Lombax in Equestria

The Everfree, a place of mystery. A place of horror. And to some, a place of sanctuary.

Those that decide to brave the horrors of the Everfree usually stay there. To them, it is a place of solitude, where they can let out their rage, sorrow, or even joy. Most tend to stay away because of the threat it poses, and they would normally be right. But what they don't consider is those who came out alive and unscathed. Foals tend to wander in, to the shock of their parents, but come out unharmed. Why? Let's discover why.

100 Years Ago...

Through the overhang of the trees of the Everfree, sunlight shone through, lighting the dim area. In a small clearing, animals of all kinds gathered. This was the only place in the whole of the Forest that was free from hunters. Timberwolves gathered here, Hydras gathered here, Manticores gathered here. No fights ever broke out. The reason they were all gathered, however, was because of a yellow cat-like creature. It was clothed in a blue and grey suit. On the chest was a metal disc with a blue light activated. On it, was a symbol of a wrench head. There were similar designs on the arms as well.

Next to it, was a massive wrench. On the head were two blue patches, with the rest of it being a grey metal. As the animals surrounded the new creature, they all started to make noises. Slowly, the new creature became aware of it's surroundings. As it stirred, the surrounding animals started chattering amongst themselves even more, making more noise. Slowly, the newcomer opened it's eyes and looked around.

It jumped up with a start, preparing to defend itself from these new animals.

Where am I? It thought. Looking around more, it saw the wrench on the ground. It walked over to it, and picked it up with ease. The wrench was swung around with a few practice swings, before the creature stopped, seemingly happy with it.

Suddenly, a loud explosion sounded out through the forest, scaring the animals away. The larger ones, however, stayed behind, ready to fight this new threat. The newest arrival also stayed. They all heard rustling to their lefts, and turned to face where the noise was coming from. The bushes parted to reveal ponies running through. Seconds later, several more armoured ponies came rushing through with spears at the ready. The animals watched as the armoured ones circled the unarmoured ones.

"Under the name of Her Majesty, Princess Celestia, we demand that you come with us." One of the guards yelled at the four ponies in the middle of the circle.

"Never!" One of them answered.

"Then we will have to take you by force!" The guard that spoke before said.

The group quickly jumped towards where they saw the least amount of guards paying attention, and jumped towards them. Spells came forward from two horns, clearing a path through the circle. They dashed through, but the animals in the clearing moved to block their paths. Lightning shot from the two horns, electrocuting the animals.

Seeing the larger animals being taken down, the newcomer moved behind them, ready to stop this new force. The fried animals fell, revealing the creature to the ponies.

"Haha! What chance does this one think of having against us when we easily killed these ones?" The leader shouted. The new creature's eyes widened upon hearing that they were dead, but they quickly narrowed in determination.

"So be it." The leader said. The Unicorns of the group unleashed lightning from their horns once more. It arced through the air, racing towards the creature. Faster than any of them could follow, the creature brought up it's wrench, guarding itself. The lightning hit the wrench head on, and started gathering in the gap between the tips.

All eyes widened in seeing this, but the creature took advantage of this moment of surprise, and pushed against the lightning.

"Increase the output!" The leader yelled. More and more lightning shot at the creature until it was just one massive beam of lightning. However, that didn't stop it. It kept walking towards the group of thugs. Suddenly, the beam stopped to reveal two exhausted ponies. Sweat dripping down their muzzles and panting.

The creature aimed its wrench at the thugs, before the lightning burst from it in an even larger beam. It quickly dissipated, and the creature ran forward. The Pegasus of the group took to the air and dived for it. Before the two collided, the creature span around, making the Pegasus miss its mark and crash into the ground. One of its ears twitched as it heard the Pegasus get up behind him and take off. The creature jumped into the air and performed a frontflip, landing on the back of the Pegasus.

It smashed its wrench over the Pegasus's head, causing it to fall unconscious. Before they crashed, it jumped off the back of the Pegasus and tackled one of the Unicorns. It knocked it unconscious with a hit to the head, and leaped for the other one. After it too was knocked unconscious, it stood up and looked at the leader, and Earth Pony.

"Heh, good luck doing the same to me." He said, pawing at the ground with his head lowered like a bull, ready to charge.

"I don't need luck." The creature said.

It drew back its arm, and threw the wrench like a boomerang. Everyone in the clearing were too shocked to do anything but watch as the wrench flew through the air. With a loud clang, the wrench connected with the pony's head, knocking him unconscious with his gang. The wrench came back to the creature's awaiting hand. It caught it perfectly and effortlessly. It turned to face the guards.

"Can you take me to this Princess?"