Dimensions

Fluttershy held a little tea part between herself and Discord. Whilst he was sitting at the table, Fluttershy opened the oven for her cookies and a large cloud of steam flew into her face, almost choking her. She wiped the steam away from her face, and proceeded to take the baked goods out of the oven. She set the warm plate on the table, and poured some tea for Discord. She then sat opposite of him. During this, she had been telling him about what had happened in the Everfree.

"What a fascinating story!" Discord smiled, drinking a bit of his tea and imitating a posh pony. "So she just told you she was a God and you went along with it?"

"She was an earth pony, and she lifted up a book and closed the door!" Fluttershy squeaked. "Honestly, I was too scared to disagree..."

"Hm... Maybe I should meet this... 'Midnight'?" Discord suggested. "I've never heard of her, and surely neither has Celestia or Luna, so maybe I should check her out?"

"That might make her mad..." Fluttershy trembled.

"Oh, come on Fluttershy!" Discord chuckled. "She's probably a fake anyway." He sipped the last of his tea and bit into a cookie.

"I.... I guess that's... Possible..." The pegesus tipped a little bit of tea into her mouth. "But..."

"Don't worry." He reassured her. "I'll come with you the next time you go!"

"All right..." Fluttershy tapped her hoof on her chin. "But only if Twilight says you can."

"Yay! Road trip!" Discord laughed. "This'll be fun!"

A day passed, and Twilight had already messaged Celestia and Luna about this new mare claiming to be a God. She got a message almost immediately, regarding their thoughts about the situation. They haven't heard about Midnight either. Twilight heard from Fluttershy that Discord was coming, just to check her out. Reluctantly, she agreed, thinking that the God of Chaos could make some sense in the situation.

Everypony met up at the Everfree entrance, and Discord turned out to be the first one there. His curiosity got the better of him, so he was eager to see this mare. Starlight and Spike were the late ones, trying their hardest to keep up with Twilight's schedule. After some inpatient minutes, they began entering the forest.

"Oh goody!" Discord exclaimed. "Time to meet a fake!"

"Uh, not to be rude, Discord, but we dunno if she's a fake or not." Applejack sighed. "Be careful when ya'll talk to her."

"Or what? She'll throw me into another dimension?" Discord mocked.

"Don't be rude, Discord." Fluttershy whispered, but with a stern look.

Twilight looked through the map of the Everfree that she found in the library. "Um..."

"What's the matter, dear?" Rarity asked.

"I don't..." Twilight turned the map a couple of times to see it from a different angle. "Um..."

"Are we lost?" Spike face-palmed. "Cause if we are..."

"No, we're not, Spike." Twilight announced. "I know where we're going now. I think."

After a while of following Twilight, Discord began to feel bored. He looked around the place for something to do, until he turned to Fluttershy.

"How long are we going to walk in this place?" He put the back of his hand on his head, over-dramatically.

"Well, when we first went to her house, we ran." Fluttershy explained. "But I imagine it isn't too far now."

And she was right. They came across the thorn bushes that act as a defence to Midnight's shack. Twilight carefully focused her magic to make a bigger hole in the thorn bush than the last time. One at a time, ponies (and Draconequus/Dragon) walked through the bush and focused their attention to the small shack before them.

"See? Not too far!" Fluttershy smiled gently at Discord.

The door opened by itself as soon as Twilight stepped near it. They all entered on at a time, only to see Midnight sitting on a chair at a table, reading a book that had no title. Discord impatiently looked around.

"This place is bigger on the inside!"

"Of course it is." Midnight slammed her book closed. Discord jumped at the sound of her robotic voice. "Bigger-on-the-inside technology. Stole it from the Doctor Who dimension."

"The, uh... What now?" Applejack raised her eyebrow.

"Right, Doctor Who is only a reference here." Midnight looked up, and angrily eye-balled Discord. "Oh, so I see you're here."

"Me?" Discord pointed at himself.

"You're the only God of Chaos here, aren't you?" Midnight stood up from her chair, and furiously marched towards Discord. "You worthless, sorry excuse for a Draconequus! How dare you! Do you know how long it took to fix what you did?!"

Discord looked confused. "What are you-?"

"I can't believe you got so jealous that you decided to open a fucking portal to another dimension without thinking about the consequences!" Midnight's voice went a little bit demonic. "It took me a month to fix your stupid mistake you pathetic welp! I gave you one job as the Chaos God, and you waste your useful power! I should just rip the power and your job straight from your soul essence!"

Midnight cleared her throat, and turned towards her bookshelf. She trotted to the shelf stacked with history. She lifted some books with her telekinesis and ordered them correctly back on the shelf. Glancing behind her, she saw the expressions on everypony's faces. She rolled her eyes and continued re-ordering her books.

"You... Know about all that?" Applejack tilted her head.

"She might actually be a God." Discord whispered to Twilight. "I don't know about you, but I'm going to be more careful when around her."

Twilight nodded in agreement, then turned to the white mare. "D-Do you have an update on the dimension thingy?"

"Mhm." Midnight hummed, and twisted her whole body to look at the ponies. "I have found out what is doing all of this, but I still do not know if you can be trusted. You have already told my secret to Discord, Celestia and Luna, and who knows who they would tell."

"Sorry, sugarcube." Applejack lowered her head. "But we weren't sure that-"

"-That I was a God?" Midnight interrupted. "I get it if you do not believe me. Most people- or, uh, ponies - think I am delirious. I do not like calling myself that anyway. I prefer being called my own name, and not my title."

"Right, sorry." Rarity apologised. "But I promise you can trust us."

"Fine then." Midnight sighed. "But I shall only tell you a little bit of information. I will tell you anything that might afflict your life." She cleared her throat. "This dimension is dying, but you will not notice until the 10th day. Unfortunately, it is the 5th day."

Starlight and Spike gasped, as the others stood in silence. Midnight flicked her fringe, revealing her scar once more before the piece of hair falls back into place. She levitates some books and stacked them up on the table, then opened a back door. She jerked her head back towards the ponies stood before her, and stared at them with her blank, emotionless eyes.

"Perhaps you should follow me." Midnight told them. "There is much more I should say to you."