The Portal

Morning is here, but Twilight is still awake figuring out how to activate a new portal that will genuinely be easier and faster to use without waiting for the full moon to appear. She still hasn't slept for two weeks now. Spike, on the other hand, was quite in a deep comfortable sleep but was woken up by the sound of the noise coming from the basement.

[Woah, what was that all about?]

He stood up with a confusing look on his face. He then followed where the noise was coming from. He figured that Twilight must've been fixing the portal again. As he went down, he noticed that it became silent for a moment but you can hear the sound of electricity on the machines Twilight has been using, but not her voice. He felt cold shivers as he went down to the basement. He knew that Twilight would always talk to herself while working and would never work silently.

[ Twilight? Are you there? Come on Twilight it's not funny ok? Twilight~?]

He called her, but no answer. Spike hurried down to the basement and was nonplus of the open door. He was sure that it was closed but then, as he fully saw the inside of the room, he saw Twilight lying down unconscious on the floor. He carried Twilight back to their room where she can rest. He then called Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Apple Jack to ask for help.

The five of them arrived at the castle.

[ Spike darling, why did this happen?] Rarity asked.

[ Twilight has been fixing the portal for two weeks now and she hasn't rested since then.] Spike answered.

[ Two weeks!? Then why didn't you stop her? Or even tell her to get some rest?] Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

[ Do you think I didn't? Come on Dash, I did tell her to get some rest but she is so hard-headed that she even locked herself in.] Spike said irritatedly.

[ Spike, calm down okay? I'm sure Twilight will explain everything when she wakes up.] Fluttershy said in a calm voice sitting beside Twilight's bed.

[ Yeah, Fluttershy is right. We should all wait until she wakes up. In the meantime, we should check out what she's been doing for the past two weeks. I wonder why this broken portal is such a big deal for her?] Apple Jack said with curiosity on her face.

[ No we shouldn't.] Rarity said with a serious tone in her voice.

[ Hahaha~ you guys are so~ serious. We should lighten up okay?] Pinkie Pie said with a cheerful voice mixed with sadness as she saw Twilight's face with such a pale and dry muzzle.

They are all worried sick of Twilight's current situation. So they waited until she wakes up.

*3 WEEKS AFTER*

[ Ow~my head.] Twilight said.

Yes, she's awake.

[ W-where am I?] She said as she's holding her head like she's been hit by something.

She thought that Spike must've brought her to bed. Then she realized -

[ No- no no no no no no no no!] she panicked.

Everyone in the castle(her friends were the only ponies there) heard Twilight's shaky voice. So they hurried back. And then they saw her, shaking like something had happened while they were gone.

[ Twilight? Twilight what's wrong?] Apple Jack asked with a worried face.

[ The portal-what happened to the portal?] Twilight nervously said.

[ Twilight you need to calm down.] Rainbow Dash said.

[ Twilight, why don't you tell us what happened. And we'll figure out what to do next. Can you do that?] Fluttershy said.

[ Okay, okay I'm calm.] Twilight said while breathing heavily.

She calms herself.

[ I was fixing the portal for a week and then on the next day, the portal was glowing. I did some adjustments to balance its density so that a living creature can get inside without breaking into pieces. I also manipulated the space and time continuum so that I can directly locate the exact place, but my calculations were wrong. The portal began to glitch like a video game. The reactor was consuming the electricity including my magic. Then it just stopped on its own. I was about to go out and tell Spike what had happened when I saw the door was already unlocked. I looked back at the portal and I saw...it was still active and then... something hit me. I took a little glance, but I-I didn't clearly see who it was then I blacked out-] she said.

But she cut her words and felt aghast when she remembered who it was. It was...no other than Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie was the one who hit her but-

[Pinkie Pie...it was Pinkie who hit me. But it was strange. She had a horn...she's an earth pony yet...she has a horn!]she said with a troubled face.

Everyone felt confused and nervous at the same time. Nobody expects that Pinkie Pie could do such a thing. It's impossible that a cheerful and friendly pony like her would ever hurt her friends especially Twilight which is one of her best friends. They didn't suspected Pinkie Pie even if she was not in the castle. Twilight herself knew that it was not their Pinkie because their Pinkie has no magic. And then... A sudden sound of an explosion was heard from the basement.

*TO BE CONTINUED*

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