Sweetie Belle sat among her two friends, a table separating them as they shared ciders. All three adults were wearing casual clothing as they discussed their life up till now. Though they had been apart plenty of times, they were always able to get back together eventually after at least a few weeks at most. This time would be different though.

"Listen, I know its a big step but adventure is calling me. This is such a big chance. I need to take it."

Apple Bloom whipped a tear from her eye. "But, this is going to be different. To be gone this long. I just don't know what we are going to do."

Scootaloo placed a hand on her shoulder. "This is a big step for her. We have to let her go. I don't like this either but..." She looked up. "I can see you have already made up your mind. All I can say is, hope you have fun out there. We are really gonna miss you."

Sweetie Belle felt a pang of regret for the first time since deciding to go out on this big expedition. This was going to take her to places she had never seen before and will be gone far longer than any other adventure had taken her. "I am going to miss you both so much. But I promise, I will think of you both every second I am gone and I will take lots of pictures to send back home."

The farm pony adjusted her hat and snorted. "Like we are ever going to see those pictures. Your going to be having too much fun anyways."

The unicorn shook her head. "Pictures or not, you two are going to be the only thing on my mind the whole time."

Scootaloo laughed. "Yeah sure, focus on your expedition you crazy egg head. You are gonna have way more things to worry about then us back home."

The farm pony took a sip of her drink, swishing the flavor around in her mouth before answering. "Mhm, like the fact that a certain friend of ours is going too. Glad you got someone to keep you company."

Sweetie Belle shared a grin. "Sure... Company." She bent her two fingers. "Well we are certainly going to be in close quarters."

The three shared a laugh. Later, Sweetie Belle would share one last hug as she headed back home to pack. As she rested her head down, her thoughts went back to her next big adventure, wondering what new experiences it would bring.

***

She awoke feeling dazed, a wet feeling surrounding her. "Oh crap, did I wet the bed or something?" No wait, she was standing up? That didn't make sense. Her eyes slowly opened as blue liquid came into focus. She blinked, taking in a deep breath and feeling air being pumped in as she did so. Bubbles shot upwards as she blinked back the fog.

She was in some sort of glass circular tube. Her hands reached out, touching the glass as she floated, the liquid around her was warm but that was far from her mind. How in the world did she get here? She went to bed. That was her last memory. Now she was in some sort of tube? The watery liquid began to go down as her feet touched the bottom, small drains opening up.

Slowly it emptied into the drains below her, slowly she felt a since of vertigo as she struggled to stand. It felt like her legs had fallen asleep as she struggled to keep balance. There was a click and the glass tube that surrounded her slowly began to move upwards. She knelt down onto the ground, still struggling to make sense of what was going on.

Her eyes adjusted to a low red light. She was in a bare room, with only white padding surrounding her. There was a simple looking sliding door at the far end. Next to it, was a small wardrobe of some kind.

Slowly getting back to her feet, it became apparent to the confused unicorn that she was completely naked. Her arm absently crossed over her C cup breasts while a hand covered her lower bits below. Coughing, the mouth piece came loose and she was free to move now. There was another feeling of light headedness as she wanted to throw up but that only made her dry heave instead. Weirdly, she was starting to feel hungry. Blue liquid dripped from her body as she attempted to shake the stuff from her hair. She was going to need a shower at some point. It sort of felt like chlorine mixed with shampoo in terms of consistency. It was easy enough to scrap off at least.

Still incredibly confused and fighting the urge to have a panic attack, she began her way over to the wardrobe. For some reason, it felt familiar to her. She had never seen it before but it also felt oddly nostalgic. One foot in front of the other, she half walked and half stumbled over to the wooden looking wardrobe. It was only after she laid hand on it did she realize it was actually made of some softer substance. It was made to look like wood but wasn't actually wood. A small faded sticky note was stuck to the door.

"Take one and look for more of these sticky notes for help. Your friend ~S"

Opening the wardrobe revealed two blue jumpsuits on hooks. There were 10 hangers in total, 8 hanging with nothing on them. Sweetie took the jump suit, finding that the fabric was thin and soft. Slipping into it was tricky at first, it seemed to stick to her skin somewhat and was a bit tight. It left her feet and hands bare. Pulling it up, she ran her arms through it then pulled the zipper up, finding that the jumpsuit seemed to hug her breasts tightly. She left the zipper somewhat open at the top to allow for her to breath somewhat. With how tight and thin the fabric was, it left little to the imagination but at the very least, she wasn't completely naked. Now that she thought about it. It wasn't cold either. The place was very room temperature to be certain.

Walking bare foot, she went back over to the door, finding that it was a sliding door. The door had button next to it. Pushing it, there was a hiss. Upon sliding the door open upwards, she was met with two doors in a small white hallway. The hallway seemed to be lit by white florescent lights. The floor was made of white smooth shiny tile. There was a single sliding door at the end of the hallway as well as one on the middle left and one to the right. The one on the right had a sticky note on it.

Make sure to stop in here first. Trust me, you don't want to skip this door. ~S

Sweetie Belle read the note and went to open it, only for the door to slide open on its own. She jumped back in surprise, seeing a familiar pony on the other side. Button Mash, a tall but fairly built stallion stood on the other side, looking just as surprised. He too was dressed in the thin blue jumpsuit.

"Oh my gosh... Your here too!?" He exclaimed.

Sweetie recovered. "Yeah, good to see you again." She felt an odd pang of sadness and joy. Also a feeling of something missing now filling her whole again all at once. It was an odd feeling. They had been good friends in the past, super close even, but it was as if she was seeing him in a whole different light. He felt somehow calming in some way.

She glanced him up and down, finding her face blush a bit as her eyes fell on his junk, now fighting against its bindings. This thing really did leave little to the imagination. Judging by the fact that Button had now found the ceiling to be the most interesting thing, she could only imagine that her tits could be seen just as well.

"So..." He said slowly, trying to break the now slowly building tension. "Any idea where we are or why we just came out out of a tube like the start of a science fiction movie?"

"No..." She said trying to focus on on his face and not the large object downstairs. "Last thing I remember I was getting ready for cool trip. I don't think this was in the brochure though."

"Same." Button said with a chuckle. "I have never been away from home for too long so this was a big step for me. If I had known this is where that had taken me, I may have just stayed home."

The unicorn tore her eyes from him. "Same."

The Earth pony glanced around. "Yeah, lets maybe start figuring out where we are. Surely there must be a window or someone around here to help get our bearings."

"You sure we weren't kidnapped by someone? Maybe we should hide out in the mean time."

Button glanced at the sticky note on the door. "Do kidnappers leave sticky notes? I got one mentioning this jumpsuit and to stay calm, we are safe for now."

"Well..." She tore the sticky note off the door. "Someone let us out and is clearly trying to help us in some way. We just need to figure out why and why we are here... Wherever here is." She held up the sticky note which Button took and glanced over it.

"I guess we don't really have a choice. At least we seem to have some sort of guide in a way."

"Alright, lead the way then. I am still gonna be careful though." The unicorn said while rubbing her arm. This all felt really strange on so many levels.

The two set out, quickly making their way through the next sliding door. They were met with a similar long white hallway with sliding doors lining the left and right. At least ten on each side. Button was quick to start searching doors, finding that every single one he tried refused to budge. Sweetie Belle walked down to the end of the hallway, something drawing her to the last door on the left.

Without thinking about it, she tried it and it opened no problem. Button, now four doors into his attempt, glanced back down at her in surprise. "Wait, how did you know that was going to be open?"

She blinked as if coming out of a trance. "I didn't... It just felt like it would open for me..."

"How?" He asked walking over to her, his bare feet echoing in the empty hallway.

"I don't know... Something about a lot of this just feels... Familiar? I really can't explain it." She glanced back at him. "Do you not have a the same feeling?"

The earth pony paused and looked around him. He shrugged. "Maybe? Not sure to be honest. Everything feels weird right now. I am not sure what to make of all of this." He let out a small laugh. "Though this does put most of my mystery adventure games to shame when I am the one actually experiencing them."

The door was opened the rest of the way and the two looked inside. The room was small, made up of a bench in the middle and three vending machines. A light softly flickered above. The walls were grey and a lone picture of an open meadow sat on the otherwise blank wall opposite of the vending machines. The machines themselves were mostly bare, tan looking boxes with glass showing their contents inside with a small row of buttons running down the right side of the boxes. Vending machines tended to be rectangular but something was off about these. They appeared more square like. A lone door sat behind the benches with stick note that read: "Take a break and eat, going to need your strength after all." ~S

Button got up close, already feeling his stomach growl as he wondered if perhaps there was some change he could snag in the change flap below. To his surprise, no such spot appeared on the vending machine or any one. He looked inside, seeing MRE's and pouches with various fruit flavors on display.

He glanced at the buttons. Another oddity, they were listed in a weird font that looked like numbers but seemed off slightly, like the 8 not completing itself all the way or the 7 almost looking more like a sideways 1. Either way, he punched in the corresponding the numbers to get a pouch of what looked like maybe banana. There was a hissing noise as the machine came to life. The pouch was pushed forwards and led by a claw to the side of the machine. A small door opened and led it into a chamber. There was hissing sound, like air being pumped into the chamber before another small door opened at the bottom, the pouch sliding down from a small slide inside.

Picking it up, he unscrewed the cap, Sweetie standing nearby watching all of this in silent fascination. The end of the pouch had a cap that could be unscrewed. He took it off and put it up to his mouth, sucking out the contents as his eyes lit up. It tasted like banana cream yogurt. The consistency was a bit more thicker than he was expecting but the taste wasn't too bad.

"I think I had one of these once. But it had apple sauce in it." He said after a minute of slurping up the yogurt. "Tastes funky but still good. Probably mostly artificial flavoring if I had to guess."

Sweetie sat down on the bench. "This is all way too weird. How are you not internally freaking out right now?"

Button sat down next to her. "Well the way I see it, this is either one crazy of a dream, or we just found ourselves in the middle of one crazy adventure." He took another swig of his snack. "So, we may as well make the best of it. I don't feel in any danger right now and we have each other to watch our backs. Maybe its all that time spent playing adventure games but I am more curious about this place, where we are and why we are here to really think about much else." He chuckled. "I did say I wanted adventure and I got it." He place a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"We'll figure this out. In the mean time, mind as well not do it on an empty stomach." He said softly.

The unicorn still looked unsure but nodded. Glancing up at him, she felt a weird blush run across her face. She took a deep breath, got up and picked out a strawberry looking pouch. After watching the machine do its business, she took out the pouch, unscrewed the top, tossed it into a basket that sat nearby and began to suck on her berry tasting yogurt. It didn't quite taste like how she thought it would but like Button said, it did at least taste good. Glancing down into the basket, she couldn't help but notice that it was empty aside from the stuff that was just put into it. It made her wonder if anyone had even been around here yet or in a long time.

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Log Entry 2025
Subjects appear to be in stable health. Memory function has been instated. True test in two rooms from now. Subjects already pairing well. Possible breakthrough in testing. Promising start. Shall continue to watch and not interact.
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Attempt number [Redacted].

Author's Note

A new mystery begins. Hope you all enjoy.