"She said that these things would throw back magic," Twilight said. "I've tried teleporting out of here, but this cage seems to cut off my magic entirely."
"We aren't going to use magic," Nightwolf said. "We need to shut off the thing that's making this field."
"What are y'all talkin' 'bout?" Applejack asked. "What field?"
"The magical field around us," Nightwolf explained. "If we can take it out, then we can bust throught these cages."
"If this thing is around us, then wouldn't she be alerted to us escaping?" Twilight questioned.
"Watch this," Nightwolf said. He thrust his hoof towards a rock and spoke. "Sgrabchvam." The rock flew to his hoof and he caught it. "It's a magic prevention barrier. It'smeant to cut off magic abilities by severing the connection that a unicorn has to their magic. I have a connection to the area around us. I don't have that much power. I have the one thing that can bypass the barrier. But it can only be bypassed by a non-magical possessing physical form." He lifted the rock and threw it at the tree closest to him. "Phēravavuṁ."
It bounced off an invisible wall and lodged itself into the ground. "Now watch what happens when I don't use magic." He pulled the rock out of the ground and threw it hard at the tree again. This time, it hit the tree and bounced off it. "If there is magic around it, it won't get through. If there is just a physical form, is passes through the air as if there is no barrier at all."
"How did you know that?" Twilight asked.
"She used it against me when she attacked my tribe. She fed on me. I got a glimpse at her thoughts and used that knowledge to build my own and break through."
"Then how do we turn it off?"
"We need to find where the generator is," he said. "If we can do enough damage to it, it will stop working and release the spell."
"Generator?"
"Yeah. It's a device that will keep a spell up as long as you want it to. its made mostly of stone and metal. You need to make a small antenna to direct where you want thespell and you trap the spell with enchanted stone."
"Then how do we damage it?"
"We need to get a non-magical being through the barrier," Nightwolf said. "If they can pull apart the basic structure, then it will release the spell."
"None of us can pass," Twilight added. "We are all Elements and you have extra magical abilities."
"Thats why I have this," Nightwolf said, raising the rope. "I could make a destructive piece and tie it to the end of this rope so I could tear down the machine."
"How are you going to do that withougt using magic?"
"I haven't quite figured that part out yet."
"What're you guys talking about?" Rainbow said, drowsily.
"Nothing you have to worry about," Nightwolf said calmly. "Just go back to sleep."
"You're hiding something," she said more awake. "And I don't need any more rest right now. You are going to tell me what you're planning."
"You really don't want to know," Nightwolf tried. "It doesn't involve you, anyways."
"Applejack," Rainbow said. "What were you guys talking about?"
Uh-oh, He thought. She's asking for information from the Element of Honesty. I should have thought tis through better.
"Ah can't make sense of what they're talkin' 'bout," came Applejack's reply.
Thank Celestia I made it hard to understand. I would be in big trouble right now if I didn't.
"But ah do know that they're discussin' some sort a' escape plan."
I'm screwed.
"What?!" Rainbw Dash almost screamed. "You were figuring out how to escape without me? What kind of brother are you?"
"We were going to take you," Nightwolf said. "We just needed to figure out how to get out of here and I knew you wouldn't want me to risk myself to do that."
"Of course I don't!" Rainbow yelled at him. "I just learned that my parents are dead! You're the only family I have left!"
There was a long silece. "Then we have only one choice," Nightwolf said. "If we are going to get out of here, we need to work together."
"No more secrets?"
"No more secrets."
"I hate to break up the reunioun," Twilight said. "But can we get on to the part where you build something to get us out of here? I don't know if you two noticed, but we don't have that much time."
"Right," Nightwolf said. "I need some basic tools. Twilight, I need you to put together a few pieces that look like hollowed-out blocks. Rarity, I need you to put together a small cylinder that's also hollow. Rainbow, you need to tie the rope around this rock."
"Got it," came Twilights reply.
"You can coun on me," Rarity said.
"Why do I get the rope with a rock?" Rainbow asked.
"Because that can't be done with magic for this to work," Nightwolf explained. "And let us hope it works."