//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Everfree Allies // Story: My Little Pony Dimensions // by PhantomSage21098 //------------------------------// The Everfree Forest, the home of Equestria's enchanted creatures like timber wolves, cockatrices, chimeras, and a hydra. It was night and... Hey, why am I talking about the forest and what time it is? Can something happen right now? BOOOOOM!!! Oh, thank you. A meteor crash-landed in the forest, but it wasn't very devastating. A few miles from the crash site were a weeping willow that looked like a home. The lights came on in it, the door opened and what came out? A zebra, with a lantern in its mouth. It left its house and went to find the source of the explosion, a few miles later, she arrived at the crater. The trees were broken and burnt and the crater was glowing with fire and smoke was emerging from it. The zebra slowly approached the crater with caution, when suddenly she heard a twig snap. The moment she turned around she saw a creature, its entire body was made of wood, its eyes were glowing eerie green, and it was in the shape of a wolf. No doubt about it, it was a Timberwolf. The zebra was scared out of its wits because the wolf was about to pounce onto it, so get ready for the circle of life. As the wolf launched itself at the zebra, with its mouth wide open, a rock flew right into its throat, choking the beast. The zebra stepped to its right and let the wolf fall into a firewood pile, then it turned back towards the crater and saw who threw the rock. It saw a stallion; the fiery glow of the crater made it hard to see his coat color. The zebra approached the stallion slowly, then it stopped about a few feet in front of the stallion, and placed the lantern down. "Thank you, sir, for your heroic deed. Needless to say, I was in great need." The zebra spoke in a feminine voice, she waited for the stallion to speak, but instead, he fell to the ground, out cold. The zebra was surprised, she lowered her head to his chest, and thank goodness that she heard a heartbeat. "This place, for you, will not be the end. Now, where did you come from my mysterious friend?" Then she lifted her head up and went to look in the crater, she stopped at the edge of it, and when she looked into it, she saw nothing but fire. There was no meteor, no anything, just fire. She looked back at the stallion on the ground. "I don't know who you are, but I know one thing, you need help and help I will bring." As she walked over to him. She lifted him on to her back, picked up her lantern and sped off into the forest. Sweet Apple Acres, midday. Six ponies trotted down a dirt road. The ponies were all a variety of colors and species. Two winged ones, one yellow and the other blue. Two regular ones, one orange and the other pink and... I don't think she's regular. One white unicorn, and finally the rarest species; the alicorn. She's a purple one at that. All of them were led by the orange one. "Thanks for coming, every pony, this feller wanted to see us. He said it was urgent." She spoke. "Who is he, Applejack?" asked the yellow pegasus. "I don't know, Fluttershy. In fact, I don't know what he is. He's my barn, and he sure does hate sunlight." They continued to the farm, towards a bright red barn. They arrived at the barn door; AJ nudged it open. "Hey, it's me. Ya in here?" She waited for a response and then... "Enter Miss Jack." said a low raspy voice. They all entered the barn. Once inside, AJ closed the door behind them. A certain rainbow-manned pegasus had her suspicions. "Be ready, girls. We don't know what this thing is capable of." She spoke. Applejack shot a glare at her. "Miss Dash calls me a monster. She is right about one thing, but she is wrong about another. I am a pony at heart." The voice spoke out again. They all looked in the direction of the voice and what they saw was something that looks like a pony, but has some differences. It was a unicorn stallion whose coat was black as night, had no mane, and his eyes were yellow and soulless. "Do not be afraid," he said, "I am a friend, but I know one of you thinks I am a foe." He eyed Rainbow Dash hovering over them. "Wow, that's creepy." All eyes on her, "What? It really is." "Princess Twilight," he said while eyeing the purple alicorn. Her eyes widened in surprise; how did he know her name? "Yes," she said. "Don't ask how I know your name; I'll tell you later. Right now, I don't have much time. I won't be friendly to you if we don't act quickly. Come with me." He turned and walked away from them, but Rainbow Dash flew overhead and landed to stop him. "Hold it right there, bub." She spoke in a threatening voice "Twilight is not doing anything till you start spilling the beans." "There's no time. No time." "Yeah, there's no time. No time left for you to spring your trap!" Then she spins, kicks his muzzle. The muzzle fell apart like sand. Everypony gasped in shock from what happened. Rainbow Dash slowly backed away from the horrific sight. She saw the whole muzzle gone, revealing the throat and tongue. Rustling was heard, all eyes turned towards the ground. The sands that Rainbow Dash kicked off his face were returning to its host. Twisting and twirling on the floor, until it reached him. It slithered up his leg, around his neck, and finally to his head and mouth. The sands rematerialized his muzzle allowing him to speak once again. "I am not your foe. I do not have any trap for you. Enough of this, we must hurry before my time is up." He trotted around Rainbow Dash and continued, the others followed suit. Upon their arrival, they all saw on the floor was something they've never seen before. The circle was drawn in white chalk, like an artist's painting, it was perfect. All the ponies, except the sandy stallion, were amazed at the graffiti on the floor. They had never seen anything like it, especially Twilight. The stallion walked and stopped in the center of the graffiti, then turned to the group. "I know what all of you are thinking. 'What is this thing on the ground?' and 'What does it do?'" He coughed and continued. "This is a magic circle. Mystics draw these to create spells from scratch. This one is to free me from this curse that you see before you. The sands that I'm made of are called the Sands of Darkness. These accursed minerals were one of many relics since the dawn of time." "The dawn of time?" Twilight echoed. "But how? I would've seen it in one of my history books." The stallion coughed once again. "That is because one of ours created a spell to destroy the source of the sands." "Why? You could've studied-" Her sentence was cut short by the stallion's cough, only this time it was worse. "There's... No... Time." he said between breaths. "Quick, pour your magic into the circle, Twilight, and let the spell do the rest." She did as she was told. Twilight lit up her horn, and a gentle flow of magic twirled down into the circle. Then it started to glow, a draft started to occur, then the pink one pulled out sunglasses and spoke. "Ooooh, now that's bright." Twilight doused out her horn and the magic stopped flowing. The draft started to pick up and it was a lot stronger. White tendrils began to emerge from the circle and grabbed the stallion. It began to engulf him within a cocoon of pure light. The wind started to become a vortex surrounding him, flashes of lightning began to crash, the six ponies backed away. "Ah, my hair!" The white unicorn complained. "Twilight," Applejack shouted while holding her hat on her head. "I think you used too much!" "No, I didn't!" She shouted back. "He did say 'let the spell do the rest!'" And so, it did. The vortex began to morph into a sphere, and when it finished it dissipated. The circle faded to nothing. There, standing where the stallion stood, now stands a new one, his coat was pure white like snow, his flank had a frozen magic circle with a snowflake in the center, his mane was blue and long so it draped over his eyes. He raised his hooves to his muzzle and blew into them, but the strangest thing was that his breath was below freezing. Then he moved his hooves up and over his mane and it froze instantly and made it a frozen mohawk. His eyes were now able to be seen, they were normal and were ice blue. The spell was finished. He cleared his throat and bowed in respect. "Ice Master, Frostbite, at your service." He said in a normal voice. "Whoa," Rainbow exclaimed, "Now that looks cool!" Frostbite stood up and looked at her, "I invented cool." "That was incredible." Twilight said, "This is who you really are?" He nodded "But why didn't you tell me? I would've found a spell to change you back to what you once were." "Because you wouldn't believe me if I told you and your spells would have no effect on me." He said, "Even if you did, the sands would just find a new host to consume. The spell I crafted changed me back and destroyed them in process." "Oh. And also, what did you mean by Ice Master?" "It means I have the power to control snow and ice." "Darling," the white unicorn spoke up, "The girls and I haven't been properly introduced yet." "No, you haven't. But there is no reason. I already know." He motioned over to the white unicorn. "You are Rarity." "That I am darling." She spoke. "You are Rainbow Dash." He pointed to. "The one and only." She boasted. "I've already met you, Applejack." She nodded. "You're-" "Pinkie Pie!" The pink one said, cutting off his sentence. "Yes. And you're Princess Twilight Sparkle." She nodded "But where is Fluttershy?" That question reminded them about her. They looked around for their shy friend until Pinkie looked up and saw something yellow in the rafters. "Hey, there she is." She said pointing at the yellow ball. They all saw where she was pointing and saw her, she was lying up in the rafters. Frostbite looked at her and rubbed his chin with his hoof, trying to come up with his own way to make her come down. He could climb up and get her, but there was no ladder, or he could ask one of her friends to convince her, but he had a better way. "Lightbulb." He chimed and he lit his horn. A platform of ice began to take form beneath him, when it fully materialized, he lifted his head up and the platform levitated him up towards the ceiling without a slip or tilt. When he had finally made it to Fluttershy, she was curled up and quaking in fear. She probably still thinks he is still a monster, but he wasn't. He had to convince her somehow, so he did what he could. "Fluttershy." The sound of his voice scared her and made her jump a bit. "It's alright, do not be frightened." "Who are you?" She asked, "Where did you come from?" "I was that black stallion you saw. You weren't paying attention, were you?" "No" she lowered her head, "I flew up here when nopony was looking. I'm sorry." "It's alright. I'm Frostbite by the way." "I'm Flutturshy." "I know. Now let's get down from here." With that, they both floated down to the ground. As soon as they made a touchdown, Frost's ice platform melted away really quick. "Now I know you're all wondering how I know all your names." They all nodded in agreement. "Well, you see, there were some Mystics that have a special power called 'Foresight.' It is a power that allows one to see the future of this world and also other worlds. I used to have this power, but it was taken from me by the sands." "I'm sorry about that." Twilight said, "But that's impossible, no pony has the power to see the future." "Says the one who tried to tell your past self not to overreact. Twilight, the only way to achieve the impossible, is to believe it is possible. Now, I must take my leave. Thank you for your help." He walked past her, heading for the door. "Where are you going?" He stopped in front of the door, then turned to face her. "There is an outpost in the Everfree. I know it's dangerous, but I assure you it is safe there." "Well, we're coming with you. So, we can be sure." "W-we are?" Fluttershy asked in a frightened tone. "Yes, we are." "If you want to come, that's fine. Just make no false accusations." "Why?" "You'll know when we get there." He turns back to the door. He lifted his hoof and pushed it open, letting the light of the sun pour through. He then raised his hoof to shield his eyes from its blinding rays. His eyes adjusted, he lowered his hoof and took in the warmth of the daylight. He took in a breath a trotted out and the gang followed suit. "It has been a year since I've seen the sun." The Everfree Forest outpost, a few hours later. Frostbite led the group through the unnatural thicket of the forest while talking about the Mystics, and what magic element they have. "Now," Frost began, "let's see... Oh yeah, I remember there was a friend of mine that uses genetic magic. He can easily change his looks and his gender; he can even do that to others. His name was Dr. RNA." "That's amazing." Twilight said, "I never thought that magic could manifest out ordinary everyday things like wire, paper, stone, and even trees. You're more fascinating than I thought. How come we never heard of the mystics?" "Well, we don't want to be discovered." "Why not?" Asked Rainbow. "Because of what I told you back at the barn. The relics, that's why. We've existed before Equestria was discovered, we stayed hidden from the rest of the world, guarding them against whoever wishes to use 'em, and our downfall began when one with a heart of greed got his hooves on one of them." "You guys been around longer than Equestria was founded? How come you look so young?" "The youth orchid." "What's that?" "I'll show you when we get there." They progressed through the forest until they came to a clearing, and in that clearing was a snug little cottage by a creek. A large garden was seen beside it. "Ah, home sweet home." "You live here?" Fluttershy asked, "Its lovely." "Yes, I do. Now, when we get inside, don't touch anything." And they pressed on. When they arrived at the door, Frost noticed the door handle broken, and claw marks on the door. The look of fear came upon his face and he quickly pushed the door open, he was expecting a mess, but instead, it wasn't. Everything was clean like something never happened. "They were here, but who cleaned up?" They all entered the room, then the answer almost whacked him upside the head. A blue unicorn stallion came out of hiding, wielding bat with hammer nails in it, and swung his weapon in midair, Frost turned to see his attacker, and dodged at the perfect time. Frost landed on his belly and the bat broke a nearby glass vase. "Ya do know that sneaking up on one with a weapon in his or her possession is a death wish, right?" The stallion said. Frost stood up straight and looked at the stallion with an angry scowl. "Judging by the look on your face, I'd take that as a yes." "You think? Who the hay are you?" "Jacob. My name is Jacob Conners." Rainbow Dash laughed a bit. "What kind of name is that?" "Rainbow, don't be so rude," Fluttershy said. "Don't judge his name." "It's alright, Fluttershy. I'm used to it." All eyes were turned to him, with mouths gaping. Jacob groaned inward, dropped the weapon, then turned and walked towards the living room until he bumped into a certain pink pony. She opened her mouth to speak, but Jacob stuck a hoof in it. "If you're going to ask me if 'I'm psychic.' The answer is no. The correct answer is 'I've met you all before, but you have not met me yet.'" He removed his hoof then she spoke. "No silly, I was about to ask you if you were a mystic." She spoke. "A what? Ha, no. What bonehead is called that?" Frost grew furious. "Well, kid." He said, Jacob turned and faced him. "I'm a mystic. And for your information, we boneheads are more powerful than all four alicorns put together." "Oh yeah? Prove it." A smirk started to form on Frost's face. "Alright." He lit his horn. "Snowstorm." then he unleashed a dangerous gust of icy wind at him. Jacob was sent flying across the room, screaming, then he crashed into a bookcase and the books piled onto him. Jacob emerged from it with googly eyes and one book in the mouth. He shook his head to get his eyes focused, then spat out the book. "OK. You have the power to control snow... I like it." Jacob crawled out of the pile, lit his horn, and levitated the books back onto their self, then Twilight approached him. "Well." She began, "Now with that out of the way, can you tell us how you got here?" He turned to face her. "Well let's just say, I had a rough landing." "No, how did you find this place?" "Well-" then saved by a bell. "Jacob, what's going on here?" A female voice came from the door the group entered through. Who was there? Zecora and a grizzle. "Did we miss something, my dear?" "Zecora, Kenai, your back so soon." "Zecora," Twilight began, "what are you doing here?" "With a bear?" Fluttershy asked. "Isn't it obvious?" Jacob said, "She's, my friend." "She's your friend, but who's Kenai?" "The bear, next to her." They looked at it and saw that it was waving at them. "Hi." It said, and they all freaked out, except Fluttershy, her eyes widened in surprise. "OH, MY GOODNESS!" She said, then zipped over to him. "A talking bear!" "To be correct," Jacob began, "He's uh...a pony turned bear." "But, how can he talk?" "You can thank Zecora for that. She mixed up a special potion to allow the power of speech, for him and his family." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." Rainbow interrupted, "You're saying this guy has a family?" He nodded, "Then, where are they?" "In the basement. There's a door under the stairs." Then there was a crashing sound coming from down there for a moment, then it stopped. "Uh oh." Jacob went over to the side of the stairs and opened the said door. The others followed suit. When they got down there, the basement was a lab, but it was a mess. And at the crime scene there were two more bears, one adult, and the other a cub. "Koda, Nita, what happened?" "Um,". Nita, the adult bear, began in a female, "Koda accidentally knocked over something." "Oh dang." "I'm sorry, OK," Koda said in a male child voice. "It was an accident." "It's alright, I'll just have to clean up...again." Frost ran past Jacob, in a panicked state, over towards a desk at the far end of the room. Digging through its compartments, until he found...a box. He opened the lid and sighed in relief, that its contents weren't damaged. Probably it's something important. "Thank goodness, it's safe." He spoke. "What's in the box, Popsicle?" "It's my special project." Jacob mouthed 'oh' about it, then AJ spoke up. "Alright, Jacob," she began, "You didn't tell us where you came from." "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." He spoke. "Jus' tell us, sugar cube." "Alright, let's just say. I used to walk on two legs." Everyone, except for Frost, Zecora, and the bears, was confused. "Oh geez, I use to be human." Still confused. "The things Twilight saw when she went into the mirror." Then they all vocalized 'oh' about the realization. "Wait," Twilight began, "how do know that? You're not a mystic, you weren't there, and you're a... hoo-man? This is confusing and I'm supposed to have all the answers." "Not everyone is supposed to have all the answered, Twi. I'm from a different version of that world you went to that time." "Well, how did you come to this world?" "I told you; I had a rough landing. Didn't you hear about a meteor landing in the forest?" She nodded, "That was me." "You, but how? You should be dead." "That is the strangest thing I've encountered; I think that guy back in my world did that somehow. I think that gunshot might've put me in a coma, like in the show Kill Bill. He must've thought I was dead, then dumped me here in Equestria to rot. Talk about stupid, rotten luck." "What the hay do mean? What are you talking about?" Rainbow asked. "Never mind. That's just nerd ranting. I hope sis is okay." "You have a sister?" AJ asked. "Yes, I do. She vanished when our home was ablaze. I can already tell that we lost everything." "We're sorry that you lost your home." Rarity said. "It's alright, I was better off not living in that town." "Why?" Twilight asked. "Because of-" his sentence was cut short by the crunching of glass. They all looked to where the sound came from and saw Frost standing in front of a broken tank. Jacob walked over to where he was and stood next to him. "Hey, Popsicle." "Frostbite." He corrected. "Whatever. What were you growing in this?" "Not I, it was them." "Them who?" "Bad fellows. They stole a resurrection spell from another world so they can bring back the sixth member. The embodiment of envy, Nightmare Moon." "NIGHTMARE MOON!?" They all echoed, except for the bears. "Why and how in Equestria?" Jacob asked. "Because the leader...no it is too soon. We have an artifact that looks like this." He pulled out a photo from the box he had and showed it to him. The other zipped up and around him to see it too. The image in the photo was of an archeological site where they see various species digging up a massive machine in the shape of a ring with five plates with symbols. Jacob's face lit up with excitement, he knew what it was. "No way!" "What is that?" Twilight asked. "That, Twilight, is the Lego-verse gateway. It's from a game back in my world, and they have it." "Except," Frost began, "it's the real thing. Not something from a game" "When and how did you get it?" "This was a long time ago. We found it buried in the mountains of the old world. Old and forgotten." "So, I landed in time after that? Dang, it." "Don't fret, Jacob, that story has come to an end, but this story has just begun. Now, Nyx, would you come out from under the cardboard box?" He was looking at a box when he said the last sentence. They looked over to it and it started to move. It was lifted up and what was underneath? A little alicorn filly, her mane, and tail were purple, coat black as night, and eyes were draconic and turquoise. "You've heard everything, didn't you?" She slowly nodded, keeping her head down. "Well, my dear, you won't have to worry about The Mystics any more. We'll protect you." "We?" Rainbow interrupted, "What do you mean 'we'? I'm not going to help take care of that freak!" "Do you want me to turn you into a rainbow popsicle?" "Hey, hey, hey!" Jacob shouted, "Now is not the time for a fight. Dash, you made her cry, apologize to her or I'll put you on a leash." "I'd like to see you try that!" Rainbow said with daggers in her eyes. "Rainbow, enough. Go." Twilight said, making Rainbow go and apologize to the filly. "Now, Frost. Let us help you. I have plenty of room in my castle for all of you." "Mm, that'll do nicely. I'm in." Jacob said. "Right. We need to leave," Frost said. "They may return." "Who's they?" "You see, these bad fellows have these creatures called Corrupted. They are pieces of one's soul so evil. They were forged from their own souls and they only obey them." "And there is a breed that can track a scent?" Jacob asked and Frost nodded. "Then that's not good." "Then let's go." She said, and with that, they all left the basement, the cottage, and the area. Zecora left to go back to her hut. Jacob decided to go with Twilight and her friends, so he can do what he can to help. On the way back, it was getting late. Nyx had fallen asleep on Frost's back. Twilight on the other hoof was still curious about Jacob and questions needed to be answered. "Jacob, can I ask you a few things?" "Fire away." He spoke. "Okay, you didn't tell us about why you didn't like living in your world, could you tell me?" "Ethan, he's the town bully. It's the same kind of story. Rich kid doing whatever he pleases, but he makes it out that he was the good guy." She was confused. "He told them I was a bad kid, but I'm not. Ironically, I was new in town." "Oh. Next question, what was that weapon you used when you attacked Frostbite?" "That was a combo weapon called the spiked bat. Combo weapons are from the game Dead Rising, and they look cool. Back at home, I was a tinker, I used to make them, but only for display. Every once and awhile, Ethan comes and spies on me, takes photos, and shows them to the police. I was sent to jail five times, then I stopped making the weapons." "This Ethan sounds like a bad person." "No kidding, Sherlock." "Final question. What did you mean by you met us before, but we haven't met you yet?" "This might come as a shock to you, but this world of yours is a TV show for kids." She was shocked to hear that. "It's alright, people may say you're not real, but when I met you guys, just proved them wrong." After the long trip through the forest, they came to the edge of town. The group trotted through to their destination, The Castle of Friendship. The local ponies noticed the newcomers and watched as they went by. The time was late at night by the time they arrived. They all stopped at the foot of the stairs, Twilight stood in front of the group and she turned to face them. "Alright, Jacob, you can take the guest bedroom, Frostbite, you're sleeping in the other one, and for Nyx, she'll-" "Sleep with you." Jacob interrupted. "What? Jacob, I don't think that's a-" "It is. I remember a fan story called 'Past Sins.' You and Nyx starred in it, you became her legal guardian in the end, so I think it is a good idea." "Alright Jacob, but I'm still not sure." "Trust me, Twilight. I think it's the best option. She'll be more comfortable with you." She turned back around and they all went inside, except for the rest, only Twilight, Jacob, Frostbite, and Nyx. The rest of them went to their homes. Inside the castle, Frost gave Nyx to Twilight and she showed the boys to their rooms. When Twilight got to hers, the lights were off, and she saw Spike already fast asleep. She looked at Nyx, who was still asleep on her back'you became her legal guardian in the end, so I think it's a good idea. ' that sentence echoed in her head. If Jacob wants her to care for the filly, then beat it. She then approached her bed and undid the covers. Then she levitated Nyx, trying not to wake her, and placed her on the left side of the bed. Twilight laid down on the right, pulled blankets over them, and drifted off to sleep. A bright new day will begin tomorrow.