The Dimensional Fixers

Violet gave a soft groan as she sat up from the hard stone ground. She put a hoof on the side of her head, feeling a large bruise under her mane.

Must have gotten hit with some debris... she thought. But how did I knock my hardhat off?

She opened her eyes to see that she was just a few metres away from a cave entrance, but the scenery outside wasn't what she was used to. Instead of the metallic mine entrance, there was a long stretch of nothing but grass and small bushes. There were a few small boulders here and there, but almost nothing else.

What? How did I get here? There's no way all that weird stuff just happened...

She got to her hooves, but paused at seeing that her front legs had weird metal rings and gadgets attached to them. The rings had different things eched onto them, most of them being seemingly random clusters of numbers and letters. But one of them caught her attention: L427UM.

She heard a sigh from outside. "No signal..." And a thump as somepony jumped down from the top of the cave. Just a few seconds later, Razor walked into the cave, and paused at seeing Violet. "Oh, good. You're awake." She walked over and looked at one of the many gadgets she now wore, and sighed in relief. "No magical residue."

Unsure of how to react to the situation, Violet asked the only question she could think of. "Where's my pick?"

Razor reached into her silver saddlebags, and pulled Violet's pick out. "Here."

But instead of taking it from her, Violet just stared in shock. There was no way that her pick should have fit in Razor's saddlebags. It was too large, and should have torn through it. "How did you do that?"

"Subspace." she replied as if it were normal. "The bags are enchanted with a portal into a miniature dimension that you can store any non-living objects in. Although, it doesn't reduce the mass, so you can't just put anything in them and except to be able to carry them."

She slowly nodded without quite understanding. "Yeah... Okay..."

Razor just gave her a smile. "It's okay if you don't understand it. Sometimes even I don't know what these things mean." She reached up to where her earpiece had been, and frowned when she didn't feel it. "Where's my communicator?"

She quickly started to scour the ground, and Violet, still feeling rather dazed, also glanced around the surrounding area. She spotted a white earpiece, and went over and grabbed it. "Is this it?"

Razor looked up from the ground, and shook her head. "No, that's one the extra ones for..." She trailed off as the white faded to purple and yellow in Violet's hoof, and her eyes widened. "No way..."

"Did I break it or something?" she asked as Razor zipped over.

"No..." she replied, staring at the earpiece in awe. "Not at all..."

Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice came yelling out of the earpiece. "RAZOR, ANSWER YOUR COMMUNICATOR!"

Razor snatched the earpiece away from Violet, and pressed a button on on the side of it. "I'm here! Calm down!"

"Oh, thank the stars!" they replied in a much quieter tone. "Why weren't you answering? Did Ataxia cause you to have a surge?"

"Oh, no no no! Nothing that major! I just can't find my communicator!"

"So help me, Razor, I will just give you an ear piercing instead you just- Wait, did you say 'can't'? As in you're not on your communicator?"

Razor grinned. "Nope." She glanced up at Violet, who raised an eyebrow in confusion. "We found the last one."

"WHAT?!?" They sounded both shocked and excited. "Then get back here as soon as possible!"

"I can't get a signal."

"I'll send Sunset to get you! What are your coordinates?"

"U15S. But before should send her, you need to know that-" There was a click from her communicator, and Razor sighed. "That pony never listens..."

Violet interjected with a question before she continued speaking. "What do you mean by you 'found the last one'?"

"That requires a very long explanation." Razor walked over to Violet's side, and clipped the communicator onto her ear. "Which I will be telling you about in just a few minutes. But right now, Sunset is opening a portal into this dimension from A91 and I need you to come back with me."

"Back to where?"

"Our base of operations." Violet blinked in confusion. "What? You don't think that me and the others work independently, do you?"

She sighed in irritation. This was all just too weird. "Alright, that's enough for me. Can I just go back to my dimension or whatever?"

Razor bit her lip, and looked down at the ground. "Well... Yes, of course you can, but... I've just been searching for a cure for so long, and I might finally be able to find it..."

"Cure? A cure for what?"

She dipped her head down, and pointed at her horn. "That. I've been trying for find a way to get rid of it and go back to being an Earth pony." She looked back up. "And you might be the key to turning it."

"Why me?" She snorted. "Am I special for something? Because that would be just stupid."

"Not exactly-" She cut off as an oval of teal magic began to form in the air in front of them. "Sunset's coming." Razor looked over at Violet. "Could you just give a chance to explain everything back at the base? If you don't want to stay, you can go back to your dimension. Somnium can even make this all seem like it was a dream of you want."

Violet sighed. "Before you start guilt-tripping me, I'll just say yes. But don't expect me to stay unless you've got a really good reason."

"I never expect anything."

The oval finished being formed, and a glowing tunnel formed in it. "Raze, get a move on!" called a voice from inside, who was likely Sunset. "I can't do this all day!"

Razor rolled her eyes, and stepped through the portal. Violet hesitated nervously, and then followed her into it. It was like she was walking down a shining white tunnel with perfectly smooth sides. She stepped out to the other side, and the portal closed behind her. A unicorn with a yellow coat and red mane was waiting for them.

"About time." said Sunset. "Do you know how long you've been gone for?"

"I'll hear all about it later." replied Razor. "Could you go get Merah and Gia? We've got to explain a couple hundred things to..." she trailed off, and turned towards Violet. "Sorry, what's your name?"

"Violet Quartz." she replied.

"Then welcome to the operating base of the Dimensional Fixers, Violet."