Introductions and a mission

"Applejack, how can you trust a pony who had just burst through another ponies wall?" Inquired the blue Pegasus.

"Ah cain't explain it, but ah do. I just trust that what he's sayin' is the truth." Replied the earth pony, who must be Applejack.

"Well, that's all nice and everything but, can we get back to the matter at hand? Which is the fact that there's a pony standing right in front of us who just burst through my wall!" Said the purple unicorn as she turned towards me, "If you can't tell us how you got back there uh, Falair, was it? Then, can you at least explain to me how you broke through magically reinforced bark?"

I ran through possible explanations based on data I was collecting as I stood there, the building was fairly old, but not old enough that it would be easy to break, even without being magically reinforced. The shape of my body is made as a normal stallion, so I can't use strength as an excuse... I shouldn't have to go through this! There's too many unknown variables! I can't make the right decisions! I was using a lot of RAM and CPU trying to come up with an excuse, I didn't realise how much time had passed. I shook myself out of it when the blue Pegasus slapped me in the face! "Hey, what the heck!?" I exclaimed, running through default routines for possible hostility.

"Sorry, but you were completely out of it." Replied the pegasus, "So, what do we do with him?" She said, turning to the other mares as if I was not there.

"Maybe he was pony napped?" Said the yellow pegasus, though I barely heard her.

"I suppose it is a possibility, oh the poor dear. He must've been through a lot, I mean just look at him!" Said the white unicorn, "He probably hasn't had a chance at decent hygiene in a long time, he's covered in dust!" I immediately looked at my illusion; she was right, I was covered in dust and my mane and tail were unkept. It shouldn't bother me much, but if the ponies were bothered by it, then I'd have to sort it out, somehow...

"Maybe I should contact the Princess, she might know something about this." My ears perked at the mention of a Princess, Does this mean a government was established? I must get information about where and when I am.

"Twilight, what about Nightmare Moon?" Inquired a baby dragon, which I hadn't noticed before. He was male as far as I could tell by his vocal patterns, he had purple scales with green scales running down his middle and along the bottom of his tail. He stood at the height of the purple mare, whose name I now know is Twilight's barrel.

"Spike's right, we can sort this out later." She turned to me, "I suppose you should come with us, I don't know who you are yet and you might be connected to Nightmare Moon. We could also help each other." Before I said anything, I looked up this 'Nightmare Moon' character. I came up with null search results. I mentally facehoofed.

I decided to join Twilight as it would be the best way for me to gather information, especially on this 'Nightmare Moon' character. The white mare, whose name I now knew was Rarity, would not leave me alone until I looked 'decent', she cleaned all the dust off of me and smoothed my mane, I had to hold my breath throughout the time she did this as I still was not sure if the illusions worked. The blue pegasus, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Twilight were frustrated by Rarity's insistence on cleaning me up. I was just confused. As Rarity was finishing, Twilight told the baby dragon, Spike, to stay and watch the building, which is apparently a library. Spike was reluctant, but obeyed, it confused me as to why a dragon would take orders from a pony but I couldn't dwell on it. Twilight had said from the book that the location we were heading to was located in what the locals called 'the Everfree Forest'. All the mares, except Twilight, stopped short of entering the forest, which confused me before Applejack explained, stating that the forest was not reliant on ponies as everywhere else in Equestria. Regardless of the fact that the 5 mares were scared, they followed Twilight into the forest, I trailed behind them, inspecting the vegetation as I passed and gathering data as to my estimated location.

By the time the girls slowed down enough for me to capture their conversation, I had established that my location and time settings were unable to be found because the magical navigation wards that my creator had placed around various areas had been erased. it must have been a long time, otherwise the protection spells would have prevented the wards being erased. We halted on a cliff, I was about to ask why when I noticed Rainbow Dash stalking Rarity, Pinkie Pie and the yellow pegasus, I tilted my head to the side, confused by this behaviour. I didn't get to contemplate it much as the cliff we were standing on collapsed! I predicted the collapse 2.25 seconds before it happened and was ready to dig my hooves into the ground before I slid too far. I was unable to warn the others however, as all of them except Rainbow Dash and the yellow pegasus began sliding down the mountain, heading towards a long drop that could kill them! Immediately as the mares started falling Rainbow Dash called out, "Fluttershy, quick!" Before diving towards the screaming mares, the yellow pegasus, Fluttershy, only replied by repeating "Oh my goodness" 3 times before diving as well.

As soon as I was able to get a grip I cautiously let myself down to lend aid, I was looking around rapidly, calculating the danger each mare was i. I saw Rainbow Dash lift Pinkie Pie, which told me how strong she was and saw only a few seconds later, Fluttershy grabbing Rarity's tail to bring her to a halt. Applejack was able to grab onto a root and stop herself, leaving only Twilight, who slid right to the edge of the cliff face, she stopped just short, her hind legs dangling off. I calculated quickly that I wouldn't be able to reach her in time without risking us both falling off the edge. Applejack, however, noticed Twilight and let go of the root she was holding on to, thankfully she was far enough down the mountain that she wouldn't gain enough speed to slide off. I dug myself back into the mountain and looked around for a way off, only to notice Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had carried everypony to safety and were coming back for me and the others, I waved them off, not wanting them to risk themselves trying to carry my weight, but did not tell them as such. They shrugged and turned to help Applejack and Twilight.

I noticed a way down the cliff but stayed just in case Applejack needed help. I tuned in to their conversation just in time to see Twilight's irises widen to a ridiculous degree, only for her to let go of Applejack! I screamed and raced forward, only to stop when I saw Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy catch her. I sighed and followed Applejack on her way down.

As soon as I hit the ground I felt another magical fluctuation, I searched around, scanning thoroughly so I didn't miss anything, all I got for my troubles was the sound of a roar echoing through the forest. What is this strange magical fluctuation and why does it keep occurring? Could it be the forest?

As we continued through the forest, I watched, confused, as Rainbow Dash pantomimed what had just happened by flying around in different aerial patterns only to land beside Twilight. I turned away to check our surroundings only to gasp as a huge lion with a scorpions stinger and bat wings appeared in front of Twilight! Twilight confirmed my suspicions as to the species of the creature, "A manticore!"

The manticore roared as I readied myself for combat, I diverted power to agility and strength as I wanted to keep everypony safe. I charged at the manticore only for it to pounce at Rarity and swipe at her with a large paw. Rarity dodged the attack and bucked the manticore in the nose, taunting with, "Hah! Take that you ruffian!" The manticore replied with a powerful roar that slicked Rarity's mane and tail back, much to her distress, she retreated with the manticore chasing her. I ran to intercept the manticore only for it to halt as Applejack landed on top of it! I gaped as Applejack called out "Yeehaw! Get along lil doggy!"

My surprise allowed me to hear Fluttershy call out, "Wait!" Though it was merely in a normal tone, nobody heard her. The manticore bucked, trying to get Applejack off its back, I ran to protect Fluttershy, as I noticed the manticore come close to crushing her. Fluttershy recoiled when I landed in front of her, but she simply moved to the side so as I was out of her way, I snorted, glaring at the manticore, daring it to do something to harm any of the ponies. As if the manticore heard my dare, it threw Applejack off its back, she comically flew through the air, heading past Rainbow Dash she calmly said, "All yours partner."

To which Rainbow Dash replied with "I'm on it!" And dived towards the manticore and started to build up a strong wind current in an attempt to create a tornado around the manticore, or confuse it, I could not tell which. The manticore was he phased however, and simply used its stinger to trip the blue pegasus out of her tornado. I gasped, she seemed unhurt but that could have killed her at those speeds! I headed towards the group and joined them as they got ready to charge the manticore in a final assault.

All 6 of us charged at the manticore, we were close to engaging with it only for Fluttershy to appear between us and call out, "Waaaaaait!" I stopped immediately, detecting the urgency in her tone. Though I did not understand why, all of us, including the manticore, stared at her in confusion.

Fluttershy turned and approached the manticore, I gaped at her bravery, but immediately was about to rush forward when I saw the manticore go to swipe at her. Only to blanch as Flutershy nuzzled its paw! The manticore hesitated briefly before turning its paw over, revealing a thorn the size of a hoof embedded into its pad. "Oh you poor poor little baby" Fluttershy said to the manticore, calmly looking up at it.

"Little?" Rainbow Dash remarked, disbelief evident on her face. I was staring at the thorn, curious as to where a thorn that size came from and how the manticore got it in its paw. It seemed to have a magical aura, but, then again, so did everything in this forest. But it's aura seemed different to the forest's aura.

"Now, this might hurt for just a second," Fluttershy soothed the manticore, reaching towards the thorn, she pulled it out, only for the manticore to lift her up to its mouth, roaring straight into her face!

"Fluttershy!" Screamed the girls, alarmed and worried for their friend, I was at the time inspecting the thorn, I had confidence in Fluttershy despite the Manticores aggressive nature.

The manticore began licking Fluttershy, slicking her mane up with its saliva. Fluttershy was giggling, "Aw your just a cute little baby kitty aren't you?" During this, the girls began smiling, approaching the manticore and walking around it. I gave up inspecting the thorn, not having enough data on the area to make any observations. I joined Fluttershy as she walked past Twilight, telling her that "sometimes we all just need to be shown a little kindness".

The girls continued on through the everfree with me trailing slightly behind, I was analysing the recent magical fluctuations, looking for a pattern or a magical signature of some kind. The magical fluctuations were similar to the extent that they were almost exactly the same, though oddly enough, despite what scanning technology or magic that I used, I could not pick up a magical signature. I shook my head and saved the data, deciding to try again later.

I trotted to catch back up to the girls, "Oh wait, I think I stepped in something," before I could step up to see what it was that Applejack had stepped in, Fluttershy screamed, I looked in the direction she was looking and blinked, "It's just mud," Applejack said, before turning around, only to sate right into the gaping maw of a sharp-toothed monster! She jumped away in fright.

Something seems amiss here, it's not moving. As the mares around me began squealing in terror, I went to go and walk up to the apparently immobile 'monster', only to stare in confusion as the pink earth pony, Pinkie Pie, began to zoom around the place, singing a song that, amazingly, dispelled the illusions on the trees by making the other mares laugh. When the song was finished and all 6 of them had collapsed to the ground laughing, I was looking at Pinkie with newfound respect and lots of confusion. I had recorded the song, just in case, and had saved the data in a special folder I had named 'Musical Spells?'.

Author's Note

I know you may think this is just another OC inserted into the MLP series story, but it's not. I'm starting the story off with the elements of harmony episode to introduce FalAIr to the mane 6. When I've finished the episode I will begin the original story I have planned. The other episodes will fit into my original story so that the story has a timeline to refer to. I haven't decided in what order the episodes will go in yet however. I'm thinking of imitating Shisno Chronicles timeline as the author has an idea of what order the episodes would go in if they happened IRL.