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Space Oddity Ch. 4

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Space Oddity
Written By Closer-To-The-Sun (Joseph Noblit)
Chapter 4: In The Meantime

“Captain’s log, stardate....uh….right now….we have been traveling for what feels like days. Weeks even. Our ship has been floating amongst the stars nonstop since we left Equestria. We’ve already passed one hundred thousand miles. I don’t even remember what Twilight looks like anymore….”

“Spike, stop talking like that! It’s really weird and annoying!” Scootaloo interrupted the dragon’s monologue.

Turning his head to the pilot, Spike looked at the orange pegasus, “Sorry, it’s just that we’ve been flying for a long time now and haven’t even seen anything since we left Equestria.”

“I miss home,” Sweetie Belle slouched over her console, hooves hanging over the end and head resting on the surface.

Applebloom nodded as her hoof tapped on theconsole repeatedly in boredom, “Ah do too….it’s lonely up here….”

Scootaloo sighed heavily, “Yeah….we’ve been up here for a real long, long time, haven’t we?”

“Are we….” the dragon thought aloud, “do you think we’re getting homesick?”

All of the ponies looked downward and crestfallen as they heard his words. Written on each of their faces was an expression of a unanimous agreement. They were all missing the comforts of home.

The yellow filly spoke, her hoof continuing to tap, “Ah guess we all are missin’ somethin’ ‘bout home.”

“Can’t be helped, I guess,” Scootaloo’s voice sounded detached and deflated.

“It’s really weird up here in space and….” Sweetie Belle’s ear twitched as she turned toward her comrade, “Applebloom, stop that tapping, it’s so annoying!”

Applebloom stopped her tapping, “What’s wrong with it? It’s helpin’ me take mah mind off all of this travelin’.”

“But it’s so annoying and bugging to me! Just please stop it, will you?” the little unicorn started to rant.

Surprised, Spike and Scootaloo turned to the white filly. “Sweetie Belle, what’s wrong with ya?” the pegasus asked worriedly.

“Are you alright?” Spike stood up and moved over to Sweetie Belle.

The earth pony spoke softly, “It’s like she just….”

“Snapped,” Scootaloo finished the thought.

Sweetie Belle violently shook her head and looked at her shocked friends staring back at her, “I’m….I’m so sorry about that. I think it just really got to me. I mean, I would never shout at any of you. You’re all my bestest friends.”

The dragon placed one of his claws beneath his chin, “You think it was the traveling through space?”

“I think so. When I’m flying this thing, it just feels so creepy. Especially when I stare off into the darkness. Like something might pop out at me,” Scootaloo commented.

“It would make a lotta sense. Look out that there window, all we see are stars,” Applebloom added to her friend’s statement.

“And those stars are really far away, as it turns out. I don’t think we’ll be able to travel to one of them after all,” Sweetie Belle’s ears flattened against her head.

Spike nodded, “It’s too dangerous to keep trying to fly to a star.”

“But what about going where nopony has ever gone before? Escaping the surly bonds of Equestria and all that stuff? I thought we were gonna be like Major Dun!” Scootaloo’s voice was getting aggravated.

“Major Dun?” Applebloom tilted her head in puzzlement.

“You don’t know Major Dun? He’s only the coolest space hero ever!” the pegasus exclaimed.

“But….aren’t we the first to travel in space?” the unicorn asked her orange coated friend.

Spike interjected before Scootaloo could answer, “Major Dun is a fictional character in a book. He actually has a series of science fiction books and is like Daring Do, Lundy Colts, and Prancy Drew.”

“Hey, mah sister reads a lotta those Prancy Drew books!” Applebloom happily pointed out.

“This isn’t about those books; this is about being like Major Dun!” Scootaloo threw herself back into the center of conversation, “He was super cool. He would like fly around the galaxy, stopping evil-doers with his smarts and his really awesome rocket, like ours! He was always so cool!”

“Was? Did something happen to him?” Sweetie Belle asked with much confusion.

Spike looked on to Scootaloo. He could tell she didn’t want to say it. Taking a deep sigh, the dragon answered, “In his last book, his rocket malfunctioned and his thrusters failed. The book ends with him literally disappearing in the openness of space.”

Both the earth pony and unicorn gasped. “Disappeared?” the white filly asked.

Before she could get an answer, a loud boom echoed throughout the ship. All four were greatly startled by the sound. As they scrambled around, they began to panic.

Spike’s voice boomed over the three fillies’ voices, “Girls, calm down. Let’s just…look and find out what that was, alright?”

The three ponies agreed and followed the dragon’s lead. Spike walked over to a window and looked out into the vastness of space. His face turned pale as he found the source of their problem.

“What’s out there? Is it the problem?” Sweetie Belle asked.

Spike nodded.

“Is it bad?” Applebloom followed up.

Again, he nodded.

“How bad?” Scootaloo added.

He answered with a gulp, “An asteroid hit our wing and now it’s broken.”
“Consume my love, devour my hate/Only powers my escape/The moon is out, the stars invite/I think I'll leave tonight.” –Smashing Pumpkins, “Rocket”

Chapter 1: fav.me/d6ba11t - "Rocket"
Chapter 2: fav.me/d6ba33m - "The Final Countdown"
Chapter 3: fav.me/d6ba46l - "Well Thought Out Twinkles"
Chapter 4: You are here - "In The Meantime"
Chapter 5: fav.me/d6ba67x - "Aurora (Meet Me In The Stars)"
Chapter 6: fav.me/d6ba7fz - "Away From The Sun"
Chapter 7: fav.me/d6ba89y - "Free Fallin'"

Alright, I've been promising this for, like, the longest time. So hear it is. The entire story will be released all at once, but still in chapter format. Please do enjoy all of the different references I put in here. This was super fun to write.

Title: Space Oddity
Chapter 4: In The Meantime
Premise: It seems that the traveling is taking it's toll on the crew. Will they be at each other's throats?


The name of the short story is taken from the song "Space Oddty" by David Bowie, from the album 'David Bowie' (later remaned Space Oddity).
The name of this chapter is taken from the song "In The Meantime" by Spacehog, from the album 'Resident Alien'
All characters belong to My Little Pony (c) Hasbro
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made for television by Lauren Faust :iconfyre-flye:
Written by :iconcloser-to-the-sun:
© 2013 - 2024 Closer-To-The-Sun
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DestinyDecade's avatar
What a way to scare 'em Spike. Very nice.