It was a relatively normal day for twilight so far, she had woke up, at breakfast and went out to see fluttershy, she spent a couple hours at fluttershy's house before going to see rarity for lunch, after being stuck in a one way chat about fashion statements she the went to see princess Celestia and Luna discussions on the subject of peace with the Yaks, but then something happened that made her day different from any other, a huge storm appeared over ponyville and could not be moved by the Pegasi, so of course she had to investigate.
lots of lights had been appearing in the storm that had now expanded into a massive cloud system that was touching the ground at it lowest points, twilight had been ripping her mane out while trying to figure out how to fix this, she had been reading for any reference on how to fix this cloud problem, but she only found one, it was a sketchy account written in the margins of a book on warping between realities.
one thing odd about the storm system that came to twilights attention was that it was just lights, it had no wind or no rain, just lights flashing in the clouds, deciding to investigate further she convinced the other 5 elements of harmony to come with her, she even managed to convince spike to come with them, she went with them to sweet apple acres (which was the closest land to the lowest point of the cloud formation) standing in a empty field behind the orchid they examined the clouds, getting as close as they dared, being rainbow dash, rainbow dash dived right in only to come out a couple seconds later, after losing all visibility, suddenly a loud screeching sound erupted from the clouds, causing all the ponies and one dragon to jump back, covering their ears, then a massive grey and black shape shattered through the clouds, coming down in the empty field hard, it carved a massive gouge through the soft dirt, bits of steel flying through the air and impacting the ground.
as it came to a halt the ponies took in the scene, flames engulfed outcrops of metal on either side, shattered glass was on the front as well as a ash surrounding the front, which was a dented and bent shape, fire lit up the evening sky, quickly retreating until princesse Celestia and Luna arrived, along with a detachment of guards who were followed by a gaggle of curious ponies from Ponyville, a sound was heard from inside and then a section dropped out, followed by a strange bipedal creature, shocked, twilight stopped and stared as the creature examined the ship the turned and noticed them, Twilight decided to try and make first contact, "hello my name is twili-" she was cut short by the creature shouting.