That night...in a land beyond our dimension, a pony, not just any pony, but a pegasus pony was on her way home from a party that night. She had to trek through what was known as the Everfree Forest in order to get back to her home. As she walked, a light from an unknown source seemed to intensify. The light grew brighter and brighter. It seemed to morph into some sort of blob, which turned out to be a portal. The pegasus pony, Fluttershy, shielded her eyes with a squeak as she backed away from the portal. She simply stared at it, quivering and indecisive on what to next. Staring at the swirling blob seemed to put Fluttershy in a light trance, which surprisingly, eased some of her nerves. She took one step, then another, and another towards the portal. Once she was inches away from coming in contact with the swirling portal, she reached out with her hoof to try and touch the portal. However, what she would feel was a very strong pull, causing her to yelp loudly as she was sucked into the portal. Inside the portal was many colors of light. Fluttershy flipped and turned chaotically as the gravitational forces pushed, pulled and spun her around in every direction. This lasted for about 10 seconds.
Back in our world, the time was 11:30pm. We were all sound asleep...all except Kayla of course. She was in a very light sleep. Up in the sky, a bright light illuminated the night. Kayla's lumen device beeped, which caused Kayla to jolt out of bed and right to her window to see the light coming from the jump points. Kayla gasped and immediately picked up her phone. She dialed our numbers.
"Come on, come on...pick up..." She said in a anxious tone. I was in a deep slumber. I heard a vibrating sound and slowly woke up. I looked at the phone and saw Kayla's name.
"Great...either she found an important piece of research...or she had a revelation..." I thought to myself. I answered the phone.
"Ugh...what's up Kayla...?" I asked in a very groggy tone.
"Something has come through!" Kayla said excitedly.
"Already...?" I asked still half asleep.
"Yes! Let's go find it!" Kayla exclaimed. Kayla seemed like she was full of energy. I hoped that this energy would carry over to tomorrow, as we had an important meeting about our science project.
"So where did you see the light?" I asked with a yawn over the phone.
"It appeared over the forest. Let's meet at my house and all drive there in one car." Kayla said.
"Alright, see you then." I said in a still tired tone. The drive to Kayla's house was full of many thoughts.
What came through?
Is it friendly?
What dimension did it come from?
Can it understand English?
After a ten minute drive, I pulled up to Kayla's house. I also saw Lenny's car there as well. I got out my Mustang and knocked on Kayla's front door. I could hear her footsteps as she ran towards the door. The door swung open and there was Kayla.
"Awesome! You made it! Let's head over to the forest. We'll take Lenny's car." Kayla said with a smile, as Lenny walked towards the front door, coming from another room in Kayla's house. We all got into Lenny's car, and drove towards the forest trails.
Meanwhile, Fluttershy had been slowly roaming around the forest, not knowing where she was or what to do.
"Wh...where am I? Wh...what is this place? I...I don't think I'm in Equestria anymore..o-oh my..." She said with a quiver, letting a small sniffle. Fluttershy continue to rove slowly through the dark forest. She eventually became too scared to move forth, and sought shelter in a bush.
Back in the car, we arrived at the entrance to the forest. We grabbed our flashlights and headed out.
"This feels like a ghost hunt or something..." Lenny said.
"Pft, I'm just glad it's not 3am." I teased.
"Oh you two..." Kayla commented as Lenny turned off the engine. We each grabbed our flashlights and headed into the forest to begin our search.
We slowly made our way into the forest, keeping a sharp watch over our surroundings. Everytime we heard something, one of us would point our flashlights in that direction.
"Jeez, there are a lot of stuff roaming around tonight..." Lenny said.
"As long as it's no bear I'm okay with that." Kayla said as some bushes rustled. We all gasped and pointed our flashlights towards the bush. Some whimpering could be heard.
"Shhhh. This could be it." Kayla said in a near-whisper. We all put our hands on the bush and slowly opened it. What was inside would give us the shock of our lives.