It was one of those odd sort of days in Equestria, a relatively normal day where nothing of particular intrest happened. No malevolent moon spirits, no gala's, no sleeping dragons, no obnoxious wizards or Ursa Minors. Just a quiet day for work, or R & R in Rainbow Dash's case.

Right now, the sky blue mare was busy lazing about on a cloud in an attempt to just relax and not be bothered by Pinkie Pie's antics, or be roped into some crazy adventure. It was weird too, because by Dash's calculations they were about due for some weird-ass adventure to come around, that would cause her and all her friends to learn a lesson about something. Like why eating vegetables was important or something.

But no, nothing. Quiet boring day for rest and relaxation. But then something caught her attention, a glinting high in the sky above. Initially, Dash just dismissed it as a flicker of sunlight getting in her air. That is, until a silver flash zoomed by so fast that the cloud she was on was blown apart by the wind that followed behind it.

"What the-?" was all Dash managed to yell out, watching the silver blur move even faster down to Ponyville below. "No way...Nothing's that fast, not even the Wonderbolts..." Dash murmured in disbelief. Deciding that just floating around like this was for chumps, Rainbow Dash decided to take flight and pursue the silvery...thing that just bombed past her. Wasting no time Dash jumped into her maximum speed, leaving a multicoloured stream behind her. But much to her shock and annoyance, even at her top speed that thing was still way ahead of her.

Grunting in anger, Dash pushed herself to her limits and inched closer and closer to the silver being. Amazingly though she overtook him!

"Ha! Yes, I'm the fastest one th-" Rainbow Dash stopped her gloating, for when she looked back she saw she hadn't overtaken the silver interloper. The silver being had just stopped moving. "Hey, what's the big i-*HUNF*" Rainbow Dash soon saw what the big idea was, when she found herself ploughing face-first into one of Ponyville's many buildings. When the Ponyville residents amassed in the streets, they were less concerned with Rainbow Dash's antics and more intrested in the strange figure hovering in the centre of town.

Nobody was entirely sure just what the thing was. Some weird two-legged thing that stood over 6' tall, rather muscular to boot. It had strange silvery skin and was standing on an equally shiny board-thing. Aside from it's muscles, the only other discernable feature this thing had was a well-sculpted face. And there it just floated stone-still like a big silver statue, not saying a single word. Just...Watching the residents of Ponyville.

"Oh, don't mind me..." Dash groaned, rubbing her bruised head with her hooves "Just having the worst concussion ever, don't worry". Dash was broken from her stupor by a pale yellow hoof being held out to her "Um, Rainbow Dash? Y-You look like you could use some help...Um, one other thing, what's that thing floating up there?".

While Rainbow Dash's vision was still a little screwy, it was obvious that Fluttershy was the one fretting over her. Only Fluttershy could stammer and use 'um' so many times in the span of one sentence. Still, Dash was thankful for the help and allowed Fluttershy to hoist her up. "Thanks...Ugh, I have no idea what that thing is. Other than rude. And crazy fast". The yellow pegasus nodded in response, barely able to look over at the rather formidable silver figure.

"Oh my goodness!" a voice exclaimed from the crowd. Judging by the posh tone, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash knew instantly that Rarity was on the scene. "A person made of solid silver? Fabulous!" Rarity moved through the crowd, clapping her hooves with glee as she caught a better look at the stranger who had just flown into town. "But darling, you simply must accesorise more! Silver is a fine and dandy metal and colour dear, but throwing a few pieces of jewelery in will really spruce up your image! Oh! And gemstones, you simply must add some gemstones to your wardrobe!" the white unicorn paused a moment, seeing that the man on the board was pretty much naked "Er, well you don't actually have a wardrobe...Yet! But that's why I'm here darling!".

The man on the board didn't even seem to be listening, in fact his attention was focused moreso on scanning the skies. Now just what was he looking for?

Rarity frowned, feeling somewhat offended that she wasn't getting an answer "Poor dear must have tin clogging up his ears..." Rarity scoffed, looking away. "Actually Rarity, I don't think he can speak our language..." another voice added. Turning around Rarity caught sight of Twilight Sparkle, the academic unicorn of their group. "As soon as Spike saw this guy fly down, I went through every book I had that could tell me just what the heck this guy is. Since there was nothing like him in any of my books I've come to the following conclusion...".

Rarity leaned in in anticipation, as did Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy when they walked over to the two. Twilight gave the widest smile any of the group had seen before when she proclaimed "He's a traveller from another land". The other three frowned, doubtful that that was the whole story. "Come on! There's nothing else like him in Equestria, he came down from the skies and he hasn't been able to speak a single word of our language since he got here".

"Um, if that's the case Twilight" Fluttershy mumbled "Then why would he come here in the first place?". Twilight shrugged "I dunno', I'm not a mind-reader. That's why I had Spike send a message to Princess Celestia, she should be able to help him out. I also had him go get Applejack, so they should be with us shortly".

An excited giggle soon caught the girls' attention, and they all turned back to see Pinkie Pie finally make the scene "Oooh, shiny! Maybe he's a robot! Or an alien! Oh! Oh! Or an alien robot!". Twilight quirked a brow "An alien robot? Don't you think that's just a little bit far-fetch- ah forget it" Twilight decided that trying to argue a point with Pinky was like trying to hammer a nail in with your face. You'd get the job done, but you're head would be irreparably damaged afterward.

"Well ah'll be! You weren't pullin mah leg Spike!" hearing the familiar drawl, the group knew only one person it could belong too. Sure enough there was the orange earth pony, Applejack, walking into the crowd with the baby purple dragon Spike following beside her. Right now she was more intrested in the floating silver figure who's gaze was still transfixed on the sky than her friends, but still took the time to greet them. "So who the heck is this guy exactly? Did he say anythin'?". The others shook their heads and Spike groaned "Aw man...This is the lamest alien visit ever". "Possibly, the lamest alien robot visit ever!" Pinkie added, causing Twilight to roll her eyes in response.

"Anyway..." Rarity said, earning the attention of the rest of the group "You said Princess Celestia was coming he-" Rarity was interrupted by a bright flash in the sky just above the crowds. There, floating in mid air, were the beautiful rulers of Equestria: The white-coated Celestia with her flowing aurora mane, and shyly hanging back behind her was the smaller dark blue mare Luna. Public opinion on Luna was...divided to say the least. Not too long ago she was posessed by a malicious force that transformed her into the powermad Nightmare Moon. Now while many knew the truth, there were those who denied this truth and insisted she was just plain evil.

The first thing the group noticed right off the bat was that Celestia looked different. She looked...Angry, oddly enough. Nobody could recall her ever looking angry before. "When I got you message Twilight, I had to come by in person to confirm my suspicions..." Celestia said, her eyes locked firmly on the silver figure, who had also directed his attention to her the moment she arrived on the scene.

"Um...Princess Celestia, is something wrong?" Twilight Sparkle asked, worried by her mentor's unnatural behaviour. "Yes Twilight. Something is very wrong" Celestia replied, not tearing her gaze from the figure on the board.

"I hoped this day would never come, but the powers of the universe have a way of destroying your expectations..." Celestia whispered, her gaze lowering slightly "This being is known as the Silver Surfer...The Herald of Galactus".

A/N: So yes, I'm a guy who writes MLP fanfiction now appearantly. I uh...I gotta' go get a testosterone injection...