Derpy stood near the edge of the field in shock. Time didn't seem to exist for a moment as she tried to gather her thoughts and come to her senses. The air surrounding her began to smell ionized with the hint of burnt sulfur. She had never smelt anything like it before. The other residents in Ponyville, about a mile away from the field witnessed the blue electric energy shooting into the sky just moments ago. Derpy only stood by for a few seconds before adrenaline started to pulse through her veins. Without any hesitation after her moment of shock, she turned and started running as fast as she could. All she could think about was getting help, and the only place she could go was Twilight’s library.

Derpy picked up speed as she began to run faster than she ever had before. She wasn't focused on breathing; she wasn't focused on how hard she was treating her body; she was only focused on her destination. She began to lift her left wing, followed by her right wing while running. Finally, after one flapping jolt of her wings, she was in the air. Derpy kept flapping her wings, trying to gain speed…trying to fathom what she just witnessed before her eyes. Twilight’s library began to come into view. The library was all she looked at, but suddenly, she noticed some ponies in the front yard of the library…it was Twilight Sparkle and the entire gang. Derpy, fixating on Twilight’s position, stopped flapping her wings as she began to rapidly glide down in for a landing.

Applejack noticed Derpy first, as she began to glide down rapidly: “What in tarnation?”

Before Applejack or anypony else could say anything, Derpy hit the ground with her front legs in front of the Library, and just before Derpy started flipping out of control, Derpy suddenly froze with a purple glow surrounding her body.
Twilight had saved her from a painful crash landing.

“Derpy!”, Twilight yelled as she released her safely on the ground, “What are you thinking coming in that fast from flying? You almost got seriously hurt!”

Derpy sat on her hind legs and began to breathe very heavily: “I…..have….something to say…Rainbow….Vinyl…are”

Applejack rushed over to comfort her, “Woah, take it easy Derpy. Catch yer breath, that’s it…easy does it”.

Rarity also walked up to Derpy, worried and confused, “Darling, are you ok? You look awful!”

“Oh Derpy, I’ll be right back”, Fluttershy said worried, “Let me get you some water!”

Fluttershy galloped back into the library to fetch some water for Derpy. By this time, she was only just beginning to catch her breath as the adrenaline began to wore off. She felt major pain erupt from her lungs as she began to get dizzy and disoriented. Fluttershy came back after fetching a glass of water, and caringly gave it to Derpy Hooves. Derpy took the glass with her hoof and drank the water until her throat began to burn less. The cool sensation of the fresh water began to revitalize her body as soon as it washed down her throat.

Pinkie Pie, usually excited and happy, looked upon Derpy with a worried expression on her face. Spike stood by ready to assist anyway he could as Derpy began to explain the situation.

Before Derpy could say anything, Twilight spoke up: “Is this about that bright blue light we saw coming from where you were? Did something happen?”

Derpy shook her head in agreement with a sad expression, and then tears began to fill her eyes.
“I…I…” Derpy struggled, “I’m so sorry. There was nothing I could do. There was…this figure…standing on only two legs…and…and” she began to weep, making it harder to make a complete sentence.

Spike moved his way in front of Derpy as she sat on the grass: “Hey! We’re here for you! Me, Twilight, and everypony else! I’m sure whatever happened, it wasn’t your fault.”

Twilight agreed: “Right! Just about everyone in Ponyville witnessed that blue lightning, or whatever it was. Did somepony get hurt? Are Rainbow Dash and Vinyl OK?”

“Umm..I don’t know. I don’t think so”, Derpy began to cry, “I don’t know what happened. All I know is there was a bright blue flash of light. Dash and Vinyl tried to escape. They told me to run and to not get close. Then I was knocked down by the flash, and then they were…gone.”

“Right. Thank you Derpy, that’s all we need to know.” Twilight then turned around standing next to Derpy. Twilight faced Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Spike: “Ok girls, Spike: Something strange is going on in Ponyville, and it’s up to us to find out what it is. We need to get to that field as fast as possible. I don’t think there is any time to prepare. We don’t know what we are dealing with, but Rainbow Dash and Vinyl Scratch need our help! Let’s go!”

Fluttershy fell behind the group as they rest of them began to walk off from the front yard of the Library towards the direction of the field. “Oh, umm….I think I might just stay here just in case Rainbow and Vinyl come back! My animal friends will need help and I just can’t leave them…”

“Fluttershy, LETS GO!”, Rarity came back and nudged her to follow the group.

“Eekk! Oh, Ok.” Fluttershy then looked back at Angel, “Angel you stay here ok? I’ll be back soon!”

As Fluttershy and Rarity caught up to the group, along with Derpy, their fast walk turned into a trot. A few seconds later, the group was galloping through the town, paying no attention to neighbors nearby. Twilight led the galloping group, her head tilted slightly forward with a determined look on her face. Spike hung-on on Twilight’s back as their pace began to quicken.

“Spike! I know this is a weird time. But I need you to take a letter!” Twilight yelled, “Something is not right; I can feel it!”

Spike hung on as he spoke, “How am I supposed to do that when we are galloping though the town likes racehorses?”

“Please Spike! Just try, I fear we don’t have much time to send it!” Twilight yelled.

“Ok, I’ll try!” Spike yelled back. Spike then reached into Twilight's bag strapped to her back and pulled out a quill and a piece of paper. He couldn't seem to hold on and write the letter at the same time.

“Sorry Spike” Twilight yelled as she also tried to breathe harder “I’ll write it using my magic, I just need to you send it.”

Twilight then brought the letter over to her peripheral vision, and using her Magic, she began to write:

I am calling upon you both in a matter of great importance. There has been a major disturbance in Ponyville, and I fear it may have something to do with my recent and reoccurring dreams. Princess Luna can shed some light on the dreams, but I call upon you to warn you and the other residents of Ponyville and Equestria. A blue flash of light has seemingly been the cause of Rainbow Dash and Vinyl Scratch’s sudden disappearance. I don’t think I have time to warn you before we fall into the same fate: because I fear that we are Rainbow and Vinyl’s only hope. I did not have time to gather the Elements of Harmony, but through our friendship, as well as Derpy Hooves and Spike, we will see to it that everything regarding this situation is rectified. Please be our guides in this if something were to happen. And to both of you I say farewell, and hope to report back to you as soon as I know anything further.

“Spike! It’s ready!” Twilight yelled, as she handed the letter back to Spike using her magic.

Spike took a big breathe in, and then exhaled a green fire sending the letter on its way to the Princess.
By this time, the gang had galloped up onto the spot of the blue lightning incident. The group slowed down to slight trot, and then a cautious walk as they began to enter the field. The same smell of the ionized air and burnt sulfur was recognized by Derpy. To the others, it was one of the strangest scents they had come across. Fluttershy brought up the rear of the group.

Derpy glanced over at Twilight, standing by her side, and lifted up her hoof, pointing into the direction of a lone cyan father and some white stands of fur: “THERE!” Derpy yelled.

Twilight and the rest of the group ran towards the spot Derpy pointed at. But Derpy approached more cautiously, “Caaareful! That’s the last place I…saw them”.

As the group approached the scene, the sky began to seem darker. The atmosphere near the blue flash was electrically charged, and the fur of the ponies began to slightly stand up because of the charged air.

“He he, weeee!” Pinkie Pie laughed, “My fur feels all tingly! And my mane is…woah! YOU GUYS, You all look funny! Haha!”

“Ahhh! What the hay is going on?”, Rarity yelled, “My mane is getting all messed uuuuup!”

“GIRLS!”, Twilight yelled, “NOW IS NOT THE TIME! Something happened here. Some type of…portal”.

Twilight looked around for a bit. Her horn began to glow as she searched for any sign of Rainbow Dash and Vinyl Scratch. She closed her eyes and tried to remember a spell; a spell that could take her to Rainbow Dash using the bond of the elements. She thought that if she could lock onto Rainbow Dash’s location, she would find Vinyl too.

Suddenly, Twilight’s entire body began to glow purple as she began to utter a spell:

“By the universes mighty power,
In this darkest hour.
Show me the path of Loyalty,
And lead me to her current reality”

Twilight repeated the chant, which included everyone in the group:

“By the Universes mighty power,
In this darkest hour.
Show us to the path of Loyalty,
And lead us to her current reality!”

Everyone in the group began to glow the color of their fur and skin: Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Derpy, and Spike.

The colors surrounding them began to fade into a bright blue and radiant light. The wind picked up around them and tossed debris in every direction. Twilight’s eyes began to glow a bright blue as she opened them to complete the chant one last time:

“By the universes POWER,
In this darkest hour.
Show us the path of LOYALTY,
And lead us to her current REALITY!”

As soon as Twilight yelled “REALITY”, everypony and Spike was frozen and overcome by a blue flash of light. As fast as the light came, it was gone.
With a final crack of lightning, the field was now empty. Not a creature was around, and no bird chirp or noises could be heard. The group was now gone. Gone to wherever Rainbow Dash, the element of loyalty, had gone.

Soon after the groups disappearance, word quickly spread across the town of Ponyville…that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were making an urgent visit.

When Three Worlds Collide

by steelmatt6

Chapter 4: Harmony Disrupted