Author's Note

Hi. I would like to start by saying thank you. I didn't expect this story to be interesting at all and it has already had masses of reads. Thank you. And the other thing is that for the story the ponies don't know some of the fruits, vegetables and animals

The legacy of our world

All the time I can't get one thought out of my head. It is so uncomfortably insistent that it has become embedded in my mind. Ever since I found out that the human species has been over these eleven million years and not a day longer. Usually when there's an extinction it's a long process. Ba. It can last up to a few million and here people have suddenly disappeared from the face of the planet in one day. What has happened? Does Sasha know about this? And if so, what could have happened? Did the people have any super weapons? Since they didn't have magic they defended themselves with technology but I don't see anything here that could have caused a mass extinction. Especially since the Shadows also disappeared on the same day and Kit won't tell us about it. Well. I'll have to ask Sasha.

For now, me, ZEUS, Pinkie, Goliath, Rarity and Princess Luna are waiting until Brok and Sindri's forge is ready to receive Goliath. ZEUS let us explore the surrounding rooms until the door opened. So we entered the pantry together with the help of WIKI. Here I have no idea what is what. Much of the food has not survived to our time. The big green fruit called watermelon looks very appetising. They have loads of seeds so we can keep growing. Iduna's food processors treated us to some fruits and vegetables specially prepared. The so-called potatoes were delicious let alone fries made from them. Much better than hay fries so honestly. With so-called ketchup or mayonnaise or Thousand Island dressing, they were perfect.

During the tasting, we also learned that people are omnivorous, so here there are not only vegetables or fruit, but also meat. Mostly from birds or farm animals. I felt a bit sorry for this, but I had to accept it. Since humans are omnivorous creatures, we have to respect that they eat both meat and non-meat. It's important to maintain their diet but WIKI said that with the right diet they are able to eliminate meat from their menu. Well. I'm not going to force Sasha to do that.

"If I may ask." Princess Luna began, having a strange yellow something in her magi that looks like it's made of dough. "What is that? I smell strawberries from it."

"It's dumplings." One of the robots replied. "A popular dish in eastern Europe." We looked at him dully. "A continent. Eleven million years ago we would have just been in Europe."

"How many continents were there? And how many kingdoms were there?" I fired back practically immediately.

"7. Europe, North and South America, Australia, Africa and Asia. And the kingdoms aka countries were 195. Practically all of them had different cuisines and we have loads of recipes but now if you'll excuse us we have to make food for Mr Sasha. He will be very hungry when he wakes up."

Whoa. Seven continents and almost two hundred kingdoms. The people must have been huge. And anyway, since they had alliances with other races, maybe they were on other plents too. Maybe they still are... It's worth dreaming. Well. Now the WIKIS have taken us into the meeting room. If it wasn't for one huge thing there would have been nothing to see. A table, a mass of chairs and a TV upstairs but right in the middle is the huge and massive skeleton of a huge monster. It looks bipedal with small front paws, a long tail and a massive skull.

"What is it?" Asked a terrified Rarity. "These are the kind of creatures people used to live with?"

"This is the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex. It was a dinosaur and ancient even to humans themselves. In their time it became extinct 66 million years earlier. In the present day, it is 77 million years old."

"How could such a beast become extinct? What happened?" Princess Luna is probably as curious as I am and Pinkie just stares at the skeleton.

"About 77 million years ago an asteroid hit the earth. A huge rock from outer space. Since then the extinction began. First herbivores and then carnivores. Tyrannosaurus was one of the biggest predators that walks the earth."

"Will we be able to have a party and show the ponies that such great creatures once lived?" Pinkie asked. ’

"The ponies have a right to know the history of our planet so of course. If only Sasha will let us." Answered the princess again looking at the skeleton. "Is there a natural history written down by humans? I would like to know it."

"Of course. MIMIR has all the collections."

"Good. Come on! Forge open."

We heard ZEUSA shout so we went to where we were. The door opened and we entered a large room. Seemingly empty and the only thing in the middle are two robots that look like hands that start in the walls. However, when you take a better look around there are various parts scattered everywhere. Here a head, somewhere else an arm and at the top there are Kit-like robots flying around. Next to the walls are robots that I have not seen before. They look similar to cats from the face but it's probably a species I didn't recognise. WIKI stated that they are CERBERY patrol robots and bodyguards. Hmmm that's strange. Apparently we and the humans had common ideas.

"Welcome newcomers." A voice sounded out of nowhere and suddenly a small-sized man appeared in the light in front of us. He has a beard and is quite muscular. "Brok at your service. And this is my curly-haired brother." Suddenly he was hit on the head with something which made him disappear for a moment and quickly reappear slightly annoyed. At that moment a slightly larger man appeared this time with long hair and no beard with a proud smile.

"Think on what you say brother." They showed their tongues to each other and after a moment he turned his attention to us bowing. "Curly brother. At your service. I am Sindri."

"Hello!" Pinkie jumped to them cheerfully. "I'm Pinkie, and this is Twilight, Rarity and Princess Luna. Can you fix our friend!"

They both looked at each other somewhat bewildered. I wanted to start intervening but ZEUS bailed me out and covered her mouth. "Yes, thank you Pinkie. Listen. Goliath has lost his legs. Can you help us?"

They both disappeared without a word and appeared beside Goliath. The mechanical arms moved and lengthened enough to be next to our friend. The two talked, sometimes argued and sometimes just punched his stomach while shrugging their shoulders. Eventually I think they came to a consensus and the arms gripped the goliath and the floor opened up showing a lake of lava. Wait a minute... they want to destroy it?

"Wait a minute!" I shouted. "What do you want to do?!"

"Well what do you mean?" Sindri asked. "Destroy it. It's badly damaged. It will be easier to create a new one than to rebuild this one's legs and you can see it's an older model."

"NOOOOOOOO!" Shouted Pinkie loudly jumping on her new friend trying to free him from her mechanical arms but it did nothing. Rarity and the Princess tried to help her.

"What are you guys doing? It's an outdated model..." Brok began but Rarity interrupted him.

"It's a friend! Friends can't be replaced with "better" ones!"

While they were trying to save Goliath and Brok and Sindri were trying to understand them I approached ZEUS. I tried to touch him with my hoof but as expected it penetrated him but he looked at me.

"Please. We'll give you as much material as you need."

"Pinkie. I'm just a robot. That's how it works." After a few minutes, a goliath finally spoke up and touched my pink friend's cheek, who was on the verge of crying.

"You are not ONLY a robot! You are MY friend. I know only the likes of ZEUS have consciousness but I know you do too!"

This brief exchange of words moved me a lot so I asked ZEUS all the more. This one seemed to agree in the end. "Brok Sindri. Leave this unit. We'll fix it."

"But it's not even worth it..."

"Yes I know. I understand but it is a friend to these Ponies. So for now I ask you to fix it."

They looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and put Goliath on the ground. A happy Pinkie jumped on his head and hugged him. The arms at this time took a few metal parts, which seemed to have started to come together.

"Okay. Fine but now we need some time and peace and quiet."

"Brok is right. The older models need more time..." Suddenly the guard robots activated and the three of them ran out of the room. "And to these what?"

"Three little ponies and one creature the system doesn't recognise have entered the facility and the security system has deemed them a danger. Do you know them?"

At the very words "Three little ponies" I already knew who they were about. When ZEUS showed us a picture of the Crusaders it was Rarity who nearly exploded with anger but among them was... Discord. Sweet Celestia. What are they doing here. And why do they look like they're running away? Rarity immediately told ZEUS to help us get there so I think he showed us four dots on the map to symbolise them. I predicted where they were about to go so I moved us to that spot with magic.

We found ourselves on the crest of Princess Celestia, who was admiring the ancient fish, I think. We surprised her and the rest of our friends. I apologised to her and together with Rarity we walked to the door where the Crusaders with Discord were about to appear. And indeed they did. The door opened with a bang and Sweetie Belle fell right into the hooves of Rarity, who looked at her sternly.

"Eeee. Hi sis."

"Sweetie Bell. Can you explain what you're doing here? How did you get to Canterlot? And what is Discord doing with you?"

"They wanted to follow you and asked if I would accompany them. I didn't agree but before I knew it they were already on the train. So I went with them.’ Discord replied."

"Couldn't we let you out of sight for a few minutes so you wouldn't get into trouble right away? What were you running from anyway?"

Without a word they pointed with a hoof at the door through which a large blue feathered creature ran in a moment later. It looks like a bird judging by its beak and similar legs but birds don't have horns on their heads. It looks angry but then suddenly fell when sleep darts appeared on its neck.

"What was that?!" Applejack asked. "I've never seen anything like that in my life!"

"It's a cassowary. A bird from the time of humans." stated ZEUS as the little robots took it somewhere else.

"Are you sure it's not the Dinosaur?"

"Birds are the descendants of dinosaurs so theoretically they are dinosaurs."

"Dinosaurs? What are dinosaurs?"

"It would take a long time to explain Fluttershy. Think of them as huge lizards that were the dominant species on earth." Robotic security guards rushed into the room. "Oh. You have access." The security guards left but I'm sure one complained that he couldn't kill someone. We were about to go back to our business but suddenly ZEUS started looking annoyed. "That what woke up? Oh dear. Well, all right. Let's go. All right. Listen. Whoever wants to know and reassure the fauna of the ancient land then please follow me."

Following ZEUS'S invitation, we all went. I don't know what this is about. Perhaps it's some kind of predator or worse another casuaroo. Or maybe a dinosaur... just some kind of herbivore. Eh. We're close now so it remains to be seen. This place is coming back to life after 11 million years so it's no wonder there's a lot of trouble. Some robots are going crazy, these subsystems if I remember correctly don't all work and rats and cockroaches are running around here and there.... Oh sweet Celestia. I just walked in where we were supposed to. The creature that woke up was the one ZEUS told us about. The horse. He looks terrified and is wiggling all the time. Hmmm. It's very similar to us. Even too similar. Perhaps it is our ancestor. All right. I'll think about it later. Right now I need to reassure probably our cousin....