The Return Home

Thorax worked with the orbital patrol that watched for any ships or possible hazards approaching Equus. Whenever he saw a signal appear on radar, he would analyze it so he knew what was coming. As he was making his rounds, the alarm sounded to indicate a tracking signal coming on radar. He ran to his desk and quickly identified the tracking identification as the E S S Harmony. Excited that the Young Six were finally home, he radioed Flurry Heart.

"Orbital Patrol to Canterlot. The Harmony has just appeared on radar.", he said.

Five seconds later, a call from the Harmony confirmed what Thorax had said.

"E S S Harmony to Canterlot. We're home. All five remaining sectors have been mapped out for addition to the star-charts.", said Sandbar.

"Copy that, Harmony. You are clear for landing in the Everfree Forest.", she said.

After the Harmony had touched down, Flurry stood ready to greet the Young Six as they disembarked.

"Welcome home, you guys. I will get the information added to the star-charts on the double.", she said.

"We have a surprise for you, Your Majesty.", said Smolder.

"What's that?", asked Flurry.

"In Sector 7, we mapped out a planet with friendly life that is excited to meet more of us from Equus.", said Sandbar.

"However, Sector 4 had fewer planets than expected. According to Spike, most of the planets were destroyed by powerful solar flares.", Ocellus said sadly.

"Sector 5 was not an easy place to get through. The Draconians tried to find out where we came from and they tapped our ships. Luckily, we found the taps and destroyed most of them before we got home. We powered off the last one to reprogram it. The inhabitants of Merlin 5 tried to brainwash us, but we resisted.", said Silverstream.

After Flurry added the information to the star-charts, the Young Six told her everything they had learned when mapping the planet where Inkopolis and Splatsville were located. Flurry was proud that Smolder assisted Callie with the birth of her son. All of the knowledge was intriguing to her and she accepted their idea to return to Earth and prep the citizens for defense against attacks.

"I agree. We should arrange a time to go there. It would also be nice for them to ally with us for war, should those times come back.", she said.

Over the next few weeks, a mission was laid out to return to Sector 7 so that the Squidbeak Agents and any others willing to defend could be trained. This mission required a larger starship, called the Alicorn, to be constructed. It took three months for the Alicorn to be constructed and for all of its systems to be tested. Once all of the training equipment was prepared, the time had come. The Alicorn was launched and the crew set off.