Taylor looked at Spike confused “Am I back?” She looked around and her eyes widen as she saw Twilight. “Di-Did it not work?! Did I not go back?!” Taylor started panicking and tears welled up in her eyes.

Spike grabbed Taylor’s shoulders trying to calm her down “Hey hey hey! It’s okay. Maybe something happened and you can’t go back at the moment. Just calm down.” He gave her a reassuring smile that slowly calmed her down. He wiped away her tears and hugged her. “It’s okay.”

Taylor sniffled as she hugged him back and fully calmed down “I’m good now.” She sniffled and let go of Spike.

“Spike might be right, but we can’t be sure.” Celestia said as she walked over to the two. “We can try again another time.”

“Sorry for wasting your time everyone.” Taylor looked down. “I thought I’d be back just like that, guess not.”

“Don’t be like that, Celestia and Twilight needed to get out for quite sometime now.” Luna said before giggling as Celestia and Twilight frowned at her. “But we should head back, it’s getting dark and a blizzard is most likely to happen soon.” She helped Taylor back up and brushed the snow off of her.

Taylor couldn’t help but cry again “Thank you.” She sobbed. “I can’t control my tears, I’m sorry.”

Twilight groaned “It wouldn’t surprise me if that was your special talent, you crybaby.” She got up and walked off “Now let’s go home, it’s freezing!”

Spike picked Taylor up “Let’s go home guys.” He walked out of the Ghostly expanse with the others while carrying Taylor. Taylor rested her head against his chest and slowly fell asleep.

After a few hours go by Taylor would soon wake up in a bed in a dark room that was slightly lit by the night sky from the open window.

She moved a bit and winced in pain, she removed the blanket and saw that her left leg was bandaged up. She remembered getting injured when landing.

She looked around and rubbed her eyes “How long was I asleep for?” She got out of bed and walked to the bedroom door “Spike must’ve put me to bed, I should thank him. If he’s still awake that is.” She opened the door and walked out of the room.

“So until we find more out about this portal, she’s is staying here in Canterlot?” Cadance asked as she grabbed a cookie and ate it.

Spike nodded “Yeah, you should talk to her and get to know her like what we’re doing.”

“Poor thing was in tears when she found out that she couldn’t go back. She must miss her friends back home.” Luna sipped her tea “Do you have any more books on portals, Cadance?”

Cadance shook her head “No, even I barely know about this portal. All i know is that a certain pony can only activate it.” She tapped her chin thinking.

“It’s weird you know.” Spike got the attention of the three princesses “She said the portal wasn’t there when she was found but yet it was open when we found it.” Spike leaned back in the couch.

Luna looked at her cup of tea “He’s right, you don’t suppose that this pony was there when we were there, right?” She looked at Celestia who was just as confused at they were.

“I.. I don’t know, they might’ve been. That’s our main mission when we go back, try and find this pony.” Celestia said while crossing her arms while frowning.

Taylor peeked her head in the lounge room and blushed heavily when she saw a familiar pink pony, she quietly squeaked catching the attention of Cadance. “Oh no…” She thought inwardly.

Cadance smiled “You must be Taylor, you probably know me already.” She walked over to Taylor and held her hoof out. “It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Taylor swallowed nervously and shook her hoof “It’s a pleasure to meet you too.” She looked over at Spike who now had a smug look on his face. “What are you guys talking about?” She walked over with Cadance and sat next to Spike.

“We were just talking about the portal and how to get you back.” Luna explained as she finished her tea. “How’d you sleep?”

Taylor looked at Cadance who was smiling at her and back at Luna “I slept great, thank you for putting me to bed.” She laughed nervously.

“It’s no problem, you really needed it by the looks of it.” Spike said as she offered her a plate of cookies. “So what happened while you were falling” He asked.

Taylor grabbed a cookie while remembering that she was falling for what felt like eternity, she did remember her leg hitting something and seeing a very bright light at the bottom. “I remember falling for what felt like forever until I saw a very bright like at the bottom, that’s all I can remember.” She ate her cookie.

“Strange. Is your leg okay?” Cadance asked as she examined Taylor’s injured leg by grabbing it and lifting it up slightly. Taylor blushed heavily and nodded.

“That’s good, so what do you want to do now?” Spike asked as he sipped his cup of hot chocolate. “It might take some time for you to go back, do you have any plans in the meantime?”

Taylor laid back and frowned “I guess I could get to know you guys more.” She smiled “And I have so many stories to tell you all about my home world.”

Luna leaned forward “Care to tell one now?” She smiled. “I’m very curious.”

“Well one time, when I was 11.” She grabbed a few cookies “I was learning to turn random objects into animals, a guard ran in the room to inform Celestia of something and from me being startled, I had accidently turned him into a duck.” Taylor and the rest laughed.

“Oh gosh it took forever for Celestia and I to calm down from laughter just to transform him back to normal.” Taylor said as she ate a couple of cookies as she told funny stories, one including a time where she had caused a flood in the castle because she had forgotten to turn the tap off.

Cadance calmed herself down from laughing “Oh ho ho, that is hilarious! That poor teacher, I would scream too if a student of mine brought an adult dragon to school.”

Taylor looked over at Celestia who had fallen asleep on Spike “Should I take Celestia to bed or do you?”

Spike got up and picked Celestia up “I’ll put her to bed, you three should sleep too.” He walked out of the room carrying Celestia to her room.

Cadance yawned loudly while stretching “Spike’s right, we should sleep. Are you heading to bed or no?” She asked Taylor who had finished the plate of cookies.

“I can sleep on will even if I’m not sleepy. So I will head back to bed.” She got off the couch and stretched out her wings.

“Well good night, see you in the morning.” Luna said as she walked out of the room.

Taylor looked at Cadance “Will I see you tomorrow or will you be busy?” She smiled nervously.

Cadance smiled “I’m free tomorrow, maybe we could have some lunch tomorrow. Just the two of us. Well good night.” Cadance left the room as Taylor blushed even more.

Taylor sighed happily “I-I wonder if she likes mares. She is single but I don’t know her sexually preference.” She walked out of the lounge room and back up to her current room. “Hopefully she won’t mind me asking tomorrow.”

Meanwhile at the ice castle in The Ghostly Expanse

The mare paced back and forth on her balcony mumbling to herself. “I need to know. I need to know.” She stopped and looked up at the night sky “Answer me, I need to know.” She leaned against the balcony railing breathing heavily.

Otto landed on the railing next to her “I got news on the girl.” He flinched as the mare grabbed him with her hooves.

“Please tell me!” She shouted before she quickly turned her head and started having a coughing fit.

“You okay, want me to get you a glass of water.” He asked

But the mare shook her head “No thank you, just getting old. I am 4578 years old.”

“You still look like a beautiful young mare, your majesty.” He bowed making the mare giggle.

“Thank you Otto. Now please tell me what happened.” She asked calmly.

The bird cleared his throat “She jumped in back was thrown back out, when they left she fell asleep and that’s when the pit closed up. She might be the one you’ve been looking for.” He yelped as the mare hugged him tightly.

“I knew she was the one!” She giggled and let go of Otto “Thank you, Otto.” She tapped him and he turned into a pile of snow. She looked up at the sky and sighed happily.

“Thank you. I really appreciate it, Amanda.” She walked back inside and closed the door “I suppose I should visit her, but I’ll let her get more comfortable.”

Author's Note

I wonder why Taylor is so special to this mare.