Twilight was unsure if she was crazy, or if it was really happening. She watched as everything around her began to fade into oblivion, every inch of the reality she knew slowly broke away, leaving clear husks of her environment only recognizable by hollow husks in the form of white squares, as if she had just fell onto a giant 3D blueprint of the town she called home. The residents of her world faded, but they were not shown in the same manner. There was no remnant of them. No husk, no blueprint, not even the slightest trace of their energy. Before she could question the situation, the world collapsed in around her, like a large, blue and black hurricane, of which she was the calm, fearful eye. As the world imploded, five objects came in the distance. At first, they were blurs, silhouettes that she could not comprehend. They soon became clearer and clearer, taking a familiar form and color each. The first was a hyperactive, jumping pink blur, echoing in a high voice many things that for some reason were heard, but not comprehended. Two were flying, and the yellow was squealing in fear, like a tiny foal having the worst Nightmare since the first days of Equestria. The other simply rode the currents, under it ran an orange pony, and nearby them was a white and purple shaking pony. All of her friends were still around, but Twilight didn't know why.
Finally, the ponies all joined in the center of the world-cane. All in a completely perfect circle of six, Each one showing a different level of fear and curiosity. None spoke, for none could. It felt as if the breath of their very lungs was gone, and their thoughts scrambled about like the world they once saw. They each exchanged uncertain glances, waiting to wake up, or perhaps meet a Princess who was playing a joke. A minute, though it felt like hours, and nothing happened. Twilight opened her mouth to try and utter even the slightest sound, but was interrupted by a blinding white forming between them. Instinctively, everypony turned their heads, shielding their widened eyes against the burning beacon of hope, or perhaps fear. Twilight tried to catch a curious glimpse of the object, regretting it instantly as she realized what it was. The object she was burning her eyes to stare at was the very glowing orb that she had accidentally summoned a few days earlier. She watched in awe as a white circle appeared under it, surrounded by another further out, and another out of it. From the most outer ring stretched four lines. Three on one side, one barely visible on the other. Her eyes finally gave out, as did her consciousness, as she slipped into sleep. A sleep she was afraid she would never wake from.
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Jeremie, Odd, Ulrich, Yumi, William and Aelita watched in shock ridden awe as the elevator doors creaked open, revealing a very active Supercomputer. In the place of the Holosphere spun six Avatar Cards. The classifying data for Lyoko Warriors and Creatures and alike. But instead of any familiar faces or symbols, each card displayed shocking images. Six Equines, mythological but mere description. From observation, Jeremie was able to observe almost all of them perfectly. A Unicorn, two Pegasi, and two normal horses. But a few details caught their eyes instantly. These horses were all oddly colored, no colors at all realistic. As the cards spun again, Jeremie approached and placed his hand upon the only card he could not identify. A lavender horse, bearing both a horn and wings. This was certainly odd, as every other Equine only displayed either one or none of the traits. But this one had them all.
"Something you wanna tell us about Jeremie?" Odd asked as he poked at the card of a pink horses upper body, its smiling face and mischievous eyes gave odd a little case of nostalgia as he thought of the times he had shown the same face. He was quite surprised when the card flipped to it's bronze back-side. Upon it were three balloons, highlighted in a light golden color upon the darker background.
"Odd shut up," Jeremie stated with annoyance. "XANA might be toying with us. Aelita, see what you can see onscreen, I'm gonna figure this out..."
In response, Aelita plopped herself down into the seat of the Computer, tapping at the complex keyboard with ease.
Display_Activemaps
>Enter Requirements_
Active
>Loading...
>Active Sectors Discovered
>Displaying Sectors "Ice" "Forest"
Soon, two Greenframe Maps appeared on screen, displaying three blips on each, all of them were blue. All of them had only 50 LifePoints each, and were obviously inactive on Lyoko. Aelita picked up the microphone and hastily strapped it to her right ear, adjusting it and sighing.
"Unidentified Avatars. You are within a restricted zone. Identify. Or be destroyed," She spoke with false confidence, improvising a greeting that would fit for possible enemies or allies. She could never be sure if the listeners were Sentient, or simply a game of XANA. She only hoped that whatever was in her fathers world meant no harm to it, or to them.