Twilight appeared through the portal as she’s now floating in mid-air on some very old railroad tracks, and appears to be in a forest like place in some sort. Except it feels it’s shape like a tunnel. She starts screaming.
“Shining Armor? Cadence?” But, no response. She’s also moving full speed. Where is she going?
“Get me down! Get me down, please!” Twilight screams as she tries to reach the ground.
“Get me down, please! I wanna go home!” Nothing is working as she tries to reach the ground. “Help me, please! Somepony, help!” Still nothing.
As she keeps floating and going in a fast pace. She can see a… Coal truck? What’s it doing here on a small sighting on this track?
Twilight’s train of thought is soon interrupted when she sees another pair of buffers. She’s heading towards it, quick.
“Oh no!” Twilight braces herself. Hoping to make it quick. But, a multi-colored portal soon appears. Making the same sound as before. Twilight gets sucked in like a black hole. She is soon on the other side as it tosses her in the air.
She lands on the ground face first. Luckily, she has no cuts.
Twilight gets up and looks around. She also notices she’s on a sighting as well. But, wait… This doesn’t look like no sighting. It looks like the end of the track.
“Hello?” Twilight calls out. Hoping somepony will answer her. No response. “Where am I?” She asked herself.
She notices a hill to her left. She starts climbing it. She can also hear what sounds like multiple train whistles and… Voices? Maybe there’s somepony who can help her get back home.
Twilight quickly goes to the top of the hill as fast as she can. As she goes to the top. Wait, there’s nopony here. She sees trains with… faces.Trains can talk here?
“Where am I?” She ask herself again as she sees nothing but talking trains passing by. She also notices she’s above a road where a red bus passes her.
“Good morning! Vroom, vroom, vroom!” Said the red bus passing her. Twilight also notices a blue tank engine chugging down. Where could she be?
She begins to change directions, and starts racing down the hill. Back to where she came from. Maybe she can ask one of the trains to help her?
She looks at the buffers for a split second.
“Hold on, big brother. I’ll find a way back.” She said as she starts to follow the train tracks. She keeps going and going until she’s beside four different track lines. When Twilight hears an unfamiliar voice coming her way.
“Annie, Clarabel. There’s Mr. Conductor. We found him!” Twilight freezes as she heard the voice. Will she be kidnapped?
“Wait, that’s not Mr. Conductor.” The voice said again as it gets closer to her. So does a train. The train stops behind her as the voice speaks again. “Oh, it’s just a pony in the way. Uh, excuse me.” The voice said. Twilight turns around and… She starts freaking out, and…
“AAAAHHHHH!” Twilight screams and hides in a bush near the tracks. “Please! Please don’t hurt me! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bother you, I won’t do it again!” She said. Twilight soon notices that the blue engine is also surprised to see her.
“You… You talk?” The train asks her.
“Y-Yeah.” Twilight said as she stepped out of the bush. She now knows that the train can’t hurt her. “I can. Where is everypony?” She asked him.
“Everypony? It’s almost time for passengers. Everyone’s at the station. I don’t have mine in an hour. Who are you?” The engine asks.
“I’m… I’m Twilight.” Twilight introduces herself. “Who are you?”
“I’m Thomas. Welcome to Sodor, Twilight.”
“Sodor!?” Twilight screams in panic. “I need to get back home with my brother! I don’t know where I came from! Can you help me, Thomas? Please? I want to go home!” Twilight said as she starts crying.
“Hey Twilight.” Thomas said as she looked up at him. “I think I might know someone who can help. Hop in my cab, and I’ll take you. My coaches aren’t filled with passengers. I can take you to go see him.” Thomas said to her with a smile. Twilight knows she can trust him. Even if she was taught not to talk to strangers. She climbed in Thomas’s cab.
“Don’t worry, Twilight. I’ll get you there in no time!” Thomas said as he takes Twilight, and his coaches to the station to pick up his first set of passengers.
Twilight sat there as she can’t stop thinking about home. Will she ever go back? Will she see her brother and her parents again?
‘Mom, dad, Shining Armor. I’m so sorry.’ Twilight thought to herself as she begins to sob. Tears forming a bit sized puddle in Thomas’s cab as he takes her to the station. Hoping someone, or somepony can help her.
***
*Peep* *Peep*
“Mr. Conductor! Mr. Conductor!” Thomas’s voice can be heard as he comes to a stop. Are they at the station already?
“Thomas!” An unfamiliar voice said.
“Hello Mr. Conductor!” Said Thomas. “I found a pony at my branchline today on the way here. She wants to go back home. Do you think you can help her?”
“What are you doing carrying ponies, Thomas?” Twilight hears Mr. Conductor ask.
“She got lost. She needs to go back home, and she can talk to. She’s in the cab.”
“Talk?” Mr. Conductor asked. “Since when can-” His train of thought is interrupted as he finally sees Twilight. She scoots back as she’s completely scared.
“Please! Don’t hurt me!” She said in fright.
What could he be? Is he… An ape? A hairless ape, perhaps?
Mr. Conductor’s eyes widen.
“No, hey, it’s alright.” He said as he lend out a hand. Twilight doesn’t bother to reach for his hand. Until Mr. Conductor thought of an idea.
He pulled out a bag of carrots that he was going to have for lunch soon. He pulls one out.
“Look.” He said getting Twilight’s attention. “It’s okay. See?” This finally caught her attention. Twilight sees the carrot. She doesn’t know if she should trust him or not.
“It’s okay, Twilight.” Thomas said talking to her. “He’s really friendly.”
“Oh, you’re name’s Twilight?” Mr. Conductor asked.
“Mhm.” Twilight nodded.
“Why, that’s a beautiful name. I promise, I know I’m a stranger to you. But, I won’t hurt you, hon. I promise.” He said in a very kind voice.
Twilight slowly, and nervously stood up. She walks to him as Mr. Conductor hands her the carrot. She gently naws it out of his hand.
“There we go.” He said as he starts petting her. Twilight takes it as she starts eating the carrot.
“Come on, I’ll get you outta here.” He said as he lifted her in his arms. Luckily, no one arrived at the station yet. It must be too early.
“Thomas, will you wait here for the passengers? It’s almost time.” Mr. Conductor reminded Thomas.
“Of course, Mr. C.” Thomas said to him.
“That’s good. I’ll take care of her, and I’ll take her to the office in here.” He said as he carried Twilight to the office where it’s placed at the station Thomas and Mr. Conductor are at.
As he brings her in the office. He places her on the chair as Mr. C sits at a desk.
“So, how did you get here?” He asked Twilight. “You didn’t come from somewhere else far away, did you?”
“Well…” Twilight tries to explain. “I’m from Canterlot. I’m not sure how I got here. I got sucked into those… Things that you see at the end of a train track.” She demonstrates. Mr. Conductors eyes widen. He looked at Twilight in shock.
He knows there’s no talking ponies in this world. Now, he may know that there’s another world right behind the buffers where she’s from.
“You came from a set of buffers? From another world?” He asked surprised.
“Y-Yeah.” Twilight said as she begins to cry. “My brother and his date tried to save me. But, they couldn’t hold on to me very long from how strong it is.” Tears soon start rolling down her face. “I wanna go home. Back with mommy, daddy, and my big brother.” She soon begins to sob as Mr. Conductor quickly gets out of his seat to comfort her.
“Shhh, there there.” He said as he petted her mane. “It’ll be alright.” Twilight hugged him tight as she keeps sobbing on Mr. Conductor’s shoulder. Until he gets an idea.
“I got it!”
Twilight looks up at him.
“I know which set you came from. I promise, i’ll bring you home no matter what it takes.”
Twilight’s eyes widen as a smile forms on her face.
“Oh thank you so much!” She said to him. “Can we go now?”
“Well… There’s just one problem.” Mr. C said to her as Twilight’s smile disappeared. This can’t be good. “There was an engine that appeared here before. She went missing a long time ago, and she’s the only way you can get through the magic buffers.” He demonstrated. Twilight’s tears are now forming in her eyes again. “But, I promise. I will find a way to bring you back home. I promise, I will. I’ll find a way.” He said to her. Twilight smiles a bit as she nods her head to him.
“Okay, now, I got some stuff to do here. You can just chill while I do some errands here. I know it’s boring, but, just trust me. Alright?”
“Okay.” Twilight nods her head as Mr. C patted her on the head. He gets a tissue from his desk and helps Twilight wipe the tears from her eyes. “Thank you.” Twilight said to him.
“Anytime.” Mr. Conductor responds when the phone rings. “Excuse me.” He said as he answers.
“Oh, good afternoon, sir.” He said as Twilight tucked her hooves underneath her when she lays on the pillow. She can hear who’s on the phone. But, just barely.
“A real honor, sir. Like my family before me.” Mr. C said to the person on the phone. “And how is Lady Hatt?” He asked. When he continues talking. “Yes. Watch out for Diesel, definitely. Keep an eye on Henry’s help, si-. Uh, yessir, the three R’s. Reading, writing and arithmetic. I-I mean.” He pauses for a second. “I will be responsible. Reliable, and really useful. Yessir. We will all get a good night's sleep. Looking forward to a hard day tomorrow. Goodbye, sir.” He said before hanging up. He takes a deep breath.
“Who was that?” Twilight asked Mr. Conductor.
“That was a man name Sir Topham Hatt. He’s mainly in charge of this railway. But, he’s on a holiday. So… He asked me to keep an eye on the engines.” He demonstrates.
“Such as Thomas?” Twilight asked.
“Yes, just as Thomas.” He answered.
“Oh.” Was Twilight’s only response as she lay down on the pillow, and she falls asleep. Hoping to move time faster so she can go back home.
***
“MOM! DAD!” Shining Armor said as he burst through the door with force while Cadence is behind her.
“Shining Armor, what’re you…?” Velvet said as she noticed Twilight’s not with her. This can’t be good. “Where’s Twilight?”
“That’s the problem.” Cadence comes in as she levitates Smarty Pants in front of Velvet, and her husband.
“Mom, dad, I swear, I don’t know what happened. Twilight was just playing until something sucked her in!” Shining Armor said in a panic.
“We tried to save her. But, that magic was too strong for both of us! We even tried our hooves too!” Cadence said.
“My pour baby.” Velvet said as she begins to cry.
“We’re really sorry, mom. We really didn’t mean too. We were keeping an eye on her too. We promise we were.”
“It’s okay Shining. I know how much you love your sister.” Velvet said. “Take me to where this happened.”
Shining Armor and Cadence took Velvet and her husband to the place where Twilight got sucked in. It wasn’t long when they reached it.
“There.” Shining Armor points to a set of buffers. “We swear, we have no idea how this happened.” He said again.
Velvet’s eyes begin to tear up once again. “Oh Twilight. My little angel.” She said as she begins to break down. Shining, Cadence and Velvet’s husband comfort her.
“It’s okay, honey.” Velvet’s husband said to her. “We’ll find Twilight. Everything’s gonna be alright. I promise.”
Velvet just barely put a smile to her face. She knows she can trust her husband more than anything. He is always there for her.
“You’re right, dear.” She said to him. “We will find her.”
Velvet starts walking through the buffers, as she placed a hoof on the old wooden frame. Could Shining Armor and Cadence be telling the truth? What really happened?
Nothing seems to be happening as Velvet still has her hoof on the buffers. She lets her head down, closes her eyes as a tear rolls down her face. Hoping she will find her daughter before the day is over with.
“Just hold on, Twilight.” She mumbles, hoping her daughter can hear her. “It’ll be okay. We’ll get you home. Don’t worry.”