CORNFIELD OF SWEET APPLE ACRES

2:43PM

Winona led Twilight and Applejack through a labyrinth of tall cornstalks, keeping her trusty nose on the ground to pick up the scent of burning crops. Winona was intelligent enough to not get distracted by other scents that seemed more interesting.  Plus, she knew she would get a treat if she did her task well.

At first the scent was weak so Winona had a bit of a rocky start, but she did her best to keep with it. But as time progressed, the scent got thicker, making it easier to follow.

Soon Winona was hot on the trail and picked up her pace while Applejack and Twilight did their best to keep up with the excited dog.

“Wait up Winona!” Applejack called, but Winona was way too focused to heed her masters’ calls.

When it seemed that they were going to lose Winona in the forest of tall corn, a smell of burnt corn and earth filled Applejack’s and Twilight’s muzzles. This made them cough and hold a hoof over their nostrils at first because it wasn’t like anything they've smelled before.

Sure Applejack and Twilight knew what the scent of burning material smelled like, but this was different. They knew what hay, grass, or brush smelled like when it burned; but their was something else that was mixed in there making the scent repulsive. Unknown to them that these materials were metal and oil.

Looking at the top of the cornstalks, Twilight noticed a faint swirling smoke lifting up into the sky somewhere to the right of their position. They no longer had to rely on following Winona.

Both mares quickly galloped over to the origin of the billowing smoke cloud to truly see what this meteor was; or was it even a meteor at all? The answer to their questions will be fulfilled once they clear the untouched corn.

When Applejack and Twilight were finally free of the corn forest, they noticed that they have set hoof in a charcoaled black skidmark that use to be where live corn used to stand. The soil still felt a little warm under their hooves, but it wasn’t enough to hurt them from burns.

At one end of the skidmark was nothing of interest, indicating that whatever crashed here skidded to the opposite direction to where Applejack and Twilight were looking. When the mares then focused their sights in the other direction, they saw a big hulking and metallic object rest at an angle with small bits of flaming debris around it. They even noticed that Winona was by it from the side barking and growling.

As the mares got closer and closer to the alien object, the ground became slightly more warmer until they had to get off of it before they scalded the bottom of their hooves. That would explain why Winona was in the area where the ground had not been touched.

When they finally got to where Winona was, which was near the cockpit of the craft, Applejack and Twilight were able to get a great close up view of the mysterious crashed meteor. Judging from what they saw, it was no meteor at all.

This object had a bulky aerodynamic design to it and measured a length of thirty point seven metres, and a width of twenty-five point two. The color hue it had seemed to be a light greenish.

If Rarity saw such a color, her face would probably turn the same shade. Frankly any hue of green would revolt her. She already had a traumatic experience already when the Great and Powerful Trixie turned her gorgeous mane into a messy green bird’s nest of a doo.

There was some sort of strange white symbol on the side that depicted to what appeared to be an Eagle with its wings spread wide. In the center of the logo was an impression of a shield with the bulging words of UNSC printed across. In the lower portion of the logo was a banner that displayed what the big letters stood for. United Nations Space Command.

Twilight and Applejack were baffled that whatever alien this ship belonged too, it knew the Equestrian language!

“Does this mean that this alien might be able to talk ta us?” Applejack asked Twilight who seemed really excited now.

“Of course Applejack!” Twilight replied super enthusiastically. “There’s obviously no language barrier, so communicating with whatever this machine carried with it will be able to tell us where it’s from, and more importantly why it’s here.”

“Ah wouldn’t be so sure about startin’ a conversation with an alien, sugarcube,” Applejack stated, looking really unsure about Twilight’s intentions.

“Why not?” Twilight asked, puzzled by her friend’s uncertainty.

“Well fer one thing, we don’t know if it’s friendly or not. From what Ah hear, aliens mostly come to a planet to either take it over, or abduct ponies to experiment on ‘em. They even do the same thing with cattle,” Applejack explained.

“Oh you’ve been seeing way too many of those movies again haven’t you? You know they don’t state any true facts, right?” Twilight dismissed jokingly.

“Ah never watch movies, Twi,” Applejack bemusedly stated indicating that she was dead on serious. “My granny told me about these kinds of things. Are ya tryin’ ta say mah granny isn’t being truthful with me?”

Twilight gulped nervously.

She knew that Applejack was challenging her logic severely. If she said the wrong thing, who knows what toll it would take on their friendship. Twilight couldn’t lie, but couldn’t vaguely insult Applejack’s grandmother either. She had to say something.

“Well..uh...no,” Twilight began. “I know Granny Smith is wise and very caring. It’s just…”

“Jus’ what?” Applejack interjected, hardening her glance and making Twilight even more nervous.

“Um..well...I,”

Twilight never got a chance to finish her excuse because a faint sound of banging, which sounded like shots being fired, were emanating from somewhere in the direction of the Everfree Forest.

“What in the hay was that?” Applejack asked, now completely letting go of the urge to pressure Twilight  into telling her the truth about her granny’s supposed wisdom.

“I don’t know, but I think it deserves investigation,” Twilight replied, relieved from her pressure, and back to her eggheaded and overly curious personality.

“No way Twi! We’ve already found an alien ship. There’s no reason that we should be investigatin’ strange noises now. Ah wouldn’t be surprised if it’s that alien himself wreackin’ havoc in there!” Applejack stubbornly protested.

That just egged Twilight’s curiosity on.

“All of the more reason to see for ourselves,” Twilight stated.

“Oh no, Ah ain’t gonna go an’ that’s final! Mah family is probably worried sick about us already. We need ta go back now!”

“Fine then! I’ll go alone if you think I’m going to let this mystery slide!” Twilight argued then took off with her wings before Applejack could react.

“Twilight! You come back here this instant! Ya hear me?” Applejack shouted at Twilight as she flew off. Twilight didn’t listen to a word that Applejack told her.

Applejack now wished that she brought her lasso with her so she could restrain Twilight against her will and practically drag her back to the farm house. It was tough, but it was tough love.

Applejack cared for all of her friends deeply and wanted nothing bad to happen to them; but if her care was defied, she really had ways of expressing her anxiety in extreme and desperate ways. Thankfully she never intended to hurt anypony, but if her temper and patience was tested to brutal lengths, she may have to literally smack some sense into them. That’s exactly what she felt she had to do with Twilight.

Winona whimpered at her master’s hesitation.

“Oh yer right Winona, Ah should probably go after her; but Ah ain’t gonna like it,” Applejack reluctantly huffed and pursued after her reckless friend with Winona in tow.

***

EVERFREE FOREST

SEVERAL MOMENTS EARLIER

As Aaron trudged through the sinister looking forest, he felt some kind of strange uneasiness come over him. It wasn’t from fear or anything like that even though the forest was admittedly super creepy, and in a way unnatural.

Aaron dismissed all crazy hunches about the forest having a supernatural aura about it because he wasn’t one of those guys to believe in such things. As a soldier, he had to focus more on combat training and discipline then what the imagination had to give.

Aaron had his MA5D positioned already for combat incase something was foolish enough to try and attack him. So far nothing has showed up on his motion sensor, or bothered to creep up on him without being detected. It was quiet. Almost too quiet. He knew that whenever conditions were like that, it wasn’t a good sign so he kept his eyes peeled, and constantly checked his corners.

Several moments went by as Aaron continued through the forest to reach his destination, which was a high hill that overlooked the mysterious village that Aaron took an interest in when he was back at the crash site of his Pelican.

He figured if he could get a good view with a long range of sight and angle, he could gain some reconnaissance about the inhabitants who occupied the unknown planet. The worry of them being hostile still stayed with him, though.

As he finally saw the ending of the forest slipping into view, Aaron suddenly heard the snapping of twigs and the rustling of brush from behind him.

Aaron quickly spun around and readied his MA5D with his finger pressed ready on the trigger and focused on the origins of where the sounds were coming from.

He glanced at his motion sensor which still wasn’t picking up on anything. That had to mean that whatever was stalking him was moving at a slow and very steady pace.

“Who’s there?” Aaron ordered. “Come out with both of your hands to where I can see them!”

He didn’t receive any response, but he did notice that the brush was starting to rustle in his direction and fast.

Aaron backed up slowly still keeping his MA5D trained on the brush. Whatever was approaching him, he needed to get some ground so fighting off whatever was approaching him would be more easy. Of course, he also had a combat knife to kill or wound any enemies that were foolish enough to try and get the jump on him.

In about several seconds, whatever was stalking him came out of the brush to reveal itself. Aaron could not believe what he saw.

It was a wolf definitely, but not  any kind of wolf Aaron has ever seen before. Matter of fact; no one in all of mankind has seen such a wolf quite like this at all.

It’s body and teeth was completely made out of timberwood, and its eyes glowed an eerie shade of bright green. The eyebrows it had seemed to be a green leaf.

The wooden beast glared at Aaron with clear aggression as it slowly stalked toward him baring its teeth with emitting low growls. Then it seemed to give a nodding signal as it looked behind itself. It’s then that three more of these wooden wolves appeared by their pack leader to join it.

Whatever these things were, Aaron knew that they had the same pack mentality as regular wolves found on Earth. The thing is through he knew that if their bark skin was thick enough, it could act like armor that would render the ammo from his weapons system useless.

Aaron looked for any sort of weak point that would make killing these creatures more efficient. He didn’t have to look for long. The eyes were the only sensitive part on the creatures.

Aaron swapped his MA5D with the M395 for more precise shooting.

With a steady eye and aim, Aaron successfully fired the first bullet  into the pack leader’s eye making it explode into smoke and wood. It was just like shooting Promethean Crawlers back on Requiem.

Now infuriated by the loss of their leader, the three remaining timberwolves charged at Aaron with terrifying speed and brutality.

Sensing their intentions, Aaron quickly jumped out of the way before grabbing one of the timberwolves by its head and swinging the rest of its body around to collide with its compatriot. The result was both of them exploding in midair. This was almost too easy.

Now there was only one timberwolf left. The fight was now even; or so Aaron thought.

The timberwolf then let out an earsplitting howl as it had its muzzle high in the air. In a matter of seconds, five times as many timberwolves showed up and partially surrounded Aaron. He was now severely outnumbered and outgunned!

“Oh shit,” Aaron cursed. At a time like this, a M41 SSR MAV/AW rocket launcher would be perfect for this type of situation.

Low on options, Aaron grabbed a couple of frag grenades from his belt and flipped the pins on them for their activation.

“Hey Fitos! Fetch this!” Aaron called and hurled the two grenades at a tight cluster of Timberwolves.

Not yet sure of what was thrown at them, the timberwolves just watched as the two active grenades fell to the ground next to them. They didn’t have time to sniff them out because just in a couple of seconds, the grenades detonated obliterating the timberwolves that were within the lethal blast radius.

No knowing what the strange armored intruder was capable of, they spread out now completely surrounding him blocking off all possible escape routes. There was nothing more Aaron could do except fight them with everything last thing he had left. He didn’t wish to use anymore of his ammunition on these things then he had to.

“Alright you freaks of nature, lets dance!” Aaron called provoking the wrath of the timberwolves even more. They all began to charge at him.

It was a flurry of utter chaos as Aaron kicked, punched, hurled, and decapitated any timberwolf that dared to leap on him. So far Aaron was doing pretty good at standing his ground and not letting any of the timberwolves to start a dogpile on him. But Aaron knew he couldn’t fight forever, whether he was a powerful super soldier or not. Even Spartans have their limits, it just takes a matter of time.

As the timberwolves kept coming at him, Aaron slowly begin to tire from the excessive combat. Never in his career as he ever dealt with this kind of combative scenario. Surely he knew that sometime in his life he would go through this, but he exactly never knew when. No one can know when they’re about to face extremely difficult odds.

When even more of the timberwolves showed up after he has killed hundreds of them already, Aaron knew that this would be his end, but as usual took it with a grain of salt.

“C’mon you bastards, show me all you’ve got,” Aaron taunted with the strength gone from his voice.

Heeding Aaron’s provocation, the herd of timberwolves lunged at him with full strength.

Aaron braced himself for sure hell that would soon come to him. At least serving as a Spartan for a couple of years was pretty fun, yet quite disappointing. The feeling of practically being a war machine was simply exhilarating! But as the old book says,

“It was fun while it lasted.”

Aaron closed his eyes as he braced himself, but in doing so, he made himself completely unaware of the mysterious medium purple forcefield that formed up around him.

***

From high above in the sky, Twilight noticed a commotion going on between the biggest pack of timberwolves she’s ever seen in her life, and some kind of armored bipedal creature that seemed to be facing them alone.

Could this be the alien that arrived in the ship that crashed in Applejack’s cornfield? Whatever the answer, it was obvious that the alien was in trouble and looked like it needed help. Sure it seemed too intimidating for a pony like her to consider helping, but she believed that friends could be made, no matter where they came from. The question of the alien accepting her friendship would be the real test through.

To show how friendly she was, Twilight fired her force field spell from her horn onto the alien. Hopefully that would show she meant no harm.

***

After not feeling the impacts of the timberwolves when they should've been, Aaron opened his eyes and unclasped himself from his bracing posture to discover that the timberwolves that were attacking him were exploding as they collided with some unknown force that was made out of some kind of purplish light.

It couldn’t be coming from his armor system because he didn’t have any kind of shielding ability equipped. This was coming from somewhere else, but where?

Seeing that they weren’t making anymore progress, the remaining timberwolves retreated whimpering and whining before they lost anymore of their kind; even if they could regenerate if they wanted too.

As the timberwolves vanished from sight, so did the mysterious force field that was repulsing them. Aaron still didn’t know what was the source of the field was through. He quickly got his answer.

Aaron spotted some sort of small winged and horned creature flap down from the sky and set its four legs on the ground at an uncomfortable eight feet from him.

It could be described as some sort of small equine like creature with a light purple coat and plum mane with pink and lighter purple streaks. The same color pattern was on its tail. The eyes were big and perfectly round like saucers, and they were a shade of purple as well. Finally, there was some sort of star-like pattern that it wore on its flank. Aaron couldn’t tell if it was on both sides, or one.

Aaron could clearly make out the creatures expression of being both curious and intrigued, it seemed a bit nervous too. Aaron could also tell that the creature was female because of the big eyelashes.

For a moment, Aaron and the bizarre equine just stared at one another observing each other’s characteristics, and anticipating any moves that either of them might make. Or either one of them was expecting the other to say or do something.

The equine creature appeared to be getting a bit nervous because she appeared to smile awkwardly as her eyes shifted behind her, then back to Aaron in a quick pace.

Aaron was amazed that this alien horse or whatever it was could know facial expressions similar to humans. Did this mean that this creature had the same intelligence as mankind? He had the urge to speak up, but was cut off when the creature decided to take his turn.

“Um...hello?” it said sheepishly. Like Aaron confirmed, it was definately female.

Aaron flinched and jumped back a bit in surprise. This made the creature jump back as well and let out a startled yelp. She seemed to have the same uneasiness as Aaron did.

“How the hell are you talking?” Aaron asked in his shock.

“Me? How about you?” the equine replied bouncing the question back on Aaron completely throwing him off. Aaron just decided to ask actual questions because he felt like this was going to go nowhere.

“Nevermind that. I’ll ask the questions first okay?”

“O..okay,” the equine stuttered.

"What I want to know is where the hell am I?” Aaron demanded. This made the creature slightly more uncomfortable. She really didn’t like the language and tone he was using with her.

“Um...y-your in the Everfree Forest sir; if I can call you that. W-what is your name anyway?”

“I thought I made myself clear that I would ask the questions first,” Aaron said a little more sternly making the equine more nervous.

“R..right. S-sorry,” it gulped, “Like I said before, you’re in the Everfree Forest outside of Ponyville in the country of Equestria. I’m Twilight Sparkle; Princess, Twilight Sparkle,” Twilight explained.

Aaron had never heard of such a place called Ponyville at all, but it helped explain exactly what sort of creature Twilight was, but the horn and wings conflicted on which type of pony she was. He’s heard about mythical creatures like the pegasi and unicorns before in the bedtime stories that his mother used to tell him when he was very young.

He first fantasized about the existence of such beings, but his sociopathic father and age development forced Aaron to throw away all those dreams. He would eventually stop daydreaming about those kinds of things anyway.

Twilight said she was some sort of princess, but Aaron didn’t see any sort of crown or fancy attire on her to prove her statement. He knew that ponies never would wear clothes. It seemed completely ludicrous.

“Well thank you, princess for sharing that intel with me, but now you must excuse me as I try and find some sort of communications outpost so I can call in for evac and get off this world of yours. I believe I’ve already seen enough as it is,” Aaron said and picked up his M395 that was lying on the ground before he turned around and began to walk away from Twilight.

Twilight was simply appalled by how rude Aaron was. There she was saving his life from a huge pack of fierce Timberwolves; then the next thing she knows is that he’s harshly questioning her. Once he gets what he wants, he deliberately abandons her without answering questions she has to ask.

“Hey! Wait a second,” Twilight called and started after Aaron who then immediately stopped her when he aimed his M395 directly at her. He had no intention to shoot her though, it was just to make her back off. But if she tried anything funny, then he had the right to pull the trigger, but it was only to wound.

His intimidation worked and Twilight immediately stopped in her tracks looking down the barrel of the rifle with dilated pupils indicating her fright.

“I can only tell you that my name is Jensen,” Aaron stated still aiming his weapon at Twilight. “My full name and what I am, and what I do is classified tier one for you, or any other intelligent creature on this god forsaken planet.”

“Celestia never forsook Equis at all,” Twilight stated slightly angered at Aaron’s remark. Her fear washed away a bit.

“Now who the hell is Celestia?” Aaron asked.

Twilight figured out his mindgame now.

“Well since you say that our world is forsaken, I’m afraid that information is classified as well,” Twilight retorted stubbornly.

Aaron’s temper was starting to grow because he couldn’t believe that this thing was trying to get inside his head, but he told himself to cool down. He knew he didn’t have time to play games with an annoying highly intelligent pony alien.

“Have it your way then. I just want to get out of here before more wooden dogs or bizarre force fields show up,” Aaron huffed and took his weapon off of Twilight before he started to walk off again.

“I’m the one who made that force field,” Twilight bitterly said. She was starting to get fed up with Aaron’s behavior.

Aaron stopped walking and slowly turned to face Twilight who continued to glare at him.

“You did that?” he asked.

“Yes,” Twilight hissed clearly disgruntled. “So that means you should be thankful that I saved your life.”

“Well in that case, thank you for your assistance,” Aaron said.

That seemed to satisfy Twilight a bit. “You’re very welcome.”

“But why did you save me?” Aaron asked. His curiosity actually starting to grow.

“Well I couldn’t just couldn’t wait around and watch you get mauled. What kind of pony would I be then?” Twilight asked.

Aaron thought for a moment. This creature was obviously friendly and had no intention of harming him. He felt sort of bad for treating Twilight is such a dishonorable way.

“Well thank you once again, and I apologize for being a jerk to you. It’s just that I’ve never seen such a being like you before in all my life, and many years of battle has taken a toll on my personality a bit,” Aaron explained. “I hope you can forgive me somehow.”

Twilight was calm, but still a little unsure because when he pointed his rifle at her, it truly scared her.

“Well I could, but why did you point that thing at me?” Twilight asked pointing her hoof at the M395.

Aaron gazed down at it and said, “I was only using it to intimidate you. I had no intention of shooting you at all.”

“You didn’t?” Twilight asked breathing a sigh of relief.

“If you attacked me through, I would have no choice but to do so,” Aaron added.

Twilights ears went down and her pupils went wide with surprise.

“Oh,” was all she uttered.

“One thing that is true though is that I’m not authorized to share any classified information with any sort of civilian or other contact,” Aaron said.

“But can I ask you at least one more question? I promise I won’t be snoopy,” Twilight begged.

Aaron just sighed.

“Sure, go ahead,”

“Okay this may seem a little rhetorical but, is the ship in Applejack’s cornfield yours?” Twilight asked nervous about the reception she may get from Aaron.

He didn’t do anything rash, he just stood there and looked at Twilight with a covered neutral expression.

“Yes it is,” Aaron said. “But I don’t know how I got there. I just remember performing a task I was assigned to do, then all of the sudden I’m here. For a moment I thought I perished.”

“Well me and my friends saw you come down from Canterlot,” Twilight explained. “We were visiting Princess Luna because she was ill from a lack of sleep she’s been receiving because of a strange recurring dream she’s been having for a few weeks lately.”

Aaron’s blood ran cold. He has been having the same problem as well. His curiosity skyrocketed through the roof now. Could this be a hint to his own nightmares?

“Um, your highness,” Aaron began.

“Please, just call me Twilight,” Twilight interrupted with a smile.

“Twilight, would you mind if I saw this, Princess Luna?” he asked.

Twilight put a hoof under her chin as she thought.

“I suppose so, but I think its best if I notify Princess Celestia first of your presence. You should probably come back with me to my home in Ponyville. Surely you would need to relax a bit after the day you must’ve been having so far?” Twilight offered.

Aaron was a bit hesitant at first because he wasn’t sure if it was a good idea. If the inhabitants were friendly just like her, then he would have nothing to worry about. What did concern him through is the reception he would be getting from the locals. He wasn’t an equine after all.

Twilight seemed to be reading his mind.

“Don’t worry, I’ll explain you to everypony,” she reassured.

“Um..okay then,” Aaron shrugged. “You have point then,”

Twilight seemed confused.

“Excuse me?”

“It’s a way of saying to lead the way,” Aaron explained with a small amused chuckle. Twilight happily returned the expression.

Twilight began to lead Aaron back into Ponyville, but both of them were suddenly halted when they heard someone yell, “Stop right there ya alien varmint!”

Twilight and Aaron shot their glances behind them to discover a winded Applejack and a worked up Winona who barked and growled at Aaron.

Apparently the only thing that Applejack saw was Aaron following along behind Twilight with his rifle in hand. She’d mistaken it for a foalnap instead of a lead on.

“Applejack, what are you doing?” Twilight asked.

“Savin’ you obviously,” Applejack replied. She then glared at Aaron. “Let go of mah friend this instant!”

“Hey, I didn’t touch her I swear,” Aaron surrendered. He didn’t admit aiming his weapon at Twilight though.

Applejack was a bit surprised that the alien could talk like she predicted, but she didn’t let it phrase her. At least this way it was a lot more easier to rationalize with it.

“Relax Applejack, he didn’t hurt me. He’s not here to hurt anypony...right?” she asked Aaron to get his confirmation.

“Yes, you pony creatures seem friendly enough. Plus Twilight here saved my life,” Aaron explained.

“Come again?” Applejack asked raising a brow.

“It’s true Applejack. He was being attacked by Timberwolves, so I used my magic to help him,” Twilight said. “He’s also the owner of that ship we found in your cornfield.”

“So ya helped him first if Ah’m not mistaken’?” Applejack asked Twilight suspiciously.

“Yes,”

“Hmm,” Applejack uttered. “Ah don’t know what tah say Twi, but the damage he’s caused to my crops is absolutely unacceptable. Ya may want tah think about what yer doin.’ ”

“It was an accident alright?” Aaron excused. “I must’ve been unconscious during re-entry so I couldn’t find a proper landing space okay?”

Applejack just shook her head.

“Excuses excuses,” she said.

“He’s telling the truth, Applejack. Can you please at least give him a chance. He must’ve been through Tartarus and back. What he needs right now is to relax, which is why I was leading him back into Ponyville to do so,” Twilight explained.

“Are ya crazy, Twi?!” Applejack exclaimed. “One look at ‘em and all of Equestria will be thrown into a state of chaos which Discord himself would approve of, reformed or not.”

“Which is why I’m covering for him. Believe me, I have it all under control,” Twilight reassured. “Can you please just give Jensen a chance?”

“Jensen?” Applejack asked confused again. Did Twilight already give him a name or something?

“I guess I should say my first name is Aaron,” Aaron said. “Aaron Jensen. Look...Applejack was it?”

“That’s me,” Applejack said indifferently.

“Look, Applejack. I’ll pay you and your farm to repair the damages to your property. I’m sure the UNSC can make a small donation,” Aaron offered.

“How can Ah tell if yer bein’ sincere with me with that thing on yer head?” Applejack asked.

Twilight wondered why Aaron didn’t bother to remove his helmet yet.

“I don’t know if you’re atmosphere is the same one I can tolerate,” Aaron said.

“Our atmosphere is seventy-eight point nine nitrogen, twenty point five oxygen, ninety-three point argon, and point thirty-nine percent carbon dioxide,” Twilight explained.

Aaron was baffled that this planet had the same atmospheric elements as Earth.

Trusting Twilight, Aaron twisted his helmet a bit before gently taking it off. When his head was fully revealed, Twilight couldn’t believe that she was looking at the same kind of creature that she became when entering the magical mirror. This was truly an astounding discovery!

“Hey you’re right. I can breathe here,” Aaron said.

“Glad our worlds really aren't that different huh?” Twilight asked.

“Guess not,” Aaron replied.

“Great, now that you’ve learned our atmosphere, how about ya contact them UNSC buds ya have an tell ‘em that they need tah find ya so they can give you the money needed to help replant mah lost crop,” Applejack ranted obviously losing patience.

“Well first I need to find out a way of contacting them,” Aaron explained. “My COMM networks are fried and in need of repairing if I’m ever going to contact command.”

“I’ll help you again if you want?” Twilight offered.

“Can you?” Aaron asked.

Twilight smugly smirked.

“I’ll certainly try my best, but how about you rest a bit first?” she said.

“That would be good,” Aaron replied.

Twilight then proceeded again to lead Aaron to Ponyville to give him the rest he needed. He still wasn’t sure how the locals would respond, but he knew he had no other choice.

Applejack kept pace behind them still not trusting Aaron a bit. She had a right to be angry with him for accidentally destroying her crop, but it must’ve been really hard on her because she seemed to be holding a small grudge.

Hopefully Aaron and the rest of the UNSC if possible could make it up to Applejack and the rest of her family somehow.