If Lyle ran any faster than he did now, then he honestly could not remember it, as he ran as fast as he could from the tree house and away from Twilight and the dragon he knocked out.
Guilt came over Lyle as he ran, but there was no time to go over those feeling as other ponies stared his direction as he ran like hell out of town.
…
Twilight Sparkle had woken up, her mind reminded her of what happened before she was knocked out and looked around to find Lyle was gone! Twilight knew what he had done: He took advantage of her while her back was turned and knocked her out!
Galloping upstairs as fast as she could, Twilight found Spike dazed against the wall and knew Lyle had attacked Spike too, which Twilight got so angry that she was going teach him a lesson even if it’s the last thing she does!
“Spike! Spike! Are you alright?” Twilight asked, worried out of her mind.
“Urgh…Twilight? The alien…escaped, I tried to stop it but it was too strong” Spike said slowly, he was still dizzy but he was fine otherwise but Twilight had work to do!
“Don't blame yourself Spike, you did all you could but I need you to send an urgent letter to the Princess at once! It’s just as I feared, the Alien is a danger to everypony and must be stopped at once!” ordered Twilight.
“What about you?” asked Spike.
“I’m getting the others to stop that Alien” Twilight answered before rushing out of the doorway.
…
20 minutes later…
Lyle had finally managed to find the exit to the town, which he found out was called Ponyville.
The name made no sense to Lyle but he supposed that it was indeed full of these ponies with their wings and horns, even ones without either existed upon which, Lyle noticed the ones without a wing or a horn looked a lot more buff than the other ponies did.
Finally, Lyle had time to breathe once he was satisfied he was a certain distance away from Ponyville. He did not know how exactly he got here but one thing’s for certain: He had to get the hell out and fast!
“There you are!” an angry voice rang out from behind Lyle.
…
15 minutes previously…
Within 5 very short minutes, Twilight Sparkle had gathered her five friends, whom she trusted with her life and started explaining her situation.
“Darling, what is this all about? You’re awfully angry about something” Rarity stating her concern for her purple friend.
“The Alien who calls itself Lyle is on the loose” said Twilight, her eyes flaring in such anger.
“WHAT?!” yelled the other five.
“He attacked me from behind as well as Spike and escaped” Twilight explained what happened.
“What? But how did he escape those chains?” asked Dash confused.
“I…I let him free to prove to him where we were, he was from a different planet and he had a hard time believing it…I thought he’d be harmless and…I was fool! A Foolish FOOL!” Twilight said kicking herself with shame.
“I knew I should have stayed with you!” said Dash pointing a hoof at her.
“You leave her alone Rainbow! Anypony would have made the same mistake” said Fluttershy, rushing to Twilight’s defense.
“Oh yeah? I’d have thought we'd all remember what happened last time Twilight let her guard down on the unknown!” Dash shot back, hurting Twilight’s pride greatly.
A memory suddenly came back to the group, a memory of something Twilight and friends would rather forget for all eternity. But right now the group didn’t seem to be getting anywhere closer to their goals.
“Girls…” Twilight started.
“Ah reckon yer have no right to criticizing Twilight when yer gone done some stupid things yerself” interjected Applejack.
“Girls…” Twilight tried again.
“Oh really? Have you completely forgot about “Applebucking season”? or maybe the whole Dodge Junction incident? Just because you were too stubborn to accept Twilight’s help” Rainbow recalled certain events Applejack wasn’t too proud of.
“Yer one to talk! How about the “Best Young Flier” competition?” Applejack shot back at the Pegasus.
“If it wasn’t for Rarity trying to show me up every 2 seconds, I’d of been just fine!” said Dash, who was putting the blame on Rarity
“How DARE you put all the blame on me!” Rarity entered the fray now.
The arguing went on and on and on until Twilight had just about enough and raised her voice.
“ENOUGH!!” Twilight yelled in a voice that rivaled the Royal Canterlot Voice. Nevertheless, the group was silenced and Twilight continued, “Yes, we have all made foolish mistakes in the past but if we act like foals about it then we aren’t getting anywhere! We got through these mistakes because we stuck together with our friendship and helped each other out no matter what stood before us, not bickering over past mistakes like little foals! Now then, we have an Alien that could be danger to anypony it comes in contact with and I need your help to capture it before SOMEPONY gets hurt!”
Twilight’s words had brought the other five to shame and they thankfully saw the error of their ways and apologized to each other at once.
“Now then” Twilight started once everypony had apologized to each other, “We have an Alien to catch and a short amount of time to do so before somepony gets hurt”
“Well we ain’t finding anything twiddling our hooves here” said Dash impatiently
“Well I suggest both you and Fluttershy try to find him from the air, Rarity and I will go one side of town and Applejack and Pinkie Pie will go to the other and if you see him send one of you to find the others, clear?” said Twilight, whom explained her plan that she made up on the spot.
Everypony split up in their groups, The Pegasi took to the sky at once, Twilight and Rarity went on direction while Applejack and Pinkie Pie went the other direction.
The Hunt for the Human was on!
...
10 minutes later...
Twilight Sparkle and Rarity were searching the west side of Ponyville, their searches so far have been unsuccessful. Twilight had flared her horn with a sensing spell to sense anything that neither pony nor dragon, it was quite an effective spell to find somepony that could be suspicious, unfortunately however, the spell had a short range and it drained a decent bit of magical energy, what's worse it had picked up nothing.
"This is useless! I've walked everywhere and the sensing spell hasn't picked up a thing" a frustrated Twilight said.
"Calm down darling, good things come to those who wait" Rarity tried to keep Twilight calm.
"But he could of done something really bad especially after he hurt Spike" Twilight argued.
"As much as I hate that uncouth ruffian for hurting poor Spikey-wikey, we shall not solve this with violence" said Rarity
"I'll try to minimize but this isn't going to be solved the easy way" said Twilight looking ahead
...
Applejack and Pinkie Pie had regrouped after searching the east side of town and much like Twilight and Rarity, they didn't find the human either.
"Find anything?" asked Applejack
"Nopey-dopey, I checked every super-secret hiding spot in Ponyville and even asked everypony! Oh he's gooood!" said Pinkie
"Ah horseapples, ah hope the others are getting better luck than us" Applejack said
"Don't worry Applejack, our friends have never failed to pull through in the end" Pinkie said assuringly
"Well we best keep looking, you keep an eye out too, ya hear?" Applejack said starting to go one direction
"Oki-doki-loki!" said Pinkie bouncing another direction
...
Up in the air, Rainbow Dash was keeping a bird's eye view of Ponyville along with her shy friend, Fluttershy. Nopony could beat Rainbow Dash's speed and the human will never escape Rainbow Dash's sight as she has eyes like a griffon.
Her eyes did indeed find the human just outside of town much to her satisfaction, it was time for payback for what he did to Twilight and Spike!
"Fluttershy, I found the human, go tell Twilight and the others he's over there" said Dash
"But what about you?" Fluttershy asked
"I'll hold him down until you all get here" Dash said simply
Rainbow Dash zoomed down to the ground at breakneck speed and landed behind the human unnoticed...
…
Now…
“There you are” a voice rang out behind Lyle.
Lyle turned around to see who the unknown voice was from, he found a Cyan winged pony with a look of anger that rivaled that of a dragon that was poked in the eye whilst asleep.
“What do you want?” asked Lyle with contempt
“You hurt Twilight!” said Dash angrily but getting to the point.
“Oh yeah? Well do me a favor and get out of my life and pass a message that as far as I'm concerned, she can go straight to hell!” said Lyle, who quite frankly, did not care too much.
“No can do! You hurt my friends, you answer to me!” said Dash bravely.
“Adorable, She chained me up when I did nothing wrong and I wanted out, so I had to knock her out but trust me when I say it could have been a lot worse! She's the bad guy here!” Lyle shot back at his winged enemy.
“I don’t trust you” said Dash
“What a lovely surprise, listen up featherbrain cause I’m going to say this once only! Get out my life and let me leave or you’ll be number free of ponies I had to knock out today” Lyle threatened the Pegasus
“Never! And even if you do somehow beat me, Rainbow Dash! Then Twilight and the others as well as the Princess will be here shortly” said Dash refusing to back off.
“You’re bluffing “Friend”! But if that’s the way you wanna play it, then fine! Who am I to disappoint?” said Lyle, who charged at once.
One thing Lyle did not anticipate was the fact that Rainbow Dash was the fastest flier in Equestria, which caught him off guard at first, which had him knocked backwards, but thankfully like with Spike, Rainbow Dash made mistakes that allowed Lyle to grab her by the tail and swing her into a nearby tree making short work of his enemy.
“Cheap shot…urgh” muttered Dash
“It’s only cheap because you’re losing” said Lyle before muttering, “knew that Karate course would come handy one day”
“I’m not done with you yet” said Dash, getting back up as Lyle turned away.
“Do I have to slap a mare?” asked Lyle
“What?” asked Dash, who was confused.
“Uh, never mind then” muttered Lyle
“Found you!” said a familiar voice from behind Rainbow Dash.
Twilight Sparkle had arrived along with four others consisting of: A white Unicorn, a Pink Earth Pony, a Orange earth pony and a rather shy looking Pegasus, and they were all ready for a fight.
“Oh, you again and you brought friends, great!” said Lyle, who was getting quite sick of this.
“Even if you knock me out through a wall, I don’t give up easily, especially if you hurt Spike!” said Twilight angrily.
“He would not get out of my way when I gave him every chance, if he didn’t know what he was getting himself into, then he shouldn’t pick fights with “Aliens” such as me” Lyle shot back at Twilight.
“That excuses NOTHING! You hurt Spike! I’ll make you pay!” said Twilight, whose eyes turned red and her mane and tail was literally burning!
“Easy there Rapid Dash!” said Dash getting in front of Twilight
“Get out of my way Rainbow Dash!” Twilight ordered Rainbow Dash.
"No, he is mine!" Dash said, ready to charge the human again.
"That's quite enough" a heavenly voice said out of nowhere.
Suddenly, a white flash occurred between the two and a White pony with both Wings and a horn appeared. She was larger than the other ponies and Lyle could tell she was the leader as the ponies bowed down and Twilight reverted back to her normal state, the ponies all bowed down to her except Twilight, but Lyle did not move so much as a centimeter.
“Princess Celestia!” said Twilight, who bowed down to her princess.
“My faithful student, this is the Alien you speak of?” asked Celestia, looking at Lyle with a smile.
“Yes” Twilight nodded as Celestia turned towards Lyle.
"I'll handle this" Celestia said simply
"But-" Twilight started but the Princess interrupted her.
“Allow me to introduce myself to you, I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria and the Princess of the Sun” Celestia introduced herself to Lyle.
“Uh, I’m Lyle” said Lyle, who was very confused of this turn of events.
“Princess, this Alien has been causing trouble for all of us” said Dash pointing her hoof at Lyle.
“I’m not surprised Rainbow Dash, anypony would tend to resort to violence out of fear and misunderstanding even under the best of intentions from both parties” said Celestia wisely.
“But-“ Twilight started before Celestia interrupted her
“Our visitor was chained and naturally scared for his life in a place he’s never been before Twilight, this applies to even the most powerful and calm ponies alive today. I do not think the Alien intentionally caused harm to you, Spike and Miss Dash, it was more of a misunderstanding although your method of dealing with this is not the most wisest of ways.” said Celestia with such wisdom.
“So y’all mean to tell us, that the little varmit was just scared?” asked Applejack.
"Little?" asked Lyle under his breath
“Indeed, I’m sure Miss Fluttershy would think the same if one of her animals were threatened would she not” Celestia said with a casual glance towards Fluttershy’s direction.
Fluttershy did give a nod, showing she agreed, Celestia turned away from her and to Twilight but Lyle was not in the mood for forgiving.
“If you think I’m forgiving Twilight, then you can forget it, Princess” said Lyle flatly, who was giving an angry look towards Twilight's direction.
“I do not expect you to forgive Miss Sparkle at once Lyle, but I do ask you remove any hostility you have against anypony” said Celestia before adding wisely, “Time is the best healer Lyle, do not wallow in grudges for too long, for they may very well lead you down a very dark path”
“Fine, I’ll humor you Princess, but like I said, I’m not getting all comfy with Twilight or featherbrain over there” said Lyle causing Dash to get annoyed.
“HEY!” yelled Dash angrily.
Silence came between everypony for a good minute and a half, until Celestia spoke up once more.
“Now then, what are we going to do with you?” muttered Celestia
“Take him away would be nice, Princess” said Dash, who clearly wanted the Human far away as possible.
“I know, Lyle, I would like you to live here in Ponyville, under Miss Sparkle’s care and learn the meaning of friendship” said Celestia, deciding on a solution that both Lyle and Twilight did not agree on.
“WHAT?!” yelled the pair of them
“And I shall expect the pair of you to play nice, or I shall intervene myself” added Celestia
“But, he knocked me out Princess! He can’t be trusted” protested Twilight
“She chained me up Celestia, You really think she’ll be cozy with me in her madhouse?!” Lyle also protested
“Indeed I do, a good friendship can form, even from the worst of enemies” said Celestia smiling at the pair.
“You’re mad!” Lyle said in an accusing tone
“I am not mad and if you tried being friendly toward each other, then I’m sure you’ll be good friends. But for now, I must return to Canterlot, farewell my little ponies” Celestia said, but before disappearing she added "Oh and Lyle, if you do hurt Twilight or any of my subjects intentionally then you will answer to me" before disappearing in the same white light she arrived in.
Lyle was honest to god confused, he was an alien but for some reason, their princess didn’t seem to mind his presence here or the fact he was fighting her subjects to get free.
Twilight on the other hand, was completely unhappy about the prospect of the Human and herself living together and she still held quite a grudge against Lyle.
“Well, this is awkward” said Lyle after a while.
Without warning, Pinkie Pie zoomed straight up to Lyle with a smile, she seemed to have forgiven Lyle instantly and started introducing herself, “HiimPinkiePieandimsosuperduperexcitedtofinallymeetyou!” Pinkie said this all in one breath much to the amazement of Lyle.
“Oooookay then, I’m Lyle” said Lyle
“I’m Rarity, charmed to meet you” said Rarity”
“Ah’m Applejack, best Apples this side of Canterlot” Applejack introduced herself and tipped her hat.
“I’m Fluttershy” said Fluttershy inaudibly
“I’m sorry, what?” asked Lyle
“My name is Fluttershy” said Fluttershy a little louder but not loud enough for Lyle to hear.
“I did not hear one word you said” said Lyle
“Her name is Fluttershy” Rarity supplied for Lyle.
“Ohhh…I see why she’s named that.” said Lyle, who noticed the Pegasus’ shyness.
Before anyone could tell what the Rainbow maned Pegasus’ name was, she flew off, only leaving a rainbow trail behind her.
“I think you may of hurt her pride a little too much in your fight there, Lyle” said Rarity casually
“Who was she?” asked Lyle
“That’s Rainbow Dash” said Fluttershy, who became more confident.
"She had too much of an ego" muttered Lyle.
Now that they introduced each other, it was about time for them go home and and rest as the day was almost up.
"All right, you!" Twilight motioned to Lyle, "Since you're staying with me, you stay out of trouble and out of my way! You clear on that?"
"Crystal, but if you so much as try to tie me up or anything like what happened, no Princess alive will protect you from what I will do to you" Lyle let a snarl out before following Twilight.
Both parties were tired but they did not lower their guard towards each other as they made their way to the library, they weren't friends but at least they weren't at each others throats for the time being.