"Whatever the Reapers are, they sound like they may be yet another threat to Equestria." firmly stated Twilight.
"Yeah, they also sound unstoppable, didn't you hear what Liara said? Those things are enormous!" yelled an unconfident Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, there has to be a way to stop them. There has to be!" wimpered Fluttershy.
"Everypony! I found the Codex!" Pinkie exlaimed, pointing at a group of orange pages floating around where the VI of Liara once was.
"Uh Pinkie, whats the Codex?" asked Applejack.
"I don't know, I just clicked on that word see?"
"Hmm, it seems to have different sections of information. Good eye Pinkie." replied the Princess as she walked over to the orange holographic interface.
"You know me Twilight, I have the best eyes in all of Equestria!" Pinkie boasted as her eyes somehow enlarged to twice their size as she looked at Applejack who had a confused look on her face.
"Ok lets see now, technology, planets... Commander Shepard?"
"Who?" Asked Rainbow.
"I don't know, but apparently this person has an entire section just for them."
"Well, why don't we see who it is?" suggested AJ.
"No, we need to get Princess Celestia to look at this. Whoever this Liara person is, or was, she left this time capsule here to warn us about these things known as the Reapers. We need to start preparing right now, we can examin the rest of the Codex later ok?" said a nervous Twilight. Part of her didn't want to believe that there are beings powerful enough out there to sweep entire galaxies.
"Wait a minute, we are the Elements of Harmony right? We can just let the Reapers come to us and show them the power of Friendship." spoke a now confident Rainbow.
"Sugarcube, I'm afraid the Reapers sound tougher than that."
"Girls! We can discuss this later, for now lets get to Celestia and warn her that we are in danger, much more than we have ever been." Twilight didn't mean to sound so cold.
...
"So what you're saying is, Equestria is now under threat once again. This time from beings who sound much more powerful than us. Do we know if we can use the Elements against them?" questioned a very worried Celestia. The five ponies were now in the Throne Room, Luna was silently taking in this deppresing news.
"I don't know, the way Liara described them... they aren't just a threat to Equestria. She said they are a threat to the entire Galaxy, our Galaxy! She said there is a way to defeat them, but it didn't work. She mentioned something known as the Crucible." Twilight explained.
"Well? What did she say about it?"
Lowering her head in shame and her eyes swelling up in tears, Twilight explained the difficult part, "Well... she said something went wrong upon firing it. After hearing that, I don't know if there really is a way to fight them. Celestia there has to be something!"
Celestia brought the Princess under her wing's embrace, her eyes now filling up as well, "Twilight, I promise you that we will find a way to defeat these monsters. We have the power of friendship, what makes you think they can counteract that?"
Rainbow Dash was feeling anxious about this whole ordeal, she fluttered over to the Rulers and and spoke up, "Your highness, there were recordings of what the Reapers told them. You'd have to hear those for yourself."
"Ok then, I will assign guards over the capsule you found immediately, we will keep it under constant watch. I will personally take some time to listen to what this 'Liara' person has to warn us about. If these Reapers really are a threat to everything, then we will have to unite every species to even have a chance at fighting them. Twilight, you and your friends will need to unite Equestria with the other Kingdoms of the world, including the Griffons, Dragons, Minotaurs and unfortunately... the Changelings."
...
"Sovereign: You are not Saren.
Garrus Vakarian: What is that? Some kind of VI interface?
Sovereign: Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Garrus Vakarian: I don't think this is a VI...
Sovereign: There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension. I am Sovereign.
Commander Shepard: Sovereign isn't just some Reaper ship Saren found. It's an actual Reaper!
Sovereign: Reaper? A label created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction. In the end, what they chose to call us is irrelevant. We simply... are.
Garrus Vakarian: The Protheans vanished over 50,000 years ago. You couldn't have been there, it's impossible!
Sovereign: Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades. You wither and die. We are eternal, the pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing. Your extinction is inevitable. We are the end of everything.
Commander Shepard: Whatever your plan is, it's going to fail. I'll make sure of that.
Sovereign: Confidence born of ignorance. The cycle cannot be broken.
Tali'Zorah nar Rayya: Cycle? What cycle?
Sovereign: The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civilizations rise, evolve, advance, and at the apex of their glory they are extinguished. The Protheans were not the first. They did not create the Citadel. They did not forge the mass relays. They merely found them - the legacy of my kind.
Commander Shepard: Why would you construct the mass relays and leave them for someone else to find?
Sovereign: Your civilization is based on the technology of the mass relays. Our technology. By using it, your civilization develops along the paths we desire. We impose order on the chaos of organic life. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it.
Tali'Zorah nar Rayya: They're harvesting us! Letting us advance to the level they need, then wiping us out!
Commander Shepard: What do you want from us? Slaves, resources?
Sovereign: My kind transcends your very understanding. We are each a nation - independent, free of all weakness. You cannot grasp the nature of our existence.
Commander Shepard: Where did you come from? Who built you?
Sovereign: We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure.
Commander Shepard: Where are the rest of the Reapers? Are you the last of your kind?
Sovereign: We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom.
Commander Shepard: You're not even alive! Not really. You're just a machine, and machines can be broken!
Sovereign: Your words are as empty as your future. I am the Vanguard of your destruction. This exchange is over..."
The 5 ponies and Royal Guards were now looking at Celestia who was drenched in a sweat that was practically bouncing off of her because of her trembling in fear.
"You see? They are very much more dangerous than anything we have ever faced." Twilight noted.
"Um, I think they're more dangerous than anything anyone's ever faced." added Rainbow.
Celestia was now a bit more relaxed now and was going through the rest of the Codex, clicking any sections that interested her the most. "Hmm, I would like to know where we are in the Galaxy."
The Liara VI responded and said, "The planet this capsule is located on is known as Eden Prime in my cycle, it is located in the Utopia system. It is one of the Human's first and most successful off-planet Colonies. During my time it was often described as a peaceful paradise."
Celestia mumbled to herself, "Eden Prime? But I thought our planet was called--"
"Ooh, I wish I saw Eden Prime back then, it sounds so nice." interrupted Pinkie Pie.
Celestia cleared her throat before speaking, "Well there is certainly alot we can learn from this time capsule we have found but we must get some rest for now, especially you and your friends Twilight. Actually, where has Rarity been this whole time?"
"Oh, she went out gem hunting with Spike, we will try to get them caught up as soon as they come back." assured Twilight.
"Then for now, all of you must get some sleep, we all have a busy time ahead of us. I only hope the Crucible can help us somehow in the fight against these Reapers." Celestia told her little ponies, she assigned guards to take shifts and keep this new discovery under constant watch.
In the mean time, Rarity and Spike had made a discovery of their own...