Lost in Mysticia

Pipp laid up against the wall of the cell. Sad music played on her phone before it made a message ding again. He ears flickered as she picked up her phone from the cold floor. Of course she looked at the messages confused, to see there was a new one in the group chat. “Huh?” She questioned as she opened up the croup chat.

There was a new message from Jazz. She gasped in surprise, not expecting the message to actually load. A smile was on her face as she opened up the video, soon there was the sound of heavy rain. Then the view focused on Jazz, looking terrible! Pipp’s heart ached to see her friend so wet, scared, cold and dirty!

Jazz was talking in the video as Pipp watched. She had the clam box with her as indicated by what she said! Pipp listened to the video carefully, it seemed she was in a rainforest somewhere.

She watched sadly as a tear formed in Jazz’ eyes, “I miss you...” She cried slightly before the video ended,

Pipp was feeling many things at once! She stood there, phone in hoof with a wide open mouth! She felt scared, sad and hope!

Scared that her friend is in as much as a bad situation at her! Pipp was at least safe from predators, had decent food and was sheltered from bad weather! Jazz was out there having to survive! This also made her feel sad for her, hoping her situation gets better soon!

Also, she felt hopeful. Jazz had the clam box. All Pipp had to do was reunite with her, and use the clam box to get home!

But wait- She said it wasn’t sending her home for some reason. Was there something wrong with it!? Pipe sighed, hoping the problem can be fixed easily. But at least Jazz was still alive and seemed to uh... well, she could be in a worse situation, right?

Anyway, the Pipp gasped when the door creaked open. She put her phone away and watched nervously just to see Sky come into the room. “Just me, Pipp...”

“Oh, Sky? What bring you here?” Pipp asked, still a little suspicious. But she hoped that Jazz and Izzy found themselves with some creatures as kind as Sky.

“I brought in some stuff for you,” Sky responded as she put the bag on the ground. Pipp watched curiously as she reached into the bag. She stepped back, just in case it wasn’t something safe. But despite her worries what was pulled out wasn’t scary at all!

It was a silver hair brush. Sky passed it through the bars, “Thought you’d like that,” She then reached in and took out a plush toy of some creature that resembled a bear. The next thing was a jigsaw puzzle that showed scenery. Finally, she pulled out a warm, fluffy purple blanket.

“There, felt you deserved some things,” Sky smiled.

”Wow...” Pipp said with a huge smile, “Thank you so much Sky!” She exclaimed.

”You’re welcome!” Sky responded happily before noticing Pipp looked sad again, “Is everything okay?”

“Yeah...” Sighed Pipp, “I’m grateful but... this isn’t going to help me find my friends and family... or get home!”

Sky sighed, “Y-yeah... I hope they’re doing okay... I don’t know them but it hurts to know that you’re missing. I can’t imagine the grief they’re going through...”

Pipp was slightly surprised, she looked down sombrely, “Yeah... me too... it must be chaos without me...” A tear rolled down her cheek, “Zipp must be going crazy looking for me.... searching for clues everywhere! They all must be... The Pippsqueaks must be devastated!” Pipp cried, she started crying.

”Hey... it’s gonna be okay... I want to help you...” Sky said as she softly stroke Pipp’s leg.

”I-I miss them so much!” Pipp shouted.

Sky started to think, “Do you remember how you got here? Perhaps we can use that information to get you home?”

Pipp sniffled as she wiped her tears with her leg. “I was in my salon, Mane Melody talking to Jazz and Rocky-“ She sniffled, “Then Izzy came in and showed us something she found!” Pipp cried harder, “I was foolish enough to agree on opening it instead of checking with Sunny!” She sobbed loudly.

”Hey...” Sky said softly, “You made a mistake. That’s okay... You’ll learn from it...”

”How is any of this okay!?” Shrieked Pipp, “This is the opposite of okay! I’m away from my home! My friends, fans and family are in despair! My two friends who were transported with me here are possibly in grave danger!” Tears ran down her face, “I’m lost! I don’t know how to go on!” Pipe broke down. “I’m trying to hope b-but it’s hard- what if I can’t get home?”

“I’m sorry... I shouldn’t have said that, but I want to help and do what I can... Do you perhaps know anything about the box?” Asked Sky, “You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to,”

”I-It’s with my friend, Jazz... she’s in the rainforest-“ She sobbed, “She managed to send me a video on my phone and-“

”Phone?” Asked Sky, “What’s a phone?”

Pipe made a loud, dramatic gasp, “You don’t know what a phone is!?”

”no? Is it something from your world?”

Pipp sighed, “Well yeah but...” She took out her phone, “This is mine. You can do countless things on a phone... like livestream, video things, take photos, make memes, message friends, play games... and that’s just a few,” She shrugged.

There were some words there that Sky had never heard before and didn’t know the meaning of. But she went with it anyway, “Wow... sounds... magical? Like no need for paper to send someone a letter?” She then started to think, “Perhaps if Jazz was able to send you a message... you can send her one back!”

”I suppose that could work but what do I say!? I don’t want to put her in danger by making her come here!” Pipp exclaimed before looking down at it. Then she gasped, “Maybe if she keeps making those type of update videos. I might be able to go to her location when I break out!” Pipp gasped and started to type on her phone.

“Keep making those video updates when you can... I’m getting them!” She muttered as she typed, “Aaaand send!”

Sky was amazed as she watched, “Wow! I really like that magic box! It looks so useful!”

Pipp smiles, “Exactly!”

“And here we are!” Reef exclaimed as he got off the critter.

The house was just on the outskirts of town. It seemed to be two-story and made from wood. Jazz looked at it with awe, “Wow... that is... interesting?” Jazz commented.

From the front the house had four windows on each side of the door. Plus two at the top. The door was rounded and painted green like the roof, plus it had a window on it too.

There were a few trees near the cottages, leaves and branches swayed slightly in the breeze. Also, there was a wooden fence around a bunch of trees and a barn.

A pond with lily pads and reeds was near the fence too. Jazz saw some insects flying around it. Then a large screech filled the air. It came from a creature that resembled an eagle! But it had four wings and three claws, one seemed to be missing, implied by a stub. Plus, it had a muzzle with fangs instead of a beak. It flew into the pond, grabbing a few unfortunate fish as it flew back into the sky.

From where was standing Jazz could see the village in the distance. It looked small and peaceful. The buildings seemed to have been made from wood too. The paths looked paved with stones as from what she could see.

Reef opened the door, taking the dead wasp thing with him. Jazz wondered what he was going to do with it, perhaps it’s his food? Or turn it into medicine?

Jazz minded her own business, knowing that he was doing an extremely brave and kind thing. As soon as Ethan and Reef went inside, she followed.

As soon as she stepped inside and closed the door behind her, she looked at her surroundings. The floor was made with gorgeous planks of wood. To her right seemed to be the living room, it had two green couches in a way they almost created an L shape. The one facing her was parallel to the staircase that must go upstairs. The other couch was up against the wall, next to the window.

Next to the staircase, up against the wall where the rails ended was was book case. A large wooded bookcase filled with books! The bookcase was next to some drawers and a cupboard!

On the opposite side of the room in the corner was a desk with a table. On the desk was a stack of paper and a feather pen in a small tub of ink.

To her left was the kitchen. It had cupboards, draws and such plus a metal furnace. Jazz smiled a bit, looked far better than the rainforest!

After stuffing the wasp into a cupboard, Reef went up to her, chuckling slightly.

Jazz was a little suspicious and scared, “T-this isn’t a trap, right?” Her voice shook.

Reef gasped, realising he was caring her. He felt terrible! “No-no-... there’s just-“ He held up a mirror to show Jazz her reflection.

Jazz gasped as soon as she saw what he was looking at! A moth-like creature on each of her two ears. She wiggled her ears slightly, confused. They resembled moths. The centre of the wings were black and slowly came more transparent forwards the end of the wings. “Wh-What are these?” She asked.

Reef smiled, “Seeya moths,” He smiled, “It’s rumoured that anything they touch vanish within a few months!”

Jazz gasped in shock and shook her head to shoo the moths away, “Is... is that true?”

Reef only shrugged, “Well... last year Mr. Rickle’s arm got covered in them and two months later he came back from a hunting trip with that very arm gone!”

Jazz gulped nervously, “Oh no-“ She responded, worried. They sounded brutal! But was it really the moths?

”it’s just a rumour through, it’s most likely just a coincidence but...” He chuckled, “You better make your mark before those ears vanish or you’ll have to tell your tale..“ He chuckled a little.

Jazz looked at him confused, “I feel like that was a reference...”

Reef gasped as he noticed the time. “Oh! I’ll need to pick up my sister from school soon so... just wait here, okay? And I’ll ask around to see if anyone knows anything about travel between other worlds.

”Alright!” Jazz chuckled nervousy. Hoping the rumour was just a silly story that was made up.

”Got it!” Ethan added as he started exploring the house.

As Reef left the building Jazz went to the books curiously. She was careful as she looked at them, making sure not to damage any. The covers mostly looked made of paper, a few were made of leather, it seemed.

Black cobwebs were seen in the corners. Jazz avoided those like the plague, who knows what hidden dangers those had. A book with a reddish-brown leather cover caught her eye. On the spine the word “World of Mysticia” was written.

Curious about the word she took the book out gently. She sat on her rump as she held the dusty old book in her hooves. Dust was all over the front, strangely, despite being protected by the books it was between. Jazz blew the dust off, which was a mistake as the dust ended up rebounding onto her face.

Dust tickled her nostrils as she felt a sneeze about to start, making her quickly lift a foreleg. Just as it happened she sneezed into her foreleg then went back to paying attention to the cover.

“World of Mysticia” Was written in gold. At the bottom was some strangely shaped thing. Like a dragon head or something. Maybe the land’s name was Mysticia and looked like a dragon head?

Anyway, she laid it on the ground as she curiously turned the page, showing her a map. The dragon’s head was indeed a stillhoute of the land.

The map showed mountains, valleys, rivers, tundra, forests, deserts and more! Also, it showed a mysterious purple area, blue area and a pink area far apart from each other. Jazz looked at the rainforest, apparently named ‘Slay Rainforest’ “Whoah...” She commented, Ethan gave her a confused glance as a result.

He walked over curiously and had a look at the map. Jazz followed an imaginary line to the east to a place called ‘Mud-Marsh’ then finally to a purple spot labling a village in the plains. She put her hoof on it, “Rainton,” She read the label next to it. “That must be where we are now!”

”Maybe!” Shrugged Ethan.

The realisation slowly set in. Her ears drooped as she looked at the purple dot compared to the rest of the land. She was no longer smiling as she studied the land. Her heart ached as she stared at the map. Mysticia was huge! Pipp, her and Izzy were only little ponies... it would take ages to find each other.

“I-I...” Jazz stuttered in defeat before shaking her head, “No, we can’t give up! We’ll... find them...?” She unsurely questioned as she stared down at the map. “R-Right?”

Jazz then took out her phone. Maybe if she tried to contact Pipp or Izzy then she could tell them where she was! Assuming they had their phones with them, of course. He first choice was Pipp, she was a closer friend and was more likely to have her phone with her than Izzy.

So she pressed the necessary buttons to call Pipp. Then a screen came up showing Pipp’s icon along with the word ‘Ringing’ above the icon.

Now all she had to do was wait! She and Ethan excitedly watched the screen as the letters danced around a bit. It was taking a little longer than expected... But surely Pipp would answer, right? Jazz’s phone continued to play that small tune before Pipp’s voice was heard. “You have reached the voicemail box of Princess Pipp Petals! Please feel free to leave fan-mail or a question and I’ll get back to you later!”

Jazz sighed as a result as her phone beeped, now recording a message for voice mail. “Hey Pipp... uh... I hope you’re doing okay... seems we can use our phones to contact each other... It’s slow but, maybe try and call me?” She sighed before letting the voicemail send.

Worry filled Jazz’s gut as she looked at her screen, why didn’t Pipp answer her phone!? She usually answers the phone! What’s going on!? Is she alright. Her teeth clenched as she looked down at the screen, now showing a list of her contacts. “M-maybe- she’s busy?” Jazz tried to ensure herself, “Like on the loo, or- or- trying to save her phone’s power!? Or-“ Sweat started to form, “M-Maybe fighting for her life or running from a predator!?”

Ethan interrupted her worry, “You know how my body changes due to the element thing I'm in?” He asked her.

Jazz sighed, still partly in panic. “Yeah... that’s kinda cool.”

”Maybe if I touch something that can have signal you might be able to use your phone!” He exclaimed.

Jazz looked at her phone and shrugged. It wasn’t a bad idea but... Getting signal wasn’t the problem since well... for some reason she was reaching Pipp, it was slow, but it seemed to have reached her. “Good idea but... guess it won’t hurt to try...”

He pointed to the map in the book, “See any mountains on that map that has electrical stuff?”

Jazz studied it for a good few minutes. There was nothing that indicated any sourced of electricity. There were three yellow dots on the map, but she had a deep feeling that wasn’t what she was looking for.

The huge mountain in the middle had a red spot on it, but she saw it from the distance earlier. Too high, too far and she didn’t know the dangers of the world yet, so she needed something more close and friendly.

It would be safer to get to know the world a bit before going on an adventure. “No clue...” She sighed, defeated.

“Hmm...” Wondered Ethan as he looked at the books with his eyes, “Is there a beastiary here?”

“A what?” Jazz questioned.

There had been a pause before he answered her question. “A book that catalogues creatures.”

“Right...” Jazz looked at the book she was looking at. The book was about the world so maybe it included information on the creatures too!

Curiously she flipped to another page. The page she landed on showed a few images of critters with some written information next to them. In ink.

”Oh, this is interesting,” Jazz read about a strange critter. It looked like the monkey things from the rainforest. Apparently they were named Mockons. The book noted that they come in browns, Blacks, yellows and greys and have black manes. They have sharp teeth and fangs, plus spiky tails. Also, they were omnivore.

”That explains it...” Jazz pointed out as she recalled being chased and attacked by them.

“Yeah!” Ethan agreed.

Jazz gently closed the book, hoping to not damage it and sighed. She got her phone, deciding to make a video like back in the rainforest. Slowly she went to the video app and started to film herself on her phone.

“Day two of being stuck in this... strange...” She whispered the last word before talking normally. “-Land. To get to where we are right now we traveled through a... ugh,” She shuddered, “... muddy marsh.” Jazz then noticed she forgot to ask if she could use the shower.

Didn’t, matter, she’d ask when he returned. She kept talking to the video. “While we were there we were attacked by some weird wasp things called Buzzwings... I think? But we were saved by this reptilian alien creature called a... Slayel, his name is Reef... he invited us into his home... and here I am... I hope you’re getting these... even through we are clearly worlds apart...”

Jazz sighed, as she looked at her phone. It made her feel better to at least pretend her friends were getting the videos. Ethan spoke up before she ended it.

“I found a dead body and have the clam thing in a hidden pouch on my body-“ He claimed.

Jazz felt it was necessary to reassure whoever would watch it. She chuckled nervously, “Surely the dead body was natural! He possibly means an unfortunate animal that fell into the marsh or was attacked by a predator-“ She sighed, hoping Pipp and Izzy didn’t fall to be prey.

A pause happened before she spoke again, ears drooped. “I hope I find Pipp and Izzy... I hope they’re okay...” She put on a slight, unsure smile as she got the book ready offscreen. “Well, if you’re curious...” She opened the book up to the map and changed the camera view to show it.

“This is where I am... The land’s called Mysticia, apparently. And well... my exact location is in this village...” She pointed her hoof to Rainton.”

There was another pause as she changed the camera view to show her again. “I will find them. I know it...” She uneasily claimed and ended the video. She sent it to the same group chat with friends as she did with the first one. Jazz looked at her phone sadly, wondering wether or not she was giving anypony false hope or not.

But soon Reef returned with a critter like him who was smaller and much younger than him. She was a pink-ish colour with yellow hair tied in a braid. She wore a pair of short overalls.

“H-hello,” She said quietly as she looked at her guests.

“Hey,” Ethan greeted with a wave.

Jazz put on a slight smile. Glad she was with some friendly critters. “Nice to meet you...” She said softly, still sad.