Alien vs Predator: Equestria

The royal courtroom of Canterlot gleamed brightly from the many stained glass windows along the walls. The many different pictures depicted the many feats done through history which played important significance to the protection of Equestria. At the end of the long room sat the throne of the princess, which was empty at the moment.

On the side of the courtroom, a door led to a large balcony that overlooked Canterlot and the surrounding land. Standing on the edge of it stood the tall white alicorn Princess Celestia. Her long and colorful mane flowed in the air as she looked out towards the Everfree forest in the distance.

The strange object that came from the sky had caused panic throughout the ranks in the guards; some believed it was an attack by dragons or other group of creatures. Others thought it was a prophecy that something was going to happen. Every guard in the castle heard different stories floating around in the mist of fear.

The sound of hooves trekking across the marble floor caught the princesses attention. Turning around, she saw three ponies running onto the balcony toward her. The purple unicorn in the lead ran directly up to her with confusion locked on her face, "Princess! Did you see the strange thing crash into the forest?"

Celestia walked over to her personal student and placed golden horseshoe on Twilight's shoulder, "Yes I did. I heard the explosion in the sky and came out to see the odd figure falling out of the air."

"Do-do ya know what it is?" Applejack asked.

Celestia frowned, "No, I'm afraid that I do not have any idea what it was."

Rainbow Dash flew forward up to the princess, ignoring any kind of personal space, "What!? How can you not know what is going on? Your the princess for buck sake!"

"RAINBOW!" Twilight screamed out, grabbing her cyan friend with her magic and pulling her back, "How dare you talk to the princess like that!?"

"Y'all  had better apologize to her!" Applejack sneered.

"No, it is quite alright..." Celestia stated, "this strange event has caused much distress for other ponies as well."

Twilight let her magic off of Rainbow, who glared back at her. Twilight then walked up to her mentor, "Well, do you have a plan to figure out what it is?"

"Yes I do, my faithful student. I have already arranged an expedition team to go and investigate what exactly landed on the edge of the Everfree forest."

"Expedition?" all three of the ponies said unanimously.

"Yes. I have picked two specific ponies which will be perfect for figuring out what landed out there."

"Well, who are they?" Twilight ask.

Celestia looked past them to the doorway and smiled, "Oh doctor, you came just at the right time. Girls, this is Doctor Whooves."

The trio turned to see a light brown earth pony with a darker mane. On his flank he sported an hourglass as a cutie mark. Walking out onto the balcony, he looked up to the princess, "Doc is just fine, your highness."

The princess smiled at the approaching pony, "Of course, Doc..." Celestia turned back to the three mares next to her, "Doc is one of the top scientists in Canterlot; his expertise in many fields will be useful in trying to discover what that object was."

Twilight smiled as she raised a hoof to the doctor, "it's a pleasure to meet you."

Doc took the hoof with his own, "The pleasure is mine, Miss Sparkle."

Twilight cocked her eyes in suprise, "You know who I am?"

"He he, well of course. Every pony knows the personal student to Princess Celestia."

Twilight gave a slight blush at hearing she was so well known. Celestia walked past the group, signaling them to follow her back into the throne room, "Now that you have been introduced with each other, I want you to meet the other important member to the team."

All of the ponies turned to the sound of the opening main doors of the throne room. Entering through the opening was a gray maned Pegasus wearing a green vest. The princess began to speak, "Girls, you probably recognize-"

"DARING DO!" Rainbow screamed out as she saw her idol again, "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!"

Daring's mind began to race as she once again saw the crazy mare from earlier, 'uh. Not again.' she thought to herself. Trying to ignore her jittering fan, she walked up to the princess inside of the room, "Hello your highness. May I ask what is going on? First this strange thing falls from the sky, then guards come an request I come to the castle immediately."

Celestia walked up to the young explorer, "Daring, you are needed to go to with the Doctor here and investigate the item that landed in the forest. Since you are an expert in archeology, you would be a great addition for my team."

Daring pondered the sudden offer in her mind. While the rush of events from the evening had confused her, the idea of being able to get out into the field was very tempting. Looking up, she smiled, "I accept your offer, princess."

"Thank you. Your team of five will be escorted by several guards as you-"

The doc cut the princess off mid sentence, "Princess, you said five?"

Celestia smiled down to him, "Why yes. Twilight and her friends will be accompanying you on the journey. All are quite skilled in different ways."

Rainbow squeaked in delight hearing what the princess said, "Oh. My. Gosh." she could not believe it; she was going on an expedition with Daring Do.

Daring's face slumped when hearing what the princess said, 'you have got to be kidding me.' she said to herself.

Doc stared stupefied at the princess, "Your highness, is it a good idea to bring civilians on something like this? Perhaps it would be best If they stayed here."

Rainbow glared over at the earth pony, "Who are you calling a civilian? I'm Rainbow Dash; fastest flyer in all of Equestria." she puffed out her chest after her statement.

Daring rolled her eyes at the Pegasus, seeing that this mission was going to be a guided tourist trip for her. She now wanted to just get this request done and head back home. She continued to think to herself, 'Whatever. It's not like we are going to find anything dangerous.'