I took your cash.” “Oh, Twilight. Of course not. Hey, I can tell that you’re still traumatized. Keep the few bits, why don’t you?” “Alright. Hey, let’s talk to that luma, why don’t we?” Pinkie and Twilight face the free luma, hearing his dialogue. “Thank you! Oh, sweet freedom! I owe you a shortcut. TRANSFORM!” The luma turns into a launch star. Great, Pinkie and Twilight can use it to arrive next to 3 crates and a mole. Pinkie first uses her one tactic to defeat the mole and then, she spin attacks the crates to reveal different contents, 1 coin, 3 Star Bits and a green pipe. Entering the pipe leads the ponies to the Gravity Corridor. From the ponies’ perspective, they look like they’re walking on the ground, but in reality, they’re walking on the ceiling. In front of the ponies’ eyes, they can see a green arrow pointing to the ground. “Now what is this telling us?” Pinkie looks at the wall behind them that has a pattern of moving small blue arrows that point in the same direction as the green arrow. “I think this tells us where the gravity pulls.” With Twilight’s new information, her brain turns on. “You don’t think we can flip gravity, do you?” Pinkie takes a second to look at the arrow, tinker for a few seconds and brightens her brain to try and spin attack on the arrow. Yes, doing so turns the arrow and the background to red and an opposite direction and therefore, the gravity flipped and therefore, the ponies fell to the ground/ceiling and now, they’re walking on whatever surface we’re talking about. Pinkie landed on her hooves while Twilight landed on her back and flank. “Ow. You could’ve said brace yourself.” “Oh. Sorry, maybe next time?” After that predicament, they can move on, introducing themselves to a rock-throwing Shadowbolt. “Well, if it isn’t the rock throwers.” “Rock throwers?” “Rock throwers. Why don’t you take a rock to the face, you nerd?” Such an insult. Twilight wouldn’t approve that. “Hey! Save your insults for another time!” Anger boils in Twilight’s esteem and proceeds to catch the rock in magic as he throws it and fling it back at the Shadowbolt to defeat him. Upon his defeat, 3 Star Bits are rewarded. After Twilight calms down, she and Pinkie encounters another obstacle, slow-spinning a fire bar around a block. A tempting question mark block is also featured above the fire bar. “Pinkie, I don’t think that block is worth it.” “Oh. But it might have bits or sweets.” “But who knows how long it’ll take to get them all.” “I have to get the contents!” “Wait-“ Nope, the pink pony ignores the word ‘wait’. She jumps on top of the fire bar’s block and quickly empties the golden question mark block. She has to repeatedly bonk her head on the block 10 times because it cantains 20 Star Bits. The fire bar is at her poofy tail and it barely flamed it if Pinkie doesn’t get out of there. “Woah. I’m barely fine, Twilight. It was just a close call.” “You shouldn’t risk it like that, you know?” Twilight suggests as she reaches to where Pinkie’s at. “I know. Being safe is better than getting a couple of sweets, as they say.” “Um, no one says that.” “Huh, guess I’m the only one. Let’s just move on ahead.” Pinkie ends the conversation to cover a new obstacle, platforms moving up and down, an easy enough obstacle, and Twilight proceeds to follows Pinkie Pie. After that obstacle, the next obstacle is some flat stationary platforms upon cylindrical rotating platforms upon gaps of lava. “Let’s go over instead of under so that we don’t risk dipping our hooves in molten rock.” “Okey dokey lokey.” So starting from the first flat platform, they have to run through the middle of the cylindrical obstacle when a tunnel is revealed. As the ponies run through, there’s a big bit that Pinkie touched to reveal Star Bits along the top half of the circumference of the obstacle. “May I get those?” “Of course, Pinkie. But how will you get up there?” “How? Using my spin jumps.” After collecting those 10 Star Bits, Twilight and Pinkie have to go through the second cylinder and collect two bits at the end of the tunnel. The obstacle ends on another spinning cylinder and an arrow similar to the one Pinkie spinned before. “Brace yourself, Twilight.” Pinkie warned as she spins the arrow to make it point up to where it changes the gravity. Pinkie and Twilight are now walking on an opposite surface. They still couldn’t tell what’s the ground and what’s the roof. 4 Star Bits are also there for Pinkie to collect. Upon walking on their floor, they have to fight another rock-throwing Shadowbolt before encountering more shifting platforms. Pinkie also sees that if she gets too high, she’ll be pulled up, in her perspective, onto the rotating cylinders. In other words, she and Twilight have to wait until the platforms have entirely sunk down and the window is opened to quickly run through. After running past the obstacle and two more Shadowbolts, the normal kind, along the way is defeated, they come across a hole full of Star Bits that they must plunge in to continue. “Wow. That is a big drop.” “Well, you have your alicorn wings, can’t you just carry me and fly down safely?” “Oh yeah, I can do that.” So Twilight wrapped Pinkie’s waste in her hooves and then starts flapping her wings, carefully flying down to the bottom level as Pinkie grabs the few Star Bits. Once they land, they have to defeat a Shadowbolt before Pinkie had to say… “You know, if you had those wings, can’t you just fly and find the Power Star when we were outside?” “Oh. Well, I have two reasons. One: If I’m accompanying you, I can’t just take off and leave you to do what you do. Two: Discovery shows that wings do nothing in space.” “Really? What a shame that physics exist. I mean, no offense.” Pinkie and Twilight had to move on, they can’t keep an endless conversation. More ascending and descending pillars await for obstacles. While running past and under them, Pinkie couldn’t resist a couple of high up bits where she has to stand on a rising platform to jump high enough to get it. After that, they’re almost at the end, all they need is some springing from a deactivated shockwaver enemy to reach another gravity flipping area to flip gravity to reach the exit pipe. That pipe takes the ponies out of the Gravity Corridor to enter the Barrier Chamber. Upon leaving the pipe, Pinkie and Twilight can see a sling star above an active shockwave producer enemy in the center of the room and on the left of the beamer, there’s a higher platform with a question mark block above it. “So we have to jump over the shockwaves to then use the enemy like a spring to get to that sling star. “Alright, but I have to check that block.” “Wow. You really can’t resist, can you?” “Sorry, but I just can’t help it. Can’t fight the urge.” “It’s fine, Pinkie. Go get it.” So Pinkie goes for the block. To do so, she has to jump over every shockwave that approches her. Before long, Pinkie reaches the platform and the block and proceeds to empty out 10 Star Bits. Afterwards, Pinkie and Twilight go for the springer, trying to survive by avoiding the shockwaves. They reach the beamer, bounce to reach 3 bits and the sling star and use the sling star to reach the ceiling which gravity flips on the ponies, causing them to walk on the ceiling, or the platform on the ceiling. As Pinkie and Twilight land on the platform, the platform starts descending like an elevator and once the platform is at a point where it stops, gravity flips again so that they can work on the second level of the Barrier Chamber This level of the Barrier Chamber features a red and green barriered entrance and two familiar red top-like enemies from the Metal Bowl Planet. The setup seems familiar to the ponies. “Oh, Pinkie, do you remember what you did to free the luma?” “Didn’t I cannon to a crystalled one before? How is this related?” Twilight became confused because of Pinkie’s questions. She did free a luma from a crystal, how did she forget the luma in a cage. Twilight holds her expression before Pinkie snickers at her face. “You should’ve seen the look on your face. I’m only joking, Twilight. Of course I remember.” She remembered to knock the tops back at the power lines to malfunction. Twilight reacts to Pinkie’s joke by laughing sarcastically. “Ha ha. Very funny.” As the enemies get close, Pinkie spins them back at the barriers, turning both lasers off. Doing so unlocks a launch star, but it also flips gravity to pull the ponies towards the launch star. The Barrier Chamber explodes behind the ponies as they use the launch star. The answer to why that happens is beyond them, not something that they want to deal with. Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle reach their destination. Well, they landed underneath their planet at least. They had to go around the barriers and defeating more top-like enemies as their third encouter. Moving at the top of the planet, Pinkie and Twilight see a platform that looks like a boss arena. “Do you think we’re gonna fight something?” “I think we are. Are you ready to fight this boss?” “No wait, I can’t leave collectables behind.” So Pinkie quickly collects the Star Bits and bits around the arena before joining Twilight on a boss fight, including an extra three Star Bits from defeating a top. “Are you ready now?” “Yeah, I’m ready.” Pinkie and Twilight set hoof on the platform. Suddenly after that, the boss comes flying in from the sky like a UFO and lands on the arena and produces the smaller yellow tops to start the battle. The boss looks like one of the red tops, only this one is black with angry yellow eyes and dangerous yellow spikes spinning around it to protect its sides. The boss also has a red-flashing button on its head. “What happens when I jump on its head?” “Well, you have to get there first. Look out!” One of the small tops attempts to knock Pinkie Pie towards the barriers around the arena. The enemy succeeds in the attack, but she barely avoids making contact with the power lines. “Woah! I almost got electrocuted!” Pinkie was so focused on her close call that she didn’t see Twilight attempting to jump on the boss’s head and manages to do it. The boss’s eyes and spikes are deactivated, so it’s safe to touch the side of the boss. Seeing this, Twilight understands how to defeat him. “Pinkie, spin it to the power lines!” “I gotcha.” Pinkie spins, boss is hit, boss forces back, boss gets electrocuted. Round 2 starts. Round 2 is the same boss layout as the first round, the boss produced the same type and amount of enemies. “I’m getting its head.” Twilight runs towards the boss while dodging its minion’s attacks to jump and stomp on him, deactivating its spikes and eyes again. “Take a spin to your face, even if you don’t have a face anymore!” Pinkie repeats her actions from round 1; stomp, spin and hit, easy enough. For round 3, the boss doesn’t produce three yellow tops, no, instead it materialized two red tops that the ponies faced multiple times throughout this Power Star mission. Because they faced them multiple times, this phase shouldn’t be a problem. So, Pinkie and Twilight follows their tactic from previous rounds. Twilight gets the boss’s head and Pinkie attempts the spin, all in all, they have to avoid the boss’s protégés. It’s not easy, but Pinkie delivered the final blow to defeat the boss, rewarding themselves with the third Power Star of Battlerock Galaxy. “We did it, Twilight. The third Power Star of this galaxy.” “Yeah, and also your sixth star with me. I can’t believe the both of us collected that many Power Stars.” “Believe it, Twilight. Sometimes unbelivables can turn into belivables.” Twilight and Pinkie celebrate by collecting their sixth star together. After a long mission, Pinkie and Twilight need a good shut-eye rest after asking Stella about enemies. First, they have to fly back to the Comet Observatory. Well, who do we have at the Comet Observatory’s Fountain dome this time? Pinkie and Twilight come flying in from the starry skies with another Power Star. The star gets stored into the beacon of the space station while Pinkie and Twilight meet Rarity and Fluttershy upon their return. “Another star saved, darling?” “Uh-huh. Another star saved by defeating another strong boss.” “Another boss? How was the fight? That is, if you want to answer.” “It was a little harder than the previous bosses we faced together.” “Yeah. Plus, I almost got zapped at the beginning of the fight.” Enter the awkward silence. Rarity and Fluttershy’s expressions imaginarily mentions “Oh my, we almost lost Pinkie.” Of course, silence breaks when somepony interrupts silence. “We had a long mission, so we would like to nap after talking to Stella before doing anything else.” “Very well, Twilight. Follow us out and then do what you have to do.” So Rarity leads all ponies inside outside, taking the teleporter and stuff. “Do you girls like the teleporter?” “It was stunning. It’s something that we’ve never experience before.” The Main 6 unite at the grassy area of the Observatory, between the Terrace and the Garage. When Rarity and Fluttershy sit next to Rainbow Dash and Applejack, Pinkie and Twilight walk towards Stella to talk about what the luma in Battlerock wants them to talk about. “Ah. Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle. What brings you to stand in front of me?” “A luma told us you’ll be able to talk about enemies.” “Oh. Well, there are a lot of enemies that you may encounter on your journey. Are you sure you want me to mention them all?” “We can take it, right, Pinkie?” “Right, if we can take long walks, we can take long talks.” “Fine. We’ll gather around in my garden.” Pinkie and Twilight walks back to the rest of the Main 6, the CMC and Spike with Stella and sit down to learn about the enemies that they have and will be encountered “I will start from the simplest of enemies…” Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 950 Coins: 211 Stars: 17 If you found the story uncomfortable to read, it’s probably because this story is written in its present tense. I know it’s a weird way to write this story, but I didn’t want to change my chapters all the way. Also, you might notice that I haven’t used words like ‘die’ or ‘kill’, so yeah, it’s hard to write with present tenses and without those words. I will probably fix my style of writing style in future stories. Also, did anyone notice a Hamilton reference in this chapter? Let me know if you see it. Sombra’s Star Reactor and More GalaxiesIt was a half an hour talk between Princess Stella and the Main 6. Apparently, there are a lot more enemies to look out for than she thought. “Wow. That’s a lot of information to take in. Over 30 enemies that I might face on my mission.” “I apologise for wasting your time, I told you it’s a long talk.” “No kidding. I had to write it all down in case we forget names and tactics.” “It’s not a problem for us, princess.” “Besides, we needed all the information we can get.” “Alright, rest here if you must. More Power Stars await for your rescue.” Princess Stella walks back to the middle of the observatory watching over the cosmos. At that moment, Spike belches out a letter, probably from Celestia. “It’s a message from Celestia.” “Can you read it, Spike?” Spike unrolls the scroll and reads out loud. “To my faithful student, Twilight and her friends, My sister and I decided that we should write messages every now and then, keeping you informed that we are just fine. We hope that these will help you on your journey. And we’re okay, Sombra only has been keeping us in prison cells. We have faith that you’ll do everything you can to reach us. Good luck, Celestia and Luna.” “50 Star Bits are attached to the letter.” “Really? Give them to me and then it’s nap time. “Here you go.” Pinkie gathers the 50 Star Bits and stocks them into her collection. She then sits next to Twilight before all ponies fall asleep. The next day… Pinkie and Twilight wake up somewhat early. Then, they started walking together to the Fountain. First the teleporter, then the dome. The black luma is there to introduce not one, but two in-view galaxies. “Hey there. I’d like to tell you about two galaxies we spotted with our current Power Star count.” “Two galaxies? Which two?” “Well, we have Rolling Green Galaxy and Hurry-Scurry Galaxy.” “Okay, I don’t think we have any idea what could be featured in those galaxies while we’re standing here. “Me neither. Maybe once we’re overlooking, one of us will be able to see an aspect.” “Pull.” Hanging over the pull star, the ponies overlooking the galaxies through the top of the dome seeing the two new galaxies. Pinkie sees one of the two galaxies with one familiar aspect and suspects it being Hurry-Scurry Galaxy. “I’m guessing that is Hurry-Scurry Galaxy.” Twilight looks at Pinkie’s point and suspect the galaxy she’s looking at. “So that other galaxy is Rolling Green?” “You got it. You can go to one first and then the other.” But then Pinkie decides to suggest something. “Why not both at the same time?” “Huh? What do you mean?” “Why don’t I go to Rolling Green Galaxy while you go to Hurry-Scurry Galaxy?” “Are you sure you want to go alone?” “No, but it’s gonna be faster this way.” “Well, we can try. Can we launch ourselves into different directions, luma?” “Yes, you can. Good luck, both of you.” The luma said as Pinkie and Twilight face each other. “See you on the other side, Twilight.” “You too, Pinkie.” And launch! The ponies are now parting ways, hoping to intersect points after Power Stars are collected. Rolling in the Clouds Solo Pinkie Pie lands on a planet of Rolling Green Galaxy. She begins on a small flower field on a bump and notices the Power Star is just in front of her, except it’s in a transparent sphere. “A Power Star? Well, how do I get it out of this hamster ball?” There’s a sign next to the ball that Pinkie notices. Perhaps the sign will instruct her on how to break open the ball. “Hey, if you want to get the Power Star out of the ball, you’ll have to roll it to the end of this course.” “I love rolling objects. I especially love it when I’m rolling.” “But before you get too hasty about it, you’d better get to knowing how to roll the ball.” “I understand. No pony can roll without instructions.” “First, get on top of the ball.” “Oh. Am I rolling this with my four hooves on top of the ball? I’m actually good at that.” So following the sign’s instructions, Pinkie jumped onto the top of the ball. “Keep your balance once you’re on.” “I’ve done this countless times in my life. I know how to balance.” “Move your limbs like you’re walking backwards, making sure you still keep your stability.” “I noticed that horse joke. In any case, yes, that’s how you do it.” “If you jump, the ball will jump with you and if anything gets in your way, smoosh it.” “Good to know, so I can run enemies over. Cool.” “That’s all you need to know. Good luck!” Pinkie read the sign from the top to bottom. She was ready to roll. Since she has rolled on balls and logs in Equestria in the past before, she will lack falling off the curved surface. When Pinkie starts, she rolls forward to reach a ledge with a hole on it surrounded by yellow. She’s able to block the ball on the side of the platform to think about what she’s looking at. “Hmm, I don’t know what you are, but hopefully you won’t do anything crazy.” Pinkie jumps onto the platform and into the hole. As she does, nothing happens for three seconds before she gets thrown out of the hole with the ball into the air and lands on the next planet. Pinkie still has to keep balance upon landing hard. “I thought I said don’t do anything crazy!” “Hey! Get down from there and fight us! You can’t be defensive here.” Shadowbolts are featured on the planet, taunting the pink pony to get off the ball. “Yeah, I can. Who says I can’t? Come up here if you want to fight!” Pinkie starts to roll towards a Shadowbolt, trying to run over him. He fails to escape and gets crushed, turning into Star Bits in defeat. The other two enemies attempt to attack by flying towards Pinkie, but she’s able to spin attack them to defeat them and then collect their Star Bits. After the Shadowbolts are taken care of, Pinkie proceeds to follow a trail of gold bits into a funnel hole. The hole takes the ball onto parallel sloped rails that rolls the ball at a constant speed and eventually making it onto the next planet. The planet that Pinkie’s on populates a lot of Shadowbolts. “Whoa… That’s a lot of Shadowbolts. Alright, show me what you’ve got, minions of Sombra! More like, minions of some number and I’ll reduce that number down to zero!” Needing to move forward, Pinkie tries to attack the first few Shadowbolts by either rolling over them or spin attacking them, gaining 3 Star Bits for each enemy defeat. Along the way and along the fight, Pinkie notices and collects the big question mark bits. They’re positioned on narrow paths that both sides lead to an edge and each one produces a trail of Star Bits that leads to the next question mark bit. After all of the Star Bits are collected unharmed and all of the Shadowbolts are defeated, Pinkie goes back around the planet to collect some bits that she missed, because they tempted her. It took a long time to collect everything, but eventually, she was ready to move on, the same kind of hole that launched her before awaits her at the end. “So you’re like the equivalent of a launch star, except you launch balls instead of ponies. Now that I know what you’re capable of, I’ll ask myself to prepare myself.” Pinkie inserts the ball into the cannon. After a few seconds, she gets launched out of the hole pretty high and pretty far, so far in fact that she reaches the next planet. The planet has a wind turbine, a flagpole and another hole, but it’s surrounded by blue instead of yellow. Pinkie guesses she needs to roll the ball into the hole. Upon entering, after a few more seconds, the ball breaks open and the Power Star is free to hover over the flagpole. Pinkie has to climb it to grab the star. “That was fun. I hope rolling stars will make a comeback another time.” Upon grabbing the star, Pinkie victory dances with it before she flies back to the Fountain dome of the Comet Observatory. Shrinking Satellite It’s Twilight Sparkle’s first galaxy and Power Star mission alone. Zooming across the starry skies of Hurry-Scurry Galaxy to land on the first of the galaxy’s only two planets. “Oh my gosh. My first mission without company. Unless Pinkie’s in trouble already, this is not something that I or anypony would expect to happen.” The planet that Twilight’s on consists of new and unrecognizable platforms, green four-by-four squares positioned to lead her from the starting stationary platform to another stationary platform. “Hmm. I have a feeling that these platforms are special, but I’m not sure what makes me feel that way.” Twilight’s way of learning about the special platforms is to go for it. While she collects the Star Bits that are on each individual platform, she noticed that their special property is to shrink into nothing as soon as she sets hoof. So she runs and jumps across all of the shrinking platforms and also collecting all the Star Bits, including the minor risky ones, for Pinkie Pie. At the end of the path, there’s a Shadowbolt waiting for an opponent to face him. Looks like Twilight is his opponent. “Hey, pony. Wait, I’m facing a alicorn?” “That’s right, Shadowbolt. And alicorns are stronger than pegasi.” Twilight uses magic beam. It was super effective! The Shadowbolt is defeated, dropping the 3 Star Bits to reward her. The next thing that Twilight sees is a shrinking platform below a question mark block adjacent to her platform, but not a launch star in her sight. “Huh. That planet in the distance seems reachable with a launch star or something, yet I don’t see it. Unless…” The green platform looks suspicious to her. From her perspective, the platform looks like an ordinary platform, unless she makes it disappear that is. Twilight suspects that there’s something under the platform, but she goes for the block for gaining 10 gold bits before the platform fully shrinks to disappear. Lo and behold, a launch star reveals itself from underneath the platform. So Twilight drops down onto the launch star to then get launched onto the second planet. The shape of this planet is a solid rectified rhombicuboctahedron with six squared and twelve rectangles tiled with platforms that shrink upon contact and eight equilateral triangle gaps that lead to a black hole in the center of the planet. As Twilight orbits around the planet via the launch star, at the same time, rainbow music notes start to appear around the planet. And as soon as she lands near a note, she knows that she has to move immediately. “Woah, okay. I guess I’m collecting all the notes.” So she does, following the trail of notes and collecting each one. The trail intersected itself once, so at a point in the collection, Twilight needs to jump over a gap to reach more notes. Eventually, Twilight collects every single existing note and upon the full collection of rainbow music notes, the black hole in the center of the planet completely disintegrates, revealing her first Power Star without a second player. “A Power Star. I can’t believe it! I found my first Power Star on my own, without Pinkie!” Since the Power Star is directly below her, she lets the platform under her to fade away so that she can drop down to grab the star. After she celebrates her success, she can now fly back to the Comet Observatory with the Power Star. Twilight comes back from her galaxy to the Fountain dome of the Comet Observatory and is greeted by Rainbow Dash who has been sitting on her flank, waiting for her friends to return from space. “Hey, Twilight. Wait, where’s Pinkie Pie?” “Oh. She’s just in another galaxy. Hopefully, she’ll return shortly.” “Cool. Any new updates, black luma?” “Actually, yes. A hungry luma is found near this dome.” “Oh. Those pink lumas that feeds on Star Bits. Well, we have to wait for Pinkie if we want to meet it.” “Who says you gotta wait for her when she’s already in the room?” Pinkie Pie appears right behind Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, surprising them both. “Ah! Pinkie! Can you not sneak up on ponies like that?” “Sorry, Twilight. It’s just so fun to surprise a pony.” “Say, Pinkie. This luma over here told us that a hungry luma is just outside.” “Really? Well, let’s go and meet it then.” The ponies in the dome exit out of the doorway to see the pink luma just beside the dome. “Hey, ponies! Got any tasty Star Bits?” “We do. How many Star Bits are you willing to consume.” “I’m famished! I need 400 Star Bits to be satisfied!” “We have more than enough. We have over a thousand Star Bits!” “A thousand?! Wait, how did you get that many?” “I’m assuming that Pinkie grabbed every single Star Bit in her path. Anyway, we have to serve 400 space candy.” Pinkie and Twilight hoofed out a whole load of Star Bits and the pink luma consumes them all. “Thank you! Oh, I’m so full! I’m ready to TRANSFORM!” To pay for its meal, the luma flies out into space and transformed into a new galaxy. The pink launch star is ready for use. “Let’s-a-go, Twilight.” Pinkie and Twilight climb onto the launch star to reach the newborn galaxy, Sling Pod Galaxy. A Very Sticky Situation The platform that Pinkie and Twilight land on is quite small. The only thing that’s occupying it is a sling pod and Pinkie quickly guessed what they have to do in this galaxy. “More web bundles. I guess we’re slinging.” “Let’s call it a sling pod to simplify it. The target we’re aiming for are more of them and there are obstacles in between our small targets. Are you sure we can collect this galaxy’s Power Star?” “You sounded unconfident when you ask that question. Why?” “Huh? Uh, well, I… Was I unconfident?” “You asked that as if you asking ‘Are we gonna lose?’. Twilight, we faced Nightmare Moon, Discord and Chrysalis and succeeded, we even defeated Sombra before he returns from the shadows. All that we’ve done so far is already advanced for a basic 20-year-old pony, so are we gonna lose our winning streak or are we gonna conquer another victory this round?” “Yeah, you’re right, I shouldn’t ask silly questions like that. So, let’s get slinging.” Confidence is overwhelming Twilight, even though she had it in her the entire time and just hid it behind her back. To start, Pinkie and Twilight jump into the sling pod and aim for another sling pod and a trail of Star Bits in front if them. They pull back and hold their release until the path is clear of cannonballs. When the ponies are on the next sling pod, Pinkie sees a gold bit not that far from her reach. After collecting that single bit, Pinkie and Twilight have to sling to another sling pod across some more trails of Star Bits while avoiding more cannonballs. Their next target is optional, one can shoot towards a trail of Star Bits into a sling pod surrounded by moving fences and one can go for a single bit to reach a progressive sling pod. “I’ll get the Star Bits, you get the gold bit.” “Alright, Pinkie.” So Pinkie and Twilight launch themselves to collect different collectables. Doing so makes them go to several paths, but not for long though, as Pinkie has to launch to the next sling pod, the sling pod that Twilight is on, so the two paths converge immediately. From that sling pod, the ponies have to wait for cannonball clearance before launching across Star Bits in an arrow shape and targeting another sling pod. After that, it’s time to start pulling as pull stars are Pinkie and Twilight’s next move. “It’s time to start pulling!” So Pinkie and Twilight have to continuously say “Pull.” If they want get across the pull star section. This area has a lot of Star Bits and a few bits and of course, Pinkie couldn’t resist collecting all of the goods by pulling and releasing and all the moves related. “That’s a lot of Star Bits you’re collecting.” “I know and they appear to be floating and moving in strange ways.” Eventually, they’ve reached the next sling pod. Pinkie has to say “Pull and release.” to grab a normal small gold bit and a big gold question mark bit in the distance. That bit makes Star Bits appear to trace the slinging path. Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie slings from sling pod to sling pod while avoiding fire and collecting all the Star Bits and sometimes taking split paths that lead to various collectables like gold bits and then immediately converge at another point. At some point, they encounter an obstacle where four fire bars that move in the same direction and speed are positioned in a way that they have to sling through the middle at a specific time. Maybe it’s luck, but Twilight and Pinkie are able to squeeze through the obstacle. Lo and behold, Sling Pod Galaxy’s Power Star is in their sights. “Look, Pinkie. A Power Star!” “Just one more sling pod to sling off of.” Pinkie and Twilight have to aim at the star when the fences around it doesn’t block their aim. With good accuracy, they’re able to sling themselves to the star to grab it. Pinkie and Twilight celebrate their success upon possession of the necessary collectable before soaring back to the Comet Observatory. Pinkie and Twilight come with another star and land on the front of the main lobby of the observatory. Stella wants to give them a new update. “Pinkie, Twilight, an enemy base is now located with the Power Stars we’ve got.” “An enemy base? That must’ve been Sombra’s galaxy. Oh, are we gonna fight him now? Myself and Pinkie?” Twilight is freaking out now, Pinkie has to calm her down. “Woah, calm down, Twilight. Yes, we are gonna face King Sombra, hopefully. Hopefully, he won’t run away like a coward.” “Well, in that case, I think I’m ready to face him. What do you think?” “I’m always prepared for a battle.” Pinkie and Twilight faced a lot of obstacles and learned a lot of important aspects in this journey, so they’re prepared to pay King Sombra a second galaxy visit and face him. “We’re gonna face King Sombra now!” “Alright, darling.” “Please be careful.” So Pinkie and Twilight enter the Fountain and mouth the word “Pull!” at the high up pull star and eyes on the new galaxy when they’re on the dome’s ceiling. “Let’s do this!” The launch star materialized out of thin air to launch the ponies to that galaxy. Will they defeat Sombra and save the guardians of Equestria? The Fiery Stronghold Twilight and Pinkie arrive in Sombra’s galaxy, namely Sombra’s Star Reactor. They start at the entrance of the galaxy where it’s featuring two fire bars. “We made it to the galaxy. Alright, all we have to do is to reach the boss arena where Sombra will appear and face us.” “So we have to make it through this obstacle if we want to fight him. Let’s go.” The fire bars don’t pose any sort of threat to the ponies. After that small obstacle is a curved path with bits that goes sideways and then upside down. There’s also a small gap that Pinkie and Twilight have to jump over on the path. After conquering the gravity manipulating path, they have to avoid more fire across a normal stone and carpet path, fire bars and fire shooters. There’s also a big sentient stone enemy on the steps known as a Thwomp. “Woah, look at that guy. Do we know his name, Twilight?” “I think I remember. I believe this is a Thwomp. Stella said that he attacks by crushing you underneath and there’s no way to get rid of him unless you use the rainbow power.” “Too bad we don’t have one.” “No, but at least we can still avoid him if we pass at the right timing.” So that’s what they did. Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle waited for the fire shooter to stop shooting and the Thwomp to float in the air, that’s when they get to pass and survive. There’s a green platform after that obstacle that, when stepped on, moves the peripatetics to flip to the ceiling, connecting with the other walkable ceilings. There’s a luma and a single bit at the start of the path. “The gravity here is all out of whack! Pay attention to the arrows.” “Just like the walls in Battlerock Galaxy.” “A reminiscence towards an aspect in a galaxy we’ve been in so far? That’s a surprise.” Pinkie and Twilight climb the steps in front of them before they encounter a big gap with a black hole at the bottom. They see a pink region of the wall above them that has arrows pointing up. “So if we jump, we should be walking on that surface above us.” “Let’s see. Brace yourself, Twilight.” So they jump straight up and yes, they do get flipped into the ceiling. Pinkie also grabs some more bits too. After that, they have to jump over a fire bar at the right time. Then, they flip gravity one time to get on a moving platform when it arrives, and then another time to get onto more solid ground when another fire bar is out of the way. Finally, they just have to avoid another Thwomp before going onto a yellow platform. The yellow platform moves the player to a circle-shaped surface where it has four fire bars that occupies four radii of the circle and rotates along the area of the circle. “Wow. Sombra puts a lot of fire to stop us.” “But not a lot of fire, he could’ve set the entire course to burn into flames and then we would be toast.” Pinkie and Twilight moves forward when a quadrant opens up to then move around the obstacle at the same pace as the fire bars’ rotation speed. While Twilight makes it to the other side, Pinkie has to make two and a half journeys around the circle to collect all of the Star Bits that are featured there. On the main path, Pinkie and Twilight soon encounter a Thwomp and three flamethrowers in a row. The path has to be clear if they want to make it past those obstacles. Past those obstacles is a rising and lowering stone platform. There are 2 bits at the lower level and the path to progress is at the higher level. A lot of fire bars are present on the prossive level, where they had to either move to the side, run under or squeeze between. Pinkie and Twilight found the hazards not too hard to avoid. The floor texture changes underneath their feet when they make it through the fire. Rewarding them with 2 more bits when they continue to progress and before Pinkie and Twilight set hoof on a specific region of the road. That is when a familiar villainous laugh is heard from above. “That’s King Sombra up there!” “Ha ha ha ha! Try to come up here if you can, you two!” Sombra taunted the ponies as he starts to blast magic at the floating floor, breaking them and trying to make Pinkie and Twilight fall to their doom. “Quick! We need to get up there!” Pinkie and Twilight sprint their hooves to quickly climb to the top before they fall with the platforms. After avoiding all the dark magic that Sombra sends at them, they eventually reach the boss arena. “Ha ha ha ha! I’m surprised that you two finally made it!” “I’m glad you’re surprised.” “It’s time for you to surrender, Sombra!” “Twilight Sparkle? You’re here to challenge me? Ha! Once I crush you into space bits, my plans for Equestria’s fate, no, the fate of the whole universe will never be crushed again.” “The universe’s fate? You planned to destroy the whole universe?!” “No! I planned to rule the whole universe and there’s nothing for you to stop me, but first I need to get rid of you two.” Sombra stomps his hoof hard on the ground, transitioning to throw Pinkie and Twilight into the air and landing on another planet, where it’s their battling playground. The battle begins now! As soon as they land, Sombra immediately jumps up and down to create a series of crystals that our protagonists jump over to avoid it. The same attack occurs, so they have to jump another set of crystals. “How are we supposed to defeat Sombra? We don’t have the elements of harmony!” “Maybe the layout of this planet is important.” The battleground is a transparent planet that features rather odd circles, one of which is blue and looks important. As Pinkie and Twilight are busy thinking they’re barely focusing on the boss fight that they barely noticed Sombra’s next move which is to jump high into the air and dive with great force towards them. They barely got out of the way before they experience a painful stomp, thus Sombra hits the ground with great force and creates more crystals that they also avoid. Seeing this force and the blue circle, Pinkie has an idea. “Hmm. I wonder…” “I’ll take care of you first, Twilight Sparkle.” “Twilight, over here!” Twilight heard Pinkie calling her. To get to Pinkie, she lets Sombra do his diving attack again so that when he’s high from the ground, she has the chance to run to the other pony. “What is it Pinkie?” “I have a feeling these blue circles on this planet are not just for decoration.” “Well, I’m standing on one right now. I’m not sure how-“ “Look out!” Pinkie pushed Twilight out of the way of Sombra’s diving trajectory towards them. The large force that’s made from the dive to the blue circle caused the circle to break and reveal a lava pool, which burned Sombra, causing him to leap into the air in agony. “So you planned to burn me? That’s how you’re gonna beat me?” Sombra said as he transformed into his famous black smoke form and moves around the planet to soon recover himself while still battling. “Oh no, you don’t!” Twilight, however, prevents that recover by shooting magic beams at Sombra. “Argh!” Pinkie and Twilight see that that was hit one and phase 1 done as Star Bits protrude out of Sombra as he turns into his pony form. With Pinkie and Twilight knowing what to do, they can now take down this boss. “Let’s take down this boss, Pinkie Pie style!” At phase 2, Sombra starts chanting magic to shoot magical projectiles at the two mares. They have to either jump over or move around to dodge the magic, an easy attack to avoid. After that attack, Sombra jumps up and down to create two shockwaves of crystals, so Pinkie and Twilight jumps over the crystals to avoid getting impaled. Sombra’s next attack is the important attack, the diving attack. Twilight and Pinkie quickly moves to a blue circle to then move out of the way as Sombra dives down, which in turn breaks the blue circle and reveals fire to toast him. The fire launches Sombra into the air before he changes from pony to smoke and goes around the world trying to avoid the mares’ attacks while recovering from the burn. “Let’s hit him physically and not magically.” Pinkie is able to catch Sombra by going around the other side and spin attacking him before he runs back the other way. But phase 2 isn’t over yet as upon spin attacking Sombra, he gets thrown back around the planet with a faster speed. Pinkie has to spin attack him a second time before she and Twilight encounter phase 3. Phase 3 is pretty much the same sequence as the last phase. Starting with the magic projectiles and then the shockwave of crystals, three of them in a row in fact, before the dive comes after. Twilight and Pinkie lead Sombra’s diving trajectory to a blue circle, causing him to roast his flank upon impact. He then turns into smoke and travels around the globe trying to avoid some attacks while he recovers, but Twilight and Pinkie were able to give Sombra the attacks he objectively deserves. Hit once, Sombra goes the other way. Hit twice, Sombra goes the other way again. Pinkie gives the third and final blow on Sombra, defeating Sombra in the process and deactivating the planet’s gravity so that their current platform is the tower they left before. Pinkie and Twilight landed safely on the stone floor while Sombra collapses upon landing, before he shortly gets up after. “What? How…” “You see, King Sombra? When you have the magic of friendship, you can defeat all kinds of bad situations.” “Bah! No matter. Perhaps I wasn’t fully prepared to face you. Besides, my plan is far from being ruined now.” “Wait, what does that mean? Have we defeated you?” “Of course not! I must go now. Your princess is in another galaxy. Ha ha ha ha!” “Wait, no! You can’t retreat now!” Pinkie’s order comes out unanswered as Sombra teleports away, leaving the ponies with nothing but their minds and thoughts. “Sombra, you coward!” “Pinkie, technically, he’d be prepared and will return to attack us, so I won’t say he’s a coward.” “Hmm. Touché.” Right after Sombra left, a Grand Star appears out of one of the battleground planet’s blue circles and positions itself in front of Pinkie and Twilight. “A Grand Star. Earned by us.” “Yep, we earned it alright. What do you say we take this Grand Star to the observatory.” “We’ll do that.” Both ponies’ hooves reach out to grab the Grand Star and because it’s their grand prize, they get to celebrate with a big victory dance together before they fly back to the Comet Observatory to store the Grand Star. In the starry skies around Princess Stella’s space station, here comes Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle with the Grand Star flying around to the front. The rest of the Mane 6, the CMC and Spike are seeing this in awe. “Hey everypony!” “Pinkie?” “Twilight?” “They found a Grand Star!” Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie fly to the front of the space station with the star to then throw it into the observatory’s beacon, making it larger and green. The energy from the Grand Star brightens a sector of the Comet Observatory and unlocks a new dome, the Kitchen. Princess Stella comes up to speak with Pinkie and Twilight. “You two rescued another Grand Star and more power is restored to the observatory. You two made quite a team collecting those Power Stars.” “Well, teamwork makes the dreamwork after all. I’m sure we can agree on that.” “We all can agree on that.” “You’ve unlocked the library and the Kitchen dome and a new galaxy is discovered where you can only access it in that dome.” “You have a library here? What kind of books do you have? “Did you just say kitchen? Do you make cakes here?” Stella chuckled at Pinkie’s question. “If you want, we can prepare one before you can rest.” “Yes, please serve me cake. Meanwhile, I’m gonna sit with my friends and after dessert is done, I’m gonna be resting my head before I continue my quest.” So as the lumas are making a cake for Pinkie, she walks to her friends for a well-deserved rest. Sombra retreated from surrender, but the quest is still on. Soon, Sombra will be prepared. However, Pinkie will also be prepared, probably more prepared than Sombra. Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 957 Coins: 287 Power Stars: 21 The chapters that will focus on the Kitchen dome galaxies will be special. On those chapters, another pony from the Mane 6 will join Pinkie to explore those galaxies. Also, someone Great and Powerful will come into play, which is why this story is plotted after ‘The Magic Duel’. Beach Bowl GalaxyAt the rise of the next day, Pinkie Pie freshly wakes up sooner than later. A new section and dome of the Comet Observatory was opened up, thus new galaxies are discovered. But she can’t do it alone, she needs company. Couldn’t afford to wait for her friends to wake any longer, she pulls out her party cannon and sets it off. “Rise and shine!” “What the hay, Pinkie?!” “Sorry, but I can’t let you all sleep ‘til the end of the day.” “You could’ve just waited us to get up from our beauty sleep.” “Or wake me up so that we can get moving early.” Almost everypony has complaints about getting up early. Though Fluttershy thinks that Pinkie made a good entrance to begin the day “Then again, you had a good point, Pinkie. The whole universe was counting on us to save it.” “Well, at least you’re appreciating waking up by ‘boom goes the cannon’.” Twilight steps in, for she’s seemingly prepared to go. “So what’s the next step on our journey?” Although Pinkie would love to bring Twilight along with her, she doesn’t feel like doing so. Her other friends were missing out on adventure, so… “Actually, Twilight. I decided that you should stay in the Comet Observatory, I would like somepony else to join me.” “Oh. Well, that’s okay then. I was thinking about visiting that library Stella mentioned.” “Okey dokey lokey. Anypony that wants to join me?” All ponies have reasons to go and no reason to stay behind, so it’s near impossible to select just one pony to join Pinkie. Not if she makes a random choice. “Fluttershy, don’t you wanna come? You wanted to see cute creatures, right?” “Oh. Um, yes. I’d love to see passive extragalactic creatures, but maybe they wanted to go to.” “It’s fine, darling. Although I would love to see those magical necklaces, my only reason to go, I think I’ll pass for now. I mean, I believe there’s still time for all of us to explore and adventure in galaxies far, far away.” “Yeah, adventure would be cool, but if you want to go, I’ll, too, pass. Hey, there’s always time for adventure.” “No need to hear from me, Sugarcube. You heard them.” “Yay! Fluttershy gets to come with me. Let’s go to the Kitchen.” Pinkie and Fluttershy leaves the group to set their hooves onto the new section of the Comet Observatory. Going past the library and to the right of the path where they take the stairs to the top of the pillar of cabinets and enter the dome present there. Pinkie and Fluttershy took a second to admire the Kitchen. A star-shaped table, a sink, a fireplace and a couple more basic objects you’d find in a kitchen. There’s also the black luma and a pull star that were waiting for them. “Hey, Pinkie Pie. I see that you’re bringing another friend.” “Luma, this is Fluttershy, an animal care taker and non-Nightmare Night type pegasus.” “That… definitely descrbes my personality. So what kind of galaxies can we find here?” “Well, with the Power Stars we have now, Beach Bowl Galaxy is in range.” “Beach? I love beaches. Don’t you like beaches, Fluttershy?” “Not to be too excited, I do like beaches. I especially like the fishes in the sea.” “Do you remember how to get pull-starred?” “I think I know from you. Pull.” Fluttershy knows how to pull and so does Pinkie. Viewing from the Kitchen ceiling, Beach Bowl is in front of their eyes. “So that is Beach Bowl, literally a bowl of water with little islands in the middle and a grassy area on the side.” “Okay, Pinkie. This is my first time launching with you, so I’ll need some guidance on how to win.” “Don’t worry, Fluttershy. I’ll guide you from start to finish. Let’s get launching!” A launch star appears around the ponies to blast them to the galaxy. Sunken Treasure Pinkie and Fluttershy arrive in Beach Bowl Galaxy. They land on a small island in the bowl that features a penguin on it. Immediately, Fluttershy is in a dimorphic state. “Hey, it’s one of the penguins I found in Loopdeeloop Galaxy.” “It’s so cute. I’m gonna go crazy that I just wanna scream!” Fluttershy actually did scream, but it was so quiet that Pinkie classified it as cute and hilarious, so hilarious in fact that she basically cracked up. “What’s so funny, Pinkie?” “Nothing. What have you got to say penguin?” “Beach Bowl is pretty much penguin paradise!” “Penguin paradise? Well, I agree, this is paradise.” Both ponies move on to jump to the next island, featuring a crate that contains 2 Star Bits and another penguin. “Do you know how to swim?” “I know how to swim. Can you swim, Fluttershy.” “I can swim, but why is that a question we need to answer?” “Perhaps we need to find things underwater. Let’s talk to their coach before we get ahead of ourselves, but first, hope you don’t mind, I spy those Star Bits overhead.” Pinkie’s pointing at the Star Bits floating around a vine dangling from a leaning tree rooted on the main shore of the beach. “Not at all, Pinkie, but how are you gonna reach them?” “Duh, that vine behind me.” A run and jump lands Pinkie on the vine to then swing in a circular motion. With accurate force and velocity, Pinkie is able to gain height to nab all the Star Bits. When it’s done so, she jumps off the vine to land on the next island over where Fluttershy meets her up. “That stunt you did looks incredible. I don’t think I can ever do that.” “I get that a lot, actually. No one can roll a log on four hooves but me.” Two crates are featured on the island they’re standing on. One contain 2 Star Bits and the other contains a gold bit. The coach of the penguins is on a dock that’s facing the opposite side of the main shore and Pinkie and Fluttershy steps forward to talk to him. “Pink pony, I’m surprised to see you again.” “You met him before?” “Yep, we met in Loopdeeloop Galaxy. What’s up Mr. Coach penguin?” “Actually, we have sort of an issue here. The students are distracted by 5 yellow sparklies.” “5 yellow sparklies? Where are they?” “They’re underwater. If you want to gather them, you’ll have to swim for it.” “Don’t we get any diving equipment to swim?” “Don’t you remember, Fluttershy? Twilight casted a breathing spell on us, so all we need are these goggles to protect our corneas from chlorine.” Pinkie conveniently brought convenient swimming goggles. Who knows where she got them from? Pinkie gave one to Fluttershy and kept one for her possession. “So all we need to do is collect 5 star chips. If we collect all 5, a launch star will appear.” “That’s right. Let’s get splashing! Cannonball!” Pinkie and Fluttershy descend under the sea to begin the search for 5 launch star pieces. “Can we talk without drowning?” “Well, you’re not choking on salt water, so I guess we’re free to speak.” A few Star Bits are found under the island they were on and Pinkie gets to collect them first. They first caught their eyes on a clam shell with eyes on the seabed, it contains a star chip that they need. Pinkie and Fluttershy swim towards the clam. As it opens, Pinkie is fast enough to grab the chip, but isn’t able to escape being encased in the shell. As soon as Fluttershy sees her friend in a predicament, she becomes irritated at the clam that she proceeds to use the stare. “Clampy! How dare you shut your mouth on my friend!” She aggresively directs her retinas at the clam’s. Although no expression is shown, enemies do have emotions. The clam immediately opens up upon Fluttershy’s special move and out comes confetti, streamers and the pink pony. The sudden party scared Fluttershy in surprise. “You did it, Fluttershy! You saved me using the stare!” “Oh. Pinkie, you scared me.” “Sorry, Flutters. I just had to conglaturate you.” Now that Pinkie’s free, she can collect a nearby bit on a fallen stone underwater pillar before going around a submerged leafless tree where she found 4 Star Bits resting on a stone pillar and another star chip lying against a Gringill’s den. Big brown eels with big jaws made to masticate on their prey in their way, almost alike the quarry eels at the Ghastly Gorge back in Equestria. “Oh my. S-Stella told us about the e-enemies we’d face in our j-journey, including G-Gringills, if that’s the name. I d-didn’t think they were that… b-big and t-terrifying.” Said Fluttershy, scared of a hostile eel with a massive mouth size. “No kidding. But dangerous or not, we still have to grab that star chip, we can’t move on without it.” Pinkie swims to the chip to collect it, getting dangerously close to the eel’s emerging distance. After that, Pinkie and Fluttershy swims up and over a stone wall to continue with finding launch star pieces. Pinkie finds a small handful of collectables while doing so. Two of the star fragments are found in bubbles and one is found in a crate. With all 5 star chips are in the ponies’ possession, the pieces merge into a launch star on the ocean floor. “I can’t leave behind those Star Bits and gold bits up there.” Pinkie said pointing to the collectibles on the sandbar. Knowing how much the party pony loves sweets and how much anypony wants to be rich, Fluttershy rolls her eyes and lets Pinkie grab the remaining gold bits and Star Bits. “Alright, go ahead, Pinkie.” As Pinkie gathers all the treasures, she also notices that she missed a crate on an island and so of course she goes to break it for 3 Star Bits to bring her Star Bit counter to 1000 exactly before finally meeting up with Fluttershy to use the launch star. The launcher in the sea sends the ponies flying out of the sea and onto the higher grass area of the planet. Where a Piranha Plant awaits them. “So that is called a Piranha Plant, looks like a normal carnivorous plant.” “Yeah, and they’re as easy to defeat as a Shadowbolt.” Pinkie easily spin attacks the plant and earns 3 Star Bits upon its defeat. Then, her Pinkie Sense starts to vibrate and point below the grassy cliff. Pinkie sees that there’s a green pipe below the waterfall. “What are you sensing Pinkie?” “I think there’s something in that pipe in the water.” “But how will you get back here once you’ve taken all of the contents in the pipe?” “The launch star is still in the sea. Wait here.” So Pinkie jumps down from the grassy cliff to the stone pool and dives down the pipe to enter a new area. This area consists of a wall with brick blocks and a question mark bit on the corner. “Hmm, I’m getting the feeling that I don’t wanna break the bricks when I grab the big bit, but I don’t know why.” Using her palette of movement, she amazingly maneuvers around the bricks to not break them with her head; apparently her head is capable of breaking a block of bricks. She reaches the question mark bit to grab the bit and upon its collection, all the bricks in the area turn into Star Bits. “Yay! It’s raining meteors!” After that, Pinkie leaves the area via the pipe and raced to the launch star under the sea of the planet to get launched and meet up with Fluttershy who obeyed staying there. “Sorry I took so long. I just couldn’t leave anything behind.” “Hey, it’s alright. I’ll always wait for you, Pinkie.” “Do you insist? Do you promise?” “I insist. I promise.” “Well, good, thank you. That’s all I needed to hear.” Pinkie and Fluttershy have to go around the island to go from the left side of the island to the right side of the island. On the path, they first see a question mark bit above their heads and a Wiggler after the bit. “Oh. Hello, Wiggler. Stella called it a wiggler, right?” “Yes, it’s a wiggler, but be careful of it.” “Why?” “Because it can get mad very easily. And when it gets mad, it can attack you just by charging into you.” “Well, you said it can get mad easily, so I’m just gonna leave it alone I guess.” “Probably for the best. Now what’s gonna happen when I grab the big bit?” As Pinkie grabs the coin from the air, a trail colorful music notes appears. “If we collect all the notes, something good will happen.” As Pinkie and Fluttershy follows and gathers the notes around the planet, Pinkie also spin attacks three more Piranha Plants in the way and a little bit of the ‘Find a Pet’ song is played until the last note is collected. The ‘Find a Pet’ song was sung by Fluttershy when she tried to find a pet for Rainbow Dash, which turned out to be Tank the turtle. “That song just gave me a flashback. I remembered when Rainbow chose a turtle.” “A pet that hibernates every 3 months per year. And when Rainbow learns about this, she’s not gonna approve until you have to make her cry in bed to convince her to let him hibernate and several weeks later a demon foal comes to ruin her day and…” “What? Me? Make Rainbow cry? Demon foal? Pinkie, what are you talking about?” “Nothing. Ignore it, please. Oh look, Star Bits appeared in the lake.” With Fluttershy being confused as to what Pinkie just spoke about, she swims to collect them before joining the pegasus in front of a blue exclamation mark button. “Have you seen one of these switches before, Pinkie?” “Nope, I’ve only met other switches. These are completely knew to me.” Nonetheless, she hoof-stomped the button down with force to make wooden platforms that lead to a higher ground appear, but along with the platforms, the sound of a ticking timer also appears. “I hear tick-tocking. What do you think it means, Fluttershy?” “Perhaps…these platforms only appear for a limited time?” “Then we have to move!” Pinkie and Fluttershy race the timer to get onto the higher grassy ledge before it expires. They have to go to the other side of the island, while Pinkie grabs a coin from the top of a rock on the run, to climb the wooden structure. A gap on the bridge also has to be cleared before the ponies reach grass, where another blue button awaits them. “So I guess these buttons make and affect timed obstacles. Interesting.” “Hello, little penguin friend. What are you doing up here?” “Hey, do you know how to wall jump?” “I know how to wall jump.” “I don’t. How do you wall jump?” “Basically, it’s when you jump side to side up parallel walls, but if that’s too hard, you can just fly up the wall.” “Oh, but I wanna watch how it works first.” “Alright. I guess this switch makes a time-limited wall jumping obstacle?” Hoof-stomping the button gives Pinkie an obstacle made for wall jumping around 3 gold coins. The pink pony demonstrates wall jumping to Fluttershy, sliding on a wall before dashing off it to pass the opposite wall and then to keep dashing off walls until she reaches the top where the Power Star in a crystal is in sight. “The Power Star’s up here, Fluttershy. Come on up so that we can grab it together.” When Fluttershy sees the stunt, it looked easy to her and so her first instinct is to try the parkour move. Wall jumps are not easy to do for a normal pony, in fact, nopony has ever wall jumped in their entire normal lives, so Fluttershy tries to no avail as she keeps sliding off the first wall, unable to make even the first wall jump before the timer expires. Pinkie notices to inform her that they need to move on. “Fluttershy, it’s nice of you to try, but we have to move on. Just fly up here so that we can collect the star together, okay? One day, you’ll become a parkour master, but you’ll probably won’t, because your whole life purpose is to take care of animals.” Now, that wasn’t an insult, Pinkie wouldn’t try to discredit her. She explained Fluttershy’s personality, but to her, she felt offended about won’t become a parkour pro as she flies to Pinkie. “Hey, didn’t you see me jump the gap on the bridge?” “Well, of course, I did. Why did you ask?” “Why? Because I just felt insulted by you.” “Insulted? When? How?” “You said that I probably won’t be a parkour master.” “Fluttershy, you’re taking my words in a manner too literal. Just because I said you won’t be a professional jumper, it doesn’t mean you can’t do parkour.” “You didn’t say that before, so I’ll just assume that you’ve officially insulted me.” “But I…” “You said you wanted to move on, let’s move on.” Fluttershy shouted at Pinkie’s face, she didn’t even get a chance to calm her down. Actually, she doesn’t even want to calm her down now, like how Twilight was when Pinkie displayed depression in front of her, only Fluttershy displayed straight-up anger. But they have to continue their journey, so it looks like Pinkie’s gonna have to live with offended Fluttershy for now. Pinkie spin attacks the crystal with the Power Star to free it. “It’s so beautiful.” Fluttershy would say, “Our first Power Star together.” Pinkie would say, but nopony’s in the mood to celebrate. Although they are able to touch the star and do a victory dance, no woohoos or hoorays come out mouthing in the process of flying out of the galaxy and reaching the Comet Observatory Pinkie and Fluttershy come back to Princess Stella’s space station without smiles. The pink pony worries about the pegasus who was offended by nothing. Rarity is in the Kitchen, she was waiting for the two so that she’d ask how was adventure. Her wish is granted, almost. “So how did it go on your first adventure Fluttershy?” Here comes sarcasm. “Oh, it was kinda relaxing and fun. I saw penguins, I was at a beach-themed galaxy, I was insulted by Pinkie.” “She what?” “I didn’t! Really, I swear!” “You’re refusing to admit, but you did say I won’t be a pro jumper.” “You’re just taking my words like there’s no second definition. You’re being inconsistent.” “Now you’re calling me inconsistent?!” It seems like the more Pinkie talks, the stronger Fluttershy’s anger becomes. Everything Pinkie said is 100% true, yet Fluttershy’s not buying it until the pink pony can’t take it anymore. So meaningful words aren’t gonna cut it, but perhaps sacrificial actions will. “Fluttershy, darling, have mercy for her, please. Whatever Pinkie said to you, I’m sure it’s just a misunderstanding, right, Pinkie? Pinkie?” Pinkie, feeling defeated by Fluttershy and without responding, digs through her mane to pull out the luma that gave her the ability to spin and travel through space and give it to Fluttershy. “Go alone without me, Fluttershy.” “What?!” “Take my power of travelling through space and go to Beach Bowl without me.” “No, Pinkie. You need to go, everypony’s counting on you.” “Sorry, Fluttershy, but we need to collect more stars and I’m currently not in the mood right now.” “But…Pinkie, I-I’m so-“ “I know you are, but the damage is done. Don’t worry about me, I’ll recover by your return.” Fluttershy still wants to convince Pinkie to come with her, but she’s already made a bridge too far that’s too late to take down for now. They also have to find more Power Stars, less lingering more scavenging, but without Pinkie in the mood, Fluttershy will have to go alone. “Oh, I almost forgot your goggles.” Pinkie said while slowly presenting Fluttershy her goggles. She uncomfortably stashes the luma in her mane, slowly takes the goggles off Pinkie’s hoof and murmured “Pull…” at the pull star above her head to be pulled towards it. She looks back at the ponies below when she’s up there. While Rarity looks at her worringly, Pinkie’s back is turned to face Fluttershy, not wanting to look at her until she returns from Beach Bowl. She sighs as she turns to face the galaxy. “Time to go… by myself.” The launch star appeared on Fluttershy to fly her to Beach Bowl without Pinkie. Passing the Swim Test Fluttershy goes soaring through the sky to land on the same starting island in Beach Bowl Galaxy. When she lands, she afterwards looks directly at the direction of the Comet Observatory thinking about her friend Pinkie Pie. Then, she pulls out the luma in her mane to hold it in her hooves and talk to it. “She’s right, luma, how could I become so inconsistent? I took Pinkie’s words in one perspective but not the other. She didn’t insult me, she couldn’t even try to and even she did, then she would’ve said that it was an accident.” “Pinkie did nothing wrong, she didn’t break morality. The anger’s got the best of you until she cracks. At the moment that you’ve really shouted at her, she couldn’t take it anymore. There was no hope for words and her sanity is damaged, thus she finds the journey uneasy without some time of recovery and thus she bestowed this mission’s star to you.” “It’s all my fault. Why did I shout at Pinkie? I was angry at her when there’s nothing to be mad about, I just presumed that it was. I have to apologize to her when I get back, but I need to collect a Power Star for now.” Fluttershy tucks the luma into her mane before she exhales deeply and ventures off. First things first, the pegasus listens to a penguin’s dialogue. “Now taking applications for the Beach Bowl Swim School’s final swim test!” “Final swim test?” “If you wanna take it, talk to our coach over there.” “Take it? I don’t know about-“ “Hey, I heard that the prize will be a gold star.” “A gold star? Oh, you mean a Power Star. So I have take the test in order to get closer to it. Thanks for the information, little friend.” Knowing what to do, Fluttershy safely races to the coach who hasn’t left his spot since the last mission. She goes up to him and attempts to register for the test. “Hello there, weren’t you with that pink pony before? Hopefully nothing severe has happened that concludes the absence of that ray surfer in the past.” “I…I don’t wish to explain, if you don’t mind. I would like to register for this swim test.” “Really? I mean, I did see you in the water, but are you really up for the test?” “I have to sign up, I have neither a choice nor another place to go.” “Well, if that’s so, why wouldn’t we approve? You are the pink pony’s friend after all.” “Thank you. So what’s the test about?” “In this test, you must collect shells in the ocean. Fun fact, swimming with the shell can be fun. If you bring me the gold shell, it’s an automatic A for you.” “What if I got an A?” “You’ll get this gold star as the prize. Not giving it away to anyone but the winner.” “Okay, I accept the challenge.” Fluttershy prepares her goggles before plunging into the sea. She needs to find a gold shell. Scanning the ocean floor, not much luck is present as there seems to be no glistening shell in sight. All she can find that’s under the sea are rocks, sand and seaweed. There’s also the clam from earlier, but Fluttershy doubts it would bring her closer to the prize. “I can’t even find one measly shell. I’m beginning to conclude there are no shells in the ocean. Maybe the they’re at the surface, or maybe somepony else already found them.” As she processes through her brain about why no shells are present, it turns out that her assumption is false as penguins swim over her with the leading penguin holding the gold shell. Looks like the other penguins are giving chase. “Hey, I need that shell!” Fluttershy starts joining the flock to catch up on the penguin at the front. She sees that her breaststrokes aren’t gonna cut it, she swims at the speed of the penguins who aren’t in a good position to catch the supposed winner. During the chase, the luma from behind Fluttershy’s mane mentions a little tip into her ear. “Try spinning underwater.” “Spinning? Like this?” Fluttershy propells her hooves using the magic from the luma to successfully do Pinkie’s official spin move. Doing so, believe it or not, transforms her torque into thrust, thus, she’s given a little boost forward and a closer distance between her and the shell. Amazed by the thrust, Fluttershy literally keeps on spinning to get closer and closer to the gold shell and sometimes slowing down to curve around corners. When she’s near the penguin with the shell, as she spins, the special move attracts it into Fluttershy’s hooves. Basically, she stole from a penguin. “Aw, that was going to be my win.” “Sorry for stealing, but I have to be the winner.” With the glimmering shell of winning in her hooves, she rides it to the surface and swims to retrieve the shell to the big penguin coach on the dock. “I found the gold shell, Mr. Coach.” “Woah, really? Incredible! I honestly didn’t expect that you’d be able to find it!” “Well, it just went over my head. Do I get the prize for this?” “Why, of course. An automatic A for you. Take this gold star. You should tell your pink friend about your victory when you encounter her.” The coach penguin said as he presents Fluttershy the Power Star while it floats to the center of the island. So she swims towards the shore of the island while, when he mentions about Pinkie Pie, fueling up conflicting emotions between being mad about herself and feeling bad for Pinkie. “Pinkie, I hope that you’ve recovered. If you don’t, I’ll recover you.” That’s her wish, to start over and repay her faults. While she prays for Pinkie’s recovery, Fluttershy lays her hoof on the sparkling space station fuel source and partially celebrates with it. Fluttershy flies out of the galaxy with the star and to the direction of the Comet Observatory to apply more joules that increases its fuel gauge and get back to Pinkie who one might assume is still in the Kitchen with Rarity sitting next to and heartening her. Pinkie Pie is still featured in the Kitchen and is accompanied by Rarity, who was soothing her, and Rainbow Dash, who has just entered the dome to see the pink pony and was described to her why she’s not in the zone. “I’m positive that by the time Fluttershy returns, she’s been recalling her mistake and is ready to submit her apology, and a hard one at best.” “Still, I shouldn’t have left her alone. What if she needs help? What if she’s in danger? Why should I be the one responsible for leaving her unaccompanied? I should’ve been able to go with her when I can.” “Hey, I’m sure Fluttershy will be fine. As a bearer of an element of harmony, she had to stay alive. Besides, the galaxy is beach-themed with a lot of happy penguins, she should be safe there.” “You’re right. I shouldn’t overexaggerate, but if she doesn’t come back, blame me.” At that moment, the yellow pegasus comes down from the sky and arrives in the Kitchen dome. Pinkie Pie is in her view along with some other mares that she doesn’t care about at the moment, all that she cares about at the moment is Pinkie Pie. As the Pinkie’s line of sight meets Fluttershy, she begins to step up towards her mare of kindness. With a face-to-face setup, Pinkie begins to speak. “Fluttershy, look, I apolo…” But then, she got cut off by the embrace and tears of the pegasus. Sobs leaking out as Ms. Animal caretaker talks through her sniffs. “No, I should be apologizing. I’m sorry for being mad at you for no reason, Pinkie. I was inconsistent, taking your words as an insult rather than a fact. I’m responsible, I’ll do anything to counteract this.” “You don’t need to. Your apology is accepted and the damage is mended. Besides, I sorta lied.” “What? You lied?” “I mean, yes, you did shout at me and I felt the damage, but evidently not enough that I couldn’t progress. In other words, I’m sorry for abandoning the journey to you.” “I forgive you, Pinkie. Do you think we should start over?” “Agreed.” Friendship confirmed, meaning that Pinkie and Fluttershy get to share the journey and thus, go accompanied. “See, Pinkie? I knew everything is gonna be alright. No need for overexaggeration.” “Yeah, I guess it is. Come on, Fluttershy, it’s expedition time.” “Oh, I forgot to give you the luma.” Fluttershy unearths the power of space travelling out of her mane and passes it to Pinkie. Upon the luma’s ownership, the two ponies prepare themselves for more venturing. “Good luck and don’t be negative to each other, darlings.” “We won’t, we’ll never. I’ll refute the anger emotion and save it for my enemies and not my friends.” “Pinkie promise that you’ll keep that claim.” “I cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” Feeling satisfied that negative expressions won’t leak, ‘pull’ is the next neutral word to leak. “Pull.” The pull star above lifts Pinkie and Fluttershy to the ceiling and aligns their eyesight at Beach Bowl. It’s about time that these two ponies will advance the odyssey together beneficially. “It’s good to have the same old kind and caring Fluttershy, you know? Let’s avoid breaking this friendship from now on.” “Of course, Pinkie. Let’s go.” “Um, you’re not speaking my language. Let’s-a-go!” The launch star appears around Pinkie and Fluttershy to launch both to Beach Bowl Galaxy. The Secret Undersea Cavern Arrived. Laughter and kindness landed on one of the archipelago’s water-encircling islands that’s sitting in a third-time repetitive styled arrangement in Beach Bowl. “Welcome back to the galaxy, Pinkie. It feels better with you around.” “Thanks for your acknowledgement. The aroma of chlorine from the ocean hasn’t reached out to me since the collecting the first star.” “So what do you suppose are the order of events for collecting the third star?” “Well, first things first, let’s have a word with coach.” Pinkie and Fluttershy vault from isle to isle and approaching the island featuring the native penguins’ coach. There’s also a flock of them inhabiting the area. “Hello, Mr. Coach. Say, you didn’t see me when you see my friend, did you?” “No, I didn’t. It’s a shame that you’re late and your friend had to take over the last swimming test. I’d say that’s too bad.” “You took a swimming test? What was it like? What did you do?” “Oh, I had to find a gold shell to get the gold star.” “That’s it? Eh, I wouldn’t call it a ‘too bad’ moment.” “Well, if you say so. So what brings you two in front of this dialogue?” The coach doesn’t know what a Power Star is; he refers them as being prizes rather than a couple of joules. Due to this condition that Pinkie and Fluttershy always notice from the start, they decided to stick with it. “Has anything unusual happened lately?” “No, nothing of the sort. I mean, there was an imprint on the rock wall of the ocean floor, the area looked like it’d shatter with a shell shot. However, I wouldn’t recommend, since it’s part of the environment after all.” “Okay, so we’re not supposed destroy the rock wall in the ocean?” But Pinkie finds it odd for him to mention an oddly specific detail about a rocky wall. “Yeah… Um, I think I’m end this conversation.” “Suit yourself.” Pinkie backs away from the coach along with Fluttershy so that she can explain her claim to the pegasus without the big penguin interfering. “To be honest, I believe that progress is hinting that brittle spot is the way to go.” “Wait, are you implying that we have to disobey his request? But we don’t wanna wish to dissapoint him, do we?” “I don’t suppose that you have any idea on how being dutiful is gonna help us taking hoofsteps forward to reach our star, do you?” “I… don’t have a clue, but are you sure you wanna contravene against his bidding?” “Look, what’s more important? Saving the environment or save the entire universe? One has more lives than the other.” “Hmm… I guess Stella did say the universe is in our hands. Okay, I get your point.” “Great. You have your goggles, right? We’re gonna go diving down again.” “Of course, I do. Had them since second mission.” “Well, put them on and let’s descend.” Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy pludge from the dock into the ocean with the swimming goggles shielding their eyes from dehydrating. The odd marking that the penguin mentioned seemed to be right behind them when they’re facing away from the harbour. All they need is a shell to hurl at it. “Pinkie, there’s a shell on that rock.” “That green shell? Hmm, I believe I’ve done this before back at Battlerock Galaxy.” “Really? So you know how to use it?” “Yep, just watch me.” So Pinkie swims towards the shell on the rock, picks it up on her hooves and rides it to the rock wall preparing target. Once aimed, using her spin move, she smashed the area by flinging the shell at it, revealing a hidden cave. “See? I told you we’re supposed to do this.” “I still don’t like the idea of misfollowing a demand though.” “Just try to think more about the universe than following orders. I’m pretty sure some of us were presented bad outcomes when the latter option is chosen.” “Such as…?” “You following Iron Will’s advice a little too far results in your hostility.” Pinkie replied as the mares surfaced out of the water inside the cavern. “Oh, yes, that’s a good example. I don’t like how you brought it up though.” “Sorry, it was just an unforgettable connection.” “I understand. Okay, I’m focusing on saving the cosmos.” “That’s the spirit that I like to see.” In the hidden cave, there features two torches setting the area alight. There were also a good number of crates that Pinkie likes to break via her spin move. While she’s searching the crates, a single vampire fruit bat attempts to swoop down antagonistically onto the ponies’ heads. Luckily, Fluttershy is there to preserve her from its canines puncture. More specifically, she pushed Pinkie out of the way. “Look out!” The bat missed its attempt for a pony’s defeat. “Was that a vampire fruit bat? I thought they eat apples and not ponies.” “I guess they’re sent by King Sombra. I mean, I thought Equestria is the only world to exist those bats.” Fluttershy replies as Pinkie spin attacks the incoming bat. “Exactly and it’s definitely the king of shadows that exported chiroptera suborder megachiroptera into this cave.” The crates in the cave either contains Star Bits or a single gold bit. There’s also one crate that surprises Ms. Party pony by producing a Shadowbolt that tackles her upon the breakage of the box. “Ha! Expecting a prize?” “Ah! Get off! You’re a horrible gift!” “Oh, then I’ll bestow upon you a knockout.” The Shadowbolt is pinning Pinkie’s hooves invalidating her ability to spin. With his hoof over her face made for pummeling, it looks like the journey is about to- oh wait, here comes Fluttershy defending her friend by being a straight-up destructive predator to the Shadowbolt. “Get off my friend, Shadowbolt! You should be deserving this!” Hooves as fists set to ambush her enemy violently until he poofs into Star Bits. Fluttershy turns to Pinkie on the cave floor with a wide-eyed expression plastered on her face. The pegasus approaches her friend to get her on four hooves, but… “Heh heh. No offense, but I don’t wanna be near your fists anymore. Since when did you learn to be offensive?” “I fought a bear once. Sorry that I scared you.” “That’s okay, but how about if you fight without rage? Can you do that?” “I think I can do that. Now, let’s move on.” There’s a fence in the way and the opening of it is blocked by more boxes, so Pinkie has to break them to progress. Those boxes also has Star Bits and bits in them. Once through the gate, two vampire fruit bats are summoned as an enemy for Pinkie and Fluttershy. The pink pony defeats them easily by spin attacking. The middle of the area features a stump. Odd. “What’s this stump doing here?” “Good question, but I don’t have an immediate answer.” “Well, does it look like anything you’ve interacted with in previous galaxies?” “Hmm, I wonder…” Pinkie had a thought, it looks like something that could be stomped on. Giving it a shot, she stands on the stump, jumps in the air and thrusts with some pounds of force to effect the stump. The impact sinks the stump into the rocks below it. Water appears to be starting to leak out from the ground and at the same time, a launch star appears above the stump. Seeing the water beneath the ponies is about to erupt, Pinkie Pie immediately warns. “Quick, get on the launch star.” They rush to get on the launch star to zoom to another planet simply named Cyclone Stone. “That was my bad. I’ve just set off a geyser on the grassy part of the main planet of this galaxy.” “But who doesn’t love geysers?” It takes a few seconds of pondering to get a response from the party pony. “Yeah, you have a point. So I added something to the environment by breaking something from the environment. You see the benefit?” “Actually, I think most of life’s biology has a benefit from being destroyed. Bushfires for example.” “I believe that’s true. Anyway, let’s see what this planet has in store for us.” This planet seems to be a stone-based obstacle course. Pinkie and Fluttershy starts moving along the fenceless path, falling off at any point would lead to a lethal black hole that’s currently beneath them. The path then takes a left where a single Star Bit is present on a stone slab and a lonely Shadowbolt was hanging out with a Thwomp. “I swear that I’ll thwart you two before this creature thwarts you.” “Oh, I’ll warn you once: don’t even test me.” The Shadowbolt attempts to run straight at Pinkie as a definition of tackle. She defeats the enemy swiftly by spin attacking and earning the dropped Star Bits. Now they turn to the Thwomp that seems to be fearing Fluttershy because of how massive it is. “Th-that’s called a Th-thwomp, i-isn’t it?” “Yep, that sentient rock creature has a crushing commotion. It’s only weakness is an invincibility necklace that we don’t have right now.” “S-so we can’t d-defeat him?” “No, but we can pass under him at the right time.” When the Thwomp arises, that’s the open window to pass without getting smooshed. Up next is more slabs to go around before encountering what’s known as a Tox Box shaking the ground as it moves. “What is that?” “I believe Princess Stella said it’s a Tox Box. They’re stone-textured box-shaped creatures with faces carved on all sides, a head on the top and an empty hole on the bottom. Like the Thwomps, they attack by rolling over you and they’re only vulnerable to the rainbow necklace. You can avoid being a pancake by standing wherever its hole is gonna tilt on.” “So in summary, Tox Boxes are enemies like Thwomps and you avoid being flattened by being under his hole.” A single Star Bit on the ground indicates where the Tox Box rests its hole at, the ponies know this by a preview of the enemy’s route of movement. When the path is clear, Pinkie and Fluttershy moves to the stone tile inhabited by the Star Bit, that way, the Tox Box won’t have a chance to turn them flat. As the hole in the box lands over the mares, Fluttershy produces an “Eep!” due to the vibration produced and the lack of illumination before it lifts from the ground revealing the path forward and to the right. Then Pinkie and Fluttershy immediately follow the path before the enemy collapses on them. They encounter a big gap with stationary triangles and moving platforms. “Be careful, Fluttershy. You don’t wanna fall in the gaps.” “I won’t even try to.” The two mares set hoof on the first row of stone platforms that’s, on their perspective, moving counter-clockwise, approaching a line of Star Bits. “Forgive me while I collect them.” Pinkie, of course, had to collect them all when the opportunity comes around, leaving Fluttershy a couple of meters apart from one another, but they’re still going in the right direction. Afterwards, they have to dodge in-motion slabs that may push them off the platforms before seeing 3 more Star Bits. Some are collected by Fluttershy since they’re nearly at the main road. Once Pinkie and Fluttershy are both on solid ground, a Tox Box passes by them going left, frightening Fluttershy a little bit. “Those f-faces carved on h-him scare me.” “No kidding, almost twice the size of us ponies, no smiles and big teeth. If we follow him, we should be able to avoid getting crushed.” And that’s what they did, being on each tile each time the box tilts. Shortly, Pinkie and Fluttershy take an exit to then reach another Tox Box’s rolling route where they have to stand under its hole. When the path forward is revealed, they advance. Taking their left and then a right to what looks like a safe zone, meaning the Tox Boxes in the front and behind won’t pose threat. When the enemy in front clears the way, Pinkie and Fluttershy follow the Tox Box one stone tile at a time until they found the square the hole always rests on. Once cleared, a question mark block awaits them. “It’s my first time seeing one of these. Could you provide me with details, Pinkie?” “It’s very simple to explain, actually. Basically, these blocks can contain either bits or Star Bits and we can empty them by banging our heads repeatedly on it.” “That’s… not very safe. Unless it’s you, Pinkie, one can get a severe headache just by hitting heads on these blocks.” “Hmm, I dunno. Now I’m starting to question if they did use their heads.” “Um, who’s they?” “No one you know. Dismiss this conversation, please. Let’s empty this thing.” Leaving Fluttershy in silence by a mysterious somepony, Pinkie uses her head to vacate the 10 Star Bits inside. Then, the mares continue on the road that was occupied by another Tox Box that they have to stand under its hole another time. They advance when light reaches their eyes. Shortly, Pinkie and Fluttershy take their right and then they exit on their left where they go up and over a slab to encounter their last enemy, a Thwomp. They can see the Power Star in a crystal just past it. “Look, there’s our Power Star behind the Thwomp.” “Thank goodness, we just have to run under him and then we’re home free.” For the last time, Pinkie and Fluttershy take their time until the sentient head of rock ascends, clearing the path to victory that they run through in time before the enemy descends instantaneously. The star in a crystal cage is right in front of the ponies’ eyes. Two spin moves from the pink pony is what’s enough to release it. “Let’s collect it together, Flutters, properly this time.” “Of course, Pinkie. Don’t mess it up now.” “Why would we? I asked rhetorically. Here we go.” Pinkie and Fluttershy hold the Power Star with one hoof from each mare contacting it at the same time. Together, the two mares celebrated their success joyfully and with no negatives whatsoever. Looks like their claims are kept. With the Power Star in hooves, they can now soar back to the Comet Observatory where they can rest their heads due to the enervating search for stars in this galaxy. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy return to the space station’s Kitchen and the Power Star is stored safely for its fuel. Nopony is in the dome to welcome them back though, not that it matters to matter. “Well, since there’s nopony to greet us here, I’ll take over. Welcome back to the Comet Observatory, Fluttershy, I hope you had a wonderful time at the beach.” Fluttershy smiles and laughs at the pony of laughter as she reacts to her friend’s comedic fill-in. “I have, Pinkie. But unfortunately, it looks like we have to abandon the galaxy altogether.” “Yeah, we’re gonna miss Beach Bowl. I mean, who knows when we’ll return here again?” “Do you think the penguins will reappear in our eyes?” “Our eyes? Maybe. My eyes? More likely. We’ll see. Anyway, I’m worn out from venturing. What about you?” “Yeah, I’m pretty tired too. Let’s meet up with our friends and get some rest.” So Pinkie and Fluttershy leave the Kitchen and descend the gyrating stairs to the floor below. Then taking a short stroll to the red floor texture featuring red comfortable couches featuring Rarity, Applejack, the CMC and Spike. “Is anypony gonna greet us?” “Well, welcome back, Sugarcube.” “I hope you didn’t become frenemies again, for I would be very dissapointed.” “Don’t worry, I kept my claim, we stayed positive.” “Hey, I know that Twilight’s in the library, but where’s Dashie?” “In the library with Twilight, she invited her to read Daring Do books.” “Oh right, her favourite type of books. Anyway, we’re gonna sit with you guys for a few minutes before continuing the journey.” “Alright, darlings. You two can sit beside me.” “Meanwhile, let’s talk about what it’s like in that galaxy, ah heard it was beach-themed, isn’t it?” “Oh, yes. Where do we start?” That concludes their adventure in Beach Bowl Galaxy. Pinkie and Fluttershy agree and manage to forget all the bad things that happen. With all the stars available in the galaxy collect, the next galaxy awaits them. Little does the Mane 6 know that an old friend also awaits them in that galaxy. Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 1117 Coins: 301 Stars: 24 Some of you users may notice a reference and may question me. Yes, I watched The Heart’s Shell by Musescript. Also, yes, I had to make Fluttershy be salty to Pinkie. It’s what I could do to make Super Mario Galaxy an actual story and not just “Hey, I made a crossover story.” Ghostly GalaxyPinkie and Fluttershy just finished discussing their vacation at the beach galaxy. Every single aspect experienced has been submitted to Rarity and Applejack’s image. Some of it was heard by Twilight since she returned from the library and Rainbow was still sunk in the Daring Do books as she would skim through the entire collection. “So you were angry at Pinkie just because you thought she offended you. Is that correct?” “Very harsh. Pinkie wasn’t able to advance as a result, I was forced to go without her.” “But didn’t you lie about that, Pinkie? If you’re still partially active, then you shouldn’t stay behind.” “I was partially active; meaning something is pulling me to not progress even if some of me tells me to. That something, such as being vitiated by Fluttershy.” “In the end, you two made up and proceeded to adventure while shielding each other’s backs.” “I cross my heart, that it won’t happen again. This is a word from me to you, Pinkie.” “Promise acknowledged. Anyway, I guess it’s time to reach our next galaxy.” Pinkie announced as she alighted from the couches and the Cutie Mark Crusaders approached the group. “Can we go too?” “Yeah, we’re kinda bored just sitting here. We want to be more active than just playing around the garage.” “Why, of course. Just stay away from danger while you’re there.” “Thanks, sis. We’ll be back before you know it.” Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo ran to their UFO while Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy headed for the Kitchen. “I guess I can tell you the next galaxy to discover now.” “Then tell us. We don’t have a clue what’s in store unless the name clearly emphasizes its features.” “The name of this galaxy is called Ghostly Galaxy.” Fluttershy’s nerves immediately got to her. To her, it sounds unpleasant. “S-sorry, did I misheard you? D-did you say g-ghostly?” “That’s definitely the name.” The most scaredy-cat in all of Equestria unveiled her well-known emotion. Pinkie noticed to try and console her. “I-it sounds like s-something I should b-be afraid of. G-ghosts are beings that I don’t w-wish to see. Why did I d-decide to join you?” “Hey, hey, hey. No need to tremble. If you got scared, I got your back.” “B-but what if they snuck upon us? I can’t imagine being attacked or captured by those ghosts.” “You don’t have to because it won’t happen. Be brave and face your fears. Don’t even think about them and keep your pride on.” “How do you know it won’t happen?” “I have confidence. Come on, Fluttershy. If you come, I promise that the next Nightmare Night won’t be fearful.” The pegasus had to say yes or Pinkie won’t advance, but she can be sure the pink pony is trying hard to be convincing. “Alright, Pinkie, if you say so.” “That’s what I like to hear. We should be able to view it once we say…” “Pull.” Pinkie and Fluttershy mouthed together for the pull star to lift them in their optical axis. Ghostly Galaxy is within it. “Looking at the thumbnail, it seemed to feature a manor.” “One of the few reasons why I don’t wanna arrive there.” “Relax, Fluttershy. If you overreact, we might not go adventuring and dismiss the entire evening of our voyage.” “Oh no. I…I don’t want your journey on hiatus again. Fine, Pinkie, I’ll try to relax.” With Fluttershy’s overreaction settled, Pinkie signalled to display a launch star on both. They rocketed into the starry skies and travelled towards the galaxy. Trixie and the Haunted Mansion The features became clear and visible to the two ponies’ eyes. Pinkie and Fluttershy made their entrance by landing on the CMC’s spaceship with Apple Bloom occupying it. “Hi, Apple Bloom. What are you doing here all alone?” “Hey, Pinkie. Ah was just waitin’ for your presence. Ah saw a launch star with no ground around it, so ah parked here in case you’re meant to use it.” “Um, where’s Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo?” “They went in to explore the manor. Scoots said it’s awesome because it’s scary and she dragged Sweetie to join her.” “Oh no. How long were they gone?” “Not long, it’s only been a minute since I dropped them off.” “Oh, I hope the ghosts haven’t eaten them.” “At least they’ve got company. Anyway, we have to move on.” Pinkie and Fluttershy hopped on top of the UFO to see the launch star, use it and blast off to solid ground. As they arrived, Pinkie’s prediction tool vibrated at something nearby. Supposedly, it pointed her attention at what looked like an ordinary stalagmite. “Vibrations told me there’s something suspicious about this mound.” “Really? Maybe you can spin-attack it.” According to Fluttershy, the pink pony broke the spike with her special move and revealed a necklace with the rainbow gem. “Oh, isn’t that the necklace that makes you invincible?” “Yep, that’s it.” Pinkie scanned the area for its use on enemies. Sure enough, she spotted 3 shadowbolts with new pumpkins on their heads and a spider on a gateway. She also sees 4 star bits on the way. “Fluttershy, do you want to try it on?” “Um, sure. That is if you don’t want it.” “Okay, I want you to take care of those shadowbolts and that spider. I’m also sure that you have time to take down enemies on that bridge to the mansion.” “What will you do?” “I’ll collect the star bits that you’d miss to grab.” “Um, do you think I can do this? What if the power ran out before I defeated whatever’s on the bridge?” “Fluttershy, that is the lamest question to hear after an instruction.” “Why you-“ Fluttershy paused herself before she ruins it, realizing she was about to go havoc. “No, you’re right, I shouldn’t be asking questions like that. Alright, Pinkie. I’ll do it.” “Great, wait for me on the bridge when it’s safe.” Fluttershy grabbed the necklace and put it on her neck. Her appearance changed to flash rainbows. Immediately after that, she began galloping towards the shadowbolts. Upon touching them, they got eliminated and turned into 3 star bits each. Then, she charged directly at the spider as it came down and earned 3 more space rocks. As Pinkie said, there’s enough time to pulverize an enemy on the bridge. Fluttershy rushed across the bridge to investigate this possibly existing enemy. Lo and behold, there’s a Chain Chomp rolling towards her. The image and size of it terrified her as it appeared, so she tried to quickly reflex to a halt. Granted, Fluttershy ran too fast that the stop propelled her at the ball of black iron and destroyed it accidentally for 10 more star bits. It was at this moment that the necklace broke and the effect wore off. Pinkie, who collected the leftover star bits, caught up with Fluttershy while she gained 2 coins from the bridge. “Um, why are you on the floor?” “Th-there was an enemy who planned to c-crush me.” “Did it look like a black sphere with a diameter size of the bridge and a face of sharp teeth?” “Y-yes, exactly. Sometimes I question your hunches.” “Me too. I swear it was all random. Anyway, I guess the door to the mansion is in front of us.” Pinkie and Fluttershy investigated the interior of this spooky house, the yellow mare slightly trembling on the way in. Upon entering, a glowing white shadowbolt appeared out from the floor and laughed maliciously. “Eep! D-don’t hurt us, w-we come in peace.” That didn’t help their situation as the ghost immediately charged at them. Pinkie’s instinct at this is to try and spin-attack the ghost, but that results in dragging the ghost behind Fluttershy. It’s the way of a boo is the malicious guffaw. “Ah! Pinkie, you’re supposed to defeat him!” Fluttershy exclaimed as she and Pinkie ran around the foyer trying to escape the ghost while he chased. “But I did use my special move! He’s invulnerable to it.” “Then find another way, please. Like, how about that switch?” Pinkie saw the lever near the entrance door. She quickly ran to it and flipped it. That activated the light above their heads. “How would that help? It’s just a light.” “Maybe these ghosts are vulnerable to light.” “If you say so.” In the chase, Pinkie and Fluttershy ran under the light to lead the shadowbolt ghost to expose the light to himself. Sure enough, the light vanquished the ghost and it disappeared, dropping a coin to earn. “Well, now we know that light is a ghost’s weakness.” “Great. Hey, why are there statues of Sombra here.” “Did Sombra own this place?” “No, it’s more like taking over this place. Anyway, wait for me at that door, there are crates in the corners.” Pinkie went over to harvest the crates while Flutters climbed up the stairs. However, after they covered the first set of stairs, there’s a painting of a shadowbolt ghost and the focal point of the frame came alive. “Eep! Come down here!” Fluttershy ran down the stairs and led the spectre to the light, eliminating it to drop a key. All that happened and the pink mare watched. She gazed at the key, then the door upstairs and proceeded to explain. “I believe that’s the key to that door. You’re lucky the light is here.” “Tell me about it.” Pinkie already broke one set of boxes, the other one is bound to pry open. Meanwhile, Fluttershy ascended the stairs cautiously to cease possible jumpscares, slotted the key when she was at the door and threw it open. At the same time, Pinkie arose the stairs just to investigate a gold block and empty it for more sweet stars. Then, the mares unite. “Okay, what awaits us through this door, huh?” “I-I see p-ponies in carved p-pumpkins.” “Oh, that’d be a shadowbolt, I believe. So I see no reason for stuttering.” “I-it’s just the p-pumpkins, their c-carved with s-scary faces.” “Fluttershy, I’m pretty sure you saw them on Nightmare Night. You should be used to this.” “They’re still scary for me.” “Eh, never mind. Hey, you! Come face me like a pony. Show me how scary you can be!” The shadowbolts reacted and the one right in front started his attack move by producing homing fire approaching the ponies fast. “Out of the way!” Pinkie warned as both mares dodged the flame while the pegasus squeaked. “Eep!” “Okay, I admit, that was scary and dangerous.” Pinkie had no time to linger, she swiftly charged at the enemy before he produces another scary move to use her own scary move. Fluttershy stood frozen still from the room’s inhabitants. Pinkie decided to continue without her, didn’t want to press her nerves too hard. Soon, she’ll learn to face her fears, she can’t be a coward every October. Ms. Laughter took the ramp on her right to fight more pumpkin heads just for star bits. Their flames were easily predictable and avoidable to never burn her flank. She’s also careful to never set even a string of poofy hair within range of a black hole in the middle of a window frame. After the shadowbolts were down, a moving star chip came from the ceiling and on this wall. “So my objective here is to find 5 star chips. New twist though: the pieces aren’t stationary. I like the challenge.” With Pinkie’s new target discovered, she proceeded. The next ramp leads to the front wall where 2 more launch star pieces are featured, plus a spooky shadowbolt to vanquish easily. The left wall didn’t have anything featured, so the next area to explore is the ceiling. Another of Sombra’s minions existed and was actually smart enough to trigger at Pinkie’s presence. So smart that Pinkie reacted quickly and jumped to dodge. “Woah! You scared the life out of me. You’re smart, but you have to fade away.” Pinkie immediately spun the enemy before he attacks again. “I believe that’s the last of them.” Fluttershy, at the mention of that sentence calmly walked to Pinkie with a frown. “Hey, Fluttershy. What’s up? That upside-down smile I see doesn’t look like somepony frightened of haunted houses.” “It’s just, it didn’t feel right leaving you to take all the experience. Yes, I was fright of this room, but I thought could at least do something useful. Yet, I was scared to come.” “Are you saying that from now on, you’ll take my advice strongly and have the bravery to be useful.” “I’ll do my best. No take-backs.” “Alright, I’ll let you insist. Start by collecting those star chips and I’ll investigate this cracked spot.” Fluttershy did what she was told to do, collecting the last 2 star chips for a launch star to appear on the right window replacing the black hole. The persistent pegasus trotted towards Pinkie wanting to see what she was doing now. “What do you propose this spot of the damaged ceiling to signify?” “Well, I’ve only placed a hoof on it and could feel a little creakage, so I bet a full four-hoof stomp should affect it.” “Do you think there’s anything down there?” “Most likely, hopefully, there’ll be insane riches to collect.” Pinkie rose her forehooves ready to thrust, but before she did, Fluttershy interrupted the action to consider something. “Wait! Um, could you let me do your deed?” “Really? Are you desperate to break the ceiling?” “Please, if there’s something I should be useful for once, it’s doing objectives for you.” “Technically, this is a bonus objective. But you did say please, so go ahead.” Pinkie stood back as Fluttershy walked onto the cracked area. She jumped and thrust down, smashing through the roof and into a room of books, the mare can guess it’s a library. There are sling stars all around the room and a ramp leading to a wall where it featured a lever. Fluttershy decided to examine the lever first. “I wonder what this does?” The pegasus flipped the switch and the effect of it widened her eyes, she couldn’t believe what materialized. Several coins are found scattered along the shelves, aligned in a way that it’s obtainable using the sling stars. “Oh my Celestia! Look at all these bits!” Fluttershy swiftly ran to use the sling stars and collected all of the coins. She then exited out of the hole and returned falling to the floor of the room with the launch star. Pinkie was waiting by the transportation device to hear about the contents Fluttershy got. “So what was in there? Were they star bits? Coins? How much were you able to collect?” “Pinkie, I found approximately 50 coins.” “50?! We’re rich! We’re gonna be the next Filthy Rich by the end of this quest!” “Are you sure? Do you know how much the Rich family had?” “Hmm, I’m not sure exactly. They probably had around a hundred thousand to a million bits, so yeah, scratch my hypothesis, we’ll never hit his wealth. Anyway, end of discussion, let’s get out of here.” Finally, the two mares use the launch star to escape this room. Their next destination is a little balcony on the side of the manor, star bits were being shot out of cannons along the way for Pinkie to collect them. On solid ground, the two ponies saw Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo peeking into the window on their left. “Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo?” “Didn’t your parents ever tell you to never stalk on ponies?” “Okay, first, we lost our parents.” “Second, you won’t believe who we found.” “Who?” “Come up here and show yourself to the best unicorn in the universe!” A familiar voice and a familiar personality. Their eyes widened when this egomaniac unveiled her existence to inspect the window, collecting 2 coins on the way up. Introducing, Trixie Lulamoon, also known as The Great and Powerful Trixie in a magician’s attire. Her bio read a boastful street performer who grudged against Twilight and her friends for unknown reasons. The unicorn easily recognized her guests at the window. “Well, if it isn’t Twilight Snarkle’s friends. Uh, pardon Trixie, she totally forgot your names.” “Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy. Still calling your rival names, huh.” “How did you get here?” “Trixie won’t give such explanations unless she’s free of this pitiful room.” “You can’t just walk out the door?” “Do you see any doors?” “Hmm, what’s in it for us if we did let you out?” “Might I add, can we trust you after you banished our princess of friendship from town and removed my mouth?” “You’re still upset about that, I see. What are you after?” “We’re hunting for Power Stars.” “Very well. Let me prove that I’ve learned my lesson. If you help me out, I’ll give you the star I’ve found and help you find more.” “Wait, you had one? Bring it over right now!” “Can’t. There’s glass between us.” “Aw. So close yet so far.” “Will you really help us?” “Are you still uncertain? I’m amending my mistakes and preserving them, I swear. Do we have a deal or do you want me to pursue my boasting ways?” Pinkie and Fluttershy had to think about this decision. Trixie and the alicorn amulet caused a lot of chaos back in Equestria. Should they allow a troublemaker to roam free in the universe? “Fine, we have a deal, but we’re watching you. Don’t make us regret our decision.” “The only thing you’re gonna regret is your doubtfulness, I promise you.” “I doubt that.” Pinkie and Fluttershy jumped down from the window frame. Their new objective is to free Ms. Lulamoon. This next line is for the fillies. “Are you two gonna stay here longer or…?” “Yeah, I guess we can keep her company for longer. After that, we’re gonna explore deeper into this mansion.” “Couldn’t we just leave now? I’m scared, Scoots!” “Hey, Fluttershy here is not even quaking.” “I’m only a little scared. I swore to myself to face my fears.” “Great, if you can do it, so can Sweetie. If you’re that scared, warm up your bravery while we talk to Trixie.” Pinkie and Fluttershy saw the next door across a gap. Good thing multiple pull stars could drag them over the pit. Some voicing of the word ‘pull’ while fixing their eyes on it got them to where they needed to be. The door in front of them was locked without a key. “Well, have we seen a key, Fluttershy?” “No, we haven’t. At least not yet, anyway.” The mares look around the area they're at, trying to find a key. Maybe it’s around the corner or off the edge, maybe it’s in the gap…oh, Fluttershy found it in the gap. “Pinkie, come here!” “Did you find it?” “It’s floating in this groundless pit.” Pinkie saw the key. Seeing its location, she pondered on how to grab it since a pony’s hoof or neck isn’t enough to cover the distance. But then, her light bulb lit up. “Fluttershy, do something useful for me, please.” “Me? How can I be useful in this situation?” “You’re a pegasus, right?” “Of course I am, but what does that have to do with…oh, I get it now.” To spell it out, Pinkie told Fluttershy to fly down the hole to collect the key and return to the platform. And that’s exactly what the winged horse did to unlock the door. “Thank Celestia you’re here. How could I get that without wings?” “I guess if you’re solo, a dangerous trick needs to be performed, like using a pull star as you’re falling?” “Are you crazy? No way did the universe want us to do that.” The doors swing open for a long corridor. Upon penetrating, two ghostly shadowbolts showed up. “Eep!” Pinkie and Fluttershy had to run past them, they dodged them both while they advanced deeper. Light was featured at the end of the tunnel, so they led both ghosts to their death and dropped their coins. In the area after the long corridor, all it featured is a big question mark coin at the back corner and some bars on a wall. One could guess they need to go through the gate. “Don’t see a way in there. No doors, windows, no nothing.” “Perhaps the big coin provides us with something useful?” So they investigated. Pinkie and Fluttershy examined the coin by grabbing it. Upon collection, two identical necklaces spawned, both accessorized with white gems decorated with a ghost image. “Wow, a new necklace which means a new ability to gain.” “They both have a ghost picture on them. How could they affect us?” “We won’t know until we wrap it around our necks.” The mares picked up the pendants from the ground and wore them. Immediately, the effect occurred, the ponies’ bodies are being covered by light like a folding screen shielding incomplete transformation. After the lights fade, Pinkie and Fluttershy found themselves in a new body. Mane and coat colors have changed from pink and yellow to both entirely white. Their rear hooves are replaced with a weird wavy tail, plus they’re glowing and floating. Fluttershy’s sight of her form freaked her out. “Ah! What happened to me?! Why can’t I feel my bottom half?! Help me! I’m freaking out!” “Woah, woah! Chill for just a minute! We turned into ghosts, but we aren’t dead, I hope.” “But why? Why must we be ghosts? Did you forget I dislike ghosts?” “That doesn’t necessarily mean being a ghost is your worst nightmare. Look, be a ghost for a few minutes, we might need this to fly through the bars.” “Fine, but I still don’t like this.” “It’s your opinion.” Pinkie said as she accidentally ran into the light, which shattered the necklace in the process and reversed her transformation. Luckily, the necklace respawns to where it first appeared. “Well, now we know that with the power, light is our weakness like those white shadowbolts.” Pinkie quickly transformed to try again. She and Fluttershy flew to the gate expecting to pass through, but instead, contact equals soft collision for ghosts. “Ow. That did not work.” “Aren’t ghosts supposed to pass through walls?” “Maybe not the type of ghosts we are. There must be a way to be intangible.” “Try spinning in ghost form.” It’s a good thought, so ghost Pinkie attempted. Applied movement towards the gate and performed her spin move when near, resulting in a few moments of transparency plus intangibility and the ability to permeate through the bars. “Did it work?” “Yes, it worked, but how am I gonna go through?” “Well, if you’re like the ghosts we faced, maybe…stand close to me.” “Okay, do you have an idea?” Pinkie’s test, spinning next to Flutterghost. Idea was dragging her like spinning a shadowbolt ghost, hoping that she’ll pervade to the other side. Believe it or not, the theory’s true. Hooray, both ponies are past the gate. “Eep!” “Are you alright? It worked, at least.” “Give me a moment to clear my dizziness. I’m alright, can we move on now?” After that obstacle is cleared, they progressed, following 3 coins that led to their left. Pinkie and Fluttershy could see they’d intruded the prison hallway with Trixie’s cell. “Look, there’s Trixie.” “No crusader at the window, I suppose they left to explore the rest of the house. Give me a few seconds to grab the star bits on the left.” 4 candy meteors were obtained, then the ghost mares soared towards the jail cell that had the great and powerful unicorn kept in it. However, they floated too close to a painting of a ghost shadowbolt that came to life. “Fly away, Flutters!” It’s a ghost chase. Both ghostly protagonists were being chased by the bad spectre. There are two lights in the room, so they attempted to shine some light while being chased and also without some form of illumination shone upon themselves. Eventually, it took a while to maneuver, but they earned the single coin he owned. Chase was terminated, time to visit Trixie’s cell, entry by Pinkie special move on herself and her partner. Trixie finally noticed but proceeded to panic. “No! Wh-who sent you two varmints to come here?! Please, don’t take Trixie away!” “Trixie, calm down. It’s just us, I’m Fluttershy and that’s Pinkie Pie.” “How can Trixie be sure, ghosts? If Sombra can make shadowbolt ghosts, he can make ghosts that look like the losers of Equestria.” “Why, you-” Pinkie had the nerve to lunge forward, making the mare in a wizard’s cloak even more frightened than before. “No, go away! Disintegrate in that light behind the wall, please! I beg you won’t attack the Great and Powerful Trixie!” “Pinkie, Trixie’s scared of us in ghost form. She won’t give us the star unless we’re mortals. We need to get rid of this effect.” “If that’s the case, she mentioned the light’s behind the wall behind us.” So Pinkie and Fluttershy ought to float over the partition to find a source of luminescence. Sure enough, there was a ceiling lamp. Upon exposure, both of their necklaces fractured into pieces and both ghosts returned to mortals. Fluttershy seemed proud of that. “There you go, are you happy to be alive now?” “Thank goodness, I’m back to normal. I never wanted to turn into a ghost again.” “You know what, the next time you turn into something you ain’t fond of, just embrace it.” Fluttershy is about to comment, but… “No, no. Don’t complain. Embrace your next form, whether it’s something scary or, I don’t know, Saddle Rager.” Then, Pinkie used a nearby spring to bounce high over the wall and to the other side, followed by Fluttershy who the pink pony hoped she took her word. 3 sugar sweets were also collected before coming face-to-face with Trixie. “Welcome, Pinkie Pie and Shutterfly.” “Shutterfly? The name’s Fluttershy.” “How dare you call us losers?” “When did Trixie say such a thing?” “Just now! Don’t tell me you forgot.” “Er, were you listening from behind the wall? Trixie was talking to some ghosts, may still have some insults that Trixie was comfortable having, forgive me.” “Those ghosts were us!” “Haha. Still the pony of jokes Trixie sees. You’re kidding, aren’t you.” “Not kidding, not joking, for real. You insulted us right in front of us.” “For real, huh. Well, if that’s true, how would Trixie know? Excuse Trixie for not realizing that.” “How could you not realize that?!” “Who knows what King Sombra throws at us? Could he send shadowbolt ghosts? Exploding ones? Replications?” “Wait, you’ve encountered King Sombra?” “Get Trixie out of here at once and will explain it. For now, you’ll earn the star if you agree to ignore being offended in the future.” “Come on, Pinkie. All you need is to show a little kindness.” “Fine. But some of us might get offended by your insults.” “You’ve got some nerve by not trusting the Great and Powerful Trixie. Have your star and take Trixie with you if you’re willing to.” Trixie removed her hat and pulled a Power Star out for Pinkie and Fluttershy to keep. They agreed to hold it in their hooves, then celebrated with it. For they keep their word, they brought Trixie to soar with them to the Comet Observatory. Three ponies flew in from a galaxy in the sky to an observatory put into hiding. Here comes Pinkie and Fluttershy who brought the Great and Powerful Trixie and arrived at the front door facing Princess Stella. “Good afternoon, are you supposed to be a friend of these ponies?” “The Great and Powerful Trixie is practicing for approval of being a friend with Princess Twilight and her friends.” A familiar voice was spread for everypony to hear. She got attention from her critics near the library who turned their backs and were shocked at the new guest. “Trixie?!” “Yepperoni. She’s on our side now. Found locked away in a haunted manor.” “Well, that’s just great. Now that you’re here, you’d have the intention of causin’ trouble for us.” “Ugh, why does everypony Trixie recognized have to meet and immediately assume she’s the bane of their existence.” Stella’s only perspective is on the outside and not the inside. Basically clueless about who’s friends or enemies, she only views their activities in Equestria. “From the negative expressions on your faces, are you on bad terms with the new unicorn.” “It’s a long story, but yes. Last time we saw her, banished me from my village as revenge.” “Wearing the alicorn amulet that corrupted her. Issue gone, apologized and left the stage but never heard from until now.” “You still hate her after that, huh. Forgiveness was never deserved, was it?” “After that event back on Equestria, we can’t trust you. Unless you can find somethin’ to make it up to us, you ain’t on our side. You can stay, but we won’t be kind to you.” “Fine, doubt that Trixie would do any good. Tell them what her plan is, Fluttershee.” “Please get my name right next time, it’s Fluttershy. Trixie promised to find more Power Stars for us.” “Wow, are you sure you’re up for the task?” “You promised, so you’d better.” “For the love of Celestia, give Trixie a break for two minutes. Trixie will gather her bearings for she was in that cell for 3 days, so lingering on that platform after the grass so that Trixie won’t bother. Notice a missing mare, she’s on another galaxy doing her task.” Trixie was about to head towards the garage to leave them alone until Pinkie noticed one thing she hasn’t mentioned. “Wait, what about the explanation? How did you get here?” “Oh, how could Trixie forget? You owe it. Quick summary, a Power Star dropped into Equestria near Trixie, collected it then got abducted. King Sombra threatened to give the star, but Trixie refused and was sent to prison. Satisfied?” After she explained what happened, Trixie wasted no time and walked toward the garage. “Well, at least we know that Sombra really did steal the Power Stars.” “Be careful, princess. So far, she’s been nothin’ but trouble.” “In your past, correct? I believe she’ll do the right thing in this present.” “Whatever do you mean, darling?” “You made the right call letting her help you.” “What?!” “No intention of disagreein’, but are ya out of yer mind?” “Soon, you’ll see how much benefit we’ll receive by saving her from that mansion.” “You can predict the future? Are you related to the princess in some way?” That question caught Stella off guard, but she won’t spill the beans yet. Instead, she avoided the question entirely and informed Pinkie of her current quest. “Pinkie, don’t you have other stars to gather?” Not surprising for an alicorn to dodge Twilight’s questions, Celestia is one of those ponies to do so. “Oh, right. What are we standing around for? Let’s-a-go, Flutters.” Back to the Kitchen, where Pinkie and Fluttershy stood under the pull star, looked straight at it and voiced one particular word to rise up. “Pull!” Ghostly Galaxy’s in view, still as haunted as it was before with spooky greys and purples. However, they, including Fluttershy, are brave and prepared, a little trembling but they thought “Let’s freaking do this!” So Pinkie signals to boost them with the launch star for the second mission in the galaxy. A Very Spooky Sprint The entrance to the galaxy was the same as last time, starting with landing on Apple Bloom’s spaceship. “Applebloom? You’re still here?” “Yep, for some reason, the rest of the crusaders hadn’t united yet. Probably still explorin’.” “Yeah, poor Sweetie Belle for being dragged to join Scootaloo.” “Do you, by any chance, know where to look for a second Power Star.” “Nope, haven’t even been in the mansion. Ah’m scheduled to control this UFO.” “That’s okay, Apple Bloom. We’ll just go in there and hope we have some leads.” “Alright, the launch star is still on the roof.” Used the launching device to alight on solid ground. More enemies appeared to occupy the ones who died, plus some bats flying by the archway. It seemed like the mound to the right respawned too. “Okay, that’s a lot of enemies, 3 shadowbolts wearing pumpkins and 3 bats.” “Hey, wasn’t that the stalagmite that you destroyed earlier.” “Looked like it respawned. Could it mean…?” Pinkie had a theory. To see if she’s correct, she attempted to break it again. Sure enough, the invincibility necklace returned. “Ah-ha! Okay, how about I get the power while you collect everything that I missed.” “Sounds like a good plan. Okay, whenever you’re ready.” “I’m always ready.” Pinkie grabs the necklace and clung it to her cervix transforming her colors from magenta to flashing rainbow. Pressure is on, running into every hostile mob to annihilate them into collectable star bits, while Fluttershy found 4 such items that served as decoration during the spree. The final bat received its death wish before the power drained. Area is cleared of enemies and candy comets, now they’re facing a glowing mound above the platform where the first mound was. Very transfixed. “That looks important. I wonder what’s in there?” “One way find out.” Pinkie dismantled the stalagmite to reveal a launch star pointing south. “Oh, do we wanna use it?” “I’m not entirely sure. Notice the pull stars through the arch, pretty sure they go somewhere too.” They’re not sure which path to follow. Either way seemed to be good leads, but two can’t investigate both at the same time as a group. Unless they separate. “Hmm, what if we split up? One explores a path, the other explores another path.” “That’s possible, but are you confident about going alone? You don’t exactly look like the type.” “Hey, I’m confident, alright, Pinkie Pie?” Answered Fluttershy with an assertive tone. Got a little salty there that she realized it not long after. “Uh, I mean, I’ll be fine, plus I just wanna reinforce my bravery, that’s all. Little confidence, but desired to gain more.” “Emphatic, I see. Very well, I’ll head towards the pull stars. Be sure not to push too hard that you’ll lose your sanity.” “I’ll try not to. See you on the other side, Pinkie.” “You too, Flutters.” So the agreement is to split up. Pinkie decided to use the pull star while Fluttershy used the nearest launch star. She had to say the word “pull” multiple times until she reached her launch star. Blast off! Pinkie was shot over the mansion to soar over cannons of 5 edible meteors each that she made sure to collect. Destination: Ghost Race Zone. A little bit of a stroll, Pinkie could spot a ghost shadowbolt that’s the size of a full-grown alicorn waiting on the north pole of the current planet. “Wow, you’re huge. Please don’t harm me.” “Sombra’s orders; I’m programmed to race, not harm.” “Race? What race?” “See the course filled with blue stars ahead? This is the starting line, bones border the edges, finish at the next planet.” “I see that. But what would I race you for?” “If you finish before me, you’ll earn my star.” “Really? This is not a troll, is it? It’s not like you plan to renege on me, right?” “Ask Sombra, he’ll confirm his orders; if disobeyed, punishment delivers.” Pinkie would conjecture about her villain’s “if…then you win” circumstances, but she'd digress as there’s no reason to decline a chance to earn a Power Star. “I don’t have many options, do I? However, one slip-up of the deal and we’re gonna have a major problem.” “Assure you’ll have none of that. May the best spirit win.” “You’re on!” The big ghost and Pinkie positioned themselves fairly at the starting platform. Both are ready to compete, but only one may take first place. Ghost shadowbolt gave the countdown. “3…2…1…Go!” It begins. Pinkie immediately used the nearest pull star in front, then she continually and hastily called for the furthest pullers to navigate the course. The ghost had to fly through the whole thing at a relatively fast pace, such that a couple of mistakes meant bad news. Pinkie was able to catch up slightly behind him. Large bouncy meat got in the way to slow down whoever made contact with them. There were also two layers of a ribcage that frequently swings up attempting to ruin Pinkie’s pace. Luckily, it’s not that hard to avoid. More meat awaited them, Pinkie sometimes utilized their bounciness for progressive advantage because she can. After those obstacles are covered, the mortal saw a sling star up ahead, lucky her. “Much appreciated to whoever put this here. Whee!” Many “pulls” later, Pinkie made access to the shortcut and skipped a huge portion of the course while taking first place as the ghost took the intended path. Being sure that she exclaimed “pull” when the sling brought her to a pull. Now is a good time to make a comeback. Without wasting any precious moments, once magnetized, an immediate instinct to progress with haste. A couple of blue stars in, here are some planets that act like these magnets. Applying the same procedure to get pulled, except had to land on a surface facing away from the finish line, walk to the other side of the equator and then, the other planet can be utilized. Repeat on this planet until the next pull star can be reached. The undead was still gaining on her, but Pinkie’s on the final stretch, she just needs to maneuver around the space mines. It’s slightly difficult, but good news, she’s able to pass the minefield and reach the planet for the finish line. Just needs to run a little bit to reach the end platform. “Woohoo! Don’t mean to brag, but I won! It was a pretty close race though, I gotta admit.” Pinkie permitted as the second place made his way to meet up. “You said it. I kept the time recorded and you reached the finish line in 00:01:23. We were at each other’s tails, you know.” “Yeah, I know. Now that I’ve won, please give me the Power Star.” “No need to get so snippy about it, okay? As I promised, here is your prize.” The big ghost shadowbolt materialized the gold star out of thin air and hoofed it to the winner. Pinkie obtained it for her collection, celebrated her success and flew back to the Comet Observatory. Curious to see what Fluttershy found at the alternative launch star. Matter Splatter Mansion “Should really be careful of what I say around Pinkie. Don’t wanna start another quarrel.” Fluttershy informed herself as she soared through the sky via the launch star and headed south, opposite Pinkie’s chosen road. The solo pegasus’s destination is unique, starting by landing on what looked like a corner chunk of a mansion. In front of her, she eyed a small visible area of floor and no more beyond. “Where am I? Where’s the rest of the ground in this section?” Wondering about where the entire mansion disappeared to, decided to just move forward and see where it goes. Set hoof onto the new tiles and suddenly, more floor appeared in front of the portion. “Oh, now I see how this is designed.” Mechanic discovered, Fluttershy kept walking forward since there was new ground to cover. Eventually, the ground moved until it reached a locked door, one could guess a key is required. There just so happened to be a key on a platform on Fluttershy’s right. While she noticed a small gap between the platforms, the key’s platform started moving north on the z-axis. Noticed, Fluttershy utilized the platform to quickly empty a block that contained star bits. Then the platform motioned in the opposite direction, which allowed Fluttershy to grab the key, then returned to the door to use said key. Unlocked and through, there’s a question mark coin over a visible portion of floor. Fluttershy touched it, then the floor started to move in the direction of the door. It led to a turn at its right, revealing a set of stairs to climb. Stairs that led to another block of sweet meteors, then a little parkour course. Two small not-so-small gaps separated three platforms while the walls and floors kept appearing and disappearing. “Why is it moving so fast? I have to keep up.” Made the final jump, then climbed a small ledge, another block awaited Fluttershy containing more star bits. Then, more floor appeared southerly revealing a narrow road, but not too narrow as can run without falling, still had to be careful though. “Blocks are littered everywhere.” Midway the narrow path, another box awaited, except it held a single coin. Emptied, then continued until the fifth block expected to be unloaded of shooting stars. Finally, Fluttershy descended a few more steps to alight at an archway. It escorted her to a big room. Furniture includes a chifforobe and a grand piano. Beside the instrument is two doors and keys. “Let’s open both doors.” Fluttershy grabbed each key and slotted them on each door lock. One had 2 candy comets behind it the other had a question mark bit. “Let’s see what happens when I pick this up.” The coin revealed a trail of star bits that led over the piano and on the cabinet. As Fluttershy followed the chain, more of the mansion was revealing upwards and vanishing downwards. Gotta go fast. After getting on the cabinet, Fluttershy had to use her wings to reach the second floor. How she wished she could wall jump. On this floor, a key and a door led to a coin, then climbed and flew onto several ledges to reach the next floor. “How many doors do I have to open? First blocks, now doors?” One key for another door on this floor, opened 2 more coins. Afterwards, Fluttershy must climb to another ledge and flap to the next floor, it doesn’t seem to end. 4 more star bits to store as she ascended, then three more keys per door to open. Bolted the first, 1 coin gain. Bolted the second, 3 coins earned. Finally, bolted the third, and lo and behold, it’s a Power Star. “Oh, so there was a purpose for coming here.” And so, Fluttershy quickly made contact with this intended resource from an alternated route before the floor vanished under her hooves. As she celebrated her victory, it was time to zoom back to the Comet Observatory. Hopefully, Pinkie Pie found something in the intended route. Back at the space station’s Kitchen, Pinkie has returned with a Power Star. Rainbow Dash’s appearance was unexpected. Seemed like she decided to take a break from minutes of library time and went to see her pink friend along with Applejack. “Hey, Dashie. I thought Daring Do got you sunk into her chapters.” “Well, you know, I have the adrenaline to use up. Running around, flexing talons, being social. One wouldn’t sit on a carpet enjoying five 10-minute novels all in one day.” “Wait, where’s Fluttershy? Ah thought she came with ya.” “Still out there perhaps, there was a split path that may lead to somewhere else. It won’t be long now. “Then let’s hope she’s safe.” “Well, what do you know, that’s her.” Fluttershy came down with another star just after Applejack read her script. “So that was an alternate route to another star, huh. What was it like?” “I was at some sort of vanished mansion. What did you do in the intended route?” “I raced a ghost. It was fun. Shame we missed out on other’s adventures.” Then Rainbow stepped in to discuss another topic. “By the way, I’ve been meaning to ask this, what’s Trixie doing here?” “You didn’t ask her?” “I don’t trust her alike cowgirl and tailor.” “She was locked up in a spooky mansion’s prison for refusal of presenting a star to King Sombra.” “Now she insists on assisting us by collecting more Power Stars.” “The Princess informed that lettin’ her help will benefit us. No clue what she means.” “So does that mean we can trust her?” “Ah’m not sure, but we’ll see what happens. Either Trixie’s capable of doin’ such a task or she’ll keep bein’ an annoyin’ son of a mule. You need to go back and find more stars, Pinkie.” “We know what to do, right, Fluttershy?” “Of course. We say…” “Pull.” Time for their third visit to Ghostly Galaxy where apparently, a fourth star exists. When ready, a launch star threw them towards the galaxy. Beware of Bouldergeist They have returned and were set to find the next star so that another galaxy will be detected. Pinkie and Fluttershy landed on the CMC’s UFO like last time, except it’s positioned farther away from the mansion than before. Apple Bloom still pilots it, but still no sign of two more fillies. “Sweetie and Scootaloo hadn’t returned yet?” “No, they hadn’t. Ah’m worried about ‘em.” “Why didn’t you pick them up, like right now? Why are you so far away from the mansion?” “Ah knew you’d come here seein’ the launch star out here with no ground.” “But you had a minute to pick them up before we arrived. Do you realize how long they’ve been there?” “I can answer that: approximately 10 minutes.” How did Apple Bloom not realize her friends had been gone for long? Now she realized and proceeded to question the situation. “What’s takin’ them so long?! They must’ve been attacked and caught by the ghosts ‘cause there’s no way they wouldn’t leave the house by now.” “No, they can’t be.” “It ain’t unlikely. Once you use the launch star, ah’ll land down there and find ‘em.” “Fairly sure it points to the mansion, you can take us there in your spaceship.” “You can’t be sure where it takes you.” That’s true. Could the launcher send ponies on the ground before the manor? Crashing through the window? Straight to the Power Star? Can’t be sure until they used it. So yes, they got launched. They arrived on the dirt before the mansion as they expected. Shortly after, Apple Bloom’s space vehicle also parked on the dirt and the driver alighted. “Be careful, Apple Bloom. If something happened just call for us.” “Alright, at least ah have a guardian beside me.” Pinkie started being ticklish from her premonition powers detecting something beneath a mound on the left. “Could there be something in it?” “I’m gonna guess it’s a rainbow necklace considering the first two mounds we opened.” Pinkie spin-attacked the stone structure, it presented the invincibility necklace. Fluttershy decided to wear it again. “I’d like to use it again this time.” “Um, why?” “Being helpful.” “Alright. Like I said before, don’t push too hard by being a hardcore daredevil.” “I know. I promise I won’t do otherwise.” “Okey dokey lokey. Your enemies to annihilate are those bats, those spiders and I’m suspicious of the bridge to the mansion. Good luck.” Here’s Fluttershy trying not to be a bystander. She wore the necklace and immediately get to crashing into the following enemies mentioned, including the enemy on the way to the manor which is the Chain Chomp from the first star mission rolling towards her. “You’re invincible, Fluttershy. No need to run away.” Unlike last time, her bravery came and she charged toward the enemy demolishing it and three additional bats. As soon as that happened, the magical necklace shattered before Pinkie and Apple Bloom caught up. “Yay! Cheering because you didn’t try and flee.” “Was that the necklace which makes the bearer invulnerable?” Apple Bloom asked as she gets to observe something uniquely magical for the first time. “That’s correct. You know your facts, huh.” “Thanks for the compliment. Now can we move on? Ah’m worried about Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.” “Oh my gosh! What if they’re getting chased by a ghost? We have to pick them up quick.” “Relax, you two. Whatever happens, we’ll deal with the problem. Right, Fluttershy?” Pinkie collected an extra 2 coins on the bridge before heading towards the mansion doors. Once entered, already, an enemy is present, a black shadowbolt ghost. It noticed the visitors waltzing in to give chase. “It’s coming towards us.” “Didn’t Stella call these Bomb Ghosts? Run!” The ponies ran around the room just so that they have time to think. There are no visible exits, so somehow they had to make one. “How do we get rid of him? We don’t need a light?” “Let me try spinning him. Stand back!” Attempt to spin near the ghost, fortunately, that’s exactly the play here. Pinkie’s spin attack dragged the ghost by its tail to a couple of boxes nearby. Crates exploded and revealed 2 coins, 2 star bits and two fillies who Apple Bloom recognizes. “Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo?” “You blew our cover! Look behind you!” Another Bomb Ghost snuck up behind everypony and almost touched a flank if only Pinkie hadn’t turned around and spun. Fluttershy and Apple Bloom moved out of the way before it swings to the statue by the hearth that led to a launch star. “That was close.” “I guess that launch star is where we’re going next.” “What were those fillies doing behind those crates?” “Isn’t it obvious? We were hiding from the black ghost.” “While we’re “exploring” the mansion, we found ourselves here and the ghost just spawned in the middle of the room.” “Glad to see you alright, but why were you in here for so long?” “Can you ask Scoots?” “Yeah…sorry for dragging you here. I admit it, I did scare my flank off. I promise it won’t happen again.” “Apology accepted. Come on, I wish to get out of this galaxy.” “Right this way.” Apple Bloom escorted her friends to their UFO and the Cutie Mark Crusaders finally left the galaxy since Pinkie and Fluttershy’s mission one here. “Great, with that sorted, let’s continue to travel forward, shall we?” “You don’t want those boxes on that corner over there?” Fluttershy referenced wooden crates opposite the fireplace. “Oh, can’t miss them. Launch without me, I’ll catch up.” Pinkie couldn’t leave behind four crates unopened, so she chose to gather her rewards while Fluttershy advanced. However, before activating the catapult, the pegasus noticed a block on the side. Abandoned the cannon to unload it of candy comets, then she got shot off with Pinkie following behind. Soaring through a weird planet textured with holes to reach a Phantom Tower. A spider anticipated its demise on a stair, then the mares moved along the route until more spiders drop right in front of them. “Eep! Don’t scare me like that!” Out of nowhere, Fluttershy attacked these foes brutally with pure rage. Her snorts caused it to be more fierce for Pinkie’s speechlessness. “It scares me when your enraged.” Just realized how much she got tempered in front of this pony. Too much, too far, too fierce. “Er…d-did I go too far? Sorry if I scared you.” “It’s alright, but your anger should be lowered, promise me that.” They progress, a mobile stone platform enlarging and shrinking gaps leaped over with accurate timing while eliminating another arachnid dangling down a sling pod. Note: Pinkie’s familiar with these, not Fluttershy. “Ooh. I know these things! I know these things!” “Well? What is it? What do we do with it? How do we use it?” “Follow my lead.” The pink horse required her spin-jump to achieve the height. Saw a coin on the top left for demonstrating, pulling back as far as she can, then releasing the force resulting in catapulting and acquiring the single gold. Falling to the ground, Pinkie dropped on hooves, yet absorbed the damage somehow. “You want a boost?” “Boost me.” Fluttershy attempted to perform the similar actions, needing Pinkie’s assistance to reach the pod. Had to aim for the higher ledge, but a shadowbolt wearing the pumpkin anticipated her attendance. “Set your heart aflame! Every part aflame!” Purple flames crapped out of him before the pegasus debarked. Think fast, she remembered she possessed wings and flew over him. At that point, Pinkie arrived to deliver the enemy’s defeat. “This is not a game!” After that, Fluttershy needed another uplift into another sling pod. Star bits surround the slingshot, she questions whether to gather them for her friend or not. “Should I collect these for you?” “Looks advanced, I believe I can treasure them myself. Thanks for asking though.” So the pegasus was tossed upwards to the only pod without sweets around it, taking a few while being thrown. On the other hand, Pinkie jumped onto the sticky substance and stretched it far enough to get the star bits. Then, she threw herself at the other pods, repeating the process thrice. Once this wall is clear of comets, both ponies catapult at the sling star in the middle and get tossed up threading through electrical wires. One at a time, a star bit path leading to a launch star to use. Cannoned onto another tall wall. Immediately, when Pinkie and Fluttershy set hoof, two Bomb Ghosts turned from invisible to opaque. “Stand back, don’t wanna swing them directly to you.” Pinkie spun the first ghost to a statue, the same annihilation for the other, both statues dropped a single coin each. Enemies eliminated. Next objective: collect the pull star chips off the wall. First movement: spring off a spring unto a sling pod. Pinkie aimed left for 1 piece and another pack of webs. Fluttershy shot up for a sling star, fired to a few coins and chip 2. Then she fell back down to the original sling pod as the party pony was thrown up and to the right for the third chip and another catapult. She was fired to the upper left webs to obtain the fourth star chip right before Fluttershy was shot from her pod to the final star point and boarded Pinkie’s just-previous pod. Pinkie saw the pull stars appearing near a planet entirely covered with holes. Launch star’s on the opposite side of the planet, she had to synchronize correctly in a way the pull stars drag her through the holes. Fluttershy followed her lead. “These planets are weird, they don’t even have gravity.” “What if they had gravity? Would it be weird to walk on it if so?” “Yeah, narrow roads around holes. If you fall through them, I don’t know how one would crawl back out. How many holes are there?” They took the launch star and flew to another holed planet. This time, several mines were littered on the outside and a purple sphere is featured on the inside. “Speaking of those planets…” Gravity finally got featured on one of these planets. The crust is walkable, but it ended up rotating to a pole where the Pinkie and Fluttershy fell into a hole. Landed on the purple surface and sprung like a trampoline. “Whee! This is kinda fun.” “Obviously, you found this fun. You’re Pinkie Pie, you mostly bounce happily instead of trotting.” “Oh, right. Bouncing is what I like to do.” The task here is to search the planet for a launch star. Because the planet is relatively small, finding it won’t be a problem. Plus, the mines don’t add difficulty, the elasticity doesn’t spring high enough to even touch one. Despite not having pure difficulty, they got under the launch star, now to figure out how to bounce higher. “How can we reach the launch star?” “I know. Extra velocity plus elastic surface equals higher bounce.” Pinkie’s regular downwards stomp is enough for the height. Even Fluttershy was able to perform such a technique. They were able to use the cannon. Arrived. A couple of descending platforms led to a big circular area. Just by context, Pinkie could guess what this is. However, she’s worried about Fluttershy. What could happen on that type of platform in a spooky galaxy? “Is this an arena?” “An arena? We’re going fight something?” “Looks like a stage for a boss fight.” “Boss fight?! Don’t tell me we’re gonna fight something scary, considering the atmosphere of this galaxy.” “I think we had to, this is where our Power Star is. Be prepared. Are you ready?” Neither of them had a choice. It’s now or never. Knowing that this is their chance to reward what’s required… “Alright. I’ll do whatever I can to help.” “Are you sure?” “Positive.” Leading the timid into danger, not fun. But in this case, it has to happen. “Here we go.” Descending onto the stage to perform a boss fight, 2 bits are there for warming up. They made their final step and the battle begins. Some dangerous being is forming with several rocks flying from all directions in the middle of the arena. It was constructing a boss named Bouldergeist, a monster armored with rocks and farting black smoke. Roared so loud he vibrated the whole galaxy and completely terrified the absolute crap out of Fluttershy. “W-what is that?! We have to f-face that?! How do we d-defeat that?!” “Come on, Fluttershy. Help me defeat this monster.” “I-I don’t know if I c-can.” When the battle started, Bouldergeist materialized stones out of the ground. Then, he threw the stones at the ponies expecting to knock them out. Throws always land where Pinkie or Fluttershy last stood, so dodging them took just constant running. However, no hints on how to attack yet, Pinkie doubted she could play tennis with rocks even though she’s a pony with Discord-like powers. “Usually there’s a clue telling us how to defeat this boss.” Bouldergeist attempted to perform the rock throw again, but this time, one of them is uniquely black, unlike the grey ones. Pinkie noticed, but what did it mean? When it collided with the ground, a Bomb Ghost emerged from it. Now the protagonists knew what they had to do. “Pinkie, swing the ghost into the monster!” “Great idea!” With Pinkie’s spin-attack, she whirled the black ghost into Bouldergeist and exploded a third of the rock shell, revealing a black interior. Assumed the goal was to remove the entire shell. But then the boss shot a line of stalagmites out of the ground wanting to impale Fluttershy. Luckily, there were indicators and a bit of time to avoid the spikes. “I was about to get killed.” “Stay alive. I think he’s gonna throw rocks again.” As Pinkie said, Bouldergeist threw several boulders at the mares. Two of them were black and both released explosive spirits. Opportunity to strike, she’s able to pivot both ghosts and crash them into the boss. Discarded the rest of the shell and revealed his vulnerable appearance as 10 star bits sprinkled. This form consisted of a black head and a red…organ(?) beneath it. While in this physique, Bouldergeist attempted to escape their grasps while also spawning Bomb Ghosts for attacking. “It’s strange how enemies can benefit our quest. In this case, to defeat a boss who spawns such foes.” One would guess to chase him and hit him with a bomb. As Pinkie did just that, that’s phase 1 handled. Second phase is where it gets more interesting. Bouldergeist regenerated himself with the boulder armor, but now he decided to build itself hands. “H-hands?! Does that m-make him s-stronger?” “Considering this is phase 2, yes, he probably is.” Started with a single punch which is easily dodgeable by moving to the side. Then, it’s the most important attack with rocks. Two ghosts were produced from the stones. One was yellow and gives a coin. Pinkie first took the coin and transitions to pirouette both bombs at the boss’s body. One more explosion should clear all the boulders. “Oh, I wish that I could help fight in some way, but…” Fluttershy spoke as Bouldergeist tried to crush them with his hands, escaped though. “Unfortunately, there’s only one mare with the spinning ability, there’s not really much you can do without-“ Oops…too long of a speech bubble, took a rock to the head, knocked out and collapsed because distractions. Fluttershy noticed and barely survived, but poor Pinkie… “No! Pinkie!” Out cold. Unconscious. Not gonna awaken before the boss takes her alive. Unless…don’t think yet, spikes about to emerge, Fluttershy had to move Pinkie quickly. Unless…Fluttershy dug through her friend’s mane for the luma. “Sorry, Pinkie, but I have to take over.” Avenge is the word. The ghost that spawned via a black rock needs to be utilized. But first, his punch needs to be avoided, had to carry Pinkie to a safe position. Not taking any more chances, Fluttershy quickly swung the lonely ghost at the boss. Shattered the armor and hands disappeared upon collision, revealing his vulnerable form. “Time to put an end to this horror show!” Bouldergeist sent out the explosive enemies endeavored to eliminate the equine, but Fluttershy used the foes and flung them back at the boss who produced them. That was the last phase. The boss performed its death animation, flew high in the sky and blew up into nothing. The Power Star appeared in the middle. Pinkie is still motionless. “Pinkie, wake up. I know you’re not dead. We won the boss fight.” Nope, still out cold. Perhaps, she needed Fluttershy to take her to the space station. “Let’s go to our friends. I’ll take you to them.” Satisfied that she helped in the battle and the star’s within sight. Letting Pinkie’s hoof touch it and victory dancing with one inanimate mare. That’s when they soared back to the Comet Observatory. Lo and behold, Fluttershy came out alive, but Pinkie did not. As the pegasus stood in the Kitchen on her hooves, the party pony collapsed without a muscle active. Notice Rarity’s and Applejack’s reactions like they saw a corpse of their friends. “Oh no. Pinkie Pie! Is she…” “Don’t worry, she’s alive. Just knocked out by a rock.” “Well, that’s a relief, but what in tarnation happened exactly?” “It was a scary boss fight.” “A scary boss? Oh, that sounds like the worst possible thing that could’ve happened! At least you made it out alive, darling.” The only thing that’s negative about all this is Rarity and Applejack hadn’t asked their one question to Pinkie. Now she’s unconscious, also known as unable to talk, that’s impossible unless she awakens. “Oh, just when I’m about to ask Pinkie the question, she’s in a coma.” “What question? I might be able to answer it.” “Hmm, let’s set her resting on the comfortable couches first. How does that sound?” “We can do that, I’ll bring her there.” So Fluttershy passed her friend onto her back and followed Rarity and Applejack, escorting the unconscious one to the couches next to the library. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash noticed Pinkie and, too, thought she was dead. “No! Tell me she’s not dead!” “No, no. Rainbow, calm down. She’s fine, just unconscious.” “Phew! You shouldn’t surprise me like that. Warn me before come with a senseless corpse.” “How was she knocked out?” “Got distracted by talking too long, rock bruised her head in the process.” “Seriously?” “Set her down here and give her some room.” Fluttershy allowed Pinkie to lie on the red sofas. Now for the question. “About the question, did Sweetie Belle actually enter a haunted mansion? Was she about to get attacked?” “Um, yes, sort of. Why do you ask?” “Why do you think?! I would love to drag my sister on more adventures. However, I could lose my young sister!” “At least she’s alive.” “I can see that! However, I’d regret but have to abandon Sweetie Belle from traveling to more galaxies. Help me, Fluttershy. Give me a good reason not to do such a thing!” Words determine Sweetie Belle’s fate. Either desist or persist straight from Fluttershy’s mouth. There’s only one reason that could prevent Rarity from cancelling her sister’s episode participation. “Well, first things first, blame Scootaloo for who dragged your sister into danger.” “Oh yeah, Squirt did mention that she went to the haunted house.” “Even if she did, it’s essentially bringing somepony sensitive to an opportunity of possible death.” “She promised she won’t let it happen again.” “Your point being?” “Don’t think they’ll walk into danger anymore.” “Are you sure? There is no telling what could happen to them.” “Have you ever thought of the best-case scenario instead of the worst?” Generating results. It’s Rarity’s choice to make. Does she want her young’un to sail or sink? “Alright, darling. I’ll let her continue the odyssey.” Well, there it goes. Fluttershy was able to convince her friend. Sweetie Belle was able to keep on traveling afar. Now, the pegasus’s stomach reverberates as if lunch hadn’t been served. “Excuse me. I could really go for a salad right now if you don’t mind.” “Princess, could you serve us lunch, please?” “Of course. I’ll command the lumas to make it for you.” Lunch is on the way, and so is Apple Bloom with a folded piece of paper. “I found this note on the ground by the garage.” “Give me that.” Twilight took the note and read it out loud. “Finding Power Stars for your approval -Trixie L.” “Trixie?!” Magician disappeared from her spot by the garage. Could it be true? Is she actually looking for more fuel for this space station? “She’d better come back with a star.” As Fluttershy sat down and waited for her salad, what would happen next on this quest? Will there be a new galaxy? Will Trixie return with a star? Will Pinkie and Fluttershy meet and defeat Sombra as the third secret base fight? Even though our main protagonist has fallen, she could stand back up again. She’s unstoppable. Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 1473 Coins: 376 Power Stars: 28 That’s right, Trixie Lulamoon is the Luigi in this fanfic. Forgive me for putting Fluttershy in a spooky level. On the bright side, you get to see her fight more, being brave and useful. Notice the (?), what do you call Bouldergeist’s red dangling part? I don’t have a clue. I didn’t anticipate precisely 11k words in one chapter. I tried to make it as short as possible, but write what comes in my mind and never go back. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter. Interlude: Stella's StorybookAuthor's Note Just an idea for another idea. The storybook simply had to be included. This is optional, but if you want the lullaby, click this link: HERE Also, some of you might know where I'm going with this. Interlude: Stella's Storybook The library’s interior was unsurprisingly peaceful, much like any old library the group had been in. Floor was built under some woollen carpet to add coziness. This was Princess Stella’s home archive that she was glad to share with her new guests. Rainbow Dash had been lingering here happily reading Daring Do when the rest of the Mane 6 were invited. They were here because the princess wanted to share the storybook she’s written herself. “We’re here, Princess.” “Well, I'm glad you all came.” “You’re gonna read us a story? I love stories.” “I’m sure your book is a gem but is this important in the middle of a mission?” “You’ll understand soon enough.” Questions were building even before all the Mane 6 accumulated in the room where it happened. However, according to the guardian of the galaxies, their queries will gain answers. Nonetheless, they’ll pay attention and wait for it. How about the pegasus occupied by her book? “Rainbow, you’re gonna miss it.” “I won’t, ‘cause I’m listening. If I’m interested, maybe I’ll close my book.” Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Spike and the CMC lowered their flanks and tummies to the ground. Stella sat on a stool with her bedtime story next to her, she used her alicorn magic to float it in front of her and flipped the cover. “Sit comfortably and Luma will occasionally serve you dinner. Let’s begin.” Chapter 1: The Celestial Duo Several years ago, there once was a young filly with a unicorn horn and pegasus wings. She was trotting away from home on the hills at night when the stars were visible in the sky. She always loved seeing them from below and wondered what they looked like up close. Just then, the filly saw something falling from the sky like an asteroid. She heard a muffled explosion when it reached the ground. She felt the need to investigate. “Oh dear, what was that? What happened there?” When the filly approached the smoking phenomenon, she found a crashed star-shaped UFO and met a baby, star-like creature. The creature seemed to be the spaceship’s pilot, but it also seemed a bit confused. “Who are you? Are you looking for something?” “I’m Luma and Mama is coming for me on a comet.” Luma was lonely that it shed a tear. The little alicorn thought it was adorable, so her heart shattered when she heard the issue. Gladly, she was willing to stay and wait with it. “I’ll be right beside you as you wait.” Luma and the filly sat on the hill waiting for possibly the guardian or the comet. Trying to search for it in the sky, they had no luck in catching a falling star. A couple of hours passed and Mama still hadn’t arrived yet. Then the alicorn suggested the watchtower of her town which was nearby. Using the telescope, she looked and looked, but nothing. Where is this comet? “How far is the comet? I’d be a taller mare by the time your mother arrives.” It appeared as if she’d never come and pick up Luma, so it’d sadly fly away without a parent. But then she had an idea. “I know. We can go out there and find her ourselves.” “But my spaceship crashed, how are we gonna fix it?” “I bet I can fix it with my magic.” So they headed back to the five-pointed spaceship to try and fix it themselves. The horn of the filly ignited as she concentrated on channelling her magic. Using her strength, the UFO was repaired and recharged ready for take-off. “We’ll find your mother, Luma, whether it takes months or years.” It could take several months or several years, so she had to pack necessities from home as many as they could bring before sailing away into space. Her mission was to find Luma’s Mama and so it began. The comet had to be found up there somewhere. Chapter 2: Star Bits It turned out this was a very long journey. Miles away, they outdistanced numerous asteroids for endless nights, but the search for ice in space seemed less trivial than at first glance. Luckily, the little mare packed enough stuff to energise their stomachs during the mornings, afternoons and evenings. “I told you we’re gonna need all these items. But even so, I never thought finding Mama would take this long.” But Luma wouldn’t give up because, for three whole days, they had fun playing together. Occasionally, the filly told it some motivational lessons not to worry if Mama wasn’t found. The alicorn scoured her saddlebag wanting a snack to relish when its contents felt minimal compared to how much she packed. She pulled a candy bar out of it and then buried her face in the space only to find some lacking space. “Oh, I’ve just realised my supplies are so limited.” That didn’t seem to be a problem for Luma as it giggled. A cluster of multicoloured chunks appeared in front of them, they flew closer to them so that Luma can collect them. “Star bits are my favourite snacks and they’re everywhere. You want some?” Luma giggled again and so did the filly. There was no reason not to have a bite. “Sure, Luma.” Having never tasted stars before, this interested her. She stored away her wrapped snack and took a juicy munch on one star bit strongly flavoured with mango. It was delicious enough that she wouldn’t stop if she couldn’t control herself. In went five of them before the pony stopped nibbling. “Come on, let’s find some more!” Luma cutely proposed. So along with chasing a comet, they had fun driving past star bits and trying to catch lots of them. They managed to contain a pile of them in their UFO. Chapter 3: The Comet The sky released endless falling sugar, so they sailed for just a year without seeing a comet. Meanwhile, they were occupied by playing games, chatting about topics, singing melodies, telling stories or jokes and viewing the vast void of vacuum. One day, she was woken from her slumber by bright cyan rays and groaned because of it. She peered from the awning and spotted a shimmering ice sphere that was the comet. The little filly tapped on Luma to prompt it awake. “Luma, I think we found it.” “What a relief! We should walk on it.” “Could this be the comet your mother is living on?” The duo decided to dissect, so they descended from their drivable to discover a parent. Unluckily, the two ran around and found not even one attraction on the surface, not even Mama. The pony was so exhausted from this trip that one year isn’t taking them home. She plopped on the moderately cold ground, possibly resting for a bit. “Look!” Luma called her and gestured to the ground behind her. A group of star bits were noticed while being buried in the ice. Luma giggled. “I’m good at finding star bits.” The filly also giggled as the pair mined them out and threw them into their pile. She could sense vibrations below their hooves because the comet was moving with her. The two decided to ride the comet and let it take them where it was going. “We’ll find your Mama, I’ll make sure of it.” Chapter 4: The Dream One night, the mare slept peacefully within the starship snug as a bug in a rug. So snug she was able to dream about her mother. Endless white and a towering alicorn with her ponytail facing toward her daughter. “Mother, can you hear me?” “Of course, I can, my little filly.” The little filly rushed over to embrace her parent. After a full year and a few months later, a real welcome back from a family member was what she needed. Bitterly, it was just a vision that she wished it was not. “I left without saying goodbye, can you forgive me?” “I forgive you, but I’m afraid we won’t see each other any time soon.” When her face separated from mum’s chest, it was displayed with horror. “Why not? We’re still alicorns, I can get back to you someday.” “But we might have forgotten about your existence since you went missing for a while.” After that message, drops began to flow from the young mare knowing there’s a chance that she’s forgotten if she returns. Her mother walked backwards away from her daughter slowly fading away through the fog. The daughter watched this and when she realised, she cried for her to stay before the dream ended. Back in the real world, her tears flooded the starship as she howled through her sobs. “Oh, mother! Please come back, take me home with you.” Luma beside her heard her and that made it think about its mother, so it wept too. “Mama, oh, Mama!” The young alicorn desisted her dismay and nestled Luma in her hooves. Despite a dream denoting her absence from home, she knew there was a memory. For now, it’s hers to keep, but she can’t keep reliving it and neither can Luma protest her mother to reappearance, they had to accept. The best thing both can do is wish upon a star. “Your mother is watching from that comet, my mother is watching from the sun and maybe my aunt is watching from the moon. They’ll watch over us until the end.” The filly lied to calm Luma and herself down. May one day they have a way to reunite their families once more and more. Chapter 5: Home For the following few fortnights, the filly and Luma found fortification materials from beneath the frost, about enough to construct a home out of them. So they got to work long and hard while pretending to enjoy devising different landmarks for different spaces. “Maybe we can build the library there. Definitely a garage, but where should it go?” After weeks over weeks of planning and grinding and an exhausted couple, their fort was finally fully furnished, completed with six rooms, an additional library and an entrance. The builders stood proud of the vastness of their creation, but it was barren for a population of two. “I wish my family were here, then it wouldn’t feel as lonely.” Luma and the filly immediately fell asleep in the UFO that night. The comet was still surfing in a direction and taking their home with it. Chapter 6: Friends Gladly, the young alicorn brought a whole tea set to set a tea party one day. They were able to craft it on a comet's surface that doesn’t touch their build. The mare sat while Luma floated and sipped their teacups together like friends. Just then, a tiny sapphire planet came from a distance about to be passed possessing another star-like creature like Luma but blue. They seemed to be relatives. “Oh, is that your cousin by any chance?” The sign of a united family was simply too much to believe, but at least two individuals found and more importantly, recognised each other. She watched as the Lumas delightedly danced like a mum seeing their baby for the first time in forever. Once blue Luma noticed the alicorn, suddenly, it began repeating: “My Mama! My Mama!” Yellow Luma suddenly realised something and echoed back: “My Mama! My Mama!” While the filly couldn’t quite figure out what was going on, momentarily, more Lumas emerged from hiding behind the sapphire planet in all sorts of colours. They all cheerily continued the echo. “My Mama! My Mama!” While it amazed her that there are tens of Lumas out there, it finally occurred to her what was happening: She is their Mama on a comet and these are her children. This was their quest finished, the question now is how is she going to care for them? “I guess I should assign each of you a duty.” Luckily, she’s familiar with this job to give jobs. Until tomorrow, she established and distributed all 100 baby stars for every available work and schedule evenly. Chapter 7: The Telescope The astral community survived until their fifth anniversary with the mare as healthy and harmonious as the universe. Upon celebrating that day, she remembered the memory of her world and has been wondering how it’s enduring. Fortunately, her star folks crafted a telescope for her to play with, so this was a perfect time to put it to good utility. The telescope was supported on a tripod in a generic position. The young filly searched for a certain bearing that had a small blue globe which she found. With some adjustments to expand its view range, she could make out and focus on a scene: A castle upheld by the side of a mountain. It seemed so familiar to her. “Is that where I lived? I guess I’ve never been to that village below or anywhere else, really, so I’ve never seen my town from far away.” Then memories began to form, remembering the hill she saw constellations from, the aromatic bedroom that showered in golden nightlight, she even remembered the day she found Luma and sailed off to find its Mama without leaving her Mama her whereabouts… And… “I want to go home right now! I want to see my mother once more!” The poor alicorn was blubbering, sad that she was away from her mother for five years without a visit. She couldn’t believe what her destined future was: becoming a mother raising star children. Sure, that’s good, but if only she told mum about it. “But I can’t see her now, because I’m afraid she forgot about me!” Lumas around her didn’t know what to do. They wanted her better, but how? The filly would continue mourning if they don’t come up with something. Chapter 8: The Wish Luma, who’s been with her the longest, tried persuading her to stop crying and worrying, but they couldn’t come through. “Mama, don’t cry, I’m still here. Your mama will always be remembered. Hey, do you know why I love star bits? Because they remind me of Mama.” She just wouldn’t budge, the filly was letting all of her tears flow free of force and flood the floor. However, Luma didn’t let go until an idea came. “I know! I will transform into a travelling comet that’ll take you through this journey!” Within seconds, Luma glowed in blinding white light and plummeted through a vacant area. That quaked the ground as it beamed out a comet tail and all could feel their ground accelerated, but bringing the young pony with it. “Wow! Can all you Lumas do that?” “Us Lumas are gonna be reborn into new stars, comets, planets and even galaxies.” Blue Luma taught her. The possibilities of her children’s transformations sound like miracles, even though it’s a sacrifice. Knowing that they have destinies to become space bodies, she should be proud for them. “Don’t cry again, Mama!” Every Luma told the filly in unison and gathered closer to embrace her like a parent. For the following years, she will never let any drops drop from her eyes. “You are my children, this is my family and my family is still within me.” Final Chapter: Family The entire star family lived for another five years, the mare is young in alicorn years. Frequently, new Lumas climb aboard the comet and add one to its population total, but subtract one for every Luma’s time to turn. Yet for each star who climbed on, it’s a schedule to throw a welcoming party for them. While they worked in the kitchen, the pony instructed the star staff to whip up a party treat. “Prepare the ingredients, everypony! We’re going to bake a star cake made with star bits.” She becomes busy one day, then entertained the next. This back-and-forth process became what she desired, it appeared as if her cutie mark appeared as stars to symbolise this. As the filly enjoyed the party with the constellation, she made a promise to herself. “Yes, this is my family. I will forever cherish them until they’re educated enough to flee the coup. When that happens, I’ll show a farewell with a smile.” The filly looked up through the skylight where her original home planet is located. “Maybe I’ll visit my home planet every 100 years or so? Just to refresh the memory of my memories.” Everything that happened in this journey then was still happening until today. Once every century, this home of theirs disguised as a comet would have been seen above that planet’s skies. This was the story of a young alicorn’s journey to find one Luma’s family. The End Everypony that listened held smiles at that happy ending, even Rainbow Dash pulled away from her graphic novel and the other girls wiped their cheeks as the story was over. As a Luma pushed a dish trolley away from the scene, the feedbacks sent were tolerable. “That was simply beautiful, darling. I went through an emotional rollercoaster.” “It was kind of her to nurture all the Lumas.” “The young young’un found her real family with ‘em.” Princess Stella rose from her bench and left her book on top of it. She stood by the library’s doorway, she asked Pinkie if she could continue her adventure. “Do you think you’re able to continue today, Pinkie?” “Actually, after that bedtime story, I could really use a rest.” “Well, lucky for you. You just unlocked our Bedroom, so we’re glad to let all of you use our pillows.” “Wow, really? Last one there’s sleeping on the floor!” Pinkie zipped through and bumped into the princess in the way, but came back to apologise for doing so. “Heh heh, sorry for being rude.” “Looks like I’m first!” Rainbow Dash asserted as she dashed off past the pink pony, and then the others followed except for Twilight. She became inquisitive about the story, couldn’t help but think there’s more to the princess herself. To not be rude, she asked permission from one of the Lumas first. “She wouldn’t mind if I borrow this, right?” “Sure, just return it when you leaving the observatory someday. This is the only copy we have.” “I promise I’ll take good care of it.” She placed the book on the carpet not to read it, but to study it. Perhaps there’s some context in it that’ll discover Stella’s identity. Gusty Garden GalaxyThere was enough room for five ponies to squeeze into bed. Rainbow, Pinkie and Rarity tucked under the covers, Fluttershy and Applejack slept widthwise, while Twilight, last to bed, dozed on the floor. The chaise was violet and luxurious, so soft they would never wake again. But they knew better, so around the morning, Pinkie was early up and surprisingly more satisfied than any other 8 o’clock. She quietly got down from the mattress by bouncing over Rarity. “Wow, that did not feel normal. Girls, it’s the morning.” She acquainted everypony, which works but not for Dashie. Meanwhile, Twilight hazily rose since she had slept one hour late. “Ugh, I shouldn’t have slept so late. What was I thinking?” “Yeah, Twi. What were you doing that caused you to lose the race?” “I’d rather explain it later.” The black Luma entered the dome at this time upon meeting so many muzzles. It came to introduce a whole new world only accessed from this bedroom. “Good morning, everypony. Isn’t our bed just the coziest?” “It’s elegant, darling. I wish I could bring it home, but it’s yours, so…” “Did ya come to show us somethin’ or what?” “Of course. This dome is how Pinkie’ll travel to Gusty Garden Galaxy, which just unlocked due to our total number of Power Stars.” The pull star only appeared after, under the roof and in the middle. Could a garden universe be peppered with flora or globes of fauna? To know that, somepony has to globetrot, so Pinkie asked her partner. “Alright, Fluttershy, are you coming?” “Um, I appreciate the appeal, but I wanna pass? I’m sorry.” “Don’t be, you’re just tired. Anypony else?” “There’s something I must get back to work on.” “Me too, ah gotta meet up with Trixie. And don’t suspect anythin’.” Applejack advocated as she ambled out of the boudoir with many individuals confused about her assembly with that unicorn. Rainbow was still snoring, so she was also eliminated. With Rarity being the only one without an excuse, she gets to step in. “Fine, but I don’t like that it’s just because everypony is busy. How do we start, darling?” “We look up and then we say ‘pull’.” Pinkie did as demonstrated and then was levitated to the ceiling and the unicorn should follow. “Pull?” So both became aligned with the distant galaxy ahead. Due to the overgrown planets in the preview, intuition would say it’s Gusty Garden. “Welcome to the adventure, Rarity.” “Oh, much obliged. I’m kind of excited, actually.” “We’re ready then.” As a signal, they blasted off into the aether via the launch star. Rarity is a first-timer, so the question of whether the main protagonist can’t teach her some things is questionable. Bunnies in the Wind The sky was as blue as day with so many planets scattered all over the place and the new duo has set their hooves on one of them’s grassy side. Pinkie Pie and Rarity were facing a bed of flowers, the sweet aroma striking their nostrils. “Mmm, what a pleasant perfume-like fragrance.” A star bunny was right beside them enjoying its time here. It had something to say. “Hello, ponies.” “Oh, greetings.” “See those pink flowers on the hill? They are called floaty fluff.” “Yeah, I see them. Why do they have a hilarious name?” “They can be used as a mode of transport. Using your spin ability, you can fly high and ride the breeze.” That was certainly helpful, but before they start flying, Pinkie made an excuse to explore this oblong planet. “Darling, you can do whatever you want, as long as you know what you’re doing.” “Potentially, we can walk under the planet.” The planet’s underside had no green but brown entirely and was inhabited by three shadowbolts who were waiting for her. “Let’s see what y’all are made of.” The trio's best efforts were not enough to overcome Pinkie's spin attacks, which revealed that they were made of star bits. After that, some crystals held star bits that were worth breaking. Waiting for her friend to return, Rarity extracted the contents of a crystal from her side with her magic. Her friend returned and... “Whoa, how did you manage to…” “It’s a spell I learned when I grew tired of digging for gems and it apparently worked on these entrapped star bits.” “Cool. Now let’s start sailing with flowers.” It’s time to fly. To hold onto the stems of the flowers, Pinkie must spin around them. When the ponies clung on, the gusts carried them away. Nevertheless, they shot lower than the next planet, so some action must occur. Pinkie spun and gained enough momentum to glide home. Their grip was broken once they landed sideways, causing the fluff to blow away. Her gesture directed Rarity to follow her around the dirty region of this planet. “I do like gardens, but I despise exposed dirt.” “Well, unless you hide like an ostrich, you won’t be getting some in your mane.” Two hatches existed similar to those in Battlerock and out of each comes a diamond dog coming to capture them. Somepony here had an unpleasant previous encounter with these canines and the bitterness towards them still lingers. “Meet again, white pony. After pony infringed our moxie, don’t think we won’t go rough to fulfil smokey pony’s demand.” “You have the nerve to show up. At least I have the freedom to fight!” Rarity stepped forward looking ready as she posed for combat. The foes advanced her pose and danced their blows enhanced and attacked the pack alongside Pinkie, of course, until they evaporated into star bits when defeated. “Well, I can officially declare your character better at combat than we think.” “Oh, darling. If my wish was to be a proper lady, I better batter bitter as butter.” Three crystals were broken to obtain the star bits and the mares infiltrated into a globular room by a coincidental green pipe. A question mark coin was opposite the warp pipe. Once they became accustomed to the weird gravity, they could walk normally, but abnormally. Somepony was excited for the countless star bits that materialized on contact with it. “Whoa, there’s too many to count, probably enough to feed ten Lumas.” As Pinkie Pie accumulated everything, Rarity rolled her eyes at her friend's sweet tooth. Having emptied the chamber, they galloped to the other side of the planet to a stone platform with a second giant bit. Upon laying a hoof, 6 star bits appeared. Additionally, two ravenous plants tried to devour an equine but were shrivelled with defoliants. Rarity chose to comment. “I don’t believe nopony had ever fought plants before. I mean, those enemies were horrendous.” “No kidding, I always wondered what they do for a living or how they survived here.” The process resulted in more star bits being gained and a coin was hidden in a shrub. The equines had to use the floaty fluff flowers again to move forward. Pinkie and Rarity were blown into a question mark coin that made rings of star bits. Boost-spinning by the hedonist and levitation by the fashionista helped collect everything. Upon reaching the next world, more carnivorous herbs could be converted into star bits. Both mares followed a trail to a hatch where a diamond dog emerged. “Watch out, ponies.” This hound launched wrenches at them which would cause a mild concussion if the mares didn’t dodge it like so. The enemy kept chucking tools, but couldn’t quite strike anypony’s hippocampi until Pinkie took him for a spin. “Not bad for a tactic.” Star bits were waiting to be extracted from two crystals, that’s when the ponies noticed shoeprints walking in the dirt and no owner, or could it be a ghost? Far was it, dared to emerge to enlighten its surroundings, it appeared as a bag with legs and eyes. “He’s a bag of star bits.” Upon hearing Pinkie, it escaped hers and Rarity’s peripheral vision by concealing in the sand as they began chasing after the pouch. “Leave it to me, darling.” Rarity dragged it from the ground with her horn, then Pinkie squeezed its 30 contents. Afterwards, they continued following and collecting the line of star bits that led to a bed of floaty fluff. Utilising them, rings of star bits were created using an activation coin. Perfect were both mares in collecting them all before dropping to the following planet. A trio of hazardous sprouts awaited their meal, but equine teamwork thwarted mastication. An ivy rose from one flora’s collapse. “Like a dream team meant to be. I would’ve pulled you along the entire journey from the beginning.” “Regardless, I would refrain due to true to my element.” “Fair.” Rarity, after Pinkie, attempted to copy her friend’s actions; her spin-move with a vine. Yes, it allowed progress, she reached the next planet like Ms Laughter, but only being dizzy. “Whoa! Darling, how do you utilise the move that Luma gave you without a hazy mind?” The unicorn stumbled her steps until she fell off the rock they were on and into a canine’s paws, easily getting caught. “Nice for you to drop by.” Rarity struggled to release herself from the diamond dog’s tight grip. Not to worry as some rubble bashed his face and loosened it that his captive took this second to punch him out. She looked to see her saviour was Pinkie who broke the rock that contained star bits. “Maybe you should close your eyes for the next ones.” Pinkie suggested before evading a plant’s attack and attacking it which germinated another vine. Having to use it, Rarity performed to shut her mascaraed eyes as she does. Another planet brought to, a larger fanged plant was featured, spikier, more menacing. “Wh-who in their right minds would dare to plant that?” “Potentially, one of the bad guys, or Sombra himself.” It slammed to the ground causing it to vibrate with ample time to recover, enough for Pinkie to thrust him down and win several star bits but not a vine. It’s a question mark until they detoured the planet’s underpart. First, a cactus head jumpscare emerged from the ground. “Whoa! Not a good time!” Pinkie exclaimed as she swung her hooves at it. Then, there’s a pod protruding from the grass. She assumed she had to spin and hit it. When she did, yes, a liana. Once again, both ponies advanced via vine with visionless Rarity. “How many vines must we climb today?” It’s the bottom of the farthest bean-shaped planet, the top had the evident big flower and not-so-evident fractured rubble. “Can you break that rock for me, Rarity?” As assistance, the unicorn took care of that as her friend took care of the enemy. Both elements were crushed using the same techniques as in previous encounters. The rock slab rewarded a bit, the beast rewarded ten star bits and a launch star. “Finally, a launch star, nothing flowery. Now how did you break the rock, Rarity?” “I thrust it down with the weight of my hooves, darling. Needless to say, it resulted in some dust on my coat.” Rarity said sounding annoyed, Pinkie could tell. “Hm, sorry. I never would’ve thought about that.” The germophobic mare decided to ignore the condition of her hide so that they could continue and launch themselves with the catapult onto the following cubic planet. Landed on the surface with a fountain and near the fountain was a rabbit. “Catch me if you can!” The hare said before run, run, running as fast as it can like in the race with the tortoise. “Whoa, he’s faster than a gallop.” “Come on, then.” The leporine hopped to the adjacent face which had hedges. Pinkie got distracted by a garden of star bits and when Rarity ran ahead, the pink pony shortcut through the bushes. On the third face with grey rafters, the cottontail climbed the walls where the ponies followed. On the fourth face, the bunny and the chasers used the bridges that linked the walls. On the fifth side of the planet, where the rabbit and chasers were camouflaged by the vegetation, circumnavigated the centre hole and then backtracked. Just too fast was the hare. “Come back here, ruffian! I never thought I would call that to a bunny.” “Keep going, Rarity.” Following Pinkie's order, she came up with an idea. She entered the hole with 10 star bits and will return later. Rarity chased the bunny until she reached the sixth face, a simple hedge maze that she would have been dreading if Pinkie hadn't caught the prey. “Gotcha!” “Whoa! Where did you come from? You caught me? Well, I guess you won.” The bunny had the Power Star and because it’s been caught in the chase, it’s the ponies’ to keep. “No seriously, I thought you were right behind me.” “If it weren’t for that hole in the middle of the maze, you would’ve dreaded more.” “Well, thank Celestia for that.” Finally, the Power Star has been contacted by hooves, they celebrated this moment before Pinkie Pie and Rarity proudly soared back to the Comet Observatory. The Bedroom. A night-sky twinkle revealed a pair of ponies back with space station gasoline. A respiring muzzle would be atypical to hear in the chamber, the breathing Rainbow Dash was sleeping comfortably on the mattress. “Dashie, wake time has passed.” Pinkie bothered the pegasus which opened her eyes promptly to lift in the air by reflex. “Oh no! I’m late for the Wonderbolts!” How did she forget the space journey and the fact she was blasted outside Equestria? “I’m sorry, I guess the bed’s as cozy as a cloud.” “Seriously, darling. Your sleep cycle is that of a bear.” Rarity commented on her friend’s nocturnality. No promises when it comes to scheduled naptimes and she would occupy any cushioning she can cushion. “Well, good luck on keeping up this adventure. Maybe I’ll be at the lobby reading Daring Do.” Out the door Dash went, leaving the couple alone to revisit Gusty Garden. What was that word again? “Pull.” The magical pull star brought both beneath the baldachin. The particular galaxy observed to aim for. Being ready, a launch star later appeared to farewell the globetrotters gonna roam the biospheres. Dirty Tricks of the Alpha Dog Starting off from the starting planet similar to last mission’s. Right off the bat, star bits were encased in a crystal that Pinkie knows how to rupture. Exploration first, she and Rarity strolled to the soil underside. “As long as it doesn’t rain here, I don’t have a problem walking on the dirt.” Two suspicious tree stumps and two stacks of stone slabs. Why would there be if not for decorating or pure randomness? Having never interacted with sapling remnants, even Pinkie thought it was odd to, until she decided to thrust upon it. That awoke double shadowbolts from the ground like zombies. “Grrr!” Rarity was only alarmed by their surfacing and Pinkie being not frightened was disappointed that it wasn’t frightening. One pony a foe, fought and the good guys won, 3 star bits earned per foe’s loss. “They need to work on their zombie sounds. Why were you jumped by them, Rarity?” “Ah, just because they jumped, I jumped. Ever been scared by a cute cardboard cutout at Nightmare Night?” “Actually, I have. Touché.” Sweet discussion, must it last briefly. There were still rocks to split into sugar and the other stump to stomp on in which two more shadowbolts emerged. Neither tougher nor simpler did they combat and then vanished upon both losses. After that, it’s floaty fluff time. Pinkie’s spin on the flowery hill revealed their zip lines. Wind affects their flying fox, being cautious because pointy plants float in the way while a question mark token levitated within the minefield. Perfectly synchronised spinning lifted the ponies high enough to collect it and another huge coin appeared ahead. “Whoa. The universe made the coin make more coins.” Pinkie claimed as she obtained that gold disc that materialised the third one past the following planet. Speaking of, she and Rarity settled on it. “And we just won’t question how, darling.” Existed was a rabbit who desired to notify the guests about what was ahead. “The diamond dogs were terrorising the garden, they just like to dig and dig.” “Don’t worry, I’ll have a word with them right now.” “But what about the hidden secrets?” “Oh, alright, darling. You’re the expert in sidetracking.” The mares detoured for the bottom peppered with prickly blooms surrounding a pipe. Why not jump into it? Like before, the room was spherical. Unlike before, thorned flowers were dotted densely. There was a question mark bit in here that both ponies took for granted. It was especially taken for granted when it fabricated the legendary rainbow necklace a small distance from them. There was a reason why Rarity couldn’t hold it in. “There it is, Rarity.” “Oh my stars, Pinkie. It’s elegant, it’s stunning, it’s fascinating. I bet it’ll look especially…what’s the word? Dynamic on a dress. Why can’t we take it home?” “There’s always an application for it the moment you have it in your hooves. In this case, to acquire star bits from these plants.” The flowers were untouchable but after a dose of invincibility, it’s possible to overcome them. Now, who should volunteer to accessorise the jewellery? Reckon gonna be the jeweller herself? “Mind doing the honours?” “Would I? Certainly not.” “Remember, you wilt all the pricklies, including those out of this room.” Rarity fastened the necklace around her cervix and sensed the power. Getting to work, she ran and rammed into every bush whose true nature was star snacks. While Pinkie accumulated the loot, her friend exited the room to the exterior to wither the same bouquet. Soon after the last of them has died, the power faded and the pendant broke into many pieces. “No! Not the glamorous gem!” Pinkie emerged from the green tube and saw what happened. “Yeah, it doesn’t last forever.” “Oh well, let’s just move forward.” A coin was found in the foliage halfway to the fluff. In the presence of the mares, Pinkie spun and caught hold of a stem. The wind was forcing them in the direction of the next coin. Upon contact, it unfolded like a Russian doll until the very last component was 2 scores of star bits aligned and in reach. They were able to drop into the small world with beige roads and portions of grass, populated with a canine burrowing underground noticed by the mounds created in the process. With the presence of ponies here, he arose to the surface flexing his muscles and cracking his knuckles, the sound Rarity cringed to. “Ugh, don’t do that again!” “No kidding. Gave me the shivers.” Ferociously they fought using Pinkie’s special ability and Rarity’s cloven appendages, the enemy just relied on his bipedal advantages. Even so, Pinkie’s ability overthrows almost everypony. Enemies stand no chance unless they're tough, this one wasn’t. 3 more treats were added and a sling star appeared. “I wonder how many had to be exterminated.” Foremost, a rock just had to be broken because why not? Earning one bit before using the slinger. The following globe was not a globe but warped, another descriptor was that it was tangled with soil shallower than silage. Something tells the ponies the brown was unnatural. “They just dig all over this poor planet, the poor ecosystem.” In an attempt to locate the tunnelling source, Pinkie and Rarity approached the mounds. Predatory dogs shot from the ground as their distances narrowed, forcing them into a brawl. Canines have consistently lost to the equines. Once all three gave their star bits, a launch star was born. Thus, the ponies galloped toward the launcher while destroying beguiling rubble. While some rubble contained coins, others lacked them. “We got some variety going on.” This blaster allowed the passenger to depart the question mark planet and was not about to land on a white ring. Thanks to the pull stars off the side, that was not the case. “Pull.” Pinkie enunciated while holding Rarity’s hoof as she gets pulled along. Removed from the blue star, they can walk on the torus, the side occupied by a small and big bit. “You know, Pinkie Pie. I can’t help but to concern about your convention of amassing.” Rarity started as the giant coin made queues of star bits wrapping around the planet, which led to a series of dialogues. “Yeah? Tell me your concerns.” “Well, darling, it’s actually ironic. I’m generous to give you greed to gather the gold. ‘Generous’ and ‘greed’ are antonyms.” “Funny, you were cursed to be the antonym back then.” Pinkie reminded her friend of the milestone of the villainous draconequus who reversed her element as she acclaimed everything before the successive large gold medal. “Yes, well, that’s unimportant. I don’t mean any consequence on your routine, but I just thought it’s an issue.” The pink mare decelerated to a stop and stopped her muscles to process the unicorn’s process. Perhaps that was the moral of the day, but only perhaps. Rarity was quick to assume she started something she didn’t want to start and was trying to neutralise her own claim. “Pinkie? I’m just saying. I know how sensitive you become when we recommend the contrast of what you do but-” “I understand.” Rarity was taken aback by her friend’s sudden acknowledgement. “Everything I collect has no practical value from a mundane life standpoint. However, I operate a bakery. This journey will bring me wealth for our future and these star bits will become ingredients for my next recipe. The more material I get now, the more material I'll have later.” “Well, that is certainly a solid reason, but make sure it won’t make you an Icarus.” Pinkie stopped to ponder again, this hoarding fiasco won’t take her to the sun, right? However, the results of the second top deadliest sin did happen among her friends. Now that she thought about that, it was scary. Rarity envied an illusion of a diamond that she never focused on the main mission at hoof. Being in a similar situation, she wondered what would happen if she kept going. No, she won’t take any chances, so in an incredible twist, keeping her routine balanced, she walked by the third question mark coin and used the pull star after it. “Wait, you missed the coin. I thought you said-” “You’re right. Let’s forget about the riches on this planet, come on.” Rarity is surprised about her friend’s decision to change her ways, but she won’t let that stop her. Something tells her Pinkie has made the right decision, so she joined in. Letting the pull stars take them to a launch star. They zoomed to an apple planet. “Oh, if only I brought Applejack along.” Those yellow caterpillars were here, however, thanks to her conclusion… “Alright, we won’t flatten those bugs for star bits.” “Got it.” They were able to use a tree remnant instead. Boom! A giant caterpillar elongated and connected two apples. “Oh my gosh, I hope it’s unharmed.” “At least we were provided the other apples.” On the next planet, three stumps could be interacted with. Firstly, the one east of the stem yielded eight star bits. “Well, I suppose we earned them.” The caterpillar awoke after pushing the root on the stalk's left and the last root was forgotten. Planet three had rolling boulders to navigate and stumps to stomp on. One spawned six star bits, the second dropped ten, the third elongated the caterpillar, and two were avoided. Look at the exposed face of the caterpillar near the launch star. “It’s…ugly.” “Rude.” “No, honestly.” Anyway, Pinkie and Rarity did climb the caterpillar to reach the cannon and go straight to the boss arena. Yes, the boss arena. A bigger digger dog was chasing a leporine with a spiky helmet around a tree. “Help! I’m being chased by a wolf!” “I can’t believe they could be so cruel!” The unicorn struck and shook the sand with her forehooves which was enough to force the canine out of it. That was Laughter’s window to spin-attack him, throw him upwards and land on his stomach. Safe was the bunny. “You! Come at me, puny ponies!” Uh oh, mad was he as he paid 10 star bits before drilling below. The equines ran in some direction to flee from him digging after them. “Do that again, Rarity.” And so she thrust, but since the dog was deep below, that failed, they’ve noticed. Only when the alpha surfaced, was Rarity’s stomp successful. He attempted to amble away except was he a sloth-paced escapist where Pinkie could catch up. Did she attack, 10 more sweets were earned. “That’s it! No mercy!” Rage mode activated. The wolf’s eyes were yellow without pupils, steam from his snout and steamed his face. Menacing. In this phase, the steam train tailed the ponytails terrifyingly fast. “Whoa! Be less frightening at least, ruffian!” Fortunately, the combat pattern is almost the same, just more speedy than last time. When they perceived the dog was out, it was Rarity’s rotation to stomp and then Pinkie’s turn to turn. Not yet, not dead, he recovered to storm them. Being frightened, unicorn’s next reflex was to thrust, the only move at disposal that seemed appropriate. Lucky for her, that worked. Finally, the pink mare made the spin move which was the final blow to earn 10 star bits and a Power Star. “Wow, that fight was scarier than the fight in Ghostly Galaxy.” “Looks like the deeper we travel, the tougher each challenge is.” “Seems so. Nonetheless, behold our Power Star.” Acclaimed. There goes another space threat threatened and another star recovered. Pinkie and Rarity could currently soar to the Comet Observatory. Who was present in the Bedroom? For starters, Applejack returned from a criticising practice and then Pinkie and Rarity had just returned from the sky, a Power Star in hoof. Both rubbed their brows since that pursuit was a lot of work. “So, did it again, huh?” “Of course, we are no doubt no match for dog-invested gardens.” “Alright, stay true to your element, Applejack. What were you doing with Ms Lulamoon?” Asked Rarity, the first mare who perceived and admitted the country pony’s actions absurd. To believe somepony in the universe was bold to absorb candid insults, was it impressive or ridiculous? “Look, we have to remember that she was tryin’ to succeed, but we never gave her any chance to display that.” “Hmm, I could see myself being discouraging.” “Save me, ‘cause I wasn’t involved.” “We know, darling. Anyway, but why was she yelling horrible insults to your visage?” “Unnatural is she without ‘em. Ah was trainin’ her to get comfortable.” That’s an uncommon reason for a common commoner, nopony had a response to that, neither could Pinkie and Rarity decide to be astonished nor discombobulated. Although when they thought about it, from a supportive perspective, they couldn’t bet on the latter option. “Yeah, you know? Maybe she just lost her posture, she did speak in the first person, naturally.” “Ah’m currently done hearin’ her roastin’, where are y’all at?” “Usually, we would’ve obtained 3 stars from each galaxy before we get exhausted.” “So, so far, we retrieved 2. One more adventure then, I presume.” So, getting the pull star above to work, no one requires a repetitive recipe to remind one how it runs. Once floating, they could observe the distant Gusty Garden ready to be entered. “Third star, here we come.” Gusty Garden’s Gravity Scramble Returned. Most planets mainly were green as previously. As previously, they landed on the same ground where Pinkie’s greediness got put to the test. So far, there was just floaty fluff on a hill, but a crystal of star bits was behind the elevation. “Eh, wouldn’t hurt to grab a hoofful.” “Sure.” Rarity didn’t mind and stayed on the hill until her friend torpedoed the mineral for the contents. Then, they had lift-off via air, paragliding using the fluff. In the wind, there was a vast coin lower than the mares’ current altitude. Curious to know, they spun which lifted them higher, enough to touch the gold. Of course, the gold is like peeling the scales of an onion. “That’s what we call coin-ception.” “I have never called such a thing in my life, darling.” Slow falling and quick rising placed the ponies into accurate accumulating, 3 in a line before landing on the next planet. Pop goes the puppy out of the hatch next to a biting plant. “Who cares if pony fought master? Dogs still roam.” “But we’re still over you.” Rarity ducked as he threw a wrench at the ponies to hit the canine minion and Pinkie veered off to the weed, earning 3 star bits from each of them. After passing a bush, another plant required some weedkiller. Pinkie discretely plucked it and a vine skewered a queue of star bits created by the previous coin like a candy kebab. “Close your eyes, Rarity.” “I remember, darling. You don’t have to remind me.” “How would I know?” Hooves on the stem and then spinning to ascend into the consecutive coin, Rarity had to shield her cerebellum to prevent wooziness. The coin triggered more star bits to appear on the next planet, but before following them, they had to bother with a Doberman. “You just wanna slow us down, dogs.” “Just can’t let ponies win.” While he lunged at Pinkie and Rarity, their agility allowed them to evade and counterstrike. Afterwards, they navigated the trail into the next magic coin which released additional airborne star bits. Fashionista steered right to extract embedded star bits from a crystal, while partygoer steered left to tromp a dangerous flower to produce a vine. Using the vine threw the equines off onto a rainbow necklace and then a launch star. Before investigating the jewellery in Pinkie’s hoof, they must use the launch star to land on the next planet of rolling boulders. “Well, guess we know what the power’s used for.” “And I think I’d have too much fun if I got too much time for too much power.” “So it’s mine then.” Declared Pinkie as she attached it around her neck and glowed in colours. Having turned invincible to obstacles, she ran and rammed through every boulder she could see, each one of 8 spitting out 8 bits of stardust. Her accessory disintegrated at the edge of the planet and Rarity followed her to stockpile the damage and reach the next launch star. Once they used it, suddenly, there was no dirt beneath their hooves anymore, rather metal surfaces. On this surface, it featured a pole, a circling amp and the fuchsia filly’s funny feeling. “Hmm, my Pinkie sense is functioning.” “So? What did it say, darling?” “There’s something important on the underside of this platform.” “Let’s see it, then.” They crossed the amp’s route once it passed by and they found a star chip upon a loose screw at the planet’s bottom. “So, we need to find 5 pieces of a launch star.” “Exactly. Watch, I’m gonna bolt this down.” Pinkie stood on the bolt and spun to insert it in place. That spawned a ring of coins around the ponies. Rarity was somewhat amazed and proceeded to compile the money with Pinkie and move forward. On the surface, they faced a tall pole. “We’re supposed to climb this, right?” “Like a circus act, yes.” The equines hugged the pole and shimmied their hooves up along it. Actually, climbing the pole is easier than they thought. When they reached the apex, they must jump from there to the next platform indicated by coins. Pinkie, being the acrobat she is, managed to make it. What about Rarity? “Hmm, that looks far, darling.” “Don’t worry, Rarity, the gravity will be generous to you I’m sure.” “Will it?” She questioned rhetorically before she waits and then pushed off the pillar providing a boost, enough to miss the top, but lucky to land on the bottom. Both were shocked to hear a clang from four hooves hitting metal. “I told you gravity would be generous.” “I didn’t expect it to be like that.” “Well, can you obtain whatever’s under there? Thanks.” “No problem.” Rarity opted to mount the stanchion in the centre after spooky manoeuvring around an electrical amp. Eventually managed perfect timing and descended to the bottom when she used levitation to pluck the floating star chip. Meanwhile, another circling launch star piece and a golden box of 10 bits were Pinkie's to collect on her side. Then up her side's pole as her generous companion lagged. Upon the pillar, the ponies leapt to the next structure. The fourth star chip and a dozen star bits orbit the platform. The final jigsaw was obtained by climbing another pole downwards, or upwards depending on the perspective. “We’re climbing up and down at the same time, do you know that?” “Honestly, I do not. And I don’t see how it’s possible, but until you climb up an upside-down pole, I guess.” The last piece of the star was snatched, the launcher was completed and time to descend to the surface. The launch star was surrounded by 8 coins. Zooming via that, it took the equines to a new zone. They could see question marks and land on exclamation marks. First, a sign. “Mind your position!” “Why, explicit warning sign?” “Well, we should be cautious then, don’t you think?” Ahead were simple short ledges to jump on, a left turn approaching vertically mobile platforms and they elevated Pinkie and Rarity to level with the next platform and a shadowbolt. “You made a mistake in coming up here!” He spoke before bucking behind him on an arrow switch which switched gravity to face a wall of exclamations bringing all three ponies to walk on it. Unfortunate for the foe, his plan brought his demise as the protagonist and companion landed on him and crushed him in the process. “Oh no! Um, that was foolish of him. May I say the S-word today?” “He simply used his plan on himself. I’d say it’s a tragedy, but he was Sombra’s minion, so…” The mares left two cannons shooting off in some direction behind and jogged across a slow rotating block; a slip-off means falling into the abyss. Once crossed, they stood on a stationary platform where two sentient whoopie cushions hopped forward. Pinkie immediately eliminated them before they snatched onto Rarity. “What were those? Did you suddenly dive just to save my life?” “Bloodsuckers. I had to spin them off my head once and it wasn’t pleasant.” “Oh. Because I lack your ability, you felt compelled to protect me. Well, if I encounter any more next time, darling, I'll certainly be ready to defend myself with my magic.” Other than the enemies, there was also an arrow similar to the gravity changer. Assuming it’ll flip it again, might as well give it a spin. By the impact of the pink pony’s spin attack, the arrow faced the opposite direction. They braced and both landed their hooves, but the unicorn lost balance upon landing. Rarity joked around this instant. “Pinkie, you always land on your hooves like my darling, Opal. I’ll start to wonder if you’re actually a cat.” “Hmm, maybe I am, Rarity. Maybe that’s why I always do the “impossible” as Equestrians told me.” Pinkie joked along, her friend could tell since she giggled. Advancing, the following obstructions were cubes in motion endeavouring to push ponies off or prevent open routes. However, they were moving relatively slowly, but it wasn’t admittedly simple per se. “Just a good balance of a challenge.” After overcoming the obstacles, two shadowbolts guard a gravity flipper. “We saw that idiot, so we learned from his mistake.” “Suit yourself, darling.” The good and bad duo landed hooves and special attacks on each other, but the good mares obviously reached the sky with triumph. With them out of the way, Pinkie could interact with the arrow and it reversed the gravity again. In this section, Pinkie thought to not bother with the shadowbolt above. “You know what, we’re not gonna bother him. We’re going straight down where the next arrow’s located.” “Good idea.” Rarity approved her friend of laughter. To reach it, they had to cross another rotating cube and annihilate the subsequent shadowbolt. Then, the ponies ran a full lap around the cylinder to collect the star bits there before activating the switch, flipping the gravity once more. “How many times must we alter gravity?” “Hope that was the last one.” Hooves set on the next platforms, the cylinder plastered with 14 star bits and a lonely coin. All was acclaimed, then can the mares advance. Well, the path forward was bombarded by a barrage of cannonballs and patrolled by a single shadowbolt. “Watch your head, ponies.” With him running in at the mares, he attempted to stop them. Considered by Pinkie, she thought she met the shadowbolt intern and easily spun him to his defeat. “He’s pathetic.” “Pinkie Pie, just because simply runs into you without a threat doesn’t mean you should accuse him of an amateur.” “Sorry, but I couldn’t help it.” Rarity ignored it and carried on. It was quickly determined to gallop in the centre of the road by the ponies once observed it lacked cannon ammo. Then, at a ledge, Pinkie hopped onto the protruding cannon, grabbed the coin, and pulled her partner up. Now to make a left turn and evade the onslaught. Following the dodge of the first cannon's trajectory, the equines turned left and waited for the off-centred mortar trajectory to pass before jumping the window. It's the home stretch, the Power Star visible in a crystal. After a straight walk, Pinkie and Rarity jumped the gap to finally reach the crystal. Pinkie used her magical spin twice to release it, the glow denoting victory. “What an obstacle course.” “My, did it take a while? Let’s take the Power Star so that we can adjourn.” “Agreed.” The mares jumped to make contact with the star. Wasn’t unearthing this Power Star tiring? Done with this galaxy they were, had done what they needed to do before their rest. And upon mission completion and satisfaction, they soared back to the Comet Observatory. At last, the voyagers returned from the sky. They floated down with the Power Star beside them, the observatory fuel source that flew away and stored itself in the beacon. Welcome Fluttershy and Spike who volunteered to stay in the Bedroom as Pinkie and Rarity made their appearances. “Did it again, huh?” “Of course, Spike. Also, I didn’t expect you to be here. I mean, since when does he command the dragon to wait for me.” “He? Who is he?” The youth dragon asked confusedly upon being introduced to a new character. A question he shouldn’t ask because it’s Pinkie Pie. Besides, she assumed revealing that individual would cause a paradox and hid her answer. “Nopony important.” “We’ve retrieved the third Power Star from Gusty Garden.” “Third? Then you’ve cleaned up that galaxy it looks like, speaking from experience.” “Yeah, I hope so because that last mission was exhausting.” Rarity looked like she wanted to lie on her stomach, Pinkie as well. Didn’t get to before Twilight Sparkle entered the room for a purpose and decided to provide her friends with an invitation. “Why don’t you come with me to the library? I found something very important that I want to discuss with everypony, except for Princess Stella.” She left question marks on everypony’s heads by mentioning the exclusion of the guardian of the cosmos, the mother of the Lumas. Why must the young next-in-line friendship princess keep her discovery a secret to somepony who’s already like a monarch? What could she have possibly discovered to keep hidden from Stella? Author's Note Pinkie's Collection: Star Bits: 1732 Coins: 597 Power Stars: 35 Like I said, I kept on altering what laws should be at play in this universe. I will replace every mole in the story with diamond dogs including those in Battlerock Galaxy, but it's only a matter of time. Freezeflame GalaxyA meeting occurred within the books of the Comet Observatory’s library. It wasn’t booked by the space princess, but rather by the friendship princess. The Spirits of Harmony agreed to arrive only to expect something that doesn’t waste crucial time. Hopefully, the Twilight Sparkle of theirs doesn’t plan to slow them down. “Glad everypony came down to join me. I’m going to discuss something that I think Stella should hear only later.” “This better be important, Twi. Anything relevant to this situation, we beg of you.” “Don’t worry, I’ll keep it as brief as possible, then Pinkie and Rarity could move to another galaxy.” Since last night, Twilight analyzed the storybook supposedly hoof-written by Stella herself. She studied every single detail article page by page. Admittedly, it was exhausting, but she managed to get it done early. The results she acquired were shocking and they completely changed everything she thought she knew about Equestria’s history. “By analyzing this entire book and its text, I proposed a theory.” “…A Game Theory!” Everypony turned their muzzles toward Pinkie wanting to question what she just said. She helped them avoid doing that by saying… “Don’t suspect anything.” “…Anyway, for now, I’ve classified this as a conspiracy. I assume it’s gotta be true, but…” “Can’t ya just spit it out already, Sugarcube? There ain’t no need for suspense.” Applejack knew she was being impatient, but her friend promised her it’ll be brief. Twilight gestured with her hoof to bring her friends closer. “My theory ended up being… Stella is the daughter of Celestia!” Ponies took aback with voiceless responses. That is, until RD and AJ exchanged glances, blew raspberries and laughed uncontrollably. Twi wasn’t worried, she knew that would happen because she had proof. “Well done, Twi. I didn’t know you could joke at a time like this!” “Who d’ya reckon is Luna then? Her aunt?” “Of course.” That response got their laughter gauge refueled and rolling on the floor, which caused Pinkie to also laugh hysterically because she wanted to. “Oh, I haven’t giggled this hard since starting this voyage.” “To start with, this is not Stella’s storybook, but more of her journal. Hence, the process of producing this space station and why the Lumas call her ‘Mama’.” That seemed to obstruct the couple’s laughing matter and caught everypony’s interest. For the record, they’ve perpetually thought the Mama thing was just natural. “But couldn’t they have been just mere coincidences, darling?” “You’re alright to assume that until Chapter 7 described Canterlot and a village below. Maybe the village is Ponyville?” In the second paragraph’s sentence after a colon of that chapter, ‘A castle upheld by the side of a mountain.’ Hints that seemed to suggest the story was nonfiction. “The mother described in the “young alicorn’s” dream was an ‘Endless white and a towering alicorn’. That’s clearly a description of Celestia. And lastly, near the end of that chapter were quotations: “My mother is watching from the sun and maybe my aunt is watching from the moon.” Not only did those excerpts imply that sun alicorn Celestia was a parent, but also that moon alicorn Luna had a niece. So was it plausible that Twilight’s theory was correct? It sure seemed likely. Now that everyone was aware of the situation, Princess Stella could not be forced to reveal anything. If the story's events were real, she must have felt that same grief for abandoning her home after several years and settling on protecting a new family. She may experience it again if the news spreads. Nopony ever discusses this issue, ponies have indeed forgotten about this abandoned youngster, just as they have forgotten Nightmare Moon’s backstory. The princesses might not be familiar with this new alicorn, but with the information at their hooves, they would have plenty of opportunities to jog their memories. But for now, Pinkie and Rarity had to continue their expedition in the Bedroom. The friendship alicorn dismissed the meeting so that they could discover the next galaxy. “Freezeflame Galaxy is now accessible.” “Flame? That sounds dangerous.” “I don’t even operate well at any cold temperature without proper clothing.” “Oh? Then why don’t you check out this wardrobe we have on the side?” A tall elegant wardrobe with a violet coating. Rarity would fancy foraging the furniture for a few fabulous fabrics, but nopony got time for that. Fortunately, the furniture featured fur fabrics fitting for Freezeflame’s frost features. Fashionista fitted in an ice blue fur coat under her fur coat and fuchsia filly of fun donned a yellow jacket. When both ponies were fully dressed for the occasion, they were set for the pull star above. “Pull.” In the distance, there was a new galaxy within their sights, or at least a glimpse of it. That must be where they were supposed to go. “I can see snow, I can see lava. Hopefully, the first mission is a cool one.” “Especially since we’ve only just put this on.” And with that, the pair were sent off by an appearing launch star. Chances are, they might land on snow or ice to begin. The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr Right off the bat, they flew over some icy and spicy squares. Wonder if those will come into play later. Anyway, they also passed some flaming suns before coming to a stop on an ice torus. “Ooh, a cold planet and a slippery one too.” Pinkie commented as she almost fell off her hooves and Rarity nearly did the same. “We should’ve thought about ice skates for the occasion, Pinkie.” “Hey, ponies!” Voiced in a high-pitched voice was a penguin character from behind. When Rarity saw it, she was amazed at its body design. “My, my. Aren’t you just…um, dazzling? No, that doesn’t sound right…” “You gotta learn to skate around here.” “Without skates?” “If it helps, try twirling around to begin.” Well, Pinkie could certainly do that, she’s got her signature spin move. First, she tested it while standing still which resulted in her doing an endless pirouette like a ballerina. “Whoa!” She managed to stop herself. “Great, try and catch me.” The penguin spoke as it slid on its belly around the planet speedily. “Oh, it’s a chase.” Pinkie managed to get the skating to work, she spun once and the controls were up to her boots. Despite not having the power, Rarity managed to glissade on the rink. Some obstacles were rooted in the ice such as small stone cylinders and crystals that contained coins. They were served to slow the ponies down during the game of tag. The penguin could slip around the sides and slide upturned, but its speed never changed throughout. Pinkie with her skiing skills had the skill to accelerate and was able to catch up and catch it. “Gotcha.” Rarity carefully skated to a rock block so her hooves wouldn’t wander off on the ice. “Not bad. You’re a talented skater, almost as if you skated before.” “Why, thanks. I’ve been practicing every time it snows.” A launch star conveniently appeared on the stone stump Rarity stayed on to prevent slipping away. “How convenient.” Rarity went before Pinkie who gestured a valediction at the puffin. The mares’ took the path to the planet with a mountain, specifically on an icy slippery slide toward the mainland. It had two sets of 3 star bits resting upon it. “Whee!” Beyond the slide was some gliding on a ground of ice towards a triplet of shadowbolts wearing ice skates. They noticed the duo and began skating forward to attack. “I can pirouette on them like a wing chun dummy.” Pinkie swirled into a tornado and knocked out the string of three, each defeat awarding 3 star bits. The protagonists were able to use friction to slow down before diving into hypothermic water. Right was the way forward; might as well dive into two crystals for gold. A chasm separated the ice from a planked deck. The ice physics made the leap feel more difficult, but thankfully, the gap was not too large. After the wooden platform, there was another ice-layered platform, and leaping on it progressively revealed its skewing features. “I can feel it tilt a little bit.” “Me too, darling. I guess it’s a natural property of floating icebergs.” Pinkie and Rarity skated across the ice terrain, leaping over a gap onto a larger glacier. The magenta mare unintentionally leaped on the unwary shadowbolt, who had turned his back on his task. He didn't even get Pinkie's overshot bounce on him when she stopped herself before the drink. “Hey! To the world where defeated enemies went, keep your eyes on the prize!” Floating above the center spot of the platform existed a question mark coin. Rarity did the honors by jumping high to get it, spawning a couple of necklaces a couple of platforms away. “I assure you, Pinkie. That will give us a new ability.” “I’m gonna guess you’re right.” Left was the next turn, there were three smaller octagonal islands and just the first was topped with boards instead of permafrost. Those ice lands featured a new enemy: it’s blue, a levitating structure of polygons with white eyes and a blue vapor producing from the top like a volcano. “It looks like a rock and that hue of blue might’ve hinted that it’s too cold to touch.” “So what’s the mode of approach here, darling?” “Well, let me try the spin.” Pinkie bounced from the wood to the ice where the enemy was. Her dreidel move evaporated its coldness, leaving it stunned and vulnerable, the pony shortly kicked the black rock with her right forehoof which turned it into debris. “I didn’t even get to see what it does.” “Good, we don’t even want to see what it does.” Hop, skip, and a jump later, Pinkie and Rarity had reached the location of the new necklaces. En route, they similarly ambushed the other frosty minion to how they'd fought the former adversary. The rhombuses on both pendants are blue and decorated with an ice emblem. If they were to guess what they do, there could be several uses, especially in a cold world with cold water. “Ooh, how glamorous. Judging by the ice picture on it, these will give us ice powers, Pinkie Pie.” “Yeah, but what kind of ice powers?” “Well, what better way to see than clinging it on our cervix?” Pinkie and Rarity latched the locket over their necks and the effect surged immediately into their adrenaline, their coloring including the clothes changed to a texture similar to ice. “Wah ha ha! What happened to my body? It feels… actually, I was gonna say cold, but I don’t feel any change in my body temperature.” “Oh, I bet we can freeze the ocean with our icy hooves.” Just as Pinkie's hooves reached the waves' surface, some of the surface's moving molecules reinforced into a stationary hexagonal ice sheet. Led by Rarity, the horses skated to a question mark coin pedestalled on a water spout in the middle of positioned columns. Ice Pinkie reached for the bigger bit and discovered the geyser froze upon stood upon, followed by the agglomeration of jettons encircling the columns. “Wow! I literally couldn’t count that many.” “Me neither, but we are definitely getting richer from that big coin.” Rarity established as the couple skated around the rink and accumulated everything. Holy ice skates, that’s an eight-zero, four scores worth. Then, the two skated towards two parallel walls with 2 star bits along them. Pinkie saw that they had to wall jump, but she worried that her friend wouldn’t be able to. “Do you know how to wall jump, Rarity?” “I have no clue what that is, darling.” “Then get on me like a jetpack.” “What?” “Quickly!” Rarity shrugged off her thought about piggybacking as a grown mare and hooked her hooves on her friend’s knees and shoulders. Just as she did that, both mares’ necklaces suddenly fractured, reverted to their normal colors but still standing on a hexagon. The ponies looked back and noticed the path of them breaking away. “Oh gosh.” Pinkie immediately hopped off the ice and started wall-jumping hurriedly while nabbing the 2 star sweets. But at the top, they couldn’t rest since two shadowbolts awaited. “Get off!” The protagonists barely evaded their shove and nearly forced the foes off the edge, until the two friends prodded the enemies into the splash. “That was close.” “Those necklaces don’t last very long, huh? 24 whole seconds precisely.” Beyond the parallel walls were two crystals, one of them was empty and might as well play pinata with the other, 5 more rewarded star bits. A sling star flung Pinkie and Rarity into 3 candy comets and a higher section. In front of them looks like a wooden crate floating on an atoll, a yellow cube floats still over that crate. Pinkie alone climbed on it and suddenly felt it descending with her weight. She seemingly knew what to do to keep the box floating despite the fact she had encountered none before. “Oh, it’s gonna be one of these platforms, huh.” She simply continued hopping to keep the platform aloft and empty 20 star bits from the question mark cube. Pinkie's right had a lengthy iceberg while her left had two additional boxes, one of which had two more collars on it. Left seemed more right than right, so both mares converged and donned the pendants. Generosity and Laughter skated over the lake onto land, their snow queen abilities activated. Climbing two ledges revealed a rectangular prism of stone sliding in and out like in Buoy Base Galaxy. “That is the smoothest block of rock I’ve ever seen. Almost as if it’s not a block of rock.” Once the cuboid enlarged, it would be possible to leap over and then across a bridge of two drawers. A sling star remains after the Wipeout. From the slinger to two midair spigots. Fortunately, the ponies were prompted to freeze the sprays up the cliff. As their necklaces disintegrated into debris, no shame, a cold rocky body from a higher ledge launched cold rocks from its crown for collision on Pinkie and Rarity. They dived for cover behind a wooden wall that hid the targets from the projectiles. “He’s a boss, Rarity.” “Darling, I can see that.” If they wanted to beat the boss, they had better board its base. While Pinkie blinked behind the barricade, she beheld no bridge across the basin. Bet a brooch was based beyond this bottom base. There were two routes to take from behind the fence; left or right. But because there were two ponies, they didn't need to choose. “You go left, I go right.” “Right!” Two equines were running in different directions so that the frosty boss couldn't freeze both at once. Nonetheless, Pinkie and Rarity evaded the meteor shower while jumping planks and permafrost, the fashionista’s path had more gaps than the entertainer's. Pinkie’s course earned her two crystals of 2 coins while Rarity earned two necklaces of two ice abilities. Between the two ponies were bars like a jail cell. “Ooh, slip one through the bars." “Fine, Pinkie.” Pinkie grabbed the jewel and both were installed. They skated on the lake and around the ice wall to a vertical wall using their new ice formations. Rarity locked her joints as fluffy-maned ricocheted up betwixt two pennies. The sentient ice rock plummeted, smashing the snow to generate a ground-sweeper without jump restrictions. Pinkie spun just for intuition, its icy form thawed and dropped like one of its henchmen. From there, the pony whirled again against it to harm it. With 10 star bits given, it recovered for another round. “Well, since we’re still up here…” “We could probably beat it this round, like, immediately.” Right away, the boss came down again. After evading the ripple, Pinkie used the window to spin its power away, leaving it vulnerable to Rarity’s bucking abilities. By round’s fast conclusion, 10 more star bits and two mini minions emerged on crowned boss’s recovery. Easy it was, however, as all they had to do was to eliminate the underlings until the living rock descended again where both could avoid the shockwave and Pinkie spun twice to split it. The fight was over, the boss was slayed, and the final 10 star bits and the Power Star were presented. “That was a shockingly easy boss fight, so long as we stayed up here, we were fine.” “Well, thank the stars we could, otherwise I’d imagine how long it’d take to run around an obstacle course just to cross a cold moat.” With what they were after found in low degrees, Pinkie and Rarity soared back to the Comet Observatory, taking the five-pointed satellite juice with them. Rarity and Pinkie donned in cardigans have returned with success, seeing as a Power Star returned as well. The Bedroom already fitted two other ponies: Rainbow Dash and Applejack. “Did y’all hear the rumor? Or the “theory” she called it?” “Why, of course. The supposal that suggests Celestia had a daughter.” They still couldn't believe some conspiracy. A daughter alicorn who vanished from a narrative in Equestria might have been explained in an article, right? Nopony dared to enter Celestia's throne room and enquire, "Do you have kids?" to waste their time. It's also conceivable that after millennia, both alicorns' negligence is at work. Stella may not remember her mother and Celestia may not remember a foal. Curious whether they kept the information a secret from themselves to remain wise. “I still couldn’t fathom why we couldn’t tell her what we know. I mean, I think it should be appropriate that we say it sooner than later.” “That’s what I was thinking, Pinkie. We’ll regret not telling once she leaves to continue with no mother. I vote we find a good occasion to tell her before going to King Sombra’s main base.” “Hey, hopefully, we’ll have that opportunity. We gotta let y’all go for the next Power Star.” Pinkie and Rarity were still wearing their warm wearables while windborne with a pull star. They knew what to expect: a launch star magically appearing on them blasting them to that Freezeflame Galaxy again. Freezeflame’s Blistering Core Little did they know they made a mistake arriving here with hydrophobic bathrobes, they’ll see why in a moment. At first, it seemed to turn out fine with them on since they’ve lighted on the ice donut like last time. Next to their landing spot was a crystal with a star chip embedded. “Guess we should hunt for five of these.” “It should be pretty simple, there’s already four I can see, darling.” Pinkie leaned her neck forward and looked closer to notice that she had miscounted. “Rarity, one of these had a coin, not a star chip.” Indeed, the rightmost crystal had something yellow, but it was not what they needed. Her eyes must’ve deceived her just because she saw four yellow objects from afar. “Oh. I couldn’t have noticed that, but now I do.” Rarity shamed herself as she and Pinkie headed in different directions to extract everything on top and then the bottom, including the coins. The underside had more yellow, gold star points, 2 gold small coins and a large coin. Of course, the ponies had to check what the question mark bit does. When one of the two, specifically the pink one, laid a hoof on it, a string of star bits appeared around the planet. There were a lot of them. “Wow, you’re so fruitful.” “Sorry, but if I’m rewarded, I should accept it.” 28 star bits in her pockets. In the end, they depleted the planet's resources, forcing a launch star to form in the doughnut hole's core, accompanied by five pull stars. Pinkie and Rarity announced the first name of the blue object behind the launch star. Then, using the star-shaped ejector, they could fly to what seemed to be a spherical rock split in half like an uncooked egg. Unlike a raw egg, the vibrant and searing lava replaced the whites and yolks above and below. When the ponies set hoof, they learned that jackets perhaps weren't the appropriate apparel. “Oh no. Pinkie, I don’t think it’s appropriate to wear these around here.” “It’s like wearing a sauna suit in the middle of a heatwave, getting hot and heavy here and I’m sweaty already.” Pinkie compared as she zipped away her lemon blazer. “But, darling, we can’t leave Stella’s belongings away around here.” “You’re right, even though they only fit a young non-alicorn. Just stuff them in my tail, I have enough room to put stuff there.” Pinkie's fiddlestick strands are fantastic, initially for intuition and now for storage. Rarity pondered strangely but decided to doff her coat and throw it into her reciprocating friend's dark hole. Their flanks are still heated, but they tolerated to advance. They leaped across a little gap in the narrow bridge. A trio of fuzzy spiky spherical attackers appeared, saw the ponies and rolled over. “Um, what are they?” “I don’t know, but what I can tell is I can’t spin them away.” So Pinkie and Rarity devised to run between two of them and avoid contact altogether. The third was chilling under a gold box, getting the contents from the box may take some work, so they chose not to bother. “Yeah, I hope we don’t need them.” Instead, they climbed a couple of high steps where another was stalling for them. Around a shape of rock were a vertically barred wall and a question mark coin through it. The lonely wooden crate beside it Pinkie hoped would help was helpless, at least she got a bit out of it. “Maybe we can access it from behind, I can see some flooring beyond the coin.” To do what Rarity recommended, they must proceed through the four boxes, one of which contains 5 star pieces. They might as well empty the yellow box on the right for 20 of those after evading double the koosh balls. Upon depletion, they took the expected left path to a black pole. Pinkie and Rarity scooched their hooves up the pole, the pink mare snagging 6 star bits along the way. They escaped the pole onto ground, but the next detached platform sank as a hoof burdened it; it's worse with eight because it lowers quicker than it should. “Hey! One at a time, Rarity!” Pinkie scolded the unicorn as she quickly alighted to the other still platform to delay the block’s submerging speed, but Rarity felt the nerve to jump back. “Oh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize that was gonna sink.” “Nevermind, just be careful next time.” “Actually, I feel like I can wait here. Something about this arrow on the wall, I think there’s something behind it.” “Aw, come on, I didn’t mean to scold you.” “No, it’s not that. I just don’t feel like risking myself burning in the lava.” Just because she experienced standing on a wobbly wedge, she wobbled wobbling off and smoldering. Fair she played safe, unfair she backseated. Anyway, Pinkie Pie continued the parkour, she hopped onto a longer brick that sinks and had 2 star bits. She skipped the final gap to a rocky path, it had four scattered pom-poms and four sets of crates that she felt the need to crack open while avoiding the foes’ spikes. After 3 bits and 5 star bits comes one bigger coin, the question mark spawned a necklace uphill. So she galloped up the hill and dodged the spherical enemies to then turn left over a cliff where the pendant was. Looks like it’ll give a new ability, hence its red jewel with 2D fire embedded in it. “Oh, the classic power-up from the games.” While the reader is perplexed as to what 'games' Pinkie's referring to (or not), she knew what to do and promptly wore the jewelry. As a result, she was endowed with fire abilities and red hair. Her dominating hoof arced and magically created a fireball that bounced towards a fuzzy adversary, scorching into 6 star treats. “Yes! Burn!” Pinkie menacingly spoke with an inferno effect suited by the environment around her, not knowing she was on a timer. Then she realized what she uttered and how she uttered it. “Ahem. Think I got carried away, heh heh. Sorry, user.” Anyway, she dashed back downhill from the balcony, firing sequentially at the remaining adversaries. One of her rounds fell on a pre-lit torch, forcing the gate to collapse and providing a route back to the main street. “Good to know those are activatable.” Rarity saw her friend coming and committing arson of three of those fuzzy spiny foes and gaining their 6 star bits each. However, the fuchsia filly’s foolhardy firing fostered a few fireballs farther than forecast when friendly fire is functioning. “Oh no. Move out of the way, Rarity!” “Pinkie Pie, darling!” She yelled as she escaped to the left side from the impending trajectory. Furthermore, the barrage of fireballs miraculously lit both bougies in front of the two arrows. It scaled several steps by chance. Was it pure chance, or did the daring make it something else? “And you say I gotta be careful.” “Yeah…sorry, I guess I got too excited about having that power-up.” “You guess?” On that occasion, the red gem necklace shattered and Pinkie’s effects wore off. “Aw, that has a time limit?” Never mind, onwards up the stairs until both stood at the peak that was a wider area. They did see a ceiling not so far from their heads, it looked like the start of an upside-down obstacle course. Maybe it’s so close that a high enough elevation would turn the ceiling into a roof. “Yeah, actually, it’s the circle of the other hemisphere since I can see space in the parallel distance. Do you see, Rarity?” “Why, yes, darling. At least geometry is one thing I can understand, Pinkie.” To avoid breaking their longest necks, they braced themselves and bounced straight vertically. This allowed them to land on their hooves when their gravity changed. While Rarity almost tumbled, Pinkie landed without incident, rewarding 6 star bits for Progress City. The road continued, cutting a space behind a cylinder that swings to whatever side a pony lingers. The platform twisted right after Pinkie hopped where there wasn't a protrusion, her slope progressively steepened unless she rebalanced it. “Okay, never had these types of obstacles before.” Rarity jumped to the left of the appeared impediment. She ran beside Pinkie to cross a square between two gaps before the space got scattered. Two boxes, wooden and gold, are guarded by a spiky pom-pom. Coming closer caused the creature to cycle downhill, attempting to bulldoze both ponies, but once they sidestepped, the creature seemed to continue tumbling into the lava. Jokey Pinkie and hilarity Rarity can't stop laughing at its frailty. “Pfft, I guess this floor’s too steep for them.” “Whatever force made these anatomies didn’t account for their longevity.” On that note, they considered helping themselves with whatever was held within the cubes, all they got were 20 star bits from the airborne block and a zero out of the grounded crate. Meanwhile, they’ve just noticed the waterfall of single-file urchins in the middle diving into the lava. “I was just joking about mother nature making these guys willingly drop to their doom, but now she’s wasting them all on purpose.” This meant they had to find an opportunity to squeeze between the spaces, but luckily, those spaces were adequately wide intervals. This other side of the area had two crates with one sparing a single change. A necklace sat on this side as well, the same red jewel as before. “So this was the necklace that gave me the ability to shoot fire.” “Looks glamorous, perhaps I would like to try it on myself, darling.” “Good idea, Rarity. Just swing a hoof over your head and you’ll just magically throw fire, try to protect me from these urchins. Oh, and friendly fire is on, so be careful not to burn me.” “Don’t worry, Pinkie. I wouldn’t intend to aim at you.” Rarity donned the pendant, and it dyed her mane red to represent the power earned, much as when Pinkie did. She immediately began a roasting rampage, not recklessly, roasting the pouring adversaries and robbing star bits till the mares reached a box of 1 more cent. More land resulted in a massive wall...? A dead end? “Are we missing something?” Pinkie gazed left and Rarity gazed right, each seeing one fireless torch among two, the other was prelit. The powerless pony was going to tell her companion when the fire pony launched a flame. Pinkie then motioned to the one she saw to finish the monument. The necklace broke here, which saddened the wearer, as the stone wall in front rose and showed a deep outline. 5 bits were positioned vertically between two parallel walls. Wall kicks will work, but for non-acrobatics... “You know what to do, darling.” “Hey, “darling” is my word! And yes, I do know what to do.” Rarity stuck onto her friend's cake-scented back so that Pinkie could carry her perfumed friend up the wall. Gravity flipped again and they were dropped onto stony terrain. They turned right, mounted a ledge and boarded another cylinder that rolls back or forth depending on where the mares are standing. They won't fall into the lava if they move quickly and carefully. They needed to decrease the high protrusion so that the slope wasn't too steep to jump from and onto the obstacle's copy. Pinkie and Rarity copied those actions on this copy. “It’s their brethren. Or is it their sistren? You shouldn’t assume their genders.” “While I would agree on that, it’s not really important for the mission, is it?” Between them and their next objective stood no opponents given their diminutive size, dispersion and lack of surveillance. They simply crossed the narrow lava channel. One sentient rock was monitored where Pinkie and Rarity were block surfing. High jumping eliminated the risk of burning, but returning to the ground needed proper propulsion and balance. Both equines embarked onshore before the block sank completely. The Power Star was confined front and center. “Oh, okay. Rarity, we’re close!” “All that’s left is to light the torches against both sides of the door, darling.” “And we have to use that nearby fire necklace.” Chilling on the edge of the left path, a red jewel. They got over to it and began determining who got it and the approach. Pinkie did see the gliding block and knew what the universe expected her to do, but since they both have control… “Couldn’t we just make a straight shot from here instead of timing our aim on that platform?” “That’s what you thought we were intended to do?” “By looking at the walkthrough, I did. I call dibs!” Rarity ignored her ambiguity about this 'walkthrough' as Pinkie raised her hoof. She launched the rocket fuel in a straight line toward the two torches in mere seconds. Upon the flambeaux lit, the bars were lifted and a bridge bridged the lava, leaving room between it and the gliding platform. Now they have a motive to surf the magma. The ponies approached the bridge from the left, then leaped midway while the boat continued onward to reach their stop. They've now earned access to the Power Star and their ticket out of this desert sauna, at least for now. Pinkie and Rarity are allowed to escape the sweltering planet and reside in the cooler Comet Observatory after they get their prize. “Hopefully, we can return those coats to Stella’s wardrobe.” “Hopefully, we can relax our coats in Stella’s space station, ‘cause I’m getting humid already.” How could the satellite's Bedroom not provide air conditioning? Pinkie and Rarity's temperature progressively plummeted since they fled the environment until they reached the lukewarm interior. Their degrees dropped dramatically consequence of the seemingly imperceptible breeze. “Thank Celestia, I can feel the breeze coursing through me like a Changeling hoof.” Nopony was found to socialize or postpone their departure. Pinkie still felt it was beneficial to tuck the wardrobes into the wardrobe, expecting their fur would be enough to support Venus and Neptune temperatures, but little did she know. Rarity concentrated on the intricacy that astonished her when the coats emerged from that springy tail. “Not a single clinging strand? Did you use any shampoo in your shower times?” “Oh, yes, I’m using a product called Prantene that I always buy from the supplies at the Manehattan hygiene store. My recent lather also smelled of butter.” “You have to remind me to buy some. Mine almost worked but they barely held up eight strings.” Without further ado, they were about to go on another hot-cold excursion. It was becoming tedious to explain how a phrase engaged the pull star. Once airborne, a signal was issued to poof the ponies into the aether. Pinkie and Rarity forecast the Fahrenheits in this third round. Hot and Cold Collide In the previous entries, they’ve always landed on the same icy bagel planet and it’s no different this visit. Or is it? The loop of ice looked to have gone through an evolution, it grew a few spherical zits of flaring corona and cobblestone walls separated the molten magma from the frozen water. Pinkie and Rarity have landed, on the ice bordered by three perimeters of the wall. It looks like the mares had to follow the road around with no shortcuts, but they were amazed at how the fire came. “Brrr, I can feel the cold on my hooves, but phew, I’m toasting in the warmth of the radiance near us!” “Me too, impossibly so. Well, in this case, eventually, both temperatures would balance out and reach equilibrium. And yes, I took physics class as well as textiles.” On ice, the ponies might use their skating abilities to move. More suns poked through the stone walls and chomped through some of the icy pathways. Pinkie skated and snagged three aligned star pieces, she and Rarity dodged through oncoming fire comets puked from a faraway star, and seized the opportunity to pull a coin from a protruding crystal. The trek on the planet's surface was hampered by a massive luminary, but the underside was accessible. A free extractible coin on the left, then Pinkie must break through a wall of crystals on the right. Following that, the fire comets followed the ponies along the path, earning three sets of star bits totaling eight, plus one embedded bit. The path concluded with a crystal containing a launch star. “So that’s our exit off this planet. That was fast.” “In our previous times, we were transported to the big snowy planet and the big lava-y planet.” A beginner would not have identified the attributes of their destination if they had eliminated hot or cold. Why not both? Once allowed entrance, the star-shaped gadget propelled its occupants toward a hollow brown planet. The color around their landing location was bluish-grey, and they landed between two bougies. Okay, so Pinkie or Rarity needed to bring fire over to light the torches. Tiding aqua, which may almost lip the platform's tip and sponge into nothing, was also featured. While it appeared to be only water, it was actually an impediment. Pinkie dismissed it as ordinary ocean, but ocean is nonetheless hypothermic. Pinkie ventured to walk on water, but she ain't no Jesus and a small dip in felt like dipping in lidocaine, the chilling numbed her clove. “Hah oh wow, why did I just do that?” Pinkie shoved her glove in her mouth sucking it in her warm saliva. “Oh dear, darling. Are you alright?” “I’ll be fine, but I think the cold water burned the nerve on this hoof. But I gotta keep going!” Pinkie was about to push herself difficult with a malfunctioning limb. Rarity noticed her unhealthy approach and decided to obstruct her with the closest hoof to her friend’s chest, she had another approach. “No, Pinkie. You must remain here and let your hoof cool down, so in that case, I’ll get that glamorous fire necklace myself.” “Wait, what? But, this is my quest, I’m supposed to be the one to deliver these Power Stars.” “Oh, please, none of this ‘it’s my spotlight’ nonsense! Don’t push yourself by risking your life. Besides, it’s gonna take a long five minutes to cure.” Pinkie has known other characters debate similar to being assigned to oneself and neglecting others. And to subject a feverish limb to whatever hardcore task it finds more intense and challenging? It's reckless to risk tripping on rocks like a folded rug. “I’ll be right back safe and sound, darling. I don’t plan on freezing to death any time soon.” “Just please be careful, I’m not about to wait here for you to not come back.” Right after the river receded, Rarity routed right to rise to a reachable rock’s roof. The pony of generosity galloped the giant gap on an elevated greater ground and then, was determined to launch over another gap larger than the previous. “Rarity, I know it’s risky, but you have to walk over when the water drains. You’re not an Opal without feline blood.” Pinkie informed her friend. Making the giant leap would be even riskier than what was intended. Staying above to minimize the number of numb limbs was tactical, but one fall or fail and a bonk on the mountainside. No way is Rarity going daredevil, so she descended after the lack of liquid but hastily ascended a shallower ledge of the rock she was trying to get to. 20 star bits rewarded her for her consequence consideration, then some more islands reachable while airborne stood between them and a wooden wall with down arrows. “Hmm, the other walls are a typical stone. I guess this planked partition means it’s a door or gate? If I were an unlocking mechanism…” Eventually, she discovered a green wheel below the left of the gate. Assumed it was a valve, Rarity knew she had to loosen it. But one hurdle might prevent her from that objective: water. Occasionally, the gizmo becomes submerged by the tides and inaccessible through physical means. She played cautious using magic to activate the thing from a distance. Try as she might, no aura appeared, Rarity’s magic level wouldn’t allow it to reach a handle from there. However, she was not giving up, if only she was closer. As it turns out, a platform existed shallow enough that doesn’t flood and close enough her magic applied to the object. But her magic needed strength applied too, at least as strong as Pinkie’s spin attack. Does she have what it takes? Yes, she does. And pulling the device to the maximum did collapse the wooden gate. This is where the ponies become separated for a while. Rarity must trek while Pinkie… waits. “I’ll just be over here! Just stay alive!” “I’ll be alright, darling! I don’t plan to die young!” The egress made an entrance to a narrow alley that gravity turned with her. She actually went to the planet’s bottom which looked to have a wavy atmosphere because of the volcanic heat. Lava tides rose and fell around most of the area like the water on the cooler side. “Oh, please, not a hundred degrees. I can feel my own disgusting sweat producing any minute now.” The ground height she stood on was a safe zone from the tides. Stone bars in front of Rarity teased her with the tantalizing fire necklace. Out of reach by her hoof too short, herself too wide to squeeze through the gaps. Looks like no shortcut was gonna save her from going through the… “Hmm, why don’t I just…?” Actually, with the combination of a unicorn and the necklace so proximate, while she couldn’t squeeze through, she could instead make the ability squeeze through. Unlike the valve before, the pendant was easy to levitate, neither too finicky nor too heavy and the jewelry slotted in the holes without exploring this hot place. “Thank Celestia. I don’t think I would ever know what’s beyond here, but at least I won’t have to sweat soon.” Instead of immediately wearing the gem, she kept it levitating beside her while she headed back to the ice world. Of course, much to Pinkie’s surprise, Rarity was only gone for just seconds before she emerged bringing fire. “Wow, that was fast. Rarity, you must have cheated.” “I had a shortcut, darling. Aren’t you glad I’m born a unicorn?” The unicorn routed to her right’s archipelago and played the ‘floor is lava’ or water in this case. Finally, she patiently waited for the ocean to sink before running, absorbing the fire and lighting the torches. A launch star materialized. “Is your hoof feeling better, Pinkie Pie?” “I can feel the fire with it, so yeah.” Using the launch star brought the equines soaring out of that brown sphere and to a snowy square. Such platforms are everywhere in this zone on top of scary black holes, the platforms are a mixture of ice and lava with neither having pleasant thermometer readings. “Those black holes look intimidating. Plus the element of no borders?” “I guess we have to get across for a ghost of a chance of reaching that Power Star.” Fortunately, there was the blue gem necklace, or two for two ponies, that could assist them in this phase. Pinkie and Rarity jumped right for it, gaining Elsa's abilities. With the two standing on cold, they twirled together to start skating. First, they performed a 270 to securely face forwards to the following platforms. They turned to the seething squares, oblivious to how their frozen hooves might alter the lava. Ice + lava equals... ice, forming familiar hexagons beneath their hoofsteps. So they continued skating in an S across the lava before returning to frozen squares and ending with a snow one. “Okay, that was odd for the ice to turn lava into ice even though that lava is supposed to melt the ice when the ice made contact with the lava. I mean I’m sure there’s probably scientific reasoning behind this that made that possible, maybe our ice powers are cold enough to freeze lava, but still…” Think the necklaces gave up listening to Pinkie’s rambling? They crumbled to dust in the middle of her long paragraph. “Look what you’re rambling caused!” “Chillax, Rarity. There’s no way that there’s no other ice necklace.” “You know what? You’re known for your yapping, you know?” Rarity told the other pony as she jumped high enough to flip upside-down seeing as the next platforms were also upside-down. They skated across the moving ice as the equines kept talking. “We would shake our heads, roll our eyes or neglect you completely every time you do lengthy talk.” As the ponies attached the jewel to their necks and glided across some lava, Pinkie dared to retort. “You think I don’t notice? All I did was be comedic, have some fun while we’re at it.” Pinkie and Rarity skated across moving hot squares with lines of star bits on them. During their dialogue, they managed to obtain 2 star bits from each row. “Pinkie, we’re here in a sensical universe, do we really need somepony to joke in, say a quest like what we’re doing?” The eloquent mares past the third string of star bits and reached the next necklace where they had to replace the old with the new. This recharged the time limit before the accessory shatters. They’ve reached the end of these platforms, now they must jump to reach the upside-down upside-down platforms. “Uh, hello? Jokes are Pinkie Pie’s specialty, you’ll just get the jokes from me every now and then. Did I give you enough jokes?” On this road of lava, the ponies could see the Power Star in the distance, they were close to finishing Freezeflame Galaxy! But, um, they were not celebrating about it? “No, darling. I think you served me too many annoying jokes.” “Excuse me? Annoying? Me? Oh, so that’s what you think of me, huh?” Uh… The last platforms to the star were connected corner to corner, making it harder but not impossible. Pinkie and Rarity must keep performing the Lutz on every following platform. They succeeded, they didn’t fall and they’ve earned the Power Star, but no dance to victory. Hmm, as they were immediately transported back to the Comet Observatory, they kept arguing. Oh dear. “...Maybe if I found better comedic jokes, at least you would laugh and that would make me smile.” Still, they kept going like their rambling isn’t gonna end soon, and to think this started after Rarity admitted her problem with Pinkie’s rambling. Hey, Twilight and Fluttershy, how are they gonna react? “Welcome back, girls! Did you at least get the Po-” “Ha ha ha! Very funny. I think you’re better off without jokes annoying or hilarious.” Gasp by Pinkie as the bystanders noticed what was happening. Seemed like the argument was spiraling out of control they started roasting each other. Not a cordial sight to behold for neither the alicorn, nor the pegasus. “Knock it off, you two!” Fluttershy shouted as loud as she could and they… ignored her. “Well then, I wouldn’t be the element of laughter, won’t I? And no laughter, means no magic!” Uh oh, without any form of assault, Pinkie will be stuck in this spiraling fire escape until there is an end wherever that is. Nothing was going to move if Pinkie keeps arguing for how long, or unless Twilight and Fluttershy does something about it. Calling won’t help and assault is just offensive. So what can they do? Author's Note Pinkie's Collection: Star Bits: 1808 Coins: 603 Power Stars: 34 Yes, I think this is the first chapter that addressed the reader, just thought to be creative with this. Also, yes, Rarity cheated, but that's intentional to save a lot of time. Sombra's Spaceship Safari and More GalaxiesPinkie’s eyelids finally moved, she woke up with a fuzzy vision of stars slowly becoming transparent. She could sense the presence of her body elevating from the red couch. She witnessed everypony on the ground relishing their vegetarian salad. “Hey. Having lunch without me?” “Oh no, Pinkie, I’ve made you your salad.” Everypony was glad to hear their friend’s voice as Pinkie admired Fluttershy’s kindness in approaching her with food. Sore was her head, blurred was her mind, she could feel a blank in her memories. While Pinkie masticates her salad, she asked about the events she missed. “What’d I miss?” “You were knocked out with a rock, darling.” “But Fluttershy fought the boulder boss herself and won.” The group was amazed when they heard that story, it seemed inconceivable but they and Pinkie were honoured. Just think what could’ve happened if timid pegasus hadn’t joined, could the mission have resumed? “Oh, and uh, Trixie’s gone if you look.” Pinkie redirected her eyes towards the garage, there was no blue unicorn featured. “She left a letter stating she left to find a Power Star for us.” “Well, good for her. Let’s just hope she keeps the bargain.” Luma emerged out of Fluttershy’s mane to greet its prominent owner. “It’s good to see you again.” “Aw, did you miss me already? Come here.” Luma infiltrated magenta mare’s mane, making its home inside and supplying her with power. There was still some lunchtime left to spend with her friends, telling stories and accounting plans. After emptying her bowl, Pinkie was set to embark on more galaxies with Fluttershy accompanied. They approached and climbed the pillar of cupboards and reached the Kitchen and met black luma. “Ah, you’re awake. Is your head alright?” “Yeah, I can still feel a small bruise in there, but I should be fine.” Pinkie responded as she rubbed her sore dome. “We’d like to know about the next galaxy available to us.” “Actually, there are two galaxies available to you. We have Bubble Breeze Galaxy and Buoy Base Galaxy.” “I figured it’d be the same pattern.” Their eyes stared straight at the pull star as one specific word was enunciated. “Pull.” A signal activated the blue magnet to lift the ponies and align their line of sight with universes. Both fresh galaxies they observe with their opticals. “Which one should we do first?” “Let’s go to Bubble Breeze Galaxy. Guess it exhibits an enormous purple bog?” “It does.” Pinkie assumed, mainly because the name corresponded with preview of galaxy. With pegasus and carouser’s destination established, having experienced a myriad of impediments had their spirits spirited. “Are your wings ready to stretch, Fluttershy?” “My wings are as flexible as rubber, they’re ready.” Fluttershy’s confidence was saturated. Considering she won a spooky boss fight, can one see why. Launch star materialised out of thin air and automatically projected both concurrently to Bubble Breeze. Wish them luck so they can recover a Power Star, maybe two. Through the Poison Swamp Ponies infiltrated the atmosphere of a purple goo ocean planet. Just a handful of terrain was unflooded, Pinkie and Fluttershy anchored on an islet of a lawnlike archipelago. Surrounding their surroundings were stalagmites restricting escape routes. A good thing to notice and note is a sign of a pony skull X’d in red, insinuating the bubbling poisonous marsh. “I reckon that stuff would kill us instantly.” “Oh, then we better be careful.” The following island was across a crevasse. With a hop, skip and jump, the mares crossed the river. Six balloons surrounded a thicket only for decoration. Pinkie foraged the foliage and found eight star bits to her collection. Across more isles led to more shrubbery with eight star bits, the last isle on the road had a bubble dispenser beside a pinned piece of paper on a wooden board. “Hi, Phil Board here. Riding bubbles is a delicate process, so pay attention. First, jump into bubble to mount it. Blow on film to move. Warning: bubbles are quite sensitive, don’t float with full force into a wall or you’ll fall into, say, the poison.” Awkward silence, imagine crickets chirping. “Why is the sign named Phil Board? Who the hay is Phil?” Howbeit, Pinkie and Fluttershy mounted the orb of air. They float inside like there was zero gravity. Following instructions, they expanded their lungs to capacity and expelled CO2 against the film to move a few meters from the dispenser. “Wow, this is gonna take a lot of lung power.” “Well, prepare to power down for plenty of periods.” Throughout the cruise, Pinkie and Fluttershy were consistently blowing to execute maximum speeds over the swamp. Every once in a while, the mares’ lungs become drained. Now and then was a break to take. Eventually, they got around a corner and noticed two floating mines on the edges, plus a moving launch star chip in a bubble in the middle lane. “So there are five star chips here it seems.” Fluttershy acknowledged through her panting, too was Pinkie. Proceeding, the bubble rode a gust generated by a propeller propelling east. A joyful joyride pushing ponies into a question mark coin, touching it made a nine cents laid along the path. Second star piece was found at the end of the wind. After little lung lull was a group of five coins and a path of three coins around some rocks. She couldn’t leave any change behind. Moving forward, third piece was found and so were three more coins while carefully dodging more mines. Next obstacle had more fans blowing in a zig-zag formation. Fourth star point had been riding it when Pinkie collected it. Last fragment located within an obstacle, two moving bombs guarding it. Pinkie and Fluttershy must synchronize their exhales or pop goes the bubble and into the drink. “Oh, this is where we could end up good or bad.” “I noticed. Alright, when I say ‘go’, we blow. Ready?” They waited a few cycles until the mine floats to the very left. “Go!” Maneuvering with a close call, narrow millimetres from popping. The fifth element was found, then a launch star appeared in the middle. Escaping was as scary as trespassing, the south route was about to go south. Afterwards, the duo squeezed through stalagmites as they noticed another huge coin ahead. When it was acquired, another line of pennies led the way. Fourteen bits coursing to where launcher’s located. “I was blind to the course thinking we’ll be here forever, but the addition of propellers made it a bit more interesting.” “Yet, I’m afraid it’s not over yet judging by the launch star before us.” Using it removed Pinkie and Fluttershy from the bubble and blasted them through six rings of eight star bits, pink pony was able to accumulate the whole collection. Anchored on a new verdant island and a bubble dispenser was displayed. From where they were standing, their right ears were listening to the glistening of a Power Star. Seemed it was nearby, if only Pinkie’s able to jump higher, but it seemed, though, she was not interested in flying over if she could. “Why couldn’t I just carry you over the wall?” “Fluttershy, I hate to admit it, but I’m greedy for the prizes.” Pinkie referred to coins in the path, worried she’ll do wrong. “It’s okay, Pinkie. We still have time to take a detour. As long as you’re loyal to the main mission, you’re not swerving into the path of bad.” “Hmm, we’re gonna make this a longer chapter, aren’t we?” No escaping long journals for long journeys. Once they board the orb, time to get blowing. The path contained nine coins before encountering a giant gyrating log slab. At first, only the bark was shown until a hole revealed its heartwood. “In there!” Pinkie and Fluttershy blew towards the gap, then the walls pushed them around. Until the point where a question mark coin is visible, the pink mare couldn’t resist. Contact on it showered them with a plethora of star bits. “Yes! Rain on me!” “That’s a lot of star bits. Heh, bet it’s enough to get a tummy ache.” Pinkie turned to the pegasus for an unusual comment from her. “It’s overdramatisation.” “If you think I mostly eat cakes for a living, think again ‘cause I don’t plan to die young.” Continue. It was a dead-end, so they awaited the cycle for a way out. Once there’s an opening, ponies floated out and onto a jet where a second huge coin met hoof. A trail of coins led to a cluster of twelve. Pockets of gold, followed by rotating walls with mines peppered throughout. A lush landscape greeted them, equipped with a bubble machine, a sign, and a blue button. “How do we get down?” “I have a move on my palette.” The old thrust to the ground burst their bubble. The sign reads: “East - advanced path. South - shortcut.” “Ooh, it’s tempting to go through either one.” Is it worth going hardcore? Should extensions cease? “Then I’ll choose for you; let’s go advanced.” Surprised was Pinkie, who could’ve guessed Fluttershy pick the advanced path? Nopony. “As I said, we’ll take our time.” “Fine.” They assumed the button unlocks the gate in front of them. A ground pound exerted force on it and the door slides to the right revealing wealth behind. Mares hastily hopped through the film and swerved through the threshold before it closes. A dozen coins at the entrance, head south in the path of a vane, add thirteen to the coin counter before exit. Face left, a third question mark coin was found past an unstationary mine. Pinkie and Fluttershy synchronized their blowing, this time relatively away from the untouchable. Like the others, it triggers a money trail, ten plus more past the automatic door. That’s six free, three around a moving mine, then two before the Power Star. But wait, there’s more? “The universe is testing my greed; there’s a section after the main reward.” “Well, if you want to, go ahead.” “You’re always positive about this which is strange.” "Why? There’s nothing wrong with that, is there?” No, not at all. Nonetheless, Pinkie dismounted to parkour the islets to the button, then raced to the regenerated bubble and blew and blew fast before it shuts. Through the space were fifteen coins grouped, then a propeller on the left pushed the ponies through a heap of coins, five and score worth before the end. “We’re filthy rich, we’ll outmatch Filthy Rich at this rate.” “See? We made a detour and we came unscathed.” “But I worry about the length of our journal. I just hope it’s not 10k words long.” Finally, they can respire their final breath to claim the Power Star of this galaxy. After a staggering gruelling lung exercise, they, at last, returned to the Comet Observatory. Exhausted were they, but the after-lunch workout was done with. Pinkie and Fluttershy’s breather was delayed until they came home. With Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash visiting this hub, a good few seconds were spent discussing and recharging. “You’re back. What’s with the heavy panting?” “Oh, it was an exercise. We were bicycle pumps without lift, only thrust.” “You were floating? Fluttershy has wings, the work could’ve been quicker.” “But the gold made a detour, we earned more bits than we could count.” “A detour? Girls, you strayed from the mission. It’d be better if we arrive sooner than later to rescue Celestia and Luna.” “Say that to the letters they sent you.” The parchments received from the princess herself via Spike’s magical fire breath. Each gave Pinkie a score of star bits while stating both alicorns weren’t disturbed. The youngest princess could hold off her cautions. “You’ve won this one with one statement.” “Go ahead, you must have plenished your lungs by now, take to the stars and give us more stars.” Mares full battery had to be clattery after recapturing pattering. Pinkie and Fluttershy looked up towards the pull star. “Pull.” Currently, they’ve got Buoy Base Galaxy to travel to. Before departure, they could see a spire on water, appears their manes are getting wet. Farewell to their friends beneath them, they face the galaxy to face the galaxy. “Let’s find out what this galaxy’s got in store.” Boom goes the cannon! The Floating Fortress A metallic cauldron of H2O enveloped by junk displayed a centred poised edifice. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy anchored on an ait distant from the crux. The structure’s only entrance was a swim to it. Lucky they under spell disabling suffocation, so no worries about drowning. “Splish splash!” Hedonist cannonballed before the vet, they paddled on the surface to search the spire for an entrance. The lowest shelf was accessible, but the next one was not, there was not a jump far enough. “Wait, what?” “How are we supposed to climb? Wings don’t work in space.” As they pondered about the mystery without hint, a penguin paddled behind them and surfaced. It stood by their tails and spoke. “Looking for a way up?” The mares 180’d and the pegasus fell in love already. “What are you doing here? You’re everywhere.” “And to answer your question, yes.” “There’s more to the construction than what you can see on the surface, but it’s submerged by an underwater weight. If you destroy it, the platforms will float and you will gain access to the top.” “Well, thanks for the information, Mr Penguin. We gotta dive.” Descend. Pinkie and Fluttershy went deeper than the submerged platforms to find the chained anvil. “It’s not an anvil, it’s a heavy sphere.” …Pinkie corrected. Now, how to shatter it? Maybe through punching? Crashing? Mining? Crafting? Shooting? Oh, look, a turret. Explosive projectiles could be the solution. “Stand back, Fluttershy.” “Okay.” The pink pony utilized spin-attacks for swimming quicker and nearing the turret. Once near enough, a torpedo fired and noticed her, redirected its aim and incoming. Swimming for her life, she lured it to demolish the weight. Released from the chain, the ceiling above Pinkie rose to the surface. “I think it worked, now where did Fluttershy swim to?” “I’m here. I gathered twenty star bits and eight gold bits from the floor.” “Thanks, I appreciate it.” Higher levels were now accessible, so they stroked to the surface. Wall jumps are needed to reach a block of star bits. Across yellow hexagonal floaties, Pinkie carried Fluttershy like a backpack while ricocheting up surfaces to the top. Hmm, she’ll practice and upgrade one day. In the path, a shooter was bombarding bubbles endlessly in trial to knock them off but left a wide window for skirting. Unharmed, a stone brick had its opportunity for pushing. It’s so large that it required elaborate coordination: Pinks hop-twirled to hang on rock’s head, Flutters held her hoof with height, hauled up, done twice, two coins, quick as it retracts. “Wow. that stunt we’ll never do again. You were part of it, Flutters.” “That was stressful. I was right off the edge.” They climbed approachable shelves and encountered two shadowbolts supplied with rocks. “Remember the rock that hit you once on the dome.” One said as they hurled a laser shot at both, a good one it only missed by a hair. “Eep!” “Whoa! That and that nearly ended my life.” A little tougher these minions, the mares moved many maneuvers just to play dodgeball. They gotta give it to them, although they lost the battle. Pinkie and Fluttershy were just too experienced. On the path, Thwomps were placed with a habit to flatten victims. This one stood below a blue star chip when they noticed. “I can reach that.” Prophesied Pinkie Pie. As the rock shocked the ground, she jumped and spun for extra height to hoof its head. Thwomp rose, piece garnered, Fluttershy ran under. Pinkie descended and conquered the obstacle from under. They limbo’d double rubble on elevated ground, between them fires air-filled film off a fusilier. Nonetheless, not impossible. Rewarded with three bits, open the space is and a valve stood past a duo bubble gunning. They must locate an open window and unearth results from a screw. “Let’s find out what this affects.” “Hopefully something good.” Like a screwdriver, she ground it through the ground. The shooters deactivated as a green top foe appeared. Pinkie and Fluttershy faced their backs backwards, the bad began bolting in and they turned milliseconds in time. The pegasus nearly evaded, her fur felt a fraction of flurry while the fuschia filly fast flipped. Knocked the top and stopped as its top popped off fixed with a spring. Doesn’t it look like a trampoline? “Wa-hoo!” Convenient it’s under two coins. While airborne, Pinkie leaned left to a ledge where a gold cube contained twenty comets. Meanwhile, Fluttershy remained below as the enemy recovered shortly. Outrunning it, she noticed a white circle that could indicate where the top should stand so she stood on it and leapt last minute over the speeding foe. Pinkie came down to spin it in place. “Good teamwork.” Fluttershy affirmed while the mares quickly bounced before the window closes, they hovered to the next ledge. A screw, time for Pinkie the screwdriver. …She pulled a cocktail from her tail. “You want some?” “No thanks. Do you have to drink now?” “Yes, I’m parched.” Quenched. Now the real screwdriver. With the bolt locked in, the rest of the stage moved. The first block moved to reveal the second pull star piece. They climbed to it and a black sphere came to electrocute its victims. “Jump!” Both ponies jumped over the orb to dodge it, then climbed two moving platforms. Pinkie and Fluttershy rode one, snatched the coin and reached a platform with a shadowbolt guarding star piece three. “Get through me if you want it.” “Pfft! If only you had rocks to pitch, I wouldn’t consider you weak.” A pathetic fight, Pinkie spins once and three star bits came out. The enemy didn’t lay a blow. Fluttershy snatched the star piece. “Alright, two more to go.” Afterwards, they rode the moving platform, collected one coin and encountered ledges. Climbed the steps, then up more mobile shelves. A platform hovered far from the structure and displayed star chip four. Both Pinkie and Fluttershy noticed the top of the fortress. “We’re almost there!” “Let’s grab the bits first.” The two bits are opposed. One was near them on the left, a little climb to get it and a ride to get the next. Finally, they made it up, a new green enemy awaited them, it dispensed the original tiny tops. “Who are they?” “The mini top guys, those crash into you.” Pinkie recalled as she jumped over them with Fluttershy following and onto the organic construct. It became a bouncer bunging both into the fifth final fragment and two pull stars spawned above them. They know what to do, or rather, say. “Pull.” They were attracted and soon that word was said again to activate the subsequent pull star. Pinkie then Fluttershy enunciated the other word. “Release.” “Release.” The pull star let them go and the mares gravitate up. Luckily, they were set to set their hooves upon a beamer spreading the lasers along the area of the planet. Safe here, but vulnerable when their hooves are on the ground. “We’ll run when I say so.” Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it… “Now!” Galloping across the planet, they came to rest at a safe zone displaying a bit. Pinkie now anticipated more bits around the planet’s equator. “Could you excuse me a moment?” “Sure, Pinkie.” Pinkie Pie left Fluttershy behind in search of gold around the equator while hopping over the laser shockwaves from both sides. Three more coins were found, however when returned, the pegasus was gone. “Huh? Where did she vanish to?” Without being too worried, she dashed to the pole opposite the beamer they landed on. Sure enough, she found her safe on a beamer with a screw. “So you were ahead of me, I was about to worry.” “Worry? Come on, Pinkie. We’re experienced enough to know what’s coming.” “Well, don’t blame me since you don’t look the type, honestly.” Once more, it’s her orange juice vodka technique. She used it to unlatch the bolt from the planet. Shortly, the planet itself unfolded to reveal swimming water with Pinkie and Fluttershy who fell in it. The Power Star is at the core and surrounded by a ring of star bits. If one counts, they earned 20 of them. “Ha! At last, there it is.” “We’re even given a small reward before the main reward.” And just like that, Pinkie and Fluttershy collected the star bits and then the Power Star. After performing a short underwater celebration, they surfaced and soared passed Buoy Base’s atmosphere back to the Comet Observatory. Floated to the front of the space base where the new power star stored itself, Pinkie and Fluttershy stood toe-to-toe with Princess Stella. The ponies wiped their brows before a conversation began between them and the alicorn. “Welcome back, Pinkie and Fluttershy, my little ponies.” “Thanks. After jumping a lot, I’m just glad we survived.” “Approved. Gosh, have we encountered some close calls.” “Well, I can now inform you about the hungry luma near the Kitchen.” They turned their necks to look, on the spire of cupboards is a dome and a pink luma beside that. “Oh, right. No need to remind us, we’ll take it from here.” But before they got there, Spike, who’s near the library with the other mares, spat out a scroll. Everypony that noticed anticipated the one and only being the only one to send it, so the dragon immediately explained its contents. “To my faithful student, Twilight and her friends, My sister and I are hoping this letter has found Pinkie in good condition, we have a feeling these will be influential for your mission. Meanwhile, King Sombra’s slowly crafting his next move, but there is no rush. Equestria is in safe hooves for now. Sincerely, Celestia and Luna.” “See, there is no hurry, no worry, Pinkie, Twilight.” “Yeah, I guess it’s all written in the letter.” “Do you want your prize, Pinkie? It’s 50 star bits.” “You don’t need to ask. I’ll just collect them and then-” Pinkie’s line was interrupted as Spike belched another rolled-up parchment. Strange that there’s a second message received at the same minute. Perhaps it’s just something the royal princesses forgot to mention. “No. It’s from Trixie!” “That gal? How did she send that through you?” “I guess she learnt it beforehoof.” “Hello, ponies. Trixie found a star. Now that Trixie has proved that she’s helpful, Trixie needs a way back because this star won’t fly with her. Trixie has captured a picture of her peripheral vision of the galaxy. Help me! Send somepony! From Trixie L.” The photo posted was of a view of Good Egg Galaxy. Pinkie grew weary of these setbacks. Was she about to go somewhere new, does Trixie’s letter mean she must travel backwards? “And I was so excited about the hungry luma galaxy.” Fortunately, just because somepony has to go there doesn’t mean it has to be Pinkie. Someone was willing to volunteer. “What about us?” Apple Bloom stepped up to the plate along with her friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. “What about y’all?” “We can find Trixie for you.” “Hmm. What do you think, Pinkie Pie?” “Honestly, I don’t see why not. I think I will let them.” Was all settled? Not so fast. Fluttershy stood up. “I’ll go with them. I mean, somepony has to keep Trixie safe. I hope that’s alright.” “Sure. Go to Good Egg Galaxy right away. See you on the other side.” “Until we meet again. Let’s go.” Nearly everypony had something to do. Fluttershy and the fillies ran to the UFO, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash headed to the library and Pinkie climbed up the spire to the hungry luma. “Hi. Do you have some star bits to spare?” “I have plenty to plenish. How much are you greedy for?” “Oh, stars. I need 600 star bits.” “Dang, you’re that hungry? Conveniently, I have that amount.” Negative DC candy meteors were added to Pinkie’s stash. All served and downed down the luma’s unseen throat. By the time she speed counted to 600, the pink star creature was satisfied and obese. “That’s it! That’s it! TRANSFORM!” And there it goes, from the observatory seen as light and zooming out into space. An explosion occurred spreading gleams to every corner of the sky. The light faded as Drip Drop Galaxy has been revealed. Pinkie waved at Fluttershy leaving by the spacecraft nearby, then she used a launch star that just appeared to travel to the new galaxy. “New galaxy, here I come.” Giant Eel Outbreak That launch star routed the pony just to survey this galaxy’s planet. It’s a world wet with water, a centred sandy centre and a pair of primitively positioned peninsulas. Pinkie set hoof on land and saw a penguin party. “Oh my gosh. I wish I have my camera or Trixie with me. Fluttershy will flip when she heard she’s missing out.” Oh well. She’s gotta walk up and speak to at least one of them. The nearest one in front was brought to converse. “Hi, pink pony. Can you help us?” “Help? Sure. With what?” “I think grandpa can explain better.” The elder penguin, who developed white brows and a long beard as long as Star Swirl, stood facing the ocean. When Pinkie came to talk, the picador only turned his head. “Those eels prevented us from fishing our food. They can swallow you in one gulp.” Remember the fishes in the dens under Beach Bowl Galaxy? These look exactly like them, scary and intimidating. “Poor colony, how long have you lived in this galaxy for?” “Can you help to remove them from the waters?” “Wait, how do I do that?” One of the penguin toddlers beside her came to answer. “We theorised that the cannonballs by the shipwreck might be enough to eliminate them.” “Great. Thanks for the info. Don’t you worry, Mr Penguin.” Thus, Pinkie was ready to swim. A run and a jump and she’s in the water. She stroked and stroked straight towards the sunken ship. The stone structures around it held a few bits and a chest she couldn’t open, yet. The ship’s two masts had a bit at each tip while the deck provided a crate of cannon ammo. “Bet I can use this to bust into that chest.” Then she committed, she aimed and shot it from near as possible. However, unexpectedly, that resulted in it being bait as a big blowfish emerged and began charging in, Pinkie spin-swam away to escape its wrath. “Whoa! A trapped chest? That’s unfair!” That wasted her an iron ball, so she swam back to retrieve another. On her second attempt, an eel just so happens to pass above her, now it’s prey vs predator. Amidst this, a torpedo emerged out of the sandy floor, so Pinkie sped up to outrun them while tailing the fish. When her aim is just right, she released it and it boomed. That missile exploded by an obstacle and the unagi vaporized into star bits. As she sees there’s a bed of them, not just one. “I see. Let’s montage.” Below her were a pair of seashells standing like stalagmites tipped with a tip of two bits. First, she collected them before returning to the hull which was a short distance away. This is where Pinkie restocked ammunition. With it in hoof, she paddles in one direction to find more eels to slaughter and they should be located near the surface. Before she noticed, she was swimming near the surface, so one watches her reaction when an Anguillid nearly gobbled her. “Whoa! Okay, that’s awfully close. I better stay low.” However, she’s in a positive position to snipe it down, a fire and a strike. Its loss was represented like the first dead fish, who’s now a cluster of Konpeito. “Fun fact.” Pinkie verified although no one knows how she knows. Regardless, she saw the third unagi ahead, but foremost, two coins sat on a wall and the pony had a great fall to gather them all. The swim back took her past another chest, but she knew better, she won’t trust it. “Haha, don’t tempt me, box. I don’t have that kind of greed.” So she ignored it entirely, good for her. Back on deck, the supply’s still there, it’s time to carve up some sushi. Once more, she ascended with the heavy black sphere and went after the eel. Because there are fewer fish than there were, the crowd density of the ocean became vacant, thus harder to find one. Despite that, eventually, Pinkie found it, now she had to angle right and not throw away her shot. One shot and the target was hit, poofed into nothing but eight star bits. And that was it, all three eels have been removed from this planet and a Power Star appeared and is hovering over the shipwreck. Relief was released from Pinkie’s bubbled breath. “That was actually a fun experience. The penguins can harvest in peace now if they can since I don’t see any krill here.” But she digressed. She noticed the last coin of the galaxy that she proceeded to collect before approaching the gleams of the distant but visible star. Within reach, Pinkie laid her hoof on it which earned her the energy to celebrate before she rocketed from the H2O and back to the Comet Observatory. A twinkle in the sky, coming from it was she with the Power Star that Pinkie just fished out looking a little drenched, her drips puddling a spot on deck’s floor in front of the cosmos princess. Someone will get the mop and be the janitor later, probably one of the yellow lumas. But the question that existed now was why she was the first to return. “I thought the UFO would’ve come sooner.” Rarity and Applejack were there to respond “Why would you say that, darling?” “Because I know exactly where Trixie is and I don’t believe it’s far from here.” Shortly after, the cutie mark crusaders’ unidentified flying object came with Fluttershy and the vowed Trixie. As the passengers alighted, the magician removed her hat and pulled an actual Power Star out of it, stored in its storage. “There, that’s one more star added to the total. Trixie’s only required payment is trust and nothing else.” Frankly, the ponies didn’t expect the mare who was an antagonist back then to actually do the work. Unfortunately for Trixie, she earned the trust without a form of credit, but at least someone’s not afraid to show it. “I’m impressed. It makes me regret disbelieving you, so I apologise.” “Apology accepted. What about you two?” Rarity and Applejack the magician was alluding to. While the unicorn did kindly give her a second chance, the southern pony begged to differ like she didn’t care. “Yeah, well, ah don’t know. Guess ah’ll try to trust you.” This is when Trixie noticed Applejack’s attitude to her, perceived it as her facade disgusted her. She’s not willing to let that stick around because something’s going on. “Okay, element of honesty. Be Trixie’s guest, what’s your problem? What has the great and powerful done to specifically you?” She seemed prepared to uncloak her bulletproof titanium that ricochets rounds of bullets, to absorb any shots the cowgirl had to offer. Unconfident was she in truth, what does Applejack think? “Fine. Well, yer boastin’ really bothers me, ya locked mah friend from Ponyville and nothin’ beyond that. However, that’s enough to convince me you’re no good at all. So no matter what you try, you ain’t changin’ mah opinion." “Really? Trixie thought that-” “You could make it up? Sorry, but you don’t appear to be the mare to do that.” “But Trixie just showed-” “That you can help? Sure, but you ain’t gettin’ mah endorsement.” Loss for words that mare was, but she’s not finished yet. “Ah’m never alright with your personality, ah’m never alright with your second person and ah’m never alright with you. Ah could never believe that you would even ever show up.” The average pony would’ve described this scene with one word: “Wow”. Had she unleashed her inner anger and objection, it unintentionally caused tears to build below her eyes, something nopony would believe to happen. Applejack realised she made a mistake that resulted badly. “You know what? Maybe I should not talk in third-person, I’m now the common and powerless me you want. You can keep my outfit that was received on my 12th birthday and I won’t bother anyone anymore, I will stand far away from this group to rethink my personality. Good job, Applejack, you’ve officially ruined me and I know your name and I will call you by name so I won’t call you names and be immature. Celestia, I hope you have enough stars to save the universe without my assistance.” “Trixie, wait!” Trixie ignored Applejack and ran off without looking back. Unless somepony repairs this damage, there won’t be any messages reporting extra stars any time soon. Will Pinkie’s collection alone be enough to go to the centre of the universe? “Ah think ya totally messed up, sis.” “Well, hopefully, we don’t need her, right?” “I don’t know. The required amount of stars is still a mystery, we need to get every star we could find. With Trixie out of the picture, there’s a good chance that just me finding my stars is some short of needed. I mean, she just threw away her birthday present.” “So ah gotta apologise to her?” “Exactly, meanwhile Pinkie has King Sombra to encounter.” Stella stepped in to inform. “Really?” “Yes, perhaps your friend here would like to help?” “Of course, I would. Should we go now?” Looks like Applejack has to make the sincerest apology, one that can set Trixie back on track. Just gonna pray that that goes well before Pinkie and Fluttershy return. Oh, before they board the pull star, the pink pony must ask one thing first. “How did you find Trixie later than me swimming for a star?” “The UFO didn’t come with a map, so we didn’t know where Good Egg Galaxy was.” At least that mystery was history. Both were ready to go, the blue device levitated both quadrupeds and revealed the last galaxy viewed from the Kitchen. It appeared to be a fleet of flying flatware from afar. “I’m a little nervous about how King Sombra will attack us.” “But hey, you fought that scary rock monster alone, you can help me with this fight too. It’s time to show those skills.” She’s right and so Fluttershy’s confidence peaked mostly. Now, a launch star spawned and blasted the couple. Sombra, or whatever difficult enemy there is, here they come. Crashing the Spaceships There are a plethora of UFOs hovering in a chosen direction. On the way, Pinkie and Fluttershy flew past some debris before they embarked on one. Already, there were enemies to ambush, four shadowbolts and three were rock throwers. “Intruders! Get them!” “Not on our watch.” The stones came raining, but the ponies evaded them and managed to attack. They gave each foe a hoof or a spin, receiving three star bits for each defeat. Once they were gone, Pinkie wanted the sweets in the crystal nearby. Then, there’s a square hole featured. “It’s a cannon that shoots ponies.” “So it’s a transition? How do we use it?” “We must jump in at the same time, but I must warn you it’s claustrophobic.” Jump in they did in the same second. It’s just a barrel emerging from the outside, but a tight squeeze inside, Pinkie and Fluttershy were muzzle-to-muzzle. “Okay, I see why.” They were the scope and saw the next UFO, its long antenna was eye-catching. In front of it were two mines circling, above it was a pull star. “We have to activate the pull star, don’t miss.” “Oh, right, gotcha.” They carefully aimed in the middle of the moving mines. Once directed, the target has been fired. Unlikely, the mares’ aim was a little off, but it doesn’t matter unless they pronounced it out of time. Nearing and nearing and… “Pull!” Caught. Pinkie and Fluttershy were then released to grab the pole. They slid down to the UFO floor and encountered two artificial enemies, it’s familiar somewhere. “Oh, they’re from Battlerock Galaxy, one of them almost fried me.” “What? How?” “They shoot lasers from their mouths.” When they set hoof in the middle, the metal minions made their move. Some close call dodging was necessary to bypass. Soon, they went past them and entered another cannon slot together. “Ew, you licked my nose, Fluttershy.” “Sorry, Pinkie.” Appeared it’s the same ordeal setup, a combination of cannon, UFO and pole, minus the hazardous spike bombs. Like last time, Pinkie and Fluttershy angled themselves, shot themselves and ‘pulled’ once close enough, then slid the antenna like firemares. At the base were big yellow caterpillars. “Wow, who are they.” “Be careful, they’re easily angered.” “Angered? They just need to be nurtured.” “I eliminated one of them for star bits, but we’ll let these ones live for now.” “Really? That’s kind of you.” One side of the spaceship had a wheel that ejected eight star bits when spun atop it while the other side had a block that exploded into ten comets when hit from below. The bridge was guarded by a mandibug who desired to bite intruders. “Hey! How dare he!” “Now this guy deserved to be squished.” Fluttershy committed to crushing the insect since she could operate. With three free sweets heaped, at the end of the bridge was a platform and a single lever. Without any more leads, Pinkie flicked it, then the platform began moving. Mares were heading for a barrage of UFO cannons and playing the matrix with them. Past that, a spider came down attempting to scare them. Fluttershy was, but Pinkie was not so much as she annihilated them while both evaded another wave of iron ammo. “Those scared me.” “Gotta appreciate the combination of attacks.” The third bombardment dodged and then three spiders act as an obstacle if they weren’t vulnerable to both ponies. That’s before arriving at a destination, a bridge lined with eight star bits led to a big spaceship’s basement. A sling star threw the ponies through the roof above the deck. Before long, King Sombra showed up on his UFO. This is where the battle will take place. “Ha ha ha ha ha ha!” “Stop it with the menacing laugh, it’s creepy!” “You’re determined to defeat me? Siding with a timid pegasus like her is a bold move.” “Don’t test me.” “Perhaps, you’re looking forward to challenge me? ‘Cause I have the star.” “Bring it on!” Pinkie exclaimed as everypony was prepared. The UFO was revealed to have three mortars pew-pewing one by one at a decent speed. While she and Fluttershy were constantly moving, they had to find something that does damage. Lo and behold, a basket of cannonballs in the corner. “Perfect. No wonder it’s all about cannons.” She carried one, aimed it, chucked it and unluckily, they found that he can dodge it. “Nice try, but you have to do better than that.” They must, so they kept trying with Fluttershy handing spheres and Pinkie lobbing them until one has hit. Eventually, one did, star bits went flying due to the impact. Although it wasn’t enough to malfunction the vehicle, it did scratch him at least. “Argh! No matter, you’re gonna run out soon anyway.” The shadow king warned. When the pegasus looked, yes, there were about ten balls left. As the boss’s cannon continued to fire, it was a thinking puzzle to optimize their mode of attack. “Our supply is limited.” “What? Then we need a strategy.” “Let’s try a duel throw.” One orb to Pinkie and Fluttershy. Both pitched their projectiles, Pinkie’s at the saucer and Fluttershy’s at a selected spot near it. By chance, it worked. Sombra entered the path of the other cannonball, ten more star bits. He’s angry, now he developed a new move. Suddenly, his horn glowed, then beamed, nearly skimming Pinkie’s cheek. “Whoa, lasers. Missed by a fur.” Difficulty climaxed to extreme heights, for they had to dodgeball and evade magic beams at the same time while carrying limited cannon ammo to strike correctly, simply tough. Luckily, a pattern existed. However, Sombra became smarter to avoid their new technique until there were two balls left. “Come on, let’s make this one count.” “But how? Sombra seemed to avoid our chances for certain.” “I have an idea.” Pinkie’s plan was the following: both ponies launch their spheres synchronously like before except Fluttershy’s iron ball was caught and thrown in another direction. Because of that, it tricked Sombra into dodging both when the latter shell deviated, thus it hit. The last ten star bits as they anticipated his UFO will crash. “Ha! You haven’t rid of me yet, pink pony.” Sombra told as a smaller disc emerged from the top of his disc. Like an escape pod, it carried him away before the big UFO self-destructs. And finally, the Grand Star appeared and came to be collected. “Aw. We almost had him.” “At least we’ve received a Grand Star.” Their fourth Grand Star in hoof, they proceeded to collect it. They made it to the end where they were lifted off the ground and soared back to the Comet Observatory. “Trixie? Where’d you go, sugarcube?” While two of Applejack’s friends are in the air, she had a schedule to seek out the magician and boy, was she a hider. At the moment, the country mare wore the cape and cone above his original clothing. Soon, she was found around the Fountain down on the ground with a frown. Decided to approach delicately, she knew she did wrong and deserved to fix it. “What’re you doin’ out here?” Trixie noticed which panicked her, but she retorted without running. “I’m getting out of your sight, it’s what you wanted.” Applejack joined sitting on her flank, the floor was a bit wet due to the streams splashing. “About that, ah realised that ah said things ah shouldn’t have said.” “Ha! Find that hard to believe.” “Look, ah’m so sorry. Even though you did unforgivin’ things in the past, we have to remember what you’re really capable of.” “What? Horrible performing? Banishing?” “You were tryin’, you wanted to be a star instead of a failure. We were a despondency to you, ah’m sorry we were like that.” “That doesn’t explain why I came with that amulet and a vengeance.” “Ah guess you must’ve been mad after Twilight “stole your thunder”.” “After that incident?” “Well, we were pretty salty about what you’ve done that day and never gave you a second chance. And you know what? Ah’ll give you that chance here and now.” Trixie thought about it. It seemed to make sense and very well, she needed it. They had a calm minute to take deep breaths, admire the constellations and relax a bit, it truly was a magnificent view. Applejack gave back the wizard costume to her. “Here’s your birthday costume, we need you to continue and please return to your old personality.” “You mean I can continue the insults? My energy to do that ran out because of you.” “Let’s power it up then. Insult me.” “Really?” “Be mah guest.” For the next fifteen minutes, Trixie was continuously shouting vitriols at Applejack through names, features, backgrounds, attributes, etc. Some of them loud enough to be heard by Rarity, Spike and three fillies. Until then, Pinkie and Fluttershy soared back with a Grand Star. That magical fuel source was brought to the beacon that enlarged and changed from green to teal. It also unlocked the next dome next to the library, it’s purple on purple carpet. They, too, can hear the obnoxious vulgar. “What’s going on over there?” “We have no clue.” At this point, Twilight emerged out of the library. First, she greeted Pinkie’s return before complimenting her triumph, can’t forget it’s done collaborated with Fluttershy. “Welcome back, girls. I see you’ve brought back a Grand Star. Did Fluttershy aid you much?” “Of course, otherwise, fighting Sombra would be impossible without a second pony.” “Then you’re a fortunate one. While you’re gone, the princess strolled into the library. She wanted everypony to gather around her.” “Ooh, she wants to tell us a story. Hopefully, we’ll discover her secrets.” Applejack and Trixie ceased the offending battle, but only the former, the farmer, followed the others into the library. What tale does her highness had to tell? Why did everypony have to hear it? And what will the next dome entail? “I mean, it’s a fun story, right?” Author's Note Pinkie's Collection: Star Bits: 1195 Coins: 555 Power Stars: 32 Halfway done, I think. I know there were some ideas mixed in here and there, like how flying sometimes works and doesn't work in space, that I will fix later. Yes, this is written as an actual story, not just a game. Bubble Breeze Galaxy took longer to write than to play. This one took long to upload because apparently, I'm not very good at priorities.
IntroductionAt the Golden Oak Library, Twilight was studying some spell that allows ponies to breathe anywhere in Equestria with the help of Spike so that it comes in use later. “Focus on your magics, Twilight. This spell is not that advance, you should be able to achieve this.” “I knew that, Spike.” Twilight’s horn glowed as she prepared to cast the spell on herself and pulled the trigger. “Did that work?” “Let’s test it. I prepared a plastic tub full of water over there.” So Twilight approached the tub and dunked her head into the tub of water and experienced no suffocation in the water. She lifted her head off the tub to record the results for Spike. “It worked! I’ve cast a breathing spell!” “Nice. I hope it works in space too.” “I hope so too, Spike.” That’s when Pinkie broke the door down off its hinges to enter it dramatically. “What did the letter say?” “Letter? What letter?” “You haven’t got it yet? My Pinkie Sense is telling me a letter is gonna come outta Spike.” Then, a letter did come out of Spike’s magical fire breath. Twilight unrolled the scroll to start reading it. “To my faithful student, Twilight I’m inviting you and your friends to celebrate the Star Festival at Canterlot at 7 pm. I hope we’re gonna have a wonderful festival and a great time and hopefully, we can get a good collection of star bits. From, Princess Celestia.” “The Star Festival?” “The Star Festival is a celebration when a shower of star bits lands on Equestria.” “And what are these star bits she’s talking about?” “Star bits are candy meteors.” “Did you say candy meteors?” “I knew you would get excited, Pinkie. Come on, let’s see if our friends will join us. Tomorrow, we’ll go to Canterlot.” “I can’t wait.” The Mane 6 took the train to Canterlot at 7 pm. Along the way, the star bits were showering down from the sky and can be viewed through the window. “Are those the star bits?” “Yep, that’s definitely them.” “I would be crazy with these space candies.” “They look so beautiful.” “That’s a lot of space rocks, I don’t know who’s gonna clean them all after the festival.” “Honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of hard-working ponies.” The train has arrived at their destination, Canterlot, and everypony alighted from the train. Pinkie withdrew her party cannon out and shouted... “Let’s get this party started!” *BOOM* The Mane 6 went their separate ways after that. Pinkie was busy collecting as many star bits as she could as she’s advancing to the castle while admiring the decorations for the festival. When Pinkie reached Canterlot’s ghetto with the other elements of harmony, however, a crystal rock emerged out of the ground and demolished the tower behind her to collapse behind Pinkie. “Hey, watch it!” “What’s happening?” More crystals appeared out of the ground to destroy more buildings and statues. At this point, the Mane 6 knew they were in danger. “Quick, to the castle!” The six ponies rushed for the castle as they encountered many ponies being sealed in crystals, both recognized and unidentified. “Oh dear.” They climb the steps of the Canterlot castle where they saw what they’re up against. It’s King Sombra on an unidentified flying object cordoning off the balcony, the front doors and the stairs with crystals to keep the alicorns from escaping and the Mane 6 from intruding. “Princess Celestia and Luna.” “Why are you here? What do you want from us.” “You are invited to my new galaxy creation.” “Your new galaxy creation?” “Bwahahahaha! Time to crash this party!” “Don’t ever!” Sombra’s UFO hovered over the castle revealing lasers slicing around the castle. And then, more space vehicles came with anchors attaching to the ground and lifting the whole castle into the air. “Twilight, I think we’re going to space!” “Hold on. Here’s a spell that lets us breathe in space.” The spell blasted the ponies and the alicorns. The flash was so bright that it made Sombra notice the Mane 6. “Very clever. But you really can’t stay up here.” The castle, the princesses and the elements of harmony saw themselves above Equestria in space. “Farewell.” With magic, Sombra blasted the stairs and caused the Mane 6 to float away into deep space. “No!” “Yes. Now let’s go.” Upon Sombra’s presumed victory, the UFOs and the castle with the princesses magically teleported away. Far away in space, the Mane 6 were unconscious in a flower bed of a planet. A white star-shaped character was tapping Pinkie’s temple drawing an attempt at her consciousness. Suddenly, Pinkie’s eyes start to open as a sign that she’s awake. “Ugh, what happened? Girls?” “I think I remembered, the Canterlot castle was being lifted to space and then Sombra blasted us away.” “The real question is where are we?” “And what’s this little creature?” “Ah, you’re all awake. Come and play with us.” The little creature spoke as it turned into a bunny and started hopping. “Oh. I’ve never seen anything like it. I think we should follow it.” “Come on.” The bunny escorts the six to approach another flower area with two more bunnies that have yellow ears instead of white like the one leporine. “Aw, they’re so cute.” “Let’s play hide-and-seek. If you catch all 3 of us, we’ll tell you where you are.” “Ooh, hide-and-seek. I’m good at this game.” Thereafter, the bunnies vanished into thin air, they presumably teleported their hides into hiding spots. “Let’s go and find them, maybe they’ll give us good information afterwards as they said.” The Mane 6 split into three equally-sized groups to inspect the globe for those hoppers. Rarity and Twilight heard a rustling near some grass. It’s suspicious enough for the curious unicorns to search the lawn, then suddenly, a rabbit and 3 star bits appeared out of the grass. Rarity grabbed the sugary star sweets while Twilight gave chase and used her magic to catch the bunny. “So star bit collections are still going, huh?” Applejack and Rainbow Dash went for a stroll around the planet until they encountered a crater that leads to darkness and is seemingly bottomless with a single coin in the middle. “I bet there’s one in here.” “Ya think so? Ah don’t see any bottom or ground though.” “Applejack, who needs ground when you’re in the air.” The pegasus tried to flap her feathers over the hole, but, as somepony who's never been beyond the moon, wings don't work in space and so she committed to falling into black. "Rainbow!" Luckily, the seemingly bottomless pit was a pit with a bottom. "Hey, I'm okay! There's a floor and the bunny here." "Hold on, ah brought mah rope for a reason." While Applejack tossed her lasso to fish Rainbow Dash out of the crater, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie scoured for a cottontail when they confronted a green pipe on the way. “Where will this lead to?” “Maybe we should enter it. I think the bunny’s in there.” Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy infiltrated the pipe and came out the other side where a bunny escaped from it. The girls chased after it and while doing so, they ran over some blue flowers that spat space snacks of 3 to collect. Within seconds, Pinkie got her forelimbs on the hare. "Ha, you can’t escape the best hide-and-seeker in this universe!” “Is that true, Pinkie?” “Only exaggerating, Fluttershy. Probably not.” As promised, all 3 bunnies transformed into star beings and rendezvoused in one spot. The mares followed them to where they gathered in the garden they were on since the start. “Amazing! You caught all of us.” “So? We earned the information, right?” "Of course, you’ve all waited for it.” After that line was said, a structure surfaced on the surface nearby. It also exhibits a bright glow on the architecture. “Please speak with Mama.” “Mama?” The Mane 6 began scaling the high stairs to the summit and stood in front of the physique of a turquoise blonde alicorn who towers above them. She nearly looks a little under Princess Luna’s height. “Hello, everypony.” the alicorn greets. “Um, not to be rude, ma’am, but who are you? And where are we?” “Don’t be afraid to ask. I’m Stella, the guardian of the cosmos and you’re at the gateway to the starry skies. I’ve been watching over your home planet from here.” “Wait a minute, first we have the guardian of the sun and the moon, now there’s a guardian for the cosmos?” “Equestria’s sovereigns are in danger, Princess Stella. They’ve been captured by King Sombra.” “I noticed. To save your special one, you would need the power to travel to space.” The white entity flew around Fluttershy’s head like an insect distracting a pony. “Hey. What are you doing flying near my face?” “This is Luma.” “Luma?” “He will give you that power. However, only one of you can possess it. If somepony volunteers, they may face the upcoming dangers.” Sounds interesting to them, they understood Stella’s instructions. As she waits for a participant, the nominees had to consider the circumstances. It’s natural to agree on the fact that only one mare can obtain said power because there’s only this Luma around. They need to also consider the upcoming dangers, it’s unknown what it means. “Ooh, I’ll volunteer! I’ve always wanted to have a space adventure. Besides, I’m sure I’ll learn how to evade whatever those dangers will be.” “Well, if a volunteer is needed, then by all means, Pinkie. There’s no telling what’s out in the deep vacuum of space, but just be alert.” “Then I’ll entrust you with its care.” Luma spun endlessly before infiltrating Pinkie’s mane. She now felt highly powerful. “Do you feel powerful, Pinkie?” “Uh huh.” “Disaster has struck us, so please rescue the Grand Stars.” “Grand Stars?” “I’ll explain once you got one. May the stars shine down on you.” And with that, Stella disappeared as the message of saying bye. “Well, that just happened.” Right in front of the Mane 6 is yellow Luma who stood in front of a crystal. “Pinkie Pie, you can do a spin move now.” “I can?” Pinkie tested her special move on its own. ”Cool.” “Try to smash this crystal.” So Pinkie approached closer to the crystal and shattered it using the spin attack, fueled by the white Luma’s power. The crystal broke after one more hit revealing a star-shaped object. “That was awesome, Pinkie Pie.” “What is that? What did you reveal?” “This is a launch star. Just hop in, it’ll be fun.” “If you say so.” Pinkie mounted the launch star to then be blasted off into the air. “That was even more awesome.” Rainbow’s got launched next, followed by Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Twilight respectively. “Weee!” The six ponies landed on a new planet and encountered another Luma. “Hi, ponies.” “Hello, Luma.” “So, I had a launch star set up on this planet and…” “Great, so where is this launch star you set up?” “A meteor destroyed it into chips.” “NOOOOOOOOO!” “Pinkie, not so loud!” “Oops, sorry. Ahem. So how do we fix this?” “Can you get the star chips for me? All 5 of them should be on this planet. Oh, and don’t fall into the black hole.” “Black hole?” Twilight glanced inside one of the planet’s holes to see the terrifying black hole at the core. “Let’s go and find them.” The team was able to obtain the 4 free star pieces and only Pinkie could grab the last of them and 2 bits from crystals while dodging the meteors falling. After all 5 star chips were collected, the pieces magically merged into a launch star on a stone platform. “Let’s go!” The Mane 6 gets launched into the air to land on a new metal planet. On that planet, they saw Luma trapped in a cage. “Help! Get me out of here!” “Don’t worry, we’ll get you out. Um, how do we get you out?” “There’s a shadowbolt on this planet with the key.” “A shadowbolt? Well, how do we kick his butt?” “You can use your traditional bare hooves or you could spin attack them.” The Mane 6 searched for the shadowbolt who’s polar-opposite to Luma’s side “Hey, you’re the ponies King Sombra told us about.” “And you’re the shadowbolt Luma told us about.” “Well, come and get the key.” Rainbow attacked the shadowbolt by crashing into them applying collision on the pillar. The shadowbolt vanished in defeat and the key was dropped. “Huh, that was shockingly easy.” “Nice. Let’s free Luma.” Pinkie ran to the encased Luma with the key and slotted it in the slot freeing it. “Thanks. Can you go save my friend up there?” “Why, of course.” “I’ll turn into a sling star so that you could get to that planet.” Luma transformed into a sling star to catapult the ponies onto the next planet where Luma and a pipe were caged. “Hey, are you here to save me?” “Yes. Who has the key?” “There’s a giant shadowbolt here. Find them and kick their butt.” “Hold on. Did you just say ‘giant’ shadowbolt?” The Mane 6 overcame the mobile electric platforms, which had 6 coins along with them, to encounter the enormous shadowbolt. “Hahahaha! Look at you. You look as tiny as an insect.” The shadowbolt lifted their colossal hoof and thrust down on the little ponies who just escaped getting pancaked. “How do we defeat this one?” “I know. Cover your eardrums. I’m gonna make a little sound.” The pink pony galloped towards the pink pillar and used her special creating soundwaves that made the shadowbolt fall over. Pinkie first gathered the 9 star bits nearby before she delivered the final blow as the key was unhoofed. She brought the key to the confined Luma to free it. “Quickly! Come down here!” “Quickly? What’s the rush?” The Mane 6 quickly followed the Luma down the pipe revealing the planet’s sophisticated inside. “What’s all this.” “Look there, that’s a Grand Star.” “That’s a Grand Star?” “Lucky, we were looking for one.” “Well, it’s powering that machine and it doesn’t look good!” “It doesn’t look good.” “You have to rescue it fast before the power’s drained.” “Oh no.” “We have to go now.” The Mane 6 quickly survived the electric platforms to approach the Grand Star and Fluttershy accidentally stepped on a yellow button on the floor as it turned blue. “Uh oh. Is that bad?” “Ah don’t think so, Fluttershy. Maybe you’re supposed to step all the buttons.” “Smart Shy.” Fluttershy blushed with embarrassment at Pinkie’s comment. “Um… thanks?” The Mane 6 deactivated all 12 buttons on the ground. Nothing happened yet. “Huh. Perhaps there are hidden buttons?” Everypony looked around the room until Pinkie could see 4 more yellow buttons on the "walls". "There they are. Let's go." Four out of the sextet ran back past the voltaic hurdles to activate the decommissioning panels. Upon all of them being turned off, they changed to green for good. The machine stopped utilizing power from the Grand Star and released it for its obtainability. “That star looks admittingly pretty when it’s glowing.” “We did it. Now let’s treasure it for the space queen.” Touched the Grand Star the Mane 6 did, then a little celebration while airborne before soaring away from the galaxy. The Mane 6 with the Grand Star came from a distance to advance towards a blackout space station that they’re viewing. “Oh. Is this star gonna power that?” “I think so.” The six ponies arrived at the lobby of the cosmic base as the Grand Star enters the power storage core in the nucleus. That illuminated a sector of the station and unlocked a dome in that region. “Look, it’s Stella.” The Mane 6 walked closer to and bows down at the guardian of the galaxies and listened to her dialogue. “The beacon is lit again, weakly.” “Weakly? It doesn’t have full power?” “Correct. The beacon is now classified as a Class 6 star, but at least the poor Lumas will survive now.” “Poor Lumas? Poor thing.” “Thanks for rescuing the grand star. These Lumas are my family, I have the responsiblity to protect them.” “You’re welcome, Stella.” “Welcome to the Comet Observatory, it’s our home. You see, we travel the starry skies. We meet at this area once every hundred years, but suddenly, we were stopped by some kind of force taking away Star Bits and Power Stars from our observatory. Our ship lost power, it cannot move from this hibernation. The fiend that took your special one stole those power stars.” “King Sombra stole your Power Stars?” “If that’s his name, then yes. He now has the power to cross the universe. Please, I have a request...” The Mane 6 looks up to the turquoise alicorn to pay attention. “...We need to find more power stars. We use those domes over there to discover and observe galaxies. The only one that’s open with the Grand Star is the Terrace. Please try to recover the Power Stars from the available accessible galaxies. If enough power is restored, the Comet Observatory will fly like a comet and possibly, we’ll be able to find this King Sombra.” “We won’t let you down, Sugarcube.” “I have faith in you. I have expectations that you won’t let me down.” To be continued… Author's Note I’m keeping the score here now. Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 24 Coins: 3 Stars: 1
Good Egg GalaxyAfter the Mane 6 closed their dialogue with Stella and acquired information for their quest, they approached the Terrace dome to start it. “So here’s where we start our search for power stars.” The six entered the Terrace and saw two lumas in the hub, one black and one blue. “Welcome to the Terrace dome! You can see distant galaxies from these domes. This blue luma will transform into a pull star when you’re ready.” “How do I use a pull star?” “The luma in your mane will make the pull star magnetize you onto it. Go near one, look at one and say ‘pull’ or ‘release’ or ‘pull and release’.” “Okay, that’s easy directions.” The blue luma flew right under the roof and reshaped into a pull star ready for dragging. “But before I go, I wanna know if I should go alone or not.” “Hmm. I think it’s best if you go alone and experience it first. You said that you’ll learn how to evade the dangers.” “Yeah, sorry we can’t go with you.” “That’s okay, girls. I thought it’s best too.” “If that’s the case, then go find those Power Stars!” Pinkie looked directly up into the pull star to shout... “Pull!” ...and gestured the white luma in her mane to raise her to the pull star. Galaxies are visible through the glass. “What you’re seeing are the galaxies that can be observed from this dome. The numbers represent the distance from the observatory. The more stars you find, the farther you’ll travel. It seems like you have only Good Egg Galaxy available.” “Good Egg Galaxy, huh? Alright, let’s-a go!” A launch star suddenly appeared on Pinkie to immediately launch her to the galaxy. “Weee!” Dino Piranha Pinkie Pie excitedly rocketed across the stars from the Comet Observatory to arrive on the first planet of Good Egg Galaxy. “Welcome to the galaxy, Pinkie Pie. Wait, I was talking to myself, wasn’t I.” On first sight, she noticed a house, a green pipe and two gardens. While exploring, she trampled over the flowers and bushes to find star bits. Pinkie had a choice to trot across the wooden or stone bridge. She chose the stone path, she wound up on the other hemisphere. A shadowbolt blocked the steps to reach a sideways-gravity path. “Hey, pink pony! You’d like a rock to the face?” The shadowbolt threw a rock at the pink pony when she dodged it. “Um, I’d rather not.” Pinkie climbed up the steps to engage CQC and spin-attack the enemy. In defeat, the shadowbolt vanished into 3 candy comets for her to collect. Then, she follows the sideways-facing path as she miraculously walks by weird gravity. She could reach the crystallized star bits, using her Luma-powered special to shatter it. “Wow. I wish Twilight was here to experience this type of gravity.” Pinkie continued her adventure by deviating from the path to encounter a question mark block. “Oh, I know what to do with these.” She oddly decided to wear a questionable red hat and bonked her head underneath the box repeatedly until it was empty of star bits. Then, she noticed another green pipe and assumed it leads back to the other green pipe on the other side of the planet. Just past the pipe is another stone path that made her walk up a tower. A shadowbolt blocked the way. “You can’t be up here, pony.” “I’m already up here, silly.” Pinkie attacked the shadowbolt and earned her space sweets. The path pursued until a Luma is met by the pink pony located on the tower. “My friends are ahead. Hurry!” “Hurry? There’s no need to rush, little Luma.” The Luma transmogrified into a sling star to throw Pinkie Pie onto a launch star projecting her to arrive on the Boulder Planet. A star chip was found right in front of her. “Looks like I have to find 5 star chips again. That is without getting rolled over by those boulders.” Eventually, with caution, Pinkie found all 5 pieces without getting rolled over. The existing mud was designed to decelerate her running speed, but the deed was still doable. She also gathered 4 coins while doing so. The 5 star chips formed a launch star that’s safe to use and arrived at the Bean Planet featuring a shadowbolt occupying a stone platform. “Have a rock for dessert!” The shadowbolt threw a rock at Pinkie, but instead of dodging it, she ate the boulder. “Delicious. That was a good dessert, I was a rock farm pony in the past.” Pinkie Pie spin-attacked the bewildered shadowbolt and then sees a carnivorous plant in front of her. The plant attempted to lunge at her which gave her a window to defeat it for a vine to grow out of the soil. “Hmm. I feel like there’s something else on this planet.” She explored underneath the Bean Planet and found a big question mark coin and small bouncing whoopee cushions? “Hey, are you nice?” The bloodsuckers bounced onto Pinkie’s head to absorb the iron within it. “Hey! Get off!” Pinkie spun the bloodsuckers off to vanquish them into star bits. “That got me a little woozy.” She turned to the huge coin. “You’re one big bit. What happens when I collect you?” Obtaining the bit made a star bit trail to wrap around the bean planet and crawl up the vine. Pinkie followed and collected the candy meteors to ascend the liana and set hoof on the Bitten Apple Planet with more bloodsuckers that she killed first. “Who threw an apple into space?” Pinkie encountered a fork in the apple, she could follow the path of the incoming boulders or parkour across a new platform over the black hole for the carnivorous plant occupying the pipe. “Let’s go safe here, the pipe.” Pinkie jumped onto the green checkered platform which made it start shrinking and disappearing, instincts jumped her to the next platform which had the pipe. “Whoa! That could’ve been bad.” Pinkie immediately spin-attacked the carnivorous plant and collected the space candy it drops. Then she made her way for the pipe’s very important pony. The pipe took Pinkie to a planet featuring four flipswitches. “So just like when I had to save the first Grand Star, I had to press all the buttons until they’re all another color, am I right?” So Pinkie began stepping on all four buttons. They changed from yellow to green as the final switch got switched. As a result, more side-facing flipswitches appeared at the ramp. Pinkie goes up to trample over them all while avoiding a moving spiked platform. After the objective is completed, a launch star appeared employing to fire Pinkie Pie past the Bitten Apple Planet and debarked under the Block-Climb Planet. She noticed some prints on the ground being made by nothing. Pinkie knew it was certainly gonna be a game of chase, so the technique she used was to leap and spin-attack the invisible being. “I gotcha!” The being being a bag with boots. Pinkie spun it once more to release a great quantity of cosmic confectionery and make it vanish in vanquish. That was underneath, the top of the world presents a couple of platforms with three shadowbolts on them. “You like this group? Let’s have stones raining down on you!” All 3 of the shadowbolts rained their rocks unto Pinkie when she evaded all the projectiles coming down while she amazingly spin-attacked the shadowbolts in style and collected their star bits. Pinkie applied her special move to rescue the launch star from its crystal on the summit. As she zoomed through rock debris in space, 6 sweet stars settles to soar with her, the Luma within her mane went to round them up for her. “Oh! Thanks, Luma.” In the distance, Pinkie saw a planet with a gigantic egg, she incidentally alights on it heavily and accidentally damaged the shell. “Uh oh, what did I do?” Pinkie quickly jumped off the egg as two green legs and a bulbous tail came out of it. The creature began to walk aimlessly around the planet, not knowing the pony’s presence. “I think this might be a boss fight. I think, to defeat whatever is that, I have to spin its tail? Yeah, I’ll be launching the tail into the air and then it’ll get pulled back onto the creature’s face. Brutal but brilliant blueprints, Pinkie Pie.” Pinkie Pie arose to fling the boss’s tail up, then it gets pulled back unto the creature’s hard eggshell, revealing a roaring dino plant. “Oh my Celestia!” Pinkie started dashing away from the dino plant as it’s giving chase of her. “Okay, I have to hit it with its tail again.” She went for the sally in. Evading the creature’s quakes as she targetted her spin-attack at the cauda to hurl it into its high point. Then it tugged back onto its skull with impact, which prompted it to produce a big portion of star bits but to shiver the ground and roar at full volume. “Uh oh. It’s mad now! What’s gonna happen now?” The dino plant begins trailing the pink pony around the planet briskly. Pinkie Pie scurried her hooves to move as much distance from the monster as possible, but she still had to throw its tail. So she tailed the tail while dodging the plant’s anatomy. When near the appendage, she twirled it and elasticity knocked the dinosaur’s cranium and made more candy comets, but it ain’t defeated yet. “Maybe one more should defeat you!” The boss continued chasing prey while Pinkie aimed to reach its tail and struck the plant down once more. At loss, it yields its last obnoxious shriek before collapsing and evaporating. As a reward, a Power Star appears upon the nest where the egg once rested before being disturbed. “Whoo! That was intense. I have a Power Star!” On that note, collected the star and Pinkie danced her triumph when she magically hovers with the star. Then Pinkie rocketed back in the direction of the Observatory. Pinkie Pie returned to the Terrace at the Comet Observatory with the Power Star. The star flew out of sight to store itself in the observatory’s storage. In the Terrace, Pinkie Pie noticed that Twilight Sparkle was at the telescope. ”Hi, Twilight.” ”Oh, welcome back. I just wanted to use this telescope to look into planets and galaxies.” ”Where’s everypony else?” ”They’re outside. Did you manage to get a Power Star?” ”Yes, I did.” ”Great. You’re going back in for more stars?” ”Yep.” Pinkie looks up at the pull star and shouts… ”Pull!” …to view Good Egg Galaxy. ”Let's go!” A launch star appeared on Pinkie Pie to immediately launch her to the galaxy. A Snack for Cosmic Proportions Pinkie Pie arrived on the same starting planet as last time. From the looks of it, every entry into a galaxy starts from a constant location, unless there are some special occasions. She decided to follow along the cobblestone road from last time. To her amazement, a new blue luma resides on the side-facing platform awaiting to address dialogue. The mare went over to her at the tilted gravity. "Hey, you don’t mind sharing your snacks, right?” "Of course not, I’m not a selfish pony.” "Good, share your star bits with the Hungry Luma ahead. Make sure you have plenty.” After the discourse, the blue protostar fellow changed appearance into four pull stars that revealed a route to the launch star. ”Pull!” The pull stars held and gave Pinkie to the subsequent astral magnets and the trebuchet to launch herself onto the world shaped like a vacant pear. On the planet, there existed sharp shrubs, rooted balloons, regular flowers and a lot of shadowbolts. ”You’re looking for a fight?” "You know what? Let’s fight.” Knowing that she’s required as many star sweets as possible, she pulverized every shadowbolt, fractured every crystal, trod on every blossom and learned to gyrate near the balloons to spoil every prickly plant to get a good amount of star fragments. She broke the diamond spire to access its launch star and blast off to the Rock Planet. This planet presents prodigious pebbles rolling around seeking to flatten the pink pony that would be in their path. However, Pinkie Pie’s just unstoppable to discover that she’ll obtain a hoofful of comet candies for demolishing the boulders at their weak point. Add the star bits extracted from crystals into her black hole pocket before using another astro-cannon within a prism spire onto the egg-shaped planet, the Hungry Luma nearby. ”A pink Luma? I’m impressed already.” "Hey, you! Got any tasty Star Bits?” "Yeah, I do. You need a lot right?” "Yep. Please feed me 100 Star Bits.” "Your meal is served.” Pinkie pulled out 100 Star Bits from her mane to feed the Luma. "That’s it, I’m stuffed. I’m ready to… TRANSFORM!” The pink Luma flew into the distance and transformed into the Tower Planet in the blink of an eye. A pink launch star appeared in front of Pinkie Pie which she takes to the base of the spire, context conveys that it’s a course to a whole new world. A launch star laid upon the summit, so she climbed it while eliminating enemies and scavenging for coins along the way. Once atop, using the launch star took her to a capsule-shaped planet. Pinkie saw her next launch star through the glass ground of the planet. If only there wasn’t a sturdy acrylic, there would be an easy entrance. "Aw, I can almost touch it. Oh well, guess I need to find a way in.” She meandered around the world until she found a hole into the pill in which a crystal rock blocked it. She had to shatter it and reveal the hole into the planet. There are obtuse triangles decorated on different sections of the walls that seemed important. Pink mare started platforming and parkouring while storing meteor portions, but being beside the orange background inverted the gravity. ”Whoa. Am I walking on the ceiling? Crazy.” She advanced through the tunnel while she hoarded more star bits and a couple of coins and also annihilated some shadowbolts along the way. Eventually, she made it to the launch star and the next planet which is shaped like a star. Pinkie noticed the star right in front of her retina ”I’m so close. I just gotta collect those 5 blue star chips.” Without hesitation, Pinkie collected all 5 blue star chips which made 5 pull stars appear on the planet. ”Pull!” Pinkie shouted as the perpendicular pull star pulled her to the Power Star. She celebrated her success with a little midair victory dance before flying back to the Comet Observatory. Pinkie Pie flew back to the dome while the Power Star flew away to restock its depository. Twilight looks like she’s still on the telescope. ”Welcome back, Pinkie Pie.” "Have you been on the telescope the entire time?” ”Oh. Yes, I have. I’m sorry if it bothers you.” ”No, no. I wasn't bothered. I was just asking.” ”Well, is everything alright?” ”Yes. Everything is alright. Anyway, I gotta go back for another star. Pull!” The pull star attracted Pinkie up like a magnet to be at eye level with the galaxies again. She’s observed on Good Egg Galaxy and shouted… ”Blast off!” …and Pinkie Pie became a rocket zooming towards Good Egg Galaxy. King Kaliente’s Battle Fleet Pinkie Pie debarked on the house planet from prior star journeys and the first thing she noticed was a launch star on the rooftop of the cottage with an orange chimney. "That wasn’t there the last time I was here. So I need to find an orange pipe to get out of that orange pipe on the roof. Wait, I thought I saw such an entry on the underside.” So knowing what to search for, the pink equine strolled around the world until she came across the carrot pipe. Back in the cobblestone-covered area, where she remembered the location of the orange pipe. Entering it revealed an underground area, a giant cubic room. ”Whoa, where am I?” She stood on the bottom face and saw the exit on the top face. Pinkie began advancing towards the ramp, it gravitates her to the right wall which she’s surprised by. Another slope allowed her to walk on the back wall and reach a big coin with a question mark on it. "Can you do something else instead of a trail of star bits?” When she obtained the big coin, it made rainbow music notes appear. Her instincts said to gather the notes as they improvise a verse of her Smile Song. Completing the song caused a bunch of candy stars to materialize in the middle of the back wall. ”Love that song.” After collecting her prize, Pinkie egressed the exit pipe that’s linked to the house chimney, she was able to use the launcher within grasp to land on a new world. At the Tropic Planet, the mare identified a tropical tree with hanging sweet stars, crates containing coins were also present for unboxing. “Looks like a relaxing paradise island, although planet’s not a good size to pull a deckchair out, not to mention nearby stars and zero population.” Green coconuts were littered around the surface, they looked significant. Those tropical fruits are as green as the balloons she utilized in a prior mission. Prickly flowers were featured, looks like the tools state that they could be withered by throwing coconuts at them. Pinkie showcased her throwing power in her forehooves to do just that, the loot they dropped were star bits, but then a bigger blossom she noticed and left for last. Breaking it revealed a slinger, it took the pony to the second Tropic Planet’s considered bottom and the first sight was two crates with bits in them. She spun both boxes and obtained both bits before she walked on top of the world, then a sentient cactus emerged from the ground. ”Whoa. Well, that was a shocker. Guess defeating him is the way to advance.” Beating a cactus barehooved won’t be pleasant, so Pinkie searched the island for something she could use. A coconut was spotted, then she knows what to do. She picked up and hurled away from the fruit towards the opuntia, doing so revealed a launcher upon its disappearance. It took the pony to a spherical asteroid where she almost blasts away with the sling star. ”Whoa. Slow down, sling star. I gotta explore this planet.” Pinkie Pie alighted from the slingshot to investigate the rock and noticed big black burnished balls with a face rolling on the equator. Had to evade being flattened, she reached a pipe, it revealed the interior of the planet with a plethora of shadowbolts. ”Uh oh. That’s a lot of enemies.” ”Catch her!” A chase where Pinkie is the target, no way can she fend them all alone. There’s also a big coin that she collects, resulting in a necklace with a rainbow gem placed in Pinkie’s hooves. ”A rainbow necklace? It looks magical.” She endeavored to wear the pendant and it changed her pink coat to neon rainbow. She halted to see the alteration on her body. ”Hmm. What does this mean?” The shadowbolts unwittingly collided with the oblivious mare only to be defeated by invincibility. ”I’m invincible?! I can defeat those metal spheres it means!” She hastily exited the pipe and successfully experimented her invincibility on the sentient orbs, obliterating them into star bits, before the necklace shattered and the power diminished. ”Aw. I mean, it’s fair but a shame.” Finally, she took the sling star, it flung Pinkie to the bottom of the Chomp Saucer Planet. When the equine switched to the top, there was a war zone with a sentient sphere summoning turret, a homing bullet cannon and some shadowbolts, a crystallized launch star resided on the fort. However, she jebaited the bullets and rocks, vanquishing the shadowbolts meanwhile and as she earned coins and reached the catapult. The cannon took her to a flying fleet. ”Hmm. I wonder where these airships came from.” After she said that, Pinkie raided the ship for 4 crates of gold. She stood on the port of the vessel and two octopodes emerged from the barrels on the other boat beside a drawbridge. They appeared to be spitting out coconuts. "Are we playing tennis? Smash!” Managed to knock-knock both coconuts back and they struck the cephalopods. That action led to lowering the bridge so that she can board the next airship. More coin crates and quasi-Socrates shadowbolts show themselves here, Pinkie broke, attacked and collected everything. On the bow, there’s a crystal-sealed launch star. Upon its freedom, taking it zoomed her to a new planet and new Luma. Suddenly, Pinkie started shaking vigorously, a doozy is nearby. "Be careful, danger ahead!” ”I-I-I-I-I kno-o-o-o-ow tha-a-a-a-at.” Pinkie attempted to investigate what made her jitter aggressively. Whilst vibrating, she moved to the other side of the planet, the surface is a steaming lava pool. Then the ground started to quake like her, a giant crown-adorned octopus surfaced from the surface as the pony stopped quaking so that she could focus. "That is a giant octopus king! Looks like it’s gonna be rough.” King octopus fired fireballs at her to attack, but Pinkie engaged in dodgeball with them. Afterwards, the boss shot a coconut and the game turned into a tennis match. Based on prior knowledge, she batted the coconut back at the boss for a turn successful and several stars of sugar. "I know how to defeat you now.” The boss recuperated for another round, the cephalopod hasn’t developed its moves yet. The equine dodged incoming fireballs until the octopus threw a coconut, then she spin-attacked the fruit to the king. This time, it actually struck the coconut back. "Oh, so we’re actually playing tennis, huh?” And so Pinkie knocked the coconut back, but the boss failed to bat it back again, so it struck his mantle and the crown off of the boss’s head. ”Pinkie: 2, Octopus: 0. If I score this one, it’s over I guess.” In the third and final round, the king octopus splashed the magma and summoned small sulfuric fire beings with eyes attempting to distract her shots, but avoiding is just plain easy. "You're gonna need more minions to be able to take me down.” She waited until a coconut appeared in the arena, Pinkie and the cephalopod struck the projectile alternatingly until the boss threw away his shot and the king was beaten. And of course, the Power Star appeared near the pink pony. "That was stressful, I was sweating in the boiler. I need a break after I get back.” Victory. Pinkie treasured the energy and danced a celebration before returning to the Comet Observatory. Pinkie soared to the Terrace of the Comet Observatory while the Power Star stashed itself in the beacon. In the Terrace, she noticed Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy looking through the spyglass. ”Fluttershy? I didn't know you are fascinated with space objects.” ”Oh. Well, Twilight told me that I don't wanna miss seeing constellations.” "You know, I saw the shape of Aries and it prompted an Equestrian history that I don’t remember.” “Was it related to the three races not getting along?” The pony in purple was perplexed by the knockback her memory experienced. “It was something along those lines. How much have you read about it?” “But I haven’t even touched a treatise.” Confusion, how did this horse get her hooves on history without library holidays? Twilight’s given no time to ask out loud as the black luma wanted to speak to the trio. "Pinkie Pie, a new galaxy is within sight with the Power Stars you just got.” “Really?” "That’s cool, but uh…actually, I need a rest after that boss I faced.” "I guess that’s a good idea, you must’ve had a wild ride.” ”You faced a boss? Were you hurt?” ”Not a scratch or burn. Come on, I’ll explain it once we sat down.” Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle headed out of the Terrace to join Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Applejack on a patch of grass. The protagonist took a break from the space journey, recharging so she’s prepared for the next galaxy. Author's Note Pinkie Pie’s collection: Star Bits: 341 Coins: 33 Stars: 4
Honeyhive GalaxyPinkie Pie has earned sufficient vigor from her sleep, she’s ready to blast off like a rocket and shoot for the stars. She took a stroll with Rarity approaching the Terrace entrance, the unicorn discussing the rainbow necklace that was found and lost. "I really wish I could have seen that necklace, darling. Shame you couldn't bring it with you so that I could examine it.” "Yeah, it’s a pity. Could you picture what it looks like, Rarity?” ”Hmm. I wonder if we have rainbow gems back in Equestria?” "Anyway, we’re in the Terrace now.” The black Luma gave the duo a welcome and began a trialogue. "Good morning, Pinkie Pie and…Rarity?” ”Why, yes. That’s my name.” "Did you sleep well?” "Absolutely, and I have a stock of cupcakes in my mane for breakfast.” Pinkie ate a frosted muffin pulled from her mane as explained. ”Cool. Yesterday, I told you that a new galaxy is accessible.” "What is the name of the galaxy?” "With 4 stars, you can visit Honeyhive.” ”Honey? Oh, I’m just glad I didn’t volunteer, honey would’ve made my coat sticky.” "You’re just saying honey and now I’m hungry. Anyway, I’m ready now. Pull!” The pull star on the dome’s ceiling attracted the pony, then she was able to view the new galaxy. "I think I see a new galaxy?” ”Yep. That’s the one.” ”Good luck, darling!” ”Here we go!” A launch star materialized upon Pinkie Pie and it launched her to the galaxy. Bee Pinkie Pie Takes Flight New galaxy, new planet, it’s larger than the worlds of the last galaxy. Actual land formations, massive trunks of leaves and colorful decorations that this terrain included. Pinkie began her mission on a small bump on the ground, there was a greeter bee at the beginning of the road. "Welcome to our kingdom. Our queen rules this land.” ”Wow, bees are natives. If only Fluttershy is here, her enthusiasm would explode. She loves bees and other critters.” She followed the road and passed some logs and a tunnel. The path led to a water fountain with a big coin above its mouth but watching her step for three little blue vampires hopping toward her. ”Excuse me, bloodsuckers. Nopony will ever put their mouths on my brain.” The pony of laughter eliminated her enemies, then she touched the money and it caused Pinkie’s tail to spasm. ”Twitchy twitch! Twitchy twitch! Something dropped… down here?” Peeking below the cliff, she saw and jumped down to a yellow gem necklace with a bee picture on it. ”Huh. It looks like the rainbow necklace I got from Good Egg Galaxy. I wonder what this does.” Her attempt to wear the necklace, and then suddenly, a light show magically suits her into a bee costume. ”Whoa. *gasp* I feel so awesome! I am a bee. Wait, does this mean I could fly?” Pinkie Bee tested her flight abilities on the high ledge behind her and the results concluded that she can fly like a bee. "So I’m actually a bee. That's crazy.” Happy with her answer, she observed two bits over a small pool of a small shower and dared to step into the water without warning, causing a shattered necklace and the vanished outfit. Fortunately, where she’s first received the riviére it resuscitated there. "Huh, it’s not waterproof? I guess that makes sense.” So, Pinkie descended the ledges to wear the necklace, then she ascended the overhangs by flying and advanced through a gigantic gap in the wall where she encountered bugs coming towards her. To her, they seemed weaker than the shadowbolts. Bee flapped her wings to grab the gold on the dome, but that’s when she found out that… ”Hmm? My wings are tired? I can’t flutter them forever that means.” The magenta mare was grounded and she annihilated the enemies on the path. She noticed another planet rested a bee queen in the distance, hypothesized that's her upcoming destination. A slot in a stump led to a slippery slope, a diverting slide lined a trail of comets. ”Weee!” A big ledge awaited, so high that Pinkie can only fly up. On the way, she hoarded sixteen coins upon two flowers and followed by two gaps between platforms that are lined half with honey and two natives harvesting the stuff. "Honey is really heavy.” One of them spoke while the pony listened. ”That’s true. Oh, heavy as in thick. Wordplay.” From hearing this, she evaded the honey areas and leapt from grass to grass. There were a couple of hopping whoopee bags to assault and more confection led to a launch star. It took pinker to a planet of lily pads. Filled to the brim with water, advises her to not fall off the lily pads. She’s gotta parkour until she reaches a flower with a bee native next to it, which she successfully did. "The launch star is on the flowers above. Grab the flower and twirl around the stem to climb it.” ”Can I?” Diane did as directed, hoof on a ray floret flower and her special spin move brought her swinging skywards onto the furthest petalled flower. The middle flower contained twenty star bits approximately and once collected, boarded the star cannon on the biggest bloom. "I bet this brings me to the planet with the bee monarch.” As she predicted, the launch star fired Pinkie Pie to sovereignty’s grounds, only she’s below the mainland with a honeycomb wall. There’s a bee demonstrator to teach her things. "As a bee, you can climb the honeycomb.” ”Okey dokey lokey.” The pink equine attempted to do what’s taught, she’s able as a yellow and black insect. In the midst of this, she paused for the honey’s flavour appraisal. ”Mmm. I could use this for my next cake. Continue.” Pinkie ascended the honeycomb and earned some bits until the next floor with a predatory plant. Exterminating it grew a vine, instincts brought her to climb, then she met the queen. "Hmm? Do we have a physician?” "No, but my friend is. What do you need?” "I have an infuriating predicament and require assistance. Please take care of these furious itchy spots on my back.” "Well, I’ll be your backscratcher then.” So the bee pony as a medic fluttered towards the seta of sovereign bee, then able to scale it like the honeycomb. The culprits were star pieces. ”Star chips? That’s what’s been itching you?” Her objective turned into finding five points of a star instead of solving the queen’s irritation. Once it’s done, a launch star appeared. "Thank you. You have proven yourself trustworthy when we see you in the future.” ”Wow. You’re welcome and thank you.” Pinkie dropped from the bee’s body and hovered over the water. Using the launcher surrounded by six sugar stars brought her to a tree that, to Pinkie’s surprise, has the fillies Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, also known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders. A UFO beside them looked as they crewed it. ”Pinkie Pie? Is that you?” ”Yep, it’s me!” "Why are you wearing a bee costume.” "Oh, I’ll explain that soon. How did you get here and that UFO?” "Uh, we’re gonna explain to everypony in a gatherin’. Hey, ah found this up here, do you know what it’s used for?” Apple Bloom withdrew a Power Star from the saucer and asked for its function. Recognized by the mare, she urged for her hooves on it. ”Oh. Gimme that, I need that.” ”Here.” Pinkie swiped the star from the filly’s yellow hooves, then to celebrate her victory, even though the costume and necklet vanished after. She got a star! "Can you drive that thing?” ”We got the hang of it.” ”Soar with me, crusaders.” Pinkie and the CMC left the galaxy to store the Power Star at the Comet Observatory. There’s Pinkie Pie and a UFO in the sky, they flew to the observatory lobby in front of Stella. The CMC alighted from their spaceship to address the towering guardian of the galaxies. ”Who in Equestria are you?” It’s a voice familiar that it made the other mares’ attention to the Cutie Mark Crusaders ”Apple Bloom?” ”Sweetie Belle?” ”Scootaloo?” "What are you girls doing here?” "And how did you girls get a UFO?” "Well, we’re gonna explain everythin’ to y’all.” A brief account that's essential to be attentive to, or it’s a riddle for those who weren’t. "Picture this: We saw Canterlot’s castle levitating into space and we endeavoured to follow it.” "A bright purple light flashed up there, we thought it was your magic, Twilight. Along the way, found a crash-landed UFO with no pilot.” "We planned to get Mr. Whooves to repair the UFO and have Zecora make us breathe in space. We tried to follow y’all via the UFO usin’ the manual.” ”Wow, brave fillies.” ”Yeah. They had to do what they can to try and join us.” "So, these are your siblings. I’m Stella, the guardian of the cosmos.” "Guardian of the cosmos? Well, what have you been doing here?.” "We’ve been collecting Power Stars so that we could power this observatory.” ”We can help.” "Sorry, sugarcube. But ah suggest you stay with us.” ”Oh, come on, sis. We’ll promise not to run into any trouble.” "We will help and we’re not asking.” ”You can count on us. We can help Pinkie at any cost.” Waiting for their older sisters’ decision, anticipating a ‘yes’. But their thoughts express the fillies’ safety, no way are they exploring blind of danger. However, their fates rely on one pony or one alicorn. ”Let them go.” “What?!” “Trust me, something good will happen if you let them.” Shocked were the six equines. However, they can’t ignore Stella’s orders, they have to accept them. Who knows if it’s true? “Well, alright. I don’t understand what would come out, but we’ll let them.” “Yay! Cutie Mark Crusader Space Adventurers!!!” The three fillies found their place in space. Now, Pinkie continued her quest, she’s ready to visit that world for another star. ”Pull!” She’s carried to the ceiling by the blue stars to view Honeyhive Galaxy. ”Alright, let's go!” As always, a launch star appeared to blast the pink pony into the galaxy. Trouble on the Tower Pinkie debarked on the same area as the last star mission. There’s a slab of stone on the road, it’s exceptionally fractured with a bee citizen beside it. "Break these rocks with a heavy force thrust.” ”Like back at the rock farm.” As instructed, she sprang five meters above ground and dove down onto the slab. It split into pebbles with five confectionery comets. Continuing, the contextual path conducted the mare to another concretion. The block, once smashed, unleashed a liana stretching beyond the oversized orifice onto the other outcrop of land. "Wait, before I climb it, I gotta explore the fountain.” Headed for the fountain and the fuchsia fun-filled filly noticed six more rocks around it containing star bits. Off the ledge edge, there’s a column of a dozen rocks and a single separate one, plowed for more bonbons. Only then, she advanced the vine to arrive on the other side. Noticed a spring unusable since the slab on it and a yellow block above it. ”Let’s see what’s inside.” Pinkie broke the rock for the trampoline and the cube’s access, it embodied edible bolides. Across a river, two more stones had more in them and a spring launched the partier onto the slinger that brought her higher to a big yellow caterpillar nest. ”Look, there’s a peaceful creature. No interest in my presence.” The big bug could be bypassed, force on a button bridged a gap, but the impact flipped the critter on its back. ”Oh. Was that too hard? I’m sorry, I didn’t know that would happen.” Pinkie paid time by talking until he turns red and started charging at her. Panicked, she outran his anger, crossing the bridge. "I thought you were nice!” She stood on a wooden overhang which has a circle with a stomping indication on it. Equine’s hooves made impact on it and sank a section of the structure to display accessible platforms. A sign explained important tutorials. “How to wall jump: Jump and slide against the wall with your hooves. You can jump from there to gain height. Jump to an opposite wall to do another wall jump for more height.” “Hmm, only I can perform such stunts and call easy.” Pinkie’s wall-jumps happened and waiting at the top were star bits. She followed the small couloir and a water stream to encounter an obstacle that required wall-jumping. A launch star atop shot her to a brown mushroom planet. Five plants on the planet purposed a pink pony for lunch, those she annihilated with her spin ability. A few meters above the brown mushroom cap is a white mushroom cap. ”Oh. I know what to do.” Pinkie stood directly under and center of her planet and jumped. Gravity changed, hence she’s walking on the other planet. ”I’m so smart.” On it, a few yellow caterpillars just minding their own happy business. ”Heh heh. I’m just gonna avoid you two. Don’t get angry, just reaching that sling star.” The sling star slung her to a new planet and landed near a question mark coin. Obtaining that bit attached the multicolored jewellery on her neck, the same necklace from Good Egg that turned her invincible. ”I’m invincible again.” She began an elimination spree, clearing all the plants and the one yellow caterpillar with her rainbow touch before her ability's gone. "So the rainbow necklace always wears off after a limited amount of time. Best to keep that in mind.” After acquiring information, Pinkie advanced towards the hollow stump resting on the planet. A hole with a trail of one cent and many sweets, Pinkie incredibly absorbant falls softly onto the first planet’s observation deck. Across the wooden floor was a trapeze made from vines and florets, utilized to swing across the small gap. "I think I could’ve jumped that, but…” More planks ahead, the route routed her encountering a new enemy that looks… unneighborly. ”I’m curious. What do you do when you are you?” Dared to experiment with the beetle’s method of assault, Diane enters its territory and the enemy made its move, snapping its proboscis towards Pinkie. It’s so sudden, her reflexes jumped her body, she dodge the attack and landed on the bug’s back. Notice a mark like those on the stomp stones, her gears ticked and tocked, a thrust is enough to rout the insect and earn three star bits. "Okay, now I know how to rout them.” Next, she had to utilize her wall-jumping skills. Along the left, there’s an orange button with a single beetle enemy guarding it. She quickly smushed the beetle, since she knows how to do it. The equine hoarded the prizes and reached the button. ”Let’s see what this does.” Pushing the button moved the windmill’s blades to the right. The platforms on the blades made context. "So there’s something at the top of the windmill.” Pinkie mounted on the ride, this platform had four star bits on it. During the ride, eight she collected before the top, facing two beetles; a young and parent. “A mini-boss fight?” Without hesitation, the beetles stormed towards the pink pony when she jumped and squished on the little critter, the paternal turned red. “Sorry, but I bet you have what I need. It’s not bring your child to work day.” In the midst of talking, the raging beetle almost bit her. She dodged away but squished the last beetle. Finally, the Power Star is on display from defeat. “You had what I need. You two deserved death.” Pinkie spoke in the distance as if her message was sent to Tartarus. As she collects the Power Star, her success was celebrated, then she returned to the Comet Observatory. Back at the space station, Pinkie returned from the galaxy and the fuel star cached in its cache. Applejack and Fluttershy were awaiting her friend’s travel back. “Welcome back, Sugarcube.” “Did you have an exciting adventure?” “Yepperoni pepperoni. By the way, I haven’t told you about the bees, have I?” “No, you haven’t. You’ve met bees? Are they, um...healthy?” ”Of course they are. I was the queen’s physician, in fact.” That event would be Fluttershy’s joy, not volunteering became her jealousy. “I’m a bit envious. I mean, I don’t want an argument, but we can’t crowd over you, can we?” "Yeah, the more we think about it, it’s like you’re havin’ all the fun for yourself.” "Hmm, tell you what? Give me some time to think about it. Maybe I’ll consider sooner or later. Pull.” As the grounded ponies thought about Pinkie’s delayed decision, her sudden one word carried her under the ceiling for Honeyhive. ”Countdown in 3…2…1!” Blast off! Big Bad Bugaboom Pinkie Pie entered the scene on the same hill as earlier expeditions. A panicky bee on the brown path, she approached to discover the problem “Thank goodness you’re here. Our kingdom’s infested with mandibugs!” "That’s what they’re called?” The magenta mare saw two mandibugs on the margin ready to masticate her meat when close. “You will not get a piece of me, beetles!” She ran en route for them, dodged sudden ambush and pounded on the insects. Two more foes on route to the water spout. A bubble gun beside a bit based on a block sat by it. ”Oh. This is gonna be fun. Hold on to your ’horses’, Pinkie Pie. Prepare ammunition!” Pinkie erected on the cube and remained until the cannon shot a bubble. Possible or not, it caught her physique to the caterpillar’s nest occupied by a mandibug. "How dare you invade the caterpillar’s home!” Bug was ambushed before descending the pole adjacent to her platform. On the ground, the bee pendant was found encased in a crystal, stranded on a lily pad. Spin it to win it, the equine wore it and Bee Pinkie was reborn. "Now that I transformed, I believe I’m able to enter the giant hole.” Ascended the mast onto elevated ground, the open hole she approached by airborne. Within the tunnel, a trio of beetles awaited her surprise visit to eliminate the guest, but they have been trivially crushed thanks to Pinkie’s hard dives. ”Ha! You’re no match for me!” At the end of the tunnel, the kingdom’s royalist bee was located right in front of her. "The mandibugs are causing trouble again. They must be stopped!” "Don’t worry, your Highness. Call me Baygon and give me 5 minutes to clear the infestation.” A launch star emerged on the stump as her entrance. It shot her like a cannon, she zoomed like a rocket, across some debris and alighted on one small island of two near the planet of big tree. "Okay, that tree is my destination, correct? If I just use the flowers, will I make it over the black hole down there?” Thought swinging around the stem would be enough, she fully committed only to realize she won’t reach. Barely a distance to the second island, but the filly, fortunately, had flight, her fright forced her to flutter across the abyss. ”Whoo! That could’ve been bad, I could’ve been a goner.” Pinkie Pie amassed three chips of gold laying on a stone before using the second plant to leap the pit and reach the planet with the tree. Suddenly, lo and behold, a giant green beetle came from above. ”Uh oh, it’s a boss fight. I hope you’re ready, myself.” The mega mandibug crawled leisurely on the ground, its route walking circles around the tree. Observed a symbol on its back indicating for impact on it. ”The flower. Get on the flower!” A plan. The pony’s hooves on the blossom, she ascended and hovered above the beetle and thrust down. The insect took some damage, producing a cluster of star bits. Pinkie quickly disembarked the boss before it spread wings and flew around the planet, it started to rain explosive balls from its underbelly. "Okay, you have bombs, that’s not good.” Some honeycomb cells were placed along the tree. The equine noticed it as opportunity, she bounced from a flower and used flight to cling on honey, attached were two astral bonbons and a single coin. Prepared and waiting for the moment when the bug flew on her window for strike. ”Alright, third phase, third hit.” The mandibug recovered and the damage underwent enraged it. It flew higher and faster than in the last phase and occasionally tilts sideways. "Oh, I see. Gotta have perfect timing, I have to pound when it’s in position.” Pinkie hastily evaded its spherical bombs to board the hexagons. When at the ready, she levitated somewhere she was sure would impact and forcefully accelerated her descent and hit the target. The giant bug gave up, a final shriek before collapsing and fading, the conqueror earned the Power Star. ”I did it! I’ve faced a giant mandibug!” Victorious for her pride and stashed her prize, but lost her bee powers throughout. Done of her quest, Pinkie soared out of the galaxy and back to the Comet Observatory. Pinkie Pie and the Power Star returned where they belonged, the beacon and the Terrace. The observatory’s dome was unexpectedly vacant, except for the black luma. "Welcome back, Pinkie Pie.” ”Hey, um, where is everypony?” "They’re outside. Guess it’s commonplace to stay in the Terrace.” "With just a telescope on the side, it’s understandable.” "Congratulations, Pinkie Pie. We’ve stored enough Power Stars and thus, we saw two galaxies in orbit.” ”Two new galaxies? Instantly? Insanity.” "If you like, you can start going there, unless you wanna rest up.” "I’m exhausted after Honeyhive Galaxy, I just wanna relax with my friends for a while.” "I understand, see you later.” “Oh, I wanna ask: how many ponies can venture out?” “Fun fact: pull stars like the one above us can lift two entities maximum.” “Alright, that’s all I need to know.” Pinkie Pie left the dome to approach her friends, the vicenarians and the fillies, atop the space station’s viridescent sector to unwind. ”Welcome back, darling.” "Are you coming here to rest?” "Yepperoni, my flank is flanking for a seat.” "Can we learn about what you saw and experienced?” ”Of course, you can. Before that, though, snack time; ten space candies for brunch.” Pinkie sat on her rump facing the garage and the UFO to consume a decade star bits. A bit of quiet, then eventually, a panel forced off the spaceship. ”Uh, hello?” Everypony twisted their necks and glimpsed a lavender and lime youth of a wyvern emerged from the wires. ”Spike?” "Spikey-wikey, what were you doing in that UFO’s electric panel?” "Uh, I can explain.” Author's Note Pinkie’s collection (including consumed ones): Star Bits: 601 Coins: 77 Stars: 7 The CMC replaced the Toad Brigade and Spike replaced Mail Toad. Don’t you love it when lines rhyme with itself, compare my writing with Eminem’s lyrics.
Sombra’s Robot Reactor and More GalaxiesSpike wasn’t a member when the adults floated into space, he didn’t board the satellite from journey’s beginning. Now he’s just appeared from the wiring of an extraterrestrial spacecraft, why the wyvern has set foot now was explained from himself. “I perceived some commotion in Canterlot and ran as fast as my legs could carry to the festival presuming you girls were in danger. Then I saw your bright magic activate on the way, it’s your breathing spell, isn’t it, Twilight?” ”That’s our POV.” "After the party that morning, I observed this UFO next to Dr. Whooves’s lab and my claws were helpless for investigating. Eventually, a trio of silhouettes approached and I discerned them as... aliens, so I hid in the electric panel.” Embarrassment, like something an audience would laugh in disbelief. The dragon’s scales have reddened and he continued. "Anyway, I felt vibrations of the UFO taking flight and panicked until I heard the voices of three fillies. I calmed down, but I was tangled in the wires. It took some time, so I only got out in this minute.” ”At least you’re here, unexpectedly.” "Here, I’ll give you the spell just to make sure. Spike, I need a letter to the Princess, pronto.” "I didn’t carry any equipment on me.” "Well, find a parchment and a pen, pluck a feather of mine if you have to. I need to know if she’s okay.” ”Okay? Why don’t you rest like what I heard from inside the spaceship?” After 10 minutes, Pinkie was pumped for an adventure and especially enlivened to explore more galaxies available, or what’s heard. "Who’s ready to escort me to my next travels.” "I’m willing, you mentioned new galaxies and I wanna hear them.” She’s accompanied by Rainbow Dash into the observatory’s Terrace and the black Luma began a discussion. "Yesterday, I informed you about what you’ve unlocked with more stars.” “Progress, it grows without hurdles. We’ll fill that beacon in no time.” “We found Flipswitch Galaxy and Loopdeeloop Galaxy in orbit.” “Flipswitch?” “Loopdeeloop? That one sounded like my kind of galaxy.” “Pull!” Curious, Pinkie demanded a lift beneath the roof to detect the new nebulae. ”I think my next destination is… Loopdeeloop Galaxy. Cause it sounds fun.” "There should be with a planet that’s mostly river.” ”Mainly river? Go after that star anyway, Pinkie.” A launch star surfaced in front of the equine and it sent her to Loopdeeloop. Surfing 101 Zooming across the atmosphere, Pinkie set hoof on solid ground. Passive penguins were monitoring visitors and watchdogs of the area. "Oh my Celestia, they’re adorable. I wish I could hear Fluttershy’s noises.” "Hey, pink pony, this is a penguin paradise. Around here, our favourite sport is ray surfing.” ”Ray surfing? That sounds like fun.” "Do you wanna sign up? Talk to our chief. You can get a prize if you participate.” The mention of reward rewarded her interest, she approached the towering picador, he’s the coach. "Are you a surfer too?” ”Good question. Sometimes I surf in my spare time.” "Is this your first-time ray surfing?” ”Yepperooni. Are you gonna teach me how?” "Of course, I am basically the teacher. Let me show you the ropes.” The violet flatfish was Pinkie’s ride, she mounted it and instructions began to unfold. "Stand vertically to surf roughly straight.” ”I can stand.” "Good, that’s the basic position. Tilt your body to turn left or right.” ”I can do that.” ”Perfect. Lean forward to go faster.” ”I got it.” "Excellent! That’s all you need to know. Enter the real course and show me some ray surfing.” Pinkie on the ray fish inclined forward, left and right to follow a gold line and arrive at the genuine playground. Once in position, the penguin in the background is ready to start the clock. ”3…2…1…GO!” She advanced and angled ahead for acceleration, curving the bends while cautious of the boundaries and dropping into the empty depths below. Ascended sloped water and twisted through twisty turns and sharp U-turns while the mare amassed some coinage on the course. Pinkie Pie passed through hoops and coiled 360-turns and climbed more uphill streams. Heading towards an inclined water section that provided airtime and splashed upon landing. Eventually, she identified the checkered banner and intersected it. The chief penguin stopped the timer. "Alright, you have a decent record. Come up here so that I could give your reward.” A sling star appeared ahead of the finisher to throw her on the stage the chief penguin stood. There's a podium to label Pinkie’s position, even though she's the only one racing. ”What’s my record?” "You crossed the finish line in… 01:21.00? Congratulations! You deserve a gold medal.” ”A gold medal?” He withdrew a ’gold medal’ which is actually a Power Star stationed on the highest platform. "That was fun, I wished I could stay and do more, but I have to save a whole universe.” Pinkie Pie hopped on to collect the Power Star. After, the pony of laughter and the star of fuel soared all the way back to the Comet Observatory. Rainbow seemingly remained in the Terrace as Pinkie flew back in. She welcomed her back by asking about galaxy contents. "Tell me it’s awesome up there.” "Absolutely, I was cruising on rays like it’s summer!” "I’m jealous I couldn’t come with you.” "Sorry, I promise it’s not on purpose. Believe me, I was hoping for a partner. Can you wait a little longer?” "You know I’m not a patient pegasus. But you’re in charge of everything, so I can handle it.” ”Again, sorry. Pull.” Pinkie Pie floated to the dome’s dome for a glimpse of the other unlocked galaxy. ”How does Flipswitch look?” ”Minuscule.” ”Oh. A short trip, I guess.” "But I’m ready for any galaxy, huge or tiny.” Ejected from the star cannon, she planed into the ether to her next destination. Painting the Planet Yellow Diane zoomed passed a field of brick blocks and reached the nebula’s solitary planet. Her cleft limbs were situated on a lapis button and it switched to lemon. Like the preview, there were no other worlds nearby or within eyesight. “Wow, this really is a really small galaxy.” Contents completely consisted of cobalt buttons as flooring and exhibited voltaic fences meandering the edges, two platforms lined with sharp cones and deadly shockwaves formed from a new enemy. "If this is the only planet, then the only objective should be to press all the buttons.” The mare of joy trampled every square without rush but evading frying. Occasionally, re-stepping is necessary, yellow becomes ultramarine when hoof meets. Eventually, all hazardous obstacles were circumvented and periodically employed to reach button after button, all ocean were painted lemon and then lime to define completion. Everything turned static as the Power Star was placed high above the shockwaver. "Bet you’re not placed without reason.” Pinkie endeavoured to jump on it. It sprang her like a trampoline with enough elasticity to land hooves on the Power Star. Fuel in her ungulae, a prize won within three minutes, then she returned to the Comet Observatory. Not a comeback to the Terrace, Pinkie Pie descended to the foyer for Stella’s announcement to her. Even though it’s specifically for the pony in charge, the gang paid attention as a provision of importance. "Do you see that Luma beside the Terrace dome?” There’s a Luma in the color of equine’s coat bigger than the denizens of the observatory, holding star bits on a stick "Oh, I’ve encountered one before. That's a Hungry Luma.” "That Luma can bring you to another galaxy.” ”Really? So if we feed it a lot of Star Bits, it’ll transform into a whole galaxy?” "Well, what are you waiting for?” Pinkie approached the Luma, but before making a move away, the young wyvern expelled a parchment from his muzzle. "Looks like Celestia wrote a letter to us.” "Can you read it, Spike?” Spike’s claws opened the ribbon that wrapped the parchment and revealed the contents reading out loud. ”To my faithful student, Twilight and her friends, My sister and I are alright where we are. Knowing that Pinkie Pie is in charge of this mission, we would like to give you something that we think is helpful. Best wishes, Celestia and Luna.” "And there are fifty star bits attached to the letter.” "Wow, the princesses have thought through. Gimme those space rocks and those will be the pink Luma’s snack.” Pinkie Pie hoarded the half a century sweets to add to her collection before she goes up to the Hungry Luma. “Hey, pink pony. Can you serve some star Bits?” “Of course. How many do you wanna swallow?” “Looking forward to 400 star bits. Do you have that many?” “That’s a lot. But yes, I have ‘em.” 400 space sugar sweets supplied to the starving star. It got overweight after its meal. “I’m full. Now, I can… TRANSFORM!” In happiness, the Luma zooms into cosmos and exploded into a newborn assembly of worlds. A salmon star mortar arose close to Pinkie, assuming it’ll blast her there. Rarity snuck behind the pink pony attempting to discuss, didn’t account for her jump-startle. "Oh, I didn’t mean to rudely creep on your back, darling.” ”What’s up?” “I turned my back to the garage just to listen to Princess Stella’s lecture. When I looked back, well, the UFO’s gone.” The altruistic glanced behind generosity’s back, noticing the steel catwalk connecting the grass patch bare. ”Oh. The fillies must be looking for Power Stars for us.” “That’s what I figured. Honestly, Pinkie, I must complain, why is letting my Sweetie Belle voyage into the unknown a benefit?!” “Okay, Rarity, calm down. Let’s talk about Sweetie Belle. What are you worried about?” “Worried? About her precautions. She’s just so young that I don’t want anything to happen to her. As her babysitter, it’s only best if she avoids places like the Everfree forest.” “How old is she?” “Um...10? “She’s not an infant anymore. If what Stella said is true, do you trust your sister?” “Y...yes. Yes, I trust my sister.” “Then you should give her a chance, there might be a chance she’ll do something good for us for once.” “You’re right, I was being overprotective. But when you find them, make sure they’re safe.” ”Okey dokey lokey. I gotta go.” Glad she understood, Pinkie mounted the pink launch star and broke through the atmospheres. First the observatory’s, then Sweet Sweet Galaxy’s. Rocky Road Pinkie Pie accessed the grounds of the newborn Milky Way. First sights in this place resembled somewhere a confectioner regards to reside because the world was constructed with desserts. "No way, is this real? I must be dreaming.” The sweet-toothed equine flicked her tongue off the floor made from biscuits, she even slapped herself as provision that she was hallucinating. Despite her sore cheek, the floor tasted like wafers. "It’s my dreamland, but I have to fight the urge, otherwise this galaxy's a trap for my loyalty.” Fortunately, she had practice in Equestria, avoiding cravings is virtually a trivial control. The road ahead had holes moulded that led to abyss. "That’s a big drop to nowhere. I gotta be careful.” Pinkie Pie cautiously navigated the cookie surface while amassing coins and evading pits onto the next stationary terrain. Following a right corner that circumnavigated an extensive quadrant with more mobile biscotti. Obstacle conquered, next was a pausing area with Sweetie Belle ploughing the fortifications. ”Sweetie Belle? What are you doing here?” ”Mmph?” The greedy filly engulfed the cake into her gullet to speak with a free mouth. ”Hi, Pinkie Pie. Isn’t it obvious? We’re finding a Power Star for you.” "Where’s Apple Bloom and Scootaloo?” "Apple Bloom dropped me and Scootaloo on that previous platform. Scootaloo risked my life to reach the star, but I wasn't able to keep up, so I stayed here while she carried on.” "Why couldn’t you simply steer to the star?” "Because you’re in charge, you should collect the star.” ”I guess. Could’ve been easier though.” After the meet-up, Pinkie Pie stole a hoofful of soufflé and wolfed it before jumping the active holes ahead. She manoeuvred around the desserts carefully without errors, or her supportive balance fails and she’ll fall into nothing. Her strategic routing and observant hoofing got her on the next motionless cookie. "That wasn't too bad. Some may say it's a piece of ’cake’.” Then she confronted the last hurdle, separated grounds plus an electrical barrier in the center of the segment. Ponies may describe as difficult, especially the pink one, but she committed and succeeded eventually nonetheless along with two coins acquired. Apparently, Scootaloo reached the achievement as well. ”Wow, Pinkie Pie. You made it.” "Scootaloo, how did you reach the end already?” “Fun fact: my parents were hardworking adventurers and they often bring me to their excursions, so I had experience.” “Really? I’ve never really met your parents. Where are they?” “Now’s not the time to discuss this. The Power Star is the cherry on that cake.” Diane Pie was astonished by the multilayered fondant and she was drooling. She was able to stop herself but pulled a pen and paper conveniently in her mane. (Wasn’t there when she lifted to space.) “Gotta jot this down. Um, where’s Apple Bloom?” “Oh. She’s on the UFO in the background over there.” Apple Bloom stood on her spacecraft hovering as far as the surrounding sweets, yelled in the distance that the filly and the mare could hear clearly. “Hey, Pinkie Pie! Scootaloo! We should be returnin’ now!” “Alright! How ‘bout you, Pinkie Pie?” “This could be the last time I’ll ever see this galaxy, but I’m ready.” Scootaloo’s transportation aviated closer to fetch her. “We’ll be the first returning to the observatory.” With that settled, the brigade flew away unharmed. Pinkie Pie climbed the levels and obtained the sprinkled space candy, then the Power Star on top. That’s the last her eyes caught a world of confectionery, she returns to the Comet Observatory. Scene was swapped to the porch of the observatory as Pinkie soared through the airspace and arrived in front of Stella. “We’ve discovered an enemy base galaxy in our region.” “Oh, that’s Sombra’s galaxy. Princess, I’m gonna take care of this, don’t worry.” On the verdant sector of the space station, the threesome of young sisters made their appearance. Rarity and Applejack were chatting to each other while she eavesdropped. “Don’t get any ideas, darling. If you dare terminate their travels, we might get cornered somewhere.” “To be honest, ah can’t think of one instance where she’d be any use.” “Applejack, watch your mouth!” “Sorry, but can’t you see ah’m tryna keep Apple Bloom safe?” “I understood. But here’s a question: How old is she?” “10. The same age as your sister.” “You’re not her babysitter anymore, she’s old enough for this. The princess believed our sisters would be helpful to us and you don’t trust Apple Bloom?” “Ah...ah do...” “Like Pinkie told me, give her a chance. Stella was certain of the future, you might as well.” “Did Pinkie tell you? Well, if it’s what Pinkie wants, ah’ll listen.” "I’m about to face King Sombra.” The magenta mare interrupted their dialogue. From hearing the news, wide-eyed Twilight eyed Pinkie Pie, surprised by her pride to fight that black knight tonight. ”What?! Now?!” ”Yep, I’m ready!” Both pegasi were notified as they participated in the conversation ensuring she was free from doubt. "Wait, this seemed immoderately straightforward. There’s no way he’s gonna be defeated like this.” "And Sombra’s main territory is in the center of the universe. What if it’s a trap?” "Don’t worry, I’ve learned a lot in the worlds I’ve been in. Whatever he’s got in his sleeve, I’m prepared for it.” "Well, good luck fighting… what you’re after.” Ready to follow the oppressive unicorn, Pinkie galloped into the room where it happens and shouted one word. ”Pull!” She was lifted to the top of the dome and saw the new location in the distance. ”Here I come, Sombrero. Let’s get this party started.” Blast off to the galaxy via launch star. What was awaiting her there? Megaleg’s Moon The space voyager arrived at the enemy hideout where she’ll expectantly encounter the prime villain. This planet existed with holes like swiss cheese, new foes and scattered cages, one near her held a launch star. ”That’s new. Let’s see if I can’t crack it open.” Pinkie examined the world while staying away from the calamitous black hole in the core. She confronted a shadowbolt with armor arming his torso and head. "So long as I have protective clothing, it’s gonna be tough to eliminate me.” "You think so? We’ll see about that.” Her special spin ability is too powerful though, the hostile party experienced knockback into the black void and vanished. The pony continued scrutinizing for an entrance through the pens. Eventually, she found a mortar the ammo's homing from coming towards her. Pinkie briskly dodged the bullet and it boomed the barrier of astral bonbons behind her. Acting this activity activated her act of action. ”Alright, come at me, bullet bullies.” The mare taunted the cannon as it released another shot. Chased her approaching the glass barricade with the launch star, she evaded the missile and it busted open. Taking the launcher brought her to the planet where one confronts King Sombra on his UFO. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha!” Sombra’s coming in with his evil laugh. ”King Sombra. This is the moment I’ve waited for.” "You? The pink pony? What happened to the other five? Are you doing this alone?” "I’m not here to discuss, I’m here to beat you up!” "How? By landing bucks on me? Good luck doing that. I guess my creation will take care of you now, you’ll regret coming by yourself.” ”Wait, what? Don’t leave when I’m ready, you coward!” Without another word, King Sombra performed his evil cackle before flying away on his spaceship. Blaring sirens provided Pinkie Pie’s notice to the colossal robot with enormous legs ahead. As her mouth was agape at the display, ready or not, the fight got underway. ”That’s a gigantic machine. How am I supposed to fight this thing? My only guess would be to climb it.” The robot’s limb gradually rose over the pony and immediately descended when she barely escaped by a hair. She observed indicators on its foot, decided to climb the machine. The knee had three barrels of bullets aiming straight at Pinkie Pie. ”Whoa. I’m definitely not safe here.” The equine leapt her highest ascend over the missiles and reached the boss’s thigh. A few cogs rotated at varying rates attempting to push her off, but manoeuvring brought her to the other side. She approached the dome of the mechanism where within two cages is bigger than a Power Star. ”A Grand Star. I have to get it out.” She looked behind as mini rockets shot away and aimed toward her. Mare ran away and it contacted one of the barriers, exploding it. The irritating sirens thundered as result, more barrels protruded from the head and elevated fences surround its power source. A score of star bits unleashed before a bullet fired to spotlight the pony. “Come to me, I dare you.” Pinkie Pie jeered and steered the projectile to dismantle a wall. For the last shot, she escorted a second shot through the opening and penetrated the central dome with the big star. The mega-limbed robot quaked, she shouldn’t be aboard for it. ”Oh no. It’s gonna blow!” Jumped off immediately to the ground and escaped before she detonated with the robotic components. The Grand Star and a decade of comets dropped beside the equine. ”That was absurd. I have a Grand Star, but curse you, Sombra!” Pinkie’s hooves rested on superior power, what she needed. Her tendency to perform an airborne celebration, then she could leave the galaxy and charge the beacon with the Grand Star. Zooming through the ether of glistening stars around the Comet Observatory was Pinkie Pie soaring with a Grand Star. Everypony on the satellite glanced at her aghast because of what she brought with her. ”Look, Pinkie earned a Grand Star.” ”A Grand Star?” "You’ll see what it does, Sugarcube.” She floated to the front of the foyer to fill the fuel supply. The core grew larger and it unlocked the dome left of the Terrace. "The beacon is where we store our power stars. Every time a Grand Star is restored, power is restored and the beacon will grow. That power is used to fly our observatory. Once all the power is restored, we will have the ability to fly to the center of the universe.” “So if we want to travel there and save Celestia and Luna, we have to collect four more Grand Stars.” ”Correct. Please go to the Fountain and find some more stars for us.” Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 313 Coins: 139 Stars: 11 Let me know if I did some math wrong with the collection. By this time, Pinkie has obtained 11 stars for certain. Small enemies = 1 Star Bit, Medium enemies = 3 Star Bits, Big enemies = 8 Star Bits, Bosses = 30 Star Bits All other instances will be stated or it’s where they are in the original game.
Space Junk GalaxyGiven the conversation’s conclusion and the request’s acquisition, Pinkie approached and compiled with her treasured friends on the lawn ready to recharge her batteries after a battering battle. Twilight began her first line of this chapter, asking about altruistic’s afternoon award achieved. ”How did you get that Grand Star?” “I fought a giant robot and it gave me the star.” ”Wait, I thought you said you’re fighting King Sombra himself. Don’t tell me he’s a coward.” ”Wouldn’t I have mentioned it if I did?” Disbelief, Rainbow was anticipating a quick success, but unfortunately, her wish was not granted. She kept her rudeness within her mouth, her mind was raging at the villain’s spinelessness. ”At least a new dome’s unlocked. We can continue the quest for now.” ”I actually wanna drop after that vigorous boss battle. Anypony want some cupcakes for lunch?” ”You know what? I’m hungry. Do you have any vanilla ones?” Who knows how many she could store in her mane? There’s plenty that Pinkie shared one or two for each and her stock appeared unlimited, even though it seemed like she’d emptied it. Meanwhile, Apple Bloom decided and brought the brigade to convince Applejack of their next expedition. “Can we go on another trip, please?” “A trip? Out there? You know ah-“ Rarity sat beside the apple farmer, the fashion designer prodded her brachialis abutting her friend trying to revamp her response. The gesture prompted a cut in her sentence, her eyes broadened before bringing backup vocables into her brain. “-will allow, but promise me you’ll be careful.” “Don’t worry, sis. Us crusaders have faced harder dangers I assure you.” “Uh, have we?” “To my knowledge, we’ve fought zero threats. We were only saved from a cockatrice by Fluttershy.” “Look, the point is, we’ll be fine.” “Alright, come back soon then.” Applejack watched worriedly as the young’uns ambled towards their space vehicle, activated its engine and zoomed away until no eye can notice a clear shape in a distance. Though it’s an onus for a bonus, appraisal is a question for the southener, she complained, prey on Rarity. “Consarn it, Rarity. You had me hidin’ mah judgement from mah sister. Bein’ secretive to defend her disencouragement, ah’m startin’ to believe there ain’t a point in sendin’ those three to who knows where.” “Don’t forget that one time when you defended your pride by literally hiding in a cherry manufactory. Keep in mind, you’re not only doing this for their esteem, darling, you’re doing this because the Princess foresaw the future. We might not be allowed to know that future, but if we follow along and make the right decisions, the pieces will align into the future that she wanted.” “When you put it that way, ah’ll just hope they’re unharmed up there.” Pinkie Pie was a dynamized dynamite ready for another errand. However, throughout her few galaxy visits, she thought about company. It wouldn’t hurt to have a friend join in, the wait has longed a long while, so time for an update. “Before I continue my journey, which I would love to do, I’ve decided I shouldn’t be a selfish filly and give the experience to my friends.” It’s news that caused all heads to face her. Everypony was aware of the mare’s choice, but can’t decide what to think of it. “Really? You’ve decided?” “Hold on now, don’t get greedy.” “If it’s pressuring you, we understand. We didn’t mean to leave you with no choice.” “No, this is my certified choice. An opportunity to acquire assistance from my friends. I want somepony volunteering to come with me to the Fountain.” Her audience surveyed each other concerned if they should follow along. Late response to the idea, Pinkie’s about to prophesy that nopony will proffer a pair-up and continue without companion. Twilight Sparkle was also disquieted, but would she rather seize the chance or let it slip? “I’ll make sure you know what you’re doing, if that’s okay with the others.” “No worries, darling. We’ll be waiting until next time.” “Let’s go, then. New galaxies await us.” The couple strolled down the path left of the Terrace. The new dome sat on a level elevated metres off a lower floor plus a gap in between. A simple bounce upwards won’t even cover the height of it, reason behind the blueprints must be under their muzzles, perhaps it’s the new device near them. ”’What is it?’ I questioned.” ”There’s light linking another of its kind up there. May I guess it’ll bring us up?” Pinkie Pie attempted the hypothesis by stepping into the light, she warped to the top where the dome’s at. Amazed by the contraption, Twilight followed and got teleported too. “You were right. But is it really something to be amazed by.” ”Nopony has invented teleport stations, you see. Just because unicorns already knew teleportation spells.” Both entered the Fountain where water flowed and splashed satisfyingly and a Luma in black awaited here while they thought he stayed in the Terrace, guess not. ”Before you go anywhere, let me tell you about the map.” ”The map?” ”We’ve displayed a holographic map of the Comet Observatory that detects what stars you’ve collected and avoided behind where Mama stood. You can view it now if you want.” ”Thanks for the info, I’ll check it out later. Pretty sure I did everything there was to do.” “We’re going together, just so you know.” ”Sure. Go ahead.” Both mares consecutively enunciated the magic word gesturing the pull star to levitate them under the ceiling and observing new territory with an accessible galaxy. ”Space Junk Galaxy is unlocked for you.” ”Space junk? As in, spacecraft debris floating in the middle of space?” ”Sounds like it, let’s investigate.” Ready were the equines, blasting off via launcher materializing upon them. They’re flying towards and invading the untouched atmosphere. Pull Star Path Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle set their hooves on a small planet. It’s flat and square with thickness. “Isn’t it weird how we’re able to walk on wonky-shaped planets.” ”Spheres are ideal formations of worlds, how this works defeats factual science.” ”Well, hate to burst your bubble, but our universe is not exactly authentic.” The princess attempted to query what her friend just stated before she got blocked. “Don’t ask.” Pinkie Pie notices a pull star between the starting planet and the second planet. The ponies stare at the pull star to say… ”Pull!” …and get floaty into it. ”Uh, we’re kinda stuck here, Pinkie Pie.” ”Don’t worry, all I have to say is… release.” That one word made the pull star release the ponies onto the second planet with crystal-caged Star Bits. ”I’m spinning.” Pinkie Pie spin attacks the crystals to get the Star Bits. After that, she and Twilight see a path of pull stars. ”Guess we gotta start pulling.” In other words, the ponies have to say the word ’pull’ a lot of times while also collecting the floating golden bits. Eventually, they reach the three spherical transparent planets. Around the three planets are five star chips; some are moving, some are not. ”So if we collect all 5 star chips, a launch star will appear, right?” ”Uh-huh.” Twilight and Pinkie are running around the three spheres while avoiding the two electrical orbs to collect five star chips so that a launch star appears so that they can use it. The launch star rockets the ponies to crash through a crystal of Star Bits and reach a planet shaped like a rocket- no, it is a rocket. ”Oh my gosh. A rocket as a planet? Pinkie Pie, we’re talking about technology and astronomy combined.” ”Woah, Twilight. I know you're excited to learn about the universe, but you have to control yourself.” ”Ahem. Right. Sorry.” On the rocket, Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle find two bits trapped in crystals which to break them, she spins them. After that, they meet up with a pull star planet. ”Do you think it functions similar to a pull star?” ”I think so. Pull.” Pinkie and Twilight feel like they're being dragged to the pull star, it seems like it’s working. There are three pull star planets with Star Bits on them and after that is some more normal pull stars Pinkie and Twilight has to say ’pull’ each time and collect the floating bits carefully to avoid bumping into the floating weirdly-shaped asteroids. At the end of the pull star path is the T-shaped Planet and the enemies they’re encountering are some jumpy spiders the size of a pony. ”Spiders? Are they a match for you?” Pinkie Pie spin attacks one just to test its attack pattern, but fortunately, it's an easy enemy; the unfortunate is that she expects something different. ”I was kinda expecting that they attack harder than the shadowbolts.” ”Um, why?” ”It’s kind of boring to fight something like this. Oh well.” Pinkie spin attacks the next few spiders to continue forward, she and Twilight see a wall which, seeing Pinkie Pie, is walkable. This left the alicorn confused. ”How can you do that?” ”How can I do what?” ”You’re walking on a wall.” ”Huh? Oh. Gravity pulls on this surface.” ”Oh. I get it.” On the top surface of the T-shaped Planet is one more spider but also a lot of crystals. Most of them are empty, one has a bit, one has Star Bits, but surprisingly Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are found inside one of the crystals. ”Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo?” ”What are you fillies doing here? Pinkie Pie, quick, free them with your spin attack.” Pinkie Pie shatters the crystals with the two fillies, the crystal with the Star Bits and the crystal with the single bit to get them out. ”Pinkie Pie!” ”That’s my name.” ”You brought Twilight here?” ”Yep. I’m here. Hey, where’s Apple Bloom?” Above the ponies is the UFO that the CMC drives and on it is Apple Bloom. ”Sweetie Belle! Scootaloo! Are ya alright?” ”Yeah, we’re alright.” ”Hold on, how did you get trapped in the crystal?” ”I don’t know. Apple Bloom just dropped us here and then suddenly, pop goes the crystal.” ”May I suspect King Sombra?” ”We don't know for sure. Hey, looks like ah stopped just under a sling star.” Pinkie and Twilight smile before they jump on top of the UFO to see the sling star right in their faces. ”Well, thanks for the conveniently placed platform you created.” ”You’re welcome, ah guess.” Using the launch star takes Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle to a platform by an area with floating geometry and a black hole in the middle. There are also five Silver Stars in bubbles in random spots. ”What are we supposed to do here?” Pinkie Pie stepped closer into the area to start seeing some of the floating blocks fly to make walkable platforms. ”Woah. Now that’s kinda cool.” Realizing this, Twilight has a thought of what they have to do. ”Okay, I think I understand. See those five Silver Stars? I think if we collect them all, they’ll form into a Power Star.” ”Oh. So we have to get across these platforms to reach those stars. Since when did you get so smart?” ”Pinkie, I’m an alicorn, I’m supposed to be smart.” ”Right. I knew that.” They begin to walk over the blue geometric platforms, reaching a fork in the road with three paths. ”I go left, you go right.” ”Right.” Pinkie on the left path has to jump over a gap between two green platforms to get the first Silver Star, while Twilight has to climb a little staircase to get the second Silver Star. With nowhere else to go from there, the two ponies get to the centre of the fork and goes to the third path which is to the front of them and another fork awaits them. ”Alright. How about I go left and you go right this time.” ”Okey dokey lokey.” On the right path are platforms going zigzag before an orange octagonal platform for Pinkie to step on. In front of the orange platform are small red triangular floating platforms that form together to make two red octagonal platforms she needs to jump on and reach the Silver Star. Meanwhile, the last two Silver Stars are on the left path that Twilight’s reaching. One of them is high up but it’s possible to reach it. Once all five Silver Stars are collected, they do form into a yellow Power Star to let it float to the starting platform. Not for long, Pinkie and Twilight reach the star. ”Look, Twilight. Behold the beholding.” ”Our first Power Star reached by us. I’m glad you brought me along.” ”Don’t mention it.” Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle put their hooves on the star together and they victory dance midair before zooming back to the Comet Observatory. Twilight and Pinkie fly back inside the Fountain of the Comet Observatory where Applejack is there to welcome them back. ”Oh. Applejack, what are you doing here?” ”Ah’m here to welcome you two back.” ”Are the CMC back too? We’ve just met them in that galaxy.” ”Um, no.” “So they’re still in Space Junk Galaxy? They must have a purpose out there still.” “But ah’ll be optimistic for ‘em. It’s what everypony wanted from what ah heard.” “That’s the spirit!” Twilight, at this time, is currently at the pull star waiting for Pinkie to end the conversation. ”We’re done. Pull!” Pinkie Pie gets floaty to the pull star for her and Twilight to immediately get launched by a launch star that appears on top of them. Kamella’s Airship Attack Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie is soaring through the starry skies of Space Junk Galaxy reaching the bottom of the CMC’s UFO. “Huh? Wait, the CMC is back in this galaxy?” “They must’ve immediately left the observatory to come here.” At the top of the UFO is Apple Bloom standing next to a launch star. “Pinkie Pie? Twilight? You two are here?” ”Yep. We’re here.” ”What are you doing here? I thought you’re back at the Comet Observatory.” ”We were, but we decided that we should go again.” ”Did you tell anypony where you’re going?” ”Eeyup. Sweetie Belle asked Rarity for freedom.” ”Is Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo with you?” ”No. Ah dropped them off on an airship up there. Ah just stayed here ’cause ah saw this launch star floatin’, so ah flew here to wait for ya.” ”Why, that’s great. I think that’s what we have to do now.” ”Glad ah could help ya.” The launch star next to Apple Bloom takes the party pony and the alicorn to the first airship. On the airship are 4 boxes in a diamond formation with Star Bits in them, within the boxes, there’s a shadowbolt hiding to frighten the ponies once Pinkie spins one. ”Boo! Ha! I surprised you. I’ma buck you now.” The shadowbolt turns her back to extend his hind legs to attempt bucking Pinkie Pie. Fortunately, Twilight is there to push her out of the way in time. ”Woah. That was close.” ”That was really close.” Pinkie gets up to defeat the shadowbolt with her spin attack move. ”Are you okay, Pinkie? You’re lucky I’m here.” ”Oh. Thank you, Twilight. I wouldn’t avoid that buck of the shadowbolt, I just know it.” ”Hey, what’s that golden box up there?” ”Oh. Let me handle that.” Pinkie Pie climbs the deck to reach the question mark block to hit underneath the block as it empties 10 Star Bits. She turns back from the block to meet up with Twilight in front of a drawbridge and beside the bridge is a lever. ”Do you think that lever activates the drawbridge?” ”Well, duh. It’s right next to the drawbridge. Isn’t that obvious?” Pinkie said as she starts pulling the lever to lower the bridge leading to some rocky platforms with spinning bunnies, aka some lumas. ”Hi, pink pony. Hi, purple alicorn.” “Hi, star bunnies.” “Hello.” “You wanna know a fancy move? Jump and spin to reach these bits.” Pinkie sees that the 5 bits above the ponies are too high for a normal jump. She has to jump and spin to get the extra height of her jump to collect one. Knowing this, Pinkie quickly jump spins towards all 5 bits before jump spinning a box with a sling star in it. The sling star slings Twilight and Pinkie onto the next airship and the first thing they see is a question mark block above a wheel, three shadowbolts and crystals with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo inside. ”Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo? They are trapped in crystals again?” ”Yep. They’re trapped alright. We took care of them and now it looks like we have to take care of you two.” ”Not on my watch!” Unbelievably, Twilight uses her magic to lift one of the shadowbolts to then throw him at another shadowbolt to defeat the two shadowbolts and thus, out comes the Star Bits. ”Woah, Twilight. I’ve never thought you could fight like that.” ”Well, you see, unicorns are weak but smart, so they have some good advantage to fight.” Pinkie Pie quickly spins the last shadowbolt to defeat him before checking the wheel under the block. The wheel has four holes the size of a hoof. ”What do you think you're supposed to do with this.” ”I think I have to unscrew the wheel with my spin ability.” Pinkie slots her hooves onto the wheel to then spin it up until Star Bits came out of the ground and hitting the block is possible. Pinkie Pie quickly spins Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo free after. ”Are you fillies okay?” ”We’re alright. Thanks for the save.” ”Don’t mention it.” ”How did you two get trapped in those crystals again?” ”I don’t know. Sombra must've been going crazy with these crystals.” ”He must’ve. Hey, got any tips to share with us?” ”Hmm. Well, you see chests over there?” ”I can see those chests.” ”I think you have to throw that green shell at them to unlock them.” So Twilight walks towards the shell to pick it up and throw it at the first two chests below the high deck for Star Bits and golden bits to come out since the shell respawns to reuse it. She then throws the shell at the chest on the deck to get a launch star out of it. ”Thanks for the tip, Scootaloo.” ”We’ll see you back at the Comet Observatory, okay?” ”Okay. See you later, Twilight and Pinkie Pie.” Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie use the launch star to launch them to another airship’s mast. In front of the mast is a platform that tilts up and down, on the platform is a shadowbolt and a question mark block. “What’s up, pink pony? You got a problem?” “Yes, whatever your name is… your the problem!” Pinkie Pie said as she leaps from her platform to the shadowbolt’s platform to spin attack and defeat him and then hit the block to get the Star Bits from it. After that, Pinkie and Twilight has to get down. “Here, instead of breaking our legs, we’ll teleport down.” Twilight’s alicorn horn glimmers next to Pinkie Pie to teleport both ponies on the floor of the airship. On the airship floor lies a stompable hole. ”Looks like there’s an area in this hole.” ”But how can you get in the hole.” ”Maybe I can stomp it. Stand back.” Pinkie Pie dives down into the hole to enter the area in the hole which has a floor of Star Bits and a sling star to fly back out of the hole. What’s more on this airship are a couple of shells and a couple of unfriendly octopi on the next airship in front of them. ”Oh. I’ve done this before, Twilight. We have to defeat those octopi to lower that bridge.” ”So we have to use the shells. I’ll throw them.” Twilight picked up one of the shells to then throw it at the first octopus to defeat it as the second one shoots a fireball at the ponies as they avoid it. ”Woah, there. They shoot fireballs?” ”I know, dangerous creatures. Now stop stalling, start slinging.” ”Right.” Twilight picks up another green shell to then launch it at the octopus to defeat it and lower the bridge down leading to the sling star inside the ship. The sling star slings the ponies to the top of the ship to see magic particles appearing. ”Now what is that?” ”Twilight? Is that your magic?” ”Me? No. I’m not doing anything.” What comes out of the sorcery is a shadowbolt the size of three full-grown ponies wearing a wizard’s attire and holding a wand with a Power Star on it. ”Hahahaha. You dare to set foot on this airship, now you must be eliminated.” ”Pinkie Pie, what’s going on?” ”I think it’s boss fight time.” ”What?!” ”Just be ready.” The boss fight starts with the shadowbolt flying around for a while before waving his wand to cast fire rolling around the ground. After Pinkie and Twilight dodge them, the shadowbolt casts a spell to produce a green shell to bounce around the ship. ”Oh. Gimme that.” Twilight said as she stops the shell from moving to throw it at the boss. But no, he’s not defeated yet. ”Why isn’t he defeated yet?” ”You need to damage him a few times before you can defeat it.” The wizard shadowbolt recovers from the damage before waving his wand to produce more fire and then another shell to avoid. But Twilight managed to stop, pick up and throw the shell at the shadowbolt. ”Again, I have no clue you could fight like that.” ”Try to match my skills, Pinkie. I couldn't be the only one with such techniques.” With two hits so far, the mage made his minions arise from the wave of his wand, so while the boss casts fire and shells, the minions may blast the ponies with magic. However, as the ponies dodge every projectile the enemies launch, Twilight is able to defeat the big shadowbolt wizard by hurling a shell at it and to reveal a Power Star free of the wand. ”Whoo! That was an insane boss fight.” “I know, right? Don’t you just wanna do it again?” “What? No… Maybe? It may be too risky to ask for more.” “Who knows? Maybe we’ll encounter something like this again. Anyway, we earn this star.” And just like that, Pinkie and Twilight gains the star and celebrates before flying back to the Comet Observatory’s Fountain dome. Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle got back from Space Junk Galaxy to the Observatory where Applejack and Rarity kept in touch. “Has the Cutie Mark Crusaders come back yet?” “Eeyup.” “Have they left yet?” “Nope. Unless they did when we turned our backs.” “Hopefully they don’t because that would just be bizarre.” “Okay, Pinkie. Ready to go again?” “I’m always ready.” “Pull!” The pull star pulls Twilight and Pinkie Pie to the ceiling of the dome to set launching into Space Junk Galaxy for the third time for a third star. Tarantox’s Tangled Web Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle land on the first planet they’ve been on since getting the first star. On that planet, the first thing they have to do to advance is to say ‘pull’ as a pull star pulls the ponies onto the next planet. That planet contains spiders to defeat and crystals of Star Bits to crack open. And then, they have to do more pulling to get across a pull star path while collecting 3 bits along the way and eventually making it to a new planet. The new planet is colossal and surrounded in transparent sturdy glass. A launch star can be seen under Pinkie and Twilight’s hooves. “We have to find a way through the glass orb. I don’t think we can break the glass.” “Maybe there’s an entrance somewhere.” After walking around for a bit, and smashing a crystal of Star Bits, they found a hole leading inside the glass and found themselves in a maze. Thankfully, it’s a short one as Pinkie and Twilight reach the launch star despite the dead ends they’ve walked into. Taking the launch star blasts the ponies out of the glass orb and through space, shortly crashing into a Star Bit cluster that explodes into 6 collectable Star Bits upon the impact. Eventually, they landed on one of the Grave Stone Planets and in front of them is a stone archway, the entrance to a stone bridge with three spiders. “Pinkie, do you have arachnophobia?” “Arachno-what?” “The fear of spiders.” “No. Are you? Why did you ask?” “It’s nothing. Anyway, back to fighting.” Pinkie Pie shrugs off the question and starts spin attacking the spiders to defeat them. At the end of the bridge is a… bundle of webs? “Do you know what are we looking at, Pinkie?” “Hmm. It’s a bundle of webs. Webs are stretchy… We have to slingshot with it.” Pinkie said as she pulls the bundle away from the small block platform. “Well, we have to make sure we don’t miss.” Twilight said as she follows Pinkie’s actions while she aims her trajectory to where she won’t go beyond her target and go flying off in the middle of space. Once she prepared her launch direction, she releases her back hooves off the ground and goes flying to the block and survives with Twilight following. Then, they have to do it again, except the target is the rocket planet from earlier. Thankfully, the rocket’s area is bigger than the block planet, so they don’t have any problems aiming at the planet while Pinkie aims at a trail of floating bits. Once they’re on the rocket, they have to defeat 8 spiders with a few spin attacks from Pinkie and magic beams from Twilight experiencing easy difficulty. With the spiders gone, another ball of webs awaits them at the booster of the rocket. They need to use the webs to fling at the L-shaped block platform with 3 more spiders, collecting floating bits at the launch. After defeating the spiders, Pinkie and Twilight meets another ball of webs, seeing that their target is a giant ball of webs. “What is that?” “That is a giant ball of webs.” “And we’re supposed to shoot ourselves towards that thing?” “I think so.” So they pull back the small bundle of webs to aim at the giant ball of webs. They release their back hooves off the ground to catapult to and plow through the webs that it split open, revealing the inside. A completed spider web was contained with a web-covered cocoon in the middle. The spider web was attached inside a stone ring and around outer web strings are more slinging webs. Twilight realizes what they’re supposed to do. “Uh, Pinkie, you don’t think this is another boss fight, do you?” Pinkie looks around to see the planet, but then knows what they’re gonna fight and answers Twilight’s question with another question as she walks towards a sling pod. “What do you think we’re gonna fight?” She uses the sling pod to aim at the cocoon. “A… spider?” “Yepperoni. Are you ready?” Twilight takes a few seconds before an answer comes out of her mouth. “Let’s do this!.” Pinkie starts the fight by slinging at the cocoon and cracking it open, unveiling a giant brown three-eyed spider that its diameter size is about as long as Discord. This spider also features bulging green orbs on its sides and its dorsal. The spider starts attacking by spewing out some green toxic fluid from its mouth to the ponies as they start running to avoid it. “How are we supposed to defeat this boss?!” “We have to find a weak spot. Let’s try hitting one of those orbs. Get on a sling pod, aim at an orb, hit the orb.” “Got it!” Following Pinkie’s battling algorithm, she and Twilight climbs on an individual sling pod to aim and fire themselves at an orb. Hitting an orb causes it to pop out of existence, which mostly does nothing to the spider. Sure, it hurts for the spider, but nothing special has happened yet. “Hmm. I do notice that orb at the dorsal is glowing green and red. Maybe we just have to hit that and something will happen.” “Okey dokey lokey.” Pinkie gets on the sling pod under the spider’s flashing orbs to sling at it. Doing so makes the spider flip over on its back, revealing three red orbs on its underbelly. “Twilight! Quick! Hit those orbs before it gets back up!” Pinkie and Twilight each gets on a sling pod and direct it at the red orbs, damaging the spider in the process. They managed to hit all three orbs to fully damage it. And that was just the first phase. The spider regenerates the orbs back and flips back up for phase 2. In phase 2, the toxic fluid flows out again. Not only from the mouth, but also from the orbs. At the same time, the spider moves to constantly redirect the squirters, so they have to carefully traverse between the toxic fluid ducts to avoid getting sprayed on until it stops squirting. Now, there’s the chance. Pinkie and Twilight race to the sling pod under the dorsal before the spider starts squirting the poisonous liquid. Pinkie gets on the sling pod and fires herself onto the glowing orb, which causes the spider to expose its underbelly and thus, exposing the red orbs. Now, it’s the opportunity to strike. Pinkie and Twilight prepare ammunition, which is themselves, on the sling pods and fired themselves to hit the red orbs. Pinkie gives the final blow by launching at the last orb on the spider’s underbelly, making it fall through its web, sending it flying into space in defeat. In return, a Power Star from the boss appears in the middle of the web. “So, what do you think of the fight? Do you think it’s fun?” “You know what? Yes, I do think the boss fight is fun. I don’t know why I think so, but I do enjoy it.” “This is why Rainbow Dash likes fighting danger so much.” “Guess it is. Let’s grab the star so we can leave this galaxy.” So Pinkie and Twilight get on a sling pod to catapult to the Power Star and collect it. Another small victory dance for before going back to the Comet Observatory. Back at the Observatory, Pinkie and Twilight are coming in hot to the Fountain. Nopony is accompanying them except for the black Luma. “Welcome back, Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle.” “Hi, black Luma. We’ve retrieved a third star from Space Junk Galaxy.” “Together.” “Cool. You’ve just discovered a new galaxy.” “Right now?” “Yep. Why don’t you rest for energy before tackling it, huh?” “Good idea. Come on, Pinkie. Let’s meet up with the others.” Twilight and Pinkie left the Fountain to then use the teleporter to cross the gap and meet up with the rest of the Mane 6, the CMC and Spike. They also see the map at the front of the Observatory while Twilight is awing at how detailed and technological it is. Pinkie and Twilight sat next to their friends to rest and be ready for the next galaxy. Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 595 Coins: 170 Stars: 14 Finally! Space Junk Galaxy is done! Sorry this chapter took 2 months, but here we are.
Battlerock GalaxyPinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle jump out of their seat after a fair relaxing time. Without hesitation, they begin walking towards the Fountain dome. Once they’re in, the black luma awaits their arrival. “So, have you returned to collect more Power Stars and make more progress?” “Of course we have. We’re here to rescue the royal princesses who’re out there in far space.” “But we still have a lot more ground to cover. More galaxies to discover and more stars to collect. What would Celestia be doing in Sombra’s hooves?” “Let’s just hope she won’t suffer in a bad way. I don’t know why Sombra wants her and Luna out of Equestria. I mean, it’s probably obvious that that’s how he’ll terrorise Equestria.” “Ooh. Replace ‘probably’ with ‘definitely’. Anyway, we’re getting off topic.” “Ahem. Can you tell us what galaxy is open for us?” “Right. You’ve just discovered Battlerock Galaxy. Hop onto the pull star and you’ll see it.” With the glance at the pull star and the “Pull.” voicing out of Pinkie and Twilight’s mouth, the ponies start floating on the star. In the distance, they can see the new galaxy in sight. “So I’m guessing that is Battlerock?” “That’s the one. Get in there and collect more Power Stars.” “Okey dokey lokey.” A launch star appeared on the pink pony’s body again to launch her into the galaxy with Twilight following. Battlerock Barrage Out there, zooming through the sky is Pinkie and Twilight. They start their little scavenger hunt of stars by landing on one of five metallic discs. The first thing they see when landing is their first objective, which is to collect 5 pull star chips. “A straightforward objective. I like this.” Within probably a few minutes, Pinkie and Twilight quickly hop from disc to disc to find all 5 star chips while also collecting 8 bits from a question mark bit, collecting Star Bits under some of the platforms and encountering and defeating 2 Shadowbolts with armor. They also encounter new small top-like enemies. “Those are new. What are they supposed to be?” “Small yellow tops that spins to harm you like what I’m gonna do to them.” Pinkie Pie attempts to spin attack them but she miraculously misses and proceeds to experience their style of attack which is bumping her to move and lose balance, although it barely took any lives. Pinkie falls on her stomach as Twilight shoots magical beams out of her horn at the top-like enemies. She then hopped onto that disc to see if Pinkie’s alright. “I’m okay, Twilight. They just made me fall over. No big deal.” “Why would Sombra unleash enemies that doesn’t hurt you?” “They could. They just appeared at the wrong place to hurt us, I guess.” They continue to collect star chips so that they can form into a few pull stars that lead to a launch star. Pinkie and Twilight get under the pull stars and shouted “Pull!” to enter the launch star. That launch star launches the ponies closer to the battlerock and onto another disc-shaped planet on its underside. Presented on the planet is a single Shadowbolt in armor near the landing spot. “Woah. That’s way too close.” Pinkie spin attacks the Shadowbolt to make him fall over before stomping on him. Making the Shadowbolt vanish into 3 Star Bits. Then they proceed to the top of the disc where they find a purple figure, which Pinkie recognises what it is. “I’ve seen one of these before.” “Well, what is it?” “It’s a laser shockwave launching trampoline, except this is deactivated.” “Trampoline, you say?” “Yep. Let’s hop into it.” Twilight shrugs off the joke as she and Pinkie jump on the inactive enemy to spring onto the platform above while collecting 4 Star Bits in the way. “Weee!” Upon landing on that disc, Twilight and Pinkie has to reach the top side to find a loose screw. “You can screw this in. A little like what you did at Space Junk Galaxy, right?” “Yes, I’ll proceed.” Pinkie Pie stands on top of the screw to then spin it tight. Doing so turns the cannons on the battlerock on, but it also makes their platform move towards and pass the cannons. “Uh oh. We have to dodge the cannonballs.” “Ooh. A game of dodgeball. Those balls will never hit Pinkie Pie.” Starting off with Pinkie and Twilight moving left and right to avoid the cannonballs. Then, they see that they’re heading straight towards a wall, so they have to move under the platform as Pinkie collects some bits. But coming up next is a wall of red lasers, so they have to move to the top. Then, Pinkie and Twilight has to move to the bottom because a wall of green lasers is in the way. And then, they have to move to the top. Oh, there’s a question mark bit which, when collected, makes a lot of Star Bits appear in a way that they can collect them. Then they move down and up again to see that they have to jump over the one line of lasers because the underside is blocked. Pinkie and Twilight can see the end, it’s the final stretch, they just have to move around the last wall of lasers before the platform stops next to another disc-shaped platform possessing a caged Power Star and also two Shadowbolts that Pinkie and Twilight first take care of. “Battlerock’s first Power Star! How do we get it out of its cage?” Pinkie finds the answer as she notices two Bullet Bill cannons across another disc platform in the distance. “Do you see those Bullet Bill cannons in the distance? We can lure the bullets to explode the cage.” “We can do that?” “Yes, I’ve done this before in Sombra’s Galaxy. Wait here just to be safe.” So Pinkie hops onto the platform to get closer to the cannon for the bullet to notice her. The platform she’s standing on has 4 cages; 2 contains 6 Star Bits each, 1 has 3 bits and 1 has a spring that springs a pony onto a question mark block. Of course, Pinkie can’t resist a few sugary space sweets, so she directs the bullets to bust open all the cages and collect the contents inside them and also break open the high up block via the spring. “I insist in trying to do that.” Twilight suddenly appears behind Pinkie Pie. She suggests that she should give luring a go expecting that she can dodge the bullet. “Well, if you insist, be careful then.” Bullet Bill launches out of the barrel and its eyes are on the alicorn. The bullet starts to home at Twilight as she and Pinkie runs away from it and at the same time, leading the bullet towards the cage with the Power Star. Bullet Bill eventually makes contact with the cage and boom goes the cage and releasing the star. “Woo! I feel like a daredevil, but hey, I did something new and explosive, it’s an achievement.” “Why the hay did you want to risk it, by the way?” “Well, I can’t just keep you company to only watch your actions helplessly.” “I see. Anyway, we have a Power Star!” Pinkie and Twilight collects the Power Star out of the air and their victory dance is present as always before they fly back to the space station, the Comet Observatory. Twilight and Pinkie returns to the Fountain dome unscratched. Upon arrival, Applejack and Rainbow Dash is there to meet up and greet back. “You went to Battlerock Galaxy, huh? What’s it like in there?” “Oh. You know, a couple of platforms, a big rock in the middle for the main event and a challenging game of dodge-cannonball.” “Sounds sightseeing, except for the dodge-cannonball part. Too bad we can’t see it in action.” “Well, sometimes, good things have to go to waste.” “It’s fine, Pinkie Pie. One day, we’ll see something cool, whether that is inside or outside Equestria.” “Glad we could settle this. We gotta go for round two of our visit to Battlerock. Pull!” Let’s-a go. A pull by the pull star to lift to where a launch star should be and now Twilight and Pinkie are hanging in the air. Pinkie uses her hoof signals to gesture a go. With such a necessary course of action, the ponies go boom blasting out of the materializing launch star. “Power Star 2, here we come.” Breaking into the Battlerock Starting from the disc planets from the previous mission, Pinkie and Twilight noticed different objects occupies over and under the planet. The two planets in front of them occupies some kind of device and the others occupies cages containing Star Bits and a launch star. Pinkie and Twilight hopped onto the first planet in front of them looking at the black device curiously. “What is this?” “I’m not sure. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s bad, maybe it’s both. All we need is something to explode that cage with the launch star so we can get out of this section.” Seconds after her dialogue, a bomb pops out of the machine and into Pinkie’s hooves and immediately ignites itself. It only takes a few milliseconds until she realizes what just happened before she panics. “Ah! What do I do? What do I do?” “Throw it away! Quick!” A word of warning. Pinkie quickly throws the bomb away not knowing where she’s throwing to. Apparently, she unintentionally throws the bomb at the cage with Star Bits and frees her prize. “Well, I did not expect that. I don’t know what I’d do if I hadn’t reacted to a bomb that’s about to explode in my hooves.” At that moment, another bomb appears out of the bomb generator and onto the ground. Pinkie flinches at the sudden danger, refrains from touching it and proceeds to have a rant at it. “No! Bad bombs! I almost blew up because of you!” “Pinkie, I’m afraid we have to use these bombs to explode that cage.” “Oh. In that case, don’t blow me up, mister.” Pinkie said as she picks up the bomb and the pressure is on. She runs towards the cage with the launch star and throws the bomb at it before it explodes in her hooves. Boom! The launch star is free. Twilight follows Pinkie to use it to transfer to another planet, also known as, the Molecule Planet. The ponies land right next to a cage with a luma. “Help!” “Don’t worry! We’ll get you out! Twilight, how do we get him out?” “Why are you asking me? I don’t know, I don’t put lumas in cages.” “Oh. I mean do you have any ideas?” “We need to find either a bullet launcher or a bomb producer.” Pinkie’s tail twitches, something fell in the distance. “Tail twitch, something fell on that green part of the planet.” “It must be a bomb producer, but what about the yellow part of the planet?” “We can check it out.” Pinkie and Twilight avoid the existing Chain Chomps that rolls around different sections of the planet to reach the yellow part of the planet. They can see a cage with a rainbow-gem necklace. “It’s the invincibility necklace from previous galaxies.” “Interesting. If we explode this as well, we should be able to grab it. Let’s see the bomb that appeared on the green part of the planet.” On the green part of the Molecule Planet, there is indeed a bomb and its generator. “I’ll do it, for your health sake.” “But what about your health sake.” “The bomb only harms you when you hold it too close to you. With magic, I shouldn’t have a problem.” Twilight uses wingardium leviosa to levitate the bomb and quickly carries it to the rainbow necklace cage to boom it open. “Would you mind if I get power?” “Not at all, but you do have a limited amount of time once you wear it to have fun with it until it shatters into pieces. Also, we need that power to demolish all those Chain Chomps so that I can get their Star Bits. Do you need me to summarize what I just said?” “No, I got it. I have a limited amount time to destroy the Chain Chomps.” With all the information stored inside Twilight’s smart brain, Twilight wears the necklace. Now, she looks more sparklier than normal. Now that she’s feeling the power, she immediately runs into the Chain Chomps one at a time, all 6 Chain Champs. While the action was happening, Pinkie proceeds to collect all the collectables that were littered all over the planet, including 2 bits. Twilight’s invincibility powers wear off after all the destruction. After that, Pinkie comes in screaming with a bomb held over her head in panic to the luma holding cage. “Take cover!” Pinkie exclaimed as she throws the bomb at the cage, jumps away from the exploding radius and frees the luma. At the same time, Twilight walks towards Pinkie to mention her commotion. “Pinkie, uh, you’re full of surprises. Let me just say that. I mean…” “Twilight, are you okay? You’re stuttering a little bit.” “I… What I’m saying is that, you scared me when you were running with the bomb and when you were screaming on the way.” Pinkie rewinded Twilight’s sentence and made an immediate but unpleasant conclusion. “You were annoyed by… my screaming? Are you saying that I’m… loud?!” “What? No! Why would you think that?” Pinkie goes up to Twilight’s face to closely face eye-to-eye. It’s an uncomfortable position to position yourself. Basically, this is how Pinkie detects lies. It’s like Fluttershy’s stare to make ponies spit out words that they don’t want anypony else to hear about. Twilight has to spill the truth. She can’t handle staring at Pinkie’s eyes for too long that she explains it in a haste. “If I did, I did. I’m sorry, I was only disturbed by your screams.” Pinkie’s mane deflated. A stone-hearted, depressing and dark look on her that nopony wants to see. “You had to blurt it out to me. Here I am in my depressive state.” “I was just being honest. I didn’t think I was going to insult you. I’m sorry, can we start over?” “No, we can’t. Thanks for your apology, no thanks for your insults. Let’s just move on.” Straight-maned Pinkie advances towards the sling star that is the luma that was freed and transformed. Pinkie slings onto the launch star above while automatically collect 3 bits. Twilight on the other hand, nervously follows her because Pinkie’s depressed form looks dark and that she continues with that look. Twilight clearly sees that herself and Pinkie Pie are both on the wrong here, but trauma alert, she’s nervous about trying to convince her. In the next part of the mission, Pinkie and Twilight land on another disc surrounded in a minefield. This section also has pull stars that they can use to get across. Because Twilight’s in trauma, she decides to stay silent the whole time. “We have to use the pull stars to get past this minefield and reach that launch star.” Twilight has to say something though, she has to say the word ‘pull’ multiple times if she wants to get through the minefield. Along the way, a couple of Star Bits are featured to be collected by Pinkie Pie while Twilight decides not to collect any Star Bit. Pinkie Pie notices this however, she’s slightly starting to feel bad for her because it looks like Twilight’s not in a good mood. Pinkie and Twilight reach and use the launch star to get launched to what looks like the opening to battlerock. Battlerock’s entrance consists a button occupying the top of a high bump and two question mark blocks. “That is high. Too high for a normal jump.” So she covers the height with a spin jump. A jump and spin is enough to reach the button and a powerful force is needed to press the button. The button when pressed causes a lot of Star Bits to appear around the bump for Pinkie to collect. “That’s more than a hoofful of Star Bits.” What about Twilight? Well, she’s just… sitting there, watching her ‘friend’ collect everything. While Pinkie is in the middle of collecting all the Star Bits she sees, she can’t help but to keep her eyes on Twilight. Then, Pinkie decides to stop for a second to look at her reflection on the glass floor below her. Her mane when depressed, her smile disappeared from her face and to think that she’s showing her that frown and straight mane to her friend. All the signs are there, Twilight is silent and apathetic because she’s traumatized by Pinkie Pie and she hasn’t noticed it before. If only she noticed sooner. So, she stops interacting with everything and walks towards Twilight in sorrow. “Twilight, are you okay?” “I’m just fine. Thanks for asking.” Twilight weakly responded. Poor Twilight is filled with trauma. Poor Pinkie is completely filled with sorrow. “I… I’m so sorry for accusing you of insulting me and I’m especially really sorry for, you know, you seeing me in my unpoofy mane.” “It’s okay. I understand that it’s how you respond to...” “No, Twilight, you can’t say that. Please, forgive me. I take back what I said. We can start over. I pinkie promise.” “I forgive you, Pinkie. I appreciate it. Let’s get back to what we came here for.” Settled. Poofy-maned Pinkie and determined Twilight became actual friends again, starting with collecting the rest of the Star Bits Pinkie Pie left and emptying the two blocks; one contains 20 Star Bits and the other contains 8 bits. Once all the collectables are collected, they can now advance through a pipe with Pinkie Pie leading the way. The pipe spawns the ponies in the battlerock where a new object in a cage is featured. “Whatever this is, I assume we’re going to need it.” “What we need is that bomb.” Actually, the bomb does not activate when it’s in somepony’s hooves. No, the bomb has legs and a wind up key and it’s also immediately activated. “Woah, let’s let it blow up so that we can get a fresh one.” “Look out! A second one!” Pinkie Pie warned as she and Twilight constantly move to avoid both bombs’ explosion. Once one exploded, a new walking boombot pops out from one of the bomb generators, which Pinkie goes to take and throw at the cage. Boom! What awaits in the cage for the ponies to use? “What is it? Pinkie, what do you think?” “I think I should enter it?” And she did and out comes a cannon. “A cannon?” Twilight looks up to see where Pinkie should aim, which is a luma trapped in a moving crystal. “There’s a luma trapped in a crystal up there.” “I see it. So I can’t hit those lasers and I’ll try not to miss.” Pinkie has to time it right so that her launch out of the cannon and the position of the crystalized luma meet at a point. Pinkie goes blasting out of the cannon and successfully crashed into the crystal and free the luma that transforms into a launch star as granted. “Nice shot, Pinkie.” “Thanks for the compliment. Nopony’s gonna take away my shot.” Pinkie has to boom the cannon-in-cage with another bomb before she can reach the launch star, while Twilight attempts to cannon out of the other cannon to reach the launch star. Both ponies blast out of a cannon and into the launch star. That launch star launches the ponies out of battlerock. Upon leaving, the structure behind them explodes for no reason. Nothing for them to matter since they got out alive, but still, they have no idea what just happened. Twilight and Pinkie landed on the tip of the Blast Missile planet. And of course, a bomb generator is featured on it, but this time it produces inactive bombs. Pinkie looks at the side of the planet to see that they have to explode another caged cannon on the other side of the moving lasers. “I see. We have to carry the bomb across those lasers to unlock that cannon.” “Well, we don’t have a choice, do we?” “I don’t think so. Why don’t you ensure my safety.” “I can do that.” Twilight decides that she will carry the bomb with her magic. Wingardium leviosa, she hovers the bomb as its fuse is immediately lit. She quickly runs with it while avoiding the incoming lasers by either moving between or over the lasers. She eventually reaches the cannon to blow the cage up and allow its access. Pinkie follows her tail while collecting 5 Star Bits and a single bit. Twilight looks up to see where she and Pinkie has to aim. She sees the second Power Star floating in the sky between an arrangement of moving fences. “I saw our second Power Star right above us.” Pinkie looks at where Twilight’s pointing and immediately looks concerned. “But what if we missed? I don’t want to be floating in space alone.” “We’re not gonna miss. We’re not even gonna try to anyway.” “Yeah, you’re right. What was I overreacting about? Do you think we can enter the cannon at the same time?” “We can try.” So Pinkie and Twilight enters the cannon at the same time. It definitely works as normal, but the space they’re positioned in is uncomfortable. They can fit inside, it’s just that they meet face-to-face from time to time. “Please tell me this is awkward.” “Don’t think you should ask any questions.” So yes, they have to aim at the star and launch at the right time. If the position and timing is too far off, they might A) miss the star completely and fly endlessly into endless space or B) bonk into one of the fences and experience a severe headache. Once Pinkie is sure she directs the cannon in the right position, she fires herself and Twilight at the right time in a way that she avoids the fences altogether. The Power Star is snatch out of the air by two ponies. Then they hold their triumphant success by victory dancing far off the ground. “Ya-hoo!” Pinkie cheers as they begin to soar back to Stella’s space station. Back to the Observatory that they technically came from, it seems like nopony is in the fountain waiting for Twilight and Pinkie’s comeback. So Twilight and Pinkie find themselves left alone, apart from the black luma, presumably to let them go straight to the third star in short minutes. “Huh, guess nopony’s home.” “Guess we should get going for the third star, right?” “We should. However…” “However what?” “May I use this time to tell you about something?” “Sure? What’s it about?” “More Pinkamena Diane Pie.” Twilight faces Pinkie to listen. Why is Pinkie still talking about depression states? “Remember when you set up that ‘not really my birthday’ party for me without me because you want to surprise me?” “That time when you think we ditched Gummy’s ‘after party’ because you think we dislike your parties and that makes you all dark and stuff?” “Yeah. *Sigh* I just don’t want to be that way ever again. I’ll never think that you and the others abandoned me again. After I realized I traumatized you in my depressive state, just… I want you to take this as an apology and as my way of saying I don’t want to feel that way and give you trauma again.” “Oh, Pinkie. What would I do if I’m truly your friend? As a friend, I forgive you and I’m okay. Okay? Why don’t we dismiss our discussion?” “Yeah, alright. I’m feeling better. Let’s just go for Battlerock’s Power Star #3.” “Pull.” The ponies unenthusiastically said because they’re recovering from a deep talk. But here we go, third star from Battlerock, launch star launching in… “3…2…1…Blast off!” *** Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe Pinkie and Twilight’s Power Star journey starts at the same location as the other mission, except the number of discs were reduced from 5 to 3. Their starting disc has nothing featured on it while the other discs has something new on top of them and a big question mark bit. First, they jump onto the next disc to see what has been featured on it. At first, it looks like an innocent hatch, but inside the hatch is what they have to look out for, a wrench-throwing mole. “Woah!” Pinkie and Twilight ducked on the ground to barely dodge the flying wrench. Then Pinkie attempts to attack the mole while the enemy is partially out. “You dare throw a mechanic’s tool at me?” Pinkie tries to spin attack the mole, but unexpectedly, it disappeared into the hatch before she could hit it. “Wow. Smart, quick-thinking mole.” Then, the mole popped out of the hole again. Knowing that Pinkie will encounter more moles in advanced galaxies, she thinks about how to defeat that mole as it keeps attacking “There must be a special way to spin him. Woah!” “Then, think about it. I’ll buy you some time to do so.” While Twilight is busy baiting the mole’s throw, Pinkie is busy thinking of a solution. Looking through her palette of moves, Pinkie had a thought. As the mole is exposed, Pinkie proceeds to stomp hard on the ground next to it. Doing so caused the mole to flip upside-down so that its bottom is in the air. Pinkie wants to laugh at this, but now that its stunned like this, she can now spin it to win it and out comes 3 Star Bits upon defeat. “Nice one!” Twilight complimented. Then Pinkie advances to defeat the other mole on the other disc planet. After that, Pinkie thought about collecting the question mark bit, but because she’s still feeling bad about traumatizing Twilight, she decides to let her get the big bit and the prize that would appear out of it. “Twilight, I think you should get the question mark bit.” “Why don’t you get it.” “I want to make it up. I insist. I’ll just head up those pull stars while I wait for you.” “You don’t have to do this, but thank you, nonetheless. Twilight walks to the underside of the disc-shaped planet to find the bit. That bit caused a lot of star bits to appear around her. Then, she proceeds to follow Pinkie’s route by saying “Pull.” at each pull star ahead. The pull stars lead Twilight to another disc on the underside and Pinkie was waiting for her as all of that was happening. Moving to the top of the disc, Pinkie and Twilight encounter a laser shooting enemy with a sling star over its head. Upon meeting its presence, the enemy shoots its laser out of its mouth and barely scratched a piece of skin if the ponies hadn’t moved out of the way. “Woah! Out of the way!” Twilight tries to shoot the enemy with a magic beam as Pinkie runs away from the incoming charging laser, but it doesn’t seem to affect it and thus, its angry to target Twilight. “I don’t think we can defeat it. Looks like we have to keep it alive.” “Okey dokey. Get on the sling star!” So the ponies quickly jump into the sling star before the enemy fries them. The sling star slings Pinkie and Twilight to the platform in front of the previous platform. At first, the disc looks stationary until it moves when a hoof contacts the ground of the planet. Then, Pinkie’s Pinkie Sense says that one bit is below the platform, so she hurries to collect it while Twilight grabs a second one in front of her. However, it’s not easy to do so since there are floating mines on the path. The disc planet stops before the next disc with a launch star. That launch star launches Pinkie and Twilight to the next planet, Metal Bowl Planet. The planet features two lumas, one inside a cage and one outside the cage. There is also a red spinning top-like enemy in front of them. “Over here!” The uncaged luma called out to draw the ponies’ attention. Pinkie and Twilight avoid the enemy to reach the luma’s high ground to listen to what he has to say. “What’s up? Do we have to save your friend from in there?” “Yes, that’s right. Hit the power lines with something to cut off the power.” “Hit the power lines with something? That enemy?” “Ah. It seems to me you don’t know the names of these enemies.” “Names? These creatures have names?” “Yup. When you return to Mama, ask her about enemies, she’ll tell you the enemy’s name, its attack pattern and how to defeat the enemy.” “Wow. Thanks, we’ll keep that in mind.” As their conversation ended, Pinkie jumps down from the platform to face the enemy in the right direction. Then, as the top-like enemy gets closer to the pony, Pinkie spins it to throw it into the power lines. Doing so causes the power lines to deactivate and the cage to vanish. While all the action was happening, Twilight was busy collecting 2 bits, thinking that she’s helping. Still being traumatized by Pinkie, she had to ask. “I hope you don’t mind if I took your cash.” “Oh, Twilight. Of course not. Hey, I can tell that you’re still traumatized. Keep the few bits, why don’t you?” “Alright. Hey, let’s talk to that luma, why don’t we?” Pinkie and Twilight face the free luma, hearing his dialogue. “Thank you! Oh, sweet freedom! I owe you a shortcut. TRANSFORM!” The luma turns into a launch star. Great, Pinkie and Twilight can use it to arrive next to 3 crates and a mole. Pinkie first uses her one tactic to defeat the mole and then, she spin attacks the crates to reveal different contents, 1 coin, 3 Star Bits and a green pipe. Entering the pipe leads the ponies to the Gravity Corridor. From the ponies’ perspective, they look like they’re walking on the ground, but in reality, they’re walking on the ceiling. In front of the ponies’ eyes, they can see a green arrow pointing to the ground. “Now what is this telling us?” Pinkie looks at the wall behind them that has a pattern of moving small blue arrows that point in the same direction as the green arrow. “I think this tells us where the gravity pulls.” With Twilight’s new information, her brain turns on. “You don’t think we can flip gravity, do you?” Pinkie takes a second to look at the arrow, tinker for a few seconds and brightens her brain to try and spin attack on the arrow. Yes, doing so turns the arrow and the background to red and an opposite direction and therefore, the gravity flipped and therefore, the ponies fell to the ground/ceiling and now, they’re walking on whatever surface we’re talking about. Pinkie landed on her hooves while Twilight landed on her back and flank. “Ow. You could’ve said brace yourself.” “Oh. Sorry, maybe next time?” After that predicament, they can move on, introducing themselves to a rock-throwing Shadowbolt. “Well, if it isn’t the rock throwers.” “Rock throwers?” “Rock throwers. Why don’t you take a rock to the face, you nerd?” Such an insult. Twilight wouldn’t approve that. “Hey! Save your insults for another time!” Anger boils in Twilight’s esteem and proceeds to catch the rock in magic as he throws it and fling it back at the Shadowbolt to defeat him. Upon his defeat, 3 Star Bits are rewarded. After Twilight calms down, she and Pinkie encounters another obstacle, slow-spinning a fire bar around a block. A tempting question mark block is also featured above the fire bar. “Pinkie, I don’t think that block is worth it.” “Oh. But it might have bits or sweets.” “But who knows how long it’ll take to get them all.” “I have to get the contents!” “Wait-“ Nope, the pink pony ignores the word ‘wait’. She jumps on top of the fire bar’s block and quickly empties the golden question mark block. She has to repeatedly bonk her head on the block 10 times because it cantains 20 Star Bits. The fire bar is at her poofy tail and it barely flamed it if Pinkie doesn’t get out of there. “Woah. I’m barely fine, Twilight. It was just a close call.” “You shouldn’t risk it like that, you know?” Twilight suggests as she reaches to where Pinkie’s at. “I know. Being safe is better than getting a couple of sweets, as they say.” “Um, no one says that.” “Huh, guess I’m the only one. Let’s just move on ahead.” Pinkie ends the conversation to cover a new obstacle, platforms moving up and down, an easy enough obstacle, and Twilight proceeds to follows Pinkie Pie. After that obstacle, the next obstacle is some flat stationary platforms upon cylindrical rotating platforms upon gaps of lava. “Let’s go over instead of under so that we don’t risk dipping our hooves in molten rock.” “Okey dokey lokey.” So starting from the first flat platform, they have to run through the middle of the cylindrical obstacle when a tunnel is revealed. As the ponies run through, there’s a big bit that Pinkie touched to reveal Star Bits along the top half of the circumference of the obstacle. “May I get those?” “Of course, Pinkie. But how will you get up there?” “How? Using my spin jumps.” After collecting those 10 Star Bits, Twilight and Pinkie have to go through the second cylinder and collect two bits at the end of the tunnel. The obstacle ends on another spinning cylinder and an arrow similar to the one Pinkie spinned before. “Brace yourself, Twilight.” Pinkie warned as she spins the arrow to make it point up to where it changes the gravity. Pinkie and Twilight are now walking on an opposite surface. They still couldn’t tell what’s the ground and what’s the roof. 4 Star Bits are also there for Pinkie to collect. Upon walking on their floor, they have to fight another rock-throwing Shadowbolt before encountering more shifting platforms. Pinkie also sees that if she gets too high, she’ll be pulled up, in her perspective, onto the rotating cylinders. In other words, she and Twilight have to wait until the platforms have entirely sunk down and the window is opened to quickly run through. After running past the obstacle and two more Shadowbolts, the normal kind, along the way is defeated, they come across a hole full of Star Bits that they must plunge in to continue. “Wow. That is a big drop.” “Well, you have your alicorn wings, can’t you just carry me and fly down safely?” “Oh yeah, I can do that.” So Twilight wrapped Pinkie’s waste in her hooves and then starts flapping her wings, carefully flying down to the bottom level as Pinkie grabs the few Star Bits. Once they land, they have to defeat a Shadowbolt before Pinkie had to say… “You know, if you had those wings, can’t you just fly and find the Power Star when we were outside?” “Oh. Well, I have two reasons. One: If I’m accompanying you, I can’t just take off and leave you to do what you do. Two: Discovery shows that wings do nothing in space.” “Really? What a shame that physics exist. I mean, no offense.” Pinkie and Twilight had to move on, they can’t keep an endless conversation. More ascending and descending pillars await for obstacles. While running past and under them, Pinkie couldn’t resist a couple of high up bits where she has to stand on a rising platform to jump high enough to get it. After that, they’re almost at the end, all they need is some springing from a deactivated shockwaver enemy to reach another gravity flipping area to flip gravity to reach the exit pipe. That pipe takes the ponies out of the Gravity Corridor to enter the Barrier Chamber. Upon leaving the pipe, Pinkie and Twilight can see a sling star above an active shockwave producer enemy in the center of the room and on the left of the beamer, there’s a higher platform with a question mark block above it. “So we have to jump over the shockwaves to then use the enemy like a spring to get to that sling star. “Alright, but I have to check that block.” “Wow. You really can’t resist, can you?” “Sorry, but I just can’t help it. Can’t fight the urge.” “It’s fine, Pinkie. Go get it.” So Pinkie goes for the block. To do so, she has to jump over every shockwave that approches her. Before long, Pinkie reaches the platform and the block and proceeds to empty out 10 Star Bits. Afterwards, Pinkie and Twilight go for the springer, trying to survive by avoiding the shockwaves. They reach the beamer, bounce to reach 3 bits and the sling star and use the sling star to reach the ceiling which gravity flips on the ponies, causing them to walk on the ceiling, or the platform on the ceiling. As Pinkie and Twilight land on the platform, the platform starts descending like an elevator and once the platform is at a point where it stops, gravity flips again so that they can work on the second level of the Barrier Chamber This level of the Barrier Chamber features a red and green barriered entrance and two familiar red top-like enemies from the Metal Bowl Planet. The setup seems familiar to the ponies. “Oh, Pinkie, do you remember what you did to free the luma?” “Didn’t I cannon to a crystalled one before? How is this related?” Twilight became confused because of Pinkie’s questions. She did free a luma from a crystal, how did she forget the luma in a cage. Twilight holds her expression before Pinkie snickers at her face. “You should’ve seen the look on your face. I’m only joking, Twilight. Of course I remember.” She remembered to knock the tops back at the power lines to malfunction. Twilight reacts to Pinkie’s joke by laughing sarcastically. “Ha ha. Very funny.” As the enemies get close, Pinkie spins them back at the barriers, turning both lasers off. Doing so unlocks a launch star, but it also flips gravity to pull the ponies towards the launch star. The Barrier Chamber explodes behind the ponies as they use the launch star. The answer to why that happens is beyond them, not something that they want to deal with. Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle reach their destination. Well, they landed underneath their planet at least. They had to go around the barriers and defeating more top-like enemies as their third encouter. Moving at the top of the planet, Pinkie and Twilight see a platform that looks like a boss arena. “Do you think we’re gonna fight something?” “I think we are. Are you ready to fight this boss?” “No wait, I can’t leave collectables behind.” So Pinkie quickly collects the Star Bits and bits around the arena before joining Twilight on a boss fight, including an extra three Star Bits from defeating a top. “Are you ready now?” “Yeah, I’m ready.” Pinkie and Twilight set hoof on the platform. Suddenly after that, the boss comes flying in from the sky like a UFO and lands on the arena and produces the smaller yellow tops to start the battle. The boss looks like one of the red tops, only this one is black with angry yellow eyes and dangerous yellow spikes spinning around it to protect its sides. The boss also has a red-flashing button on its head. “What happens when I jump on its head?” “Well, you have to get there first. Look out!” One of the small tops attempts to knock Pinkie Pie towards the barriers around the arena. The enemy succeeds in the attack, but she barely avoids making contact with the power lines. “Woah! I almost got electrocuted!” Pinkie was so focused on her close call that she didn’t see Twilight attempting to jump on the boss’s head and manages to do it. The boss’s eyes and spikes are deactivated, so it’s safe to touch the side of the boss. Seeing this, Twilight understands how to defeat him. “Pinkie, spin it to the power lines!” “I gotcha.” Pinkie spins, boss is hit, boss forces back, boss gets electrocuted. Round 2 starts. Round 2 is the same boss layout as the first round, the boss produced the same type and amount of enemies. “I’m getting its head.” Twilight runs towards the boss while dodging its minion’s attacks to jump and stomp on him, deactivating its spikes and eyes again. “Take a spin to your face, even if you don’t have a face anymore!” Pinkie repeats her actions from round 1; stomp, spin and hit, easy enough. For round 3, the boss doesn’t produce three yellow tops, no, instead it materialized two red tops that the ponies faced multiple times throughout this Power Star mission. Because they faced them multiple times, this phase shouldn’t be a problem. So, Pinkie and Twilight follows their tactic from previous rounds. Twilight gets the boss’s head and Pinkie attempts the spin, all in all, they have to avoid the boss’s protégés. It’s not easy, but Pinkie delivered the final blow to defeat the boss, rewarding themselves with the third Power Star of Battlerock Galaxy. “We did it, Twilight. The third Power Star of this galaxy.” “Yeah, and also your sixth star with me. I can’t believe the both of us collected that many Power Stars.” “Believe it, Twilight. Sometimes unbelivables can turn into belivables.” Twilight and Pinkie celebrate by collecting their sixth star together. After a long mission, Pinkie and Twilight need a good shut-eye rest after asking Stella about enemies. First, they have to fly back to the Comet Observatory. Well, who do we have at the Comet Observatory’s Fountain dome this time? Pinkie and Twilight come flying in from the starry skies with another Power Star. The star gets stored into the beacon of the space station while Pinkie and Twilight meet Rarity and Fluttershy upon their return. “Another star saved, darling?” “Uh-huh. Another star saved by defeating another strong boss.” “Another boss? How was the fight? That is, if you want to answer.” “It was a little harder than the previous bosses we faced together.” “Yeah. Plus, I almost got zapped at the beginning of the fight.” Enter the awkward silence. Rarity and Fluttershy’s expressions imaginarily mentions “Oh my, we almost lost Pinkie.” Of course, silence breaks when somepony interrupts silence. “We had a long mission, so we would like to nap after talking to Stella before doing anything else.” “Very well, Twilight. Follow us out and then do what you have to do.” So Rarity leads all ponies inside outside, taking the teleporter and stuff. “Do you girls like the teleporter?” “It was stunning. It’s something that we’ve never experience before.” The Main 6 unite at the grassy area of the Observatory, between the Terrace and the Garage. When Rarity and Fluttershy sit next to Rainbow Dash and Applejack, Pinkie and Twilight walk towards Stella to talk about what the luma in Battlerock wants them to talk about. “Ah. Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle. What brings you to stand in front of me?” “A luma told us you’ll be able to talk about enemies.” “Oh. Well, there are a lot of enemies that you may encounter on your journey. Are you sure you want me to mention them all?” “We can take it, right, Pinkie?” “Right, if we can take long walks, we can take long talks.” “Fine. We’ll gather around in my garden.” Pinkie and Twilight walks back to the rest of the Main 6, the CMC and Spike with Stella and sit down to learn about the enemies that they have and will be encountered “I will start from the simplest of enemies…” Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 950 Coins: 211 Stars: 17 If you found the story uncomfortable to read, it’s probably because this story is written in its present tense. I know it’s a weird way to write this story, but I didn’t want to change my chapters all the way. Also, you might notice that I haven’t used words like ‘die’ or ‘kill’, so yeah, it’s hard to write with present tenses and without those words. I will probably fix my style of writing style in future stories. Also, did anyone notice a Hamilton reference in this chapter? Let me know if you see it.
Sombra’s Star Reactor and More GalaxiesIt was a half an hour talk between Princess Stella and the Main 6. Apparently, there are a lot more enemies to look out for than she thought. “Wow. That’s a lot of information to take in. Over 30 enemies that I might face on my mission.” “I apologise for wasting your time, I told you it’s a long talk.” “No kidding. I had to write it all down in case we forget names and tactics.” “It’s not a problem for us, princess.” “Besides, we needed all the information we can get.” “Alright, rest here if you must. More Power Stars await for your rescue.” Princess Stella walks back to the middle of the observatory watching over the cosmos. At that moment, Spike belches out a letter, probably from Celestia. “It’s a message from Celestia.” “Can you read it, Spike?” Spike unrolls the scroll and reads out loud. “To my faithful student, Twilight and her friends, My sister and I decided that we should write messages every now and then, keeping you informed that we are just fine. We hope that these will help you on your journey. And we’re okay, Sombra only has been keeping us in prison cells. We have faith that you’ll do everything you can to reach us. Good luck, Celestia and Luna.” “50 Star Bits are attached to the letter.” “Really? Give them to me and then it’s nap time. “Here you go.” Pinkie gathers the 50 Star Bits and stocks them into her collection. She then sits next to Twilight before all ponies fall asleep. The next day… Pinkie and Twilight wake up somewhat early. Then, they started walking together to the Fountain. First the teleporter, then the dome. The black luma is there to introduce not one, but two in-view galaxies. “Hey there. I’d like to tell you about two galaxies we spotted with our current Power Star count.” “Two galaxies? Which two?” “Well, we have Rolling Green Galaxy and Hurry-Scurry Galaxy.” “Okay, I don’t think we have any idea what could be featured in those galaxies while we’re standing here. “Me neither. Maybe once we’re overlooking, one of us will be able to see an aspect.” “Pull.” Hanging over the pull star, the ponies overlooking the galaxies through the top of the dome seeing the two new galaxies. Pinkie sees one of the two galaxies with one familiar aspect and suspects it being Hurry-Scurry Galaxy. “I’m guessing that is Hurry-Scurry Galaxy.” Twilight looks at Pinkie’s point and suspect the galaxy she’s looking at. “So that other galaxy is Rolling Green?” “You got it. You can go to one first and then the other.” But then Pinkie decides to suggest something. “Why not both at the same time?” “Huh? What do you mean?” “Why don’t I go to Rolling Green Galaxy while you go to Hurry-Scurry Galaxy?” “Are you sure you want to go alone?” “No, but it’s gonna be faster this way.” “Well, we can try. Can we launch ourselves into different directions, luma?” “Yes, you can. Good luck, both of you.” The luma said as Pinkie and Twilight face each other. “See you on the other side, Twilight.” “You too, Pinkie.” And launch! The ponies are now parting ways, hoping to intersect points after Power Stars are collected. Rolling in the Clouds Solo Pinkie Pie lands on a planet of Rolling Green Galaxy. She begins on a small flower field on a bump and notices the Power Star is just in front of her, except it’s in a transparent sphere. “A Power Star? Well, how do I get it out of this hamster ball?” There’s a sign next to the ball that Pinkie notices. Perhaps the sign will instruct her on how to break open the ball. “Hey, if you want to get the Power Star out of the ball, you’ll have to roll it to the end of this course.” “I love rolling objects. I especially love it when I’m rolling.” “But before you get too hasty about it, you’d better get to knowing how to roll the ball.” “I understand. No pony can roll without instructions.” “First, get on top of the ball.” “Oh. Am I rolling this with my four hooves on top of the ball? I’m actually good at that.” So following the sign’s instructions, Pinkie jumped onto the top of the ball. “Keep your balance once you’re on.” “I’ve done this countless times in my life. I know how to balance.” “Move your limbs like you’re walking backwards, making sure you still keep your stability.” “I noticed that horse joke. In any case, yes, that’s how you do it.” “If you jump, the ball will jump with you and if anything gets in your way, smoosh it.” “Good to know, so I can run enemies over. Cool.” “That’s all you need to know. Good luck!” Pinkie read the sign from the top to bottom. She was ready to roll. Since she has rolled on balls and logs in Equestria in the past before, she will lack falling off the curved surface. When Pinkie starts, she rolls forward to reach a ledge with a hole on it surrounded by yellow. She’s able to block the ball on the side of the platform to think about what she’s looking at. “Hmm, I don’t know what you are, but hopefully you won’t do anything crazy.” Pinkie jumps onto the platform and into the hole. As she does, nothing happens for three seconds before she gets thrown out of the hole with the ball into the air and lands on the next planet. Pinkie still has to keep balance upon landing hard. “I thought I said don’t do anything crazy!” “Hey! Get down from there and fight us! You can’t be defensive here.” Shadowbolts are featured on the planet, taunting the pink pony to get off the ball. “Yeah, I can. Who says I can’t? Come up here if you want to fight!” Pinkie starts to roll towards a Shadowbolt, trying to run over him. He fails to escape and gets crushed, turning into Star Bits in defeat. The other two enemies attempt to attack by flying towards Pinkie, but she’s able to spin attack them to defeat them and then collect their Star Bits. After the Shadowbolts are taken care of, Pinkie proceeds to follow a trail of gold bits into a funnel hole. The hole takes the ball onto parallel sloped rails that rolls the ball at a constant speed and eventually making it onto the next planet. The planet that Pinkie’s on populates a lot of Shadowbolts. “Whoa… That’s a lot of Shadowbolts. Alright, show me what you’ve got, minions of Sombra! More like, minions of some number and I’ll reduce that number down to zero!” Needing to move forward, Pinkie tries to attack the first few Shadowbolts by either rolling over them or spin attacking them, gaining 3 Star Bits for each enemy defeat. Along the way and along the fight, Pinkie notices and collects the big question mark bits. They’re positioned on narrow paths that both sides lead to an edge and each one produces a trail of Star Bits that leads to the next question mark bit. After all of the Star Bits are collected unharmed and all of the Shadowbolts are defeated, Pinkie goes back around the planet to collect some bits that she missed, because they tempted her. It took a long time to collect everything, but eventually, she was ready to move on, the same kind of hole that launched her before awaits her at the end. “So you’re like the equivalent of a launch star, except you launch balls instead of ponies. Now that I know what you’re capable of, I’ll ask myself to prepare myself.” Pinkie inserts the ball into the cannon. After a few seconds, she gets launched out of the hole pretty high and pretty far, so far in fact that she reaches the next planet. The planet has a wind turbine, a flagpole and another hole, but it’s surrounded by blue instead of yellow. Pinkie guesses she needs to roll the ball into the hole. Upon entering, after a few more seconds, the ball breaks open and the Power Star is free to hover over the flagpole. Pinkie has to climb it to grab the star. “That was fun. I hope rolling stars will make a comeback another time.” Upon grabbing the star, Pinkie victory dances with it before she flies back to the Fountain dome of the Comet Observatory. Shrinking Satellite It’s Twilight Sparkle’s first galaxy and Power Star mission alone. Zooming across the starry skies of Hurry-Scurry Galaxy to land on the first of the galaxy’s only two planets. “Oh my gosh. My first mission without company. Unless Pinkie’s in trouble already, this is not something that I or anypony would expect to happen.” The planet that Twilight’s on consists of new and unrecognizable platforms, green four-by-four squares positioned to lead her from the starting stationary platform to another stationary platform. “Hmm. I have a feeling that these platforms are special, but I’m not sure what makes me feel that way.” Twilight’s way of learning about the special platforms is to go for it. While she collects the Star Bits that are on each individual platform, she noticed that their special property is to shrink into nothing as soon as she sets hoof. So she runs and jumps across all of the shrinking platforms and also collecting all the Star Bits, including the minor risky ones, for Pinkie Pie. At the end of the path, there’s a Shadowbolt waiting for an opponent to face him. Looks like Twilight is his opponent. “Hey, pony. Wait, I’m facing a alicorn?” “That’s right, Shadowbolt. And alicorns are stronger than pegasi.” Twilight uses magic beam. It was super effective! The Shadowbolt is defeated, dropping the 3 Star Bits to reward her. The next thing that Twilight sees is a shrinking platform below a question mark block adjacent to her platform, but not a launch star in her sight. “Huh. That planet in the distance seems reachable with a launch star or something, yet I don’t see it. Unless…” The green platform looks suspicious to her. From her perspective, the platform looks like an ordinary platform, unless she makes it disappear that is. Twilight suspects that there’s something under the platform, but she goes for the block for gaining 10 gold bits before the platform fully shrinks to disappear. Lo and behold, a launch star reveals itself from underneath the platform. So Twilight drops down onto the launch star to then get launched onto the second planet. The shape of this planet is a solid rectified rhombicuboctahedron with six squared and twelve rectangles tiled with platforms that shrink upon contact and eight equilateral triangle gaps that lead to a black hole in the center of the planet. As Twilight orbits around the planet via the launch star, at the same time, rainbow music notes start to appear around the planet. And as soon as she lands near a note, she knows that she has to move immediately. “Woah, okay. I guess I’m collecting all the notes.” So she does, following the trail of notes and collecting each one. The trail intersected itself once, so at a point in the collection, Twilight needs to jump over a gap to reach more notes. Eventually, Twilight collects every single existing note and upon the full collection of rainbow music notes, the black hole in the center of the planet completely disintegrates, revealing her first Power Star without a second player. “A Power Star. I can’t believe it! I found my first Power Star on my own, without Pinkie!” Since the Power Star is directly below her, she lets the platform under her to fade away so that she can drop down to grab the star. After she celebrates her success, she can now fly back to the Comet Observatory with the Power Star. Twilight comes back from her galaxy to the Fountain dome of the Comet Observatory and is greeted by Rainbow Dash who has been sitting on her flank, waiting for her friends to return from space. “Hey, Twilight. Wait, where’s Pinkie Pie?” “Oh. She’s just in another galaxy. Hopefully, she’ll return shortly.” “Cool. Any new updates, black luma?” “Actually, yes. A hungry luma is found near this dome.” “Oh. Those pink lumas that feeds on Star Bits. Well, we have to wait for Pinkie if we want to meet it.” “Who says you gotta wait for her when she’s already in the room?” Pinkie Pie appears right behind Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, surprising them both. “Ah! Pinkie! Can you not sneak up on ponies like that?” “Sorry, Twilight. It’s just so fun to surprise a pony.” “Say, Pinkie. This luma over here told us that a hungry luma is just outside.” “Really? Well, let’s go and meet it then.” The ponies in the dome exit out of the doorway to see the pink luma just beside the dome. “Hey, ponies! Got any tasty Star Bits?” “We do. How many Star Bits are you willing to consume.” “I’m famished! I need 400 Star Bits to be satisfied!” “We have more than enough. We have over a thousand Star Bits!” “A thousand?! Wait, how did you get that many?” “I’m assuming that Pinkie grabbed every single Star Bit in her path. Anyway, we have to serve 400 space candy.” Pinkie and Twilight hoofed out a whole load of Star Bits and the pink luma consumes them all. “Thank you! Oh, I’m so full! I’m ready to TRANSFORM!” To pay for its meal, the luma flies out into space and transformed into a new galaxy. The pink launch star is ready for use. “Let’s-a-go, Twilight.” Pinkie and Twilight climb onto the launch star to reach the newborn galaxy, Sling Pod Galaxy. A Very Sticky Situation The platform that Pinkie and Twilight land on is quite small. The only thing that’s occupying it is a sling pod and Pinkie quickly guessed what they have to do in this galaxy. “More web bundles. I guess we’re slinging.” “Let’s call it a sling pod to simplify it. The target we’re aiming for are more of them and there are obstacles in between our small targets. Are you sure we can collect this galaxy’s Power Star?” “You sounded unconfident when you ask that question. Why?” “Huh? Uh, well, I… Was I unconfident?” “You asked that as if you asking ‘Are we gonna lose?’. Twilight, we faced Nightmare Moon, Discord and Chrysalis and succeeded, we even defeated Sombra before he returns from the shadows. All that we’ve done so far is already advanced for a basic 20-year-old pony, so are we gonna lose our winning streak or are we gonna conquer another victory this round?” “Yeah, you’re right, I shouldn’t ask silly questions like that. So, let’s get slinging.” Confidence is overwhelming Twilight, even though she had it in her the entire time and just hid it behind her back. To start, Pinkie and Twilight jump into the sling pod and aim for another sling pod and a trail of Star Bits in front if them. They pull back and hold their release until the path is clear of cannonballs. When the ponies are on the next sling pod, Pinkie sees a gold bit not that far from her reach. After collecting that single bit, Pinkie and Twilight have to sling to another sling pod across some more trails of Star Bits while avoiding more cannonballs. Their next target is optional, one can shoot towards a trail of Star Bits into a sling pod surrounded by moving fences and one can go for a single bit to reach a progressive sling pod. “I’ll get the Star Bits, you get the gold bit.” “Alright, Pinkie.” So Pinkie and Twilight launch themselves to collect different collectables. Doing so makes them go to several paths, but not for long though, as Pinkie has to launch to the next sling pod, the sling pod that Twilight is on, so the two paths converge immediately. From that sling pod, the ponies have to wait for cannonball clearance before launching across Star Bits in an arrow shape and targeting another sling pod. After that, it’s time to start pulling as pull stars are Pinkie and Twilight’s next move. “It’s time to start pulling!” So Pinkie and Twilight have to continuously say “Pull.” If they want get across the pull star section. This area has a lot of Star Bits and a few bits and of course, Pinkie couldn’t resist collecting all of the goods by pulling and releasing and all the moves related. “That’s a lot of Star Bits you’re collecting.” “I know and they appear to be floating and moving in strange ways.” Eventually, they’ve reached the next sling pod. Pinkie has to say “Pull and release.” to grab a normal small gold bit and a big gold question mark bit in the distance. That bit makes Star Bits appear to trace the slinging path. Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie slings from sling pod to sling pod while avoiding fire and collecting all the Star Bits and sometimes taking split paths that lead to various collectables like gold bits and then immediately converge at another point. At some point, they encounter an obstacle where four fire bars that move in the same direction and speed are positioned in a way that they have to sling through the middle at a specific time. Maybe it’s luck, but Twilight and Pinkie are able to squeeze through the obstacle. Lo and behold, Sling Pod Galaxy’s Power Star is in their sights. “Look, Pinkie. A Power Star!” “Just one more sling pod to sling off of.” Pinkie and Twilight have to aim at the star when the fences around it doesn’t block their aim. With good accuracy, they’re able to sling themselves to the star to grab it. Pinkie and Twilight celebrate their success upon possession of the necessary collectable before soaring back to the Comet Observatory. Pinkie and Twilight come with another star and land on the front of the main lobby of the observatory. Stella wants to give them a new update. “Pinkie, Twilight, an enemy base is now located with the Power Stars we’ve got.” “An enemy base? That must’ve been Sombra’s galaxy. Oh, are we gonna fight him now? Myself and Pinkie?” Twilight is freaking out now, Pinkie has to calm her down. “Woah, calm down, Twilight. Yes, we are gonna face King Sombra, hopefully. Hopefully, he won’t run away like a coward.” “Well, in that case, I think I’m ready to face him. What do you think?” “I’m always prepared for a battle.” Pinkie and Twilight faced a lot of obstacles and learned a lot of important aspects in this journey, so they’re prepared to pay King Sombra a second galaxy visit and face him. “We’re gonna face King Sombra now!” “Alright, darling.” “Please be careful.” So Pinkie and Twilight enter the Fountain and mouth the word “Pull!” at the high up pull star and eyes on the new galaxy when they’re on the dome’s ceiling. “Let’s do this!” The launch star materialized out of thin air to launch the ponies to that galaxy. Will they defeat Sombra and save the guardians of Equestria? The Fiery Stronghold Twilight and Pinkie arrive in Sombra’s galaxy, namely Sombra’s Star Reactor. They start at the entrance of the galaxy where it’s featuring two fire bars. “We made it to the galaxy. Alright, all we have to do is to reach the boss arena where Sombra will appear and face us.” “So we have to make it through this obstacle if we want to fight him. Let’s go.” The fire bars don’t pose any sort of threat to the ponies. After that small obstacle is a curved path with bits that goes sideways and then upside down. There’s also a small gap that Pinkie and Twilight have to jump over on the path. After conquering the gravity manipulating path, they have to avoid more fire across a normal stone and carpet path, fire bars and fire shooters. There’s also a big sentient stone enemy on the steps known as a Thwomp. “Woah, look at that guy. Do we know his name, Twilight?” “I think I remember. I believe this is a Thwomp. Stella said that he attacks by crushing you underneath and there’s no way to get rid of him unless you use the rainbow power.” “Too bad we don’t have one.” “No, but at least we can still avoid him if we pass at the right timing.” So that’s what they did. Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle waited for the fire shooter to stop shooting and the Thwomp to float in the air, that’s when they get to pass and survive. There’s a green platform after that obstacle that, when stepped on, moves the peripatetics to flip to the ceiling, connecting with the other walkable ceilings. There’s a luma and a single bit at the start of the path. “The gravity here is all out of whack! Pay attention to the arrows.” “Just like the walls in Battlerock Galaxy.” “A reminiscence towards an aspect in a galaxy we’ve been in so far? That’s a surprise.” Pinkie and Twilight climb the steps in front of them before they encounter a big gap with a black hole at the bottom. They see a pink region of the wall above them that has arrows pointing up. “So if we jump, we should be walking on that surface above us.” “Let’s see. Brace yourself, Twilight.” So they jump straight up and yes, they do get flipped into the ceiling. Pinkie also grabs some more bits too. After that, they have to jump over a fire bar at the right time. Then, they flip gravity one time to get on a moving platform when it arrives, and then another time to get onto more solid ground when another fire bar is out of the way. Finally, they just have to avoid another Thwomp before going onto a yellow platform. The yellow platform moves the player to a circle-shaped surface where it has four fire bars that occupies four radii of the circle and rotates along the area of the circle. “Wow. Sombra puts a lot of fire to stop us.” “But not a lot of fire, he could’ve set the entire course to burn into flames and then we would be toast.” Pinkie and Twilight moves forward when a quadrant opens up to then move around the obstacle at the same pace as the fire bars’ rotation speed. While Twilight makes it to the other side, Pinkie has to make two and a half journeys around the circle to collect all of the Star Bits that are featured there. On the main path, Pinkie and Twilight soon encounter a Thwomp and three flamethrowers in a row. The path has to be clear if they want to make it past those obstacles. Past those obstacles is a rising and lowering stone platform. There are 2 bits at the lower level and the path to progress is at the higher level. A lot of fire bars are present on the prossive level, where they had to either move to the side, run under or squeeze between. Pinkie and Twilight found the hazards not too hard to avoid. The floor texture changes underneath their feet when they make it through the fire. Rewarding them with 2 more bits when they continue to progress and before Pinkie and Twilight set hoof on a specific region of the road. That is when a familiar villainous laugh is heard from above. “That’s King Sombra up there!” “Ha ha ha ha! Try to come up here if you can, you two!” Sombra taunted the ponies as he starts to blast magic at the floating floor, breaking them and trying to make Pinkie and Twilight fall to their doom. “Quick! We need to get up there!” Pinkie and Twilight sprint their hooves to quickly climb to the top before they fall with the platforms. After avoiding all the dark magic that Sombra sends at them, they eventually reach the boss arena. “Ha ha ha ha! I’m surprised that you two finally made it!” “I’m glad you’re surprised.” “It’s time for you to surrender, Sombra!” “Twilight Sparkle? You’re here to challenge me? Ha! Once I crush you into space bits, my plans for Equestria’s fate, no, the fate of the whole universe will never be crushed again.” “The universe’s fate? You planned to destroy the whole universe?!” “No! I planned to rule the whole universe and there’s nothing for you to stop me, but first I need to get rid of you two.” Sombra stomps his hoof hard on the ground, transitioning to throw Pinkie and Twilight into the air and landing on another planet, where it’s their battling playground. The battle begins now! As soon as they land, Sombra immediately jumps up and down to create a series of crystals that our protagonists jump over to avoid it. The same attack occurs, so they have to jump another set of crystals. “How are we supposed to defeat Sombra? We don’t have the elements of harmony!” “Maybe the layout of this planet is important.” The battleground is a transparent planet that features rather odd circles, one of which is blue and looks important. As Pinkie and Twilight are busy thinking they’re barely focusing on the boss fight that they barely noticed Sombra’s next move which is to jump high into the air and dive with great force towards them. They barely got out of the way before they experience a painful stomp, thus Sombra hits the ground with great force and creates more crystals that they also avoid. Seeing this force and the blue circle, Pinkie has an idea. “Hmm. I wonder…” “I’ll take care of you first, Twilight Sparkle.” “Twilight, over here!” Twilight heard Pinkie calling her. To get to Pinkie, she lets Sombra do his diving attack again so that when he’s high from the ground, she has the chance to run to the other pony. “What is it Pinkie?” “I have a feeling these blue circles on this planet are not just for decoration.” “Well, I’m standing on one right now. I’m not sure how-“ “Look out!” Pinkie pushed Twilight out of the way of Sombra’s diving trajectory towards them. The large force that’s made from the dive to the blue circle caused the circle to break and reveal a lava pool, which burned Sombra, causing him to leap into the air in agony. “So you planned to burn me? That’s how you’re gonna beat me?” Sombra said as he transformed into his famous black smoke form and moves around the planet to soon recover himself while still battling. “Oh no, you don’t!” Twilight, however, prevents that recover by shooting magic beams at Sombra. “Argh!” Pinkie and Twilight see that that was hit one and phase 1 done as Star Bits protrude out of Sombra as he turns into his pony form. With Pinkie and Twilight knowing what to do, they can now take down this boss. “Let’s take down this boss, Pinkie Pie style!” At phase 2, Sombra starts chanting magic to shoot magical projectiles at the two mares. They have to either jump over or move around to dodge the magic, an easy attack to avoid. After that attack, Sombra jumps up and down to create two shockwaves of crystals, so Pinkie and Twilight jumps over the crystals to avoid getting impaled. Sombra’s next attack is the important attack, the diving attack. Twilight and Pinkie quickly moves to a blue circle to then move out of the way as Sombra dives down, which in turn breaks the blue circle and reveals fire to toast him. The fire launches Sombra into the air before he changes from pony to smoke and goes around the world trying to avoid the mares’ attacks while recovering from the burn. “Let’s hit him physically and not magically.” Pinkie is able to catch Sombra by going around the other side and spin attacking him before he runs back the other way. But phase 2 isn’t over yet as upon spin attacking Sombra, he gets thrown back around the planet with a faster speed. Pinkie has to spin attack him a second time before she and Twilight encounter phase 3. Phase 3 is pretty much the same sequence as the last phase. Starting with the magic projectiles and then the shockwave of crystals, three of them in a row in fact, before the dive comes after. Twilight and Pinkie lead Sombra’s diving trajectory to a blue circle, causing him to roast his flank upon impact. He then turns into smoke and travels around the globe trying to avoid some attacks while he recovers, but Twilight and Pinkie were able to give Sombra the attacks he objectively deserves. Hit once, Sombra goes the other way. Hit twice, Sombra goes the other way again. Pinkie gives the third and final blow on Sombra, defeating Sombra in the process and deactivating the planet’s gravity so that their current platform is the tower they left before. Pinkie and Twilight landed safely on the stone floor while Sombra collapses upon landing, before he shortly gets up after. “What? How…” “You see, King Sombra? When you have the magic of friendship, you can defeat all kinds of bad situations.” “Bah! No matter. Perhaps I wasn’t fully prepared to face you. Besides, my plan is far from being ruined now.” “Wait, what does that mean? Have we defeated you?” “Of course not! I must go now. Your princess is in another galaxy. Ha ha ha ha!” “Wait, no! You can’t retreat now!” Pinkie’s order comes out unanswered as Sombra teleports away, leaving the ponies with nothing but their minds and thoughts. “Sombra, you coward!” “Pinkie, technically, he’d be prepared and will return to attack us, so I won’t say he’s a coward.” “Hmm. Touché.” Right after Sombra left, a Grand Star appears out of one of the battleground planet’s blue circles and positions itself in front of Pinkie and Twilight. “A Grand Star. Earned by us.” “Yep, we earned it alright. What do you say we take this Grand Star to the observatory.” “We’ll do that.” Both ponies’ hooves reach out to grab the Grand Star and because it’s their grand prize, they get to celebrate with a big victory dance together before they fly back to the Comet Observatory to store the Grand Star. In the starry skies around Princess Stella’s space station, here comes Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle with the Grand Star flying around to the front. The rest of the Mane 6, the CMC and Spike are seeing this in awe. “Hey everypony!” “Pinkie?” “Twilight?” “They found a Grand Star!” Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie fly to the front of the space station with the star to then throw it into the observatory’s beacon, making it larger and green. The energy from the Grand Star brightens a sector of the Comet Observatory and unlocks a new dome, the Kitchen. Princess Stella comes up to speak with Pinkie and Twilight. “You two rescued another Grand Star and more power is restored to the observatory. You two made quite a team collecting those Power Stars.” “Well, teamwork makes the dreamwork after all. I’m sure we can agree on that.” “We all can agree on that.” “You’ve unlocked the library and the Kitchen dome and a new galaxy is discovered where you can only access it in that dome.” “You have a library here? What kind of books do you have? “Did you just say kitchen? Do you make cakes here?” Stella chuckled at Pinkie’s question. “If you want, we can prepare one before you can rest.” “Yes, please serve me cake. Meanwhile, I’m gonna sit with my friends and after dessert is done, I’m gonna be resting my head before I continue my quest.” So as the lumas are making a cake for Pinkie, she walks to her friends for a well-deserved rest. Sombra retreated from surrender, but the quest is still on. Soon, Sombra will be prepared. However, Pinkie will also be prepared, probably more prepared than Sombra. Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 957 Coins: 287 Power Stars: 21 The chapters that will focus on the Kitchen dome galaxies will be special. On those chapters, another pony from the Mane 6 will join Pinkie to explore those galaxies. Also, someone Great and Powerful will come into play, which is why this story is plotted after ‘The Magic Duel’.
Beach Bowl GalaxyAt the rise of the next day, Pinkie Pie freshly wakes up sooner than later. A new section and dome of the Comet Observatory was opened up, thus new galaxies are discovered. But she can’t do it alone, she needs company. Couldn’t afford to wait for her friends to wake any longer, she pulls out her party cannon and sets it off. “Rise and shine!” “What the hay, Pinkie?!” “Sorry, but I can’t let you all sleep ‘til the end of the day.” “You could’ve just waited us to get up from our beauty sleep.” “Or wake me up so that we can get moving early.” Almost everypony has complaints about getting up early. Though Fluttershy thinks that Pinkie made a good entrance to begin the day “Then again, you had a good point, Pinkie. The whole universe was counting on us to save it.” “Well, at least you’re appreciating waking up by ‘boom goes the cannon’.” Twilight steps in, for she’s seemingly prepared to go. “So what’s the next step on our journey?” Although Pinkie would love to bring Twilight along with her, she doesn’t feel like doing so. Her other friends were missing out on adventure, so… “Actually, Twilight. I decided that you should stay in the Comet Observatory, I would like somepony else to join me.” “Oh. Well, that’s okay then. I was thinking about visiting that library Stella mentioned.” “Okey dokey lokey. Anypony that wants to join me?” All ponies have reasons to go and no reason to stay behind, so it’s near impossible to select just one pony to join Pinkie. Not if she makes a random choice. “Fluttershy, don’t you wanna come? You wanted to see cute creatures, right?” “Oh. Um, yes. I’d love to see passive extragalactic creatures, but maybe they wanted to go to.” “It’s fine, darling. Although I would love to see those magical necklaces, my only reason to go, I think I’ll pass for now. I mean, I believe there’s still time for all of us to explore and adventure in galaxies far, far away.” “Yeah, adventure would be cool, but if you want to go, I’ll, too, pass. Hey, there’s always time for adventure.” “No need to hear from me, Sugarcube. You heard them.” “Yay! Fluttershy gets to come with me. Let’s go to the Kitchen.” Pinkie and Fluttershy leaves the group to set their hooves onto the new section of the Comet Observatory. Going past the library and to the right of the path where they take the stairs to the top of the pillar of cabinets and enter the dome present there. Pinkie and Fluttershy took a second to admire the Kitchen. A star-shaped table, a sink, a fireplace and a couple more basic objects you’d find in a kitchen. There’s also the black luma and a pull star that were waiting for them. “Hey, Pinkie Pie. I see that you’re bringing another friend.” “Luma, this is Fluttershy, an animal care taker and non-Nightmare Night type pegasus.” “That… definitely descrbes my personality. So what kind of galaxies can we find here?” “Well, with the Power Stars we have now, Beach Bowl Galaxy is in range.” “Beach? I love beaches. Don’t you like beaches, Fluttershy?” “Not to be too excited, I do like beaches. I especially like the fishes in the sea.” “Do you remember how to get pull-starred?” “I think I know from you. Pull.” Fluttershy knows how to pull and so does Pinkie. Viewing from the Kitchen ceiling, Beach Bowl is in front of their eyes. “So that is Beach Bowl, literally a bowl of water with little islands in the middle and a grassy area on the side.” “Okay, Pinkie. This is my first time launching with you, so I’ll need some guidance on how to win.” “Don’t worry, Fluttershy. I’ll guide you from start to finish. Let’s get launching!” A launch star appears around the ponies to blast them to the galaxy. Sunken Treasure Pinkie and Fluttershy arrive in Beach Bowl Galaxy. They land on a small island in the bowl that features a penguin on it. Immediately, Fluttershy is in a dimorphic state. “Hey, it’s one of the penguins I found in Loopdeeloop Galaxy.” “It’s so cute. I’m gonna go crazy that I just wanna scream!” Fluttershy actually did scream, but it was so quiet that Pinkie classified it as cute and hilarious, so hilarious in fact that she basically cracked up. “What’s so funny, Pinkie?” “Nothing. What have you got to say penguin?” “Beach Bowl is pretty much penguin paradise!” “Penguin paradise? Well, I agree, this is paradise.” Both ponies move on to jump to the next island, featuring a crate that contains 2 Star Bits and another penguin. “Do you know how to swim?” “I know how to swim. Can you swim, Fluttershy.” “I can swim, but why is that a question we need to answer?” “Perhaps we need to find things underwater. Let’s talk to their coach before we get ahead of ourselves, but first, hope you don’t mind, I spy those Star Bits overhead.” Pinkie’s pointing at the Star Bits floating around a vine dangling from a leaning tree rooted on the main shore of the beach. “Not at all, Pinkie, but how are you gonna reach them?” “Duh, that vine behind me.” A run and jump lands Pinkie on the vine to then swing in a circular motion. With accurate force and velocity, Pinkie is able to gain height to nab all the Star Bits. When it’s done so, she jumps off the vine to land on the next island over where Fluttershy meets her up. “That stunt you did looks incredible. I don’t think I can ever do that.” “I get that a lot, actually. No one can roll a log on four hooves but me.” Two crates are featured on the island they’re standing on. One contain 2 Star Bits and the other contains a gold bit. The coach of the penguins is on a dock that’s facing the opposite side of the main shore and Pinkie and Fluttershy steps forward to talk to him. “Pink pony, I’m surprised to see you again.” “You met him before?” “Yep, we met in Loopdeeloop Galaxy. What’s up Mr. Coach penguin?” “Actually, we have sort of an issue here. The students are distracted by 5 yellow sparklies.” “5 yellow sparklies? Where are they?” “They’re underwater. If you want to gather them, you’ll have to swim for it.” “Don’t we get any diving equipment to swim?” “Don’t you remember, Fluttershy? Twilight casted a breathing spell on us, so all we need are these goggles to protect our corneas from chlorine.” Pinkie conveniently brought convenient swimming goggles. Who knows where she got them from? Pinkie gave one to Fluttershy and kept one for her possession. “So all we need to do is collect 5 star chips. If we collect all 5, a launch star will appear.” “That’s right. Let’s get splashing! Cannonball!” Pinkie and Fluttershy descend under the sea to begin the search for 5 launch star pieces. “Can we talk without drowning?” “Well, you’re not choking on salt water, so I guess we’re free to speak.” A few Star Bits are found under the island they were on and Pinkie gets to collect them first. They first caught their eyes on a clam shell with eyes on the seabed, it contains a star chip that they need. Pinkie and Fluttershy swim towards the clam. As it opens, Pinkie is fast enough to grab the chip, but isn’t able to escape being encased in the shell. As soon as Fluttershy sees her friend in a predicament, she becomes irritated at the clam that she proceeds to use the stare. “Clampy! How dare you shut your mouth on my friend!” She aggresively directs her retinas at the clam’s. Although no expression is shown, enemies do have emotions. The clam immediately opens up upon Fluttershy’s special move and out comes confetti, streamers and the pink pony. The sudden party scared Fluttershy in surprise. “You did it, Fluttershy! You saved me using the stare!” “Oh. Pinkie, you scared me.” “Sorry, Flutters. I just had to conglaturate you.” Now that Pinkie’s free, she can collect a nearby bit on a fallen stone underwater pillar before going around a submerged leafless tree where she found 4 Star Bits resting on a stone pillar and another star chip lying against a Gringill’s den. Big brown eels with big jaws made to masticate on their prey in their way, almost alike the quarry eels at the Ghastly Gorge back in Equestria. “Oh my. S-Stella told us about the e-enemies we’d face in our j-journey, including G-Gringills, if that’s the name. I d-didn’t think they were that… b-big and t-terrifying.” Said Fluttershy, scared of a hostile eel with a massive mouth size. “No kidding. But dangerous or not, we still have to grab that star chip, we can’t move on without it.” Pinkie swims to the chip to collect it, getting dangerously close to the eel’s emerging distance. After that, Pinkie and Fluttershy swims up and over a stone wall to continue with finding launch star pieces. Pinkie finds a small handful of collectables while doing so. Two of the star fragments are found in bubbles and one is found in a crate. With all 5 star chips are in the ponies’ possession, the pieces merge into a launch star on the ocean floor. “I can’t leave behind those Star Bits and gold bits up there.” Pinkie said pointing to the collectibles on the sandbar. Knowing how much the party pony loves sweets and how much anypony wants to be rich, Fluttershy rolls her eyes and lets Pinkie grab the remaining gold bits and Star Bits. “Alright, go ahead, Pinkie.” As Pinkie gathers all the treasures, she also notices that she missed a crate on an island and so of course she goes to break it for 3 Star Bits to bring her Star Bit counter to 1000 exactly before finally meeting up with Fluttershy to use the launch star. The launcher in the sea sends the ponies flying out of the sea and onto the higher grass area of the planet. Where a Piranha Plant awaits them. “So that is called a Piranha Plant, looks like a normal carnivorous plant.” “Yeah, and they’re as easy to defeat as a Shadowbolt.” Pinkie easily spin attacks the plant and earns 3 Star Bits upon its defeat. Then, her Pinkie Sense starts to vibrate and point below the grassy cliff. Pinkie sees that there’s a green pipe below the waterfall. “What are you sensing Pinkie?” “I think there’s something in that pipe in the water.” “But how will you get back here once you’ve taken all of the contents in the pipe?” “The launch star is still in the sea. Wait here.” So Pinkie jumps down from the grassy cliff to the stone pool and dives down the pipe to enter a new area. This area consists of a wall with brick blocks and a question mark bit on the corner. “Hmm, I’m getting the feeling that I don’t wanna break the bricks when I grab the big bit, but I don’t know why.” Using her palette of movement, she amazingly maneuvers around the bricks to not break them with her head; apparently her head is capable of breaking a block of bricks. She reaches the question mark bit to grab the bit and upon its collection, all the bricks in the area turn into Star Bits. “Yay! It’s raining meteors!” After that, Pinkie leaves the area via the pipe and raced to the launch star under the sea of the planet to get launched and meet up with Fluttershy who obeyed staying there. “Sorry I took so long. I just couldn’t leave anything behind.” “Hey, it’s alright. I’ll always wait for you, Pinkie.” “Do you insist? Do you promise?” “I insist. I promise.” “Well, good, thank you. That’s all I needed to hear.” Pinkie and Fluttershy have to go around the island to go from the left side of the island to the right side of the island. On the path, they first see a question mark bit above their heads and a Wiggler after the bit. “Oh. Hello, Wiggler. Stella called it a wiggler, right?” “Yes, it’s a wiggler, but be careful of it.” “Why?” “Because it can get mad very easily. And when it gets mad, it can attack you just by charging into you.” “Well, you said it can get mad easily, so I’m just gonna leave it alone I guess.” “Probably for the best. Now what’s gonna happen when I grab the big bit?” As Pinkie grabs the coin from the air, a trail colorful music notes appears. “If we collect all the notes, something good will happen.” As Pinkie and Fluttershy follows and gathers the notes around the planet, Pinkie also spin attacks three more Piranha Plants in the way and a little bit of the ‘Find a Pet’ song is played until the last note is collected. The ‘Find a Pet’ song was sung by Fluttershy when she tried to find a pet for Rainbow Dash, which turned out to be Tank the turtle. “That song just gave me a flashback. I remembered when Rainbow chose a turtle.” “A pet that hibernates every 3 months per year. And when Rainbow learns about this, she’s not gonna approve until you have to make her cry in bed to convince her to let him hibernate and several weeks later a demon foal comes to ruin her day and…” “What? Me? Make Rainbow cry? Demon foal? Pinkie, what are you talking about?” “Nothing. Ignore it, please. Oh look, Star Bits appeared in the lake.” With Fluttershy being confused as to what Pinkie just spoke about, she swims to collect them before joining the pegasus in front of a blue exclamation mark button. “Have you seen one of these switches before, Pinkie?” “Nope, I’ve only met other switches. These are completely knew to me.” Nonetheless, she hoof-stomped the button down with force to make wooden platforms that lead to a higher ground appear, but along with the platforms, the sound of a ticking timer also appears. “I hear tick-tocking. What do you think it means, Fluttershy?” “Perhaps…these platforms only appear for a limited time?” “Then we have to move!” Pinkie and Fluttershy race the timer to get onto the higher grassy ledge before it expires. They have to go to the other side of the island, while Pinkie grabs a coin from the top of a rock on the run, to climb the wooden structure. A gap on the bridge also has to be cleared before the ponies reach grass, where another blue button awaits them. “So I guess these buttons make and affect timed obstacles. Interesting.” “Hello, little penguin friend. What are you doing up here?” “Hey, do you know how to wall jump?” “I know how to wall jump.” “I don’t. How do you wall jump?” “Basically, it’s when you jump side to side up parallel walls, but if that’s too hard, you can just fly up the wall.” “Oh, but I wanna watch how it works first.” “Alright. I guess this switch makes a time-limited wall jumping obstacle?” Hoof-stomping the button gives Pinkie an obstacle made for wall jumping around 3 gold coins. The pink pony demonstrates wall jumping to Fluttershy, sliding on a wall before dashing off it to pass the opposite wall and then to keep dashing off walls until she reaches the top where the Power Star in a crystal is in sight. “The Power Star’s up here, Fluttershy. Come on up so that we can grab it together.” When Fluttershy sees the stunt, it looked easy to her and so her first instinct is to try the parkour move. Wall jumps are not easy to do for a normal pony, in fact, nopony has ever wall jumped in their entire normal lives, so Fluttershy tries to no avail as she keeps sliding off the first wall, unable to make even the first wall jump before the timer expires. Pinkie notices to inform her that they need to move on. “Fluttershy, it’s nice of you to try, but we have to move on. Just fly up here so that we can collect the star together, okay? One day, you’ll become a parkour master, but you’ll probably won’t, because your whole life purpose is to take care of animals.” Now, that wasn’t an insult, Pinkie wouldn’t try to discredit her. She explained Fluttershy’s personality, but to her, she felt offended about won’t become a parkour pro as she flies to Pinkie. “Hey, didn’t you see me jump the gap on the bridge?” “Well, of course, I did. Why did you ask?” “Why? Because I just felt insulted by you.” “Insulted? When? How?” “You said that I probably won’t be a parkour master.” “Fluttershy, you’re taking my words in a manner too literal. Just because I said you won’t be a professional jumper, it doesn’t mean you can’t do parkour.” “You didn’t say that before, so I’ll just assume that you’ve officially insulted me.” “But I…” “You said you wanted to move on, let’s move on.” Fluttershy shouted at Pinkie’s face, she didn’t even get a chance to calm her down. Actually, she doesn’t even want to calm her down now, like how Twilight was when Pinkie displayed depression in front of her, only Fluttershy displayed straight-up anger. But they have to continue their journey, so it looks like Pinkie’s gonna have to live with offended Fluttershy for now. Pinkie spin attacks the crystal with the Power Star to free it. “It’s so beautiful.” Fluttershy would say, “Our first Power Star together.” Pinkie would say, but nopony’s in the mood to celebrate. Although they are able to touch the star and do a victory dance, no woohoos or hoorays come out mouthing in the process of flying out of the galaxy and reaching the Comet Observatory Pinkie and Fluttershy come back to Princess Stella’s space station without smiles. The pink pony worries about the pegasus who was offended by nothing. Rarity is in the Kitchen, she was waiting for the two so that she’d ask how was adventure. Her wish is granted, almost. “So how did it go on your first adventure Fluttershy?” Here comes sarcasm. “Oh, it was kinda relaxing and fun. I saw penguins, I was at a beach-themed galaxy, I was insulted by Pinkie.” “She what?” “I didn’t! Really, I swear!” “You’re refusing to admit, but you did say I won’t be a pro jumper.” “You’re just taking my words like there’s no second definition. You’re being inconsistent.” “Now you’re calling me inconsistent?!” It seems like the more Pinkie talks, the stronger Fluttershy’s anger becomes. Everything Pinkie said is 100% true, yet Fluttershy’s not buying it until the pink pony can’t take it anymore. So meaningful words aren’t gonna cut it, but perhaps sacrificial actions will. “Fluttershy, darling, have mercy for her, please. Whatever Pinkie said to you, I’m sure it’s just a misunderstanding, right, Pinkie? Pinkie?” Pinkie, feeling defeated by Fluttershy and without responding, digs through her mane to pull out the luma that gave her the ability to spin and travel through space and give it to Fluttershy. “Go alone without me, Fluttershy.” “What?!” “Take my power of travelling through space and go to Beach Bowl without me.” “No, Pinkie. You need to go, everypony’s counting on you.” “Sorry, Fluttershy, but we need to collect more stars and I’m currently not in the mood right now.” “But…Pinkie, I-I’m so-“ “I know you are, but the damage is done. Don’t worry about me, I’ll recover by your return.” Fluttershy still wants to convince Pinkie to come with her, but she’s already made a bridge too far that’s too late to take down for now. They also have to find more Power Stars, less lingering more scavenging, but without Pinkie in the mood, Fluttershy will have to go alone. “Oh, I almost forgot your goggles.” Pinkie said while slowly presenting Fluttershy her goggles. She uncomfortably stashes the luma in her mane, slowly takes the goggles off Pinkie’s hoof and murmured “Pull…” at the pull star above her head to be pulled towards it. She looks back at the ponies below when she’s up there. While Rarity looks at her worringly, Pinkie’s back is turned to face Fluttershy, not wanting to look at her until she returns from Beach Bowl. She sighs as she turns to face the galaxy. “Time to go… by myself.” The launch star appeared on Fluttershy to fly her to Beach Bowl without Pinkie. Passing the Swim Test Fluttershy goes soaring through the sky to land on the same starting island in Beach Bowl Galaxy. When she lands, she afterwards looks directly at the direction of the Comet Observatory thinking about her friend Pinkie Pie. Then, she pulls out the luma in her mane to hold it in her hooves and talk to it. “She’s right, luma, how could I become so inconsistent? I took Pinkie’s words in one perspective but not the other. She didn’t insult me, she couldn’t even try to and even she did, then she would’ve said that it was an accident.” “Pinkie did nothing wrong, she didn’t break morality. The anger’s got the best of you until she cracks. At the moment that you’ve really shouted at her, she couldn’t take it anymore. There was no hope for words and her sanity is damaged, thus she finds the journey uneasy without some time of recovery and thus she bestowed this mission’s star to you.” “It’s all my fault. Why did I shout at Pinkie? I was angry at her when there’s nothing to be mad about, I just presumed that it was. I have to apologize to her when I get back, but I need to collect a Power Star for now.” Fluttershy tucks the luma into her mane before she exhales deeply and ventures off. First things first, the pegasus listens to a penguin’s dialogue. “Now taking applications for the Beach Bowl Swim School’s final swim test!” “Final swim test?” “If you wanna take it, talk to our coach over there.” “Take it? I don’t know about-“ “Hey, I heard that the prize will be a gold star.” “A gold star? Oh, you mean a Power Star. So I have take the test in order to get closer to it. Thanks for the information, little friend.” Knowing what to do, Fluttershy safely races to the coach who hasn’t left his spot since the last mission. She goes up to him and attempts to register for the test. “Hello there, weren’t you with that pink pony before? Hopefully nothing severe has happened that concludes the absence of that ray surfer in the past.” “I…I don’t wish to explain, if you don’t mind. I would like to register for this swim test.” “Really? I mean, I did see you in the water, but are you really up for the test?” “I have to sign up, I have neither a choice nor another place to go.” “Well, if that’s so, why wouldn’t we approve? You are the pink pony’s friend after all.” “Thank you. So what’s the test about?” “In this test, you must collect shells in the ocean. Fun fact, swimming with the shell can be fun. If you bring me the gold shell, it’s an automatic A for you.” “What if I got an A?” “You’ll get this gold star as the prize. Not giving it away to anyone but the winner.” “Okay, I accept the challenge.” Fluttershy prepares her goggles before plunging into the sea. She needs to find a gold shell. Scanning the ocean floor, not much luck is present as there seems to be no glistening shell in sight. All she can find that’s under the sea are rocks, sand and seaweed. There’s also the clam from earlier, but Fluttershy doubts it would bring her closer to the prize. “I can’t even find one measly shell. I’m beginning to conclude there are no shells in the ocean. Maybe the they’re at the surface, or maybe somepony else already found them.” As she processes through her brain about why no shells are present, it turns out that her assumption is false as penguins swim over her with the leading penguin holding the gold shell. Looks like the other penguins are giving chase. “Hey, I need that shell!” Fluttershy starts joining the flock to catch up on the penguin at the front. She sees that her breaststrokes aren’t gonna cut it, she swims at the speed of the penguins who aren’t in a good position to catch the supposed winner. During the chase, the luma from behind Fluttershy’s mane mentions a little tip into her ear. “Try spinning underwater.” “Spinning? Like this?” Fluttershy propells her hooves using the magic from the luma to successfully do Pinkie’s official spin move. Doing so, believe it or not, transforms her torque into thrust, thus, she’s given a little boost forward and a closer distance between her and the shell. Amazed by the thrust, Fluttershy literally keeps on spinning to get closer and closer to the gold shell and sometimes slowing down to curve around corners. When she’s near the penguin with the shell, as she spins, the special move attracts it into Fluttershy’s hooves. Basically, she stole from a penguin. “Aw, that was going to be my win.” “Sorry for stealing, but I have to be the winner.” With the glimmering shell of winning in her hooves, she rides it to the surface and swims to retrieve the shell to the big penguin coach on the dock. “I found the gold shell, Mr. Coach.” “Woah, really? Incredible! I honestly didn’t expect that you’d be able to find it!” “Well, it just went over my head. Do I get the prize for this?” “Why, of course. An automatic A for you. Take this gold star. You should tell your pink friend about your victory when you encounter her.” The coach penguin said as he presents Fluttershy the Power Star while it floats to the center of the island. So she swims towards the shore of the island while, when he mentions about Pinkie Pie, fueling up conflicting emotions between being mad about herself and feeling bad for Pinkie. “Pinkie, I hope that you’ve recovered. If you don’t, I’ll recover you.” That’s her wish, to start over and repay her faults. While she prays for Pinkie’s recovery, Fluttershy lays her hoof on the sparkling space station fuel source and partially celebrates with it. Fluttershy flies out of the galaxy with the star and to the direction of the Comet Observatory to apply more joules that increases its fuel gauge and get back to Pinkie who one might assume is still in the Kitchen with Rarity sitting next to and heartening her. Pinkie Pie is still featured in the Kitchen and is accompanied by Rarity, who was soothing her, and Rainbow Dash, who has just entered the dome to see the pink pony and was described to her why she’s not in the zone. “I’m positive that by the time Fluttershy returns, she’s been recalling her mistake and is ready to submit her apology, and a hard one at best.” “Still, I shouldn’t have left her alone. What if she needs help? What if she’s in danger? Why should I be the one responsible for leaving her unaccompanied? I should’ve been able to go with her when I can.” “Hey, I’m sure Fluttershy will be fine. As a bearer of an element of harmony, she had to stay alive. Besides, the galaxy is beach-themed with a lot of happy penguins, she should be safe there.” “You’re right. I shouldn’t overexaggerate, but if she doesn’t come back, blame me.” At that moment, the yellow pegasus comes down from the sky and arrives in the Kitchen dome. Pinkie Pie is in her view along with some other mares that she doesn’t care about at the moment, all that she cares about at the moment is Pinkie Pie. As the Pinkie’s line of sight meets Fluttershy, she begins to step up towards her mare of kindness. With a face-to-face setup, Pinkie begins to speak. “Fluttershy, look, I apolo…” But then, she got cut off by the embrace and tears of the pegasus. Sobs leaking out as Ms. Animal caretaker talks through her sniffs. “No, I should be apologizing. I’m sorry for being mad at you for no reason, Pinkie. I was inconsistent, taking your words as an insult rather than a fact. I’m responsible, I’ll do anything to counteract this.” “You don’t need to. Your apology is accepted and the damage is mended. Besides, I sorta lied.” “What? You lied?” “I mean, yes, you did shout at me and I felt the damage, but evidently not enough that I couldn’t progress. In other words, I’m sorry for abandoning the journey to you.” “I forgive you, Pinkie. Do you think we should start over?” “Agreed.” Friendship confirmed, meaning that Pinkie and Fluttershy get to share the journey and thus, go accompanied. “See, Pinkie? I knew everything is gonna be alright. No need for overexaggeration.” “Yeah, I guess it is. Come on, Fluttershy, it’s expedition time.” “Oh, I forgot to give you the luma.” Fluttershy unearths the power of space travelling out of her mane and passes it to Pinkie. Upon the luma’s ownership, the two ponies prepare themselves for more venturing. “Good luck and don’t be negative to each other, darlings.” “We won’t, we’ll never. I’ll refute the anger emotion and save it for my enemies and not my friends.” “Pinkie promise that you’ll keep that claim.” “I cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” Feeling satisfied that negative expressions won’t leak, ‘pull’ is the next neutral word to leak. “Pull.” The pull star above lifts Pinkie and Fluttershy to the ceiling and aligns their eyesight at Beach Bowl. It’s about time that these two ponies will advance the odyssey together beneficially. “It’s good to have the same old kind and caring Fluttershy, you know? Let’s avoid breaking this friendship from now on.” “Of course, Pinkie. Let’s go.” “Um, you’re not speaking my language. Let’s-a-go!” The launch star appears around Pinkie and Fluttershy to launch both to Beach Bowl Galaxy. The Secret Undersea Cavern Arrived. Laughter and kindness landed on one of the archipelago’s water-encircling islands that’s sitting in a third-time repetitive styled arrangement in Beach Bowl. “Welcome back to the galaxy, Pinkie. It feels better with you around.” “Thanks for your acknowledgement. The aroma of chlorine from the ocean hasn’t reached out to me since the collecting the first star.” “So what do you suppose are the order of events for collecting the third star?” “Well, first things first, let’s have a word with coach.” Pinkie and Fluttershy vault from isle to isle and approaching the island featuring the native penguins’ coach. There’s also a flock of them inhabiting the area. “Hello, Mr. Coach. Say, you didn’t see me when you see my friend, did you?” “No, I didn’t. It’s a shame that you’re late and your friend had to take over the last swimming test. I’d say that’s too bad.” “You took a swimming test? What was it like? What did you do?” “Oh, I had to find a gold shell to get the gold star.” “That’s it? Eh, I wouldn’t call it a ‘too bad’ moment.” “Well, if you say so. So what brings you two in front of this dialogue?” The coach doesn’t know what a Power Star is; he refers them as being prizes rather than a couple of joules. Due to this condition that Pinkie and Fluttershy always notice from the start, they decided to stick with it. “Has anything unusual happened lately?” “No, nothing of the sort. I mean, there was an imprint on the rock wall of the ocean floor, the area looked like it’d shatter with a shell shot. However, I wouldn’t recommend, since it’s part of the environment after all.” “Okay, so we’re not supposed destroy the rock wall in the ocean?” But Pinkie finds it odd for him to mention an oddly specific detail about a rocky wall. “Yeah… Um, I think I’m end this conversation.” “Suit yourself.” Pinkie backs away from the coach along with Fluttershy so that she can explain her claim to the pegasus without the big penguin interfering. “To be honest, I believe that progress is hinting that brittle spot is the way to go.” “Wait, are you implying that we have to disobey his request? But we don’t wanna wish to dissapoint him, do we?” “I don’t suppose that you have any idea on how being dutiful is gonna help us taking hoofsteps forward to reach our star, do you?” “I… don’t have a clue, but are you sure you wanna contravene against his bidding?” “Look, what’s more important? Saving the environment or save the entire universe? One has more lives than the other.” “Hmm… I guess Stella did say the universe is in our hands. Okay, I get your point.” “Great. You have your goggles, right? We’re gonna go diving down again.” “Of course, I do. Had them since second mission.” “Well, put them on and let’s descend.” Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy pludge from the dock into the ocean with the swimming goggles shielding their eyes from dehydrating. The odd marking that the penguin mentioned seemed to be right behind them when they’re facing away from the harbour. All they need is a shell to hurl at it. “Pinkie, there’s a shell on that rock.” “That green shell? Hmm, I believe I’ve done this before back at Battlerock Galaxy.” “Really? So you know how to use it?” “Yep, just watch me.” So Pinkie swims towards the shell on the rock, picks it up on her hooves and rides it to the rock wall preparing target. Once aimed, using her spin move, she smashed the area by flinging the shell at it, revealing a hidden cave. “See? I told you we’re supposed to do this.” “I still don’t like the idea of misfollowing a demand though.” “Just try to think more about the universe than following orders. I’m pretty sure some of us were presented bad outcomes when the latter option is chosen.” “Such as…?” “You following Iron Will’s advice a little too far results in your hostility.” Pinkie replied as the mares surfaced out of the water inside the cavern. “Oh, yes, that’s a good example. I don’t like how you brought it up though.” “Sorry, it was just an unforgettable connection.” “I understand. Okay, I’m focusing on saving the cosmos.” “That’s the spirit that I like to see.” In the hidden cave, there features two torches setting the area alight. There were also a good number of crates that Pinkie likes to break via her spin move. While she’s searching the crates, a single vampire fruit bat attempts to swoop down antagonistically onto the ponies’ heads. Luckily, Fluttershy is there to preserve her from its canines puncture. More specifically, she pushed Pinkie out of the way. “Look out!” The bat missed its attempt for a pony’s defeat. “Was that a vampire fruit bat? I thought they eat apples and not ponies.” “I guess they’re sent by King Sombra. I mean, I thought Equestria is the only world to exist those bats.” Fluttershy replies as Pinkie spin attacks the incoming bat. “Exactly and it’s definitely the king of shadows that exported chiroptera suborder megachiroptera into this cave.” The crates in the cave either contains Star Bits or a single gold bit. There’s also one crate that surprises Ms. Party pony by producing a Shadowbolt that tackles her upon the breakage of the box. “Ha! Expecting a prize?” “Ah! Get off! You’re a horrible gift!” “Oh, then I’ll bestow upon you a knockout.” The Shadowbolt is pinning Pinkie’s hooves invalidating her ability to spin. With his hoof over her face made for pummeling, it looks like the journey is about to- oh wait, here comes Fluttershy defending her friend by being a straight-up destructive predator to the Shadowbolt. “Get off my friend, Shadowbolt! You should be deserving this!” Hooves as fists set to ambush her enemy violently until he poofs into Star Bits. Fluttershy turns to Pinkie on the cave floor with a wide-eyed expression plastered on her face. The pegasus approaches her friend to get her on four hooves, but… “Heh heh. No offense, but I don’t wanna be near your fists anymore. Since when did you learn to be offensive?” “I fought a bear once. Sorry that I scared you.” “That’s okay, but how about if you fight without rage? Can you do that?” “I think I can do that. Now, let’s move on.” There’s a fence in the way and the opening of it is blocked by more boxes, so Pinkie has to break them to progress. Those boxes also has Star Bits and bits in them. Once through the gate, two vampire fruit bats are summoned as an enemy for Pinkie and Fluttershy. The pink pony defeats them easily by spin attacking. The middle of the area features a stump. Odd. “What’s this stump doing here?” “Good question, but I don’t have an immediate answer.” “Well, does it look like anything you’ve interacted with in previous galaxies?” “Hmm, I wonder…” Pinkie had a thought, it looks like something that could be stomped on. Giving it a shot, she stands on the stump, jumps in the air and thrusts with some pounds of force to effect the stump. The impact sinks the stump into the rocks below it. Water appears to be starting to leak out from the ground and at the same time, a launch star appears above the stump. Seeing the water beneath the ponies is about to erupt, Pinkie Pie immediately warns. “Quick, get on the launch star.” They rush to get on the launch star to zoom to another planet simply named Cyclone Stone. “That was my bad. I’ve just set off a geyser on the grassy part of the main planet of this galaxy.” “But who doesn’t love geysers?” It takes a few seconds of pondering to get a response from the party pony. “Yeah, you have a point. So I added something to the environment by breaking something from the environment. You see the benefit?” “Actually, I think most of life’s biology has a benefit from being destroyed. Bushfires for example.” “I believe that’s true. Anyway, let’s see what this planet has in store for us.” This planet seems to be a stone-based obstacle course. Pinkie and Fluttershy starts moving along the fenceless path, falling off at any point would lead to a lethal black hole that’s currently beneath them. The path then takes a left where a single Star Bit is present on a stone slab and a lonely Shadowbolt was hanging out with a Thwomp. “I swear that I’ll thwart you two before this creature thwarts you.” “Oh, I’ll warn you once: don’t even test me.” The Shadowbolt attempts to run straight at Pinkie as a definition of tackle. She defeats the enemy swiftly by spin attacking and earning the dropped Star Bits. Now they turn to the Thwomp that seems to be fearing Fluttershy because of how massive it is. “Th-that’s called a Th-thwomp, i-isn’t it?” “Yep, that sentient rock creature has a crushing commotion. It’s only weakness is an invincibility necklace that we don’t have right now.” “S-so we can’t d-defeat him?” “No, but we can pass under him at the right time.” When the Thwomp arises, that’s the open window to pass without getting smooshed. Up next is more slabs to go around before encountering what’s known as a Tox Box shaking the ground as it moves. “What is that?” “I believe Princess Stella said it’s a Tox Box. They’re stone-textured box-shaped creatures with faces carved on all sides, a head on the top and an empty hole on the bottom. Like the Thwomps, they attack by rolling over you and they’re only vulnerable to the rainbow necklace. You can avoid being a pancake by standing wherever its hole is gonna tilt on.” “So in summary, Tox Boxes are enemies like Thwomps and you avoid being flattened by being under his hole.” A single Star Bit on the ground indicates where the Tox Box rests its hole at, the ponies know this by a preview of the enemy’s route of movement. When the path is clear, Pinkie and Fluttershy moves to the stone tile inhabited by the Star Bit, that way, the Tox Box won’t have a chance to turn them flat. As the hole in the box lands over the mares, Fluttershy produces an “Eep!” due to the vibration produced and the lack of illumination before it lifts from the ground revealing the path forward and to the right. Then Pinkie and Fluttershy immediately follow the path before the enemy collapses on them. They encounter a big gap with stationary triangles and moving platforms. “Be careful, Fluttershy. You don’t wanna fall in the gaps.” “I won’t even try to.” The two mares set hoof on the first row of stone platforms that’s, on their perspective, moving counter-clockwise, approaching a line of Star Bits. “Forgive me while I collect them.” Pinkie, of course, had to collect them all when the opportunity comes around, leaving Fluttershy a couple of meters apart from one another, but they’re still going in the right direction. Afterwards, they have to dodge in-motion slabs that may push them off the platforms before seeing 3 more Star Bits. Some are collected by Fluttershy since they’re nearly at the main road. Once Pinkie and Fluttershy are both on solid ground, a Tox Box passes by them going left, frightening Fluttershy a little bit. “Those f-faces carved on h-him scare me.” “No kidding, almost twice the size of us ponies, no smiles and big teeth. If we follow him, we should be able to avoid getting crushed.” And that’s what they did, being on each tile each time the box tilts. Shortly, Pinkie and Fluttershy take an exit to then reach another Tox Box’s rolling route where they have to stand under its hole. When the path forward is revealed, they advance. Taking their left and then a right to what looks like a safe zone, meaning the Tox Boxes in the front and behind won’t pose threat. When the enemy in front clears the way, Pinkie and Fluttershy follow the Tox Box one stone tile at a time until they found the square the hole always rests on. Once cleared, a question mark block awaits them. “It’s my first time seeing one of these. Could you provide me with details, Pinkie?” “It’s very simple to explain, actually. Basically, these blocks can contain either bits or Star Bits and we can empty them by banging our heads repeatedly on it.” “That’s… not very safe. Unless it’s you, Pinkie, one can get a severe headache just by hitting heads on these blocks.” “Hmm, I dunno. Now I’m starting to question if they did use their heads.” “Um, who’s they?” “No one you know. Dismiss this conversation, please. Let’s empty this thing.” Leaving Fluttershy in silence by a mysterious somepony, Pinkie uses her head to vacate the 10 Star Bits inside. Then, the mares continue on the road that was occupied by another Tox Box that they have to stand under its hole another time. They advance when light reaches their eyes. Shortly, Pinkie and Fluttershy take their right and then they exit on their left where they go up and over a slab to encounter their last enemy, a Thwomp. They can see the Power Star in a crystal just past it. “Look, there’s our Power Star behind the Thwomp.” “Thank goodness, we just have to run under him and then we’re home free.” For the last time, Pinkie and Fluttershy take their time until the sentient head of rock ascends, clearing the path to victory that they run through in time before the enemy descends instantaneously. The star in a crystal cage is right in front of the ponies’ eyes. Two spin moves from the pink pony is what’s enough to release it. “Let’s collect it together, Flutters, properly this time.” “Of course, Pinkie. Don’t mess it up now.” “Why would we? I asked rhetorically. Here we go.” Pinkie and Fluttershy hold the Power Star with one hoof from each mare contacting it at the same time. Together, the two mares celebrated their success joyfully and with no negatives whatsoever. Looks like their claims are kept. With the Power Star in hooves, they can now soar back to the Comet Observatory where they can rest their heads due to the enervating search for stars in this galaxy. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy return to the space station’s Kitchen and the Power Star is stored safely for its fuel. Nopony is in the dome to welcome them back though, not that it matters to matter. “Well, since there’s nopony to greet us here, I’ll take over. Welcome back to the Comet Observatory, Fluttershy, I hope you had a wonderful time at the beach.” Fluttershy smiles and laughs at the pony of laughter as she reacts to her friend’s comedic fill-in. “I have, Pinkie. But unfortunately, it looks like we have to abandon the galaxy altogether.” “Yeah, we’re gonna miss Beach Bowl. I mean, who knows when we’ll return here again?” “Do you think the penguins will reappear in our eyes?” “Our eyes? Maybe. My eyes? More likely. We’ll see. Anyway, I’m worn out from venturing. What about you?” “Yeah, I’m pretty tired too. Let’s meet up with our friends and get some rest.” So Pinkie and Fluttershy leave the Kitchen and descend the gyrating stairs to the floor below. Then taking a short stroll to the red floor texture featuring red comfortable couches featuring Rarity, Applejack, the CMC and Spike. “Is anypony gonna greet us?” “Well, welcome back, Sugarcube.” “I hope you didn’t become frenemies again, for I would be very dissapointed.” “Don’t worry, I kept my claim, we stayed positive.” “Hey, I know that Twilight’s in the library, but where’s Dashie?” “In the library with Twilight, she invited her to read Daring Do books.” “Oh right, her favourite type of books. Anyway, we’re gonna sit with you guys for a few minutes before continuing the journey.” “Alright, darlings. You two can sit beside me.” “Meanwhile, let’s talk about what it’s like in that galaxy, ah heard it was beach-themed, isn’t it?” “Oh, yes. Where do we start?” That concludes their adventure in Beach Bowl Galaxy. Pinkie and Fluttershy agree and manage to forget all the bad things that happen. With all the stars available in the galaxy collect, the next galaxy awaits them. Little does the Mane 6 know that an old friend also awaits them in that galaxy. Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 1117 Coins: 301 Stars: 24 Some of you users may notice a reference and may question me. Yes, I watched The Heart’s Shell by Musescript. Also, yes, I had to make Fluttershy be salty to Pinkie. It’s what I could do to make Super Mario Galaxy an actual story and not just “Hey, I made a crossover story.”
Ghostly GalaxyPinkie and Fluttershy just finished discussing their vacation at the beach galaxy. Every single aspect experienced has been submitted to Rarity and Applejack’s image. Some of it was heard by Twilight since she returned from the library and Rainbow was still sunk in the Daring Do books as she would skim through the entire collection. “So you were angry at Pinkie just because you thought she offended you. Is that correct?” “Very harsh. Pinkie wasn’t able to advance as a result, I was forced to go without her.” “But didn’t you lie about that, Pinkie? If you’re still partially active, then you shouldn’t stay behind.” “I was partially active; meaning something is pulling me to not progress even if some of me tells me to. That something, such as being vitiated by Fluttershy.” “In the end, you two made up and proceeded to adventure while shielding each other’s backs.” “I cross my heart, that it won’t happen again. This is a word from me to you, Pinkie.” “Promise acknowledged. Anyway, I guess it’s time to reach our next galaxy.” Pinkie announced as she alighted from the couches and the Cutie Mark Crusaders approached the group. “Can we go too?” “Yeah, we’re kinda bored just sitting here. We want to be more active than just playing around the garage.” “Why, of course. Just stay away from danger while you’re there.” “Thanks, sis. We’ll be back before you know it.” Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo ran to their UFO while Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy headed for the Kitchen. “I guess I can tell you the next galaxy to discover now.” “Then tell us. We don’t have a clue what’s in store unless the name clearly emphasizes its features.” “The name of this galaxy is called Ghostly Galaxy.” Fluttershy’s nerves immediately got to her. To her, it sounds unpleasant. “S-sorry, did I misheard you? D-did you say g-ghostly?” “That’s definitely the name.” The most scaredy-cat in all of Equestria unveiled her well-known emotion. Pinkie noticed to try and console her. “I-it sounds like s-something I should b-be afraid of. G-ghosts are beings that I don’t w-wish to see. Why did I d-decide to join you?” “Hey, hey, hey. No need to tremble. If you got scared, I got your back.” “B-but what if they snuck upon us? I can’t imagine being attacked or captured by those ghosts.” “You don’t have to because it won’t happen. Be brave and face your fears. Don’t even think about them and keep your pride on.” “How do you know it won’t happen?” “I have confidence. Come on, Fluttershy. If you come, I promise that the next Nightmare Night won’t be fearful.” The pegasus had to say yes or Pinkie won’t advance, but she can be sure the pink pony is trying hard to be convincing. “Alright, Pinkie, if you say so.” “That’s what I like to hear. We should be able to view it once we say…” “Pull.” Pinkie and Fluttershy mouthed together for the pull star to lift them in their optical axis. Ghostly Galaxy is within it. “Looking at the thumbnail, it seemed to feature a manor.” “One of the few reasons why I don’t wanna arrive there.” “Relax, Fluttershy. If you overreact, we might not go adventuring and dismiss the entire evening of our voyage.” “Oh no. I…I don’t want your journey on hiatus again. Fine, Pinkie, I’ll try to relax.” With Fluttershy’s overreaction settled, Pinkie signalled to display a launch star on both. They rocketed into the starry skies and travelled towards the galaxy. Trixie and the Haunted Mansion The features became clear and visible to the two ponies’ eyes. Pinkie and Fluttershy made their entrance by landing on the CMC’s spaceship with Apple Bloom occupying it. “Hi, Apple Bloom. What are you doing here all alone?” “Hey, Pinkie. Ah was just waitin’ for your presence. Ah saw a launch star with no ground around it, so ah parked here in case you’re meant to use it.” “Um, where’s Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo?” “They went in to explore the manor. Scoots said it’s awesome because it’s scary and she dragged Sweetie to join her.” “Oh no. How long were they gone?” “Not long, it’s only been a minute since I dropped them off.” “Oh, I hope the ghosts haven’t eaten them.” “At least they’ve got company. Anyway, we have to move on.” Pinkie and Fluttershy hopped on top of the UFO to see the launch star, use it and blast off to solid ground. As they arrived, Pinkie’s prediction tool vibrated at something nearby. Supposedly, it pointed her attention at what looked like an ordinary stalagmite. “Vibrations told me there’s something suspicious about this mound.” “Really? Maybe you can spin-attack it.” According to Fluttershy, the pink pony broke the spike with her special move and revealed a necklace with the rainbow gem. “Oh, isn’t that the necklace that makes you invincible?” “Yep, that’s it.” Pinkie scanned the area for its use on enemies. Sure enough, she spotted 3 shadowbolts with new pumpkins on their heads and a spider on a gateway. She also sees 4 star bits on the way. “Fluttershy, do you want to try it on?” “Um, sure. That is if you don’t want it.” “Okay, I want you to take care of those shadowbolts and that spider. I’m also sure that you have time to take down enemies on that bridge to the mansion.” “What will you do?” “I’ll collect the star bits that you’d miss to grab.” “Um, do you think I can do this? What if the power ran out before I defeated whatever’s on the bridge?” “Fluttershy, that is the lamest question to hear after an instruction.” “Why you-“ Fluttershy paused herself before she ruins it, realizing she was about to go havoc. “No, you’re right, I shouldn’t be asking questions like that. Alright, Pinkie. I’ll do it.” “Great, wait for me on the bridge when it’s safe.” Fluttershy grabbed the necklace and put it on her neck. Her appearance changed to flash rainbows. Immediately after that, she began galloping towards the shadowbolts. Upon touching them, they got eliminated and turned into 3 star bits each. Then, she charged directly at the spider as it came down and earned 3 more space rocks. As Pinkie said, there’s enough time to pulverize an enemy on the bridge. Fluttershy rushed across the bridge to investigate this possibly existing enemy. Lo and behold, there’s a Chain Chomp rolling towards her. The image and size of it terrified her as it appeared, so she tried to quickly reflex to a halt. Granted, Fluttershy ran too fast that the stop propelled her at the ball of black iron and destroyed it accidentally for 10 more star bits. It was at this moment that the necklace broke and the effect wore off. Pinkie, who collected the leftover star bits, caught up with Fluttershy while she gained 2 coins from the bridge. “Um, why are you on the floor?” “Th-there was an enemy who planned to c-crush me.” “Did it look like a black sphere with a diameter size of the bridge and a face of sharp teeth?” “Y-yes, exactly. Sometimes I question your hunches.” “Me too. I swear it was all random. Anyway, I guess the door to the mansion is in front of us.” Pinkie and Fluttershy investigated the interior of this spooky house, the yellow mare slightly trembling on the way in. Upon entering, a glowing white shadowbolt appeared out from the floor and laughed maliciously. “Eep! D-don’t hurt us, w-we come in peace.” That didn’t help their situation as the ghost immediately charged at them. Pinkie’s instinct at this is to try and spin-attack the ghost, but that results in dragging the ghost behind Fluttershy. It’s the way of a boo is the malicious guffaw. “Ah! Pinkie, you’re supposed to defeat him!” Fluttershy exclaimed as she and Pinkie ran around the foyer trying to escape the ghost while he chased. “But I did use my special move! He’s invulnerable to it.” “Then find another way, please. Like, how about that switch?” Pinkie saw the lever near the entrance door. She quickly ran to it and flipped it. That activated the light above their heads. “How would that help? It’s just a light.” “Maybe these ghosts are vulnerable to light.” “If you say so.” In the chase, Pinkie and Fluttershy ran under the light to lead the shadowbolt ghost to expose the light to himself. Sure enough, the light vanquished the ghost and it disappeared, dropping a coin to earn. “Well, now we know that light is a ghost’s weakness.” “Great. Hey, why are there statues of Sombra here.” “Did Sombra own this place?” “No, it’s more like taking over this place. Anyway, wait for me at that door, there are crates in the corners.” Pinkie went over to harvest the crates while Flutters climbed up the stairs. However, after they covered the first set of stairs, there’s a painting of a shadowbolt ghost and the focal point of the frame came alive. “Eep! Come down here!” Fluttershy ran down the stairs and led the spectre to the light, eliminating it to drop a key. All that happened and the pink mare watched. She gazed at the key, then the door upstairs and proceeded to explain. “I believe that’s the key to that door. You’re lucky the light is here.” “Tell me about it.” Pinkie already broke one set of boxes, the other one is bound to pry open. Meanwhile, Fluttershy ascended the stairs cautiously to cease possible jumpscares, slotted the key when she was at the door and threw it open. At the same time, Pinkie arose the stairs just to investigate a gold block and empty it for more sweet stars. Then, the mares unite. “Okay, what awaits us through this door, huh?” “I-I see p-ponies in carved p-pumpkins.” “Oh, that’d be a shadowbolt, I believe. So I see no reason for stuttering.” “I-it’s just the p-pumpkins, their c-carved with s-scary faces.” “Fluttershy, I’m pretty sure you saw them on Nightmare Night. You should be used to this.” “They’re still scary for me.” “Eh, never mind. Hey, you! Come face me like a pony. Show me how scary you can be!” The shadowbolts reacted and the one right in front started his attack move by producing homing fire approaching the ponies fast. “Out of the way!” Pinkie warned as both mares dodged the flame while the pegasus squeaked. “Eep!” “Okay, I admit, that was scary and dangerous.” Pinkie had no time to linger, she swiftly charged at the enemy before he produces another scary move to use her own scary move. Fluttershy stood frozen still from the room’s inhabitants. Pinkie decided to continue without her, didn’t want to press her nerves too hard. Soon, she’ll learn to face her fears, she can’t be a coward every October. Ms. Laughter took the ramp on her right to fight more pumpkin heads just for star bits. Their flames were easily predictable and avoidable to never burn her flank. She’s also careful to never set even a string of poofy hair within range of a black hole in the middle of a window frame. After the shadowbolts were down, a moving star chip came from the ceiling and on this wall. “So my objective here is to find 5 star chips. New twist though: the pieces aren’t stationary. I like the challenge.” With Pinkie’s new target discovered, she proceeded. The next ramp leads to the front wall where 2 more launch star pieces are featured, plus a spooky shadowbolt to vanquish easily. The left wall didn’t have anything featured, so the next area to explore is the ceiling. Another of Sombra’s minions existed and was actually smart enough to trigger at Pinkie’s presence. So smart that Pinkie reacted quickly and jumped to dodge. “Woah! You scared the life out of me. You’re smart, but you have to fade away.” Pinkie immediately spun the enemy before he attacks again. “I believe that’s the last of them.” Fluttershy, at the mention of that sentence calmly walked to Pinkie with a frown. “Hey, Fluttershy. What’s up? That upside-down smile I see doesn’t look like somepony frightened of haunted houses.” “It’s just, it didn’t feel right leaving you to take all the experience. Yes, I was fright of this room, but I thought could at least do something useful. Yet, I was scared to come.” “Are you saying that from now on, you’ll take my advice strongly and have the bravery to be useful.” “I’ll do my best. No take-backs.” “Alright, I’ll let you insist. Start by collecting those star chips and I’ll investigate this cracked spot.” Fluttershy did what she was told to do, collecting the last 2 star chips for a launch star to appear on the right window replacing the black hole. The persistent pegasus trotted towards Pinkie wanting to see what she was doing now. “What do you propose this spot of the damaged ceiling to signify?” “Well, I’ve only placed a hoof on it and could feel a little creakage, so I bet a full four-hoof stomp should affect it.” “Do you think there’s anything down there?” “Most likely, hopefully, there’ll be insane riches to collect.” Pinkie rose her forehooves ready to thrust, but before she did, Fluttershy interrupted the action to consider something. “Wait! Um, could you let me do your deed?” “Really? Are you desperate to break the ceiling?” “Please, if there’s something I should be useful for once, it’s doing objectives for you.” “Technically, this is a bonus objective. But you did say please, so go ahead.” Pinkie stood back as Fluttershy walked onto the cracked area. She jumped and thrust down, smashing through the roof and into a room of books, the mare can guess it’s a library. There are sling stars all around the room and a ramp leading to a wall where it featured a lever. Fluttershy decided to examine the lever first. “I wonder what this does?” The pegasus flipped the switch and the effect of it widened her eyes, she couldn’t believe what materialized. Several coins are found scattered along the shelves, aligned in a way that it’s obtainable using the sling stars. “Oh my Celestia! Look at all these bits!” Fluttershy swiftly ran to use the sling stars and collected all of the coins. She then exited out of the hole and returned falling to the floor of the room with the launch star. Pinkie was waiting by the transportation device to hear about the contents Fluttershy got. “So what was in there? Were they star bits? Coins? How much were you able to collect?” “Pinkie, I found approximately 50 coins.” “50?! We’re rich! We’re gonna be the next Filthy Rich by the end of this quest!” “Are you sure? Do you know how much the Rich family had?” “Hmm, I’m not sure exactly. They probably had around a hundred thousand to a million bits, so yeah, scratch my hypothesis, we’ll never hit his wealth. Anyway, end of discussion, let’s get out of here.” Finally, the two mares use the launch star to escape this room. Their next destination is a little balcony on the side of the manor, star bits were being shot out of cannons along the way for Pinkie to collect them. On solid ground, the two ponies saw Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo peeking into the window on their left. “Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo?” “Didn’t your parents ever tell you to never stalk on ponies?” “Okay, first, we lost our parents.” “Second, you won’t believe who we found.” “Who?” “Come up here and show yourself to the best unicorn in the universe!” A familiar voice and a familiar personality. Their eyes widened when this egomaniac unveiled her existence to inspect the window, collecting 2 coins on the way up. Introducing, Trixie Lulamoon, also known as The Great and Powerful Trixie in a magician’s attire. Her bio read a boastful street performer who grudged against Twilight and her friends for unknown reasons. The unicorn easily recognized her guests at the window. “Well, if it isn’t Twilight Snarkle’s friends. Uh, pardon Trixie, she totally forgot your names.” “Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy. Still calling your rival names, huh.” “How did you get here?” “Trixie won’t give such explanations unless she’s free of this pitiful room.” “You can’t just walk out the door?” “Do you see any doors?” “Hmm, what’s in it for us if we did let you out?” “Might I add, can we trust you after you banished our princess of friendship from town and removed my mouth?” “You’re still upset about that, I see. What are you after?” “We’re hunting for Power Stars.” “Very well. Let me prove that I’ve learned my lesson. If you help me out, I’ll give you the star I’ve found and help you find more.” “Wait, you had one? Bring it over right now!” “Can’t. There’s glass between us.” “Aw. So close yet so far.” “Will you really help us?” “Are you still uncertain? I’m amending my mistakes and preserving them, I swear. Do we have a deal or do you want me to pursue my boasting ways?” Pinkie and Fluttershy had to think about this decision. Trixie and the alicorn amulet caused a lot of chaos back in Equestria. Should they allow a troublemaker to roam free in the universe? “Fine, we have a deal, but we’re watching you. Don’t make us regret our decision.” “The only thing you’re gonna regret is your doubtfulness, I promise you.” “I doubt that.” Pinkie and Fluttershy jumped down from the window frame. Their new objective is to free Ms. Lulamoon. This next line is for the fillies. “Are you two gonna stay here longer or…?” “Yeah, I guess we can keep her company for longer. After that, we’re gonna explore deeper into this mansion.” “Couldn’t we just leave now? I’m scared, Scoots!” “Hey, Fluttershy here is not even quaking.” “I’m only a little scared. I swore to myself to face my fears.” “Great, if you can do it, so can Sweetie. If you’re that scared, warm up your bravery while we talk to Trixie.” Pinkie and Fluttershy saw the next door across a gap. Good thing multiple pull stars could drag them over the pit. Some voicing of the word ‘pull’ while fixing their eyes on it got them to where they needed to be. The door in front of them was locked without a key. “Well, have we seen a key, Fluttershy?” “No, we haven’t. At least not yet, anyway.” The mares look around the area they're at, trying to find a key. Maybe it’s around the corner or off the edge, maybe it’s in the gap…oh, Fluttershy found it in the gap. “Pinkie, come here!” “Did you find it?” “It’s floating in this groundless pit.” Pinkie saw the key. Seeing its location, she pondered on how to grab it since a pony’s hoof or neck isn’t enough to cover the distance. But then, her light bulb lit up. “Fluttershy, do something useful for me, please.” “Me? How can I be useful in this situation?” “You’re a pegasus, right?” “Of course I am, but what does that have to do with…oh, I get it now.” To spell it out, Pinkie told Fluttershy to fly down the hole to collect the key and return to the platform. And that’s exactly what the winged horse did to unlock the door. “Thank Celestia you’re here. How could I get that without wings?” “I guess if you’re solo, a dangerous trick needs to be performed, like using a pull star as you’re falling?” “Are you crazy? No way did the universe want us to do that.” The doors swing open for a long corridor. Upon penetrating, two ghostly shadowbolts showed up. “Eep!” Pinkie and Fluttershy had to run past them, they dodged them both while they advanced deeper. Light was featured at the end of the tunnel, so they led both ghosts to their death and dropped their coins. In the area after the long corridor, all it featured is a big question mark coin at the back corner and some bars on a wall. One could guess they need to go through the gate. “Don’t see a way in there. No doors, windows, no nothing.” “Perhaps the big coin provides us with something useful?” So they investigated. Pinkie and Fluttershy examined the coin by grabbing it. Upon collection, two identical necklaces spawned, both accessorized with white gems decorated with a ghost image. “Wow, a new necklace which means a new ability to gain.” “They both have a ghost picture on them. How could they affect us?” “We won’t know until we wrap it around our necks.” The mares picked up the pendants from the ground and wore them. Immediately, the effect occurred, the ponies’ bodies are being covered by light like a folding screen shielding incomplete transformation. After the lights fade, Pinkie and Fluttershy found themselves in a new body. Mane and coat colors have changed from pink and yellow to both entirely white. Their rear hooves are replaced with a weird wavy tail, plus they’re glowing and floating. Fluttershy’s sight of her form freaked her out. “Ah! What happened to me?! Why can’t I feel my bottom half?! Help me! I’m freaking out!” “Woah, woah! Chill for just a minute! We turned into ghosts, but we aren’t dead, I hope.” “But why? Why must we be ghosts? Did you forget I dislike ghosts?” “That doesn’t necessarily mean being a ghost is your worst nightmare. Look, be a ghost for a few minutes, we might need this to fly through the bars.” “Fine, but I still don’t like this.” “It’s your opinion.” Pinkie said as she accidentally ran into the light, which shattered the necklace in the process and reversed her transformation. Luckily, the necklace respawns to where it first appeared. “Well, now we know that with the power, light is our weakness like those white shadowbolts.” Pinkie quickly transformed to try again. She and Fluttershy flew to the gate expecting to pass through, but instead, contact equals soft collision for ghosts. “Ow. That did not work.” “Aren’t ghosts supposed to pass through walls?” “Maybe not the type of ghosts we are. There must be a way to be intangible.” “Try spinning in ghost form.” It’s a good thought, so ghost Pinkie attempted. Applied movement towards the gate and performed her spin move when near, resulting in a few moments of transparency plus intangibility and the ability to permeate through the bars. “Did it work?” “Yes, it worked, but how am I gonna go through?” “Well, if you’re like the ghosts we faced, maybe…stand close to me.” “Okay, do you have an idea?” Pinkie’s test, spinning next to Flutterghost. Idea was dragging her like spinning a shadowbolt ghost, hoping that she’ll pervade to the other side. Believe it or not, the theory’s true. Hooray, both ponies are past the gate. “Eep!” “Are you alright? It worked, at least.” “Give me a moment to clear my dizziness. I’m alright, can we move on now?” After that obstacle is cleared, they progressed, following 3 coins that led to their left. Pinkie and Fluttershy could see they’d intruded the prison hallway with Trixie’s cell. “Look, there’s Trixie.” “No crusader at the window, I suppose they left to explore the rest of the house. Give me a few seconds to grab the star bits on the left.” 4 candy meteors were obtained, then the ghost mares soared towards the jail cell that had the great and powerful unicorn kept in it. However, they floated too close to a painting of a ghost shadowbolt that came to life. “Fly away, Flutters!” It’s a ghost chase. Both ghostly protagonists were being chased by the bad spectre. There are two lights in the room, so they attempted to shine some light while being chased and also without some form of illumination shone upon themselves. Eventually, it took a while to maneuver, but they earned the single coin he owned. Chase was terminated, time to visit Trixie’s cell, entry by Pinkie special move on herself and her partner. Trixie finally noticed but proceeded to panic. “No! Wh-who sent you two varmints to come here?! Please, don’t take Trixie away!” “Trixie, calm down. It’s just us, I’m Fluttershy and that’s Pinkie Pie.” “How can Trixie be sure, ghosts? If Sombra can make shadowbolt ghosts, he can make ghosts that look like the losers of Equestria.” “Why, you-” Pinkie had the nerve to lunge forward, making the mare in a wizard’s cloak even more frightened than before. “No, go away! Disintegrate in that light behind the wall, please! I beg you won’t attack the Great and Powerful Trixie!” “Pinkie, Trixie’s scared of us in ghost form. She won’t give us the star unless we’re mortals. We need to get rid of this effect.” “If that’s the case, she mentioned the light’s behind the wall behind us.” So Pinkie and Fluttershy ought to float over the partition to find a source of luminescence. Sure enough, there was a ceiling lamp. Upon exposure, both of their necklaces fractured into pieces and both ghosts returned to mortals. Fluttershy seemed proud of that. “There you go, are you happy to be alive now?” “Thank goodness, I’m back to normal. I never wanted to turn into a ghost again.” “You know what, the next time you turn into something you ain’t fond of, just embrace it.” Fluttershy is about to comment, but… “No, no. Don’t complain. Embrace your next form, whether it’s something scary or, I don’t know, Saddle Rager.” Then, Pinkie used a nearby spring to bounce high over the wall and to the other side, followed by Fluttershy who the pink pony hoped she took her word. 3 sugar sweets were also collected before coming face-to-face with Trixie. “Welcome, Pinkie Pie and Shutterfly.” “Shutterfly? The name’s Fluttershy.” “How dare you call us losers?” “When did Trixie say such a thing?” “Just now! Don’t tell me you forgot.” “Er, were you listening from behind the wall? Trixie was talking to some ghosts, may still have some insults that Trixie was comfortable having, forgive me.” “Those ghosts were us!” “Haha. Still the pony of jokes Trixie sees. You’re kidding, aren’t you.” “Not kidding, not joking, for real. You insulted us right in front of us.” “For real, huh. Well, if that’s true, how would Trixie know? Excuse Trixie for not realizing that.” “How could you not realize that?!” “Who knows what King Sombra throws at us? Could he send shadowbolt ghosts? Exploding ones? Replications?” “Wait, you’ve encountered King Sombra?” “Get Trixie out of here at once and will explain it. For now, you’ll earn the star if you agree to ignore being offended in the future.” “Come on, Pinkie. All you need is to show a little kindness.” “Fine. But some of us might get offended by your insults.” “You’ve got some nerve by not trusting the Great and Powerful Trixie. Have your star and take Trixie with you if you’re willing to.” Trixie removed her hat and pulled a Power Star out for Pinkie and Fluttershy to keep. They agreed to hold it in their hooves, then celebrated with it. For they keep their word, they brought Trixie to soar with them to the Comet Observatory. Three ponies flew in from a galaxy in the sky to an observatory put into hiding. Here comes Pinkie and Fluttershy who brought the Great and Powerful Trixie and arrived at the front door facing Princess Stella. “Good afternoon, are you supposed to be a friend of these ponies?” “The Great and Powerful Trixie is practicing for approval of being a friend with Princess Twilight and her friends.” A familiar voice was spread for everypony to hear. She got attention from her critics near the library who turned their backs and were shocked at the new guest. “Trixie?!” “Yepperoni. She’s on our side now. Found locked away in a haunted manor.” “Well, that’s just great. Now that you’re here, you’d have the intention of causin’ trouble for us.” “Ugh, why does everypony Trixie recognized have to meet and immediately assume she’s the bane of their existence.” Stella’s only perspective is on the outside and not the inside. Basically clueless about who’s friends or enemies, she only views their activities in Equestria. “From the negative expressions on your faces, are you on bad terms with the new unicorn.” “It’s a long story, but yes. Last time we saw her, banished me from my village as revenge.” “Wearing the alicorn amulet that corrupted her. Issue gone, apologized and left the stage but never heard from until now.” “You still hate her after that, huh. Forgiveness was never deserved, was it?” “After that event back on Equestria, we can’t trust you. Unless you can find somethin’ to make it up to us, you ain’t on our side. You can stay, but we won’t be kind to you.” “Fine, doubt that Trixie would do any good. Tell them what her plan is, Fluttershee.” “Please get my name right next time, it’s Fluttershy. Trixie promised to find more Power Stars for us.” “Wow, are you sure you’re up for the task?” “You promised, so you’d better.” “For the love of Celestia, give Trixie a break for two minutes. Trixie will gather her bearings for she was in that cell for 3 days, so lingering on that platform after the grass so that Trixie won’t bother. Notice a missing mare, she’s on another galaxy doing her task.” Trixie was about to head towards the garage to leave them alone until Pinkie noticed one thing she hasn’t mentioned. “Wait, what about the explanation? How did you get here?” “Oh, how could Trixie forget? You owe it. Quick summary, a Power Star dropped into Equestria near Trixie, collected it then got abducted. King Sombra threatened to give the star, but Trixie refused and was sent to prison. Satisfied?” After she explained what happened, Trixie wasted no time and walked toward the garage. “Well, at least we know that Sombra really did steal the Power Stars.” “Be careful, princess. So far, she’s been nothin’ but trouble.” “In your past, correct? I believe she’ll do the right thing in this present.” “Whatever do you mean, darling?” “You made the right call letting her help you.” “What?!” “No intention of disagreein’, but are ya out of yer mind?” “Soon, you’ll see how much benefit we’ll receive by saving her from that mansion.” “You can predict the future? Are you related to the princess in some way?” That question caught Stella off guard, but she won’t spill the beans yet. Instead, she avoided the question entirely and informed Pinkie of her current quest. “Pinkie, don’t you have other stars to gather?” Not surprising for an alicorn to dodge Twilight’s questions, Celestia is one of those ponies to do so. “Oh, right. What are we standing around for? Let’s-a-go, Flutters.” Back to the Kitchen, where Pinkie and Fluttershy stood under the pull star, looked straight at it and voiced one particular word to rise up. “Pull!” Ghostly Galaxy’s in view, still as haunted as it was before with spooky greys and purples. However, they, including Fluttershy, are brave and prepared, a little trembling but they thought “Let’s freaking do this!” So Pinkie signals to boost them with the launch star for the second mission in the galaxy. A Very Spooky Sprint The entrance to the galaxy was the same as last time, starting with landing on Apple Bloom’s spaceship. “Applebloom? You’re still here?” “Yep, for some reason, the rest of the crusaders hadn’t united yet. Probably still explorin’.” “Yeah, poor Sweetie Belle for being dragged to join Scootaloo.” “Do you, by any chance, know where to look for a second Power Star.” “Nope, haven’t even been in the mansion. Ah’m scheduled to control this UFO.” “That’s okay, Apple Bloom. We’ll just go in there and hope we have some leads.” “Alright, the launch star is still on the roof.” Used the launching device to alight on solid ground. More enemies appeared to occupy the ones who died, plus some bats flying by the archway. It seemed like the mound to the right respawned too. “Okay, that’s a lot of enemies, 3 shadowbolts wearing pumpkins and 3 bats.” “Hey, wasn’t that the stalagmite that you destroyed earlier.” “Looked like it respawned. Could it mean…?” Pinkie had a theory. To see if she’s correct, she attempted to break it again. Sure enough, the invincibility necklace returned. “Ah-ha! Okay, how about I get the power while you collect everything that I missed.” “Sounds like a good plan. Okay, whenever you’re ready.” “I’m always ready.” Pinkie grabs the necklace and clung it to her cervix transforming her colors from magenta to flashing rainbow. Pressure is on, running into every hostile mob to annihilate them into collectable star bits, while Fluttershy found 4 such items that served as decoration during the spree. The final bat received its death wish before the power drained. Area is cleared of enemies and candy comets, now they’re facing a glowing mound above the platform where the first mound was. Very transfixed. “That looks important. I wonder what’s in there?” “One way find out.” Pinkie dismantled the stalagmite to reveal a launch star pointing south. “Oh, do we wanna use it?” “I’m not entirely sure. Notice the pull stars through the arch, pretty sure they go somewhere too.” They’re not sure which path to follow. Either way seemed to be good leads, but two can’t investigate both at the same time as a group. Unless they separate. “Hmm, what if we split up? One explores a path, the other explores another path.” “That’s possible, but are you confident about going alone? You don’t exactly look like the type.” “Hey, I’m confident, alright, Pinkie Pie?” Answered Fluttershy with an assertive tone. Got a little salty there that she realized it not long after. “Uh, I mean, I’ll be fine, plus I just wanna reinforce my bravery, that’s all. Little confidence, but desired to gain more.” “Emphatic, I see. Very well, I’ll head towards the pull stars. Be sure not to push too hard that you’ll lose your sanity.” “I’ll try not to. See you on the other side, Pinkie.” “You too, Flutters.” So the agreement is to split up. Pinkie decided to use the pull star while Fluttershy used the nearest launch star. She had to say the word “pull” multiple times until she reached her launch star. Blast off! Pinkie was shot over the mansion to soar over cannons of 5 edible meteors each that she made sure to collect. Destination: Ghost Race Zone. A little bit of a stroll, Pinkie could spot a ghost shadowbolt that’s the size of a full-grown alicorn waiting on the north pole of the current planet. “Wow, you’re huge. Please don’t harm me.” “Sombra’s orders; I’m programmed to race, not harm.” “Race? What race?” “See the course filled with blue stars ahead? This is the starting line, bones border the edges, finish at the next planet.” “I see that. But what would I race you for?” “If you finish before me, you’ll earn my star.” “Really? This is not a troll, is it? It’s not like you plan to renege on me, right?” “Ask Sombra, he’ll confirm his orders; if disobeyed, punishment delivers.” Pinkie would conjecture about her villain’s “if…then you win” circumstances, but she'd digress as there’s no reason to decline a chance to earn a Power Star. “I don’t have many options, do I? However, one slip-up of the deal and we’re gonna have a major problem.” “Assure you’ll have none of that. May the best spirit win.” “You’re on!” The big ghost and Pinkie positioned themselves fairly at the starting platform. Both are ready to compete, but only one may take first place. Ghost shadowbolt gave the countdown. “3…2…1…Go!” It begins. Pinkie immediately used the nearest pull star in front, then she continually and hastily called for the furthest pullers to navigate the course. The ghost had to fly through the whole thing at a relatively fast pace, such that a couple of mistakes meant bad news. Pinkie was able to catch up slightly behind him. Large bouncy meat got in the way to slow down whoever made contact with them. There were also two layers of a ribcage that frequently swings up attempting to ruin Pinkie’s pace. Luckily, it’s not that hard to avoid. More meat awaited them, Pinkie sometimes utilized their bounciness for progressive advantage because she can. After those obstacles are covered, the mortal saw a sling star up ahead, lucky her. “Much appreciated to whoever put this here. Whee!” Many “pulls” later, Pinkie made access to the shortcut and skipped a huge portion of the course while taking first place as the ghost took the intended path. Being sure that she exclaimed “pull” when the sling brought her to a pull. Now is a good time to make a comeback. Without wasting any precious moments, once magnetized, an immediate instinct to progress with haste. A couple of blue stars in, here are some planets that act like these magnets. Applying the same procedure to get pulled, except had to land on a surface facing away from the finish line, walk to the other side of the equator and then, the other planet can be utilized. Repeat on this planet until the next pull star can be reached. The undead was still gaining on her, but Pinkie’s on the final stretch, she just needs to maneuver around the space mines. It’s slightly difficult, but good news, she’s able to pass the minefield and reach the planet for the finish line. Just needs to run a little bit to reach the end platform. “Woohoo! Don’t mean to brag, but I won! It was a pretty close race though, I gotta admit.” Pinkie permitted as the second place made his way to meet up. “You said it. I kept the time recorded and you reached the finish line in 00:01:23. We were at each other’s tails, you know.” “Yeah, I know. Now that I’ve won, please give me the Power Star.” “No need to get so snippy about it, okay? As I promised, here is your prize.” The big ghost shadowbolt materialized the gold star out of thin air and hoofed it to the winner. Pinkie obtained it for her collection, celebrated her success and flew back to the Comet Observatory. Curious to see what Fluttershy found at the alternative launch star. Matter Splatter Mansion “Should really be careful of what I say around Pinkie. Don’t wanna start another quarrel.” Fluttershy informed herself as she soared through the sky via the launch star and headed south, opposite Pinkie’s chosen road. The solo pegasus’s destination is unique, starting by landing on what looked like a corner chunk of a mansion. In front of her, she eyed a small visible area of floor and no more beyond. “Where am I? Where’s the rest of the ground in this section?” Wondering about where the entire mansion disappeared to, decided to just move forward and see where it goes. Set hoof onto the new tiles and suddenly, more floor appeared in front of the portion. “Oh, now I see how this is designed.” Mechanic discovered, Fluttershy kept walking forward since there was new ground to cover. Eventually, the ground moved until it reached a locked door, one could guess a key is required. There just so happened to be a key on a platform on Fluttershy’s right. While she noticed a small gap between the platforms, the key’s platform started moving north on the z-axis. Noticed, Fluttershy utilized the platform to quickly empty a block that contained star bits. Then the platform motioned in the opposite direction, which allowed Fluttershy to grab the key, then returned to the door to use said key. Unlocked and through, there’s a question mark coin over a visible portion of floor. Fluttershy touched it, then the floor started to move in the direction of the door. It led to a turn at its right, revealing a set of stairs to climb. Stairs that led to another block of sweet meteors, then a little parkour course. Two small not-so-small gaps separated three platforms while the walls and floors kept appearing and disappearing. “Why is it moving so fast? I have to keep up.” Made the final jump, then climbed a small ledge, another block awaited Fluttershy containing more star bits. Then, more floor appeared southerly revealing a narrow road, but not too narrow as can run without falling, still had to be careful though. “Blocks are littered everywhere.” Midway the narrow path, another box awaited, except it held a single coin. Emptied, then continued until the fifth block expected to be unloaded of shooting stars. Finally, Fluttershy descended a few more steps to alight at an archway. It escorted her to a big room. Furniture includes a chifforobe and a grand piano. Beside the instrument is two doors and keys. “Let’s open both doors.” Fluttershy grabbed each key and slotted them on each door lock. One had 2 candy comets behind it the other had a question mark bit. “Let’s see what happens when I pick this up.” The coin revealed a trail of star bits that led over the piano and on the cabinet. As Fluttershy followed the chain, more of the mansion was revealing upwards and vanishing downwards. Gotta go fast. After getting on the cabinet, Fluttershy had to use her wings to reach the second floor. How she wished she could wall jump. On this floor, a key and a door led to a coin, then climbed and flew onto several ledges to reach the next floor. “How many doors do I have to open? First blocks, now doors?” One key for another door on this floor, opened 2 more coins. Afterwards, Fluttershy must climb to another ledge and flap to the next floor, it doesn’t seem to end. 4 more star bits to store as she ascended, then three more keys per door to open. Bolted the first, 1 coin gain. Bolted the second, 3 coins earned. Finally, bolted the third, and lo and behold, it’s a Power Star. “Oh, so there was a purpose for coming here.” And so, Fluttershy quickly made contact with this intended resource from an alternated route before the floor vanished under her hooves. As she celebrated her victory, it was time to zoom back to the Comet Observatory. Hopefully, Pinkie Pie found something in the intended route. Back at the space station’s Kitchen, Pinkie has returned with a Power Star. Rainbow Dash’s appearance was unexpected. Seemed like she decided to take a break from minutes of library time and went to see her pink friend along with Applejack. “Hey, Dashie. I thought Daring Do got you sunk into her chapters.” “Well, you know, I have the adrenaline to use up. Running around, flexing talons, being social. One wouldn’t sit on a carpet enjoying five 10-minute novels all in one day.” “Wait, where’s Fluttershy? Ah thought she came with ya.” “Still out there perhaps, there was a split path that may lead to somewhere else. It won’t be long now. “Then let’s hope she’s safe.” “Well, what do you know, that’s her.” Fluttershy came down with another star just after Applejack read her script. “So that was an alternate route to another star, huh. What was it like?” “I was at some sort of vanished mansion. What did you do in the intended route?” “I raced a ghost. It was fun. Shame we missed out on other’s adventures.” Then Rainbow stepped in to discuss another topic. “By the way, I’ve been meaning to ask this, what’s Trixie doing here?” “You didn’t ask her?” “I don’t trust her alike cowgirl and tailor.” “She was locked up in a spooky mansion’s prison for refusal of presenting a star to King Sombra.” “Now she insists on assisting us by collecting more Power Stars.” “The Princess informed that lettin’ her help will benefit us. No clue what she means.” “So does that mean we can trust her?” “Ah’m not sure, but we’ll see what happens. Either Trixie’s capable of doin’ such a task or she’ll keep bein’ an annoyin’ son of a mule. You need to go back and find more stars, Pinkie.” “We know what to do, right, Fluttershy?” “Of course. We say…” “Pull.” Time for their third visit to Ghostly Galaxy where apparently, a fourth star exists. When ready, a launch star threw them towards the galaxy. Beware of Bouldergeist They have returned and were set to find the next star so that another galaxy will be detected. Pinkie and Fluttershy landed on the CMC’s UFO like last time, except it’s positioned farther away from the mansion than before. Apple Bloom still pilots it, but still no sign of two more fillies. “Sweetie and Scootaloo hadn’t returned yet?” “No, they hadn’t. Ah’m worried about ‘em.” “Why didn’t you pick them up, like right now? Why are you so far away from the mansion?” “Ah knew you’d come here seein’ the launch star out here with no ground.” “But you had a minute to pick them up before we arrived. Do you realize how long they’ve been there?” “I can answer that: approximately 10 minutes.” How did Apple Bloom not realize her friends had been gone for long? Now she realized and proceeded to question the situation. “What’s takin’ them so long?! They must’ve been attacked and caught by the ghosts ‘cause there’s no way they wouldn’t leave the house by now.” “No, they can’t be.” “It ain’t unlikely. Once you use the launch star, ah’ll land down there and find ‘em.” “Fairly sure it points to the mansion, you can take us there in your spaceship.” “You can’t be sure where it takes you.” That’s true. Could the launcher send ponies on the ground before the manor? Crashing through the window? Straight to the Power Star? Can’t be sure until they used it. So yes, they got launched. They arrived on the dirt before the mansion as they expected. Shortly after, Apple Bloom’s space vehicle also parked on the dirt and the driver alighted. “Be careful, Apple Bloom. If something happened just call for us.” “Alright, at least ah have a guardian beside me.” Pinkie started being ticklish from her premonition powers detecting something beneath a mound on the left. “Could there be something in it?” “I’m gonna guess it’s a rainbow necklace considering the first two mounds we opened.” Pinkie spin-attacked the stone structure, it presented the invincibility necklace. Fluttershy decided to wear it again. “I’d like to use it again this time.” “Um, why?” “Being helpful.” “Alright. Like I said before, don’t push too hard by being a hardcore daredevil.” “I know. I promise I won’t do otherwise.” “Okey dokey lokey. Your enemies to annihilate are those bats, those spiders and I’m suspicious of the bridge to the mansion. Good luck.” Here’s Fluttershy trying not to be a bystander. She wore the necklace and immediately get to crashing into the following enemies mentioned, including the enemy on the way to the manor which is the Chain Chomp from the first star mission rolling towards her. “You’re invincible, Fluttershy. No need to run away.” Unlike last time, her bravery came and she charged toward the enemy demolishing it and three additional bats. As soon as that happened, the magical necklace shattered before Pinkie and Apple Bloom caught up. “Yay! Cheering because you didn’t try and flee.” “Was that the necklace which makes the bearer invulnerable?” Apple Bloom asked as she gets to observe something uniquely magical for the first time. “That’s correct. You know your facts, huh.” “Thanks for the compliment. Now can we move on? Ah’m worried about Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.” “Oh my gosh! What if they’re getting chased by a ghost? We have to pick them up quick.” “Relax, you two. Whatever happens, we’ll deal with the problem. Right, Fluttershy?” Pinkie collected an extra 2 coins on the bridge before heading towards the mansion doors. Once entered, already, an enemy is present, a black shadowbolt ghost. It noticed the visitors waltzing in to give chase. “It’s coming towards us.” “Didn’t Stella call these Bomb Ghosts? Run!” The ponies ran around the room just so that they have time to think. There are no visible exits, so somehow they had to make one. “How do we get rid of him? We don’t need a light?” “Let me try spinning him. Stand back!” Attempt to spin near the ghost, fortunately, that’s exactly the play here. Pinkie’s spin attack dragged the ghost by its tail to a couple of boxes nearby. Crates exploded and revealed 2 coins, 2 star bits and two fillies who Apple Bloom recognizes. “Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo?” “You blew our cover! Look behind you!” Another Bomb Ghost snuck up behind everypony and almost touched a flank if only Pinkie hadn’t turned around and spun. Fluttershy and Apple Bloom moved out of the way before it swings to the statue by the hearth that led to a launch star. “That was close.” “I guess that launch star is where we’re going next.” “What were those fillies doing behind those crates?” “Isn’t it obvious? We were hiding from the black ghost.” “While we’re “exploring” the mansion, we found ourselves here and the ghost just spawned in the middle of the room.” “Glad to see you alright, but why were you in here for so long?” “Can you ask Scoots?” “Yeah…sorry for dragging you here. I admit it, I did scare my flank off. I promise it won’t happen again.” “Apology accepted. Come on, I wish to get out of this galaxy.” “Right this way.” Apple Bloom escorted her friends to their UFO and the Cutie Mark Crusaders finally left the galaxy since Pinkie and Fluttershy’s mission one here. “Great, with that sorted, let’s continue to travel forward, shall we?” “You don’t want those boxes on that corner over there?” Fluttershy referenced wooden crates opposite the fireplace. “Oh, can’t miss them. Launch without me, I’ll catch up.” Pinkie couldn’t leave behind four crates unopened, so she chose to gather her rewards while Fluttershy advanced. However, before activating the catapult, the pegasus noticed a block on the side. Abandoned the cannon to unload it of candy comets, then she got shot off with Pinkie following behind. Soaring through a weird planet textured with holes to reach a Phantom Tower. A spider anticipated its demise on a stair, then the mares moved along the route until more spiders drop right in front of them. “Eep! Don’t scare me like that!” Out of nowhere, Fluttershy attacked these foes brutally with pure rage. Her snorts caused it to be more fierce for Pinkie’s speechlessness. “It scares me when your enraged.” Just realized how much she got tempered in front of this pony. Too much, too far, too fierce. “Er…d-did I go too far? Sorry if I scared you.” “It’s alright, but your anger should be lowered, promise me that.” They progress, a mobile stone platform enlarging and shrinking gaps leaped over with accurate timing while eliminating another arachnid dangling down a sling pod. Note: Pinkie’s familiar with these, not Fluttershy. “Ooh. I know these things! I know these things!” “Well? What is it? What do we do with it? How do we use it?” “Follow my lead.” The pink horse required her spin-jump to achieve the height. Saw a coin on the top left for demonstrating, pulling back as far as she can, then releasing the force resulting in catapulting and acquiring the single gold. Falling to the ground, Pinkie dropped on hooves, yet absorbed the damage somehow. “You want a boost?” “Boost me.” Fluttershy attempted to perform the similar actions, needing Pinkie’s assistance to reach the pod. Had to aim for the higher ledge, but a shadowbolt wearing the pumpkin anticipated her attendance. “Set your heart aflame! Every part aflame!” Purple flames crapped out of him before the pegasus debarked. Think fast, she remembered she possessed wings and flew over him. At that point, Pinkie arrived to deliver the enemy’s defeat. “This is not a game!” After that, Fluttershy needed another uplift into another sling pod. Star bits surround the slingshot, she questions whether to gather them for her friend or not. “Should I collect these for you?” “Looks advanced, I believe I can treasure them myself. Thanks for asking though.” So the pegasus was tossed upwards to the only pod without sweets around it, taking a few while being thrown. On the other hand, Pinkie jumped onto the sticky substance and stretched it far enough to get the star bits. Then, she threw herself at the other pods, repeating the process thrice. Once this wall is clear of comets, both ponies catapult at the sling star in the middle and get tossed up threading through electrical wires. One at a time, a star bit path leading to a launch star to use. Cannoned onto another tall wall. Immediately, when Pinkie and Fluttershy set hoof, two Bomb Ghosts turned from invisible to opaque. “Stand back, don’t wanna swing them directly to you.” Pinkie spun the first ghost to a statue, the same annihilation for the other, both statues dropped a single coin each. Enemies eliminated. Next objective: collect the pull star chips off the wall. First movement: spring off a spring unto a sling pod. Pinkie aimed left for 1 piece and another pack of webs. Fluttershy shot up for a sling star, fired to a few coins and chip 2. Then she fell back down to the original sling pod as the party pony was thrown up and to the right for the third chip and another catapult. She was fired to the upper left webs to obtain the fourth star chip right before Fluttershy was shot from her pod to the final star point and boarded Pinkie’s just-previous pod. Pinkie saw the pull stars appearing near a planet entirely covered with holes. Launch star’s on the opposite side of the planet, she had to synchronize correctly in a way the pull stars drag her through the holes. Fluttershy followed her lead. “These planets are weird, they don’t even have gravity.” “What if they had gravity? Would it be weird to walk on it if so?” “Yeah, narrow roads around holes. If you fall through them, I don’t know how one would crawl back out. How many holes are there?” They took the launch star and flew to another holed planet. This time, several mines were littered on the outside and a purple sphere is featured on the inside. “Speaking of those planets…” Gravity finally got featured on one of these planets. The crust is walkable, but it ended up rotating to a pole where the Pinkie and Fluttershy fell into a hole. Landed on the purple surface and sprung like a trampoline. “Whee! This is kinda fun.” “Obviously, you found this fun. You’re Pinkie Pie, you mostly bounce happily instead of trotting.” “Oh, right. Bouncing is what I like to do.” The task here is to search the planet for a launch star. Because the planet is relatively small, finding it won’t be a problem. Plus, the mines don’t add difficulty, the elasticity doesn’t spring high enough to even touch one. Despite not having pure difficulty, they got under the launch star, now to figure out how to bounce higher. “How can we reach the launch star?” “I know. Extra velocity plus elastic surface equals higher bounce.” Pinkie’s regular downwards stomp is enough for the height. Even Fluttershy was able to perform such a technique. They were able to use the cannon. Arrived. A couple of descending platforms led to a big circular area. Just by context, Pinkie could guess what this is. However, she’s worried about Fluttershy. What could happen on that type of platform in a spooky galaxy? “Is this an arena?” “An arena? We’re going fight something?” “Looks like a stage for a boss fight.” “Boss fight?! Don’t tell me we’re gonna fight something scary, considering the atmosphere of this galaxy.” “I think we had to, this is where our Power Star is. Be prepared. Are you ready?” Neither of them had a choice. It’s now or never. Knowing that this is their chance to reward what’s required… “Alright. I’ll do whatever I can to help.” “Are you sure?” “Positive.” Leading the timid into danger, not fun. But in this case, it has to happen. “Here we go.” Descending onto the stage to perform a boss fight, 2 bits are there for warming up. They made their final step and the battle begins. Some dangerous being is forming with several rocks flying from all directions in the middle of the arena. It was constructing a boss named Bouldergeist, a monster armored with rocks and farting black smoke. Roared so loud he vibrated the whole galaxy and completely terrified the absolute crap out of Fluttershy. “W-what is that?! We have to f-face that?! How do we d-defeat that?!” “Come on, Fluttershy. Help me defeat this monster.” “I-I don’t know if I c-can.” When the battle started, Bouldergeist materialized stones out of the ground. Then, he threw the stones at the ponies expecting to knock them out. Throws always land where Pinkie or Fluttershy last stood, so dodging them took just constant running. However, no hints on how to attack yet, Pinkie doubted she could play tennis with rocks even though she’s a pony with Discord-like powers. “Usually there’s a clue telling us how to defeat this boss.” Bouldergeist attempted to perform the rock throw again, but this time, one of them is uniquely black, unlike the grey ones. Pinkie noticed, but what did it mean? When it collided with the ground, a Bomb Ghost emerged from it. Now the protagonists knew what they had to do. “Pinkie, swing the ghost into the monster!” “Great idea!” With Pinkie’s spin-attack, she whirled the black ghost into Bouldergeist and exploded a third of the rock shell, revealing a black interior. Assumed the goal was to remove the entire shell. But then the boss shot a line of stalagmites out of the ground wanting to impale Fluttershy. Luckily, there were indicators and a bit of time to avoid the spikes. “I was about to get killed.” “Stay alive. I think he’s gonna throw rocks again.” As Pinkie said, Bouldergeist threw several boulders at the mares. Two of them were black and both released explosive spirits. Opportunity to strike, she’s able to pivot both ghosts and crash them into the boss. Discarded the rest of the shell and revealed his vulnerable appearance as 10 star bits sprinkled. This form consisted of a black head and a red…organ(?) beneath it. While in this physique, Bouldergeist attempted to escape their grasps while also spawning Bomb Ghosts for attacking. “It’s strange how enemies can benefit our quest. In this case, to defeat a boss who spawns such foes.” One would guess to chase him and hit him with a bomb. As Pinkie did just that, that’s phase 1 handled. Second phase is where it gets more interesting. Bouldergeist regenerated himself with the boulder armor, but now he decided to build itself hands. “H-hands?! Does that m-make him s-stronger?” “Considering this is phase 2, yes, he probably is.” Started with a single punch which is easily dodgeable by moving to the side. Then, it’s the most important attack with rocks. Two ghosts were produced from the stones. One was yellow and gives a coin. Pinkie first took the coin and transitions to pirouette both bombs at the boss’s body. One more explosion should clear all the boulders. “Oh, I wish that I could help fight in some way, but…” Fluttershy spoke as Bouldergeist tried to crush them with his hands, escaped though. “Unfortunately, there’s only one mare with the spinning ability, there’s not really much you can do without-“ Oops…too long of a speech bubble, took a rock to the head, knocked out and collapsed because distractions. Fluttershy noticed and barely survived, but poor Pinkie… “No! Pinkie!” Out cold. Unconscious. Not gonna awaken before the boss takes her alive. Unless…don’t think yet, spikes about to emerge, Fluttershy had to move Pinkie quickly. Unless…Fluttershy dug through her friend’s mane for the luma. “Sorry, Pinkie, but I have to take over.” Avenge is the word. The ghost that spawned via a black rock needs to be utilized. But first, his punch needs to be avoided, had to carry Pinkie to a safe position. Not taking any more chances, Fluttershy quickly swung the lonely ghost at the boss. Shattered the armor and hands disappeared upon collision, revealing his vulnerable form. “Time to put an end to this horror show!” Bouldergeist sent out the explosive enemies endeavored to eliminate the equine, but Fluttershy used the foes and flung them back at the boss who produced them. That was the last phase. The boss performed its death animation, flew high in the sky and blew up into nothing. The Power Star appeared in the middle. Pinkie is still motionless. “Pinkie, wake up. I know you’re not dead. We won the boss fight.” Nope, still out cold. Perhaps, she needed Fluttershy to take her to the space station. “Let’s go to our friends. I’ll take you to them.” Satisfied that she helped in the battle and the star’s within sight. Letting Pinkie’s hoof touch it and victory dancing with one inanimate mare. That’s when they soared back to the Comet Observatory. Lo and behold, Fluttershy came out alive, but Pinkie did not. As the pegasus stood in the Kitchen on her hooves, the party pony collapsed without a muscle active. Notice Rarity’s and Applejack’s reactions like they saw a corpse of their friends. “Oh no. Pinkie Pie! Is she…” “Don’t worry, she’s alive. Just knocked out by a rock.” “Well, that’s a relief, but what in tarnation happened exactly?” “It was a scary boss fight.” “A scary boss? Oh, that sounds like the worst possible thing that could’ve happened! At least you made it out alive, darling.” The only thing that’s negative about all this is Rarity and Applejack hadn’t asked their one question to Pinkie. Now she’s unconscious, also known as unable to talk, that’s impossible unless she awakens. “Oh, just when I’m about to ask Pinkie the question, she’s in a coma.” “What question? I might be able to answer it.” “Hmm, let’s set her resting on the comfortable couches first. How does that sound?” “We can do that, I’ll bring her there.” So Fluttershy passed her friend onto her back and followed Rarity and Applejack, escorting the unconscious one to the couches next to the library. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash noticed Pinkie and, too, thought she was dead. “No! Tell me she’s not dead!” “No, no. Rainbow, calm down. She’s fine, just unconscious.” “Phew! You shouldn’t surprise me like that. Warn me before come with a senseless corpse.” “How was she knocked out?” “Got distracted by talking too long, rock bruised her head in the process.” “Seriously?” “Set her down here and give her some room.” Fluttershy allowed Pinkie to lie on the red sofas. Now for the question. “About the question, did Sweetie Belle actually enter a haunted mansion? Was she about to get attacked?” “Um, yes, sort of. Why do you ask?” “Why do you think?! I would love to drag my sister on more adventures. However, I could lose my young sister!” “At least she’s alive.” “I can see that! However, I’d regret but have to abandon Sweetie Belle from traveling to more galaxies. Help me, Fluttershy. Give me a good reason not to do such a thing!” Words determine Sweetie Belle’s fate. Either desist or persist straight from Fluttershy’s mouth. There’s only one reason that could prevent Rarity from cancelling her sister’s episode participation. “Well, first things first, blame Scootaloo for who dragged your sister into danger.” “Oh yeah, Squirt did mention that she went to the haunted house.” “Even if she did, it’s essentially bringing somepony sensitive to an opportunity of possible death.” “She promised she won’t let it happen again.” “Your point being?” “Don’t think they’ll walk into danger anymore.” “Are you sure? There is no telling what could happen to them.” “Have you ever thought of the best-case scenario instead of the worst?” Generating results. It’s Rarity’s choice to make. Does she want her young’un to sail or sink? “Alright, darling. I’ll let her continue the odyssey.” Well, there it goes. Fluttershy was able to convince her friend. Sweetie Belle was able to keep on traveling afar. Now, the pegasus’s stomach reverberates as if lunch hadn’t been served. “Excuse me. I could really go for a salad right now if you don’t mind.” “Princess, could you serve us lunch, please?” “Of course. I’ll command the lumas to make it for you.” Lunch is on the way, and so is Apple Bloom with a folded piece of paper. “I found this note on the ground by the garage.” “Give me that.” Twilight took the note and read it out loud. “Finding Power Stars for your approval -Trixie L.” “Trixie?!” Magician disappeared from her spot by the garage. Could it be true? Is she actually looking for more fuel for this space station? “She’d better come back with a star.” As Fluttershy sat down and waited for her salad, what would happen next on this quest? Will there be a new galaxy? Will Trixie return with a star? Will Pinkie and Fluttershy meet and defeat Sombra as the third secret base fight? Even though our main protagonist has fallen, she could stand back up again. She’s unstoppable. Author's Note Pinkie’s Collection: Star Bits: 1473 Coins: 376 Power Stars: 28 That’s right, Trixie Lulamoon is the Luigi in this fanfic. Forgive me for putting Fluttershy in a spooky level. On the bright side, you get to see her fight more, being brave and useful. Notice the (?), what do you call Bouldergeist’s red dangling part? I don’t have a clue. I didn’t anticipate precisely 11k words in one chapter. I tried to make it as short as possible, but write what comes in my mind and never go back. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter.
Interlude: Stella's StorybookAuthor's Note Just an idea for another idea. The storybook simply had to be included. This is optional, but if you want the lullaby, click this link: HERE Also, some of you might know where I'm going with this. Interlude: Stella's Storybook The library’s interior was unsurprisingly peaceful, much like any old library the group had been in. Floor was built under some woollen carpet to add coziness. This was Princess Stella’s home archive that she was glad to share with her new guests. Rainbow Dash had been lingering here happily reading Daring Do when the rest of the Mane 6 were invited. They were here because the princess wanted to share the storybook she’s written herself. “We’re here, Princess.” “Well, I'm glad you all came.” “You’re gonna read us a story? I love stories.” “I’m sure your book is a gem but is this important in the middle of a mission?” “You’ll understand soon enough.” Questions were building even before all the Mane 6 accumulated in the room where it happened. However, according to the guardian of the galaxies, their queries will gain answers. Nonetheless, they’ll pay attention and wait for it. How about the pegasus occupied by her book? “Rainbow, you’re gonna miss it.” “I won’t, ‘cause I’m listening. If I’m interested, maybe I’ll close my book.” Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Spike and the CMC lowered their flanks and tummies to the ground. Stella sat on a stool with her bedtime story next to her, she used her alicorn magic to float it in front of her and flipped the cover. “Sit comfortably and Luma will occasionally serve you dinner. Let’s begin.” Chapter 1: The Celestial Duo Several years ago, there once was a young filly with a unicorn horn and pegasus wings. She was trotting away from home on the hills at night when the stars were visible in the sky. She always loved seeing them from below and wondered what they looked like up close. Just then, the filly saw something falling from the sky like an asteroid. She heard a muffled explosion when it reached the ground. She felt the need to investigate. “Oh dear, what was that? What happened there?” When the filly approached the smoking phenomenon, she found a crashed star-shaped UFO and met a baby, star-like creature. The creature seemed to be the spaceship’s pilot, but it also seemed a bit confused. “Who are you? Are you looking for something?” “I’m Luma and Mama is coming for me on a comet.” Luma was lonely that it shed a tear. The little alicorn thought it was adorable, so her heart shattered when she heard the issue. Gladly, she was willing to stay and wait with it. “I’ll be right beside you as you wait.” Luma and the filly sat on the hill waiting for possibly the guardian or the comet. Trying to search for it in the sky, they had no luck in catching a falling star. A couple of hours passed and Mama still hadn’t arrived yet. Then the alicorn suggested the watchtower of her town which was nearby. Using the telescope, she looked and looked, but nothing. Where is this comet? “How far is the comet? I’d be a taller mare by the time your mother arrives.” It appeared as if she’d never come and pick up Luma, so it’d sadly fly away without a parent. But then she had an idea. “I know. We can go out there and find her ourselves.” “But my spaceship crashed, how are we gonna fix it?” “I bet I can fix it with my magic.” So they headed back to the five-pointed spaceship to try and fix it themselves. The horn of the filly ignited as she concentrated on channelling her magic. Using her strength, the UFO was repaired and recharged ready for take-off. “We’ll find your mother, Luma, whether it takes months or years.” It could take several months or several years, so she had to pack necessities from home as many as they could bring before sailing away into space. Her mission was to find Luma’s Mama and so it began. The comet had to be found up there somewhere. Chapter 2: Star Bits It turned out this was a very long journey. Miles away, they outdistanced numerous asteroids for endless nights, but the search for ice in space seemed less trivial than at first glance. Luckily, the little mare packed enough stuff to energise their stomachs during the mornings, afternoons and evenings. “I told you we’re gonna need all these items. But even so, I never thought finding Mama would take this long.” But Luma wouldn’t give up because, for three whole days, they had fun playing together. Occasionally, the filly told it some motivational lessons not to worry if Mama wasn’t found. The alicorn scoured her saddlebag wanting a snack to relish when its contents felt minimal compared to how much she packed. She pulled a candy bar out of it and then buried her face in the space only to find some lacking space. “Oh, I’ve just realised my supplies are so limited.” That didn’t seem to be a problem for Luma as it giggled. A cluster of multicoloured chunks appeared in front of them, they flew closer to them so that Luma can collect them. “Star bits are my favourite snacks and they’re everywhere. You want some?” Luma giggled again and so did the filly. There was no reason not to have a bite. “Sure, Luma.” Having never tasted stars before, this interested her. She stored away her wrapped snack and took a juicy munch on one star bit strongly flavoured with mango. It was delicious enough that she wouldn’t stop if she couldn’t control herself. In went five of them before the pony stopped nibbling. “Come on, let’s find some more!” Luma cutely proposed. So along with chasing a comet, they had fun driving past star bits and trying to catch lots of them. They managed to contain a pile of them in their UFO. Chapter 3: The Comet The sky released endless falling sugar, so they sailed for just a year without seeing a comet. Meanwhile, they were occupied by playing games, chatting about topics, singing melodies, telling stories or jokes and viewing the vast void of vacuum. One day, she was woken from her slumber by bright cyan rays and groaned because of it. She peered from the awning and spotted a shimmering ice sphere that was the comet. The little filly tapped on Luma to prompt it awake. “Luma, I think we found it.” “What a relief! We should walk on it.” “Could this be the comet your mother is living on?” The duo decided to dissect, so they descended from their drivable to discover a parent. Unluckily, the two ran around and found not even one attraction on the surface, not even Mama. The pony was so exhausted from this trip that one year isn’t taking them home. She plopped on the moderately cold ground, possibly resting for a bit. “Look!” Luma called her and gestured to the ground behind her. A group of star bits were noticed while being buried in the ice. Luma giggled. “I’m good at finding star bits.” The filly also giggled as the pair mined them out and threw them into their pile. She could sense vibrations below their hooves because the comet was moving with her. The two decided to ride the comet and let it take them where it was going. “We’ll find your Mama, I’ll make sure of it.” Chapter 4: The Dream One night, the mare slept peacefully within the starship snug as a bug in a rug. So snug she was able to dream about her mother. Endless white and a towering alicorn with her ponytail facing toward her daughter. “Mother, can you hear me?” “Of course, I can, my little filly.” The little filly rushed over to embrace her parent. After a full year and a few months later, a real welcome back from a family member was what she needed. Bitterly, it was just a vision that she wished it was not. “I left without saying goodbye, can you forgive me?” “I forgive you, but I’m afraid we won’t see each other any time soon.” When her face separated from mum’s chest, it was displayed with horror. “Why not? We’re still alicorns, I can get back to you someday.” “But we might have forgotten about your existence since you went missing for a while.” After that message, drops began to flow from the young mare knowing there’s a chance that she’s forgotten if she returns. Her mother walked backwards away from her daughter slowly fading away through the fog. The daughter watched this and when she realised, she cried for her to stay before the dream ended. Back in the real world, her tears flooded the starship as she howled through her sobs. “Oh, mother! Please come back, take me home with you.” Luma beside her heard her and that made it think about its mother, so it wept too. “Mama, oh, Mama!” The young alicorn desisted her dismay and nestled Luma in her hooves. Despite a dream denoting her absence from home, she knew there was a memory. For now, it’s hers to keep, but she can’t keep reliving it and neither can Luma protest her mother to reappearance, they had to accept. The best thing both can do is wish upon a star. “Your mother is watching from that comet, my mother is watching from the sun and maybe my aunt is watching from the moon. They’ll watch over us until the end.” The filly lied to calm Luma and herself down. May one day they have a way to reunite their families once more and more. Chapter 5: Home For the following few fortnights, the filly and Luma found fortification materials from beneath the frost, about enough to construct a home out of them. So they got to work long and hard while pretending to enjoy devising different landmarks for different spaces. “Maybe we can build the library there. Definitely a garage, but where should it go?” After weeks over weeks of planning and grinding and an exhausted couple, their fort was finally fully furnished, completed with six rooms, an additional library and an entrance. The builders stood proud of the vastness of their creation, but it was barren for a population of two. “I wish my family were here, then it wouldn’t feel as lonely.” Luma and the filly immediately fell asleep in the UFO that night. The comet was still surfing in a direction and taking their home with it. Chapter 6: Friends Gladly, the young alicorn brought a whole tea set to set a tea party one day. They were able to craft it on a comet's surface that doesn’t touch their build. The mare sat while Luma floated and sipped their teacups together like friends. Just then, a tiny sapphire planet came from a distance about to be passed possessing another star-like creature like Luma but blue. They seemed to be relatives. “Oh, is that your cousin by any chance?” The sign of a united family was simply too much to believe, but at least two individuals found and more importantly, recognised each other. She watched as the Lumas delightedly danced like a mum seeing their baby for the first time in forever. Once blue Luma noticed the alicorn, suddenly, it began repeating: “My Mama! My Mama!” Yellow Luma suddenly realised something and echoed back: “My Mama! My Mama!” While the filly couldn’t quite figure out what was going on, momentarily, more Lumas emerged from hiding behind the sapphire planet in all sorts of colours. They all cheerily continued the echo. “My Mama! My Mama!” While it amazed her that there are tens of Lumas out there, it finally occurred to her what was happening: She is their Mama on a comet and these are her children. This was their quest finished, the question now is how is she going to care for them? “I guess I should assign each of you a duty.” Luckily, she’s familiar with this job to give jobs. Until tomorrow, she established and distributed all 100 baby stars for every available work and schedule evenly. Chapter 7: The Telescope The astral community survived until their fifth anniversary with the mare as healthy and harmonious as the universe. Upon celebrating that day, she remembered the memory of her world and has been wondering how it’s enduring. Fortunately, her star folks crafted a telescope for her to play with, so this was a perfect time to put it to good utility. The telescope was supported on a tripod in a generic position. The young filly searched for a certain bearing that had a small blue globe which she found. With some adjustments to expand its view range, she could make out and focus on a scene: A castle upheld by the side of a mountain. It seemed so familiar to her. “Is that where I lived? I guess I’ve never been to that village below or anywhere else, really, so I’ve never seen my town from far away.” Then memories began to form, remembering the hill she saw constellations from, the aromatic bedroom that showered in golden nightlight, she even remembered the day she found Luma and sailed off to find its Mama without leaving her Mama her whereabouts… And… “I want to go home right now! I want to see my mother once more!” The poor alicorn was blubbering, sad that she was away from her mother for five years without a visit. She couldn’t believe what her destined future was: becoming a mother raising star children. Sure, that’s good, but if only she told mum about it. “But I can’t see her now, because I’m afraid she forgot about me!” Lumas around her didn’t know what to do. They wanted her better, but how? The filly would continue mourning if they don’t come up with something. Chapter 8: The Wish Luma, who’s been with her the longest, tried persuading her to stop crying and worrying, but they couldn’t come through. “Mama, don’t cry, I’m still here. Your mama will always be remembered. Hey, do you know why I love star bits? Because they remind me of Mama.” She just wouldn’t budge, the filly was letting all of her tears flow free of force and flood the floor. However, Luma didn’t let go until an idea came. “I know! I will transform into a travelling comet that’ll take you through this journey!” Within seconds, Luma glowed in blinding white light and plummeted through a vacant area. That quaked the ground as it beamed out a comet tail and all could feel their ground accelerated, but bringing the young pony with it. “Wow! Can all you Lumas do that?” “Us Lumas are gonna be reborn into new stars, comets, planets and even galaxies.” Blue Luma taught her. The possibilities of her children’s transformations sound like miracles, even though it’s a sacrifice. Knowing that they have destinies to become space bodies, she should be proud for them. “Don’t cry again, Mama!” Every Luma told the filly in unison and gathered closer to embrace her like a parent. For the following years, she will never let any drops drop from her eyes. “You are my children, this is my family and my family is still within me.” Final Chapter: Family The entire star family lived for another five years, the mare is young in alicorn years. Frequently, new Lumas climb aboard the comet and add one to its population total, but subtract one for every Luma’s time to turn. Yet for each star who climbed on, it’s a schedule to throw a welcoming party for them. While they worked in the kitchen, the pony instructed the star staff to whip up a party treat. “Prepare the ingredients, everypony! We’re going to bake a star cake made with star bits.” She becomes busy one day, then entertained the next. This back-and-forth process became what she desired, it appeared as if her cutie mark appeared as stars to symbolise this. As the filly enjoyed the party with the constellation, she made a promise to herself. “Yes, this is my family. I will forever cherish them until they’re educated enough to flee the coup. When that happens, I’ll show a farewell with a smile.” The filly looked up through the skylight where her original home planet is located. “Maybe I’ll visit my home planet every 100 years or so? Just to refresh the memory of my memories.” Everything that happened in this journey then was still happening until today. Once every century, this home of theirs disguised as a comet would have been seen above that planet’s skies. This was the story of a young alicorn’s journey to find one Luma’s family. The End Everypony that listened held smiles at that happy ending, even Rainbow Dash pulled away from her graphic novel and the other girls wiped their cheeks as the story was over. As a Luma pushed a dish trolley away from the scene, the feedbacks sent were tolerable. “That was simply beautiful, darling. I went through an emotional rollercoaster.” “It was kind of her to nurture all the Lumas.” “The young young’un found her real family with ‘em.” Princess Stella rose from her bench and left her book on top of it. She stood by the library’s doorway, she asked Pinkie if she could continue her adventure. “Do you think you’re able to continue today, Pinkie?” “Actually, after that bedtime story, I could really use a rest.” “Well, lucky for you. You just unlocked our Bedroom, so we’re glad to let all of you use our pillows.” “Wow, really? Last one there’s sleeping on the floor!” Pinkie zipped through and bumped into the princess in the way, but came back to apologise for doing so. “Heh heh, sorry for being rude.” “Looks like I’m first!” Rainbow Dash asserted as she dashed off past the pink pony, and then the others followed except for Twilight. She became inquisitive about the story, couldn’t help but think there’s more to the princess herself. To not be rude, she asked permission from one of the Lumas first. “She wouldn’t mind if I borrow this, right?” “Sure, just return it when you leaving the observatory someday. This is the only copy we have.” “I promise I’ll take good care of it.” She placed the book on the carpet not to read it, but to study it. Perhaps there’s some context in it that’ll discover Stella’s identity.
Gusty Garden GalaxyThere was enough room for five ponies to squeeze into bed. Rainbow, Pinkie and Rarity tucked under the covers, Fluttershy and Applejack slept widthwise, while Twilight, last to bed, dozed on the floor. The chaise was violet and luxurious, so soft they would never wake again. But they knew better, so around the morning, Pinkie was early up and surprisingly more satisfied than any other 8 o’clock. She quietly got down from the mattress by bouncing over Rarity. “Wow, that did not feel normal. Girls, it’s the morning.” She acquainted everypony, which works but not for Dashie. Meanwhile, Twilight hazily rose since she had slept one hour late. “Ugh, I shouldn’t have slept so late. What was I thinking?” “Yeah, Twi. What were you doing that caused you to lose the race?” “I’d rather explain it later.” The black Luma entered the dome at this time upon meeting so many muzzles. It came to introduce a whole new world only accessed from this bedroom. “Good morning, everypony. Isn’t our bed just the coziest?” “It’s elegant, darling. I wish I could bring it home, but it’s yours, so…” “Did ya come to show us somethin’ or what?” “Of course. This dome is how Pinkie’ll travel to Gusty Garden Galaxy, which just unlocked due to our total number of Power Stars.” The pull star only appeared after, under the roof and in the middle. Could a garden universe be peppered with flora or globes of fauna? To know that, somepony has to globetrot, so Pinkie asked her partner. “Alright, Fluttershy, are you coming?” “Um, I appreciate the appeal, but I wanna pass? I’m sorry.” “Don’t be, you’re just tired. Anypony else?” “There’s something I must get back to work on.” “Me too, ah gotta meet up with Trixie. And don’t suspect anythin’.” Applejack advocated as she ambled out of the boudoir with many individuals confused about her assembly with that unicorn. Rainbow was still snoring, so she was also eliminated. With Rarity being the only one without an excuse, she gets to step in. “Fine, but I don’t like that it’s just because everypony is busy. How do we start, darling?” “We look up and then we say ‘pull’.” Pinkie did as demonstrated and then was levitated to the ceiling and the unicorn should follow. “Pull?” So both became aligned with the distant galaxy ahead. Due to the overgrown planets in the preview, intuition would say it’s Gusty Garden. “Welcome to the adventure, Rarity.” “Oh, much obliged. I’m kind of excited, actually.” “We’re ready then.” As a signal, they blasted off into the aether via the launch star. Rarity is a first-timer, so the question of whether the main protagonist can’t teach her some things is questionable. Bunnies in the Wind The sky was as blue as day with so many planets scattered all over the place and the new duo has set their hooves on one of them’s grassy side. Pinkie Pie and Rarity were facing a bed of flowers, the sweet aroma striking their nostrils. “Mmm, what a pleasant perfume-like fragrance.” A star bunny was right beside them enjoying its time here. It had something to say. “Hello, ponies.” “Oh, greetings.” “See those pink flowers on the hill? They are called floaty fluff.” “Yeah, I see them. Why do they have a hilarious name?” “They can be used as a mode of transport. Using your spin ability, you can fly high and ride the breeze.” That was certainly helpful, but before they start flying, Pinkie made an excuse to explore this oblong planet. “Darling, you can do whatever you want, as long as you know what you’re doing.” “Potentially, we can walk under the planet.” The planet’s underside had no green but brown entirely and was inhabited by three shadowbolts who were waiting for her. “Let’s see what y’all are made of.” The trio's best efforts were not enough to overcome Pinkie's spin attacks, which revealed that they were made of star bits. After that, some crystals held star bits that were worth breaking. Waiting for her friend to return, Rarity extracted the contents of a crystal from her side with her magic. Her friend returned and... “Whoa, how did you manage to…” “It’s a spell I learned when I grew tired of digging for gems and it apparently worked on these entrapped star bits.” “Cool. Now let’s start sailing with flowers.” It’s time to fly. To hold onto the stems of the flowers, Pinkie must spin around them. When the ponies clung on, the gusts carried them away. Nevertheless, they shot lower than the next planet, so some action must occur. Pinkie spun and gained enough momentum to glide home. Their grip was broken once they landed sideways, causing the fluff to blow away. Her gesture directed Rarity to follow her around the dirty region of this planet. “I do like gardens, but I despise exposed dirt.” “Well, unless you hide like an ostrich, you won’t be getting some in your mane.” Two hatches existed similar to those in Battlerock and out of each comes a diamond dog coming to capture them. Somepony here had an unpleasant previous encounter with these canines and the bitterness towards them still lingers. “Meet again, white pony. After pony infringed our moxie, don’t think we won’t go rough to fulfil smokey pony’s demand.” “You have the nerve to show up. At least I have the freedom to fight!” Rarity stepped forward looking ready as she posed for combat. The foes advanced her pose and danced their blows enhanced and attacked the pack alongside Pinkie, of course, until they evaporated into star bits when defeated. “Well, I can officially declare your character better at combat than we think.” “Oh, darling. If my wish was to be a proper lady, I better batter bitter as butter.” Three crystals were broken to obtain the star bits and the mares infiltrated into a globular room by a coincidental green pipe. A question mark coin was opposite the warp pipe. Once they became accustomed to the weird gravity, they could walk normally, but abnormally. Somepony was excited for the countless star bits that materialized on contact with it. “Whoa, there’s too many to count, probably enough to feed ten Lumas.” As Pinkie Pie accumulated everything, Rarity rolled her eyes at her friend's sweet tooth. Having emptied the chamber, they galloped to the other side of the planet to a stone platform with a second giant bit. Upon laying a hoof, 6 star bits appeared. Additionally, two ravenous plants tried to devour an equine but were shrivelled with defoliants. Rarity chose to comment. “I don’t believe nopony had ever fought plants before. I mean, those enemies were horrendous.” “No kidding, I always wondered what they do for a living or how they survived here.” The process resulted in more star bits being gained and a coin was hidden in a shrub. The equines had to use the floaty fluff flowers again to move forward. Pinkie and Rarity were blown into a question mark coin that made rings of star bits. Boost-spinning by the hedonist and levitation by the fashionista helped collect everything. Upon reaching the next world, more carnivorous herbs could be converted into star bits. Both mares followed a trail to a hatch where a diamond dog emerged. “Watch out, ponies.” This hound launched wrenches at them which would cause a mild concussion if the mares didn’t dodge it like so. The enemy kept chucking tools, but couldn’t quite strike anypony’s hippocampi until Pinkie took him for a spin. “Not bad for a tactic.” Star bits were waiting to be extracted from two crystals, that’s when the ponies noticed shoeprints walking in the dirt and no owner, or could it be a ghost? Far was it, dared to emerge to enlighten its surroundings, it appeared as a bag with legs and eyes. “He’s a bag of star bits.” Upon hearing Pinkie, it escaped hers and Rarity’s peripheral vision by concealing in the sand as they began chasing after the pouch. “Leave it to me, darling.” Rarity dragged it from the ground with her horn, then Pinkie squeezed its 30 contents. Afterwards, they continued following and collecting the line of star bits that led to a bed of floaty fluff. Utilising them, rings of star bits were created using an activation coin. Perfect were both mares in collecting them all before dropping to the following planet. A trio of hazardous sprouts awaited their meal, but equine teamwork thwarted mastication. An ivy rose from one flora’s collapse. “Like a dream team meant to be. I would’ve pulled you along the entire journey from the beginning.” “Regardless, I would refrain due to true to my element.” “Fair.” Rarity, after Pinkie, attempted to copy her friend’s actions; her spin-move with a vine. Yes, it allowed progress, she reached the next planet like Ms Laughter, but only being dizzy. “Whoa! Darling, how do you utilise the move that Luma gave you without a hazy mind?” The unicorn stumbled her steps until she fell off the rock they were on and into a canine’s paws, easily getting caught. “Nice for you to drop by.” Rarity struggled to release herself from the diamond dog’s tight grip. Not to worry as some rubble bashed his face and loosened it that his captive took this second to punch him out. She looked to see her saviour was Pinkie who broke the rock that contained star bits. “Maybe you should close your eyes for the next ones.” Pinkie suggested before evading a plant’s attack and attacking it which germinated another vine. Having to use it, Rarity performed to shut her mascaraed eyes as she does. Another planet brought to, a larger fanged plant was featured, spikier, more menacing. “Wh-who in their right minds would dare to plant that?” “Potentially, one of the bad guys, or Sombra himself.” It slammed to the ground causing it to vibrate with ample time to recover, enough for Pinkie to thrust him down and win several star bits but not a vine. It’s a question mark until they detoured the planet’s underpart. First, a cactus head jumpscare emerged from the ground. “Whoa! Not a good time!” Pinkie exclaimed as she swung her hooves at it. Then, there’s a pod protruding from the grass. She assumed she had to spin and hit it. When she did, yes, a liana. Once again, both ponies advanced via vine with visionless Rarity. “How many vines must we climb today?” It’s the bottom of the farthest bean-shaped planet, the top had the evident big flower and not-so-evident fractured rubble. “Can you break that rock for me, Rarity?” As assistance, the unicorn took care of that as her friend took care of the enemy. Both elements were crushed using the same techniques as in previous encounters. The rock slab rewarded a bit, the beast rewarded ten star bits and a launch star. “Finally, a launch star, nothing flowery. Now how did you break the rock, Rarity?” “I thrust it down with the weight of my hooves, darling. Needless to say, it resulted in some dust on my coat.” Rarity said sounding annoyed, Pinkie could tell. “Hm, sorry. I never would’ve thought about that.” The germophobic mare decided to ignore the condition of her hide so that they could continue and launch themselves with the catapult onto the following cubic planet. Landed on the surface with a fountain and near the fountain was a rabbit. “Catch me if you can!” The hare said before run, run, running as fast as it can like in the race with the tortoise. “Whoa, he’s faster than a gallop.” “Come on, then.” The leporine hopped to the adjacent face which had hedges. Pinkie got distracted by a garden of star bits and when Rarity ran ahead, the pink pony shortcut through the bushes. On the third face with grey rafters, the cottontail climbed the walls where the ponies followed. On the fourth face, the bunny and the chasers used the bridges that linked the walls. On the fifth side of the planet, where the rabbit and chasers were camouflaged by the vegetation, circumnavigated the centre hole and then backtracked. Just too fast was the hare. “Come back here, ruffian! I never thought I would call that to a bunny.” “Keep going, Rarity.” Following Pinkie's order, she came up with an idea. She entered the hole with 10 star bits and will return later. Rarity chased the bunny until she reached the sixth face, a simple hedge maze that she would have been dreading if Pinkie hadn't caught the prey. “Gotcha!” “Whoa! Where did you come from? You caught me? Well, I guess you won.” The bunny had the Power Star and because it’s been caught in the chase, it’s the ponies’ to keep. “No seriously, I thought you were right behind me.” “If it weren’t for that hole in the middle of the maze, you would’ve dreaded more.” “Well, thank Celestia for that.” Finally, the Power Star has been contacted by hooves, they celebrated this moment before Pinkie Pie and Rarity proudly soared back to the Comet Observatory. The Bedroom. A night-sky twinkle revealed a pair of ponies back with space station gasoline. A respiring muzzle would be atypical to hear in the chamber, the breathing Rainbow Dash was sleeping comfortably on the mattress. “Dashie, wake time has passed.” Pinkie bothered the pegasus which opened her eyes promptly to lift in the air by reflex. “Oh no! I’m late for the Wonderbolts!” How did she forget the space journey and the fact she was blasted outside Equestria? “I’m sorry, I guess the bed’s as cozy as a cloud.” “Seriously, darling. Your sleep cycle is that of a bear.” Rarity commented on her friend’s nocturnality. No promises when it comes to scheduled naptimes and she would occupy any cushioning she can cushion. “Well, good luck on keeping up this adventure. Maybe I’ll be at the lobby reading Daring Do.” Out the door Dash went, leaving the couple alone to revisit Gusty Garden. What was that word again? “Pull.” The magical pull star brought both beneath the baldachin. The particular galaxy observed to aim for. Being ready, a launch star later appeared to farewell the globetrotters gonna roam the biospheres. Dirty Tricks of the Alpha Dog Starting off from the starting planet similar to last mission’s. Right off the bat, star bits were encased in a crystal that Pinkie knows how to rupture. Exploration first, she and Rarity strolled to the soil underside. “As long as it doesn’t rain here, I don’t have a problem walking on the dirt.” Two suspicious tree stumps and two stacks of stone slabs. Why would there be if not for decorating or pure randomness? Having never interacted with sapling remnants, even Pinkie thought it was odd to, until she decided to thrust upon it. That awoke double shadowbolts from the ground like zombies. “Grrr!” Rarity was only alarmed by their surfacing and Pinkie being not frightened was disappointed that it wasn’t frightening. One pony a foe, fought and the good guys won, 3 star bits earned per foe’s loss. “They need to work on their zombie sounds. Why were you jumped by them, Rarity?” “Ah, just because they jumped, I jumped. Ever been scared by a cute cardboard cutout at Nightmare Night?” “Actually, I have. Touché.” Sweet discussion, must it last briefly. There were still rocks to split into sugar and the other stump to stomp on in which two more shadowbolts emerged. Neither tougher nor simpler did they combat and then vanished upon both losses. After that, it’s floaty fluff time. Pinkie’s spin on the flowery hill revealed their zip lines. Wind affects their flying fox, being cautious because pointy plants float in the way while a question mark token levitated within the minefield. Perfectly synchronised spinning lifted the ponies high enough to collect it and another huge coin appeared ahead. “Whoa. The universe made the coin make more coins.” Pinkie claimed as she obtained that gold disc that materialised the third one past the following planet. Speaking of, she and Rarity settled on it. “And we just won’t question how, darling.” Existed was a rabbit who desired to notify the guests about what was ahead. “The diamond dogs were terrorising the garden, they just like to dig and dig.” “Don’t worry, I’ll have a word with them right now.” “But what about the hidden secrets?” “Oh, alright, darling. You’re the expert in sidetracking.” The mares detoured for the bottom peppered with prickly blooms surrounding a pipe. Why not jump into it? Like before, the room was spherical. Unlike before, thorned flowers were dotted densely. There was a question mark bit in here that both ponies took for granted. It was especially taken for granted when it fabricated the legendary rainbow necklace a small distance from them. There was a reason why Rarity couldn’t hold it in. “There it is, Rarity.” “Oh my stars, Pinkie. It’s elegant, it’s stunning, it’s fascinating. I bet it’ll look especially…what’s the word? Dynamic on a dress. Why can’t we take it home?” “There’s always an application for it the moment you have it in your hooves. In this case, to acquire star bits from these plants.” The flowers were untouchable but after a dose of invincibility, it’s possible to overcome them. Now, who should volunteer to accessorise the jewellery? Reckon gonna be the jeweller herself? “Mind doing the honours?” “Would I? Certainly not.” “Remember, you wilt all the pricklies, including those out of this room.” Rarity fastened the necklace around her cervix and sensed the power. Getting to work, she ran and rammed into every bush whose true nature was star snacks. While Pinkie accumulated the loot, her friend exited the room to the exterior to wither the same bouquet. Soon after the last of them has died, the power faded and the pendant broke into many pieces. “No! Not the glamorous gem!” Pinkie emerged from the green tube and saw what happened. “Yeah, it doesn’t last forever.” “Oh well, let’s just move forward.” A coin was found in the foliage halfway to the fluff. In the presence of the mares, Pinkie spun and caught hold of a stem. The wind was forcing them in the direction of the next coin. Upon contact, it unfolded like a Russian doll until the very last component was 2 scores of star bits aligned and in reach. They were able to drop into the small world with beige roads and portions of grass, populated with a canine burrowing underground noticed by the mounds created in the process. With the presence of ponies here, he arose to the surface flexing his muscles and cracking his knuckles, the sound Rarity cringed to. “Ugh, don’t do that again!” “No kidding. Gave me the shivers.” Ferociously they fought using Pinkie’s special ability and Rarity’s cloven appendages, the enemy just relied on his bipedal advantages. Even so, Pinkie’s ability overthrows almost everypony. Enemies stand no chance unless they're tough, this one wasn’t. 3 more treats were added and a sling star appeared. “I wonder how many had to be exterminated.” Foremost, a rock just had to be broken because why not? Earning one bit before using the slinger. The following globe was not a globe but warped, another descriptor was that it was tangled with soil shallower than silage. Something tells the ponies the brown was unnatural. “They just dig all over this poor planet, the poor ecosystem.” In an attempt to locate the tunnelling source, Pinkie and Rarity approached the mounds. Predatory dogs shot from the ground as their distances narrowed, forcing them into a brawl. Canines have consistently lost to the equines. Once all three gave their star bits, a launch star was born. Thus, the ponies galloped toward the launcher while destroying beguiling rubble. While some rubble contained coins, others lacked them. “We got some variety going on.” This blaster allowed the passenger to depart the question mark planet and was not about to land on a white ring. Thanks to the pull stars off the side, that was not the case. “Pull.” Pinkie enunciated while holding Rarity’s hoof as she gets pulled along. Removed from the blue star, they can walk on the torus, the side occupied by a small and big bit. “You know, Pinkie Pie. I can’t help but to concern about your convention of amassing.” Rarity started as the giant coin made queues of star bits wrapping around the planet, which led to a series of dialogues. “Yeah? Tell me your concerns.” “Well, darling, it’s actually ironic. I’m generous to give you greed to gather the gold. ‘Generous’ and ‘greed’ are antonyms.” “Funny, you were cursed to be the antonym back then.” Pinkie reminded her friend of the milestone of the villainous draconequus who reversed her element as she acclaimed everything before the successive large gold medal. “Yes, well, that’s unimportant. I don’t mean any consequence on your routine, but I just thought it’s an issue.” The pink mare decelerated to a stop and stopped her muscles to process the unicorn’s process. Perhaps that was the moral of the day, but only perhaps. Rarity was quick to assume she started something she didn’t want to start and was trying to neutralise her own claim. “Pinkie? I’m just saying. I know how sensitive you become when we recommend the contrast of what you do but-” “I understand.” Rarity was taken aback by her friend’s sudden acknowledgement. “Everything I collect has no practical value from a mundane life standpoint. However, I operate a bakery. This journey will bring me wealth for our future and these star bits will become ingredients for my next recipe. The more material I get now, the more material I'll have later.” “Well, that is certainly a solid reason, but make sure it won’t make you an Icarus.” Pinkie stopped to ponder again, this hoarding fiasco won’t take her to the sun, right? However, the results of the second top deadliest sin did happen among her friends. Now that she thought about that, it was scary. Rarity envied an illusion of a diamond that she never focused on the main mission at hoof. Being in a similar situation, she wondered what would happen if she kept going. No, she won’t take any chances, so in an incredible twist, keeping her routine balanced, she walked by the third question mark coin and used the pull star after it. “Wait, you missed the coin. I thought you said-” “You’re right. Let’s forget about the riches on this planet, come on.” Rarity is surprised about her friend’s decision to change her ways, but she won’t let that stop her. Something tells her Pinkie has made the right decision, so she joined in. Letting the pull stars take them to a launch star. They zoomed to an apple planet. “Oh, if only I brought Applejack along.” Those yellow caterpillars were here, however, thanks to her conclusion… “Alright, we won’t flatten those bugs for star bits.” “Got it.” They were able to use a tree remnant instead. Boom! A giant caterpillar elongated and connected two apples. “Oh my gosh, I hope it’s unharmed.” “At least we were provided the other apples.” On the next planet, three stumps could be interacted with. Firstly, the one east of the stem yielded eight star bits. “Well, I suppose we earned them.” The caterpillar awoke after pushing the root on the stalk's left and the last root was forgotten. Planet three had rolling boulders to navigate and stumps to stomp on. One spawned six star bits, the second dropped ten, the third elongated the caterpillar, and two were avoided. Look at the exposed face of the caterpillar near the launch star. “It’s…ugly.” “Rude.” “No, honestly.” Anyway, Pinkie and Rarity did climb the caterpillar to reach the cannon and go straight to the boss arena. Yes, the boss arena. A bigger digger dog was chasing a leporine with a spiky helmet around a tree. “Help! I’m being chased by a wolf!” “I can’t believe they could be so cruel!” The unicorn struck and shook the sand with her forehooves which was enough to force the canine out of it. That was Laughter’s window to spin-attack him, throw him upwards and land on his stomach. Safe was the bunny. “You! Come at me, puny ponies!” Uh oh, mad was he as he paid 10 star bits before drilling below. The equines ran in some direction to flee from him digging after them. “Do that again, Rarity.” And so she thrust, but since the dog was deep below, that failed, they’ve noticed. Only when the alpha surfaced, was Rarity’s stomp successful. He attempted to amble away except was he a sloth-paced escapist where Pinkie could catch up. Did she attack, 10 more sweets were earned. “That’s it! No mercy!” Rage mode activated. The wolf’s eyes were yellow without pupils, steam from his snout and steamed his face. Menacing. In this phase, the steam train tailed the ponytails terrifyingly fast. “Whoa! Be less frightening at least, ruffian!” Fortunately, the combat pattern is almost the same, just more speedy than last time. When they perceived the dog was out, it was Rarity’s rotation to stomp and then Pinkie’s turn to turn. Not yet, not dead, he recovered to storm them. Being frightened, unicorn’s next reflex was to thrust, the only move at disposal that seemed appropriate. Lucky for her, that worked. Finally, the pink mare made the spin move which was the final blow to earn 10 star bits and a Power Star. “Wow, that fight was scarier than the fight in Ghostly Galaxy.” “Looks like the deeper we travel, the tougher each challenge is.” “Seems so. Nonetheless, behold our Power Star.” Acclaimed. There goes another space threat threatened and another star recovered. Pinkie and Rarity could currently soar to the Comet Observatory. Who was present in the Bedroom? For starters, Applejack returned from a criticising practice and then Pinkie and Rarity had just returned from the sky, a Power Star in hoof. Both rubbed their brows since that pursuit was a lot of work. “So, did it again, huh?” “Of course, we are no doubt no match for dog-invested gardens.” “Alright, stay true to your element, Applejack. What were you doing with Ms Lulamoon?” Asked Rarity, the first mare who perceived and admitted the country pony’s actions absurd. To believe somepony in the universe was bold to absorb candid insults, was it impressive or ridiculous? “Look, we have to remember that she was tryin’ to succeed, but we never gave her any chance to display that.” “Hmm, I could see myself being discouraging.” “Save me, ‘cause I wasn’t involved.” “We know, darling. Anyway, but why was she yelling horrible insults to your visage?” “Unnatural is she without ‘em. Ah was trainin’ her to get comfortable.” That’s an uncommon reason for a common commoner, nopony had a response to that, neither could Pinkie and Rarity decide to be astonished nor discombobulated. Although when they thought about it, from a supportive perspective, they couldn’t bet on the latter option. “Yeah, you know? Maybe she just lost her posture, she did speak in the first person, naturally.” “Ah’m currently done hearin’ her roastin’, where are y’all at?” “Usually, we would’ve obtained 3 stars from each galaxy before we get exhausted.” “So, so far, we retrieved 2. One more adventure then, I presume.” So, getting the pull star above to work, no one requires a repetitive recipe to remind one how it runs. Once floating, they could observe the distant Gusty Garden ready to be entered. “Third star, here we come.” Gusty Garden’s Gravity Scramble Returned. Most planets mainly were green as previously. As previously, they landed on the same ground where Pinkie’s greediness got put to the test. So far, there was just floaty fluff on a hill, but a crystal of star bits was behind the elevation. “Eh, wouldn’t hurt to grab a hoofful.” “Sure.” Rarity didn’t mind and stayed on the hill until her friend torpedoed the mineral for the contents. Then, they had lift-off via air, paragliding using the fluff. In the wind, there was a vast coin lower than the mares’ current altitude. Curious to know, they spun which lifted them higher, enough to touch the gold. Of course, the gold is like peeling the scales of an onion. “That’s what we call coin-ception.” “I have never called such a thing in my life, darling.” Slow falling and quick rising placed the ponies into accurate accumulating, 3 in a line before landing on the next planet. Pop goes the puppy out of the hatch next to a biting plant. “Who cares if pony fought master? Dogs still roam.” “But we’re still over you.” Rarity ducked as he threw a wrench at the ponies to hit the canine minion and Pinkie veered off to the weed, earning 3 star bits from each of them. After passing a bush, another plant required some weedkiller. Pinkie discretely plucked it and a vine skewered a queue of star bits created by the previous coin like a candy kebab. “Close your eyes, Rarity.” “I remember, darling. You don’t have to remind me.” “How would I know?” Hooves on the stem and then spinning to ascend into the consecutive coin, Rarity had to shield her cerebellum to prevent wooziness. The coin triggered more star bits to appear on the next planet, but before following them, they had to bother with a Doberman. “You just wanna slow us down, dogs.” “Just can’t let ponies win.” While he lunged at Pinkie and Rarity, their agility allowed them to evade and counterstrike. Afterwards, they navigated the trail into the next magic coin which released additional airborne star bits. Fashionista steered right to extract embedded star bits from a crystal, while partygoer steered left to tromp a dangerous flower to produce a vine. Using the vine threw the equines off onto a rainbow necklace and then a launch star. Before investigating the jewellery in Pinkie’s hoof, they must use the launch star to land on the next planet of rolling boulders. “Well, guess we know what the power’s used for.” “And I think I’d have too much fun if I got too much time for too much power.” “So it’s mine then.” Declared Pinkie as she attached it around her neck and glowed in colours. Having turned invincible to obstacles, she ran and rammed through every boulder she could see, each one of 8 spitting out 8 bits of stardust. Her accessory disintegrated at the edge of the planet and Rarity followed her to stockpile the damage and reach the next launch star. Once they used it, suddenly, there was no dirt beneath their hooves anymore, rather metal surfaces. On this surface, it featured a pole, a circling amp and the fuchsia filly’s funny feeling. “Hmm, my Pinkie sense is functioning.” “So? What did it say, darling?” “There’s something important on the underside of this platform.” “Let’s see it, then.” They crossed the amp’s route once it passed by and they found a star chip upon a loose screw at the planet’s bottom. “So, we need to find 5 pieces of a launch star.” “Exactly. Watch, I’m gonna bolt this down.” Pinkie stood on the bolt and spun to insert it in place. That spawned a ring of coins around the ponies. Rarity was somewhat amazed and proceeded to compile the money with Pinkie and move forward. On the surface, they faced a tall pole. “We’re supposed to climb this, right?” “Like a circus act, yes.” The equines hugged the pole and shimmied their hooves up along it. Actually, climbing the pole is easier than they thought. When they reached the apex, they must jump from there to the next platform indicated by coins. Pinkie, being the acrobat she is, managed to make it. What about Rarity? “Hmm, that looks far, darling.” “Don’t worry, Rarity, the gravity will be generous to you I’m sure.” “Will it?” She questioned rhetorically before she waits and then pushed off the pillar providing a boost, enough to miss the top, but lucky to land on the bottom. Both were shocked to hear a clang from four hooves hitting metal. “I told you gravity would be generous.” “I didn’t expect it to be like that.” “Well, can you obtain whatever’s under there? Thanks.” “No problem.” Rarity opted to mount the stanchion in the centre after spooky manoeuvring around an electrical amp. Eventually managed perfect timing and descended to the bottom when she used levitation to pluck the floating star chip. Meanwhile, another circling launch star piece and a golden box of 10 bits were Pinkie's to collect on her side. Then up her side's pole as her generous companion lagged. Upon the pillar, the ponies leapt to the next structure. The fourth star chip and a dozen star bits orbit the platform. The final jigsaw was obtained by climbing another pole downwards, or upwards depending on the perspective. “We’re climbing up and down at the same time, do you know that?” “Honestly, I do not. And I don’t see how it’s possible, but until you climb up an upside-down pole, I guess.” The last piece of the star was snatched, the launcher was completed and time to descend to the surface. The launch star was surrounded by 8 coins. Zooming via that, it took the equines to a new zone. They could see question marks and land on exclamation marks. First, a sign. “Mind your position!” “Why, explicit warning sign?” “Well, we should be cautious then, don’t you think?” Ahead were simple short ledges to jump on, a left turn approaching vertically mobile platforms and they elevated Pinkie and Rarity to level with the next platform and a shadowbolt. “You made a mistake in coming up here!” He spoke before bucking behind him on an arrow switch which switched gravity to face a wall of exclamations bringing all three ponies to walk on it. Unfortunate for the foe, his plan brought his demise as the protagonist and companion landed on him and crushed him in the process. “Oh no! Um, that was foolish of him. May I say the S-word today?” “He simply used his plan on himself. I’d say it’s a tragedy, but he was Sombra’s minion, so…” The mares left two cannons shooting off in some direction behind and jogged across a slow rotating block; a slip-off means falling into the abyss. Once crossed, they stood on a stationary platform where two sentient whoopie cushions hopped forward. Pinkie immediately eliminated them before they snatched onto Rarity. “What were those? Did you suddenly dive just to save my life?” “Bloodsuckers. I had to spin them off my head once and it wasn’t pleasant.” “Oh. Because I lack your ability, you felt compelled to protect me. Well, if I encounter any more next time, darling, I'll certainly be ready to defend myself with my magic.” Other than the enemies, there was also an arrow similar to the gravity changer. Assuming it’ll flip it again, might as well give it a spin. By the impact of the pink pony’s spin attack, the arrow faced the opposite direction. They braced and both landed their hooves, but the unicorn lost balance upon landing. Rarity joked around this instant. “Pinkie, you always land on your hooves like my darling, Opal. I’ll start to wonder if you’re actually a cat.” “Hmm, maybe I am, Rarity. Maybe that’s why I always do the “impossible” as Equestrians told me.” Pinkie joked along, her friend could tell since she giggled. Advancing, the following obstructions were cubes in motion endeavouring to push ponies off or prevent open routes. However, they were moving relatively slowly, but it wasn’t admittedly simple per se. “Just a good balance of a challenge.” After overcoming the obstacles, two shadowbolts guard a gravity flipper. “We saw that idiot, so we learned from his mistake.” “Suit yourself, darling.” The good and bad duo landed hooves and special attacks on each other, but the good mares obviously reached the sky with triumph. With them out of the way, Pinkie could interact with the arrow and it reversed the gravity again. In this section, Pinkie thought to not bother with the shadowbolt above. “You know what, we’re not gonna bother him. We’re going straight down where the next arrow’s located.” “Good idea.” Rarity approved her friend of laughter. To reach it, they had to cross another rotating cube and annihilate the subsequent shadowbolt. Then, the ponies ran a full lap around the cylinder to collect the star bits there before activating the switch, flipping the gravity once more. “How many times must we alter gravity?” “Hope that was the last one.” Hooves set on the next platforms, the cylinder plastered with 14 star bits and a lonely coin. All was acclaimed, then can the mares advance. Well, the path forward was bombarded by a barrage of cannonballs and patrolled by a single shadowbolt. “Watch your head, ponies.” With him running in at the mares, he attempted to stop them. Considered by Pinkie, she thought she met the shadowbolt intern and easily spun him to his defeat. “He’s pathetic.” “Pinkie Pie, just because simply runs into you without a threat doesn’t mean you should accuse him of an amateur.” “Sorry, but I couldn’t help it.” Rarity ignored it and carried on. It was quickly determined to gallop in the centre of the road by the ponies once observed it lacked cannon ammo. Then, at a ledge, Pinkie hopped onto the protruding cannon, grabbed the coin, and pulled her partner up. Now to make a left turn and evade the onslaught. Following the dodge of the first cannon's trajectory, the equines turned left and waited for the off-centred mortar trajectory to pass before jumping the window. It's the home stretch, the Power Star visible in a crystal. After a straight walk, Pinkie and Rarity jumped the gap to finally reach the crystal. Pinkie used her magical spin twice to release it, the glow denoting victory. “What an obstacle course.” “My, did it take a while? Let’s take the Power Star so that we can adjourn.” “Agreed.” The mares jumped to make contact with the star. Wasn’t unearthing this Power Star tiring? Done with this galaxy they were, had done what they needed to do before their rest. And upon mission completion and satisfaction, they soared back to the Comet Observatory. At last, the voyagers returned from the sky. They floated down with the Power Star beside them, the observatory fuel source that flew away and stored itself in the beacon. Welcome Fluttershy and Spike who volunteered to stay in the Bedroom as Pinkie and Rarity made their appearances. “Did it again, huh?” “Of course, Spike. Also, I didn’t expect you to be here. I mean, since when does he command the dragon to wait for me.” “He? Who is he?” The youth dragon asked confusedly upon being introduced to a new character. A question he shouldn’t ask because it’s Pinkie Pie. Besides, she assumed revealing that individual would cause a paradox and hid her answer. “Nopony important.” “We’ve retrieved the third Power Star from Gusty Garden.” “Third? Then you’ve cleaned up that galaxy it looks like, speaking from experience.” “Yeah, I hope so because that last mission was exhausting.” Rarity looked like she wanted to lie on her stomach, Pinkie as well. Didn’t get to before Twilight Sparkle entered the room for a purpose and decided to provide her friends with an invitation. “Why don’t you come with me to the library? I found something very important that I want to discuss with everypony, except for Princess Stella.” She left question marks on everypony’s heads by mentioning the exclusion of the guardian of the cosmos, the mother of the Lumas. Why must the young next-in-line friendship princess keep her discovery a secret to somepony who’s already like a monarch? What could she have possibly discovered to keep hidden from Stella? Author's Note Pinkie's Collection: Star Bits: 1732 Coins: 597 Power Stars: 35 Like I said, I kept on altering what laws should be at play in this universe. I will replace every mole in the story with diamond dogs including those in Battlerock Galaxy, but it's only a matter of time.
Freezeflame GalaxyA meeting occurred within the books of the Comet Observatory’s library. It wasn’t booked by the space princess, but rather by the friendship princess. The Spirits of Harmony agreed to arrive only to expect something that doesn’t waste crucial time. Hopefully, the Twilight Sparkle of theirs doesn’t plan to slow them down. “Glad everypony came down to join me. I’m going to discuss something that I think Stella should hear only later.” “This better be important, Twi. Anything relevant to this situation, we beg of you.” “Don’t worry, I’ll keep it as brief as possible, then Pinkie and Rarity could move to another galaxy.” Since last night, Twilight analyzed the storybook supposedly hoof-written by Stella herself. She studied every single detail article page by page. Admittedly, it was exhausting, but she managed to get it done early. The results she acquired were shocking and they completely changed everything she thought she knew about Equestria’s history. “By analyzing this entire book and its text, I proposed a theory.” “…A Game Theory!” Everypony turned their muzzles toward Pinkie wanting to question what she just said. She helped them avoid doing that by saying… “Don’t suspect anything.” “…Anyway, for now, I’ve classified this as a conspiracy. I assume it’s gotta be true, but…” “Can’t ya just spit it out already, Sugarcube? There ain’t no need for suspense.” Applejack knew she was being impatient, but her friend promised her it’ll be brief. Twilight gestured with her hoof to bring her friends closer. “My theory ended up being… Stella is the daughter of Celestia!” Ponies took aback with voiceless responses. That is, until RD and AJ exchanged glances, blew raspberries and laughed uncontrollably. Twi wasn’t worried, she knew that would happen because she had proof. “Well done, Twi. I didn’t know you could joke at a time like this!” “Who d’ya reckon is Luna then? Her aunt?” “Of course.” That response got their laughter gauge refueled and rolling on the floor, which caused Pinkie to also laugh hysterically because she wanted to. “Oh, I haven’t giggled this hard since starting this voyage.” “To start with, this is not Stella’s storybook, but more of her journal. Hence, the process of producing this space station and why the Lumas call her ‘Mama’.” That seemed to obstruct the couple’s laughing matter and caught everypony’s interest. For the record, they’ve perpetually thought the Mama thing was just natural. “But couldn’t they have been just mere coincidences, darling?” “You’re alright to assume that until Chapter 7 described Canterlot and a village below. Maybe the village is Ponyville?” In the second paragraph’s sentence after a colon of that chapter, ‘A castle upheld by the side of a mountain.’ Hints that seemed to suggest the story was nonfiction. “The mother described in the “young alicorn’s” dream was an ‘Endless white and a towering alicorn’. That’s clearly a description of Celestia. And lastly, near the end of that chapter were quotations: “My mother is watching from the sun and maybe my aunt is watching from the moon.” Not only did those excerpts imply that sun alicorn Celestia was a parent, but also that moon alicorn Luna had a niece. So was it plausible that Twilight’s theory was correct? It sure seemed likely. Now that everyone was aware of the situation, Princess Stella could not be forced to reveal anything. If the story's events were real, she must have felt that same grief for abandoning her home after several years and settling on protecting a new family. She may experience it again if the news spreads. Nopony ever discusses this issue, ponies have indeed forgotten about this abandoned youngster, just as they have forgotten Nightmare Moon’s backstory. The princesses might not be familiar with this new alicorn, but with the information at their hooves, they would have plenty of opportunities to jog their memories. But for now, Pinkie and Rarity had to continue their expedition in the Bedroom. The friendship alicorn dismissed the meeting so that they could discover the next galaxy. “Freezeflame Galaxy is now accessible.” “Flame? That sounds dangerous.” “I don’t even operate well at any cold temperature without proper clothing.” “Oh? Then why don’t you check out this wardrobe we have on the side?” A tall elegant wardrobe with a violet coating. Rarity would fancy foraging the furniture for a few fabulous fabrics, but nopony got time for that. Fortunately, the furniture featured fur fabrics fitting for Freezeflame’s frost features. Fashionista fitted in an ice blue fur coat under her fur coat and fuchsia filly of fun donned a yellow jacket. When both ponies were fully dressed for the occasion, they were set for the pull star above. “Pull.” In the distance, there was a new galaxy within their sights, or at least a glimpse of it. That must be where they were supposed to go. “I can see snow, I can see lava. Hopefully, the first mission is a cool one.” “Especially since we’ve only just put this on.” And with that, the pair were sent off by an appearing launch star. Chances are, they might land on snow or ice to begin. The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr Right off the bat, they flew over some icy and spicy squares. Wonder if those will come into play later. Anyway, they also passed some flaming suns before coming to a stop on an ice torus. “Ooh, a cold planet and a slippery one too.” Pinkie commented as she almost fell off her hooves and Rarity nearly did the same. “We should’ve thought about ice skates for the occasion, Pinkie.” “Hey, ponies!” Voiced in a high-pitched voice was a penguin character from behind. When Rarity saw it, she was amazed at its body design. “My, my. Aren’t you just…um, dazzling? No, that doesn’t sound right…” “You gotta learn to skate around here.” “Without skates?” “If it helps, try twirling around to begin.” Well, Pinkie could certainly do that, she’s got her signature spin move. First, she tested it while standing still which resulted in her doing an endless pirouette like a ballerina. “Whoa!” She managed to stop herself. “Great, try and catch me.” The penguin spoke as it slid on its belly around the planet speedily. “Oh, it’s a chase.” Pinkie managed to get the skating to work, she spun once and the controls were up to her boots. Despite not having the power, Rarity managed to glissade on the rink. Some obstacles were rooted in the ice such as small stone cylinders and crystals that contained coins. They were served to slow the ponies down during the game of tag. The penguin could slip around the sides and slide upturned, but its speed never changed throughout. Pinkie with her skiing skills had the skill to accelerate and was able to catch up and catch it. “Gotcha.” Rarity carefully skated to a rock block so her hooves wouldn’t wander off on the ice. “Not bad. You’re a talented skater, almost as if you skated before.” “Why, thanks. I’ve been practicing every time it snows.” A launch star conveniently appeared on the stone stump Rarity stayed on to prevent slipping away. “How convenient.” Rarity went before Pinkie who gestured a valediction at the puffin. The mares’ took the path to the planet with a mountain, specifically on an icy slippery slide toward the mainland. It had two sets of 3 star bits resting upon it. “Whee!” Beyond the slide was some gliding on a ground of ice towards a triplet of shadowbolts wearing ice skates. They noticed the duo and began skating forward to attack. “I can pirouette on them like a wing chun dummy.” Pinkie swirled into a tornado and knocked out the string of three, each defeat awarding 3 star bits. The protagonists were able to use friction to slow down before diving into hypothermic water. Right was the way forward; might as well dive into two crystals for gold. A chasm separated the ice from a planked deck. The ice physics made the leap feel more difficult, but thankfully, the gap was not too large. After the wooden platform, there was another ice-layered platform, and leaping on it progressively revealed its skewing features. “I can feel it tilt a little bit.” “Me too, darling. I guess it’s a natural property of floating icebergs.” Pinkie and Rarity skated across the ice terrain, leaping over a gap onto a larger glacier. The magenta mare unintentionally leaped on the unwary shadowbolt, who had turned his back on his task. He didn't even get Pinkie's overshot bounce on him when she stopped herself before the drink. “Hey! To the world where defeated enemies went, keep your eyes on the prize!” Floating above the center spot of the platform existed a question mark coin. Rarity did the honors by jumping high to get it, spawning a couple of necklaces a couple of platforms away. “I assure you, Pinkie. That will give us a new ability.” “I’m gonna guess you’re right.” Left was the next turn, there were three smaller octagonal islands and just the first was topped with boards instead of permafrost. Those ice lands featured a new enemy: it’s blue, a levitating structure of polygons with white eyes and a blue vapor producing from the top like a volcano. “It looks like a rock and that hue of blue might’ve hinted that it’s too cold to touch.” “So what’s the mode of approach here, darling?” “Well, let me try the spin.” Pinkie bounced from the wood to the ice where the enemy was. Her dreidel move evaporated its coldness, leaving it stunned and vulnerable, the pony shortly kicked the black rock with her right forehoof which turned it into debris. “I didn’t even get to see what it does.” “Good, we don’t even want to see what it does.” Hop, skip, and a jump later, Pinkie and Rarity had reached the location of the new necklaces. En route, they similarly ambushed the other frosty minion to how they'd fought the former adversary. The rhombuses on both pendants are blue and decorated with an ice emblem. If they were to guess what they do, there could be several uses, especially in a cold world with cold water. “Ooh, how glamorous. Judging by the ice picture on it, these will give us ice powers, Pinkie Pie.” “Yeah, but what kind of ice powers?” “Well, what better way to see than clinging it on our cervix?” Pinkie and Rarity latched the locket over their necks and the effect surged immediately into their adrenaline, their coloring including the clothes changed to a texture similar to ice. “Wah ha ha! What happened to my body? It feels… actually, I was gonna say cold, but I don’t feel any change in my body temperature.” “Oh, I bet we can freeze the ocean with our icy hooves.” Just as Pinkie's hooves reached the waves' surface, some of the surface's moving molecules reinforced into a stationary hexagonal ice sheet. Led by Rarity, the horses skated to a question mark coin pedestalled on a water spout in the middle of positioned columns. Ice Pinkie reached for the bigger bit and discovered the geyser froze upon stood upon, followed by the agglomeration of jettons encircling the columns. “Wow! I literally couldn’t count that many.” “Me neither, but we are definitely getting richer from that big coin.” Rarity established as the couple skated around the rink and accumulated everything. Holy ice skates, that’s an eight-zero, four scores worth. Then, the two skated towards two parallel walls with 2 star bits along them. Pinkie saw that they had to wall jump, but she worried that her friend wouldn’t be able to. “Do you know how to wall jump, Rarity?” “I have no clue what that is, darling.” “Then get on me like a jetpack.” “What?” “Quickly!” Rarity shrugged off her thought about piggybacking as a grown mare and hooked her hooves on her friend’s knees and shoulders. Just as she did that, both mares’ necklaces suddenly fractured, reverted to their normal colors but still standing on a hexagon. The ponies looked back and noticed the path of them breaking away. “Oh gosh.” Pinkie immediately hopped off the ice and started wall-jumping hurriedly while nabbing the 2 star sweets. But at the top, they couldn’t rest since two shadowbolts awaited. “Get off!” The protagonists barely evaded their shove and nearly forced the foes off the edge, until the two friends prodded the enemies into the splash. “That was close.” “Those necklaces don’t last very long, huh? 24 whole seconds precisely.” Beyond the parallel walls were two crystals, one of them was empty and might as well play pinata with the other, 5 more rewarded star bits. A sling star flung Pinkie and Rarity into 3 candy comets and a higher section. In front of them looks like a wooden crate floating on an atoll, a yellow cube floats still over that crate. Pinkie alone climbed on it and suddenly felt it descending with her weight. She seemingly knew what to do to keep the box floating despite the fact she had encountered none before. “Oh, it’s gonna be one of these platforms, huh.” She simply continued hopping to keep the platform aloft and empty 20 star bits from the question mark cube. Pinkie's right had a lengthy iceberg while her left had two additional boxes, one of which had two more collars on it. Left seemed more right than right, so both mares converged and donned the pendants. Generosity and Laughter skated over the lake onto land, their snow queen abilities activated. Climbing two ledges revealed a rectangular prism of stone sliding in and out like in Buoy Base Galaxy. “That is the smoothest block of rock I’ve ever seen. Almost as if it’s not a block of rock.” Once the cuboid enlarged, it would be possible to leap over and then across a bridge of two drawers. A sling star remains after the Wipeout. From the slinger to two midair spigots. Fortunately, the ponies were prompted to freeze the sprays up the cliff. As their necklaces disintegrated into debris, no shame, a cold rocky body from a higher ledge launched cold rocks from its crown for collision on Pinkie and Rarity. They dived for cover behind a wooden wall that hid the targets from the projectiles. “He’s a boss, Rarity.” “Darling, I can see that.” If they wanted to beat the boss, they had better board its base. While Pinkie blinked behind the barricade, she beheld no bridge across the basin. Bet a brooch was based beyond this bottom base. There were two routes to take from behind the fence; left or right. But because there were two ponies, they didn't need to choose. “You go left, I go right.” “Right!” Two equines were running in different directions so that the frosty boss couldn't freeze both at once. Nonetheless, Pinkie and Rarity evaded the meteor shower while jumping planks and permafrost, the fashionista’s path had more gaps than the entertainer's. Pinkie’s course earned her two crystals of 2 coins while Rarity earned two necklaces of two ice abilities. Between the two ponies were bars like a jail cell. “Ooh, slip one through the bars." “Fine, Pinkie.” Pinkie grabbed the jewel and both were installed. They skated on the lake and around the ice wall to a vertical wall using their new ice formations. Rarity locked her joints as fluffy-maned ricocheted up betwixt two pennies. The sentient ice rock plummeted, smashing the snow to generate a ground-sweeper without jump restrictions. Pinkie spun just for intuition, its icy form thawed and dropped like one of its henchmen. From there, the pony whirled again against it to harm it. With 10 star bits given, it recovered for another round. “Well, since we’re still up here…” “We could probably beat it this round, like, immediately.” Right away, the boss came down again. After evading the ripple, Pinkie used the window to spin its power away, leaving it vulnerable to Rarity’s bucking abilities. By round’s fast conclusion, 10 more star bits and two mini minions emerged on crowned boss’s recovery. Easy it was, however, as all they had to do was to eliminate the underlings until the living rock descended again where both could avoid the shockwave and Pinkie spun twice to split it. The fight was over, the boss was slayed, and the final 10 star bits and the Power Star were presented. “That was a shockingly easy boss fight, so long as we stayed up here, we were fine.” “Well, thank the stars we could, otherwise I’d imagine how long it’d take to run around an obstacle course just to cross a cold moat.” With what they were after found in low degrees, Pinkie and Rarity soared back to the Comet Observatory, taking the five-pointed satellite juice with them. Rarity and Pinkie donned in cardigans have returned with success, seeing as a Power Star returned as well. The Bedroom already fitted two other ponies: Rainbow Dash and Applejack. “Did y’all hear the rumor? Or the “theory” she called it?” “Why, of course. The supposal that suggests Celestia had a daughter.” They still couldn't believe some conspiracy. A daughter alicorn who vanished from a narrative in Equestria might have been explained in an article, right? Nopony dared to enter Celestia's throne room and enquire, "Do you have kids?" to waste their time. It's also conceivable that after millennia, both alicorns' negligence is at work. Stella may not remember her mother and Celestia may not remember a foal. Curious whether they kept the information a secret from themselves to remain wise. “I still couldn’t fathom why we couldn’t tell her what we know. I mean, I think it should be appropriate that we say it sooner than later.” “That’s what I was thinking, Pinkie. We’ll regret not telling once she leaves to continue with no mother. I vote we find a good occasion to tell her before going to King Sombra’s main base.” “Hey, hopefully, we’ll have that opportunity. We gotta let y’all go for the next Power Star.” Pinkie and Rarity were still wearing their warm wearables while windborne with a pull star. They knew what to expect: a launch star magically appearing on them blasting them to that Freezeflame Galaxy again. Freezeflame’s Blistering Core Little did they know they made a mistake arriving here with hydrophobic bathrobes, they’ll see why in a moment. At first, it seemed to turn out fine with them on since they’ve lighted on the ice donut like last time. Next to their landing spot was a crystal with a star chip embedded. “Guess we should hunt for five of these.” “It should be pretty simple, there’s already four I can see, darling.” Pinkie leaned her neck forward and looked closer to notice that she had miscounted. “Rarity, one of these had a coin, not a star chip.” Indeed, the rightmost crystal had something yellow, but it was not what they needed. Her eyes must’ve deceived her just because she saw four yellow objects from afar. “Oh. I couldn’t have noticed that, but now I do.” Rarity shamed herself as she and Pinkie headed in different directions to extract everything on top and then the bottom, including the coins. The underside had more yellow, gold star points, 2 gold small coins and a large coin. Of course, the ponies had to check what the question mark bit does. When one of the two, specifically the pink one, laid a hoof on it, a string of star bits appeared around the planet. There were a lot of them. “Wow, you’re so fruitful.” “Sorry, but if I’m rewarded, I should accept it.” 28 star bits in her pockets. In the end, they depleted the planet's resources, forcing a launch star to form in the doughnut hole's core, accompanied by five pull stars. Pinkie and Rarity announced the first name of the blue object behind the launch star. Then, using the star-shaped ejector, they could fly to what seemed to be a spherical rock split in half like an uncooked egg. Unlike a raw egg, the vibrant and searing lava replaced the whites and yolks above and below. When the ponies set hoof, they learned that jackets perhaps weren't the appropriate apparel. “Oh no. Pinkie, I don’t think it’s appropriate to wear these around here.” “It’s like wearing a sauna suit in the middle of a heatwave, getting hot and heavy here and I’m sweaty already.” Pinkie compared as she zipped away her lemon blazer. “But, darling, we can’t leave Stella’s belongings away around here.” “You’re right, even though they only fit a young non-alicorn. Just stuff them in my tail, I have enough room to put stuff there.” Pinkie's fiddlestick strands are fantastic, initially for intuition and now for storage. Rarity pondered strangely but decided to doff her coat and throw it into her reciprocating friend's dark hole. Their flanks are still heated, but they tolerated to advance. They leaped across a little gap in the narrow bridge. A trio of fuzzy spiky spherical attackers appeared, saw the ponies and rolled over. “Um, what are they?” “I don’t know, but what I can tell is I can’t spin them away.” So Pinkie and Rarity devised to run between two of them and avoid contact altogether. The third was chilling under a gold box, getting the contents from the box may take some work, so they chose not to bother. “Yeah, I hope we don’t need them.” Instead, they climbed a couple of high steps where another was stalling for them. Around a shape of rock were a vertically barred wall and a question mark coin through it. The lonely wooden crate beside it Pinkie hoped would help was helpless, at least she got a bit out of it. “Maybe we can access it from behind, I can see some flooring beyond the coin.” To do what Rarity recommended, they must proceed through the four boxes, one of which contains 5 star pieces. They might as well empty the yellow box on the right for 20 of those after evading double the koosh balls. Upon depletion, they took the expected left path to a black pole. Pinkie and Rarity scooched their hooves up the pole, the pink mare snagging 6 star bits along the way. They escaped the pole onto ground, but the next detached platform sank as a hoof burdened it; it's worse with eight because it lowers quicker than it should. “Hey! One at a time, Rarity!” Pinkie scolded the unicorn as she quickly alighted to the other still platform to delay the block’s submerging speed, but Rarity felt the nerve to jump back. “Oh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize that was gonna sink.” “Nevermind, just be careful next time.” “Actually, I feel like I can wait here. Something about this arrow on the wall, I think there’s something behind it.” “Aw, come on, I didn’t mean to scold you.” “No, it’s not that. I just don’t feel like risking myself burning in the lava.” Just because she experienced standing on a wobbly wedge, she wobbled wobbling off and smoldering. Fair she played safe, unfair she backseated. Anyway, Pinkie Pie continued the parkour, she hopped onto a longer brick that sinks and had 2 star bits. She skipped the final gap to a rocky path, it had four scattered pom-poms and four sets of crates that she felt the need to crack open while avoiding the foes’ spikes. After 3 bits and 5 star bits comes one bigger coin, the question mark spawned a necklace uphill. So she galloped up the hill and dodged the spherical enemies to then turn left over a cliff where the pendant was. Looks like it’ll give a new ability, hence its red jewel with 2D fire embedded in it. “Oh, the classic power-up from the games.” While the reader is perplexed as to what 'games' Pinkie's referring to (or not), she knew what to do and promptly wore the jewelry. As a result, she was endowed with fire abilities and red hair. Her dominating hoof arced and magically created a fireball that bounced towards a fuzzy adversary, scorching into 6 star treats. “Yes! Burn!” Pinkie menacingly spoke with an inferno effect suited by the environment around her, not knowing she was on a timer. Then she realized what she uttered and how she uttered it. “Ahem. Think I got carried away, heh heh. Sorry, user.” Anyway, she dashed back downhill from the balcony, firing sequentially at the remaining adversaries. One of her rounds fell on a pre-lit torch, forcing the gate to collapse and providing a route back to the main street. “Good to know those are activatable.” Rarity saw her friend coming and committing arson of three of those fuzzy spiny foes and gaining their 6 star bits each. However, the fuchsia filly’s foolhardy firing fostered a few fireballs farther than forecast when friendly fire is functioning. “Oh no. Move out of the way, Rarity!” “Pinkie Pie, darling!” She yelled as she escaped to the left side from the impending trajectory. Furthermore, the barrage of fireballs miraculously lit both bougies in front of the two arrows. It scaled several steps by chance. Was it pure chance, or did the daring make it something else? “And you say I gotta be careful.” “Yeah…sorry, I guess I got too excited about having that power-up.” “You guess?” On that occasion, the red gem necklace shattered and Pinkie’s effects wore off. “Aw, that has a time limit?” Never mind, onwards up the stairs until both stood at the peak that was a wider area. They did see a ceiling not so far from their heads, it looked like the start of an upside-down obstacle course. Maybe it’s so close that a high enough elevation would turn the ceiling into a roof. “Yeah, actually, it’s the circle of the other hemisphere since I can see space in the parallel distance. Do you see, Rarity?” “Why, yes, darling. At least geometry is one thing I can understand, Pinkie.” To avoid breaking their longest necks, they braced themselves and bounced straight vertically. This allowed them to land on their hooves when their gravity changed. While Rarity almost tumbled, Pinkie landed without incident, rewarding 6 star bits for Progress City. The road continued, cutting a space behind a cylinder that swings to whatever side a pony lingers. The platform twisted right after Pinkie hopped where there wasn't a protrusion, her slope progressively steepened unless she rebalanced it. “Okay, never had these types of obstacles before.” Rarity jumped to the left of the appeared impediment. She ran beside Pinkie to cross a square between two gaps before the space got scattered. Two boxes, wooden and gold, are guarded by a spiky pom-pom. Coming closer caused the creature to cycle downhill, attempting to bulldoze both ponies, but once they sidestepped, the creature seemed to continue tumbling into the lava. Jokey Pinkie and hilarity Rarity can't stop laughing at its frailty. “Pfft, I guess this floor’s too steep for them.” “Whatever force made these anatomies didn’t account for their longevity.” On that note, they considered helping themselves with whatever was held within the cubes, all they got were 20 star bits from the airborne block and a zero out of the grounded crate. Meanwhile, they’ve just noticed the waterfall of single-file urchins in the middle diving into the lava. “I was just joking about mother nature making these guys willingly drop to their doom, but now she’s wasting them all on purpose.” This meant they had to find an opportunity to squeeze between the spaces, but luckily, those spaces were adequately wide intervals. This other side of the area had two crates with one sparing a single change. A necklace sat on this side as well, the same red jewel as before. “So this was the necklace that gave me the ability to shoot fire.” “Looks glamorous, perhaps I would like to try it on myself, darling.” “Good idea, Rarity. Just swing a hoof over your head and you’ll just magically throw fire, try to protect me from these urchins. Oh, and friendly fire is on, so be careful not to burn me.” “Don’t worry, Pinkie. I wouldn’t intend to aim at you.” Rarity donned the pendant, and it dyed her mane red to represent the power earned, much as when Pinkie did. She immediately began a roasting rampage, not recklessly, roasting the pouring adversaries and robbing star bits till the mares reached a box of 1 more cent. More land resulted in a massive wall...? A dead end? “Are we missing something?” Pinkie gazed left and Rarity gazed right, each seeing one fireless torch among two, the other was prelit. The powerless pony was going to tell her companion when the fire pony launched a flame. Pinkie then motioned to the one she saw to finish the monument. The necklace broke here, which saddened the wearer, as the stone wall in front rose and showed a deep outline. 5 bits were positioned vertically between two parallel walls. Wall kicks will work, but for non-acrobatics... “You know what to do, darling.” “Hey, “darling” is my word! And yes, I do know what to do.” Rarity stuck onto her friend's cake-scented back so that Pinkie could carry her perfumed friend up the wall. Gravity flipped again and they were dropped onto stony terrain. They turned right, mounted a ledge and boarded another cylinder that rolls back or forth depending on where the mares are standing. They won't fall into the lava if they move quickly and carefully. They needed to decrease the high protrusion so that the slope wasn't too steep to jump from and onto the obstacle's copy. Pinkie and Rarity copied those actions on this copy. “It’s their brethren. Or is it their sistren? You shouldn’t assume their genders.” “While I would agree on that, it’s not really important for the mission, is it?” Between them and their next objective stood no opponents given their diminutive size, dispersion and lack of surveillance. They simply crossed the narrow lava channel. One sentient rock was monitored where Pinkie and Rarity were block surfing. High jumping eliminated the risk of burning, but returning to the ground needed proper propulsion and balance. Both equines embarked onshore before the block sank completely. The Power Star was confined front and center. “Oh, okay. Rarity, we’re close!” “All that’s left is to light the torches against both sides of the door, darling.” “And we have to use that nearby fire necklace.” Chilling on the edge of the left path, a red jewel. They got over to it and began determining who got it and the approach. Pinkie did see the gliding block and knew what the universe expected her to do, but since they both have control… “Couldn’t we just make a straight shot from here instead of timing our aim on that platform?” “That’s what you thought we were intended to do?” “By looking at the walkthrough, I did. I call dibs!” Rarity ignored her ambiguity about this 'walkthrough' as Pinkie raised her hoof. She launched the rocket fuel in a straight line toward the two torches in mere seconds. Upon the flambeaux lit, the bars were lifted and a bridge bridged the lava, leaving room between it and the gliding platform. Now they have a motive to surf the magma. The ponies approached the bridge from the left, then leaped midway while the boat continued onward to reach their stop. They've now earned access to the Power Star and their ticket out of this desert sauna, at least for now. Pinkie and Rarity are allowed to escape the sweltering planet and reside in the cooler Comet Observatory after they get their prize. “Hopefully, we can return those coats to Stella’s wardrobe.” “Hopefully, we can relax our coats in Stella’s space station, ‘cause I’m getting humid already.” How could the satellite's Bedroom not provide air conditioning? Pinkie and Rarity's temperature progressively plummeted since they fled the environment until they reached the lukewarm interior. Their degrees dropped dramatically consequence of the seemingly imperceptible breeze. “Thank Celestia, I can feel the breeze coursing through me like a Changeling hoof.” Nopony was found to socialize or postpone their departure. Pinkie still felt it was beneficial to tuck the wardrobes into the wardrobe, expecting their fur would be enough to support Venus and Neptune temperatures, but little did she know. Rarity concentrated on the intricacy that astonished her when the coats emerged from that springy tail. “Not a single clinging strand? Did you use any shampoo in your shower times?” “Oh, yes, I’m using a product called Prantene that I always buy from the supplies at the Manehattan hygiene store. My recent lather also smelled of butter.” “You have to remind me to buy some. Mine almost worked but they barely held up eight strings.” Without further ado, they were about to go on another hot-cold excursion. It was becoming tedious to explain how a phrase engaged the pull star. Once airborne, a signal was issued to poof the ponies into the aether. Pinkie and Rarity forecast the Fahrenheits in this third round. Hot and Cold Collide In the previous entries, they’ve always landed on the same icy bagel planet and it’s no different this visit. Or is it? The loop of ice looked to have gone through an evolution, it grew a few spherical zits of flaring corona and cobblestone walls separated the molten magma from the frozen water. Pinkie and Rarity have landed, on the ice bordered by three perimeters of the wall. It looks like the mares had to follow the road around with no shortcuts, but they were amazed at how the fire came. “Brrr, I can feel the cold on my hooves, but phew, I’m toasting in the warmth of the radiance near us!” “Me too, impossibly so. Well, in this case, eventually, both temperatures would balance out and reach equilibrium. And yes, I took physics class as well as textiles.” On ice, the ponies might use their skating abilities to move. More suns poked through the stone walls and chomped through some of the icy pathways. Pinkie skated and snagged three aligned star pieces, she and Rarity dodged through oncoming fire comets puked from a faraway star, and seized the opportunity to pull a coin from a protruding crystal. The trek on the planet's surface was hampered by a massive luminary, but the underside was accessible. A free extractible coin on the left, then Pinkie must break through a wall of crystals on the right. Following that, the fire comets followed the ponies along the path, earning three sets of star bits totaling eight, plus one embedded bit. The path concluded with a crystal containing a launch star. “So that’s our exit off this planet. That was fast.” “In our previous times, we were transported to the big snowy planet and the big lava-y planet.” A beginner would not have identified the attributes of their destination if they had eliminated hot or cold. Why not both? Once allowed entrance, the star-shaped gadget propelled its occupants toward a hollow brown planet. The color around their landing location was bluish-grey, and they landed between two bougies. Okay, so Pinkie or Rarity needed to bring fire over to light the torches. Tiding aqua, which may almost lip the platform's tip and sponge into nothing, was also featured. While it appeared to be only water, it was actually an impediment. Pinkie dismissed it as ordinary ocean, but ocean is nonetheless hypothermic. Pinkie ventured to walk on water, but she ain't no Jesus and a small dip in felt like dipping in lidocaine, the chilling numbed her clove. “Hah oh wow, why did I just do that?” Pinkie shoved her glove in her mouth sucking it in her warm saliva. “Oh dear, darling. Are you alright?” “I’ll be fine, but I think the cold water burned the nerve on this hoof. But I gotta keep going!” Pinkie was about to push herself difficult with a malfunctioning limb. Rarity noticed her unhealthy approach and decided to obstruct her with the closest hoof to her friend’s chest, she had another approach. “No, Pinkie. You must remain here and let your hoof cool down, so in that case, I’ll get that glamorous fire necklace myself.” “Wait, what? But, this is my quest, I’m supposed to be the one to deliver these Power Stars.” “Oh, please, none of this ‘it’s my spotlight’ nonsense! Don’t push yourself by risking your life. Besides, it’s gonna take a long five minutes to cure.” Pinkie has known other characters debate similar to being assigned to oneself and neglecting others. And to subject a feverish limb to whatever hardcore task it finds more intense and challenging? It's reckless to risk tripping on rocks like a folded rug. “I’ll be right back safe and sound, darling. I don’t plan on freezing to death any time soon.” “Just please be careful, I’m not about to wait here for you to not come back.” Right after the river receded, Rarity routed right to rise to a reachable rock’s roof. The pony of generosity galloped the giant gap on an elevated greater ground and then, was determined to launch over another gap larger than the previous. “Rarity, I know it’s risky, but you have to walk over when the water drains. You’re not an Opal without feline blood.” Pinkie informed her friend. Making the giant leap would be even riskier than what was intended. Staying above to minimize the number of numb limbs was tactical, but one fall or fail and a bonk on the mountainside. No way is Rarity going daredevil, so she descended after the lack of liquid but hastily ascended a shallower ledge of the rock she was trying to get to. 20 star bits rewarded her for her consequence consideration, then some more islands reachable while airborne stood between them and a wooden wall with down arrows. “Hmm, the other walls are a typical stone. I guess this planked partition means it’s a door or gate? If I were an unlocking mechanism…” Eventually, she discovered a green wheel below the left of the gate. Assumed it was a valve, Rarity knew she had to loosen it. But one hurdle might prevent her from that objective: water. Occasionally, the gizmo becomes submerged by the tides and inaccessible through physical means. She played cautious using magic to activate the thing from a distance. Try as she might, no aura appeared, Rarity’s magic level wouldn’t allow it to reach a handle from there. However, she was not giving up, if only she was closer. As it turns out, a platform existed shallow enough that doesn’t flood and close enough her magic applied to the object. But her magic needed strength applied too, at least as strong as Pinkie’s spin attack. Does she have what it takes? Yes, she does. And pulling the device to the maximum did collapse the wooden gate. This is where the ponies become separated for a while. Rarity must trek while Pinkie… waits. “I’ll just be over here! Just stay alive!” “I’ll be alright, darling! I don’t plan to die young!” The egress made an entrance to a narrow alley that gravity turned with her. She actually went to the planet’s bottom which looked to have a wavy atmosphere because of the volcanic heat. Lava tides rose and fell around most of the area like the water on the cooler side. “Oh, please, not a hundred degrees. I can feel my own disgusting sweat producing any minute now.” The ground height she stood on was a safe zone from the tides. Stone bars in front of Rarity teased her with the tantalizing fire necklace. Out of reach by her hoof too short, herself too wide to squeeze through the gaps. Looks like no shortcut was gonna save her from going through the… “Hmm, why don’t I just…?” Actually, with the combination of a unicorn and the necklace so proximate, while she couldn’t squeeze through, she could instead make the ability squeeze through. Unlike the valve before, the pendant was easy to levitate, neither too finicky nor too heavy and the jewelry slotted in the holes without exploring this hot place. “Thank Celestia. I don’t think I would ever know what’s beyond here, but at least I won’t have to sweat soon.” Instead of immediately wearing the gem, she kept it levitating beside her while she headed back to the ice world. Of course, much to Pinkie’s surprise, Rarity was only gone for just seconds before she emerged bringing fire. “Wow, that was fast. Rarity, you must have cheated.” “I had a shortcut, darling. Aren’t you glad I’m born a unicorn?” The unicorn routed to her right’s archipelago and played the ‘floor is lava’ or water in this case. Finally, she patiently waited for the ocean to sink before running, absorbing the fire and lighting the torches. A launch star materialized. “Is your hoof feeling better, Pinkie Pie?” “I can feel the fire with it, so yeah.” Using the launch star brought the equines soaring out of that brown sphere and to a snowy square. Such platforms are everywhere in this zone on top of scary black holes, the platforms are a mixture of ice and lava with neither having pleasant thermometer readings. “Those black holes look intimidating. Plus the element of no borders?” “I guess we have to get across for a ghost of a chance of reaching that Power Star.” Fortunately, there was the blue gem necklace, or two for two ponies, that could assist them in this phase. Pinkie and Rarity jumped right for it, gaining Elsa's abilities. With the two standing on cold, they twirled together to start skating. First, they performed a 270 to securely face forwards to the following platforms. They turned to the seething squares, oblivious to how their frozen hooves might alter the lava. Ice + lava equals... ice, forming familiar hexagons beneath their hoofsteps. So they continued skating in an S across the lava before returning to frozen squares and ending with a snow one. “Okay, that was odd for the ice to turn lava into ice even though that lava is supposed to melt the ice when the ice made contact with the lava. I mean I’m sure there’s probably scientific reasoning behind this that made that possible, maybe our ice powers are cold enough to freeze lava, but still…” Think the necklaces gave up listening to Pinkie’s rambling? They crumbled to dust in the middle of her long paragraph. “Look what you’re rambling caused!” “Chillax, Rarity. There’s no way that there’s no other ice necklace.” “You know what? You’re known for your yapping, you know?” Rarity told the other pony as she jumped high enough to flip upside-down seeing as the next platforms were also upside-down. They skated across the moving ice as the equines kept talking. “We would shake our heads, roll our eyes or neglect you completely every time you do lengthy talk.” As the ponies attached the jewel to their necks and glided across some lava, Pinkie dared to retort. “You think I don’t notice? All I did was be comedic, have some fun while we’re at it.” Pinkie and Rarity skated across moving hot squares with lines of star bits on them. During their dialogue, they managed to obtain 2 star bits from each row. “Pinkie, we’re here in a sensical universe, do we really need somepony to joke in, say a quest like what we’re doing?” The eloquent mares past the third string of star bits and reached the next necklace where they had to replace the old with the new. This recharged the time limit before the accessory shatters. They’ve reached the end of these platforms, now they must jump to reach the upside-down upside-down platforms. “Uh, hello? Jokes are Pinkie Pie’s specialty, you’ll just get the jokes from me every now and then. Did I give you enough jokes?” On this road of lava, the ponies could see the Power Star in the distance, they were close to finishing Freezeflame Galaxy! But, um, they were not celebrating about it? “No, darling. I think you served me too many annoying jokes.” “Excuse me? Annoying? Me? Oh, so that’s what you think of me, huh?” Uh… The last platforms to the star were connected corner to corner, making it harder but not impossible. Pinkie and Rarity must keep performing the Lutz on every following platform. They succeeded, they didn’t fall and they’ve earned the Power Star, but no dance to victory. Hmm, as they were immediately transported back to the Comet Observatory, they kept arguing. Oh dear. “...Maybe if I found better comedic jokes, at least you would laugh and that would make me smile.” Still, they kept going like their rambling isn’t gonna end soon, and to think this started after Rarity admitted her problem with Pinkie’s rambling. Hey, Twilight and Fluttershy, how are they gonna react? “Welcome back, girls! Did you at least get the Po-” “Ha ha ha! Very funny. I think you’re better off without jokes annoying or hilarious.” Gasp by Pinkie as the bystanders noticed what was happening. Seemed like the argument was spiraling out of control they started roasting each other. Not a cordial sight to behold for neither the alicorn, nor the pegasus. “Knock it off, you two!” Fluttershy shouted as loud as she could and they… ignored her. “Well then, I wouldn’t be the element of laughter, won’t I? And no laughter, means no magic!” Uh oh, without any form of assault, Pinkie will be stuck in this spiraling fire escape until there is an end wherever that is. Nothing was going to move if Pinkie keeps arguing for how long, or unless Twilight and Fluttershy does something about it. Calling won’t help and assault is just offensive. So what can they do? Author's Note Pinkie's Collection: Star Bits: 1808 Coins: 603 Power Stars: 34 Yes, I think this is the first chapter that addressed the reader, just thought to be creative with this. Also, yes, Rarity cheated, but that's intentional to save a lot of time.
Sombra's Spaceship Safari and More GalaxiesPinkie’s eyelids finally moved, she woke up with a fuzzy vision of stars slowly becoming transparent. She could sense the presence of her body elevating from the red couch. She witnessed everypony on the ground relishing their vegetarian salad. “Hey. Having lunch without me?” “Oh no, Pinkie, I’ve made you your salad.” Everypony was glad to hear their friend’s voice as Pinkie admired Fluttershy’s kindness in approaching her with food. Sore was her head, blurred was her mind, she could feel a blank in her memories. While Pinkie masticates her salad, she asked about the events she missed. “What’d I miss?” “You were knocked out with a rock, darling.” “But Fluttershy fought the boulder boss herself and won.” The group was amazed when they heard that story, it seemed inconceivable but they and Pinkie were honoured. Just think what could’ve happened if timid pegasus hadn’t joined, could the mission have resumed? “Oh, and uh, Trixie’s gone if you look.” Pinkie redirected her eyes towards the garage, there was no blue unicorn featured. “She left a letter stating she left to find a Power Star for us.” “Well, good for her. Let’s just hope she keeps the bargain.” Luma emerged out of Fluttershy’s mane to greet its prominent owner. “It’s good to see you again.” “Aw, did you miss me already? Come here.” Luma infiltrated magenta mare’s mane, making its home inside and supplying her with power. There was still some lunchtime left to spend with her friends, telling stories and accounting plans. After emptying her bowl, Pinkie was set to embark on more galaxies with Fluttershy accompanied. They approached and climbed the pillar of cupboards and reached the Kitchen and met black luma. “Ah, you’re awake. Is your head alright?” “Yeah, I can still feel a small bruise in there, but I should be fine.” Pinkie responded as she rubbed her sore dome. “We’d like to know about the next galaxy available to us.” “Actually, there are two galaxies available to you. We have Bubble Breeze Galaxy and Buoy Base Galaxy.” “I figured it’d be the same pattern.” Their eyes stared straight at the pull star as one specific word was enunciated. “Pull.” A signal activated the blue magnet to lift the ponies and align their line of sight with universes. Both fresh galaxies they observe with their opticals. “Which one should we do first?” “Let’s go to Bubble Breeze Galaxy. Guess it exhibits an enormous purple bog?” “It does.” Pinkie assumed, mainly because the name corresponded with preview of galaxy. With pegasus and carouser’s destination established, having experienced a myriad of impediments had their spirits spirited. “Are your wings ready to stretch, Fluttershy?” “My wings are as flexible as rubber, they’re ready.” Fluttershy’s confidence was saturated. Considering she won a spooky boss fight, can one see why. Launch star materialised out of thin air and automatically projected both concurrently to Bubble Breeze. Wish them luck so they can recover a Power Star, maybe two. Through the Poison Swamp Ponies infiltrated the atmosphere of a purple goo ocean planet. Just a handful of terrain was unflooded, Pinkie and Fluttershy anchored on an islet of a lawnlike archipelago. Surrounding their surroundings were stalagmites restricting escape routes. A good thing to notice and note is a sign of a pony skull X’d in red, insinuating the bubbling poisonous marsh. “I reckon that stuff would kill us instantly.” “Oh, then we better be careful.” The following island was across a crevasse. With a hop, skip and jump, the mares crossed the river. Six balloons surrounded a thicket only for decoration. Pinkie foraged the foliage and found eight star bits to her collection. Across more isles led to more shrubbery with eight star bits, the last isle on the road had a bubble dispenser beside a pinned piece of paper on a wooden board. “Hi, Phil Board here. Riding bubbles is a delicate process, so pay attention. First, jump into bubble to mount it. Blow on film to move. Warning: bubbles are quite sensitive, don’t float with full force into a wall or you’ll fall into, say, the poison.” Awkward silence, imagine crickets chirping. “Why is the sign named Phil Board? Who the hay is Phil?” Howbeit, Pinkie and Fluttershy mounted the orb of air. They float inside like there was zero gravity. Following instructions, they expanded their lungs to capacity and expelled CO2 against the film to move a few meters from the dispenser. “Wow, this is gonna take a lot of lung power.” “Well, prepare to power down for plenty of periods.” Throughout the cruise, Pinkie and Fluttershy were consistently blowing to execute maximum speeds over the swamp. Every once in a while, the mares’ lungs become drained. Now and then was a break to take. Eventually, they got around a corner and noticed two floating mines on the edges, plus a moving launch star chip in a bubble in the middle lane. “So there are five star chips here it seems.” Fluttershy acknowledged through her panting, too was Pinkie. Proceeding, the bubble rode a gust generated by a propeller propelling east. A joyful joyride pushing ponies into a question mark coin, touching it made a nine cents laid along the path. Second star piece was found at the end of the wind. After little lung lull was a group of five coins and a path of three coins around some rocks. She couldn’t leave any change behind. Moving forward, third piece was found and so were three more coins while carefully dodging more mines. Next obstacle had more fans blowing in a zig-zag formation. Fourth star point had been riding it when Pinkie collected it. Last fragment located within an obstacle, two moving bombs guarding it. Pinkie and Fluttershy must synchronize their exhales or pop goes the bubble and into the drink. “Oh, this is where we could end up good or bad.” “I noticed. Alright, when I say ‘go’, we blow. Ready?” They waited a few cycles until the mine floats to the very left. “Go!” Maneuvering with a close call, narrow millimetres from popping. The fifth element was found, then a launch star appeared in the middle. Escaping was as scary as trespassing, the south route was about to go south. Afterwards, the duo squeezed through stalagmites as they noticed another huge coin ahead. When it was acquired, another line of pennies led the way. Fourteen bits coursing to where launcher’s located. “I was blind to the course thinking we’ll be here forever, but the addition of propellers made it a bit more interesting.” “Yet, I’m afraid it’s not over yet judging by the launch star before us.” Using it removed Pinkie and Fluttershy from the bubble and blasted them through six rings of eight star bits, pink pony was able to accumulate the whole collection. Anchored on a new verdant island and a bubble dispenser was displayed. From where they were standing, their right ears were listening to the glistening of a Power Star. Seemed it was nearby, if only Pinkie’s able to jump higher, but it seemed, though, she was not interested in flying over if she could. “Why couldn’t I just carry you over the wall?” “Fluttershy, I hate to admit it, but I’m greedy for the prizes.” Pinkie referred to coins in the path, worried she’ll do wrong. “It’s okay, Pinkie. We still have time to take a detour. As long as you’re loyal to the main mission, you’re not swerving into the path of bad.” “Hmm, we’re gonna make this a longer chapter, aren’t we?” No escaping long journals for long journeys. Once they board the orb, time to get blowing. The path contained nine coins before encountering a giant gyrating log slab. At first, only the bark was shown until a hole revealed its heartwood. “In there!” Pinkie and Fluttershy blew towards the gap, then the walls pushed them around. Until the point where a question mark coin is visible, the pink mare couldn’t resist. Contact on it showered them with a plethora of star bits. “Yes! Rain on me!” “That’s a lot of star bits. Heh, bet it’s enough to get a tummy ache.” Pinkie turned to the pegasus for an unusual comment from her. “It’s overdramatisation.” “If you think I mostly eat cakes for a living, think again ‘cause I don’t plan to die young.” Continue. It was a dead-end, so they awaited the cycle for a way out. Once there’s an opening, ponies floated out and onto a jet where a second huge coin met hoof. A trail of coins led to a cluster of twelve. Pockets of gold, followed by rotating walls with mines peppered throughout. A lush landscape greeted them, equipped with a bubble machine, a sign, and a blue button. “How do we get down?” “I have a move on my palette.” The old thrust to the ground burst their bubble. The sign reads: “East - advanced path. South - shortcut.” “Ooh, it’s tempting to go through either one.” Is it worth going hardcore? Should extensions cease? “Then I’ll choose for you; let’s go advanced.” Surprised was Pinkie, who could’ve guessed Fluttershy pick the advanced path? Nopony. “As I said, we’ll take our time.” “Fine.” They assumed the button unlocks the gate in front of them. A ground pound exerted force on it and the door slides to the right revealing wealth behind. Mares hastily hopped through the film and swerved through the threshold before it closes. A dozen coins at the entrance, head south in the path of a vane, add thirteen to the coin counter before exit. Face left, a third question mark coin was found past an unstationary mine. Pinkie and Fluttershy synchronized their blowing, this time relatively away from the untouchable. Like the others, it triggers a money trail, ten plus more past the automatic door. That’s six free, three around a moving mine, then two before the Power Star. But wait, there’s more? “The universe is testing my greed; there’s a section after the main reward.” “Well, if you want to, go ahead.” “You’re always positive about this which is strange.” "Why? There’s nothing wrong with that, is there?” No, not at all. Nonetheless, Pinkie dismounted to parkour the islets to the button, then raced to the regenerated bubble and blew and blew fast before it shuts. Through the space were fifteen coins grouped, then a propeller on the left pushed the ponies through a heap of coins, five and score worth before the end. “We’re filthy rich, we’ll outmatch Filthy Rich at this rate.” “See? We made a detour and we came unscathed.” “But I worry about the length of our journal. I just hope it’s not 10k words long.” Finally, they can respire their final breath to claim the Power Star of this galaxy. After a staggering gruelling lung exercise, they, at last, returned to the Comet Observatory. Exhausted were they, but the after-lunch workout was done with. Pinkie and Fluttershy’s breather was delayed until they came home. With Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash visiting this hub, a good few seconds were spent discussing and recharging. “You’re back. What’s with the heavy panting?” “Oh, it was an exercise. We were bicycle pumps without lift, only thrust.” “You were floating? Fluttershy has wings, the work could’ve been quicker.” “But the gold made a detour, we earned more bits than we could count.” “A detour? Girls, you strayed from the mission. It’d be better if we arrive sooner than later to rescue Celestia and Luna.” “Say that to the letters they sent you.” The parchments received from the princess herself via Spike’s magical fire breath. Each gave Pinkie a score of star bits while stating both alicorns weren’t disturbed. The youngest princess could hold off her cautions. “You’ve won this one with one statement.” “Go ahead, you must have plenished your lungs by now, take to the stars and give us more stars.” Mares full battery had to be clattery after recapturing pattering. Pinkie and Fluttershy looked up towards the pull star. “Pull.” Currently, they’ve got Buoy Base Galaxy to travel to. Before departure, they could see a spire on water, appears their manes are getting wet. Farewell to their friends beneath them, they face the galaxy to face the galaxy. “Let’s find out what this galaxy’s got in store.” Boom goes the cannon! The Floating Fortress A metallic cauldron of H2O enveloped by junk displayed a centred poised edifice. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy anchored on an ait distant from the crux. The structure’s only entrance was a swim to it. Lucky they under spell disabling suffocation, so no worries about drowning. “Splish splash!” Hedonist cannonballed before the vet, they paddled on the surface to search the spire for an entrance. The lowest shelf was accessible, but the next one was not, there was not a jump far enough. “Wait, what?” “How are we supposed to climb? Wings don’t work in space.” As they pondered about the mystery without hint, a penguin paddled behind them and surfaced. It stood by their tails and spoke. “Looking for a way up?” The mares 180’d and the pegasus fell in love already. “What are you doing here? You’re everywhere.” “And to answer your question, yes.” “There’s more to the construction than what you can see on the surface, but it’s submerged by an underwater weight. If you destroy it, the platforms will float and you will gain access to the top.” “Well, thanks for the information, Mr Penguin. We gotta dive.” Descend. Pinkie and Fluttershy went deeper than the submerged platforms to find the chained anvil. “It’s not an anvil, it’s a heavy sphere.” …Pinkie corrected. Now, how to shatter it? Maybe through punching? Crashing? Mining? Crafting? Shooting? Oh, look, a turret. Explosive projectiles could be the solution. “Stand back, Fluttershy.” “Okay.” The pink pony utilized spin-attacks for swimming quicker and nearing the turret. Once near enough, a torpedo fired and noticed her, redirected its aim and incoming. Swimming for her life, she lured it to demolish the weight. Released from the chain, the ceiling above Pinkie rose to the surface. “I think it worked, now where did Fluttershy swim to?” “I’m here. I gathered twenty star bits and eight gold bits from the floor.” “Thanks, I appreciate it.” Higher levels were now accessible, so they stroked to the surface. Wall jumps are needed to reach a block of star bits. Across yellow hexagonal floaties, Pinkie carried Fluttershy like a backpack while ricocheting up surfaces to the top. Hmm, she’ll practice and upgrade one day. In the path, a shooter was bombarding bubbles endlessly in trial to knock them off but left a wide window for skirting. Unharmed, a stone brick had its opportunity for pushing. It’s so large that it required elaborate coordination: Pinks hop-twirled to hang on rock’s head, Flutters held her hoof with height, hauled up, done twice, two coins, quick as it retracts. “Wow. that stunt we’ll never do again. You were part of it, Flutters.” “That was stressful. I was right off the edge.” They climbed approachable shelves and encountered two shadowbolts supplied with rocks. “Remember the rock that hit you once on the dome.” One said as they hurled a laser shot at both, a good one it only missed by a hair. “Eep!” “Whoa! That and that nearly ended my life.” A little tougher these minions, the mares moved many maneuvers just to play dodgeball. They gotta give it to them, although they lost the battle. Pinkie and Fluttershy were just too experienced. On the path, Thwomps were placed with a habit to flatten victims. This one stood below a blue star chip when they noticed. “I can reach that.” Prophesied Pinkie Pie. As the rock shocked the ground, she jumped and spun for extra height to hoof its head. Thwomp rose, piece garnered, Fluttershy ran under. Pinkie descended and conquered the obstacle from under. They limbo’d double rubble on elevated ground, between them fires air-filled film off a fusilier. Nonetheless, not impossible. Rewarded with three bits, open the space is and a valve stood past a duo bubble gunning. They must locate an open window and unearth results from a screw. “Let’s find out what this affects.” “Hopefully something good.” Like a screwdriver, she ground it through the ground. The shooters deactivated as a green top foe appeared. Pinkie and Fluttershy faced their backs backwards, the bad began bolting in and they turned milliseconds in time. The pegasus nearly evaded, her fur felt a fraction of flurry while the fuschia filly fast flipped. Knocked the top and stopped as its top popped off fixed with a spring. Doesn’t it look like a trampoline? “Wa-hoo!” Convenient it’s under two coins. While airborne, Pinkie leaned left to a ledge where a gold cube contained twenty comets. Meanwhile, Fluttershy remained below as the enemy recovered shortly. Outrunning it, she noticed a white circle that could indicate where the top should stand so she stood on it and leapt last minute over the speeding foe. Pinkie came down to spin it in place. “Good teamwork.” Fluttershy affirmed while the mares quickly bounced before the window closes, they hovered to the next ledge. A screw, time for Pinkie the screwdriver. …She pulled a cocktail from her tail. “You want some?” “No thanks. Do you have to drink now?” “Yes, I’m parched.” Quenched. Now the real screwdriver. With the bolt locked in, the rest of the stage moved. The first block moved to reveal the second pull star piece. They climbed to it and a black sphere came to electrocute its victims. “Jump!” Both ponies jumped over the orb to dodge it, then climbed two moving platforms. Pinkie and Fluttershy rode one, snatched the coin and reached a platform with a shadowbolt guarding star piece three. “Get through me if you want it.” “Pfft! If only you had rocks to pitch, I wouldn’t consider you weak.” A pathetic fight, Pinkie spins once and three star bits came out. The enemy didn’t lay a blow. Fluttershy snatched the star piece. “Alright, two more to go.” Afterwards, they rode the moving platform, collected one coin and encountered ledges. Climbed the steps, then up more mobile shelves. A platform hovered far from the structure and displayed star chip four. Both Pinkie and Fluttershy noticed the top of the fortress. “We’re almost there!” “Let’s grab the bits first.” The two bits are opposed. One was near them on the left, a little climb to get it and a ride to get the next. Finally, they made it up, a new green enemy awaited them, it dispensed the original tiny tops. “Who are they?” “The mini top guys, those crash into you.” Pinkie recalled as she jumped over them with Fluttershy following and onto the organic construct. It became a bouncer bunging both into the fifth final fragment and two pull stars spawned above them. They know what to do, or rather, say. “Pull.” They were attracted and soon that word was said again to activate the subsequent pull star. Pinkie then Fluttershy enunciated the other word. “Release.” “Release.” The pull star let them go and the mares gravitate up. Luckily, they were set to set their hooves upon a beamer spreading the lasers along the area of the planet. Safe here, but vulnerable when their hooves are on the ground. “We’ll run when I say so.” Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it… “Now!” Galloping across the planet, they came to rest at a safe zone displaying a bit. Pinkie now anticipated more bits around the planet’s equator. “Could you excuse me a moment?” “Sure, Pinkie.” Pinkie Pie left Fluttershy behind in search of gold around the equator while hopping over the laser shockwaves from both sides. Three more coins were found, however when returned, the pegasus was gone. “Huh? Where did she vanish to?” Without being too worried, she dashed to the pole opposite the beamer they landed on. Sure enough, she found her safe on a beamer with a screw. “So you were ahead of me, I was about to worry.” “Worry? Come on, Pinkie. We’re experienced enough to know what’s coming.” “Well, don’t blame me since you don’t look the type, honestly.” Once more, it’s her orange juice vodka technique. She used it to unlatch the bolt from the planet. Shortly, the planet itself unfolded to reveal swimming water with Pinkie and Fluttershy who fell in it. The Power Star is at the core and surrounded by a ring of star bits. If one counts, they earned 20 of them. “Ha! At last, there it is.” “We’re even given a small reward before the main reward.” And just like that, Pinkie and Fluttershy collected the star bits and then the Power Star. After performing a short underwater celebration, they surfaced and soared passed Buoy Base’s atmosphere back to the Comet Observatory. Floated to the front of the space base where the new power star stored itself, Pinkie and Fluttershy stood toe-to-toe with Princess Stella. The ponies wiped their brows before a conversation began between them and the alicorn. “Welcome back, Pinkie and Fluttershy, my little ponies.” “Thanks. After jumping a lot, I’m just glad we survived.” “Approved. Gosh, have we encountered some close calls.” “Well, I can now inform you about the hungry luma near the Kitchen.” They turned their necks to look, on the spire of cupboards is a dome and a pink luma beside that. “Oh, right. No need to remind us, we’ll take it from here.” But before they got there, Spike, who’s near the library with the other mares, spat out a scroll. Everypony that noticed anticipated the one and only being the only one to send it, so the dragon immediately explained its contents. “To my faithful student, Twilight and her friends, My sister and I are hoping this letter has found Pinkie in good condition, we have a feeling these will be influential for your mission. Meanwhile, King Sombra’s slowly crafting his next move, but there is no rush. Equestria is in safe hooves for now. Sincerely, Celestia and Luna.” “See, there is no hurry, no worry, Pinkie, Twilight.” “Yeah, I guess it’s all written in the letter.” “Do you want your prize, Pinkie? It’s 50 star bits.” “You don’t need to ask. I’ll just collect them and then-” Pinkie’s line was interrupted as Spike belched another rolled-up parchment. Strange that there’s a second message received at the same minute. Perhaps it’s just something the royal princesses forgot to mention. “No. It’s from Trixie!” “That gal? How did she send that through you?” “I guess she learnt it beforehoof.” “Hello, ponies. Trixie found a star. Now that Trixie has proved that she’s helpful, Trixie needs a way back because this star won’t fly with her. Trixie has captured a picture of her peripheral vision of the galaxy. Help me! Send somepony! From Trixie L.” The photo posted was of a view of Good Egg Galaxy. Pinkie grew weary of these setbacks. Was she about to go somewhere new, does Trixie’s letter mean she must travel backwards? “And I was so excited about the hungry luma galaxy.” Fortunately, just because somepony has to go there doesn’t mean it has to be Pinkie. Someone was willing to volunteer. “What about us?” Apple Bloom stepped up to the plate along with her friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. “What about y’all?” “We can find Trixie for you.” “Hmm. What do you think, Pinkie Pie?” “Honestly, I don’t see why not. I think I will let them.” Was all settled? Not so fast. Fluttershy stood up. “I’ll go with them. I mean, somepony has to keep Trixie safe. I hope that’s alright.” “Sure. Go to Good Egg Galaxy right away. See you on the other side.” “Until we meet again. Let’s go.” Nearly everypony had something to do. Fluttershy and the fillies ran to the UFO, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash headed to the library and Pinkie climbed up the spire to the hungry luma. “Hi. Do you have some star bits to spare?” “I have plenty to plenish. How much are you greedy for?” “Oh, stars. I need 600 star bits.” “Dang, you’re that hungry? Conveniently, I have that amount.” Negative DC candy meteors were added to Pinkie’s stash. All served and downed down the luma’s unseen throat. By the time she speed counted to 600, the pink star creature was satisfied and obese. “That’s it! That’s it! TRANSFORM!” And there it goes, from the observatory seen as light and zooming out into space. An explosion occurred spreading gleams to every corner of the sky. The light faded as Drip Drop Galaxy has been revealed. Pinkie waved at Fluttershy leaving by the spacecraft nearby, then she used a launch star that just appeared to travel to the new galaxy. “New galaxy, here I come.” Giant Eel Outbreak That launch star routed the pony just to survey this galaxy’s planet. It’s a world wet with water, a centred sandy centre and a pair of primitively positioned peninsulas. Pinkie set hoof on land and saw a penguin party. “Oh my gosh. I wish I have my camera or Trixie with me. Fluttershy will flip when she heard she’s missing out.” Oh well. She’s gotta walk up and speak to at least one of them. The nearest one in front was brought to converse. “Hi, pink pony. Can you help us?” “Help? Sure. With what?” “I think grandpa can explain better.” The elder penguin, who developed white brows and a long beard as long as Star Swirl, stood facing the ocean. When Pinkie came to talk, the picador only turned his head. “Those eels prevented us from fishing our food. They can swallow you in one gulp.” Remember the fishes in the dens under Beach Bowl Galaxy? These look exactly like them, scary and intimidating. “Poor colony, how long have you lived in this galaxy for?” “Can you help to remove them from the waters?” “Wait, how do I do that?” One of the penguin toddlers beside her came to answer. “We theorised that the cannonballs by the shipwreck might be enough to eliminate them.” “Great. Thanks for the info. Don’t you worry, Mr Penguin.” Thus, Pinkie was ready to swim. A run and a jump and she’s in the water. She stroked and stroked straight towards the sunken ship. The stone structures around it held a few bits and a chest she couldn’t open, yet. The ship’s two masts had a bit at each tip while the deck provided a crate of cannon ammo. “Bet I can use this to bust into that chest.” Then she committed, she aimed and shot it from near as possible. However, unexpectedly, that resulted in it being bait as a big blowfish emerged and began charging in, Pinkie spin-swam away to escape its wrath. “Whoa! A trapped chest? That’s unfair!” That wasted her an iron ball, so she swam back to retrieve another. On her second attempt, an eel just so happens to pass above her, now it’s prey vs predator. Amidst this, a torpedo emerged out of the sandy floor, so Pinkie sped up to outrun them while tailing the fish. When her aim is just right, she released it and it boomed. That missile exploded by an obstacle and the unagi vaporized into star bits. As she sees there’s a bed of them, not just one. “I see. Let’s montage.” Below her were a pair of seashells standing like stalagmites tipped with a tip of two bits. First, she collected them before returning to the hull which was a short distance away. This is where Pinkie restocked ammunition. With it in hoof, she paddles in one direction to find more eels to slaughter and they should be located near the surface. Before she noticed, she was swimming near the surface, so one watches her reaction when an Anguillid nearly gobbled her. “Whoa! Okay, that’s awfully close. I better stay low.” However, she’s in a positive position to snipe it down, a fire and a strike. Its loss was represented like the first dead fish, who’s now a cluster of Konpeito. “Fun fact.” Pinkie verified although no one knows how she knows. Regardless, she saw the third unagi ahead, but foremost, two coins sat on a wall and the pony had a great fall to gather them all. The swim back took her past another chest, but she knew better, she won’t trust it. “Haha, don’t tempt me, box. I don’t have that kind of greed.” So she ignored it entirely, good for her. Back on deck, the supply’s still there, it’s time to carve up some sushi. Once more, she ascended with the heavy black sphere and went after the eel. Because there are fewer fish than there were, the crowd density of the ocean became vacant, thus harder to find one. Despite that, eventually, Pinkie found it, now she had to angle right and not throw away her shot. One shot and the target was hit, poofed into nothing but eight star bits. And that was it, all three eels have been removed from this planet and a Power Star appeared and is hovering over the shipwreck. Relief was released from Pinkie’s bubbled breath. “That was actually a fun experience. The penguins can harvest in peace now if they can since I don’t see any krill here.” But she digressed. She noticed the last coin of the galaxy that she proceeded to collect before approaching the gleams of the distant but visible star. Within reach, Pinkie laid her hoof on it which earned her the energy to celebrate before she rocketed from the H2O and back to the Comet Observatory. A twinkle in the sky, coming from it was she with the Power Star that Pinkie just fished out looking a little drenched, her drips puddling a spot on deck’s floor in front of the cosmos princess. Someone will get the mop and be the janitor later, probably one of the yellow lumas. But the question that existed now was why she was the first to return. “I thought the UFO would’ve come sooner.” Rarity and Applejack were there to respond “Why would you say that, darling?” “Because I know exactly where Trixie is and I don’t believe it’s far from here.” Shortly after, the cutie mark crusaders’ unidentified flying object came with Fluttershy and the vowed Trixie. As the passengers alighted, the magician removed her hat and pulled an actual Power Star out of it, stored in its storage. “There, that’s one more star added to the total. Trixie’s only required payment is trust and nothing else.” Frankly, the ponies didn’t expect the mare who was an antagonist back then to actually do the work. Unfortunately for Trixie, she earned the trust without a form of credit, but at least someone’s not afraid to show it. “I’m impressed. It makes me regret disbelieving you, so I apologise.” “Apology accepted. What about you two?” Rarity and Applejack the magician was alluding to. While the unicorn did kindly give her a second chance, the southern pony begged to differ like she didn’t care. “Yeah, well, ah don’t know. Guess ah’ll try to trust you.” This is when Trixie noticed Applejack’s attitude to her, perceived it as her facade disgusted her. She’s not willing to let that stick around because something’s going on. “Okay, element of honesty. Be Trixie’s guest, what’s your problem? What has the great and powerful done to specifically you?” She seemed prepared to uncloak her bulletproof titanium that ricochets rounds of bullets, to absorb any shots the cowgirl had to offer. Unconfident was she in truth, what does Applejack think? “Fine. Well, yer boastin’ really bothers me, ya locked mah friend from Ponyville and nothin’ beyond that. However, that’s enough to convince me you’re no good at all. So no matter what you try, you ain’t changin’ mah opinion." “Really? Trixie thought that-” “You could make it up? Sorry, but you don’t appear to be the mare to do that.” “But Trixie just showed-” “That you can help? Sure, but you ain’t gettin’ mah endorsement.” Loss for words that mare was, but she’s not finished yet. “Ah’m never alright with your personality, ah’m never alright with your second person and ah’m never alright with you. Ah could never believe that you would even ever show up.” The average pony would’ve described this scene with one word: “Wow”. Had she unleashed her inner anger and objection, it unintentionally caused tears to build below her eyes, something nopony would believe to happen. Applejack realised she made a mistake that resulted badly. “You know what? Maybe I should not talk in third-person, I’m now the common and powerless me you want. You can keep my outfit that was received on my 12th birthday and I won’t bother anyone anymore, I will stand far away from this group to rethink my personality. Good job, Applejack, you’ve officially ruined me and I know your name and I will call you by name so I won’t call you names and be immature. Celestia, I hope you have enough stars to save the universe without my assistance.” “Trixie, wait!” Trixie ignored Applejack and ran off without looking back. Unless somepony repairs this damage, there won’t be any messages reporting extra stars any time soon. Will Pinkie’s collection alone be enough to go to the centre of the universe? “Ah think ya totally messed up, sis.” “Well, hopefully, we don’t need her, right?” “I don’t know. The required amount of stars is still a mystery, we need to get every star we could find. With Trixie out of the picture, there’s a good chance that just me finding my stars is some short of needed. I mean, she just threw away her birthday present.” “So ah gotta apologise to her?” “Exactly, meanwhile Pinkie has King Sombra to encounter.” Stella stepped in to inform. “Really?” “Yes, perhaps your friend here would like to help?” “Of course, I would. Should we go now?” Looks like Applejack has to make the sincerest apology, one that can set Trixie back on track. Just gonna pray that that goes well before Pinkie and Fluttershy return. Oh, before they board the pull star, the pink pony must ask one thing first. “How did you find Trixie later than me swimming for a star?” “The UFO didn’t come with a map, so we didn’t know where Good Egg Galaxy was.” At least that mystery was history. Both were ready to go, the blue device levitated both quadrupeds and revealed the last galaxy viewed from the Kitchen. It appeared to be a fleet of flying flatware from afar. “I’m a little nervous about how King Sombra will attack us.” “But hey, you fought that scary rock monster alone, you can help me with this fight too. It’s time to show those skills.” She’s right and so Fluttershy’s confidence peaked mostly. Now, a launch star spawned and blasted the couple. Sombra, or whatever difficult enemy there is, here they come. Crashing the Spaceships There are a plethora of UFOs hovering in a chosen direction. On the way, Pinkie and Fluttershy flew past some debris before they embarked on one. Already, there were enemies to ambush, four shadowbolts and three were rock throwers. “Intruders! Get them!” “Not on our watch.” The stones came raining, but the ponies evaded them and managed to attack. They gave each foe a hoof or a spin, receiving three star bits for each defeat. Once they were gone, Pinkie wanted the sweets in the crystal nearby. Then, there’s a square hole featured. “It’s a cannon that shoots ponies.” “So it’s a transition? How do we use it?” “We must jump in at the same time, but I must warn you it’s claustrophobic.” Jump in they did in the same second. It’s just a barrel emerging from the outside, but a tight squeeze inside, Pinkie and Fluttershy were muzzle-to-muzzle. “Okay, I see why.” They were the scope and saw the next UFO, its long antenna was eye-catching. In front of it were two mines circling, above it was a pull star. “We have to activate the pull star, don’t miss.” “Oh, right, gotcha.” They carefully aimed in the middle of the moving mines. Once directed, the target has been fired. Unlikely, the mares’ aim was a little off, but it doesn’t matter unless they pronounced it out of time. Nearing and nearing and… “Pull!” Caught. Pinkie and Fluttershy were then released to grab the pole. They slid down to the UFO floor and encountered two artificial enemies, it’s familiar somewhere. “Oh, they’re from Battlerock Galaxy, one of them almost fried me.” “What? How?” “They shoot lasers from their mouths.” When they set hoof in the middle, the metal minions made their move. Some close call dodging was necessary to bypass. Soon, they went past them and entered another cannon slot together. “Ew, you licked my nose, Fluttershy.” “Sorry, Pinkie.” Appeared it’s the same ordeal setup, a combination of cannon, UFO and pole, minus the hazardous spike bombs. Like last time, Pinkie and Fluttershy angled themselves, shot themselves and ‘pulled’ once close enough, then slid the antenna like firemares. At the base were big yellow caterpillars. “Wow, who are they.” “Be careful, they’re easily angered.” “Angered? They just need to be nurtured.” “I eliminated one of them for star bits, but we’ll let these ones live for now.” “Really? That’s kind of you.” One side of the spaceship had a wheel that ejected eight star bits when spun atop it while the other side had a block that exploded into ten comets when hit from below. The bridge was guarded by a mandibug who desired to bite intruders. “Hey! How dare he!” “Now this guy deserved to be squished.” Fluttershy committed to crushing the insect since she could operate. With three free sweets heaped, at the end of the bridge was a platform and a single lever. Without any more leads, Pinkie flicked it, then the platform began moving. Mares were heading for a barrage of UFO cannons and playing the matrix with them. Past that, a spider came down attempting to scare them. Fluttershy was, but Pinkie was not so much as she annihilated them while both evaded another wave of iron ammo. “Those scared me.” “Gotta appreciate the combination of attacks.” The third bombardment dodged and then three spiders act as an obstacle if they weren’t vulnerable to both ponies. That’s before arriving at a destination, a bridge lined with eight star bits led to a big spaceship’s basement. A sling star threw the ponies through the roof above the deck. Before long, King Sombra showed up on his UFO. This is where the battle will take place. “Ha ha ha ha ha ha!” “Stop it with the menacing laugh, it’s creepy!” “You’re determined to defeat me? Siding with a timid pegasus like her is a bold move.” “Don’t test me.” “Perhaps, you’re looking forward to challenge me? ‘Cause I have the star.” “Bring it on!” Pinkie exclaimed as everypony was prepared. The UFO was revealed to have three mortars pew-pewing one by one at a decent speed. While she and Fluttershy were constantly moving, they had to find something that does damage. Lo and behold, a basket of cannonballs in the corner. “Perfect. No wonder it’s all about cannons.” She carried one, aimed it, chucked it and unluckily, they found that he can dodge it. “Nice try, but you have to do better than that.” They must, so they kept trying with Fluttershy handing spheres and Pinkie lobbing them until one has hit. Eventually, one did, star bits went flying due to the impact. Although it wasn’t enough to malfunction the vehicle, it did scratch him at least. “Argh! No matter, you’re gonna run out soon anyway.” The shadow king warned. When the pegasus looked, yes, there were about ten balls left. As the boss’s cannon continued to fire, it was a thinking puzzle to optimize their mode of attack. “Our supply is limited.” “What? Then we need a strategy.” “Let’s try a duel throw.” One orb to Pinkie and Fluttershy. Both pitched their projectiles, Pinkie’s at the saucer and Fluttershy’s at a selected spot near it. By chance, it worked. Sombra entered the path of the other cannonball, ten more star bits. He’s angry, now he developed a new move. Suddenly, his horn glowed, then beamed, nearly skimming Pinkie’s cheek. “Whoa, lasers. Missed by a fur.” Difficulty climaxed to extreme heights, for they had to dodgeball and evade magic beams at the same time while carrying limited cannon ammo to strike correctly, simply tough. Luckily, a pattern existed. However, Sombra became smarter to avoid their new technique until there were two balls left. “Come on, let’s make this one count.” “But how? Sombra seemed to avoid our chances for certain.” “I have an idea.” Pinkie’s plan was the following: both ponies launch their spheres synchronously like before except Fluttershy’s iron ball was caught and thrown in another direction. Because of that, it tricked Sombra into dodging both when the latter shell deviated, thus it hit. The last ten star bits as they anticipated his UFO will crash. “Ha! You haven’t rid of me yet, pink pony.” Sombra told as a smaller disc emerged from the top of his disc. Like an escape pod, it carried him away before the big UFO self-destructs. And finally, the Grand Star appeared and came to be collected. “Aw. We almost had him.” “At least we’ve received a Grand Star.” Their fourth Grand Star in hoof, they proceeded to collect it. They made it to the end where they were lifted off the ground and soared back to the Comet Observatory. “Trixie? Where’d you go, sugarcube?” While two of Applejack’s friends are in the air, she had a schedule to seek out the magician and boy, was she a hider. At the moment, the country mare wore the cape and cone above his original clothing. Soon, she was found around the Fountain down on the ground with a frown. Decided to approach delicately, she knew she did wrong and deserved to fix it. “What’re you doin’ out here?” Trixie noticed which panicked her, but she retorted without running. “I’m getting out of your sight, it’s what you wanted.” Applejack joined sitting on her flank, the floor was a bit wet due to the streams splashing. “About that, ah realised that ah said things ah shouldn’t have said.” “Ha! Find that hard to believe.” “Look, ah’m so sorry. Even though you did unforgivin’ things in the past, we have to remember what you’re really capable of.” “What? Horrible performing? Banishing?” “You were tryin’, you wanted to be a star instead of a failure. We were a despondency to you, ah’m sorry we were like that.” “That doesn’t explain why I came with that amulet and a vengeance.” “Ah guess you must’ve been mad after Twilight “stole your thunder”.” “After that incident?” “Well, we were pretty salty about what you’ve done that day and never gave you a second chance. And you know what? Ah’ll give you that chance here and now.” Trixie thought about it. It seemed to make sense and very well, she needed it. They had a calm minute to take deep breaths, admire the constellations and relax a bit, it truly was a magnificent view. Applejack gave back the wizard costume to her. “Here’s your birthday costume, we need you to continue and please return to your old personality.” “You mean I can continue the insults? My energy to do that ran out because of you.” “Let’s power it up then. Insult me.” “Really?” “Be mah guest.” For the next fifteen minutes, Trixie was continuously shouting vitriols at Applejack through names, features, backgrounds, attributes, etc. Some of them loud enough to be heard by Rarity, Spike and three fillies. Until then, Pinkie and Fluttershy soared back with a Grand Star. That magical fuel source was brought to the beacon that enlarged and changed from green to teal. It also unlocked the next dome next to the library, it’s purple on purple carpet. They, too, can hear the obnoxious vulgar. “What’s going on over there?” “We have no clue.” At this point, Twilight emerged out of the library. First, she greeted Pinkie’s return before complimenting her triumph, can’t forget it’s done collaborated with Fluttershy. “Welcome back, girls. I see you’ve brought back a Grand Star. Did Fluttershy aid you much?” “Of course, otherwise, fighting Sombra would be impossible without a second pony.” “Then you’re a fortunate one. While you’re gone, the princess strolled into the library. She wanted everypony to gather around her.” “Ooh, she wants to tell us a story. Hopefully, we’ll discover her secrets.” Applejack and Trixie ceased the offending battle, but only the former, the farmer, followed the others into the library. What tale does her highness had to tell? Why did everypony have to hear it? And what will the next dome entail? “I mean, it’s a fun story, right?” Author's Note Pinkie's Collection: Star Bits: 1195 Coins: 555 Power Stars: 32 Halfway done, I think. I know there were some ideas mixed in here and there, like how flying sometimes works and doesn't work in space, that I will fix later. Yes, this is written as an actual story, not just a game. Bubble Breeze Galaxy took longer to write than to play. This one took long to upload because apparently, I'm not very good at priorities.
