Equestrian Void

Equestrian Void

Chapter One: The Accident

The events that are about to occur are events that may be so mentally scarring, that the characters involved may wish to willingly remove them from their memory or choose to keep them as reminders to pass down to the generations to come.

Our story takes place in a world in which peace is a given commodity. The place I speak of is the land of Equestria. But for this tale of inter-dimensional quandaries, we are going to focus on a quaint little town called Ponyville. In this world, the residents have faced disasters such as the return of the mythical Nightmare Moon, the summoning of the lord of chaos, Discord, and even the powerful queen of the changelings, Queen Chrysalis. For the calamities that have followed, everything has been resolved by the actions of Equestria’s leaders, along with the help of six courageous mares: Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Twilight’s assistant, Spike.

Six months have passed since the events with the changelings, and for that time, the town of Ponyville has remained peaceful.

That is… until one fateful day, when a regular party thrown by Pinkie Pie turned into a discovery that will change the heroines' lives forever…

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One day, a day just like any other, Pinkie Pie decided to throw a party. Why? It’s Pinkie Pie, therefore, a reason isn’t needed. She had sent invitations to all of her friends to come over and attend it and as expected, they all had arrived, one by one, with Twilight and Spike being the last ones to show up.

“Hey there, Twilight and Spikearoo!" Shouted Pinkie Pie, rushing up to greet them.

“The party looks a bit bigger than usual this time, Pinkie." Said Twilight, a bit curious as to why the party was big, considering there was no reason behind the party.

“Aw, come on, Twi. Does it matter how big it is? A party’s still a party." Said Spike, with reassuring confidence.

Twilight had looked around and saw that the other ponies were having a great time, so her confusion slowly faded away.

“I guess you’re right, Spike." Said Twilight, “As long as everypony is having a good time, I shouldn’t be such a worrywart.

Twilight no longer had any worries on her mind and freely joined Spike and the rest of the ponies in the ongoing party.

“This here is sure one heck of a hoedown, Pinkie Pie!" Said Applejack, as she was dancing to the music blaring from the music set that Pinkie borrowed from Vinyl Scratch.

“I do agree, darling." Stated Rarity, standing near the table with the refreshments, “This party is indeed bigger and more… musical than your usual ones.

“Aw, who cares?! This is still one rocking party, Pinkie!" Shouted Rainbow Dash, flying through the room kicking her hooves in excitement.

“C-Calm down, Rainbow Dash…" Said Fluttershy, in a voice almost too faint for anyone to hear, “You’re going to make the neighbors worry, and don’t forget about the animals, too…" E

As the ponies were having the times of their lives, seeming like no one has a care in the world, Pinkie Pie rolled into the back room, as if to get something that she wanted to either give to someone or use as a party tool. A few seconds later, she rolled back out of the room, stumbling into a wall. Only this time, she had what looked like a rolled up piece of paper in her mouth. Twilight almost immediately notices the paper Pinkie was holding and became not just curious, but also worrisome…

“What’s that piece of paper you have in your mouth, Pinkie?" Twilight asked with a stumbling curiosity.

Pinkie Pie quickly and clumsily stood up and responded, “Oh, this? This is something I wanted to give you, Twi! I found this while I was going through things to set up for this party. It looked like nothing but a bunch of gobbledy-gook, so I thought you could figure out what it says. I ain’t got a clue what it means." E

“Thanks… Pinkie." Said Twilight in a disappointed tone.

Twilight then took a moment to ponder what Pinkie had just given her.

“What in the world could Pinkie mean by ‘a bunch of gobbledy-gook? Could it be an ancient foreign language? Or maybe some kind of map that leads to a super-rare treasure? Or maybe….."

As Twilight rambles on about what could be in the contents of the mysterious paper she was just handed, the party continues for hours on end….

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Finally, the time is now 7:43 p.m. and all of the ponies are starting to leave the party, tired, exhausted, and extremely happy. Every one of the ponies says their goodbyes for now and returns to their homes. Twilight, however grabbed Spike, quickly tossed him on her back, and started madly galloping towards the Library, the place in which both Twilight and Spike reside.

“Whoa, Twi! EShouted Spike, surprised at how much of a rush Twilight was in, “What’s the big rush home, Twilight?"

Twilight quickly turned her head back to Spike and said, “Pinkie gave me what I believe to be an ancient scroll and I want to find out what’s written on it as soon as possible!" She then turned her head back to the front to make sure she didn’t get lost on her way back, due to her excitement.

After a short time, Twilight and Spike arrive at the Library. With no haste, Twilight burst through the door, without giving any regard to Spike, who had toppled over and landed square on the floor. Twilight then took the scroll she had in her mouth and unraveled it on the podium she usually reads books on and quickly began to decipher the contents of what lied inside the mysterious piece of paper.

Spike slowly recovered from his fall. “Twilight, shouldn’t you get some sleep? It won’t be healthy for you to stay up all night looking at that thing."

Twilight, with hair all flustered, turned back to Spike and said, “You don’t get it Spike… Just the mere thought of what this thing can tell me gets me a mood just like the feeling I get when I get a fresh, new book in stock. I can’t WAIT to delve into the contents in which it can hold!"

After Twilight’s little speech to Spike, she turned back around and was quickly bobbing her head left and right, translating letter after letter of the scroll. Spike then began to walk towards the stairs with a worried look on his face. As he began to walk up the stairs, he began to mumble under his breath, so Twilight could not hear what he was saying.

“She has no idea how much she makes the rest of us worry when it comes to stuff like this… especially me. I just hope she at least gets some sleep…"

With Spike off to sleep in a saddened state of mind, Twilight labors away with the deciphering with determination in her eyes. She mumbles the words as she decodes them, trying to piece them together, seeing if there’s a correlation between them… Little does she know, that she will unravel something that no one, or rather no pony, should have discovered…

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The next morning… as Spike comes downstairs, awakened from his slumber, the first thing he sees is Twilight near her podium, looking as if she has passed out.

Spike rushes over to where Twilight lays motionless. “Tw-Twilight!" Spike yells, “Are you okay, Twi?! C’mon, wake up!" Spike shook Twilight, hoping that would wake her up. After shaking her for a solid minute, Twilight had come to.

Twilight had awoken, dumbfounded and mumbling to herself. “H-huh? Wha-? Spike? What’s with the shaking? You need something?" She then snapped back from her tired state, then almost immediately turned her attention back to the scroll. “Oh! That’s right! The scroll… I’ve almost got everything figured out! Just a little more…"

Spike let out a disappointed sigh. “Twilight, you need to take a break from that thing. You can’t let it be your life’s work, or whatever. This is kinda getting out of hand." Spike was giving off an aura of concern, but not a strong enough aura to delude Twilight from the scroll.

“Fine, Twilight. If that scroll is all you care about, I’m going to get the other ponies here to help get you away from that thing!" Spike suddenly let out with an angry voice.

Spike had left the Library in a rush, but Twilight didn’t even notice that.

She was still too busy and caught up with the scroll to even care…

The time is now 11:24 a.m. Location: Ponyville Library.

Spike comes rushing in through the door, with the other ponies quickly following behind him.

Rainbow Dash is the first one to rush past Spike fast enough to be the first one to speak her mind to Twilight.

“All right, listen here you!" Exclaimed Rainbow Dash, “You need to take a break from that thing right now!"

Twilight turned around with a small grin on her face.

“Why bother with breaks?" She said in a creepy voice, while quietly laughing to herself, “I’ve finally figured out the whole thing… I don’t need breaks now…"

As Twilight continued to laugh quietly to herself, the rest of the gang gives her a worried look.

“Uhh… you all right there, sugarcube?" Asked Applejack.

“All right? I’m better than all right. I’m fantastic!" Exclaimed Twilight.

“In fact…" Started Twilight, “I wanted to read to you all what the scroll says. I managed to figure it all out in One. Single. Night."

Everyone gasps at the thought of what Twilight could have discovered.

“Well, don’t keep us waiting!" Exclaimed Pinkie Pie, joyfully, “Tell us what it says! I bet it was something old and awesome or something crazy, or maybe even a treasure, or… something like that."

“Indeed it WAS, Pinkie Pie!" Started Twilight, in a sort of maniacal voice, “What I found out was absolutely shocking! It turns out the scroll you gave me was actually a highly advanced ancient spell of some sorts. Based on the language it was in, it was used to teleport objects of large mass or large quantity back in the times when magic was rare and manual labor was all too common. The spell may have even been capable of rearranging the atomic structure of the objects themselves!"

“Where are you going with this, darling?" Questioned Rarity.

“Good question, Rarity. What I’m getting at is that I wanted to test this spell with all of us in one spot to see if  I can pull this off myself!"

“Whoa, there, Twi!" Shouted Rainbow Dash, “I like adventure as much as the next pony, but shouldn’t you get some experience with this first?"

“I’m trying it out NOW!" Shouted Twilight, in a sort of psychotic voice.

Twilight then turned around to the scroll and prepared herself to cast the spell that was written on the scroll.

“Get ready, everypony…"

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Everyone had gulped in fright, for even they did not know what was about to happen.

“Here I go..."

Twilight began to read the enchantment on the scroll, and her horn began to glow as she began to conjure the spell…

O great creator of all life, the one who grants us the ability to breathe, heed my precious call…

Suddenly, a giant circle started forming at the center of the Library’s floor.

Spike and the rest of the ponies stood in the middle of the circle, not knowing whether to leave the circle, or to stay in it…

As Twilight read more of the spell, the circle started to take the shape of a rune, being filled in with strange symbols.

“Uh… Twilight?" Questioned Spike, worriedly.

Unfortunately, Spike’s words could not reach her…

Twilight continued to read the enchantment.

I call upon the great creator of all life to borrow thine power. The power to manipulate time and space, to defy the mere logic of the universe itself; To create a new dimension using the power bestowed upon me by your grace…

Then, seven smaller runes had appeared inside the large rune itself, as if it was counting the number of bodies in the circle.

I seek to use this power to break the barrier between god and mortal; To join the ranks of the immortals… Now, Shine down on this world and grant me passage into time and space!

As the rune completes itself, Twilight slowly levitates into the air, while the color of the magic emanating from her horn changes colors from light purple to a dark, crimson red.

The rune changes colors accordingly to Twilight’s horn as well, making the others worry even more about their well-being.

Before anyone could yell to Twilight, suddenly, a bright white light had shown off of Twilight’s horn, engulfing everyone in the Library.

After the white light had shone brightly, all that was left behind was merely soot in the shape of the rune that Twilight had made…

There was not a sound being made in the Library… except for the sound of sizzling soot from the floor…

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Time: ??? Location: ??? Day: ???

Twilight has temporarily been knocked unconscious after casting the spell…

After a short while, she manages to come to her senses… and awakes to a location that she does not know of.

A land of almost nothing. A world that once prospered, but now lay to waste before her eyes.

As she awakes, she hears sounds of calamity. Sounds of war.

“Ugh… W-where… am I?" Twilight struggled to say.

Suddenly, Twilight spots something off in the distance… Something that looks like a mechanized robot… and it was being piloted by… a pony!

Twilight closed her eyes and tried to pull herself up from off of the ground…

` “Thank Celestia!" Muttered Twilight, “Another pony! Maybe they can-"

Twilight tried to stand, but found herself incapable of doing so…

She stumbled over and over again trying to lift herself off of the ground…

“W-why can’t I… get myself… to stand up?" Struggled Twilight.

Then, after opening her eyes, she had discovered something… horrifying.

“Wh… What happened to me?!" Shouted Twilight.

Her hooves had been replaced with… human hands. And her legs… were normal human legs.

Twilight managed to struggle enough to get herself up on her knees…

Twilight, now in a state of panic, was trembling from head to toe, muttering to herself, “This… this can’t be happening…. Wh… What in the world HAVE I DONE?!"

Twilight, now alone and separated from her friends, had let out a scream at the top her lungs, in hopes that someone would hear her…

Tears now started to gather in Twilight’s eyes.

 ESniff* "I… What have I done?... Spike… Fluttershy… Applejack… Rarity… Rainbow Dash… Pinkie Pie…"

As Twilight sits there, sobbing her eyes out, she can feel her soul sinking… When suddenly, a strange, dark, and shadowy figure stands before her. It almost looks like a human, from what she had studied back home…

Twilight, still in tears, asks the strange person, “Who… Who are you?"

The Shadowy figure smiles evilly and replies…

“I art Thou… and Thou art me…”