It is the earth year 2020, after the events of last year, all the parallel universes are merged into one multiverse, referred to as the ‘convergence-Multiverse’. All parallel Earths and Terras now orbit the same Solar system around a colossal Sun.

There currently exist three know political factions; The Sol System Alliance, made up of countless Earths and Terras, with the aim of keeping the peace. The Universal Conquest Alliance, led by Jul ‘Mdama’s Covenant, with the aim of taking the entirety of the Universe for themselves. And lastly, the Sol System peace keeping act, based on Terra-10, acting as the political mediators between the other two factions

*POV 1st Person Nova*

“…so as you are aware by now, the Embassy for Sangheili living on Terra requires additional funding” A Sangheili representative said. “if you could provide us with the funding then we would be most grateful” I was in my mid-day court where I handled the matters of extra-terrestrial species living in Equestria.

“Thank you, Zeeb ‘Rghee” I said, as twin tendrils of smoke drifting out of my nostrils a more recent development of my Alicorn form along with the constantly swirling, flame-like mane and tail “Your request will be considered and you will receive a letter of acceptance or denial in due course, that will be all”

“Thank you” Zeeb said, before turning and leaving. I absentmindedly petted Osiris, my pet Butterfly Cobra and a gift from Stag upon my Coronation, with my magic. Said serpent was currently coiled lazily next to the throne with his head held up. Not only did the serpent look beautiful, with his stunning, butterfly-like hood owing to the species’ name, but also he was extremely venomous, adding that little extra deterrent to anyone foolish enough to try and attack me. You call it insane; I call it a reasonable insurance policy.

He was large, about 2 meters, and whilst dangeroushe was biblically lazy most of the time. Also in the room with me was Aiden, my adoptive grandson who was also a Sangheili (Also known as an Elite), and had become my protégé of sorts: he would assist me as necessary, in return during quiet periods I would teach him more aspects of the English language and things such as our history. The next pony in the line stepped forward and I dreaded the coming conversation.

“Announcing Prince Blueblood; nephew of Princess Celestia” I groaned internally and I noticed Osiris hiss in annoyance before laying his head down and looking away from Blueblood. Aiden was also slightly nervous, I'd tried to keep my grandson out of family matters such as the ‘disagreement’ we had with blueblood, but the oh-so ‘humble’ (read as arrogant and selfish) prince made that very difficult at times.

“Your majesty” Blueblood said, bowing though he meant absolutely no respect.

“Speak quickly” I said “so those with more important matters can come forth”

“Oh but this is an important matter” he said, smirking “are we, or are we not, at war with the covenant and their allies?”

“Yes, we are at war” I said, narrowing my eyes at him. ‘you better not be going where I think you’re going with this’

“Well, I find it odd, seeing as we are at war” he said, turning to the other ponies in the room “that there is a surplus of species that are found in their alliance present in Canterlot” his eyes lingered on Aiden.

“Nephew” I said “My eyes are here, not down there” I then stood up and Osiris snapped to attention before following me as I walked down the steps of the throne.

“Allow me to make a few things absolutely clear, to all present in this room” I said “most so-called ‘alien’ individuals are not members of the U.C.A., true, some members of their species are, but that does not mean all. Another thing; most members of the aforementioned alliance are merely following orders and have no idea what is actually going on between them and us. Every alien individual I have had the pleasure of getting to know on a personal level have been very friendly, more so than you, Blueblood”

“But is it, or is it not also true that a Sangheili by the name of Raz ‘Vtam is a former member of the Covenant?” he asked.

“He left of his own choice” I said.

“And your bastard grandson of yours was found aboard a Covenant Vessel” my mane and tail flared and I turned to the gathered ponies.

“Get out” I said, they didn't need asking twice. I turned to Aiden before speaking in Sangheili “Anata ga hitsuyōna toki ni, watashi wa anata o shōkan shi, isshun no tame ni watashitachi o nokoshite kudasai [please leave us for a moment, I will summon you when you are needed]” Aiden quickly left the room followed by Osiris, and I rounded on Blueblood.

“You are very lucky that Aiden only knows fragments of Equestrian” I hissed “You come into the throne room during my court, start pressing a matter that you very well know is something to be discussed in private and to make matters worse you insult my family, adopted or not”

“I don’t see what the problem is” he said, not flinching “I was merely stating facts”

“You damn bloody well that where I come from bastard is a term used as a common insult” I said, “not just a term for someone born out of wedlock and so did most of the ponies present. Like it or not we are family and that makes those like Aiden your extended family. Either you accept that fact and stop being so sore over the fact that a ‘mere commoner’ has been elevated to helping to rule this nation. On the other hand, you stay the fuck away from my side of the family. I will keep this a private matter for just this once, but if it happens again, I will be telling Celestia. And don’t you even think of looking at my grandson on the way out. Now get out of my sight” he left rather quickly and I called for Aiden.

“What....that?” he asked, sitting next to me. I sighed before sitting on my haunches.

“Tadashī yōgodesu[The correct term is] ‘What was that about’” I said “Soshite, shinpaishinaidekudasai, sore wa anata o kinisuru hitsuyō ga ari, nani mo nakatta. Dono yō ni wareware wa shibarakunoaida, machi o sansaku shite iru ni tsuite?[And don’t worry, it was nothing that should concern you. How about we have a walk through the city for a while?]” Aiden smiled and began following me, joined soon after by Osiris who slithered by my side, standing as tall as Aiden. Thankfully he was tolerant enough of younger individuals, I’d made sure of that when Stag gave him to me. We then began to walk through streets of Canterlot, occasionally we were stopped by a curious foal who was fascinated by Osiris, who thankfully was rather patient (I swear, the snake was half-sapient). For most of the walk, I continued to bring Aiden up to speed on Equestria.

“Anata ga hontōni anata o hatsuon suru hitsuyō ga aru koto o oboete oite kudasai[Remember, you really need to enunciate your] ‘Ps’” I said in a kind but firm tone as we walked through a park. “Watashi ga mae ni anata ni itta to onajiyōni, issho ni anata no ago o tsuikyū shiyou to suru[try pursing your jaws together, just like I told you before]” Aiden thought for a moment before trying to pronounce the word.

“FFF…P…lease? Please” his eyes widened at the accomplishment.

“Anata ga soko ni iku[There you go]” I said

*POV 3rd Person*

Teridax walked along the hallways of some abandoned facility that had recently been discovered in the Everfree Forest. He was in new, gold and black armour and held a mighty Warhammer that crackled with purple energy in one hand. His mask was akin to a ram’s head and his purple eyes scanned the corridor. His size was now greatly reduced, only about 7 or 8 feet tall, he also had a power dampener on his back, something which would remain there until he was considered ‘reformed’.

Scrap and detritus were scattered around the corridor and Teridax stepped over a white panel, absent mindedly glancing at the robotic arm attached to the rear of the panel in puzzlement before walking through doorway and into a round atrium of some sort. Most of the ceiling was missing and plant life had started to overrun the place. In the center of the room was a mass of white metal and electronics strewn about the floor, with wires running from what was left of the ceiling

“Could it be?” Teridax asked himself, during his time under reformation he had had access to Human internet so he had learnt a few things about their culture. He searched the room for a switch and eventually found a large switch with the word ‘Main Circuit Breaker’ written above it. Teridax walked over and pushed the switch upward, lights flickered and the mass of metal in the center of the room convulsed before retracting and hanging from the ceiling. A single, pale orange light blinked on and focused on Teridax.

“What…are…you?” said a synthesised, female voice.

*a long while later*

“Unhand me you lunatic!” GLaDOS shouted as Teridax dragged her entire mechanical body through the streets towards Canterlot, much to the surprise of the citizens “You unhand me. Right. NOW! I have very delicate components, and you've got dirt in my servos from dragging up the mountain for three hours, three HOURS!!! Do you have any idea how much my components cost? They aren't cheap, you’ll end up broke and on the streets, and none of your friends will be there to help you, because you don't have any!” as she continued her very one sided argument, Teridax began dragging her up the stairs. The guards, who were more than used to this situation, merely rolled their eyes and let him past, only sparing a quick glance at GLaDOS.

For the past six months Teridax had been assigned as paranormal janitor of sorts; he’d go out and collect ‘objects’ like GLaDOS and then drag them to Canterlot, where they would then be teleported to a secure, highly classified containment facility on Terra-10.

*POV 1st person Nova*

I was sat in the throne room alongside Celestia helping to oversee her day court, Aiden had finished for the day and had gone back to our home. The court was interrupted by an almighty bang and a female voice shouting in protest.

“Unhand me the instance, you demonic lunatic!” the voice cried, I turned to Celestia.

“I’ll handle this” I said, she nodded and I signalled to Osiris as I stood up, the Rainbow Cobra shot after me before coiling loosely around my shoulders and withers and I quickly made my way out of the throne room. Once I entered the hallway I was met with the sight of Teridax hefting the form of GLaDOS over his shoulder as he dragged her through the hallways. “Again with showing paranormal items to everypony between here and Ponyville?” I asked, placing a sleep spell on GLaDOS.

“Sleep mode initiated” a voice said” and the light in GLaDOS’ eye faded.

“That actually worked?” I asked in surprise, I then shook my head to clear my thoughts before casting a teleport spell on the three of us.

We reappeared in the science lab of the castle, something that had been installed at my request.

“Usually, ones like her would be shipped off to Stag’s world” I said “but I have a way to put her to better use.

“You mean have her kill us all with deadly neurotoxin?” Teridax asked.

“Well someone’s been search up their memes,” I said. “But no, I was going to have her installed to help with the research division” I signalled to a group of scientists of various species and they quickly went to work mounting GLaDOS to the ceiling.

“Are you sure this will work?” a Vortixx asked.

“Sure” I said “just…don't take everything she says to heart” I then reversed the sleep spell and GLaDOS sputtered into life.

“Wh…where am I?” she asked.

“You’re in Equestria, on the Planet Terra-1” I said “I was wondering how you came to be on this planet” GLaDOS groaned.

“Oh, that imbecilic Turret!” she exclaimed “That stupid turret teleported my entire chamber off planet”

“Well, that would explain the transmission Earth-1 received last Christmas” I said, before levitating a tablet computer over to Glados and playing the Transmission.

“Oh great, he’s had them painted in festive colours” GLaDOS complained, she then noticed that we were still watching her “Alright, what do you want?”

“Those turrets have allied themselves with our enemies” I then pressed a button on a keyboard which began to upload information into GLaDOS. The war, Teridax, myself, everything, she now knew everything. “We were wondering if you could give us a hand in our science division” GLaDOS remained silent for a moment

“Good god” she said “what kind of backwards world have I been dumped on? Magic? Unicorns? I'm in a menagerie of Human mythology…I hate Humans; running about, polluting everything. Kind of ironic”

“What is?” I asked, she then swooped towards me.

“That you hate your own species, to the extent of always walking around in such an…interesting form” she said “And yet you insist on keeping them alive”

“I have my reasons” I said, scowling

“Oh I know, believe me, I know” she said before backing away. I swear, if she had a face she'd be smirking “but to get to the point, yes, I’ll help you. But once you've finished your petty war I'll be heading to the nearest planet, preferably uninhabited”

“Fine by me” I said, before walking away, Teridax began following.

“Forgive me for speaking out of term” he said “but what exactly did you think was going to happen by having her installed in the ceiling, did you think she was going to dish out compliments”

“You're still on reformation.” I warned before teleporting myself and Osiris away to my home. Calling it a house would be a slight understatement, it was actually a two story mansion that had been built not long after mine and Autumn’s coronation. It had influences from many different coulters from Equestrian to Gothic. Put simply, it looked fucking incredible. Every single member of my immediate family lived here; my Mum and Step-Dad need merely get a teleporter pad in our garage and they would be on Earth-1. I reappeared outside my home and quickly made my way inside.

“Guten tag” A female voice greeted.

“Good evening, Glück” I said. Not long after my coronation Autumn had talked to me about ‘expanding’ our family and she didn’t mean in the children sense. 6 month later Glück Bolzen was now a part of our herd and she'd adopted Polaris so the young filly was also a part of our family now. I nuzzled her before pulling away. “Where’s Autumn?”

“She’s in the study” she said, before rolling her eyes “Zat mare is going to vork herself to death if you don't have a vord vith her”

“You know you are free to have a word with her” I said, walking towards the study “you’re a part of this family and even though the rest of us are technically royalty, inside these walls everyone is equal; the maids, the butlers, myself, everyone. Why do you think I had the metal workers put my families’ new coat of arms with the words ‘ In hac familia, et curis magnis [In this family, all are equal]’ directly below?”

“It vould not be my place, vu-I mean Nova” she said, following after me “I am only new to your herd”

“My previous statement still stands” I said “and it’s our Herd” We entered the Study, it was a large room with an extensive library of not only written work containing things such as magical spells but also digital works contained on computers, It was through these computers that Autumn handled the logistics and management of the Terran Union Army. I looked over and tittered when I found her asleep with her head resting on the desk.

“I swear” I muttered, rolling my eyes “normally she might as well be a double of Rainbow dash, but stick her in front of a computer or book and she becomes Twilight Sparkle” I walked over and nuzzled her cheek, causing her to stir.

“You need to stop working so hard” I said, helping her up and putting my neck under hers to support her before leading her out of the room. “come on, I’ll help you to our room”

*POV 3rd Person*

*Location: Earth-1; The Middle East*

An RAF Super Hercules flew over countless sand dunes across a desert typical of the ones found in the area. Inside Minion, still in his human form, readied one of the new ‘Terran System’s Arcane Automatic Combat Rifles’ that he had been given for the upcoming mission; storm an ISIS stronghold and rescue all hostages. Meanwhile Vinyl, still in her Unicorn form, was sat in her seat wearing her usual combination of shades and headphones. Her eyes were closed and her head bobbed slightly to music only she could hear.

“So what’s your story?” One of the soldiers asked Minion.

“They didn't tell you before we came on the plane?” he asked, all of the gathered soldiers shook their heads “We are two of the Neu-Toa from the Wolfpack, I’m Minion and this is Vinyl Scratch” Vinyl’s hoof shot up briefly in some manner of greeting.

“Well, sir” the soldier said “I must say, it’s quite the honour to work alongside royalty”

“Technically we aren't royalty, that role falls to my brother and his wife” Minion said “myself and Vinyl are just nobility”

“All the same” the soldier said “It’s an honour to serve with two of the people that fought in the battle of London and two Neu-Toa at that”

“What’s your name, soldier?” Minion asked.

“Corporal Thompson, Sir” he said. at that moment the voice of the pilot spoke over the intercom.

“Alright men, we’re near the drop zone, get ready to drop” Minion tapped Vinyl on the shoulder, before standing up.

“Oh, come on, I was just getting to my favourite song” she complained, her Trottingham accent as clear as day. Despite her protests she stood up all the same.

“Do you two need some parachutes?” Corporal Thompson asked, Minion smirked.

“Nah, mate” he said “we do things our way” at that moment the rear door opened and as one both Minion and Vinyl shifted into their Neu-Toa forms, their armour gleamed in the middle-eastern sun as it peeked through the exit of the plane.

“Bloody hell, that’s quite that party trick” Corporal Thompson said.

“Comes with Being a Neu-Toa” Minion said, before jumping out of the plane, followed soon after by Vinyl and the Human soldiers.

Location: Inner Sol System asteroid belt

Most people imagine asteroid belts such as the Inner Asteroid Belt found between Mars and Jupiter to be jam packed with asteroids like a Detroit traffic jam. But up until recently this wasn't the case (how do you think the Voyager space probes were able to get past the asteroid belt so easily?). However, since the multiverses merged the two asteroid belts of the Solar system, the inner asteroid belt and the Kuiper Belt, had become very crowded. It had also been designated a neutral zone used for scientific and colonisation purposes; a number of small trading ports and scientific outposts had started to spring up on some of the larger asteroids. The former was often a place where shady deals were made on both sides of the war.

“I can’t vait to get back to Terra-1” Boris said, the Falcon turned Griffon was currently in his Neu-Toa form as was Scar, a Timberwolf given sapience. They had received word that the Skakdi were planning to join the U.C.A. and they were going to make sure that didn’t happen, the Skakdi were master weapons crafters and ruthless fighters to boot, if the S.S.A. lost the Skakdi's favour the results could be catastrophic.

“Then let’s be quick” Scar said as the pair of them walked through one of the many bars on this asteroid, keeping to edge so as not to draw too much attention “Remember, we need to look for an Ice Skakdi with a mechanical eye”

“That’s something you’d associate more with Matoran, not Skakdi” Boris said.

“All the more reason to look out for him” Scar said, after scanning the bar he found their target talking with a Sangheili minor “Here we go, you see him, at the bar talking with a Sangheili”

“I see him” Boris said. Scars claws began to extend and they began to approach. Boris walked up behind the Skakdi and tapped him on the shoulders. “Pehea e pā ana whakaoti tatou i teie waho [How about we finish this outside]”

“Anata mo, erīto[You too, Elite]” Scar said. The Elite begrudgingly nodded and they soon began to make their way out. Scar noticed the looks they were starting to get “S.S.A. Buisiness, go back to your drinks” once they were out of the bar Scar and Boris dragged the Elite and Skakdi into an alleyway. Boris handled the Skakdi whilst Scar handled the Elite.

“Sate sate, koko de kiku, kodomo[Alright, listen here, kid]” Scar growled, poking one of his wrist mounted Gatling guns at the Elite’s head. “Anata wa reisei ni kono roji no soto ni aruku shiyou to shite iru, anata ga modotte anata no fune ni iku to Skakdi ga dete hoshī koto o anata no jōshi o oshie shiyou to shite iru. Anata mo, watashitachi ga kuria sa rete iru watashitachi o mita koto ga nai?[You are going to walk out of this alleyway calmly, you are going to go back to your ship and tell your superiors that the Skakdi want out. you never even saw us, are we clear?]” the Elite gulped before nodding. Scar then shoved the Elite away. Meanwhile Boris was interrogating the Skakdi.

“Kāti, whakarongo mai, e haere koe ki te haere hoki ki o koutou Barraki, a ka e haere koe ki te korero ki a ratou e te UCA E hiahia e kore e. e kore a koutou. i kite. tatou. Capiche?[Okay, listen, you are going to go back to your warlords and you are going to tell them that the U.C.A. aren't interested. you never. saw. us. Capiche?]” the Skakdi nodded “pai, aianei whiwhi i roto i konei[Good, now get out of here]” Boris the shoved the Skakdi out of the alleyway.

“Well” Scar said “that was easy”

*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

I was stood on the balcony with Celestia and Luna, the both of them were teaching me the spells for controlling the sun and moon in case something were to happen to them. Well, I say controlling the sun but in actual fact Celestia controls the rotation of the planet.

“Alright” Celestia said “you need to reach out with your magic you should feel a tug, then you need to pull, that will cause Terra to spin” I reached out as instructed and I soon felt my magic latch on to the sun and I began to pull. After no small amount of struggling the sun dipped below the horizon.

“There” I said, panting “I’d like to see you do better” suddenly the moon and sun began to dance across the sky at a rapid velocity.

“As the youth like to say;” Celestia said, smirking “’do you even lift, bro?’” Luna snorted and covered her mouth to stop herself laughing and I growled before looking away

“Shut it” i mumbled Next Chapter: Chapter 2 Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 4 Minutes