Canterlot excavation site (AKA Crystal Caverns) - 20 minutes after gate activation

As he slowly stands up, Haken Browning is thinking about how in the world his day was going this wrong, granted, Aschen and he always have found problems when they investigate the ruins (courtesy of one damn weird little elf that carries enough explosives for blowing up the security drones of the wrecked Mai Terra, and also probably half of the ship with them. However the bomber lady had suddenly disappeared two weeks ago and they were tracking here before, he tries to lift their moods and almost gets both of them killed but... hey why not ?).

At the same time, Aschen is exploring the little room in the deep, scanning the computers and also the local sentient wildlife. (They actually can talk but besides that, for the female robot, they actually could have found the room by accident).

"Excuse me" a tiny voice says, wrecking the concentration of both bounty hunters "but, what in Celestia´s name are you!!??".

"Okay, horse lady" Haken hurriedly answers, in fact enjoying the annoyed face the purple pony was giving him. "We are bounty hunters payed by the government of Trodel Strat, searching for a missing person. My name is Haken Browning, captain of the Zeit Krokodil, and bounty hunter extraordinaire, and the android behind you is Aschen Brodel...".

"Personal android of the bounty hunter extraordinaire" quickly fills in the young woman, quickly spinning up her legs and getting ready in a fighting stance. "Captain, we have company... and i think it is hostile seeing as how you are being watched".

"Huh?" is the only thing the man says before a heavy beam of light hits the spot where the android was standing a mere second before, she quickly jumps (and also drags one pony that was still trying to process what was happening.) In the meantime, Hacken lifts his weapon and moves away, dragging Twilight and scanning the room for more potential threats, but the initial danger zone, as he puts it, quickly meets reality when he sees the treat.

Another pony.

Taking a good look at the pony, Haken immediately notices two details. First, it has wings and a horn, and second and most important, it is clearly pissed off.

"Humans, I command both of you to desist and surrender immediately and free my faithful student and the excavation archeologists AT ONCE!!!... OR ELSE...".

"First off, lady, we are not threatening any of these ponies here, and secondly, if you want a dance, a dance is what you're gonna get, Aschen ?". the man bellows before charging ahead, weapon at hand.

"Roger captain" the girl quickly answers, "She can fire concentrated light from her horn, so be cautious".

"Ok Cinderella, I'll keep that in mind."

Haken intermediately jumps to avoid one beam directed to him as he spins in the air, and get some cards from his coat. He begins to throw the cards at the pony, who quickly put up a light shield to deflect the cards, and they got knocked to the floor.

"It is all you've got??” the white pony bellows, firing some more bolts at the human and his partner.

"Neeeh" the man quickly answers "and besides princess, you should watch your step".

As soon he says that, the cards explode, launching the white winged unicorn against a wall. Without wasting one second, the man quickly jumps to get the downed threat, only to finding himself, his partner and the white pony encased in a purple aura.

"ALRIGHT EVERYPONY JUST STOP IT ALREADY" yells the purple unicorn behind all of them, horn aglow with the same color as the aura encasing all the fighters. "NOW IM GOING TO PUT ALL OF YOU DOWN AND WE HOPE TO GET SOME ANSWERS IN A CIVILIZED MANNER".

"But my most faith..." the white pony stammers, trying to calm the unicorn.

"Sorry Princess Celestia, I know that you can overpower my own magic as you wish, but you once taught me, and in one letter i wrote to you saying that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, right?" the purple pony quickly spurt out, a red blush spreading from the white one´s cheeks, "and also, you two, why did you attack the Princess of all ponies!!" rapidly adding to the rant.

"Wait, so she actually is a princess?" Haken asks quickly.

"Yes, the ruler of all of Equestria, Princess Celestia Ordea, at your service" the white pony says.

"Charmed... so, how screwed we are?" Aschen asks, her characteristic bored tone slightly raised.

"Very" Answers Celestia, knitting together her brows.

"Well, fuck" Haken quickly adds.

Author's Note

kinda short chapter but working on a big one besides this one, and how our bounty hunters gonna be punished for attacking the princess ???

any criticism would be appreciated