Alister: Remembrance and Revelations

“Alister, would you please hook those lightning rods to the device?”

“Yes Master.”

I ran over to the table where the lightning rods laid. With my horn, I transported them to the machine Starswirl the Bearded had just created.

“If my calculations are correct,” said Starswirl, “then this device should banish those horrible creatures to another dimension. I call it the Dimension Splitter”

“IF they are correct master,” I joked.

“No time for laughs. Princess Celestia is counting on us to get this right.”

“Of course. My mistake.”

The device looked very peculiar to the wrong eyes. The devise itself was circular in a dome-like shape with enough room for three full grown stallions to stand comfortably with the lightning rods on either side of it. A control panel was set up on the left side where buttons and switches were flickering with lights of every color.

“Now to test it.” Starswirl said.

He placed a red apple in the center of the chamber.

“Now Alister, use your magic to power up the machine.”

I concentrated for a moment, until I reached down into my core to summon a power magic that will operate Starswirl’s Dimension Splitter. Once I found it, I cast it towards the lightning rods. Sparks began connecting from the rods to the dome as a purplish vortex began to form. The image through the open vortex was clearing and I could see a street. But it wasn’t like anything I’ve seen before. The roads were paved and there were strange yellow lines going through the middle. There was also another road, but smaller on both sides of the larger one. There were animals I’ve never seen on these roads. No hair on their bodies except for on their heads and walking on two feet like an angry bear ready to roar. Starswirl pushed the apple into the street. The apple passed through leaving a ripple like a rock being thrown into and undisturbed lake. Right as it passed, one of the animals picked it up and looking around in confusion. No doubt looking for the source of where it came from.

“It worked!” Starswirl shouted. “I can’t believe it actually worked!”

“Congratulations, Master.” I said.

The portal was still opened and Starswirl turned to me.

“That’s enough. You can close the portal now.”

As soon as I was pulling my magic away something strange was happening.

I couldn’t move! My magic wouldn’t stop. Suddenly a force like a magnet was attracting me towards the open portal.

“What are you doing Alister? Close the portal!”

“I can’t.” I said, panicking now. “My horn won’t let me!”

The portal was getting closer as I tried keeping my hooves on the ground for dear life.

“Alister LET GO!”

Suddenly a great force finally defeated my struggle and took me into the vortex.

“ALISTER!”

That was the last thing I heard when a blinding light overtook me into the unknown.