Two weeks have passed since Twilight had finally gotten out of her home doing whatever research she was doing. Not only did she find out that her friend Twilight had gone to another dimension a few days prior, Rainbow Dash had found out that Applejack had also made that trip after having convinced Twilight to take it easy. Now Rainbow wants to know exactly how this happened and she knows that she would need to ask Twilight about her Experience.
She arrived at the door to the library and knocked.
“Coming.”
The door opened with Spike answering the door.
“Hey Rainbow Dash, what brings you her?” The baby dragon asks.
“I want to ask Twilight about that place she went to and how she was able to get there.”
They could hear Twilight’s voice coming from downstairs, “Spike, who’s at the door?”
Spike went over to the staircase and answered, “It’s Rainbow, and she wants to ask you something.”
“Alright, let her come in.”
Rainbow entered into the library and proceeded to go downstairs. As soon as she got to the basement, she could see tons of science equipment strewn about and Twilight focused on a strange crystal.
“Yo Twilight, mind if I ask you about that place you've gone to.”
Twilight stopped what she was doing and looked at her friend and sighed, “Well, I guess I would have no other choice.”
After an hour of explaining, Twilight concluded, “And that is pretty much how I got there and how much I have learned about it. I’m still trying to figure out how to make this crystal he gave me work. I’ve only been able to make a small vortex but that’s pretty much it. I think I’ll take some time off so I can think of what I need to do to make it work.”
“Sooo, what you’re saying is is that you have only been there for like a few hours, just talking to the guy. Lame.”
“Hey, you know how much I like to learn about new things.”
“Yeah yeah yeah, could we not get into that discussion please? So, if I’m to be able to go this ‘realm,’ I would need to find a door. That’s a bit lame.”
“Well, it won’t be an ordinary door. Applejack had told me that there was a marking at the top of the door frame that had an hourglass over what appeared to be a spiral galaxy.”
“Yeah okay look for weird door that has strange marking at the top and would be anywhere where it shouldn’t, got it.”
And like that Rainbow flew out of the library in search of the door that should take her to the Eternal Realm.
This is going to be soo awesome. Rainbow Dash thought as she flew among a few white clouds. I think I’ll go ahead and clear some of these clouds out while I'm at it. We’re not really scheduled for any more rain ‘till next week.
As she got started with clearing the skies, Rainbow continued to think of what she would do if she were able to go into that realm Twilight had told her about. That was when she noticed a door after clearing up one of the clouds.
“Ooooookay… not exactly what I had in mind but that’s okay,” Rainbow said to herself.
Once she opened the door she was greeted with an unexpected surprise. On the other side she saw several flocks of seagulls flying around in what appeared to be an endless expanse comprised mostly of floating island. That was when she caught sight of a figure who’s been trying to get the birds to fly into a similar doorway that led to another world.
“Close that door,” the stranger called out. Rainbow hesitated until she noticed one of the flocks was coming straight towards her. Slamming the door shut, Rainbow pondered on what she had seen and if there was anything she could do to help. She decided to fly over to Fluttershy’s to get some help, unaware that the door was following close behind her despite how fast she was going.
She made it to Fluttershy’s cottage and knocked on the door.
“Coming,” came the reply. Rainbow was greeted by her fellow pegasus friend, who jumped back in surprise.
“Relax Fluttershy, it’s just me,” Rainbow said, trying to calm her frightened friend.
“It… it’s not you. I… It’s that thing that came in behind you. I... is that a door?”
Turning around, Rainbow jumped as she noticed that the door was indeed behind her.
“What the hay. How’d it get behind me? Doors are not supposed to move on their own.”
“Wh… why do you think it followed you here?”
Rainbow turn to her friend, “I think it followed me since I knew that you might be able to help with a little animal problem.”
Fluttershy looked at her friend confused, “What do you mean.”
Rainbow Dash answered by opening the door to reveal the same space that she had seen when she first opened it, still filled with seagulls constantly saying ‘Mine mine mine mine.’
“Quick, get in before those feather brains get out,” Rainbow urged Fluttershy. And the two entered into the realm with Rainbow closing the door behind them.
“Oh… my,” came Fluttershy’s response to the chaos that was happening before her.
“Hello, do you two mind helping me get these seagulls out of my realm and back into their world. I’m afraid they’ve overstayed their welcome for too long since Applejack had visited my realm.”
Turning to her friend, Rainbow said, “Well Fluttershy, you’re the one who has a way with animals.”
Nodding, Fluttershy goes to try and reason with the seagulls.
“Um excuse me, could all of you come here please?”
Her plea was not heard as the flocks of birds continued with their chanting and flying around aimlessly.
Frustrated, Fluttershy cried out, “Now stop it!”
Finally, the seagulls take notice of the yellow pegasus and nested over to the nearest floating island.
“Could you be so kind as to leave this place? You’re not supposed to be here and the guardian of this place doesn’t want you to stay here,” Fluttershy said to the seagulls, only to be responded with a chorus of, ‘mine mine mine mine mine mine mine.’
Finally having enough, Fluttershy stared down at the seagulls and said, “Now look here. This kind being just wants you to return you to your home and you are bothering him. Now go over to the door and go back to where you had come from. And I better not catch you coming in here again. Do I make myself clear.”
After giving her some nods, the seagulls quickly flew out through the door and back to their universe.
“Thank you, and allow me to introduce myself. I am Lord Eternis, lord of the Eternal Realm. And you two must be Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.”
Rainbow puffed up her chest and responded, “That’s us.”
“So, um, you know who we are?” Fluttershy nervously asked.
“Yes, you two are friends of Twilight and Applejack.” Lord Eternis replied.
“Yeah. Is it true about this place, that it can let anyone travel to any universe they want?” Rainbow asked with glee in her eyes.
“Yes and no, you may not go to the one that has Daring Do.”
Disappointed, Rainbow slowly flew towards one of the floating islands to mope while Fluttershy flew toward Lord Eternis.
“So you’re the guardian of this realm?” She asked.
“Yes, and I’m not alone.”
As he said that the dragon, Eternis, appeared from one of the larger floating islands to take a look at the newcomers, startling both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash.
“Eeep… what it that?” Fluttershy asked, clearly scared of the strange looking dragon.
“Do not be afraid of him,” Lord Eternis said, “His name is Eternis, the Eternal Dragon.”
“Why do you two both have the same name?” Rainbow asked.
“That I cannot answer,” came the reply, “Though I think the Chronicler should ask his readers what to name my dragon companion.”
Confused, Fluttershy asks, “Who is the Chronicler?”
After explaining about the universe of the Chroniclers, Lord Eternis said, “And I do not entirely know about this universe other than the fact that it exists and that my father has not allowed even me to come to that universe.”
“So basically this is just a universe that talks about events that happen in other universes, like this one, and tell of the people who are in those universes,” Rainbow summed up.
And Fluttershy added, “But does this mean that they control what we do? Or do they really just record what happens in our universes without really thinking that they’re real?”
“Those are good questions, ones that I cannot answer. It may be true that they are the ones who control what we do, but it could also mean that they are just subconsciously recording the events that are happening in our separate universes.”
“All this talk is making my head spin,” Rainbow complained.
I suggest that you two may want to leave, as it is getting late in your world.
The two pegasi nodded and headed back out the door to their world. Once they have left the realm, the door shut behind them and disappeared.
“That was sooooooo boring.” Rainbow Dash said, “I’m going to head home.”
With that Rainbow flew off to her home while Fluttershy went back to her cottage.
Back at the Eternal Realm
Lord Eternis finished cleaning up all the feathers and bird poop that had littered across the islands of his domain.
I wonder who is going to visit me next. He thought as he continued on with what he was doing.