When you're in...

by PeaceColt112

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Twilight flipped trough the book at a manic pace. Beads of sweat ran down her face as she looked over page after page. Finally, she threw the book across the room. It hit a bookshelf, spilling even more books over the already messy floor. Twilight was in panic because she had to submit her weekly report to princess Celestia today, and she had nothing! She slowly trotted over to the books on the floor, and started picking trough them tiredly. She sank to the floor with a loud flop, and buried her head in her hooves. She hated to throw books, but right now she could just punch somepony or something. She noticed something out of place, a book that wasn’t hers. It was strange; she returned all her library books to Canterlot’s library months ago! This wasn’t normal for Twilight, since she had all her books catalogued, just in case. The book before her appeared to be bound with something thick and black. It didn’t feel like leather to Twilight, as a matter of fact, it felt almost liquid. On it, there were several glowing spots. Twilight reached for her magnifying glass. It hovered lowly above the binding. She couldn’t believe it! The little glowing dots were galaxies and stars! It was almost like looking into the universe itself. It was clear that the surface of the book was made from a liquid, which seemingly deified physics by staying on the book, no matter how Twilight turned it. She opened the book carefully. It was also full of the mysterious liquid, and full of stars as well. Twilight lowered the book to the ground carefully. She put her hoof on one of the pages. It sank into the book. Twilight recoiled. She didn’t expect that from any object, especially from a book. She sank her hooves deeper into the pages. Soon the liquid pulled her in. She fell trough the pages and into blackness. With Twilight gone, the library was now quiet...

***

Twilight’s head spun, as she slowly rose to her hooves. It was dark, too dark. She tried using magic to illuminate her surroundings, but to no avail. There seemingly was no gravity, but she could tell what was up and what was down. An apple floated by her head. It would appear that Twilight wasn’t the only one picked up by the book. A faint noise was coming from an unknown distance. Suddenly, she heard music playing from the background. Strange, alien music, that was none the less beautiful, Twilight was drawn to move forward. She found out she could move by simply thinking. She stopped, since the walls prevented her from going any further. There was no air and no gravity, just darkness. Suddenly the floor beneath her opened up, and she began to fall trough a tunnel that was filled with colourful glass. There were square prisms everywhere, which looked like the eyes of a parasprite. Someone started singing strange alien lyrics. The voice was almost hypnotic:

Lime and limpid green
a second scene,
A fight between the blue
you once knew.
Floating down the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground
Jupiter and Saturn
Oberon Miranda and Titania
Neptune Titan
Stars can frighten

Twilight felt mesmerised by the music, almost hypnotised. She fell and fell and fell. More and more songs played, all with different lyrics, some of which made sense and others didn’t. It felt magical, almost imagined. A thought floated into twilight’s head. Maybe she died, and this was Pony Hell...or Heaven, depends if you like the music. It was warmish; almost room temperature, like a sunny day on the beach. Suddenly she halted in mid-air. A strange contraption, the likes she’s never seen before appeared in front of her. It looked like a golden box with various gears and springs. It ground and cringed and released steam. Suddenly, an appendage rose from the box. It held a book. The book floated towards Twilight’s face. Suddenly the pages started turning until a picture of a Gnome appeared in their blur. It would appear that the book had an infinite amount of pages. The song behind her changed, and with that the light in the prisms changed as well. The vertical tunnel was now filled with an orange glow. Someone started singing again, but this time more playfully:

I want to tell you a story
'Bout a little man if I can.
A gnome named Grimble Gromble.
And little gnomes stay in their homes,
Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine.

He wore a scarlet tunic,
A blue-green hood, it looked quite good.
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass, fresh air at last.
Wining, dining, biding his time...

Twilight found herself grinning with happiness for some reason. She felt great. She felt happy about the fact that the small man called Grimble Gromble led such a happy existence. She was happy that she was in this thing, as if it had shown her the happiness that life could be. She felt...alive. Suddenly she burst out laughing, rolling and tumbling around in zero G. The lenses made a colourful blur It was amazing, just like that. Twilight felt like hugging the golden box, out of sheer euphoria. The gnome waived at her and Twilight waived back. Then, as abrubtly as he had arrived, the gnome left. Suddenly a strange contraption appeared in front of her. It was made of metal with a small leather shell shape just above the two wheels. It would appear to be a seat, but twilight couldn’t figure out what sort of being could sit there. It seemed uncomfortable. She looked at a small bulge on the two handles above the first wheel. She pushed a small piece of black and it made a sound. Once again, Twilight recoiled. It was completely foreign to her. Music was coming from an invisible place, and the lyrics went like this:

I've got a bike.
You can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, a bell that rings,
and things to make it look good.
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything, if you want things.

Twlight wondered what the word “Bike” meant, since no such thing existed in Equestria. But, then again, this wasn’t Equestrian; this could have been anything at all or nothing at all. It didn’t matter. Twilight was very happy at that particular moment, almost content with herself. The music stopped suddenly, and gravity reappeared. She floated to the floor as if she was on a cloud. Her hooves touched the floor. Well, “floor” was not an adequate description. It was a clear liquid that was suspended over a rainbow. Somehow Twilight tought of Rainbow Dash, and suddenly felt a stab of loneliness. Even though she was her only for a few hours, she already missed her friends. Her time for thought was cut short. Her hooves began sinking trough the liquid floor, slowly, as if she was passing through a thick gel. She felt the same, watery sensation. It was very sleep-inducing. Slowly Twilight’s mind drifted away and she was encased in blackness once more, as alone as before...

***

Little did she know, her adventure was only starting

Comments

[Poodicus]

I decree that either 'Dark Side Of The Moon' or 'Atom Heart Mother' be next....! Maybe 'Ummagumma'.

[PeaceColt112]

577328

I am going Chronologically, so the next one is A saucerful of secrets