//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Visitors from Wherever // Story: Twilight Sparkle and the Alicorn's Stone // by Avenging-Hobbits //------------------------------// The car stopped with a screech and the humans got out the car. “What did we hit?!” Michael asked. “How am I supposed to know?!” Kyle said. Rainbow Dash got up and shook her head to get the dizzy-ness. She blinked her eyes to see Wilfred in her face. “My word.” Wilfred said. Rainbow, on the other hand, screamed and tackled him with a strange look that had both fear and anger. “Who are you?!” Rainbow said. “Where am I?!” “Whoa! Whoa, hey!” Wilfred said with a mix of fear and curiostiy. “Who are you?” “Rainbow Dash!” Twilight Sparkle said faintly. The other ponies arrived and gasped when they saw the humans. Rainbow calmed down and let Wilfred up. “My name is Rainbow Dash. That’s Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Trixie.” Kyle leaned towards Lily. “Am I stoned?” he asked. “No.” Lily replied with a slight annoyance in her voice. “Because I’m NOT, I’m seeing this too.” “Okay.” Wilfred said as he tried to comprehend the fact that seven candy-colored ponies were standing in front of him. “I’m…I’m Wilfred. This is my best friend Kyle and these two are Michael and Lily Benson.” “Y’all related?” Applejack asked. “No.” Michael replied. “They’re showing us around England.” “You mean ah road trip?” Applejack replied. “Uh…yeah.” Kyle said. “Let’s go with that.” “This is very kind of you.” Trixie said. “But we must be going.” “Right.” Twilight said. The ponies all stood in a circle and Twilight tried to use a teleportation spell, which caused the clouds to swirl again. Only this time a lightning bolt struck the center of the circle, startling everyone and making them fall over. Twilight then zipped her head towards her bag. She opened it but couldn’t find the object she was looking for. She then turned towards everyone with a terrified look on her face. “The…” she said. “The Alicorn’s Stone. It’s gone.” Everypony gasped. “The what?” Lily asked. “Listen, ma’m,” Rarity said calmy. “It appears we are trapped here for the time being.Would you be so kind as to give us some shelter?” The people just gave shocked looks. The ponies gave questioning looks. “No. I’m sorry.” Michael said. “It’s just that you’re ponies. Talking. It’s just weird.” “Okay,” Rainbow said “besides that fact can you give us a lift?” The Bensons looked at Kyle and Wilfred. They looked at the ponies and then each other. “I guess.” Wilfred said warily. “Get in.” They headed to the van and the ponies followed. Fluttershy turned around and looked at the hillside. “What are we going to do?” she whispered. She proceeded to climb into the van with the others. /////////////////// Discord tapped his feet as the three mud-coated Changelings stood before him. “So? She escaped, huh?” he said frustratingly. “Yes.” one Changeling said. “Please don’t kill us.” another one said. “She tried to teleport and then poof! Gone!” the third Changeling said. “We tried to-” “Wait!” Discord cut him off. “No pony can produce that kind of power. Unless…” “Unless what?” a Changeling asked. “OF COURSE!” Discord yelled. “The Alicorn’s Stone! What I need is to get where they are. But where?” “I can help you.” Zecora said. “How?” Discord asked. The zebra walked toward him and motioned him to lean so she could whisper. “Remember, my master” she whispered “when her majesty Lauren died? Celestia told her men to find her mother’s staff a good place to hide.” Discord smiled. “Go on.” “You see, the staff is powerful.” Zecora continued “Maybe as much as the stone, if you use it, you can strip Celestia to the bone.” “What?” he asked. Zecora gave him an “oh come on” look. “Use the staff to take over the country and kill the bitch.” she said. “Oh.” he said. “You broke your rhyme.” “I am capable of breaking my rhyme but most of the time I choose not to.” she answered. “Okay.” Discord said. “And as for you three…” pointing directly at the three Changelings. “To the pit with you!” He pushed a button, the floor under the Changelings opened and they fell through screaming. Yet a couple seconds later, one peeked his head up. The pit was after all only four feet deep. “Oh. Not so bad.” The Changeling said. /////////////////// Spike walked into the classroom that was packed with fillies. “Good morning, class.” he said. “Since Miss Twilight is not here, I have been tasked by Celestia to teach you all.” A little colt raised his hand. “Excuse me.” “Yes, Truffle Shuffle?” Spike said. “I was wondering” Truffle Shuffle said “why are we wearing Miss Pinkie Pie’s umbrella hats?” Spike looked at the candle chandelers. “Well” Spike said “it’s to protect your heads from being burned by the candle wax. Plus the designers of those were idiots.” “Oh.” all the fillies said at once. Spike rolled his eyes. “This is going to be a long day.” /////////////////// “You’ve never heard of Freddy Mercury?” Wilfred shocked at Rainbows’ question on the music they were hearing. “No.” Rainbow said. Wilfred facepalmed. “So, where are we going?” Fluttershy asked. “We’re going to…” Michael said when a logical question hit his mind. “Yeah, where are we going?” Wilfred sighed. “I don’t know but there’s a town nearby where we can hide you guys.” “Isn’t that kind of dangerous?” Pinkie Pie asked. “I mean the minute people see us they’re going to scream and hide their children and pull out guns and what not.” “I have some handbags in the back.” Kyle piped up. “You could hide in those.” Lily turned to him “Yeah, why do you have so many of those?” “For safety reasons.” Kyle replied. “You never know when a zombie apocalypse will come. I’ve also got a cricket stick and a shovel.” Everyone gave Wilfred a questioning look. “He’s just like that.” he answered. /////////////////// At the London police station, Roland Carter and Jerald King walked into then room of Comisoner Victor Aaron. “Sit down, boys.” he said in a very deep voice. They sat down in two chairs. “You called here, chief?” Roland asked. “Yes I did.” Victor replied. “Apprently, reports are coming in from the countryside that a torando caused some aliens to invade the countryside. Roland, I need you and Jerald to go investigate these reports and see if they are valid.” “Alright, chief.” Jerald said. “Good, you are dismissed.” The two agents walked out.