Far above the lands of Equestria, Floating in the deep dark void of space, the front half of a phoenix class star-ship creaked and groaned as physics once again took hold of the craft after having popped into existence above Equestria. Lights blinked to life across what used to be the bow of the Arctic-Freezer, the ship sent to colonize one of the colder planets in the galaxy, as the backup power-cells whirred to life. Nothing stirred inside accept for one holographic table, on which floated a holographic crystal. For minutes the crystal floated without a sound, until suddenly a very feminine voice spoke out, each word making the crystal pulse slightly, “hmm well shit.... That wasn’t supposed to happen.” said the voice in a very annoyed tone. “What the hell happened?” she questioned as she scanned what was left of what was once her home. “Only one survivor?!?! What the fuck!?!?!” she exclaimed at the top of her voice. Quickly scanning over the Cryopods looking for the life signature she felt just moments ago, it was faint, to faint for her liking. “There! Life signature detected, faint heartbeat, yet strangely not human? Just what has stowed away on my ship?” she questioned.

As she questioned how the creature had managed to get aboard an alert pinged in the back of her mind, The damage report. “WAIT WHAT?!?!” she practically screamed, “Since when was i flying HALF of a ship?!?!” reacting quickly she pinged what was left of the sensor array. What she found filled her digital core with dread. “no no no no! Where the hell are we?!?! What happened!” what she had found, was a VERY large celestial body just off the starboard side of what was once a colossal ship. She quickly ordered what was left of the sensor array to scan the planet while she thought up a plan. “OK than, so there’s one survivor out of what was 3500 people and we are currently on a collision course with a planetary body with absolutely no maneuvering capabilities whatsoever and whats worse is i don’t even know whether the creature is friendly! Well this is just fucking great!” she exclaimed in anger. Deeming that she didn’t have much other choice, she re-positioned her crystal body above a holopanel in-front of the only cryopod on the ship with something still breathing inside so that she could at-least get a good look at it.

What she saw actually froze her process for a few nanoseconds, for what was inside the pod wasn’t human, nor was it covenant. What was inside of this pod, appeared to be an adorable white fluff-ball with dark patches of fur on its paws and ears. Quickly composing herself she made a judgement call. “Well you look harmless enough, and I really need some help now. I don’t know how you got here but that’s a worry for another day, i need you and you need me.” quickly scanning the room she remembered that the ship had almost entirely lost pressure, meaning that oxygen was a scarcity. Luckily the room he was located in had emergency bulkheads that could be sealed. Sending the order to close the bulkhead doors she also scanned the ship for anything that could help pressurize the room. Luckily the ship still had one oxygen generator still online. Quickly powering it up she began pumping oxygen into the now sealed room.

looking at the pod with pure determination she spoke aloud “well fluff-ball? Lets hope your as friendly as you look. Because i really need your help right now.” taking a second to refresh her digital core, which is basically the closest thing an AI could get to ‘taking a deep breath’ as they could get. She initialized the revival procedure in the pod. And slowly the creature in-front of here started to blink its eyes open. Suddenly it tried to spring into sitting position, banging its head on the glass in the process. Looking straight at her it moved its mouth as if talking. Only than did she remember the chamber was sealed, quickly tapping a few orders she activated the intercom inside the pod. “Calm down! Take a deep breath! You’ve been out for a while!” Slowly the creature seemed to relax, although it never took its eyes off of her. “Do you know where you are?” she asked. The creature promptly shook its head, no. “My name is Winter! Im the shipboard AI of the Arctic-Freezer! I don’t know how you got here but i really need your help. Do you think you can look up?” the creature nodded its head in affirmation and looked up. “Do you see the manual release?” Again another nod. “Im gonna need you to reach up and pull that switch.”

The creature looked around the room than glared at her. For a second this left Winter confused, than she realized the current state of the ship. " Don’t worry! Ive sealed the doors and re-pressurized the room! Your actually lucky, this is one of the few places in the ship that still has pressure.” although the creature obviously still doubted her it shrugged its shoulders and proceeded to reach up and grab the lever. Giving a mighty pull the door hissed open and the creature slowly floated out from the pod. Only than did Winter remember that there was no gravity, " oh right sorry! Forgot the gravity generators.” quickly pinging a few systems the debris around the room dropped, and so did the creature, right on its face. “Oops! My bad, guess you weren’t prepared for that huh?” Silence filled the room. “Hey you ok there ya little fluff-ball?” uh oh. “Oops, guess ya hit your head a little to hard didn’t ya?” and again, silence. “Hey you ok down there?” and again, even more silence. “Well shit. Guess i gotta wait for you to wake up now don’t i?” well shit.

“Welp i might aswell make myself useful while i wait.” and with that the crystal floating on the panel winked out of existence as Winter went elsewhere in what was left of the Arctic-Freezer’s System to begin repairs. Although she checked back every minute to make sure her fluffy little friend was ok. And so that she knew when he awoke.

Author's Note

sorry for the short chapter! ended up not having alot of time to write and the place i ended up with this chapter felt like a good stopping point in order to lead into the next chapter, which i promise will be longer. thank you for your patience! and since This is one of my first story's any feedback is appreciated! tell me anything and everything! don't care if its negative because negative feedback allows me to *within reason* correct my story to have a better appeal to its audience!