The week before the world wide meeting was a quick one. Thankfully I was able to get a few things done. Serenity and I were able to start disassembling the left engine. I wish I would have had a crane, it would have been so much easier. But because of the lack of basic technology, I pretty much just ripped the thing apart. But otherwise, things were going smoothly.

Pinkie was also able to throw one of her signature parties, or at least, that’s what Twilight to us. Pinkie threw a ‘Welcome to Equestria Thank You for Saving Us and Returning The Crystal Empire!’ party. That is literally what the banner said. I won’t lie; it was a damn good party though. The music could have been better. But where the planet sits in its evolutionary stage, I think I can let it pass.

It was a good party nonetheless.

I learned that any experience with aliens that Serenity had was lost to time. The thing is, the regular Tenno were created shortly after we purged the Sentients and entombed them in Uranus. Over the years her memory was lost. Who she was, where she was born, and how she became a Tenno, all… lost. But since the people of Equin are sentient beings and are basically normal people with a different look, she accepted the situation pretty well. Although I don’t know how she would respond to the other life forms on this planet.

I didn’t know what to expect either.

Now it was time for official business. Even though we were headed to a negotiation, going unarmed is a terrible idea. I had my Soma Prime and Skana Prime on my back, my Lex Prime on my right thigh, my Nikana Prime on my left hip, and my Venka Prime claws.

Serenity had grown to like the double barreled Tigris shotgun. It may only have two shots, but it hits like a freight train. She decided to take Twin Grakatas as her secondary weapons. Frankly, I hate the crudely made Grineer assault rifle, but she loved them for the fire rate. Finally, for her melee, she liked the Kogake Sparring set. Which are a set of metal knuckles and feet covers. Then she took the Kronen Tonfas, which when used right, they can cause massive damage.

Once we were ready I attached my -I don’t even know what number Odonata Prime this is- to my back. I gave Serenity my Itzal, since I never use them much anyway; she likes them though, which is good. Once we were set, I grabbed Storm –since the last time I was there I nearly died- and we left for the Crystal Empire.

The flight to the Crystal Empire was a relatively short one. Neither of us spoke for the entirety of the flight. Once we started to approached the Empire, Serenity got the full experience of its beauty. She soaked in the sites while I looked for our meeting place. Cadence -in all her glory- decided to have the meeting outside, for reasons that I don’t even know. On the north side of the town sat an open field.

There sat one, very large, crystal table, multiple chairs of different colors, shapes, and sizes, and nearby stood a decent sized crowd. I looked at Serenity and gave her a head tilt in the direction of the meeting area. She nodded in acknowledgement.

As we approached, I descended to just above the ground and dropped Storm, who rolled until coming to a stop. Shortly after dropping her I disconnected from my archwing and landed in a squatting position with my left had between my legs resting on the ground and right resting on my hip. I stood up and straightened my back while also placing my left hand on my Nikana. Serenity landed shortly afterward. I looked back to see my teammate straightening her stance. She nodded telling me she was ready.

I nodded before I looked back at the gathered group, they were all surprised and amazed at our entrance. I could see Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Shining Armor. Every other nation leader, delegate and representative was easily recognizable. Nearby stood three Minotaur’s clad in leather and metal armor that protected their chests and arms. One of them held a mace in his left hand, one had a sword in the right, and the third held a massive battle axe, which he rested on his right shoulder.

Toward the center of the table stood a griffon with his two guards, and two Zebras, clad in long flowing garments, three Yaks stood by in cloth that covered their backs and that helmet. It looked like it was attached to their head to be honest. Anyway, I could see three deer, as in a white tail buck and two does, as in, I will never look at venison the same ever again. There were two massive dragons, one large red Drake, and one slightly smaller, white Dragoness.

And last but not least… a Changeling.

Well three to be exact, one larger one the size of Celestia with two shorter guards the size of a regular pony. Personally, after the events for a few weeks ago, I wasn’t thrilled to see them. But they do need to know, and Serenity and I are the neutral benefactors in this situation. Any bias has to be pushed aside for the protection of this planet.

Serenity walked up next to me before we approached the table. Before I could say hello to Celestia and her sister, the Minotaur with the axe walked over and stood in front of me. Clearly he was the leader since he had a head on his men and was about two feet taller than me.

I looked up at him while he looked down at me, “So this skinny thing and his marefriend are the reason we’re here?” he asked anyone that was listening in a deep voice.

“Two things,” I replied, “One, she isn’t my girlfriend, she is my teammate. And two, I have a name.”

“Oh?” he leaned in closer to me, “What would that be?”

I wasn’t fazed by his intimidation, and neither was Serenity, “Excalibur Prime.”

He leaned back, “Well, Mister Prime, you’re the reason I wasted my precious time?”

I hate it when people call me Mister Prime.

“Well I didn’t force you here. Besides if you value your life, you’ll listen to what I have to say,” I looked forward and started to walk past him.

Apparently that was interpreted very poorly... Then again I could have said that better.

A massive hand landed on my shoulder and spun me around. I ended up looking at the massive Minotaur in the face.

“What did you just say?”

If he wants to get violent, I can get violent.

I looked at the hand on my right shoulder, “Let go of me,” I looked back at him.

“What are you going to do about it? Huh?” he let go of me and stood up straight before placing his left hand on his hip.

Might as well see where this goes, he looked like he needed to learn a lesson anyway.

“Touch me again and find out.”

“Oh yeah…” he poked my in the right shoulder, “like that?”

“Don’t touch me,” I said while shaking my head back and forth a little.

“What are you going to do about it?” he said while poking me in the same spot again.

I looked to the side in annoyance, “Don’t touch me.”

He reached out to poke me again while he wore a shit faced grin, “What are yo- AHH!”

Before he could finish, I grabbed his hand and bent his wrist backwards while he let out an agonizing scream, which also caused him to drop the axe. Using my left leg I knocked him off his feet, while he was suspended in the air I adjusted myself and brought my leg parallel to my chest and dropped it on his chest, causing him to smash into the ground. I leaned over him and opened my claws a few inches from his face.

“RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAA!”

I heard Serenity activate her Hystaria ability. Apparently one of his guards started to attack. She grabbed him by the chest with her Rip Line and with a powerful tug, pulled the Minotaur towards herself. As he approached her at breakneck speed, she clotheslined the guard right her right arm. He did a back flip before landing on his back a few feet away. She leaned forward before cannonballing backwards and landing on his chest. She grabbed him by the neck and aimed her energy claws at his terrified face.

I looked to the left to see the Minotaur with the mace charging me. Out of the blue -in a flash of blue- Storm tackled him, causing him to drop the mace and fall to the ground. She growled ravenously while she stood on his chest. He didn’t even dare to fight back.

I looked back at the leader, “Told you not to touch me,” I stood up and closed my claws while stepping off his chest. I turned and looked at the rest of the gathered officials, who were completely stunned, “That was the worst thing you could ever do in this universe. What you did is considered the assault of a Tenno. So… you cannot accuse me, or anyone else here for attack you because you touched me first,” I looked over my shoulder at the scared minotaur, “What you did was an act of war! And as of here on out, that was the shortest war I have ever participated in,” I looked back, “I hereby accept your surrender.”

I started to walk up to the table. I could hear the leader growling out of anger. Next, I heard him stand up and charge me.

One of the deer pointed past me, “Look-”

SHING!

THUD!

"-out"

I spun 180% on my heels I drew my Nikana from its sheath and cut the massive battle axe in two. The Minotaur leader looked at the severed axe head before looking at me with shock and fear in his eyes. I lowered my outstretched arm and straightened my stance. I looked at him for a second before twirling the sword in my hand, then guiding it back into its home with a click.

He looked at the handle of his decapitated axe, “That’s… impossible…” he mumbled to himself before looking at me, “Minotaur steel does not break!”

I removed the Samurai style sword from my hip with my left hand and held it in front of him, “This sword, is made of the rarest materials in the universe!” I attached the sword back to my hip before grabbing him by the left horn and pulling him down to my face, “if it was any sharper, you’d cut yourself just looking at it!” I pushed him back with my hand, “we good!?” I said with a single nod.

He nodded nervously in response.

“Good…” I pointed to my left, “now get your ass in a fucking chair so we can get this over with!” I ordered.

He turned and quickly walked away in shame and fear.

I looked at Serenity, “Serenity, release him,” she looked at me, then the scared guard. Her ability faded before she got off him, stood up and walked away. I looked at Storm, “Storm, heel!” her angry growling turned into happy panting while she jumped off the other guard and ran up to me. I walked up to Celestia, who stood near the center of the table, with Strom and Serenity in tow.

She stood there, with a damn good poker face, “You majesty,” I said with a slight head tilt.

“Excalibur,” she said doing the same.

I looked at Luna, who stood to the right of her sister, “Princess Luna.”

“Excalibur.”

I looked back at Celestia, “Is everyone here?”

She looked at me, “This is everypony we could get on such short notice. The Bison Tribe had to deal with a situation with the Appleloosans and a handful of other delegates had other pressing matters. Otherwise yes, this is everypony we could gather.”

“As long as the rest of the world leaders are informed, this will have to do.”

I looked back at the gathered group.

“Everypony, please, take a seat,” said Celestia.

After a little bit of shuffling everyone was seated. The Minotaur’s sat at the end of the table on the left hand side. Next to them sat the Yaks, to their left were the Griffons, the Deer were next, then the Zebras, and finally the Changelings at the right hand side of the table. Cadence and Shining were next to them, (and looked a little nervous), followed by Luna, Celestia, me and finally Serenity. The Dragons sat behind the others on the far side of the table. With their size, no chair could support them.

She looked around the table, “Thank you for coming everypony,” started Celestia, “as you know, I have called you all here today for a very important meeting. One of which, that relies on our immediate attention,” she looked at me and pointed at me with her hoof, “This, is Excalibur Prime, who has become a new ally to Equestria,” she lowered her hoof and went back to looking at the crowd, “he was, as you know, a key contributor to the return of the Crystal Empire. Now, I wish to have introduced him and his teammate under better circumstances, but with one of the latest events, he has an important issue to address,” she looked at me, “Excalibur, you have the floor.”

I looked at her, “Thank you your majesty,” I looked back and interlaced my fingers in front of my mouth, “I’m going to get straight to the point. My teammate, Serenity and I, are what you would classify as aliens,” all the delegates began to look at their guards or partners with raised eyebrows before looking back at me, “we are an advanced race of super soldiers from a planet called Earth.”

“What mockery is this?” asked the male Dragon in a deep, raspy voice, while gesturing at me with an open claw, “aliens or beings from beyond the atmosphere are nothing but myths and legends! We all know that they are stories created by ponies to keep their foals from stealing from the cookie jar.”

“Agreed,” said the griffon, “Planet Earth is the only planet in the universe with sentient life!”

“Celestia, what is the meaning of this!?” asked the Minotaur leader with anger while he slammed his fist on the table.

“Please, just listen,” she said calmly.

“This was a waste of my time!” said the Griffon.

“You are full of lies!” screamed the Minotaur.

“We will-”

BANG!

Everyone shut their mouths and looked at me. I had my Lex held over my head while a small smoke trail left the barrel.

I looked around at the shocked faces, “Good,” I lowered my arm and holstered my Lex, “that shut you all up… Now, I’m going to be honest. You are not the only planet in this universe with sentient life. There are various planets of shapes, sizes and colors that hold life. Mine being one of them, but my planet is a different story then why I am here. Now, let’s start with why I am here…”

I told them everything, starting with the shuttle in the forest. From there I showed them projections of the three factions and explained everything about them. Everything was going well... until about half way through the talks. I was talking about my tech when I ran into a problem.

A very annoying problem.

“Aunt Celestia!”

I stopped talking and looked back to see a unicorn with a blonde mane and tail, light blue eyes and he wore a collar and a blue bowtie. When Celestia heard the voice she moaned in frustration as her head dropped a little.

I turned back and leaned closer to her, “Who is he?” I whispered.

She leaned back, “My nephew. Prince Blueblood,” she whispered.

“Is he going to be an issue?”

“Probably.”

“If he is, can I hit him?” I asked sarcastically.

“Please.”

“Aunt Celestia, what is going on? Where are my servants? And what is going on here? Why wasn’t I informed!?”

Ah, he’s one of those people.

“Blueblood, please go back to the castle?” she said out of annoyance.

“I will not, until you answer me!”

“Blueblood, this meeting is very important! You are not needed here!” she snapped while giving him the death glare.

He was unfazed, “As a Prince of Equestria,” he said calmly, “I have every right to be here!”

I looked at Celestia, “What part of the world does he look after?”

“He doesn’t!” Celestia whispered through clenched teeth, “Blueblood, please just leave!”

“No!”

“Yes!”

“Nnno!”

“Yes!”

“I said… no!”

“Yes!”

“Shut up!” I looked at the prince, “unless you were invited here, please leave.”

“Goodness, what is that thing!?” he asked with disgust while holding a hoof to his chest.

Really?

“I’m the one that will kick your sorry ass if you continue this childish game of yes and no!” I said with a hint of anger, “now shut up and let us finish,” I turned back and leaned against the table and took a breath, “where was I?”

“I will not take orders from you!”

I let my head drop, “Don’t do this son.”

“Don’t you dare call me son! I am a prince and I will be treated as such!”

I didn’t look back, “I only give respect where it is deserved. So far… you have not shown me any.”

“I don’t care what you think! I am a prince! And you will treat me like one! You peasant!”

I leaned closer to Celestia so only she could hear me, “I will not be held responsible for my actions toward him.”

“As long as you don’t kill him, you can do whatever you want,” she whispered back.

“I’ll hold you to that,” I leaned back, “Inoring the distraction behind me. My weapons-”

“Hey! You are to list-”

"I will only listen to those that disserve it! I take orders from no man and no stallion!" I looked back at him, "Shut your pussy ass mouth. Piss off. And let me finish!"

He really took that one to heart, "That's it! Guards, I want this thing arrested! Ninety days in the-"

I was so sick of this, I didn't want to be here and he just had that vibe of, “I want to punch him for no reason”. I kicked my chair back and stood up. Drew my Lex and fired at the idiotic unicorn.

BANG!

BOOM!

The large explosion kicked dirt and grass up in all directions as he fell on his ass while holding his forelegs close to his chest. He looked at the massive crater in front of him before looking at me with terror filled eyes.

“Someone get his ass out of here before I take that mace and putt him like a golf ball!”

Two crystal guards ran up and dragged the scared unicorn off by the collar. I placed my Lex back on my leg and grabbed my chair off the ground before sitting back down. Everyone had a look of terror, except Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Shining, who were all struggling to not burst out laughing.

“Looks like I forgot to remove my blast tipped rounds,” I said to myself as I rested my arms on the table yet again, “I think that is a good enough demonstration of the power we possess," I said aloud.

There was an awkward silence for a few seconds.

Celestia looked at me with a huge smile, “I don’t think you needed to scare him that badly.”

“He should be thanking me,” I said without looking at her.

“Why?”

I looked at her, “I missed,” I looked back at the group once again, “Where was I?”

The rest of the explanations went well. I finally finished, much to my relief. I was asked a few questions here and there; most of them were about the safety of the planet. By this point I was waiting for the weapons question.

“Fascinating, these weapons could be of use to us," said the griffon with a claw to his beak, "Could we possible acquire some of these from you?” he asked while gesturing in my direction, “we will pay you well for them.”

“A griffon offering to buy something? Now I know the world is ending,” said the drake.

The griffon turned to look at him, “And what is that supposed to mean!?”

“Griffons are the only ones that are greedier than a dragon,” replied the drake.

“I’ll show you greedy!” shouted the griffon leader with a clenched claw.

“Anyway!” I interrupted, they both looked at me, “I’ll tell you what I told the princesses. I will not hand over powerful weapons to a planet that is not ready for them.”

“Why not!?” barked the Minotaur leader.

I looked at him, “Because who is to say that you won’t turn them on each other!?” I retaliated, “I’ve been on the receiving end of a Grineer Grakata, and it’s not very fun!” I said while pointing my thumb at my chest, “we turned these weapons on each other. I know for a fact, that you will turn on each other, and you will all pay… in blood.”

“And what if these, Grin-i-er, attack, how will we defend ourselves hmm?” asked the massive Drake.

I looked at him, “This planet will stay under my watch until I get my ship repaired. From there, we will keep the coordinates hidden and it will stay under the watchful eye of the Tenno. If, for whatever reason the Grineer or Corpus do get a hold of them from us, this location will be a dark zone devoid of life and resources… I will not let this planet fall. We will defend this planet, until the last man if need be.”

“And how many of there are you?” asked the Whitetail Buck.

First time he had said anything.

I looked at him, “Twenty-seven Primes. A few thousand nonprimes, like my partner Serenity.”

“What’s the difference?” asked the drake.

I looked up at him, “I won’t go into semantics but, the nonprimes were created after the fall of the Orokin Empire and are based off of the older technology of my suit. For being later builds, they are slower, less powerful, and are limited on customization for battle,” I explained.

“What caused the fall of these Oro-keen?” asked the Zebra.

I don’t know what it was, but I expected him to rhyme. I don’t know why.

“To be honest I do not know. I was in a cryogenic sleep when the Empire fell. Anyway we’re getting off topic,” I said while waving my hand, “The point is that I have an entire army at my disposal, and we all fight for the same reason… and that is to protect those who need it.”

“And how you know we need it?” asked the Minotaur leader.

I looked at him, “Trust me, if any of the three factions get here you will not stand a chance,” I looked at the group, “you saw what me and my partner can do. We might be more nimble, but everything falls down to tactics. Many of which you will not experience for a long time,” I paused, “sorry to say, but charging in with spears and shields will only lead to a slaughter fest.”

“I could easily take down anything that you throw at me!” said the Minotaur leader with confidence.

Honestly, I kicked his ass and he’s acting like in never happened.

“You really think that?”

“I know that!” replied the leader.

“Fine,” I pushed my chair back and stood up. I walked past the left side of the table. Then I pulled a Specter orb from my gear and began to cycle through its options.

“Excalibur, what are you doing?” asked Cadence.

“This,” I found what I was looking for and threw the ball on the ground. After a second, it materialized into a Grineer Lancer. Everyone gasped at the site, “This is a Grineer Lancer. A Specter to be exact, we use these as training tools,” I said while gesturing at the fake trooper. Everyone relaxed a little. I looked at the Minotaur leader, “If you think you’re so good, try to take down this Lancer.”

“Is that a challenge?”

No it for shits and giggles.

…

Well it is for me at least.

“If you want to see a Lancer in battle, without watching the real thing, this is the way to do it,” I said calmly.

“You got a deal!” the leader stood up, “Amos, your mace,” the guard with the mace looked around for a second before he found his mace. He grabbed the weapon before tossing it to the leader, who caught it in his right hand, “Thank you,” he walked over to me and began to examine the Lancer.

Lancers stand at about five to five and a half feet tall, wear large, bulky green armor, and carry nothing more then a Grakata and on occasion, an inflatable Blunt for instant cover. The leader towered over the stupid specter.

“Whenever you’re ready,” I said.

He took a second to examine the Lancer further before looking at me, “Ready.”

“Alright,” I looked at the specter, “Training level one. Set rounds to stun,” the lancer reloaded, “Distance, fifteen meters,” the lancer turned around and walked fifteen meters before turning back to look at me. I looked at the leader, “The lancer is set to react when it deems itself threatened. You may use whatever tactics you wish, all you have to do is touch him.”

He looked at me and nodded in acknowledgement.

“Alright… good luck,” I said before walking past him and standing near the table.

The leader rolled his shoulders and cracked his neck. He adjusted himself to get ready to charge. The lancer just stood there like an idiot, swaying side to side while taking small steps where he stood.

“AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

And here we go.

The leader charged forward with the mace at the ready. He made it about ten feet before falling to the ground like a sack of spuds. Now... let me explain, the Lancer ID’d the threat and took it out with a small, three round burst. The stun rounds incapacitate a target, thus locking up muscles and ending the threat.

I looked over my shoulder to see every ones mouth resting on the table, “And that lancer was at level one,” I said while looking back at the spectre, which, by now had gone back to his casual stance. I walked over and stood next to the incapacitated leader, “Come on,” I bent over and grabbed him by the arm and helped him up, “let’s go,” I threw one of his arms over my shoulder and helped him back to the table. I placed him in his seat and looked at the dignitaries, “Now. Let me show you what I do professionally,” I turned and walked back to where the Minotaur leader originally stood, “reset level to fifty.”

“Tenno Skoom!” said the lancer while taking a defensive stance.

“So, what will this new level do?” asked the drake.

“Higher accuracy, better reaction time, and will utilize its surroundings!” I hollered over my shoulder.

I drew my Nikana from its sheath and held it in front of myself with two hands. After a few seconds I charged. The specter opened fire on me, but I blocked every hit with the blade. The sound of metal hitting metal could be heard over the gunfire. Once I made it to the fifteen foot mark, I power slid on my knees before spinning 360% and knocking the lancer off his feet. I placed my blade underneath him as he fell to the ground, once he landed, he was impaled by the blade.

Total battle time… less than fifteen seconds.

I placed my left hand on the specters left shoulder and pushed him off of me before standing up. With the same twirl of the blade that I did earlier, I sheathed it with a click. I turned back to everyone dumbfounded, including Celestia and her sister. I casually walked up to the table yet again before taking my seat.

I rested my hands on the table and interlaced my fingers, “Welcome to my life.”

The last of the talks went well. All it took was a practically unconscious Minotaur to get my point across to the dangers that lie beyond the atmosphere. At the end, I offered them one last question, each leader had given me their decision.

“The Tenno will stand by this planet no matter the cost. So my question to you all is… do I have your support?” I asked.

The delegates looked around before making their answers.

“We do, and you have Minos’ support,” said the Minotaur leader.

“You have Yakyakistans support!”

Ow, my eardrums.

“As much as I don’t want to say it…” said the griffon, “you have Griffonstones support.”

“We would love to avoid conflict. Which is why we are neither with or against you,” said the Whitetail buck.

“Zebranica, has given you support,” said the Zebra leader.

“Draco has your support,” boomed the massive red drake while holding up a clenched claw.

We all looked at the changelings last.

She looked around before answering, “How can I support something that slaughtered half my hive!?” retaliated the changeling leader.

And here we go.

“I did that for the safety of an entire town,” I said calmly.

“And what of my hive!?” she said while holding a hole ridded hoof to her chest.

“What about it? It wasn’t hard to tell that you were the attackers, not the attackees.”

“We were desperate! We attacked so that we could survive! My hive was starving to death!”

And changelings survive on love. This place is full of it, that’s pretty obvious.

I looked at Celestia, who had a hint of shock, embarrassment, and remorse “I’ll talk to you later,” I looked back, “I’m sorry for your loss, but the safety of others is my top priority. Neutrality is where we Tenno stand. No matter the conflict, no matter the reason, we will always defend the losing side. Then we aim for negotiations.”

“I don’t care what you think! You do not have my support!” she screamed while slamming her hole ridden hoof on the table.

“Then that is your decision, and one I can respect,” I looked back, “for those of you that are willing to join us, I wish to thank you. For those who wish to refuse or stay neutral, you have nothing to fear as long as you stay on good grounds. But, don’t be afraid to call, Serenity and I are always willing to help,” I looked at Celestia, "Princess."

“Thank you Excalibur,” said Celestia, “I wish to thank you for coming. This meeting is adjourned.”

All at once everyone stood up and started talking. They talked about weapons, possible threats, and a few other things about the talk. As I looked around, I happened to glance over at the changeling, who was whispering something into the ear of one of her guards. Once she was done she looked at me with squinted eyes.

Serenity walked up and stood next to me, “Excalibur?” she asked while looking at the leader.

“Stay on alert. I have a bad feeling about her.”

Author's Notes:

The saryn prime video prompted me to do the lancer fight. Best prime video so far!

Oh yeah and their BISON NOT BUFFALO!

Hate that.

And I feel like the argument with Chrysalis could have been better.