//------------------------------// // Down The Pony Tubes // Story: One Week At A Time // by 1pony4all //------------------------------// Princess Luna was in her study. She had been in there for days on end, only coming out to eat and raise the moon (and even then she sometimes just did if from that room). Her elder sister, Princess Celestia was beginning to worry about the blue pony goddess. She approached the heavy wooden door and knocked lightly. tap... tap... tap... No response. She tried again, slightly louder this time. knock... knock... knock... She could swear she heard papers rustling that time. One last time. KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! "EEP!" came a small cry from inside the study, fallowed closely by a very large crashing noise and what Celestia swears was a cat screeching. Celestia spoke from behind the closed door, " Luna? Luna are you alright?" "Oooooooooow..." came a small groan from behind the door fallowed by more sounds of papers shuffling, a chair being stood back up, broken glass being pushed aside and... was that a chicken? The door slowly pulled back a crack and Luna's head popped out. "Oh, hi sis." A nervous smile on her face, "Good evening." Celestia gently tried to push the door open farther, curious of what was going on in that room, "It's morning Luna." She said in a deadpan tone, "You missed moon rise last night." Luna's eyes widened, partiality because of missing the moon raising, but mostly because her sister was trying to push her way into her study, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I just got...uh... caught up? THAT'S IT! I got caught up in my studying!" She pressed her body against the door more forcefully. Celestia backed off of the door, "I understand it's hard to catch up after you've been gone for so long..." She looked at her sister with genuine concern, "but I haven't seen you at dinner for days now. Are you eating properly in there?" Luna let out a small sigh as she let the pressure off of the door, "Of course I'm eating properly," she said with a small smile, happy that her secret was safe for the time being, "Conjuring up a plate of food now and again is no problem." Then she saw it, a small glint in Celestia's eye fallowed shortly by a tiny, barely noticeable smile. A smile only the two of them could ever know of, you learn these things being sisters. Quickly, Luna went to slam the door shut but she was too late, Celestia has already charged the door, knocking it wide open and Luna a few feet back. Her eyes widened when she got a full loot at what was going on. "What int the name of...?" "I-I-I-I can explain!" Luna shouted * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * It was a balmy 89 degrees in Suburban Town USA as a young man walked down the street, toward his home. The man was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a black t-shirt and his favorite tan button up shirt on top and was carrying the messenger bag that seemed to be perpetually attached to his shoulder. He had music playing on his earphones and was rather enjoying the overall nice (if not somewhat humid) day. He rounded into the driveway of his home and proceeded toward the back door. As soon as he unlocked said door, he was greeted by loud howls and whines coming from the basement, signs that the two dongs were happy he had come home. After taking his shoes off in the kitchen, he noticed that the dishes needed to be attended to... soon. As the young man proceeded to his room to stow away his bag, he took note that the house seemed empty sans for him and the dogs, his parents seemed to have left. After setting the bag down, he took a moment to preform his daily ritual of looking around his room, telling himself to clean it, and promptly forgetting the event ever happened as he sat down at his computer, eager to check on the latest Brony news. "Hmmmm... Derpyhooves, Equestria Daily... Oo new drawfriend, hmmmmm..." He muttered to himself while cheacking all of the new fanworks he could find. He idly pressed the play button built into his keyboard, playing the most recent playlist on his computer, EurobeatBrony's Super Pony Beat. "Ponychan... Oh /oat/, you so crazy... Huh... well, thats about it for now." The man spun around in his chair and faced the wall opposite his computer. The glanced over the handful of posters and the wall, depicting a cosmic bounty hunter in an orange suit of high-tech armor, a three and a half foot tall blue hedgehog and a plumber with a stereotypical Italian accent to name a few. All of these things were reminders of a different time in his life, a different fandom he had gotten caught up in. Reminded him of good times and good friends he had mad along the way. There was an empty space on the wall. "Heh heh heh," The man chuckled to himself, "one day... one day..." He walked out of his room to start on the dishes. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Luna!?!" Celestia cried, transfixed on the phenomena in the room. "What is going on here?" In the far corner, partially hidden behind a bookcase, was what could only be described as a sideways tornado that had the narrow part chopped off. Every so often, something, or somepony, would be spit out of it, dazed, but intact. Luna tried to explain herself, "I-I-I was experimenting with a new form of teleportation spell, one that would allow for a much longer jump than the twenty to thirty feet the current one allows for normal unicorns." She looked over at the vortex and sighed, "Then this happened. I don't know what it is exactly, but I've been studying it." The vortex spit out a rather confused looking black dog, a leash still attached to it's collar. Luna looked at Celestia and gave an akward smile, "A-a-and I've been sending things back to their rightful places of course." She walked over to the dog and read it's ID tag, and promptly sent it to the address printed there. Celestia was dumbfounded, she could only think of one question, "Luna, how do we get rid of it?" "That's the problem..." Luna said sadly, "I don't know how to." Celestia shot her a glare. "YET! Don't know how to yet." She gave another nervous smile. "What I have figured out is that it seems like the spell is incomplete." She motioned to the vortex, "This point is fixed here and does not move, but the other end seems to be jumping all around Equestria-" "-and sucking up random things..." Celestia interrupted, she turned and looked her sister in the eyes, "Luna, I've never seen any magic like this before... Where did you come up with it?" Luna suddenly became very interested in the floor around her hooves, "Well, I didn't spend a thousand years on the moon with out coming up with an escape plan... but I never finished my work. Later on I thought the spell might be helpful around Equestria, so I began to work on it again." Celestia sighed and once again began to examine the vortex, "So, if we are able to finish the spell and lock down the other end, will you be able to stop it?" Luna walked closer to the swirling mass, "The spell was designed to last for ten seconds once cast. Theoretically, if we were able to lock down the other end, if would eventually just stop on it's own." "Well?" Celestia looked at Luna expectantly. "Well what?" Luna looked frustrated, "I was about to make another attempt right before you barged in here." "Just make sure you lock it somewhere far, far away so we don't have anymore uninvided guests." "Don't worry sis," Luna turned back to the vortex again, her horn began to glow, "I'll send it to a place so far away, nopony will ever breath the air from the same planet." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Finally done." The young man returned to his room after finishing the formidable stack of dishes. He sat down once again in front of his computer, happily clicking away at what ever struck his fancy: Youtube videos, browsing deviantArt, checking the weather for the next day, back to ponychan... wait... There was a new thread on the front page of /oat/. "Your are transported to Equestria by a wayward teleportation spell! What's your reaction? The man scoffed at the silly thread, he had never taken these kinds of things seriously. He let his curiosity get the better of himself though as he began to read the replies. I'd fall over dead on the spot! I'd race over to Fluttershy's place to see all the critters! I'd bang Twilight STFY troll! You spelled stfu wrong Yep, it was typical /oat/. The young man laughed quietly to himself, then he began to wounder, "How would I react? I might not ever see my family or friends again..." While contemplating this thought, he failed to notice a stiff breeze ah kicked up in his room. That is, until it blew all of the paper off of his desk. "What the-" He was cut off by a loud BANG! The man whirled around to see a swirling vortex had formed right behind him. "Lun-.......t workin....?" "....ink so.........ust a lit.....re!" "Were those... voices?" the man had little time to continue this line of thought as he was being sucked into the vortex. He wraped his arms around his drawing desk. "Jus.....ore secon.....! NO......y notes! A few pieces of yellowed paper fluttered past the man's face right before the suction knocked the desk over, falling on his arm. The pain forced him to let go and be sucked into the vortex, just as it closed up. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "It's closing!" Cried Princess Luna, she could feel the magic slowly ebbing away... but she also felt something differ-WHAM! Something flew out of the portal and slammed into the Blue alicorn, sending her and the object tumbling into a bookcase near the door. Celestia rushed over to check on her sister, "Luna! Are you alright?" She used her magic to pick up the large object off of her sister, haphazardly tossing it against a nearby wall. "I-I'm fine." Luna got to her feet, she was a bit unsteady, "The vortex?" "It's gone, but we picked up another strange object before it closed." "Tell me about it..." Luna said, shaking her head a bit, "It weighs a ton." "Uuuuuuugggghhhhhnnnnn..." A moan escaped the lump of an object. Luna was startled, "Is that... thing alive?" She cocked her head to one side and the object began to rise up off the ground. "Ow my head..." The young man got to his feet, hand pressed against his forehead. He went to take a look around, but found he couldn't pry his eyes away from the two brightly colored, winged, horned ponies in front of him. "It can talk?" Celestia thought aloud. The man's head tilted to one side, his brain unable to process what was in front of him. He took a step closer. Celestia quickly stepped in front of her sister in a protective stance, her horn glowing, "Stay back Luna!" It clicked, That name was the last piece of the puzzle. The man was in Equestria. Suddenly, the room grew cold and dark. The man felt a sense of vertigo and fell to the floor.