A Visitor From Beyond

A Visitor From Beyond

By Dexidus

It was the night of the 22nd of Frostfall in the land of Skyrim, and Benjamen, a young wizard, was settling in to practice his newly learned arcane powers. "Ah, finally some peace & quiet. Now I can continue my studies and practice my skills once more," he exclaimed to the empty living room before him.

Although Ben was young, he had a powerful grasp on the schools of magic, as well as various other abilities he had learned through study. One type of spell he enjoyed in particular were Ritual Spells. These were ancient forms of magic used by the elves back in the Mythic Era. Another, and more recent discovery, was the power of Nature Essence. This magic could be used to alter the genetics or life force of another living being. He always found it fun to cause some occasional mischief with these spells, but knew not to take it too far, or he'd get himself in trouble.

"Well, I think it's finally time I tried it," the young mage said to himself. What Ben was referring to as "it" was none other than the most powerful Ritual Spell he had ever researched: A spell that allowed the user to travel across dimensions at will. It was very costly to the user, draining a good chunk of their magicka and rendering them exhausted after the trip is finished. Ben was planning to use it to discover new lands beyond the world of Nirn, the world in which he resided on. Months of preparation had gone into this spell, and Ben knew he was ready.

He stood in the circle of candles he laid out, and prepared the spell in his hands. A shining blue orb appeared in each hand, and as Ben started to wave his hands around to cast the spell, they left blue streaks in the air. All was going according to plan as the young wizard gathered energy in his hands. A blue corona of energy started to swirl around the perimeter of the candles, and soon more followed. It seemed nothing could go wrong. The blue balls of energy in Ben's hands had turned into white flames as he put his hands together to cast it. He raised his hands up into the sky, as if firing a beam of energy, only that wasn't what he was doing. A light blue dome of energy surrounded him, and he felt his body start to tingle.

Then, he heard a spark. A spark? How could this be? The spell was malfunctioning? But he had prepared for months! How could this spell go wrong now? All this was circling in Ben's mind as he heard more sparks. He wanted to stop casting the spell, but it was too late. It was already in full swing. The tingling soon turned into a searing pain, as if he was on fire. Benjamen couldn't stand it. The sounds of the sparking were relentless. His ears were assaulted with the loud, rapid sparking noises and he could practically feel his skin burning off from the pain. His vision slowly blurred, then turned white. All was gone.

Nothing. That's what Ben saw. Nothing but white. Where was he? Was he dead? Did the spell kill him? Or did it work? Has he traveled to a new dimension? Would he be blinded by the whiteness forever? All this raced through the wizard's mind as he thought of a solution. He tried to move, but found himself unable to. As the thought of being trapped in purgatory forever lingered in his mind, the white began to vanish, replaced by a deep black, as if his eyes were closed. He feared to open them, to lay eyes upon the world he is in now. At least he knew he could hear, because a voice had seemingly spoken to him. "Why are you sleeping on the ground, silly? The ground isn't a bed."

Ben opened his eyes to find 6 ponies looking down upon him with puzzled faces. He gasped, and quickly sat himself up, startling the others with his quick reaction. "Wh...where am I?" Ben asked, unsure if the ponies could even answer him.

"Why, you're in Equestria, sugarcube. Don't ya know that?" The peach-colored pony said with a smirk.

"No... no I don't. I'm not from around here, actually," Ben replied, still unsure as to whether he's hallucinating or not.

"Well, if you're not from around here, where could you possibly have come from? I mean, it's not like you crossed dimensions or anything," The purple one sarcastically remarked.

"Actually, that's exactly what happened. I'm Benjamen, a wizard from Skyrim," Ben replied.

"Skyrim?" The ponies asked.

"Is it in the sky?" The blue pony with the rainbow mane added, seemingly excited to see it.

"No, I'm afraid it's not in the sky. I don't even think it exists here. You see, I hail from Tamriel. I tried a spell to travel between dimensions, but it backfired, and I guess I ended up here."

The 6 ponies looked amazed as Ben told the relatively short tale of how he got here. "Anyway," the wizard added, "I've told you my name. Now I'd like to hear all of your names."

Ben listened as the 6 gave him their names. Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy. After that, Twilight went up to Ben and asked, "Well, I hope you don't mind, but I'd like you to see the princess. She'd surely be delighted to see you, especially since you aren't from our... dimension."

As Ben & the 6 ponies walked through Ponyville to the train station, Twilight became curious of Ben's arcane abilites, so she inquired about them. "Oh, I know lots of spells, some ancient, some more modern." Ben replied with an eager grin. "Id be happy to show you some, if you'd like."

"That sounds lovely," the purple unicorn replied with an enthusiastic smile.

"Meh, Magic Schmagic," Rainbow Dash remarked. "We've already seen all Twilight has to offer. If you can't bring anything new to the table, I'm not interested."

"Oh, I'm sure my spells will prove to be quite intriguing," Ben responded.

The young mage readied a paralysis spell in his right hand, then turned around and aimed at Rainbow Dash, who was conveniently using her wings to hover above the ground at the moment. The blue Pegasus looked surprised, but decided not to say anything. Ben then casted the green orb in Rainbow Dash's direction, and watched as it hit its mark. She stopped flapping her wings and fell to the ground, landing on all 4 hooves, but didn't move a muscle during the whole thing. her wings were still where she stopped them. She didn't even blink. the other 5 ponies looked amazed at the sight of the paralyzed Rainbow Dash. "What did you do?" Rarity asked, worried about her friend.

"Oh, I just paralyzed her. Don't worry, she'll be fine. The spell will wear off soon enough," Ben replied with a smile.

As they boarded the train to Canterlot, Twilight listened eagerly as Ben explained some of his other magical abilities.