“You know Twilight, wood is not exactly the most comfortable place to lay down,” the slightly pained voice of Sunset Shimmer came, and miraculously it made Twilight Sparkle -the human version of the pony princess- sober up and quickly disengage from the almost bear like grip she had on Sunset’s midsection. It was as if she had been scalded by the way she jumped a little bit backwards and had her hands up in the air, a surprised and slightly mortified look in her face.
Both girls were in quite the situation now and while the perils were not as big as before, there were still many things they had to take care of before they could be safe.
“I’m sorry, I guess adrenaline does not go well with me,” Twilight said putting her hair once more into a bun after it escaped from her jumping into Sunset. For her part, the other teenager moved her arm to make a slight chink in her shoulder go away. The last few hours, things had been hectic, but they had way more things to do.
Sure, now they had some semblance of a floor… one that was floating in the air completely breaking any laws of physics either girl knew, but it was interesting none the less, if you of course omitted the fact that they had no food and no way to get more material for their floor unless you counted the sapling they got before.
“You already met Pinkie Pie, so believe me; I’ve gone through worst situations.”
“Including being forcefully hugged and being send crashing into the floor?”
“Like I said, you already met Pinkie Pie,” Sunset said with a light chuckle remembering the surprise flying tackles known as hugs by Pinkie Pie. She loved the bubble gum-like haired teenage, but sometimes Sunset had to stop for a second just to process the strangeness Pinkie brought to her life every single day. Now, after spending some time inside the pocket dimension, she wondered if the girls back home were okay after the display of magic and power Twilight and her unleashed on their last battle “anyway, what do we have to work with now Twilight?” the bespectacled girl suddenly adjusted her glasses before a serious look landed on her face. If the teenage was anywhere close to her counterpart back in Equestria, then the question will make Twilight forget her social awkwardness and bring forth the scientist inside.
“So far, we only have twenty planks of wood, one piece of soil, a couple of individual transmutation tablets with no visible source of power and a sapling from the tree we chopped down… with our bare fists. If we go back home, that will be something I will be able to brag about to my brother.”
“You are wrong, is not ‘if, is ‘when’,” the redhead said making Twilight smile a little bit at the sheer optimism of Sunset “also, I didn’t know you had a brother.”
“Well, considering we just met a couple of hours ago, we never really had much of a social menagerie to exchange data about our personal lives.”
“Considering most of that time we were competing against each other, maneuvering around spontaneous bursts of magic and one final fight that could make most anime artists green with envy, there wasn’t that much time. Now we have all the time in the world, we can get to know each other well this time.”
“I don’t know, I mean, there’s nothing interesting in my life.”
“Twilight, if I learned something from my time at Canterlot High is that no life is uninteresting, that everyone has a tale to tell and that everyone is important,” the way in which Sunset talked, how much confidence she had on what she said was clearly visible. The sheer honesty and interest that Sunset had on Twilight was certainly touching and the Crystal Prep student blinked back what felt like tears. Apparently everyone at Canterlot High had the same teachings because never before had Twilight felt as accepted and relaxed at that point. Maybe if they were capable of returning back home she would make an effort of meeting the Canterlot High students outside… no, she corrected herself, WHEN they returned.
“Alright, I have a brother, he is on college and he is the best big brother I could ask for… although he can be such a dork some times. I could tell you about him and his friends, but I think we could leave that story for another time, we still need to find a way to survive.”
“You are right Twilight, maybe next time we can exchange stories about our families. So let’s see, beyond the planks and the soil, the only thing we can modify or even use without losing ground, pun completely intended by the way,” it was such a bad joke, but it still made Twilight snort in laughter “is the sapling that we got. I guess the only thing we can do right now is plant it although I’m not sure how long it will take to grow.”
“If it works like plants back on Earth it will take years before it could be useful for any practical purpose in here.”
“Still, is our only action to take right now, so, here goes nothing.” Sunset said holding the floating sapling in her hand and with a quick thrust the object was put on top of the soil as if it had some kind of magnet or glue. Looking at the small piece of greenery, Sunset thought back to her classes back on Equestria, where she learned about the tribal magic inherent to the Earth Tribe. How they could modify the ground itself and guide plants and trees to do their bidding. It was really interesting for the young filly and she wanted to learn everything she could about that type of magic even if she could not gain access to that branch of magic.
Now, things were a little different, maybe she could… it was a crazy idea, but if she could only concentrate on the energy that she knew was inside of her. She thought about those lessons and the way in which she could access her magic on Earth. It was blurry, hard to find, but something in the atmosphere of that dimension guided her. Maybe it was the feeling of freedom that magic had in the world Sunset and Twilight inhabited, but she could feel it, almost as if she was connected with the tree by a line or a string. She could feel the life coming from the soil and the small sapling as she guided the last one and gave it a little push forwards.
Next thing she knew, she felt less warm, as if she had suddenly been put under shade. Opening her eyes she saw a tree trunk and leaves shading her from the sun.