Author's Note

I'm adding the AN to the top to explain - due to the mental link system I've put each name to each spoken part so its more easily read plus "" thought that - really doesn't work in my mind when reading....

sorry it took so long to get out I got a little stumped on this one didn't read the way I wanted - I'm happy with this though it works well for what I want and you'll be thankfull to hear my first draft of the next three chapters are already done because they were easier and more fun to write haha

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also thank you to everyone who's been reading my story I hope your 2014 is filled with excitement, love and financially its great too lol

chapter 18 - Dreams fulfilled

The 20 minute separation had finally ended our suits were checked our tools and inventories checked and stocked I could feel the nervous excitement fill me wholly through every fiber of my being I could taste the anticipation.

I walked in slow almost prancing steps to the airlock Luna was already there putting on huge saddlebags as the weight was much less as expected, each Unicorn slowly cantered to the airlock each pony carrying different supplies Highland was casually carrying mainly heavy equipment and materials such as the beams to hold the tunnels up.
Crucible was taking the experiments on a retrofitted cart; it had some of the oddest things I’d seen crystals and gems, odd electronic devices a large satellite dish and a few scrambled together solar panels and a couple from my roof, along with a Ham radio kit I had in the house. The cart itself also has what looked to be the inner tubes from my bike I was going to question it only to let out a disgruntled sigh realising it was probably a better use for them.

I saw Phonic she motioned to me letting me know she was about to connect us all up “hEeeYYYyy, bEtter… Better?” / “yes better thanks much more if you count all the fuss at the start” / “Great I’ll add in the others let me know if it hurts or anything different to this ok? / “Sure,”
I watched as Phonic’s horn lit up a little brighter soon I can hear other voices.
“Hello who’s in my head?” - Dex

“shut it we’re not in your head we’re all within a telepathic field” - Phonic

“ don’t let her get to ya lad I’m guessing with your big head its putting a strain on her” - Highlander

“haha I guess that’s Highland then always jealous of the most complex evolution on earth,” - Dex

“really now boys enough I don’t want to have to listen to this the entire time we’re on the surface” - Crucible

“who was that?” - Dex

“really? I’m stood next to you giving you a griffon eye for that” - Crucible

“oh hello Crucible, sorry” - Dex

“We hope you are ready to go then?” - Luna

“I think we all are but where is Needle and Fireblitz?” - Dex

“I honestly couldn’t care about that perv…” - Phonic

Quickly Fireblitz and Needle trotted around the corner suited up and looking a little flustered
“sorry for being Late I managed to sleep in heh…” - Fireblitz

“what!” - Dex / Crucible

“its true I just spent the last few minutes trying to get him up and ready to go,” - Needle

I rolled my eyes at the pair I caught Luna doing a similar facial movement before placing a hoof on the airlock controls sucking the air out of the lock closing the back door and opening the front door to the picturesque scene of the moon.

It was like the men from Apollo missions had described an endless vast expanse beautiful stars twinkling brightly above a sea of grey sand below it was beautiful in a dark simple way so little life so little creation or harmony but the very absence of these traits made its lifeless form ever so uniquely tranquil like seeing a statue of time itself the land seem unfazed by the passing of the grand passing of time. It simply took my speech from my mind for a small time Luna trotted next to me smiling softly as my eyes wondered across the environment I thought back to each space based dream of mine, to build a colony, to build a space station, to spread the seed of life throughout the space we reside in, many thoughts crossed my mind throughout this but just as the land cared not for time it would seem I only stood still for a moment.

Gently a hoof found my shoulder and soon I was embraced from behind finding the Lunar princess herself holding me tight

“beautiful but from your eyes I’m guessing this means more than just an infatuation with my moon?” - Luna

“many… many of my own goals rested within the simple task of getting to the moon in my own universe so many goals, so much hope and promise… I know you say I’m the one who made this a possibility but I am in much deeper gratitude to you for this than perhaps you realise, I truly and most definitely owe you big time” - Dex

I smiled turning my head to see Luna smiling softly back at me.

“So much has come and past in this short time since we wept like fillies in your home… so please think nothing of it I am grateful for you to not only design this future but also as a friend… now then shall we?” - Luna

Luna motioned towards the site we intended to build the first of the hangers and our initial radiation shelter.

“Lets get to work then” - Dex

I could feel more energized simply by the thought of completing the first stage of construction. I looked at the ponies around me talking to myself

“well it’s a far cry from home… but it’ll still be part of the dream.” - Dex

That steeled my resolve; my gaze hard but excited I began leaping to the large edge of the creator Luna quickly over taking me with magic the suits were pretty good they didn’t rub like I was expecting and I could move freely while feeling a good amount of pressure on my skin I pressed on pushing the suit to see how fast I could run in it as well as how fast I could run on the surface.

I ran faster panting and took a leap… I certainly felt different it looked like the hulk had just leapt into the air I got a good 20 seconds off the ground and slammed into the sandy ground again keeping a good pace leaping strides across to the side of the creator.

Slowing to a brisk jog bouncing each step I arrived to the base of the crater and where we would be building the first hanger, shelter and a few other faculties – it was perfect picked out by Luna because of the depth and height of the edge, both gave it the volume to both house and protect any buildings we could put into it; it was nearly 500 lengths tall and according to Luna it was a good 500 lengths of a base however it was shaped like an irregular triangle on the cut-through we’d have to be careful of the roof closer to the other side of the crater.

I reached to my hand and pushed on the magical emitter to get Phonic’s attention

“Hello how can I help?” - Phonic

“just could you keep everyone on from now until we finish the first stage?” - Dex

“sure hold on a sec… done all set” - Phonic

“Right so Fireblitz lets get your talents on show, Highland can you focus on shielding us as we work as agreed and everyone else essentially take your orders from Fireblitz until stage one is finished and just to re-iterate that means we’ve dug a large and stable enough cavern to host ourselves and the ship for the next week… we’ve got a full day ahead of us lets get to it!” - Dex

Luna managed a smile nodding

“erugh I cannot believe he gets to be in charge when he’s so arrogant, but lets get to work” - Crucible

Highland was laughing in his helmet lighting up his horn to enchant shields around us that we could see through before Fireblitz began unloading certain crystals and a device that looked very similar to a large artillery gun slowly he created a circle from crushed gems creating a spell to absorb and collect impacts into the crystal and then engraving with magic a spell to release the energy once activated Crucible went off on her own agenda testing solar panels and other tests she had agreed to do once on the surface as I watched intently at essentially alchemy in action in front of my eyes with a blue arc of energy from the circle the crystal was ready myself, Luna, Highland and Fireblitz raised our hooves/foot and took turns stomping the crystal impacting it hard enough to make its own creator in the moons surface.

Fireblitz waved us off and using his magic created a hole in the wall in front of us before slipping the crystal into place and backing away we all took a turn and walked back about 20 meters before Fireblitz’s horn started to fire up veins of blue signalled and a large explosion of rock and dust blew out across to us Highlander containing it within his shield around it instead of us individually.

The crystal was amazing imagine placing C4 next to it and letting it absorb that! It seemed whatever impact it was given it magically enhanced it to do a better job at demolition. The impact left a large jagged hole in the side of the creator side, we stated the clean up lifting rocks and pushing the dust and smaller bits out the way before lining up to make a new hole to hold the crystal once more; we stamped on it again until Fireblitz was again happy it was ready to go and placed it in the hole before getting back to the 20 meter line and activating the crystal again you couldn’t hear the boom but you could feel it through the ground and see the effects – I was almost imagining the impacts making ‘ding’ sounds as they hit the shield. The surface calmed down again to show a much larger hole than expected

“Right that’s quite bad Highland grab the support beams, your majesty if you could keep even supporting pressure on the ceiling until we’ve finished it would be appreciated, Dex can you lift the beams into position? And I’ll get them fixed into place lets move!” - Fireblitz

we all nodded or saluted to show understanding Highland sprinting off to collect the support beams and came back shortly I picked one up in the reduced gravity – it was still heavy but manageable I walked into the cave now shimmering in velvety navy blue magic.

“ Right put the base in this hole and put it vertical” - Fireblitz

I nodded grunting at the effort putting the end into the whole that Fireblitz had obviously made and pushing with the end held still lifted it to vertical. The other end hit into Luna’s magic and the ceiling. Fireblitz nodded at me and then Luna and she slowly removed her magic from the area that the beam would support; whilst Fireblitz started to remove the ceiling until the beam slid into place once there he fired a spell at it

“what was that?” - Dex

“that’s a simple ‘glue’ spell it makes the molecules bond between two surfaces so the metal and stone are now bonded and the area around the beam is bonded too.” - Fireblitz

“that’s pretty awesome.” - Dex

Fireblitz just smiled and we got the other beam into place working hard and fast to secure the new construction.

Suddenly a noise not dissimilar to static from an old TV came over the communication Link it was quiet but noticeable Luna’s magic dissipated on the ceiling of the cave and we scrambled to finish securing the last beam; after this and we managed to frantically finish the support Fireblitz and Highlander looked to Luna, I turned to Luna she was looking back to the planet below her eyes wide as if seeing the surface from all these miles away; she then stopped her eyes shrinking fast... “what is it Luna?”