Spike lead them out to an open part of Ponyville's outskirts, one that could house a good number of people and ponies, without causing discomfort, though what they discovered in the area in question was that there were a number of arches resting in it, one that looked like an artisan of some kind created it, another one that looked like a clash of red and blue, which just so happened to have two odd emblems on it, and one more that was a crystalline mirror.
"Here we have the portal back to Korma, the planet Ember and I were sent to," Spike said, gesturing to the first arch as he stopped near it, allowing everyone else to replicate his movements without wasting time and gave them some time to take a moment to look at the other arches, a number of which were offline and seemed to be made out of simple stone, like they were placeholders for the time being, "the portal to Azeroth, where Spitfire and Rainbow spent some time fight the Legion... remind me to tell you about that, it's quite a lengthy tale and I've got a book on it... and last we have the portal that leads to Mirror Equus. Good, it looks like we won't have to reform the portals to Korma and Azeroth, though that surge of energy earlier knocked the portal to Mirror Equus out."
"Will it be hard to remake it?" Cozy asked, as she had a fair idea on how to wield magic, since her sisters had taught her all sorts of things with the arrival of her new horn, though she was still a novice when it came to this sort of thing and it was easy for her and everyone else to see that Spyro's group found something to be amusing, causing her to raise an eyebrow for a moment, "What's so funny?"
Instead of saying anything Spike started humming a tune as he gathered his magical energy, where Twilight, Starlight, and Cozy paused for a moment as they felt his energy, because it was far stronger than what they were expecting, even if he was no longer the same dragon Starlight knew, before the space between the sides of the arch shook as he raised his staff for a moment, showing he was channeling a spell of some kind, and a portal opened before their eyes when he tapped the base of his staff on the ground.
"It's easy because Spike is one of the strongest dragons in terms of magical power, second only to Malefor, the first of the purple dragons," Spyro replied, informing them that they had known that Spike was going to do something like this once he discovered what was going on with the portal, though he was happy to see that the arch had been restored to it's old glory, despite the fact that they had no idea if the spells that had been attached to it were still operational, which seemed to be what his brother was looking for, "in fact he became an Archmage at the age of twelve and a half, drawing out the staff of the first purple dragon and tamed it, and since then he's only gotten stronger... to be honest, something like this is child's play to him."
"Sadly, most of the ancient spells have been broken, and without Starswirl's journals it'll take me some time to figure out how to repair each of them," Spike said, showing everyone that he knew more than what they did, meaning his spell might have been to figure out some of the other spells and if he could fix them at the same time as setting up the portal, though as he said that he glanced at the others for a moment, "well, on the bright side, we won't have to worry about the magic of the porting turning us into dogs when we appear outside Canterlot High, which is on the other side of the portal... though I'm sure we'll cause chaos when your friends figure out that we're there."
"Yeah... they might not even realize I'm the one Sunset saved not that long ago," Twilight added, though as she said that part of her knew that, at some point in time, she was going to have to come up with a new name to replace hers, since it would get confusing if she kept using her name and Princess Twilight kept using it as well, just another thing to add to the pile of things that needed to be done she guessed, "So, since the portal is working, shall we go do something else... such as taking some time to investigate the tablet that fell through one of those cracks we saw earlier?"
"Come on sis, we might as well head back and see what your world is like, make sure everyone knows your safe, and see if anything needs fixing," Jak stated, because he was interested in seeing what sort of world his sister lived in, before she was knocked out by the magic of the Tree of Harmony, even though it was still weird for him and the others to think about the fact that Twilight came from another world, instead of the same one that Starlight and Cozy came from, "then you can see what's on that tablet... yes, I'm sure it's amazing, and yes, I'm sure you, Keira, and Spike can do wonders with it, but first we should focus on making sure your world is fine."
Twilight wanted to argue with him, that she didn't want to head back and wanted to focus her attention on learning more about Korma, because Spike and Ember had been sent to that world, for who knew how long, and both of them were far stronger than what Starlight was expecting, based on the looks on her face, especially when she considered everything that they had learned about Princess Twilight's assistant, who was a master of magic. There was no telling how much he had learned during his time with the dragons of Korma, ways to use magic that no one in this world might have considered in the past, or even those who pretended to use magic in her own world, and, despite the sheer power she possessed as a newly born Ottsel, she wanted to know everything he had learned, both about his own adventures and the magic that he had learned over the years. In addition to that she wanted to see what the Spitfire and Rainbow of this world had learned during their time fighting the Legion, since both of them must have discovered some new information and powers as well, given that they had been brought to a Titan's home and defended her for some time, so all of this was a treasure trove of information for her to acquire and spend time with, instead of worrying about returning to her home world for a time, as the others might be angry with her. Starlight and Keira shared her opinions on wanting to know more about this planet, all of the powers that had been discovered so far, and everything else that might be waiting for them, but as she glanced over to them she could see that both her sister and her friend were of the opinion of heading through this portal so they could see what was on the other side.
In the end, however, Twilight sighed as she stared at the portal, as she came to a decision on the matter and knew that if she tried to flee Jak and the others would track her down before having her go through it, to which she approached it not a few seconds later and braced herself as she stepped through the magic, allowing it to take her back to Canterlot High and the friends she had left behind some time ago.
On the other side of the portal Twilight found that they were standing outside Canterlot High, the large high school that all of her friends went to, which was where she first detected the magical energies and caused her to track down whatever in the world was going on in this city, something that lead her to do some questionable things with her technology before a certain figure ultimately stopped her and set her on the path of friendship. Now, however, the walls of the school were far taller than what she remembered, which made sense when she considered the fact that her new Ottsel form was smaller than her previous forms, though for the time being she simply walked out of the portal they had stepped through and just stared at the school as she thought about all the memories she had made in this place. She recalled her initial meetings with each of Princess Twilight's friends, back when she thought they were only seeing her as the Princess and not her own person, something that had been corrected in due time, and she even remembered where she had been standing when she first transformed into Midnight, who would no doubt stare at the same location at some point, even though she also recalled breaking the horse statue and leaving the base behind. For a moment she had to wonder if the cracks in reality might be an aftereffect of her own actions as Midnight, when she tried to tear the barrier between this world and Equus to pieces, but decided that it couldn't be that, meaning something else was messing with reality, but for now she focused on the rest of the area as she walked away from the portal.
Sure enough Jak, Starlight, Cozy, and the others joined her on this side of the portal, where they stared out at the school and the area that was surrounding it, taking in the sights and how it was so different from Haven, Spargus, Kras, and the rest of the cities they had visited during their travels, as it was so peaceful and didn't seem under the same stress that all of the other locations had been under.
"So this is your world... it's nice, in comparison to the other cities we've seen." Jak commented, though he was glad to see that nothing bad had happened to his sister's world, because when they learned that she was from another world, as in not the one that Starlight and Cozy came from, he had been worried that something might have happened to this place, but it was pristine and he could tell that some magic or energy lingered in the air.
"Stop right there." a voice said, where they found a cyan skinned girl, who was wearing dark blue pants with a white shirt that had a light blue jacket over it, walking towards them with a ball at her feet, though she had rainbow colored hair that was done up in a ponytail, to which Jak and the others discovered that she was fully Human, instead of a pony or even a hybrid of races when Jak considered their anthro forms, and near her stood four other girls, all dressed in clothing that he suspected represented them in some manner, "I don't know who you guys are, but don't think that we won't fight you to keep our world safe."
"Rainbow, we aren't here to fight them... we're here to welcome them and Twilight home!" the pink skinned girl replied, to which she appeared behind Jak and everyone else for a moment and fired a cannon, something that set up some banners and confetti in the area they were in, though Twilight wasn't even surprised by Pinkie's actions, nor was she surprised by a few of the surprised faces behind her.
"It's good to see you again, Pinkie." Twilight said, though as she said that she decided to try something that Gol and Maia had done in the past, allowing her power to wash over her form for a moment before her Human form, which she just so happened to perfectly remember, took her place, causing the newcomers to pause when they realized that Pinkie figured it out before them, before Pinkie rushed forward and hugged her, breaking the fragile illusion she had created and let the others see her true form once more, "Drat, I need to practice that some more, especially if I want to replicate what Gol and Maia used in the past, since their disguises never broke like this."
"But you're much cuter in this form," the yellow skinned girl commented, where she stepped up with the orange and cyan skinned girls, though Twilight wasn't surprised to see that Fluttershy petted her and pulled out one of her brushes to take care of her hair, causing Starlight and Cozy to snicker a little, since they weren't expecting this to happen, all while both Applejack and Rainbow stood nearby as Rarity, the white skinned girl who was dressed nice, studied her body, likely taking the time to come up with dresses and clothing for her.
"I'm not sure what happened to you, Twilight, but this form will present an interesting challenge," Rarity said, though at the same time she glanced over at the rest of the newcomers for a moment and knew that they would be difficult as well, even if she was surprised to see Starlight among their number, though she wasn't the same as what she remembered, hence why she turned back towards their friend, "though it seems you have some explaining to do."
Twilight nodded as she first introduced her friends to her siblings and friends from Feolorath, before delving into the short version of the tale of what happened, as in that she had been detecting some abnormal magical readings coming from the portal to Equus and she brought some of her machines out to figure out what in the world was going on, especially with the sudden disappearance of Sunset Shimmer, only for something to go wrong and she ended up in Jak's world, though all of her machines had ended up destroyed in the process. Since this was their first time learning about the displaced, even if they were able to figure out that the other missing person had to be one of them, Spike explained part of the situation to them, not going into the incoming invasion they were preparing for, that everyone was gathering power and allies for an event that would be happening and Sci Twilight had been one of the chosen, with Sunset being the second of this world, at least for now anyway. His explanation caused the girls of Mirror Equus to pause for a moment, firstly because they just so happened to be talking to a dragon, before even realizing that it was Spike and that he was far smarter than what anyone was expecting, causing Elora to chuckle once more, as she loved seeing others react to Spike's intelligence, since he was far more than what anyone expected. Twilight added a few more facts about her own travels, that she gained powers and eventually pushed herself to the point where she changed into her current form, though it would take some time for her to explain everything to them and what she said was the basics, without totally confusing them, and Spike made notes on what she said, just to add her knowledge to his growing library.
While they were talking a familiar sight showed up, Spike the dog rushed over to them and, after having the situation told to him, as he was smarter than a normal dog since he could talk as well, jumped for joy as he bumped into Twilight, as he was about the same size as her now, causing Daxter to chuckle a little since it reminded him of how animals reacted to his smaller size, while the others watched this happen.
"There is one downside to reconnecting the portal, now that we've had it open for some time," Spike commented, as while they had been talking part of him had been studying the marble pedestal that the horse statue had rested on at one point in time, once more displaying his knowledge and intelligence to everyone who happened to be around him, though he did find that no students were coming, meaning this had to be a day off, "one of Starswirl's enchantments was solely designed to stop Equestrian magic from seeping into this world and spreading to everyone who calls it home. The power of Equus, now that the enchantments have been broken due to the reality breaking cracks we discovered earlier, is going to spread into this world and latch onto those who call it home... meaning that it's only a matter of time until people start developing powers, and given the potency of it I wouldn't be surprised if people started to change as well, becoming more like the rest of the displaced."
"Wait, so we're going to become like Twilight?" Rainbow asked, latching onto the fact that Spike was taking about displaced and didn't pay much attention to what he had just said, while at the same time everyone else happened to be thinking on what had been said so far, especially since Spike had mentioned powers and they could tell that everyone around him had some sort of power.
"No, more like Starlight and Cozy... Sci Twilight is a special case," Spike replied, though at the same time he frowned, as he knew that if they didn't fix the enchantments on the portal soon there would be no fixing it, and he pulled out his notes for a moment, where Twilight hopped up some small platforms of her own creation and landed on his shoulder, giving her a chance to see what was in front of her, especially one that seemed to be about her, "still, that doesn't the fact that, if none of the enchantments are fixed, you all might gain powers and new forms... if I could find Starswirl's journals I might be able to do that, but they're hidden well."
"Spike... what is that?" Twilight asked, as one of the notes she found was tied to her, after all the information she had so far given him on her new form, and it seemed that he might have put some pieces together while no one was looking, where she found that it was a combination of things, the Nanotech log they found earlier, something called 'Elementium', a gem known as an 'Ion Crystal', and 'Precurium', where she assumed the last had to be Precursor metal.
"A weapon unlike no other." Spike said, though he took a moment to shift his notes and hid it once more, as he needed to work a few more things out before even thinking about worrying about that, but it had Twilight interested and she knew it had to be special, otherwise he wouldn't be so interested in hiding it from someone else, showing that he was more like her and Princess Twilight than he likely knew.
Other than that happening Twilight knew what was coming up next, Pinkie declared that they had to party and she pushed them back into the portal so they could use Ponyville for a change, since there wasn't much use partying in this city, as the people would freak out if dragons and others started partying out of nowhere, but she had a feeling that this party was going to be going for some time and that everyone was going to enjoy it, meaning they would have time to worry about the future once the party was over.