Prologue
“God I’m so bored!” someone said with a sigh after shifting their weight on the couch.
I woke abruptly after hearing the sudden outburst, I opened my eyes and took a look around trying to see where the sound emitted from.
“Whoops, looks like I accidently woke you up.” The voice muttered under it's breath.
Looking at the direction I heard the sound from, I see a blurred figure. Blinking my eyes my vision slowly starts to clear. With my increasing sight I see a person sitting next me. “Now that you’re awake, can we get ready for our adventure?” He says with a questioning voice.
“Sure…” I say.
My vision finally clears enough so that I can see who I’m talking to. I look and see my companion ‘Thomas Stone’. I start to think about how long we’ve been friends, thinking back to when I first came to this dimension. Man… being a time traveler and a dimension jumper I’ve been through many adventures and met many people along the way.
My most recent companion was Thomas, even though he was just a normal every day adult, he still was my best friend.
I look up from where I'm sitting to look at the bedroom I was in. I was in a rectangler shaped bedroom with the door on the shortest wall centered perfectly in the middle. About a fair distance away was a desk pushed up against the wall sharing the door, on the opposite side of the room was a small bed with a wardrobe at the foot, and then on the other side was a couch that my friend and I sat on.
“Can we get ready to go? We’ve been sitting here for an hour, what’s the wait?” He said while anxiously twirling his hands.
With plenty of confidence in my voice I decided to tell him to pack his supplies and get ready while I gear up for our first travel. I never did tell him about my other method of travel, I would usually never tell my companions about 'The Doorway', but this actually seemed like a risk worth taking.
I then got up from the couch and started to walk towards the rucksack leaning up against the desk. Okay, so I need to make sure he has what he needs in case we get separated. I slowly pick up the bag and check the contents. Hmm… Flashlight, batteries, med kit, extra clothes and food. Feeling satisfied with his provisions, I then decided to pull out a small mirror from my jacket pocket.
Looking at myself, I check out my features. Looking at my face, I see a rough beard as if I hadn’t shaved in the past couple of days. I then run my hands through my shaggy hair, hastily swiping it to the side. Deciding that my hair was looking half decent, I glanced down at my torso to see a plain crimson t-shirt underneath a hooded leather jacket. Patting myself down to make sure I had everything in their desired pockets, I then looked down to see my dark faded jeans, and then finally glancing down at my feet to see my coal Converse high tops. Feeling proud of my appearance I then turns towards Thomas once again.
With a smile on my face I walk towards him. I then noticed he must have gotten changed while I was admiring myself.
With the best poker face, I spoke. “So you suddenly decided to change while I was still in the room, that’s not weird at all.” I said in a sarcastic tone.
In the time I took looking at myself in the mirror, he changed his clothes from his pajamas, to his normal clothing. He was wearing grey jeans, a plain blue hoodie with a black shirt underneath and a pair of navy blue sneakers.
“So I take it you’re ready to travel to Equestria.” I said with a serious tone.
“Yeah, I guess. I mean the whole time travel thing was weird, but you never told me about your doorway!” Tom said with a excited voice.
“Alright let me check my stuff again."
Several Minutes Later
After a couple of minutes of going over my inventory, I checked my jacket pockets and pulled out some things for the speech I was about to present. I started by pulling out a map of the Equestrian land we were heading to, and handed it to Tom, who was watching curiously behind me. “Hey Tom, before we head to Equestria, I have a few ground rules we need to go over… ONE! We’re heading there for a visit, so stay close to me.” I said while pulling out a sonic screwdriver from my other pocket. “TWO! Because we’re going to be the first humans in all of Equestrian history there, we need to get our story straight.”
“Wait so you’re saying you’ve never been to Equestria?” Tom said with a smug look on his face.
“Yeah, I don’t even know what a brony is, so I guess you’re my life line no-... WAIT A SECOND!”
“What?!” Said Tom, glancing up from the map.
“I’ve been to multiple dimensions and I have never once came across this so called Equestria...” Now that I think of it, being a time traveler and a dimension jumper makes life very confusing. I originally came from a dimension where life was like a video game that I was the main character of. It was strangely like being with Scott all over again. Come to think of it, I should really visit him again. I looked up to see Tom impatianly leaning against the wall. I then synchronized my watch to the next day.
“So Tom, I forgot you might want to tell your old folks where your heading” I said with a grin.
“Oh okay, like I would tell my parents I’m about to go on an adventure to a different dimension.” Tom said sarcasticly handing me the map and pointing to an area. “I want to visit this town.”
I looked at the map and saw him pointing to a town called 'Ponyville'.
“Well that’s odd, a town named Ponyville?” I said while nudging him. “We don’t have a town called Humanville here, Do we?” I said while trying to hold back a cheap laugh.
“Do you always have to be a dick about things?” He said sounding a bit annoyed.
“Yes, yes I do” I said while chuckling. “Where I came from, my Charisma was a seven.”
“Can we just go now, you’ve been stalling for a good couple of hours and I’m getting really anxious.”
I glanced at my watch to see what time it was. "9:37."
“Alright I guess we are ready.” I said while throwing him the rucksack, causing him to grunt in surprise by heavy bag hitting him.
“Ouch! What do you have in here? Rocks?!” He said while slinging it on his back.
“Nope, just the necessities.” I then stepped outside of the bedroom and immediately saw another door leading to the bathroom. To my left was a dead end, and to my right was a hallway with doors scattered throughout it. I turn back and hollered. “I think it’s best if we leave now before I get sidetracked again.” I said jokingly.
“Okay let me just grab my camera.” He said with glee.
I then looked ahead of me and then ascended down the stairs that lead into a entrance room. Hearing footsteps behind me I walk to the base of the steps and awaited his presence once again.
“Okay, I got everything I need!"
“Alright let’s get go-” I briefly stopped what I was saying. At the head of the stairs I saw that he was over encumbered with bags hanging off his body in multiple directions. I then remembered that I forgot to tell him the rest of the rules.
“What do you mean I can’t take all this stuff with me?!” He said in a shocked voice.
“What I’m saying is that we aren’t staying there long enough to were that would matter.” I said with a stern tone, with my eyes locked in a stare with his. Intimidated he decided to back down.
“Okay, but can I at least take my camera?” He started to tear up like a bitch. “It’s my dream to hug Fluttershy.”
“Okay, Fine.” I said feeling sorry for him. “I don’t even know who or what a Fluttershy is…”
I then stepped to my left through a doorway leading to the kitchen. “A very boring kitchen if I would say.”
“Say what again?” Tom said curiously.
Noticing my mistake, I cursed under my breath. I then walked to the far side of the kitchen, past the breakfast table that stood next to the back door. I looked back at Tom and then said. “So this is it. Your dreams are coming true.” I then pulled open the heavy wooden door and then turned around before being hit by a bright beam of light.
I then reached into my jacket pocket and pulled out a pair of sunglasses. “So, are you ready?”
Tom stood there, staring with an open mouth. Finally, he spoke with a shocked voice. “That…that’s the doorway?”
I then turned around and walked out to the back lawn, approaching where the doorway stood. The doorway was a navy blue door that looked like any normal door, except that it stood up vertically and defied the laws of physics by popping up literally anywhere, at any time.
“This is my 'Doorway'. It can take you anywhere at any time, including other dimensions. Totally beats the TARDIS anyday!" I said remembering an old friend. "So I guess you want to take a step inside.”
I watched Tom walk towards the doorway, and then walked around the door multiple times before stopping because of the blinding light.
“You should really wear these.” I said as I reached into my jacket and tossed him a pair of sunglasses. He missed the catch, but bent down to pick them up. Tom then said after putting on the glasses. “Should I just open the door?”
I gave him a thumbs up, signaling him to go ahead.
He reached his hand forward, grasping the doorknob and pulled it open. Letting the door swing open slowly, he opened his mouth in awe.
After we took off our sunglasses, I then nudged him inside. His immediate reaction was a surprised shock and then an instant squeal of delight. “I don’t know what’s more exciting. The fact that I’m heading to Equestria, or the fact that I’m in this thing?!” he said in an excited but startled voice.
I followed his footsteps and looked at the interior of 'The Doorway'. I looked around and took in the sight all over again. I stepped into a huge circular room about the size of a tennis court, all around the walls are doors matching the curve of the wall, each with a sign stating what was held inside the doors. In the center was a lounge with a huge wooden table adorned with patterns, at the table were maybe a couple dozen fine leather chairs that reclined with the press of a button.
I then snapped back to attention as Tom spoke. “So when do we go to Equestria again?”
Looking to my left, I saw the control panel that had the coordinates preset to save time. It was a simple device, and I say simple as if you were a rocket scientist. One small touch of the controls and you could step into a world of hell. Now just to check the coordinates, just to be sure we arrive in Equestria at the right time period, and... “BAZINGA!”
Thomas, being startled by the sudden outburst, snapped out of his trance and looked over to where I stood. “Wait! What’d you just do?!”
Before he could react, I looked down at the control panel and then pressed the activation button. “Get ready for the adventure of your life!" I said to him as he gave me a glare of excitement.
Immediately after I pressed the button, I heared a loud crack.
Shocked by the sudden sound, he then started to tremble along with the newly shaken ground.”Is this supposed to be happening?” He urgently said while hugging the ground for dear life.
I quickly realized what was going on, and then yelled at him. “THE DOORWAY MUST HAVE BROKEN!" I paused to see a crack run down the far wall. “IT’S TEARING ITSELF APART!”
I look back down to the panel to see what looked like random numerals scrolling across the terminal screen. What in the world is happening?
Startled by the situation I look down at the ground to see a crumbling floor, and up above to see falling infrastructure. I rushed to pick up Thomas before accidently tripped over the newly fallen debris.
“Ugh, Damnit!” Shocked by the situation I was currently in, I took a quick second to take everything in that was happening around me. To my right I had seen Thomas attempting to stand up before being striked by falling debris. “NO!” I yell in a fury after seeing him fall to the ground unmoving. I looked around and saw the insides shaking while tearing itself apart violently. In the confusion I fell back to the ground to see a horror. Under the ground that was falling apart remained a dark and empty void. At the sight of this, I saw the mistake I made and quickly ran to the doorway narrowly dodged more and more falling debris.
I reached the door and quickly thrusted it open, what I saw was a multitude of sights. First I saw a strange sight of what looked like a future battlefield with a battleship flying into orbit onto a planet ready to drop its cargo, another sight was of a steampunk dimension, and the next was a zombie dimension filled with a ghastly sight of an incoming zombie horde swarming a military complex, another was a sprawling metropolis of what looked like a future Earth, and then finally my last sight was a group of girls standing at the edge of a forest before a bloodied man stumble at their feet.
Shocked by seeing all the different dimensions I quickly shut the door in a rush, before that too broke apart. Turning around to hopefully see Thomas up, I saw nothing but the black void closing in on me. Seeing that Thomas was long gone into the void I decide that this must be game over for me.
“This is the end Max… Once you drop into that void, you’re lost forever.” I muttered to myself.
Immediately after I spoke, the last chunk of the ground broke away and I felt the strange sense of vertigo. I then felt as if I was being pulled in multiple directions to a point to where my mind fell to a world of black.
I awoke being unable to see anything, the only reason I knew I was awake was because I could feel a blinding pain as if I’ve just been trampled by a legion of soldiers. My mind raced as I tried to recall what just happened. "I must have just pissed off some god or something." I thought jokingly to myself before realizing the situation I was in.
Not being able to see really worried me, I then tried to open my eyes, but it felt as if something was keeping them shut. After a time of struggling I finally open my eyes to see a warm night air above me.
“Oh what have I gotten myself into again?” I said as I heard a rustle off in the distance. I immediately shot up and heard my joints pop in a sickly manner. “AAGHHHH!” I screamed in pain. My vision went slightly blurry but then refocused almost immediantly. I quickly glance at the surrounding area and took in the sight. I looked at the warm night air above me and then turned my head around and saw that I was surrounded by an eerie image of a forest. "It looks like I’ve landed in a forest of some sort." I thought to myself.
I then looked at the source of the sound and tried to identify the object, what I saw slightly confused me. It looked like some sort of oddly shaped Equine. I suddenly realized where I was.
“Oh…what the hell?”
“Eeeep!” I saw the object yelp in fear and gallop off farther into the forest.
“Wait! Don’t leave!” I yelled in a frantic rush.
I started to pick myself up. I was now standing again, but the sense of vertigo struck again along with a spasm of pain shooting up to the back of my head. I held my head in pain. "What in the world is wrong with me, I must be dying again..."
I looked down and saw that I was still wearing my jacket, thankfully. I then reached into my jacket pocket and pulled out a syringe full of a red liquid. Injecting myself, I felt an instant relief from the vertigo and felt fully restored in a matter of seconds. “Thank god for stimpaks!”
I looked at my surroundings again, realizing I’ve been wasting too much time. I pulled out the map of Equestria from my pocket. On the map, I could see the marked location of Thomas and I. It looked like I was in some place called the Everfree Forest… Hearing a howl in the distance, I quickly realized how dangerous this place must be, especially at night. I quickly rushed to find where Thomas was. I Looked at the map and saw that he was only about a mile away from me.
I patted myself down to make sure I was all in one piece, and headed off on a search for him...
After a short hike through the forest I started to notice the foliage thicken the farther I walked through it. After a few more minutes it got to the point where a wall of vines was in front of me. That left me with two choices. Chop it down, or set it on Fire!
I quickly ditched that last idea, and decided the best option would have been to chop it down instead of accidently burn down an entire forest. I reached into my pocket and rummaged around for a good while, until I felt the handle of a machete. I pulled it out and took a good look at the tool. Noticing that it was still sheathed, I unbuckled the straps and pulled it off the blade. I saw the gleam of the blade and prepared myself for the work ahead.
I took a slash at the wall of vines and felt it give way almost instantly as if something moved it. I Decided that I no longer needed the tool, I put it away.
Once it all fell, I took a good look to see the outline of an object on the ground. I took a step over the fallen vines and scouted out the area. Apparently I had just stepped out of the forest. Ahead of me laid an open field of rolling hills spanning far over the horizon. With the sun rising in the horizon, I looked down below me to see an outline at what I assumed was Thomas.
I took a knee so I could take a look at whatever it was. “Ugh, five more minutes mom.” He said as I touched him, I immediately blinked and sighed in relief.
“Hey it’s you” Thomas said with a light hearted chuckle.
“Yeah I’m just glad I found you.” I replied.
I took a good look at him, and asked him in a sincere voice. “You can move, right?”
“Of course I can, why wouldn’t I?” He said with a weird look on his face.
“I don’t know? Probably the fact that we both fell through the void and survived in one piece.” I said with a worried voice. "Let me help you up.” I said while I extended an arm out to him.
“Alright, so what’s going on, and where are we?” He said with a clueless look, as he reached for my extended hand.
I pulled him up and told him exactly what I knew. “I’m not sure what happened back in the doorway, but I know for a fact that we aren’t on Earth anymore.” I said with a furrowed brow.
“At least were safe, but like I said: Where are we?” He once again had a clueless look on his face.
“Well take a guess.” I said with a grin on my face,
“Wait!” He froze instantly and then shouted. “OH DUDE, I CAN’T BELIEVE WE MADE IT!”
I shuddered from his sudden outburst and replied with a more serious tone of voice. “We do have one big prob-” before I could finish he interrupted me.
“OH MY GOD I CAN FINALLY MEET FLUTTERSHY!” He yelled with increasing vigour.
“Okay, will you let me t-” I once again got interrupted by his outburst.
Out of a fit of rage, I set my hands on his shoulders to keep him in place, I then said to him. “STOP! JUST STOP TALKING!” I shouted at him to stop.
“Oh sorry” He muttered in a quiet whisper.
I pulled my hands off of his shoulders and spoke. “Like I was saying, we have a big problem.” I finished and allowed him to speak.
“What do you mean?” He asked with a sudden worried tone of voice.
“Well I can’t reopen the doorway, seeing that it’s shattered to pieces.” I said in a serious voice. “So that means were stuck here for a while until I can find us a way back to our dimension.” I sighed as I walked in a direction that lead towards the closest town.
“Wait why leave?” He said as he started to walk after me.
“You know, for being stuck in this dimension you seem pretty calm.” I spouted while I spotted the rucksack a few feet in front of us. I walked up to the bag and checked the contents I then handed the bag to Thomas who was trailing behind me. He grabbed the bag and slipped the straps through his arms. He spoke in a calm voice.“Probably the fact that were in Equestria!”
“Well this world isn’t all rainbows and sunshine.” I joked sarcastically. Holding back a grin as we finally reached a road.
I reached into my jacket and pull out the map and took a good look at it. “Well for starters, we aren’t exactly supposed be here and for other reasons, I just don’t feel comfortable here.”
“Can we at least head to Ponyville?” He whimperd to me with a puppy dog face.
I turned my head toward the sky and gandered at it. Seeing the sun now spreading its sunlight slowly over the vast land beyond us. “Yeah I was thinking of heading there anyways, I am a bit curious about these ponies.” I finished, feeling like a hypocrite after saying that.
“So how far away are we?” He asked me, now that were walking alongside the road.
“I’m guessing about a couple of miles so get ready for a long walk ahead of us.” I spoke while reaching into my pocket and pulled out a canteen. “Thirsty?” I questioned him while I held the canteen out to him.
“Sure, I'm parched and a little hungry.” He said while grabbing it and taking a swig.
I scanned ahead and saw some buildings off in the distance and a shimmer of what I assumed was a river. After I spotted that, I nudged Thomas and told him what I saw in the distance. Immediately he picked up speed and started to outpace me. Speaking up, “Oh yeah, I can’t wait until I see them. I wonder who I’m gonna see first…” He said as I tuned him out, and then looked to my left and saw a sign that said 'Ponyville'.
I saw this, so I decided it would be a good time to stop and give Thomas another talk…
So this is my first fan-fic. Constructive criticism is okay as long as it’s not too bad and I will try to release my next chapter within the next few days if my writing style isn’t too bad.
Thanks for reading anyways!
I also want to point out that I reworked this prologue, so now their are 20% less errors.
All thanks to my proof reader: 'DeadlyMongoose'