Forrest was a doctor. He saw ponies live and ponies die. He unfortunately saw much of the latter. Many of his friends, the ones that he held close to himself in all of his years were now gone. “Rainbow, you left me alone damn it.” Never once did Forrest see his old friend and superior as a lover, but as a sister. Somepony that he held dearly. He looked around the Enterprise's decks with nostalgia. He remembered facing off against alien threats like the Buffalo, those “Romulan” ponies, and many other threats he had forgotten for lack of caring. Didn't seem like it mattered in his old age. He came aboard with many other ponies who were to become the blood of this ship. Normally security would stop an unauthorized entry like his, but he guessed it seemed like he wouldn't be a threat. He continued to hobble through the ship until a voice came from behind him.

“Excuse me sir? Are you lost?” It was Princess Luna, wearing a yellow uniform.

“No your highness.” Forrest tried his best to bow, but his body had trouble moving. “I'm simply taking a tour of the descendant of my old ship.”

“Please,” Luna said. “You know I have not earned my royalty back yet. Please address me like a regular officer.” Forrest was taken back by this.

“Well alright 'Lieutenant Commander'” Forrest said mockingly. “Tell me 'Officer',” Forrest always liked to poke fun at young ponies, “Will the crew accept you for you? Or will they treat you like a charity case and just simply humble you?” Luna looked down and said:

“I do not know sir.” Luna said. “But I am determined to become more than what I am, and make myself a much better pony.” Forrest had a smirk on his face.

“Just like a damned Unicorn to go and make big proclamations like that. But I guess with pegasus wings, you'll either balance out or make yourself boast more. I better be off kid.” Forrest started to hobble towards the exit. Luna joined him and supported him back to his ship. “You know, you might have gone and done bad things when you were young, but let's face it,” Forrest said with a solemn face, “we all have skeletons in our closets.” Luna gave a confused look to Forrest.

“Forgive me sir, I know you were a doctor, but did you really take the time to store skeletons in your closet?” Luna thought about the situation he proposed over and over again in her head and she cross examined everything from Pony medical books to horror stories such as “Cupcakes” and could only find the worst examples. Orion shook his head.

“Careful kid, you're starting to sound like those damned green blooded goblin ponies.” Luna decided that, like a lot of what the old doctor said, was not to be taken seriously.

“Sir, I thought that the Vulcan ponies were an accepted and welcomed part of the Federation?” Luna was a little taken back with this revelation of racism the doctor displayed.

“They are kid, they are. But they're damned annoying.” Forrest went into his memories and thought of his old friend. “Damned pointy eared bastard.” He said silently to himself. He looked back to Luna. “Now listen here kid, your ship has a good name attached to her, so I don't want disrespect towards her you got that?” Luna gave a sharp nod. “Good, cause if you respect her, then she'll always take you home.” Forrest continued to where his ship was docked and gave a final good bye to the Enterprise “D”.

The Enterprise continued to stay in orbit as the other ship, the USS Star Swirl left orbit and went on it's way. Applejack was on the bridge sending the farewell message, “Bon voyage mon ami”, to the ship. It was a special message from Twilight Sparkle, she figured she and the other Captain liked to speak in Fancy sometimes. Twilight entered the bridge.

“Commander, did you send the message?” Twilight asked approaching Applejack.

“Ah sure did Captain, one 'Bon voyage mon ami' to the USS Star Swirl.” Applejack gave a big smile to Twilight.

“Great! How did they respond?” Twilight was checking the console when a bright flash appeared on the bridge, revealing a ghostly figure of Pinkie Q on the view-screen. Worf was quick to react and had a weapon ready. “Worf stand down!” Twilight yelled. Worf lowered his weapon. “It wouldn't do any good, you'd just ruin the view-screen. Worf relaxed a bit and said:

“Sorry Captain, I'll keep that in mind, next time.” He sat back at his station.

“Oh don't get so down on yourself Micro Brain.” Pinkie Q said with a smile. “By the way, I hope you haven't forgotten our little test. The little test of pony kind, if they're truly worthy? You have 24 hours to prove it by the way.” Pinkie Q then disappeared with another flash. Twilight looked at Worf.

“Worf I know you come from a warrior culture, and that this is a big change for you, but keep in mind that patience is a virtue every warrior should have.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Yes Ma'am, I'll try to do better Ma'am.” Worf went back to work at his station near the helm.

“We've got a long voyage ahead of us, so I have no doubt about that.” Twilight said going back to the Captain's chair.

“Captain what do we do? She- they- it can watch our every move.” Applejack asked with a serious look on her face.

“Commander,” Twilight said with a stern face. “what we will do is what we normally do.” Twilight clasped her hooves together. “If we're to be damned, let's be damned for who we are.”

To Be Continued in . . . A painful revelation

Edit. Forrest is now officially the name of the doctor on the original Enterprise. Orion will now take the place of the Vulcan we all know and love.