//------------------------------// // Strangers in a Strange Land // Story: Souls of Harmony...Go to Another World // by Masters-of-the-Elements //------------------------------// Souls of Harmony…Go to another World: Strangers in a Strange Land On the Planet called Earth, in a campsite somewhere in the heartland of the United States, a group of six had just finished setting up camp for the night. The group, four boys and two girls, were idly chatting away, under the setting sun. Well, five were chatting, one was just sitting by idly, looking at his mug of hot chocolate. Though his eyes were covered by the shadows of the setting twilight, it was clear that something was weighing heavy on him. Suddenly, this young man’s head snapped up, and he looked behind him. This didn’t go unnoticed by another one in the group and he looked at his friend. “Something wrong, coz?” teen six asked curiously. The teen, called coz for now, didn’t answer his friend. Instead, he placed his mug on the ground, and stood up. He turned around, and stared intently at the horizon. This unusual behavior didn’t go unnoticed by the rest of the group, and soon everyone was looking at him. “Hey, bro, what’s wrong?” one of the teen asked in concern. Suddenly, coz took off, jumping over his former seat, and running at high speeds. The others in the group watched as their friend quickly disappear into the horizon. After a moment teen six sighs heavily and began to follow his friend. The others weren’t too far behind them. “Do you think he sense something?” one of the female asked. “Who really knows,” another one of the male teens said. “Ever since the battle with Blank, it almost like he’s a different person. It’s somewhat creepy.” The group fell silent as the caught up to their leader, who happens to be looking around to gain his bearings. It didn’t take long for coz to get his bearings, and he was about to take off again. He was stopped when teen 6 grabbed him by his shoulder. “Just hold on for a minute!” Teen six said firmly. “What got your suit so twisted?” Coz looked at his friend, and said in a firm voice, “I just sense a big surge of light energy. And to make matters worse, it corrupted light.” The mood between the six suddenly change and everyone there was in immediate agreement. Teen six put on a determined expression, as he stared his friend right in the eye. “Lead on, cousin,” teen six said seriously. Coz nodded and then held up his left arm. “Good. But first, lets get a little better prepared,” Coz said seriously. The other teens nodded, and each held one of their arms. On each of their wrists were medal bands, each with a different kind of gem on the face of the bands. The teens lifted their bands to the sky and mutter something that was lost in a swirl of sounds. (…) Twilight Sparkle moan and groan as she slowly made her way to the waking world. Memories came rushing back to her, and she remembered that Discord, after doing the impossible and defeating the Elements, had sent her friends, the princesses and herself to someplace. But where, she didn’t know, and she was afraid to find that out. “Where am I? And where are the others and the princesses?” Twilight asked, no even remotely aware of the changes to her voice. She got to her feet, or what she believed to be her feet, and began to look around. She suddenly cried as she felt something sharp stab her in her hoof. She looked at her right hoof, and gasped at what she saw. Instead of the lavender hoof she had come to know and love, she saw something like a strange dragon-like claw, covered with soft, pale scales. She flax her claws and winces slightly when she felt pain go through it. She turned her claw over and flinches when she saw the cause of her pain. She felt her blood run cold when she saw the small, but sharp pebble in the middle of her claws. She always noticed something coming out of the opened wound, and she nearly fainted when she realized that it was her own blood. Ok, Twilight, just calm down and get the pebble out, then cover up the wound to prevent infection, Twilight thought, trying to keep herself calm by reciting a medical text she once read. She focused on the small stone and poured her magic into her horn. The pebble didn’t even light up, let alone bugle, to the unicorn’s surprise. Thinking she was still a little disorientated from the trip Discord sent her on, Twilight put more effort into magically removing the pebble. It still didn’t move. Twilight sigh faintly and brought up her other claw. She brought over the injured claw, and tried to remove the pebble. She frowned when her claws slip off the pebble, but she kept at it. She fails two more times before she finally removed the item in question, wincing in the process. “How does Spike use these things?” Twilight asked herself, as she examines the pebble in her claw. She threw it away after a second more of examination, and began to look around for something to cover the wound. It was around this time that she became aware that it was more then her hoof that changed. She looked at her body and was amazed to see the changes to her own body. It was longer, with more sections to it then her natural pony body. She looked at her back legs and notice how different they were from what her forelegs had become. She continued to study her body, until she reached her new chest, and froze. “What are those?” Twilight asked in wondering as she stared at the two items. She moved her injured claw to touch one of the strange and wince when she irritated the wound. Her own curiosity would have to wait. She has other problems that needed to taken of first. The young unicorn began to look for something to cover the wound, when she became aware that she was wearing something, and she looked down. She was surprise to find herself dressed in a white dress. The dress was simple with the skirt reaching pass the knees, and short sleeves covering the shoulders. Twilight stared at the dress for about 10 second before deciding to use it. She went for the skirt, but stop, a feeling in the back of her head telling her something different. She listened to that feeling and moved up to the left sleeve. She had torn off a big enough piece of fabric after a near five minute struggle. She next carefully tied the piece of fabric around her injure palm, so not to drop it to the ground. It took about five minutes worth of work, but Twilight finally covered the wounds. “It may not be the best, but it should do,” Twilight beamed slightly, proud of the work she did, and giggle suddenly when a thought popped into her head, “Rarity would be in frenzy if she knew what I did to a dress.” The young unicorn gasps as remember something. She began frantically looking, trying to find any sighs of her friends or the princesses. She saw a creature close to her own location, and figure it was one of her friends. She was about to trot over to the being, when she remember the recent experience, and looked down. She didn’t see any other objects that could hurt her. Once she was sure it was safe to trot on, she began making her own over to the other being. Twilight couldn’t help but notice how awkward walking has become. Since her body was no longer in even proportions, she found herself crawling on her claws and knees, and it was a very uncomfortable to do so. She was also alternating between looking down at the ground and her target, so she didn’t have any more nasty surprises. She finally reached the other being, and took a seat, to examine it a bit. The creature was female, like Twilight herself. Her skin, as Twilight remembered it was called, was slightly darker then the stuff that now covers the curious unicorn. Her mane was short and a strawberry blonde color and was a little unkempt. The only other thing that Twilight could make out of this creature was it outfit. She wore the same white dress as Twilight, and what appears to be a brittle gold necklace. Beyond these figures Twilight couldn’t make out anymore details. Satisfied with the little data she was able to muster, Twilight decided it was time to wake this mysterious creature. “Hey, you ok?” Twilight asked as she used her good claw to lightly shake the creature. The creature moans lightly and pushed away a little, obvious not wanting to be disturbed. Twilight frown a little at this, and shake the creature again, only a little harder this time. The creature reacted in a similar manner as before and just continue ignore the unicorn. This has the effect of making Twilight slightly mad, and she did something that she had never thought of doing before. “WAKE UP!!!” she screamed as she gently whacked the creature on the back. She let out a mix of a wince and a gasp for two reasons. First, she used her bad claw to whack the creature, causing a small jab of pain to go through it. Second her sudden outburst. Yes, she had gotten angry at times, but she never had resorted to violence before. This got the young unicorn thinking. “What if this transformation has affected more then just my body?” Twilight asked herself and immediately frown when she notice something. “And my voice different too!” She would have pondered this farther, if the creature hadn’t groaned a little. She looked down at the creature as she stirred, and lifted her head. She opened her bright red eyes and blinked twice, as she looked around. A small scrawl crossed her face when she noticed the strange creature looking at her, and probably figured it was the reason why her nap was disturbed. Twilight couldn’t help but stared at the strange creature’s even stranger face. It muzzle was short, barely reaching pass the creature’s mouth. It was also small, giving the creature a somewhat cute look. Her chin was also small and slightly pointed. The rest of her face was slightly narrowed, which seems to add to her overall cuteness. The thing that shocked Twilight, however, was a patch on rainbow colors, which started at the top of the creature’s right eye and went down and curve around her right ear. “What the hay?” the creature exclaimed rudely, in a light manehatten accent. “I was having a good nap. Why did you have to wake me whoever you are?” Twilight felt anger from how rudely she was being talked, but push it down when she realize that this creature remained her of somepony. Still, she needed to be certain. “Excuse me miss, you wouldn’t happen to be Rainbow Dash?” Twilight asked uncertainly. The creature gave Twilight a glare that said “Are you serious?” “Of course I’m Rainbow Dash!” the creature exclaimed confidently. “Who else’s is so awesome than me?” That was all Twilight needed, still…she wasn’t leaving anything up to chance. She was in a strange land, after all. “If you’re really Rainbow Dash, tell me what Rarity got you for your last birthday?” Twilight asked seriously. “Easy peasy,” “Rainbow” replied casually. “She got me a personal Wonderbolts crest, with diamonds she engraved herself.” Twilight’s eyes widen as a big smile appeared on her face, and she lung forward and wrapped her friend in a tight hug. Rainbow was startle by the sudden move, but did return a reluctant hug. “OOHHH, I’m so glad to you!” Twilight exclaimed happily. “Umm, miss, do I know you?” Rainbow asked awkwardly. Twilight gasp and pulled away from the confused Pegasus. “Sorry. I know I may look different but you got to be believed me when I say it’s me Twilight Sparkle,” Twilight said seriously. Rainbow once again gave her friend a doubtful glare. Still, the studious unicorn held firm, waiting for her chance to prove herself to her friend. “If you’re really Twilight, then tell me, what happened in the twelfth Daring Do book?” Rainbow asked suspiciously. “That’s easy!” Twilight replied confidently. “In the climax of “Daring Do’s Quest for the Eye of Eternal” Daring Do and her mentor turned rival, Hidden Knowledge, were turned fillies by the artifact, leaving the story at cliffhanger which was resolved in the next book, when Daring pass the Rite of renewal, and-umm, Rainbow? Are you ok?” Twilight looked at her friend, whose mouth had long since dropped open and her eyes even wider. The curious unicorn became quite confused when she saw her friend start to shake a little, as she brought her limb out. “T-T-Twilight…? What the hay happen to you?” Rainbow asked breathless as she reached over to touch her friend. She suddenly froze when she noticed her own appendage. Her face paled, much to the surprise of Twilight, as she looked at the claw, flexing at slightly. “What the hay happened to me? *GASP* what the hay happened to my voice!” Twilight saw that her friend was close to panicking and did the only thing she could think of; she wrapped her friend in a tight hug. She could feel her friend’s heart rapidly beating against her chest and her ragged breath running down her neck. Still, she quickly calm down when she realized what was happening, and soon returned the hug. The two stayed like this for nearly a minute before Rainbow regained enough of her composure. She broke the hug and looked at Twilight. “Twi, what happened to us? Where’s you horn?” Rainbow asked in concern. “My Horn…” Twilight exclaimed with fright and thrust her claw appendage to her forehead. Now it was the bookworm’s turn to panic, when she couldn’t feel her pride and joy. Rainbow saw what was about to happen, and acted by putting her claws into Twilight’s own and that got Twilight’s attention. She looked into her friend’s confident eyes, and felt some of her worries disappear. She took a couple of breaths to compose herself before speaking. “Well, I’m thinking this is Discord’s doing. He no doubt turned us into these creatures so I wouldn’t have access to my magic and you wouldn’t have your wings-” Twilight was interrupted when Rainbow Dash gasp loudly, and tried to look behind her and fell into her back. Twilight move as quick as her new body would allow her to and got beside her friend. “You ok?” Rainbow grumble to herself as Twilight helped her into a sitting position. “I will be…once I get my hooves on that no good Discord and rip him a new one!!” the former Pegasus said venomously. Twilight was surprised. Sure, she had seen her friend lose her temper a couple of times, but never to these levels. She was so angry her uncovered face was turning red. She once again thought back to her own outburst and wonder if they weren’t being affected by Discord’s spell. I just hope the others aren’t as bad as we are, Twilight thought and gasp when she realized her own thoughts. She began to frantically look around, but couldn’t find any traces of her other friends or the princesses. Her search didn’t go unnoticed by a former Pegasus pony. “Something wrong, Twi?” Rainbow asked in concern, her previous anger forgotten. “Where are the others and the princesses?” Twilight answered frantically. Rainbow gasped and began looking around as well. She starting to worry when she couldn’t find any of her friends, either. She looked at Twilight, hoping that her friend would have the answer. The former unicorn saw her friend’s eyes, and tried to pull herself together. “Ok, all we need to do is look for them,” Twilight explained calmly. “They can’t be to far away from us, after all.” “Umm, Twi, how are we going to do that?” Rainbow asked doubtfully, looking at her strange body. Twilight look at her own body and frown. She knew how hard it was just to move with this body. She studied this strange body of hers, and tried to figure what to do. “AH!” Twilight suddenly said, and beamed a little as looked at Rainbow. “How you ever heard of Iron Will?” “Hmm…” Rainbow crossed her appendages and titled her head to the left. “He’s that motivation speaker that Fluttershy once took a class from, right?” Twilight nodded slightly and said, “Yes, but more importantly, Ion Will is a being called a Minotaur.” Twilight frown when she noticed the frown on her friend’s face. “I learned about Iron Will’s species when Fluttershy told me about her little experience. I learned that Minotaurs walk upright. From the picture I saw in my “Curious Creatures of Equstria”, Minotaur’s bodies are similar to the ones we now have. Maybe we can walk like them?” Rainbow frowns and looked at her body. She wasn’t completely sold on what her friend was saying, still, thinking about her friends and the dangers they might be in, made all of her worries disappeared. She nodded her agreement, and Twilight smiled at her friend’s eagerness. The former unicorn’s smile turned into a serious face, as she looked down at her body. She took several small breaths and mentally prepared herself. She started out slowly, placing her right foot firmly on the ground. She frowns when she notice how odd the dirt felt under her foot. She ignored it as she slowly put her other foot down, and began to rise up. Twilight was amaze of how tall she has become. The avenge pony is roughly three, maybe four feet tall. But now she seems to be close to five feet. She would have done a more thorough study, if she had tried to look behind her, and nearly fell. Luckily she collided with something soft, and she looked into a pair of familiar eyes. “You ok?” Rainbow asked in concern. Twilight could feel herself blush slightly as she righted herself and looked at her friend. She frown when she noticed that Rainbow was slightly taller then her, probably by an inch and half. She also notice the object on her friend’s chest are slightly bigger then her own, and that made her feel slightly irritated. She tried to push the feeling aside, as she began looking around again, trying to use her new found height to see if she could find her friends. She nearly fell again, if Rainbow hadn’t put her foreleg around her and supported her. “Hey, take it easy. Don’t want to have anything happen to that pretty face of yours,” Rainbow said without a hint of humor in her voice. “I will hold you until we both get the hang of this.” Twilight would have blushed at her friend’s words, if she hadn’t noticed how serious Rainbow’s tone was. She nodded her understanding, and straightened up as she put her foreleg around her friend shoulder. Rainbow smiled confidently at friend, and together, they set off to find their friends. (…) In a place not to far from the change ponies, an object sat forgotten by all, except for time and the environments. It was a vehicle of some sort, but time and the elements hadn’t been kind to it. A thick lay of rust had coated the vehicle and certain parts are falling off, making the mark and model of the vehicle impossible to tell. It was a car the flat tires told anyone that. And yet, the model and style was now impossible to tell, mainly because of the large boulder that had crushed the entire front of the vehicle, as it rest near a small cliff side. There was a sudden burst of light, high above the vehicle, and a ball of light hover above the wreck. The ball, part of Discord’s magic, looked at the wreck with distain. It seems to enter into debut with itself as it looked down at the wreck that was once a vehicle. It jolts to the left and then the right, like it was looking for a suitable replacement. When one such replacement was found, the orb seems to sigh, and get a little closer. The orb sighs one more time, before it began to circle the vehicle in a clockwise fashion. A tail began to trail the orb as it started to grow smaller. The orb continued with this until a near circle was created and the orb was nearly gone, completing the circle just before it disappeared completely. The circle of light, roughly the length of the car, shimmers in the sun. The light then contacted, lowering itself into the vehicle. The wreck and the boulder that crashed it glowed as the light entered it into. The light faded a second later, leaving the wreck like nothing had happen. For the next minute nothing really happened. Then suddenly, a clanging noise was heard follow by a bam and another clang, as the boulder melted into the vehicle. The holes were covered up by the mineral as the rust was quickly shaken off. The flat tires become heated and melted away, as the frame holding them began to change. Finally, the headlights, which had long been broken, lit up, glowing in an eerie light. As the changes to the vehicle continued, taking on a monstrous shape, a window-shattering wail rang out through the sky. (…) “Oh, my,” Rarity gasp dramatically as she looked at her reflection in nearby pond. “I look horrible! And my mane looks so…plain!” Applejack rolled her eyes, and looked back at her own reflection. “I can care less about our manes and more about what happen to us,” she frowns when she heard her own voice. She still has her southern drawl, but it has loosened considerable. It remained her, a lot of one of her cousin, one that has stayed over for a summer, and when he left he was talking in a similar but somewhat fake drawl as the rest of the Apples. Rarity didn’t take kindly to her friend’s words and sent a glare her friend’s way. “Well excuuuse me, darling! But some ponies do have standards! Just because we’re change into some sort of hairless monkey is no reason to look one’s best!” She replied sharply. Much like Applejack, Rarity’s accent had change. She still spoke in a refine manner, but her posh accent had disappeared completely. Her voice was also slightly higher, not by much but still noticeable for anypony that knew her long-term. Twilight tune her friends out as they began arguing over petty things, and she studied her own reflection. Her face has that same pale but healthy skin that covered the rest of her body. Her nose was small and a little flat, and her chin was a little pointed. It was her cheeks that surprised her the most. They were a little round, with traces of foal fat on them. She was a little ashamed to admit this, even to herself, but she has always had a small amount of foal fat on her cheeks. Thankfully none of her friends has brought it up. She continued to studied herself and took notice of some minor difference. First were her eyes; there were now a dull red, not the lavender ones she came to expect to see every time she looks in a mirror. Then there was her mane. It was now completely black, no longer having that shine that makes it glow purple when in the right light. She still has her two strips running down her mane. Finally, due to the changes to her stature, she couldn’t tell if her mane was shorter or not. Twilight sighs lightly and looked at her friends, studying their own appearances. First was Rarity. Her skin was white, but with a hint of tan to it. Her mane, which was now a chocolate brown, was styled in her normal style, only slightly shorter and now on her left instead of her right. From within the curls that made up her normal style, she would see splashes of purple. Twilight next studied her friend’s face. It was narrow, and the chin was small. Her nose was also small, about the same size of Twilight’s own nose, just not as flat. Rarity’s cheeks are also a little round, but not to the levels that Twilight’s were. She also noted that her friend’s right cheek had a scar that her natural body didn’t have. Twilight couldn’t stop the irritated frown that worked its way to her face as she studied Rarity’s body. It was slender, much like her nature pony body. Her claws, however, were a different story. They were a little on the thick side, and that stumped her. She didn’t have long to think about her friend’s claws, as her eyes drifted to her chest, the source of her irritation. They were much larger then her own, just a probably a few inches larger then Rainbow’s, and that vex her for some reason. Twilight turned her attention to Applejack, to try and took her mind off of her growing irritation. The studious unicorn was amazed by her farming friend appearance. Her face was similar to Rarity’s and her own, just with a slightly wide face, and higher cheeks and small nose. She still has her freckles, just not as noticeable from a distance. Her hair was now a golden brown with solid yellow highlights. Her mane was still in a brad, but it was smaller then before. Her eyes were now a deep blue, the near opposite of her natural eyes. It was the farmer’s body that has the bookworm’s head swimming. Her new body was just as fit as her pony body, if not even more so. Every muscles on the farmer’s body was even, not one muscle was larger then the others. That didn’t surprise Twilight. Applejack’s a farmer, so it stands to reason her body, even a fake one, would be built for long harvests. Then, there was her skin. It was much tanner then Rainbow’s skin. The object on her chest were also smaller then one might have expected, but still slightly larger then Twilight’s own. Honestly, if her heart didn’t yearn for another, she would consider Applejack fair game. Twilight quickly looked away from her faming friend, highly alarm by her thoughts and studied Pinkie Pie next. Pinkie was probably the thinnest among the group, with a healthy figure, with no extra body fat, not even Rarity had that. She was also the shortest of the entire group, and her skin is also a keep tan, even darker then Applejack’s own skin. The objects on her chest were also big, not as much as AJ or Rarity’s but still bigger then Twilight’s. The former unicorn turned her attention’s to her friend’s face, before these thoughts could resurface again. Her face was practically foalish, with a round face. Surprisingly she was the only pony in the group to keep her natural eye color. Her mane, which was now straight, was a deep red. The outer edges of the party pony’s mane were light pink hue. Pinkie was currently keeping herself busy by playing with her claws. She would loop her claws together and somehow do this complex movements that stumped Twilight. Still, she found herself smiling, happy that her random friend wasn’t letting something unusual stop her. Twilight’s smile faded as she looks at the last member of the group. Fluttershy was to be as expected; terrified out of her wits. The only thing keeping the timid pony from breaking into tears was Rainbow. The other Pegasus was close to her, studying herself as she comforted her friend. Fluttershy’s skin was pale, paler then Twilight’s skin, but still healthy look. She was thin, not as thin as say Pinkie but still thin. Like the others before her, the objects on Fluttershy’s chest were bigger then Twilight’s, but she found that she wasn’t irritation like she was with the rest of her friends. Twilight quickly turned her attention to her friend’s face, and couldn’t help but frown. There was no extra foal fat on Fluttershy’s face, but it was slightly wide, which gave her face a slight cute feature, when the unicorn thought about it. Her eyes were brown but with a noticeable gold tilt to them. It was Fluttershy’s hair that threw Twilight for a loop. It was a bluish black, and was short, shorter then when she was a pony, barely reaching passed her ears. There was a trace of pink in her mane, it was a single strip running from the back of her head to the center where it loop down and went back to the base. Twilight noted that all of her friends were wearing the same white dress that she also has on. They also have on brittle gold necklaces with hollow centers, no doubt where the elements of harmony once resided. She looked back at the pond and notices the brittle gold tiara on her head. She could tell that it was her own crown, just lacking the flare it once had. But… what are we? Twilight asked herself, as she looked at her reflection. More importantly… where are the princesses? Twilight sighs and looked at her friends. Shortly after setting out with Rainbow, they were able to find their friends close by but not the princesses. It took some time but they were able to convince their friends of their identities, and decided to look for the princesses. That proved to be harder then they first thought. They couldn’t take two steps without tripping over their own feet. In the end, the group decided to practice a little before heading to look for the princesses. That was 20 minutes ago, and while they had made progress in learning how to move in their new bodies, the experience has been draining. Plus, the tough ground was doing a number on their feet. When they found a small pond they decided to take a break, and check themselves out. Twilight sigh again, and began to look around. She figured that the princesses should have been near them. But that was quickly turning out be false. She was also worried; both princesses were injured in a sense, and would be unable to defend themselves. Twilight set her jaw as that information, and she got to her feet. Immediately everypony’s attention was on their unofficial leader. She opened her mouth, only to shut it when a screamed pierced through the air. The group was instantly on their feet, and running/stumbling in the direction they believed the scream originated. The six quickly reached a small slant in the ground, and gasped at what they saw. Two young ladies, an unconscious one being dragged across ground by the other, were being chased by some sort of metal monster. Twilight focused on the monster, and studied it. It remained her of something she read in a fantasy book once. It has eight spider-like legs, which was mode up of metal and stone. The upper body was looked similar to what Twilight and her friends’ bodies has, only much wider and without the round objects that the girls have. It limbs were long, nearly reaching toward the ground, that each ended with sharp claws. The head was in the shape of a familiar spirit of chaos, but with only one eye. The head made it clear who sent this thing. Twilight turned her attention to the girls the monster was chasing and gasped. The two were similar in looks, with the same light tan skin. The conscious woman has a long white mane with indigo and navy blue bangs in the center of her forehead. She also wore a similar whit dress, but she also has a pair of silver bracelets, a black necklace, a pair of silver slippers, and a black tiara. The unconscious woman also wore the white dress, but only had a gold necklace. She also had a white mane, only much shorter and has a dull vision of the rainbow wrapping around the left side of her mane. Twilight could only gawk at the two women, unable to process anything else, including that those two were in danger. There was no mistaking who those two were, even if they don’t look remotely like they use too. And she wasn’t the only pony to see it, unfortunately. “That’s the princesses!” Rainbow screams got the attention of her friends, and the looked at her in time to see her tried to fly. But in that one moment of loyalty the former Pegasus had forgotten that she no longer have wings, and she came straight down the second she jumped up. Twilight, also in a moment of poor judgment, used her new claws to try and grab her friend, and in the end, was pulled down with her. “Twilight! Rainbow!!” Applejack screamed as she lunged for her friend, missing catching them by a hair. The two former ponies screamed as they went sliding down. The touched down with a collective ‘oof’ that has the unfortunate effect of alerting the creature to two new targets. The creature changed direction by turning on it torso and simply walked over to them. The creature reached the former unicorn and Pegasus with just two to three steps. The former ponies regain their composure and looked up in time to see the creature points it claws as them. Twilight tried to act and cast a spell to teleport her friend and herself away, only to gasp when she remember she didn’t have her horn anymore. Panicking, she did the only thing that came to mind and hugged her friend as the creature thrust its claw at them.