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// Cheese and Spiders part 3 
// Story: More Dreams 
// by totallynotabrony 
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	“I’ve been doing some research,” said Twilight.
I looked up.  “Anything related to getting rid of all these spiders?”
“Well, sort of.  In a roundabout way.”  The unicorn dropped her nose back into a notebook she was looking at.
“How about something related to putting out the fire that is about to burn down the whole town?” I shouted.
“Oh, that?” she said.  “Pour water on it.”
I went outside with a megaphone.  “All right you lazy pegasi, listen up!  Make a rainstorm and put out that fire!”
“Can’t get close,” said one of them.  “Too much smoke.”
I walked back inside.  “We’re all going to die.”
“One thing at a time,” said Twilight, too engrossed with her studying to pay attention.  “I think I know how to isolate who this mysterious Eight Legged Freak is.  Also perhaps the Crystal King.  We just need to get a fresh perspective.”
“What’s that mean?” I asked, looking out the window at the advancing flames.
“I believe the answer lies in another dimension.  An alternate universe where things are slightly different so that we can see what changed and what stayed the same.”  She continued to look at her notes and not out the window.
The door burst open.  Princess Luna in her Cheese disguise came in.  “I don’t want to alarm anypony but-”
“Good, you’re here,” said Twilight.  “I’m sure it would help to have your insight, Princess.  I’ve been combing the multiverse looking for a suitable destination to find our answers."
“Twilight, I’m not sure this is the time,” said Luna.
“Well, technically it’s always the time because while we’re hopping to other dimensions, no time will pass in our own,” explained Twilight.  “Here, let’s get set up.”
The purple mare pulled out an ugly chunk of basalt that was wrapped in various electronics.  It was what had brought me to Equestria, along the way getting all tangled up in a weird plot with the Changelings.  But that was water under the bridge.
Speaking of water, there still wasn’t any being poured on the fire.  I nervously waited for Twilight to get things set up so we could leave.  After the Changeling plot had been revealed, she'd done a lot of research on the rock, and had learned better how it worked.  She could theoretically force it to transport us through the multiverse at will.  Hopefully we could find some way to set things straight.
“Princess, I think your magical disguise might affect the process,” said Twilight.  Luna nodded and dropped her Cheese look, becoming her usual tall blue self again.
“Okay,” said Twilight.  “I think I know a good place to start.”
“Which alternate universe is it?” I asked.
“I’ve calculated the probability of how many different layers the multiverse contains,” she explained.  “I didn’t have any way of classifying them otherwise, so I just put all of them in a list.  We’re going to number 63.”
“But which universe is that?” I asked.  Twilight ignored me, already gearing up the spell.  There was a flash of light and we were transported to a different place.  Well, different, but sort of the same.  We were still in the library, but there were a few key differences.
“This is highly unusual,” said Luna.  He stared at himself and at us.
Twilight nodded his head.  “Valiant, I believe you’ve been here before?”
I facehoofed.  "Oh God, this universe."