Spacebound Equestria

by TheMajorTechie


(A scrapped half-idea for Chapter 13.) People Turned Ponies

Twilight screamed as she ducked. Mainly to avoid the cyan pegasus who shot out of the mirror portal. Following the pegasus were several other ponies, and oddly enough, all of them were wearing saddlebags stuffed to the brim with books and paperwork. Twilight warily picked herself up from the linoleum floor, and looked in the direction of the rainbow-colored heap of ponies. The first one that had burst from the portal, of whom Twilight recalled as "General Dash", also got up at almost the same time as Twilight, though she did so rather clumsily. Of course, Twilight knew that the General was sitting in the cubicle across from her in the defense department of the office, so she knew that this "Dash" was from wherever that portal led.

"Uhh, can I help you?"

Rainbow Dash attempted to stand up once more, still visibly shaken from being dragged from the stairs of Canterlot High into a glowing rainbow portal in the statue in front of the school. Finally, she gave up, and flopped over onto her back. She squinted as she scanned over Twilight's face.

"Heeeeyyyy... I know you," she sneered, "You're that girl from Crystal Prep who keeps beating us at everything..."

Twilight stood frozen in place, the rainbow-maned pegasus's remarks still processing in her mind. As her eyes began to adjust to the lighting of the break room, Rainbow Dash realized who, or what, she was talking to.

"Wait a second... you're... a unicorn?!"

After a while of sitting in the silence of the break room, Sunset Shimmer casually strolled into the room, followed by Princess Celestia herself. Upon seeing the heap of unconscious ponies piled next to the portals, she glanced over at Twilight, who only briefly shrugged as she stared at Rainbow Dash.

"Wake up, lazybones!" Sunset yelled in an attempt to break the silence.

Immediately, Applejack, who was at the very bottom of the pile, began to stir. "Ugh," she groaned, "Where am I..."

Her movement gradually woke the other ponies on top of her, with Fluttershy being the last to wake after she fell off the top of the heap.