This my first story, so any helpful criticism is appreciated. Anyway, I don't own My Little Pony or any related characters in any way, shape, or form.

Chapter 1 Rude Awakening

Twilight slowly opened her eyes, confused by the sudden disappearance of her bed. She rose to her feet and took a look around.

"Where in Equestira am I?" she muttered.

Twilight stood in a very dimly lit, almost pitch black room, unable to see more than about a foot in any direction. The ground that she had woken up on was a cold, rusty metallic floor.

"This definitely isn't my bedroom."

"Is somepony there?" called out a voice from the darkness.

"Who's there?" Twilight called back, turning towards the source of the voice.

"I asked y'all first!" the voice responded.

"Wait a minute, that voice sounds familiar," Twilight said to herself as she began moving toward the mysterious voice. "I'm Twilight Sparkle," she called out.

A vague pony like shadow came in to view as she walked forward.

"Twilight?" the shadowy pony said, sounding surprised.

It began to move toward her, details coming into focus. An orange earth pony stood in front of her. The earth pony had a blond mane and tail, both tied into pony tails and wore a cowboy hat upon her head, but the most important feature being the cutie mark on her flank, three apples.

"Applejack!" Twilight cried rushing to her friend, "What are you doing here? And where is here?"

"Wish I knew Twilight," Applejack responded, "I just woke up here a couple of minutes ago. I don't even know how I got here."

"Is anypony else here?" Twilight asked, looking around.

"Dunno. Till you showed up, I thought I was alone here."

Twilight stood, silently contemplating this new information.

"Well, better get movin'," Applejack said turning to her left.

"Wait! Where are you going?" the purple unicorn asked.

"Gonna take a look around," Applejack said over her shoulder, "See if I can a way out or somethin'."

"That's a good idea," Twilight said, "But I think we should stick together, just in case somepony else is here."

Applejack nodded in agreement and began to move, Twilight following close behind. They walked for what felt like hours around the strange room. They found that they were being held a large square shaped room, all the walls made of the same rusty metal as the floor. The walls were perfectly smooth, no doors or windows to be found.

The two ponies sat down in what they assumed was the center of the room, exhausted from exploring their prison.

"No exits. This is just great," Twilight sighed, "We're trapped in here."

Applejack sat silently next to her friend, staring into the darkness in front of her.

"Um… Excuse me… Are you Twilight Sparkle and Applejack?" said a timid voice from behind the pair.

The ponies turned and saw a yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail standing behind them. Three butterflies adorned her flank.

"Fluttershy? When did you get here?" Twilight said, standing.

"Um… Just now, I guess," Fluttershy responded, "Where are we?"

"That's a real popular question right now," Applejack said, "Me and Twilight was just tryin' to figure that out."

Fluttershy stepped forward and sat down next to the earth pony.

"What did you find out?" she asked, quickly adding, "If you don't mind me asking."

"Well, it would appear that we are trapped in a large metal box with absolutely no entrances or exits anywhere," Twilight said, sitting back down.

"Oh… What does that mean for us?" the timid pegasus looked as if she was about to start crying.

"Don't you worry none, Fluttershy," Applejack said placing a hoof on her shoulder, "We'll figure somethin' out."

Twilight nodded in agreement. "If we put our heads together, we'll be able to figure out a solution in no time!"

Fluttershy smiled, sniffing and wiping away the tears that began to form in the corners of eyes. "Alright," she said, "If you say so."

Several minutes passed as the three ponies sat, silently trying to come up with ways to escape their apparently perfect prison, when a sudden high-pitched scream broke the silence.

"What was that?" Fluttershy said, looking around in a panic.

"Sounds like someponies in trouble!" Applejack said, leaping to her feet, "Come on! We have to help them!"

The three ponies rushed towards the source of the scream. Near one the walls they found it, a white unicorn with a purple mane and tail and three diamonds for a cutie mark.

"Somepony help me!" she screamed, her eyes shut tight, prancing around on the tips of her hooves.

"Rarity, calm down!" Twilight said.

"Oh, Twilight! Thank Celestia you're here!" Rarity said at the sight of her friend, "You have to help me!"

"What's wrong?" Twilight asked.

"I just woke up on the floor! And it's not even my floor!" Rarity cried, "Plus, it's positively filthy! My beautiful coat has been sullied!"

"That's all? Jeez, I shoulda' guessed it was something small like that," Applejack muttered.

"Excuse me Applejack, but I hardly think being kidnapped is a small matter," Rarity retorted matter-of-factly.

"Did you see who kidnapped you Rarity?" Twilight asked.

"No, the last thing I remember before waking up here was going to sleep in my bed. Whoever did this must have taken me while I was still asleep," Rarity responded.

"Wait a minute. Somethin' don't make sense here," Applejack said, "Rarity, yer a light sleeper right?"

"Yes, I am. Why do you ask?"

"If somepony had come into your room and taken you out of yer bed, you woulda' woken up right?"

"Well, yes I suppose I would have."

"If that's the case, then how could somepony of kidnapped Rarity without her waking up till she got here? And the rest of us fer that matter."

"Um… I think I know," Fluttershy said.

"Well, don't leave us hanging, what do think happened?" Applejack said.

"Um… this is just a thought, but what if a unicorn teleported us here?" the timid pegasus said.

"Fluttershy you're a genius!" Twilight exclaimed, "That has to be what happened! Us being teleported here would explain why none of us were woken up by our kidnapper."

"Really? I was right? Oh, that makes me so happy I could just, just…" Fluttershy took in a deep breath, as if preparing a loud yell, then let out a quiet, "Yay! Oh, I'm sorry for being so loud," she quickly apologized.

"No need to apologize Fluttershy," Twilight said, "You should cheer as loud as you want. You did just find us a way out of here after all."

"Wait, she did?" Applejack asked, confused.

"Yes. We were teleported here, so I'll just teleport us back home," Twilight said, smiling, "I don't know why I didn't think to do that before. Now, everypony gather close together."

The four ponies moved close together as Twilights horn began to emit a soft glow.

"Alright, close your eyes everypony! This is gonna be bright," Twilight said, closing her own eyes as the others followed suit.

The glow of the purple unicorns horn intensified until it emitted a blinding flash of light that enveloped the four ponies.

"Okay," Twilight said opening her eyes, "We're back ho… We haven't moved at all…"

The others open their eyes and saw that they indeed were still trapped in the metal cube.

"This doesn't make sense," Twilight said, exasperated, "There's no way my teleportation spell could have failed."

"What if there's somethin' blockin' yer magic in here?" Applejack asked.

"Impossible," Twilight said shaking her head, "If there was something like that in here, I'm sure we would have seen it when we were looking around before, or at least felt it."

"She's right," Rarity said, "Unicorns can tell if there's something that disrupts magic nearby, and I haven't felt anything either."

"Then how come yer spell didn't work?" Applejack demanded, turning towards the purple unicorn.

"I don't know!" Twilight yelled, "It should have worked, but for some reason it didn't! I don't know why!"

"Please stop yelling," Fluttershy said, to quietly for the others hear.

"You probably just did it wrong," Applejack said.

"No I didn't!" Twilight responded.

"Then why didn't it work?"

"I already told you, I don't know!"

The two ponies stood about a foot apart, glaring daggers at each other.

"Please stop," Fluttershy just as quietly as before.

"Stop it you two!" Rarity said rather forcefully, drawing the attention of the others, "Arguing about this isn't going to help us find a way out of here."

"Rarity's right, Twilight," Applejack said, "I'm sorry I yelled at ya."

"It's okay Applejack," Twilight responded, "We're all feeling a little frustrated right now."

"Um, I don't want to be a bother, but… um…" Fluttershy mumbled.

"What is it Fluttershy?" Rarity asked.

"What's going to happen to us now?" the yellow pegasus asked.

The other three stood silent, unsure of how to answer. After a few silent minutes, Twilight spoke up, giving a voice to the thought all four of them had.

"We're going to be trapped here, forever."

Like I said, this is my first story and any helpful criticism is appreciated. Thanks for reading!