It was noisy.
It was really noisy, and she didn't know why. She couldn't recognize a single voice. She couldn't see a single thing. Everything was still dark. She wondered why for a moment, but shortly realized her eyes were closed. A simple fix. She could wake up from that...dream.
She opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry, and she had a horrible headache. Her entire body was so tired. She couldn't even move. She blinked her eyes a little more, to clear her vision and see what was going on around her. After a moment, it finally did...and she had no idea what she was looking at. A few strange, tall, bipedal creatures walking around in lab coats. She would normally be interested to see what may only be scientists, but then she realized another strange and quite worrying detail.
She's on a metal table.
...She opened her mouth, but nothing came up. No words. No screams. She just couldn't find the strength to even speak yet, let alone move. Though, slowly, she could feel it coming back. It was almost like she was on some sort of drug. A drug she could tell was wearing off, though slowly... Not fast enough for her liking, as one of the creatures in a coat had spotted her waking up.
"Oh...Its awake! Nice to know it's alive, but...well, I need it asleep right now..." The creature, which by the tone of voice she could tell was male, chuckled a bit and gave her a pat on the belly. "I wonder what you are... Clearly a pony of some sort, with wings? And an odd growth on your head. Certainly not natural... But, I guess I'll just have to find out!"
That didn't sound good. That sounded quite scary, in fact. A whole new species. She didn't even know what it was capable of. What it wanted to do with her. Was it going to be simple examinations? Or... something worse? She didn't want to find out. This is where she started to struggle. Struggle to move her head, her body, use magic, scream. But then she stopped for a moment. Gathering her thoughts, she took a breath to relax while the creature had his back turned.
Screaming... Screaming won't get me anywhere... I'm spent on magic right now, from whatever happened previously... I need to get up... I'm not strapped down. I need...to...get up!
She grunted, and tensed up her body a bit, trying to move something. She managed to, at the very least, flick her tail. Her body tensed up moreso when the creature turned around again. Her pupils dilated in fear when she saw him holding a syringe. She figured that was probably more tranquilizers for her. If he gets that into her system, there is no way she'd get out of here. She kept it up. Kept trying to flex her muscles, lift a wing, kick out a hoof. She needed to, otherwise...
"Oh dear...You look like you're having a hard time. Alright, let me just give you something to help you-oof!"
He was interrupted before he could finish, as Twilight finally managed to kick out a hoof. Right into his stomach. With one leg moving, she was able to regain the rest of her mobility, and carefully lifted herself up onto her hooves, on the table. She was already breathing heavily, exhausted beyond belief from before. But the adrenaline running through her kept her up. For a moment she watched the creature recover from her kick. She didn't even mean to do so, and honestly felt a little bad. But, she'd have to worry about that later.
The creature managed to stand up straight again, and stared at Twilight. "Y-You...shouldn't be up like that...Come on now, lay down..." He took a step closer to the table again, still holding the syringe.
Twilight's mind was racing again. Panicking. She did not want him near her. Once more, the adrenaline kicked in, and she kicked off the table and onto the floor. Almost as soon as she felt her hooves on the floor, she rushed toward the nearest thing that looked like a door, bucked it right open, and ran. Fast.
She had figured there would be more to this place, and when she saw two more creatures walking about, she didn't waste any time and continued to run. They both came after, of course, even as she burst through the next door.
"Damn it! Turn on the emergency locks for all the exits. This is a new species we can't lose!"
She may not know what these creatures are, but she could still understand them, and that they were trying to lock her in. She'd have to do something slightly crazy...
It wasn't too long before she reached the front room of the lab, and there were two metal doors. One leading out the front, and one off to the side. She knew very well already that those doors were not going to budge for anything short of an explosion, which she is certainly not able to do at this time. So, gathering all the courage she could, she ran to the wall, took a good jump, using her wings to protect her face, and dived through the glass window, just as the scientists reached it. By the time they looked out the window, she was already flying away.
"What..."
Twilight's voice finally returned to her shortly after escaping the lab. She didn't go far, however, before she realized what was around her. A completely unfamiliar city. A city much more different from any she had seen in Equestria. It wasn't huge, full of tall buildings like Manehattan, but everything looked...foreign. Large, metal automobiles that were far more advanced looking than the ones back home, more bipedal creatures in clothing. After staring at everything for a few minutes, she took off again, this time on hoof. She was running out of energy again, at this point. She felt like her body was on fire from all the strain. Her memory of what happened before waking up was still a little fuzzy as well.
Realizing quickly that she was being stared at, she ran faster, as best as she could, until she reached a park, which was thankfully a bit secluded, and there didn't seem to be any of those creatures around there at the moment. With a huff, a groan, and a few more steps, she made her way behind a large tree and collapsed. Her body was out of strength, and she could finally relax for a while. Though, she wasn't sure how relaxed she could get in this situation. This was most certainly not Equestria. She had no idea where she was, but she knew that there were no creatures like the ones from earlier there.
She slowly rolled onto her back, and took a few deep breaths. The air was a bit....odd. She detected a hint of smog, but not too much. But otherwise, at least it was air. "I...Maybe I'm still dreaming...But that storm..."
She had been about to close her eyes to rest, but then opened them again as she said that. "Ah...The storm...That's what happened..." She shook her head, and frowned. "Almost like a blizzard, but worse....I froze myself...And there was nothing around...Oh no...Oh no oh no oh no..."
The more her memory returned to her, the more she realized what was wrong. Equestria was gone. Entirely. She remembered the storm. The barren wasteland from moments before. She remembered standing in Ponyville with her friends and the Princesses, and suddenly...nothing.
"Equestria...is gone..." She finally closed her eyes again, and rolled back onto her side, only to curl up and try to look small. She was not feeling too good... After all the panicking, running, and storm, she finally let go and cried. The more she thought about it, the worse she felt. How she may never see her home again, or her friends, family, the princesses...For truly one of the worst times this could possibly happen, Twilight Sparkle had no idea what do to but cry.
Why...Why couldn't I stop this? Why am I so useless?! I hate it...I hate this...There's nothing left for me...I don't even fit in this world. They treated me like a strange animal they had never seen before...
She remained there, wallowing in her own self-hate, hoping that she would just be able to sleep and wake up from this horrible nightmare. Eventually, she started to do just that. Her eyes finally closed, and her sobbing quieted down. She was just about to find sleep.
Until something rustled around in the bushes on the other side of the tree. Her eyes snapped back open at that, and she lifted up her head again to see what it was. She was half afraid it would be another biped, come to take her back and do...who knows what to her. But at this point, she couldn't see it in her mind to care. Despite this thought, she still lifted herself up to face whatever came from the bushes. Whatever danger it was, she may as well take it head first.
Slowly, and hesitantly, from out of the bushes came a small, white rabbit. It was staring at her, rather intensely too. But otherwise, just a regular rabbit. Twilight even managed a smile at the little thing, and laid herself back down again as they looked at each other. "At least...there's something here that's recognizable...You even remind me of someone..." She held a hoof out, slowly, so as not to scare it away. "Its okay little guy...I'm not dangerous...I actually love rabbits. You're so cute..."
The rabbit backed up a little at first, not expecting the hoof to come forward, but eventually moved in close again, first to smell the hoof, then to work its way up her leg, to make sure she didn't smell like some sort of predator, most likely. Twilight smiled a bit more when she noticed it calmed down a bit, and began to pet it. "Did I just make a friend..? Its nice to meet you too..."
She began to think again as she bet this little rabbit.
...I wonder...There are still creatures here that want to bother making friends with an odd one out like myself...This is feeling more like my first time in Ponyville...It almost feels...good again...Maybe I gave up too soon...
"...I need to carry on. Thank you, little friend." She gave him one last pet before finally standing up, with renewed strength she didn't even think she'd find again. Even something as small as a friendly bunny, it gave her confidence that maybe this world won't be as dark as she expected.
Her smile remained on her face as she turned around and began moving through the park. Though, she paused shortly after when she heard a certain rabbit trailing behind. She looked back again at him, and tilted her head. "Did you want to come along..? You're welcome to join me...I don't know where I'm going, but...I'm going to leave this place."
The rabbit only twitched its nose in response before bounding over to her, and it leapt right up onto her back where it settled. She chuckled slightly at him making himself comfortable on her back, and finally continued on.
With a friend here...Maybe this won't be as bad as I thought...Just maybe...