//------------------------------// // Prologue: Technicolor Ponies in High Definition // Story: The Mane Six Get Trapped Inside Luna's Computer // by Burritoburger //------------------------------// "Oh, do I really have to do it now, sister? My team will get upset if I'm away for too long!" "Yes. Don't worry. It won't take too long." Princess Celestia reassured in a calm and collective manner. Luna stepped forth onto the balcony without any more argument, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes. Princess Celestia remained silent, for it took absolute concentration to allow the rising of the moon. Celestia silently reminisced the return of her dear sister. After the fall of the dreaded Nightmare Moon, Luna joined her sister in ruling the land again, but the effort seemed much too bland for the newly returned Princess. Her mind lie elsewhere,she was consistently losing focus, and she often wandered off, looking for activities to pass the time. Noticing this problem, Princess Celestia invited Luna to join Ponyville and its celebration of Nightmare Night. All according to her plan, the princess returned and actively sought out more things for her to play with, and for her to have fun to grow accustomed to her daily lifestyle, all while enjoying her pastimes. However, Princess Celestia isn't scared to admit the fact that she was surprised to see her sister go as far as buying the newest gaming desktop, install it in her own living quarters, and lock herself there for, at the longest, over two days. While she never could understand her sister's need to condemn herself to the point of near insanity, she on occasion joined Luna in her gaming fanatics. "Done!" Luna announced to her sister, delighted. "Good job Luna! You're getting better every day." Celestia comment whilst staring at the glistening stars overhead. "You can get back to your-" But Luna was already gone. "...game." Celestia shook her head and smiled, sitting down to do her daily business or responding to letters and carrying out orders, all while relaxing next to the crackling fireplace. <-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-> "Applejack! Applejack! Wake up!" "Wh-what in tarnation?!" Applejack shook herself awake, startled by the sound of Twilight's voice. Seeing no living figure beside or even near her bed, Applejack sighed numbly, sat up, and rubbed her eyes. "Twilight, Ah know you like that tela-watchamacallit, spell, but Ah'm trying to sleep!" Applejack complained aloud. "I know," Twilight responded to the southern pony telepathically. "But I've just discovered the best spell ever! The girls are all coming here! Hurry up!" Breathing a heavy sigh of frustration, Applejack grunted and crawled out of her seemingly cloud-like bed and planted her hooves on the hard, unwelcome floor. "This better be good..." Applejack muttered, moving towards the door. <-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-> "Now what's the deal with you wakin' all of us up like this?" Applejack asked, joining her friends in the center of the room, all seeming droopy-eyed and tired, leave Pinkie, who bounced around as hyperactive as ever. "Yes, darling. We know your magic discoveries are highly important to us-" Rarity glanced around nervously. "-but I've recently fallen behind on my sleeping schedule. Beauty sleep doesn't work by itself, you know." Rarity piped in, rubbing her eyes. "I know you're all upset with me waking you so early, but I've come up with an amazing breakthrough! I've discovered a spell that allows trans-dimensional teleportation!" Twilight's eyes lit up and a gaping smile overtook her face at the thought of it. "Trans-who now?" Rainbow asked, cocking her eyebrow. "Trans-dimensional teleportation." Twilight repeated with greater emphasis. "As in, the ability to travel through different dimensions." She explained slowly. "Cool! so where we goin'?" Pinkie asked, getting too close to Twilight for comfort. "Uh, well I haven't really found out how to target a precise location..." Twilight admitted, looking down. "Are you sure about this Twilight?" Fluttershy softly piped in. "I mean, if you don't know where we're going, there could be monsters, or aliens, or..." She trailed off, forcing herself not to think about it. "True, we don't know what to expect..." Twilight scratched her chin. "Well if it's so amazin', Ah say we give it a go. If we run into anything strange, you can just bring us back, right?" Applejack spoke up. "Yeah! Who knows? We might end up somewhere where everything's made out of chocolate!" Rainbow Dash added in. "Or DIAMONDS!" Rarity squealed at the thought. "Or cake!" Pinkie cheered, pulling a cake from thin air and smashing it against her face, licking it up. "Or maybe a place filled with fuzzy squirrels and bunnies and all sorts of animals!" Fluttershy beamed. "Okay! It's settled! We'll try it out tomorrow!" Twilight announced, and everypony cheered in response. The Next Day: Afternoon "Blast it!" Luna yelled silently to herself. "Why must this game be so infuriating?!" Luna frowned at the turquoise colored screen, reading 594 attempts. "Curse you, orange box of frustration!" Luna grunted, reaching her next attempt. Upon failing that one, she groaned and turned the game off. "It wasn't that fun anyways." She sighed. Dragging her mouse to open League of Legends, she halted at the sound of six familiar voices grunting and scrambling with each other. "Hey, watch it!" "It's not mah fault! Twilight put us in midair!" Applejack retorted. "Everypony be quiet!" The chatter ended. "Where are we?" Before Luna took grasp of the situation, she found herself face-to-face with six small ponies staring at her on her desktop screen. Blinking, Luna frowned. "Oh, did Anon send me a virus again? Why I oughta-" "Luna?!" A collective gasp was heard from the small group of pixelated ponies. but she ignored it. "I should show him what for and send him a bug of my own." Luna told nopony in particular. "Who are you callings bugs?" Pinkie Pie called out, seeming offended. "Luna, it's us! You know me! I'm Twilight!" Twilight waved her arms high above her head, trying to catch her attention. However, she still didn't listen. "It seems like every week I receive some trolling gift of some sort! Well it's about time I fought back!"Luna declared, starting a speech. "Don't worry. I know what to do!" Pinkie trotted over to the nearest desktop icon, Dota 2. Pinkie tapped it with her right hoof, causing a small window to pop up, and she hovered her hoof over Delete. "Wait!" Luna stopped and listened intently. "That sound... It sounds like misery... A thousand chanting voices, calling out, 'all your hard work will disappear unless you take action...'" She turned her head and gazed upon the monitor and at the miniature pink pony threatening all her work. "NO!" She screamed, dragging the mouse with her magic and snatching Pinkie by the leg until throwing her across the screen. Scanning for any damage to her precious, she sighed with relief before looking at the ponies with anger. "Surely Anon didn't come up with this..." After a moment of silence, Luna broke it herself. "What are you doing inside my computer?"