//------------------------------// // The Space Alien // Story: A Friend from the Stars // by AntiBronyBenSwolo //------------------------------// It was a dark and breezy night in Canterlot. The quiet ponies, unicorns, and pegasi all slept peacefully under the silk-white moon. Their relaxation was well earned, now that Equestria was no longer under attack from dangerous threats such as Tirek, Chrysalis, Cozy Glow, or King Sombra. And the one who slept most peacefully was Princess Twilight Sparkle, now the ruler of Equestria, who earned a thousand long night's rest after facing off against such threats. However, she really had no such luxury to sleep as long as she still had a busy day tomorrow, being the new Princess of Equestria and all that. So, there she slept, cozy in her bed, with not even a care in the world. Not even the bright blue light blaring in her window seemed to wake her. Suddenly, without warning, Twilight's body levitated on its own. She wasn't sleep-flying, and she wasn't using her magic in her sleep, but rather something else. If somepony saw the bright light and Twilight's floating sleeping body, they'd assume it was another pony using magic without her knowing. But it didn't seem to be that way as no magic aura surrounded the Princess' body. Twilight's body was levitated out the window and towards the source of the strange blue light, and yet there Twilight was, as snug as a bug, still thinking she's in bed. "Morning Spike," Twilight yawned, thinking she was still in her room. However, as she woke up, she realized way too late she wasn't in her room. In fact, she couldn't tell where she was. Twilight got up and examined her surroundings and realized she woke up on an operating table. To her side, Twilight saw what appeared to be operation tools, though they looked stranger than the ones she'd usually find in a hospital. Twilight hopped off the table and looked around the room, which glowed a silverish chrome, highlighted with bright white lights. "How'd long did I sleep for me to end up in a Hospital?" Twilight could only assume, trying to find if anyone else was around. Maybe a doctor or a patient could help figure things out. Twilight headed out and looked out the nearest window to hopefully find out where she was. And once Twilight did, her usually lavender coat turned pale as she observed something she never thought she'd ever see in her life. Twilight found herself gazing at the Earth from out into space. But how did she get here? "Greetings, Princess Twilight," an unfamiliar voice greeted as a chrome door hidden in the wall opened up revealing a quite strange mare. She had green skin with no coat, violet-red eyes, and yellow-green tendrils alongside the top of her head and one large tendril for a tail. She wore a grey space-suit with green boots on the front legs and blue canisters at the side of the suit which seemed to be leaking. "Who are you? Why have you abducted me? And how do you know who I am!?" Twilight demanded, threatening to banish the stranger to the moon ten times longer than Luna was stuck there. The alien looked to the side and noticed the operation tools. "Oh! If you think I was gonna operate on you, then I apologize for the misunderstanding. Honestly, I had no other place to put you, and the Operation Room was the only one available. I don't have a guest bedroom," The alien chuckled and sheepishly blushed. "Okay. That's one question asked. Now how do you know who I am?" Twilight growled as the alien gulped in worry. "I spent a year in your planet's orbit, and I studied your world's culture and language. You and your friends have made quite the adventures together. So much so that I might say I'm quite a fan of your work," the alien explained, typing on a computer with foreign characters and showing videos taken from the past year all the way up to the present day. There was footage of one of Pinkie's parties, Rainbow Dash at a Wonderbolts meetup, Rarity designing her dress, and practically everypony in Ponyville living out their life from the previous year. Even had footage of Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Chrysalis' petrification in there as well. "Where I'm from, this is called 'Stalking' and this could get you very well arrested," Twilight disapproved as the alien put the footage back into her computer's folders. "I'm sorry I had to resort to such scandalous methods. I had no other way to learn your language without getting spotted," the alien apologized as Twilight took a deep breath and looked out at the planet. "That doesn't explain why you kidnapped me!" Twilight said, lowering her guard, however not letting it down completely. The alien stood there at hoof point and scratched her head in defeat. "Okay. I know this looks bad, and I apologize for abducting you in the middle of the night. See, I needed to speak with you personally about your world," The alien asked as Twilight lowered her guard. "Well, be quick about it!" Twilight said, finally raising her head. "Listen, is it alright with you if I...move into your planet?" The alien asked as Twilight squinted her eyes in confusion. "What do you mean?" Twilight asked. "Well...I was kind of kicked out of my home planet because my suit malfunctioned and I spent a year in your planets orbit to learn about it, and now I'm kinda asking if I can crash here? Not crash as in ram my ship in, but--" The alien hastily explained before Twilight shook her head. "No, I get what you mean. But what do you mean by 'your suit malfunctioned, and were kicked out'?" Twilight asked before the alien took a deep relaxing breath. She then turned her side to show the cracked leaking canisters of a blue-cyan fluid. "This canister contains salt-water from my homeworld. It's supposed to suppress our emotions so our kind doesn't get distracted by our work on building our cities and spacecraft. My canisters have cracked, and I got so panicked about it. My kind saw me as a criminal and threw me out as a result," The alien explained, as if millions of memories came flooding in, causing a single tear to drop from her magenta eye. The alien caught the tear and showed it to Twilight. "See this? I'm not supposed to do this, but now I am because my suit's broken!!!" The extraterrestrial pony cried, causing a few more tears to drip from her eyes "Oh. I'm...so sorry to hear that," Twilight empathized. Twilight's compassion for a sad exile overtook her fear of a kidnapper and comforted the alien pony. The alien blushed in surprise at Twilight's comfort and did not know how to respond. "Th--thank you," The alien sheepishly responded as Twilight sighed. "You're welcome. Though...why did you choose Equestria. Why did you abduct me?" Twilight asked as the alien and Twilight got back up onto their hooves. "Well, I was kicked out because the lack of my canisters made me feel emotions, which are taboo on my world. But your world? Your world revels in emotions. And if I can't fix my suit and remain the way I was, then I could simply live on your planet as one of you," The alien explained as Twilight smiled gleefully. "Well, I'd be honored to let a Sister from the Stars live in Equestria," Twilight accepted. "Thank you so much, Princess Twilight!!" The alien squeed as she leaped out and grasped Twilight in a rather tight hug. The alien stopped herself when she realized her emotions were getting to her. "I'm sorry if this feels weird to you. I don't know what came over me," The alien stammered as Twilight chuckled. "That would be your happiness," Twilight chuckled as the Alien let go of Twilight as took a deep breath. "Computer. Set a course on the outskirts of the city. We can't let any civilians spot the ship!" The alien shouted in her native alien language, amazing and confusing Twilight at the same time. "Setting a course approximately 500 clicks south and 225 clicks east towards Canterlot City. Standing by," The computer responded in the same alien language. Twilight took a deep breath and looked out at the planet, getting closer and closer to the surface. "You know, you never told me your name. Don't you have a cool alien-sounding name?" Twilight asked as the alien gasped in realization. "D'oh! How could I be so stupid!? I knew I was forgetting something," The alien cursed at herself. "You...weren't given a name?" Twilight asked as the alien continued scolding herself. "Of course I do. It's just that our names cannot simply be translated from my native tongue to yours. Trust me, I tried translating it time and again, and nothing came up. So, long story short, I may need a new pony name!" The alien ranted, as Twilight examined her new alien friend, stroking her chin. The alien looked at her in confusion. "Princess Twilight? What are you doing?" The alien asked as Twilight smirked with creativity. "Cosmica Emerald!" Twilight blurted out as the alien stammered in confusion. "Twilight, I don't understand. What is a Cosmica Emerald?" The alien asked as Twilight smirked proudly. "Why, that's you. You literally just said you wanted a pony name, so that's your new name!" Twilight explained as the alien thought it over. "That's...actually not that terrible sounding. Thanks, Twilight," Cosmica said, accepting her new name. "No problem Cosmica," Twilight winked as the ship made it past the planet's atmosphere. The spacecraft activated it's landing sequence and parked itself right outside of Canterlot, where nobody would immediately spot it. Twilight looked out and realized how little time she had. "I gotta be right back! I need to raise the sun and take care of a few things, but I'll be back for you. You think you can stay in your little spaceship until I get back?" Twilight asked, realizing she was in a hurry. "I need to ask you how that's possible once you get back," Cosmica said. "Stay safe now!" Twilight called out before she teleported out the craft and into her castle, leaving Cosmica by herself. Just then, the sun began to rise as morning dawned across the land. the golden rays seeped into Cosmica's ship as she waited patiently for Twilight. Twilight breathed a heavy sigh of relief as she raised the sun over the sky. With that out of the way, Twilight began making preparations in her head. Preparations she can't wait to begin. "Morning Twilight! What's the plan for today? Sign more bills?" Spike asked as Twilight, who turned toward her dragon assistant. "Spike, could you write a message to the girls and tell them I need them here? The girls need to know that we may have made a new friend," Twilight beckoned confidently as Spike groggily scratched his side. "Sure thing. Just...who could you have made a friend with that late at night?" Spike asked while yawning. "Trust me, it's a surprise," Twilight teased as Spike rolled his eyes.