Chapter 1: Magic Mishap

Twilight Sparkle was inside of her castle researching a spell that she had just found out about. According to the book that she was reading, this spell could turn any drawing of an object into the real thing. This was a spell that had been attempted by many ponies but only StarSwirl the Bearded ever accomplished it and he only used the spell once. The reason for its usage was because he was simply craving a sandwich. It has been said that only a unicorn or alicorn of great magical talents would ever be able to correctly cast this spell. Twilight Sparkle was eager to try it out. She had no intentions of ever using it but she was certain that it couldn't hurt to just try it out.

If only she knew just how wrong she was.

Twilight Sparkle closed the book that she was reading. She had read and reread the passage about the spell multiple times. She wanted to be absolutely sure that she knew exactly what she was doing. This kind of spell was difficult to perform even with a clear idea of the process by which to cast it. The purple alicorn grabbed a picture of an apple and decided that it would make the best subject to test this spell on. Hopefully everything would go perfectly well. She had the picture of the fruit taped to the wall and she was getting herself prepared. Her horn glowed its usual purple color and she was just about to fire the spell when she got interrupted.

"Hey Twilight." a voice said. "I got my new comic!"

Spike, the purple dragon who assisted Twilight Sparkle, had just entered the castle from a shopping trip. He had purchased a comic book that featured his favorite heroes The Power Ponies. Twilight Sparkle sighed as she lowered her horn and gave Spike a disapproving glance. She had hoped that he would have learned his lesson from that one incident. The purple alicorn remembered only too well how she and her friends had been sucked into the comic book world to fight the villain known as the Mane-iac.

"Spike." Twilight Sparkle said in an annoyed tone. "I told you not to interrupt me."

"Oh right." the dragon muttered sheepishly. "Sorry."

"It's all right Spike." Twilight Sparkle said with a sigh. "I hope you enjoy your comic."

"Thanks Twi." the young drake replied. "This is supposed to be the best issue yet. Apparently the Mane-iac can mind control ponies now. Is that cool or what?" Spike was really enthusiastic about this comic. Twilight Sparkle couldn't help but smile a bit. She had a love for books and seeing somepony, or in this case dragon, be so engrossed in a book made her pleased. However she still didn't forget about what had happened last time.

"As long as it only happens in the comic." Twilight Sparkle said seriously. Spike knew exactly what the purple alicorn was talking about and a small blush appeared on his face. He walked off into another room of the castle and shut the door. Twilight Sparkle went back to her spell. This time she would get it right. Unfortunately for her Spike chose that moment to run out of the room he had just entered. Owlicious had grabbed hold of the dragon's comic and Spike was trying desperately to get it back. The owl flew out of Spike's reach as the dragon jumped to grab the comic. Finally Spike managed to knock the book out of the owl's grasp but unfortunately it was hit by Twilight Sparkle's spell. All of a sudden an evil laugh filled the room. The laugh sent shivers down the spines of both Spike and Twilight Sparkle. It was an unnerving sort of laugh. The kind of laugh that bode only misfortune and misery.

In a swirl of smoke a figure appeared inside the castle A pony had leapt out of the pages of the comic book and she was laughing maniacally. Spike then quickly started panicking. He recognized that laugh. That was the laugh of the evil Mane-iac. Twilight Sparkle's spell must have hit her when Owlicious dropped the comic. Now the evil comic book villain was in the real world of Equestria. The Mane-iac glanced at the room until she saw Spike. A mischievous grin grew on her face as she quickly snatched him up along with his comic book.

"Hey put him down!" Twilight Sparkle yelled. She charged up her horn to attack the Mane-iac but she was too slow. The comic book villain had already teleported away from the castle and she had taken Spike with her. There was no way to find out where she had gone. Twilight Sparkle looked down to the floor and spoke.

"This is not good." Twilight Sparkle whispered to herself.

The purple alicorn ran out of her castle and quickly found her pony friends. She had explained the story to them and they couldn't believe their ears. Spike had been kidnapped and there was no way to know where he had been taken to. The other ponies wanted to help Twilight Sparkle find the dragon but they didn't know what to do. They ultimately decided that the best thing to do was to wait for the Mane-iac to return and then hopefully they could take her down and find their friend.

Little did they know that this was only the beginning of the adventure.