A not so perfect winter wrap up

  "So what was yer' reason for-" Applejack yawned,

"Gettin all of us up close to midnight?" Applejack finished, the bags under her eyes slowly fading. She had been expecting a peaceful sleep, she didn't expect to be woken up at a ridiculous hour.

  "Ya, Egghead, why'd you wake us up? I am way to tired for this..." Said Rainbow Dash bringing down a small cloud and resting on it. She had taken three naps that day, and a

Was apparently still tired.

  "Because, something crashed in the EverFree. We need to go check it out." Said Twilight looking around at all her half asleep friends. She didn't have time or patience for this.

  "But Darling, you don't expect us to go in there at this hour. Do you?" Asked Rarity brushing her mane even though there was a likely chance of going back to bed.

  "OOOOOOH! Is it an Alien from outer space? Does he like cake? How old is he? I wonder wh-" Pinkie was cut off by Applejack inserting a hoof into her mouth,

  "Let's just get moving y'all, I just wanna sleep again." Applejack yawned again.

  "Has any pony even asked Fluttershy what she thinks?" Asked Twilight irritatedly looking over at her shy friend. The butter Pegasus backed away, all eyes on her, dead silence,

  "I...uh...think... That I should stay here, and make-make sure... Nothing escapes?" Fluttershy offered with a sheepish smile and trying to hide behind her pink mane.

  "Nice try Fluttershy, we need you if things get aggressive. You have a stare remember?" Asked Rainbow picking Fluttershy up and placing her in the group. Flutter shy was dead silent.

  "Well let's go, we're all tired, let's get it over with!" Shouted Rainbow looking around, ready to once again fall asleep.

"Alright."

The Xenomorph scampered through the forest. It's carapace almost fully healed. The trail of footprints it left a dead give away something had survived the crash. The Xenomorph stopped, and let out a low hiss scanning the area.

Something was nearby, and it could sense it. Five things, not edible, but yet somehow alive? The Xeno hissed once more trying to understand what the creatures even were. Suddenly a low growl escaped the underbrush nearby.

The Xeno tensed, slowly turning around. The frigid air not affecting him in any way. A tiny snap was heard as whatever was stalking the bushes nearby was clumsy enough to make noise. The Xeno stood all the way up, his full height much taller than what was going to try to kill him.

Whatever was in the bush seemed to take this like a 'good to go' sign and leapt. It howled as it soared through the air towards the foreign creature. The Xeno let out a cry that would make the hardiest warrior cringe, and smashed the strange wood like creature to the side.

Whatever it was exploded into millions of splinters on contact of the ground. Suddenly three more ranging from large to small leapt from different spot around the Xenomorph. They growled and barked.

So the Xeno hissed and growled right back. The first Timberwolf made its move by charging. It was met head on and splintered to pieces like his brother before him. The others took their opportunity.

One leapt and tried to grapple into the Xenomorphs back, and the other decided going for its face was a joyous idea. In one swift movement the Xeno's inner mouth shot strait through the timberwolfs head.

The other was removed by the pure lack of grip on the dorsal tubes. It yelped and fell to the ground with a crash as snow exploded around him. The Xeno pinned him down, and it was once again silence.

Twilight trudged through the snow, grumbling at how cold it was. Her friends weren't fairing much better. All of them complaining, especially Rarity. Jesus she couldn't keep her mouth shut.

Everypony was getting irritated, and suddenly a foreign cry of victory sounded through the night piercing their ears,

  "What the hay was that!?" Asked Rainbow looking around towards the source of the noise,

  "Whatever it was sounds angrier than a rattlesnake in a mongoose den." Said Applejack removing her hat, her face of worry.

  "My, whatever it was, it's screams rival that of a foals." Said Rarity shivering as the horrendous noise echoed throughout her brain.

  "We gotta get moving to stop it!" Shouted Twilight taking off towards the source of the ear-splitting, earth-shattering cry.

The Xenomorph, who was nicknamed Black Death for now obvious reasons, hunched over once again. Still standing bipedal, as his host had primarily. Black let out a low hiss and growl, a habit he and all Xenomorphs shared.

There was another, Black had sensed five, he had killed four. As if on a que, a much larger Timberwolf leapt through the brush. This one easily stood much taller than him, and was much stronger. It let out a low growl, so did Black.

The Alpha Timberwolf leapt, Big mistake.

Black shot out a spray of acid, a skill he never used. Due to the possibility of burning through the hull of the ship. But he wasn't on the ship anymore, he was on a planet.

The Alpha yowled in pain as his face melted, he completely missed Black and soared right into the ground, what was left of his face splintering into shards that disintegrated themselves.

Black was done with the distraction and needed a something edible. It wasn't true that his species didn't eat, it was just rarely witnessed or even rarely occurred.

The yowl echoed through the forest, and all the six heard. Only Fluttershy however knew what the howl was from and why it happened,

  "Oh my Celestia! It's hurting the animals!" Shouted Fluttershy in pure terror, sadness, and what only could be described as a small amount of rage.

  "We have to keep moving if we're gonna catch whatever it is!" Shouted Applejack picking up her pace. She wasn't about to let whatever the creature thought it was to make one of her friends cry.

Rainbow took off as well, the others could barley keep up. Which essentially isolated Dash with the face of fear itself. She was halfway to the source of the noise, when she spotted a flaming wreck.

Rainbow immediately knew where the creature had come from, what creature was so annoying as to just crash here and make it their problem? The premise disgusted her. She continued her flight, the snowfall occurring didn't help finding the creature at all.

Suddenly a hiss resonated through the air,

"Gotcha," Said Dash confidently diving towards where the sound exploded from. She landed, the snow picking up, almost completely blinding her, "Ah buck! This snow doesn't help anypony." She grumbled struggling to look around.

The only noise that now filled the forest was the whistling of the wind, and the crunch of the snow. Suddenly crunching picked up from somewhere near Dash. There was no way she could move without making noise, so she decided to fly.

With some difficulty Dash managed to make it to where the crunching was, what she saw would haunt her for the rest of her days.

The creature was there, hunched over. Its tail coiled around it. It seemed like it knew she was there, but did nothing to stop her. She gasped as it spun around. Stumbling back, she fell into the snow.

'Wait a second... I've taken on a dragon! Why should this thing be so special?' Dash cockily thought to herself. She took to the sky, and with no consequences in mind, charged.

Twilight and the others bustled through the forest, hoping to find Rainbow Dash,

"Dash! Where are ya'!?" Shouted Applejack,

"DASH! DASH!" Pinkie randomly called out, it's Pinkie, nuff' said. The group continued their trek, and heard an all to familiar battle cry,

"Oh dear...." Said Rarity face hoofing. The group ran in the direction they heard Dash charge at something.

And then the cry of the creature rattled the very ground beneath them, and so did a cry of pain from Dash,

"NO!!" Shouted Twilight picking up the pace. They finally broke through to see what had attacked Dash. The thing was over seven feet tall, all jet black and glossy, had a elongated head, tubes on its back, and a nine-foot tail loomed behind it.

The creature, or Black, was distracted by the arrival of five other things that he hardly noticed Dash charging, he let out the cry of a mottled boat as he was struck and sailed through the air, before striking the ground with a loud thump.

The group gasped with they saw Dash, she was all bruised, and thank Celestia nothing more,

  "I got it!" Shouted Dash triumphantly, and she started doing her victory dance,

  "Are you Crazy?!?" Shrieked Twilight running up to her friend,

"You could've died!" She shouted looking back to the creature, it seemed unconscious.

  "But I didn't!" Shouted Dash looking at Twilight,

"That's the best part!"

"But Darling, what would've happened if you did? You only worry us all when you charge like that." Said Rarity standing beside Twilight,

"Girls...."

"Yea, Ah agree with Rarity." Said Applejack as a small argument began.

"Girls...."

The argument increased as Pinkie rolled around in the snow.

A low hiss made all of them realize the creature was far from done. It stood up and they all scampered into formation, but to their surprise the creature let out a final hiss. Before slowly backing away.

  "Where do you think your going?!" Asked Dash trying to fly after it, but bring lassoed in the process,

  "Dash the last thing all of us need is you charging off after a creature that seems to not care about life." Said Applejack hauling her back in.

  "Well what are we gonna do about it then?!" Shouted Dash struggling to get free,

  "We go back and see if we can find where it came from, we have enough time. It's a long ways away from the town. It won't be getting there anytime soon." Said Twilight confidently.

The group groaned.