///LOCATION - NLTT-512-3A/EQUESTRIA/SOUTH OF NEIGHAGRA FALLS///TIME - 19:48 LMT///DATE - 14-05-2232///

Shortly after the object had pierced the skies, a search-party was set up to find the thing that Solar had seen. In order to help identify the target, and because his squad was one of the squads that was sent out to find it, Solar was on the mission as well. He was nervous, not having a clue what could have caused such an event. He had left Lightning behind at the palace, who had volunteered to help with cleaning up of all the shattered glass that was laying around everywhere.

With their rifles shouldered, Charlie-Squad of the 3rd Airborne Battalion, 12th Regiment, 2nd Division slowly made their way trough the dense forest. They were walking in a v-shaped formation, though it was far from a perfect formation. The trees made it hard to see each other, and it slowed them down aswell. Still, they tried their best to follow the orders given to them by their squad-leader.

"Squad-leader, what exactly are we supposed to do again when we find it?" one of the rookies asked.

"Have you been sleeping trough the briefing again, Private Blaze?" Solar jokingly said. The rest of the squad chuckled, and even Blaze could laugh about it. Maybe because he though that it was a good joke, but more likely because he was nervous.

Solar continued: "Well, when we find it, I will shoot up a flare, to let the other squads know that we found it, and where we found it. That means, that if you see another flare, you should immediatly inform me, so we can regroup there. Got it?"

"Got it!" Blaze answered, this time with more confidence.

"It seems we are approaching a clearing. Keep your eyes peeled, and don't leave the cover of the trees. If there are hostiles on the object, we want to see them before they see us. Is that understood?"

The entire squad responded in unison: "Understood!"

They reached the edge of the forest, and were greeted by an unfamiliar sight. A long path of mud was thrown outwards, creating a wide, shallow ditch, with a metal craft at the end of it. It was slightly bigger than the tank-prototypes that the military was experimenting with, and it appeared to be damaged. He ordered his squad to slowly push up to the craft, reminding them to keep their heads low.

Suddenly, one of the unicorn rookies screamed. After looking around, Solar realised that the scream had come from Blaze. He had gotten too far ahead, and had come face to face with a large unkown creature. Terrified to the bone, Blaze quickly raised his rifle up to the creature's face. They stood there, looking at each other, nobody moving a single muscle.

After nobody had moved for atleast a minute, the creature slowly raised his hand, and started to move it towards the unicorn. Blaze, out of shock, quickly blasted the creature backwards a few meters with his magic, after which Blaze was quickly yanked back by Solar, who didn't hestitate to respond. Both the unicorn and the pegasus rolled backwards onto the ground, with the creature now somewhat dazed by the sudden magical blast.

They quickly ran back to the rest of the squad, who had now surrounded the craft and the creature. All of them were pointing their rifle at the creature, afraid of what it might do. After he had recovered from the initial shock, and when he knew that the creature was not going anywhere, he took the flare-gun out of his bag, and shot it up in the sky. It lit up the area in an ominous red glow, and only now did they really get a good look at the creature.

It was large, very large actually, atleast twice the height of a normal pony, and about the same height as the princesses. Strangely enough, it was able to walk on 2 legs, which seemed quite impressive, given the balance that must be required to maintain an upwards posture. It had long arms and legs, and it was covered in clothing from top to bottom. The only parts that weren't covered were what Solar believed was the head, and a small patch on the upper left of its torso.

After about a minute, more squads started to arrive, each of them following the same sequence of surprise, shock, and finally, fear. After 10 minutes, all squads had arrived, and there were about 40 ponies aiming their rifles at the creature, and about a dozen unicorns casting shields to protect the rest from any possible shots from the creature. They had no idea if he was armed, but they were not planning on taking that risk.

Then, the creature opened it's mouth, and said: "Ick komm inn freedde!"

Author's Note

Names, locations, ships, technologies and events are inspired by various sources, including: Games - Elite: Dangerous, Star Citizen | TV - MLP:FiM, The Expanse | Companies/Organizations - NASA/JPL (Alcubierre Drive)

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