When Worlds Collide

An Otherworldly Invasion.

The three ponies ran to Sweet Apple acres. “I hope were not to late” Photon said as he continued to run.

They made it to the barn and everything was normal. “Wow this was not what I was expecting. No wolves running around, things being trashed, makes ya wonder.” Photon added.

“Oh look, a cute little puppy.” Fluttershy pointed toward a path going into the orchard. It saw the three ponies and ran off.

“Wait I think I know that puppy c’mon.” Photon commanded. They chased after it and after a few moments of running around the trees, they found the pup in a group of other puppies that surrounded Applejack.

“HEY Y’ALL! Check out all these here little critters.” Applejack said describing the group of pups surrounding her. Then the pups turned around and looked at Photon.

“Hey it is! IT IS! PHOTON!” The pup yelled out.

“How do they know you?” Rainbowdash asked.

“Ah crud. These guys are my fan base sort of thing. Never leave alone.” Photon said disgusted.

“Aw I never knew these puppies liked you so much Photon.” Fluttershy said happily.

“Um… uh..yeah..heh.. I- I’m kinda their hero.” Photon said nervously. Then the pups gathered in a circle around him.

“YAY PHOTON! OUR HERO!” The pups cried out loudly almost deafening the ponies.

“Wow and I though my fan groups were loud and obnoxious.” Rainbowdash said.

“Hi there Photon remember me?” a girl wolf-dog hybrid pup spoke out.

“ALEU! Boy I’m glad you’re okay.” Photon said happily.

“Who is this?” Fluttershy asked.

“This little girl here is Aleu, she’s the first puppy I rescued from the wolves that attacked us earlier.” Photon explained. Then Applejack stepped in on the conversation.

“Wolves? I’ll mangle ‘em little varmints by their tails if they get anywhere near here.” Applejack threatened.

“They’re after you’re crystal Applejack.” Rainbowdash explained.

“They? You mean the ruffians?” One pup said.

“The rabid wolves?” Another said.

“The black birds?” yet another questioned.

“NO! Don’t tell me those wolves are here too?!” Aleu asked.

“Sorry Aleu but yeah, I fought some off a minute ago.” Aleu looked down in sadness. “But no worries, I can take ‘em like I always do and now I have some friends that can help, right guys?” Photon turned to Rainbowdash and Fluttershy.

“Yeah I guess. Totally!” Rainbow yelled out. All Fluttershy did was whimper out a small yes. “If Equestria’s in danger then I’m gonna work to protect it.”

“Cool, c’mon we gotta make sure that Rarity’s okay.” Photon reminded them. Then Applejack joined them and they ran to Rarity’s home.

Rarity didn’t have as much luck. A bunch of ravens, hawks and other black birds were perched on top of her home waiting for somepony to come out. Then Rarity came with a purse. “Okay Opal, be good, mama will be back soon, I have to go find the…. AAHHH!” Rarity screamed out as she noticed the birds. “OH nononono, this will not do. Off you buzzards. LEAVE! You’re making my home look bleak and depressing. SHO!SHO!!” But instead they just dove down at her! :NO! HELP! NO!” The birds continued diving down and tried to pry the purse away from her. Rarity ran back inside, her mane messed up and her purse torn to shreds. “Oh those vermin, look at me.” Then she reached into her purse and pulled out the crystal star. “ At least my precious gem is alright. I might as well fix my self up.” Then she heard a knock at the door. “Oh dear…… um….. One moment.” Then she ran into the bathroom and quickly fixed herself up. After a few seconds she ran back to the door and opened it up. “Oh Photon darling, um..” She looked at one of Photon’s hooves to see a raven chick in it. Rarity walked outside and looked around. All the black birds were gone.

“I cleaned your yard for you” Photon jokingly said. “I see you’re in one piece.” Photon said sarcastically, commenting on Rarity’s mane still being a mess.

“Yes I know I’m sorry I… I was attacked by these cursed buzzards and then….”

“Don’t apologize, you got the Crystal still?”

“Oh yes… please come in.” Rarity invited them in. Photon, Rainbowdash and Fluttershy walked in. “Here it is, I was carrying it out with me to show it off a bit but I guess I’m not going out at all until I get my hair in order. “ Then another knock was at the door. Rarity went to the door to answer it. “Oh Twilight darling hello.”

“Um hi Rarity, bad hair day?” Twilight asked.

“It’s a long story.” Then Rarity invited her in.

“Oh Photon what a coincidence I was looking for you.” Twilight said.

“What? Why?” He asked.

“I sent a letter to Princess Celestia, describing you and the things you told me. Now she wants to meet you sometime today.” Twilight informed him.

“Wow… um okay,” Everyone looked at him wondering what he would say. “Awesome… when do we leave?” He asked.

“Right away. C’mon.” Twilight led him out of the Carousel and to the library.

They waited a few moments for the chariot to come to escort them to Canterlot. “Wait you guys use chariots?” Photon asked.

“Um yeah, why you don’t?” Twilight asked.

“No. In my world we use motorized carts and the pegasi are the ones that do the flying, but to actually travel through air I use a bi-plane.” Photon explained.

“A what?” Twilight was confused. She never heard of such contraptions before.

“I guess you don’t know what those things are huh?” Photon asked.

“You got me. But lets leave that for the discussion with the princess.” Twilight suggested.

“Um is.. is your princess nice?” Photon asked.

“She’s wonderful. Trust me, I’m on her favorite students. She’s kind, generous, wise, and a very fair ruler. She rules Equestria along side her sister Luna.” Twilight replied to Photon’s question.

“Oh good.”

“What’s wrong, you’ve never been around regal ponies before?”

“Yeah I have, in fact we have a king in our world. But he doesn’t really rule over the land you’d be surprised how easy he has it.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ll explain it with the princess.”

“Oh right.” Then the chariot came down with two white unicorn stallions pulling it. “Here we are, let’s get going.” Twilight told him. Photon looked at the two unicorns and the chariot.

‘wow, they use this to fly?’ Photon thought to himself. He walked in and closed the door. Then  the two soldiers began take off and headed for Canterlot. “Whoa I’ve never seen a place like that!” Photon admitted.

“That’s Canterlot, I used to live there before I moved to Ponyville.” Twilight explained.

“Looks fancy, and huge and really fascinating.” Photon commented.

“Just wait until we get to the Princess’ palace.”

They made it to the front gate of the castle and announced their arrival one of the soldiers opened the gates and walked in. They headed into the throne room and saw a white alicorn in the center. “Hello Twilight, you’re here earlier than I expected. And this must be Photon.” She said.

“Greetings princess and yes this is Photon.” Twilight introduced while bowing. Photon also bowed.

“It’s nice to meet you Princess Celestia.” Photon said.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you also Photon, I can’t wait to hear about your world. Come on, we have much to discuss and it’s supper time.” The three ponies walked into the dinning room where another alicorn was waiting for them. “I see your up Luna.” She said to her younger sister who yawned just afterwards. Celestia sat next to her sister. “I’m sorry we have to keep you up but this is important.” Celestia explained.

“Very well dear sister….(yawn)…” Luna watched as the other two ponies sat down. “So you’re Photon, correct?” Luna asked.

“Yes I am, It’s a pleasure to meet you also Princess Luna, why do you look so tired?” He asked as she once again yawned.

“She’s responsible for raising the moon and stays up the whole night to watch over.” Celestia explained. “I kept her up in order to meet you.”

“Oh… well I appreciate that Princess Luna and…. wait what was that about raising the moon?” Photon was confused. He never heard of a pony raising an astronomical object. Of course everypony else looked at him returning the look.

“Well you see Photon, the Princesses are the ones responsible for the raising of the sun and moon. Why?” Twilight asked.

“Well in my world nopony raises the moon and sun. Our planet rotates and the Sun stay stationary while the moon orbits our world.” Everypony’s jaw dropped. “And there are times where the sun and moon align and create an eclipse.” Photon continued to explain. Celestia and Luna looked at each other in amazement. “I got a lot of explaining to do huh?” Photon said.

And so Photon explained about his world, the Crystal Stars, his dimension and how nature works. The ponies were amazed at all the information he was giving them.

“And our king isn’t that much of a ruler, he’s more of a supervisor for all the other world leaders. But he’s very wise, and get this, I may actually be related to him.” Photon continued to explain the other ponies still amazed by the information. Then the silence was broken when Luna noticed the time.

“OH DRAT! IT’s time.” Luna walked out of her seat and to a blue room that matched the color of her coat that had images of constellations on the walls. The doors closed and a few seconds later some light began to brightly shine from the bottom of the door. Photon looked outside and saw the sun lower and the moon rise up. The sky grew darker and the stars shined brightly.

“How but that Photon, your first night in Equestria.” Twilight pointed out.

“Hm. wow, you’re right, it felt like I was here longer than just a day.” Photon was surprised. Luna walked out of the room and back to her seat. “So that’s how fast the transition between day and night, I never really paid attention to it.”

“Well princess I enjoyed today’s visit.” Twilight spoke out. Celestia giggled before speaking.

“Indeed, it was very informative. It was an amazing how much learned today, thanks for sharing all that information Photon.” Celestia thanked.

“Thanks. Now can I learn something about your world?” Photon requested. Celestia and Twilight looked at each other and Luna began dozing off.

“Maybe some other time Photon. We gotta head back to Ponyville. You can learn more about Equestria in the library.” Twilight said while stepping out of her seat.

“Yes perhaps we can meet some other time. Apparently Luna needs some rest.” Celestia looked at her sister. “It was a pleasure to finally meet you Photon, and I enjoyed learning about the ways your world works.”

“Same with me Princess Celestia. It was great to finally meet a regal alicorn.” Photon replied, Celestia gave him another smile, Luna was already asleep.

“Well c’mon Photon, it’s getting late and we have to get you settled in to a new home.” Twilight called to him.

“Okay! BYE your majesties!” Photon yelled out waking up Luna.

“OH..! UM.. GOOD NIGHT TO ONE AND ALL!” Luna yelled out in her royal voice. Photon and Twilight walked out and entered into a chariot and headed back to Ponyville.

For the first week Photon lived with Twilight in the library. Ruffians didn’t attack much over that week and nopony really noticed anything bad happening. Some buzzards began to gather around the town but nothing really threatening happened. After that week, Photon got a place of his own, near the outskirts of the town. It was a rectangular two-story house with a small garden around the sides. A kitchen that led into a living room and on the second story a bedroom and bathroom. It seemed small but it was just Photon by himself so it was the proper size for one pony. Photon seemed content for the time but he knew the peace wouldn’t last long. And on the day after he settled into his new home something strange occurred.