Twilight Sparkle suddenly felt her horn surge. A letter? She activated her magic and a neatly folded piece of paper appeared in the air.

Dearest Twilight,

From my place in Canterlot Castle I have seen an odd anomaly. Not far from your current location, a large flaming object is descending towards the ground.

Twilight immediately trotted over to a window and scanned the sky. Sure enough, towards the west, a large unidentified object was falling swiftly through the air. Twilight's eyes widened at the sight and she hurriedly continued to read the letter.

This matter needs to be assessed. I would like you to investigate. Report to me when you have completed this task. Sincerely, Princess Celestia

"Okay," Twilight said to herself. "stay calm, Twilight. All the princess wants you to do is scout out a really big flaming ball…you can do this." Before she could change her mind, Twilight threw open the door to her castle and leaped into the air.

"Where you going, Twilight?"

The voice surprised Twilight so much that she almost fell out of the sky. "Rainbow Dash!" The blue pegasus soared to Twilight's side, grinning.
"

Yup. Did I scare you?"

Twilight gave her a hard look. "To answer your first question, I am on an errand for Princess Celestia."

"Oooo!" Rainbow threw herself into a spin. "Does it involve danger?"

"It might. If you think falling mystery fire is dangerous."

"I HAVE SO GOT TO SEE THIS!"

After a few minutes of trying to change Rainbow's mind, Twilight agreed to let the dare-devil pegasus accompany her. When the two reached a row of tall, leafy trees, they crouched low. They stared at the "fire ball" with puzzlement.

"That doesn't look like anything I've ever seen." Rainbow Dash said, giving the object a sideways look.

Twilight nodded, then whispered, "Look!"

A group of beings emerged from the mass, who's flames were starting to die down. Twilight's eyes widened and she exchanged a glance with Rainbow. Twilight turned back to the scene before them and strained her ears to listen.

"I've never seen a planet like this before." The male on the left said.

A bird alighted on one of the two female's shoulder. She gave it a surprised look. "Oh." The bird nuzzled her cheek, then flew away. "That was strange," She said to the man on the left.

"Should we look for intelligent life?" The other female said. "I sense many beings somewhere close. And the Force is really clear."

The man with reddish-yellow hair and a beard stared in Twilight's direction. Uh-oh. "Come on," Twilight whispered to Rainbow. "I think we should help them."

Heart pounding, Twilight stepped out of her cover, forcing herself to say calm. "Hello, strangers. Welcome to Equestria."