"Are you lot ok?" I asked. The main six, Spike, and Starlight were all still as statues with a look of shock on their faces. Deciding that the staring had lasted long enough, I walked over the short distance and poked Twilight's cheek with a finger.

As I did, Twilight's eyes focused on me as she jumped back in surprise with the rest of the group watching in bewilderment. Smiling, I raise my hand and gave a friendly wave along with a quote from Obi-wan.

"Hello there."

With the rest of them still in shock, Starlight was the first to speak.

"Y-y-you speak Equestrian?" She stuttered as I nodded.

"Well, my people call it English."

Starlight's eyes turned from shock to curiosity.

"An alien species able to speak the same language...amazing," Starlight stated but, before she could say any more, a pink blur knocked me to the ground with a solid 'thud'.

"OHHHHHAALIEN!WAITDOYOUEATCAKEINSPACE?WHATKINDOFCAKEDOYOUHAVE?ISITSOMETHINGSUPERTASTY?DOESYOURRACEHAVECHOCOLATEORVANILLA?!YOUREALLYNEEDTOTRYTHEM!THATREMINDSMEINEEDTOTHROWYOUAWELCOMETOEQUISTRIA/PONEVILLEPARTY!"

"PINKIE PIE!" Twilight snapped out of her shock and pulled her pink party-loving friend off my armor letting me sit back up.

"What? I'm only asking him a few questions, is that wrong?"

Twilight gave her a look that clearly said ‘Shut up’.

"Pinkie, listen, we don't know what this alien's culture is like. You could have started a war for Celestia’s sake!" She shouted as I tilted my head.

"Don't worry, she didn't." Twilight froze up before turning to me with an apologetic look on her face.

"Um...sorry for my friends little 'greeting', I hope we didn't anger you or anything mister...or misses," Twilight inquired as I got up, dusting myself off.

"It's fine, I've dealt with worse. I am a male by the way." I stated

"Oh, well sorry, I didn't know if you had a gender since you know you’re an alien and everything," Twilight said with a smile.

I shrugged.

"Well, to me all of you are the aliens,"

"Fair point Mr...wait does your kind even have names?"

"Well not at birth lady. We are given a designation, mine is Z3-R0 but you can call me Zero,"

"Ohhhhh it’s like your destination just reworded," Spike stated as I turned to him with a nod.

"Yep, cool right?"

"Your mom named you a serial number?" Rainbow Dash asked. I turned to her 'confused'.

"Mom?"

"Yeah, mom...like the person that gave birth to you?" Rainbow Dash elaborated, to which I scratched my head.

Seeing my 'confusion' Twilight lit up before asking me a question.

"Hold on a second...Zero how were you born?"

"Born? Ohhhhh Protogens aren't born, were built,"

The group looked at me with shock again before Starlight stepped in.

"What do you mean by ‘Built’?"

Placing my hand on my visor's chin guard I hummed before snapping my claws.

"How about I give you a crash course about my race to make things easier for all of us?"

(About 2 hours of explaining later.)

The group around me was wide-eyed at my explanation of the Protogen race, I told them almost everything there was to know about them in a nutshell. When I was a human it was fun to explain everything about the Protogens to those who aren't furries or new furries, but BEING a Protogen and explaining them to non-Protogens was even more fun. I love acting and I think my performance took the cake, by which I mean when I explained how Protogens were made by a higher intelligence for space exploration. I swear they looked like their heads were about to explode by the sheer amount of information I just told them.

"Amazing..." Twilight stated as she stared at me in amazement.

"Yep, my race is pretty cool right?" The group nodded as I smiled. "Well then, any questions?"

Twilight’s face lit up as she came up to me with what I swore were stars in her eyes.

"HECK YEAH I HAVE QUESTIONS! FIRST, WHEN DID YOUR RACE CREATE SPACE TRAVEL? CAN YOU TEACH OUR RACE HOW TO MAKE SUCH MACHINES!"

I held up my hand and spoke in a firm tone.

"Well, sadly dearest friend I cannot do that."

Twilight's eyes watered as she fell.

"W-what? Why not?" She asked in clear disappointment.

"Rule 333#, it is forbidden to teach a less advanced race about the secrets of current technology," I stated, remembering all 2,205 rules by heart.

"But, but, but," Twilight didn't know what to say as I kept going.

"In doing so, said unit will be punished by 50 years in cryo containment,"

Rainbow Dash backed up slightly.

"Would they really do something that harsh for just sharing some science stuff," I nodded.

"Yep and that's the light sentence,"

Twilight fell to the floor saddened that I couldn't give her the answers to space travel.

"Any other questions?"

Rarity spoke up.

"Excuse me darling, but what is your species fashion like? I simply must know!" She clapped her hands as she smiled brightly. The smile lessened when I turned to her blankly.

"Um sorry...Rarity was it? But I'm not very in touch with the latest fashion, I just wear my nerve suit or nothing at all," Rarity went wide-eyed as I said this before shouting.

"NONONONONO! That won't do! You must wear something else than that armor and a, ugh, a jumpsuit," She stated before pointing to me. "I must make something for you to wear!"

I raised my hands and shook my head in refusal.

"It’s alright, besides I feel more comfortable wearing this," But that only caused Rarity to go off in a speech about 'fashion'.

Rolling my eyes, my attention was caught by Applejack who was smiling.

"I have a question for yah partner," I tilted my head questioningly as I asked.

"What would that be?"

"Do you know what arm wrestling is?"

...

‘Oh boy.’

(A few minutes later at a large rock)

"I don't see the logic in this..." I stated as Applejack smiled.

We were sitting across from each other with the rest of the group sitting around us on logs and rocks.

"Well partner, it doesn't need to have logic it's simply fun and besides Rainbow and I were wondering how strong you were,"

I turned to Rainbow Dash, who held a smile on her face as she sat by Applejack before looking at Applejack’s arm.

"So how about it Zero?"

Looking at her hand and then to her face I smiled.

"Alright then," With that, I took her hand as Spike then placed his hands on top of the grip.

"Ready?"

I stared right into Applejack’s eyes as she did the same with my visor.

"GO!"

With that Spike moved his hands as I prepared myself for a battle of strength but then, to my surprise, I felt nothing as Applejack pushed with all her might. I blinked before looking at my hand then to Applejack who was still smiling, but was struggling as our arms remained unmoving.

...

'Oh, right, my arm can lift up to one ton,'

Smiling I looked at Applejack and began to push slowly as her smile faded and her face turned red slightly from the strain as I moved.

"COME ON APPLEJACK!" Starlight shouted.

Applejack, now with her eyes closed, tried to fight against the force of my arm. I only smiled as I kept on pushing down and, with one final push, I forced the back of her hand against the stone. Letting her go, she pulled her arm back rubbing it as she smiled.

"Well got to say no stallion...er man has been able to beat me in an arm-wrestling contest before. Heck, even my brother Big Mac hasn't beat me yet," She told me as I shrugged.

"Beginners luck?"

Rainbow then pushed her friend aside and placed her arm out.

"Let’s test that luck with me!"

She held a look of determination as I popped my neck.

"Bring it rainbow lady,"

With that, I clasped my hand on hers as Spike counted us down. Then we were off and what happened was the same with Applejack, but Rainbow still held her look of determination. As we remained unmoving I rested my head on my left hand as I looked at her struggling.

"What are you smiling about?" She ground out through her gritted teeth as I smiled.

"Nothing," I said as the eyes on my visor turn into X’s with a smile.

As she kept on pushing, I got an idea.

The group watched as Rainbow kept pushing against Zero's arm. She kept going until they heard a loud noise.

*Snap*

Rainbow slammed down Zero's arm as she got up with a victorious grin.

"I DID IT!"

Her friends, on the other hand, held looks of horror when Rainbow looked to see her friends’ reactions.

"What?" She asked confused, then blinked as Twilight pointed a shaking finger.

Rainbow followed the finger up to her hand, then froze.

In her hand was Zero's arm.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

As Rainbow Dash let go of his arm, the ponies (and dragon) began to panic as the arm fell onto the rock while they got up and began to run away. The group was so terrified that they didn't notice Zero's laughter as his visor held an X eyed laughing face as he held his gut from how hard he was laughing. As his laughter began to settle, the cyborg looked up to see that the ponies and dragon were disappearing among the trees.

"H-h-h-h-hey where are you lot going? It was just a joke!"

He called out, but they were already gone. As Zero looked at the way they left with a smiling visor, he stood and picked up his 'broken' arm before snapping it back on before moving its claws.

"Some people can't take a joke,"

With that, Zero got up and walked back to the Reach as the ponies ran back to ponyville terrified.

Author's Note

This story has gotten so many likes in so little time it makes me so happy! I thank you all so much! ALSO 1,500+ WORDS AMAZING!!!!!!!