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// Help from Technicolor, Talking ponies 
// Story: Once Upon a Time; Failed Spell 
// by DADERPSTER 
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    The five other ponies arrived shortly after Twilight had Spike send for them. 
Rainbow Dash and Applejack had come equipped with nothing but their sisters, who had insisted on coming. ("We just have to see if the colt has his cutie mark yet!")
Rarity had come in her newest dress, hoping to make a good impression, with SweetieBelle trotting behind.
Fluttershy had come with Angel, who had taken right away to Mary Margret, despite her growing dark heart. 
Pinkie Pie came with her party cannon and another wild party idea, along with a welcome song of which she instisted on singing.

Emma had to admit she had taken a liking to Rainbow Dash herself. Not because she was a pegasus, much like Emma herself was in this world, but because of her sense of authority and strength. Twilight had informed the "visitors" that they were each an element of harmony, and Emma also liked that about Rainbow; she was loyal. As soon as all the ponies arrived, the CMCs already good friends with Henry, Twilight asked Charming to tell the elements why and how he and his comarades, as he had put it, made it to this land, and how they desparately wanted to get back to their own. Twilight took over once he had filled them all in. "Any ideas on getting them back home?"

"We could use a cannon and shoot them so fast that they somehow wind up back in their own home, and Dashie could preform a rainboom that would make a portal, with the combined speed!" at this, Pinkie again, for about the fifteenth time this month, had slid on her fake moustache. "I'll wear this mustache."
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "number one, that would be way too exaughsting and dangerous. I'm not gonna try anything that'll get anypony at the risk of being injured. I know what its like to have a broken limb." she flexed her wing.
Applejack nodded. "Not even Ah would try that. No matter how darin'. Even if it was to prove Ah was better then Rainbow." Rainbow rolled her eyes.

Fluttershy looked around. "Um, maybe we could-" she was cut off, her quiet voice unheard.

"Maybe they could use unicorn magic to get themselves home." Rarity suggested. Twilight shook her head. "Too dangereous, it would take them years to learn unicorn magic, apart from levitation or any of the simpler spells."
Fluttershy, wanting to be heard, waved her hoof in the air. Twilight saw and nodded, and all the ponies in the room turned their attention to the shy pegasus. "Um, I was thinking that we could, uh, maybe, ask the princesses for help." she said quietly, unliking all the eyes on her. Twilight beamed. "That's a brilliant idea Fluttershy!" Fluttershy simply blushed. 

"Still, won't it take several days to prepare and ask, even to get the spell working and be able to return?" Emma asked. Twilight nodded. "We can stay here several days. I can ask the mayor if she'll allow you to stay in our empty houses at the moment, and if not, I'm sure we can find places for you guys at each other's houses." at this each of the elements nodded.

Emma felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to see Henry. "Is it okay if I stay with these three?" The Cutie Mark Crusaders stood behind him, looking at Emma with hopeful eyes. "We have a clubhouse that we can stay together in! Its near Ponyville, not off of Sweet Apple Acres!" The white unicorn filly said. Emma nodded. "Don't get into too much trouble though. Once we're ready to go see these princesses we need to be ready to go home." Henry nodded before cantering back to the three fillies.

It was now that Emma turned and saw Regina studying a page in a book for a moment before turning to talk with the newly-found companions. Emma, wondering what the evil queen had found so interesting, trotted over to the book to have a closer look. The page had a pictire of a necklace witha red embalm the shape of an alicorn. It read The Alicorn Amulet overtop as a heading. Emma didn't know why, but she felt a ripple of unease, and closed the book, turning to talk with Rainbow Dash, forgetting the thing she had just seen.