Extraequestrian Xenomorph

What's the Story Mother?

"Uh, Twilight, I don't like the look of this," said Dash, her confidence completely drained by the distressing nature of the situation, "You think maybe, just maybe, it would be in my best interest to get the hell - "

The transmission was cut off; the last thing that was seen was some sort of creature that was unable to be made out in the split-second it appeared on the camera, flying towards the helmet. The transmission was followed by a crunching noise, then a high pitched scream. At this point the camera stream fizzled out into ear-grating static noises, and the Nostromo crew was unable to contact her again.

A Pony Adaption Of Ridley Scott's Alien (1979)

Commercial Starship: "Nostromo"

Crew: 7

Cargo: 20,000,000 Tons Of Mineral Ore

Current Course: Return Trip To Earth

Crew Members:

Twilight Sparkle ~ Warrant Officer

Rarity ~ Science Officer

Fluttershy ~ Engineer (Pet: Angel)

Rainbow Dash ~ Executive Officer

Applejack ~ Captain

Pinkie Pie ~ Navigator

Vinyl Scratch ~ Engineer

*Cerchuck!*

Went the pods in the ship, as they slowly opened up to reveal the seven crew members inside the pods, ready to be woken up from stasis. Rainbow Dash was the first to wake up, pulling cords and suction cups off of her chest as she slowly rose from her frozen coffin. She stuttered and coughed a bit, then regurgitated onto the floor, her body still in a state of shock for being in forced hibernation for an elongated period of time.

[Heh, welcome back, Dash.] she thought to herself.

"Hey, remember the shake Flutters?" Vinyl asked.

"Oh, um, you mean that hoofshake you taught me before we took off? Oh I think so..."

Vinyl and Fluttershy then leaned over the dinner table to perform their special hoofshake, an engineer to an engineer. It seemed implausible that the loud and crazy Vinyl could befriend the timid Fluttershy, but their jobs brought them together, as they did for many ponies of their profession.

The entire crew has woken up from stasis now, and they were all happily eating their first meals in a long time at the table.

"Wait Vinyl, did you have those glasses on the whole trip?" Twilight asked.

Vinyl then noticed them beginning to slide down her face, so she pushed them up with a hoof.

"Oh yeah, you betcha." Vinyl replied with a huge grin on her face.

"Vinyl! You know it is under strict protocol to not have any clothing items on during stasis!"

"Oh, so we were just supposed to be naked in there then?"

Twilight rolled her eyes at the comment.

[Typical Vinyl.] she thought in her head, resisting the urge to make a comeback.

"Besides Twily, what's the worst that could really happen."

"I'm not even going to begin counting the things that could happen. I'm surprised a pony so reckless could even get a job as an engineer, let alone somepony who was previously a DJ."

Vinyl jumped back, mocking shock, then held a hoof to her heart jokingly.

"Hey, ouch man!"

"Geez Twilight, looks like somepony forget to take their grumpy pills this morning." said Pinkie Pie.

Twilight rolled her eyes again, and Vinyl and Pinkie shared a high-hoof across the table.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot!" said Rarity

"Mother wants to see you, darling." Rarity said to Applejack.

"Yeah, yeah, ah saw the alarm go off. Yellow light means fer mah eyes only."

Applejack punched in a series of button combinations, and a small, glass hatch on the side of the hallway opened up. She removed a small card from the hatch, and put it into a small slot which opens up another hatch with a button inside. She pushed the button, and the door at the end of the thin hallways opened up.Applejack entered a circular room full of small, pastel lights, and a computer terminal monitor sat in the center of the lights. She walked over to the middle of the room, where there was a chair and a keyboard, and sat.

" 'ello Mother."

The main terminal lit up, and displayed a launch animation to Applejack.

After a series of launch protocols, the terminal displayed green text.

INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY

Applejack began to punch in words on the keyboard in front of her, careful not to fat hoof any of the keys.

[Applejack] WHAT'S THE STORY MOTHER?

The crew minus Captain Applejack were then in the ship control room, preparing to land on Earth after a long trip in stasis.

"Ready? Ok." said Twilight.

"Plug Us In." said Rainbow Dash

A terminal monitor lit up in front of Navigator Pinkie Pie's chair, displaying a map of the surrounding system.

"Wait a second... This can't be right! Where's Earth?" Pinkie said worryingly.

"You of all ponies I thought would know, Pinkie." Dash replies jokingly.

"No Really, guys, come and take a look at this, Earth is nowhere on this map!"

The crew rushed o over and creates a crowd around Pinkie's station, staring at the screen in disbelief and shock, not sure how to contemplate the distressing scenario.

After a long silence, Dash mutters "Where the hell are we..."

"This isn't our system..." said Twilight

"Ya think?" Dash said in a darker but still humorous tone.

"Contact traffic control." Rainbow spurted as a suggestion.

"This is commercial towing ship Nostromo coming out of the Solomons, registration number 1-8-0-9er 2-4-6-0-9er calling Equestrian Traffic Control." Twilight said formally into her headset.

"Do you read me? Over."

"This is commercial towing ship Nostromo coming out of the Solomons, registration number 1-8-0-9er 2-4-6-0-9er calling Equestrian Traffic Control." Twilight repeated into her headset.

"Nothing." she said hopelessly.

"Just keep trying darling, there is bound to be somepony out there somewhere." said Rarity.

"I found it! just short of Zeta II Reticuli, er something like that." said Pinkie Pie.

"But what are we doing all the way out here, we're supposed to be right next to Earth! What are we doing next to Zelda II?"

"Zeta II, Pinkie Pie." corrected Twilight.

"I don't know; what are you talking about Pinks?" Dash asked.

"You notice how they never come down here Flutters, you know, they never come down here where the work is?" Vinyl asked as she walked through the corridors of the ship.

"This is the same reason we get a half-share to their one!"

"Oh, well, I don't really mind actually..." Fluttershy responded.

"Flutters, you never mind anything, do ya."

Vinyl chuckled and gave Fluttershy a joking but gentle push, remembering how sensitive she is she wouldn't want to hurt her.

Fluttershy and Vinyl entered the dining room, where the crew and Captain Applejack were, patience running thin among the group as they waited for them to return from their standard maintenance run. It was a relief to finally see them walk through the door, and give the all clear.

Vinyl then walked up to Rarity who was sitting at the table and leans on her shoulder, Vinyl beginning to sprout a grin.

"Hey. You're in my seat, could I have it back?"

Vinyl then held up her hoof which was covered in debris and filth, and snickered.

"Oh yes! Um, certainly!" Rarity said quickly, and stepped out of the seat.

Everypony was now seated at the table.

"Well, as sum of y'all may have already figured out, we're not home yet." says Applejack.

"Really? Nooooh." Rainbow snaps quickly in a sarcastic tone.

" 'nfact, it looks like we're only halfway there."

"Why?" asked Dash.

"Mother seems to have interrupted our journey."

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