Calm Sky walked through the gardens of Canterlot palace. She wondered why anyone would build a base so close to spawn.
“Psst…” one of the bushes said. Calm Sky walked to it.
“You’re ready?” asked Cozy Glow.
“Sure. I just wonder, why are you doing this?”
“I don’t know, I haven’t bothered to watch past the first half of season 3. Now, are we going to overthrow Celestia or not?”
“Having a horn would be nice. Let’s do it then.”
Calm Sky and Cozy Glow started to walk towards the castle. Suddenly, an invisible force grabbed them by the ears.
“Now what do we have here?” Discord said.
“Discord, you old liar, let me go!” Calm Sky shouted.
“This will be Celestia’s decision,” Discord said with a smile and teleported away.
Twilight opened the door to the throne room. Her mane was a mess, she had bags under her eyes, and she didn’t bother to get the coffee out of her coat.
“Hello, Twilight. You had a bad night?” asked Celestia.
“I had to teleport boxes with supplies from Ponyville because some Blockers decided to pour lava all over the town. Then I’ve tried to find something in the castle library to get this fixed.”
“Well, I told you you shouldn’t have built your base so close to spawn. I hope you have a backup.”
Twilight looked at her mentor with anger. “You never told me that! Do you really not notice something very strange is happening to Equestria!”
“Calm down, Twilight.”
“THE SUN IS A SQUARE!”
“You may install a texture pack if you dislike it for some reason.”
Twilight screamed in frustration.
“Twilight, I think you need to take a break from larping,” Cadence said.
“Cadance? What are you doing here?”
“We are going to vote on banning some troublemakers, don’t you remember?”
“Yeah, the guards said something when they entered the library.”
“Indeed, Twilight. Take a seat and calm down,” said Celestia.
The five alicorns sat in their places. Soon, Discord entered the room, with two mares bound in his magic.
“Calm Sky, Cozy Glow, you are charged with attempting to destabilize the server by attempting to get backdoor access. What is your defense?” said Celestia.
Calm Sky didn’t respond. Rather, she looked at Flurry Heart.
“You…”
Flurry Heart giggled and showed Calm Sky her tongue.
“YOU!” Calm Sky shouted. Discord had to strengthen the magical bonds. He smiled at the alicorn filly.
“You’re not going to punish a cute little filly, would you?” asked Cozy Glow.
“I consider you guilty!” said Celestia.
“Guilty!” said Luna and Cadance.
Flurry Heart laughed again and nodded her head.
“Um… guilty, I guess?” said Twilight
“For your crimes, you are therebly banned from Equestria, forever!” Celestia said. She materialized a large sledgehammer and started walking towards the two pegasi.
“You can’t do this!” shouted Cozy Glow.
“I am the owner, and I do what I want!” said Celestia. She swung her hammer and hit the two pegasi. Twilight looked at the two pony-shaped holes in the wall.
“Did you… kill them?” asked Twilight.
“Worse.”
“Send them straight to Tartarus?”
“Worse. Much worse.”
Calm Sky was lying on the grass. Her head hurt. I guess that was a bad idea, she thought.
She opened her eyes. She noticed a strange blue unicorn standing above her and grinning. On her horn, there was a tennis ball.
“Hello newfriend!” shouted the unicorn.
Anguished screams filled the woods.
Twilight Sparkle opened her eyes. She was in the bed of her old room in the Canterlot Castle. She must have collapsed from exhaustion somewhere after the trial.
She got up from the bed and walked towards the chest. She opened it. In this chest, there were a few items…
Twilight stopped. She walked to the mirror. In the mirror, she saw a blocky, bipedal creature. While this creature had the correct color scheme, it certainly wasn’t a pony. Twilight looked around her room. Everything was blocky.
“What the hay happened here?”
She exited the room and was going to find Celestia. However, another blocky creature crossed her part. If not for the nametag, she would have not recognized him.
“Discord, what happened here?”
“The funny thing is… not much happened. Not the first time a youtuber invasion hit the server, not the last time. Give it a few weeks, and the situation will come back to normal.”
“I’m… talking about the blocks. I am made out of blocks. You too. Don’t you notice this?”
“Well, how do I tell you without you getting angry… I know about the blocks. The world did not turn blocky. That’s because the world was always made out of blocks, and you always were a Blocker.”
“What? Just yesterday I was a pony!”
“You roleplayed as a pony yesterday. However, the invasion changed the plans, and now the players will have to defend the server. You can roleplay as a crusader now!”
“Roleplay? What? You tell me I’ve imagined being Twilight Sparkle?”
“No… or actually yes… kind of? Have you heard about the Temporal Constants?”
“No, what’s that?”
“There are the patterns that repeat across the universe and across the cycles. For example, have you heard about that noble king who took a sword out of the stone?”
“Yes, the first king of Griffonstone. So what?”
“There are thousands of creatures all across the universe who took a sword out of a stone and became noble rulers. That is because this is a pattern. Similarly, there is a pattern of a smart book horse.”
“Smart book horse? You’re telling me there are thousands of Twilight Sparkles running around somewhere?”
“Actually, right now, there are only two. You, and one alicorn pony, three hundred sixty eight dimensions away. She’s not called Twilight Sparkle anymore, but she is as smart as you.”
“Are there more Discords around?”
“No, I am unique. The only Discord all across space and time.”
“You are aware of how ridiculous it sounds, right?”
“Yes, but that’s how it is.”
“Let’s say I believe you. Can you get me to the other Twilight?”
“I hoped you would ask. Follow me.”
Discord built a square frame of five meters height, made out of obsidian. Inside, he placed eight mossy cobblestone blocks. In the center, he placed a diamond block. Once he placed that block, the nine blocs disappeared and were replaced by blue glowing energy. Discord entered the portal. Twilight walked behind him.
Twilight found herself next to a mountain. Below the mountain, there was a large wheat farm. On the slopes of the mountain, bamboo and strange purple plants were growing.
There was also an obsidian platform with a waterfall going from it to the lake below. “The portal is here,” said Discord and started swimming up this waterfall. Twilight followed him.
On top of the platform, there was a dog with purple ribbon. Twilight looked at its nametag. “Spike?”
On the platform, there was a small stone building. Discord opened the doors. Then he went back and placed a black chest on the ground. “Twilight, come here.”
Discord took out many colorful boxes out of this chest. He gave them to Twilight.
“Gear up. I’m not sure what you will find behind the portal, and the road is quite long.”
“Can’t you just teleport me there?”
“Can I? Maybe. Would I? No.”
“Thanks for help, really,” Twilight said and put on the armor. This might have been a very bad idea, but if there was anyone who might have helped her, it was the other Twilight.
Twilight walked into the stone building. Inside, there was a portal with a rainbow forcefield.
Twilight looked behind the window, on a blocky world that wasn’t similar to Equestria at all.
Twilight and Spike entered the portal.