Twilight sat upright, feeling her hair singed.
"What... happened?" Twilight asked. She heard a groan. Getting to her hooves, Twilight walked to the source of the groan. It was too smokey to make much out, but she heard a gasp, then a sputtering, choking cough.
"What the hay happened?" A voice called out "St- Star Swirl? Yo' beard face, where are you? Pond? Amy? Tia, Luna? Celaria? Is anyone there?" The smoke cleared, and a creature (vaguely reminiscent of the creatures in the other world Twilight went to) was on it's knees looking around. It then saw Twilight.
"Who- who are you?" He then saw her wings, "You're... an alicorn? I thought they were the only ones!" He said.
"Yes, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and... who are you?" She asked.
"Twilight... Sparkle?" He asked. He shook his head, dismissing any questions he had. "Have you seen my friends? Two alicorn fillies, one adult alicorn, and a pegasus named Golden Pond." He asked. Twilight shook her head.
"You... must be Harmony." Twilight asked. He gritted his teeth.
"No, but I was." He hissed.
"Then... I did it! I'm not sure what I did, but I brought you back!" Twilight cheered. The creature was confused.
"Brought me back? Brought me back from where?" Twilight looked at the machine.
"I don't know... where ever this thing sent you, I guess." Twilight explained the best she could.
"But... it didn't send me anywhere, I was walking to the portal... then some lightning hit me... and now they're gone." Harmony said, looking around. "Hey... how did I survive that anyway?"
Just then, some guards burst in, wielding spears and swords.
"I detected a magical disturbance!" A unicorn shouted. "Princess! Are you alright?" He asked Twilight. Harmony turned to Twilight in shock.
"Princess? How come I've never heard of you?" He asked. Twilight took on a grave face.
"It's because you've been lost in time," She said. Harmony shook his head a bit.
"I'm sorry... what?!?"
"Yes, I'm fine. I was fiddling with this machine here, and it went off." Twilight said to the guards, she then turned to Harmony. "You remember the princesses as fillies... yes?"
"I would say 'because they are'... but I'm getting a sneaking feeling they aren't." Harmony said. Twilight nodded.
"Your from the past, long before Nightmare moon, Discord, the crystal empire... any of it!" Then, Twilight remembered the creator of the machine that had caused this in the first place. "Did you... know who made this?" She asked. He nodded.
"You mean beard face? Oh yeah! He's a jerk."
"How could you call him... a jerk!" Twilight shrieked. "He was one of the greatest unicorns of all time! He created-" Twilight's lecture was interrupted by Harmony.
"Was?" Harmony asked.
"He's... he's been dead for centuries." Twilight explained. Harmony looked shocked.
"He.... he's dead... and I insulted him... after all he did for us..." He started tearing up. "So... if Star Swirl is dead... then that must mean that Pond's..." He shook his head, and started smacking the ground. "No! She's gotta be here!" He exclaimed, he then shot up, ran past the guards and out of the room. "AMY!" He called. He looked left. Cupping his hands around his mouth, he called again. "AMY! AMY WHERE ARE YOU?!" Twilight rushed to him.
"Hey!" Twilight shouted. He looked at Twilight. "Is... is this 'Amy' also known as Pond?" Twilight asked. He laughed, tears in his eyes.
"Yeah! That's her pony name, she has it so she could go to school and have a normal life." Twilight looked somber.
"Then... I'm sorry..." Twilight began. He shook his head angrily.
"No."
"I'm so, so sorry." Twilight said, grabbing his hand in her hoof.
"No!" He shouted again.
"She's dead." Twilight said. He lifted his hands to his face, and feel to the floor, sobbing.
"NO!" He said between sobs and gasps for air. "AMY!" He cried, mournfully. Twilight knelt beside the crying monster.
"Hey there... it's ok," Twilight reassured him.
"No! It's not!" Harmony shouted. "Everyone I've ever known is long dead! I have no life here, and no life there!" Twilight realized something.
"Not everyone's dead! There's still the princesses!" She exclaimed. Harmony sighed, getting to his feet. "Come on! They'll be so happy to see you!" Twilight bounced off happily, Harmony trailing behind.