Fluttershy’s Cottage

Discord took a long, hard look at the vial which had the sleeping potion in. He closed his as a frown crept across his muzzle I am truly sorry Fluttershy my dear, but for me to once again believe in myself that I am truly the Master of Chaos, I have to do this. He let out a long, deep sigh before opening his eyes up again. He slowly made his way toward the cottage and slowly opened the door.

As he entered the cottage, he didn’t see anyone in the living room “Hello, is anyone here?” He looked up to see Toby coming downstairs “Well hello there my dear nephew, what were you up to? I hope I didn’t come at a bad time.” He gave a warm smile.

“Oh no Uncle Discord, you didn’t. I was just upstairs making sure Flitter Sweet was sleeping okay before I came down to get something to drink.” Toby walked up to the draconequus and gave him a hug “What are you doing here Uncle Discord?” He looked up at Discord curiously.

“Well, can a former Master of Chaos come and see his favorite little nephew?” He chuckled as he patted the boy on the head. A sly smile crept across his muzzle as he looked down at Toby “How about you go take a seat on the sofa and I’ll go fix you a drink?” He ruffled his nephew’s hair.

“Okay Uncle Discord. Could you make me a glass of milk?” He laughed at the ruffle of his hair as he released the hug.

“Of course my lad, I shall be right back.” He chuckled as he watched the boy walk over to the sofa. He turned to walk into the kitchen to fix Toby’s drink. He used his magic to retrieve the glass and bottle of milk from the refrigerator.

He walked over to the counter to pour the milk into the glass I truly hate to do this, but a Master of Chaos has to do what a Master of Chaos has to do. He took the vial of potion and poured it into the milk. He used a claw to stir it as he took in a deep breath I hope this works.

He walked back into the living room to see Toby sitting on the sofa reading a book “Here you go Toby, a glass of fresh, cold milk.” He handed the glass to the boy “Enjoy it my boy! If you don’t mind, I’m just going to relax here for a bit.” He snapped his paw to make a lounge sofa appear and laid down on it.

Toby chuckled as he took the glass and swallowed some milk ‘Mmm… this is good Uncle Discord, Thank you.” He smiled over at the draconequus.

Discord chuckled “Of course my lad, you know I care about you as much as your mother and aunts.” He smiled slyly at the child.

Within minutes, Toby felt his eyes becoming heavy as he let out a heavy yawn. He blinked them tiredly as he looked over at Discord “Uncle Discord, I’m getting sleepy. Will you make sure Flitter Sweet is safe?” He blinked his eyes tiredly as he laid down to rest.
As he made sure the child was in a deep sleep, Discord snapped his talons to make himself vanish. He then appeared in Flitter Sweet’s room as the foal was sleeping peacefully in her crib. He walked up to the crib’s bars and looked down at the sleeping filly Such a precious little one you. It does pain me to do this, but it’ll be all over soon. He reached down to scoop her up in his arms and with a snap of his talons, they vanished.

I hope

Rambling Rock Ridge

Why in the hell would I be sent here? To gather rocks for that mediocre, second rate villain so he can build him a fireplace or something? The Evil Queen scoffed as she trotted around the rock quarry. She looked around the vast yet empty area Where are these inbred, disgusting mutts that Sombra was talking about anyways?

Suddenly out of nowhere three canines leaped out “Halt! Stop right there pony!” Rover, the medium sized dog sneered “Halt or you shall regret entering our territory!” He growled as he flexed his claws.

“Yeah, dumb pony!” The large canine, Fido chuckled as he pounded the ground with his ham sized paws.

“You don’t want…. EEYAH!” Without warning a fireball zoomed by the three dogs and struck a tree, causing it to collapse.

The Evil Queen simply blew out the flame on her hoof “You were saying?” She smirked as she stomped her hoof against the gravel “Now you mongrels, I am here on behalf of your soon to be new ruler, King Sombra!” She glared at the three dogs with malice.

“K-King Sombra?!” Rover started to shake “The Dark Prince of the Frozen North?” A shallow gulp could be heard.

The other two Diamond Dogs started to shake in turn and their legs started to tremble as well “Boss, that ain’t good.” Fido turned toward Rover “You know if Chrysalis was bad, King Sombra could be much, much worse.” He swallowed nervously “Maybe it would be best if we do as this scrawny, yet pretty pony says.” He glanced over at The Evil Queen with a playful smirk.

Spot, the shortest of the three jumped up and smacked Fido in the back of the head “Shut it you oaf!” He looked up at Rover “Boss, what do we do? I mean what could King Sombra possible want with us?” He scratched the back of his head.

“SHUT UP!” Rover snarled at his two goons before turning toward the queen “Yes pony, what would he would like with us, the Diamond Dogs? What could the ever so “Dark King” want from gem hoarders such as us, huh pony?”

“First off mutt, you shall address me as Your Majesty, because soon enough I will be ruling this land!” She sneered at Rover “Secondly, I could care less what that two bit pony wants with such disgusting mongrels such as yourselves. I was sent here to recruit you for a much more important task.” An evil smirk crept across her muzzle.

“And what that may be, your majesty?” Spot questioned with a look of curiosity etched across his face.

“That I will leave for Sombra to discuss with you three. For now, you will do as I say or shal I have roast canine for dinner?” She raised her hoof up, making a fireball appear as her sinister grin grew.

All three Diamond Dogs started to tremble and held up their paw “No, no your majesty, we shall do what you say!” Rover yelped as Fido and Spot followed suit.

“Good boys!” She chuckled and with a flick of her hoof, the four vanished in a puff of purple smoke.

That pathetic excuse for a king thinks he is going to get all the glory. Oh, he has no idea who is dealing with.

Canterlot Castle

“Well, I can say this, for such royal beings, they sure do like to keep their guests waiting.” Regina sighed heavily as she looked around the royal sisters’ throne room.

“Mom, try to just be a little more patient.” Henry nudged at his adoptive mother “Haven’t you ever made your visitors wait before when you were queen?” He gave her a questioning look.

“Henry dear, I was always punctual and always were on time for my royal meetings.” She nodded firmly, but scrunched her eyes “Oh, well there was that one time I had a horse riding lesson and I…” She was nudged on the other side by Emma.

“Regina, I don’t think you want to be talking about riding horses, especially seeing that we are ponies now.” Emma grinned awkwardly “So, try to be patient like Henry said and the princesses should be arriving soon.” She patted Regina on her shoulder.

With a heavy sigh, Regina nodded “Fine, I’ll try to stay patient and calm.” She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath to try to calm herself down.

After a few moments, the royal sisters arrived and trotted over to their thrones to greet their visitors. Celestia cleared her throat “Hello guests and welcome to our home, the land of Equestria.” She looked over at her sister “My name is Princess Celestia and this is my sister, Princess Luna, and together we rule this land.

“Yes, thy sister, Celestia is in control of raising and lowering the sun, and we are in charge of raising and lowering the moon.’ Luna gave a warm smile “We would like to offer our apologies for thou’s temporary living quarters, but we take great alert when we receive news of strange new ponies who arrive here in our home.” Luna stepped back a bit.

Celestia nodded toward her sister as she looked back at the guests “As the rulers of this land, we first must require you all to state your name and why have you come to our precious land?” She raised an eyebrow at them.

“Well your majesty, my name is Emma Swan, and we all come from the planet Earth.” Emma bowed her head in respect to the royal sisters “Unfortunately for your second question, we are very uncertain of how we ended up here in your land.” She turned toward Regina who stepped forward

“Yes your highness, when we awoke from our slumber, we found ourselves in those woods. My name is Regina Mills” She gave a bow of her head as well “As for your apology Princess Luna, there is no need for one, because as a queen myself or former queen, I always were skeptical of those who entered my home that I was unaware of.” She chuckled softly.

Henry smiled at his adoptive mother before stepping forward with a bow of his head “Hello your majesties, my name is Henry Mills and I am the son of Emma Swan and Regina Mills.” He looked to see the two sisters with confused expressions, causing him to chuckle “Oh, it’s a long story, but I could tell you another time.”

Luna nodded as she looked at the three, but as she looked at Prince Charming with a sleeping Snow White on his back “Oh dear, what has happened to thy young beauty?” Luna trotted near Charming to examine the sleeping Princess.

Charming looked at Luna with a frown “Well, your majesty, my name is David, and this is my wife Mary Margaret. We were placed under a sleeping curse by The Evil Queen, but it is a curse in which one kisses the other, one will awaken from the curse, but the other will fall into a deep sleep.” He then looked over to the small cradle by Emma “And that bundle of joy is our son, Neal.” He smiled warmly over at his infant son.

Princess Luna carefully used her magic to examine Mary Margaret. After a few seconds, she gasped “Oh my, this magic seems very powerful, but a kind of magic we haven’t ever dealt with.” A look of concern etched across her muzzle as she looked at David “Sir David, would it be alright with you if we could take Madam Mary to our bedchambers? We would like to fully examine her and see if there is any cure for this curse.” She looked at Mary Margaret with a frown.

“Your majesty, if it could help us break this curse, then yes.” He looked toward his family “Will you guys be alright here while I go with Mary Margaret?”

“Of course Dad, you go on and I’ll look after Neal.” Emma patted her father on the shoulder as she began to gently rock the cradle that held Neal back and forth so he could sleep.

David turned toward Princess Celestia with a bow of his head “It is an honor to meet you, your majesty.” He then turned to Luna “Thank you, your majesty.” He turned around to trot alongside her.

“No worries at all Sir David, we shall hopefully find a cure for this curse so that you and your dear loved one can be united once again.” Luna led the way to her bedchambers.

“While my sister attends to your friends, I believe we should get down to the answer of how you all got here and how we will be able to send you back home safely.” Celestia placed a hoof against her chin in a thinking manner “As we wait on how to solve this situation, I have invited some of my most loyal and dear friends to come here today to meet you all.” A smile crept across her muzzle “As we wait for them to arrive, would you to take a tour of our castle and learn about the history of Equestria?”

“That sounds nice and all your highness, but we really have to be looking for a way to get back home, but most importantly how we got here. We don’t have time…” Regina was suddenly nudged by Henry. She looked at her son curiously “What is it sweetheart?”

“Mom, I think it would be cool to learn about this new world. Besides, maybe some time away from Storybrooke will do us all good.” He chuckled softly.

“The kid’s right Regina, as long as we are stuck here in this strange world, no offense.” Emma looked at Celestia who simply waved a hoof at her “We ought to make the best out of it and find out what it’s all about. And think about this Madame Mayor, we might even discover magic that we don’t have never encountered before.” A wily smile crept across her muzzle.

After a moment of deep thought, Regina sighed “Alright, we’ll go on a tour of this if I may admit, grand castle.” She looked toward Princess Celestia and gave a bowed “Lead they way your majesty.”

“Well now then, just follow me.” She gave a gleaming smile as she trotted to exit the throne room to start showing her guests around the castle.

Everfree Forest

Zecora was preparing a pot of hot, fresh mint tea for herself and her new guest who was asleep on a cot. As she looked over to the sleeping mare, she saw the foal carefully snuggled close to her chest, and a warm smile crept across her muzzle Such a fate has befallen this precious dear, but I believe from her I have nothing to fear.

Soon the mysterious mare started to stir in her sleep Aaugh… Bloody hell, I feel like I have been in a tornado. She slowly blinked her eyes open to notice her vision blurry to start with Gah… what did I sleep on, a rock? She looked down to her sleeping baby girl “Well Robin sweetheart, at least you were able to… AAH!” Zelena screamed as she saw that her baby was now a foal.

“What the bloody hell?!” She saw her child start to cry “No..shh...shh Robin,, Mommy’s sorry for yelling, but why are you a horse?” She then looked to see that her arms were now forearms Oh for Oz’ s sake, I am a bloody equine as well! She looked around at her surroundings Where in the bloody hell am I?

“Oh, my dear you are awake. A mighty fall I believe you did take.” Zecora trotted over to her guest with a warm smile “Here, drink some fresh brew, and then we can find out what has befallen you two.” She offered a mug of the tea.

Zelena glared curiously at the zebra “And who the hell may you be?” She sneered but reluctantly took the mug from Zecora.

Zecora gave a frown at Zelen’s reaction “Well my dear, my name is Zecora and I live in this dreary, yet beautiful forest here.” She sipped at her own tea “And if I may be so bold, may I ask your name if you don’t mind it being told?”

“The name is Zelena, I hail from the Land of Oz, and I am most widely known as the Wicked Witch.” She smirked as she chuckled softly “I have a couple questions of my own. First of, why do you speak in rhyme like some sort of poet?” She raised an eyebrow “And where in the bloody hell am I? It certainly doesn’t seem I’m in Oz anymore.” She sighed heavily as she drank more of her tea.

“Well, I speak the language of my native tongue, I’ve speaking like this ever since I was young.” She giggled “For your second question, I would like to welcome you to this precious land. This is my home of Equestria, a place that is majestic and grand.” She beamed with pride.

Zelena sipped at her tea as she looked at Zecora intently “Hmm.. Equestria, huh? Well, this place does sound interesting, but now my only concern is how in the bloody hell did I end up here, and how am I going to get my baby and I back home?”

Zecora finished her tea and placed her mug down on the shelf “My apologies Zelena my dear, but I am unable to answer that I fear.” A soft smirk crept across her muzzle “Yet, if the way you will let me show, there are two ponies, that a way back home for you they will know.” She carefully trotted over to where she sets her saddlebags.

Zelena looked on curiously “Oh, you do Zecora? Well, where do these two other ponies live at and how fast can we get there? The sooner I and Robin get back home, the better.” She looked down at her infant daughter “You hear that Robin sweetheart, we are going to find a way back home.” She leaned down to kiss her on the forehead.

Zecora put her saddlebags and grabbed an extra set of saddlebags before turning to Zelena “Alright Zelena, here are your bags to carry your foal. It would be best to carry her in here while we go on our adventurous stroll.” She blew out the fire she lit to heat up the tea before handing Zelena her saddlebags.

“Thank you Zecora.” She gave a soft smile as she carefully lowered Robin into a saddlebag pocket “Don’t be scared sweetheart, Mommy’s just going to carry you here. We don’t want you getting lost, do we?” She nuzzled Robin’s cheek and looked at Zecora “Alright, we’re ready to go see these ponies you speak of when you are.” She carefully placed the saddlebags on her back.

Zecora nodded “Just follow me my dear, but so you two don’t get lost, just stay near.” She allowed Zelena to exit first before trotting out next and shutting the door.

She is nice helping Robin and I, but for crying out loud, that speaking in rhyme is getting on my freaking nerves. She shook away her thoughts as she followed Zecora through the dense Everfree Forest This place is indeed very strange, but I can feel that there is powerful magic that is in this land. I just wonder though if that doppelganger of Regina or even Rumple had anything to do with this.

Earth

Rumplestiltskin appeared in front of a simple two-story white house with blue painted window panes. He looked to see he was back in his human form Well, I have missed this version of me better, I can use my magic more stable as a human. He straightened the collar of his suit and looked at the house This must be where Sombra sent me to recruit. He cleared his throat and walked up to the front door, knocking on it firmly.

After a minute passed, a burly, tall man answered the door “Yes, who the hell are you? Don’t you know what time it is jackass?!” Alcohol emanated from the man as he had a beer bottle in his hand “Get the hell out of here or I’ll have to kick your ass!”

“Well, that is quite the welcome I wasn’t expecting, but good evening Sir. Would you be Mr. James Mason?” Rumple raised an eyebrow at the man, coughing into his sleeve as he smelt the potent odor of beer coming from the drunkard.

“Yeah, but who wants to know?” He took a drink of his beer.

“Well Mr. Mason, my name is Rumplestiltskin, and I would like to make a deal with you. May I come in?” A sly smirk crept across his face.

James wiped his lips with his beefy arm “What kind of deal?” He looked at Rumple curiously, but stepped aside “Whatever, come inside, but make it quick.” He sneered at the Dark One.

Rumplestiltskin nodded “Thank you my good Sir, and I promise, this is a deal I believe you won’t be able to refuse.” He chuckled as he entered the house.

Author's Note

First off I would like to apologize for the long wait on this chapter, but I have just been working a lot at the hospital. However, hopefully I can back into the groove of writing my stories. Also, what possible deal could Rumple have for James? :raritygasp:

Also, looks like Zecora has found a new friend in Zelena.