Princess Luna walked into the dining hall to meet with her sister for breakfast. As usual, she was exhausted from taking care of her duties for the night and was really looking forward to getting some rest. However, she had business to take care of with her sister. Tia had made her waffles with whipped cream and blueberries on top. She sat down to the right of sister and levitated a knife to slice into them.

"Good morning Luna, how was the Night Court?" Celestia asked while she took a sip from her tea.

"Ah, boring as usual. The Nobles want this, they want that or want something removed because it offends them. I will never know how you dealt with them for a thousand years. I've found myself slipping back into the Royal We more than once to handle them." Luna said as she raised the fork to her muzzle and took a bite out of the waffle slice. She lost herself in the taste and hummed in approval. While Tia had always been the better cook, it was ironic the only thing Luna was better at in terms of cooking was baking cakes.

"Sister, did you feel the magical pulse last night?" Levitating a pineapple off the fruit tray, Luna took a large bite out of it. Celestia raised her cup again to drink the soothing liquid.

"Yes I did Luna, but I left it for you to handle since once the Moon rises everything is in your jurisdiction, not mine. Did you happen know the cause of it?" Celestia asked her sister, who peeled a banana and ate the peel.

"Well, a meteor crashed into the Everfree Forest, and shortly after something caused a magical pulse. Guess where it came from?"

"That's... concerning. You didn't investigate it?" Celestia levitated the peeled banana and ate it.

"No, I simply took a page from your book and sent a letter to Twilight Sparkle. I find it fitting to let the Element of Magic deal with a possible problem of magical nature." Luna saw Tia's alarmed expression and smirked. "Relax dear sister, I sent a small detachment of my Lunar Guard to watch her and make sure she isn't harmed."

"While your logic is sound Luna, is sending Twilight to the Everfree really safe? That is a very dangerous place not meant for ponies. Why not just send your guard to deal with it?"

Luna looked at her sister with a glare. "Don't even have me start on sending Twilight on dangerous missions, dear sister."

Mordecai looked over his sharpened throwing knives, taking a second to admire their beauty. He's forgotten the number of times these knives had saved his life or proved useful in other situations. Putting them in their holsters on his belt, He got ready to depart his ship. His thoughts went back to earlier that morning when Rain had woken him up to go look outside. Startled and confused, he grabbed his Eyasluna and a knife in case it was something bad. Stepping out of his ship, he had seen what had Rain alarmed. The Moon was moving incredibly fast, lowering out of his sight in seconds. The Sun had just as quickly taken its spot, making him avert his eyes. He felt the strange powerful Light coming from both as they moved. At this point, the shock of what he had witnessed only affected him mildly.

After putting his helmet on, he slipped his hood over it and clipped it onto a small latch on the helmet. He went to his weapon Vault and pulled out his Matador-64 shotgun and Raze Lighter, an Exotic sword. The sword was put on his back, his Eyasluna in it's holster on his thigh, and shotgun in his hands. Now that he was geared up, he changed his subclass from Blade Dancer to Gunslinger, fanning the Solar flames inside of him.

He was ready to head back into the forest. He had some locals to talk to.

Twilight Sparkle looked over the map Princess Luna sent to her detailing the area where she had expected the meteorite had landed. She packed everything she needed in her saddlebags and was on her way to the Everfree Forest. She knew the kind of dangers she faced heading into the forest, and made sure to look over some combat spells.

Making her way to the forest, she noticed three fillies going there as well. What didn't surprise her, was that she recognized them. Her horn lit up as she cast her teleportation spell, appearing in front of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"And where did you three think you're going?" Twilight asked the Crusaders. They jumped once they saw Twilight was standing right in them.

"Getting our Cutie Marks in meteorite discovery." Scootaloo said with a bright smile. Applebloom facehooved and Sweetie knocked her in the back of the head with hoof. "Oops."

"Girls I'm sorry but going into the Everfree is too dangerous for three fillies. It's even dangerous for me, but luckily I'll have the Lunar Guard to watch my back in case something goes wrong. " Twilight said to the Crusaders. Seeing their hope for Cutie Marks dashed broke Twilight's heart, but she knew they would probably follow her anyway. So she decided to have a compromise.

"Ok Crusaders, how about this; If I find the meteorite, I'll break off a large enough sample for you guys to study and perhaps find a Cutie Mark related to it. However, this deal only stands if you Pinkie Promise not to follow me. Do we have a deal?"

"YES!" They yelled in unison. After going through the motions of a Pinkie Promise, they all waved goodbye to Twilight as she ventured into the Everfree Forest.

Mordecai estimated he was about halfway to his destination when his radar turned red from movement ahead of him. Taking cover behind a thick tree, he peeked to see a lavender unicorn with wings heading his way. It's attention was on a piece of parchment that was floating. Putting aside his disbelief, something he's been doing a lot of lately, he realized it was glowing a faint purple. It's horn was glowing the same color, so it had to be some kind of telekinesis.

When it got closer, Mordecai began to feel something. It was a powerful source of Light, seeming to originate from the winged unicorn. He whipped his head back when it lowered the parchment and looked around, it's gaze settling on his hiding spot. The sounds of twigs snapping getting louder confirmed his fears. Knowing Rain sees everything he does because of their link, he tapped on his left arm three times and wiggled his fingers over it. Rain understood what he was signaling for and grabbed a specific pair of gauntlets from Mordecai's backpack of Light.

The Trials gauntlets he was wearing disappeared and in their place stood Khepri's Sting, an Exotic pair of gauntlets that had a giant metal beetle on his forearm. It's Exotic special ability turned him invisible while crouched, also multiplying his melee damage if he struck an opponent behind. It was similar to his Blade Dancer ability backstab, however Khepri's Sting left a lingering burn effect. He didn't use it that much besides to get out of dicey situations like right now when he wasn't a Blade Dancer or Night Stalker.

He could hear the winged unicorn in front of the tree he was currently behind. It had stopped for a couple of seconds when he heard it continue to go around. He held his breath as a horn came into view.

Twilight did her best to stay on the route the map wanted her to go when she felt a strong magical aura. Lifting her head from the map, she looked around when her gaze settled on a single tree with a extremely thick trunk. According to the map she still had long ways to go to the meteorite, so that couldn't have been it. She began making her way to the tree when she stopped right in front of it. The aura had only gotten stronger the closer she got, so she put the map on top of her saddlebags so that she could scan the tree. Getting nothing from it, she decided to walk around it to see if there was something hiding there. Making her around, the aura suddenly disappeared when she got to the other side.

Perplexed, she decided to chalk it up to the Everfree just being the Everfree. She levitated the map in front of her and decided to trot on her way, not wanting to waste daylight.

She had only gotten about 15 feet away when the sound of howling echoes throughout the forest. The fur on heck neck began to raise when she recognized the call of Timberwolves. Her left ear picked up a sound and she turned in that direction. Green eyes met her's as the largest Timberwolf she had ever seen approached. Adrenaline began to pump through her veins as she stared at the Timberwolf Alpha. Alpha's were extrememly powerful, only being susceptible to physical attacks and fire damage. If he was here, then the pack would not be far behind.

She dropped the map and fired a beacon into the air, calling for the Lunar Guard. The Alpha lunged at her but only closed it's jaws around air, Twilight teleporting away from it. The combat spells she learned was useless against Timberwolf Alphas, as not only were they heavily armored, but had a mild resistance to magical attacks. They could also spread magical resistance to other Timberwolves in close vicinity. The sound of beating wings made her look up when six guards landed in front of her, each wielding halberds. The Alpha's pack appeared beside him, all of them growling at the ponies.

The Lunar Guard dropped into combat stances, their halberds pointed at the wolves. Counting every wolf she saw, Twilight came to about fifthteen wolves against six guards. They were outnumbered by eight.

The Alpha lunged forward faster than the guards could react and grabbed one by the neck. Whipping it's head forward, it threw the guard at the others, knocking two of the guards down as they were hit. The other three began thrusting the halberds into it's hide, but they barely penetrated it. The Alpha lunged again but the guards evaded it. Twilight lit up her horn and cast a shield dome over the Alpha, who began bashing against the magical construct. Twilight strained to contain it and cracks began appearing.

It stopped and let out a chilling howl to the other Timberwolves, and they started attacking. The Lunar Guard dragged their injured teammate to Twilight and surrounded her. Swinging and thrusting their halberds, the wolves stayed at bay, not wanting to get hit by the deadly weapons. Twilight screamed out in pain as the Alpha finally broke through her dome and started to approach the ponies snarling at them. With their Alpha freed, the Timberwolves began closing in around them. Twilight wrapped the guards in her magic and started charging up her horn. It glowed a bright purple and she released a magical shockwave, blasting away the small Timberwolves. Five of them were thrown into thick trees, shattering against the trunk. The Alpha and several wolves besides him were barely affected by it, sliding back only five feet. Twilight was nearing her magical limit, having put a lot of magic into the shockwave and containing the Alpha. Things were looking bleak when she heard shouting.

"Hey! Over here you piles of twigs!" Both ponies and wolves looked to their right, and saw a tall bipedal being walking towards them, some kind of device in it's grip.

Once the horse had left him, Mordecai started moving fast, not wanting to be detected by it again. He had gotten far away and had put his Trials gauntlets back on, continuing on his way. He heard howling but it wasn't that close to him, so he ignored it. A scream of pain grabbed his attention, making him turn towards the source of it. It had to be from the unicorn. He began sprinting back the way he came, hoping he wasn't too late.

Red started popping up on his radar, and he saw what was causing it. He saw the winged unicorn surrounded by five other winged horses wearing purple armor and wielding halberds. What caught his attention was one of armored horses was injured, it's armor bent and punctured around it's neck. It was laying down on it's side by the lavender horse, unconscious. They were facing up against the a large number of the wooden wolves he saw the day earlier, but this time they had a way bigger wolf with them. It was bigger than Lord Shaxx and Saladin combined and had heavier armor than the others. Mordecai assumed this was their Alpha.

The lavender unicorn was charging up it's horn when a massive shockwave came from it, throwing some of the wolves into tree trunks. They shattered into timbers but the Alpha wasn't thrown back, the other wolves next him seeming unaffected as well. The unicorn's attack reminded Mordecai of a Titan's Fist of Havoc, a devastating Arc shockwave. The horses were still outnumbered, so Mordecai decided to step into the fight.

"Hey! Over here you piles of twigs!" He shouted at the wolves. The shout had its desired effect, as both the wolves and horses looked at him. One wolf in particular began growling and snarling at him louder than the others, and Mordecai assumed it was the one that had ran away from last night. Cocking his Matador-64, he took aim at the wolves farthest from the horses. Firing a shot, it blew apart two wolves and he cocked it back. He continued to empty the 4 shots in the magazine, obliterating three wolves as they were pelted by the buckshot.

Putting the shotgun away into the Light subspace known as his backpack, Mordecai felt the Solar energy inside of him had reached it's maximum potential. His super was ready. Pushing the energy into his hand, his body burned bright with flames as he forged the Golden Gun, a hand cannon that used Solar Light to disintegrate its enemies. His body radiated with power as he took aim. He fired his three shots at the wolves closest to the horses, turning theirs bodies into ashes. Once the three shots were fired, the Solar energy surrounding his body vanished, used up by the Golden Gun.

This left only the Alpha standing. Mordecai walked up to the horses who pointed their halberds at them, shaking with fear. He pulled Raze Lighter from his back, gripping it tightly as he approached them. The Alpha looked extremely pissed, and it charged at him. Once it had gotten into range he performed the Phoenix Uppercut, its Exotic ability. The upwards slash dealt massive Solar damage, falling not too far behind in damage compared to his Golden Gun. The Alpha was incinerated, joining it's pack as ashes littering the forest floor.

Mordecai put Raze Lighter back in it's place on his back, and turned around to face the horses. It was time for first contact.

"I'm not going to hurt you, I promise." He assured them. Seeing their halberds drop slightly, he continued. "My name is Mordecai, and I am a Guardian of Light from the planet Earth. My ship was badly damaged and I crash landed in this forest last night, south of our current location. I have medical supplies for your wounded."

"How can we trust you? You just wiped out several Timberwolves and their Alpha with ease. You're dangerous." One of the armored horses said.

A first-aid kit was pulled from his backpack and watching their halberds, he dropped it at their hooves. The lavender horse levitated it over to them and opened it. Looking them over, Mordecai noticed the differences between the armored horses and the lavender unicorn. He guessed the unicorn was a mare, because of her long mane and her muzzle was more curved than the other horses. Her body was slimmer as well. The other horses had flatter muzzles and broader bodies. They had to be stallions, minus the injured one. She shared the same body type with the lavender unicorn. They all had slit pupils, grey fur, two toned purple manes, and leathery bat wings as opposed to the unicorn's feather ones. She pulled off unconscious horse's helmet and began dressing the wound. The process took five minutes, with Mordecai standing there with halberds pointed at him. Once she was done, one of the stallions picked the mare up and put her on his back.

"If all of you have wings, why didn't you use them to escape?" Mordecai asked to the stallions. They looked at him as if he had asked why the sky was blue.

"Littered throughout this forest are Snapper Trees, they're carnivorous and use their vines to snare Pegasi from the sky to eat them. We had a hard enough time responding to Princess Twilight's beacon because of them." They answered. Mordecai raised a brow at this. He guessed the lavender mare was Princess Twilight.

Princess Twilight cleared her throat before looking at him. "Guards, stand down. Thank you for saving us from the Timberwolves Mordecai. Don't mind them, they're just doing their job of protecting me." Twilight said sheepishly. Her eyes suddenly widened. "Wait... the meteorite was you?!"

"Yes Princess, my ship was badly damaged and I crashed here. I was hoping I would be able to get help from you horses so that I could go home."

"First, we're called Ponies. Second, I will do everything in my power for an exchange of information about your world and your magic." Twilight offered to him happily.

"Magic? Never mind that, let's get back to your town." Mordecai said to the Ponies. "I'll take the lead and watch for any more Timberwolves"

Drawing his Eyasluna, he started walking in the direction of Ponyville, with a Princess and guards in tow.

Author's Note

I considered having the CMC get rescued by Mordecai but ultimately decided against it. In my opinion, Light and Magic are similar, but work differently than each other. It's like they're both sodas, but one is Coke while he other is Pepsi. I'm starting school soon, starting my Junior year of high school. I will however do my best to keep chapters coming out on a regular base of week or less. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter and any feedback is appreciated.