The streets of Ponyville were empty, more from the fact it was still early in the morning. Twilight and Fluttershy had informed their friends on the matter of what was happening and most of them were up bright and early for the train. It came in as soon as they reached the station and they got aboard. Unlike most train, this one had only one passenger car for priority of acceleration and what extra speed they could use. This allowed the group to reach Canterlot in 35 minutes and they were then escort to the castle in a timely manner where Twilight met with the other princesses. "Princess Celestia." She greeted her teacher.

"Greeting Twilight." Celestia's usually greeting smile was not present.

"Is something wrong Princess?" Applejack asked worried from her look.

"Word has reached the nobles of the object. They think it's valuable but Luna has warned my gravely." Everyone was confused. "I trust Twilight only gave you the basics so I'll give you something worse." She took a breath. "Discord himself said something dangerous lay within the mountain." Aside from Twilight, and Fluttershy, though still affected, the six ponies flinched. Rainbow tried to blow it off, but she when Discord's word was worrying.

"They can't be serious." Said Applejack, slightly irritated.

"Luna and I are holding an investigation to determine the inside of the mountain and if its residence is a danger to Equestria." Celestia looked back to the crashed mountain. "And as for your request Twilight," Twilight's face lit up bright, "I must deny it." She sank.

"But- but... Princess!" She whined sadly.

"No Twilight. Even I know when Discord is serious. I inquired about your friends joining and he got brutally defensive. That tells me this is dangerous." Explained the Sun diarchy. There was a knock on the door. I will be gone for the day, so do not worry if I do not reply to your letters immediately. Take care." The solar princess left the room as the door closed behind her.

"Well I guess I'll be heading home." Said a smug Rainbow Dash before she was stopped.

"Not so fast Rainbow." Twilight said, her horn lit.

"You heard the princess Twi." Applejack spoke up. "You could get in so much trouble with her."

"Come on girls," started Twilight, "this is a chance to learn about something from beyond." She beamed again. "And something dangerous?" She brushed it off. "We all know Discord loves his pranks, this maybe one just to ruffle Princess Celestia's feathers. What do you say?" They looked at each other and sighed. If nothing else, they would keep her from getting hurt.

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Chrysalis woke up, feeling oddly refreshed. She had a dream that she was unable to recall but she felt good. Stretching out her form to get the blood going, she got out of bed and got in her combat attire. Steel shin guards and arm guards with plating for her chest, belly and shoulder, with a steel helm. I loin cloth as her fabric for movement with actual underwear for modesty. She often wished she could be a bad girl for her man but no such fate as no one wanted her. She collected two of her best guard and four that were in training as this was meant to be a recon mission, so as to give them field experience.

Stepping out of her castle, which she had placed in a forest within the badlands for camouflage, she felt the warmth of the sun against her skin and chitin. After soaking in a little heat, they set out into the forest. Given their location they'll have to fight, but these creatures, while annoying sometimes, were necessary for defense against intruders and training her more combat ready subjects. In the back of her mind, she wished she could move them to someplace safer, but many are too weak to do so on their own, and no one will help them. She cried briefly before regaining her composure enough to deflect a tongue with her shield. She saw what kind it was and paled.

Looking to her assailant, it was the Devil Tongue Toad, a large toad with lures for antennae, a tongue coated with poison and and actively aggressive appetite. These things were any changeling's natural enemy with their biology being close to a few actual bugs and the toad being just that. "These things always remind me that fate and nature can be so cruel." She was ready to give up before that ape's image flashed in her head, reigniting her flame as she staved of the tongue again with a determined glare, boosting her guards' moral as they finish of theirs and she was ready to do the same until it jumped into the air, dodging her sword as it lashed at her with her tongue. It fired it's tongue, hoping to catch her, only to get one of her guard in its mouth. The screams of pain were heard, fading slowly with each chomp of the toad's mouth as the guard's blood leak and dripped from the beast's mouth. Chrysalis was reminded again of nature's cruelty.

Chrysalis fought and slashed at the beast as she was struggling to survive, but something else was running through its mind about her and had other plans. Its tongue became coated in acidic saliva and smacked her across the stomach, some landing on her chitin with the rest dissolving her armor she was left with questions before the smell told her what it was planning. Holding her sword up, Chrysalis was shaking a bit from fear, rage, anxiety and all other manner of emotion. It jump to her as she struck only to be pinned. She struggle to break loose from the beast's grip before feeling something against her before screaming bloody murder. Struggling as her as she could, the beast smiled lightly as it tease her unwanted and terrifying fate. "Get off of me! Help! Help me!" She screamed and cried, the beast enjoying its prey before something connected with its teeth, knocking it back and another hit to the jaw, sending it sky ways before a third strike knocked it to the ground. Chysalis was horrified, so much she didn't register her her safety immediately. Her mind came back to her when she heard a voice.

"You indecent bastard. You couldn't have waited for for to get here for a fair fight?" Before her was someone in a fighting outfit that seemed to forget the shirt, with some tools on the body that she was not familiar with. The voice and body type registered male as did his figure. "So I'll give you a choice of her you want to be killed. You have dismemberment, Triad Bleeding Cuts, internal lacerations... take your pick." The beast launched its tongue, tired of it's target already before a hard force ruptured the tongue, causing it to bleed. "Internal damage. Excellent choice."

Only one question ran through Chrysalis' mind. 'Who is he.'

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Maverick woke up with numb pain, his body feeling as though it finished healing. "Thank the many creatures that have regeneration." He got to his feet and turned on the earpiece. "Ada, you there?"

[I'm here bro.] He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Coordinates?" [Unknown] "Status."

[Thrusters, online]
[Life support, online]
[Structural integrity, 87.56% Repairs advised]
[Maintenance and surveillance drones, online.]
[Orders?]

"Send out some surveillance drones to scan the topography and geometry of the surrounding area within 500 meters and have the maintenance drones work on the electrical and structure of the craft. The outside can wait." Drones were dispatched as ordered as they got to work. "Okay, while their working, let's have a look outside." Navigating the halls, Maverick made it outside the craft to see a castle. "The time period is definitely past medieval era."

[The stone in the ruins show age of approximately 1000 or more years. Reason for vacancy is unknown.] Ada called out factually.

"Let's have a look around." Maverick adjusted his body with his Mosaic Organ, the pinnacle of technological and biological science, for wings of a dragonfly. His Mosaic Organ, like many of the latest MO, was cultivated and improved upon with technology, making its cells a type of Organic Nanite, an Organite, after the first MO types became wide spread. The reason was to have an MO that could transmute the user without the use of the drug, effectively giving them any level of conversion possible. But being from the family he is in, his was specially made. His was purely controlled by him, allowing him supremacy over his body. He had time to get use to it, but never found the limit to its, or his, transmutation.

He surveyed further than the drones, taking in the damage the ship did. The crash left a long trench in the ground and he hoping nothing and no one died. He went further before hearing a scream. [I know you heard that.]

"What, like you expected me to ignore that?" He said playfully, knowing full and well he needed to be serious.

[If you did, then I'd ask where my brother is.] She sassed him playfully.

He flew to the scream before another was heard as he picked up the pace. He looked to see a feminine figure under a toad, but that smile reminded him of something his family fought. His rage kicked in as his legs changed, having exposed muscle, held firm by a strong exoskeleton as he went in for the strike.

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Maverick stared down the beast before it jumped up above him, planning to flatten the human. Chrysalis had another image, causing her to react to his safety before it was satisfied with him kicking the thing into the air, following close behind with the wings of an insect before the sharp sound of an explosion was heard. Within a few moves the beast was bleeding heavily and its predator landed before it. Its meal beyond, it rushed past, hoping to have its meal before there was a sharp pull and multiple impacts against its body as it faded, before a hard punch liquefied the insides as the majority of those liquids spilled out the opposite end, along with chunks of who knows what as it lay on the ground like a deflated balloon.

It turned to Chrysalis, as she squeaked, doing her best to cover her modesty. But its eyes did not reveal malice or lust, but concern and care. "Are you alright?" His voice reflecting a mostly cheerful tone yet pleasant to her ears as she relaxed only to remember she was naked. "It came from here." She tensed from the voice and was ready to fight before he walked past her.

"Collect your dead and go. Meet me at the gold ring mountain next to the castle at midnight." He continued walking and she did as he told her, knowing his words were out of respect and care. He came face to face with a girl with cyan fur and wings with rainbow hair and sports wear. "Yep I'm crazy." This put her off. "I meet a bug like woman, who looked quite the catch and now-"

"A bug woman!? Chrysalis!" She got in his face. "You're a changeling too!" She started to fight the being she though was a changeling before his hands were restrained by purple and blue aura. A lasso wrapped around his arms for good measure as five girls could be seen and two women came through the brush. The cyan girl tried to punch him before a scorpion tail coiled around her wrist, redirecting her motion. "What the-"

The white furred woman was shocked. "Detain him." Maverick had a done reaction as his arms shifted and he pulled them apart.

"And that is with the common Black Ant. Sometimes I wonder what the Newton family was even thinking when they started this." He was not happy being this strong sometimes but it did have its pay off. "So any reason you girls were being racist just because I mentioned meeting a bug lady?" They got defensive again as the rainbow maned girl primed a fist only to be stopped by a different blue aura. The white furred woman walked up and there was a blinding light before dimming again as they heard gasps. He was unchanged. "Is there a reason you almost blinded me?" His wrists were released and his arms were unbound. "Again, what is this about?"

The white furred woman spoke again. "Take him to Canterlot, we'll talk with him there."

Author's Note

What does Celestia have in store for Maverick, who has revealed himself as one of the Newton family, and what of Chrysalis, who felt strange sensations in her mind interacting with him. Answers for a later chapter of Terra Equestria.

(I apologize if the writing seems clunky or rushed. I'm trying to take my time to build and develop it so please pardon my mistakes.)