Lombax in Equestria

The guards and the creature walked through the forest, eager to return to their Princess. Well, the guards were. As they made their way to the edge of the Everfree, a bright light flashed before them. Everyone covered their eyes, and waited for the flash to dissipate. When it finally did, in front of them was a strange object.

It was made out of metal, painted mostly orange with a couple of grey parts, and blue lights on it. There was a cylinder on the front with a hole in it, allowing you to see the inside. Instantly, the creature ran up to it, and grabbed it. It did a little dance, and put it behind its back.

"Put your... paws, where we can see them!" One of the guards yelled. The creature complied and put it's hands in the air. It wasn't holding anything.

"You there!" The guard gestured to another with his spear, "Check to see if it's strapped the object on its back." The guard complied and pat down the creatures body, after checking there was nothing on its back.

"Nothing, sir!" The guard said.

"Keep an eye on it."

"Yes sir!" They all responded.

With that, they all were on the move again. Soon enough they made it out of the forest where there were three chariots awaiting them. To the creatures confused look, the lead guard talked to it.

"We sent out a message to ready a couple of chariots for the criminals and us."

The creature nodded and embarked on of the chariots. After a couple of minutes, all of the guards and the group of thugs were on chariots and ready to go. The Pegasi took off and quickly rose. There wasn't any conversation between the guards.

For the next 10 minutes, the creature watched the scenery by. Lovely view, but you can get better. It thought.

When they touched down, they were in a large hanger with many, many guards patrolling the area. When the creature set its foot on the ground, spears were raised in its direction. It quickly raised its hands in the air in a placating gesture, trying to calm down the guards.

The rest of the guards disembarked and quickly formed a circle around the creature, and left the room. They first went to the dungeon to drop off the thugs. When that was done, the creature was led to the barracks.

Once there, the lead guard started talking to it.

"I need you to leave your... weapons... here before we take you to meet the Princess." He said. The creature shook its head.

"I said, I need you, to leave your weapons here!" The guard enforced. It sighed at the guard before placing the wrench down. When he stepped away from it, the wrench flew back to its hand.

"Did I not just say that you need to leave your weapons here?!" The guard demanded. The creature sighed before doing the same thing. When it stepped away, the wrench flew back to its hand. The creature turned to the guard and shrugged.

"*sigh* Fine, keep your weapon. Just don't do anything in the presence of the Princess." It nodded, letting the guard know it understood. The group left the barracks and started off towards the Throne Room. Thankfully, there weren't any nobles lined up outside to complain about how 'they deserved to be above everyone else'.

The small group quickly entered through the large, marble doors and made sure no one would intrude on the meeting. When everything was checked, the all made their way to the throne and bowed.

"Princess Celestia." They all said. The creature just stood there, not doing anything. One of the guards noticed this and whacked a hoof against  the back of its knee.

"Bow you insolent-" The guard was cut off by the wrench making contact with his head. The guards instantly shot up and circled the creature, who just stood calmly in the middle of them.

"Guards-" Celestia said from her throne.

"Don't worry, Princess. We'll take care of this-"

"That is enough!" Celestia cut him off. She glared down at the now cowering guards. "Leave." She said simply.

Everyone in the room, including the creature, started to leave.

"Oh, not you." Celestia said, pointing a hoof at the creature. It gave a look of confusion before shrugging and approaching the Princess.

When all the guards left the room, the doors were pulled shut with a loud bang that echoed through the room.

"Now then," Celestia began, "I believe introductions are in order. My name is Princess Celestia, Ruler of Equestria." She said with a bow. "Now if only you could talk. I've never seen an animal quite lie you before."

"Probably because I'm the only one of my race that I know of." The creature said.

"That would be a-" Celestia cut herself off and did a double take at the creature. "Did you just talk?"

"No."

"Didn't think so... So what- Are you trolling me?" She asked with a grin.

"Maybe." It said with a smirk.

Celestia started chuckling, before it turned into full blown laughter.

"Oh, that is rich! None of my subjects can do that to me, I'm always the one trolling them."

"Good to see I'm the first."

"Now then," Celestia said after recovering from her laughter. "Who and what are you?"

"I'll answer your second question first. I am a Lombax. We have similar anatomy to cats, as you can see." It said, gesturing to its ears and tail.

"Yes, I can see that."

"But, I wasn't always like this."

The caused Celestia to pause. "Oh? Do go on."

"Well, here's how it happened."

The sun was shining down on me as I approached comic-con.

"Comic-con?"

"It's an event where people go dressed up as characters from games, mangas, TV shows, etc."

I took a deep breath to steel my nerves. I was always a bit nervous in large crowds. Small gatherings, like family get-togethers, I can do, but large ones like this... different story. I decided to try slipping in with the crowd that was walking through the doors. I put a lot of effort into my costume, Ratchet, but I still didn't want any extra attention.

When I made it inside with minimal notice, I went wandering the stalls. I had everything but the Omniwrench-

"And what is this Omniwrench?"

The creature held up the wrench. "This, is the Omniwrench. A tool, and weapon."

-So I went looking for one of those. As I wandered, I saw all sorts of replica's from Ratchet and Clank, but no Omniwrench. Just as I was about to give up, I saw one last vendor, holding an Omniwrench from 'Crack in Time' in a case. Seeing it as a goden opportunity, I quickly made my way over to the stall.

"How much for that Omniwrench?" I asked the man.

"For you, Ratchet... 10,000 bolts." He replied.

"10,000?! And bolts?!"

"Check your back pocket." The man said, gesturing towards my pocket.

I reached in and felt something that wasn't there before. I pulled it out, and in my hands was a card. It read:

Currency: 17,830 bolts.

Owner: Ratchet.

Puzzled, I handed over the card to the merchant. "Umm, is this good?"

He gave a laugh. "Yeah, just let me take the funds out."

He moved to the register that I somehow didn't notice before, and slid the card into a slot. He waited a couple of seconds before handing it back to me.

"Here ya go. The Omniwrench is all yours."

"Thank you." I said, picking it up.

When my hand had a solid grip, there was a bright flash. I closed my eyes to ward of the blinding sensation, but when I opened them again, I was falling through a vortex of colours. I blacked out from all the sensations.

"And that is how I got here. Woke up in a forest with a bunch of animals and the guards and thugs came rushing through. Some of the animals were electrocuted to death, but I knocked out the ponies before the guards took us here." It finished.

"Hmm, interesting. Did you tell me your name?" Celestia asked.

"No...... I haven't."

"Can you tell me?"

The creature adopted a thinking pose.

"My name, my name... Why can't I remember my name?"

"Is something wrong?" Celestia asked, concerned for its well-being.

"No, no. It's fine." It finally gave a nod.

"You may call me, Ratchet."