In the Milky Way galaxy, located in the Sol System, a ship known as the SSV Normandy was on her first official test flight. At the helm of the ship, two humans pilot the shuttle towards a mass relay. A turian also stood behind the two, seeing how good they would be at testing the experimental ship.

"Steady as she goes," Joker, pilot of the Normandy, says to his assistant pilot Kaiden Alenko, "Hitting the relay in 3...2...1" The Normandy blasted off, towards it's destination. "Board is green around the board, speed set at 1500k."

"1500k is good." the turian said the Joker, "Your captain should be proud." The turian then walked out of the cockpit as another human into the cockpit.

"I hate that guy," Joker says soft, but sternly.

"Nihlus gives you a compliment," Kaiden retorts to Joker, "and you hate him for that."

"Remembering to pull up your zipper after you went to the bathroom, that's good. I just warped us to a target the size of a pin, that's great! And it doesn't make any sense, sending a Spectre on a prototype ship."

"They don't send Spectres for testing out new ships." The man behind them, Commander Shepard, stated.

"So there is more to do with this."

"Joker!" an voice at the intercom yelled out. "Send Shepard to the comm room."

"Yes, Captain Anderson. Well, you heard the captain, Shepard."

Shepard left the cockpit, and, after a short talk with Jenkins about being over excited, he entered the comm room, only to be met with the turian.

"Nihlus?"

"Aw," the Spectre said, "Shepard, now that you're here, I can get you up to speed."

"What is it? I know this can't be a simple test run."

"Very perspective. Yes, this isn't a normal run. We'll be heading to Eden Prime. The colony there appears to have found a working Prothean artifact."

"Really? That could do wonders for the Citadel."

"Yes, but this is more than that. Humanity needs to be brought into the bigger picture, and I'm hoping you can do just that. Your battle during the Skylian Blitz is just one example that prove my point. Which is why I recommended you for the Spectre program." Shepard was shocked at this, but kept his emotions in check.

"I'm honored, Nihlus."

"Don't feel honored yet, Commander. You haven't done anything yet." At this point, Anderson came into the room.

"I assume you've briefed him on the mission." Anderson said, but before Nihlus could reply, Joker came in over the comm.

"Sir, emergency message from Eden!"

"Patch it through." The three then saw what appeared to be human soldiers, engaged with several unknown forces. Before the video cut out, they saw a massive metal squid shaped ship make a loud, painful noise.

"This mission just got a whole lot more complicated. Shepard, take Jenkins and Alenko down to the planet. Since we're the only military force close to them, you have to retrieve the beacon."

"What about civilians, sir?"

"They must come secondary. What's important is getting that beacon before whoever's attacking the colony does first." Nihlus then began walking out of the room.

"I'll head to the cockpit to get Alenko." As Nihlus reached the hallway leading to the cockpit, he was blinded by a white light. He instinctively pulled out his pistol, and aimed at the source of the light. Once he could see, he was shocked at what he saw.

"Spirits, what is that?" He saw a creature that was half the size of an elcor, but looked like it was as soft as a hanar. He didn't know what it was, or why it was here.

Author's Note

If I leave out, or modify some dialogue that shouldn't be changed, it's only because I can't remember what was said in it.
Also, who were you expecting to be the pony?