The Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 1

First Contact

I awoke finding myself in a strange position. I was on the floor of a very small room. I looked up and saw a window. I get on my hands and knees. My vision was slightly blurry. I had no idea what happened, but I knew it was big. I felt a warm liquid sliding down my head. I reach up and looked at my hand. It was bloody.

"I must have hit my head..." I made my way to my feet.

I looked out at the window. It looked like I was in space. I got up on my feet and sat down in the chair. When I sat down. Lights all over the window started to appear. My memory slowly came back to me. I was in a small fighter. I couldn't recall much, but I know how to fly it.

"Computer. Give me the status of the ship." I looked over the screen and I was shocked at what I saw. I have been adrift for nine hours. It also appears the rear compartment has a breach. It was a dead vacuum. That must be why the rear entrance door is closed.

I looked around the small room for any aid I could use for my head. As I found no medical supplies. I ripped my right sleeve off and wrapped it around my head. I sat down at the chair and watched the screen. I might be able to fix the vacuum if I can over pressurize the rear cabin. It would be only a quick fix. The damage would also need to be small if this is to work.

"Computer. Pressurize the rear cabin to 1.25 and to the same for the cockpit. Analyze if this can be maintained." The computer quickly showed the stability of the compartment. It looks like it would be stable for a good long while. "Computer. Maintain pressures and unlock cockpit door."

I looked back to the door and found the light was green. I got up and slid my hand over the light. As I did; the door opened. I looked at the device bolted to the floor. It was smoking slightly. I suddenly remembered. This was one of two inventions I installed on this ship. It was a teleportation device. I continued to look at the smoking machine. I then heard a small whispering sound. I watched the smoke behave oddly. Then the thought struck me. The smoke is going to the hull breach. I made my way to the cockpit.

"Computer. Scan surrounding space for planets. Pull up Earth star charts and compare them to the Avellian star charts." I went in the back as the computer started its search.

I looked around the shelves in the back. I had to find anything that could seal the hull. I found a small case that was full of tools. I search through the box and found a hand held welding tool. I follow the smoke while using my hand to feel for moving air. I feel around the ceiling and found a small crack. I bring the tool up and started to weld it shut. I knew after the weld was solid. I needed to stop the smoking somehow. The filters would only last for so long.

I look over the teleportation machine. I found a small gold tube linked to the power cells. I plugged the tube back in and the smoke stopped. It was a surprisingly easy fix for the situation I was in. I made my way back to the cockpit and looked at the scan results.

It looked like I was in a small solar system. It had a sun and only one planet. It was strange when I looked at the star charts. It had a lot of the same stars, but a lot where missing. I looked at the travel time. It was telling me it would take nineteen hours just to get to the planet. That had to be wrong. I looked over the controls.

"Computer. Pull up power consumption."

I scrolled down the list of consumption. Nothing was out of the ordinary until I got to the teleportation device.

"Why would I put 94% of the power into the teleporter?..." I cut all power to the device while wondering why. I could only think it was an accident. I watches the travel time quickly change to five minutes. "Well that's better... Much better." I took control of the ship and made my way to the lonely planet.

As I got to the planet. I put my fighter in low orbit. I looked out the window and to my surprise. The planet was fairly green. It has what appeared to be water. I could make out some small lakes and vast oceans.

"Computer. Run a planetary scan. Search for life concentrations and atmospheric readings." The computer quickly pulled up the scan results. "The planet has a lot of life on it... It looks like the air is breathable." Thinking this might be a good chance to land and finish repairs. "Computer. Run a simulation on atmospheric re-entry." As I watched the simulation. It looked good, so I took the ship out of low orbit and entered the atmosphere.

The fire spitting over the window quickly stopped, as I slowed my decent. I was looking over the map on the screen. I was going to a large life sign density. I was quickly interrupted by a loud buzzing noise. Warning lights flashed in my face. Something was coming towards me at a fast rate of speed. I look up and at that split second. I saw a gray and yellow blob. I quickly force the craft downwards.

That was a stupid thing to do. At the height I was and the speed I was going. I crashed into the ground with enough force to kill the inertial dampeners. I was lucky they held for the split second they did, or I would be dead. I get up and notice that the crash opened up the cut on my head. It was only a matter of time before the bleeding would stop, so I gave it no mind.

As I walked to the rear compartment. I heard a knocking on the door. I wave my hand over the button. I wasn't surprised when the door didn't open. I bring my leg up to give the door a good kick. I did this not to open the door, but to reply to the knock outside. I pull a leaver by the rear door. I could hear the pins in the door being blown out. I give the door a good push. A small crack of light came through the top.

I continued to push the door with no success. I did the only thing I could do. I continued to kick the door. The door gradually opened. I climbed out when I saw that I would fit through the crack. I jumped down and saw a gray creature with blond hair looking at me.

"You okay mister?" It walked up to me as I stood up. "You are bleeding mister. You need help?"

"I'm sorry... I can't understand you." I walk a few steps away from the fighter as the creature followed.

"Hey mister... Can you hear me?" This creature jumped in front of me as I stopped. "What's going on mister?" It tilted its head at me.

"I can't understand you... I am sorry..." I noticed its eyes. "Hmm. That's different." I laughed. "Come to think if it. That's kind of cute." As I laughed, it smiled at me. "I know you don't understand me, but just for laughs. Where am I?" I crouched down as it came closer to me. Just by looking at it. I knew there was no way it could hurt me.

"How were you flying without wings mister?" It came close to me and started to poke me.

"Please stop that..." It continued to poke me. "Stop it... Stop... Stop that!" I pushed its leg away from me and stood up.

"Derpy! Look out!"

I turned to the screaming. I saw a blue thing that was the same species of the gray one. It had hair like a rainbow. I quickly observed it flying at me. A split second before it was about to hit me. I moved to the side; I grabbed its neck and quickly slammed it to the ground. I put my knee over its neck. I quickly formed a fist with my free hand and brought it up to strike it.

"Run Derpy! Get out of here!"

"Please mister! Don't hurt her! She didn't mean anything by it!" I looked back to the gray one. It looked to have a worried look.

I looked back to the blue one and placed my hand back on her neck. I took my knee off while it struggled. I released it and quickly jumped back. It still looked like it wanted to fight, so I was waiting for the charge.

"Rainbow Dash!"

I looked towards the new screaming. It was like a bird that I have seen on Earth. It was a bit bigger that the other creatures. It was also faster. I was too slow to react in defense. It quickly tackled me.

"Ahhh!" I yelled as I felt my ribs crack.

As the birdlike thing had me pinned. It raised what looked to be its talons. As it started the swing. It was noticeably slower than her flying. I quickly put up my left hand in an attempt to deflect the attack. I quickly bring up my right fist to strike. I heard a loud crack as my fist made contact. It went limp and fell to the right. I quickly got to my feet expecting the blue one to attack me.

"Gilda!" I watched at the blue one ran to the other things side. "Gilda are you alright!?"

"Ya Dash. I'm okay, but that thing won't be..."

I observed the birdlike thing stand back up and prepared for an attack. I knew this time I would be able to take it out. It was too short of a distance to get any speed. I observed the grey one run in the middle of us. She faced the bird and the blue thing.

"Stop it! Mister didn't do anything to you!" It looked like she was defending me, so I relaxed.

"But Derpy! It was attacking you!"

"No. I was poking him. I was trying to find out what he was." The grey one turned to face me. "Right mister?" It smiled at me, as I smiled back.

"Come on Dash. We can take it on together."

I looked at the bird with a concerning look. I knew it was still looking for a fight. I watched as the blue one passed the grey one. It walked up to me slowly in a non threatening manner.

"I'm sorry." Its ears went down as it looked at the ground. It quickly looked back up. "We cool?" It held out one of its legs.

"I can't understand you." I wondered how many times I was going to say that today.

"I think he can't understand us Rainbow Dash." The grey one walked up to the blue one.

"Derpy. Can you take it to Twilight? I am going to take Gilda to the hospital."

"Okay Rainbow Dash. I will take mister to Twilight." I watched the bird and the blue one fly off in a hurry. "Come on mister; we are going to go to Twilight's" I watched as the grey one started to fly away. It turned to look back at me. "Come on mister." It flew back towards me and landed next to me. "Come on mister we have to go." It walked around me and started to push me along.

I started to follow behind it as it slowly flew. We made our way into a town. I felt embarrassed. Every one of them was looking at me. The grey one and I made it to what looked to be a market in the middle of the town. A cart with a broken wheel got my attention.

"Hold on. It looks like that orange one needs help."

"Where are you going mister?" I turned and pointed at the cart. "Oh. You are going to help Applejack." The grey one followed me.

"Let me help you." I slowly bent down to lift the edge of the cart.

"Golly mister! You okay? It looks like you got the bad end of a good bucking."

"Mister is okay Applejack. He just got into a fight with Rainbow Dash and Gilda."

"What! What happened Derpy!?" The orange one had a worried look on its face.

"Everything is okay right mister?" The grey one smiled at me.

"Can we hurry with this. I don't want to hold the cart up forever..." I pointed with my free hand at the broken wheel.

"Oh. Right." The orange one looked at me. "Golly mister; you sure are strong." The orange one quickly swapped out the wheel. "Thanks mister! I hope you get better. You also might want to clean yourself up a bit."

I continued to follow the grey one to a tree. I guess a tree house was a better description. I watched the grey one pound on the door.

"Twilight! Are you home!? I have a new friend you have to meet!"

"What is it Derpy?" The door opened and I saw a purple thing standing in the doorway. "Oh my gosh! What is that thing!? What happened to it!?"

"Oh. Mister got in a fight. Rainbow Dash told me to bring mister here."

"We have to get it to a hospital too! Come on Derpy!"

I suddenly felt lighter as I started to float in the air. I flailed a bit, but quickly stopped when I realized I couldn't get down.

"Spike! Write the princess a letter! Tell her it's an emergency and I need her!"

"You got it Twilight!" I tried to look back at the voice, but I couldn't turn much. All three of us quickly made our way to a large building. It had a white cross with hearts in a red circle. "Doctor! We need help!"

"My word! What happened?!" I looked at the brown one in the white coat.

"He got in a fight." I looked at the grey one as it spoke.

"Quickly Twilight! Bring it to room two."

The purple one quickly ran into some room with me floating close behind. I was quickly placed on a bed. The brown one and a white one rushed in next to me. The white one started to hold me down. I quickly grabbed her legs and moved them off of me.

"Calm down mister! We are trying to help!" The gray one started to yell. I couldn't understand what side she was on.

My arms and legs suddenly started to glow purple. I strong force pulled me back to the bed. I quickly reacted and used all my strength to fight it. It was a slow process, but I started to pull away from the bed. I sat up and got off the bed with the resistance of the glow. I looked at the purple one. It was sweating and gasping for air. The horn on its head was glowing the same color of my arms and legs. I started to reach out to the purple one, as the brown and white one tried to pull me back on the bed.

I slowly reached out to the purple one. It collapsed on the floor. It looked exhausted, so I let it be for now.

"Let go of me!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, as the brown and white one were trying to get me on the bed. They both quickly let go of me.

By now; all of them were a good distance away from me. I make my way to the thing wrapped in bandages.

"I am sorry. I am going to need to use your water." I said to the bandaged creature. I placed one hand gently on its head; while I grabbed the glass of water. I turned around with everyone looking at me. "I need some water." I pointed at the glass. I walked over to the purple one and poured the water over its head.

"I think mister wants some water." The grey one started to speak as the purple one woke up looking at me.

"Nurse. Go get a bucket of water."

"Yes doctor." I watched as the white one quickly ran out of the room. It came back shortly after with a bucket. It placed it on the floor in front of me.

"Thank you." I smiled at the white one.

I ripped my other long sleeve off and dropped it into the water. I reached around my head and undone the makeshift bandage. I throw it in what I thought to be the garbage. They all continued to watch me as I grabbed the wet cloth in the bucket. I started to wipe the blood away. They all looked on in amazement.

"I heal very quick. I don't need any help."

Suddenly a large white creature walked in the door. I looked at it as it looked around the room. I suddenly started to glow yellow and was quickly forced against the wall. I tried to fight, but this glow around me was much stronger then the purple glow.

"What is going on here!?" I watched as the white one yelled.

"Please princess. Mister didn't do anything. It's all just a misunderstanding. You see he can't understand us." I looked at the grey one as it spoke.

I was gently put down on the ground. The white one walked over to me. I stood up straight as its horn started to glow. I didn't think it was going to hurt me. It did let me go after all. It touched my forehead and a shearing pain shot through my head.

"What was that for!?" I yelled as I grabbed my head. "Ever since i got here. I have been getting attacked left and right..." I looked around as everyone in the room was in shock.

"Hey mister! What's your name!?" The grey thing asked while jumping around in excitement.

"Well that's new. My name is Jacob." I walked over to the gray one. "Can I ask for your name? Also what are all of you?"

"My name is Derpy Hoofs and I am a Pegasus pony!" She stood up proud.

"A Pegasus pony?" I thought about Earth. "Oh! the humans use ponies and horses for laboring in the fields! I should have remembered about that. I am sorry. I had no idea what all of you were until now." I looked at the purple one as it stood up. "Can I have your name too?"

"My name is Twilight Sparkle. I am a unicorn and this is Princess Celestia." She walked over to the white horse. "She rules over Equestria."

"So who are you two?" I turned and faced the brown and white ponies.

"I am Doctor Stable and this is Nurse Redheart. I have to ask. What was all of that blood from?"

"I crashed my space ship. It was a hard landing. I dove down so I didn't hit Derpy." I thought about that for a second. "Do any of you know a blue pony with a rainbow colored mane and tail?"

"I do!" I turned to Derpy. "You are talking about Rainbow Dash!"

"You know Rainbow Dash Jacob?" Twilight asked.

"Ya I do... Rainbow Dash attacked me for no reason."

"Rainbow Dash you say?" I looked at Doctor Stable. "She came in with a friend of hers. Rainbow Dash was fine. Nothing more than a little bruising on the back of her neck. But her friend Gilda had a broken jaw. I patched her up and she quickly went off. Rainbow Dash is still here; I will go get her."

"I appreciate that Doctor." I said as he walked out of the room.

"Jacob. I have to ask... How were you able to fight my magic like you did?" I looked at Twilight. "You have to be really strong to fight back like you did."

"My people come from a planet called Avellia. It is about seven times larger than this planet. So I would assume that is what you are talking about. We require more muscle to move around on it, but we had to leave that planet and find a new one."

"Why? What happened to your planet?" Twilight asked.

"Well... Our star was dying, so we picked up and left. We found a primitive planet with life on it. It is called Earth. The natives there saw us as gods. It is a little funny. We never put up the god look. They just went with it."

"Hey everypony! What's going on in here?" I looked at the voice coming from the doorway.

"Hello Rainbow Dash." She quickly looked at me in shock.

"How did you know my name!?" She paused for a second. "Oh. Also i am sorry for attacking you. I thought you were going to hurt Derpy."

"It's okay, by the way. How was your other friend? I think the name was Gilda."

"She went back home. I don't think she likes you." Rainbow Dash laughed. "By the way; how are you so fast and strong?"

"Umm..." I just remembered she wasn't here for that explanation. "I work out a lot."

"So how did you come to find yourself here Jacob?" Princess Celestia asked.

"That is a good question. I can't remember much about how I got here, but I have an idea."

"Could you tell us?" Princess Celestia waited.

"Okay. I think I put too much power into my teleportation device. It got too much power and POOF. I ended up here." I laughed.

"It's getting a little late." Princess Celestia said. "How about you rest here. I will have Princess Luna help you with your memories tonight." I watched as all of them except Derpy walk out of the room.

"I would love to fly with you sometime soon Jacob." Derpy gave me a smile.

"Sure. That sounds like fun. I will see what i can do about that later on."

"Okay. See you tomorrow morning!" Derpy pranced out of the room happily.  I looked over at the pony wrapped up in the bandages.

"Sorry if I scared you. I wasn't trying to." I gave it a smile and made my way under the blankets. "Goodnight and I hope you get better soon."