"Come on come on"repeated the purple mare as her horn glowed .
The young dragon , Spike,watched licking an icecream "Twilight give it up you have been at this for 2 hours now" he complained.
Twilight shook her head.
"No Spike im so close no way am i giving up y-WAAH"
Twilight was thrown back as a huge burst of energy burst into the room throwing her back against a book case,then,everybook fell on Twilight.She nosed her way through looking at the portal that was floating in the middle of the room in was pulsing with power.Twilight turned her attention to Spike who had fainted with the icecream rolling down his spines.Lightning cracked and then the portal began to shake causing Twilight to fall.She back away behind the huge pile of books for safety.Her horn glowed and she transported Spike next to her.Once the shaking stopped Twilight peeked over and stared at the pony who was laying on the floor.It was an orange unicorn that seemed to be wearing a white tank-top and a darker orange top that stopped at her waist but went down her legs stopping at white boots.On her back legs were two more sets of these boots but they had unusual black things stretching from them.She trotted over to the orange mare and poked her jumping back to see if anything was happening.The mare twitched.
"Oh no no no bloody hell no!"yelled the pegasus turning round in circles fluttering his wings in worry.He had just met up with that mare known by the name "Chell" when he jumped off his managment rail,discovering he was scared of flight.He had just told her that if he ever unconnected him from his mangement rail he would die.He lived but as soon as that happened a portal opened and she was sucked in.
Chell opened her eyes looking at her surroundings.She got to her hooves passing a groan as she did.Getting more used to her surrounding's she spotted the purple unicorn cowering in the corner.She tried to speak but once again,because,she had slept to long her vocal chords were dry.Chell coughed.
Twilight looked at the orange unicorn standing infrount of her.She got to her hooves
"um...hi?"she smiled hoping the mare understood her.The mare just coughed again
."Um....want some water?"asked Twilight.
The mare nodded.Twilight rushed off into the kitchen and trotted over to the sink.She began get a glass of water when she wondered where this mare came from.Twilight walked back into the room and handed the mare the water.The unicorn took the glass as Twilights glow around the cup changed into a more bluish glow.Chell sipped the water it.
"Yes hello"she managed to say after she devoured the water
"My name is Twilight sparkle"began Twilight "..Im sorry for taking you out of your...realm...miss...um"
"Chell"
"oh Chell ok then....well im sorry Chell."sighed Twilight.
Chell looked elsewhere ."Its ok" Chell smiled."It seems alot nicer than the place i was in"she began chuckling to herself.
Twilight had her head in her hoofs she looked up "Really?"she moved closer studying the pony "where are you from?"
."Aperture...is where i was...i think...but i dont know where i live.."Chell thought she sounded absolutley stupid when she said that.
"Aperture? where's that?"asked Twilight she moved around Chell studying her clothing then finnaly stopping at her flank staring at her cutie mark.It seemed to be an orange circle linked with a blue one.
"Whats your cutie mark?"asked Twilight.
Chell's brain turned to mush for a second.'Cutie marks? what the hell are those things?'.
"What are cutie marks?"asked Chell.
Twilight stood up she smiled her eyes glimmering.Her horn glowed brining a book down and shoved it into Chell's face.
"Page 27 of chapter 1"adressed Twilight.
Chell read the page."So..a Cutie mark shows what a pony's speciel talent is..Interesting"she muttered then chuckled at a little thought that popped into her head 'I wonder what GLaDOS' cutie mark would be...a cake maybe?'.
Twilight tapped Chells shoulder bringing her back.
"Chell...What is Aperture?"asked Twilight settling herself on the wooden floor next to Spike.
Chell began to tell the story.The lies.the cake.The writing in secret rooms.
"He put his hoof on the floor and then BAM! i was sucked into a portal"she Finished.
Twilight understood that this mare had a..a sort of mission in her realm.Twilight stood up her tail and mane blowing (even though there wasnt any wind).
"Chell! im gunna help you get back to your world if its the last thing i do"she smiled.Chell smiled.
"thanks Twilight"a tear ran down her cheek.
Twilight dumped every book of the shelf "Ill find the spell dont worry!".
Chell sat back in awe as the purple unicorn went from one book to the next.Chell wished she could just say to Twilight that she kinda didnt wanna go back to Aperture but she kept her mouth shut not wanting to upset Twilight.
Wheatley ran in circles
"Oh please oh please come back....w-what if she finds me".
Fluttershy was walking home when Pinkie pie bounced up.
"Hi Fluttershy"she beamed.
"Oh hello Pinkie" "I was on my way to Twilights house wanna come?".Fluttershy agreed and they walked (Pinkie bouncing) to Twilights library.
Fluttershy knocked on the door and waited.Pinkie yelled "TWILIGHT ME AND FLUTTERSHY ARE HERE".
Twilight was looking through a book called 'Portals for Ponies' when she heard the knock on the door then Pinkies loud scream.Twilight,still looking through the book,opened the door with her magic.The pink pony bounced in followed by the shy pegasus.Pinkie stopped when she saw the orange unicorn sitting on Twilight's rug.
"A NEW PONY!"Pinkie cried in delight.She bounced around Chell.
"HI im Pinkie pie! i cant wait to be your new best friend whats your name?"she asked stopping infrount of Chell and staring.
"My names Chell nice to meet you Pinkie pie"."Naw just call me Pinkie"smiled the pony."Ok Pinkie".
Fluttershy trotted over to Twilight "Twilight who is this 'Chell'? is she one of your friends from Canterlot?"asked Fluttershy.
Twilight had moved onto the next book.
"Ill tell you later Fluttershy ok?"said Twilight reading another paragraph.
"Oh..ok"murmered Fluttershy.
Twilight had gathered the two ponies next to her and told them the story.
"Oh i hope Spike is ok"murmered Fluttershy.Suddenly all the attention turned to the door Rainbow dash had just smashed threw it yelling and screaming.She landed next to Twilight
"TWILIGHT you..you just gotta help im being stalked!"she cried."By a wiered pony!".
With that a white pony with a grey and pink mane walked in her.Her light pink eyes filled with confusion.
"HI"yelled Pinkie waving from where she was.Chell was asleep on the sofa she turned over."Pinkie be quiet Chell's trying to sleep"hissed Twilight.Rainbow hunced herself up while she was hovering.
"It keep's sayin' wierd stuff and asking where her 'master' is.."mutered Rainbow.
The pony's pink eyes lightened when she saw Chell sleeping.She ran faster and skidded to a halt next to the sleeping portal pony.She lifted her hoof and tapped Chell lightly.The orange mare woke with a start panting.She turned to face the pony that tapped her.
"But....how..".The pony smiled.
"Well... i followed you through the portal thingy!!."she smiled.
"B-but you were a cube last time...".Twilight cut in
"it could be that...well if that pony went through the portal...the idea of coming into a complete pony universe could mean that if the cube was a living thing when it passed through it would of become a pony!"Twilight clapped her hooves together.
"Ive gotta study more on this"she smiled.Chell turned to face the group of ponies
"...Everypony this is my Companion cu- i mean pony"smiled Chell pointing a hoof at the white earth pony.Pinkie pie bounced up and down on the spot then froze in mid-air.
"Dont ya have a name?"she asked.The companion cube pony shook her head.
"WELL ya should!"yelled Pinkie.The pony shrugged then stared at Chell.Chell just stared back.
"Um...how about Lilly or Cuddles maybe Sugar or um.."."Dream?"asked Twilight cutting in.
The pony bounced nodding her head then looked up at Chell asking for approval.Chell smiled "I like the name".
Wheatley,on the other hoof,had accedentley turned GLaDOS on he was now sitting behind a broken energy pellet dispencer shaking with fear.
*The following night*
Fluttershy,Pinkie and Rainbow had offered to stay the night.Chell was asleep on the sofa while Dream was asleep next to her on the floor.Rainbow had knocked a whole shelf of books onto the floor and slept In the bookcase.Fluttershy had taken the spare bed with Pinkie pie next to her.Twilight tossed and turned she just couldnt sleep!.She got out of bed and trotted downstairs to the bookcase.She pulled out the portal book again and her horn glowed once she read the page again.She began breathe heavily as the magic took place.'Its working!!'. The portal burst into the scene causing bright lights to flash everywhere. Chell fell of the sofa onto Dream who woke and rolled onto her side. Rainbow jumped at the light causing her head to hit the celling. Pinkie pie hopped downstairs followed by a nervous Fluttershy. Lightning crashed then everypony in the room was sucked in.
Twilight lifted herself up shaking her head to see her friends scattered around the floor. She then turned her head to see herself in a small room. Half of the room was blocked off by a bunch of rubble and broken things. She swung her head around to see what looked like a door with a small pony in blue image attached to it. The door seemed to be broken and it looked like the only way out. Twilight's vision became clearer as she spotted the wall had been opened into a secret passage. Chell groaned as she stood up. As she looked around her eyes grew bigger while her pupils shrank in fear.
"Oh please...no." she gasped.
Twilight looked confused. "Whats wrong? I thought you wanted to come back to Aperture." asked Twilight.
Chell chuckled. "Heh well you see...when you vowed you would help me get back...well...I kinda didn't wanna go back. But you seemed so exited. I kinda didn't wanna crush your spirit".
Twilight stared at her in astonishment. Fluttershy pushed herself up from the ground. She opened her eyes and looked around. "Oh..my where are we?" she whimpered.
All of a sudden a grey pegasus wearing a chest plate leaped out. "Chell! Your back!" he yelled.
Fluttershy dove behind Twilight shivering. Twilight sighed. "Wheatley? Why were you hiding?" asked Chell tilting her head to one side.
Wheatley chuckled "Uh..well you see..I accedently turned..GLaDOS on." he murmered shifting his hoof's on the floor.
Chell looked furious althought Twilight saw a glimmer of something in her eye. "You..WHAT!" yelled Chell stamping her hoof on the grey floor.
Fluttershy whimpered. Rainbow Dash heaved herself from the floor. "W-whats going on?" she murmered as she rose to her full size. She spun her head round in all directions. "Whats going on? Where are we?"she yelled in panic.
"Rainbow calm down." sighed Twilight turning to Chell.
Chell stared at Twilight, worry clouding her blue eyes.
"Chell..You ok?"asked Twilight.
A few tears welled up in her eyes as she turned to face Twilight.
"Yeah..i-im fine"she coughed.
Wheatley stared at the ground."Sorry"was all he murmered.
Chell wiped her eyes."Nah...its fine..come on!"she smiled punching the air with a hoof.
Wheatley walked behind the broken energy pellet dispenser and came back out with the Aperture Science Hoof Held Portal Device.He trotted over to Chell and handed it to her.She took it smiling."Come on everypony!".
GLaDOS was half-way through building her facility back and had finished building her chamber.She grinned in triamph.She felt a hoof poke her leg.She spun round facing the white pony.
"What?"she asked her voice edged with annoyence.
"Um,Miss GLaDOS...that Chell pony is back"the Turret stuttered.
GLaDOS' eyes grew wider and she glared at the Turret-pony.
"WHAT!"she nearly screached in horror.
She spun round facing a moniter that popped up infrount of her.She stared in horror as she saw the 6 ponies trotting down the hallway.They were half-way there!!.
GLaDOS panicked but she then took deep breathes calming herself.
She turned to face the Turret again.
"Send every Turret to where that mute idiot is!"she yelled.
The Turret nodded running off.
Chell looked around the broken hall-way.It was so familier.
They trotted on nearing the almost repeared hallway.
"It was nothing like this when i woke her.."Wheatley murmered.
Chell had funny feeling deep in her tummy that this was not going to end well.
They were about to turn when the nostalgic sound of 'Target Aquired' could be heard.Chell suddenly froze and was about to yell 'STOP' but only Wheatley had acutully heared it.
Pinkie pie was the first to walk pass the pony with the gun on its back.Pinkie turned her head.
"OH BOY ANOTHER NEW FRIEND!"she yelled leaped at the Turret.
She began to hug the white pony causing the gun to fall off its back.
"Hey,hey,hey let me go"sighed the Turret.
Chell smiled,almost all her life she had feared these thing's..all you had to do was hug it..
The group got past almost all the Turrets.
and were heading for her chamber.Wheatley began to shiver.
"I really dont wanna go in there."he whinned.
Chell rolled her eyes."Come on"
The walked into the room a bunch of pannel's surrounded where GLaDOS hung and Chell could not see the huge unicorn.
Dream coughed.
The walked foward soon to be stopped by pannel in there face.
"I thought you'd come back"replied the voice behind the pannels,that soon faded.
GLaDOS was yellow and black she was as tall as Celestia and hung from the celing.
Fluttershy wimpered.Chell stared in disbeilif.
"Oh you brought some friends.."she replied.
Chell nodded.
"Well..Hmm what to do with these ponies."she asked herself.
2 cages soon fell from the roof trapping Rainbow Twilight and Pinkie in one.And Wheatley and Fluttershy in the other.
"There we go"smirked GLaDOS.
"REALSE THEM!"yelled Chell.
"Central core is 80 percent corrupt"said the announcer.
"Thats funny i dont feel corrupt"relpiled GLaDOS.
'This is my Chance!!!'.
Pinkie had managed to sqeeze herself out of the cage and was standing next to Chell.
"Wow she sure is huge"smiled Pinkie.
"Lifeform deteced please place lifeform in the lifeform switching place"replied the announcer.
"Oh you are kidding me!"growled GLaDOS.
Chell tapped Pinkie."Pinkie come on!"
Chell ran over to the small elevator type device and Pinkie stepped in.
"Lifeform are you ready to start?"asked the announcer.
"YES!!!"yelled Pinkie exitedly.
"Corrupt core are you ready to start?"asked the announcer.
"NO!"yelled GLaDOS.
"Oh come on miss GLaDOS dont be a party pooper!"smiled Pinkie.
"NO nononononono!"replied GLaDOS shaking her head.
"Stalemate detected.Please go press the Stalmate resulation button"and with that a room opened showing a button.
Chell ran up but was soon to be flung back by a pannel.
"Think about this,Chell"replied GLaDOS getting desprate.
Chell ignored her and fired a portal on the wall near the button then one under her.
She ran to the button but another pannel flipped up.She groaned firing another portal behind the pannels then another behind her running through and leaping for the button and pressing it.
"GAH!"coughed GLaDOS sparks flying from the mainfraim. above her.
Pinkie pie's elevator lowered then she let out of a scream of pain.
"PINKIE!"yelled Rainbow from the cage.
"NO! GET YOU HOOVES OFF ME NO STOP NO NO NO NOOOOOO"screeched GLaDOS as she unatached from the mainfraim.
Soon the room lightened and Pinkie pie was replaced by GLaDOS as she was left on the floor.
"WOOOOWWWW THIS IS AWSOME!!!!!!"she smiled as a bunch of confeti scattered the room and the cages lifted.
"Oh right the lift let me call it!"smiled Pinkie as the lift went down.
It was larger than most and everypony pilled into it.
"See you at the top"said Pinkie as the lift began to move upwards.
"This bodys amazing your so small down there while im huge!! Ha ha ha ha ..Heh heh ha ha ha ha"Pinkies mane was beging to deflate and Twilight gulped.
Pinkies laughted her turned more evil as the lift stopped then began to lower.
"Actully why do we have to leave right now? do you have any idea how good this feels?"she asked as the lift reached the bottom.
"I DID THIS LITTLE PINKAMENA DIANE PIE DID THIS!"yelled Pinkie.
"You,pony,didnt do anything"coughed GLaDOS."They did all the work."
"Oh is that what all of you little mules think huh?"asked Pinkie as the mechincal hand dragged GLaDOS into the bottom of Pinkies chamber.
"Then maybe i should DO something for a change!"she smirked.
"NO STOP NO NO"yelled GLaDOS scraping at the floor.
Pinkie pie smiled and grinned then turned to the elevator full of ponies.
"And dont think im not onto you lot either...Youve done nothing but BOSS me around in Ponyville and here..But nows whos the boss whos the boss?"Pinkie got closer to the elevator."ITS ME!".
The machine dingged and threw GLaDOS out.
GLaDOS was now brown and so was her mane but in a darker coulor.She had her chest plate on over a potato sack and she was as small as Chell.
Pinkie grabbed her again."You see that?"
"She is wearing a potato sack"she smiled.
"Y-you moster your an idot of an earth pony"coughed GLaDOS.
"I AM NOT AN IDOT"yelled Pinkie at the earth she was holding.She threw GLaDOS at the elevator causing the glass to break and GLaDOS to be in the elevator.
"COULD AN IDOT DO THIS!"yelled Pinkie punching the top of the lift causing them to fall.
"COULD AN IDOT PUNCH.YOU.INTO.THIS.PIT"she yelled as the lift got lower.
"COULD AN IDOT DO THAT...uh oh"was the last word that everypony heard before the floor of the lift broke and the all fell
Everypony screamed exept GLaDOS and Chell waiting for silence.
"So..how are you holding up...CAUSE IVE BEEN TURNED INTO AN EARTH PONY AND IM WEARING A POTATO SACK"she yelled.
Chell shrugged.
"Not my fault your an earth pony"she replied.
GLaDOS twitched.She DID NOT like speaking Chell.
"Um..YES IT IS"she hissed back.
Rainbow tried to flap her wings but they banged on a pipe and had broke.
Twilight tried to use her magic but Rainbow had come spiraling into her and she was knocked out.
Chell tried to remain calm but suddenly relised that Rainbow and Twilight were gone.She glared at GLaDOS.
"Dont look at me"she replied."They went down a diffrent hole".
Fluttershy squeaked as her wings banged against a pipe causing her to cry in pain.
GLaDOS rolled her eyes as they reached the bottom.
"Mind if we borrow two of your long fall boots?"asked GLaDOS.
Chell took her took back ones of and threw them.Fluttershy catched and shoved it on.GLaDOS did the same.Soon a bunch of wooden planks appeared and they crashed through.
Chell opened her eyes to see Fluttershy on the floor infrount of her and GlaDOS...wait..where is she.
Chell stood and looked around the gloomy area to see her.She breated a sigh of relif but gasped in horror as a bunch of birds suddenly took her away.
Fluttershy pushed herself to her hooves."uh where are we"she squeaked when she saw the surroundings and jumped to Chell's side.
Chell rolled her eyes "Come on".
She began to walk through many diffrent places portals being used in diffrent situation's.
Chell pressed the button and the lights went off buzzing.Chell and Fluttershy hopped down and walked along the catwalk waiting for the door to open.The safe opened to reveal a small door and a chair.The metal gates swung open and they walked trough opening the door.Chell walked in and the lights switched on,a giant logo hung from the celling.
"Wow.."breathed Chell.
""Welcome, gentlemen, to apurture science. Astronaughts, war heros, olympians... you're here because we want the best, and you are it. So, who is ready to make some science!?".Boomed the voice from the speakers.
"I am!"replied an eager voice that sound familer.
"Haha! Now, you've already met one another on the limo ride over, so let me introduce myself. I'm Cave Johnson. I own the place. That eager voice you heard is the lovely Caroline, my assistant. Rest assured that she has transferred your honorarium to the organization of your choice. Isn't that right, Caroline?"asked Cave.
"Yes,sir mr Johnson!"Caroline replied.
"She's the backbone of this facility. Pretty as a post card, too! Sorry fellas, she's married... to science!"chuckled Cave.
Chell rolled her eye's..they were obviously married.She looked around and shot a portal up the top then one on a small white surface that the light was shinning on and stepped through.
"Fluttershy..come on!"sighed Chell as Fluttershy stepped.
Chell added another portal above the one on the white surface then one on the floor.
"Go on"she nuged Fluttershy foward causing her to fall into the portal and fly through the Aperture logo.Chell did the same and trotted through the door.
"There's a thousand tests performed every day here in our enrichment spheres. I can't personally oversee every one of them, so these prerecorded messages will cover any questions you might have and respond to any incidents that may occur within the course of your science adventure.".
Chell walked through seeing everything dusty and knocked over.
'So..this is what Aperture was like before..'
The walked through.Chell stopped a picture on the wall.It showed a young pony.
"Your test assignment will vary depending on the manner in which you have bent the world to your will."Cave began
"Those of you helping us test the repulsion gel today must follow the blue line on the floor.Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA... I've got some good news and some bad news... The bad news is, we're postponing those tests indefinitely. The good news is, we've got a much better test for you. Fighting an army of mantis-men. Pick up a rifle and follow the yellow line. You'll know when the test starts."
Chell chucked as she walked on.
"Uh..where are we"coughed Twilight as she pushed her-self off.
Rainbow woke up fast from the chair she was sleeping.
"Oh! your awake!!"she smiled.
"Yeah,where are we?"she asked taking in her surroundings.
An office.
"Dunno,Twi..i was gunna surgest we take a look around.I was staring out the window and saw like a chamber of some sort.."began Rainbow.
Twilight trotted over to the slightly broken window and stared in..allot of things were in there.
"I say..we wait here...see if somepony comes along"sighed Twilight turing round.
She saw a painting on the wall.
There was a male pony with another pony leaning on his shoulder.
