"Spike, can you do me a favor and put those books away," I said, trying my best to suppress a yawn. I flipped a page on the book I was reading. Ever since I moved into the library, I have been able to access a lot of books that I haven't read yet when I was being taught by Celestia. This led me to have to read a whole new set of books. I was not complaining one bit.

I heard Spike sigh as he went to do as I asked. I didn't look away from my book on basic defense spells when I heard him shuffle over to the stack of books next to me. Ever since I and my new friends defeated Nightmare Moon, I thought it would be best if I knew how to defend myself and my friends in case we ran into anything else. I was able to hold my own against her, but I knew I needed more than teleportation in a fight.

The page I was reading was on improving my shield spell. Luckily, I already knew a basic shield spell for myself. Having a brother in the military does come in handy, especially when the said brother is overprotective. I looked over at an apple that sat across the table from me. I focused my magic into a bubble and imagined it encasing the apple. I was pleased when I saw the apple being surrounded by my shield in a purple sphere. I decided to test it to make sure it was sturdy. I sat up and walked over to the apple.

I looked down at the apple in thought. How will I test this, I thought. I looked around the library for anything I could use. I then looked over at Spike. I watched him sort the books with a bored expression. Then something came up. I now had an idea. "Hey, Spike. Can you come over here for a second?", I asked. He looked over at me and placed the books he was holding on the stool he was on. He walked over to me, giving me an uncertain look.

"I need you to use your fire and try to break my shield", I told him. He looked up at me, then at the apple, then back up at me. He then shrugged and walked over to the apple. He had to stand on his toes to reach the apple. He grabbed it and held it in front of his face with his little claws. I watched with interest as he began to blow a steady flame on the apple. After a few moments, the fire began to intensify. I stood there and watched for a few minutes as he tried to break the shield. He then suddenly stopped. I looked at him and saw him panting for breath. I didn't even realize how much strain he was going through. Now I felt bad.

"Okay, thank you Spike. Sorry if that was tiring for you. You can grab a snack from the kitchen and go to sleep," I said, giving him a pat on the back. He smiled and walked upstairs. I raised a brow. I then realized what he was doing. I smiled as I deactivated the spell. He waved back, thanking me as he walked into our room. I yawned as I closed the book. "At least the spell works well, but I need something more than some tiny dragon fire to test the shield."

I grabbed the book with my levitation and moved it into its respected spot in one of the many shelves. I yawned slightly as I made my way up the stairs to my room. As I was walking to my room, I looked past the door to see the stairs to the balcony. I looked back at the door and then back at the stair. I looked at a clock the old tower clock that stood in the hallway. The time read was 10:30. I shrugged. It won't hurt to look at the stars for a few minutes, I thought. I made my way up the stairs.

I walked up onto the small platform on the top of the tree. I looked up and saw the many stars in the sky, twinkling in the darkness of the night. I sighed in peace as I took in the sight. I tore my eyes away and looked up at the moon and all its glory. When I looked up at the moon, I would see the shape of a mare on the moon. Now it's blank, as it should be. Knowing Princess Luna is back at the castle with Celestia made me feel good inside. I could only imagine what The Princess felt when her sister was gone. The way they embraced each other for the first time in forever, I knew things would get better for the both of them.

As I stared at the moon, taking note of all the visible crates on the surface, I caught something moving in the corner of my eye. I looked to the right of the moon, and what I saw took my breath away. It was a shooting star. Princess Luna must know i'm watching and is trying to put on a show for me. I smiled as I saw the star move across the sky. That was until the star glowed a bright orange and illuminated the sky around it.

I looked at the star more closely, wondering why it was doing that. I then noticed that it was actually getting bigger as it moved through the sky. It then hit me like someone slapped me in the face, that was no shooting star, it was a meteor. My inner excitement grew instantly. I 'squeed' as I saw the meteor coming closer to the ground. I rushed to my telescope on the platform and aimed it at the meteor. I looked in the lens, trying my best to contain my excitement.

The image was a bit blurry, but nothing a quick adjustment on the telescopes dials wont fix. I twisted and turned the dials, trying my best to make the image more clear. I laughed in joy as the image finally began to focus. I was able to see the meteor more clearly, but it was still a bit too small. I adjusted the distance and checked again. What I saw next made my jaw drop.

Instead of seeing a large rock like I thought I would see, I saw a orange object flying towards the ground at an alarming speed. The object kinda looked like a plane, but it looked much more advance than the ones we have here. I also noticed the plane was on fire on its right side. Sparks and smoke flew out of the damaged part of the wing. I pulled back from the lens and stared at the pane falling from the sky. I looked ahead of it to see where it would be landing. From the angle of the plane and how fast it was going, it looked like it would land... in the Everfree Forest.

"Stay here Spike, I'll be back soon!", I called out behind me as I left the library at a quick pace. Before I left I grabbed some equipment so I can examine the plane that crashed. I adjusted the heavy backpack on my shoulders to make it more comfortable. As I began to walk towards the Everfree, I heard someone yelling my name.

"Hey Twi, wait up!", Rainbow Dash yelled as she floated down to my level. I watched her descend to where she was floating in front of my. From just taking a quick glance at her, I can tell she looked like a mess, and that's just my observation without any real knowledge on fashion. She wore a tank top with a sports bra and some sport shorts. She looked like she just fell out of bed and threw something on.

"Hey Rainbow, i'm guessing you saw the plane crashing in the Everfree?" I asked, ignoring her attempts to adjusting her bra. She nodded, finally fixing the bra to fit her properly.

"Yea, I was sleeping when I heard something loud flying through the sky. I looked outside and saw the things falling towards the Everfree. It was moving pretty fast too". I nodded.

"Lets get moving then, somepony might need our help". Rainbow nodded as we began to make our way to the front of the Everfree Forest.

As me and Rainbow began to get closer to the entrance of the Forest, we saw Fluttershy's house coming into view. I wondered if she saw the plane crashing. Rainbow must have thought the same thing because we were both making our way to the cottage. Both us made it to the door in little time. I raised my hand to knock, but before I did, the door opened abruptly. I stared at Fluttershy who had a surprised expression on her face. I slowly lowered my hand, trying my best not to blush from the awkward situation.

"Oh my, I didn't know you would be coming here. Do you need anything? Wait, did you come here about the thing that crashed not too long ago?' Fluttershy asked in her usual nervous tone. I nodded.

"Yea, we actually came here to see if you saw it and if you want to come check it out". Fluttershy looked down nervously.

"Actually, I was about to go investigate if anypony was hurt. I would have left sooner, but I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to leave without company. I have some medical gear just in case", she said, motioning towards the backpack over her shoulder. I looked her over. Unlike rainbow, she seemed ready to go into the Forest. She wore a pair of lime green mud boots and had some long cargo pants. She also wore a long sleeved jacket over a blue buttoned up shirt.

I smiled. "Good, we can all go and check it out". I then heard something land next to me. I looked to my right and saw it was rainbow who was panting slightly.

"I flew up to see how far it is in the forest. Luckily it didn't seem that far from the edge. Maybe a ten minute walk. Less if we be quick. " I nodded. I didn't waste any time. I began to make my way into the Forest, my friends close behind.

"Celestia, then bugs are killing me!" Rainbow exclaimed. I looked back and saw her scratching her arms furiously. I scoffed.

"Well, maybe if you actually dressed appropriately, then you wouldn't be so itchy." I heard Rainbow groan.

"It's not my fault. I saw the plane fly by and I wanted to check it out quickly. It's not my fault I like to sleep in the nude". I winced as she revealed that tad bit of information. I looked down at myself. I didn't really try to change into anything special either. I just wore some jeans with a t-shirt that said "Best Nerd". I also just slipped on some sandals that were sitting right next to the door. I tried to contain my discomfort as I felt a few twigs make my way between my toes.

"I have some bug spray, if you want some that is?" Fluttershy said timidly, holding out a bottle of bug spray. Rainbow took the spray and began to apply it to her skin. I looked ahead and saw a light in the distance.

"Hey, guys, I think I see the plane in the distance". I began to jog, trying to get there as soon as possible. I made it to the plane, and what I saw was horrifying. The plane itself was completely destroyed. Pieces of it scattered about the crash sight. The plane was leaning against a large rock formation sticking out of the ground. Almost like a tooth of the forest. Fires were everywhere, all over the ship, covering broken trees that were damaged as it crashed. I looked past the wreckage and saw the direction it crashed from. Trees, shattered to nothing, probably for a few miles.

"How could anyone survive this?" Rainbow asked. I just stood there silent, wondering the same thing. I took of my backpack and set it beside me. I slowly began to walk towards the ship. The plane looked very advanced compared to ours. Our planes have a engine on the front with a rotary that spins a bland that allows it to go forward. This plane didn't have anything on the from except a long nose. I looked at the back and saw two large machines puffing out smoke. I had a feeling those were the engines that made it move.

I wanted to get closer, but the heat from the plane was too much. I wasn't even sure if the pony survived a crash like this. I then heard Fluttershy gasp. I looked back to see what the problem was. She looked at me, her eyes wide with fear as she covered her mouth. She was shaking like a leaf.

"Whats wrong?' I asked, raising a brow. She slowly pointed behind me, her hand trembling as it moved.

"B-behind y-you!" she cried. I slowly turned back around, my heart beginning to beat faster as moved. Somehow I didn't notice it at first. Before there was just the burning ship with fires scattered about. Now there was something about that image. Before where it was clear and warm, now there was a noticeable blur in front of me. I could still see the ship, but now it looked like I was looking through a bottle of water, the image looking warped and faint.

I heard a low growl coming from in front of me. I then realized that it wasn't my eyes playing tricks on me. The growl came from above my head. I slowly looked up, my heat beating even faster in my chest. I tried to control my breathing, but the fear in my body wouldn't allow it. I looked up and I saw them. Four glowing eyes looking down at me. Before I could react, I was grabbed by the next and hoisted up in the air.

I struggled to breath as I was hoisted in the air by my throat. I coughed and gagged as the hand tightened its grip. I looked down at the glowing eyes, staring at me with no emotion. I tried to support myself by grabbing on to anything. The only thing I could get my hands on was a blurry shape of an arm that reached out to me. Not a minute later after I was lifted in the air, the blur began to disappear, now being replaced with an actual being.

It started with the arm and went down from there, revealing what looked like a beast with horns. The horns didn't look like bone though. They looked like pieces of armor that covered parts of its body like a chest plate and gauntlets. The being had four long arms with three long fingers on each hand. Its head looked like a skull with horns poking out of its head, small tubes coming out of its mouth trailing towards its body.

I heard screams coming from behind me. I tried to turn back to see but the grip from the monster was too hard. I could hear what was coming from behind me. From the corner of my eye I could see another one had snuck up behind Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. I couldn't tell how tall this thing was as it held me, but from seeing the difference between the girls and it, I could tell it was giant. It stood at about seven feet high. Fluttershy and Rainbow were about the same at five-foot-five.

I saw rainbow try to resist the creature trying to bind her with its four arms. Apparently the creature gave up and just punched her in the face, knocking her to the ground. Fluttershy screamed in fear. I tried to break free from my captor, but it still held strong. I began to feel a bit dizzy, the lack of oxygen was probably affecting me. I heard the faint sounds of growling and hissing. I couldn't focus, my vision becoming more dark by the second. Suddenly the creature dropped me.

I landed on ground hard, falling on my shoulder making it flare in pain. I coughed and sucked in as much air as I could, trying to shake away the dizziness. The creature stepped away from me. As the monster stepped away, I heard loud footsteps coming from ahead of me. I looked up and saw the reason why the other thing had moved. It looked similar to the one that was chocking me, but this one was much bigger. Where the other ones stood at about seven feet, this was was easily taller than that. Probably about 18 feet.

The large being walked up to me slowly, taking its time. Imagining since how big it was, I doubt it would take long for him to walk to me. He was taking his time. Trying to spread fear through me. I hate to admit it but it was working. My heart was still beating madly in my chest. It took all my willpower not to scream or pass out right at that moment. The creature finally made it to me and keeled down to where I didn't have to look all the way up to its face. It stared at me for a moment before speaking.

"Where are they?" the creature asked, its voice sending a shiver through my spine. It was scary how calm it was. It sounded like some one had put a mask over someponies face. It was also kinda serpentine like, a faint hiss left its mouth as it spoke. "Where are they?!" it asked again, this time a bit more impatient. It took me a moment to realize I was laying there gaping up at the creature.

"W-who?" I said, barely containing my shivering voice. It pounded its fist into the ground and snarled.

"WHERE IS THE GUARDIAN!" it shouted. I screamed in fear as it loomed over me. I covered my head in fear, much how I used to do when I was scared of the dark and pulled my covers over my head.

"I don't know! Please don't hurt me and my friends!" I cried. The creature growled and stood up. It began yelling in a weird language I didn't know at the forest. Heard many more footsteps come from the forest. I poked my head out of my arms and saw where the footsteps were coming from. More of them emerged from the shadows of the forest, holding glowing swords and what appeared to be rifles.

The all looked different yet the same. Red cloth and markings covered their armor and each ranged to different sizes. None were as tall as the giant one that stood before me. I did notice a common theme among them. The smaller ones had little knives instead of swords and help pistols instead of rifles. The rifles and swords glowed with electricity. There were so many of them. At least a dozen came out of the forest. Were they watching us the whole time?

I then head a loud hum come out of nowhere. Before I knew it, a large ship blinked over the ship wreckage. Another hum and and a couple more started blinking over us. The ships looked like nothing the one that was burning in front of us. It was longer and thicker, it definitely was more suited for combat. Weapons and armor covered the front of the ship while it tail end had hatched running along its underside. I kinda looked like a transport ship for soldiers.

I then realized that these things were not some monsters of the Everfree. These were aliens. Aliens that were armed to the teeth and were looking for something. I then felt the large alien grab me, this time by the back of my neck. I struggled in its grip, trying my best to break free. Obviously I wasn't successful, but I had to try. The alien began to speak again, yelling out to the forest.

"Come out Guardian! Or else this one and the others will suffer a fate worse than death!" it yelled in anger. I began to cry. I couldn't stop the tears flowing from my eyes. The thought of what these things might do to us scared me to the bone. I was able to stand my ground against Nightmare Moon, but this is too much. I could never have prepared for this. It stood there waiting for a reply, holding me in its grip. The alien growled again before reaching down to grab something. I looked down and saw it pull out one of those electric swords like the smaller ones had. This one was much longer and was more jagged than a regular curved blade. It held the blade to my neck. I could feel the warmth from the blade, telling me just how much energy was stored in it.

It stood there for a solid minute, nothing happening. No sound besides the slight shuffling from the other aliens and the crackle of the fire of the ship. The aliens ships hummed as they floated above us, pointing their guns and headlights into the treeline. I cried as I heard the alien snarl.

"Fine then, have it your way" it said. It then brought the blade up to my throat. I winced as the blade began to burn my fur from energy coming from it. Then, out of nowhere, I heard bullets firing from behind us. It caught all the aliens off guard. They looked around wondering where the energy bullets were coming from. Everyone turned around and saw it. A caped figure stood on top of the rock the ship had crashed into. It held two guns in its hand. One looked very shell like and glowed a soft the green. The other looked very futuristic as it glowed a very hot red. The cap figure was much shorter than the aliens, but from where I was, it still looked pretty tall. Was this the Guardian.

The Guardian held up the glowing green gun and fired at the aliens. The giant alien that held me dropped me to the ground. I was prepared this time and fell on my butt. I looked around in shock as I saw the carnage unfold. Blue, red, and green beams of light were flying everywhere. Most of the blue blots were being fired at the caped figure, but it was moving side to side, dodging the bullets without any effort. It fired green bullets at any alien that tried to shoot at it. I saw one of the alien ships lock its guns on the hooded figure. I was about to warn them, but they already knew of the incoming attack.

It raised its arm that held the futuristic gun and aimed at the ship. The being pulled the trigger on the gun and the gun began to glow a very hot red. After a second, the gun fired a red beam at the ship. The laser went straight through the alien ship and made the front of it explode. I watched as the ship spun out of control before crashing through the trees in the distance. I tore my eyes of the caped figure and looked around for my friends.

I looked around and saw they were hiding behind a tree, bullets of green and blue hitting the tree every now and then. I sat up and ran towards them. I kept my head low, dodging the many lasers that flew above me. Before I could make it I felt a searing pain go through me leg. I screamed as I fell over in pain. I looked down and saw a large hole in my jeans. It was burned and it stung like hell. Apparently one of the aliens manage to shoot me. I heard Rainbow call out my name. I couldn't what she was saying since the pain of the wound was pushing out all of my other senses.

As I held my leg, I didn't notice a alien run up and jumped on top of me. I screamed as it tired to bite me with its large mouth and razor like teeth. It was one of the smaller aliens that manage to pin me. This one only had two arms. If it was one of the bigger ones, then I wouldn't be able to fight it as much as I am now. I managed to slip my arm from its grasp and punch it in the face. It only stunned it for a moment, but that was all I needed. I charged my horn and aimed it at the alien. I released the spell and blasted it in the chest.

The alien flew back a bit before landing on the ground a few meters away from me. It got up and shook its head slightly. It then looked at me. I stared at it as it stood up and tried to charge me. My spell only managed to slightly burn its chest. The alien leaped at me, teeth and fangs bared. I screamed in fear as it came closer. The alien never reached. me. While it flew, a green laser managed to hit it in the side and knock it away from me.

I looked at where the bullet came from. It stared at me. I never was able to see it before, but now that it face me, I could make out some of its features. It looked like a hawk or some type of bird. Its beak was a shiny gold and skin a clean white. What really stood out was its eyes. They glowed a bright gold. Like coals in a fire. It looked away from me and continued fighting.

I heard a loud explosion come from my right. I looked and saw the hawk creature shoot down another one of the aliens ships. The large alien shouted to the surviving alien. It then vanished, leaving a few sparks of light behind. I looked around and saw other aliens doing the same. After a few aliens vanished, the last ship flew up and disappeared into the night. The hawk creature was still shooting at a few aliens that were still here.

It stowed the glowing gun on its back before jumping of the rock. It shot an alien as it fell to the ground. The hawk creature landed and fired a few more shots at another alien. The gun then suddenly disappeared out of its hand and I noticed a revolver appear on its thigh.

There were five aliens standing. It sprinted towards them. It summoned a knife and threw it at one of their heads. Sparks flew out of the helmet as the knife impacted the aliens face. I ran to the alien right next to it and right hooked it. It took its hand and grabbed the knife from the dead aliens face. It took the knife and shove it into the other aliens shoulder. One of them ran towards the hawk creature and tried to stab it. The hawk creature obviously saw this coming and kicked it in the chest, sending it stumbling backwards.

The being spent no time in taking care of the stunned alien. It pulled the knife from the dead alien and threw it. The blade hit the alien right in its forehead. The last two stared in shock as they held their guns, pointed at the skilled warrior in fear. The being summoned another knife and threw it at the closest alien. This time the knife impacted it square in the chest. The alien cried in pain before falling over dead. The last alien aimed its gun at the warrior, but it was too slow. The hawk being pulled out its revolver and fired it in less than a second. The alien had no time to react as the bullet collided with its face.

Bits of blue chunks and pieces of armor blasted off the aliens face. I stared at shock as I just saw this very dangerous being kill these aliens without breaking a sweat. I looked up at the hawk creature. It stared back at me with those glowing eyes. It stowed its revolver and began to walk towards me. I couldn't move, my brain was still processing what I had just saw.

I head running footsteps come from behind me. I saw Rainbow grab a alien pistol that was laying on the ground beside me. She held it up and aimed at our savior. I tried to move to stop her, but the pain in my leg flared again.

"Stand back, I know how to use this thing!" Rainbow warned. The being paused for a second before continuing to walk.

"Rainbow, wait!" I cried out. It was too late. She pulled the trigger and fire a bullet at the one who saved us. I watched in horror as the laser collided with the chest of the hawk being. It stopped, looking down where Rainbow had shot it. I couldn't tell if it was mad or in pain. I just hoped Rainbow didn't ruin the only chance we could get out alive. The hawk being looked down for moment then back up at us. The bullet apparently did nothing. Where the bullets it fired killed the aliens in one shot, this thing didn't even flinch when being shot at close range.

I walked up to Rainbow and grabbed the gun from her hand.It stared at her for a second before summoning a knife into its hand. I gasped in fear as I thought it was going to kill her. It brought the knife up to the gun and cut one of its exposed wires. The gun instantly stopped glowing when it cut the wire. It threw the gun to the ground.

"You got some balls" it chuckled. It spoke. It actually spoke. From the tone, it sounded female. I looked over it and began putting the pieces together. The alien wore a silver chest plate with a few engravings on it and and wore some sort of padded pants. The pants hugged her frame nicely and showed how much muscle she had in her legs. She wore white armored shin guards that went to her knees. She had silver and golden gauntlets on her arms and golden pieces of armor covering her thumb pointer and middle finger.

I felt Fluttershy kneel next to me with a med pack in her hands. I ignored her as she looked over the wound.

"Who the hell are you?!" Rainbow asked, obviously trying to hide the nervousness in her voice. I already knew the answer. After hearing the large alien say it and from what transpired a minute ago, I can safely conclude who she is.

"She's the Guardian" I said. Rainbow looked at me in shock then back up at the Guardian. The Guardian looked down at me. I couldn't tell from her face, but I guess she was surprised as well.

"How did you know that?" she asked. I shrugged.

"The large alien was asking about you. He wanted to find you for some reason. I don't know why though" I said, giving my thoughts on the matter. The Guardian looked down in thought.

"That was a Kell. A Kell of Devils from what the red markings looked like. I wonder what the Fallen are doing all the way out here?" it said, apparently talking to itself. It then looked at me, more specifically my leg. "Can you walk?" she asked. I looked at Fluttershy. She looked up at me and shook her head. "Ok, how far is your town?"

I looked in the direction where we came from and pointed that way. "Over there, about a 15 minute walk."

She sighed before holding up her hand like she was about to catch a ball from dropping. Out of thin air, a small blue eye appeared with a white shell covering it. Fluttershy squeaked in surprise. I stared in fascination. "Ghost, pull out the Kings Touch sparrow." The "Ghost" nodded before vanishing. Not a moment later a large golden bike appeared next to us. "Put her on, I'll drive her there. I hope those wings aren't for show?" she asked. Rainbow shook her head, a slight frown on her face.

"Good, lead the way and I will follow." Fluttershy and Rainbow helped my climb onto the golden bike. It didn't have any wheels, how was it going to move? The guardian sat in front me me and held the two handle gears at the front of it.

"Wait, what about your ship, what were those things, what exactly are you?!" I asked, trying to emphasis how weird the situation is. She shrugged before pressing a button in front of her of the dashboard. The bike roared to life and lifted us into the air. This thing was a hover bike.

"We are too exposed here. We can talk more when we leave this place. Don't worry about my ship, I got all I need from it before it caught fire. And you can call me Ashli" she said as she twisted the throttle on the bike. The next thing I knew we were flying through the trees, following Rainbow and Fluttershy to the outside of the Forest.

Author's Note

Well this is late. Whats new. Just started school and i'm already trying to manage everything. God I miss summer. If I was a bit vague on the Guns Ashli used, it was the Sleeper Simulant and the Necrochasm. The fight scene was based off of this