(From now on, speach in Equestrian is writen "Like this", and speach in English is written "Like this".)

///LOCATION - NLTT-512-3A/EQUESTRIA/SOUTH OF NEIGHAGRA FALLS///TIME - 20:03 LMT///DATE - 14-05-2232///

"What the hell...?" he tought. Eric was confused, and he had a good reason. He was just minding his own bussines, scavenging supplies from his ship, trying to repair the damaged transponder, when he was suddenly facing a small, weirdly coloured horse. But not just any horse. A unicorn with combat gear and a rifle, the last item reminding him of the pictures he had seen during history-class.

After him and the little unicorn had continued to stare at each other for about a minute, Eric had tried to pet it. He wanted to know if it was really there, or if he was just hallucinating due to dehydration. He quickly found out that it was indeed real, as the unicorn was startled by the sudden movement in its direction, and reacted to it.

Before he knew it, he was laying on his back a few meters away from were he first stood, the pain in his chest somewhat worsened by the sudden impact, and so had his broken leg. Eric looked at the unicorn with shock, and finally noticed the other similar looking animals that had surrounded him. They were all standing there, some 8 or so of them, all of them wearing some sort of combat-gear, about 10 meters away from him, all but 2 of them aiming a rifle at him. The 2 that were not pointing their rifles at Eric seemed to be unicorns, and their horns were glowing, which were connected to what he could only describe as shields.

The unicorn that had knocked him back had been dragged back by another horse, though it was not a unicorn. The blue and orange coloured creature reminded Eric of the mythological pegasus, though it was lacking a horn. Nevertheless, it would still look both amazing and cute, were it not that it looked at him with a deathly glare whilst it was pulling the unicorn backwards.

"I come in peace!" he shouted, hoping that he wouldn't be turned into swiss cheese right then and there. He knew in the back of his head that it sounded incredibly cliché, but it seemed appropriate for the situation. After all, what else was he supposed to say? He even raised his hands, in the hope that they would understand.

"What is it doing?!" one of Charlie-Squad's unicorns desperatly asked, focusing even harder to increase the strength of his shield.

"I don't know." Solar answered. "But I think it's trying to say something."

"Then what is it saying?"

"How in Tartarus would I know?!" he said. The air was filled with tension. "I think it's trying to show us that he's unarmed. He doesn't have anything in his... hands, does he?" He reffered to the appendages at the end of the creature's arms. All in all, the creature reminded him of dragons, only without scales, and a more slim body. Since the dragons reffered to those appendages as 'hands', Solar believed that he could call the ones that this creatured had the same, given the similarities.

"Good job on finding it, Captain Streak." Major Bladed Sword had appeared behind him, slightly startling Solar by doing so. "I believe we should take -that thing- into custody for examination and interrogation. Do you agree?"

"I do, sir!" he acknowledged. "You heard him! Charlie-Squad, secure the creature! We're taking it with us as a prisoner!"

"Wait, what are you doing?" Eric asked as the creatures came closer and closer, slowly tightening the circle. Afraid of what they might do, he jumped up, and ran towards the cargo-hold of his ship. He could hear gunshots being fired at him, but it seemed that he had surprised them enough to mess up their aim. Making a final jump, he dove into the cargo-hold, almost landing on his head.

He knew that they were gonna find him soon, so he had to come up with a solution quickly. Looking around the cargo-hold, he checked many of the boxes there, not finding anything he could use to defend himself. But he was not planning on simply giving up. Who knows what those creatures, those -horses- would do. He was an alien, all alone, on their planet.

After checking the 5th box, he found a knife, not one designed for combat, but for cutting wires. "I guess I'll have to do it with this!" he said, a bit too loud. As he was inspecting the knife, he suddenly noticed that something was breathing down his neck. He heard the stock of a rifle being flown forwards, followed by an incredibly powerfull wack to the back of his head.

"I got him!" yelled Solar, looking at the creature who he had just knocked out. "If this still doesn't get me a Hoof-To-Hoof Combat Badge, then I don't know what will!" He stared at the creature. This was the first time that he saw the creature from behind, and he noticed that the back of its clothing also had a hole in it, roughly in the same spot as the one on the front. The skin beneath it looked weird, and Solar thought that it looked burnt. One of its legs also seemed to be placed at a weird angle, though he didn't really care. He caught it, and that was all that mattered.

"Alright squad, back to base! We got the prisoner!"

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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