//------------------------------// // Ch.1 An explosive meeting // Story: The Cyberdog // by Emerald Shield //------------------------------// "Tia we have a huge problem!" Luna yelled as she breached the door to Celestia's bed chambers, rudely awakening the sun goddess. "What is it Luna? It's already... past midnight" princess Celestia asked as she sat up in bed, still rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Once she was done with that she snapped the fingers of her right hand and the candles on the chandler in the room lit with a golden flame. "We have no time for this! Put on your clothes and follow me!" Luna yelled as she ran out of the room. "Well, so much for a good nights rest" Celestia said as she climbed out of bed and cracked her back with a series of loud pops and snaps, satisfied she began putting on her royal regalia, a golden necklace with a decently sized amethyst in it, a golden tiara with another amethyst in it, an alabaster colored dress that was just shy of wedding dress frilliness, long white boots with one-inch heels, and lastly the spell necessary to turn her normally bright pink hair into it's wavey rainbow configuration. She then proceeded to walk to the throne room of the castle which as of now had the obsidian black throne of Luna up front, rather then the pure white one of Celestia. "Ah there you are!" Luna exclaimed as she descended the stairs which led to the observatory, and came to a halt in front of her sister. "Okay what is it Lulu?" Celestia asked with a playful grin on her face. She got her answer in a truly massive explosion rocking the very foundation of castle Everfree. "What was that!?" Celestia asked again. "I don't know but around fifteen minutes ago I saw a comet in the sky heading straight for the forest! And I had no control over it!" Luna yelled/explained. "Then it must be an attack of some kind! Maybe the dragons? Anyhow, do you know where it landed?" Celestia asked. "Yes! It landed about two miles north-east from the castle!" Luna replied. Celestia nodded at that. "Captain Sharp Spear! We request your presence in the throne room!" She yelled in the Royal Canterlot Voice. Not a minute later captain Spear burst trough the door with his helmet backwards on his head. Celestia looked at the funny display with a small smile, the helmet was lifted up in a golden aura, the same aura that was now surrounding her right hand, and was then put on his head the right way. "Thank you your highness" the captain said with a sheepish expression on his face. "It's quite alright captain" Celestia said with small smile. "Now I presume you have heard the explosion of some time ago?" He nodded. "I want you to gather a small group of guards and meet us at the castle gate, understand?" Captain Sharp Spear nodded and went out the door. A half hour later "Okay! I assume you have all heard the explosion a half an hour ago?" Captain Spear said as he stood in front of a good thirty guards. Behind him stood princess Luna and Celestia. "Sir yes sir!" The guards all said. "Then I want you all to follow me to the crash site!" Luna said stepping forward. Some time later the guards and captain Sharp Spear were following Luna and Celestia to the crater. "I think I see the crater!" One of the guards said as he pointed to a small raise in the ground with smoke coming from behind it. Luna nodded at that and picked up the pace now going in a slow jog. When they reached the crater they saw a lot of smoke coming from the center. Celestia and Luna stood on the ledge of the crater and with one simultaneous flap of their wings the smoke was gone. Celestia then shot a miniature light source in the air revealing a very weird sight indeed. In the middle of the crater, which was about five feet deep, lay a canine like thing. It had no cheeks or lips to speak of, only a strip of pinkish scarred flesh, massive claws on its hind paws and on it's sorta hand like front paws, but most noticeable was that most of it's body was a dull black and bronze color with two things containing a green liquid right above it's shoulders, it also had tubes glowing with the same liquid running from the bottom of it's head to it's middle chest, and running over it's hind legs, it also had a dull brown coat, which was mostly burned away by now. It also had 'pr-17' printed on it's right shoulder. "W-what is that thing!?" One of the female guards said whilst looking like she was about turn around and run for all eternity. "I don't know, I've never seen anything like it" Luna said. "Whatever it is, it's probably hostile, it just looks like it was made for war" Captain Spear said. "Only one way to fine out" Luna said again as she jumped in the crater. "Princess wait! It could be dangerous!" Spear said again. Too late, Luna was already halfway down. Just when she reached the thing it's eyes snapped open, revealing the almost purely evil eyes, everything that was supposed to be white was a pitch black, in the center of it's eyes it had a glowing radioactive green dot, presumably it's pupils. It didn't do anything besides that though. "Stand down, I don't think it's dangerous" Luna said, to the annoyance of the guard and Celestia. Luna then sat down next to the thing and slowly put her hand in it's half metal half organic head, it twitched a little bit when her hand made contact, causing most guards to hold up their weapons just in case it was going to do something, it didn't. Then, a couple minutes later, it lifted itself on it's legs and walked closer to Luna. This was enough reason for one of the guards to, mostly out of panic, throw his spear at the dog. The dog saw this and, unnaturally fast, jumped in front of Luna, at whom the spear was accidentally aimed by the panicked guard, causing the spear to simply ding off of it's armor. It then turned around and looked at the guard who threw the spear, the dog was the only one looking at the thrower, the rest were all looking at it in shock, this... whatever the hell it was had just survived a direct hit from one of the sharpest spears ever made, and there wasn't even a scratch. And then, against all odds, it spoke. "You hurt her" it said in a distinctly male, gruff and raspy voice as it hefted itself on it's hind legs, making it now stand an easy eight feet tall. "I hurt you" it continued before it charged at the guard, straight through the shield some of the other guards had put up around him, and then picked him up by the neck, and then pulled the guard up in the air, choking him. The rest of the guards reacted accordingly by throwing spears and shooting magical bolts at it. They didn't do anything as they just continuously dinged off of it's armor, again. Luna then ran forward at the dog and put her right hand on it's left front paw. The dog turned it's head to her. "Set him down" Luna said sternly. The dog seemed to get a look of confusion in its eyes, almost like it was deciding whether to listen or not, luckily for the guard he was dropped to the ground, gasping for breath. The dog dropped back on all fours and walked in between Luna and the guard, it then growled almost like it was protecting her. "Might we know who you are?" Luna asked. The dog turned his head to her. "I am Uriah, and I am a Cyberdog" The dog evidently called Uriah said. "Uriah, might I ask why you are here... on our planet?" Luna asked again. "I don't really know... I don't remember anything" Uriah replied with a stunned look on his face. "You get away from the princess!" Captain Spear said when he had enough of doing nothing. Uriah simply growled at him, causing Spear's face to turn completely white. "Now why would I do that? One of you idiots already threw a spear at her" Uriah replied causing most guards to look away. "Guards why don't you all go head on back to the castle, we will catch up with you later" Celestia said. This led most guards to open their mouths, say nothing and walk back. Captain Spear stayed the longest before eventually walking back to the castle. "Captain?" Luna asked, Sharp Spear stopped. "fire the guard who threw that spear would you?" He nodded. "Can I presume you are the leader here?" Uriah asked. "Yes, me and my sister are the co-rulers of the country of Equestria" Luna said proudly. "Okay, well what now?" Uriah asked. "I think it's best that we go to the castle" Celestia said. "Yes quite" Luna replied. "Before we go, might I know your names?" Uriah asked. "Well I am princess Celestia" Celestia began. "And I am princess Luna" Luna continued. "Okay, another question, why do you already trust me?" Uriah asked again. "I think you saving my sister is reason enough" Celestia replied. "Yes, and thank you for doing that by the way" Luna said. Uriah smiled at that, well, as much as a lipless dog can smile, at least. And soon enough the three of them were on their way to the castle, and also, a brand new friendship.