The Adventure of Two Sisters

by StormLuna


Colgate's Discovery

Colgate arrived at the edge of the Everfree Forest with a smile on her face. She had dealt with a lot of stress that week so this walk would do her some good. As she entered the forest she breathed a sigh of relief. While she had no idea how far into the forest she was going to go, she did know that she was not just going to go as far as the castle of the two sisters, she had plans to go deeper.

After an hour of walking she finally reached the castle and decided the time had come to take a short rest so she crossed the bridge and headed in. Besides, she had always wondered what kinds of information Twilight and her friends had discovered in there. As she was looking around she discovered the secret chamber where Twilight had found the journal of the two sisters. She was looking through some of the books and found one about legends. Despite her not being overly interested in old legends, she felt drawn to the book.

She was flipping through the pages and stopped at one that mentioned a portal to a different world that existed in an earlier time. Given that she is not only a dentist, but a time lady as well, she was kind of suspicious of this. She sighed, "A portal to a different world that existed in an earlier time? Yeah, uh huh. I'll believe it when I see it."

With the story behind the legend there was a map that showed where this portal was located. She mumbled, "You know what? I'm taking this book, I am heading to that spot on the map and I am going to disprove this book!" Being the rational minded pony she was she puffed her chest out and continued, "And then I will take this thing up to Canterlot and tell Celestia herself that this is nothing more than a bunch of hogwash!"

She quickly left the castle and headed towards her destination. While she did run across some timberwolves, they posed no threat as she was able to blast them apart with her magic. Eventually she reached a part of the forest that was so dark she could barely see her hoof in front of her face. She also heard what sounded like the roar of a waterfall. She headed towards the source of the sound and low and behold, that is what it was. She lit up her horn and levitated the book to where she could read it. She said, "Ok, so this portal lies in a cave on the other side of this waterfall?" She began to laugh, "Yeah right but at least this little journey has been fun!"

She teleported herself into the cave behind the waterfall and saw something that seemed to glow a bit. In the pitch darkness of the cave, she saw a gray portal in front of her. She said to herself, "Hmmm....maybe this legend has some merit to it. Well let's find out, shall we?"

She headed into the portal and crossed through. One she got to the other side it was pitch dark. She laughed, "Maybe I was just seeing things when I saw that gray vortex." She continued to walk forward until she ran into a jagged wall. She looked up and saw a speck of blue. She said to herself, "What the hay?"

She began firing bolts of energy at the wall blasting it away. It was not long until she realized that it was not the back of the cave she ran into, it was a pile of rocks. Once she blasted most of the rocks away she walked forward and was stunned by what she saw. She saw rolling hills, a green forest and a path that headed down into a valley. Everything looked odd to her, things didn't look quite the same way that they did in Equestria.


She began to follow the path towards the forest. As she descended into the valley and into the forest things continued to not feel right. This forest was different, much different than the Everfree Forest which was always dark and quiet. Once she dropped down to the valley bottom she could hear laughter coming from the distance. She thought to herself, "Now what is that laughing?" The laughter sounded a lot like Pinkie Pie but Colgate knew that there was no possible way it could be her.

Eventually she would run into a couple pegasus ponies who landed in front of her. In front of her stood a white pegasus pony with four balloons for a cutie mark and a pink pegasus with two blue lightning bolts for a cutie mark. The pink pegasus asked, "Who are you? I've never seen you around before."

Colgate replied, "My name is Colgate, and you two are?"

The pink pegasus replied, "My name is Firefly and standing next to me is Surprise."

Colgate looked at the two and then at the forest that surrounded them and asked, "Where am I? This place seems so different than where I come from."

To Surprise and Firefly, Colgate looked different as well. Surprise replied, "You are in Ponyland, well Dream Valley to be exact." She jumped on Colgate and continued, "And we're going to have throw you a party! We always throw parties for new ponies!"

Colgate gasped, "Did you say Ponyland and Dream Valley?"

Surprise replied, "Yeah. You seem surprised."

Colgate shook her head. She was in shock hearing the names Ponyland and Dream Valley as those are the places that exist in Lyra's comic book and in the mythology books she read when she was in school. She asked, "Wait a minute? So you are telling me that these places are real?, that they simply aren't places that are pure myth?"

Firefly seemed irritated by Colgate's statements regarding Ponyland being a myth. She asked, "Uh, yeah. Where did you get the idea that Ponyland and Dream Valley are mythological places. You don't live in Ponyland, do you?"

Colgate replied, "Well, not exactly. I come from a land beyond those hills off to the east of here."

While Surprise had no clue what she was talking about, Firefly knew a bit of what she was talking about. She asked, "Beyond those eastern hills? Do you mean beyond them or from with in them?"

Colgate was starting to get very frustrated with all the questions as they were making her very uncomfortable. She snapped, "Does it matter? Now if you will excuse me I would like to continue on my journey."

The two pegasi sighed and let Colgate continue on her way. As she headed further down the path the forest began to clear a bit and she saw something she did not expect to see. She saw another thing that was in the mythology books she read in school, a pink castle. She said to herself, "Wait a minute, a pink castle? Maybe all this is real!" She then smacked herself and continued, "Get a grip Colgate, you're probably just dreaming!"

Like with the book at the castle in the Everfree Forest, the pink palace seemed to be calling to her. She galloped towards it until she was met by two guards at the drawbridge. One of them asked, "Halt, who goes there?"

Colgate replied, "Well I am Colgate, a visitor from abroad and I would like to speak to whoever is in charge around here."

One of the guards said, "Well Queen Majesty does not just accept visitors on an open basis, especially ponies who just show up randomly."

The other guard added, "And besides, she is having a meeting with Megan Williams, someone who is extremely important."

Colgate knew she had heard that name before. Then it hit her, Megan Williams is the human from Lyra's comic book but she did not actually believe that she existed. She asked, "So who is this Megan Williams? I've heard that she is some weird creature that walks on two legs."

The guard replied, "That is information that we can not share with outsiders such as you."

Colgate began to step forward causing the guards to block the bridge further. Colgate picked them up with her aura and threw them into the stream under the bridge. When she got to the castle she confronted another guard but she had no time for being interrogated. She threw him to the side and ran into the castle.


When she got inside she discovered that the layout of Dream Castle was much different than the palace in Canterlot. Rather than having to go down several different hallways to reach the throne room, she only had to go down one to reach her destination. She galloped down the hallway into the throne room where she saw Queen Majesty and Megan Williams talking casually. Her jaw dropped open and the two looked over to see who had entered the throne room.

Majesty asked, "Who are you and how did you get past the guards? I was not expecting any other company today."

Colgate just stood there in shock as she took in the image of Megan. She then stuttered, "T-they really exist? H-hu-humans really exist?

Majesty in a more stern voice asked again, "Who are you and how did you get past my guards?"

Colgate snapped out of it and replied, "My name is Colgate."

Majesty asked, "And what is your business here?" She took a closer look at her and noticed that she did not look like the ponies of Ponyland. She continued, "You don't look like any of the rest of the ponies in Ponyland, you aren't a spy are you?"

Colgate replied, "No, I am no spy." She then realized that she needed to find a way to get out of this question. She continued, "I am a pony who comes from abroad. I simply wanted to see your land and see it's leader."

Majesty sighed, "Well you have seen her. Now I would suggest you go, I have strange feelings about you."

Before Colgate could reply Megan interrupted, "Queen Majesty, I do not see anything wrong with her. She seems perfectly nice to me."

Majesty replied, "But Megan, she doesn't look like us! She seems thinner than the rest of us, she is a bit taller and those eyes of her's are huge. She has to be something evil!" She gave Colgate a stern look and continued, "You aren't some vile creation of Hydia, Reeka and Draggle are you?"

Colgate gave her a puzzled look and replied, "Who? Who in Equestria are they?"

Majesty asked, "Equestria? What the hay is that?"

Colgate replied, "Oh it is just a saying that is popular where I come from."

This brought out suspicion in the queen. She asked, "You say you are from abroad. Where exactly are you from?"

Colgate replied, "I come from the east, far to the east of the hills that circle the eastern borders of your lovely valley."

Majesty's horn was beginning to glow which quickly caused Colgate to get ready to fire back if fired on. Megan saw this and wanted to deescalate the situation. She said, Queen Majesty, Colgate, this is no way to handle things. She put her hand on Majesty's back and said, "It's ok. We'll just get her to leave and everything will be ok." She then looked at Colgate and continued, "Colgate, I think it might be best if you leave. It is not wise to get on Queen Majesty's bad side."

Colgate rolled her eyes and replied, "Oh alright. It was nice meeting you two. You have a nice day."

Colgate teleported herself out of the castle and past the guards. She began to gallop back towards the cave where she entered Ponyland from. In the palace both Majesty and Megan sat there in shock. Megan asked, "Majesty, where did she go? How did she just disappear in a blinding flash of light?"

Majesty replied, "I am not sure but I do know this, no one in Ponyland can do that. She has to be either a creation of those vile witches or an agent of Tirac.* What if she were to aid them in enslaving all of us?"

Megan, while she had never seen a pony do that before, did not think that Colgate would be evil. She sighed, "Majesty, perhaps she just has some sort of special ability. I don't think she is anything to worry about."

Majesty replied, "I hope you're right, for the sake of Dream Valley and all of Ponyland."