"Who are you?!?" asked a very confused voice. I looked up to see that I was surrounded by, books? What? I was just in the cell.
"Where am I?" I asked. I finally found my captor. "No, just no. This isn't possible!" Standing on the other side of the room was the Twilight Sparkle, the element of magic. She was supposed to have been captured in the battle of the Canterlot Wedding.
"I just turned around to check on something, and there you are! How did you do that?" she asked.
"I-I don't know. I fell asleep, definitely not here, and woke up on this spot," I replied. I was so confused. How in the world did I get here?
"Where did you fall asleep?" Twilight inquired.
"What used to be Ponyville, one year ago," I told the unicorn.
"Wait a minute, this is Ponyville. This is my library, and these are my books. Unless.. wait a minute. Hold on a sec," Twilight ran off, leaving me to observe my surroundings. So, apparently I was in the library of Ponyville. Looking to my left, I saw Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. Wait- what? They're here too? This was getting way too weird for me. Just then, Twilight came back with a scroll.
"Okay, so I just got this letter from Celestia telling me about this pencil that those fillies there found-" Twilight started explaining, but was cut off.
"Who? Those three? They were in the same place as I was," I told her.
"Wait, so you're saying that those three right there were in the same place as you? Correct?" She asked.
"Yes, that's right," I agreed.
"Did you have any magical interaction with any of those three?"
"Yes, they were figuring out if I was trustworthy."
"Why?" she asked.
"Long story. Anyways, do you know what's happening?" I wondered.
"Yes I believe I do. It seems as if the pencil that they found opens a portal to an alternate universe where something is different there, and lets the writers go through when they fall asleep. By magically interacting with you, Sweetie Belle accidentally extended the portal to you, letting you travel to this universe," She explained. So, I was in a different universe than my own. Extremely weird. And Twilight also reminded about the spell that Sweetie cast.
I like you too, I heard a voice come from the link between her and I. Was that her? I hoped so. Okay, so the link was stronger than I thought. It let thoughts come through from opposing universes. Wow. Let's try something a little better.
It's not a dream. It's two different worlds I thought to her.
Where did that come from? She asked.
It came from me.
Who are you?
Its Cobalt! I exclaimed.
Wait, how are you contacting me? I thought you were asleep. She told me.
Oh, but I'm just as much asleep as you are, I said.
What do you mean?
Well, I'm asleep where you are and you're asleep where I am, I explained.
Wait, you got to our Equestria? That's cool! She exclaimed.
Yeah, I know, your spell let me into your portal thing. I'll explain later.
So, do you have any ideas on escape? She asked.
Well, you haven't tried teleporting, I suggested.
Thank you! She said. I will 'call' you if I need you.
I will speak with you later. Goodbye, and I left the connection.
"Whatcha doing?" asked Twilight.
"Communicating with Sweetie Belle," I said in a matter-of-fact tone. "The spell she put on me allows us to communicate, and know when the other is lying."
"I didn't think Sweetie Belle was that advanced at magic," Twilight said, surprised.
"Now Twilight, I'm going to need you to knock me out," I told her.
"What- why?"
"The girls are trapped in a changeling camp, and I need to help them escape!" I told her, exasperation clear in my voice.
"Alright, alright. I'm gonna need you to close your eyes," Twilight told me. "Now I'm going to hit you on the count of three. One, two-" *whap*. I let out a yelp as I was hit on one of my temples.
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I shot straight up out of sleep. The fillies jumped.
"Whoa, there pardner! Easy, easy," Apple Bloom told me. After the adrenaline faded, I felt the side of my head that Twilight had hit.
"Ow! She didn't have to hit me that hard!" I said.
"What are you talking about?" Scootaloo asked.
"I had Twilight hit me in the head, so that I could come back and help you guys," I explained to them.
"Wait, ya went ta our world?"Apple Bloom questioned.
"Yeah, that spell that she put on me let me go to your world," I answered. Both fillies were staring at me.
"Okay, let's explain the plan," Sweetie Belle said, breaking the silence. "Since I'm the only unicorn here, I'm going to have to borrow some of your guys' energy to perform the teleport. What I need you to do is focus on Cobalt. He can use his ability to take the energy from emotion that you direct at him and give it to me through our link. Now, concentrate." Sweetie Belle told us. I could already feel the air around us growing thick as they pushed their emotion toward me. I suddenly felt... power. That's the word; raw power. It felt so good, but I knew I had to give it to Sweetie Belle. So I pushed, and I shoved, and did all I could to give it to Sweetie Belle. I could hear yelling coming from across the camp. Oh, no. The Changelings must have felt the magical disturbance, "Hurry Sweetie! Their coming!,"
"I'm trying," She strained. I could see that her horn was lighting up and was glowing and sparking. The changelings were coming around the corner. We weren't going to make it. Then *POP!* I was blinded by a flash of light. Once the after image faded, I could see that we were in a new place. I could hear alarms, see guards, by the looks of it, ponies, and, lying on the ground in a heap, a filly with a scorched horn. She was seriously hurt, possibly fatally. Then it hit me. It was Sweetie Belle, lying on the ground. It looked like she was dead.
End of Part 1
Expect Part 2 sometime next week