The Connection

In his bed, Terras thought about Rainbow Dash. He thought about when he'd see her again, and when they could race. He didn't know she brought out his younger self until he laid down in his bed and all he thought about was how he could've beaten her. Celestia walked into his room smiling.

"You were the one who performed that sonic rainboom. Twice" she said.

"Was it that obvious?"

"Well, I heard and watched it happen from my room. It was quite the sight. And I take it you were racing Rainbow Dash?"

"You know her?" Terras asked.

"I do. She's one of six ponies I know personally."

"I wouldn't think a princess so famous as you would know ponies in the general public." Terras said.

"She's an Element of Harmony, so she's special."

Terras backtracked a second, "Wait, Element of Harmony? Who are the other five? Are they important? Celestia!"

"Another story for another time Terras." Celestia said as she walked out the door and closed it quietly with her magic. Terras still didn't understand how magic comes from their horn.

After the events of today, Terras thought about how he should probably get out and see Equestria, or at least Canterlot, for himself. Maybe he'd go looking for Rainbow Dash. Or he'd ask that Twilight Sparkle pony about the Elements of Harmony. Either way, Tomorrow was going to be eventful in some way.

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Twilight searched for signs of impending doom on Earth. She searched and searched, but all she found was the cosmos exactly how they were. There was no sign on danger in Luna's stars. Maybe Terras was lying? But then why would he have come here? Her thoughts were interrupted by a POP on her observatory. Luna stood there looking concerned.

"Princess Luna, what are you doing here?"

"Good evening Twilight Sparkle. I come here to bring you good and bad news."

"Give me the bad news first."

"I feel a disturbance deep in the cosmos. It is very slight, but noticeable. I fear this is the evil force Celestia told me about."

"That explains why I couldn't find anything in my telescope." Twilight paused. "What's the good news?"

"It is far away, very far away. Light years I would believe. Which means we have plenty of time to prepare for it."

"That is good news. Did you tell Celestia yet?"

"No I haven't I wanted to tell you first so you could inform the elements."

"I'd love to, but Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are in Canterlot. I'd rather tell them all at the same time."

"I understand Twilight Sparkle. Tell them when you think it's time."

Luna said goodbye and left with another swift POP.

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Luna teleported into Celestia's bedroom, startling Celestia who was, like Twilight, searching the stars for any signs of trouble.

"Greetings, sister. I've come to tell you about the evil force that is said to be headed towards us."

"Really? Have you found something?" Celestia asked.

"More like felt something" Luna said. "It's on the very edge of the universe."

"But, it was your words that said the universe was infinite and constantly expanding. Is there an edge to the universe?"

"That's the thing. There is no edge, not one that I can see, but it just feels like it. Like there's a crack in reality and it's leaking through. Could it be......"

"Dimensional travel is only a theory, and hasn't been tested. If that force is traveling from another dimension, then it means Terras is from another dimension, not planet."

"Well maybe a successful test has been run and now a force that is from another dimension is seeping through to destroy our world, and many others." Luna said.

"Either way, I have to speak to Terras" Cellestia said.

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The cool morning air filled Terras' lungs as he awoke from his slumber. He looked at the clock, and it read 8:00. Terras promptly pulled his sheets over his body and closed his eyes. He wasn't in a rush, so the sight seeing could wait until noon.

Princess Celestia opened his bedroom door and walked in, and noticed he was asleep. She slowly lifted her right hoof, brought it up to just about the bottom of her neck, and slammed it down with a thunderous crash. Terras was jolted out of bed by the sudden noise and stood up groggily after a brief altercation with the floor.

"Celesita. WHY?"

"I apologize for the intrusion, but something important has come up, and it has to do with you." Celestia said.

"Can it wait until later?" Terras asked.

"No, Terras I need you to focus, understand?"

Terras looked Celestia in the eye, wondering what could be so important that his sleep was hindered because of it. When the room was quiet enough for a dust mite to be heard hitting a lamp, Celestia asked:

"Are you from another dimension?" Celestia asked sternly.

"No, I'm not. At lest I don't think I am. Dimensional travel is highly theoretical where I come from, but given enough energy, it's possible."

"Terras, this is Earth."

Terras stared at Celestia with a blank face. Earth? How could this be Earth? No humans, no cars bustling through the streets, just ponies. There were no modern weapons, but spears and swords. And Terras could hardly figure out how an earth pony was able to play the cello. This was not Earth, not the one he knew of. Or was it?

"You're lying." Terras said.

"I am not, Terras."

The realization hit him. He thought about it, he had enough power to travel through dimensions. Who knew how much spirit energy he actually had? Celestia turned around and thought to herself. This new information of Terras' origin had completley changed how they were going to fight this thing.

"This is bad" Celestia said, "It can travel through dimensions, which means if we don't stop it, it'll eat entire universes."

"But how many other dimensions do you think there are? Maybe the next will fight harder than we do" Terras said.

"Terras, I'd rather die than watch not just Equestria, but the entire planet rot away because we weren't good enough. Because we are good enough, we will stop it. You, me, Luna, and the Elements of Harmony.

"That's a bold statement. I have more power than you, multiply that about 12 billion. that how many people were fighting that force. We lost. Terribly. What makes you think that we can?" Terras asked.

Celestia heard the test in his voice. "Don't question the power of Equestria. We can do this. It's not all about power that wins war. It's about strategy, cunning, and teamwork. My father told me once 'Proper training can allow one pony to defeat an army of thousands'. I never believed it, but now that we're here, it's about time we make that statement true."

"It won't be an army of thousands, it will be of millions. And they're incredibly hard to kill. This will be miles away from a walk in the park." Terras said.

"We have the Elements of Harmony."

Celestia turned around and saw Luna standing in the doorway. How did she always sneak up on her like that?

"True, if this thing is entering our dimension, it has to abide by this dimension's rules. Which means the Elements will possibly work."

"Well you get your little elements, and we'll blast this thing with whatever it is they blast it with." Terras said.

Celestia walked out of the room, leaving Luna alone with Terras. She looked Terras over, and walked closed to him.

"So you're from another planet in another dimension? I would have expected you to look different." she said.

Terras looked Luna over as well. "Transformation spell."

Luna moved closer to Terras and undid the spell, revealing his Crystorian form. She looked slightly upward to him and touched his neck, causing Terras to back away quickly and materialize his blades. He stared at her with a predatory look in his eyes, putting a look of wide-eyed surprise on Luna's face.

"Sorry' Luna said, "I get really curious when I see something new."

"It's fine, I guess. Just don't touch any of my vital spots." Terras said.

Luna looked at his two backwards h-shaped blades. "Your weapons, do they have a name?"

"Ruby and Rose" Terras said and raise the left and right one accordingly.

Luna drew her own sword with her magic and out of empty space came a purple double edged sword.

"It's name is Crescent" Luna said.

Luna placed the transformation spell back onto Terras, returning him to his dark blue, black hair with a white streak self. The first thing Terras was that his swords had disappeared, and in their place, was metal armor that ran up his legs, with openings of every hoof to unleash blades, blades that went the length of both of his wings, and a mechanical helmet built onto his weapon/armor.

"What's this?" Luna said. "It seems like your weapon changed as your form changed. Interesting."

Luna smiled a little and held out her hoof. "You are a very interesting person. I would like you to meet me tonight on the top of this mountain."

Terras nodded his head and shook Luna's hoof. She then waked out of the room and left Terras alone to his thoughts. This, weapon/armor combination could come in handy. He just hoped he could still use his spirit energy.

He then remembered that he had a city to see. Luckily his new weapon was as easy to dematerialize as Ruby and Rose. Terras flew from his balcony to the front gate of the castle.

Today was going to be eventful in some way.