X looked at the sky. He could see a crowd of pegasi guards approaching them. Looking behind them, he saw a large white alicorn, with a flowing multicolored mane. He knew who that was; Luna had already told him about the ruler of the sun.
"Princess Celestia?" X called out.
The other ponies looked surprised, especially Twilight, seeing how she hadn't explained to him about the rulers of Equestria.
The Princess and the guards landed next to Twilight and her friends. She quickly began to shout orders to the guards.
"Make sure Ponyville is secure! Check for any that are injured or otherwise hurt, and prepare to search for that dra-"
"That won't be necessary, your highness."
X walked up to the Princess and bowed politely, then continued.
"Fluttershy and I have already dealt with the situation, your highness. There should be no need to send your troops out."
Celestia eyed X carefully. So this is the visitor that we sensed?
She continued to look at X. He was a biped with hands, not unlike Spike, and seemed to be wearing wearing a helmet, a vest, and boots. His body was a light shade of yellow, and his helmet was pink, like Fluttershy.
Like Fluttershy.
His physical description matches what Luna told me, but his color is off! I thought he was blue, not pink and yellow!
"Very well then. My guards will make sure that everypony is alright."
Celestia turned to Twilight and her friends, her demeanor changing immediately.
"My faithful student, are you and your friends alright? I didn't expect such a...large dragon to appear. The larger ones tend to be in a deeper slumber, more so than the smaller ones."
"We're alright, Princess. Good thing Shining showed me some shielding spells. I bet I could give him a run for his money!" Twilight smiled.
"That's very good, my student. And how did you drive the dragon away? Was..was it you?" Celestia pointed a hoof at X.
"It was. I had to soften it with a few buster shots. I only used half-charged shots, so there shouldn't be any lasting damage." X morphed his left arm into the X-buster, making the guards tense up for a split second. A bright blue light shone from inside the buster. On the side of the buster was Fluttershy's cutie mark.
"It compresses solar energy for me to fire at enemies. I hope you don't mind if I borrow your sun, Princess. My whole body runs on solar power; if there was no sun, I would have to run on my fusion reactor, which is a lot less efficient and a lot messier."
"I...see. But why is Fluttershy's cutie mark on it? And why are you colored like Fluttershy?"
Crap! I forgot to turn it off!
"That's...my Variable Weapon System. It allows me to copy anyone's special weapons or abilities. Or to put it simply, I copy their special talent."
The ponies looked at X like he was crazy.
Twilight was the first to speak up. "But that's...insane! Special talents are supposed to be unique to everypony! If they were copied...it wouldn't be unique anymore..." Twilight trailed off.
"Of course I know that, Twilight. At best, it'll only be a cheap imitation of the original ability."
Unless I have a arm upgrade.
"So you copied her talent because...?"
"Fluttershy had told me that her talent was caring for animals. That's when I knew that she might have been able to tame that dragon, if she had been more assertive."
"Don't worry, X," Fluttershy said. "I don't mind if you use my talent. I could always use some help taking care of animals. You did save my life after all." She smiled.
"He saved your life?" Celestia asked.
"He sure did, Princess," Rainbow spoke up. "One second that dragon was going to hit Fluttershy with its tail, and BAM, X comes jumping off a tree, and pushes her out of the way," Rainbow waved her hoof dramatically. "He even took the hit for her! If that isn't loyal, I don't know what is."
Celestia was shocked at what X had done. "He took a direct hit from its tail attack?"
"Yep! And then the dragon picked him up and tossed him back to Ponyville! I'm surprised that he didn't break the forth wall." Pinkie helpfully added.
Celestia looked completely shocked at the damage that X would have taken if he was a pony. The tail attack would have shattered the skeleton of any normal pony. Only now did she realize that X didn't even have a scratch on his body.
"But... you don't even have a scratch on you!" Celestia stammered.
"That's because..." X's eyes widened.
A pegasus guard flew over to Princess Celestia.
"Princess, we didn't find anypony hurt, or any property destroyed, except for a broken shed behind a house next to he Everfree."
Fluttershy turned to X.
"Um... I can explain!" X said, throwing his arms up defensively.
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"...and that's how I broke the shed." X explained as everypony walked towards X's crash site.
"Oh my! Are you hurt?" Fluttershy asked, as she began flying all around X to check for wounds.
"I'm fine, although I must ask, why was my capsule doing in the shed?"
"About that... wait, a capsule?" Twilight looked very confused. "I thought it was just a metal plate."
"Where did you find it?" X asked.
"We found it behind Sugarcube Corner," Twilight explained. "I saw Pinkie and Rainbow Dash banging on it, so I went over to look at it. I was going to study it, but there was no more space at the library, so I asked Fluttershy if I could leave it in her empty shed."
"I seriously hope that you weren't planning to take it apart. My creator lives in those capsules."
Pinkie did a double take. "He WHAT?! How could anything live in something so itty-bitty?!"
X simply smiled. "You'll see, Pinkie."
He then turned to Fluttershy. "Um...sorry about your shed. I can build you a new one really quick! I just have to punch a few trees."
"Don't worry about the shed, X. It was so old that it probably would have collapsed by itself anyways."
The group arrived at Fluttershy's cottage. There were a few guards standing towards the back of the cottage. They made their way to the back garden and looked at where the shed had used to be. Applejack looked very impressed.
"If I ever need a barn taken down, I'll know who to call." Applejack joked.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Rainbow shouted.
As the two ponies continued arguing, X made his way towards the wreckage. He began to pick up chunks of wood and effortlessly tossed them aside. Applejack looked even more impressed at how quickly X was clearing the wreckage.
"Now I know who to call if I need to clean up a wrecked farm," she joked.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Rainbow Dash shouted.
As the two ponies continued their arguing, everyone else had gathered around the uncovered capsule.
"How do you-" Twilight began.
X simply put a hand up to silence the ponies, including Applejack and Rainbow Dash. He approached the capsule. The red gem on X's helmet flashed briefly, and the capsule opened up. A white light lit up from the inside, and Dr.Light's hologram appeared in front of them.
"X? What are you doin-" Dr.Light stared at Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow stared back. Pinkie sat and waved back at the Doctor.
"You!" Dr.Light pointed at the two ponies. "It was you two hitting my capsule! I thought it would never end!"
Pinkie shrank back a little bit. "Um...we're sorry?"
"And you!" Dr.Light pointed at Twilight this time. "You really must demonstrate your magic more often. I would love to study the magic in this land."
Twilight smiled. "Thank you, um..."
"Doctor Light."
"Oh, yes. Thank you, Dr.Light. I'd love to show you the magic of Equestria!"
"Looks like Twilight found a study buddy..." Rainbow Dash grumbled.