When two worlds meet. Beginnings.

Princess Celestia re-read the letter two times, and a frown appeared in her face. A creature had attacked Ponyville! Oh no! It’s not like there was at least one attack every month from the Everfree Forest ever month! Oh, the tragedy! But she still had to send some guards to Ponyville, because if she didn’t then that would show some kind of weakness, however small it was, and all the other nobles from Canterlot would start rumors and try to make her fall from good graces. She really had to do this, didn’t she? Of course she had to, but maybe she could get something out of this.

“Ejem, I’m sorry to say that today’s court room is cancelled, since urgent events has taken place and they need my full attention,” Princess Celestia said to the noble that was explaining whatever problems he supposedly had, but in reality it was only to make its family more rich.

The noble was going to answer back, but as soon as he saw the Sun Princess in her throne looking down at him, he inmediatly bowed down and said “But of course. I hope this matter can be discussed next time,” in the most polite way and left the throne room that also acted as a court room.

As soon as the noble closed the doors, Princess Celestia relaxed. Even after thousands of years, it still hurt to smile that long waiting for the sun to lie down. Not wasting too much time, she started to write a letter with telekinesis.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

I will send a platoon of royal guards as soon as posible. It will be instructed to the townsponies and guards to capture the creatures alive if possible, since, as far as my knowledge goes, they can practice speech, unless they use some sort of magic. I will send general Sharp Slice, since he is one of the currently available best monster trappers. Be informed, he is a griffin, but she has a lot of discipline and training, so there’s no reason to fear her. I trust that you both will work together to the best of your capabilities.

With much love,
Princess Celestia.

With all of that well and done, she went to her personal hot springs to have a much needed relaxation time.

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“Not even a day has passed, and we are almost half dead,” commented Samuel.

“Oh shut up! We are doing good, isn’t that clear boys? I know we are,” said Sebastián with confidence.

The group responded Sebastián with groans and whines. It was in the middle of the night, and, indeed, not even a day had passed. Our little troupe was struggling in the being fed department, and they weren’t too good confident now that each one had processed the gravity of the situation in their heads. Their morality was bottom rock.

“Is this really how we are going to die? From starvation? Can there really be a more lame way to die? At least it’s not too cold this night,” said Hugo. The statement that he said was agreed upon everyone in the past that dying from hunger was one of the top ten lamest ways to die.

“We only caught one fish! And since we don’t know how to make fire, it tasted horrible,” added Gabriel, which all it did was lower the morality even more.

“It’s obvious that we cannot survive out here on our own, but what can we do? Die, would be the answer,” said Julio.

“I have an idea, but it might be risky. In fact, it will be risky,” said Felipe.

“Tell us, we are too desperate,” said Hugo with a pleading tone.

“Alright, so, that thing of earlier was speaking, so we can all agree that they are intelligent, right? So, maybe one or two of us can snuck in to where they might have food and steal it. I know is sounds very dangerous but-“

“Shit yeah I’m in,” happily said Hugo.

“What? Are you really not going to process the possible dangers, and that we are basically going into an aliens living place,” asked Felipe incredulous.

“I don’t fear them. The one I swatted away seemed like a male, and his voice sounded like a male as well. Also, I’m sneaky as fuck, and now that it is the middle of the night, they won’t see me. They also have freakishly big eyes, but I once read in google that having big eyes does not necessarily mean having good eyesight,” explained Hugo.

“Are you really gonna go in there because you read something in google? Also, you might be sneaky, but horse have eyes that can look all around them,” said Sebastián.

“Dude, I was in front of him, and I saw that they didn’t have the eyes of a horse. They were facing forward, like a human. Guys, there is no need to worry. I got this,” said Hugo.

“I’ll also go,” said Julio.

“Wait, what? Why,” asked Samuel.

“Well, I’m as strong as Hugo, and I can cover his back and tell him if something’s coming,” explained Julio.

“Oh, Jesus Christ. Fine! You both can go. But you better get back,” said Felipe.

“Why are you so mad, bro? It was your idea,” said Hugo.

“I didn’t think someone would actually do it. And the moment it got out of my mouth, I thought it was a terrible idea,” said Felipe.

“Dude, we’ll be good. It’s just get in, grab some food, and get the fuck out,” explained Julio.

“Yeah! No reason to worry! We will be back before you can say “duck”. We got this,” said Hugo.

“Alright,” said Felipe sourly.

“Hey Hugo! I found something you will like,” exclaimed Alfredo, who went too look around for something.

“What is it,” asked Hugo.

Alfredo raised his arm, and what he had was...

“Oh my God! A stick! Thank you so much,” exclaimed Hugo excitedly.

“Yeah! We all know how you play with sticks in your front yard, and this one appeared to be of really good quality,” said Alfredo.

“Thank you so much! I love it,” exclaimed Hugo.

“What do I get,” asked Julio.

“Sorry, I didn’t found anything for you. But you can have Hugo’s multipurpose tool,” said Alfredo.

“Man, I get the short end of the stick,” said Julio.

“No, you get no stick! I know I’m hilarious,” said Hugo, making everyone cringe at the terrible joke.

“We better be on our way now that it is dark,” said Hugo, smiling a little bit because he fell for the trap.

“Yeah! Remember Felipe, we will be back before you can say ducks,” said Hugo one last time, before going their way with Julio for supplies.

“Ducks,” whispered Felipe.

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“Yellow Drive’s in room number 27, Princess Twilight,” pointed Nurse Red Heart.

“Thank you very much. Again, sorry that I was late. Some matters appeared, and they had to be properly addressed,” explained Twilight.

“There is no need to be sorry. He’s been patiently waiting for you to arrive. Now, beg you pardon. There are other duties I must attend to,” said Nurse Red Heart, while she bowed. This made Twilight cringe internally, but she kept composure.

“There is no need to bow, but thanks anyway,” said Twilight with a little smile on his face.

Twilight knocked three times the door, since it was of good manners to do so before entering any room.

”Come in,” she heard from across the door.

“Please, there is no need to bow,” said Twilight coming into the room.

“I wish I could do much more than to bow at the moment, Princess Twilight,” said Yellow Drive with a smile in his face.

He was in a bad condition. He had bandages across his face, ribs and left eye. He also has a cast for his left limb, and he had an IV providing nutrition to his veins. Twilight Sparkle was so embarrassed.

“Dear Celestia! I am so sorry! I did not meant to offend you,” exclaimed Twilight, while saying a million other things.

“Oh, it’s alright. None offense was taken. In fact, now that you are here, we may finally speak,” inquired Yellow Drive.

“That is right! So, what is that thing that you wanted to tell me that is so important that you won’t even tell to the doctors and nurses,” asked Twilight.

“That that thing is still alive,” simply said Yellow Drive.

“...Yes. I don’t get what you are trying to say,” said Twilight.

“What I’m trying to say is that I bucked it with all of my strength and magic in its stomach,” said Yellow Drive.

Twilight gasped.

“But that probably killed him! A buck from an male earth pony at point blank could injure heavily and even kill a manticore! Oh no, Princess Celestia takes me to capture them alive if possible! What am I gonna do,” asked Twilight, as she simultaneously started to freak out.

“Did you forget the part where it him me back, Princess? And it was no weak hit. It even send me rolling from one slap! I must have looked pretty funny,” said Yellow Drive rather grimly.

“Don’t say that! You will only downplay yourself,” said Twilight.

“It’s not important that it survived the kick. What is important is that it barely reacted to it, and the immediate effect it had on me. What I’m implying is that, when I hit that thing, it somehow negated my magic, and the moment there was contact, I felt very weak,” said Yellow Drive to the Princess, who had her mouth agape.

“That’s impossible! Sure, there are some creatures that are resistant to magic, like drakes and dragons, but somehow negating it? There never has been something like this documented before! It’s unheard of! I must inform the Princess as soon as posible,” exclaimed, yet again, the Princess.

“I heard that there are a platoon of royal guards coming to Ponyville, right,” asked Yellow Drive.

“How did you know?”

“Well, Mayor Mare likes to chatter, and rumors fly fast. I just want to say one last thing. I don’t want the creature dead. I know, it sounds like I’m contradicting myself when I said not too long ago “it didn’t die”, but I said that because it amazes me. Looking back to it, I may have overreacted. They sounded like a cheerful group! And thank Celestia that it nullified my kick, because then I could have possibly killed an intelligent being! And, as a biologists and observer of wildlife myself, it would be terrible that I could have killed such a strange creature. I’m not saying murder is good, just so you know. I wanted to tell this so that you can have an idea of what they can do,” said Yellow Drive.

“Thank you so much for all the information, I will make sure that they are captured alive. Proper measurements will be taken,” said Twilight Sparkle.

“As a side note, Princess. You are quite cute while you are nervous. If I didn’t have a wife and was a bit younger, then I might have had asked you out,” Yellow Drive said with a grin.

Twilight stammered and blushed, and went out of the room red like a tomato.

The whole hospital heard Yellow Drives laughs.

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“So, that is it,” said Hugo rather unimpressed.

The town in front of them didn’t look like both boys were thinking in their head. I literally was a medieval town. It had some lightbulbs, and a few roads, but it really was nothing impressive. A tiny medieval town.

“I was expecting something more... impressive as well,” commented Julio.

“Aren’t they aliens? I was expecting white metal floor, lights everywhere, and a floating car or two,” said Hugo, listing of things that proper aliens should have.

“Well, I guess this makes things easier. Come on, avoid any light sources and stay in the dark. Do I go, or do you go,” asked Julio.

“I’ll go first, then I’ll let you know if it’s clear,” said Hugo.

Both boys were at the very edge of the forest, but it was not the same forest as before. They where in one were trees are more scarce, and said trees looked like broccoli with only the leaves being green and the wood a light brown. Hugo looked to both sides quickly, and he saw that there was nothing on the coast. He ran for it, and made it to the other side. Said side was behind one of the medieval houses.

Julio waited for Hugo to say it was clear. He waited for a minute, and saw a thumbs up. He also ran for it, and made it to the other side. But, before they could continue, Julio saw something in the sky.

“Hugo, what the hell is that,” asked Julio as he pointed to the sky.

“Hmmm? What thing,” asked Hugo, and he looked at the thing that was being pointed at.

What they saw was something insulting to nature itself. It was one of those tiny ponies soaring through the sky. This one was purple, and it was flapping it “wings” painfully slow, and said appendages were too little compared to the rest of its body. It somehow did not noticed them, since it did not looked alarmed.

“They can fly,” Hugo asked incredulously.

“That pony should crash to the ground and break its neck! That make no damn sense,” exclaimed Julio.

“We will definitely tell about that to the boys later. Jesus, that complicates things. Watch out for the sky now, I guess,” said Hugo.

“So, now we go out to find food, don’t we,” asked Julio.

“Yeah, and I was thinking of sneaking into these houses. They must have something edible, don’t they? Also, that window over there may be small, but we can reach it and fit into it,” said Hugo.

“Let’s try,” said Julio.

The window was about a meter from the ground, and, while small, both managed to get in. They hit jackpot. The room was a kitchen. The roof was really short, and both couldn’t be at full height, since their shoulders hit said roof. There were a lot of shelves, all closed, and some plates with little forks and cheap looking knives. They both wondered why they had said utensils. They had hooves!

“Dude, this is a treasure cove. Let’s see if they have some fucking food,” said Julio to Hugo excited.

“I’m starving. Look! There even is a little bag with food inside,” exclaimed Hugo, picking up said bag.

“Oh hell yeah! Let’s see what they got... Apples! Honest to god apples,” said Julio.

“We also got some fries in here! And a couple of muffins. Let’s see what else. Hmmm, I just thought something. Why do they speak or write in english? Is that something we should have thought earlier? It worries me,” said Hugo.

“I have no idea why, but first let’s get the food and then run out of here,” said Julio.

“Hey, isn’t this a bit too full? Maybe you should cover my back,” said Hugo.

“Oh fuck, that’s right! That’s why we both went here. Let me put this food in the bag real quick and I’ll be right there. If there’s something, I’ll tell it to you,” said Julio.

“K,” said Hugo.

When Julio finished preparing everything, he turned around and saw a pony with a horn looking at them with eyes as big as plates. Hugo noticed the sudden silence.

“Hugo,” said Julio.

“There’s one right there, isn’t there,” asked Hugo.

“Yep, and he is just standing there in shock,” confirmed Julio.

“When I count to three, you grab that bitch and don’t let her scream. She is not understanding us because if she knew spanish, she would have run the second I said that, okay,” said Hugo.

“Yeah,” said Julio as he slightly bent forward.

“One... two... THREE,” exclaimed Hugo.

Julio inmediatly closed the small gap of space, and grabbed the little pony’s snout with his right hand while he pinned it down by the neck with his left hand. While this was happening, Hugo also closed the distance from the tiny kitchen and assisted his friend pining down the back legs of the equine. Meanwhile, the horse was thrashing around erratically, kicking to the air with her forelimbs, and sometimes hitting the boys.

Julio started shushing the pony.

“Shhhh, shhhh! Silence! Do you understand me? Nod if you can.” The pony nodded her head in the ground, and she started crying. “Now, my friend and I need a little bit of help, alright? First, do me a favor and calm down, we are not gonna hurt you unless you do something that may put us in danger. Ok, so, our friends suck at surviving in the wild, and we will die of starvation if we do not eat food, like any living being. So, I’m sorry to say this, but we are going to grab this food that you just bought and bring it to our friends. Now, tell me, what’s your name? Don’t shout though, or my friend here will grab his stick and bust your kneecaps.”

“I-I’m S-S-S-“

“You’re “S-S-S” what honey? Can you speak? Do you have a mental disorder? Answer,” said Julio.

“I-I’m S-Sugar Ru-Rush,” the pony stammered out, and she started to shake violently.

“Sugar Ru- What kind of- You know what? It doesn’t matter. So, Sugar Rush. I know we’re sounding like the bad guys, but we really aren’t. You see, it’s the first time I ever had a conversation with a horse, and I’m getting really nervous. Also, sorry for the comment earlier about busting your kneecaps, my friend wouldn’t do that. He really does not like to hurt animals. We would have, at best, kept you silent with some rope or, if you shouted bloody murder, punched you in the face. So please, can you tell us where’s some rope? I’m freaking out,” said Julio with a pleading voice.

“The r-rope is i-in the shelve to t-the left of where you p-picked the t-tomatoes,” said Sugar Rush with a trembling voice.

“Thank you, I’ll go for it,” said Hugo, and he got up to go for said object.

“Do note that this is nothing personal, and let me tell you that you handled the situation like a champ. I mean, speaking to creatures almost double your height? That is impressive,” said Hugo, who started to tie the ponies limbs.

“Th-thank you,” said the pony, who started to shake less.

“Now, where is a closet that I can put you in? Also, remind us to leave some food in there for you be-“

“Sugar Rush? Are you there? I’ve come to give you back your clock. I really needed it,” said a voice outside the house. Both boys panicked, and looked around for a place to hide.

“Oh, it’s okay Sweet Deal! Right now I’m a bit occupied, so can you let them in the entrance, please? I’ll get them when I can,” said Sugar Rush, without a hint of fear in her voice.

“Okay. Thank you so much,” exclaimed the voice outside, and then the flapping of wings could be heard.

Julio and Hugo were really surprised.

“Well, that was the smart decision of your part, honey. Now, where is the closet room,” asked Hugo.

“It’s on the left corridor of the kitchen room,” said Sugar Rush, much more relaxed now.

“Let’s go then. Hey, why didn’t you shout? We would have been doomed. Was it for the stick that I have here,” asked Hugo while carrying the pony and swinging a bit the savage weapon.

“Honestly I forgot you even had it. I really don’t know why I didn’t shout,” said Sugar Rush disturbingly calm now.

“Yeah... So, here’s some food and water. Wait for about an hour and then shout for help or something. I mean, we are not gonna kill you, and you obviously will tell everyone, so that’s that,” said Hugo with a sad tone.

“I guess so,” answered the pony in a day dreaming voice, and then she giggled a bit.

That made Hugo really nervous, since hearing a horse giggle is really disturbing the first time you see it.

“So, here it is. Thank you for not shouting earlier, and here’s your food and water,” said Hugo while gently leaving the pony in the closets floor.

“Well, adiós,” exclaimed Hugo with an awkward smile while closing the closet door.

“Goodbye,” whispered Sugar Rush.

Hugo turned around, and at the end of the hallway Julio was standing there with a very serious face.

“Crazy bitches man, you gotta deal with em,” said Hugo jokingly, but it came off a bit weak.

“Sure. Anyways, we now have the food, so let’s get the fuck out and get back,” said Julio.

“Let’s,” exclaimed Hugo.

“All things considered, it actually went quite nicely,” said Julio.

About five seconds later, before Hugo and Julio were about to go outside, the sounds of neighing and chariots could be heard, and both boys looked at each other worryingly. They sprinted to the little window right next to the door and looked outside. What they saw were flying chariots being pulled from the sky by those horses with wings, and said horses where armored up and with weapons. They chariots landed without somehow crashing, and they saw that in front of the chariots a purple pony with wings slightly bigger than the average and what seemed to be a horn was waiting outside. From the chariots emerged a figure bigger than the pony, but still slightly smaller than the boys. It had wings, a peak and two very sharp set of claws.

“General Sharp Slice, expert monster trapper, reporting for duty,” exclaimed the figure to the purple pony with a slightly feminine voice.

“Well, this sucks,” said Hugo.