Terra

Ponyville, Equestria

Sugarcube Corner

Quintnary 8, 1035 ANM

3:15 p.m.

“So, your mothers are the Elements of Harmony?” Lance asked. Candy wanted to give Lance a tour of all of Ponyville, but he just wanted something to eat, so the group decided to visit Sugarcube Corner first.

“Yes,” Starburst said with some pride.

“Except for me, of course,” Starfall said. He’s sitting next to Starburst at the groups table.

“And Fluttershy isn’t my biological mother, but that doesn’t mean I can’t treat her like one.” Annie said. She and T are next to Lance at the table.

“And both you and your sister, Crystal Clarity, are pony-dragon hybrids?” Lance asked T.

“Yeah. It wasn’t the best thing for us when we were young, but we gradually accepted it,” T said as Annie leans in on him.

“Wonder why?” Lance asked, but everypony knew he was just kidding. It was quit obvious how Claire and T accepted their heritage. “You do have a beautiful baby, there,” Lance complimented as Oasis wakes up. Looking toward Lance, Oasis smiles and laughs a little.

“Any way, we need to get back to planing your party!” Said Candy.

“Party? What party?”

“Me and my mom throw a party for everypony new in town!” Candy happily giggled.

“Why don’t you wait a couple of days? I turn 26 on the 10th and some friends of mine will be here by then.” Lance said.

“What!? Your birthday is in two days, some of your friends will be here by then and you didn’t mention it!?” Candy nearly shouted. “I got to tell my mom right now!” With that, Candy suddenly runs right into the kitchen. A few seconds past, before an incredibly loud and deep gasp is heard.

“Is she like that often?”

“Not usually,” said Del.

“Only when she meets somepony new,” a new voice said. “Other than that, she’s real likable.” Turning around, Lance sees another pony-dragon hybrid, probably T’s sister Crystal Clarity, but she’s with someone else. The other guy is mostly white, but his eyes are red and the which of his eyes are yellow. He also has several other body parts that look like they were just stitched onto him.

“Hi, Claire. Hi, Ill- uh, Coal,” Annie said to the two.

Claire and Coal? I know who Claire is, but who’s that Coal guy? Is that even his real name? Lance thought, not noticing that Starburst is staring at him.

If he is that human I found last night, than he shouldn’t know who Illusion is. She thought.

“Who’s your new friend?” Claire asked.

“This is Lance,” Whirlwind answered.

“Nice to meet you, then,” ‘Coal’ said as he holds out a paw to Lance. Taking his hoof with his ‘hoof’, Lance gets a sudden electric jolt. ‘Coal’ and Prism both laugh at the prank as Lance gets up. “Sorry! I just can’t help myself sometimes.” ‘Coal’ said as he suddenly changes to a weird pony-like being. Noticing this he quickly turns back into ‘Coal’.

“What the hell was that?” Lance asked, though few of the ponies didn’t took him seriously because his hair is now all fuzzy.

“I’m Prince Illusion, son of Princess Celestia and Discord. I mostly used that disguised so I won’t get the wrong kind of attention.”

“I see,” Lance said as he turns his now fuzzy hair back to normal. “I’m used to pranks like that, though. My friend, Hilary, loves them.”

“Odd name,” Illusion said.

“You’re one to talk, Co- Wait! Discord?!” Lance asked. It really was a long time since that diary was written, but I really didn’t expect that Celestia and Discord would … hook up like that. He thought, while Starburst puts a small smile on her face.

I knew it! She smugly thought. “So, where are you from?” Starburst asked Lance.

“Where … I’m from?” Lance repeated as memories from long ago, memories he would rather have forgotten, began stirring in response to the words.

Just as the suit is about to fire, a very light gold colored beam fires down from the sky, leaving a gaping hole in the mobile suits head. Lance gasps as similar beams fire down upon the other Gorn mobile suits. Lance is amazed as he looks around the ruined town. Gorn mobile suits, which had nearly killed him several times now, have all been brought down in just a few seconds. Looking up, Lance sees an amazing sight. He removes his goggles entirety to get a better look at it. Even though he can only see its back, it looks like an angel.

But, when he looks closer, he sees that it's a mobile suit of some kind. Its very light gold colored ‘wings’ are made of a particle of some sort, and its armor is mostly white and purple. Suddenly, it turns towards him, and Lance sees that it's the most human looking mobile suit he has ever seen. It has a small, hand-held blaster in its right hand, and a shield with a yellow star is on its left arm. On its forehead is a yellow V. Lance is awestricken at the might and appearance of the this mobile suit as the particles disperse around the area.

Home … Earth was our home…

“Hey, Lance!”

We were forced to abandon it…

“Terra to Lance!”

I don’t want to feel that form of lost again. I can’t let this world fall to the Gorns like the Earth did.

“Lance!” Starburst, Claire, and Starfall all shouted, snapping Lance back to reality. “Are you okay, darling? You looked like you saw a ghost.”

“Yeah. I just … Need some time to myself.” Lance said as he abruptly leaves the shop.

“What was that about?”

Terra

16 kilometers offshore from Manhattan

Gorn Navy Fleet

May 8, 3330 AD

1530 hours

Out at sea, three Gorn naval ships are near the coordinates that Lance’s Gundam snaked. On the largest ship, mobile armors are being deployed. The mobile armors are similar to a carb, but they’re colored a dark blue, with either black, blue or green areas. “What’s taking so long?” An annoyed Warrior Gorn asked, as only the fourth mobile armor out of 10 is deployed, taking 2 hours to do so.

“We’re having difficulty discharging the Shadow Water mobile armors, Warrior Mar-Vehl. This carrier isn't equipped for them.” A Commander answered.

“Don’t stop until all of the mobile armors are deployed,” Warrior Mar-Vehl said as a line rings.

“Warrior Mar-Vehl, I have Warrior No-Ble on the line.”

“What does Knight At-Lass’ little pawn want now?” The Warrior classed Gorn asked as No-Ble appears onscreen.

“I understand that you’re having problems,” No-Ble said to Mar-Vehl.

“Huh? Well, its none of your damn business!”

“I realize that I may be out of line for saying so, but don’t you think that the fact that this search is taking so long that it will be discovered by the Terrans? And if they do discover it, than the entire plan will be in jeopardy. I’m sure that King He-Ll and the Knights won’t approve of it.”

“Damn you!”

Terra

16 kilometers offshore from Manhattan

1 kilometer below the surface

No-Ble’s Submarine

May 8, 3330 AD

1530 hours

“To tell the truth, we’re having some engine problems with my new submarine.” No-Ble said.

“You’re wasting the armadas time!” Mar-Vehl said in an accusing tone.

“Anyway, we would like you to make some repairs to our submarine.”

“You mean on my ship!?”

“Yes,” No-Ble said to the hotheaded Warrior Gorn. “And to return the favor, I’ll lend you my latest underwater mobile suits; a Shadow Ice mobile suit and two Shadow Aqua mobile suits.”

“I read you. You’ll give us a hand if we keep quiet about the engine problems.”

“Do we have an agreement, Mar-Vehl?”

“You’re on. Get over here.”

“Right,” said No-Ble as the transmission ends.

“But, Warrior No-Ble, there isn’t anything wrong with this submarine,” a Commander pointed out.

“I know, Commander De-Ath, but it's the only way that hot-headed Gorn would agree to help us out. We just need a way to find what we’re after.”

Terra

Ponyville, Equestria

Friendship Rainbow Kingdom castle

Quintnary 8, 1035 ANM

4:30 p.m.

“And you’re sure?” Flash Sentry asked his daughter. After the tour, Lance had to leave to take care of something, and Starburst immediately went to her father to tell him about Lance.

“I’m sure. Not only does he have the same mane, eyes, and goggles as that human I found, but he didn’t knew anything about mom, the Elements of Harmony, or Illusion! How many ponies around the world who come to Equestria haven’t heard about Illusion, let alone all of you?” Starburst pointed out. “Also, Annie picked up his scent and it wasn’t a pony's scent.”

“Okay. Let’s assume that you’re right.” Flash said. “We can’t just take him in for interrogation. You need evidence that he is a human. And besides, how did he become a unicorn anyway?”

“I’m … not sure.” Star admitted. This was humiliating.

“All right,” Flash said after an awkward moment of silence. “I’ll have some guards keep an eye on him. For now, go have some fun with Starfall.”

“O…kay…” said Starburst as she leaves the room. Once she’s out, she meets up with Starfall again.

“He didn’t take you seriously enough, didn't he?” Starfall asked his marefriend.

“I just wish he and the other guards would stop treating me like a little filly!” Star snapped.

“Hey, imagine if you figured out why Lance is here. If you prove that he’s a human, then they might give you a two rank promotion, my Beloved Nemesis.”

“You know. You are absolutely right!” Starburst said. “If I can figure out what he’s up to, than I’ll get the recognition I deserve!” Suddenly, without any warning, Starburst kisses Starfall on the lips for a good minute. Afterwards, the two blush when they realize what she just did. “I … don’t know what got into me…”

“It’s all right,” Starfall said as he places an arm over Star’s shoulder. “I kinda like it when you get like this. And if it means you’ll do more kisses like that, than I’ll help you out in your investigation.”

“Right, thank you… Anyway, we should get started. Do you know where Lance went to after we showed him Sweet Apple Acres?”

“He said he needed to take care of something,” Starfall answered.

Terra

Ponyville, Equestria

Friendship Rainbow Kingdom castle

May 8, 3330 ANM

1630 hours

In the main computer lads of Twilight’s castle, Lance has snaked in through the window and is hacking into the system. “Air defense missiles … Solar panels … Security cameras … Everything I need is in the warehouses up in Canterlot. That’s not far. Now to purchase theses…” Suddenly, his comlink begins rigging. “Lance here.”

“Me and Hilary are almost to the site. How are things going over there?”

“Good. I’ve just about ordered some equipment for the base at that old castle. Now I just need to find a job for you and Hilary to help avoid suspicion.”

“Can I be in a school?”

“Well, let’s see what they have.” Lance said as he looks over the schools that Amanda can attend to. “There’s the Canterlot School of Fashion and Theatrical Arts up in Canterlot. It looks like a good place.”

“Sounds like a fun place.”

“Okay, I’ve just enrolled you into that school. Now I just need to take care of some revisions. ‘Amanda Yamamoto, entrance fees unpaid' … Cleared. ‘Bursary funds’ … cleared. ‘Financial check on Amanda Yamamoto’ … No problem.”

Terra

Canterlot, Equestria

Canterlot castle, throne room

Quintnary 8, 1035 ANM

5:30 p.m.

Celestia is busy. Discord had to take care of business in Fillydelphia, and Illusion is visiting Claire in Ponyville. Currently, she’s taking care of new documents and forums about the current wars of the world. “So many wars, all of them starting in just the past 5 years,” Celestia said aloud as she signs some more papers. “I wish they would all end soon.”

“That’s what many ponies in Equestria are concerned with,” an advisor of Celestia said. “As you already know, many ponies are angry that so many guards have been deployed to fight in the wars of some of our allies. They’re beginning to think you no longer care about their safety…”

“I do care, which is why I had to send those troops. If any of our allies were weakened in any way, than Equestria’s economy would be effected in the worst possible way,” Celestia said as she finishes the stack of papers.

“Yes, but they no longer believe you. They’re even pointing to your marriage of Discord and you son Illusion as signs that your judgment is no longer what it once was,” the advisor continued. “Now, two distich groups have appeared on the stage; the Traditionalists and the Modernists. The Traditionalists want you to withdraw all the troops and divorce from Discord, while the Modernists, lead by Princess Twilight, Princess Cadence and their husbands support you decisions. But I’m afraid that this small argument will soon evolve into a civil war.”

An exhausted Celestia just sighs as she slumps down into her throne. After a moment, she gets up and walks over to a nearby balcony and looks out over her kingdom. “Even since that Gorn Industries company came, war and other conflicts have only intensified. I’m not sure I can handle anymore wars. I wish the Tree of Harmony or Faust would have answers for us.”

Terra

Canterlot, Equestria

Warehouses

May 8, 1035 ANM

1730 hours

Elsewhere in the castle, a truck pulls up into the storage areas. The driver goes up to a gate, where a royal guard is waiting. “State your business,” said the guard.

“Just picking up supplies for the royal guards in Appleloosa.” The driver answered. Looking over at his clipboard, the guard sees that there is a schedule pick-up of supplies for Appleloosa.

“Okay, you can go in.” The guard said as the gate rises.

Driving inside, the guards fail to notice a form hanging onto the bottom of the truck. Near the warehouses, the figure let's go of the truck and falls to the ground. Quickly, he rolls to the side. Its Lance, now wearing a purple leather jacket with violet cuffs and a dark blue shirt, with a violet sash around his waist. He is also wearing white pants that are tucked into his purple boots. Over his eyes are his blue and white goggles with purple lenses. Quickly, Lance runs into the warehouse. Turning on the lights, Lance sees everything he ordered.

“This should do.”

Terra

16 kilometers offshore from Manhattan

1 kilometer below the surface

No-Ble’s Submarine

May 8, 3330 AD

1730 hours

“Warrior No-Ble, the detector has picked up a trace of metal at point 1-9-7-9.” A Commander said to No-Ble.

“Good. Now send Shadow Ice and the Shadow Aquas.”

“Warrior No-Ble, let me handle this,” Commander De-Ath said.

“Are you sure? This isn’t like being in outer space.”

“I am well aware. Please, leave this to me.”

“Right. Move out,” said Warrior No-Ble, as Commander De-Ath salutes the Warrior before heading to the mobile suit bay.

No-Ble’s Submarines Mobile Suit Bay

Down in the mobile suit bay, Commander De-Ath and two Troopers approach their mobile suits. The two Shadow Aqua’s look like short, stubby submarines fused together. They’re about 16 meters long and are blue. The one Commander De-Ath will use, the Shadow Ice, is slightly different. It’s about 17 meters in length and looks like a single submarine with arms and a head. The ‘arms’ have claws at the end. In color, its blue and dark green. Getting into it, Commander De-Ath and the two Troopers patiently wait as the bay is filled with water. After a minute, the entire bay is filled.The hatch opens and the three mobile suits propel themselves out. “Shadow Aqua 1 and 2 will lead, and I’ll follow close behind. I’ll be giving orders.”

“Roger.”

“Roger.” The two Troopers said as the leave for the location of the detected metal.

No-Ble’s Submarines Main Control Room

In the main control room, “Warrior No-Ble, I’ve got mobile armors from the Marine Gorns,” said a Trooper at the submarine's radar.

“Looks like that hot-headed Gorn has caught on to us,” No-Ble said as he looks at the sonar screen. Suddenly, one of the blips representing a Gorn Marine Mobile Suit disappears, and a loud sound is heard not long after. It sounds like … “An explosion!?”

“A number of mobile armors have been destroyed at the same depth as us,” the Trooper said as another blip disappears.

“Stop the engines and turn off all unnecessary functions, except for the radar and communications!”

“What about De-Ath and the two Shadow Aqua’s?”

“We’ll trust them on their own,” No-Ble said as he looks at the radar, seeing two more mobile armors disappear, followed by two more explosions. “What the hell is going on out there?”

1 kilometer below the surface

Elsewhere, as the remaining 4 Gorn mobile armors are trying to grasp on whats happening, a Shadow Water mobile armor is sliced in half and soon explodes. Another soon followed, and a 18.7 meter tall mobile suit emerges from the smoke-filled bubbles. Its body is mostly pink in color, with black lines were the exhaust ports are at. It’s arms and legs are white, but its hands are pink also. It has some kind of backpack also. Its head is similar in design to a hooded figure, only the face can be seen. Above its crystal clear dark red eyes are is a black v-shaped fin that’s twisted halfway. It's carrying a bright pink energy scythe. Using said scythe, it slices another mobile armor in half.

“Warrior Mar-Vehl! We’re under attack, but I can’t see the enemy anywhere!” A Gorn Drone cried into his comlink, but he gets nothing but static. Suddenly, the pink Gundam grabs one of his mobile armors legs and tears it off. It then uses the torn off arm as a club, destroying the mobile armor and the Drone.

Gorn Navy Fleet

On Warrior Mar-Vehl’s ship, an alarm blares, alerting the crew of the three ship of enemy attack. “We’ve lost contact with all of our mobile armors!”

“Launch depth charges to those coordinates!”

“But Warrior No-Ble’s submarine is still in the vicinity!”

“It doesn’t matter! For all we know, he could be the enemy! Launch!” Following orders, the Gorns activate the release mechanism for the depth charges on all three ships, releasing about 20 into the water. As they sink, they near No-Ble’s Submarine, and explode near it.

No-Ble’s Submarines Main Control Room

“Warrior Mar-Vehl's ship has launched depth charges!”

“That fool!” The clearly irritated No-Ble said, when Commander De-Ath appears on a communications screen.

“What’s with all the commotion? Has something gone wrong?” De-Ath asked.

“Be on your guard! Our enemy is close by.” No-Ble warned the Commander.

“You don’t suppose that Gundam pilot survived?”

“I doubt it, but be cautious anyway.”

“Yes, sir.”

Gorn Navy Fleet

“Hahaha! How do you like that! Just try to survive that shower of death!” Warrior Mar-Vehl laughed. Suddenly, a blue light appears on one of the other ships. “What is it!?” He asked. Looking outside, they see that a ship has been hit by a barrage of energy blasts. Suddenly, the other ship gets hit by a high-powered laser, causing it to explode, break in half, and sink. Looking up, the Gorns on the main ship see that a mobile suit, standing around 18.8 meters in height, is the one that's attacking them. It’s mostly white with purple armor and shoulder pads. It's carrying a sniper rifle of some sort in its arms. It also has several holsters for other weapons on its arms and legs. Its head is similar to a samurai helmet, but it has an impractical purple ponytail flowing out of the back of its head. It has crystal clear dark blue eyes and a white v-shaped fin over them, at the center of which is a split horn, at the center of which is a scope. “That’s the thing attacking us!?”

“Sir! An unknown object is rising next to the ship! Port side!” A Commander said, when a giant bubble appears next to the ship. Suddenly, a 18.7 meters tall mobile suit bursts out of the water and lands on the ship. Its body is mostly pink in color, with black lines were the exhaust ports are at. It’s arms and legs are white, but its hands are pink also. It has some kind of backpack also. Its head is similar in design to a hooded figure, only the face can be seen. Above its crystal clear dark red eyes are is a black v-shaped fin that’s twisted halfway. It’s carrying a bright pink energy scythe. The mobile suit looks into the bridge and, much to the Gorns horror, prepares its scythe. It slices at the bridge, causing it to explode, incinerating all the Gorns inside. A hovercraft suddenly takes off from the ship.

Turning around, the pink mobile suit grabs a gun its hip and aims at the hovercraft. Just before it fires the gun, a pink energy knife appears. It fires at the hovercraft, destroying it. “You’ll all die! Any Gorn who sees me has a date with Death!” The pilot of the mobile suit, Hillary, said.

“I said it before, I’ll say it again: Hilary, you’re so random!” The pilot of the white and purple mobile suit said to the other. “Sometimes your this sweet little girl, and other times you're the embodiment of death.”

Terra

Canterlot, Equestria

Warehouses

May 8, 1035 ANM

1735 hours

Elsewhere in Canterlot, Lance is busy putting everything he ordered into a truck. “Let’s see. Did I forget anything?” Lance asked himself as he goes over a mental list he made. “Nope. Got everything. Now all I have to do is get out of here.” At that, his newly acquired necklace begins to glow. He soon appears as a white unicorn wearing royal guard armor. Getting into the truck, Lance opens the warehouse’s door and drives out. Approaching the gate, he stops at the gate guards request.

“What’s in the truck?” The guard asked.

“Supplies, arms and ammunition, sir.” Lance answered. “I’m transporting these to Ponyville.”

Looking at the pickups and drop-offs for the day, the Guard flips a page before “Ah, here it is. Princess Twilight must be getting slightly paranoid with all the wars going on, huh?”

“Must be,” Lance cooly said as the  guard opens the gate. Driving off, Lance’s necklace changes his appearance to his normal disguised. “I’m liking this thing more and more.”

Terra

Zebra Nation

Small town

May 8, 3330 AD

1735 hours

In a small town in the Zebra Nation, Imamu, disguised as a zebra, is driving a 20 meter long truck, when he stumbles upon a huge party. “What the?” He asked. There are steamers, bounce houses, refreshment tables everywhere, and even a disco ball. Stopping and getting out, Imamu sees that the only non-zebra in this wild bunch is a gold and brown earth pony, wearing a gray poncho and sombrero, carrying a rubber chicken with a white 2 on his back. He’s dancing, singing, and playing the accordion. Noticing Imamu’s presence, the earth pony quickly drops the accordion and runs up to him.

“Hi there! I’m Cheese Sandwich! You can call me Cheese! Oh, nice orange apple necklace! Or you can call me Sandwich! What’s your name?” The earth pony, Cheese Sandwich, asked.

“Uh … Imamu Trey,” he answered the hyperactive stallion. “What’s going on here?”

“Oh! I just threw a party to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this couple here! It's my calling, after all. Hey! Are you heading somewhere?”

“Your powers of observation are amazing,” Imamu said, slightly taken aback by the pony in front of him. “Yes, actually. I’m heading to Equestria and…”

“Equestria?! Me too! I’m from Equestria, and I’m heading there to visit an old friend and her three daughters! I’m kinda like an uncle to them. Why are you heading to Equestria?” Cheese asked in a slightly loud and fast pace.

“I’m meeting up with some friends in Ponyville and…”

“Ponyville!?!? Me too! Gosh, we've got so much in common. I know we're going to be great friends!” Cheese said as he, with the rubber chicken, jump into the passenger seat of the truck.

“This is going to be a long drive,” Imamu said under his breath as he gets in and starts the engine.

“So, whatcha got under the blanket? Must be something really big?” Cheese asked, since something really big is in the trucks bed.

“Something secret that can change the world,” Imamu answered in a cryptic tone.

“Really? How?”

“I told you; it’s a secret.”

“You need to learn to lighten up,” Cheese pointed out as he places the rubber chicken in the middle seat and straps it in.

“Yeah, I get that a lot. I should tell you now, though. I’m taking the scenic route, south instead of north. Is that oaky?”

“Sure is! Right, Boneless 2?”

Terra

Elephantia

Desert regions

May 9, 3330 AD

0535 hours

At a small oasis in the deserts of Elephantia, its late at night as a changeling camp sleeps. Not a soul was awake, except for one cat and one girl. Amani, now wearing a light yellow sweater and light pink pants, along with a pink butterfly necklace, and her cat Snowflake are at the entrance to Chrysalis’ tent, admiring some migrating birds as they rest on the Sand Dune. After she saved them from the Gorn hunters, Chrysalis invited Amani to stay with them for a while. “Terra is so beautiful,” she said. “Absolutely beautiful. They don’t even know how lucky they are to live in such a beautiful world.”

Terra

Vietmane

Hidden location

May 9, 3330 AD

0735 hours

It’s early morning in the jungles of Vietmane. In said jungle, Chong Wu, disguised as a griffin with a sky blue body and rainbow-colored hair, wearing a red lightning bolt necklace, is carrying a small briefcase. He’s with some Vietmane soldiers, buying something. Wu opens the briefcase, and shows the pegasus captain of the group a large amount of Vietmane currency. “This should be more than enough,” Wu said as he closes the case and gives it to the captain, when an earth pony driving a military truck drives up.

“So, where do you want these goods dropped off?” The earth pony asked.

“Right here,” the captain answered.

“What!? A place like this? But you're handing over a huge mount of explosives to a young griffin!”

“Who paid in full for both the explosives and the truck,” the captain replied. He then salutes Wu. “Take care, Chong Wu.”

“Thanks for your help.”

Terra

16 kilometers offshore from Manhattan

5 kilometers below the surface

De-Ath’s Shadow Ice

May 8, 3330 AD

1749 hours

At the bottom of the ocean, De-Ath and his Troopers have found No-Ble’s Shadow Bullet, but not the Gundam. “I’ve found the Shadow Bullet, but there’s no Gundam. Where’s the Gundam? Doesn’t make sense. There’s no other metal being detected.”

“There it is. I can see it from here,” one of the Troopers said. Looking in the appropriate direction, De-Ath sees that the Gundam is 10 meters away.

“Right. Let’s inform Warrior No-Ble.”

No-Ble’s Submarine

1750 hours

“Good work. You found it.” A pleased No-Ble said over the communicator.

“Yeah, but it's amazing. There’s not a single scratch on it, and the metal detectors aren’t reading a thing.”

“I must admit it, the humans sure did create quit the impressive beast before they left the Earth. But, now that we have it in our grasp, we can become fierce beasts ourselves. Watch out for the current. We’ll wait here at this depth.”

De-Ath’s Shadow Ice

1750 hours

At the site, the two Shadow Aqua begin transforming. They appear to separate, but a form appears in between the two halves. The two halves then extend and fold, while claws appear at the propellers. “Okay, get the cables and floats ready.”

“Yes, sir.” One of the Troopers said as a wire extends from his mobile suits arm, slowly creeping to the Gundam. Suddenly, right as he and the other Shadow Aqua pilot are about to grab the Gundam, it begins blaring a loud noise as lights flash from the eyes and other openings in the armor.

“Hey, whats with the noise and light show?” The other Trooper asked.

“Is it self detonating?” De-Ath asked. Suddenly, a small object floats down and explodes, creating a blinding flash of lights. “Damn! What’s this!?” He asked, none of them noticing two figures floating down near them.

“Where is this light coming from?” A Trooper asked, when his Shadow Aqua is suddenly sliced in the middle by one of the mobile suits and explodes, killing him.

“It's the enemy! The enemy’s here!” The other cried as he blindly fires missiles, only to get shot at by the other mobile suit.

Opening his eyes as the light fades, De-Ath sees two Gundams. One stands 18.8 meters in height. It’s mostly white with purple armor and shoulder pads. It's carrying a sniper rifle of some sort on its right shoulder pad. In its left hand is an energy pistol. It also has several holsters for other weapons on its arms and legs. Its head is similar to a samurai helmet, but it has an impractical purple ponytail flowing out of the back of its head. It has crystal clear dark blue eyes and a white v-shaped fin over them, at the center of which is something like a unicorns horn.

The other is an 18.7 meters tall mobile suit that's mostly pink in color, with black lines were the exhaust ports are at. It’s arms and legs are white, but its hands are pink also. It also has some kind of backpack. Its head is similar in design to a hooded figure, only the face can be seen. Above its crystal clear dark-red eyes are is a black v-shaped fin that’s twisted halfway. It's carrying a bright pink energy scythe, which surprises the Commander.

“That’s impossible! How can you use thermal energy weaponry underwater!?” He asked, before activating the Shadow Ice’s weapons systems. “I’ll get you!!!” He roared as he charges at the two Gundams. Grabbing them by their necks, he fires torpedoes at them. He keeps firing until his mobile suits claws are destroyed. Taking a moment to breathe, he sees that the two Gundams aren’t moving. “I … I did it! I defeated two Gundams, Warrior No-Ble!” He excitedly said. Suddenly, the pink one grabs a gun on its hips. Just before it fires the gun, a pink energy knife appears. It fires and as the swirling knife hits his mobile suit, De-Ath screams as water rushes in, before his suit explodes.

QN 002-PP Gundam Death Blades

“Damn! Fighting the Gorns in real life is a lot different from fighting them in a simulation,” Hilary said as she rubs her head.

“I see the Dusk Shine,” Amanda said over her comlink. “But it's in self-detonation mode.”

“I got this,” Hilary said as she moves towards the Dusk Shine. Maneuvering her scythe above the self detonation device, it changes to s short dagger. Quickly, Hilary stabs the device, shutting it off, stopping the noise and the lights.

QN 006-R Gundam Evasive

“Lance, do you read?”

“I’m here,” Lance answered as Hilary picks up the Dusk Dawn.

“We have the Dusk Dawn.”

“Good. I’ll send you the coordinates to the castle. Go into camouflage mode when you near the shore. We’ll meet at 1930 me time.”

“Roger.” Amanda said as she and Hilary, with the Dusk Shine, rise up to the surface.

Terra

Ponyville, Equestria

Town market

Quintnary 8, 1035 ANM

7:00 p.m.

“Where did he go?” Starfall asked himself as he looks around Ponyville. He and Starburst had split up, looking for any clue to where Lance went, but he’s no where to be found. Just as he’s about to give up, Starfall sees a Royal Guard truck stopping just next to the town hall. Looking closely, he sees that Lance is the one driving. But before he could teleport himself to it, Lance drives off towards “The Everfree Forest? Why’s he going there?” Deciding not to follow, Starfall runs off to find Starburst.

Terra

Everfree Forest, Equestria

Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters

May 8, 3330 AD

1930 hours

In the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters, Lance is setting everything up, when he hears the all too familiar sounds of a GN Drive. “They’re here,” he said as he looks out the closest window. Sure enough, he sees three Gundams, one carrying another, float down into the ancient castle’s courtyard. They quietly walk into the main halls, where Lance is waiting. Placing the Dusk Shine down, the Death Blades and Evasive’s cockpits open, and Amanda, Violet and Hilary climb out.

“This place is beautiful,” Amanda said as a wire appears from above the cockpits door, Violet under her arm. She grabs it and it lowers her down to the ground. Checking Amanda out, Lance notices that she’s wearing a single, white and black suit that has a miniskirt with a short purple jacket. The suit fits her form extraordinarily well. Around her neck is a purple diamond-shaped necklace, presumably the one that lets her change her appearance. She also has white boats, but no visible socks. Amanda, noticing that Lance is staring at her, blushes as she lands on the ground.

Noticing said blush, Lance turns away as Hilary reaches the ground. She’s wearing a pink t-shirt, and a bright blue skirt and yellow shoes. Her necklace that she got from the Tree of Harmony is a light blue balloon. “Ooooh! This place looks haunted!”

“Not the time for superstition, Hilary,” said Lance. “We’ve got work to do.”

Terra

16 kilometers offshore from Manhattan

1 kilometer below the surface

No-Ble’s Submarine

May 8, 3330 AD

1930 hours

“Warrior No-Ble, we’ve lost all communications with Commander De-Ath and the two Shadow Aquas.” A Trooper said to the Warrior classed Gorn.

“I see. There seems to be a jinx that, once you see a Gundam, you will not come out alive. I hope the jinx doesn’t come true.”

After retrieving the Dusk Shine, Hilary and Amanda go out into Ponyville and Canterlot to help with their transition into this new world. Starburst and Starfall begin to grow suspicious of the three newcomers to the small town and begin to investigate. Elsewhere No-Ble predicts that a Gundam will be attacking the Gorn Industries mobile suit factory in Bisonia. It is there that No-Ble is introduced to a new weapon. Next on Gundam Equus, chapter 3: Six Confirmed Next Chapter: Six Confirmed Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 58 Minutes