A shimmering circle black as the midnight sky faded into existence, and a gray hoof reached through.
"Hm. This was harder than expected." A unicorn mare, both faded and shiny, stepped out. "I thought they would succumb faster."
Another faded mare stepped through, this one an earth pony with three apples as a cutie mark, each one a different shade.
"Ah have no clue what you're talkin' bout. That was the easiest thing since sliced bread."
"You are exaggerating again, Falsehood."
"Exaggerate? Ah never exaggerate. Ya don't know me, Tragedy!"
Tragedy sighed. "Just don't ruin this."
Falsehood grinned. "Ah absolutely will."
----------
Twilight gasped another pained, shrill noise as pure gray hooves shoved her into a sack. She tried to feel for the flow of magic connected to her, but to no avail. It was hard to think with her horn splitting in two.
"D-Dusk Shine! C-can you do, HYAAAAAH, anything?"
She was met with only a scream for an answer.
----------
Stagnation was most definitely not grinning as she shoved the lavender mare into the sack. Stagnation would never grin. The mare seemed too conscious. She rammed her hoof into the bag, eliciting another scream.
"AHAHAHA! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Cruelty laughed as she shoved the screaming stallion into the cloth sack. "You'll never escape, you hear me? NEVER! NEVER! HAHAHAHA!"
Stagnation narrowed her eyes. "Cruelty. Stop. Laughing. Now."
Cruelty, as always, just laughed harder. "Staggy! You are so funny! BWAHAHA! My sides!"
Stagnation's face snapped blank, and quick as lightning one of her hooves snapped right out and whacked Cruelty in the face.
Cruelty flailed her hooves and writhed, but only succeeded in pushing Stagnation's hoof further down her throat.
"Mmph," Cruelty said.
----------
The Doctor arrived too late. The shop was in ruins. Gems were scattered everywhere, everypony was missing, and there were a pair of strange gray pegasi wrestling on the floor.
"Ha ha!" shouted one.
"Stop laughing," stated the other, slapping the first in the head with her wing.
The Doctor looked at Spines. "Well, I suppose with a space-time Class 4 rift, we should be finding the culprit."
Spines scrunched her eyes at him. "Huh?"
The brown stallion sighed. "Nothing. Onwards then, I suppose!"
He raced to the door and towards something right out of sight, pulling Spines with him.
"Huh? Hey! Leggo-" Spines flailed her arms and kicked her legs, but was still pulled around the corner.
----------
A pink mare blipped into existence, holding a party cannon next to her. If she knew anything about this alternate her, then it was that she loved-
"SURPRISE!"
Pinkie Pie whirled her head around. "Who what where?"
The blond pegasus mare fluttered, upside down, right in front of Pinkie Pie. "You forgot when and why, silly filly!"
Pinkie Pie grinned, and then burst into giggles. "Wow, you really got me good! Hey, wanna help me get all of the best cakes in the multiverse?"
Surprise grinned back. "Sounds like fun! Lots and lots of fun!"
Together, they pulled away the wall that wasn't there, and hopped through into another universe.