Equestria was experiencing a rather dark and stormy afternoon. Lightning flashed, followed by the loud boom of thunder. Rain came pouring down, pelting buildings and any unfortunate ponies that happened to be rushing around outside.
Most of the land had suffered a massive drought just a few days prior, so the pegasi scheduled a tropical storm to make up for it. Because of the dry, cracked dirt that covered much of the ground, low-lying parts of various towns had received flood warnings, and had been advised to move to higher ground.
Ponyville, the town adjacent to the famed Sweet Apple Acres, was suffering the worst of the storm. The mayor, along with a few government officials, buckled down in wait of a massive clean-up operation. Several buildings were on the brink of collapse.
Yet even under the crushing power of the elements, seven ponies ran through the streets of the town, trying to reach the library before the storm got the better of them. None of them looked very happy.
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After waiting about twenty minutes, the door to Twilight Sparkle’s home finally received a knock. Jittery, she asked her assistant Spike to answer it for her.
Acknowledging her request, the small dragon ran for the door, turned the knob, and greeted the soaking wet visitors that stood angrily on the other side.
Rainbow Dash was the first one to enter, followed by the other six in the following order: Applejack, Big Macintosh, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Zecora.
Although unhappy about having to rush over on short notice in the pouring rain, the six were forgiving, and willing to hear whatever it was Twilight had to say. Except Rainbow Dash of course, who was ready to strangle whoever got on her last nerve.
“This had better be good, Twilight. I won’t be able to fly for a week with my wings wet like this!” She exclaimed.
“Whoa, calm down there sugarcube. If Twilight wanted us here during a big storm, it must be for a good reason.” Applejack reasoned.
“I brought you all here on account of a new experiment that I have devised!” Twilight announced.
Everyone except Rainbow Dash and Rarity oohed and awed.
“Ooh, what is it, what is it? Oh, I can’t wait!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
“It’s a trans-dimensional teleportation spell. If it works, we shouldn’t be in Equestria anymore.” Twilight answered.
This earned gasps from everyone in the room, even Spike.
“Where exactly would it take us?” Rarity asked.
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“Well first of all, somewhere where it’s not raining.” Twilight answered.
The group let out a sigh of relief. Anywhere without rain was good at this point.
“Well, that’s good. What is this place like?” Fluttershy asked.
“Well, has anyone heard of a human? Mythical creatures that walk on two legs?”
Most of the group nodded their heads. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.
“C’mon, Twilight. Humans? We’re not four-year-olds.”
“The place we’d be going to has living humans as their dominant species. You’d be surprised; humans have intelligence that’s unmatched by any other species.” Twilight explained.
“Is it a happy place with lots of partying?” Pinkie Pie asked.
Twilight shrugged. “I’m not sure. After all, it is an alternate universe.”
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“Let’s pick up the pace. I’d kind of like to see this new place.” Zecora suggested.
“Okay then. I’d like everyone to form a circle around me please.” Twilight ordered.
The seven ponies did as they were told, and formed a circle around Twilight. Spike stood next to her anxiously.
“Spike, you too. Join the circle.” Twilight whispered to him.
“Really? I get to be in one of your experiments?” He asked.
“Yeah, why not? I’m also going to this alternate universe, so we can’t just leave you behind.” Twilight replied.
Following her orders, Spike eagerly joined the circle in between Rarity and Pinkie Pie. Twilight ordered them all to hold each other’s hooves.
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Once they had done so, Twilight began the spell. A steady stream of magic flowed from her horn, and began to travel downwards toward the ground. When it had touched the hardwood floor, it spread out, enveloping the ground that they were all standing on, and dying it a deep purple.
The group standing around Twilight watched in wonder and awe at the floor as the magic swirled around them like a whirlpool. The purple hue on the floor began to change to black, and before anyone in the group could react, the floor opened up. The group suddenly screamed as they fell into a dark abyss.
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They weren’t falling for long, however. The darkness they were falling in opened up, and they landed on hard, concrete ground.
After recovering from the breath that was knocked out of them, the group stood up, and looked around. They appeared to be on a bridge that connected a large red barn and a blue factory. The barn even had the word “RED” printed on it, and the factory had the word “BLU” written on it. The bridge crossed over a ravine that seemed to have no bottom. Stars dotted the sky, as it was nighttime.
“Where are we?” Fluttershy asked.
“Beats me. I’m pretty sure this is not the location I intended to be teleported to.” Twilight responded, sounding confused.
“Hey, I may have gotten a C in English back in school, but I’m pretty sure that’s not how you spell the word ‘blue’.” Rainbow Dash observed, pointing at the factory.
“That’s an acronym. Below the word ‘BLU’, it says ‘Builders’ League United’.” Twilight replied.
“And over on that barn, it says “Reliable Excavation Demolition’.” Applejack added.
Big Mac shook his head. “Gee, that’s a fight just waiting to happen.”
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The group heard an alien voice. “Hey, what’s with the colored horses? This doesn’t make any freaking sense.”
They all turned toward the sound of the voice, and saw a teenage human wearing a headset and a blue shirt. He carried a baseball bat with the word ‘BONK!’ on it in his hand.
“Colored horses? That’s for babies!” Came another unfamiliar voice.
After hearing the response, a much bigger and older-looking man came out of the factory. He was completely bald, and very wide. He wore the same color shirt with a golden fist badge embroidered on the bicep. A chain of bullets hung around his shoulder, and he carried a giant minigun in his two hands.
They all just kind of stared at each other in amazement. The two humans have never seen colored ponies, and the colored ponies have never seen humans. It was a moment that would be remembered by both groups for a long time.
The moment was gone however when more humans began to come out of the factory and the barn to observe the scene. Everyone coming out of the factory wore blue, and everyone coming out of the barn wore red.
There were so many different kinds of humans. There was a thick-armored man with a rocket launcher and an oversized helmet, a guy wearing an optical mask that had a flamethrower, a guy with a hard hat and a wrench, a German-looking guy with a strange power pack on his back and a long trench coat, an Australian guy with a hat and a sniper rifle, a black man with a bulletproof vest and a sticky-bomb launcher, and a masked man in a suit with a knife in his hand.
The strangest thing was that there was two of every kind of human; one wearing each color.
After the moment of confusion and wonder, the blue guy wearing the hard hat stepped forward, and held out his hand.
“Welcome to Mann Co., partner.” He greeted.
To be Continued…