What happened after the Changeling was caught? Well, the other Discord took our other selves away towards Twilight’s castle looking more annoyed then Rarity on most days.
Not to say that all of us were feeling guilty for getting them into trouble. I guess we were so caught up in making the biggest movie ever that we didn't take into account of kind of effect it would unleash. And then we let our Discord help directing it and him being our camera guy…
“Wait, do they have their camera back?” I asked both Applebloom and Scootaloo.
“I don’t know, do they?” Scootaloo shrugged.
“Hold on,” Applebloom said thinking for a moment. “I don’t think they do, Discord?” He looked down at us, “Do they have their camera back?”
“No, I still have it.” He reached in his ears and pulled out the oddly shaped black camera.
We all realized that the other us are going home without their camera, we tried to hurry to give it back to them. With Discord’s help, we flew over the crowds and we saw that the other Discord and the other we already step inside Twilight’s new home. So it was just a matter of time until they go back to where they came from.
Once we were inside, we hurried through the hallways and rooms to find them, but by the time we did, we saw that the other Discord walking out of a room with a mirror. But other than that, there was no sign of the other us.
When the other Discord was out of sight, the four of us entered the room, we found it completely empty.
“Are we too late?” Applebloom asked.
Scootaloo sighed, “I think we are.”
“Or maybe we’re not,” Discord mused, I looked over to what he was looking at. Towards the mirror near a mountain of pillows, we walked towards it. “Maybe, just maybe the portal to their world is still open.”
Applebloom went right up to the mirror and, to our relief, her hoof went right through the mirror.
“Ah good,” Discord smiled in approval, “I can’t wait to see this, come on let’s go-” Discord’s head bumped against the mirror. “Huh?” He tried feeling around it, even try tapping it, but no matter what, he wouldn't go through, I tried with my hoof and it went through just fine.
“What gives?” Discord asked. “You guys are able to get through but not me? Why can’t I… Oh.”
“What is it?” Scootaloo asked as Discord seemed to realize something.
“Of course, I’m such an idiot. One of the princesses probably put a spell over it. Well, that’s just great.” He looked down at us and gave us the camera. “I’m sorry, but it looks like you girls have to do it.”
“Us? Why us?” I asked.
“As much as I’d like to take a peek at what’s on the other side, I can’t do anything about it. But you girls can get through the mirror no problem. And besides, don’t you want to know what’s over there anyway?”
He did have a point, I have heard tales from Twilight about the human world, but we all wanted to know what it really looks like.
“But isn't the other you and everypony he comes with going to come right back here within a few hours?” Applebloom asked. “How would we know when to get back here in case they wanna come back here earlier?”
Discord Hummed for a moment, “I got it!” he said. With a snap of his talons, he produced two buckets. He turned them upside down and out fell a red cup with fishing lines in each of them. “You know how you’d make these cups with strings that even at a long distance you can hear what the other is saying if you pulled on the string?”
We nodded. “Same with these, but I’m not sure if they’ll work. Yet if they do, we can at least talk to each other; you go over there and give them their camera while I’ll stay guard here. I’ll give you a heads up if you three needed to come back.”
“Maybe it won’t be such a bad idea,” Scootaloo said. “After all, maybe we might get our cutie marks in exploring a completely different universe. I’m game.”
“Same here,” Applebloom chimed in and I agreed as well. We took the other bucket from Discord who wished us good luck. And like that, we hopped right in. For a while, there were colors that were spinning everywhere, like how somepony would get on a merry-go-round that sped up quite a bit. And I don’t know how to describe this, but going through the portal felt funny. It didn't hurt or anything, it was just… weird.
All of a sudden there was a bright light and then we landed on something hard. We tumbled around a few times until we came to a full stop. We tried getting up as soon as everything stopped spinning.
“Let’s go again!” Scootaloo said as everything was coming into focus.
“Uh, not right now,” Applebloom said. “Ah kinda…”
It was then that we got a good look at each other. For a good solid minute, the three of us didn't say a word. The three of us try to take in what we’re looking at. We even looked down at ourselves. My legs were certainly longer… and thinner… and have these… Talons? Claws? What was it that Twilight called them again?
“Wow,” Applebloom broke the silence. “We’re ugly.”
“Where did the clothes come from?” Scootaloo asked.
“How should I know?” I answered. “Are we humans now?”
“Discord to Crusaders. Discord to Crusaders is anyone there? Over.” We looked down at the bucket with the cup talking in Discord’s voice. “Discord to Crusaders, have you made to the other side? Over.”
We got up, and I must say, walking on all fours for some reason was uncomfortable. But I was the first to reach for the cup and pulled on the string. “This is Sweetie Belle. And why are you saying over?”
“It’s so that we let the other know when we’re done speaking we say over, over.”
“Okay…? Well, I think we made it, but…” I looked around, there was a huge building and we’re in some open courtyard, but there’s nopony around. “I don’t see anyone. Over.”
Scootaloo and Applebloom sat on their flanks before suddenly they stood up on their hind legs.
“That feels better,” Scoots said as she stiffly moved around. “This place is huge, I wish I had my scooter here.”
“Hey, Discord? Over.” I said into the cup.
“Yes? Over.”
“Is it possible that you could send the Crusader Mobile through the portal? Over.”
“I’ll try something, please stand by, over.” For a minute, nothing happened, and then suddenly we saw something went flying out from the base of a statue. It was like the Crusader Mobile only that the scooter had some little box thing at the rear wheel. And we saw in the wagon our three helmets.
I thanked Discord and grabbed the bucket. We got on our way around after strapping our helmets to our heads by using these… hands weren't it? Anyway, Scootaloo quickly figured out that the little box on her scooter is actually a motor.
“Cool,” Scootaloo said as she drove us out of the courtyard and into a town that I've never seen before with humans (I think) like us.
“Where do we start looking for them?” Scootaloo asked. “This place is so weird that I don’t know where to start-”
“STOP!” Applebloom cried and Scootaloo stepped on the brakes until the Mobile came to a sudden stop.
“What?” I and Scoots asked.
“Ah think Ah know where to start lookin’.”
“Huh?”
“We all live in a town called Ponyville right?”
“Yeah?”
“And this is a different dimension right?”
“Where are you going with this AB?” Scootaloo asked. She pointed upwards and we followed it until we saw what she was looking at.
“Oh you've gotta be kidding me,” Scootaloo muttered that silently I agreed.
The green signpost read: “Pony Hill Road.”
“Pony Hill, Ponyville,” I thought out loud. “I guess it might be some kind of wordplay or something.”
“At least it’s a start,” Scootaloo started up the motor, and just like that, we headed down the road.