Unexpected twist of the four unwelcome guests

A bright flash of green flame appeared in front of Celestia turning into a scroll. Celestia picked it up in her magic and began to read it. She did a double take thinking she misread something, she didn’t. She then picked up a quill, ink and a scroll.

Dear Twilight Sparkle, my most faithful student.

This matter is to be dealt with immediately. Do not let anyone near the wreckage of the ship. I am sending Captain Shining Armor, Lieutenant Dusk Lance, and Lieutenant Silver Sword. This may be first contact with another race and I do not want anyone to panic. If what you say is true I will send a ‘cleanup crew’ to deal with the ship. For now Twilight Sparkle get your friends and the Elements of Harmony together, we need to be prepared for anything.

Signed,
Princess Celestia.

Once Celestia finished the letter she sent it off to Spike with her magic. She decided to call a meeting with Princess Luna, Princess Cadance, and high ranking military officials. Celestia then began to prepare for the best and worst case scenario, best as being the aliens want to co-exist and the worst the aliens wanting to kill them all. They had much to discuss.

Around three hours before...

The griffin commander was not a happy griffin today. First there was patrol which he disliked a great deal, then there was the routine check to make sure the griffin military was up to standards, and now there was this fire ball from the sky that he had to deal with. Yes, he was not a happy griffin at the moment. ‘I didn’t even get my cup of coffee this morning.’ the griffin commander thought. He was halfway to the crash from the nearby outpost when he saw a civilian heading towards it. This was something he could not allow. He turned to one of his sergeants and ordered him to detain the civilian that was heading towards the crash site.

“Yes sir.” Said the griffin sergeant on the commander’s right, and took off to detain the civilian.

Half an hour later the griffin commander landed about two hundred and fifty meters from the crash where the griffin guards had already set up till he got there.

“Status report.” Yelled the commander who could tell that the crash was not natural at all, if anything it looked like it was some sort of sci-fi ship from space if looks were to be believed.

“Unknown object with unknown origins, mostly made of metal and does not look to be functional at the moment also there is some sort of barrier around the wreckage, sir.” Came one of the guards.

“What kind of barrier?” Came the commanders’ reply.

“Unknown, sir.” Replied the guard.

“Ok then gather some troops and…” the commander never finished that sentence when three loud sounds came from the direction of the ship.

“What was that?” Panicked one of the griffin guards.

“I don’t know.” Came another guard.

“SIR.” Yelled the sergeant the commander sent out to detain the civilian from before.

“What is it sergeant, do you have the civilian?” Was the commanders’ reply.

“No, the civilian made it to the wreck before I could get him. However, when I got there, I saw four strange creatures, two are in some kind of battle armor I have never seen before and carried a strange looking item. The other two are unarmored and had nothing on them of interest, sir.” Was the sergeants’ answer.

“Interesting, but what of the civilian?” The commander questioned.

“I did not see the civilian when I got there, sir.” The sergeant said with disappointment at having failed to catch the civilian.

“I see, we will discuss this failure later. Now then everyone gear up and wait outside we are going to head over to the wreck in five minutes, move.” The commander ordered.

Five minutes later...

The commander along with seven griffin guards and his two sergeants left the makeshift camp they had set up and headed over to the wreck to confront these creatures. Although he did not like the fact he knew so little about what he was getting into, however someone had to go and take care of this, and that someone was him. As the commander was nearing the wreck, about seventy five meters ahead was one of the unarmored creatures. When the commander and the guards got closer it waved to them and further surprised him when it spoke their language without blunders of any sort.

“Welcome griffins, we just got the tea ready would you care to join us.” Mark informed the griffin commander with a wide grin. ‘This is going to be hilarious.’ Mark thought chuckling internally.

Back at Canterlot Castle...

Celestia was nervous about the meeting that was about to take place any moment now. Unlike all the other meetings that were held, this one was the most important meeting that she had called in recent times. This was not about politics with neighboring nations, or the economy, or even state affairs. No, this was a meeting about first contact with an alien race that is obviously, according to her student, significantly more advanced than Equestria and all of the other races on Equis. She and her sister along with the other officials need to decide how first contact with aliens is to proceed.

Celestia sighed. This could be the beginning of a new age or our end. It all depends on how well contact with them goes. Celestia hoped that they were peaceful and would be willing to live side by side with her little ponies. However, if they were hostile she was not sure about their chances of survival against them. Who knows what kind of weapons they have or how big their army is. Even if they were peaceful would they even share any of their knowledge with Equestria or anything other than peaceful relations. Celestia did not know. Celestia entered the royal conference room, seeing her sister and her niece as well as the other high ranking military officials already gathered in the room and seated.

Celestia cleared her throat. “I am assuming you all are wondering why I called you all here.”

A course of yes’s from all those present was their response.

Celestia took a deep breath before speaking. “You are gathered here because of a recent problem has arisen. We are now faced with the most important decision of our time. My faithful student has just informed me that an alien space craft has crashed in the Everfree forest. We are now presented with a first contact situation with beings from beyond the stars whom are incredibly more advanced than we are. I am asking you all for how we should proceed.”

A deafening silence filled the room before one of the military officials spoke.

“Do you know what we are dealing with?” General Golden Shield asked.

“No, I do not know what we are dealing with General Golden Shield.” Celestia said dejectedly at the fact that she was as much in dark as everypony else.

“So, how do you know these are aliens then? Have you seen them?” Commander Emerald Light asked.

“No I haven’t, but if what Twilight said is accurate then we will need a plan.” Celestia said.

“Plan for what a, possible attack or declaration of war? We have an army we can fight off a few aliens.” High chief Burning star said.

“You don't know that Star, they could have an army even larger than ours.” General Golden shield said.

“We don’t even know if there are aliens.” Commander Emerald Light said.

“Well there are millions of planets in space the chances of other races on different planets is great.” Commander Blazing Spear said.

“I agree with Spear, the chances another race existing is great.” Cadance said.

“Don't be so foalish, aliens aren't real!” Emerald light said with venom in her tone.

“Enough, I did not call this meeting to argue over the possible existence or non-existence of an alien race!” Celestia said with a slightly raised voice. Celestia said with a slightly raised voice. “I called it for a plan to deal with them if they are hostile or friendly.So any suggestions?” Celestia said calmly.

With that the room goes silent, all of them thinking of ways they could handle the situation.After a few moments of silence it is broken by Blazing Spear.

“Well what do you know about them Celestia?” Blazing spear asked.

“Not more than what I told you.” Celestia said.

“We could offer them something.” Luna said.

“Yeah, like a peace offering.” Cadance said.

“What would we give them?” Burning Star asked.

“Well what do we have that they might want?” Blazing Spear asked.

“We do have crystals, gems, and gold. Do you think they would like that?” Cadance asked.

“That could work.” Celestia said.

“What if they think we are a rich country and try to take everything from seeing what we offer them. We should give them something more practical.” Blazing Spear said.

“Wait a second. Did you inform any of the other kingdoms?” Emerald Light asked.

“Not yet, I will wait till I get a full report from Shining Armour. I do not want to panic another nation with a possible misunderstanding.” Celestia said.

“Well, has Twilight spoken to any of the aliens?” Emerald Light asked.

When Emerald asked that question Celestia froze. She knew there were no survivors, but there could be more. Thats the thing though there could be more. She didn’t know if there were anymore.

“They were all dead.” Celestia said cooly.

Everypony looked at her, in stunned silence.