He came from Space

Foreword: sitting at my computer, le typing new shit for this story, when suddenly:

"Huh...I should probably send my beta-reader the next chapter of The Last of What's Up There so he can do his job and I can then post it."

"..."

"No."

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Chapter Four

No parties for me

January 1st, 2129

Equestrian star system (unlisted)

Town of Ponyville

Citizen Marcus James Calaway

Mark sighed as he settled down in a chair in the library where the Unicorn, Twilight Sparkle, lived; Calaway raised a cup of coffee to his lips and took a sip.

This is nice. I could get used to a place like this Marcus mused as he took another sip of the coffee, which was absolutely exquisite thanks to Twilight's profound skills.

Calaway had been up most of the night answering Twilight's abundant questions, and even a few from her assistant Spike. It seemed that Equestria had been visited in the past by one other human, though Twilight was hesitant to talk about it.

Mark was still having trouble adjusting to the fact that this land was populated mostly by talking equines, however, and still wasn't sure if he should tag this planet's location for the rest of humanity to come colonize.

He supposed he would have to take it up with the rulers of Equestria.

It was then that Mark remembered he was supposed to meet with Twilight's friends today, having only met the human briefly when he first arrived.

Calaway remembered that one Pegasus, with the rainbow mane and tail. According to Twilight her name was Rainbow Dash.

Mark deduced she was the biggest lesbian in the world.

There were others as well, but none Marcus knew. Of course that was the point of today's agenda; to meet them.

Mark stood and refilled his cup, staring out a window into the streets of the town; Ponyville. There were several ponies milling about the town on their various activities.

Calaway decided to head outside and see if he could find Twilight's friends himself, he had only been here a day and most of that time had been inside the library. Most of those in the town only knew of him because their friends had told them, very few had actually seen the human. The only reason the library wasn't surrounded by curious spectators was because it was quite early in the morning; Seven if the clock was to be trusted.

Marcus stepped out, breathing in the cool morning air; only slightly warmed by the excess heat from his ship's engines. The human trekked through the town, earning many curious and fear-filled looks from the local ponies.

I wonder what Dick Malone would think of this place Calaway mused, thinking again about his life-long friend.

Perhaps when this is over I'll head back to Noire and see what Dick is up to. If he's even still alive, it's possible he lost the final fight against Codename: Evil. Though I doubt it considering Dick had trained all his life to fight that man Mark thought.

Marcus pushed the thoughts from his mind; he didn't want to dwell on them any further. The past is the past. No point in thinking about it.

Dick had spoken those words once before, during the hunt for Evil. Mark had always thought that Malone's willingness to so quickly forget the past is what caused it to repeat itself.

He never was the smartest of the Malone children Calaway mused, mentally chuckling.

Marcus found himself in Ponyville's market; several stands had been set up and were staffed by various ponies.

One in particular caught his attention, an orange mare sporting a Stetson cowboy hat was apparently the proprietor of an apple-selling stand; in addition to the red fruit there was an abundance of apple related products: apple fritters, apple pies, caramel apples, and other assorted foodstuffs.

"What in tarnation are you?" the mare asked, raising an eyebrow in scrutiny as she looked the human over.

"Yeah nice to meet you too" Mark sarcastically replied, folding his arms over his chest. "I am Marcus Calaway, I'm a human."

"Name's Applejack. Boy I ain't never seen nuthin' like ya" the mare declared, she had a typical Texan accent but it wasn't too over the top.

I hope this doesn't get too redundant; I would hate to have to introduce myself to every pony in town Calaway thought.

"Ya know you ain't too bad lookin' fer a alien" Applejack declared, a slight blush on her face.

"Yeah that's great" Mark brushed her off; he had better things to do today. "I'm looking for friends of Twilight Sparkle; can you help me find them?" Mark asked.

Angered by his dismissive actions Applejack began to scold him. "Now wait jus' a minute; I give y'all a complement and y'all just brush me off? Ain't you got any manners?" she raised her voice.

Marcus shot her a glare and she immediately cowered in fear; not even Fluttershy's stare could stand up to that the orange mare mused.

"Twilight's friends. Now!" the human growled, Applejack swallowed hard.

"Yer talking to one of 'em" the mare answered, Calaway sighed and his gaze softened before he turned away.

"I'm sorry. I have…well, let's just say that politeness isn't something I needed for my last job" Mark explained.

"What did you used to do?" Applejack asked, concerned that the human couldn't be hospitable.

"Maybe I'll tell you some other time" Calaway answered.

Over the course of an hour he was introduced to the rest of Twilight's friends; the Pegasus Rainbow Dash, a Unicorn named Rarity, and another Pegasus named Fluttershy.

The last pony was apparently an earth-pony similar to Applejack named Pinkie Pie, who lived in a bakery called Sugarcube Corner.

Marcus knocked on the door and almost instantly it opened to reveal a pink pony with a similarly colored mane and tail.

"Oh wowee what are you? I've never seen anything like you! Are you new? Nobody told me there was a new pony in Ponyville! Well I guess you're not really a pony are you? Do you have any friends? Are you lonely? 'Cause I totally know everypony and I mean everypony in Ponyville so you can have lots and lots of friends!" the pony rattled off like a machine gun before suddenly gasping loudly.

"IGETTOTHROWAPARTY!" she screamed before darting off in a seemingly impossible manner.

"And you bitched at me for manners" Calaway lamented to Applejack, who looked up at him in confusion.

"What in the hay does 'bitched' mean? It don't sound too nice" the mare asked, Mark shook his head.

"Don't ask. So is she always like that?" the human inquired, Applejack quickly nodded.

"Yup! That's our Pinkie, always happier than a dragon in a gem mine!" the earth-pony replied with a smile on her face.

"I don't like parties" Mark stated, Applejack looked at him as if he was a spider with a dragon's head wearing a Sombrero hat.

"How can ya not like parties?" Applejack asked, Marcus shook his head as he began to walk away.

"I just don't" Calaway declared as he returned to his ship, his only place of sanctuary in the madhouse that was Equestria.

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Gilda the Griffon stared out across the swamp that was Froggy Bottom Bog, the murky waters reflecting Gilda's image as she stared down at them, dozens of feet above the liquid.

The Griffon looked up and saw the massive gray hunk that was the supposed space ship of the human, Marcus Calaway.

The human had struck Gilda as kind of strange but she didn't consider him a dweeb. In fact there was a certain air around him that said he was a strong fighter that wasn't to be trifled with.

The Griffon was sure that she'd find out soon enough.

Gilda stepped back into her tree, flopping down onto a couch she'd stolen while in Ponyville when visiting Rainbow Dash.

She gritted her teeth, remembering Dash's betrayal; the speedy Pegasus had given up being cool and was hanging out with a bunch of lame-o's all the time.

There was a shining light in all of this, one that made Gilda pick at the blade of her favorite hunting knife in anticipation; Griffon-pony relations had grown tense as of late, and there was talk of open conflict between the two species.

Gilda had already sworn her oath to aid the Griffons against the ponies, who could never hope to stand a chance against the Griffons.

Of course the ponies were trying their best to resolve the matters with diplomacy and it seemed they were coming along nicely but the Griffon had a plan to spark pure hatred of the ponies throughout her people; they would have no choice but to attack the pony people.

Gilda had discovered a special weapon in one of her hunts in the Everfree forest, a weapon that had proved itself as a deadly instrument. If they were to use this weapon then the ponies would be defeated in months. The power of this weapon almost frightened Gilda; she had seen what it could do firsthand.

She smiled at the weapon, and it smiled back.

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Author's note: What oh what is Gilda's special weapon? You'll find out in due time. For now, bask in your assuredly outlandish theories and conjectures.

SPOILER!: I promise that all this talk of Dick Malone is relevant to the story, not going to say how though.

I would like to thank Michael Blackburn for beta-reading this chapter.

Legal Note: Marcus(Mark) James Calaway, Dick Malone, and all related characters belong to me. Twilight Sparkle, Gilda the Griffon, and all related characters belong to Hasbro. My Little Pony belongs to Hasbro.

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