Out of All The Worlds...

by gordobraveheart

Magic Makes The World Go 'Round

I quickly ran inside the house and looked around frantically. Everypony in the living room were alive and breathing. On the wooden floor, however, was the large flat screen T.V. Glass surrounded it, mostly small pieces but nothing large enough to cause a gash, just small cuts. “Is everypony okay? What happened?”

“Well, Twilight tried to lift up that box thingy with her magic but...she couldn’t. As soon as she tried to lift this thing, she got really tired all of a sudden and dropped it. She looked like she was about to pass out, so she’s over there on the couch.” Pinkie Pie said, pointing her hoof towards Twilight. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were trying to fan her with their wings, while Applejack did the same with her hat.

I walked over to her, confused as why Pinkie sounded as if Twilight was about to faint. Her face was sweating, and she took long deep breathes. “Twilight? You okay?”

“Yea...just a little tired.” She said, wiping her forehead with her hoof. “I tried lifting that thing to see if magic in this world is still usable. It is, but I got really tired very quick.” She started to get up from the couch slowly, taking baby steps. In no time, she was standing on all fours in no time, smiling. “See? All better. Thanks for the fanning girls, I was really getting hot.”

“Any time, partner.”

“Yea, we got you!”

“Um..you’re welcome…”

I looked down at the T.V then back at Twilight, then all of the ponies. The gears in my head started turning rapidly, and when I formed my guess, a chill was sent down my spine so cold, Nino, who was laying on the couch, even felt a disturbance. What if...what if magic is like, their energy? Like, what's needed for them in order to keep moving, like proteins but with magic?

“Twilight, I have a question.” I said, walking far enough so everypony could look at me. “Where you come from, is magic used there constantly?”

“Well, not always. It is a big part of Equestrian culture yes, but science also comes into the mix.” She smiles proudly at her answer, but then sighed a bit. “Excluding Pinkie Pie. Don’t ask, even I don’t get her.”

“So, in general,” I said, feeling a lump in my throat. “Would you go as far as to say that magic is needed for you stay at the top of your game?”

“What do you mean by that?” Rainbow Dash asks, looking at me. “What does this have to do with us?”

“Okay let me explain. Humans have hearts, in case you didn’t know. And just like we have hearts, we have a bunch of other organs like a stomach, kidneys, lungs etcetera. Since we have these organs, we need to keep them healthy, so we have to eat healthy food, like fruits and vegetables, and occasionally…” I hesitated for a second, but I had to continue. If they knew now, we won’t have any problems in the future. “Meat.”

I heard them all gasp, but I payed no mind. “Now, eating all of these keeps us going, gives us enough strength to get us through our days-you see where I am going with this?”

“I..think I do.” Twilight said, shaking her head. It looks like she was shaking the thought of me eating meat. “You’re trying to say that we need magic to give us strength?”

“Not just strength specifically, but yes.” I nodded, looking at all of the ponies. “ Think about. The only magic here is pretty ancient,evil, and foreign to you all. I think the magic in your world is all natural, since you all were born and raised into it.”

“In other words,” Rarity said, with a face of understanding. “You are saying that our magic is useless here?”

“I’m saying that you all aren't use to this magic. Meaning-”

“Our magic is getting weaker.” Everypony, including Nino and I, looked at Twilight Sparkle, who had a look of worry on her face. “That would explain why I felt really tired after I lifted that thing.”
“That’s my guess, Twilight.” I said, trying my best to comfort everypony. “I’m not one hundred percent sure if this is true, but it would make sense.”

“Awe, that’s a load of hay!” We all turned our attention to Applejack, who was staring at all of us.”Come on. Ya’ll don’t actually believe that cowpie. Ain’t no way in Celestia’s mane are we gettin’ weaker. Twilight, you was just tired, is all. We all are, and I can prove it to the lot of ya why I think that guess is wrong!” She looked over to me, giving me a harsh stare. “Giovanni, is there a tree ‘round here?”

“Well, there is one in the backyard, what do you-” She bolted right past me and ran outside. This made Nino bolt off of the couch and follow her as well. She looked around until she chose her way. We all ran out of the house, and I caught a glimpse of her tail before she burst through the rusted gate.

When we ran and caught up to Applejack, she was standing right next to a tree, grinning. Nino wasn’t near her, he was right next to me, staring at Applejack. “Ah’ll show ya how strong us Earth Ponies are in Equestria!”

The tree she was preparing to kick wasn’t so thick, but still large enough for Applejack to hit. The leaves were all autumn color but were falling off in the wind, since it is nearing the end of October. She lifted up her hind legs, ready to give that tree a good buck.

“Callin’ me weak, Ah’ll show you!”

With all of her strength, she kicked the tree with a face full of determination. The only problem is, the tree didn’t fall. Shit, there wasn’t even a crack, or even a thud. Just the sound of Applejacks legs hitting the trunk.

“Well...that ain’t suppose to happen. Let me try again.” She readied herself and struck the tree with as much force as she could muster. But even though she gave it her all, the tree just wouldn’t budge. I could see the confusion on her face slowly turn into anger with each kick she tried.

Rainbow Dash tried to walk up to her to stop her, but I held my hand in front of her. She needed to see the truth.

“Why-”

Thwack

“Won't-”

Thwack

“You-”

Thwack

“BREAK!? YA STUPID TREE!”

THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!

After a couple more hits, she started to slow down and grow tired. She then sat on her plot with a look of shock all over her face. She took off the necklace and held the Element in her hand. She just stared at the grey apple as if her own death was being pictured right in front of her. “But...How?” She looked up at me with watery eyes. “This is all just a dream, right?” All of this? We’ll wake up any minute, right-”

SMACK

It all happened so quick. I didn’t even notice Pinkie was missing until I saw her smack Applejack right in the face. Applejack didn’t do a damn thing. She just stared at Pinkie with watery eyes.

Twilight had a look of shock on her face, then tried to speak. “Pinkie! Why did you hit-”

“Twilight..Don’t.” The one to speak up was Fluttershy, surprisingly. “You need to let those two resolve it. It’s for the best of them.”

“But..” Twilight then thought about what Fluttershy said. She nodded, and we all continued to watch.

“We are in a really bad situation.” Pinkie Pie said, looking at Applejack square in the eye. Her normal happy, bubbly tune turned very sad, yet serious. I’ve never in my life thought I would see Pinkie Pie act so serious. “We’re in a world where there are things out to eat us, and as far as we can tell, there is no way out. You’re over here trying to prove somepony wrong, but look at the facts: We are getting weaker. I don’t feel like we’ll get so weak to the point where we can’t walk, but to where our magic is going to stop working.”

Applejack started to get the message through her, and she looked to the ground. Tears were starting to roll down her face, as well as Pinkie Pie’s.

“But, here’s the thing.” Applejack looked up at Pinkie, who had plastered a smile on her face to represent the comfort she was trying to give, yet the tears and her cracking voice say otherwise. “No matter where we are, no matter what situation we are in...we still have each other, Applejack. You, Dashie, Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity and even I know that. We all still have each other, and we even made a new friend where we landed.”

She turned her head and gave me a sad smile. I nearly wanted to ball out, because my family is not with me. Yet, even I still smiled to try to lift up Applejack’s spirits.

“You see? We’ll always have each other. Remember Applejack.” She wiped her face with her foreleg, then gave her a big smile. “You have to smile through all of the bad things.” She gave her a really big hug, wrapping her forelegs around her. Applejack started to cry, which Pinkie Pie tried her best to stop her from doing so. “It’s okay. We’re all here, let it all out. That’s what friends are for, right?”

It wasn’t even needed for the rest to get the hint, they all ran up to Pinkie and Applejack and tried to comfort her. Shit, they all even started to cry. I turned away from the seen, trying to cover my tears with my hood. Nino started to wince, looking at the ground, as was I. It was really cute, yes, but considering the circumstances, I couldn’t daw at that. No, I decided right then and there, that nothing is going to stop me from getting these ponies back to their home.

After wiping my tears, I turned around to see them also calming down, each individually giving Applejack a hug, and telling her things like “We all have each other” and the like.

I walked up to them with dried eyes, sighing. “I think we should all go. With all of the recent noises we made, zombies could be here. Twilight, I could use your help, actually. All of you could go back inside, I just need to talk to her.” Nino looked up at me, and I petted him, wanting to let him know that I was going to be okay. “Go with them, Nino. Protect them.”

They all agreed and walked towards the front of the house, whereis Twilight and I stood alone in the backyard. I pulled out the folded map from my pocket and opened it. It was then that I realized that the back of the map had a zoomed in area of Wayne county, and various of places where I could go. I turned it to the entire map of Michigan and showed Twilight. “Okay, I’m the one who is going to be driving most of the time, and I can’t look at the map every time, so I need somebody-pony, to tell me where to go. Do you think you can read this map?”

“Well, it is very different from maps where I’m from, but I think I can figure it out.” She said, smiling. “ I mean, the roding looks kind of the same to the roads at home, except they are more made of stone and dirt, but I think I got this.Is that all?”

We started to walk away, and I started folding the map again. “Yea, that’s it for now. Now come on, let’s get back inside of the house.”

Raising the sun every day never seems to tire out the Sun Princess, but ever since she had to communicate with her beloved ponies and a human in a different dimension, not to mention transporting the Elements of Harmony. Princess Luna, her sister who normally raises and descends the moon, had to help her older sister early that morning. Even the Princess of the Night knows the current problem the bearers of the Elements are in, and yet even she cannot find a way to get the ponies home.

Spike, Celestia’s pupil’s assistant, has written more than enough letters to her, wanting to let her know that his friend is gone. Not only that, but even the sisters of the ponies wrote to Princess Celestia as well, including Rainbow Dash’s number one fan, Scootaloo. It broke Princess Celestia’s hurt to tell Spike and the C.M.C the news, and just witnessing the tears flow from her ponies and the baby dragon made her heart ache. For now, Spike the Dragon is taking residence with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna in their castle, until Twilight and her friends return home.

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are both conversing with each other in the royal meeting room, both trying to come up with ways on trying to bring the elements and their bearers back home. It wasn’t until Princess Celestia suggested an idea that could possibly bring them back home.

Unfortunately, Luna did not agree with the suggestion at all.

“No! This is a very bad idea sister There must be another way to bring them back!” Luna said, looking at her sister. “I disagree with this, Tia!”

“He is the only one who could possibly help us. We have tried everything, Luna! We looked in the royal archives, under the books of Starswirl the Bearded, and yet we still could not find a thing to help us. I fear that he is the only one to help us. You and I both know his power, he can do it. Besides, it was just an idea. ” Celestia tried her best to reason with Princess Luna, but nothing was working.

“He is the whole reason the Elements of Harmony exist! If we bring him back from stone, how do we know he will not try to bring Equestria into utter chaos, just like last time?” Luna said, stomping her hoof. “I am completely against this, Tia!”

“As am I, but he could be of use to us in case things don’t work out.” Celestia sighs, looking at her little sister. “However, I do remember the human say something about Witchcraft.”

“Maybe there could be somepony in Zebraca that could help us?” Luna said, trying to help her sister with the problem. “Or maybe we don’t need to go to Zebraca. Twilight Sparkle once wrote you a letter saying she and her friends befriended a Zebra who also uses Witchcraft.”

“But the Witchcraft on Earth was more evil, Luna. I felt it when I contacted them. It ran a chill up my spine. I haven’t felt that much since King Sombra.” The Princess shook her head, trying rid the memories of the horrible King. “But Contact this Zebra later tonight. Meanwhile, I need to get back to other royal duties.”

Princess Luna nuzzled her sisters cheek. “We will find a way, Tia, I assure you.” Lun then teleported away, where to Celestia did not care at the moment.

The Princess of the Sun walked towards a window that was directed towards the royal gardens. There, she saw the horrible, chaotic creature that nearly took Ponyville do damnation. If it wasn’t for Twilight and her friends, he would have been roaming free.

She shuddered at the thought of ever releasing the Draconicus. Just the sight of him reminded the pain she and her sister took when Discord ruled.

“Hopefully, releasing him will never come.” Princess Celestia said, covering the window with the shades.