Earth… my home. I was born here and I’ll die here. Humanity was becoming more advanced each and every day. We’ve already colonized the moon, and are working on the rest of the planets in our solar system. But for me, I prefer to keep life simple; all this tech just tends to give me a head ache. For me… life was good. I had a good job, a place to myself, hell, I even had my own car. But everything changed one fateful day.

It was a nice, sunny Saturday morning; I had just gotten up and clicked on the television. But when I tried to find something good to watch. All I saw was the emergency broadcast system.

“ALERT, ALERT, THIS IS THE EMERGENCY BROAD CAST SYSTEM; THE EARTH IS UNDER ATTACK, WE SUGEST THAT ALL CIVILIANS GRAB ONE SUITCASE PER PERSON AND HEAD FOR ONE OF THE DESIGNATED SAFE ZONES… ALERT, ALERT, THIS IS TH-”

I stood there and watched the television, dumbfounded. The earth is under attack… from what? I flicked through the TV and tried to find a channel that was showing something. Eventually I found a live news feed. The video showed a young female news reporter hiding behind a car.

She was looking at the camera and said, “The Earth is under attack by an unknown enemy,” she peeked up over the car, “But it would appear that the Military is handling the situation,” the live video showed a massive railgun tank take a shot at a landing shuttle, blowing it out of the sky. The ship came to a crash landing in a nearby building.

“YAY,” the young reporter looked back at the camera, “There is no need to panic, but I suggest that everyone stay inside and wait for the military to deal with the situation.”

She looked back over the car and watched as the tanks and infantry fought off the incoming landing craft. As the shuttles begin to hover over the ground, these small, metal beings drop down and begin to attack the infantry. The men didn’t even stand a chance; they were beaten or vaporized instantly.

The creatures quickly surrounded a nearby tank; they rapidly disassembled the mass of metal and began to add it to their bodies. They took the massive turret and began to use it on our own tanks. I watched as these things… killed multiple tanks. They were slaughtering us without even trying.

“Uh… we need to get out of here,” said the scared reporter.

She began to run with the camera man following close behind. She didn’t make it far before one of these metallic creatures fell in front of her; she and the camera man fall on their backs as this thing began to glow.

She let out a blood curdling scream as the camera went black. I felt a chill crawl up my spine. It was time to go, and I had to do it now. Without hesitation I began to run through my house grabbing, guns, ammo, maps, food, and clothing. I opened the front door and ran out an unlocked the car.

I opened the back door and ran back into my house. I just started grabbing backpacks full of equipment; I made multiple trips from the car to the house and back. Once I was loaded up I left the door to my house unlocked… there was no point anymore; the world was already coming to an end.

I pulled out of the driveway and just went with a direction. I needed to get away from the city, and I knew full well that in a town this big, everything would be gone in a matter of a few days. I just needed to get away… the safe zones are a terrible idea, and if the military can’t kill these things… how would they protect a few thousand people?

I raced down the streets at, at least 100 miles an hour… screw speed limits, I wanted out. But all police cars were headed into the city, while I was heading out. Everything was lost… life as I knew it… was over.

I spent the next several hours driving, I took a quick stop somewhere in Montana for fuel. It was interesting; I got out with an AR-15 strapped to my chest. Apparently where I was, they hadn’t gotten the news yet.

“Son, what’s with the rifle?” asked an older gentleman as he walked up to me.

“Haven’t you heard?” I asked with a little worry while placing the fuel nozzle in my car.

“Heard what?” he said.

“The Earths under attack,” I told him.

“What?” he asked with a hint of shock.

“Yeah, listen to this,” I got in my car and turn on the radio.

“Alert, alert, this is the emergency broad cast system, the earth is under attack, I repeat the earth is under attack. We recommend that all civilians head to the designated military safe zones, you are only allowed to bring one suitcase per person… Alert, alert thi-”

I turned the radio off and looked at the shocked man; he started at me wide eyed with disbelief.

“I suggest you gather your family and run,” I told him.

I removed the gas pump nozzle from my car and got in. With that… I left him and the nearby town. I was on my own, the only person I could trust… was… myself.

As I stood there on top of the castle. I just tried to enjoy the long night that was provided for me. When you’re a thousand years old, you tend to forget the little things in life.

“Excalibur… what are you doing up here?” asked a female voice.

Without looking at the voice I said, “Just trying to enjoy the moment Princess Celestia.”

She walked up next to me and said nothing.

“Look your majesty I’m sorry for my outburst at dinner, it was uncalled for.”

“It’s quite alright, not everyone is perfect.”

A moment of silence passed

“So how can I help you?” I asked.

“Twilight and her friends are looking for you.”

“I know.”

“What for? … If I may ask?”

“It’s a personal matter,” I told her.

After taking a few more minutes I looked at Princess Celestia.

“I think this is a good time as any to find Twilight and her friends.”

“I think that’s a good idea,” she said.

I walked over to the edge of the roof and stood there.

“What are you doing Excalibur?” asked the princess.

“Oh nothing,” after I said that, I jumped off the roof.

A second or two passed as I fell through the air. Before I hit the ground I used my Warframes glide ability to gently land on the ground. I landed on my hands and knees, but with very little force. I stood up and entered the castle.

I walked up stairs and tried to look for Twilight, but I realized that I didn’t know where her room was.

Okay I'll be honest, without me mapping the entire castle I got lost.

Thankfully I ran into Princess Cadence, “Oh Excalibur, I’ve been looking for you,” she said.

“Really? What for?” I asked.

“I want to apologize for Shining’s outburst at dinner.”

“Well thank you, but unfortunately, I don’t take third party apologies; you can tell him that if he wants my respect, he can talk to me in person.”

“Oh… okay,” she said looking away from me as her ears fell back.

I took a heavy breath and said, “I want to apologize for what I said, it’s just… I’m stuck in this situation, and the longer I’m here the more lives I fail to protect. I let my anger over take me… It was unprofessional.”

“It’s alright, we all have our moments,” she said with a light smile.

“Ha! You have no idea. Anyway, have you seen Twilight and her friends?” I asked.

“Uh… last I saw them was at your ship,” she said.

“Well I know they’re not there. Maybe you can point toward their rooms?”

“Sure, follow me,” she said.

We walked down the halls for a little while. We passed the time with a little small talk. She asked about where I went tonight… well I told her. I told her about the argument I had with Twilight and how she didn’t deserve it. Then about how I talked to Princess Luna for a little while, then the rape situation with Winter, and how I dropped off the stallion with a video of his actions, and finally the talk with Celestia.

I asked her about her life, which she… gladly spilled. She told me about how she was Twilight's… foalsitter? … Then how she fell in love with her brother… who happened be a certain disgruntled Prince. And finally about the chaotic wedding she just had.

“Sounds like you’ve had a lot of fun then, haven’t you?”

“Well, it wasn’t the wedding I wanted, but it was defiantly one to remember.”

“No kidding,” I said jokingly.

“Anyway, here’s Twilight room,” Cadence said while pointing toward the door in front of us.

“Thanks,” I said.

“No problem,” she turned to leave, as she walked she hollered over her shoulder, “I’ll see tomorrow I guess. Don’t do anything stupid.”

‘Thanks’ I mentally deadpaned.

I turned to the door and raised my hand,

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!

I gave the door three good hits with the knuckle of my index finger.

“Who is it?” asked a raspy female voice.

“The muffin man,” I deadpanned, “Guess?”

The door opened as I stood there, I gave Applejack a look, and she just gave me a death glare. As I studied the room more I could see Twilight looking at me with watery eyes, she had all her friends sitting around her on the large bed.

“Permission to enter,” I asked.

“Pardon?” replied Applejack.

“A man never enters a girl’s room without permission,” I told Applejack.

“*Sniffle* permission *sniffle* granted,” mumbled Twilight.

I stepped past Applejack while she closed the door. Everyone just stared daggers at me, sometimes I just with that my suit could block those daggers… oh wait that’s right… I can black out my HUD… Anyway, I stood there for a moment until Rainbow spoke up.

“What the hay are you doing here?”

“I came to apologize,” a dramatic pause fell for a second, “To all of you… but mostly Twilight.”

“Go on,” said Rainbow.

“I want to apologize for my outburst at dinner," they just sat there in silence waiting for me to continue, “Look, when a Tenno dishonors someone that doesn’t deserve it, they own up to their mistake, and do everything they can to make things better.”

I grabbed my helmet and removed it from my head so that everyone could see my face.

“Twilight, what I said to you was a mistake, you didn’t deserve that… and I’m sorry.”

She sat there and watched me, slowly but surely a smile began to crawl across her face. Her horn glowed, and then she disappeared in a flash of purple.

‘What th-’

“Oof.”

I felt something hit me in the chest as I fell to the ground. I laid there for a second; I looked up to see Twilight holding me in a tight hug.

‘Is everyone on this planet always this clingy?’ I thought to myself.

She just sat there and cried into my chest much like Winter did earlier that day. I turned my head and looked at everyone else in the room. I gave my wrists a jerk and shook my head in confusion trying to get an answer, but they all just gave me the same reaction. After a few seconds she stopped her crying and just nuzzled herself into my chest, it may have been cute, and the attention I was earning wasn’t bad… but it was getting a little annoying.

“Uh… Twilight?” she just ignored me when I said that. I rolled my eyes and said her name again, “Twilight?” her head jerked up and she looked me in the eyes, “Can I please stand up?” I asked.

Her jaw went slack and I couldn’t help but notice a little blush come forward.

“Uh… yeah,” she crawled off my chest and stood next to me.

What I did next caught everyone off guard. I put my hands over my head and leaned back, I curled my body and pushed with me hands forcefully, I hovered in the air for a second, landing right on me feet. Everyone sat there in amazement at my flexibility. One of the many perks of being human. I gave everyone a glance as a small smile crawled across my face.

“Jealous?” I asked.

They all nodded their heads in agreement. I never fail to impress, mainly because I’m a futuristic space ninja. I walked over and grabbed my helmet; quickly slipped it over my head, once it was in place I headed for the door.

Before I walked out I stopped and turned around, “I suggest you all get some sleep, it’s been a long day.”

I turned to leave but I heard Twilight say my name.

“Excalibur?”

“Yes?” I said looking back at her.

She opened her mouth but closed it quickly, “Never mind, good night.”

“Good night everyone.”

I stepped out the door and headed back to my ship.

“What a crazy day,” I whispered to myself.

Author's Notes:

WOO CHAPTER 10!

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This did much better then I expected thank you.