Twilight awoke to find herself and her friends in a block-filled world. “What is this place?” she wondered, “No matter, we have to find Pinkie. Come on everypony, get up.” She went around, prodding and poking all of the others until everyone was up.
“Oh, I’m not feeling so good.” Flutter Shy mumbled.
“I’m with you there shuga’ cube.” Apple Jack said, “Now where in the blue blazes are we?”
“Definitely not Equestria.” Rainbow commented.
“This is why I hath tried to warn you.” Luna said, “The fourth wall is unpredictable and can lead a pony to any dimension.”
“Girls! There you are!” said a voice behind the ponies. They spun around and saw Pinkie Pie heading towards them.
“Pinkie!” Rarity yelled, “You’re okay!”
“Of course I am, silly. I’ve been in and out of this place many times, but I can’t seem to break back through for some reason.”
“You have been here many times?” Luna asked, panicked, “Those many trips could tear a hole in the space-time continuum, causing mass havoc!”
“Calm down, Lunie, I know that there’s an exit at the end of this level.”
“I am calm just- Wait, what? Did you say level? What do you mean by that?”
“Just look up.” Everypony directed their gaze upward and saw large letters floating above them. The letters read: “World 8, Level 15, Pony Platformer”
“Well, ain’t that just the strangest thing.” Apple Jack said, “but what do they mean?”
“That means this is a game Apple!” Pinkie said, starting to bounce up and down.
“A… Game?” Luna asked, perplexed.
“Yes, for this is the game dimension.” a voice announced, “And the only way to get out is to reach the end.”
“What in tarnation? Who are you, strange voice?” Apple Jack asked.
“All will be revealed once we meet. I will be waiting.”
“Well if there’s somepony waiting for us, then let’s go!” Rainbow dash said, raring to take off.
“Hold on there shuga’ cube.” Apple Jack said, grabbing Rainbow’s tail before she could fly away, “We don’t even know if we can trust that voice.”
“Apple’s right,” Twilight said, “for all we know, it could be a trap!”
“You ponies have no sense of adventure…” The voice said.
“What?!” Rainbow raged, “You dare question my adventurousness?!?”
“Yes.”
“That’s it! I’m going to make you eat those words!” Rainbow flew straight at the castle in front of everypony and smashed a hole right to the center.
“There’s your path to the exit everypony. Now hurry up, time’s running out. By the way, there’s bunnies.”
“Bunnies?!?” Flutter Shy said, standing up rigid. She instantly started galloping off after Rainbow Dash as fast as she could.
“Rainbow! Flutter Shy! Grr… Fine. I’ll go along with your plan, strange voice, but I’m not going to fall for any traps.” Twilight said as she and the other ponies followed Flutter Shy and Rainbow Dash.
Once the other ponies caught up with the two leaders, they found themselves stuck in front of a giant door.
“Whatever will we do now?” Rarity asked, dismayed, “There’s no way to open something this massive!”
“Everypony, look!” Twilight said, “I’ve found some hoof prints with our cutie marks above them!”
“Well I’ll be,” Apple Jack said, “come on everypony, let’s all try to put our hooves on these.” They did so, and as soon as everypony made contact, the door dissolved to reveal a large hemi-sphere shaped room.
“Look, girls! I’ve found the exit!” Pinkie said, pointing to a familiar hole in space lying in the center of the room. Everypony rushed to get in, but before they could get near, the hole picked itself up off the floor and changed into a well known form to the ponies. One of their deadliest foes.
The being in front of them looked like a mash-up of every living creature imagination, but the strangest thing about it were the two pitch black eyes with red irises looking down on the ponies.
“Discord!” Twilight said, “I thought we turned you into stone?”
“Discord?” the creature wondered, “I know no one by that name. I am Chaos, and you are?”
“We don’t have time for this.” Rainbow said, “Get out of our way!”
“Come now, Rainbow Dash. No one else has introduced themselves yet.”
“You better back off Dis- I mean, Chaos! I’m going to take you down myself if I have to!”
“Oh really? I’m not that pathetic little Discord. My pain is physical, not just mental.” BAM! Rainbow Dash sprang up from the ground hitting Chaos square in the jaw, causing him to stumble backwards.
“Good, now I have a good reason to hit you like that. Come on everypony! Let’s get him!” All of the ponies started attacking the abomination in earnest. The unicorns used their magic to hurtle projectiles, the earth ponies were using a variety of melee attacks, and Flutter Shy was cowering behind all of the others. Finally, the great beast fell with a huge thud.
“Huzzah!” Luna said, “Now we can get out of here!”
“Grr… You haven’t seen the last of me!” Discord said before he winked out of reality, leaving behind a hole in space.
“Come on everypony,” Twilight said, “Let’s go meet that mystery voice.” She and the others leapt into the break, unknowing of what they would find next.