*POV 1st Person Vuur Koning*

I walked along a paved road alongside Autumn, Ruby, Garnet, Sunny, Thel and Breezy. Myself, the Wolfpack, and a few other key individuals from the ship had all been invited to the annual winter ball at Luna’s Castle, located just outside of Ponyville. Autumn was in her pony form, and she along with Ruby, Breezy, Thel and Sunny were in absolutely stunning dresses. On the other hand, I was in my Robotic Alicorn form, and Garnet was in a tuxedo.

“How long until we get there?” Sunny asked.

“Patience, little one” Lhikan said, his accent notable as he walked up to us waked over

“What’s with your voice?” Sunny asked, tilting her head in confusion. I lowered my head down and nuzzled.

“Now now, Sunny” I said, my voice possessing a similar, mechanical quality to Lhikan “don’t be rude”

“It is alright, Vuur Koning” Lhikan said, smiling kindly before looking at Sunny “I speak this way because my first language is very different to yours”

“How so?” She asked.

“Ka rite ki tenei” I said, some of the vowels were accentuated by mechanical buzzes.

“You need to work on your pronunciations,” Lhikan said “and you are saying each word as you would with your home language; you need to talk more swiftly”

“E kore i roto i te mua o toku tamariki, tēnā ki te koutou[Not in front of my children, if you please]” I hissed.

We soon reached the castle and a door pony announced our arrival.

“Announcing High-Lord General Vuur Koning of the Terran Union Army and his family, and Toa Le…uh” He stumbled on the spelling.

“Lhikan” the aforementioned Toa said.

“…And Toa Lhikan” the Door pony finished. We entered the main hall where various ponies and a few other species were milling about. Whilst the younger members of our group split up, I turned to Lhikan and Autumn.

“Kia mau ki te kanohi tuwhera[Keep an eye open]” I said quietly “E konei tatou ki te tohu i te Terran Union Army, engari o matou matua matua ko ki te tiaki i te tangata harakore[We are here to represent the Terran Union Army, but our main priority is to protect the innocent]” they both nodded and Lhikan walked off to mingle with the ponies and changelings.

*POV 3rd person*

Near the castle, a 7ft tall creature, dressed in a large hooded cloak, hid in one of the trees, when it was sure there was no chance of it being spotted he sprinted for the wall of the castle before clambering up the walls and disappearing over the other side.

Myself and were mingling with the ponies, conversing with any that were curious about what the T.U.A. actually did. I looked to my left and noticed this world’s Prince Blueblood was talking to Ruby, I couldn’t hear what they were say, but from Ruby’s expression I could tell she was less than pleased about the turn of events.

“He better not be doing what I think he’s doing” I said to Autumn, before walking over “Is there a problem?” Blueblood spoke up before Ruby could say anything

“No, it’s quite alright” He said “I was merely trying to show her a good time, she just doesn’t want to see sense” I chuckled bitterly and Autumn motioned for Ruby to move away. She quickly walked into the crowd and disappeared from sight.

“You know” I said, walking around to face him “There are two things that really get on my nerves”

“And what would they be?” he asked, raising an eyebrow.

“One, people like you trying to bed with someone who clearly doesn’t want it, and does even swing that way” I said, before getting right in his face and speaking in a low voice “And two, People who try to bed my own daughter. I might not be a prince yet, but so help me, if you ever go near my daughter again, if you so much as look at her funny, then Ich werde nicht zögern, Ihnen geld und schieben Ihre Entschuldigung Entschuldigung für die Genitalien so weit in den Hals, dass Sie bis sein Husten eigenen Samen für den Rest Ihres Lebens” Blueblood went decidedly pale and gulped.

“Are we clear?” I asked. he nodded, before walking off with his tail between his legs, I turned back to Autumn and smiled before something knocked me to the ground and I slid through the scattering crowd until I hit the far wall, Light residue flaked off of my armour, an effect caused by only one  weapon; A Midak Sky-Baster. A 7ft tall, reptilian creature wearing a Kenohi Jutlin jumped down from the rafters, flung off its cloak and growled at the crowd of ponies, causing them to back up.

"Hey!" I said, standing up and turning into my Neu-Toa form before pulling out an automatic 12-gauge shotgun and pointing it right at the creature "I don't know who you are, but If you have a problem, we can take this outside. Don't even think of involving the ponies in this or i will not hesitate to shoot you to kingdom come"

"Big talk, coming from such a pathetic organic" He said, priming his wrist mounted blaster and aiming it Autumn "We both know a Makutacon's reactions are quicker than a Toa's"

"What. The fuck. Do you want?" I asked, cocking the shotgun.

"To warn you" he said.

"And this is how you go about doing it?" I asked incredulously.

"There is a war coming" He said "No just involving the covenant and the Makutacon, one that will effect the entire galaxy.

"Then join us, help us to..." he interrupted me.

"You think i didn't already try that?" he asked "I went to your Brotherhood and they flung me down the steps of their temple and had me crawling on all fours like a beast!" He then summoned and put it back around himself.

"A feruri na i runga i taua, Toa" He said, before fading like dust in the wind.

The buck was that?" Autumn asked.

*a few days later*

Hearths Warming had been and gone, I was with Autumn, getting ready for the concert, in addition to Ruby joining us as a second lead guitarist, making Garnet a rhythm guitarist, Breezy had joined us as a back up female vocalist, and all of the instrumentalists besides Cloddiwr were backup vocalists as well; Minion was the vocalist for more gruff singing parts, with Garnet providing a backup for him as well as singing harmonic vocals.

As well as Octavia's Orchestral group, we'd managed to get her cousin, Vinyl Scratch on board, as well as Lyra and a member of the Apple Family, who normally played the fiddle, but for this concert had taken up the Violin. as well as it being our last show, it would also be our longest ever show

"Our last ever show" I said, transforming into my Neu-Toa form "do you think they'll like the music?" Autumn rolled her eyes, before transforming into her Neu-Toa form and puling me into a light kiss.

"Stop worrying" she said "if there's one thing you can count on Equestrians for, it's that we're open minded" she noticed the look on my face before adding sheepishly "most of the time" The ceiling above us split into two semicircles and moved aside as we were lifted up to the stage on a circular platform. The platform reached the stage, revealing a surprisingly large crowd, and the two of us walked towards the microphones at the front of the stage just as the pianist of the Orchestral ensemble began to play, A screen turned on, showing things like lyrics and such.

after the crowd got over their shock at the sudden change in tempo from piano to guitars they really began to enjoy it and cheered along. as the song finished the crowd cheered and we paused for a moment before playing the next song.

we finished the song and the crowd cheered, when the noise died down a stepped forward.

"Are you alright, Ponyville?" I called, a huge cheer went up "Are you ready to have a fucking awesome night?" they cheered even louder this time.

"Brilliant!" I said "Tonight, we will be playing a whole host of different bands, across multiple genres of Metal and rock. These next few songs go out to all to the Wonderbolts and Pegasi of the Royal Guard, first off, we give you, SABATON: NIGHT WITCHES!"

the song finished and a good majorety of the Pegasi cheered louder than the rest. I chuckled before speaking.

"The next song is about a little event that happened 70 years ago" I said "A German Fighter Pilot by the name of Franz Stigler was ordered to shoot down a heavily damaged enemy aircraft, but instead of following orders he did what any honourable warrior would do and escorted them back to safety: on that day, he made sure that NO. BULLETS. FLY!"

We finished the song and the crowd went wild. When the cheering died down I spoke once more.

"And now, a song about the greatest tank regiment in the history of my planet, THE GHOST DIVISION!"

the song finished and I picked up a bottle of water before taking a quick drink and placing the bottle back down.

"As Neu-Toa, our duty is to defend the innocent, Protect those who cannot can protect themselves, we succeed where others fail" I said "A call for help, a distant whisper. A foreign nation calling our name. Sent to hell, to reach for heaven. To serve in the dark, as Light in the Black"

We finished the song and the crowd broke out into cheers, when they died down i spoke into the microphone.

"As you've all heard by now, war can provide some pretty good inspiration for songs, but it's a terrible thing, the whole galaxy would be so much better without it" I said "But it also brings out the best in some people, With the help of the Ponyville Orchestral Ensemble, i'd like to play a song for you tonight, about one of the bravest soldiers in earth's history, this is the Ballad of Bull"

"This next song is about the most decorated US soldier" I said "Audie Murphy and man that went; TO HELL AND BACK"

the song finished and the crowd cheered.

"We're gonna play a few sad songs about war" I said "This next one is called The Price of a Mile"

the song finished and the crowd cheered.

"Ponyville, are you ready to jump with us?" I asked, they cheered "GOTT MIT UNS!"

The crowd went absolutely ballistic, and their cheers echoed through the air, I burst out laughing.

"Jesus Christ!" I said "I've never seen such a crazy fucking crowd in all my life, myself and the rest of the Wolfpack, would like to thank you all personally for coming to this show, and for being so open minded" the crowd cheered and began to chant our band name.

"On the Planet most of our band members come from, the Griffons speak their own language, we've already played a couple of songs in their language" I said, "Now, my Griffonic and Swedish isn't very good, but I know a few very important words, there is sköka! Which means whore, and then there's my personal favourite; äppelvin!" The Griffins from the Jormungandr cheered.

"Which means Cider!" I said. A stage hand brought up a bottle of Sweet apple acres Cider and the crowd began to chant.

"Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug!"

"You want me to down this?" I asked, they cheered and I tittered before opening the bottle "You guys are fucking insane" I then downed it in one as the crowd cheered.

"This is how we drink in England, motherfuckers!" Minion said, before doing the same with two bottles of Cider at once and stepping towards a microphone before beginning to play.

The song finished and the crowd went wild, Minion began to speak into the Microphone.

"This, my friends, is our last ever show, so here's a song to commemorate it"

The song finished and when the crowd eventually died down I stepped up to the Microphone.

"Thor!" I called "Where the hell are you?" I heard a shout from a ways away "This song is dedicated to you, my friend" we them began to play, this time both myself and Minion sang.

"Rock with me!" Minion shouted

The song finished and this time Ruby and Breezy stepped towards a set of microphones.

"This song goes out to that bastard Teridax" Ruby said.

"This next song is dedicated to Princess Luna" Ruby said.

"Which one?" A pony in the crowd called, causing the audience, and the band members, to burst out laughing.

"Take your pick" Breezy said

The song finished and Breezy to over as the singer.

"these are some traditional winter songs from Vuur Koning and Minion's planet" She said

"And now for something a little less traditional" I said "and something that's sure to get a few laughs out of some of you"

(Replace Hanukkah with Hearths Warming  )

"And now" I said "A metal melody of Equestria from my planet, you see, My planet has heard of you, and people have already been inspired to write songs about events and individuals of this world"

The song finished and this time Autumn and myself stepped forward

"Rock with us, my metal brethren!" I shouted.

The song finished and when the cheers died down i spoke into the microphone whilst Vinyl picked up a Ketara, before putting on a headset which would alter her voice. I put on a similar headset.

"Unfortunately, we are getting towards the end of our show" I said "These next few songs are going to be focussing on Guitar effects and synthesization, blending rock and metal with dubstep"

"Well My friends" I said "this is our very last song as a group, we hope you enjoyed yourselves, and we wish you all a happy new year"

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