Like a Bullet from a Gun

"Lyra, are you absolutely sure that the ponies of Ponyville are going to accept us right there and then? I mean c'mon, look at what we did to the guards!" said Daniel, who was slowly thinking up worst case scenarios.

"Oh it will be fiiine! What did you do to those guards anyway?"

"Oh... Uhh... We had... a... uhh.... misunderstanding! Yea, misunderstanding..."

"Ok! Now I wanna know, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE FINGERS?!"

Lyra was now pressed up against Daniel's stomach looking up at him with puppy dog eyes.

"Well, having fingers is kinda useful, with the fact that I can use intricate things in small spaces. Like this!"

Daniel pulled out his handgun and fired a shot into the air, startling everyone that was not paying attention to Lyra and Daniel's conversation.

"Daniel! What the shit?!" asked an angry Connor. "We don't wanna cause any more trouble!"

"Hmm... I guess you are right. I hope the guards are light on us..."

Little did the squad know that they were being watched by a certain yellow timid pegasus, who was earlier asked to report all sightings to the Princess.

"Princess!....*pant* I- I've seen them...*pant* And they have Lyra as a hostage.. *pant* They are heading towards Ponyville!"

"Okay Fluttershy, I will send out a warning to the guards. Now sweetie, you go and get some rest in the guest chambers. You deserve it." said Princess Celestia, even though secretly she was very, very worried.

"Yes, Princess!"

"Far Factor, come over here please."

Far Factor was a light blue pegasus, and he had a blue and orange mane, and light green eyes.

"Yes, your highness?" said a very courteous Far Factor.

"I need you to send word to all the guards in Ponyville that the creatures are approaching, and they have somepony hostage."

"Oh my, that's terrible! I'm on it, your highness!"

And with that he left the Canterlot throne room, and made his way speedily to Ponyville.

Piledriver were about 20 meters from the village, and Alex had a very bad feeling in his stomach.

"Lyra, why are there so many guards?!"

"I don't know. They were sent here yesterday because 'A mysterious quintet of creatures had been spotted raining from the sky.' and I don't know what they were but you were inside them! That reminds me, aren't there supposed to be five of you?"

"Yes, but the fifth died when his vehicle crashed."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!"

"Don't worry, he's in a better place now..."

Their conversation was interrupted by a guard who had seen them approaching from the village gates, and had ran up to stop them.

"Stop right there, criminal scum!"

"Woah calm yoursel-"

Alex's sentance was finished when the guard smashed the wooden end his spear into his jaw, causing him to fall back.

"Ow! Squad hold fire, give him a chance!" Alex said as he arose from the ground.

"Creatures, you are hearby wanted for murder and evading the guard. We do not want to hurt you, so please release your hostage an-"

"If you didn't want to hurt us, why the fuck did you jam your spear into the side of my face?!"

"Oh yeah, sorry about that. Anyway!" said the guard, shaking his head. "Please surrender and give us your weapons!"

"Can I talk this over with my squad?"

"Fine, but if you try to run away I will jab a spear into your back!"

"Okay. Squad, get over here!"

"Alex, you aren't really thinking about surrendering to ponies, are you?!" said a confused Connor.

"I  actually am, but we only hand over our assault rifles, not our handguns."

"Ahh, nice one Sherlock!"

"Okay, Mr. Guard person, we will surrender."

"Good, and call me Starflare."

"Okay."

The squad handed over their Assault Rifles to Starflare, and slowly made their way into Ponyville, surrounded by all different types of guardsponies. They had escorted Lyra away earlier.

"Umm, gentlemen? May I ask where we are going?"

"We are taking you to Canterlot Castle for questioning. Please remain calm ponies, we are escorting them and they have no weapons! Please stand back!"

As the guards were escorting them throughout the town, ponies started clapping at the guards. This was probably because they had captured an evil squad of devils, in their eyes anyway.

It took them a whole 2 hours to make their way to Canterlot, but when they arrived at the Canterlot Throne Room, they were given a proper welcome.

"Oh, look!" said a calm Celestia. "It's the creatures that everypony is talking about. In fact, you are not creatures, you are humans! There are legends, but I must say it is an honour to meet one in the flesh."

"You seem nice!" said Connor. "Nicer than the ponies that tried to kill Alex!"

"Well, that was not entirely my fault you see, I told the guards to find out where you were, not to engage you. But your reaction is why we are here. You used your weapons which have now been confiscated to kill most of the platoon I sent out. And I also couldn't help but notice that one of you has a bandage wrapped around you! Oh I will fix that, dear."

Celestia lit up her horn and shortly after, she removed the bandage. She had healed the wound.

"Wow, how did you do that?!"

"Magic!"

"Okaay..."

"Now, onto why you're here. The questions!"

"Okay, hit us with the first question then, Mrs. Horse."

"Call me Celestia." she said with an amused smile.

"Okay, Celestia, hit us with the first question!"

"Do you like Bananas?"