Twilight Sparkle woke up trapped in a box. It was a small box and there wasn't much light. She could move around but just a little. There was a blanket and two pillows and a bottle of water. There was also a computer.
Twilight kicked one of the walls with her hoof. It was very solid, and it hurt her hoof a bit. It felt like metal.
Her horn glowed for a moment, but a vision of a burst of energy rebounding on itself inside the tiny metal walls until everything was white and blind and burning. Then her horn stopped glowing.
Twilight Sparkle had a drink of water and curled up in the blankets and laid her head down on the pillow and tried to sleep. She slept for a little while. When she woke up, she had some more water, then tried to go back to sleep. She had a hard time falling asleep, and she felt itchy and kept thinking about things that had happened a long time ago that she didn't want to think about. Eventually she moved around in the box and looked at the computer.
The computer was mostly just a dusty old CRT monitor, which meant it was big and took up a decent amount of the box that Twilight was in. She had to squish her hind-legs up to fit next the computer, and it felt uncomfortable and hurt a little.
On the computer screen there was a flashing line, like the type you saw in text programs when they were waiting for you to type something.
Twilight typed Hello.
A few seconds later, the word Hello appeared below Twilight's.
Who am I talking to?
Who do you want to talk to?
Twilight thought about it for a little bit.
I would like to talk to Princess Celestia.
One moment please.
Twilight waited a moment.
Hello, Twilight.
Twilight thought for a few seconds about what she wanted to say.
Hi, she typed. How are you?
I am fine. Luna and I were trying our new bagels out for breakfast.
That sounds good.
Twilight adjusted in the box to try and get more comfortable, but she couldn't really do that because of how small the box was. She took a drink of water. Somehow, the bottle had refilled itself after she put it down for a while. The water wasn't very cold, but it also wasn't hot.
I'm stuck in a box, Twilight typed after a while.
Oh. That sounds like quite the predicament.
I'm kind of really stuck. It's not very comfortable.
Have you tried getting out of the box?
I was thinking about that, actually.
Please let us know how it goes. We have to get back to breakfast before the bagels get cold and Luna starts fussing at us.
Okay. I'll talk to you later.
Twilight had another drink of water. Her mouth felt dry even after a few sips, so she drank more. Then her throat felt dry.
I would like to talk to Pinkie Pie.
One moment please.
Twilight waited a moment. One of her legs was starting to go to sleep, so she moved it and squished the other one in further. She'd move it once it started to go to sleep in a few minutes.
Hi Twilight! How's it going? :)
Hi, Pinkie. Not so great right now, to be totally honest.
Aw. What's wrong? Did you mix up a spell with hilarious consequences?
Twilight frowned.
No. I'm stuck in a box and it's starting to hurt. Can you please come get me out?
Sure! Where are you? I'll be right over!
Twilight didn't type anything for a little while.
It was very dark in the box besides the tiny glow from the computer screen. The background was dark blue, and the text was white, and it was very hard to see all together.
Actually, I changed my mind. You don't have to come get me. It's not so bad in here.
Are you sure? I didn't have anything else to do today anyway. And I love breaking boxes... I even created a special holiday for doing it! I call it, 'Boxing Day'! Isn't that neat?
Twilight didn't have any food in the box. She didn't feel hungry. She felt a little tired. She didn't want to drink anymore water.
Yeah, Twilight typed. That's really neat.
Pinkie Pie didn't say anything back.
Twilight wanted to go to sleep. She decided to try one last thing.
I want to talk to everyone.
One moment please.
Twilight's screen lit up with messages.
Most of them said 'hello'. Some of them had smiley faces. A few of them were unrelated, and made Twilight want to cry.
Hello everypony, she typed. I want to let you all know that I am stuck in a box. I don't know how I got stuck in this box. I just know I woke up and I was inside it, and it's quite small and I'd like to get out.
Twilight took a drink of water. Her stomach hurt.
I would really like it if someone could come get me out of this box, please. I am scared to try magic because it feels like I might hurt myself. The walls are very thick and I don't know what to do. Please help.
Twilight pressed enter and waited. After a few seconds, messages started to pour in.
That really sucks. Hoping you find some way out!
I was in a box once. It was made of cardboard and cut in half so I just got out, but I feel like I really know what you're going through! Hang in there! :D
<3 <3 <3 Stay strong, everypony finds themselves trapped inside a box for a REASON
Have you tried getting out of the box? That might help!
Hi Twilight! Did you manage to get out of the box yet?
Twilight read as many of the messages as she could manage without crying. Then she went to sleep.