"I'll take that road!" Kyle announced, running to the right.
"I'll take this one!" Stan yelled.
"Mmph mmrm mmph mm!" Kenny said, taking off into the air. Butters and Cartman split into two different areas.
"If you find Twilight, meet back here!" Stan called before disappearing into the town.
•.•.•.•
"Okay class, does everyone have their groups?"
"Yes Mr. Garrison" the class replied.
"Mr. Garrison, Stan's group is missing" a brown haired fourth grader pointed out.
"Huh...Clyde you are certainly right." The teacher nodded in acknowledgement. "Who was in his group?"
"Kyle, Cartman, Butters, and Kenny..." A boy with black hair and a blue hat replied in monotone.
"HEY GUYS!!!" A blonde boy yelled, his face contorted with random twitches.
"What's wrong Tweek?" Clyde asked.
"DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT EXPLOSION?! GAH!"
"How much coffee did you drink?"
"NO GUYS IM SERIOUS!! CRAIG, YOU BELIEVE ME?!"
"Eh, sure" The raven-haired fourth grader shrugged.
"IT WAS COLORFUL AND IN THE FOREST OR SOMETHING REALLY FAR AWAY! GAH!!! TOO MUCH PRESSURE!!" Tweek pulled at his hair.
"I'm telling you, he's crazy..." Clyde whispered.
"He's just on a caffeine high. He'll be fine in a few minutes." Craig replied.
•.•.•.•
Stan was sitting in the four way where the boys were told to meet back up. He turned to see Kyle, running back. "Any luck?"
"Nah... Do you think the others found anything?" The unicorn wondered, coming to a stop.
"Only one way to find out. I doubt they'll be anymore successful." Stan replied and followed Kyle through the town. First, they started with the path Cartman went down, even though they doubted he'd find their target. As they passed the cake shaped building they first found Cartman in, the door swung open. Walking out, were a pink pony and a short red pony, with a weird back-bag that resembled a saddle, full of treats. Kyle stared for a second and looked like he was going to blow a fuse.
"OMG you're the best pony person ever!" The shorter of the two smiled.
"Aw thanks! You're the best too!" The other giggled.
Kyle and Stan ran over. Kyle nearly tackled the smaller one to the ground, but stopped himself, only inches from the colt. "You son of a bitch! You didn't even look?!"
He blinked. "Well I did... for like... two minutes. But I couldn't find her"
"Dammit Cartman!" Stan growled. "We've been looking for fifteen minutes and you go and get more food?"
"And I suppose you just happened to find a coin laying around again?" Kyle asked sarcastically.
"Nope! My good friend Pinkie Pie gave me some for free! She lives there you know." Cartman smiled.
"YEP!" Pinkie exclaimed
"Okay... well we need to find Kenny and Butters." Stan rolled his eyes and turned around. Kyle and Cartman followed behind. "At least tell me you saw where Butters went." Stan glanced back. Not long after Cartman shrugged, a yellow Pegasus flew down.
"Mmph mmrm mmnrm." He said as he landed.
"No luck either Kenny?" Stan sighed.
"Mm, mmm mmm mmrn mmrmrrs" Kenny replied, pointing to the road ahead.
"You found Butters? Maybe he found something." The colts galloped down the dirt road, until they came to a beautifully decorated building, which resembled a circus tent or merry-go-round.
"Mmrm mmmph!" Kenny fluttered his wings when they approached.
"He's in there?" Kyle asked.
"Maybe that pony we're looking for is there too..." Cartman pointed out, his mouth stuffed with cookies. The fourth graders approached the building and walked in. There, on a display stage, was Butters. All four of them blinked in (not so much) surprise when they saw him wearing a dress with green and blue gems, ruffles, and a bow in his hair.
"Um... Hiya fellas..." Butters mumbled, crouching slightly in embarrassment.
"Butters... What the hell are you doing...?" Cartman asked with narrowed eyes.
"Funny story actually" Butters laughed nervously. "You see, I found this pretty place and decided to look for Twilight in here. So I asked the pony here if she could help me, and she said she'd be happy to, if I help her with something else first for a second. So I agreed because I-I thought it be a pretty kind thing to do... But.... Well you can see how that turned out."
"Dude you look ridiculous!" Cartman laughed.
Just then, Rarity walked into the room, her magic levitating ribbons. She looked over and grinned. "Oh hello young colts!"
"Hi...." Stan mumbled.
"Hey, do you know where we can find Twilight?" Kyle asked.
"Why yes. She's in the large castle- library thing, where we threw you the surprise party."
Kyle and Stan stood there in silence. Kyle stomped a hoof onto the ground. "WE PASSED THAT PLACE THREE FREAKING TIMES!!!"
Stan rested a hoof on the bridge of his nose, mumbling to himself.
"Yeah. She's the purple alicorn." Rarity added.
Kenny gasped. "MMpmh mmpmh mmpm mrm!"
"YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T SEE HER!" Kyle yelled.
"Mmmph mmrmm mmph mmrm mmrm" Kenny shrugged innocently.
"You know... did any of us even remember what Twilight looked like?" Stan asked. Everyone had thought for a second, before face-hoofing in sync. "Well, let's not waste anymore time."
"Oh but I could use your help!" Rarity commented. "I need to make filly sized dresses, and Sweetie Belle and her friends stopped helping when they didn't get modeling Cutie Marks. You five would be perfect!" Then she looked at Butters. "Emeralds? What was I thinking... I'll go get some diamonds to go with the sapphires!" She walked away happily.
"Quick! Let's get out of this place!" Stan exclaimed. Kenny flew over and grabbed Butters out of the dress. They ran out the door as quick as their hooves could carry them, and into town, towards the purple and blue tree castle. They walked up to the door, and Kyle knocked on it. After a few moments, a purple dragon with green spikes opened up. He looked up and frowned.
"Who are you guys?" He asked.
"Woah, sweet! A talking dragon!" Cartman grinned.
The dragon blinked in confusion. Then he said in realization, "OOOHHH! You're the new ponies! I'm Spike, Princess Twilight's number one assistant!"
"Is that why you have a pink apron?" Stan tilted his head, trying hard not to show his amusement.
Spike looked down at himself and blushed. "I um... I was baking..."
"That's okay buddy" Cartman smiled. "Kyle wears an apron when he helps his mom cook too."
Kyle's face turned red and he whipped his head to look at him. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU KNOW THAT!?!"
"Because I go to your house sometimes and laugh at you with Kenny."
"Do you STALK me?!"
"Nah"
"Well, did you need something?" Spike asked, leaning against the door.
"Oh um... We need to talk to Twilight." Stan explained.
"Okie dokie, right this way!" Spike held open the door and pointed an arm into the hall. The colts walked in one by one. When they were all inside, Spike closed the door. He led them down a hall with many books and library stuff. Then he opened the door into a room with six chairs lined in a perfect circle, including a small one. A lavender alicorn sat in the biggest chair. She used her magic aura to write in a book with a sun thing on it. She looked up when she heard hoof steps.
"Hello everypony!" Twilight smiled and walked over. "What brings you by?"
"We need to talk to you" Stan said.
"Of course! What is it you need?"
"Before Stan could speak, Kyle asked, "How do you use magic?"
Twilight looked up at her horn. "Oh, it's quite simple really. I just practiced. Why? Can you not do it?"
Kyle shook his head.
Twilight smiled. "Well I'd love to teach you! I taught Sweetie Belle, so I'm sure you'll learn too."
"All right!" Kyle grinned.
Stan's eyes widened. "But Kyle, what about..."
"Later" He whispered.
"Then what do WE do?" Cartman asked.
"I have games in the drawers" Twilight pointed her hoof to the drawer she referred to. "And this is also a library... So you could, I don't know, read a book?"
Stan punched Cartman before he made some smart ass comment.
"Thank you"
~.~.~.~
"Now, just focus all of your energy, and convert that energy into a magical aura from your horn." Twilight explained to Kyle, who was sitting on a stool.
"How does that work?" Kyle asked, tilting his head.
"You just concentrate, and it will happen" Twilight assured. Kyle shrugged and did as told. He closed his eyes, and moments later, his horn glowed dark green. He looked up and smiled.
"Guys! Look I did it!" He exclaimed.
"Eh yeah, that's great Jewnicorn...were so proud of you, you special little snowflake..." Cartman said, not bothering to look up from his deck of cards.
Kyle frowned. "Shut up asshole!"
"Hey, there's no need for that" Twilight said.
"Can I pick up things too?"
"With practice. And soon, you can even do spells and stuff!"
"Neat! Did you guys-"
"Nobody cares Kahl..." Cartman said, putting down a card.
Kyle narrowed his eyes, then looked at a book of basic magic technics.
Stan threw down a card onto the middle of the table. "Uno" he said smugly.
Cartman threw down his cards in rage. "Dammit Stan!!!!"
Butters glanced out the window. "Hey fellas, it's getting late."
"We should go" Stan said, packing up the cards and putting them away.
"Well, thanks for visiting! If you ever need anything, my door is always open!" Twilight smiled.
"Wait!" Stan realized before leaving the room. "There was something else..." The boys all looked at each other. "You see, we aren't from around here."
"Well of course not. You're new."
"Yeah but it's much more than that."
"We were actually on a field trip, when Stan found a rainbow orb in a forest." Kyle explained.
"I was curious and touched it," Stan added.
"And then it broke and took us here..." Butters continued.
"Plus we're not really ponies" Cartman included.
"Mmr mmrmmnmns" Kenny said.
"Yeah, compared to you we're aliens." Stan agreed.
"So we need help to get back home to our planet" Kyle said.
"Because this place sucks..." Cartman groaned.
Twilight was quiet. Than she said, "Oh! I see! This is a game with the crusaders, isn't it?"
"What! No! It's real!" Stan argued.
"Why of course it is! I'll help you get home!" Twilight winked. The boys' jaws dropped.
"She's not taking us seriously...." Kyle said in defeat. Sudden the door opened.
"There you guys are!" A Pegasus flew in. The recognized Fluttershy's voice. "Don't run off like that again! I was looking all over for you!"
"Looks like you found your way back home!" Twilight said.
"Y-yeah but..." Stan tried to speak.
"No buts" FlutterShy said. "We need to get back, it's getting dark." She nudged the colts out the door, still glancing back. Their one shot at getting back, gone.
Twilight lifted the spell books, and placed them back on the shelf, in their corresponding locations. Spike walked into the room. He had heard the conversation. "Hah! Other world? As if."
Twilight seemed uneasy though. "They seemed kind of... Panicked though... Other worlds do exist...." She trailed off.
"Oh come on Twi. These colts are super imaginative, not to mention the fact that their friends with the CMC. I'm sure they were playing a game."
Twilight smiled. "Yeah, I'm sure your right!"
"Ain't I always?" Spike grinned.
"Don't push it" Twilight laughed. "It's still sad what happened to their parents..." She walked toward the book shelfs, and picked up a few books. Spike nodded in agreement, having been told about the disaster already, and went in the other direction.
"Now to finish my jewel cake!" He said to himself. "I wish I knew some other dragons to help, so I don't eat the gems. But then again, they'd eat them too." He started mixing the batter. "Well, that Kyle pony said he bakes with his mom. I'm sure he could..." Spike suddenly tensed and dropped the spoon. "Wait a minute..."