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// A New World 
// Story: Minecraft: A New Adventure 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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It was a rather nice day in Ponyville, as there were birds singing their song, flowers were blooming after being tended to by all sorts of ponies, the clouds had been cleared for the most part, and young fillies and colts were out and about, playing as their parents went about their daily routine. Pinkie Pie was also wandering around the town, as the Cakes had given her the day off, as she hadn't had one for quite some time and most of her days off were used to cover for when she went on an adventure with her friends, so she had decided to find her friends. Fluttershy insisted that there were animals to tend to and that she couldn't pull herself away from them, Rarity was shut inside her boutique for the most part, making dressing and clothing for those who had placed orders for her special line, Applejack told her that it would be some time before she was done with the apple bucking, and Rainbow Dash insisted on mastering a new move. Such a thing made her chuckle, as she knew Dashie, it was a nickname she had given to Rainbow at one point and used it from time to time, wanted to join the Wonderbolts and a new move would help her out, so she focused on tracking down her remaining friends.

While Twilight Sparkle was a Princess, and that meant her duties might keep her busy, she wasn't as busy as Princess Luna or Princess Celestia, who lived in Canterlot, or even Princess Cadance, far to the north in the Crystal Empire, so Pinkie was banking on her, her assistant Spike, or even her student, Starlight Glimmer, being available for an adventure. If that didn't work she still had other friends to fall back on, scattered around Ponyville in case of emergency, though not stored away like how she stored her excess items in case of specific emergencies, as she wasn't about to do that to ponies, griffins, or the other races that lived here. Such a thing reminded her of the students who had proven themselves to her and her friends, the 'Student Six' or 'Young Six' as some called them, in reference to the fact that they might be Equestria's next heroes once she and her friends retired from that lifestyle. Part of her wondered if any of them would be up for an adventure, even if it was nothing like what she and her friends had been through in the past, but decided against it, most of them were busy with either schoolwork or chores and other home related activities.

As she thought about that, however, Pinkie found a familiar light gray coated mare, with a dark gray mane and tail, who was currently walking in the direction of Twilight's large crystal castle, a coincidence if ever she saw one, causing her to smile for a moment as she hopped down the street.

"Octavia! How have you been?" Pinkie asked, speaking once she was within hearing range and surprised the mare for a moment when she came to a stop nearby, due to the fact that Octavia had turned her head for a few seconds and had noticed that the speaker was far away, only for Pinkie to appear nearby.

"Just fine, Pinkie." Octavia replied, shaking off the shock she had felt when the pink mare had suddenly moved from one spot to another, in such a short period of time, as she had glanced away from her for a second and it caused her to move so quickly, where she had to remind herself that it was just 'Pinkie being Pinkie' and just accept it, "I'm actually on my way to see Princess Twilight, as she wanted to see how music resonates with magic... or something like that... and I planned on bringing Vinyl with me, given her taste in music, but she's sound asleep."

"What a coincidence, I was thinking of visiting Twilight and seeing what she's up to! We should go together." Pinkie said, though while she had no idea what sort of experiment her friend was up to, it was hard to keep all of them straight since she did so many, in fact she had been a topic of one at some point in the past thanks to her Pinkie Sense, she was slightly interested in seeing what Twilight was up to.

Octavia opened her mouth for a moment, as if she had something to say on the matter, before closing it as she realized that there was no convincing Pinkie to stop whatever she might have set her mind on and, as such, that meant she had a companion for some time. As such she fell in with the pink mare and headed for the crystal castle once more, since she didn't want to keep the Princess waiting, even though there was a chance that she might not be there, given her duties and connections to both of Canterlot's ruling Princesses, but Pinkie was convinced Princess Twilight was home, so she said nothing as they walked. Normally she carried her cello with her, the instrument she was skilled at using thanks to her own Cutie Mark, but, thanks to the appointment she was on her way to, she had sent it along first to let the Princess see if it had any magic or lingering effects, or whatever sort of clues she was interested in locating, and upon her arrival she would go through the range of notes she could play and see if anything happened. It was why she wanted to pull Vinyl into this as well, because while they had their disagreements over music she knew that giving Princess Twilight more information, in this case a second musician, would yield better results, but for now it was just her.

It didn't take the pair long to reach the crystal castle, which had no guards still, and entered it without delay, though while Octavia was willing to stop and wait, since she had no idea where anything was located, Pinkie hopped down a hallway, as if she knew where to go, causing Octavia to go against her judgement and followed her, even though she quickly brought them to a library room with an odd mirror.

"So, this is the rumored mirror ponies have been talking about." Octavia commented, as when she played at events she often heard ponies talking about rumors and other events, though an interesting tale was about how Princess Twilight, according to the story, went to another world and retrieved the Element of Magic, even though another claimed that it was to defeat an ancient evil before it could return.

"Yeah, I haven't been on the other side, but its an interesting device." Pinkie said, where she stopped and watched it for a time, finding that the seemingly dull surface flickered to life not a few seconds later, causing her to raise an eyebrow as Octavia stood nearby, only to find that it showed a world that seemed nothing like their own, as it just appeared to be all sorts of trees and nothing else, "Maybe we can cross over, get some notes for Twilight, and be back before she even finds out that someone activated and went through the portal."

Octavia felt that such a thing was a bad idea, though, once again, Pinkie seemed to be firm on the matter and a couple of seconds later she was heading through the portal, all while her companion smiled before jumping into the magic, unaware of the adventure that she was setting the two of them on.





Pinkie groaned for a moment as she raised her front right leg and rubbed her face for a moment, even though she quickly stopped as she felt something weird, causing her to open her eyes and found that her hoof was now a hand, which had five slim fingers that had her coat color, before seeing the area around her. The first thing she found was that she was in a forest made of what she assumed was oak trees, only each one seemed to be blocky in nature, as if the world was made out of squares and not any of the shapes that she was used to, and the same was true for the leaves. The ground was also made out of blocks, as there was a raised section nearby and she could see that most of a piece was brown, save for the green top that was the grass, and as she gazed further beyond the forest she was sure that there were stones that were identical to the trees. In fact, when Pinkie stared up at the sky, she found that even the clouds seemed to be shaped more like blocks, which meant that even the sun and moon had to be shaped in a similar manner, though all of this meant that they were definitely in a new world, and, unless she was blind, there was no portal back home.

As she thought about that, however, she found that her body had been altered as well, as she was more like a human, the two legged people Twilight had told her and the others about when she came back from tracking down her crown, back when Sunset Shimmer came back home, as her front legs were now arms and the hooves were fingers, though when she found that her hind legs were intact she realized that she was a cross between species. Her legs were structured like what the humans possessed, even though they ended in hooves, while her body was larger than before, more like a human's she guessed, save for the odd large mounds on her chest, and she definitely had her muzzle, leading her to believing that her body was a mix of both species. After that she found that, while she hadn't been wearing anything before heading into the portal, clothing had been provided upon entering this world, because she had a blue shirt on and a light brown pair of pants over her lower body, though she had nothing over her hooves and nothing on her new hands. She thought about that for a moment, curious as to why the portal wouldn't give them anything to understand the world they had come to or tools to help them figure out how to get back home, but she had a feeling that she would figure something out in no time, but at least it would be an adventure.

In that moment she heard another groan and glanced to her right for a few seconds, finding that Octavia had followed her through the portal and that her body was nearly identical to her own, save for her mounds being a bit smaller, while also finding that she had a purple shirt and black pants covering her body, though that was when her companion opened her eyes and pulled herself up.

"Where... are we?" Octavia inquired, because she knew that she had followed Pinkie through the portal and just assumed that she would be somewhere around the area that she had landed in, something that was easy to confirm when she spotted Pinkie resting off to the side, before she paused, "Pinkie? That's you, right?"

"Yeah, though it looks like the portal mixed our pony forms with our human forms, giving us a hybrid form." Pinkie said, as that was the easiest way for her to explain what was going on, even though she only had a vague idea since she didn't have Twilight's experience with this sort of thing, before she resumed looking around the area, causing Octavia to do the same thing, "Also, I have no idea where we ended up... and the portal has either closed already or its somewhere else in this world and we have to find it."

"Fantastic." Octavia replied, as this was a lot of information to take in, that their bodies were no longer there own, both of them were now lost in a world that they were unfamiliar with, and the only one who had any idea how to get back home had no idea where the portal was located, meaning they were stuck here until someone came looking for them, and with how things could get crazy in Ponyville it would be a while before such a thing even happened.

"My bad. Had I known the portal would disappear, I wouldn't have done this." Pinkie added, as she was sorry about what they had discovered, because she had figured they would be gone for an hour or so and be back in time for Twilight to recall that Octavia was coming over, before she got up and started to walk around, allowing her to study the trees and the rest of the surrounding area.

"How are you... no, wait, don't answer that." Octavia said, as she had to remind herself that this was just Pinkie being her usual self, due to the fact that she was sure that the other Equestrian shouldn't know how to walk with her new legs, yet there she was, walking as if her new body had been with her for a number of years and not a couple of minutes, where she forced herself to focus, "Okay, so what do we do now?"

As Pinkie opened her mouth, so she could say what was on her mind, she found that there was what seemed to be a cave behind where they landed and something was coming out of it, a figure that was roughly around their new height and was light green colored, though the look on its face informed her that it might be hostile. Since she had started walking first it was heading for Octavia, moving on two small limbs that might be feet, and Pinkie was sure that it was hissing, though as she considered what to do something happened, a lady, which she knew since her body looked like hers and Octavia's in terms of shape, appeared near the creature. She was wearing a light green shirt, a dark green belt, a pair of brown pants, and grayish shoes, while she had orange colored hair that ended in a ponytail that hung over her left shoulder, though in her hand was a sword that was both blocky and seemed to be made out of wood. The figure struck the monster with the edge of her blade, which both she and Octavia could see, the latter figuring out that the beast was there after hearing a bit of the hissing, and actually knocked it backwards, where she struck it again and it turned into a small cloud of smoke, as if she had slain it, while leaving some light gray substance behind.

The lady huffed for a moment, like she had been running for some time or something, before putting her blade away and collected the material that had been left behind, though once that was done she glanced at the pair, as she was surprised by what she was seeing, just as they were surprised to see her standing there.

"Thanks for the save... I'm not sure what we would have done without your assistance. I'm Octavia, and this is Pinkie Pie," Octavia said, carefully moving her arm to herself and to Pinkie, even though their names made it easy for her to figure out who was who with just a glance, but this was a good turn of events for them, as it meant they would be able to learn more about this world and what they needed to do to survive till they could find a way back home.

"My name is Alex... and I'm sorry for staring, Steve and I thought we were the only ones like us in this world, despite the odd appearance of your legs." the figure, Alex, replied, though as the pair considered the information, since they had no idea who or what she was talking about, she held up a hand and had them stop before opening their mouths, only for a look of fear to appear on her face as she heard the flapping of wings, "We need to move. NOW!"

In the following moment they discovered why she wanted to move, there was a massive black scaled dragon that was in the process of burning down the entire forest they were in, either because it loved to do that or someone had pissed it off, but given the fact that Alex didn't have much on her, in terms of weapons and armor, it seemed like the former was the right option right now. Alex was the first to move, as she rushed to Octavia and picked her up, showing them that she was stronger than they believed her to be at a glance, before beckoning to Pinkie as she dived into the only safe place, given all the flames that were dancing around the area, which happened to be the cave. Of course, after seeing how Alex reacted to the monster, Pinkie followed after her without delay and found that, once they were inside, Alex pulled out what seemed to be a small block of stone in her right hand and turned towards the opening, where she moved her hand and placed the block down, only it became larger, back to the normal size. In a few seconds she had sealed the way out, or one of them since a cave could have multiple openings, before pulling out what looked like a torch, which she placed on the ground for now as they listened to the dragon wreck the place, no one saying or doing anything out of fear that it might discover the three of them.

When the sounds finally died down, to the point of silence, Alex, after setting Octavia down while they waited inside the small cave, pulled out a pickaxe and carefully removed the stone she had placed down, allowing her to peer outside and find that the dragon was gone, to which she beckoned for the pair to carefully follow her as she departed from the now scorched forest, causing Pinkie and Octavia to follow her into the unknown.