> My Little Disney: A Magical Journey > by Megasis101 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A New Mission > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On an ordinary afternoon, birds were chirping, sun was shining, and Twilight, Spike, Fluttershy and Rarity were enjoying a nice picnic in front of the Golden Oaks Library. The others were doing their jobs. Clearing the sky, bucking apples, and working at Sugar Cube Corner. As Rainbow Dash kicked one last cloud, she spotted Twilight and the others on the pic nic blanket below. She flew down beside the blanket. "Ok, I'm done." She said, sitting herself down. "Oh really," Twilight said. "Can you explain that?" She pointed to a small rain cloud near a tree. "Ugh! But Twilight, rain clouds are exsasting! It takes more time and work you know." RD complained. "Can I at least just leave that alone for a little while?" "Fine." Twilight said. "Just for a little while." Applejack was spotted ahead, carying a small wagon of apples. "Here's the apples you wanted, sugarcube." She also sat down. Pinkie was not far behind. She was hopping along with a sattle bag on her back. She also sat down and emptied the bag full of cookies. "Ooh, cookies!" Spike said munching away. Right after he swallowed, he blew out green flames and revealed a scroll. Twilight opened the letter and read it out loud. "Dear Twilight, this is just a quick reminder that the for next goal to learning powerful magic, you need to practice the teleportation spell on you and your friends. Write back to me quick after you've mastered it. ~Princess Celestia." Her eyes gleamed in excitement. The others were confused. "Girls, clean up the picnic and form a circle, we've got work to do." > Backfire > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the picnic was over, the 6 ponies gathered in a circle. Twilight sat in the center with a book flipping through the pages. The ponies chat amongst themselves as Twilight looked closely at the pages. The ponies were silenced with a loud "Aha!" Twilight quickly stood up and lit her horn. The wind started blowing. The pony's manes blew in the wind. Twilight's horn flared brighter and a big magenta field formed around them. The wind blew harder and the field suddenly turned white. Twilight closed her eyes. Then she herd a strike of lightning. She looked up and saw a small rain cloud heading toward the field. "Rainbow Dash! I told you clear that cloud!" "Sorry, I'll fix it!" But it was too late. The cloud collided with the field. The wind stopped and everything became white. "What happened!" Fluttershy yelled. "I don't know!" Twilight yelled back. She walked around. "Hello?" Rainbow Dash yelled. "This wouldn't have happened if y'all hadn't cleared that cloud!" Applejack yelled to Rainbow Dash. "You're blaming ME for this?!" RD yelled back. "Yeah! This is all your fault!" "Girls!" Twilight interrupted. The whiteness turned to gray and became darker and darker. "Uh oh." RD said. It turned pitch black. Suddenly they were falling. They all screamed as they fell, down, down, down. The black world around them started to transform back to normal. They were still falling. They all looked down and saw that they were about to crash onto a surface. They closed their eyes. And CRASH! They all fell on top of each other. ➰ Twilight peered out of her eyes still adjusting. She can barly see any thing. She had a sharp pain in her back. The others started to get up too. "W-were are we?" Applejack moaned. Twilight looked down on a bed of flowers. They were all different colors. Twilight climbed over a small fence dividing the flower bed and the ground. The others also got off and looked at the flower bed they fell on. Twilight gasped, her eyes growing in fear. The others did the same. Pinkie's eyes, however, grew in excitement. The flowers were in the shape of a smiling mouse. > The Happiest Place on Earth > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "W-where are we?!" Fluttershy said. "I don't know, but we're for sure not in Equestria!" Twilight said running around like crazy as if she was trying to find a way out. "How do we get back home?!" Applejack asked. "If I had the book then I'd... Oh no! We left the book!" Twilight screamed. Everyone else started to scream with her. "If we're not in Equestria," Applejack said to Twilight "Then were the hay are we?!" "Disneyland! The most happiest place on earth!" "Huh?" Everyone turned their attention to Pinkie. She was holding a map in her hooves. Everyone gathered around her. "Oh my, this kingdom is simply ginormous!" Rarity said still looking at the map. "I don't think it's a kingdom." Rainbow Dash said. "Girls!" Twilight yelled. They turned their attention to Twilight. "We have to focus on getting outta here!" "But Twi," Applejack interrupted. "It says that we're in the happiest place on earth. That means we are in the most enjoyable place in the whole world and y'all wanna go and miss this opportunity to have a good time?" Everyone looked at Twilight. "I'm sorry girls," Twilight apologized. "I guess I was kinda worried, I have never been in a place like this before and..." She felt a poke on her back. She quickly turned around and saw a young boy, and adult and a tall teenage girl in front of her. The boy held up a blue paper book and a pen that said Disneyland on it. "Can I have an autograph?" The boy said. "Uh-I-Um" Twilight stuttered. "Why of corse we can!" Pinkie bounced beside Twilight. She held the pen in her mouth and wrote a surprisingly good signature. The family happily walked away and the ponies mouths hung wide open. Pinkie sang a happy tune as she skipped to the others. "Popular, I'm gonna be popuuuuuular!" Twilight rolled her eyes and picked up the map. "Ok girls," Twilight said "If you want fun, I'll give it to ya!" Everyone cheered. "First right around the corner is Main Street Us uh." "Main Street Us uh?" The others said. "Sugarcube, don't you mean Main Street U.S.A.?" Applejack pointed to the title. "Yeah! Us uh doesn't make any sceance." Pinkie said. "Well U.S.A. doesn't make any sceance either." RD said. "Girls, none of this place makes sceance." Twilight said trotting ahead. Everyone followed. They walked throught the second entrance. "Wow! Look at all the pretty pictures!" Pinkie said pointing. "This one says 'Matterhorn Bobsleads!'" "Oh, and this one says 'Splash Mountain!" Rarity said also pointing. "Ooh! Ooh! This one says 'Haunted Mansion!'" RD shouted. "That place looks scary!" Fluttershy said. They entered Main Street U.S.A. "Wow!" Pinkie said. "This place is awesome!" RD said "Lovely" Rarity said. "It's a dream come true!" Fluttershy said. "Woah Nellie!" Applejack said. (All at the same time) They galloped around looking at everything. "There's shops everywhere!" Rarity said in amazement. "Wow! Look at those animals signing autographs!" Pinkie pointed. "And they're walking on two legs!" "Are ya sure they're not real, sugarcube?" Applejack asked. "Might as well find out." Rainbow Dash flew to the nearest one and rubbed the back of its head. She flew back and said "They're all just costumes." "Maybe that's what that boy thought," Twilight said, "He thought we were all from this place in costumes." "Yeah let's get outta Main Street U.S.A. before the kids start coming for us." RD said. They trotted forward. "Woah Nillie!" Applejack said. In front of them was a huge castle and a statue of a man and a mouse. > Adventureland > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wow! That castle is super gigantenourmous!" Pinkie said with a grin. "Smile!" They herd a voice behind them. They turned around and saw a man with a camera. Pinkie smiled. The rest was confused, but just followed along. A big flash blinded their eyes. "Photo pass, please." The man said. "Oh, sorry but we don't have.." Twilight said, but Pinkie interrupted. "Here you go!" She gave him a blue and gold card with the same mouse from earlier on it. He scanned it on his camera and gave it back to the pink pony. She hopped ahead of the group. "Pinkie! Were'd you get that card?" Twilight asked. "I donno, it just appeared in my bag." Pinkie said hopping along. "Hey! Let's go there!" Rainbow Dash said. She pointed to a big sign that said "Adventureland" "It looks SO awesome!" They all passed through. On the sides were tiki heads and wooden bamboo fences. They walked along looking at everything until Fluttershy sprung up. "Wow, what's that?" She pointed to a small building with people crowded in two lines. The sign above said "Jungle Cruise." "Do we get to see a jungle, but see it on a cruise?" Rarity asked. "Might as well find out." Twilight said, putting the map in Pinkie's sattle bag. "Let's go." Everyone was major exited. They hopped in line. Later... "Ugh! This line is taking forever!" RD groaned. "Be patient Rainbow, it's only been a few minutes." Applejack said looking up at the cyan Pegasus. "Plus, I've seen longer lines than this one here. So sit ya flank down like everypony else and be patient." RD sat on the fence dividing the lines and crossed her hooves. When they arrived at the boat, they wanted to sit at the front. The ride began and the driver said his name was Larry. "Hi Larry!!" Pinkie yelled as loud as she can. The driver paused, then proceeded with his first joke. "There it is, folks, our first sign of danger!" Larry said through the mic. "Danger?! Were?!" Fluttershy screamed, ducking her head. "There it is, in big red capital letters, you can't miss it." He finished. "Oh, I-it's just a...joke." Fluttershy said still shaking. "This won't end well." Twilight said as she facehoofed. By the end of the ride, Fluttershy was still in panic. And the rest had a good time. "Th-those were all scary animals!" Fluttershy said. "Fluttershy, they weren't real." Twilight said. "I know." She said. "Ooh! Lets go one this ride." Pinkie said pointing. "Oh. My. Gosh!" RD said "That ride looks awesome!" The sign said "Indiana Jones Adventure." "And look! You can make the line shorter!" Another sign said "Fastpass Line." They walked up to the fast pass line. "You have Fastpasses?" The woman at the front said. "Oh, we don't..." Twilight said. But pinkie interrupted again. "Yeah! They're right here!" Twilight watched in disbelief as Pinkie handed the 6 blue tickets to the lady. She let them pass. "Wow, Pinkie! I'm happy those things magically appeared in your bag! Thanks to you, this line goes speedy!" Rainbow Dash said to Pinkie. "Yup, I have a thing for magically appearing tickets." She joked. "It think EVERY pass we'll need will be in this bag." They passed through some man-built caves with fake rocks. Fluttershy nearly screamed at the fake warning signs above them. Applejack found a rope at the side of a wall. She tugged on it, and the sound of a rolling boulder made Fluttershy duck under Twilight's legs to hide. At the end of the line, they climbed into a fake jeep. Rainbow Dash had the wheel. "Ow yeah! This is like in the Daring Do adventures!" RD said in excitement. She pretended to drive it. "Find the temples, avoid the traps, find the treasure, trying to read the map!" She sang to the tune of the Daring Do theme. The ride started. "Wwooaahh! Thiiiiiiiiiiis is buumpier than I ttthhooooouuuuugght!" AJ said, her voice vibrated as she shook. "Thiiiiiiiis makes myyyyy vooooiiicccce soouund siiiiiillllllyyyyyyy!" Pinkie said. "Rainbow! You're taking us the wrong way!" AJ accused Rainbow Dash. "I'm not driving this!" She screamed. "It's driving itself!" They all screamed. They saw Indiana Jones dangling from a rope. Behind him, a boulder was coming right toward them. They kept on screaming a suddenly drove right under it. At the end of the ride, there were screens with the people in the jeeps at the end picture. Their picture was all of them screaming like fools. "Haha!" Pinkie said. "Look at RD's face!" Everyone laughed, surprisingly, even Rainbow Dash. "Alright girls, we don't have much time." > Tomorrowland > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wow! This place looks awesome!" Pinkie said bouncing through the entrance of a futuristicy area called 'Tomorrowland'. "I've never seen anything like it." Applejack said. "Hey look! An underwater boat!" Rainbow Dash said pointing to an underwater attraction called 'Nemo's Submerine Voyage'. They quickly trotted to the edge of a gate separating the water and the ground. Yellow subs were moving in the water in front of them. "Let's go!" Rarity said leading the group to the line. "Hold on a second!" Twilight interrupted. Everyone turned to her. "Girls, we cannot risk it." Twilight said. "What do'ya'll mean, Twi" Applejack said. "We can't trust an underwater boat." Twilight said. "Huh?" Rainbow Dash said. "Awwwww! But why not?" Pinkie argued. "What if it floods?" Twilight said. "Twilight!" Rarity said. "How much more are you not going to trust this place? There's not going to be a flood, darling." "Oh, ok." Twilight said trotting over to the rest of the group with her head hung down. They trotted ahead in line which took longer than expected. "Ugh!" Rainbow Dash wined. "Oh no, not this again!" Rarity said. "You're gonna have to get used to this, because their's plenty of attractions to go on, and when I mean plenty, I mean a lot!" Rainbow Dash frowned and sat on the fence. They arrived at the front of the line and climbed inside. It had two long rows of seats and circled windows. "Oh no, I don't know that I can do this! I get costriphobic!" Fluttershy said. "See? There's already something wrong with this boat!" Twilight said. Everyone looked at her. "It's fine, Fluttershy, ya don't have to fret," Applejack said putting a hoof on her back. "It'll be over soon and it's not so tight, just ignore it and enjoy the ride." Fluttershy sat down and tried to relax. The ride started and the sub dove under water. Cartoon fish arrived throught the window. ➰ "Star Tours? What does that mean?" Pinkie pie asked. "Don't know, don't care, let's go." Rainbow Dash said being the first to fly in. The rest came in after her. "Holy mother of baloney!" Pinkie said, "This place is a whole different kind of future!" "Should we do Fastpass again?" Fluttershy asked. "Yeah, let's go." RD searched Pinkie's bag and pulled out six tickets. ➰ "Woah! Watch out!" Pinkie screamed. She had 3-D glasses on and her body flung back and forth as the attraction moved. "We're gonna crash!" Twilight screamed. Stars and spaceships moved on the screen. A dark, masked man appeard. "Holt!" He said. "It appears that you're carying this rebel spy!" A smaller screen next to the bigger one turned on. "Rainbow Dash?!" They all turned to RD sitting in confusion. "You never told us you're the rebel spy!" Pinkie said. "I'm not! I swear!" Before Rainbow Dash could say anything else, they took off. ➰ "So you're telling me that you're not the rebel spy." Pinkie said. "Pinkie, they just choose a random person for fun, there's no rebel spy's." Twilight explained to her. They were in the gift shop. "Haha! Look at this shirt!" Rainbow held a shirt up to her chest that said 'I'm the rebel spy'. Pinkie giggled. RD zoomed to the front of the shop. She placed the shirt on the counter and gave the man a few bits. He picked up a bit and examined it and asked, "What's this?" Rainbow stared at him for a while then remembered. She took some green slips out of Pinkie's bag and gave it to the man. He took the money and gave the shirt back to the cyan Pegasus. She put on the shirt and looked at it in a nearby mirror. She joined the others outside. "Next ride?" Pinkie asked. "Next ride." Twilight said leading the group. > Closing > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Disneyland will be closing in 5 minutes." A voice said out of a speaker. It was almost midnight. "Closing? Now?" Rainbow Dash said. "It can't! We have so much more stuff ta do!" AJ said. "We have nowhere to go, but we can't be here all alone." Rarity said. "Don't worry, girls, we can make it in time don't worry." Twilight said. "Let's hurry!" They galloped as fast as they can to the exit but they were too late, the gates were closed. "So now what do we do?!" Fluttershy asked. "We're just gonna have to wait until morning." Twilight said. "Until morning?!" The rest of the group said. "We don't have a choice." Twilight said. "But the rides aren't open, what are we supposed to do until then?" Rainbow asked. "Sleep or go explore the rest of the park." Twilight said. "Who votes sleeping?" No pony raised their hoof. "Ok then, who wants to see the rest of the park?" Rainbow Dash asked. This time everypony lifted their hooves in the air. "Alright!" RD said. "Let's go!" Everypony followed her. Twilight was slowly behind. "This time, let's go through the castle." Rainbow said to Pinkie. "I wonder what's behind it." Pinkie said. "I never had the chance to look in those shops," Rarity said. "I want to get one of those hats that has the mouse ears for Sweetie Belle, it'd look so cute on her." "I wanna get somethin' outta one of them food carts." Applejack said. "Apple Bloom loves good food outta the country." "I saw that there was a place on the map called Critter Country." Fluttershy said. "I wonder what's over there." "What was that?!" RD asked. Everyone froze. "What was what?" Rarity whispered. "I don't know maybe it was just me." RD continued walking toward the castle. The others followed. Twilight wasn't far behind. She suddenly heard a rustle in the bushes. She crept closer and closer to it. Before she can tell what it was, she herd Pinkie Pie yell. "Hey Twilight! Ya comin'?" Twilight quickly cought up. As they drew closer to the castle, she wondered. 'What was that in the bushes, I can't tell what it was. It almost looked like, an animal. A small animal, almost the size of a small filly. It almost looked like a...' "Hey! Earth to Twilight!" Rainbow Dash waved a hoof in front of Twilight's face. She looked around. She saw a whole bunch of houses, almost similar to the ones in ponyvile, but smaller and darker due to the night sky. There was the scent of flowers everywere. Some of the houses were titled. ' Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Snow Whites Scary Adventures, Dumbo The Flying Elephent.' "This is the place with the most rides!" Fluttershy said, showing Rarity the map. "Almost seems like home, doesn't it, Dashie." Pinkie Pie said. "Dashie? Dashie!" Rainbow Dash was out of sight. "Rainbow Dash!" Twilight yelled. "C'mon, y'all, maybe she went this way." Applejack said galloping away as the group followed her. They saw a huge, white and golden building in front of them, 'It's a small world.' They galloped through the line. They saw the cyan Pegasus in a boat. "Rainbow Dash! Get out of there!" Twilight said. "But why? No ones around." She answered. "Get out, Rainbow Dash!" Twilight repeated. "I'm not budging." Rainbow Dash crossed her hooves. "Then you leave us no choice." Twilight and the others climbed in. Right as Fluttershy took her leg off the platform, the boat julted forward. Fluttershy nearly fell out. The boat was moving. The boat moved through the whole ride. "This is spooky." Pinkie Pie said. "Pinkie, just because you read that ONE chapter of that Kingdom Keepers book, doesn't mean the robots are going to start to attack us." Twilight said. "I know, I know, I read that too much." Pinkie said with a smile. The ride was over and the 6 mares climbed out of the boat. "There was no pony controllin' the ride, it went by itself." Applejack said. "It almost feels like some pony's helpin' us er somthin'." "What was that?!" Rainbow Dash said again. Everypony came to a stop. "This better not be an 'it was just me' thing again, Rainbow Dash." Rarity whispered. "No, no, no, I swear I heard something this time." Rainbow Dash followed the noise. "It was a russling of bushes and it for sure did not sound like a smaller animal." This time everypony heard the russling. "There it is again." Fluttershy said. She followed the sound of the bushes. "It's coming from this bush." Fluttershy said slowly creeping up to it. The bush russled harder and louder. Suddenly, something jumped out of the bushes. Fluttershy ducked and the others quickly backed away. Fluttershy waited for a short while until she was brave enough to open one eye. After a few seconds Fluttershy slowly formed out of her ducking position. The rest turned away until the they herd Fluttershy scream, not frighteningly but cheerfully. "A BABY LION CUB!" > Simba > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The lion cub crouched back staring in fear at the 6 ponies before him. They were not familiar to him at all. "Shh, it's ok, there's nothing to be afraid of." The yellow one closest to him whispered. "Y-you're not a Night Watcher." He said still crouching. "A what?" The purple one said. Then he remembered what his dad told him. As the yellow Pegasus started to step forward. He turned a different way still facing the pony. She also turned back toward him. He kept circling around her, not letting her leave his sight. "What are you doing?" She asked. "My dad told me to never turn your back on an outsider!" He answered. "Outsider, we're not outsiders." She said in a warm voice. "Well, how come I've never seen you before?" He asked. He've seen many pegasi in his life, but this one didn't look fimiliar at all. "Oh, we don't belong here, we came for a...vacation, but we don't know were to stay." The purple unicorn said. His ears suddenly perked up. "You don't? We have a place for you!" He said. "Oh wow, that's great." The purple unicorn spoke again. "I'm Simba." He said. "Hi Simba! I'm Fluttershy! And this is Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie." They waved to each other. Simba's ears sprung up. "I smell park workers. Quick! In the bushes!" They made their way through the bushes and crouched down to hide. They sat as they watched two park workers walk past them toward the exit. One of them wore one of those furry animal costumes holding the mask in his arm. The moment they left, Simba leaped from the bushes and yelled, "You fakers! You don't know the first thing about us Night Watchers!" "Remind me again what Night Watchers are." the purple unicorn Simba now knew as Twilight asked freeing herself from the bushes. "Oh, we were the real creators. I mean Walt was the true creator, but we were created along with the park. We're only called night watchers because we have to hide until midnight, that's when we can come out. No body knows about us." Simba said leading them through the bushes. "Say, I've never seen you before, but you look a lot like a Night Watcher." Simba hopped out to the other side of the bushes. As Twilight was the second to come through, a clearing came into view. The rest struggled out of the bushes and saw it too. As Twilight entered, she did not expect to see tons of lionesses in all directions of the clearing. And there weren't just lionesses, there were rabbits, horses, deer, mice, elephants, gorillas, monkeys, tigers, bears, lizards, giraffes, kangaroo, donkeys and tons and tons of birds! Twilight's jaw hung open. She looked over at Fluttershy. Fluttershy's eyes slowly grew, a huge smile on her face. Twilight could tell that she wanted to go and snuggle all of them but Simba interrupted, "Welcome to our humble home!" > Koda > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight looked around with amazement. So many animals. Simba spoke again and they all turned attention to him. "So, what do you guys think?" "I-I don't know what to say..." Twilight said. "It's so amazi-......" "I JUST WANT TO PICK ALL OF THEM UP AND HUG THEM!" Fluttershy shouted louder than expected. "Yeah, yeah, there's a lot, isn't there?" Simba said. The six ponies herd a faint call near the trees in the clearing, "Koda!" They saw a brown, more handsome looking than usual bear starting to speed-walk toward Simba and the ponies. "Hey, Keni, what's up?" Simba asked. "Yeah, yeah I'm doing great, uh have you seen Koda around here? I've been looking for him." The bear said, panting a little. His panting slowed as he turned his attention to the six colorful ponies. "Um, who are they? New movie about unicorns coming out or something?" "Hm, I hope so." Simba said, "I wonder if its Pixar again." The ponies heads rolled in confusion, but they let it go quickly. "Do you think he's pranking Kerchek again?" Simba asked. "Ugh, hope not. Last time we got in trouble by him, we almost gotten kicked out." The bear said. "So, where do you suppose he is?" Simba asked. Simba jumped as he heard a fimiliar voice from above, "Up, up and away!" Keni looked up and was even more surprised to see a small bear cub looking down up in a high tree sitting on the back of a pegasis about two times bigger than RD with a white coat and blue mane. The bigger bear gritted his teeth and squinted his eyes. "Koda!" he said through his teeth. Koda rolled his eyes. "I have my freedom!" He shouted down below. Before Keni could say anything else, the pegasus lept from the tree branch and soared through the air. Twilight squinted her eyes. She could hardly see the cub through the dark. The pegasus flew in circles a few times. Then suddenly, Koda lost his balance and he was headed right toward the ground. "Koda no!" Keni yelled. "I got 'em!" Twilight heard Rainbow Dash yell. A gust of wind and a strand of rainbow colors whooshed past Twilight and in midair Rainbow Dash slowly lowered the cub to the ground in front of Keni. Keni stepped closer to him. Rainbow backed away and was relieved to see Koda perfectly safe. Koda looked up at Keni. Keni lowered his eyebrows and scrunched his nose. Koda sat there and gave him a guilty smile. "Koda, what did I tell you about riding Pegasus!" Keni said. Koda lowered his head. "Only Hercules can ride 'em" he sighed. "That's right." Keni said. "Now, never do it again." "Ok, I promise." Koda said. "Good." Keni said rubbing Kodas head. "Now go play." Koda turned his head to Simba. He had a smile on his face. He ran to Simba, knocking him over. "Hey Simba!" Koda laughed. "You do know that EVERYONE saw that, right?" "Ha! Yeah! And I looked awesome while doin' it." Simba laughed. "Hey, Uh, thanks for saving me." Koda said turning to Rainbow Dash. "Heh, no big deal!" She told him. "But if ya wanna do that again, maybe you should ride a more skilled, responsible pegasus." "No he shouldn't." Twilight said. The others laughed including Simba. "Show me some of your tricks some time. Ok?" Koda asked. "Sure." She said lifting the cub to her back. "So, where do we stay?" Twilight asked. "Oh, where would you guys usually sleep?" Simba asked. "Uh, what do you have?" Twilight asked. "Hmm, lets see, we've got caves, houses, towers, plenty of trees, dens, bird houses, just about anything." "Hmm, girls, what do you think?" Twilight asked the others. "There's a lot to choose from," Rarity said, "Maybe we should think about it. It's almost sunrise anyway." "We'll think about it." Twilight told Simba. "Ok, let's go." Simba said, leading them through the bushes again. They made it through the other side. Twilight came through and noticed again, the statue of the man and the mouse. Koda hopped off RD's back and said goodbye. Simba said his goodbyes, too. "Wait, before you leave, I was wondering who that is." Twilight said pointing to the statue. Simba stared at it for a second. "Oh, that? C'mon I'll show ya!" He lead the group to the front of the statue. "This here is Walt." He said. "Haha!" Pinkie laughed, "Sounds like salt!" Simba continued. "He created the park. He also created Mickey Mouse, the one on the right. Mickey was his long life friend. Mickey was just devistated when he died, now he controls everything. Some say he lives in Toontown, but rumors has been spread that only the men in costumes "live" there, but who knows." The ponies looked at the statue once more. They heard a faint call in the distance. "Simba!" "Oh! that's my mom! So I'll see you guys tomorrow?" Simba asked nearing the bushes. "Yeah! We'll be back at midnight." Twilight said. "Ok, bye." Simba said disappearing into the bushes. > The Mouse > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the two leaped into the bushes, Twilight turned to see the horizon. It was nearing closer to sunrise. Twilight proceeded toward the castle again. The others where close behind her talking to Rainbow Dash. "That was so great! You went up, over, whoom, loopy loop around and WHAM! Cought Koda right in mid air!" Pinkie smiled at Rainbow Dash. "It really was nothing guys. I just cought him that's... Wait, can you hear that?" They paused. This time they did hear it. Music. "Come on let's follow it!" Pinkie said running toward the music. The others followed. They turned the corner and the music started to grow louder and louder. Then there it was, a stage. The seats towered over the platform and lights blinded them. Twilight tried to see clearly through the commotion. She squinted as the bright lights left her eyes. She could see a figure. A small figure. It wasn't the size of a person, that's for sure. She squinted some more. Trying to picture what the figure was. The music was so loud she could hardly think. Then she saw it. A mouse. Not a small mouse a much bigger one. Was it one of those people in the costumes? No. It looked smaller and much more realistic. But why did he look so familiar? Then it hit her. The flower bed, the photopass, the signs, the statue... The mouse that Simba had told her about was standing right in front of her. She didn't know exactly what to do. Wait a second, if this mouse represents this whole place, if he had the power to show the presentation that he was performing right at that moment, maybe, just maybe, he had the power to bring them back home. Suddenly Twilight knew what she had to do. "Hey you! Mouse! I need to talk to you!" Suddenly the lights and the sparks shut off. It was absolutely silent. Right at that moment, the mouse ran off the stage. "Wait!" Twilight yelled. Come back here! Then she saw the gleam of light shoot out of the trees. "We better go!" Applejack said. "No wait!" Twilight yelled to them. Twilight sped down the stairs in a blink of an eye. She paused and looked a round trying to spot the mouse. She saw Fluttershy fly down the stairs and stand next to her. "Twilight, we have to go. Disneyland is going to open soon. Twilight looked at Fluttershy's face and sighed. She looked at her friends at the top of the stairs, then back to Fluttershy's. Then Twilight finally said. "Ok." > Toontown > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Um, Twilight? Where are we again?" Fluttershy asked Twilight. "Well, this is where Simba said the mouse might have lived, right?" The others nodded. "Well, might as well check here!" "Well, the place does look fun! Can we ride a few attractions before we meet him? Please please please please please?" Pinkie asked jumping up and down. Twilight groaned. "Fine, but just a few!" Pinkie took one huge leap. "Whippie!" They trotted a little bit deeper into Toontown. It was less realistic from the rest of the areas. As they walked down the street, Twilight noticed the misshaped buildings and just some random twists. Twilight stopped at a sign and the others stopped after her. The sign read "Gadgets go coster." As Twilight promised, she got in line and the others followed. So the ride turned out to be a rip off; it was short and not as fun. As they exited, they spotted a different ride. A yellow car towered above the sign that said "Rodger Rabbits Car Toon Spin." Pinkie was ready with the fast passes "Now that's what I call a ride!" Rainbow Dash flew out the entrance. Twilight walked out, her mane all fuzzy from the spinning. It WAS a better ride. She pulled out the map and levitated it in front of her. "So, what's next?" Applejack asked. "Sorry girls," Twilight replied, "I believe that's it." Everyone sighed, but Pinkie sprung up. "Does that mean what I THINK it means?" She asked. "You thought right." Twilight answered. "Woo Hoo!" Pinkie shouted. Twilight lead them to a colorful house with a mouse-shaped mail box. "Now girls, remember that this is for serious business." She told them. "Yeah, like findin' a magical mouse so he can take us back home to our rainbow, bubble gum world filled with happy, magical horses is so darn serious." Applejack chuckled. Twilight sneered at her. They all walked in. They looked around and say many normal house-hold things, they were just...different. They passed the living room and the garden. They entered the barn and saw chickens, obviously robotic. As they made their way through, They saw a small sign that said "the screening room." They entered and in a matter of seconds, realized that this was another line. Rainbow Dash groaned, but was kept from complaining by Applejack's hoof. After a while they finally made it to the front and entered the other room. A huge crowd of people kept Twilight from reaching sight of the mouse if he was actually there. The line got shorted and it gave Twilight more room to see. The last person before them got a picture. "Finally. After all this time waiting, I finally get to..." She stopped. This wasn't him. It was a costume. "...to...get to get an autograph." Twilight finished, sort of depressed from not getting what she wanted. Pinkie came over with a book and a pen. Something from her sattlebag, Twilight guessed. The fake mouse signed it and gave it to the pink pony. Pinkie was also ready with the Photopass. A bright light blinded Twilight as she thought. "This wasn't him. How could this not be him? All I wanted was to go home." > Lady > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't get it! I just don't get it! Why wasn't it him?" Twilight said. "I told you it could've been a rumor." Simba answered. They were in the Night Watchers land getting ready for midnight. "I know, but I saw him! I actually saw him in the flesh! I have to know where he really is." Twilight said. "If you really want to see him, we should go visit Tramp, he's one of the Night Watchers who've ever been here the longest." Simba told Twilight. "Ok," she answered. "Girls! We're going to Tramp's place." "Coming!" Rarity said as she gathered the rest of the group. Koda was still sitting on Rainbow's back. He's been fascinated by all the tips she told him about being awesome. The group followed Simba as they made it through trees and bushes to get there. They finally made it to a small house on another section of the outskirts of Disneyland. They followed Simba as they approached the door. Simba knocked on it. The door slid open and a tall, nice looking gray dog appeared. He smiled at Simba. "Hi, can I help you?" He asked. "Yes. Since you were one of the ones who've been here the longest, we'd like to know if you know much about Mickey Mouse, where he might live and stuff." Simba answered. "I'll try, come on it." The dog insisted. They made their way in the house. Tramp spotted the 6 ponies. "Hey, you new?" He asked them. "Darn tootin'!" Applejack didn't mind answering. "Well then, my name is Tramp and that is Lady." He shifted a paw toward his wife. She looked back and smiled. The ponies smiled back. All except Rarity, that is. "Oh my stars, Darling!" She galloped to Lady in a flash. "What happened to your fur!" "What are you talking about?" Lady asked, "I'm just a bit dirty, that's all." "Just a bit dirty? JUST A BIT DIRTY!?" Lady got frightened by Rarity's reaction. "I SIMPLY CANNOT except this, off with you, to the mirror, we need you to look fabulous if you want to live in a lovely place like this." Rarity trotted into the bathroom. Lady looked back at the ponies. They were looking at her. She lifted a paw to the side of her head and rotated it in a circle. "Lady, don't leave me waiting." Lady walked into the bathroom and the door slammed shut. "Ooook." Tramp looked at the ponies. "That was...um..." "Don't you worry, Rarity is actually good at makin' things all fancy," Applejack told him. "Trust me, when you wife comes waltsin' out that there door, she'll look good as new." "Speaking of Waltsing, Tramp, do you have any information for us?" Simba asked. "I just might," Tramp answered, "Follow me." He sat at a desk and took out a map. The others gathered around him. ~~~~~ "Are you sure this is a good look for me? I'm not as crazy into fashion." Lady said as she felt a comb tugging at her fur. "If you want to look good for the gentlemen, you need to leave the work....ugh....to me." Rarity responded trying to comb through the fur. "The gentlemen?" Lady questioned, "You want me to look my best for Tramp?" "Why of course." Rarity answered. "But, Tramp doesn't mind how I look, he loves me for who I am." She said, "Be yourself, he always says." Rarity paused. "There's no one else on the universe exactly like you. Just be yourself." Rarity paused again, "You do have a good point." Rarity tugged at a few more places. "Ok we are almost just about done." she told her. "Is it ok to look now?" Lady asked. Without responding, Rarity spun the chair around to face the mirror. ~~~~~~~ "So, sorry to trouble you, Tramp." Twilight apologized. "No," Tramp sighed, "It's my fault I can't find anything." "Hey, don't go on blamin' yourself, you tried your best." Applejack said. "I just hope you could find him." Tramp said. Before Twilight could respond, the bathroom door slammed open. Tramp noticed that Lady stepped out, and not just Lady, the new and improved Lady. The fur on her ears were braided. Her collar, covered in jewels. Blue eye shadow and silky, brown fur. Rarity came out of the bathroom and smiled as she stood behind Lady. Tramp was amazed. The ponies applauded as well as Simba and Koda. "Wow, I didn't know you can put eye shadow on a dog." Fluttershy said, still applauding. "For me, Fluttershy, everything always works." Rarity smiled. > The Beginning of Trouble > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight hung her head down as she walked back from Tramp's house. "It's ok, Twilight." Simba said walking beside her. "We'll try harder. We'll find a way around this." "Hopefully." Twilight answered. "Twilight?" "Yes, Simba!" "Why are you so desperate to see Mickey?" Twilight looked at him. She didn't know what to say, so she didn't answer. Simba decided not to ask again. "Say, it's getting midnight." Simba said. "We can look tonight, if you want." "It's ok," Twilight told him. "I'm really tired." They reached the clearing that they first entered. The trees surrounding it, the huge rock sitting in the middle for no reason. "Gosh, I don't even know where to sleep." Twilight said. "Don't worry, we'll find you a good place." Simba told her. "After all, you guys are going stay here to be a new Night Watchers, right?" Twilight never expected to get that response. She didn't know what to tell him. She had no choice, she HAD to go home. She didn't want to disappoint him. She just.... Twilight noticed a green glow in the corner of her eye. It was coming from the rock. It glowed brighter and brighter. Twilight turned her head and saw figures run across the clearing. She heard shrieks of fear from all around the clearing. The figures were dark. As they ran across, the green beam shone on them and Twilight could tell what they are. Hyenas? The glow formed into a ball and a image appeared on it. Twilight could hear maniacal laughter. A lion with brown skin and a black mane appeared in the glow. "Run, yes, run! It's no use resisting my wrath!" He laughed again. "Scar!" Simba growled. "Oh, Simba, you remember me, how sweet." The lion replied. "What are you doing here?" Scar ignored Simba. "Beware. We're coming. Coming to claim Disneyland as our own, to have it ourselves," he paused. "TO DESTROY!" Screams echoed through the clearing. The hyenas disappeared. Twilight couldn't see anyone. Simba and her friends were gone. "Oh, Twilight, how great to see you again." Twilight turned around and saw the image of the lion looking down at her. "M-me?" She stuttered. "Yes, you." "But I don't know you!" "We'll see about that." The ball started to glitch. It was changing the image of the lion as it switched. Twilight couldn't believe her eyes! Sombra. KING SOMBRA! The ball kept changing from Scar to Sombra as it glitched. "Trying to go home, are you?" Twilight nodded. Let's see how 'home' is doing, shall we?" The ball changed again. Her home. Her bedroom. She saw something by the night stand. Spike! He was sobbing. Crying really hard as he wore a blanket around his body. He was writing a letter. Twilight looked closer. She could read that is was to Princess Celestia. Spike rolled it up, tears streaming down his face. Flames came from his mouth and the letter disappeared. Spike held his head down and sobbed harder. The image was gone in a flash. It fell silent. No one was around. Twilight felt tears stream down her face. Poor Spike. He must be heart broken. Twilight wanted to go home. > The Truth > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight trotted through the trees while thinking about how home sick she was. She heard commotion in another section of the forest. She followed the sound. She entered another opening and saw countless Night Watchers talking to each other in confusion and fright. She turned her attention to a little voice. "Twilight!" It was Simba running toward her. She also saw her 5 other friends, Koda and Lady following behind him. "Are you ok, Twilight? Please, oh, please tell me your ok." Fluttershy said, looking worried. "What happened?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Did he say anything to you?" Rarity asked. "Nothing." Twilight tried really hard to hold back tears. "He said nothing." "Well, it's a good thing you're alright, Twi." Applejack sighed. "Yeah, Scar is the worst person I've ever met. He did....something...." He held down his head. "Terrible." He started whimpering. Twilight felt a wave of guilt wash over her. Simba whipped a tear from his eye and looked up at Twilight. "B-but it's a good thing we have you, Twilight." She felt another shock. Here came the guilty feeling again. "Um, Simba, there's something I need to..." "With your friendship that you've lend to me the first time we've met, that is beyond the kindness we all need." Another guilt wave. "Simba, I..." "You and your friends show amazing courage, it's like you were destined to be here by my side." "Simba!" Simba's expression changed when he herd how concerned Twilight was. "We need to talk to you. Immediately." Twilight exited the clearing. Simba looked at the other ponies and all they did was share the same confusion. Simba and the others also exited. Twilight looked around to see if anypony was there. She, then, looked strait back at Simba and sighed. "I can't stay. None of us can. We didn't came from your world. We aren't meant to be here and we need to get home." Simba didn't say a word. He just stared at the ground for a moment and straight back up to Twilight. "Follow me." He leapt past her and ran to a different direction into the open. Twilight followed and so did the others. They crossed the hedged borders into the park near the statue. They all ran and formed a cemi-circle in front of it. Twilight looked at the statue, then at Simba. "You..brought us here before." She reminded him. "Yes," he replied, "but.. I didn't tell you the truth before." Twilight lowered her eyelids and raised an eyebrow as if he was joking about not trusting her before. "You see, it's not just a statue to symbolize Walt and Micky's friendship," he continued, "It protects us." "Huh," Twilight said, "From what then?" "From them." Twilight immediately knew what he was talking about. "Then why was Som..... Scar, why is scar here?" "I-I don't know, I think either they are joining other more powerful, magical forces or...or it's running out." Twilight's eyes grew a bit, looking more concerned. "But that's not exactly why I brought you here." He continued. "It..." He sighed, "...it may have enough power to bring you back home." Twilight never acted faster. "How, HOW!? Please I need to know!" "Calm down." Simba answered, "Only Mickey knows and only he can put more power into it." "I need that mouse. Where is he!" "Calm down!" Simba yelled again. "No one has seen him in years, not since Walt died." Twilight softened. "But... I saw him, I found him. I can find him again." "Twilight, that's impossible. No one has seen him." Simba told her as if he had no hope. "Simba, I SAW him." "NO YOU HAVEN'T!" He leaped onto the statue base and startled the six ponies, his voice echoed. "THAT'S A LIE! THAT'S NOTHING BUT A LIE! No one have seen him. NO ONE! Before you've came we were all being threatened by THEM! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU FOR THE LONGEST TIME! Since we lost Mickey EVERY ONE thought we had NO HOPE, that we would just DIE along with the park, but I had FAITH! I HAD FAITH THAT SOMEONE LIKE YOU WOULD COME AND SAVE US ALL! But no. All YOU WANT TO DO IS GO HOME!" Simba collapsed and started to bawl. Twilight slowly put a hoof on his back. "S-Simba. I.." "You didn't know we were in danger because I didn't tell you. I-I didn't know if you were the one yet, the one to... to save us." "Simba..." "But it sounds like you're not." He looked up to Twilight with a strict expression. In seconds he sprinted away. "Simba? Simba wait.." He disappeared into the bushes too quickly. Twilight stared at the bushes as if she were trying to find him. "Simba! Wait! Don't go!" Simba's head slowly came out of the bush. "Look, Simba, I know you are in danger and that things in your life aren't going as well so far. I-I will do what ever I can to help you., "Promise?" Twilight hesitated, "I promise." Simba smiled. He leapt from the bush onto Twilight. "Thanks, Twilight!" He gave her a big hug. Twilight hugged him back. Simba leaped back into the bushes. "Twilight? You will keep that promise, right?" She turned around and saw Koda. Lady came up beside him as if she also wanted a promise. Her other 5 friends came up, too. "Yes, I promise. I will do what ever I can to help you." Everyone smiled and passed Twilight and crossed the border. Twilight was last outside with her head down as if she regretted making that promise.