The yell echoed thru out the everfree forest, causing all to flee except for the girls. Poor little flutte shy still out cold on the floor, they did not know what terror Pirncess Celestica was faceing deep in the Everfree forest, to there horror it was comeing straght for them. Not even a minuet after they had grouped up did there myestory terror revel its self, crashing out of a group of trees. In bronze colored iron armor a figure scheeched to a halt, its back to the girls they could see it has a pony tail and body, but they could not see its face. 
It stood like a pony, it had the basic form of a pony, but it was wraped in the metalic body armor. It lowerd its arms and caught sight of the girls, twilight gasped in shock as she met eyes with it, behind the cracked and dirty visor she coukld see sad and tired eyes. The eyes of a weatherd and broken pony, she could not bealeve what she was seeing, No sooner did she see the pony behind the mask did it dissapere. Princess Celesstica slamed into it creating a loud and aweful crack, the sound makeing Twilight cring with a sick fear, it sounded as if bones were cracking and the metal was breaking. The iron clad mystery being held onto princess celestia, her head in its stomach, her arms around its hips, and it was braceing aginst her attack. It slamed its elbow into her back makeing her crumble to her knees as if it broke her back, Princess Celestia screamed out in pain and fell in a heap at the feet of this creature. It looked down at her panting and heaving, then it spoke, "twice Celestica, twice you have fallen at my feet, but only once will i let you live. i will redeem my self in Princess Night mare moon's eyes!" it lifted its hind hoof off the ground ready to slam it down on Princess Celestia's head. 

  It was then the girls made there move, Apple Jack gave the fainted Flutter shy a big wet and sloppy lick across her face, makeing the fainty fem burst up right with a squeel. Apple Jack 
rushed up to the creature takeing its attection away form the fainted Princess, Rareity grabbed Princess Celestica front hooves while pinky pie grabbed her hind hoofs. both girls hurried the fallen princess away, Apple Jack stared the creature down as it stood up straght and stared back, its heavy breating only solidifiying twilights suspucisoun that this creature was a living being and not some machinecal contraptction. She watched as it stared at Apple Jack, Apple Jack only stood her gound and stared back, it was the moment twilight was waiting for, Rareity and Pinky Pie had gotten the princess a distance away, Apple Jack had the creatures full attection, and twilight was watching this creature, studieing its movements and tatics.
the creature stood as if studieing Apple Jack, it stood unwavering, unmoveing, Twilight never saw a creature who could go form a full blown fight to still as a rock. Even with broken bones it did not flinch nor show pain, to her it was unnatrual. 

 "aj?!" it spoke, sending a brand new wave of terror througout Twilight's body, if it can speek then it can think, she thoguth to her self. it spoke again this time showing emotion with in its voice "aj, is that you" it spoke its voice cracking and quivering. It reached out for her making her flinch, she drew back away form it, this reaction form Apple Jack seemed to strike a even deeper and more severe blow to the creature. It reached out with both hoofs as if begging Apple Jack to embrace it, Thats when Princess Celestica struck.  Princess Cesticla shot a beam from her horn strikeing the creature straght in the chest knocking it back into the darkness of the woods, she was being supported by Rareity and Pinky Pie. Her strenght gave out and the creature was no were to be seen, it was then Twilight gave the girls the order to retreat, she knew that the creature was either preparing to attack from the darkness of the trees or was injured and could not fight, she also knew that they did not stand a chance if Princess Celestica was to wounded to fight back, her being the only one powerful enough to do any damage to it. The girls ran while supporting the down angelic Princess Night mare moon, carrying her back to town where they could get a doctor to heal her wounds. Now that they were  fleeing the scean she could think, the guards had been revived and sent back to town to gather renforcments and heal there wounded, teh creature was obvously a pony but yet not, by the things that were on it she concluded it was either a suit or some kind of abomantaion. The image of its dull green eyes flashed in her mind once again, she thought to her self, "it looked so sad, so sad and tired." her courisoty was burining her up, she wanted to know what was this creature and where had it come form. The way it interacted with Apple Jack, calling her AJ was something they did but as a nick name, how did it know her nickname?, why did it look the way it did?, how did it know Princess Celestica and Night Mare Moon? why didnt it attack Apple Jack? and why for the love of all Equeatira Did it attack Princess Celestica? all these thought of the event raced thru her  mind. She knew she had to get the princess help first, then after she did that she could try to figure out this mistery.