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// 12 peculiar portals 
// Story: Forced Adoption 
// by Cool writer 
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	"So, this thing should take us home?" Amy asked, unsure. The device she was looking at was a steampunk-style ring, with lots of monitors, wires, and other gizmos of that nature connected to it. It was the perfect size for Amy and/or Jason to crawl through it. But, it still looked if-y. Like it could break at any time. Celaria and the foals were also in the room, having their cilent doubts on the device. The room itself existed in Canterlot.
"Yeah, I'm not too sure about this thing." Jason agreed, knocking on the rim of the ring. It made a hollow metallic "thunk" noise. "I don't think this is a good idea." Amy tapped the device, it sparked a bit in response. Amy shook her head.
"This is gonna go horribly wrong." she said. The inventor of the magical device (AKA Starswirl The Bearded) was in the room listening to the complaints of the sole purpose of its creation.
"If you don't like it, then you'll have to find your own way home." Starswirl scoffed at the humans.
"Fair point," Jason said. "We just want to know if it's safe."
"Of course it's safe." Starswirl gloated. The machine sparked and a cloud of smoke flew out. His eyes looked nervous for a moment. "Ish."
"Ish?" Amy asked rhetorically. "I think it could be safer than Ish." The old wizard rolled his eyes.
"Again, do you want to get home?" He asked the humans. Both the humans sighed. "Good!" Starswirl said, a little happier. His horn glowed golden, and he zapped a small port in the device. The machine burst into life. In the middle of the ring, a small orb of pulsing white light appeared and emitted waves of blue light to the metal of the rings. It was the portal. The humans "oohed" and "ahhed" at it.
"Well," Celaria said. "I guess this is- GOOD HEAVENS!!!" Celaria was attempting to say goodbye before a huge tentacle shot from the portal.
"Close it close it close it!" Amy screamed, covering her eyes with one hand and flailing wildly with the other. Starswirl shot another beam of magic into the port, and the tentacle slipped back through the portal, the orb vanished, and the blue waves ceased. All the occupants of the room (minus one wizard) glared at Starswirl. Starswirl rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"I think it needs a little... recalibration..." Starswirl coughed. Jason felt a burning feeling in his chest, a little... fiery rage.
"Yeah, reclaibrate it so we don't end up meeting Cthulu." Jason teased sarcastically. Starswirl shook his head.
"Okay, I see your point. But I'll have you know I vanquished Cthulu a few months ago." Starswirl said, defensive and offended. Then he realized something. "Wait, how do you even know about him?"
"Wait, Cthulu is real?!?" Amy shrieked. She had come across Cthulu on the internet. Celaria, meanwhile, was lost.
"What's Cthulu?" Celaria asked. Starswirl immediately dismissed the question.
"Nothing nothing!" Starswirl waved a hoof wildly in a "forget about it" motion. "But anyways... it'll take some time for me to find that specific world again..." Starswirl muttered under his breath.
"What was that?" Celestia asked, hearing perfectly well what the old stallion had said.
"Oh, I said this is going to take some time." Starswirl acted as though he hadn't said anything hinting that he used the human world as a trash can. Celestia didn't buy it. She made sure he knew that as the non-unicorns were ushered out of the room, by giving him a death glare. Once Starswirl had gotten all of the other's out of the room, he rested against the door and sighed.
"I should really stop sending stuff to that dimension." Starswirl the noticed the letter on his desk, telling him to face a bunch of Sirens. "Eh, one more couldn't hurt."