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// *Generic Teleportation To Another World* 
// Story: No Guts, No Glory! 
// by Enigmus 
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	Papyrus groaned a bit as his eyes opened, feeling a sharp pain in the back of his head. And even some more pain pretty much everywhere else. He remembered falling after he had walked through the portal, though he had no idea where he had fallen. He looked around him, frowning at the new and very strange sights. His eyes widened as he took in the views, finally able to comprehend where he was. He was next to a road of some kid, seemingly made out of brown dirt. There was nearly perfectly-grown vegetation all around the road, indicating some kind of unnecessary maintenance.

There was a giant forest off in the distance, though it didn't look very comforting. In fact, it looked very foreboding. Almost as if it was pure evil. Then again, that could have been from him hitting his head in the fall. Forests don't give off a feeling of evil, they were just... just...

His eyes drifted upwards and he dropped to his knees, his jaw wide open as he saw what looked to be a massive amount of clear blue. It was unlike anything he had ever seen in his life. He knew exactly what it was from Alphys's books and shows. It was called the sky. He looked over at a bright, yellow sphere of some kind. It took a lot of effort to continue staring at it, but as he looked at it a little longer, it seemed to be pure white in the middle with a lot of yellow all around it. If he recalled correctly, this thing was called the sun.

He let his eyes close, his mouth curved into a grin of pure, unadulterated joy. The feeling the sun cast upon his bones was so soothing and calming that he felt like taking a nap right then and there. Right next to this dirt road in the middle of nowhere. To just bask in the sunlight and let the good dreams flow sounded like the best idea in the world.

His moment of pure bliss was interrupted by a sudden pain to the back of his head. Yelping, he jerked his head back to see Sans withdrawing his hand from what looked to be a finished slap. And oh boy, Sans did not look very happy at all. Though, there looked to be a lot of relief in his eyes as well.

He offered a smile of apology, shrugging a bit, "U-uh... my bad?"

Sans's face softened up a bit and his all too familiar smile returned to his face, "Yeah, it is. Well, we're here, we might as well make the best of it. At least we know that the portal leads to the surface.Wow, this looks great. Almost as much as my dreams... Papyrus."

Papyrus nervously chuckled a little, rubbing the back of his head, "Heh. Yeah, sorry again. Anyway, what now? We're here, we might as well explore. I have the return device with me whenever we need to return. Let's look around, see where it leads us."

Sans didn't say anything for a bit as he looked around the landscape, then looked behind them, "I guess we could go to that conveniently located town... like, ten feet away from us."

Papyrus turned around, surprised to see that there was indeed a town right behind them. It was strange that, of all the places they could have been teleported to, it was right next to a town that was on the surface. Shrugging, he got off of his knees and regarded the small town with a massive grin. This was one step for monster kind... and a giant leap for all skeletons.  His eyes drifted towards what looked to be some kind of animal staring at them in shock. And behind that animal were more of its kind. They looked to be very colorful horses of some kind, like he had read about in some books. Minus the colorful part, of course.

What was strange was that there were no humans at all. Just these horse creatures. They didn't seem very happy about the two skeletons being ten feet away from their town. In fact, they looked very afraid. Papyrus was about to take a step forward to communicate, but was stopped by Sans's hand. A look from his brother told him to keep quiet and quiet he remained.

Sans took a step forward, keeping his hands in his pockets, "What's up, guys? We come in peace and all that jazz. So, uh, can we look around, see what's what?"

The horse creatures seemed to relax when they heard this, though it was clear that they were still very wary of the skeletons' presence. One of the horses, a purple one with a horn and some wings, stepped forward. Papyrus was fairly nervous on how things were going to go down in the next minute. To find the surface only to be beaten up by horses wasn't exactly a very good story to tell everyone back home. It's not as if they had a way to defend themselves anyway.

The horse spoke up, "I am princess Twilight Sparkle. What are you and what is your purpose here?"

Sans said, "Me and my brother here are skeletons. A type of monster in the Underground. As for why we're here, we sorta' opened a portal and came through without knowing where it led. Actually, that'd be my brother's doing. I just, uh... you know, I gotta' look out for the guy. I came after him and here we are. Say, are you sick?"

Twilight raised an eyebrow at the question, "No? What makes you think I'm sick?"

There was a flicker of mischief in Sans's eyes, "Because you sound rather... hoarse."

Twilight brought a hoof up to her throat, seemingly confused, "What are you talking about, I sound just fine. Do I really-..." she stopped mid sentence to grin a bit, "Oh, I get it. Nice one. But we're not horses, we're called ponies. I'm assuming you don't mean any harm to us?"

Sans said, cracking his neck a bit at the same time, "If we were going to attack you, we would have done it by now. Don't worry, we're not here to cause trouble. So, what's the possibility of us looking around a little? We've lived our entire lives undergroud. It's kinda' our first time on the surface. Though, it's not at all what I thought it would be. I thought there would be humans."

Twilight's grin that had turned into a smile faltered a bit, "Did you say humans? No, you won't find any of those here. In fact, you won't find them on the planet at all. I'm afraid the only humans I know of are in an entirely different dimension."

Sans chuckled a little and said, "Sorry, I don't think I heard you correctly. Did you just say a different dimension?"

Twilight nodded, "No, you heard me right. You've moved from one dimension to another."

Papyrus was a little behind everyone else, still trying to piece things together. Thankfully Sans was in some kind of shocked slience for some reason, so it bought him time to piece everything together. A minute went by and he looked up with a massive smile. It took a bit of doing, but his brain fart had gone away.

Papyrus said, "Ooooh, get it! We're in an entirely different dimension than the one we were in before!" As he said this, his eyes widened, "Wait, WHAT?!"

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The shock of finding out that they not only reached the surface, but a completely different dimension, took a little while to get used to. There were so many questions that Sans wanted answers to, but he was too lazy to ask them. That and Twilight probably wouldn't know how the portal had reached this place. Thankfully, these ponies were a peaceful species, a lot more than even monsters it seemed. When Twilight deemed the two brothers harmless, the rest of the town relaxed and welcomed them without question.

Twilight certainly had quite a lot of pull with her people... er, ponies. The ponies not only accepted the two visitors, they welcomed them without hesitation. Needless to say, these ponies were extremely easy to befriend. Almost naively so. Still, it was nice to be able to make friends so easily. It just meant that diplomacy between monsters and ponies would be very easy.

At the moment, the two brothers were being led through the middle of the town, getting strange looks from the ponies that hadn't seen them at the edge of town. But they were with Princess Twilight Sparkle, so the weird looks stopped almost as soon as they had started. Most had turned to either welcoming smiles or intense curiosity. However, Sans was much more curious, or so he thought. These were all new sights to him, and he was the only new one for them. Well, him and his brother of course.

He decided that a few questions wouldn't hurt, "So, Princess Sporkle..."

Twilight grimaced a bit, correcting him, "It's Sparkle, not Sporkle. And yes, what is it?"

Sans looked around him, his smile not betraying anything other than joy. At least, that's what strangers would assume. He was always smiling. It took someone that knows him very well to know his emotions. At the moment, he was confused by everything around him. It was so colorful and happy, almost like a child's TV show.

He asked, "Where are we? If you don't mind me asking, that is."

Twilight waved a hoof, as if to dispell any doubts he had, "Oh, don't worry about asking questions, it's only natural. As for where we are, we're currently in the town of Ponyville. It's a fairly small town, but we get by. And if you mean where we are on the globe, we're currently inside the country of Equestria. The planet? Equus."

Sans looked over to the princess, having a few more questions in mind, "Alright. So I'm assuming there are more countries since there's this one. Are there more countries?"

Twilight nodded, "Yes, there are other countries. There's the nation of the griffons, which is called Griffonstone. Then there are the zebras of Zebropolis. They're mostly made up of tribes, but they're considered to be a country. There are many more countries with different species."

Sans asked, "So, if there are so many species, why is the planet called Equus? That sounds very similar to Equestria. Is Equestria just so powerful that no one wants to question this?"

Twilight hesitated for a moment, as if in deep thought, "You know, I haven't a clue. Everyone's been okay with the planet being called Equus. I haven't thought about that before, but you're right. I'll have to look into that when I get the chance to visit the royal library in Canterlot. Oh, and Canterlot is our capital city. It's where Pincess Luna and Princess Celestia live. There are four princesses, but they're largely considered to be the two main ones."

Papyrus spoke up for the first time in five minutes, "That's a rather large number of rulers. Is it difficult to run such a country? And why is a princess in such a small town? Surely there are better places to rule from."

Twilight said, chuckling a bit, "Oh, it has it's difficulties here and there. But we manage. It's just easier to control the country with four princesses spread throughout the country. As for why I'm here of all places, I guess I've never thought about that. Celestia sent me here years ago before I was a princess and I guess this is just where I belong. I'm not complaining, I'm happy about it. This is my home and I wouldn't have it any other way. Plus, this is where most of my friends are."

Sans nodded a bit, "I can understand that. Oh and since you're a princess and all, I think it'd be a good time to mentions that us monsters really want to reach the surface. To get out of the Underground. This is the next best thing, if not even better. You see, humans treated us like scum  a long tome ago. Long before me and my brother were born. Or anyone for that matter. So, since there's all of this open space in your country, do you think that us monsters coming here would be too much trouble? This is sort of our only hope."

Twilight didn't answer for a bit, obviously thinking how she was going to go about answering that question, "I can't make such a huge decision on my own. I'll have to call a meeting with Celestia and Luna tomorrow. For now, would you mind a short tour of the town?"

Sans shrugged a bit, "Yeah, that'd be cool, Sparkle. New sights and sounds in an entirely new planet. I'm kinda' curious as to how things work around here. I'm sure you're curious about us as well."

Twilight smiled at that, seemingly overjoyed, "Oh, that's great! You're going to love it here! It's a small town, but it's got a lot of character. Also, I have a question before we start. Why are you always smiling like that?"

Sans shrugged yet again, his smile increasing just a tad, "I figure if you can't enjoy life, what's the point in livin' it?"

Papyrus scoffed, "Oh, you live it alright. Always making jokes and puns, making everyone laugh. You not only live it, you bathe in it."

Sans's face didn't change very much, "Hey, a skeleton's gotta' do what he's gotta' do."

Twilight was grinning at all of this, obviously approving, "Oh, I think you two will fit in nicely." her eyes widened a bit and she facehoofed, "Oh, I completely forgot to ask! What are your names?"

Papyrus cut off his brother before he had a chance to speak, "I am the great Papyrus! The famed cooker of spaghetti, the soon-to-be member of the Royal Guard! You can just call me Papyrus. Oh and my brother's name is Sans. He's cool, I guess."

Twilight giggled a bit at this, seemingly entertained by Papyrus's overzealous nature, "Well, it's nice to meet you, Papyrus. You too, Sans. Anyway, my home is about a block away from here. I'll get my friends over there and you can meet everyone all at once. It beats having to meet everyone individually. It's a Sunday, nopony's doing much of anything, so I'm sure they won't mind."

Sans cringed a bit at the mention of the word 'nopony', but decided to let it go, "Sounds okay to me. Lead the way, Sparkle."

The rest of the somewhat small walk was occupied with many questions, mostly on Twilight's side. How do you survive without internal organs, why couldn't get out of the Underground, what do you like to eat? The questions kept coming and coming and Papyrus answered most of them. After a considerable amount of walking, they eventually made it to what looked to be a crystallized castle. It was magnificent in every sense of the word. The craftsmanship was seemingly perfect in every regard, down to the last detail. It almost seemed naturally-made. As if nature had one day decided to abandon its normal creations and take up the task of building this structure.

It was a ridiculous thought, but still, it made Sans wonder. The doors to the castle opened up to reveal a wonderfully decorated inside. They were led down a long, empty hallway, the conversation all but terminated. With all of these hallways and rooms, there was no one around. There were no servants, no guards, no cooks, no one of any type. Just two skeletons and a purple pony princess. Yet the castle looked as if it was getting constant maintenance. Maybe they were on break?

They were led into what seemed like a conference room of some kind. Except there were thrones around a crystal table indicating that the room itself held some sort of unknown importance. Whatever that was, Sans hadn't a clue. There was some sort of map on the table, which he assumed was of Equestria.

Twilight said, "I'll call the elements, my friends, here. You just sit tight and make yourselves comfortable."

Sans nodded a bit, "Oh, we'll be sure to be comfortable on these hard, crystal chairs, don't you worry."

Twilight chuckled a little and left them alone. Alone inside of her castle where, if they were enemies in disguise, they could mess some things up. Or that's what he thought anyway. It was a princess's castle, surely there was something of true importance around here. These ponies were very trusting for whatever reason. In turn, however, Sans was growing to trust them. So, maybe there was something to it after all.

Papyrus looked around for a moment, "So... ponies. Do you think they eat spaghetti?"