Today was a beautiful day in Equestria, the sun shining brighter than ever before, the wind slightly rustling the grass in the fields of Ponyville and with it the general happiness that dwelled in the atmosphere. However, there was something else in the fields of Ponyville and it was definitely different, something very ALIEN. And that alien was none other than Fedrilix Sacotta Rubis, known galactic criminal and gambler whose bounty was bigger than XM-2267 or Reji-1547. But Fedrilix had much more to worry about than being discovered by the galactic government; it was the fact that he was stuck on an uncharted planet that had never been discovered or explored before. He was about to find out he wasn’t the only thing on this planet as he roamed the plains of Ponyville, searching for parts for his broken spacecraft.
“I bet you can’t do it again!”
Rainbow Dash attempted to eat another apple but failed to do so, Applejack’s ease of eating apples teasing the rainbow haired mare in every way.
“Sorry darlin’ but apples are just my thing” Applejack responded curtly, smiling at the distressed mare.
Rainbow Dash angrily threw her apple at the floor and pouted, upset at the fact that Applejack was better than her at eating apples.
“It’s ok darlin’ everypony is good at something. Besides you’re very fast, faster than any pony I know.”
Rainbow Dash looked back up to the tan earth pony, whom was smiling at her with friendliness and reassurance.
“You really think so?” Rainbow Dash hesitantly asked.
“Oh I know so” assured Applejack.
Rainbow Dash smirked at Applejack and quickly took Applejack’s hat, galloping as fast as she could.
“Dash that’s not what I meant!” Applejack chuckled, chasing the silly mare into the fields of Ponyville.
“Too bad so sad! I bet you can’t get me!” Rainbow Dash giggled, looking behind her.
However Rainbow Dash wasn’t looking ahead and because of that, she crashed into something.
“Ow!”
“Ouf!”
Applejack’s hat slowly fell down as Rainbow Dash got back on her hoofs, only to find something rather strange on the floor next to her.
“Dash are you alright?” called out a worried Applejack.
Rainbow Dash was about to answer her friend but the strange thing, or rather strange alien wriggled on the ground next to her.
“What the holy Sactar was that?” the alien grumbled.
Rainbow Dash slowly backed away as the alien struggled to get up on its feet, gaining its posture and eventually, towering over the young mare.
“Uh hi there umm mister” Rainbow Dash stuttered.
The alien looked at Rainbow Dash with confusion and quickly scanned its surrounding, drawing a weapon and pointing it at the slightly scared Rainbow Dash.
“I don’t know what species you are and I sure as in Holija don’t know this planet but I ain’t here to be friends. So don’t ‘hi mister’ me. Got it?”
Rainbow Dash nervously nodded in response.
“What is this place called?” the alien asked grimmly.
The alien indicated at the town in the distance.
“Ponyville. It’s called Ponyville.”
“Ponyville…alright well are there any parts I can find to a spaceship? I need some turbo boosters, a deflector shield and a tangent convulsion starter.”
Rainbow Dash looked upon the alien in confusion as everything it said was just completely foreign to her.
“You know a tangent convulsion starter? The thing that lights up in the rear engine compartment of the ship?” the alien asked once again, holstering his weapon in a instant.
Rainbow Dash’s confusion remained unchanged, the frustration building up in the alien’s emotion’s as it tried to continue communicating with the young mare. But in this instance Applejack caught up to Rainbow Dash and was completely caught off guard by the alien’s presence however greeted the alien in a most friendly manner.
“Hello there fella welcome to Equestria! I’m Applejack and this is Rainbow Dash. Can we help you with anything?”
Applejack smiled at the alien, who remained unaltered in emotion.
“Yeah in fact you can. I was just speaking with your friend here and I was wondering if there were any parts I can salvage here for a spaceship.”
“Spaceship? What’s a spaceship mister?”
The alien softly palmed his face, completely shocked at the complete ignorance of this species.
“You know a huge giant thing that flies in the sky except goes into space?”
Both Rainbow Dash and Applejack shared the same look of total bewilderment as they understood nothing of what the alien was saying.
“Ok obviously I am not getting anywhere with you two. Is there someone in power or something that I can speak with? Someone that would know the term spacefaring or at least basically comprehend what I am saying?”
Rainbow Dash looked over to Applejack for an answer, Applejack shrugging and looking back up to the alien.
“Well there’s Princess Celestia. She might be able to help ya’.”
“Princess Celestia you said?”
“Yuppers.”
The alien shook off the thought of royalty, only the unpleasant foul life of being a subject registering in his mind. Royalty was one of the issues that led to the Rogarian Civil War, a memory too fresh in the minds of modern Rogarians.
“When can I speak to this Princess Celestia?”
“Well I suppose right now if it’s very urgent.”
“Umm yeah it’s an emergency…”
Applejack looked at the alien, noticing a hint of untruthfulness in his face.
“I don’t feel like you’re telling me the truth. I reckon you’re hiding something.”
The alien quickly looked to its left then right.
“No not at all, I’m telling the truth heh” stammered the alien.
Applejack had a look of doubt on her face but it quickly diminished as she looked over to Rainbow Dash.
“Dash can you get Celestia? Tell her we have a visitor…from another world and he needs help with a ‘spaceship’.”
“No problem Applejack!”
The rainbow colored mare took off in flight, soaring towards Canterlot.
“She’s really fast so Celestia should be here in no time.”
As if on cue, a blinding flash of light appeared before the two and once they recovered from the flash, Celestia materialized before the two, standing graciously and proudly. Rainbow Dash soon followed after, landing ever so gently on the field next to the princess.
“Greetings to Equestria young traveler. I am Celestia, princess and sun goddess of this wonderful place. May I ask what your name is?”
“Fedrilix Sacotta Rubis. You can just call me Fedrilix.”
Celestia smiled at Fedrilix, her smile both warming and friendly with a touch of divineness.
“I was informed that you required my help with a spaceship. I can help you young traveler but you must be honest why you need my help.”
Fedrilix looked around frantically, hoping that there was a way he could bluff himself out of this situation. However he knew he needed to be truthful otherwise he wasn’t going to get what he needed.
“To be honest, I’m a criminal wanted by the Galactic government. I was on the run from this Galactic patrol who spotted me on a nearby system and in the middle of the pursuit, my ship was damaged and I was forced to make a crash landing. I have no idea if they followed me but I was sure I was stranded with no one here but then I met these two. As you can see, the ship is still damaged.”
Fedrilix pointed to his spaceship in the distance, the ponies observing the ruined state it was in.
“A criminal? Where are you from young traveler if I may ask?”
“Rogar, a planet in the far outer quadrant of the galaxy. Look I know it may be hard to trust me and I don’t blame ya’ but I don’t intend on hurting any of you, I just need to get flying again. I’ll give you some of the technology that I have with me so that your scientists can study it or whatever because looks like you guys are quite behind the galaxy right now.”
Fedrilix looked over to the town, noticing the lack of hover cars, spaceships and self-automated machines. Celestia continued observing the young Rogarian before speaking again.
“Your words are true and I admire your honesty. However I must inquire how you became a convict.”
“Well to be honest Celestia, I did some things I’m not proud of. Some things I should never mentioned to anyone ever. Holija, I even gambled to get money to feed my family. Nevertheless the main reason why I ended up here is because I stole the Galactic army’s plans of a huge massive attack on my home world Rogar. If I don't make it back to my homeworld in time to warn them, my people will be slaughtered by the Galactic government. Look I don’t know if you guys are aware of this but the galaxy is in a state of war. It has been for a very long time, draging almost every known planet into the conflict. Just thank Sactar it hasn’t reached your planet.”
Celestia could notice the pain in the Rogarian’s face as he looked down in remembrance of the fallen.
“You wouldn’t believe what the Galactic army does to its citizens who don't follow President Kerigsen; they kill people in the streets for no reason, they murder young and old and destroy everything they can. The president is a complete madman; he really feels that he can conquer the entire universe with ease, as if no one will stand up to him. Pfft and they make me the criminal.”
“You’re only a criminal if you perceive yourself to be one. Just always remember that young traveler. Your intentions are good and your heart is true and your spirit is pure, I can see it.”
Fedrilix had a doubt about what the princess had said but her smile reassured him that he wasn’t the bad guy at all. Suddenly there was a huge noise and the three of them looked over to the spaceship, completely baffled at the sight of a new operational spaceship where the old one once stood.
“What in the Holija!“
Celestia slightly chuckled at the young Rogarian’s puzzlement.
“It was nice meeting you young traveler. I hope you enjoyed your short stay here in Equestria. Please take the new spaceship as a token of good will on behalf of all of us here.”
The princess smiled once more at Fedrilix as he looked upon the spaceship in pure amazement.
“This is amazing Princess!”
The princess smirked at the young traveler, raising a hoof at his heart.
“Always stay true to this no matter what. You may not be able to take back what you have done but you always have the future to do great things and better yourself. Save your people Fedrilix Sacotta Rubis. I know you can.”
Fedrilix smiled and nodded, reaching into his backpack for something.
“Here, I wanted to give you something from my planet. It’s what we do when we are grateful for something by giving back something meaningful.”
The young Rogarian took out a small yellow orb, placing it upon the ground. The orb slightly glowed, small yellow flowers growing nearby the orb.
“This belonged to my grandfather when he was around my age and belonged to his father's father and his father's father. It is a memory orb containing the memories of everyone in my family line including mine. It will be a long time before your scientists will discover how to read it, heck even thousands of years maybe. For starters, the inscription is a family motto of mine meaning 'Courage, honesty and family'. It’s been in my family since the first contact wars. Please take it, it would mean a lot to me."
Celestia nodded and picked up the orb with magic, noticing the small scripture inscribed on the orb and bidding farewell to the young traveler.
“Well I must go, my people need me. Good bye Celestia.”
“Thank you for this most gracious gift; we shall cherish it for as long as we can. I know this isn’t the last time we will meet young traveler but I bid you farewell. Travel safely!”
Fedrilix gave his farewell to the other two ponies present and headed towards his new spaceship, boarding it while waving good bye. The shuttle bay door closed as the engines of the spaceship roared to life, the ship slowly rising and turning towards the sky until the ship left the planet in a flash of an eye, leaving behind only a small wisp of smoke. Applejack and the rest of the ponies still remained on the fields of Ponyville, staring up into the heavens and wondering else the galaxy might have in store for them.
