After her confrontation with B‘lanna and subsequent exodus from Engineering, Twilight once again found herself in the maze of tunnels that she had learned were called Jefferies Tubes. She crawled and climbed through them for over an hour when a sudden tingling sensation began to wash over her.

"What in Equestria is happening?!" she shouted as the Jefferies Tube slowly dissolved from her view.

Seconds later another room filled her vision.

"Twilight?" said a voice from behind her.

The Flyer lifted off the ground unevenly as the port thruster continued to malfunction. Everyone aboard knew The Delta Flyer had enough power to make it to the rift, but they were unsure if it had enough to make through the rift. On top of all that, the shields - which would be needed to make it through - were still offline.

"So if the shields aren‘t working, why are you moving the Flyer?" Spike asked Tom.

Before Tom could say anything, Seven replied, "We have detected equine life forms approaching-"

"So we‘re going somewhere with more cover until the repairs are done," interrupted Tom as he tried to keep the Flyer level as possible.

Spike scratched the top of his head with his left claw. "Equine life-forms? As in ponies?"

"It is a distinct possiblity," replied Tuvok. "Your friends do possess the same dimensions as most ponies on planet Earth; although their appearance is clearly different."

A sudden beeping came from the console closest to Seven of Nine.

"I am receiving a communication signal…" Seven paused as she studied the readings. "…It is neither audio nor visual. It is Federation in origin, however."

"Well don‘t leave us hanging," Q said impatiently. "What does it say?"

"It will be a moment for the computer to decifer the message."

Q was growing increasingly impatient. "And why would that be?"

"The transmission is being sent by an ancient Earth signal called Morse Code."

Tom spun his head around. "Morse Code? The computer should have displayed the message immediately."

"May I remind you, Mr. Paris," Tuvok began. "That the communications system is operating on emergency power. Even a standard subspace transmission would take a few minutes to be displayed."

Realizing the Vulcan was correct, Tom returned to piloting without arguing.

"I have extrapolated the message from the transmission," Seven announced.

"Well?" asked Q.

"It says, ‘Voyager to Delta Flyer…Two earth ponies, two pegasi, a unicorn, an alicorn, and a draconequus have appeared on the ship…The alicorn and draconequus are detained in the brig…Rift is beginning to close…Estimated time to closure is fourteen hours…Rescue plan is being discussed…Will give update in two hours…Out‘."

Spike asked, "What is a brig?"

"It‘s another term for jail," Q told him.

"What?!" shouted Spike.

"What in Celestia‘s name were you thinking, Discord?" Twilight said from a cell opposite from the one Discord was in. "Merging two completely incompatible realms-"

"Well, I wouldn‘t say that they‘re completely incompatible. I mean, you are still alive after all," replied Discord. "Besides, I‘m innocent in this whole ordeal."

"What?!" Forgetting about the force field momentarily, Twilight let out a growl and charged toward Discord. She let out a yelp of pain the instant she made contact with it. "How can you be innocent in all this? Q showed everypony what happened between the two of you."

"Who?"

"Q." Twilight paused as a sudden realization hit her. "Oh, no. Please don‘t tell me that we were lied to."

"You probably were. You see even though this ship has its fair share of places to have fun and cause a little mischief, I was sent here by some force unknown even to me."

"So how did we get here?"

"I brought all of you here as soon as I realized what was happening with the hope of using the Elements of Harmony to get back to Equestria."

Twilight rubbed her chin. "I wouldn‘t see why that couldn‘t…hey, wait a minute! If you brought us here, why did you seemed surprised when I appeared in this room?"

"Because I genuinely am surprised. Everypony was teleported all around the ship and you popped up here."

"Actually, I appeared in a room with a huge star chart. Then I found my way through a maze of tunnels before ending up in the engine room. I left there and found another system of tunnels before ending up in here somehow," explained Twilight.

Before Discord could reply, what could only be described as a low-pitched, metallic whine filled the room.

"Remind me not to complain about some of the more…difficult alien races after this situation," a female voice said.

After a chuckle, a male said, "I‘d be more worried about Starfleet wanting to taking my commission after telling them that six talking ponies and a draconequus have randomly appeared on the ship, Katherine."

"Who are you?" Twilight said after the door closed.

The captain and first officer introduced themselves. "I‘ve already had the pleasure of meeting you, Discord," said Chakotay.

Discord groaned.

"I‘m Princess Twilight Sparkle of Ponyville," said Twilight when she sensed the friendliness of Katherine and Chakotay. "I mean, I‘m not actual royalty. I fixed an ancient spell and the main princess, who is royalty, saw fit to make me a princess. I live in a library for pony‘s sake."

Katherine touched something on what Twilight speculated was a control panel. Almost instantly a flash of light accompanied by a soft buzzing sound appeared in the archway. Twilight hesitantly approached the cell door expecting to get another shock like she did when she first arrived in the brig.

"The force field is deactivated, princess," said Katherine. "There‘s no need to worry about being injured."

"What about me?" whined Discord.

The two officers looked at Twilight. "It‘s your call, princess," Chakotay told her.

"Please, call me Twilight. And as long as he promises to stay in my sight until we‘re reunited with our friends, it will should be fine."

A sly smile appeared on Discord‘s face.

"Wipe that smile off your face or so help me the girls and I turn you back to stone again," Twilight warned.

"I…very well," Discord reluctantly agreed.

Twilight nodded to Captain Janeway, who then lowered the second force field, setting Discord free. Before anyone or anypony could say anything, Discord snapped his talon and teleported Katherine, Chakotay, Twilight, and himself to the galley where the others were waiting.

"Twilight!" shouted the other five ponies in unison as they all rushed to hug her.

"Is everypony alright?" asked Twilight, which was answered by a chorus of yeses.

"Sorry ta cut th‘ reunion short but has anypony got an idea as ta jist how we‘re s‘pposed ta get home?" Applejack asked.

"No but we need to think of something soon because the rift is closing fast," replied Chakotay.

Before anyone could say anything else, Harry came over the intercom, "Bridge to Captain Janeway."

"Go ahead, Harry."

"Captain, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we‘re receiving a message in morse code with a Federation signature."

"Dare I ask what the bad news is?" said Katherine.

"A transwarp aperature has been detected approximately five light-years away."

"Is it just me orrr does that sound like a bad thing?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"It is," answered Katherine before returning her attention to Harry. "Have any ships emerged from it?"

"Yes, ma‘am. One Borg cube and it‘s heading our way."

"How long until it gets here?" Chakotay asked as Katherine pinched the bridge of her nose.

"At its current speed we estimate that it will be here in ten hours."

"Thank you, Harry. Janeway out." Katherine turned her attention to Chakotay, Neelix, and the others. "You all have eight hours to come up with a plan to get everyone to where they are supposed to be. Understand? I‘ll have Harry transfer the message to the conference room." After everyone and everypony acknowledged their task, Katherine called out, "Red alert! All hands to battle stations!"

"I just received another transmission from Voyager," Seven announced. "They received our message and are working on a solution to resolve the problem. However…" she trailed off.

"What? What‘s going on?" Spike asked, panicking.

"They say that they willl be manually closing the rift in nine hours and thirty minutes, regardless of what universe everyone is in."

Tom asked her, "Why?"

"Because-"

"The Borg must have picked up the energy signature from the rift I created," admitted Q, interrupting Seven.

Author's Note

Ummm…yeah. Sorry for the wait.

Anyway, one more to go. Will everyone make it home with the rift closing?