Guardians of Equestria's Light.

Aries walked past the sliding door to the vanguard observation deck, where the three vanguards, plus the speaker, eagerly await to see the new system the Traveler was bringing them too. Ikora sensed his presence, and turned around to acknowledge him first.

"Aries. Come to see the new system?"

"Of course. Traversing space, flying with the Traveler, and heading to a new system? Who wouldn't want to see this?"

"Apparently your comrades." Cayde gave his smart-ass reply, but that was to be expected. "I wouldn't even believe that Kandyl would want to miss this view."

"Ha, you and me both. Their down in the mess hall, eating on my dime and watching out those windows."

"Kandyl won the race?" Almost every one on the ship knew about Aries and Kandyl's races. Why? Well one time, a few people were knocked over, and somethings broken. Even if they are an elite fire-team, lectures followed. That really didn't stop them.

"That's gonna take a good chunk out of your glimmer." Zavala put his hand on Aries' shoulder for condolences. Made Aries feel a bit better. Everyone's attention turned back to the the gigantic pane that the observation/ vanguard HQ/ cockpit, sported watching the streaks of stars fly by at warp speed. It gave of a beautiful hue of blue and white. If it wasn't so bright, it would be therapeutic.

"You said we were approaching the system. How much longer?"

"A few more moments." The Speaker replied.

"Has the Traveler ever been here before? Does it even know the system?"

"The system is called Equis. And it is very unique." The Speaker was very vague about where we were going, and it irked Aries in a very special way. His face contracted into a very puzzled look. This was the first time he heard the system's name. Why did it sound so familiar? Ikora picked up on this.

"Something troubling you Aries?"

"Yeah. The name of the system, Equis. It sounds incredibly familiar. I can't remember where though."

"It should. A bit of information about this system was found in the archives on Venus. The one your team recovered."

Aries almost face palmed. But if he did, he might of end up with a nasty scar. "Of course! I guess I really only got a good couple of glances at the recovered data." Ikora chuckled at his sudden outburst because of his memory.

"The Traveler is getting out of warp! Lower speed!" Every guardian's, plus Speaker's, attention was wrapped to the head pilot. "Were coming out of warp!"

"Lets see what this system looks like..." Cayde said, his comment mirroring everyone's thoughts. After a few heart pumping moments, the stars rushing by gave way to a clear image. In turn, every face in the cockpit gave way to confusion, surprise, and awe.

"That's.... impossible...."

"There is no way that is possible, but I'm looking at it with my own eyes!"

"Why hasn't this system collapse on itself?!"

"How does it even exist?!" These were just few of the numerous shouts in the cockpit. Aries caught a few of them. There was just no way this was possible.

The system only consisted of three celestial bodies. But unlike the one they recently came from, the star of the system wasn't in the center. The planet was. Plus, the sun and moon were on the same orbit track. As impossible as this should've been, Aries was awe struck. The moon and sun were perfectly across from each other, the planet acting as median. Even the light they gave off was at a perfect balance. This was..... beautiful. A perfect celestial yin and yang.  Aries forced his attention away from the sight and to the vanguards.

"You do have a plan, right?" Zavala was the first to answer.

"We did, but it consisted on which planet the Traveler was going to stay on. I guess we can skip that step." Cayde gave his input on this 'next step'.

"Our next step was to send fire-teams equipped with planetary scanners so we could get a 'lay of the land', so to speak." In proper order, Ikora spoke next.

"Aries, your team is one of them. Gather your allies." As if on cue, the door slid open, and the other remaining members rushed up. Kandyl, true to her nature, spoke first.

"Aries! Can you believe the system is set up like that?! It is so beautiful!"

"I know. But there's no time for small talk, gather your gear, and head to the ships." Kandyl gave him a very peculiar look. One that had 'you can't be suggesting', but with excitement written all over it. "We're one of the first heading down there." If it wasn't for the roof of the ship, she would have shot ten feet into the air, without the double jump, letting out squeals of delight. Zayin, however, had another idea.

"Why so soon? Wouldn't there normally be precautions about first setting boots on the ground on a new planet?" Zavala gave the reply, rehashing everything Aries recently learned. With new understanding, Zayin accepted the need for this task. The two left, and as Aries was following, he turned around to ask a question, but Ikora read his mind.

"The scanner is already aboard your ship. When you've reached the point we set, your ghost will deploy it." Aries gave a half wave and a nod, signaling 'thanks' and 'I'll be going'. Cayde decided to give another smart-ass comment.

"Good luck!"

Like they needed it...

"We're going to be setting down a mile or so from our acquired coordinates. Get a couple of sight seeing in first as we make our way." Aries gave them the rundown as they headed towards Equis.

"We shouldn't dawdle though." Zayin replied. "The scanner needs to go off in time with the other scanners that are being set by other fire teams. "

"Zayin, I like ya, but calm down." Kandyl said with exaggeration. "We are the first, FIRST, fire team touching ground. We'll have a little time."

"Plus, the scanners only get a layout. We'll get the full view." Aries added to Kandyl's defense.

"As long as we stick to the scheduled..." Zayin sighed. The silence reigned for a few seconds as they approached, watching the planet grow green land from it blue surface. Light broke the silence, giving the blunt obvious.

"We're breaking orbit. Hang tight!"

Celestia was standing out on the 'celestial raising' balcony with a very puzzled look on her face. Luna and her had just finished moving their respective marks. Being a controller of one of the two massive bodies allowed her to feel magic far more than and pony, alicorn included. This excess in magic allowed her to sense thing in their galaxy. The occasional asteroid, a neighboring sun going super nova, or the rare occurrences of a black hole near by, these were all things she sensed, and felt. But this.... this was new. It was large, much larger than an asteroid, but she could tell it wasn't dangerous. When she focused on it, she felt her self being filled magic, heightening every sense she used. She felt brightened up, like her body was made of light.

After having this indescribable feeling, she opened her eyes and was shocked. Her body was shining. It was giving of a radiance that she could only think of relating it to fire. However, a thunderous boom shook her core, the glow diminishing as her focus was now stripped. That was much louder than a sonic rainboom... She thought. When her eyes viewed the heavens, she saw the source, and was shocked again. Three large metal... things flew over the castle. They were strange yes, but they wore vibrant colors, and elegant curves. They descended for a moment around the everfree forest for a moment, before the shot back past the clouds. A large array of questions came to mind, but she mainly wondered...

"Was that the source of what I felt?"

The fire team landed in perfect unison, their own ships flying away from them. After landing, however, the eyes of the three couldn't help but wander.

"Wow..." Aries gave his input first, the sight sapping him of his acute speech.

"It's even prettier up close!" Kandyl said giving a very girlish squeal, that was very

inconsistent to her usual self. "It's been forever since I have seen earth so green!"

"We need to move on." Zayin cut through their giddy feelings. "Our job still needs to be done."

"Yeah, yeah...." The said two replied, downhearted. With their feelings thoroughly crushed by their titan friend, the fire team started hoofing it to the objective.

After about a mile, the crew came to a heading, an entrance to a forest. With their way point in that forest, they gave each other a simultaneous shrug, and jogged through the entrance. With a bright flash, their motion radars went off, and all movement ceased. They created a small circle with their guns pointing in opposite directions.

"Use caution guardians. It's not impossible that this planet does have wild life." Specter said.

"The only question is, is it dangerous?" Aries commented.

Little did they know, something with three eyes, was waiting for them...