Stardust

Moonlight and the two sisters rushed onto the balcony of the castle. The three looked to the sky, their eyes greeted by a huge looming shape. Moonlight reached into his bag and pulled out a small metallic earpiece. He put it in and gave the sisters each one of their own.

"These will keep us in constant contact" he said "if anything goes wrong, it's gonna go wrong fast". He reached into his pack once more and pulled out a pair of old goggles. He put them on and looked at the two princesses.

"I'm going to fly up there and try to negotiate, if anything goes wrong or they start attacking we will have to retaliate." He pushed on the sides of his saddle pack and thrusters appeared from their depths.

"I would suggest that you call out the guards to protect the city" he advised "I'll try to do my best but they have a tendency to be a little aggressive". He fired his rockets and blasted away from the balcony, quickly becoming a speck against the looming hull of the battleship.

"Ray, get me on line with the two princesses please" He yelled into the air. A voice came through his earpiece and responded, "one moment please, sir". A few second later the voices of Luna and Celestia came through the speakers.

"How's it coming you two?" He yelled over the sound of his thrusters. Their voices stopped and Luna replied, "we've given the order to the royal guard to defend the city" her sister continued "the rest of our cities are on high alert and organizing a defense force".

He was about to respond when a loud beeping noise followed by Ray shouting something interrupted him. "Sir! The cruiser has launched fighters and they are heading your way". Moonlight cursed under his breath and reached into his pack.

He produced a high caliber pistol, loaded it, and yelled through the microphone. "It looks like peace isn't an option" he shouted "they just launched three fighters from their starship". He looked back toward the  castle, "I would highly suggest that you get those guards moving double time". He pushed a small button on the earpiece that disconnected him from their comms.

He looked back toward the oncoming fighters and once again yelled over his thrusters. "Ray! Get the stinger missiles up and ready please!" He reached into his pack and produced two spare clips for his pistol. He pocketed them and waited for the missiles to emerge from the depths of his endless bag.

After a few seconds the missiles shot out on long appendages that clicked into place next to his thrusters. An armband came out as well and adjusted itself onto his fetlock. He clicked one of the buttons on the band and a laser began to emanate from a crystal on the front by his hoof.

He aimed the laser so that a bright green dot came to rest on the hull of one of the oncoming fighters. He calmly waited as the fighters quickly closed the increasingly small gap between them and then when they were almost on top of him, he pressed the big red button.

The two missiles shot away from their launchers and zeroed in on the marked fighter. The close proximity between the two forces coupled with the speed of the rockets meant that dodging was pretty much out of the question. The rockets hit the hull of the fighter and detonated. The explosion from the rockets caused the highly volatile fuel that the fighter used to ignite and create an even bigger explosion.

Moonlight shielded his face as he was propelled through a wall of fire and shrapnel. He came out the other side and fired several shots at the back of the fighters. A bullet hit the thruster of one and it spiraled toward the ground. He watched it only for a second and his attention was returned to the last remaining fighter.

"Ray can you please reload the missiles?" He asked his robotic assistant. The launching arms retracted and resurfaced with new missiles. He thanked Ray and began to point the laser at the fighter that was coming around. When he had aimed the dot he pressed the big red button again and the missiles whizzed off to their target.

They landed on the mark and destroyed the last of the fighters. Moonlight didn't have time to celebrate, due to the loud beeping noise alerting him of more threats. He turned in the air and saw a troop transport heading toward the nearest town.

Ponyville.