//------------------------------// // Into the Mind: The Brain Elevator // Story: A Scientist of the Bermuda Triangle in Equestria // by TimeTravelinc //------------------------------// Chapter 21: Into the Mind: The Brain Elevator Dear Princess Celestia, My scientific discoveries have been successful so far and crazy as heck, but now I need your help. Some time ago I fell out of my house during the dimensional twister event. When that happened, I had a weird dream where it was almost Wizard of Oz-like when I looked down the twister to see events of the Mane Six and their adventures. I suddenly fell out and into the twister where I almost got touched by some dark, smoke-like entity and… I woke up. But I never forgot that dream, but I did have weird nightmares. Nightmares that I didn’t have until I came here to your planet, Equestria. Please come at once, and you may bring the Mane Six if you think that they can help in any way, but it’s your choice. Signed, your friend and scientific advisor, James R. Twilight looked at the letter, then looked back at Princess Celestia. “I’m preparing to go to James’ house and I thought that you and your friends may want to help with this.” Twilight looked at her friends, who were all ready to help their newest friend that was nice from the beginning. “From what I was told from my sister, the darkness took hold of her and formed from her mind a being of pure darkness. I’m thinking that it may be the same entity that took my sister long ago.” Princess Celestia said. Twilight smiled confidentially, then replied, “Don’t worry Princess Celestia. My friends and I can handle it.” “The question is that, Can James handle it?” Princess Luna said, fearing the worse. “Don’t worry Princess Luna. James has self control until the next few chapters.” Pinkie said. Celestia and Luna looked at each other, then back at Twilight. She could only reply, “James theorized that Pinkie can see in other dimensions which would make sense.” Soon, at James’ residential home… James was still sleeping in his basement bed, waiting for some sign that showed that they were coming, when there was a sudden beep from his security system. TELEPORTATION BREACH! “Who or what is it?” James said, in a rasp-like voice. *Teleportation signal found. Princess Celestia + Twilight Sparkle +6 more ponies. “Allow them in.” he said. The computer replied with a ding, and suddenly there was a blast of energy that brightened the entire room for a brief moment. Soon, surrounding James’ bed was Princess Celestia and the Mane Six. James smiled at them. Then, he suddenly passed out, falling into a dream-like sleep. Curious, Princess Celestia noticed the sticky note on James’ lab jacket. The note said this, Follow me down the rabbit hole. The dreams may explain everything. -JR They questioned it, but they never actually thought about entering James’ dream. Celestia looked at Luna, to which Luna looked back at her sister. They knew exactly what they needed to do, and they were going to bring the Elements of Harmony with them. “Girls, I believe that James thinks that the answers are in his dreams.” Celestia said to the Mane Six. Twilight looked at her friends who had looks of concern and worry, but in their eyes was courage, knowing that her friends were ready to risk their lives to help James. She nodded without a word, and then turned towards Princess Celestia. “We’re ready when you are.” Twilight said. She nodded then looked at Luna, who nodded too. They soon started to activate their powers as they prepared to enter the mind of James. They however didn’t know what to expect with the eccentric scientist. Suddenly, they were in an elevator, but it wasn’t an ordinary elevator. Replacing the panel with numbered buttons that lead to different floors, there was a small square-ish panel with a screen attached to it. They heard playing was one of James’ songs witch was one of his favorites that he brought over in his house. Twilight looked around the elevator, until it saw the panel. She reached out with her frontal hoof and touched the screen. Soon, there was a *Beep!* and soon, she removed her hoof, revealing a hoof print on the screen. “Welcome, Twilight Sparkle.” It said on the screen. Twilight looked around at her friends, then turned towards the computer screen. “Hello, c-can you locate James please?” She asked. The computer, which thankfully had a mic feature, it said, “Hello, can you locate James please?” Suddenly, the screen changed to “Search for: James” with a loading sign. Soon, the elevator moved with a CLANK! BANG!, and a *Creeeak!*. As it hummed, the elevator took them through several parts of James’ mind. The doors became transparent for a moment, showing some of James’ mind. One of the floors that they pass reveals an odd radio station , clean and classic, with a man that isn’t too tall, but isn’t too short, and on his face… was the smile on his face, really a smile? As the man talked, his voice was as smooth as silk. In the window, there was a man with tannish skin, and a lab coat. His black hair had long flowing locks and a jaw like a gentleman soilder. The man, whose voice was as smooth as silk, turned towards the ponies and gave a wink, before the elevator moved on. “That was weird” Rainbow Dash said, who hovered above their heads for a moment. “I hav’ta agree Twilight. What exactly was that?” Applejack said. Twilight looked at the computer screen which said, “NOW LEAVING: WtNV”. Twilight’s only reply was “I have no idea, but it must’ve been something from James’ memories, maybe his imagination. The elevator hummed again as they headed for another floor, which caused the computer screen to show, “Floor: Museum of Sci-fi: Time Travel Wing”. The elevator doors became transparent again for a moment, as it showed odd time machines and figures of time travelers. Twilight took mental notes on some of the machines. One of them looked familiar. The one she looked at was a Blue “Police Public Call Box”, glowing and humming. Another looked like a Phone booth with an odd antenna sticking out of the booth. Another had a figure dressed in Victorian Era clothing, ridding a strange clockwork machine with a large disk behind it and a lever with a cylinder attached to bars surrounding the machine. Rainbow Dash and Applejack saw two figures. One was dressed in what appeared to be pirate clothing of the era, and another was dressed more different. The young boy appeared to be dressed in a striped shirt, jean pants, and a pair of Nikes on his feet. The pirate appeared to be holding a gold watch-like device, but due to the fact that they were dealing with time travel, they could be wrong. Celestia and Luna noticed that the odd looking vehicle appeared to be some sort of horseless carriage, made to look like a spaceship. Next to the carriage was a young teenage boy, wearing a button up shirt, a jean jacket, and… what appeared to be a life preserver. He also wore jean pants and Nike Mag shoes on his feet. The older man next to the teenage boy had wild white hair, a plastic jumpsuit with a radiation symbol on his yellow gloves and pocket, and tennis shoes. In the old man’s hand was what appeared to be a box with a long metal pole sticking out of it. The elevator doors became opaque again and continued to move again. Twilight thought about the strangeness and knowledge that James had in his brain. Suddenly, the elevator stopped, as its doors became transparent again. It soon revealed a place, never seen before, but Luna seemed to recognize it almost instantly. “No, it can’t be.” She said. The others looked at her, then Celestia said, “What is it sister?” “T-this is the moon.” Luna replied. The place looked different from her moon, as she and many others heard the sound of what appeared to be dramatic music. The crater appeared to be man-made, as it was surrounded by specialized equipment for airless space and there was a ramp. Soon, several people in odd looking astronaut suits started to walk towards the man-made crater. Inside the crater, was what appeared to be a black slab made out of a mysterious material that no one knew. The astronauts stood there for a moment, before they went down the ramp to take a closer look at it. Twilight started to remember James saying something about this. ‘Twilight, you don’t know about mystery. Sometimes that’s the fun part, trying to figure out the mystery of things. Like in this movie, several astronauts had found something buried on the moon. They didn’t know what it was, and they go to figure it out.’ The astronauts look around it, trying to figure out what it was. ‘One of them named Heywood Floyd, who later goes on a mission in 2010, goes up to the strange thing that is named the Monolith. However since they’re up on the moon, they call it the…’ “Tycho Monolith.” Twilight said to no one. Celestia looks at Twilight, confused on what she just said. “What was that Twilight?” “That thing, James called it a Tycho Monolith, from one of his science fictional books. He said that there was a movie based on it.” As they watch, one of them gets close to the Monolith, reaching out and touching it with his gloved hand. Soon, the man taking the pictures with the odd camera, tells the others to gather together in front of the Monolith. The astronaut prepares to take the picture, when suddenly, a high pitch screech causes many of the ponies to cover their ears. Twilight opens her eyes, and notices that the astronauts are doing the same thing, as if they can hear it. ‘As it made a noise, the astronauts would cover their ears, but couldn’t. It wasn’t that there was something wrong with their radios on their helmets. It was the Tycho Monolith producing a powerful radio signal saved by advanced beings of long ago.’ James smiled in awe, ‘It was the Tycho Monolith greeting the morning sun on the moon.’ Soon, the sound faded, as the doors turned opaque again and the elevator moved. They all removed their hooves from their ears as they rode the elevator to the next floor, with Twilight thinking deeper about what goes on sometimes in James’ mind. Soon, the elevator stopped with a ding.