Wrong Show

by PuzzledPegasis

I really should have seen this coming

I don't know how long we floated there just talking. As I expected, Twilight asked question after question after question after question . . . And I was more than happy to explain them all to her. It took a while to explain the internet and television, and what a fandom is, but I think I did a pretty decent job.
I tried going slow so she could take all this in. I didn't want to scare her with the whole "your entire life is a cartoon and a bunch of grown men watch you" thing. I think the way I explained it was pretty interesting: " The show is just a window into your universe. We can see parts of your life, but not the whole thing.". She seemed to buy it. But it did make me think, if this show had it's own universe, what about the others?
What about comics? What about books, unpublished stories, ideas even! What about fanfiction? Did each one have a separate universe? And with that last question, did I grab the right Twilight? What if I grabbed some deranged pony who'll try to kill me in my sleep? Not likely, but possible. . .
"Hey, Are you okay?"
Twilight's voice snapped me back to reality. We had been asking eachother questions and I think I started to drift off for a second there.
"You're not looking so hot."
"Yeah I um. . . I'm missing home."
That wasn't what I was upset about, but it sure wasn't a lie. I was staring to miss home, my bed, my laptop, my friends. . . How will they know I'm gone? Will they just think I disappeared? I'll just not show up to school anymore, what will happen? What would my parents do? Call the cops? Will there be a search party sent out for me? It broke my heart to imagine my parents and friends waiting for any sign that I'm alive and safe.
Twilight seemed saddened by this too, she looked deep in thought. I could only imagine Spike coming downstairs to look for Twilight and find she not there. He'll probably think she went out without telling. She doesn't come back- then what will he do? The rest of the six will panic, search for her, call Princess Celestia, eventually they'll assume the worst. Will they have a memorial statue in her honor? What will become of the Elements? I shuddered at the thought of all of them depressed and slowly drifting apart without Twilight there to hold them together. . .
I would have to get her back before that happens though. . . I have to.
"Twi?"
"Yes?"
"Do you think you could teleport us back? Or me home?"
"I can try. . ."
Twilight gave me and unsure smile and closed her eyes. Her horn started to glow a soft purple that seemed to expand around us little by little. I closed my eyes and braced myself.
"Huh?"
I open my eyes back up yo see Twilight equally as confused as I was. "My magic flow just stopped. . ." She looked up at her horn and back at me as if she wanted an explanation. I just shrugged.
Silence hung in the air there as we floated. " Maybe you can't use magic in this place?" I said. We both looked back up at her horn and then back at eachother. " Maybe." she put.
The silence was broken by a strange humming noise. "Huh?" We both said in unison while searching for the source of the sound. "What?" Twi gasped. I swerved my head in her direction to see her horn glowing a bright purple and her eyes wide with confusion.
Without warning there was another huge shock wave that sent both of us flying. I quickly grabbed her tail (which had been untied when we were talking) and wrapped it around my leg. She started screaming and grabbed onto me. And then the spinning started.
Oh not spinning, anything but that. There I was, going hundreds of miles though space one again, but this time being hurled and whipped around. My eyes shut and I thew up. I made sure to face away from Twi, who I think was throwing up as well. I opened my eyes long enough to see it spiraling behind us, ew. I forced my eyes shut once again and drove the image from my head.
Think comforting thoughts Alexis, comforting thoughts I was hard to think at all but I tried to imagine I was on a roller coaster. That failed to do anything though- this was one heck of a rollercoaster.
Windows were whirling around me so fast I couldn't even make out colors. I opened my eyes once again to see something getting closer- we were heading towards a window!
I tried screaming Twilight's name to get her attention, but it seemed she was unconscious again. I looked at the oncoming window with pure terror. What could this world hold? Zombies? Monsters? Murder? I closed my eyes and braced for impact.

* * *

I didn't feel for awhile. My brain registered that I was alive and breathing, but I felt so numb. Slowly my senses came back to me but my eyes remained closed. The first thing that felt was the fact that I was lying down in something, soon after I could tell it was grass. The wind whistled in my ears and the warmth of the sun comforted my body.
I finally forced myself to get up to see where Twilight was. From the look of it, I could tell I was in a park. Somewhere in the distance I could hear cars zooming by. Good. Cars usually mean people. I turned my head around to search for the little unicorn, nothing.
There was a sharp intake of breath behind me. I quickly turned my body in that direction only to find a dog. A pretty big dog if you ask me. It seemed almost the same size as me! And not to mention purple. . . wait.
"Twilight?!"
The dog awoke and quickly sat up. It took a second but it finally faced me.
"Alexis?!"
We stared at eachother for a great period of time. She's a dog. A dog. Oh what have I done to this poor little unicorn? She's a dog and now were both. . . . Wait a minute. I looked down at myself wide wide eyes. I'm a dog.
"WE'RE DOGS!" I screamed out of reflex. She stared at me, eyes blank. I stared back at her, "Twi? Are you-?"
I was cut off by the sound of her falling backwards onto the ground. Fainted again. I think that could cause brain damage if you did that too much, but hey, I'm not a doctor, in fact- I'M NOT EVEN A HUMAN.
I start crying- or the equivalent of crying. I'm not sure if dogs can cry actual tears, but other than that I was crying.
I sat there over Twilight and huddled close. I felt so alone. I don't like being a dog. Why am I even one?! What was this place anyway?
I sniff and wipe my nose with my paw. I wobbly stand up on all fours and survey the area once more. Still nothing, although I take this time to look at myself and Twi.
What breed we were I couldn't really pinpoint. Something that looked like a lab, but I'm no dog expert, maybe we're a new kind of dog considering we're aliens. I look over at Twi, her coat seems to be the same color as when she was a pony, her ears are the same color that her mane was. Just a purple dog- clearly nothing out of the ordinary. I looked down at myself, my coat seemed a cream color and I was covered in light brown/red spots.
I sit. What to do?
There was almost nothing to do. Where would we go? Who do we talk to? Can we even talk? I know I could understand Twilight and her me, but did we speak English or did we just hear Dog as English?
"Hello?"
I jumped at the sound of the voice and duck my head next to Twi's back.
"Hey I'm not gonna hurt you. Are you okay?"

That voice.

"Listen do you need any help?"

No, it can't be.

"Is you friend okay? Can you talk?"

No I'm imagining this.

I hear him approaching me. I slowly bring my head up and into his direction to look. My jaw drops as I see the male dog, clearly older than me and Twi are. He towers over me, giving me a genuine smile. The sliver image of a dog house hangs from his collar.
"Um, hey. My name is Lucky."

Oh God it is him. I'm talking to a cartoon dog.

Okay Twi, lets see what I've been missing out on.

I promptly faint.