The "Twilight" Zone

by Thatonepony9495

Chapter 8

“What’s wrong, Spike?” Twilight rubs the tiredness from her eyes.
“It’s that crazy gray pegasus! I woke up this morning, looked out the window, and noticed her just sitting there in the grass.”
So she did listen to me. “I know who that is guys, it’s Derpy.” I run into the front room.
“Wait! How could you know that?” Ben runs in after me.
“I’ll tell you when we go get her and bring her back here.” I open the front door and run outside towards the direction where I think she is. I look behind me and see the rest of the group, trying to keep up with me, except Rainbow Dash of course. She flues up next to me. While I’m running, I look over at her and notice a look of strain in her eyes.
I stop in front of Derpy.
“What’s going on RD? I noticed you were actually trying to keep up with me.”
“I don’t know. I’m just not feeling good today.”
Derpy looks over at me. “Hey! It’s you and Rainbow Dash!”
Rainbow Dash creates a strained smile. “Oh…hey Derpy…”
“Let’s get back to the house, girls. We can explain everything there. Come on, Derpy.”
I start walking back to the house. Rainbow Dash decides not to fly and just walks next to me. Derpy is trying to keep steady while flying, but she keeps doing barrel rolls and somehow not crashing into anything.
“So, Derpy, about that package, who was it for? I have a feeling that you realized where you need to go.”
“Uh…okay. If you say so.” She lands on the ground and lets me take the parcel out of her saddlebag. Its not very heavy. I shake the box, but the only thing I hear is a bunch of papers rustling. I figure it must be the packing paper or something.
The three of us get back to the group and we all head back to the house. We all huddle into the kitchen and I plop the package onto the table. Derpy sits at the table and we all start telling her about what is going on, answering any questions to the best of our ability.
When we’re finally done talking, I pick up the package and look at it while Derpy is taking all the information in.
The box itself was labeled in a language I couldn’t understand. It did look a lot like English, but there was always a letter off or switched around with other letters. I gave it to Twilight so she could read what it said.
“Okay, so, the return address says it’s from the Canterlot Castle. It must be from the Princess.”
“Then let’s open! I love surprises!” Pinkie Pie bounced around Twilight.
Twilight looks hopelessly at the box until Hunter picks it up and starts ripping off the paper. When he’s done, there’s just a box, but it’s not just any box, it’s the box that is used to hold the Elements of Harmony.
“Why would Celestia send us this?” Ben looks at the box closer.
I grab it from him. “There’s obviously something important in it. When I was on my way back from getting Derpy, I heard ruffling papers in there when I shook it.
“Open it already then!” Pinkie was obviously getting more and more impatient. Applejack was trying to keep her from bouncing.
I start opening the box and notice the lock was missing. “Isn’t there supposed to be a lock on this or something?”
“She must’ve taken it off before wrapping it up.” Hunter says.
Everyone crowds around me while I lower the box so everyone can see too. I was right about the papers. I pick one up and look at it. This language is even more different than the one on the box. There’s only half of each letter on the top of the page, but I look at the bottom of the page and the other half of each letter is there. Everyone else grabs a page and looks at it while I’m wondering what this is supposed to be, but they can’t figure it out either. It’s as if the language is supposed to be looked at from the top and the bottom at the same time.
I glance at Derpy who is still sitting at the table, and do a double take at her eyes. One is pointing towards the table and the other is pointed at the ceiling. That gives me an idea…
“Hey Derpy,” I say, placing the page on the table in front of her, “see if you can read this.
She moves her head down and begins reading, looking like she understands what it says. “…hidden pages…trinkets…enter dreams…interdimensional…”
“You can actually read this? That’s amazing!” I take the paper and look at it again. I still have no idea so I let her read some more. “Start it from the top, reading it out loud.”
She nods her head and begins reading. “These pages are in the secret language of the Scattered Eyes. Relatives of this clan are the only ones who can read this. Anyway, these pages are in this language because these are the hidden pages for info on the Trinkets of Trinity.”
“So these are the pages that were ripped out of my book? That’s funny. Even if they were still in there, I wouldn’t be able to read them anyway. Please continue reading, Derpy.” Twilight chuckles to herself.
“As mentioned earlier in the book, the trinkets were destroyed. This is not true. That story is just a way to keep evil from looking for them. They were actually sent to another dimension to be taken care of by a few selected individuals. Once taken a hold of one of the trinkets, this dimension and its inhabitants will be able to be seen by the caretakers. The trinkets were created to give the users the ability to enter between dimensions through REM sleep. The trinkets can cooperate with the Elements to take them across the dimensions also.”
“These pages are telling us what we know already. When are we gonna learn anything new?” Hunter states.
“There’s gotta be something that we don’t know already.” Ben says. “Keep reading, Derpy.”
She continues, “When going into another dimension, one will take the traits of that dimension. Looks and physics will be changed. However, there could be other things that happen. Once in a dimension different from their own, their body is unnoticeably going to det…deter…”
“Sound it out, Derpy.” Twilight laughs a bit.
“Deeeteerrreeeeorrraating.” She struggles.
“Deteriorating. Good.” I say. “Wait…doesn’t that mean wasting away? Rainbow Dash, I think it’s already started with you.”
“Seriously? Well…I do feel a little sick.” She rubs her belly with a hoof.
“You said that when I was running to get Derpy and you could barely keep up with me.”
“That’s right, RD.” Applejack speaks up. “Usually, at the speeds you go, you would’ve been long there before Mark.”
“Yea, that’s right!” Hunter checks his watch. “It’s only 9:00? Let’s get something to eat.”
Everyone agrees while I get the papers back into the box. I head up to my room and put the box under my bed. I also take time to change my shirt. When I head back downstairs, I start to notice how crowded it’s getting in the house.
“I really hope that no more ponies get sucked into this dimension because it’s getting really busy here.”
“Yea, but it’s the ponies! Who wouldn’t want them here?” Hunter grabs some cereal out of the pantry.
“I guess you’re right, but we can’t keep this up much longer.” I sit at the table.
Fluttershy looks over at me and notices my shirt. “Is…that…me?”
I look down at it and notice I put on the shirt that has Fluttershy standing and saying “yay”. It’s one of my favorite shirts. “Uh…yea, you’re one of my favorite ponies in the series.
“Oh really? That’s… nice…” She looks a little creeped out but can’t help but blush. Meanwhile, Hunter is putting cereal in front of everyone. Derpy shoves her face into the bowl without asking what it was. Twilight just looks at hers. Spike picks a bit of cereal out and stares at it.
“What is this? It looks like something I would feed Pee Wee.”
I laugh a little, “Spike, it’s called cereal. More specifically, these are called Cheerios. It’s like oats, but condensed and honey is added to it.”
Spike sniffs it, licks it, and I see a gleam in his eyes. He then picks up the bowl and pours the cereal into his mouth.
“Now the rest of you should eat too. Meanwhile, let’s talk about the hidden pages.” I pop a Cheerio into my mouth. “First of all, why do you think only that section was written like that? I mean, they did say they lied about destroying the trinkets.”
“They probably wrote it so that even if the pages were found, no one would be able to read them, except of course, relatives of the Scattered Eyes clan, which Derpy is obviously one of them.” Ben says, shoves cereal into his mouth.
“But the pages that were still in the book said nothing about who created them.” Twilight said.
Spike tosses back another bowl into his mouth, chews for a bit, then swallows. “Mmph…wouldn’t the ponies who wrote the sections be the creators of the trinkets since they know what they do?”
“Not necessarily Spike. Even though they did record their findings, they could have just wrote down what the actual makers said them to. For all we know, there could be some things they decided not to record and we’ll find out soon enough what they are.” Twilight puts her head on her hooves.
“Well, we didn’t finish reading the section, but we’ll do that later. What’s the date today, Hunter?
“It’s Monday…Oh…”
“What’s going on guys?” Twilight picks her head up.
I quickly get up from the table. “It’s 9:00 on a Monday! We gotta get to class!”
Ben freaks out also, “Oh crap, that’s right! With all this stuff going on, we still have school to go to!”
Me and the guys run out the kitchen and head up to our rooms to get ready, leaving the girls and Spike in the kitchen with a dazed look on their faces. I run down the stairs with my laptop and backpack and run into the kitchen, gasping from breath.” You girls have to come…with us. I don’t…wanna leave you…alone. Because who…knows what will…happen.” I run back towards the front door as Ben and Hunter are coming down the stairs. As I’m opening the door, I say to them, “They’re coming with us.”
I head toward the car and throw my stuff into the back. Meanwhile, Hunter calls out to me.
“What do you mean they’re coming with us? What are they gonna do there?” He’s saying as I herd the ponies into the SUV.
“I don’t know, but we can’t leave them here.” I hop into the drivers sear. Ben is already in the passenger sear next to me. I look back. The car is even more crowded then before with ponies scattered everywhere. “Hey Rainbow Dash, you should go up on the roof again but with Fluttershy this some to save some room.
Fluttershy’s eyes widen, “Wh-What? Are…are you serious? I don’t think would be able to hold on up there.
I scoff. “Oh come on. You can hold your ground against a giant pegasus tornado. I think you’ll be able to withstand being up there.
“Oh…All right then…if you really think so.”
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy leave the car and head toward the roof. I hear a thud as Dash lands on the car and a tiny tink of Fluttershy’s landing.
“Okay! Are we ready?”
Everyone nods and we back out the driveway, heading toward the college at a speed that Fluttershy would be able to handle. I frequently check with Dash on how she’d doing, not without getting strange looks from the other drivers. As usual, the drive is another awkward situation, but I better get used to it because I have a feeling that there’s gonna be a lot more of them.
I pull into the parking lot and the vehicle stutters to a stop. “Heh, I think I gotta get some gas.”
“You don’t say…” Ben says with his look that he’s perfected with the frequent saying.
“I guess I can get some after school. For now though, I’m just gonna worry about how we’re gonna get the ponies around.
“That’s a good thing to worry about.” Hunter says
And we all start heading toward the front doors.