Story
In the middle of the night, Mayor Mare hears a knock at her door. She bolts upright out of a dead sleep. She sighs. Since the whole book of all stories fiasco, she's barely gotten a wink!
Still, she pulls herself out of bed, getting dressed before walking down to the door, opening and stopping the knock with a decisive, "What?!"
Mage Meadowbrook freezes, blushing, "I am so sorry to wake you, but the Princesses have been so busy since these pages started, I didn't think it wise to interrupt them. However, I thought it best to show a pony of power, and I know that princess Twilight holds you in high regard, Ms. Mare."
Mayor Mare stretches with one more yawn, a sudden smile spreading on her face, "well, I have always tried to do what is best for my town. What do you need, dear Medowbrook?"
"I feel I have acted a little rashly when I found a possibility to cure any and every ailment in Equestrian history. Would you like to see?" Medowbrook asked.
"Would I?!" Mayor gasps, her tiredness forgotten.
The two take the midnight Friendship Express to Canterlot. Mage Medowbrook nods to the guards protecting the castle as they go in, Mayor Mare nervously smiling, "I'm confused…the possibility to cure any ailment is in…Canterlot castle?"
Medowbrook nods, "I suppose I should explain. Moons and Moons ago, Starswirl was researching all kinds of things when not with the Pillars. One thing he was extremely interested in was the possibility for other dimensions!"
Mayor Mare's eyes go wide, "you mean to tell me that Starswirl knew this whole Brony thing, the magic pages, the other worlds…everything was going to happen?!"
Meadowbrook leads them straight to the Starswirl library, "Not exactly." She shakes her head, "only the possibility of other worlds existing. He doesn't talk much about what he found, if anything…only that it was research best forgotten. At first, I agreed with him-"
The Mayor raised an eyebrow, "...but now?" She inquired.
"With these strange bipedal creatures who love us, being thrust into different worlds as it is, I have seen many ailments I have never seen before. It also became clear to me that by continuing to completely ignore the idea of multiple universes, we only weaken ourselves as a community…" She looks over to Mayor Mare, "Look at what happend with that other universe Twilight went into. It was open, and allowed a pony who was trapped there to steal a crown. Other creatures from it nearly destroyed our world along with their own. And now, with this book…we can no longer ignore these worlds!" She pulls a lever, and, to Mayor Mare's astonishment, a secret passage is revealed.
"So, what do you want to do? Grab as many pages as you can? Find portals to destroy? Find a way to shield our world?" Mayor Mare asks.
"No." Meadowbrook stops, showing Mayor Mare a room full of mirrors. "I want to explore these worlds, make allies, and know more about as many worlds as we can."
Mayor Mare gasps, "you don't mean to tell me-"
"Yes. Every mirror in this room goes to a different world. These mirrors were once made by Starswirl for the purposes of learning about the different dimensions. However, they all ended up broken in one tragic event…until now. I used a page to restore these mirrors in hopes that we can learn from these worlds." Meadowbrook explains.
"It sounds like you've already decided what you want to do. What do you need me for?" Mayor Mare wonders.
"I am unsure how to best go about exploring. Should we let these new worlds know that we come from a different dimension, or should we watch out of sight? We would be able to gather information either way: the way each world runs, the rules, the medicines. We can help our world in so many ways. That is why I ask you, Mayor Mare. Which do you think would be wise?"
[CHOICE]
How should they go about visiting the other worlds?
> Carefully, blending in as much as possible and only taking what they need until they know which worlds are friendly and which to stay away from. (Chaos)
> Be honest about where they come from! (Villain)
[ENDING A: CHAOS]
“We need to be careful here, Meadowbrook.” Mayor Mare decided, “We have no idea what kind of worlds these are. We should lay low until we know which ones are friendly, and only take what we need.”
“You want to come with me?!” Meadowbrook beams.
“Indeed I do. As you said, this will help us chronicle the world tied to ours, and help us cure ponies, advance our technology, and gain allies so long as we do it right!”
Meadowbrook nods, “So, which should we try first?”
The two adventure through one mirror to another, keeping notes of the good sides and bad sides of each world, detailing the worlds that Equestria would benefit by allying with, and the ones to steer clear of. Over time, they slowly revealed their secret to creatures they trusted, and built long lasting connections through those dimensions, while also hiding the portals to the wrong ones, trying to learn weaknesses in case any terrible creatures came through.
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[ENDING B: VILLAIN]
“Well,” Mayor Mare thinks for a moment before answering, “We should try to make allies as fast as possible, so let’s just tell each world the truth about us.”
“Right. These other worlds are probably having the same problem we are, so, by working together, we can benefit each other!” Meadowbrook agreed, “But wait-you want to come with me?”
“Absolutely!” Mayor Mare nodded, “With my Diplomacy, and your charisma, we’ll win their hearts!”
And, for the first few worlds, it seemed like that was the case. The other worlds, plagued by the pages as well, gladly accepted help from the two from another world, talking about trade agreements and alliances.
However, they came upon a world that was their exact opposite. Twilight grinned as they told them of the other world, calling in Daybreaker. Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon laughed as Twilight and her group of fiends tied up Mayor Mare and Meadowbrook. “Oh, thank you ever SO much, ladies.” Daybreaker grins, showing her sharpened teeth to the two scared ponies, “I have been DYING to see Celestia again. Throw these two in the dungeons. We’ll deal with them later. Right now, we have a new world to conquer!”
(+1 page for Villains)