Very light crunching sounds could be heard as Mordecai and Luna walked through the Everfree Forest. The two of them, along with Princess Celestia, had decided to bring Mordecai's ship to Canterlot sooner rather than later. They had found no other Changelings in the castle, but they did find the unconscious victims they had replaced stowed in the kitchen's large pantry.

"Ok, I understand you're strong enough to move the Moon, but are you strong enough to move my ship while walking through this forest?" He asked her, gripping Telesto, his second favorite special weapon.

"Tis a simple, yet complicated solution. If your measurements of your ship is correct, there is an area large enough besides the gardens. I have placed an advanced teleportation rune there and I will teleport your ship there." Luna replied confidently. "However, this will take intense concentration and I will need somepony to watch my back. That is where thou comes in."

"Alright, seems like a plan. I don't know much about runes, it's more of a Warlock thing."

"Are you not a Warlock? You wield Magic as if you are one." Mordecai stopped the urge to facepalm, opting to do it internally.

"Princess, I'm no Warlock. Guardians come in three classes, each with their own three subclasses. Hunter, Titan, and Warlock. I'm a Hunter, you can tell by my majestic cloak." Mordecai proceeded to do a twirl, spinning his cloak around and causing Luna to giggle.

"My apologies, Mr. Hunter. Please, forgive my transgression by doing another majestic spin of thy cloak."

Mordecai smiled and entertained Luna by spinning again. They snickered, both knowing the forest wasn't the place for silly antics. Shaking his head, Mordecai looked ahead of them and he could see they were approaching his ship. He saw Luna's mouth open in awe as they got closer.

"If you think it looks amazing now, you should've seen it before I came here."

Luna walked over, inspecting his ship with wide eyes. Her horn lit up and covered up his ship with her Magic. "I trust you to watch my back, Mr. Hunter."

Luna smirked at him before turning back to her task. Mordecai paced back and forth behind Luna, eyes on his radar for any movement. Seeing it was clear, he looked back at the Moon Princess do her thing. An array of orbs left her horn and hovered over his ship in some kind of pattern. She shot a beam at the closest orb and a line of light began to connect to each orb until it formed a symbol. Mordecai watched in amazement as the floating rune and his ship started glowing extremely bright.

It was no surprise when Mordecai's radar showed movement because of the Magical light show happening right behind him. Aiming his Telesto, a giant lion leapt in front of him. It roared at him, leather wings flaring out from it's back. He heard Luna gasp behind him.

"Don't worry about this thing Princess, I got you covered." Mordecai said, getting closer to the creature. Charging Telesto, he fired its Void bolts at it, covering the creature's left paw and mane. The lion lifted its paw and tilted its head, confused at what was sticking to it. The bolts exploded, removing a large portion of the lion's mane and fur while also removing the claws on it's paw as the Void energy consumed it. The lion roared in pain as it clutched at the damaged paw with the other.

"Guardian watch out!" Rain yelled at Mordecai through his com link. Something large came out from behind the lion and plunged towards the Hunter. Mordecai double jumped to his right and looked at what he just dodged. A giant scorpion stinger pulled itself free from where it stabbed the ground and dived towards him again. Bringing his knife up, he leaned to his left blocked the strike, deflecting the scorpion stinger with the blade. Putting Telesto on his back, he wrapped both his arms around the stinger. The lion didn't like this very much, and swung him hard into a tree trunk. Mordecai grunted as he felt his ribs break from the impact. Getting a firm grip on the tail, he stabbed his knife between the segmented section separating the stinger from the tail and cut through it. The lion roared louder than before, its tail squirting red blood and green venom from the stump.

Struggling to get up, Mordecai put his hand on the trunk of the tree to steady himself. Still holding the severed stinger, he waited until the lion flared its wings again and charged him. Attaching a smoke grenade to the stinger, he threw at the fastly approaching lion and shadestep rolled out of the way. The lion freaked out in the smoke, swinging blindly while inhaling the toxins inside of it. Mordecai took a moment to catch his breath. Reaching into his backpack subspace, he pulled out Silimar's Wrath, an auto rifle. He emptied the whole clip into the lion, dropping it quickly as the bullets found their mark in its skull. Rain popped into existence, and started pouring Light into Mordecai's chest, healing him of his injuries.

"Thanks." Mordecai turned towards Luna as the light coming from her Magic grew even brighter in intensity. His ship disappeared, leaving no trace of it being there besides the crater it made when he crashed.

Luna let out a deep sigh and turned around, looking at the dead monster. "Hmm Mr.Hunter, thou is not only a twirler of cloaks, but also a manticore slayer. Thank you for defending me."

Mordecai smiled behind his helmet and bowed to the Alicorn Princess, making her roll her eyes and smile back. Getting closer to him, she cast a long distance teleportation spell, making them appear in the castle gardens. True to her word, was Mordecai's ship there in a empty field of grass.

"May we?" Luna asked him. Nodding his head at her, Mordecai put his hand on Luna's back and they were transmatted on board by Rain.

Mordecai took a fascinated Luna on a tour of his ship, showing her the cockpit, storage area, Sparrow hold, and sleeping quarters. She asked him various questions about it and how it worked. He was no expert on jumpships like Amanda Holiday, but he explained to the best of his ability.

"Beyond needing to repair the wing of your ship, what else will it require to be airborne?"

"I will need a working thruster, but anything like traveling beyond this planet will require a fully functional jumpship drive. Mine was damaged when we were hit by an asteroid." Mordecai opened the compartment under them and pulled a lever, revealing the broken mechanism. Taking it out he held it to Luna. "You can give this to your scientists to study. If they can fix it, then I'll let them keep it until they can at least make a prototype."

"I'm sure all of Equestria's brightest minds will have a look. Thank you for letting me on your ship Mordecai. I will see you in the morning."

"Goodbye Luna, see you then." Mordecai transmatted her off with the jumpship drive. "Rain, pull up the ship' schematics. Time to learn jumpship repair 101."

Queen Chrysalis stared at the pathetic Changeling in front of her. Out of the six Changelings commissioned in Canterlot, only three remained. The other two were given a new mission of reporting the Alien's actions back to her. The Changeling in front of her, Vedalia, was the one in charge of poisoning the Alien. Not only had it apparently survived the organ destroying poison, it had also revealed them.

"Dear Vedalia, what am I going to do with you? You not only gave us away, but you failed your objective." Vedalia flinched at her Queen's words, knowing they were nothing but the truth. "While I would make an example of you, I have been brought to the attention of newer developments. The Alien has had its ship brought to Canterlot. You have a new mission."

Two Changelings teleported in with an unconscious Thestral mare. She had bandages around her neck. "You are to take the guise of this pony and become friends with the Alien. Study it, learn about its weapons and knowledge, and report everything back to me. Once I have enough, you will either frame it with a crime, or finish your job. You will have the next three months to do so. Do not fail me again."

Nodding to her Queen, Vedalia approached the mare and touched her horn to the mare's head. Infiltrators such as her didn't have the ability like her Queen to brainwash victims, they did however have the ability to pull basic information from their heads. This information included their name, location of their home, names of their loved ones and associates, and anything regarding their Cutie Mark or occupation. Gathering enough, she transformed into the mare. She now had light grey fur, a two-toned blue mane, a pair of leather wings, and golden slitted eyes. Her name was no longer Vedalia, it was Dawn Light.

"Dear Citizens of Equestria, I'm sure you have heard talk of an extraterrestrial in Ponyville. While you may all be inclined to be scared and fear this individual, my sister and I can vouch for him. His name is Mordecai, and he is a Guardian from his homeworld named Earth. He came here by accident, and has no ill intentions for Equestria. He will be here until either his ship is repaired, and if it isn't, I intend on giving him Equestrian Citizenship. I wish for you all to welcome him as Luna and I did, for he is an interesting being to get to know."

The massive crowd of Ponies attending the press conference in front of the castle went insane with questions and comments. Princess Celestia looked back at Mordecai and motioned for him to come next to her. Taking a deep breath, he steeled his nerves and stepped out onto the balcony with the Princess. The crowd grew even louder in volume when they saw him and he waved at them.

"I would say it went well." Princess Celestia said while sipping her tea.

"Define well Princess. I heard some scream in fear, the word monster be thrown around and I'm pretty sure I saw a pony faint.

"Well Guardian at least not all of them fainted." Mordecai fought the smile that was coming on his face from Rain's joke. He was about to say more when a Royal Guard came up to Celestia and whispered something into her ear. She nodded and the guard stomped his hoof two times. A mare with bandages around her neck came into the dining hall. Mordecai recognized her as the guard that was injured from fighting the Timberwolves.

"Hello my little Pony, I understand you wish to tell Mordecai something?" The mare slid her hoof along the floor nervously before making shaky eye contact with Mordecai.

"My name is Dawn Light, and I would like to thank you for saving my life. Because of Thestral tradition, which I take extremely seriously, I am forever in your debt." She said to him. Mordecai raised a eyebrow at her, confused at what she meant.

"No problem, but that isn't necessary. Saving people is a thing I do." Mordecai replied to her. She shook her to his response.

"I'm sorry Mordecai, but I intend to fulfill this debt. I am capable, despite my injury from the Alpha." Mordecai opened his mouth to argue back when Celestia loudly cleared her throat.

"Both of you stop, I have a solution. Dawn will be your guard, or should I say guide, to Equestria. She will be like an assistant to you and will help you adjust to being here for the time being. That sound fair?" Dawn and Mordecai both nodded to her. "Good, now if you both will excuse me, I have to deal with Equestria losing their minds."

Princess Celestia finished the last of her tea before handing the teacup and saucer to the guard, who took it in his mouth and followed her out. Mordecai watched her leave before turning back to Dawn, who wore a triumphant smile on her face. He pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a long sigh.

Rare Find was walking home with a basket of oranges he got from a store. The news of a alien appearing in Equestria had spread quickly, but that didn't scare him into not going out that night once his favorite snack had run out in his home. A cloaked figure was approaching him and his heart started beating fast until he saw that the figure had hooves.

The figure bumped into him, breaking his levitation spell on the oranges. "My bad, I didn't mean to bump into you mister?" The cloaked figure lifted it's head, smiling at the unicorn whose eyes widened when he saw his face.

"Tirek boy, my name is Tirek.

Author's Note

While I don't have a Xbox one to play Destiny 2, youtube videos will just have to do.