Author's Notes:

*Heads-ups, and Timeline information!*

This episode is based three months before "A Canterlot Wedding: Part One", two months before "Keep Calm and Flutter On", one month before "The Return of Harmony: Part One", two weeks before "The Best Night Ever", and one week before "The Ticket Master". Yes, I'm aware that the wedding happened BEFORE Keep Calm and Flutter On, but since this is in an ALTERNATE reality, I was planning on bringing Discord into the wedding... for what reason? *Evil Grin* You'll find out soon enough! Also, a quick heads-up, this story will be a "Fictional Self-Import", meaning that I will be one of the protagonists, but the story won't be ALL about me, and the me in the story is pretty much a "Me from an alternate reality where MLP doesn't exist" type thing, so yeah... ANYWAYS, I hope this first chapter painted an interesting picture in your minds, and if it did, please let me know, and if it didn't, please tell me what to change, and I'll look into it, and hopefully fix any problems out there! Also, I'm hoping to make this an ongoing series, so if the story runs out of room, expect a sequel!

This is a NON-PROFIT Fan-based story that runs through an alternate storyline of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I do NOT own a single portion of "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic", nor the characters, ideas, and everything else involved in the official TV Show. All of those are owned by Lauren Faust, Hasbro, and a large group of developers, voice actors, writers, and many more awesome people out there! I do NOT intend on taking ANY credit for their masterpiece, and/or WILL NOT take credit, but rather GIVE credit where credit is due! If anyone, or anypony believes otherwise, I tell you now, little boy/girl/filly/colt/pony, I am NOT what you say I am! I am just a friendly brony who enjoys writing, drawing, and anime.

A couple notes about how things work in Equestria (This one, not in the official one!)

1. In this story, those who enter the world automatically feel undeniably healthy. That is a side-effect of the world being surrounded by magic. As a result, those who enter Equestria are blessed with Eternal Life... they may age, but age will never kill anything. That doesn't mean that other Natural Disasters CAN'T kill anything, though! That's why, since death is still POSSIBLE, and most likely WILL happen SOMEWHERE in this story, I placed the "Dark" tag. It's not in a "Dark version of Equestria" or something like that. It's still very much sunny and lively!

2. My character will end up falling for Twilight Sparkle (In case the "Twilight Sparkle" and "Twilicorn" tags didn't give it away.)

3. Twilight Sparkle will end up becoming the first ever Princess of Ponyville, as a result of her commitments with her friends, and she will keep on living in The Golden Oak Library. Not entirely sure if that's what happened in the main storyline, but that's what I'm going with.

4. I'm a naturally playful, (somewhat (not to be boastful in ANY way!)) smart, friendly individual, who is average to anger, but quick to forgive. As a result, I intend on emulating my REAL personality and traits with my character. Due to my playful nature, though, he will tend to get in trouble in the story with Twilight, but in a way, that leads onward to the "Opposites Attract" theory. (Also since I'm a nerd, and DO have a serious side as well.)

5. My character will remain human, everyone else will remain the race they were born as! (Ponies be Ponies, Dragons be Dragons, Gryphons be Gryphons, Snozzberries be Snozzberries!)

6. The POV system is a test to see the responses I get for the next few chapters. Should I keep it, should I go with one POV per chapter, or should I switch it to THIRD person mode, where the names are all mentioned, INCLUDING the character of interest? Whatever the case, I might just keep it for THIS chapter, and use it as a mental "Opening Sequence" for the story.

7. Since my character is human, he also has human characteristics! He will NEVER be able to cast magic, nor will he be able to fly by conjuring up some unknown wings. Needless to say, though, he wears a space suit most of the times he would NEED to do something like that, which he built on his own. His suit works a slight bit like "Syndrome" from "The Incredibles", but it's made 100% out of metal, so he doesn't wear a "Super Suit". He looks more like the armor that shows up in the link at the bottom of the story. I didn't draw the picture, by the way. I just looked for the closest resemblance to the armor I thought of, and this one seems to fit the description. Credit to the drawing goes to "Shimmering-Sword". Seriously, that guy has TALENT! I would recommend checking out his artwork while you're there, too!

(Stating the obvious here!)
Oh, but if you CTRL-Click the link, you won't have to hit "Back" a million times to get back to this page, since it would be in it's own tab! Multitasking at it's finest!

I hope you all enjoy the story! If you happen to have a story that needs views itself, and would like me to throw in a reference to your story (perhaps a few markings of graffiti in a city with your name? Or maybe a few rumors my character hears if your story can mix in-between the events of mine?) then please let me know, and I will throw it in! My plans for this story is for it to be ongoing, and perhaps never finish, but as I said above, if that isn't possible, then sequels WILL be made!

(Please take into account that this is my FIRST public story, so please go easy on my terrible punctuation. If you see mistakes, please let me know, and I will correct them as soon as I can!)

Enough chit-chat! Time is candy! *Lights... Computer... ACTION!*

It was just another average morning here in Ponyville. I was looking forward to reading one of the new books I got, which, of course, was the latest issue of "Daring Do", I think this one is the "Palace of the Crystal Pony". Anyways, I walked into my home and, of course, was greeted by my Number One Assistant, and Little Brother, Spike! Of course he isn't my BIOLOGICAL brother, since he's a dragon, but as long as he's been around, I couldn't have asked for a greater friend to call family!

There was something odd about him today, though... he seemed to look worried about something. As soon as I noticed his worried expression, I asked him, "Spike? What's wrong?"

He pointed at the telescope that I had upstairs, and replied, "Th-there's something in space that's moving, but it DOESN'T look like a star!"

"WHAT?!" I asked, a huge smile on my face. I had a feeling there would be other creatures in outer space, but I didn't really expect to ever SEE one!

In the matter of seconds, both Spike and I were already upstairs, and I was already staring into the telescope, while Spike helped point it in the direction that the mysterious object was flying.

When I got a good look at it, I was in shock. It really WASN'T a meteor! It looked like it was a large piece of metal, and was floating around aimlessly. I looked closer at it, and noticed two parts of the metal stretch out, but it was all still attached together by an unknown object.

Then, it surprised me beyond measure!

Two small bolts of fire flashed from the objects, and stopped it from moving. Then, it rotated, and began flying downward, entering the Equestrian Atmosphere!

At once, I looked at Spike with an equally worried expression, and said, "Spike! Write to Princess Celestia immediately! We might need the Elements of Harmony, and we might need them NOW!"

Spike saluted, and rushed towards the desk, grabbed a piece of paper and a quill, then began writing a letter to Celestia in a hurried pace, all while I looked through the telescope at the distant object, and said to myself, "I don't think that's just a hunk of metal in the sky..."

I was already up 'bout three hours, and was already workin' for an early brake, since Pinkie Pie's done invited us yesterday fer a picnic today. Shoot, I reckon it's been a might too long since we've even HAD a picnic fer just the six o' us, so I'd like to bring some extra Apple Fritters for the rest o' them! Whew-Doggie! I can already smell 'em bakin' in the oven right now!

Anyways, so I was just finishing my last tree for the Eastern Field, until I looked up, and saw somethin' that raised the fur on the back o' my neck. It was glowin', almost like a star, but at the same time, it was fallin' into Equestria! Now I ain't one to believe in any o' that "Alien" phooey that Twi's been readin' lately, but I can guarantee you one thing... I was startin' to regret NOT believin' it sooner, so I'd know what to even DO in this situation!

I looked where it was fallin', an' believed that it would land somewhere in the center o' Ponyville, so I, out of instinct, galloped as fast as my hooves would take me, an' I sure as hay hoped that it wasn't dangerous or nothin'.

Okay, so I was fast asleep, because I just finished a birthday party for Button Mash. Oh my gosh! He absolutely LOVED the cake that I baked for him! It was shaped like a P.P.G.S. (Portable Pony Game System), and on the sides of the cake were four different characters from his most favorite game of all, "Dungeons and Changelings: Equestria's Calling"!

Anyways, so I was laying in bed, sleeping for my day off, so that I could start preparing for the picnic that I invited my five closest friends to, until I heard a massive "BOOM"!

When I looked out of the window, I saw a HUGE robot-looking thingy lying in the middle of the town, where the fountain is... or rather, WAS, until it landed on top of it, leaving just a crater where it USED to be!

I didn't know what to expect from it, but considering it, like, DESTROYED the fountain, I was, for the FIRST time in my life, not wanting to go out and greet it with a party! Instead, I trotted over to the door, and carefully hid behind it, but kept a watchful eye on the spooky-looking robot!

I must say, I, for one, am a pony that REQUIRES beauty sleep, if I am to go to Pinkie Pie's picnic tomorrow! So where was I when the explosion took place in the center of Ponyville? Quite simple... RIGHT in front of it in my room.

It landed in the fountain, which was just twenty meters from my shop, the Carousel Boutique, and as a result, it caused the water from the fountain to backwash into MY house, and flood both, my bathroom, AND my kitchen!

I most certainly couldn't stay in bed, so I ran towards my window, and what did I find? The fountain was, literally, SMASHED! It didn't take me long to rush outside, and get a closer look at it.

I also noticed Rainbow Dash was already there, looking confusedly at the source of the damage.

I was caught up in a deep sleep in my house that hovered over Ponyville, just a couple miles between it and Cloudsdale, when all of a sudden, I heard a loud explosion come from underneath my house, which I'm glad was made of clouds!

When I opened my eyes, I saw a hole in both my ceiling AND my floor! I quickly rushed around, making sure that nothing important was stolen, or harmed.

Thankfully, nothing bad was done, besides the damages to my roof and floor, which would cost me a hundred bits to repair!

So anyways, once I was done checking (which only took me ten seconds flat, by the way) I flew towards the large smoke cloud that formed in the fountain.

When I was close enough to it, I gasped at the odd... piece of METAL that fell inside the fountain! I gave it a couple taps with my front-right hoof, and even made a few silly faces, just to see if it was even alive. No response, though.

Then, I heard a door close, and at once, I looked back, and saw Rarity staring at the thing that was in the fountain... or rather, on the crater the fountain USED to be!

Just seconds after closing her door, Rarity was already asking me the most expected question.

"Oh, my! Rainbow Dash, did YOU drop this thing on the fountain?!"

I smirked at Rarity's question, and replied, "Unless you think I'm crazy enough to send this thing THROUGH my house, and not be able to catch it, then no! I didn't do it!"

I landed near Rarity, and we both were lost in thought, trying to figure out just WHAT this thing is that landed here. "I think we might want to see if Twilight might know something about this." Rarity said.

I nodded, and replied, "Agreed. If ANYPONY knows what to do in this situation, it would be her!"

Quickly, the two of us galloped towards the Golden Oak Library, which was just half a mile through the town.

Um... well, I was just sleeping on the couch, since Mr. Bear's back was hurting, and needed a better surface to sleep on. I didn't mind, though, since he often gets himself in trouble with the squirrels.

In fact, he was climbing up a tree to get honey from the bees (which I ended up having to get onto him for, since I told him not to), and as a result, the bees stung his nose, and the squirrels broke off the branches that he was climbing on.

When the birds told me about the feud, I had to get onto the three of them, telling Mr. Bear that stealing is WRONG, and that I had honey in my house, so all he had to do was ask, telling the bees that it is not nice to hurt others, and that they really SHOULD share, and I would take care of the replacement honey, and I told the squirrels that it is not right to hurt others, and that they could've done WORSE than hurt Mr. Bear when they broke the branches off.

In the end, they all apologized to each other, so it all worked out for the best.

Oh, right... well, I was sleeping on the couch that night, but my friends and I were woken up by the sound of a large explosion in Ponyville, which not only scared me, but all of my friends, and even the chickens that were outside.

They all ran inside just seconds after the explosion, startled beyond measure, but I quickly calmed them down, and flew as quickly as I could into Ponyville, feeling more worried than the thought of facing a dragon, but even so, I was determined to save anypony in danger.

When I made it there, I saw Rarity, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie were gathered around the ruins of the fountain that once towered over the small buildings. I heard them talking amongst themselves, asking about what the thing is that landed.

"I don't know WHAT it is," Twilight began, "but I've already had Spike write a letter to Princess Celestia about it, so she SHOULD be getting here as soon as possible!"

As soon as I joined the group, I gasped when I saw the large metal creature that was on top of the broken fountain.

When I flew up to it, Twilight said, "Fluttershy! Don't touch that! We don't even know if it's alive!"

I ignored her, and looked around the creature, worried that it was hurt. I ended up poking my head closer to the large black face that it looked like it had.

It didn't have any eyes, a mouth, OR a snout, but when I looked closer at it, my eyes widened when I saw that it was just a creature wearing a helmet, and that the black face was a mask that covered it's true face.

"G-girls... I don't think that this is an ordinary creature!" I stuttered, looking more nervously at the creature.

Before anypony could respond to my statement, the creature in the armor slowly started to stand up, which made me quickly squeak in fear, and fly back into my group of friends, while all six of us stared at the creature that was slowly standing up, and was looking... right... at us!

It rubbed it's head, and stared at us for a while, until it walked from the debris, and stared at us for another long moment. Then, the MOST unexpected thing happened... it spoke Equestrian!

"Hello?" it asked, which led to the six of us gasping in shock. We were silent for a moment, until it walked closer to us, and knelt down, perhaps to get a good view of us, or maybe to seem LESS intimidating, since it was almost three times our height. I immediately hid behind the girls, and shook with fear.

Then, it looked back at me, and said, "Don't worry... I come in peace!"

I didn't really know what to do, so I just sat back there, while Twilight stood up for us, and began speaking her mind.

I didn't really know WHAT to believe in this situation! Here was this thing that DESTROYED our fountain, and it has the nerve to say that it "Comes in peace"?! I kinda find that hard to believe!

I glared at this fountain-wrecking alien, and said, "Oh, yeah?! Then PLEASE explain why you destroyed our fountain!" I pointed my hoof at the fountain behind it, to which it looked back, and scratched it's head again.

"D-did I do that?!" the creature asked me. Ha! Now it's trying to act dumb!

"Don't play coy with us! OF COURSE YOU DID!" I yelled.

It looked at me, but it's helmet blocked it's expression, so I didn't know whether it was laughing or frowning, or whatever. Then, it asked me an odd question.

"Is the air in this planet made of oxygen?"

I slowly nodded my head, looking at this creature like it was a moron, but then I thought about the stories I've heard about aliens... they usually don't know about the planets that they land on. At that thought, I started feeling bad for yelling like that.

The creature breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Thank goodness! I'm sorry about the fountain, and I'm sorry for asking stupid questions, but I've nearly killed myself COUNTLESS times breathing in harmful substances!"

At once, it placed it's... odd-looking hooves with five worm-like bumps on it's helmet, and lifted it up, revealing it's short, dark-brown mane combed to the right of it's face, it's blue-green eyes, and mostly fur-less light-tan face.

I looked up at it in shock, and asked, "W-what are you, exactly?!"

It smiled, then replied, "My name's Justin Daniels, and I'm a male of my species!"

I placed my face in my right hoof, and said in a slightly annoyed manner, "Not WHO are you... WHAT are you?"

I thought back on it being new here, and normalized my tone. "But thank you for letting us know that, because that was going to be my NEXT question... but now, I ask again... what in Equestria are you?"

He looked at me the same way that I looked at him earlier, and said in a know-it-all manner, "Why, I'm a human, of course!"

Suddenly, a large light appeared near us, and in mere seconds, there, standing with the girls and I, was the Princess of the Sun, Celestia!

The link to the armor is right over here! I hope you take your time to enjoy HIS work as much as (Or more, for modesty sake!) you do mine!