//------------------------------// // Prologue: Through Time and Space // Story: Tales from Different Universes // by ninja-kitteh 37 //------------------------------// Tales from Different Universes Written by: ninja-kitteh 37 Prologue: Through Time and Space It was a nice day in ponyville. The birds chirping, the squirrels with their nuts, and the bees buzzing. The day was normal in Ponyville, the ponies are all around the town, but where is Twilight Sparkle? For several years now, she has been working on a way to travel through time and space. For several years, she has been designing the machine and redesigning it for each failed test run. Fail by fail, no matter what cost. she was determined to get it fully operational. “When will she ever get out and get some sun?” Rarity asked. “We’ve tried every trick available on the book, but she is just as stubborn as a mule.” There was a noise from a donkey. “No offense.” “None taken,” the donkey said. “Okay, y’all. If nothin’ works, we’re just gonna hafta go in and try ta explain to her that what she’s doin’ can wait,” Applejack said. “But, AJ, we’ve already done that! We’ve done everything! No matter what we dish out to her, she’ll refuse,” Rainbow Dash said. “Then we’ll jus hafta do it again. Maybe she changed ‘er mind,” Applejack suggested. “Now who’s with me?” Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy all agreed. “I’m in,” they said. “Okay. Time to get in,” AJ said with confidence. When they entered in Twilight’s house, they were warmly welcomed by Spike, “Oh, hey, girls. How are things going?” “Nothing, Spike, were tryin’ to get Twi some fresh air,” AJ answered. “Okay, AJ. She’s in her room, like always,” Spike said. When they arrived at Twilight’s room, Twilight noticed who it was and said, “Oh, great timing girls. I just finished it, and it was a successful test run.” “OH OH OH!! CAN I TRY IT? CAN I TRY IT PLEASE??” Pinkie Pie begged, hoping to be first pony to try Twilight’s newly designed machine. “Oh, relax, Pinkie. It needs some time. Unless you want to see another test run,” said Twilight. “Okay that’ll be fine, Twilight. We can see if it actually works?” Rarity enthusiastically said. Twilight felt joy inside when she heard that they wanted to see the test run. So she flipped the switches of the machine on, and told them, “It may take ten to fifteen seconds for this to work, and when it does, a portal will appear that will let you travel through time and space. However, if the portal appears, you are going to step in fast, for after twenty seconds, it will automatically shut off, as well as notifying you that it is shut off and needs to cool down. When it automatically shuts off, it will need a five minute cooldown before you can turn it on, but no worries it will notify you after the five minutes of letting it cool down are up.” Fifteen seconds later, the portal appeared. “See, girls. This is why I have not been outside for years. I wanted to achieve something. Something that no pony can achieve.” Before the portal time limit could reach, Twilight grabbed an apple tapped to a camera and tossed it into the portal. When that was done, the apple disappeared as well as the portal. “Portal time limit reached. Please wait five minutes to re-activate the portal,” the machine said. “Wow, Twi, congrats for making this accomplishment,” AJ said with happiness, but the good times didn’t last long when the portal reopened, spat out the apple, and started to grow in size. “Uh, Twilight?” Rarity asked. “ I don’t mean to be rude or anything but, is this normal?” “No,” answered Twilight. “In fact this should never happen, the portal shouldn’t grow.” Meanwhile, downstairs, Spike is hearing the commotion upstairs while he was reading. “Well, looks like it works,” Spike said. “At least she has proof that the machine actually works.” Then he heard screams of panic. Spike instantly jumped up. “Oh, no!” Spike panicked, the girls are in trouble! I’ve got to go help them!” So Spike went upstairs as fast as he could, but when arrived at the top of the stairs, the door to Twilight’s room is locked. He tried yelling through the door, “TWILIGHT!!! CAN YOU HEAR ME!!!? THE DOOR IS LOCKED ON MY SIDE!!! CHECK AND SEE IF IT IS NOT LOCKED ON YOURS WHILE I SEARCH DOWNSTAIRS FOR THE KEY!!!” Twilight checked the door to see if it was locked, and it was. “SPIIIKE!!!” she shouted. “IT’S LOCKED FROM HERE AS WELL!!!” She turned her attention to her other friends. “GIRLS!!!” she shouted. “I KNOW WE MAY NOT LIVE LONG, BUT WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!!! THERE SHOULD BE A KEY AROUND HERE TO UNLOCK THIS DOOR!!! SPIKE IS SEARCHING DOWNSTAIRS FOR THE KEY IF IT WERE TO BE THERE!!!” “BUT TWILIGHT!!! HOW IN THE HAY ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT!!!?” Rainbow asked loudly to beat the noise the portal is making. Meanwhile, downstairs, Spike is searching for the key to Twilight’s room, hoping to find it and unlock it to get the girls out. “Come on. Stupid keys, where are you!?” Spike said still trying to find the key. “Oh, there you...” Spike paused for what he saw. A ring with a huge set of keys. “Great, I guess this is it,” said Spike as he ran upstairs. Back upstairs, the portal got bigger, and the ponies could not find the key. Spike got to the door and shouted, “TWILIGHT!!! I FOUND THE KEY, OR, WELL, KEYS!!! I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE RIGHT ONE, DO YOU!!!?” “NO, I DON’T, SPIKE. I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHICH KEY UNLOCKS THE RIGHT LOCK!!!” Twilight shouted back. “BUT YOU NEED TO HURRY!!! WE WON’T LAST LONG!!!” After hearing that, Spike hurried and tried each key one by one, when a key wouldn’t unlock the door, he tried. Then the next key. Then the next. Then the next. Then he came to the last key. “SSSSPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.....” Twilight tried to call Spike, but was cut off. The commotion came to a silent halt immediately when Spike unlocked the door, but when he opened it and came in, he saw hoofprints outlined by burnt streaks. There was one last voice coming from the machine, and it said, “A severe malfunction occurred. The portal will remain off for one year. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.” When he heard that, he noticed one thing. He, was too late. “NNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!”