• Published 25th Nov 2019
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Cinematic Adventures: The Wizard of Oz - extremeenigma02



The Mane Six embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they discover a strange device in the Everfree Forest that will transport them to a world beyond their own for an adventure they will never forget

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The Journey Begins

Author's Note:

Like I said in the description, this series of stories was inspired by Dinodisneylover1 so if you want to read more stories I would highly recommend you go and read their stories. This is the first story in this series, if anyone has any suggestions to what should come next or any other story ideas feel free to share.

The sun shines high over the land of Equestria, as another day continued on the same as it did each and every day. Every morning, Princess Celestia would raise the sun and each and every night she would lower it. Meanwhile, her sister and co-ruler of Equestria, Princess Luna, would raise the moon. There was no doubt that Equestria was beautiful at this hour.

Today, however, Twilight Sparkle was not looking up toward the bright light of her teacher’s sun. The only thing the alicorn could see was dense forest and darkness that usually many ponies would see when walking through the Everfree Forest. The little purple alicorn trotted down the narrow path between the assortment of dark trees and brush of the massive forest. As she strolled, she kept looking over her shoulder every few minutes keeping an eye open for the creatures that are known to inhabit the forest. After the experience that she and her friends had with manticores, chimera, and all the other creatures that this forest had to offer, Twilight wasn't leaving anything to chance.

The main reason she was out here in the first place was to gather ingredients for a potion that she was working on with Zecora. All Twilight had to go with was a map, which floated with a magic aura through her magic.

“Ok, so if the directions Zecora gave me are correct,” Twilight said, reading the map. “The last of the ingredients should be in this area. Now where could they… WHOA!!!”

Twilight was so occupied looking over the map that she took no notice of where she was going and tripped over something. She picked herself off the forest floor with a small pile of dirt on top of her head and shook it off quickly.
“Well that hurt,” She grumbled.

Twilight turned around and saw what she fell over. What she saw looked quite strange: A large dark grey square, a confusing sight to the purple Princess. She slowly approached it, as cautiously as possible in case it was dangerous. She slowly reached out her hoof and tapped the thing before quickly retracting her hoof. Seeing that nothing happened, she concentrated her magic to levitate the object and set it gently against a tree for a better look. The other side of the device, which she didn’t see before, had a reflective screen.

It was then that she knew what this thing was, having seen a few before when she visited the human version of their world. A television, as it was called.

From what she had seen in the other world, a television was a device that showed moving pictures that were called ‘shows’. She never partook of it that much, always preferring a good book any day. It seemed very strange that one of these devices were here in their world. Even more strange that it was just randomly in the Everfree Forest.

Twilight scratched her head with her hoof trying to figure out why this device was here and where it came from. Ultimately, she couldn’t understand and decided it was probably better to take it back to her castle for some tests.

“I guess Zecora’s potion will have to wait,” Twilight replied.

Lifting the television with her magic, Twilight strolled back through the direction she came. Soon enough, the princess made her way out of the Everfree Forest. As she walked out of the dense foliage, she passed by Fluttershy’ cottage and noticed the butter yellow Pegasus watering her flowers.

“Oh look at all of you,” Fluttershy softly said, a tear forming in her eye. “So beautiful I could almost cry.”

Twilight, having heard and seen this display, couldn’t help but giggle.

“Hi Fluttershy!” She called out.

Fluttershy looked up from her gardening and smiled brightly at her friend while waving her hoof. She dropped her watering can and ran over to Twilight.

“Hi Twilight!” Fluttershy greeted. “Did everything go alright in the Everfree Forest?”

“Not exactly, it was going alright for a while before I found this,” Twilight explained, gesturing to the T.V in her magical grip.

Fluttershy noticed the device and squeaked in fear, having never seen something like it before. She quickly leapt behind a flower bench before slowly poking her shaking head out.

“W-W-What is t-that?” She stuttered, fearfully. “Is it d-d-dangerous?” she stuttered in fear.

“No, I don’t think it is,” Twilight shook her head. “I found it in the Everfree Forest. I’m just taking this back to my castle to do some tests.”

Fluttershy slowly made her way out from the flower bench and motion towards Twilight and the television. The object shook aggressively as Twilight tried to maintain her focus to keep it in midair. Fluttershy shut her eyes tightly as she reached a hoof out and touched the device. Twilight shook her head but smiled.

“It’s alright Fluttershy; it’s not going to hurt you.”

Fluttershy opened her eyes slightly but still looked scared.

“Are you sure?”

Twilight smiled brightly and nodded to her friend. Fluttershy released her breath, which she didn’t even realize she was holding.

“Look Fluttershy, I need you to do me a little favor.”

“Ok. What do I have to do?”

“I need you to round up the others and meet me at the castle,” Twilight instructs. “I’ll explain everything there.”

“You got it,” Fluttershy nodded and flew off towards Ponyville.

Twilight loved her shy yet reliable friend. The little Pegasus was always so scared of everything, yet she was always there when they need her. Twilight smiled as she continued on back to her castle.

Finally arriving at her castle, she walked inside and was immediately met by her assistant and best friend Spike. The little purple dragon wore a small white cleaning apron and held a broom and dustpan as he approached his friend. Since they day Spike hatched and lived with Twilight, they’ve shared a tight brotherly-sisterly bond that’s lasted for many years.

“Hey Twilight!” Spike greeted. “I just cleaned the kitchen, the library, and the grand hallway. Can I have a gem now please!”

Twilight giggled at the cuteness of her assistant, the little dragon begging with his best puppy-dog eye expression. She reached into her saddlebag, pulling out a big red gem. She handed it to Spike who eagerly chomped away at the tasty treat.

“There you go Spike,” Twilight replied. “But I need your help with something else.”

“Whiff whut?” Spike muffled.

The dragon’s cheeks were full of gem bits. Twilight giggled again, before getting serious.

“I need you to go down to the lab and grab me some wire and a large metal frame. Bring it to the library, if you please.”

Spike nodded as he kept chomping away at his gem, strolling out of the grand hall and down the hall to one of the labs. Twilight, meanwhile, took the television to the library. She set it down against her desk and grabbed a few books off the shelves. At that moment, the library door burst open and a pink ball zoomed into the library.

CRASH! Before Twilight could react, the pink ball slammed into the princess. Twilight groaned from her spot on the ground and looked up to see the crazy blue eyes of her party friend Pinkie Pie.

“Pinkie Pie is here; so let the party begin!”

Pinkie pulled out her confetti cannon and fired it all over the room until the whole library was covered in confetti. She then pulled out party hats and put one on her own head and the other atop of Twilight’s now messy mane.

“Um Pinkie…”

“Yes Twilight?” Pinkie asked, fluttering her eyes.

“Can you please get off of me?” Twilight groaned.

“Okie dokie lokie!!!”

Pinkie got off of Twilight, who proceeded to stand up and shake herself off. She fixed her mane and looked back to her friend who still had a huge smile on her face.

“Pinkie, I’ve told you time after time to please stop running into me.”

“Sorry Twilight! But when Fluttershy told us all that we had to get here right away I ran so fast I couldn’t stop. I figured you were throwing a huge surprise party, so I ran here at super Pinkie speed!”

As Pinkie excitedly explained herself, Rarity and Applejack made their way into the library. Applejack looked like a complete mess.

“Yep and we tried to stop her,” Applejack added, sighing. “Ah even tried mah lasso to slow her down, but she just pulled me along like a carriage!”

Applejack cracked her neck with a groan, which made Rarity cringe.

“Darling, I truly wish you wouldn’t do that,” The fashionista said. “It is so unbelievably gross and not to mention unladylike.”

Applejack just rolled her eyes at the comment, not rewarding that with a comment.

Just then, a sound could be heard outside causing Twilight to face the window. Before her eyes, a projectile headed straight towards her at top speed. She gasped and ducked out of the way as a cyan blue figure zoomed through window.

CRASH! The blue ball rushed head-first into a stack of books. Every pony faced the pile of books as Rainbow Dash’s head popped out. The Pegasus was dazed from the crash landing, but otherwise is okay.

“Hey guys! I got here as fast as I could.”

“Clearly,” Twilight remarked, looking at the mess.

At that moment, Spike and Fluttershy walked into the library. The little dragon held a bunch of wiring, while Fluttershy brought the metal frame.

“We’ve got the stuff, Twilight,” Spike said.

The little dragon looked around the room and his jaw fell to the floor. Before his eyes, there was confetti everywhere and a whole bunch of books strewn on the floor. He dropped the wiring and then fell to his knees before crawling to the middle of the library.

“Oh come on!” Spike grimaced. “I spent all morning cleaning this room!”

The poor dragon fell face-first into the ground, pounding the floor with his claw. Twilight gently placed a hoof over his shoulder comforting the little guy.

“It’s ok Spike,” Twilight said sweetly. “You did a really good job and I appreciate it. We’ll clean it up after we’re finished. Why don’t you take a break?”

Spike lifted his head off the ground and smiled.

“Thanks Twilight,” Spike replied, with a thumbs up.

Sighing, the dragon passed out on the ground from exhaustion.

“Oh Spikey-Wikey,” Rarity giggled.

“So wut in tarnation is all this about Twilight?” Applejack asked.

Twilight gestured them all to the television set and began to explain.

“I found this in the Everfree Forest. It’s called a television; I came across these things from my travels in the human dimension. I know most ponies have never seen one before so basically it’s a device that when turned on it shows moving pictures.”

Pinkie’s face lit up as she approached the device.

“Oooooooh! That sounds superty duperty Coolio! Can I try? Huh?! Can I?! Can I?! Can I?! Can I?!”

“No Pinkie,” Twilight shook her head. “We can’t try anything until we get it hooked up. Besides, we need to run a few tests just to make sure it works.”

Using her magic Twilight took both the wiring and the metal frame proceeding to assemble them together. Within minutes, she had the metal frame positioned to keep the television in place as the wires were sticking out all over.

“Now, the only way this thing will work is with electricity,” Twilight explained. “So Rarity, I’m going to need your help.”

The white unicorn nodded and made her way toward Twilight. Twilight hooked the wires to her own horn and Rarity’s. The two used their magic to spark electricity into the machine until it started to flicker and eventually turn on the static. The other ponies observed with bewilderment at the device.

“It’s remarkable!” Applejack said.

“It’s stupendous!” Pinkie added.

“It’s so… Strange,” Fluttershy continued.

“It’s boring!” Rainbow Dash sneered. “Where’s the moving pictures?”

“It hasn’t been properly tested, Rainbow,” Twilight answered. “I’ll need to make some adjustments. When I’m finished, we’ll hopefully be able to see something.”

All of a sudden, the television started to spark and sputter. Everyone looked in shock and feared it was going to overload on power and explode. As the television continues to sputter, Spike eventually came to and made his way over to the group.

“What did I miss?”

Just then, a large green vortex opened up out of nowhere. Like a giant vacuum, it proceeds to suck nearly every object in the room… Including the pony group and baby dragon. Every pony did their best to hold onto something, even Spike’s claws scratched against the floor. But the vortex was so powerful, they couldn’t hold on. Finally, all the ponies and the little dragon lost their grip and were sucked inside, screaming at the top of their lungs flying into the unknown. And as quickly as the portal appeared, the portal was gone until all there was in the room was the mysterious black box.

So ends the first chapter. I would like to say quickly that recently I have updated this chapter because I have graciously been offered aid by a new friend of mine whom I really must thank for helping me put this chapter together So shout out to Dramamaster829. Thank you so much for your aid and I would like to say that so much credit for this story goes to you.