//------------------------------// // Twilight // Story: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Jumping the Gap // by Senseisteel //------------------------------// "Come on Twilight. I`ts like midnight and your still trying to get that thing working" Spike huffed as he sat on the stairs to the library "You go to bed if your that tired Spike. But i`m pretty sure that I am close to cracking this" Twilight called behind a maze of copper pipes and glass chambers that filled the room. Twilight had spent the last month trying to create a method in which she could effectively blend the magic created through alchemy to accurately re create the teleportation spell known only to be used by unicorns. Spike plodded up the stairs and Twilight rolled her eyes as she heard him collapse onto his bed. She turned back to a small panel attached to the side of a large glass container that housed several liters of florescent liquid. She used her magic to pull one of the small leavers, then grab a clipboard and pencil from a table and began ticking off each process as the liquid passed through each of the integrated chambers. Eventually the now bubbling mass was floating around in a reinforced jar behind two separate open-able chambers big enough to fit a pony. Twilight then placed a book inside the chamber marked "in" then placed a pair of goggles over her eyes and flipped a second switch to activate the final stage. A flash of blinding purple light consumed the book and then disappeared, taking the book with it. After a couple of seconds of anticipation the same ligt blasted out of the chamber marked "out" and the book landed in perfect condition at the bottom. Twilight face lit up as she removed the goggles and turned to call spike to inform him of her success, but as she opened her mouth she heard the large contraption begin to shake. Twilight began to back away as the very air around her creation began to deform, bending the very objects inside it. The pipes began to buckle and the glass shattered as the rippling air exploded into a bright light that filled the entire room. Twilight tried to scream as she closed her eyes but she found the air in front of her to be non existent, opening her eyes she found herself floating in an empty space completely surrounded by white light. Twilight began to panic as she saw a dark speck in the distance approaching fast, quickly becoming a large dark smudge that she was hurtling into. She tried to scream again but nothing came out, and when she tried to inhale she realized that the lack of air was suffocating her. Her lungs began to burn as the dark object came closer and closer. When they made contact, Twilight immediately felt the ability to breath again but after taking one deep breath she landed on a cold hard floor that left her in a daze.