//------------------------------// // Joy to Equestria // Story: The Alien Warriors: Journey to Equestria // by Texas Style Brony //------------------------------// Aboard the train heading for Canterlot All of the Lunar Nightwatch except McLaughn and Parker were in the caboose, watching over the now weakened Chrysalis. She had decided to save her energy and keep quiet rather than provoke the creatures who could kill her right there. In fact, Parker was not in the caboose because he said that he would kill her if he saw her again. Summers and Ramirez started talking to each other. "Hey, so are we really gonna just turn her over to Celestia and Luna?" Summers asked. "If we weren't, we would have dumped her corpse by now," Ramirez replied. Smith watched the fallen queen with some interest. "What do you think the princesses will do with her?" Smith asked. "Probably hold a trial for her, and then sentence her to death or something," Ramirez said. "Pfft, nah! I don't think they do capital punishment here! They'll probably send her to the moon or something!" Smith retorted. "Yeah whatever, I just hope that Starlight is alright," Ramirez replied, thinking of the poor wounded unicorn. Adjacent rail car McLaughn and Parker sat next to the makeshift bed where Starlight lied while the royal guard medic who bandaged her watched and made sure that she was alright. McLaughn prayed over Starlight while Parker just sat there hoping that she would pull through. About halfway on the route to Canterlot, Starlight began to stir. "Uuuhhh. What happened?" She asked, not remembering what occurred. Parker lit up like a Christmas/Hearthswarming tree. "Oh thank God you're alive! After we took down Chrysalis, she shot you with what was left of her magic!" Parker said as he hugged the unicorn, who began struggling. "Oh! Okay!!! Can you let me go?! Hard to breathe!!!" Starlight said as Parker's grip was incredibly strong. He soon let go. "Oh! Sorry!" "Yes! You're alive! Cadance had to extract some bad magic out of your system after Chrysalis shot you. She said it could have killed you!" McLaughn interjected. Starlight looked down at the rest of her body and noticed the large gauze bandage wrapped around her upper body. "Ouch." Starlight said half-sarcastically, half-meaningfully. "Yeah, but thanks to the medic pony here, we think that you should be able to make a full recovery now!" Parker said, pointing to the guardspony nearby. "It was no problem at all, guys. Just doing my job!" the guard responded. "Well thank you anyways!" Starlight said as she planted a kiss on his cheek. The guard blushed at this. "You should really get some rest though ma'am. It will heal faster if you rest. You may also want to stay off your legs for a while. That blast was really tough," the guard told her. Starlight looked at her human friends "Guys, can you carry me when we get off?" She asked them. "Gladly," the guys both said in unison. A week later During the last week, Celestia and Luna sentenced Chrysalis to lifetime banishment to Tartarus for her numerous crimes which included war crimes, multiple kidnappings and assaults, and crimes against ponykind and humanity. Also, the vast majority of captured changelings from all past battles decided to share their love and join King Thorax's growing and now prosperous hive. Although the Mane Six were devastated at first when they heard about Starlight getting hurt, she did start recovering rapidly. By day three after her injury, she could walk again. Now, the Lunar Nightwatch had put their nerf blasters away so that they could help Pinkie Pie prepare a big party for the celebration of the end of the Pony-Changeling war. "EEEE!!!! I'M SO EXCITED YOU GUYS! THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST PINKIE PARTY!!!" The bubbly pink mare exclaimed while firing her party cannon around Ponyville town square to prepare for the big occasion. "Yeah! We're so glad that you let us help set up for this!" Parker replied. Even though Pinkie said that she didn't need help at first, she was touched by how the guys were eager to lend a hand for her biggest passion. "We heard that you throw legendary parties!" McLaughn told her. "Awww!! Thanks you guys!" Pinkie said, running over to McLaughn and Parker to hug them. As the afternoon approached, final preparations were made, and soon ponies began coming toward the town hall. That afternoon Many ponies had come to the party, including the Mane Six, Lyra, the royal sisters, Discord, and Shining Armor and his family. While there were many local ponies, a lot of ponies came in from out of town as well, including Canterlot nobles, Manehattan city slickers, reformed changelings, crystal ponies, and Los Pegasus celebrities. In the middle of the party, the four princesses went up to a makeshift stage on the left side and the royal guards blew their trumpets. Soon, Twilight took center stage at the podium, with her note cards ready. "Ponies of Equestria!" She called out to the audience. "Today, we have gathered to celebrate a great victory in the name of peace, love, and tolerance!" She continued on. "For many years, our nation had been harassed by the forces of Queen Chrysalis and her changelings. After the ascension of our new friend King Thorax, we thought that those days were over. However, we were mistaken, as Queen Chrysalis went underground and resorted to more brutal tactics and assaults on ponykind. Thankfully, as this new war approached, we found new friends!" Twilight pointed to the humans, who were in the audience. "These humans, the Lunar Nightwatch, soon proved to be the best weapon that Equestria had. Their technology, physique, intelligence, and experience proved to be invaluable in the war, and they were able to fight the battles that ponies never could. Thanks to them, many ponies have survived through Chrysalis' attacks. In the end, they were able to defeat Chrysalis and her army while saving the Crystal Empire. This victory did not come to them freely, however, as they had poured out their own blood, sweat, and tears along with our brave royal guards in many battles during this dark time. I will now pass over to my mentor and our leader, Princess Celestia." Twilight trotted over to the other princesses while Celestia took center stage. The audience applauded Twilight's speech. "Thank you, young princess. Many in the audience today have witnessed what our new human friends are capable of, and they have also seen their great courage in battle. They have selflessly put themselves in harm's way to protect a nation and a species that was not their own, despite the enormous confusion that came with being misplaced from their own home world. That is why today, I am not only proud to reward them with Equestria's highest medal of valor, but I am also proud to grant them all Equestrian citizenship!" The ponies in the crowd went wild, cheering as the humans were ushered onstage to receive their medals, which Princess Cadance put around each of their necks. After this, Luna trotted over and magically handed them a plaque, which read: By the approval of Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Twilight Sparkle, Princesses of Equestria, Daniel Ramirez, Jeff Smith, William Parker, Corey McLaughn, and Andrew Summers, shall be known as, from this day forward, Citizens of the Equestrian Nation "Congratulations, my brave humans," Luna told them as the humans and princesses posed for a picture that a blue pony in a black dress with a German accent took. After the humans got off stage and the sun went down, the Mane Six along with Lyra and Starlight ran up and gave them a huge group hug. "Oh! I'm so proud of you guys!" Lyra was extremely excited for the humans. "Welcome to Equestria!" Starlight told them. "I guess that journey was worth it!" McLaughn stated as Fluttershy hugged him tighter. Pinkie Pie then took off toward a large DJ stand that was on the other side of the town square. Soon, a white unicorn with electric blue hair along with a stallion dressed like Billy Joe Armstrong with shades came to the stand after Pinkie called them up. "Let's get this party started!" She yelled as she fired off her party cannon and the music started. Soon, the party was in full swing, as ponies everywhere began dancing, playing party games, and eating from the food and sweets tables. Even the humans got in on the partying. McLaughn and Ramirez were both excellent dancers while Summers played many of the party games, and Smith and Parker had a ball at the food tables. "Look!" Pinkie yelled at one point, and everyone in the audience looked up at one point to see Rainbow Dash and the Wonderbolts do a flyby over the party, resulting in many cheers. Dash then looped around and did an amazing sonic rainboom! Dash soon landed with the wonderbolts close behind her in front of Ramirez and McLaughn. "How's THAT for awesome guys?" She asked the humans. "I've never seen anything like it Dashie!" Ramirez told her. "That was..... AWESOMAZING!" McLaughn shouted. "I think the term your looking for is super-ultra-extreme-awesomazing!" Dash corrected, and everyone laughed. Back near the food table, Applejack and Smith were arm wrestling. They were actually pretty even. Suddenly, Smith felt something running down and tickling his side and he yelped while AJ pushed his arm over and won. Smith turned around and saw the Cutie Mark Crusaders nearby, rolling on the ground and giggling. "Hey! What's the big idea you silly fillies?" He asked them. "The big guy told us that that was your one weakness and I decided to help mah sister win!" Applebloom said, pointing to Parker who tried to look oblivious. "Benedict Arnold!" Smith called him. "And I'm gonna getcha little fillies!" Smith got up and playfully chased the giggling fillies around the party. At one point, Pinkie hopped onto Summers' back so that he could carry her around. "Silly pony! Come on!" "Yay!" Pinkie enjoyed clinging onto Summers back and getting a view from higher than most other ponies could see. The party really turned up when the ponies began a conga line and the guys decided to join in. The guys had to crouch slightly to hold onto the ponies shoulders in front of them, while the ponies behind them had their hooves on Smith's lower back. "I FREAKING LOVE THIS WORLD!" Parker yelled out. "I KNOW RIGHT? I JUST WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT AND PINKIE PARTY EVERY DAY!!" Ramirez yelled above the loud and super fun party. By now, some of the other ponies had taken Pinkie's lead and hopped onto their favorite humans. Starlight hopped on Parker, Rarity on Ramirez, Fluttershy on McLaughn, and Applejack on Smith, while waving her hat around as if she were at the rodeo. "YEEHAW! THIS REALLY IS FUN PINKIE!" "I KNOW, RIGHT!" Soon after, the party began to wind down, Pinkie and her friends got off the humans, the other ponies and characters went home, and the humans went with Twilight, Spike, and Starlight to their beds in Twi's castle. And that was the humans' best night ever in Equestria. The next day, at sunset The Mane Six with Starlight were having a picnic under an apple tree on a hill overlooking Ponyville. Summers was nearby playing with the Cutie Mark Crusaders while Parker and Spike were taking turns trying to beat each other's high scores on his fighting game app. McLaughn and Smith were with the Mane Six enjoying Granny Smith's delicious apple pies. Ramirez stood nearby, dramatically looking off into the middle distance while holding his phone in front of him. "With no idea on how we got here, we cannot return to our planet, and fate has yielded its reward: A new world to call home," he spoke into his phone, which was recording. "We live among it's ponies now, walking among them in plain sight, watching over them, waiting, protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage and friendship, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there's more to them than meets the eye," Ramirez continued. Starlight and Twilight trotted over to hear his speech. "I am Sergeant Daniel Ramirez, and this is my first log on my team's new life here in Equestria. Let all friends and enemies of ponykind hear this: We are here. We are waiting." Ramirez looked down by his side to see Twilight and Starlight listening to him. He reached over and began petting Twilight as they all watched the sun set in the distance. THE END Ponyville, the day after the picnic Pinkie Pie was trotting along the streets of Ponyville when she gasped and suddenly..... "HI BRONIES!!!! I hoped that you enjoyed this story! Texasstylebrony really enjoyed writing it and wanted to thank all his friends and supporters for reading it!" Pinkie enthusiastically told you. "Of course it was really fun playing a part in such a great tale! Although, ya gotta admit, with My Little Pony, Nerf, and even Transformers references appearing in the story, it seems like the author is trying to start a Hasbro Universe of some sort!" Pinkie continued while trotting through Ponyville's streets. "I mean seriously, with all the Hasbro-ness in this story, what else could he possibly add -" Pinkie suddenly stopped and backed up to a toy store window. In the glass front display of the store was the newest line of action figures for colts. These action figures were made to look just like the humans complete with plastic-gun accessories and their boxes said Lunar Nightwatch: A Real Equestrian Hero! "Really Tex? G.I. Joe too?" Pinkie rolled her eyes and started giggling at the creativity of the writer.