Universal Connections

Twilight opened her eyes, but her back was facing towards you. Besides all the questions in your mind, you wonder if drivers passing by will see it, wonder if they’re on something or hallucinating, and then questioning whether or not they should be driving right now.

“Hm, so this is where Celestia sent me.” Twilight said to herself while looking at her surroundings.

Celestia sent her here? Why? How? Well…magic, dumbass….

Twilight then turned around and both of your gazes locked onto each other as you both stared, an awkward silence building up. You knew the ponies from the show had big eyes, but damn, this is a whole new kinda big. After a while of silence, you see Twilight’s pupils expand a bit, as if she has calmed down and sees there is no threat.

“Um…hello?” She said, trying to get more knowledge on you.

You simply mouth three words in response to her speaking to you.

What the fuck?

“Don’t worry, I come in peace… Maybe I should explain.” She said before clearing her throat.

“My name is Twilight Sparkle, I’m a magical unicorn from another world known as Equestria. I am the star pupil of Princess Celestia, my world’s ruler. She tasked me to go to another world, take notes and learn from the world, and also spread the power of friendship to our places. So…looks like this is where I was sent…”

You had more questions than answers now.

***

Twilight and her friends walked into the library, as the girls tried to take this all in, Twilight put Anon down on a nearby couch. Spike, who was reading a comic, looked up and instantly walked up to the sleeping pony, looking at Twi with a “tf?” expression.

Pinkie’s demeanor then slowly went to a big smile as she got an idea.

“OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOOOSSSHH! ANON IS NOW IN OUR WORLD! LET’S HAVE A BIG PARTY-” The pink mare said while hopping, only for Twi to place a hoof on her mouth.

“Shhh! Not now, Anon is already having a rough day, worse than any of you could think.”

“Wait a second! This is Anon?” Spike said, pointing to the sleeping huma-...pony…on the couch.

Twilight only responded with a sigh as she teleported in the box Anon brought with him through the portal. With her magic she opened it up and lifted one picture frame from the pile.

It was a photo of her and Anon in his bedroom. Twilight, being in the moment, was happily making faces at the camera, while Anon only smirked at her behavior. Twi gave a small smile remembering those amazing times. She looked up to see someone she knew, on her couch.

He’s here…in her world….he’s gonna live with her and her friends now…

Twilight would be ecstatic at this news…If only the reason for him being in her world was…different. She sighed again, not tearing her look away from the photo as she deadpanned, trying not to mourn over her friend’s situation.

“Spike, I want to send a letter to Celestia…”

“O-Okay.. Spike said nervously, still not taking his glance off Anon as he took out a parchment.
“Ready when you are…”

Twilight took a deep breath, stopping her whirling thoughts and stopping tears from flowing again.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I have come to inform you that I am once again back in Equestria, however, I have some bigger news to share.

The human Anon, from his world, was forced under some…” She hesitated, “Circumstances to escape into our world.

He is now here in our world, and he is now in a pony body. The connection between our worlds is gone now. I don’t know why just yet, but once Anon reached this world, we discovered that he is currently paralyzed, and will be until future letters.

I am sure you or Luna will want to know more about this, in that case you can talk to me, or Anon, if you’d like.

I will be taking care of him for the time being, so I will not be able to do missions or friendship lesson letters to you from now on, I hope you can understand.

Your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle.”

Twilight let out a shallow breath as she finished, not ever once taking her eyes off the photo, she intended all the girls to hear it too, to understand her pain right now. She remembered the old Anon before he changed, she misses the old him that she knew before his world became what she saw the second time she went to it.

She silently made a note in her head, like a to do list in this new chapter in her life. The list will certainly grow over time, but this first one is definitely her new goal.

Goal 1: Bring the old Anon back

Spike finished his letter before wrapping it up and breathing on it with fire, the particles going out the window and towards the grand city in the mountains.

Twilight finally put the photo down and closed the box, just to look up and see Anon. His limp body was the same, but his face was that of fear and agony, as his breathing became shallow.

“Oh no…why now?”

***

Anon knew he was in a dream the second it started. He knew because he was back on Earth…the hell one.. He quickly realized that this wasn’t a dream or nightmare, it was a memory, one he wanted long to forget and push to the back of his mind, but his brain decided to be a bitch today and use his current broken mental health as an advantage.

Human you stood there in the red field. The grass was dead and decayed, a nearby nuclear reactor tower broken and releasing tons of crimson smoke into the air. Because this was a memory however, you were forced to relive it, and thus, you couldn’t do anything to change this nightmare but only watch the memory again.

“Anon! Where are you?” a female voice cried out from the broken building. You knew that voice, it was the one of your own mother. You wanted to hug her tight and cry in her embrace, being that just two days ago you saw your closest cousin die right in front of you…

You start running towards the building ruins, the face of your mother becoming more and more clear. You get close enough and try to wrap her in your arms, but a pulse was heard and..nothing. You open your eyes to see the horror yourself…

What laid in your arms…was anything but your mom. It was a pile of blood, organs, veins, and only a few bones and skin remaining. The pile slowly fell to the floor, you began panting heavily as you looked in horror at the amount of blood on your shaking hands. Your knees couldn’t take the lack of oxygen as you sat down, and began violently sobbing.

The memory stopped, and you were in a void, but then you looked back to see faces everywhere, all looking at you. Their screams of agony rang in your head, a black claw reached out and began pulling you toward all the screaming faces..

Their screams…t-they..they got louder…and louder AND LOUDER AND LOUDER AND-

“ENOUGH!” You hear a voice called out, you now stood in the void again, alone, but you were now in your new body. Being a dream, you were able to actually move in this pony body. Thank god…

You stood up to see a light coming from above, before landing on the ground and fading away..revealing a blue alicorn standing there and looking at you. A Mix of comfort, worry, and sorrow in her look.

Princess Luna….

“It is alright mortal..it was only a nightmare created by your mind…” Luna said, walking up to you before she dropped her princess mask. “I heard about you from the letter Twilight sent us, your Anon, aren't you?”

“Y-Yes…I’m assuming you saw..everything..” You sigh while burying more memories.

Luna saw you with sorrow, she never confronted one like she was their mother. Ponies were so childlike after all, but Anon needed the most comfort right now.

“Come, I would like to talk to you, I would recommend for your mind that you stay close.” She said, sitting down with her legs under her. You walked to the side of her and sat down as well before Luna draped one of her wings on you.

I knew ponies were soft, so I rub Twi’s fur once. But this one is so…relaxing.

You do a bold move, you snuggle up to her side, seeking more comfort as the images replayed in your mind.

Luna never thought she would be here right now, comforting a pony as if they were her own sister. But those images she saw in Anon’s nightmare…they made her sick to the core, and gave her horror like never before…

“Anon, I know this is a tough time for you, your people are gone, and you feel alone right now. As my duty, it is that I would always protect my little ponies from the darkness within them. I would know, I had to deal with my own darkness for a millennia. But I can sense your darkness is different, images I wouldn’t bear to see again, even though you were the one to have them. I’m truly sorry for everything you’ve lost, but along your journey... in this better world. I will be there.”

Luna used her wing to pull you tight and nuzzled your little pony cheek. That got a blush out of you, you never thought somepony as serious as Luna would turn into such a softie. But you can’t blame her for this motherly comfort, you needed it, much more than anypony now could know.

A light appeared in the void, both you and Luna looked up at it. Luna turned to you, a shy smile on her face.

“You are waking up, go, enjoy your new life Anon, make sure to cherish it as much as you can.” Those words hit you like a truck, after all, who knows what will happen, will this world suffer the same fate as your-

“Don’t think those negative thoughts, it will only make your recovery worse, I promise, that I will try as best as I can to be there every time your slumber comes.”

“Y-You don’t….” You trail off, no matter how much you don’t want to be a burden, you need company, and you know you can’t convince her otherwise. So, you look at the growing light, it takes you in, as your slumber ends…

“Till the next night, Anon….”