Rainbow Dash had been in a hurry -- she had been informed that today was the day the new Daring Do book was to arrive at the Library, and she wanted to make absolutely certain she would be the first one there to check it out. Little did she know Twilight was in the basement working on her transdimensional transport spell, that she was in the process of casting it, when the cyan pegasus crashed through the first floor window, smashing into one of the bookcases, knocking half the books off the shelf onto the floor. This distraction caused a misdirection in the spell's outcome, landing Twilight in her current position.
"Spike! Is Twiley here? That new Daring Do book is supposed to be coming in today, and I KNOW I'm the first one here! Where is she?" Rainbow asked with great excitement.
"Rainbow, that's gotta hurt every time you do that! If I remember correctly, Twi said she was heading down to the basement to work on a new spell and didn't want any distractions. I hope she wasn't in the middle of casting that spell when you came crashing through the window," Spike stated optimistically.
"Well, let's head down there and see."
Spike opened the door leading downstairs and the two of them proceeded slowly. The mix of lab equipment and books made for a bit of an obstacle course, but presently they found an open book and a rune circle on the ground, a piece of chalk laying on the floor near the circle. Twilight was nowhere to be seen. Rainbow looked at the page the book had been opened to and read the words slowly.
"What's that egghead gotten herself into?" Rainbow silently thought. "Spike, she's teleported to another universe -- we need to find out where she's gone. We need to tell Princess Celestia about this."
"Okay, Rainbow, I'll send her a letter," Spike said glumly. "I hope she makes it back safely, I don't want to lose her." Spike quickly scrawled out a letter informing Celestia of Twilight's recent spellcasting attempt, expressing his concern for her safety and requesting information of her whereabouts should she be able to locate her faithful student. Shortly after signing the letter, he used his dragon breath to send it to the Princess. Shortly after sending the letter, he was enveloped in Celestia's golden aura and teleported to her private study.
"Spike, I will cast a spell to locate her. We shall see where she is," Celestia announced almost proudly. A portal window appeared in a golden aura, and Twilight came into view. She was sitting on a couch in the main room of the Drawn Together house, glaring sternly at a small orange creature. Spike watched in horror as the small orange creature leaped in the air and fired a dark purple ball of energy at her. He showed a bit of relief when he saw the orange creature enveloped in Twilight's magenta aura, unable to move and lowered to the floor.
"Where is she?" Spike asked. "What sort of creatures are those?"
"I don't know, Spike. I haven't seen creatures like those before. I suggest we watch to see what else occurs."
"Is there some way we can talk to her? Can we hear what's going on where she is?"
"I will see what I can do about that, Spike." Celestia used some more magic and they were able to hear Twilight's interactions with the house members at this point.
"I'm not going to stand here and let you to attack me!" Twilight said angrily. "I won't allow you to do that!"
"You tell him, Twi!" Spike exclaimed excitedly.
"Spike, she can't hear you. We can only see and hear what's going on where she is. I am still working on a way to communicate with her, but until then we may only observe what happens in this particular room."
"Okay, I guess. Is there a way of keeping the spell going so we can see what's happening?"
"The spell only requires periodic recharging and requires little effort to cast so we can watch for as long as we want, or at least for as long as YOU want. I have important matters to attend to -- my day court is quite busy today. Perhaps Luna can observe Twilight's actions in my stead. Those creatures seem rather fascinating." Celestia then teleported to Luna's bedchamber and woke her, informing her of what was transpiring with Twilight and that Spike was in her private study watching Twilight by means of the portal view spell. Luna took it upon herself to teleport to Celestia's study to assist Spike in his task of observation.
Luna and Spike watched as Twilight was having a discussion with Foxxy and Wooldoor. "Spike, do you know what that yellow ... thing ... is?"
As if to answer her question, the yellow odd-shaped thing responded to Twilight's question by announcing the fact that he was a Sockbat, hence his name. Luna fell silent as she watched the exchange between Twilight and Wooldoor.
"Wooldoor, why do you say WHEEEE! all the time?" Twilight asked him.
"I have to say that every 30 seconds or I'll explode! WHEEEEE!" he exclaimed.
"What odd behavior," Luna mused.
"That dark-skinned one looks kinda cute," Spike offered. The two fell silent again and continued to watch. Every so often, Twilight would leave the main room for long stretches of time -- even so, this gave Spike and Luna an opportunity to watch the other house members engage in their juvenile antics. They watched Xandir jump with a spin a few times to illustrate a new ability he had achieved. They watched Foxxy and Clara get into another fight as a result of Clara's continued racial ignorance. They watched Spanky sit on a cantaloupe that had been cut in half.
"What in the name Faust is that pig doing?!" Luna asked in exasperation.
"I have no idea, Princess. Did you hear a faint noise while he was sitting on that melon?"
"That pig is utterly repulsive! If I had a way of sending him to the moon, that would be the first thing I do with him!"
They watched as Twilight and the others walked back into the room to see Spanky still sitting on the melon.
"A-heh. This is kinda embarrassing. If you guys had walked in about an hour later, I could have chalked it up to the alcohol." He gave a sheepish grin and stood, the melon now in front of his abdomen. "What the hell? Let's PARTY!!"
"Is there a way we can show Twilight's friends back in Ponyville what's going on here, so they know she's safe? Somewhat?" Spike asked.
Luna smiled. "I will see what I can do about this, Spike. I shall cast a spell to replicate this window so the other Element Bearers might see what is transpiring with Twilight." She proceeded to cast the spell so that Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Pinkie Pie could simultaneously watch Twilight and the others in the house interact with each other. This occurred just in time for them to watch the entirety of the tequila party.