Chapter 1: Escape
Dark the tiger ran through the southern woods. Flippy had just flipped, and he didn't want to die the same way he died on the Hill of the Ancients. The tiger saw his best friend, Trent, and he immediately ran after. "Hey Dark! What are you doing?" asked Trent. "Going through the Spirit Gate!" Dark said as he slashed open the iron doorway. He ran through, with Trent running after in fear of Flippy.
Dark began to wake up. He was in a grove in some woods, and a zebra was staring right at him. "Oh, my. You have awoke! I knew this wasn't a prank or a joke!" she said. Dark was confused. "Lady, why are you speaking in rhyme?" He then noticed his arm was gone, replaced by an orange hoof. Then he quickly noticed he had a horn on his forehead. His hair… or mane… was still the light cyan color and he still had his headband. His tail was now light cyan, and he noticed a katana on his flank… "Even if you are a bit worn, you are a very strange unicorn!" Dark screamed. "Officer was wrong, this is a scary place!" He tried running, but he tripped and fell into a pond. "I mean, it's not as scary as the Moon Cave or the graveyard, but still."
Over in a tree/library, a purple unicorn was reading a book about other worlds when she flipped to a certain page. "'One example is the torii in the Everfree Forest." Twilight quickly rushed off to the Everfree, thinking Zecora might know something.