The team were all in the throne room with their rulers; Grand Ruler Celesto and Queen Celestia.

"So any sign of danger so far, Lightning Dawn?" Grand Ruler asked.

"No, Master." he replied.

"Hey Sapphire, how was your training session?" Rainbow asked.

"It was great!' she replied.

"Well that's good." Lightning claimed. Sapphire rolled her eyes. Lightning and the team have also been known to be a little over protective of her. "Relax." Lightning sighed, but suddenly, the warning alarms sounded. "What's going on?" Starla asked.

“Stop those alarms!” shouted Celestia.

Captain Shaina came into the room, “Your majesties! Sensors detect a rouge object headed our way; it’s a meteor!”

“Meteor?!” cried Rarity.

“Prepare to intercept.” said Lightning, but to his surprise, “No need…” said Shaina “Infrared scanning shows it’s unarmed. It has no warhead or explosives of any kind.”

That was most unusual, and everyone looked out the windows and could see the meteor heading straight for the palace grounds.

“Here it comes!” cried Buddy.

CRASH!! That was all that happened, the meteor just plopped into the ground, and it did no real damage at all.

“Send the de-contamination squad.” Grand Ruler ordered.

A squad of ponies wearing special suits marched out to examine the missile and decontaminate it of any radiation or other elements.

“Where did this missile come from do you think?” asked Artie

“We’ll soon find out.” said Rainbow.

As the pony-team worked on the missile, one of the members found a small hatch on the missile and peeked inside; he couldn’t believe his eyes…! Inside were six stones; each with a nature symbol; lightning, wind, grass, fire, water and earth. They also had a small chip shaped like a dinosaur foot.

In addition to the stones, there were also thirteen cards as well. Two each had the same symbol as the stones.

And finally, there were two small devices inside as well.

Soon, all the items were given to their majesties. Everyone was amazed by the cards especially Sapphire. 'Wow, A Styracosaurus, Acrocanthasaurus, Amargasaurus, Stegosaurus, Fukuisaurus, Allosaurus and Deinonychus!"

"But what do these stones do?" Starla asked. "Let's see." Sapphire picked up the six stones and messed with the little chip on them. Just then, the stones began to glow as well as her. "Woah." Rainbow gasped.

"What's happening?" Fluttershy asked in fear.

"I don't know." Sapphire put the stones down except the lightning stone. Looking between the Styracosaurus card and the stone, Sapphire began to think. "I wonder." Picking up the card, she placed the chip on the card and rubbed it. Immediately the card glowed and it changed into a real Styracosaurus. It roared and stared at the ponies.

The ponies freaked and hit behind their majesties. "It- It CAME TO LIFE!" Lightning screamed.

"And it doesn't look happy." Buddy whimpered.

"Sapphire, put that creature back!" Rarity screeched.

"Alright." she replied nonchalantly. She messed with the chip again and the Styracosaurus turned back into a card. A moment of silence passed.

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"What just happened?" Pinkie asked.

"A dinosaur just appeared and then turned back into a card." Artie summarized. "Maybe it was a hologram?"

"No way! That dinosaur was real!" Sapphire exclaimed with excitement.

"But how? Cause of the stone?" Applejack said. Even their majesties didn't have a clue about this. "Sapphire wait!" Lightning cried. She was messing with the card and chip again. "That could bring it out again."

"That's alright, I'll just put it back in." She swiped the card across he chip backwards and the card glowed and fell to the ground and changed into a baby Styracosaurus. A chibi form. It looked at her and tilted it head.

"HUH?" Everybody gasped.

"Awww... It's so cute!" Fluttershy cooed. The little dino walked up to Sapphire. "Hey there little guy."

The dino nuzzled her leg. "Okay." Grand Ruler said slowly. "So now we have... dinosaur cards and stones here?"

"Yeah." Lightning went over to the other cards. "What about these other cards?" he asked, referring to the other cards that came with the dinosaur cards. Sapphire came over and looked at them "They look like move cards."

"Move cards? You mean like attacking move cards?" Dyno asked.

"That what they look like." Sapphire replied.

"So what do we do with them?" Starla asked.

"Well, we should have Professor Brain study the stones. Just to be safe." Celestia suggested. The team agreed. "Can I go get Mykan, he'd want to see this too?" Sapphire asked.

"Of course, Sapphire." Grand Ruler replied.

Soon, everybody was present in the lab, including Mykan Stevens; a 19 year old, peach-colored male with short, brown hair and a science prodigy. Princess Luna was present as well. Usually she's asleep in her room but she decided to wake up for this.

"So what do you have one the stones, Professor?" Luna asked.

"It appears the stones contain the life essence of all the dinosaurs that have lived."

"Life essence?" Artie asked. "How?"

Mykan thought about that explanation. "Well, on my planet, the dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. So what I'm thinking is that somehow their spirits remained and came together to form the stones plates."

"But what about the cards?" Buddy questioned.

"Somehow, someone must have been able to travel back and turn the dinosaurs into cards." Mykan added. "How and why remains a mystery."

"Maybe we can use them in our fight against the changelings?" Rainbow suggested.

"Hmm... I'm not so sure." Celestia said.

"Well dinosaurs are very powerful creatures so they could be a useful ally." Mykan stated. Their majesties looked at each other. "Alright, we'll use them when it's necessary. Sapphire, we're placing these dinosaurs in your care. So use them wisely." Grand Ruler stated. Sapphire nodded and looked at the cards. "I'll take good care of them."