P.O.N.Y.C.R.A.F.T.

"Ugh... what happened to me..." Twilight Sparkle groaned as she groggily opened her eyes.

A white square sun was slowly inching across the sky.

A square sun?

With a lot of effort, Twilight Sparkle brought herself to a stand. The grass beneath her loudly crunched with every step she took. Twilight noticed that the grass she was standing on was unusually flat -- too flat. It was as if she was standing on a polished marble floor, only greener.

Twilight decided to take a look around. She trotted around her immediate vicinity, observing the area around her. No... the sun wasn't the only thing that was square -- everything was square. Trees with square, slender trunks and huge, fat treetops dotted the landscape. The land was square, each incline and decline being at least a meter tall. And square flowers and tall-grass -- which, unlike the dirt and trees, were arranged in a plus-shape -- were everywhere.

The creepier thing was, this world looked like an 8-bit video game. Everything was pixellated, as though somebody had glued tiny cubes together to create larger, more ornate blocks.

"Oink!"

"WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELE -- oh, heh heh..." Twilight Sparkle jumped back a few feet, but quickly relaxed, as it was only a pig. Well, if you could call something that was made of pink cubes, had red streaks across its back, and had "Derpy Hooves eyes" a pig. The thing oinked again, and trotted off in a random direction.

Hmm... Twilight Sparkle thought to herself. The creatures here don't seem to think at all... it's almost as if they're being controlled...

` And, speaking of creatures, where was Trixie? The only thing Twilight Sparkle remembered was a duel... a magic duel, and her opponent was Trixie.

Another thought popped into Twilight's mind. A while back, Princess Celestia had taught her an object-finding spell. If you could perform it right, it could tell you the exact coordinates of anything you wanted to find. All you really needed to do was form a picture in your mind.

Twilight Sparkle decided to use that spell. Her horn started glowing, and she created an image of Trixie, in her robe and pointed hat, in her mind. But, suddenly the magic aura surrounding her horn dissipated, the spell stopped working against her will. Twilight tried to perform the spell again, but it had the same results as before. It was like something was rejecting her magic.

"Something doesn't like your magic?"

"Will you stop doing tha -- Trixie!"

Twilight had spun around to see Trixie, still in her costume-like clothing. She was the only round thing to be seen. "H-How did you find me?" Twilight asked.

"Well, the thing is... you have a bad habit of saying your thoughts." Trixie answered, a smug look on her blue face.

Twilight Sparkle didn't reply, so Trixie continued speaking.

"And, F.Y.I, I want my revenge."

Trixie's horn started glowing. Twilight started to shake, but relaxed, as Trixie's spell suddenly cut itself short. Trixie looked at her horn in embarrassment and blushed. "What happened?" she said, confused.

"Hm." Twilight chuckled. "Looks like we're all in the same boat."