Mavis walked the halls of the Jedi temple with slow steps and her head lowered, seemingly deep in thought. But upon closer inspection, anybody could tell that her breaths were barely controlled and that she was sweating slightly. And if that didn't rise any suspicions, under her hood her eyes kept darting back and forth between the stone halls, constantly on the lookout for anybody who would question her being there.

She waited for a nice, sunny day to do this, for she knew that most of the apprentices and Padawans would be out training or with their masters, learning how to further theirs talents. A lot of the Counsel Masters were out on assignments, and those that were left were busy most of the time training the new members of the Jedi Order. That left only her. Or, so she hoped.

She turned another corner and her breathing got lighter. Nobody was in front of the archive doors. She walked down the stone hallways with the same, easy, measured steps as before. The red carpet underneath her feet mixed with her soft, leatheris boots made her steps almost silent as she pushed open the large wooden doors of the archives.

She instantly closed them again as she entered. If anybody saw them open, they would come to investigate. She looked around the archives, but she knew nobody would be there. The archivist was an elderly woman who passed away some time ago. So she was free to go enter the rooms where her goal lay.

She walked calmly past the rows of dusty old books and shelves of past knowledge. They were interesting to her, at first. The hundreds of books kept her entertained for years, but she tore through them faster than she would have liked, and that only left one place to find decent reading material.

The forbidden section.

The doors here were made of a thick metal, instead of the usual wood that the builders used in the construction of this place. And they were locked with a combination that was very rarely used on anything. It required a substantial amount of Force energy as well as the correct pathways for it to follow to unlock. It had taken months for Mavis to figure it out, but once she did, she discovered that it was well worth the effort. The books in there... They were amazing. They told of past wars and battles. Old Lightsaber techniques and Force abilities that she had never heard of. Some of the older ones even told of how the Sith came into being, and all about their exploits. But none of them were as interesting as a large book she found stuffed away behind a bookcase.

She had only read the cover, but the words stayed in her head, like a whisper that would echo on forever and only grow louder over time. The title of the old, leather-bound book was only a single word: Orion. The book was an old and large one, locked with a large combination that required a Force user to unlock it. This had only made her more interested in it than she was before.

As Mavis walked through the dimly lit part of the archives, she looked around her, planning on what books she would read next. She spied a tome with a wordless title, showing only a large creature. It had curved tusks over a huge, tooth-filled mouth, clawed hands and feet, a patch of spiky fut on its head, and didn't seem to have any eyes. She smiled as she decided on what to read next.

She soon found herself at the table which the book Orion was sitting on. She pulled out one of the beat up chairs and sat down, frowning at how it squealed under her weight. But she put her thoughts of future exercise routines aside and placed her hand on the lock, allowing her strength in the Force to take care of it. It took a few minutes of intense concentration, but the lock sprang open and fell off of the ring it was latched to.

The book, suddenly free of its constraint, opened with such force that the leather cover, hardened with time, slammed onto the old wooden table hard enough to make the sound echo through the room and Mavis cringe.

After a few seconds of silence, Mavis let out a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding and leaned over the old tome. Her eyes widened when she saw that, instead of text, it was hand-written calligraphy, complete with swirls, crosses, and every other fancy writing design.The first page was blank except for a single line.

The story of our hero

Mavis turned the page to reveal more writing, still in its fancy form. She smiled excitedly as she read the first sentence in what she was sure to be an amazing read.

It was a fine day in Canterlot...

***

It was a fine day in Canterlot. The birds were singing, the Sun was shining, everypony was smiling, and the nobles in court today weren't as annoying as usual.

The rays of sunlight shone through the stained glass windows of the throne room in Canterlot castle, casting a soft, multicolored light all over the room. It created a peaceful scene that Princess Celestia could appreciate in the morning hours. The incident with the Everfree Forest the previous week had caused her some discomfort, but on sunny, bright, peaceful days such as this one, she could forget about her troubles for a while and simply let the gentle rays of light coming through the windows warm her coat.

She smiled slightly wider as the latest noble finished his detailed speech about how grateful he and his family was for her granting them more lands to grow on and bowed before her before walking off. It's not that she didn't like her subjects. It's just that sometimes, she just wished that they would deal with whatever it was themselves and let her enjoy her mornings.

Twilight Sparkle held her court sessions after she did, allowing the young alicorn to sleep in. But this was not the case this week. For her friends decided to visit her this week and make sure that her court was as "eventful" and "fun" as possible. Yesterday had been a disaster, and the day before that was even worse. But Twilight was happy, and that, in turn, made Celestia happy.

***

There was an high-pitched beeping that just wouldn't shut up. That was what made Roland wake up. He jumped out of his bed faster than the Human eye could perceive and landed on his- extremely heavily armored- feet. Why was he wearing his armor when he was asleep? Because when you've been through as much as he has, you pick up a few habits. He grabbed both of his DL-44 heavy blaster pistols and sprinted out the door.

He entered the hallway of the starship he was on and was greeted by the red warning lights that were mounted on the ceiling. Add to that, that the alarm was even louder in the hallway, he was worried.

He ran towards the bridge so he could figure out what was going on with the ship. Granted, it was stolen and he didn't really care what happened to it, but he didn't want the ship to blow up while he was on it.

He turned a corner of the hallway and got knocked off of his feet by a greenish-black blur. He landed hard on his backside and hit his head against the wall, dazing him. He felt a grip on his shoulder and looked up into the reptilian face of one of his crewmates, Sharpe.

The huge Trandoshan pulled Roland to his feet with a single, clawed hand and stared into his bright blue eyes with his yellow ones. "That idiot killed us all!" he screamed in his usual voice of a hiss mixed with a deep growl.

Roland's eyes widened when he said that. "Is he at the controls?!" he yelled over the blaring alarm.

The Trandoshan just nodded and ran off down the hallway, towards where the escape pods were.

Roland started to run, but turned back. "We lost the escape pods in that fight with those pirates!" he yelled after Sharpe. He heard him swear loudly and curse to somebody before he continued on his way down the halls towards the bridge. As he was running, he passed an open door and quickly peeked inside. He saw another of his crewmates, Lily, having a panic attack while Megan was trying, unsuccessfully, to calm her down. The poor girl was sweet, but he knew he wasn't the only one on this ship who doubted her being there.

He continued his run. Turning the last corner, he saw that his Gand friend, Faiz, was carrying away a screaming Keil-Devn. He was hauling the boy away on his small shoulders, having trouble with the fact that he was only about four feet tall. And again, just like Lily, he questioned why somebody like him was here. Not even the fact that he was a miner caused him to think this, but more of the fact that he was a ten year old boy... Who they more-or-less, kidnapped, from Tattooine... After hitting him on the head with a stun-baton...

Roland pushed the thoughts out of his head and kept running to the bridge. He reached the door and opened it, and instantly wished he didn't.

Before him, was the person he hated the most in his life. The person who had ruined his career, almost gotten him killed countless times, humiliated him, tortured him, killed his friends, and made his life a living hell. His hated enemy, his worst nightmare made true, his bane of existence, his friend, Orion, was standing in the bridge next to the console having a slap-fight with the crew's very own mascot, Mitsue.

"Stop hitting me, damn it!"

"No!"

"Stop it!"

"No!"

"Stop hitting me or I'll tell Tisus on you!"

"No, snitch!"

Roland opened his mouth and bellowed in his loudest voice. "Both of you idiots cut it out and tell me what's going on!" This instantly stopped the twos' fighting as the both turned towards him and pointed at each other.

"She did it!"

"He did it!"

The both screamed at the same time, and when they realized what the other had said, they both glared daggers at the other.

Mitsue smiled smugly and looked at Roland, jabbing an extended finger at Orion. "He did it! He did it! He broke the ship! He put in fake coordinates and put the ship in reverse! He did it! He broke the ship!" she screeched this at Roland while jumping up and down on the chair she was standing on to be eye level with the others.

Roland turned a cold glare at Orion, who put on an innocent face and fluttered his eyelashes at him. "Who, me? Why, I would never do anything like that."

Roland was about to reply, but a particularly violent shake of the ship rocked them all and sent them tumbling to the ground.

At this time, another body joined the group in the bridge. "What the hell did you do this time, Orion?!" she screamed.

Orion climbed to his feet. "Me?! I didn't do anything!"

An explosion was heard in the ship, and they all took on a worried look.

"What. Did. you. Do?" Tisus asked in a deadly serious voice. Even thought she was only nineteen, and a cute little Twi'lek at that, she was the only one in the Galaxy that Orion would hesitate to fight. After all, he had died twice because of her in the past. What's to stop her from doing it a third time?

Orion looked to the console. Then back to her. Then back to the console. Then back to her. "Uh, well, you know how I jumped us into the future?"

They all froze.

"Well, I told the ship to go back three thousand years and put it in reverse... So, in theory, it should work since I did the opposite of what I did last time." he finished with a winning smile, beaming at his friends who were dumbstruck by his sheer geniusness.

"You fucking idiot!" Tisus screamed and pushed past him. She looked at the input screen and saw what the desired coordinates were.

It read: 3000 yeers ajo

She had time to facepalm before another explosion rocked the ship, causing the main console to explode which caused the frontal visor to shatter and she got sucked out into empty space.

The others dove back into the hallway and grabbed onto anything they could to not get sucked out into space.

Roland grabbed onto a clump of loose wiring that was hanging down from the ceiling because of the ships damage.

Orion had ignited both of his red Lightsabers and dug them into the floor to stop himself from meeting death, yet again.

And Mitsue had grabbed onto Orion's left leg with a death grip. She looked into Orion's eyes with a terrified expression. She thought that she had grabbed onto Roland.

Orion looked back at the tiny Twi'lek child with wide eyes. Then he smiled darkly.

"NO!!!" she screeched at him.

"This is for shocking me back on Coruscant!" he yelled, and shot his right leg into her face as hard as he could.

Her grip loosened, but it didn't cease. "NO, DON'T!!!" she begged.

Orion laughed loudly and kicked her again. This time it was hard enough to shake her loose and he watched as the girl got sucked out into space, screaming the whole time.

After a few more seconds of holding on for dear life, the blast doors slowly closed and they could stand on their own again.

Orion was brushing himself off when Roland grabbed him by his robes and came face-to-face with him.

"What the hell was that?!" he roared.

Orion cocked an eyebrow. "Uh, and explosion?" he asked in confusion.

Roland growled into his face. "You kicked her out into space!"

Orion just shrugged. "It's not like either of them can die," he said simply.

Roland threw Orion into a wall with enough force to make a dent in the gray metal. "When she gets back, I'm not saving you."

Just then, the ship rocked again, but it wasn't from an explosion. They looked at each other with wide eyes. They've both been through this enough to know what had just happened.

They broke atmosphere.

***

Celestia sat on the throne with a happy expression on her face as she spoke to Twilight and her friends. All of the nobles have been taken care of and Twilight had asked to see her. She, of course, welcomed the chance to talk to her and her friends.

It was in the early afternoon hours, and the Sun was at its warmest. She had requested that food be supplied for her and her guests, so they were talking over lunch and enjoying the light and warmth the Sun brought them this day.

"I'm so glad that you're all doing well," Celestia told them happily while levitating a piece of cloud cake up to her mouth. Not her first piece of the day, either.

"Mhm!" Twilight replied through the pastry she was eating. She swallowed. "Yes, well, after that incident with the Everfree, we're all trying to take things easier."

There was a chorus of agreement from all of Twilight's friends.

Just then, a shadow came in front of the Sun, dimming the room slightly. The rays of light stopped making multi-colored patterns on the wall through the stained glass windows. But even still, clouds couldn't make this beautiful day any worse. Even in the lowered light, the gold and silver of the room still shone brilliantly, and everypony was happy with how the day was turning out.

***

Orion was sprinting down the halls of the ship, heading towards his room. He needed to be ready for impact, because it was going to be a rough landing.

"Hey!" a voice shouted.

Orion turned to see his friend Seth running up to him, sniper rifle at the ready.

"Are we being attacked?" Seth asked in a worried tone of voice.

Orion shook his head. "Nah, we're just going in for a quick landing," he said casually as he leaned on the wall. The paneling then fell off and nearly crushed his foot.

Seth looked at him like he was stupid. "Orion, landings don't include explosions and alarms..."

Orion shrugged. "Well, it's a crash landing then." he said, then took off back down the hallway before his friend could respond. He raced down the hallway, dodging falling wall and ceiling panels, loose wires, small explosions, and the occasional panicking crewmate.

He got to his room and entered the combination to open the door and ran inside. He stuffed everything he owned into his backpack, strapped on his gear, and ran out of his room with everything ready for impact.

Then he spotted Tisus-Kar's room. The door was open.

He smiled devilishly and ran inside. He immediately started tearing through her drawers, looking for anything valuable. After a while, he found her datapad. He pulled his own datapad off of his belt and linked the two, draining it of everything it had and making a copy on his own. After that he transferred all of her credits into his account. He was now: Orion, the Millionaire.

He put her datapad back and opened the next drawer. His eyes widened as he came across something even more valuable than her datapad. Her panties! He picked up a pair and brought them to his face. He breathed in so deep that he started coughing. "Me Gusta~" he moaned. He then shoved every last piece of her underwear into his bag for future entertainment and took off again at a sprint towards the observation deck.

***

While the six friends were talking with one another, Celestia levitated yet another piece of the delicious cloud cake up to her mouth. She was internally debating whether or not she should eat another slice. She had already consumed three pieces today... But, by the Sun this cake was delicious!

Should she have another piece...?

She smiled slightly as she hovered it closer to her mouth.

***

Orion mashed the button to the observation deck and the large metal door slid open with a hiss. He ran inside and looked out the viewer screen that was situated above a central console. What he saw was enough to make his eyes go wide. "Hoooooo-"

***

The cloud that was casting the shadow over the castle seemed to increase, for the light grew dimmer as they all talked and laughed together. The windows no longer created patterns on the walls, and the precious metal inlays that covered the throne room seemed to stop shining.

As this was happening, Celestia was still hovering the piece if cake ever closer to her mouth.

***

The main console exploded violently, shutting off the shield that protects the observation deck. Wires hung out of the ceiling and small fires started in open panels along the walls.

"- llllyyyyyyyyyy-"

***

The shadow of the cloud grew darker still, causing a particular cyan colored weather pony to look around in mild surprise that a cloud was this big.

And with the cake almost in her mouth, Celestia licked her regal lips and opened her mouth, eagerly awaiting the wonderful taste of the white, creamy goodness that was about to fill her mouth up.

***

The ceiling caved in from a violent explosion, nearly crushing Orion.

"- ssssshhhhhhiiiiiiiiitttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!"

***

It came into her mouth.

***

Orion covered his face with his arms.

***

After a second more of hesitation, she bit down on the tasty treat. The taste was still just as amazing as the other pieces she had eaten.

The cloud that was blocking out the Sun's light passed by, and the day continued on, just as bright and peaceful as before.

Celestia suddenly perked up. "Oh, Twilight?" she said.

Twilight broke away from the conversation she was having with Fluttershy and looked to her old mentor. "Yes, Princess?"

"I wanted to tell you that next Saturday, I-"

A huge, explosion was heard, then, a giant, metal object crashed into the room, completely obliterating the walls on the side of the castle that the Sun wasn't on.

Everypony in the room screamed, princess and guards not excluded.

They were all so shocked and terrified from the sudden appearance of the thing that they were frozen to the spot. As it slid across the marble floor, it screeched loud enough to shatter all of the windows in the room. It also pulverized the ground beneath it, turn marble into dust and sending sparks flying in every direction. It slowed in its progression as it neared the ponies in the room. And, thankfully for them, it hit a pair of white, marble pillars and came to an abrupt stop after crashing into them and making them collapse, which, cause even more destruction to the throne room.

But when it hit the pillars, a figure was shot out of a panel of what appeared to be glass and landed less than a foot in front of the six friends.

They all stared at the thing that came out of the other, bigger, metal thing with horrified interest. It just lay there, unmoving. Was this an alien invasion? Was this an alien peace voyage gone wrong? Was this a dream?

Then, without warning, the thing sat up and screamed loud enough to make all of their ears hurt. "OOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

They all eyed it with new interest. Especially a certain pink party pony with a pink, poofy mane and tail. She slowly leaned forward, wondering if she might be able to make a new friend. Because if she did that, then she would be the first pony ever to make a friend with an alien! Because it's not like this kind of thing happened before; that would be silly!

The thing raised up hands similar to some monkeys and pushed on its head, which fell off.

Pinkie gasped suddenly, but calmed down when she saw that it was just a hood, and the thing's real head was underneath the black hood. She saw that it had tanish skin without any fur except for on top of its head and on its chin. It had black eyes, and small scars on its face. Then she realized that it was looking at her.

As it silently stared at her, the sound of hooves could be heard. Lots of hooves. And shouting. Then, without warning, it reached out and grabbed her with its hands.

She cried out in surprise when it did this, but soon was staring into its eyes again.

Then, a large, goofy smile spread over its face, reminding Pinkie Pie of herself. It opened its mouth and yelled at the top of its lungs. "It's so fluffyyyyy!" Then he- assuming its a he by its deep voice- pulled Pinkie into a tight hug. "You are the coolest pony, ever!" he yelled loudly as he stood up, still hugging her.

Pinkie giggled. "Thanks mister!" she said happily. She made a new friend!

He pulled her away from him and gave an amazed stare. "You can talk?!" he asked with a larger variant of his previous smile.

She looked at him oddly. "Of course I can, silly!" she said, booping him on the nose.

He gave her a deadly serious look. "I take back what I said."

Her ears dropped slightly.

His smile returned, so big that it hurt to look at. "You are the most awesomest thing ever in the history of everything!" he screamed, very loudly.

She smiled and made a small "squee" noise.

He placed her on his shoulders and took off sprinting. "To adventure!~" he called.

Pinkie Pie laughed loudly as she cheered, sticking her front hooves out to her sides like a plane as they ran out of the now-destroyed throne room.

And as they listened to the two screaming in joy, as well as screams of terror from multiple guards and other castle staff, the other five Elements of Harmony, as well as Celestia and her guards, could only stare, open-mouthed at the door they just ran out of.

Then another noise was heard.

They all looked at the big, metal thing that destroyed the throne room. What they saw coming out of it would give them nightmares for weeks.

Coming out of the ship was a small, green being. It walked on two legs and had huge, bulbous eyes like a fly would. It was dressed in dirty, brownish-green robes and had skin that looked like it belonged on a frog. And behind that, was a thing that looked like a cross between a dragon and the being that ran off with Pinkie Pie. It was a huge, scaled, draconic thing that was almost seven feet tall and had more muscles than even that white pegasus stallion that had tiny wings who lived in Ponyville did. It had a snout and slitted, yellow eyes that seemed to glow.

The smaller being chittered, clicked, and squealed in a language that hurt their ears.

The large one responded in a voice that was a mixture of a deep, rumbling growl and a sharp hiss, revealing a mouthful of curved, needle-like teeth as it did. "As long as they're not sentient, yeah, we can them."

All of the ponies in the room proceeded to scream once more.

Author's Notes:

ERMERGERD, ERT'S A STER WERS CROSSERVER!!!!!!! But really, this could be a fun story for me to write. I just hope it's a fun story for you to read. Leave any helpful words of helpful helpfulness in the comments, and feel free to give me a "Good job, bro!" as well!