Meanwhile Back in Equestria…
Barry didn’t have to wait long for the royalty to come visit him, they came very quickly, and at this point seeing a pony with wings and a horn was barely worth the effort of being surprised at. Of course he still was surprised at it.
"What are you exactly?” he said when the purple pony came in the room.
"What are you exactly?” she said to him, “I can ask the same question too.”
“I am a human, from another world called earth, what about you?”
“I am an alicorn, a combination of a Pegasus and a unicorn. This is the land of Equestria. And my name is Twilight Sparkle, what is yours, stranger?”
"My name is Barry Allen,” he said, “And thank you for meeting me, I’m sure that you have some questions for me as I do for you dear- stranger.”
"Yes, I do have questions for you, like what are you wearing exactly?” she asked pointing to his suit, “That’s not exactly normal ordinary clothing there”
"Well this is actually a costume suit,” he said, “And it isn’t regular, or ordinary because I’m a hero, or at least that’s what I’m supposed to represent. The love, goodness, kindness, hopes, thoughts, and ideas of the citizens of my city.”
"Wait,” she said, “What kind of hero actually calls themselves the hero?”
“The one that’s not afraid of what will come after them when they finally do tell, that’s the kind of hero I am, I run towards things now, not away from them.”
But he still remembered the time that this statement he said wasn’t true.
“Well, you make a fair point, and I suppose that me and my friends are heroes too, and I suppose that you are welcome to stay here if you would like to.”
“Thank you for the offer, but I would like to get home, my friends will be waiting there for me, and speaking of friends, where are yours exactly?”
“Oh, they’re staying away for now, as well as the rest of the others, many are curious as to what you are and also who you are and we’ve had a hard time keeping them away from your bed for the past few days, it has been very hard.”
“Wait, did you say a few days? As in more than a few hours?” he asked.
"Yes, you have been unconscious for the past three days, or at least that’s what the doctors say, I wouldn’t know because I wasn’t there to meet you.”
Barry tried to grasp onto and understand this strange new concept, he had been unconscious for three days now? It had felt more like a few hours to him.
"Are you alright and fine? Do you need a nurse or some help?” Twilight Sparkle asked him when he grasped the bed for support, “Yes,” he said,
“I am perfectly alright and fine, I’m just shocked and surprised by this news, that’s all.”
"Oh,” she said, “Well, if that’s all then, I should probably go now.”
"Why?” he asked, “Can’t you stay? Please don’t go, I need someone to talk to.”
“I believe the term that you are looking for is some ‘pony’ to talk to,” she said with a face of confusion at the comment, “But anyhow, what do you want to talk about or say? I’m here for you until the other arrive, but I will still listen.”
“Thank you,” he said, “Anyhow I guess I better start with the basics first then. Where am I? What is this place? Who lives here? What do they do?”
"That’s a lot of ‘first’ questions, but I shall do my best to answer them.
Right now you are a patient in a hospital in the town called ‘Ponyville’.
This land that we’re in is called ‘Equestria’, though I suppose you could consider it a country or nation depending upon how you looked at it.
Ponyville is a very small part of Equestria, and all the lands of it are inhabited by ponies, unicorns, and pegasi, and they all live in peace and harmony.
And finally what they do, well that depends upon what their Cutie Mark is really. Some are bakers, others are teachers, some are farmers, others make quills, write or record history, some make beds, others make pillows, some have a talent in the arts, theater, drama, performing arts, drawing, painting, or sculpting. Others have a talent in writing or reading or perhaps posing instead.
Some sing, others talk, some are good with animals, other not, some can make other laugh, others not, some are king and generous, most are, some are not.
Some can find gems, others not, some are honest, most are, few are not.
As I said before, it all really depends upon the destiny that they get or receive.”
“What do you mean by ‘Cutie Marks’ exactly?” he asked with curiosity.
“Oh, they’re ‘things’ that all ponies receive at a certain age no matter where they come from, and while they might receive it at different times I don’t know of any pony I have met yet that is a ‘blank flank’, a pony that hasn’t received it or one yet. And they all mean something unique and special to the pony, for example mine is the symbol of magic, and you can see it right here.”
As she said this she turned her butt to Barry so that he could see it.
“Do you see it?” she asked with anxiety.
“Oh yes, I can clearly see it,” Barry said thinking that this butt mark was somewhat like that of a tramp mark back on his regular ordinary earth.
“Oh good,” she said, “That’s a relief to hear that.”
“Yes,” Barry said, “But tell me this, when are the others coming?”
“They’ll be here soon enough, you’ll just have to be patient and wait for them.”
“Fine then,” he said, “But don’t expect me to be happy about it.”
“Oh, trust me, I’m not expecting anything from you at all,” she said plainly. “What’s that supposed to mean exactly?” he asked.
“I didn’t mean it in a good way or a bad way, I’m just saying it so.”
"Fine then, if you say so,” Barry said with some distrust.
And with that they sat in silence waiting for the other princesses to arrive.
Soon enough another princess did arrive, one that had a white coat and an odd colored mane (or hair) that moved on its own free will, and of course she was an alicorn too, which begged and prompted another question from Barry.
"Are all the alicorns royalty, or is all royalty eventually promoted to Alicorn?”
"All alicorns are royalty,” Twilight said, “But not all royalty is Alicorn.”
“Thank you for that Twilight,” the princess said, “It is exactly what I would have said, and I see her that this is our new… guest… that we have with us.”
Welcome to Ponyville and Equestria, have you answered his questions yet?”
“As many as he was willing to ask me,” she said moving out of the way.
“That’s good then, but I am sure that he will have more,” she said moving closer to him, “My name is Celestia, Princess of the Sun, what about yours?”
“My name? Well my name is Barry Allen, pleased to meet you, Princess.”
“Please, just call me Celestia, there is no need for formality in here.”
“Very well then, Celestia, can you tell me why I am here exactly?”
“To keep you safe from the other ponies, they are… very… curious, about you.”
“So I have heard,” Barry said, “But tell me, can you help me get home?”
"I don’t know, where is it that you come from exactly?” she asked.
“I come from the planet or world called earth, and I’m a human.”
"I see,” Celestia said standing next to him and that’s when he noticed that she stood taller than Twilight, and probably all the other ponies as well too.
“I think that I may know of a way to get you to your home,” she said.
“That’s great,” Barry said with some excitement at going back home.
“But I make no promises of any kind to you, do you understand that?”
“Yes, I understand that,” he said with his hopes dropping down slightly.
“I don’t want to get your hopes up, especially if they are false ones.”
“Well then, that is noted, but exactly how can you help me get home?”
“The answer to that lies at my castle, come with me if you wish to know.”
“Wait, you have a castle?” Barry shouted as he ran to catch up with her.
“Yes, in the city called Canterlot, it’s quite the nice, regal, and royal place.”
“Well, where is it? I mean what direction is it in exactly?” he asked.
“That way,” she said pointing in its general direction to where it lay, “Why?”
“Oh, no reason, it’s just that you’ll have to meet me there instead,” he said running off and away outside and then he soon arrived at the castle.
He was glad when he finally saw a big huge castle looming out of the place.
And then of course he went towards it and he was soon within the castle.
I wonder how long it’ll take for them to get here, he thought to himself.
“It’s rude to leave ponies behind like that,” Celestia said from behind him.
“Wait, how did you get here so fast?” he asked with shock facing her.
"I could ask you the same question, your speed, I have never seen anything like it, well, unless you count ‘The Dash’, a pony who has the same powers as you.
But to answer your question, I got here by a magical teleportation spell.”
“Of course, magic,” Barry sad, “Well that explains everything then, doesn’t it?”
“Not all, just because I can raise the sun with it and my sister raises the moon with it, well that doesn’t mean that it can’t be explained, yet. And besides, I think that what happened to you, it was a combination of magic and science.”
“You would be right,” he said, “I got struck with a lightning bolt that gave me these strange new mysterious powers, but it was a man that gave them to me, one who would later become my enemy after when he posed as my friend, it’s a long story, don’t ask about it, I can tell you about it later if you want me to, and my powers can be explained by science as well too. But hold on, you said that a pony here has the same powers as me, how’s that even possible?”
“I don’t know, she never told me or any pony else, she still remains a mystery even to me, but don’t ponder or ask questions that won’t help you get home>”
“You’re right,” he said, “I should be focused on getting home, but I’m just so curious about this world, this isn’t my first time in an alternate earth you know, and my natural scientific curiosity is just taking over me.”
“Well that’s a good trait to have I guess, but come now, let us not waste time, come with me, the way that I have in mind lies within a different room here.”
“Of course it does,” he said following the regal princess to another room.
In this room, there was just a simple horseshoed shaped mirror in it.
“This is a gateway or portal to another world, one that I think may be yours for quite some long time ago my student Twilight Sparkle traveled through this very mirror and described the inhabitants not as ponies, but as humans instead. Luckily enough for you this portal or gateway is open due to the time, efforts, and energy of my student. Normally this would be open only once every thirty moons, but now it always remains open, but it is hidden away for most ponies would not be able to handle what they saw or would be too curious instead, and it would also disrupt the natural order and events of that world.
But I believe that this can do no harm if it turns out that this is not your world, but if it is your world, please feel free to come back anytime to talk again.”
“Well thank you for the offer,” he said, “I’ll keep it in mind when I’m there.”
And with that said he stepped though the mirror to the world on the other side.
Meanwhile Back on Earth…
Cisco was trying his best to figure out what had happened to Barry, but he had no luck, but then he had a brilliant idea, what if instead of focusing on what had happened and a way to bring him back, well what if he focused on bringing him back by what had happened to him? In other words, replicate the event.
With that in his mind he started working on a way to open another rift breach, but this time it would be a new one, one that would lead them to Barry.
"Caitlin,” he said pulling out his phone and calling her, “Get up here, I have an idea, and I need your help to do it, oh, and call Oliver too, we’ll need him.”
“Shouldn’t we not worry Oliver about this? I’m sure he has enough on his mind already being the hero of his city and protecting it, and the last thing that he needs to hear right now is that his best friend is in another world that we can’t even reach out to or get to, don’t you think that he deserves a break?
Don’t you think that he doesn’t need to be informed about any of this?”
“Look, just do it, okay? He’s the only person that can help Barry if my idea works out, and trust me, it will work out, eventually, with your help that is.”
"Alright then,” she said, “I’ll call him, but only after I hear or see your idea.”
"Fine then” he said, “Okay, so I had this brilliant genius idea, what if instead of focusing on what happened to Barry and then bringing him back, we instead focus on bringing him back by focusing on what happened to him instead.”
“Okay, you’re not making any sense right now, what do you mean exactly?”
“What I mean is that we need to focus on bringing Barry back by replicating the event that took him, we need to create another rift breach, a new one.”
Caitlin was silent on the other end, and then after what seemed like a very long moment of silence, she finally spoke up once more again, “I guess that I’ll call Oliver then,” and with that she hung up and Cisco went back to work again.