Back in Equestria, Twilight, Sunset, Spike, and Vignette ventured through the Everfree Forest, the former two scanning for anything to look out for, while the latter two were more focused on Vignette's lesson.
"Okay, up and down, one and two, you're doing great Vignette!" Spike chirped.
"I'm doing it... I'm actually doing it! I'm flying!" Vignette chirped while trying her hardest not to look at the ground. "Sunset, look! I'm flying!"
"That's great, Vignette, keep it up," Sunset spoke, focusing on the ground below. "Twilight and I'll let you know when it's safe to go to the ground."
"Woohoo!"
"Say, while we're at it," Spike flew to Twilight's side. "What exactly are we looking for?"
"What we're looking for is a place where a certain old friend of ours lives at. If there's anybody that has magical artifacts that can help us, it's her."
"Oh, you mean Zecora, right?"
Sunset tilted her head. "Who's Zecora?"
"Right, you never met her," Twilight remarked. "Zecora is a zebra who lives in the Everfree Forest, who also happens to be very knowledgeable about magical items. The idea is that once we get to her house, we'll ask her if she has anything that can help Vignette seal whatever magical problem is causing havoc in the other world."
"That sounds good and all, but what if she doesn't have something we can use?" Sunset argued. "Where would we go then?"
"I'm hoping she has something, but if she doesn't, we might need to take some drastic measures."
"How about we look for a seal or something?" Vignette blurted, reaching the trio. "If we can't find a magical artifact that can help us fight the problem, an artifact that can help us seal it would be the next best thing, right?"
"She's got a point there, Twilight, especially considering Magic's really hard to destroy."
"It's impossible to destroy, Spike: it's practically like energy, in that it can be moved or transferred, but not created or destroyed."
"But if it can't be created, then where did it come fro-"
Suddenly, Vignette screamed, and the group turned around to see a giant plant grabbing her by her lower body, Vignette flapping her wings as she tried to futilessly escape.
"Don't worry, Vignette, I'm coming!"
Spike flew towards the plant and show a stream of green fire at its root, killing the plant and allowing a disturbed Vignette to hit the ground.
"Are you alright?" the dragon asked as he flew to Vignette's side. "It's over, I already took care of the plant."
"Not so fast, Spike, there are many more plants where that came from," Twilight stated as she and Sunset floated to the ground. "The best thing to do is keep going and watch where we're going, to try-"
"Yeah, Twilight, we get it," Sunset interjected. "Vignette, are you okay?"
"I.O.J.T.: I'm Okay, Just Traumatized. By the way, this might seem like a dumb thing to ask, but... Can you teleport?"
Twilight and Sunset blinked twice.
"You know, as in, use your Magic to take us directly to that Zecora's house? And avoid staying out here?"
"The thing is, the Everfree Forest is a location that only the strongest Alicorns can enter and leave without much trouble, and-"
"It didn't occur to you until now, did it?"
Twilight closed her mouth, and her ensuing silence was all the answer Vignette needed.
"It seems you're in need of a friendly guide."
Everypony turned around, and they saw Zecora walk into view, pulling away her hood to reveal herself.
"Zecora!"
"Follow me, I'll take you to a safe place to hide."
The group found themselves in Zecora's house soon after, and while Vignette and Sunset scanned the place, Twilight and Spike talked with the zebra.
"It's been a long time since your last visit, Princess. I take it you've been busy with some royal business?"
"Yeah, ever since I became the ruling princess of Equestria, my schedule's so full and bloated that I barely have time to visit my friends."
"That is one of many issues that come with the position. But don't fret, Princess, you made the right decision."
"Okay, with that out of the way, we need your help, Zecora," Spike spoke. "We got someone here who's afraid of magic. And we wanted to know if you had anything that could help her with that."
"How peculiar, fear of magic. I pity the pony with such a fear, for it makes their life tragic."
"Well, not exactly; the pony I'm talking about isn't actually from here, but the story's too long and complicated to explain, so, can you help us?"
Zecora hummed. "I can help, but on one condition. I wanna meet the pony with this inhibition."
Hearing that, Twilight eyed Sunset, who promptly nudged Vignette and gestured her to walk to Zecora. The dimension traveler obliged, and chirped soon after:
"Uh, hi! I'm Vignette Valencia, and I'm-"
Zecora put her hoof on Vignette's mouth, and smiled.
"Nice to meet you, Vignette. If we had more time, we'd get along, I bet."
Then, she put her hoof down.
"But we don't have time to meet each other, I'm afraid. For now, allow me to give you my aid."
"... So, you can help us?"
Zecora nodded, then walked to her collection of artifacts.
"Fear is an emotion that comes from the unknown and the lack of control. When something appears and we can't do something about it, it gives dread to us all."
Zecora's search quickly came to an end, and she smile.
"Therefore, control and knowledge is the key, to overcome this fear, see?"
"I... Think I get it," Vignette put her hoof on her chin. "When my phone got corrupted with magic, I barely even thought about it. But once it got destroyed and I was left to think, the fact my phone got corrupted by something I've never seen before sent shivers down my spine."
Twilight turned to Sunset. "What's a phone?"
"I'll tell you later."
"Your fear is based on magic's free, uncontrollable nature. So to quell it, you must do one last, treacherous venture."
Zecora walked back to Vignette, and revealed a trinket on her hoof: an amulet shaped like an emerald, which was so transluscent it almost looked invisible.
"This trinket will help you, with just a thought, to seal the magic that will soon be fought."
Vignette grabbed the amulet, and took a closer look at it.
"So, with just a simple thought, I can seal magic inside this thing?"
Zecora nodded. "No matter how big or small, that trinket seals magic of types all."
"Okay, but that's all it can do?" Sunset asked, having finally stopped cringing at Zecora's rhymes. "Does it have any other function or something?"
"It does have it, and to explain them I can," Zecora turned back to Vignette. "But I believe your friend here..."
Twilight, Sunset, and Spike looked at Vignette, who had a confident expression on her face.
"Has formulated a plan."