As Twilight and her friends stepped off the train, the mood of Canterlot was sombre bordering on afraid. Not since the changeling threat had the guards been so on edge. Heading towards the castle, the activity of ponies increased. Contractors and suppliers were being supervised by guards, bringing hidden cargo to the castle. Slowly getting closer to the castle, the density of ponies began to grow. Most gave the new alicorn nothing more than a slightly too long look before moving on.

"What gives, your a princess now, doesn't that mean something to these ponies?", Rainbow Dash asked with a mix of bafflement and annoyance.

"They're scared Rainbow, After everything that's happened recently, I don't think creating a royal welcome is on their minds" Twilight countered.

"After the attack last month, I don't think these folks are interested in anything other than answers," Applejack added.

Finally reaching the castle, The 6 friends could barely make it to the throne room from the number of ponies trying to get an audience with the Princess of the sun. Even Luna was there trying to deal with the overwhelming amount of ambassadors and nobles looking for help. Yet as soon as Celestia's eyes saw Twilight, all commotion ended as Celestia Raised her wings and made herself known.

"Today's court is over, please return tomorrow with your concerns."
Many ponies grumbled at the dismissing of the day's session but left without a fuss. Once the throne room was empty, Twilight and her friends walked towards the two sisters, who in turn left the throne dais they had both been standing on.

"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna" Twilight greeted the sisters, both as Princesses and friends.

"it is good to see you twilight, " Celestia said with a tired smile.

"Agreed, We wish it were under more fortunate circumstances, however," Added Luna.

"Is it that bad," Twilight asked concerningly.

" Worse than you could know" Luna replied grimly.

The sisters began to walk away from the throne room, and the six friends followed.

"As you know, a few months ago, monster sightings started occurring across Equestria," Celestia stated as the group made its way towards the tower that held the elements of harmony.

"We initially believed them to escapes from Tartarus, And went to see for ourselves if the prison had been compromised."

"When Cerberus left his post, they must have escaped" Twilight Concluded.

" Yes, and no. All but one was accounted for in Tartarus, A dangerous foe we had defeated long ago, Tirek." Celestia Began.

"As much of a danger as Tirek is and must be found as soon as possible, He is not the one behind these attacks." Luna finished.

"Then who is?" Twilight in turn asked.

The two sisters stopped, everyone else stopping as well. After a moment, both sisters turned around and with worry in their eyes looked at twilight.

" We don't know" responded Celestia.

After a moment, rarity spoke up, "You don't know?" repeating the question in bafflement.

"Luna had been searching at night for the creatures where they have been spotted," Celestia said.

Luna walked up to one of the decorated windows, looking into nothing as if to recall the memories.

"These creatures are unlike anything we have ever seen, Violent monsters of nightmares that attack as soon as they saw us." Turning to face the six concerned ponies, Luna continued. "We found some that were intelligent, capable of speech. While we hid in the shadows, they talked of this place as different. They acted as if trees and grass were impossible. That the air was clean and nights peaceful."

Twilight had thought and spoken up "Maybe they're from the badlands, or even further".

Celestia cut in "No, while it has been a long since I have left Equestria, I have never seen anything like what luna has described to me. Furthermore, none of the leaders I have sent letters to know of these beings."

Rainbow Dash swooped in to have her say. "Woah Woah Woah, are you saying there's are like Aliens?"

Applejack bit rainbows tail and grounded her before responding to the pegasus's claim. " It ain't aliens Rainbow, Princess Luna would know if they were."

"You may be closer then you think," Luna responded.

The girls all looked at Luna, most with confusion, but both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie looked interested.

"While not descending from the skies, they are indeed not from its world." Luna finished.

Celestia decided now speak up. "They are being summoned here"

Twilight was the only one able to understand the implications. "But nopony has that kind of magic, I don't think even Discord can do that."

"However powerful they are, The random nature of the sightings and the beings in question suggests that they do not fully control the ability to bring them here. " Celestia responded.

"Have you tried talking to them, You said they were talking" Fluttershy spoke up.

Luna stared at Fluttershy as if Debating something, the pegasus shrinking from the attention.

Eventually, Luna gave a sigh, her deminer changing to that of defeat."Yes, We did" Luna turned herself so that her side was Viewable to everyone there. This was the response" Luna lifted her wing.

The six ponies Gasped in horror as they looked at what luna's wing had hidden. Burn scar tissue covered a large area that was hidden by her wings, the damage was healing, but the wound was clearly extensive.

As each of the six ponies began to verbalise their own response, Luna cut them off with her wing and words
"We live, that is what matters. Our guards were not so fortunate, the weapons they carried are powerful...".
Celestia took over as luna began to lose herself in thought.
"I had hoped that in time, we could learn to counter these threats or even engage in talk with them, however, that may not be possible...".

Twilight was the one now to pull the sisters out of their daze. "What's wrong?".

Luna was the one who answered. " We discovered that the summonings are not completely at random, while the location is a mystery, the times are set. The creatures appear all at one time at pulses, each pulse brings more of them to our world. Once we found this information, we noticed a pattern. The pulses are quickening".

Twilight heart fell rapidly as she processed the news, "how long?".

Luna's answer was decisive "At the current pace, the next summon will within the hour."

Celestia chose this moment to explain her plan. " The reason we called the Bearers here was that we believe that the Elements may be used to influence the pulse, while they won't stop it, they may be able to influence what comes through."
Celestia ushered everyone to continue down the hall. "We don't have much time".

Reaching Canterlot tower, Twilight was surprised to see a pink alicorn waiting for them.

"Cadence!" Twilight exclaimed before running over to hug her old baby sitter. After being embraced by her, Twilight began to start her old ritual with Cadence, who stopped Twilight in her tracks.

"I'm afraid we're short on time Twilight, the next pulse is happening in minutes" Pointing to a newly installed clock near the door to the Elements.

"We need to hurry" Luna stated as Celestia rushed to the door, Opening and rushing to retrieve the elements.

"I don't understand, what are we trying to change?" Twilight asked bewildered by the sudden urgency.

Cadence came to the rescue, " If we can influence what is brought here, we can use the Elements to find help. While Equestria has never faced these threats before, someone there might have."

Celestia used her magic to give each of the bearers their element while luna moved everyone to their place.

"Each of the elements represents one of the Elements of harmony itself, Using them, we can find noble souls to help us," Celestia added as she put the final Element on Pinkie Pie.

As soon as they were ready, Luna, Celestia and Cadence began to weave the spell. So much power was being poured into it that the room began to shake.

"Now, Use the elements!" shouted Celestia, And the Bearers did.

The rainbow of magic began to form, creating a loop that connected every bearer, From Twilight's crown came the power that had defeated so many foes. Just as the nearby clock chimed to the time of the pulse, the elements fired at the spell matrix. The room exploded with light.

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Somewhere In Nevada

It was nighttime, the cold Mojave air was chilling to the skin. As a man in riot armour was stumbling outside a bar, He looked for a place to empty his bladder. With whiskey on his breath, he breathed the cold air and put on his helmet, no point in getting shot in the head while having a leak. Finding a spot next to a dead tree, he let nature call. When he was finished, he turned to return to the bar. his walked slowed to a stop as he noticed a glow around him, after looking at his body begin to glow brighter he lifted his hands to see the same thing. From his helmet came a slightly muffled voice

"What the fu" and In a flash, he vanished.
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Chicago

The office building was quiet, for ruins, this was not uncommon. For a location had been the hub of raider activity in the local area until minutes ago, it was very uncommon. Sitting at a working terminal was a man, surrounded by dead raiders and ash piles, looking through old emails. Finding what he was after, he took the laser rifle off his back at searched for the exit. Locating the door, he reached for the handle to open the door. He stopped however after seeing his hand and arm glowing, looking down at himself to see his whole body lighting up the area, the man pulled up his pipboy to check for radiation. The low rad count confused him as he searched for a cause, before himself vanishing in a flash.
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The Commonwealth, The fort.

The General sat at his desk, looking over reports from the commonwealth outposts, all quiet. Leaning back in his chair, he thought to himself how little his role in the Commonwealth was now. The great General of the Commonwealth spent most of his days making sure the newly named 'Commonwealth Defence Guard' was ready for anything, but most of the fighting had happened a few years ago. With the Commonwealth safe, his role was mostly ceremonial, a 'thank you' for past deeds. But to the General, the blood on his hands had never been repaid. Even for all the good he had done, he could not save his wife or his son. he could not undo the death and destruction caused by his war against the institute or his country. Here sat this soldier, For him, the war never ended. The deep thought was cut short by the fact that his candle was during the office into an interrogation room. looking to the candle, it was not the source of the light, he was. Scrambling out of his chair, He began to run out of his office towards his second in commands.

"Preston, Preston!"

The soldier vanished in a flash, the door he was running to opening.

"General?"

Author's Note

As the first chapter of my first story, I hope to find some people willing to jump in on this.
As a long time reader, I have very little knowledge of how FIM: FIC works from the authors standing. I also will listen to any ideas, while the overarching story is pretty much set in stone, the middle is flexible. If there are any editor groups still active, I would very much like to know.