New Friends from Far Away

As Mickey and his crew sped further and further through deep space, their radar picked up a collapsing star about to go supernova. When Daisy calculated that there was no way to evade the explosion, Mickey called out to Donald.

"SHIELDS UP!", he yelled.

Donald started to raise the shields, but he was too late. The star exploded and the first wave of energy hit the Disneystar. The shield generators were shorted out and the systems were overloaded. Suddenly, the warp drive went into overdrive and the ship began going faster. Everyone could feel the g-force pulling them backwards in their seats.

"I FEEL AS IF MY TEETH ARE GOING TO BE SHOVED INTO MY THROAT!", groaned Melody.

"MY EARS ARE RINGING!", cried Millie.

"I THINK I'M GOING TO BE SICK!", screeched Minnie.

Soon, the g-force was too much for anyone to bear and all of the crew members began to pass out. Toodles got shorted out by the energy wave, but his emergency reboot kicked in and he woke up. What he saw was the last thing he ever expected. Everyone was unconscious, all of the controls had caught fire, and the bridge's main lights had shattered from overloading. He initiated a Red-Alert and then signaled the computer to engage the Emergency-Stop on the warp drive. The jolt from the Emergency-Stop roused everyone from their coma and the screaming alarm brought them back to their senses.

"Why isn't the fire-suppressant gas kicking in?", Millie asked out of frustration.

"The pump is functional, but the lines are melted. The gas can't get to the bridge.", said Melody.

"We've reached a planet with breathable air, but our orbit is rapidly decaying.", cried Daisy as she looked at their position on her console.

"Our radio is fried from that energy wave.", said Goofy sadly.

"ABANDON SHIP! WE'RE SCRUBBED!", Mickey yelled frantically.

Everyone unfastened their seatbelts and began running to the escape pod bay. Since Toodles was programmed to track the pods, his heat shield was brought up so he wouldn't be destroyed on re-entry.

**

On the E S S, Neighsay was making his rounds when an urgent alarm came in. When he ran to the main computer, it said "PROXIMITY ALERT: STARSHIP IN DECAYING ORBIT". Knowing this was an emergency, he tried to contact the ship, but he got a notification that the radio was not working on the ship. Frantically, he called to Canterlot.

"Equestrian Space Station to Canterlot. Emergency Alert!", he said over the radio.

"This is Twilight. Go ahead, Neighsay."

"Your Highness, a starship has appeared in orbit and is decaying rapidly. I can't contact them because the radio seems to be broken."

Twilight acknowledged the report and she looked at the ship's path to determine its crash site. The path showed the final impact would be in the center of the Everfree Forest. Since the area was close to Zecora's hut, she radioed her.

"Zecora, this is Twilight Sparkle. A starship is going to crash in the forest near your place. I suggest you find a far spot to avoid getting hurt."

Zecora called back and accepted what Twilight had said.

**

After Mickey and his friends had put their space suits back on, they got into their escape capsules and launched as they entered the atmosphere. Their ship was spinning as it plummeted to the ground, so the escape pods were sent in different directions. None of them landed in the same place. Also, Professor Von Drake had not designed the escape pods to withstand the heat of atmospheric entry, so the hatches became fused shut.

As the Disneystar plummeted closer to the ground, she struck the tops of several trees before touching down in the Everfree Forest and skidding to a halt in the dirt. The heat from the flaming engines started a raging fire. The fire was intensified when the fuel tank ruptured and began leaking. Luckily, Spitfire saw the flames and dispatched several weather ponies to bring rain clouds over the forest to put out the fire. Once Twilight got word that the forest fire was put out, she rushed to her castle to assemble her friends along with Starlight and Flurry Heart.