Ponyville 0330 hours

“Not my finest moment.” Roadie groans as he types away on the Centurion’s command console. He had come in a lot faster than he was suppose to. Several bangs sounded outside. “Hot drop boosters jettisoned, and the life support pod is deployed as well. Hmm, only minor leg damage? I’m lucky that landing didn't tear my legs clean off.”

Roadie failed to notice that the smoke around his ‘mech had mysteriously vanished as he continued typing away at the keyboard. “Let’s see here: Temperate planet, twenty one degrees Celsius, and the atmosphere consists of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Ar- wait a minute… This is the same mix as Terra. Well at least I won’t die from stepping outside to-”

Thud

Roadie looked up out the clear steel window and froze. A sky blue horse, no a sky blue horse with wings floated outside. It had its forehooves pressed to the window and peered inside.

“What?”

Upon spotting Roadie she flew back a couple feet and started talking? to something down on the ground. Roadie used his ‘mech’s ground camera and sure enough there was a group of them on the ground.

“What!?”

Roadie looked back up to see a bright yellow horse, also with wings, peering inside and started chatting excitedly to the blue one who rolled its eyes. A moment later the yellow one waved at Roadie who was still sitting there with one word on his mind and tongue.

“...What…?”

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Aile couldn’t believe it. An alien! In a giant metal machine that was years beyond anything at the latest tech demo in Canterlot a couple weeks back!

“Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh” Aile breathed. She couldn’t recall the last time she was this excited. “I don’t believe it Rainbow! A giant metal walker! The only thing that came close at the tech demo was a motorized carriage, but the motor suffered a malfunction and-”

Rainbow grabbed Aile and said “Aile. Breathe. I know how excited you get around technology, but right now we got bigger problems. A dragon is on its way, and we have to deal with the alien before the dragon gets here. You and Twilight can egghead it out later okay?”

Aile looked down. Sure enough, Twilight was in a similar state with Applejack trying to calm her down. Princess Celestia watched the scene silently, clearly amused with her student. Before Aile could reply the metal giant took a couple steps back, and kneeled down. There was a hiss as a small hatch opened up, and a rope ladder unrolled itself from the giant’s head. Everypony held their breath as the alien stepped out onto the top of the metal giant’s head. He stood on two legs and had claws similar to a griffon or a dragon but without the sharp tips. It had a small round face with tiny eyes and a proportional nose. It reminded Aile of a monkey without its tail. It wore a grey jump suit with a few plates made from something Aile wasn’t familiar with.
After a couple seconds of absolute silence, the alien held it’s claws level with its face, and made guttural noises Aile couldn’t understand. A sudden bright flash of light near the alien knocked it off balance, sending it tumbing over the edge with a cry. Aile and Rainbow Dash dove to save it, only for a purple glow to gently lower it to the ground. It sat there as another flash went off, and a very concerned Twilight appeared next to it.

“I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry.” Twilight said repeatedly.

The alien glared at Twilight for a moment before giving her a small smile and muttering something else. As Aile and Rainbow landed, Twilight’s eyes lit up; she points to her horn and then to the alien’s head. The alien raises an eyebrow before shrugging and leaning a bit towards her. Twilight’s horn glows with magic and she gently touches it to the alien’s head. A third flash and the alien looks dazed.

“What was that?” the alien asks.

“Yes it worked! Hi I’m Twilight. That’s Princess Celestia, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rar-”

“Wait, you can talk? I can understand you? What did you do?, and why… do… I… feel… fun-” the alien says before passing out with a look of agony on his face.

Celestia’s horn glows for a bit, and she lets out a gasp. “Rainbow! Aile! Get him back to his giant immediately! Equis’ magical flux is killing him! I’ll be up in a mo-” A loud roar cuts her off. Celestia sighs. “Figures he’d be here by now. Please keep an eye on the alien. Twilight, please come with me. We have a dragon to calm down.”

With a flash of golden light, Princess Celestia and her student are gone.

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Roadie comes to back in the pilot’s seat of his Centurion. He notices the yellow one is eyeing the controls of his Centurion and says the first thing that came to mind.

“Don’t touch anything. This is a Battlemech, not a toy.” Roadie says in a polite, but firm tone.

“Sorry. I didn’t touch anything.” the yellow one replies.

“It’s oka-” Roadie says before his eyes widen. He just stares at the yellow one, who is beginning to look nervous.

“Are you okay?” it, no she asks.

Roadie puts a hand up to his forehead.“Give me a minute. I’m trying very hard not to panic over the talking yellow horse, …no sorry the flying talking yellow horse.”

“We’re pegasi.” another voice behind Roadie replies matter-of-factly. Roadie spins around and sure enough ‘sky blue’ was behind him eyeing him with a deadpan expression.

“Right, pegasi, right out of Greek mythology, or was it Roman? You know what? Fuck it. Hi I’m Roadie. What are your names?”

“I’m Aile.” ‘yellow’ replies.

“I’m Rainbow Dash; the fastest flier in all of Equestria.” ‘sky blue’ says, puffing out her chest. “and what the hay are you anyway? A talking monkey?”

“Human, and why can I understand you now? All the purple one made was a bunch of whinnying noises.”

“Twilight probably did a translation spell. She’s really good when it comes to magic” Rainbow explains.

“Horned horse… Oh god, a Unicorn. What’s next a dragon?” Roadie groans.

Aile and Rainbow exchange a look.

“...No.”

Neither reply.

“Fuck no. No over sized fire breathing-” A loud roar and column of fire appears in the distance. “...Of. Fucking! COURSE!”

Roadie puts his helmet back on and straps himself into the pilot’s seat. He spins the ‘mech’s torso to face the direction the flames came from and zooms in. Sure enough he could see a dark blob. That was the dragon, and a smaller white dot was nearby. Golden lines and fire cross between the two occasionally.

“What are you doing?” Rainbow asks as she watches the battle through the glass.

“Using my ‘mech’s scope to watch. Something is fighting the dragon.” Roadie explains.

“Oh no the princess!” Both Aile and Rainbow shout. Rainbow flies out through the top hatch and Aile presses her nose to the window. The three of them watched the dragon and princess attack and dodge before the dragon catches the princess with a swipe of his claw.

“NO!” Aile shouts. Rainbow flies off towards the fight leaving a rainbow trail in her wake.

“I’m going to regret this. Hang on to something Miss Aile.” Roadie says as his fingers dance across the control console. Aile flies to one of the jump seats as the ‘mech begins to rumble beneath her hooves.

Author's Note

HUGE thank you to Rarity_HD who spent an hour of his time proof reading and giving me several pointers.