Twilight rushed into the throne room, her hair was a mess and her wings looked disheveled. “Celestia, Luna! I’ve found something that you NEED to hear about!” She said in a frantic tone.

“Calm down Twilight, what’s wrong?” Celestia asked.

“There’s something… orbiting us…” Twilight panted as she took deep and heavy breaths.

Celestia quickly looked at Luna with concern in her eyes. “Luna did you see anything out of place last night?” She asked.

“No. I didn’t…” Luna said as she closed her eyes and thought.

“I… I managed to see that it’s about the size of Canterlot… and it’s just… Sitting there not moving at all.” Twilight said.

“We need to see what it is… But I can’t leave my duties and we need you here incase something come up.” Celestia said, looking at Twilight. “And Luna has the most experience with space…”

“I’ll go then. I want to see what this object is if it thinks it can enter my night sky.” Luna said as she stood up.

“Thank you.” Celestia said.

“I saw one last thing about it! There’s life i- o- I don’t know but I detected something was living on it!” Twilight said.

“Thank you Twilight. I’ll have to have a chat with whatever it is.” Luna said.

“If I get the chance I’ll come up to join you.” Celestia said as Luna started to walk out of the throne room.

“If it’s just one creature I’m sure if it attacks I’ll be fine.” Luna said, leaving the room.

“That’s what I’m worried about… If it’s an alien species then… Maybe it’s just here on a peaceful mission.” Celestia sighed.

“If it isn’t?” Twilight asked.

“We could have a species that we know nothing about invade and try to exterminate us…” Celestia said quietly.

Twilight stared silently at Celestia.

“Those are the best and worse case scenarios… For all we know it could also just be an animal that’s left on whatever it’s floating on.” Celestia said. “Then we don’t have to worry.”

“Let’s hope it’s either that peaceful alien or just an animal.” Twilight said.

“We can hope.” Celestia nodded.

Luna flew up to the object and noted that it was a sphere contained in some sort of glass. Inside she could make out what appeared to be dirt, stone, trees and other types of materials one would expect to find on a planet. The trees appeared to be neatly kempt and in a fenced in area surrounded by stone. Just outside was a farm like area filled with what looked like fungi and weeds. She notice another much larger tree that had a rope ladder leading up into it’s higher branches to what appeared to be a treehouse-like structure.

After a few moments of nothing she saw something get thrown out a door and off the tree. She then saw a cute looking black furred creature with red feathers along it’s arms walk out of the tree and look down over the railing at the object it had thrown out.

Luna drifted towards it and tapped on the glass.

The creature looked up and waved at her.

Luna tilted her head curiously and waved back.

The creature tapped its head and looked at the ground appearing to be thinking.

Luna’s horn glowed and she appeared past the glass, directly in front of the creature. “Hello.” She said.

“AH!” The creature yelped in surprise, falling onto its ass and looking up at her, the surprise clear on its’ cute face.

“I’m sorry!” Luna said quickly, kneeling down beside the creature. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah… But how did you do that? I didn’t know you could use my teleporter…” The creature said, his surprise turning into clear wonder.

“Oh no, I just… teleported.” Luna said, her horn glowing once again and making the two of them appear on their feet.

“Woah… I’ve never seen that before…” The creature said, staring at her horn. “What are you?”

“I think the technical term is Pony. What about you?” Luna asked.

“I’m an Avali.” The creature said. “My name’s Einuli. What’s yours?”

“I am Princess Luna. It’s nice to meet you.” Luna smiled.

“It’s nice to meet you too! So do you just live in space?” Einuli asked, tilting his head a little.

Luna laughed. “No, not always.” She joked.

“Where do you live?” He asked.

“Equestria.” Luna said.

“Where’s that?” He asked.

“Well I don’t exactly know, not from here at least.” Luna said.

“Okay… How would you like to see my home?” He asked.

“That sounds nice, but I’d like to make sure my friends know I’m alright first.” Luna said.

“Can I come with?” Einuli asked.

“That won’t be necessary. They’ll be coming to us.” Luna said, her horn giving off a bright light, sending a bright light through the glass and out into space.

“Oh cool. What kind of engines do your ships use?” Einuli asked. “Mine uses an advanced hitromusa FTL Driver.”

“Hm… well I suppose brains.” Luna smirked, staring at Einuli.

Einuli stared blankly at her.

Celestia and Twilight both teleported right onto the treehouse. “What’s wrong?!?” Twilight asked quickly.

Einuli looked at the two of them before bolting into the door leading into the tree.

“What was that creature?” Celestia asked curiously.

“He’s a friend. I may have scared him incidentally… His name is Einuli.” Luna said, laughing as she glanced in Einuli’s direction.

“Wow his garden i-” Twilight stopped.

“What’s wrong?” Celestia asked, looking at what Twilight was staring at.

“I think the fungus is eating the other plants.” Twilight said.

“Huh?” Luna said.

“It just moved and destroyed the weeds.” Twilight said.

“Oh. Well I’m sure he can explain that to us.” Luna said, her magic flaring up, followed by Einuli appearing in front of them.

Einuli dropped the boot he was putting on and it hit the wood with a metallic clink. He stared at Luna, now frozen in fear.

“I was only teasing you.” Luna said, kneeling down beside him and smiling.

“Oh.” He mumbled.

“I said brains because well… we don’t have a ship. We just… can go into space.” Luna said.

“You told him we were going to use his brains?” Twilight asked.

“Shhhh.” Luna said, waving Twilight off dismissively.

Einuli stared silently at her.

“Are those bacteria colonies?” Celestia asked.

“Yes! That’s a delicacy back home!” Einuli nodded.

“So what do you eat besides that?” Luna asked.

“Um… Depends. I grow that fungi too. I eat the bark that grows from it… It’s all genetically modified for consumption too! And then there’s meat…” Einuli mumbled as he scratched his chin.

“You eat bark… that grow on genetically modified fungi…” Twilight said, disbelieving what he was saying.

“And I also grow apples, tomatoes, and other fruits and vegetables, thought that’s on the other side… Away from the fungi.” Einuli said.

“Oh. You’re making me hungry.” Luna said.

“Well it’s just about meal time for me! Why don’t you join me?” He asked with a wide smile, revealing his razor sharp teeth.

Twilight rushed over and pulled his mouth open. “Wow you have really pointy teeth. Are they for defense?” She asked inquisitively.

“Um, Twilight?” Luna started.

“Nnnaghhash…” Einuli mumbled, avoiding closing his mouth on her hands.

Twilight’s magic surrounded his tongue and stretched it out, observing it with a growing curiosity.

“NNNAH!” Einuli groaned.

“What kind of foods do you eat to make your tongue black? Or is it naturally that way?” Twilight asked.

Einuli stared at her.

“Twilight, he can’t talk with your hands in his mouth.” Celestia chuckled.

Twilight yanked her hands away and released her magic grip on his tongue. “Sorry!” She said quickly.

“It’s natural… Well everyone of my kind has a different tongue color along with plumage and trim color.” Einuli said, stretching out his arms showing his black and red feathers. “Any other questions?”

“Where does your kind come from?” Celestia asked.

Einuli shrugged. “I dunno. We all just wander.” He said.

“You said you’re going to show us where you live. Did you just mean here? You don’t have a planet to call home?” Luna asked.

“I’ve had plenty of planets I’ve stayed on. I just like wandering.” Einuli said, though the three of them could detect the slightest bit of sadness in his voice. “And I’m sort of stuck here after some sort of violent fluctuation took out my engines. It happened a few weeks ago and I sort of drifted into orbit.”

Twilight looked away from him.

“But I don’t mind that much. If you’re not the only one’s who live down there then it might be fun to explore!” Einuli said. “Why don’t you three come in?” He asked motioning to the door to the treehouse they were standing on.

“That sounds wonderful.” Celestia smiled. The four of them went inside and the three princesses looked around and the sparsely decorated interior. They only saw a couch, a few chairs, and a few musical instruments. The instruments themselves looked expertly cared for and were hanging on racks above the ground.

“Quite… Spartan.” Luna commented.

“It works for me. And well… I don’t have great vision.” Einuli shrugged.

“Oh? That’s not a problem.” Celestia assured.

“Is that just…” Luna started.

“My entire species is more audio based… but we do have an excellent sense of smell too!” Enuli said.

“Interesting…” Twilight said.

“Are you near-sighted or far sighted?” Luna asked. Enuli tilted his head curiously.

“Can you see things that are far away clearly?” Twilight asked.

“Oh! No I can’t.” Enuli said shaking his head.

“I’m going to guess from the instruments you have, that you’re a musician of sorts?” Celestia asked.

“I love to play!” Enuli nodded.

“We’d all love to hear you play, possibly back at the castle? Some place maybe a little more cozy for us.” Celestia said.

“Ooh! Let me go gather a few things then!” Einuli said as he rushed through an opening in a nearby wall.

The other three followed him and peeked inside the room. Inside they saw various weapons, tools, armors, clothing, and other assorted items hanging, sitting, or laying around.

“Wow…” Twilight mumbled.

Einuli grabbed a little item from the wall and flicked a switch on it causing the object to glow. He then aimed it at a pad that was on the ground, the pad vanished and they saw a large amount of light move up the beam and into the item in his hand.

He then walked over to the wall and pulled down a large black cloak and draped it around his body before putting the item into the side pouch.

All three princesses stared wide eyed at him as he walked back towards them.

“Okay I’m ready to go!” Einuli said.

“What… was that?” Celestia asked.

“That shouldn’t be able to happen… you just destroyed that… matter can’t be… not like that…” Twilight mumbled.

“Don’t use that thing on any of us.” Luna stated.

“It doesn’t work on living creatures.” Einuli said. “And I just picked up my extra teleporter pad. It’ll make it easier for me to return to my ship!”

“And… what is that item that you picked it up with?” Celestia asked.

“A matter manipulator. It can pick up liquids, solids, and advanced machines with no problem! Not to mention dirt, sand, rocks, and the likes.” Einuli said with a smile.

“I need to see that sometime.” Twilight said.

“Sure! After I get my teleporter set up and connected. Just don’t break it. It’s the only one I have.” He nodded.

“Awesome!” Twilight smiled.

“Come on let’s head back down to the castle.” Celestia said, placing a hand on Einuli’s shoulder before her horn lit up.

Einuli blinked and he saw that the four of them were in a new place. “Wow…” Einuli mumbled in wonder.

“Now we’ll have the guards prep a room for you. But in the mean tim-” Celestia was cut off as a yellow pegasus peeked in and squealed at the sight of the alien with them.

“HE’S ADORABLE!” Fluttershy shouted as she rushed over and hugged Einuli tightly.

“Hi.” Einuli smiled.

“And he can talk!” Fluttershy giggled. “Is he staying?”

“Weeelll… my engines broken… So yeah I am!” Einuli nodded.

“Yay! Come on I want you to meet the rest of my friends!” Fluttershy said pulling him away.

“Oooh! Wait Twilight, put the pad somewhere safe!” Einuli said as he threw the small item from his pocket to Twilight. Twilight caught the device and stared down at it as Fluttershy pulled Einuli away.

“Did that really…” Luna started.

“Yes.” Celestia said. “Yes it did.”

Author's Note

Just finished re-writing it.