Mine Their Way Out

Mine Their Way Out

Chapter 1: The Failed Travel Spell

The day was hot, the air smelled nice and sweet, the pegasi had kept the weather warm and cloud free for about three days now. The Citizens of Ponyville were going about their usual business.

Inside the Ponyville library near the train station, the young princess, Twilight Sparkle, was hard at work concentrating on a new spell she had been working on ever since she had returned from her travels in Canterlot High.

“come on Twilight, give it a rest already” Said Twilight’s assistant, the young dragon Spike “you have been working nonstop for days! What are you working on anyways?”

Twilight grunted after failing yet again and looked at spike with bloodshot eyes from the restless nights of work “Spike, you know how I feel about being interrupted during my work” She said in a tired voice “I’m trying to device a spell that will allow me to travel back to Canterlot High so I can take pinkie and the others to meet themselves from there, i bet they would make great friends with... well.... Themselves”

Spike sighed and put a look of concern “well there’s a lot of time for that in the MORNINGS” he said “the night is for resting, and by looking at your eyes i can tell you really need it. So how about you take a nap and continue when you wake up, i’ll even clean the library while you’re asleep AND re-organize the books”

Twilight was about to protest when a yawn escaped her lips and she blushed “yeah, i guess you’re right spike” She said as she started walking upstairs to the room yawning “Just remember, the books must be organized from A to Z, no exceptions.” Spike gave her a thumbs up and started doing what he promised he would.

Twilight yawned and climbed onto her bed. As she closed her eyes she thought about her friends back in Canterlot High and how they helped her defeat and reform Sunset Shimmer. Soon enough Twilight was snoring as she slept peacefully and drifted off into dreamland.

Twilight saw herself with her Canterlot High friends, they were in the park laughing and telling stories, Twilight was telling them about Equestria and some of her adventures with her pony friends. Pinkie was making them laugh telling jokes while Applejack poured some apple juice in six cups. Spike was in his puppy form digging around and running about. They seemed happy as they had fun.

In the blink of an eye the sweet dream had turned dark as the scene shifted. Twilight found herself in a dark place, it seemed like time and space itself was around her. The ground felt hard, it had small craters on it and it was beich colored. She looked around and saw black pillars that had something shining on top. She found herself staring at some long black creatures, their eyes were pure purple and they seemed to have no mouths. The next sight sent a chill down her back, a black creature was swooping down at her at extreme speed. The creature looked like a large black dragon with razor sharp teeth and deep, purple eyes that looked like it could kill anything that came across its path.

Twilight tried to run but her body seemed to be frozen in place, she tried to scream but she had lost her ability to speak. Twilight saw the dragon approach at extreme speeds and started to feel more scared than ever. The dragon was just five feet away when suddenly-

“AAAAAAAH!” Twilight screamed as she awoke from her terrible nightmare.

Spike, who was just finishing up re-organizing the books, heard the scream and rushed upstairs. He busted open the door and ran up to Twilights’ bed “Twilight! What’s wrong?!” He loudly asked in concern of what had happened to make Twilight scream like that.

Twilight tried to think of what she had witnessed and tried to gather her thoughts together then spoke in a quivering tone “S-sorry spike, just had a terrible nightmare” She said “It was weird but it was only a dream so no need to worry”

Spike looked at Twilight with concern “are you sure you’re ok?” he said. Twilight put on a brave smile “Yeah, it’s ok” She said. “alright then. How are you feeling?”

Twilight yawned feeling both shaken up from the dream but refreshed from her nap “I feel like a new mare, you were right, a nap is just what I needed” She said with a wide smile on her face. Spike smiled widely “That’s great to hear!” He said “ Well I wanted to ask you if i could go walk to the Unicorn mountains for a little, i wanna get some jewels for another jewel cake. Can i please?”

Twilight thought about it for a second. Sending spike to the very place Rarity got ponynapped by the Diamond Dogs all on his own. then again he also DID save the entire crystal Empire she thought. “Alright Spike, but please be careful, the last thing i need is another incident like the Timberwolves, remember no one will be there this time to help you out” She said.

Spike blushed as he remembered the incident “Ya, i don’t want that either” he said laughing “Well thanks, i’ll be back later!” He opened the door and left closing it behind him.

Feeling fully refreshed and rested, Twilight once again started to build up concentration. Her horn started glowing and she felt a tug in her stomach as an incredible amount of magic energy started building up in her body, unlike the other times that this didn’t happen so she took this as a good sign. She continued building up magic and pictured Canterlot high.

Right when she was about to release the energy she remembered the nightmare she had and her eyes turned pure white as she released a wave of magic energy that spread all across Equestria.Twilight felt weak and numb as she collapsed on the floor from exhaustion, an effect that came from using so much power. She tried to keep her eyes open but her body fought back and won and she was thrown into a deep sleep.