//------------------------------// // Now, um... How do we get back again? // Story: Welcome to Olympus // by aprilshowers45 //------------------------------// "You need to burn stuff for me!!!" Rainbow boomed, giggling like crazy. "Yeah, now that you mention it. Come on, y'all, let's all get a fire goin'." Applejack remembered. So they burned their sacrifice stuff and all that stuff. "Hey, um, actually, 'Iris' shouldn't really be seen hanging out with people like us, so, I know you've made it so we don't blow up looking at you, but perhaps you should change a teensy weensy bit more?" Fluttershy suggested. And so Rainbow changed into what looked like an Apple family member, only with her rainbow mane still there. Her cutie mark became a zap apple. Well, her necklace's charm became one. "Better?" she asked. "Better!" the others replied. And so, they began walking again, until they found a cave thing. They went in, and Pinkie Pie started with a "Welcome to a million years ago!" party. No cake, though. But they did find some more fruits. "Pinkie, maybe you should save your party for when we get back home? We'll need a nice 'Welcome back' extravaganza. Heehee!", Rarity said. But the laughter broke when they heard footsteps. "Iris." a female voice said. "Why are you here? With these ones? Princess Genera? You shouldn't be here." "Who are you?" Fluttershy said, terrified. "Show yourself!" Twilight demanded. And a woman approached her. Her skin was pale, but her cheeks were blue. (Rarity doesn't like blue blush. It's just not right. To her, it made her more freakish.) Her hair was white, but had a faint blue tinge as well. Her robes were shiny black, and she had a pendant with a charm that looked a bit like one of Pinkie's colouring pages, a circle with some curvy lines and a six pointed star in the middle. It kind of reminded Twilight of the Alicorn Amulet, and the pony who took it... Trixie... Wait. WHAT? "I am Hecate, goddess of Magic and Witchcraft." the Trixie goddess told them. "What you you want from us?" Applejack said, shivering in her sandals. "Iris, are these good humans?" Hecate asked. Rainbow Dash nodded. "They're from another world. They need to get back. But I can't help them. With your magic though..." Hecate sighed. "If you really think they deserve it, I can help them."