My Little Pony: Dark Harmony

"But I-!"

"OUT!" The door slammed hard enough to wake the entire town, having followed a shriek that could do the same. Dilly was left standing in the dark street alone, covered in splattered cake as a candle was stuck to her neck. She hung her head and walked home in her ruined clown attire - another party wrecked by her incompetence. Still... what else was there?

Same old, same old; open the door, kick off her clothes, go into the bathroom and wash the splattered cakes and treats off of her face. To think, she wanted to be a nurse when she was just a filly. She used her pink Magic to clean herself up before going to the window - it was a beautiful night with a gorgeous view of the ocean. The moon shone brightly over the dark and calm seas, almost perfectly aligned in the outcroppings of Horseshoe Bay... almost - and that bothered her. Would it really kill them to move the Bay just a bit to the left so it lined up? Regardless, she loved to look up at the moon in the middle of the night... it made her wonder, what else was out there? Beyond the moon? Beyond the stars? Beyond even them? She'd likely never know, but you can't stop a mare from dreaming. Suddenly she noticed something odd in the sky. An orange light flickered high above, again almost in line with the Bay's piers.

"A shooting star!" She gleefully told herself. She clamped her eyes shut. "I wish I-... I wish... I..." She opened her eyes, letting her excited smile droop into a bored frown. "...I wish something would happen."

CRASH!

Splintered wood flew across the room as something fell through her roof - landing on (and completely destroying) her bed. Dilly was frozen with fear and considered how lucky she was that none of those bits of wood hit her. Though she did lament at her loss of a bed... before realising what took it's place. She saw something there - it was big. It was dark, but some areas looked burnt and charred. Faint red lights were speckled on certain parts of it, including a large T-shaped light on the small protrusion. The lights flickered in a pattern.
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"What... the..." Dilly finally got the words out before-

"Fuck-!" The thing let out it's own word and twitched, terrifying Dilly as she bolted for the nearest cover - whacking her head on the cupboard in the process. Just as soon as it had made the noise, it went limp again. The lights continued their pattern as the thing seemed motionless, prompting Dilly to reluctantly leave her hiding spot and steadily approach it. It seemed to be breathing, and some of the digits on the ends of what Dilly assumed to be limbs were twitching ever so slightly.

"Uh... hello?" Dilly tried to talk to it, but it seemed unresponsive. Without warning, a very distant "boom" noise rung through the town, breaking the still of the night. It caught Dilly off-guard but she was soon swept up by something else she noticed on the figure - the red T-shaped light had a gap in it and something inside it was moving. She used her Magic to pry it open gently, making it let out an aggressive beep as it opened entirely. She saw it unabated - a sheet-white face, eyes shut, mouth agape, and jet black hair barely visible near the top of the head. Her old medical training instincts kicked in. As she climbed closer to check for a pulse, the eyes surged open. Two bright red irises stared into her very soul, before the entire figure sprang up and grabbed her by her neck, pinning her to the wall.

"Identify yourself!" The figure stated.

"I-!" Dilly panicked.

"IDENTIFY!" The figure reached for something on it's hip, but looked alarmed when it found nothing. "Shit- where are we?! TALK!" It's yelling into her face made her start to cry.

"DILLY DALLY! DILLY DALLY! MY NAME'S DILLY DALLY PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" It clamped its thing over her mouth, shutting her up, and looked puzzled.

"Kinda name's Dilly Dally? In fact, what the bloody hell are you?" It gently released it's grip, allowing her to speak as tears ran down her face. She sniffled before stating;

"I'm- I'm a Unicorn... don't you know that?" She also looked at it, confused, gesturing towards her own pink horn atop her head.

"Unicorn? How the hell we end up in Scotland? No no, can't be, too far north..." The creature spoke to itself, letting her go as she dropped to the floor. "Where are we?" It was much more gentle now, seemingly pondering to itself.

"Uh... Dodge." She took some deep breaths to recover from the choking, as well as wiping away her tears with her hoof.

"Dodge. Not heard of that one. What country?"

"I-"

"Or nation, province, state..." The last word piqued her interest.

"State - it's Dodge City-State. Probably the most boring in Equestria."

"Equestria... more weird names." The creature looked up at the hole it had caused in the ceiling. "Eesh. Sorry 'bout the roof." It's sudden casual demeanour only put Dilly on edge. All of a sudden, it seemed as though an idea popped into it's head. "The plane." It looked into her eyes. "The plane - where did it go? Did it crash?"

"The- the what? A plain? There's a few plains around Equestria-"

"No no smartarse, not plain like a field, plane like in aeroplane. Big thing, made of metal, in the air, probably on fire." It put it's limbs out to simulate wings, but they didn't flap.

"Oh, the shooting star?"

"Probably resembled one."

"It went right over here, kept going We- no, East... no wait, yeah West. It went West."

"...Make hell of a spotter, you would." It seemed... insincere.

"Well... I have trouble with directions sometimes. And a few other things... my sisters call me clumsy."

"Clumsy one didn't just fall through a roof." It again looked up at the hole it made. Silence followed...

"Hey, uh... what was your name?"

"Blackchurch. Captain Connor Warwick Blackchurch."

"Captain? Do you have a boat?"

"No - never could join the Navy. I get seasick. Can you believe it - a Briton with no sealegs... s'heresy, s'what it is." Blackchurch walked around a bit, seemingly ignoring the fact that he had just fallen through a roof and should probably see to his legs about being broken.

"Are you... are you okay? You know, cause, you did just-"

"I'm fine, we're built tough." He walked over to the windowsill and looked out over the ocean. "Strange."

"What is?" She joined him there, trotting over.

"Sea's dark, but blue. And the sky's much the same. Where's that red tinge in the air, or the green water? No smog, no flares, hell not even a cloud. We either went way off course and found Oz, or Dorothy here hit her head real bloody hard on the fuselage." Black tapped his own head twice, causing his helmet to snap back shut. He looked over his entire body, making sure everything was still attached and not too badly burnt. The flickering lights had stopped, now a solid stoic red. He looked back out of the window to the streets below, seeming more Ponies of all three races out and about, disturbed by the shockwave he'd slept through.

"What are you doing here, anyway?" Dilly asked.

"Good question."