I groaned, slowly blinking my eyes open before quickly squeezing them closed again at the burning bright light.
There was another groan next to me, "...Page, you okay?" Midnight asked.
"...Damn it, what did I say about the landing," I groaned and slowly pushed myself up, carefully opening my eyes against the bright sunlight. We were... I could see Canterlot in the distance, smoke from the chimneys of a town in the distance.
Ponyville.
"We should be in the same spot we were in when I cast the spell," Midnight said and looked around, helping Talon onto his feet, "Talon?"
"I'm good," he said and then looked at her, "did it work?"
Midnight got onto her hooves, lightning her horn and shining it around, "The magical signature matches," she said and looked at me.
"No castle," I said and shrugged, looking at Talon, "Give it a try?"
He nodded and dug into the bag, pulling out a pre-prepared scroll. He held it out and sent it off with a burst of green fire.
He paused for a second before he grinned, "It didn't bounce back!"
Midnight nodded, "Which means there is a Spike at least," she said.
Only minutes later, Talon burped out a large spout of flame before catching a scroll from it, unrolling it. He read for a second as Midnight and I watched before he grinned widely, "We're home! It's Spike and Twilight, they're in Nocturnis. Twilight writes that Luna is still in Nocturnis and will be waiting in the dream realm for you Page."
Home.
I pulled both of them into a tight hug, "Thank you," I mumbled softly against Midnights mane.
She gave me a small squeeze before she smiled, "Sorry it took so long," she said and then let go, "Talon, the second scroll?"
He nodded and sent a new one, this time to Celestia. Midnight looked around, "We should head to the train. Make our way to Canterlot."
"I should meet Luna..." I said hesitantly.
Midnight nodded, "You should," she said and then smiled understandably, "But you can do that at the train or by the train station if we have a wait."
Luna.
I finally nodded, "Okay," I admitted, "that's fair."
"Come on," Midnight said and poked my side with her wing, "I'm going to need to wait for weeks to see Tempest, you can handle twenty minutes more."
"...Okay..." I said again and walked along next to her, Talon walking by her other side.
Talon burped again and caught the incoming scroll before opening it, "It's from Princess Celestia. She's glad we're back and invites us to Canterlot. She says she has sent the guard with a sky carriage to get us."
"Well," I said, "that saves us some time."
Midnight smiled and nodded before she looked at me, "Come on," she said, "let's find a place where you can take a nap."
I gave her a small sheepish grin, "That obvious?"
"A bit, yes," Talon said with a grin.
Midnight led the way over to beneath the shade of a tree, "Go to sleep," she said, "We'll keep an eye out for the carriage. It will take a bit for it to get here anyway."
I gave them a thankful smile before sinking down into the soft grass in the shade, closing my eyes and lighting my horn for a quick sleeping spell.
The dream realm formed around me and I turned to find Luna already there.
Stars shimmered in her mane and she was just...
I met her eyes and didn't say anything, I just walked up to hug her tight. Luna sat down, forelegs and wings slipping around me, her cheek against my mane as I rested my head against her neck.
We just stayed like that for several long moments before I finally looked up at her, "I missed you."
"I missed you as well," she said quietly, "Amber told us what happened, Twilight figured out what it was. We have been working on a way to get you back since."
"I think Midnight had a bit of a leg up on that," I said and stroked her coat softly with my wing, "She had assistance from the mare that made the original spell. But I'll let her explain how they did it as I have no idea," I said and then kissed her softly.
Luna kissed back and then bumped her nose against mine, "Twilight has barely slept without magical help while you were gone. She kept working until Sunset and I pulled her away."
"And you didn't worry?" I asked and looked up into her eyes.
Luna smiled softly and nosed at my ear, "I did. But I know you would come back to us in some way, be it by us finding a way or you finding a way from your side. You are resourceful and you had Midnight with you. They came back with you, was it the wrong world?"
I flicked my ear and then looked up at her, "It was the right world," I said and shifted my wings, "But... they said this was their home now. They wanted to come back."
She pulled me closer, wings softly around me as she held me against her, "Come, let's go to their dreams. Twilight and Sunset will want to welcome you back."
I nodded and held her tighter, "I missed you, My Sky."
"I missed you as well, My Page," Luna murmured softly against my ear.
That was anticlimactic.
Except for the Bright wake up, Page & Company have returned to their home dimension.
...Discord may soon be released from his imprisonment for allowing his cousin Murphy and the writer for getting him in more trouble.
Now onwards to wacky hijinks and plots on the journey to return to Nocturnis!
Woooo! We’re finally back baby!
Celestia better fess up some of her feelings in canterlot!
Nice
In pages world, is the elements still resting In the tree or have gotten them back at some point?
So glad they got it right. I was worried that they might miss. The multi verse is a huge place and and finding one part is very hard.
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Should be Still there. Tirek was killed via swallowing a whole Amory and Discord fled never have gotten nor given away the Medallion of Tireks Brother.
Home at last
They were gone for about a month. Wonder what all has happened since then. Page is definitely gonna want to go see Skitter at one point because she sure as hell would've wanted the fabric of reality ripped apart so she could get him back. Amber too.
Amber is probably this close to tearing him to shreds.
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That’s only because she can’t tear herself to shreds for not being close enough to go with him.
And wouldn’t that have made the whole “negotiating with the changelings” bit even more interesting...
Less dramatic than my suggestion
It's good to be back.
They should totally plant the Friendship Castle in Nocturnis. Otherwise it will fail its purpose.
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Can't be Armageddon more than once a year.
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Maybe Naysay brags that his foal will have the revenge on his flanks or something
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Like she started the petition that Page ever 5 years is a dedicated Goal Service provider?
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Wholesome
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Good question. What about the seed?
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Not quite yet
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Chrysalis might want her promised help now.
Chrysalis: "Welcome back little Predator, fancy meeting you here. Since you are here already I remind you of our help you let us wait years by now."
Page: "O buck..."
Chrysalis: "You will do so most fiercely if you want to leave again."
Celestia: "Luna might object."
Chrysalis: "She might join us next time as I invited her."
Discord: "This is where the fun begins.
And remember 'stay hydrated' "
Page: "Cuddlebug alert! Snuggelbug alert!
*Random Wona swarm cuddlehug snuggel tackle Chrysalis into submission*
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RIP no last minute mirror portal
page needs to find out what his changeling name is
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- Mighty seed provider
- Savior of the Hive
- Changeling Stud
- My little Predator
- Seeder of Hives
- Hottest piece of pony flank
- Changeling King
( the royal Changelings consort )
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I mean, this series is like the McDonald's of writing, so you can't really expect much hahaha
Anticlimactic...but thats because Sunset and Amber haven't seen him yet.
Luna: Actually I take that back. We assumed it was Discord at first and interrogated him for a few hours.
Page: Ouch. He okay?
Luna: I'm sure he escaped the sock puppets eventually and is hiding somewhere..
Page: Sock puppets? Wait..I don't want to know. Anything else happen?
Luna: Angel Bunny tried to take your throne 3 times. Third one ended with a peace treaty acknowledging ME as the rightful ruler.
Page: WAIT! That rodent accepted you but still not me?!
Luna: According to Fluttershy, Angel stated "At least this ruler is a proper moon goddess that can control stars. The brown one only had boring powers only useful while asleep.". The rabbit will now spend his days trying to replace you as "the True Servant of the Night" instead.
Page: So the rodent is STILL going to keep attacking me?! Nothing changed then!
Luna: YEP!
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Promised help? Do you mean reaching other hives or improving pony-drone relations?
Huzzah! Home at last. Well, almost home. Still an 8-day train ride to deal with first.
And nothing zany ever happens on train rides with Page.
Hey at least you didn't get a kick to the head this time
Oh yeah, Amber is probably not gonna be a happy bug when we see her
"Several floors up, in a castle that doesn't exist on the other end... Yeah, I see what happened with the landing now."
Wait, did everything actually go as planned for Page? Impossible, there must be something we're missing.
Edit: Random question, but did Page ever mention what his original name was?
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Yes
great chapter
FINALLY
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tbf I think the map room is supposed to be on the ground floor but who's to say the ground is on the same grade
Home sweet home. Hopefully. At this point my main concern would be this turning out to be a very close world, and another trio popping in.
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Not everything has to be a disaster or drama. This was ultimately Midnight's adventure and Page happened to be caught up on the sidelines with his own subplot. Since the PoV is only from him throughout the series, that means we didn't see a lot of the stuff she was doing in the meantime. As far as Page was concerned, the tension came from their sudden 'kidnapping' and then being caught up in the question of self-determination versus duty for his friends.
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What could possibly go wrong?!
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Half the population of the Long Earth multiverse just groaned in sympathy. Good knees were a must before easy routes through the Low Earths were mapped.
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Nope, we don't know his name, or even his nationality (though UK or Sweden would be my best guesses, followed by other Commonwealth or Scandinavian countries).
No need for the grammar jackboots to come out today, well done!
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By new decree of Princess Skitter, At no time is Amber to be more than 3 feet from Prince Page, No Exceptions!
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YES!
Thanks for the update!
OMFG, the spell actually worked!? Wow. I honestly put 50/50 odds on it working, and 1-in-4 odds they'd wind up thousands of years in the past. A tiny part of me hoped for another cameo from Cthulhu.
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To play off of what other commenters have said, one can only hope for a boring, uneventful train ride home.