7

Unfortunately for Littlefoot, Trottown took a while longer than expected, at least an extra forty minutes.

The cause: a form of magic that the locals called "electricity".

From what he could gather, electricity was a form of manipulation of low-power lightening for peacetime uses. It was directed through little metal strings called "wires", which ran throughout the homes of the ponies, who used it for things such as cooking, artificial lighting, or leisure. His head was still swimming from it all. "Light bulbs", "ovens", "television", so many things that he hadn't thought could exist!
Luckily, Littlefoot was, by nature, quick to learn, and had mastered the basic grasp of this bit of technology after twenty minutes. It would have been fifteen, but he had gotten the blue wire and the red wire mixed up, which had caused the mayor's "microwave" to explode.

He was still failing to understand how that had happened.

After that, everything had gone smoothly, and Littlefoot was now walking through what had to be the biggest forest he had ever seen on his way to Princess Celestia's location. Littlefoot knew he was going the right way because her scent was getting stronger. Lilacs, stone, and-

BAM

Littlefoot suddenly found himself on his back in a mess of feathers and fur. What the hell was that?, he thought to himself as he stood back up. The owner of the mess did likewise, and Littlefoot's eyes widened as he looked at one of the oddest things he had seen.

As did the other.

The verbal lashing Gilda had been preparing quickly died in her throat as she got a proper look at the…thing she had run into. It looked well over eight feet tall, and was covered in evil-looking black armor on everything except for its head. Gilda recoiled as she took it in: a long-necked reptilian face with a mouth full of sharp teeth, spines on the back of its head that, at the moment, were slowly waving back and forth.
And its eyes…they looked as if they were made completely of red hell-fire. How could it even see?
Its maw opened, and a deep but surprisingly gentle male voice said, "Um…hi?"
"…Hey…"
"…Uh, if you don't mind my asking, what are you?"
Gilda's beak dropped open just slightly before she regained control. That one question had just answered a couple of her own questions, which gave her good reason to believe that this…creature wasn't from Equestria, and maybe not even from the same planet.
"Well, I'm a gryphon", Gilda replied, "We're a mix between an eagle and a lion."
It stared at her.

That pretty much confirmed it. She was dealing with an alien.
Joy.
"It's…a little hard to explain", Gilda said.
The creature grunted, then smiled, revealing an uncomfortable number of teeth.
"Well, I've got plenty in time. In fact, I would like it if you accompanied me to my destination. I'm a little bored, but you're pretty interesting, and I feel that talking to you would help pass the time."
Gilda thought it over-it didn't take very long- and spread her wings. The creature drew back just a tiny bit, apparently surprised, but then smiled again, and Gilda watched two shadow-black wings form on its back.
"I hope you can keep up", it taunted, then took off. Gilda stared up at it, and decided to take the bait. She hadn't raced anyone in a looooong time, and the alien seemed like a good racer.
With that in mind, she took off after the alien.

(Bout time I finished this!
By the way, I just thought, if I ever finished this, and I could put a song in for the credits, I bet I could totally get away with using Katy Perry's "E.T" song. The original, not the one with Lil' Wayne, or whoever the dude was.)