My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 3

Explanation Needed

Young Derpy Hooves returned to the badly wounded creature with vines and leaves. “I honestly hope these aren’t poisonous.” she hoped as she started bandaging the creature with the vines and leaves.

Halfway though, the creature took a deep breath and coughed up blood. It surprised Derpy. “please hold still. I gotta try to…” the creature flailed it’s arms around, hitting Derpy in the head. “Ow! I’m trying to help you.” she yelled out.

She ran over and pinned the creature down. The creature panted as it stopped freaking out. It looked into Derpy’s non-walled eyes. He felt… comfortable. The creature fell back into unconsciousness.

Derpy breathed a sigh of relief. “that was close.” she sighed. She went back to work bandaging the creature up.

20 Years later…

2 hours passed since that battle from earlier and things have really heated up in town.

At the badly damaged corpse of Orion, Requiem and her friends were discussing what to do with them now being stranded on this new world around a fire.

“well this worked out well.” Ash said sarcastically. “Our ship is destroyed, we’re stranded on this rock, and we’re running low on supplies, something we came here to do. Amazing how things can go sour in 24 hours.”

“thank you for that dramatic summery, Ash.” Aura sarcastically added. “*Sigh* so… anybody have ideas on what to do?”

“I got an idea. Leave.” Jax said, reading a book.

“leave where?” Bahamut asked with confusion.

“anywhere that’s not here.” Jax sternly said.

“oh, brother.” Sora groaned, resting her head on her left hand. “here we go again.”

“Jax, you have got to get over that irrational fear of Horses.” Requiem shook her head.

“well let’s see how you feel when you’re almost killed by one when you’re 3 years old.”

“not again.” everyone groaned.

“hey hey hey. I was nearly trampled by one when I was a kid. Near death experience. Scarred me for life.” Jax explained, closing her book.

“And it was thanks to that that we had to walk all the way to Bangkok back home. Ain’t that right?” a disgruntled Ash said. “did I ever thank you for that?” he sarcastically asked.

“can we please stop this?” Requiem asked. “I’m starting to get a headache here.” she groaned, holding her head.

“fine. I’ll stop. But I’m not gonna enjoy being stuck here.” Jax said. She got up and walked away towards the ship. Everyone else groaned.

“She’s gonna be a problem.” Aura said.

“just figured that out, Sun boy?” Satoshi complained. Aura gave him a stern look.

“*exasperated sigh* getting back to the problem at hand…” Requiem insisted. “What the heck are we gonna do about this? We’re stuck here until we can repair Orion.”

“yep.” everyone agreed.

“so… what do we do?” Requiem asked.

Everyone had no answer. They were in the dark on what to do as much as her.

“Well… we’re gonna have to interact with the natives.” Bahamut said. “We got no choice in that matter. We may need their help repairing the ship.”

“nuh-un. No way.” Satoshi exclaimed. “Orion’s my baby, made with my hands. Having someone else operate on him is just… well, it doesn’t sit right with me.”

“that means we’ll be stuck here…*yawn*…much longer. Maybe even a year.” a sleepy Sora said.

“oh. That would be bad.” Satoshi said. “w-well, maybe I can let them handle the basic reconstruction of the ship; just the body and that. I can handle with the wiring and the engines and the…”

“okay okay okay. We get it. Don’t tell us all that Technical mumbo-jumbo please?” Aura asked. “my brain always hurts when you go into that stuff.”

“now who’s fault is that?” Jax yelled from afar.

“Damn her super-human hearing.” Aura growled under his breath.

“I heard that.” Jax yelled again.

“yesh.” Aura winced though his teeth. “and not to mention supplies. If we’re gonna be stuck here, we may as well see if the locals can offer some supplies.”

“Yeah. Sure.” Sora stubbornly said, spinning her bow in the ground.

“got something to say, Sora?”

“Well, there’s always a chance that they’ll refuse to give us aid. They may leave us for dead.” Sora explained.

“Well… if you put it that way…” Aura and Satoshi said depressingly. Sora did have a point.

“well, they looked nice.” Requiem said. “they didn’t look like bad people. Err… ponies. They may help us or maybe not.” everyone nodded in agreement. “but…” Requiem got up. “There’s only one way to find out if they will help.” Requiem grabbed her sword and buckled it to her belt.

Aura gave her a look. “What’s with the sword?”

“well, it’s night out and we’re on a unknown world. Girls gotta be prepared.” she smiled.

“True.” everyone muttered.

“I’ll be back soon. Hopefully with good news.” Requiem said as she walked off towards town. Bahamut and Fenrir followed behind her.

Meanwhile, back in Ponyville, the entire town had gathered inside Town Hall to see what to do with the aliens.

The entire town was abuzz with talk about the strangers. They were a species they had never seen before, riding a vehicle they never knew existed, and battling a monster they never saw before.

The mayor banged the gavel and adjusted her glasses. “can we please quiet down?” she called out. “quiet please.” she asked again. The entire town still talked.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and flew up onto the podium. That shut them up.

“Thank you, Rainbow Dash.” the mayor grudgingly said. R.D. smiled and headed back to the ground, landing between Fluttershy and Spike, who was busy working on a letter. “ahem. Now, I assume we’re here to discuss about our new…visitors.” she assumed. The entire crowd nodded in unison. “Right. Well, what do we know about them?”

“I know that one of them wrecked my stand.” a random Earth Pony yelled out.

“yes. We saw. The one they call ‘Sora’, right?” Applejack asked for confirmation.

“I think that was her name. but she wrecked my stand.”

“we hear you, we hear you. But we have yet to learn what they are or if they mean harm to us, or what they’re relation is to that Monster we saw.” Rainbow exclaimed. Everyone murmured in agreement.

“So what do we know about them?” Doctor Whooves asked.

“well… we know they can put up quite a fight…” Applejack started.

“…and with such flair and finesse.” Rarity finished.

“We know they fly in a giant ship…” Lyra added.

“…and that they have a Dragon, a Wolf, and a Eagle with them.” Fluttershy brought to the table.

“And that they have a powerful spell caster.” Twi pointed out. “though I never heard of a spell like that; that… RAVAGING TEMPEST thing she shouted.” she mimicked.

“but back to that monster...” Spike rolled the conversations toward that thing. “…what do you suppose it was?”

“dunno. It was covered in dark clouds. I don’t think anybody got a good look at it.” Derpy said.

“Celestia knows you can’t.” Dash joked. Derps got angry and pouted.

“but those shadow creatures that came out of it’s wings. You don’t think they’re Changelings, do you?” Octavia asked.

“doubtful. Those things were shaped like the newcomers as well. Doubt the Changelings could change into them. Besides, they’re likely halfway to the moon by now.” Applejack said.

“but that still doesn’t change the question. Who in Equestria are they?” Colgate asked.

“We…” Requiem said while leaning on the doorway, arms folded across her chest. Her sudden appearance surprised Everypony there, even giving Fluttershy a fake heart attack.“…are called Humans.” she explained.

“Humans?” everyone asked.

“Yeah. Highly evolved apes.” she said. “we come from a small rock called Earth. Quite like this place. Except the horses don’t talk.” Several of the ponies grumbled, catching Req’s attention. “I take it you don’t like the term ‘horses’ very much.”

“Not really, Ape.” Applejack said with a fazed look.

“Guess I had that coming.” Requiem muttered.

“I think I speak for all of us when I say… what in tarnation are you all doing here?” Rarity asked.

“well, originally, we were here to get supplies. Hopefully without anyone noticing. But that giant beastie you saw squashed those plans to heck. Now we’re stuck here with no supplies and no hope of even leaving.” Requiem explained.

“oh dear.” Rarity gasped.

“at least this place is friendlier then home. Back there, practically everything was trying to kill you.” Bahamut said.

“well, we have the same problem, you know?” Berry Punch said.

“still better then back home.” Bahamut insisted.

“well, is there anything we can do to help?” Twilight asked.

That caught Requiem by surprise. She thought she was gonna have to put up a fight. Guess not. “well, we could use some help repairing Orion, as well as places to sleep while it’s being repaired.”

“I’m sure we can work it out in the morning but… *yawn* …right now, I think we’re all a bit sleepy.” the mayor yawned. Everyone nodded in agreement.

“True that.” Requiem yawned. “sure we can survive one day camping out. Hasn’t killed us before.” she stretched her left arm. “you know, to be honest, I thought I was going to have to convince you all to help us. I even prepared a speech on the way down. Why help for no reason?”

“we’re friendly folk. We always led helping hands to whoever needs it.” Lyra said.

“Seriously, what is it with her and hands?” Rarity whispered to Dash. Dash just shrugged.

“huh. How about that?” Requiem muttered. “well, whatever the reason, thanks. And I promise, we’ll be sure to take out that monster before we leave.” Requiem promised.

Requiem turned and left the building. the crowd started to move out.

“Oh. Forgot to mention.” Bahamut called out, flying back into the building. “I’d keep an eye on Jax; the spell caster. She’s not exactly the biggest fan of ho… of ponies.” Bahamut explained.

“Why?” Fluttershy asked.

“near death experience when she was three. Hasn’t been a fan since. Just letting you know, in case she makes some rude comments or something.”

“Okay then. Thanks for the warning.” Applejack thanked. Bahamut nodded and flew after Req.

Everypony started heading for home.

“Got everything, Spike?” Twilight whispered to the dragon.

“Got it.” Spike said, putting the finishing touches on the letter.

“Good. We’ll send it to Princess Celestia in the morning. Maybe she’ll figure out what to do with this mystery creature.” Twi whispered. Spike nodded.

The Earth group still sat around the fire as Requiem, Bahamut, and Fenrir returned.

“how’d it go?” Sora asked.

“Surprisingly simple.” Requiem said as she sat down. “They agreed to help out.”

“Really? You didn’t have to put up a fight or anything, did you?” Aura asked.

“No. they offered before I could get a chance to ask. They’re quite friendly.”

Jax scoffed at that idea.

“they agreed to help rebuild Orion and even offered us places to stay while we’re stuck here.” Jax squealed in fear. “can see how happy you are, Jax.” Requiem joked.

“Nuh-uh. NO WAY! There’s no way I’m staying in a house with horses.” Jax protested.

“Okay.” Requiem said, getting comfortable. “but first, the word horses. They seem to frown on that word. Apparently, it’s racist.”

“oh.”

“and if you won’t agree, Jax, that means you’ll be out here… in the cold… on a unknown work…alone.” Requiem potentially egged on.

A wolf, not Fenrir, howled into the night sky, scaring Jax. “ehh… I think I can put my feelings aside, in this case.” Jax nervously agreed. “But that doesn’t mean I’ll like it.” she added.

“Right. Right. But we’re camping out for tonight. We’ll work out the arrangements tomorrow.” Requiem explained.

“sounds fair. After all, we are on their planet.” Ash said.

Satoshi yawned. “I don’t know about you, but I feel like hitting the hay.”

“No arguments here.” everyone agreed. Ash pulled out his gun, configured it to fire Water bolts, and fired it into the fire.