The stars above Equestria shined brightly in Luna's sky that night. All across the land, countless ponies, donkeys, zebras, and gryphons rested peacefully under the moon's gentle light. At the same time, while fewer in number, there were those engaged in various nighttime activities, such as one lavender alicorn in Ponyville, who was intently studying the stars form the tallest tower of her castle. Twilight Sparkle gazed into the eyepiece of her magically enhanced telescope, scanning the heavens for any sign of the anomaly that had attracted her attention these past few days. Pulling back, she levitated a quill and parchment over to jot down a few notes.
The object that appeared in the sky four days ago appears to be approaching Equis. Curiously it's current position remains behind what my calculations predict. It is as if the object is slowing down as it moves closer to our planet in complete disregard for Neightownian Physics. However, tonight is when the object will be a it's closest to Equis. according to Princess Luna....
“Twilight, are you still awake?” a sleepy voice called out. Twilight looked over to see her number one assistant, Spike, looking in through the door.
“Oh! Spike, you have to come see this!” Twilight replied, “I've almost got a clear view tonight!”
“I don't really see what the big deal is,” Spike sighed, “It's just some funny star right?”
“Stars don't just appear silly,” Twilight corrected, “This object is like nothing anypony's ever seen. It's highly reflective, more so than any meteor on record, and the lack of a tail means it's not a comet. In fact, it seems to be mostly metallic in composition.”
“Do you think it could be some sort of spaceship?” Spike asked.
“A few days ago I would of called such an idea ridiculous,” Twilight admitted, “but after observing it's movement these past few nights, I'm not so sure anymore. It would certainly explain how it's been slowing down.”
“Well that's cool. Do you think any aliens might be coming for a visit?” Spike pondered, “I mean, it's not like they've done much to hide themselves, it would make a rather clumsy start if it was some sort of invasion.” He began pacing as he spoke, continuing with his train of thought. “Of course maybe that's just what they want us to think and they'll be all 'we come in peace' and then suck everypony's brains out when they least expect it.” Spike's eyes grew wide. “Or maybe their weapons are just so strong that they don't need to bother with stealth! Or maybe-”
“Spike!” Twilight exclaimed, interrupting the young dragon's paranoia driven rant, “Calm down, the likelihood of an invasion of any sort is absurd. By my calculations, the object is only a little larger than Canterlot. It's much too small to hold a force large enough to take over the world, if it even is a spaceship.”
Just then, a streak of light lit up the sky.
“Oh, Hey! Look, a shooting star!” said Spke. His fears forgotten, he ran over to the rail to get a better view of the sky, but the fallen star had already disappeared.
Twilight followed spike over to the edge of the tower. “Did you make a wish?” she asked with a smile. As she watched the sky, another streak flashed in the night, followed by two more.
“It's a meteor shower!” Twilight realized.
Together, Twilight and spike stood at the top of the tower watching the night sky. Soon countless streaks of light filled the heavens. The two friends stood in awe of this private show as the stars continued to fall. As time went on, ponies all around Ponyville, and even all across Equestria awakened to see the meteor shower and appreciate it's beauty. However...
“Hey Twilight, is it just me, or is that star growing bigger?”
“Hm?” twilight hummed, before shaking herself back to reality, “What did you say spike?”
“I said one of the stars is growing.” He pointed to the star in question.”
Twilight dashed back to her telescope to get a better view of the star in question. Sure enough, she was able to identify it as the very object she had been keeping track of. But more than that, Twilight was able to get her first detailed look at exactly what the object truly was.
“Mother of Equestria!” Twilight gasped. There could be no denying what it was she was looking at now. She felt faint, her legs began to tremble, and it was without much warning that Twilight fell over in a daze.
“Twilight!” Spike cried out. He rushed to her side. “Are you all right?”
Twilight was shaking, the shock of what she saw slowly fading. “I think so, spike.” she said, “I just never honestly thought...”
“Twilight?” Spike asked, worry creeping into his voice, “Thought what?”
Minutes passed, and soon, what Twilight had seen became clearly visible in the night sky. It was a massive vessel, comparable to the gondola of an airship in shape. As it entered the planet's atmosphere, a corona of flames wreathed around the titanic ship, lighting up the night as bright as day. Those who were watching could be forgiven for wondering how such a massive vehicle could fly. However, as time passed, something else became apparent.
It could not.
Slowly, piece by piece, the massive ship began to break apart under the strain of it's fall. Wreckage from the vessel spread out, falling over all of Equestria, forcing many to take shelter. Shield spells went up over cities and towns, sparing the residents from the worst of the fallout. Soon, the centerpiece of the ship, a flattened sphere-like construction was all that was left. Those still watching looked on in despair, as it was headed directly for Canterlot mountain. Great jets of flame erupted from either side of the structure as if it were trying to control it's decent, but to no avail. It's course firmly set, there was nothing to be done but wait for impact. With an almighty crash that shook all of Equestria, the pod impacted the base of Canterlot mountain There was a bright flash of light, then...
Silence.
A cloud of dust and smoke hung over the crash site. As it slowly dissipated, the newest addition to the landscape was made visible. The pod sat at a sharp angle in a nest of gigantic blue crystals that seemed to grow out of the mountain itself. Amazingly, both it and the mountain seemed mostly intact. All of Equestria shared a collective sigh of relief upon seeing that the capitol stood unharmed. At the same time, there was an underlying air of tension left in the wake of the calamity. What was that mysterious craft, and why did it break apart? What mysterious beings could have created such a thing, and for what purpose? Were there any survivors of the crash, and would they be friendly, or hostile? What was clear, was that Equestria as it had been known was irreversibly changed that night. As dawn's first light began to creep over the horizon, Ponykind awakened to a new addition to their world, one that would play a part in shaping the future, for better or worse. Only time could tell.
The concept seems interesting, but before I read it I have to ask: Does or will it include Spoilers for the game? (I doubt it since it's on a whole different planet, but I just want to be sure).
Will there be spoilers for the game?
Too busy to read right now. Can't wait to see what you named the ship, seeing that NLA was already taken.
But seriously. Magic, Skells, and war mongering space aliens with their heads up their flanks. When I get the chance, I am so reading this.
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In regards to spoilers for X, I can only foresee two, and since they are more related to setting than story plotline, I'd consider them minor spoilers at most. As for the emotional impact of the spoilers, that may be a different beast altogether.
Let me just say this, The Xeno series has a tradition of one or more of the main characters being a robot or cyborg - See, Kos-mos, Fiora . X is no different, and because of setting reasons, this story is taking the same route as X in that regard.
The second spoiler would be Why earth was destroyed, again, that's more backstory than plot relevant
6841250 Well, alright. I'll be waiting then until I reached these parts of the game before I start reading your story.
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Okay, I have to catch up with the game.
I recently completed chapter 10 (that boss, tho), which means I know the first,but not the second.
Well this will be fun
Oh, this sounds interesting. Admitedly I haven't got the game for long, but well, I already know of certains things, and most of else would not be quite relevant for this story anyway.
The setting intriges me, considering things. Landing on Equestria may seem a better deal than Mira, but Mira had that certain detail... not sure what Equestria could have as an equivalent, so here's hoping that certain part of the ship fares better than its White Whale counterpart.
Well anyway, such a promising start. This so gets my attention...
Oh I like this already. I've playerd the story through so I probably won't realise the spoilers if you put any in. That being said will you use skells? If so would you include the Ares series?
In any case if you need OC's I'll gladly lend my Xenoblade Character. Just send me a Note and I'll tell what what my character is like and even include his arts and equipment. Can't wait to see how this will go.
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Oh and great intro by the way. THAT was what got me hooked in the first place. And I really can't wait for the story to take off. I Pinkie's own words I'm nervixited.... did I spell that right?
FINALLY, a xenoblade chronicles x story! I'm so happy that you're doing this, thank you! Also Lorthar1357 has a good idea, if you need OC's, I want to be in on it. Or... you know... might not even need OC's. Your story, mate. (Oh and amazing job.)
Are there going to be ponies fighting with the humans and possibly skells redesigned with pony anatomy in mind.
FYI - I just beat the story-mode last Sunday.
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Spoiler 1: You mean like the entire human cast? Granted, I suspect an extra special surprise involving the MC (, I am level grinding before doing Chapter 9, so I haven't seen the ending yet), but I doubt that will effect this story.
Spoiler 2: Spoil me all you want. My personal guess is either "Misread prophesy" or "Galactic Litterbugs".