A/N: I'm taking a break from my other fanfiction, for those of you who might think i'm dead. I know I'm not well known, and probably never will be, so thanks to the somewhere around seventy readers I had. This story was brought to life by my love of the anime series Bleach, as well as a fandom that has been rising up the popularity ranks. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I'm a brony now! Screw the haters. Also, all Bleach character abilities are from the Arancar arc. Here's the fic.

Across the Dimensional gap

A Bleach and My Little Pony crossover

Chapter 1

In Karakura Town

Ichigo and Rukia are walking home after school, talking.
"I just think there's been less hollow alerts lately," Ichigo said.
"There has been less, but just for us. Maybe another place with a lot of spirit energy has popped up on the map," Rukia replied.
"I guess that's possible, but still, i haven't fought anything in over a month. I think I'm getting rusty," He said, putting a hand on his right bicep.
"Don't be silly," Rukia said, "I think you're fine."
The two walked through the front door and were immediately greeted by Ishin. "Welcome home, Ichigo!" He yelled attempting to tackle his son. Ichigo then planned his foot against his face, then sent him flying into the nearby wall.
"Stop trying to freakin' attack me every time I walk into the house!" Ishin just groaned. "I'll be in my room." Ichigo said, waving his hand up to signal his exit.
Ichigo sat in his room, thinking. I guess my reflexes are still good, dad still can't touch me. Rukia walked into the room, who was immediately greeted by Kon. "Rukiaaaa!" he said, trying to leap for her chest. She, of course, stopped him. She slapped him aside. She sat down on the bed, and then took out her soul reaper cell phone. They just sat there, in silence. Then the cell phone rang.
"Is it a hollow?" Ichigo said, perking up.
"No, it's a call. From... Urahara." She picks up the phone, and Urahara is instantly speaking.
"Come to the shop. It's of grave importance. I've called the others." He hung up.
Ichigo and Rukia looked at each other, and then nodded. They bolted downstairs, then out the door.

At Urahara's Shop
Ichigo and Rukia entered the store to find that Chad, Orihime, Uryu were there. Even Renji came from the soul society.
"Now that everyone has gathered, we must descend into the training room. Follow me." Urahara stated, not even saying hello. When they got there, they all immediately noticed the large blue portal in the middle of the room. Those you could immediately tried to exit there bodies, but Urahara stopped them. "No. Whatever is one the other side of this, it isn't hostile. Stop to sense the spirit energy emanating from it."
The six closed their senses, and then concentrated on the energy coming from the portal. Urahara was right, the energy was not hostile, but more along the lines of peaceful. A wave of serenity washed over all of them.
"I have no idea where this portal leads. That is why I called the six of you. You are going to enter the portal. It seems stable enough to maintain itself long enough for a round trip, so you should be fine. Keep your guard up, and for those of you who can separate from your bodies, keep them on. We don't want to freak out the locals. Now be on your way."
Not another word was spoken. They all ran straight into the portal without a moment's consideration. However, the very second the all entered the portal, it closed. Urahara just stood there, blank-faced. "Damn. I guess they have to find their own way back. They've been in worse situations. I'm sure they'll make it back."

The group of friends zoomed through the blue tunnel, not even having to use their feet. They were traveling for what seemed like hours.
"How much longer is this gonna take!?" Renji yelled.
"Why ask us? It's not as if we know." Uryu stated with a condescending tone.
"It was a rhetorical question." As soon as Renji finished his sentence, the walls of the portal started glowing yellow, and their bodies began to glow just the same. The group felt themselves losing consciousness.
"Try to stay awake! We can't let down our guard!" Rukia commanded. It was a futile attempt. They all passed out within the next few seconds. The world was dark to them. The glow surrounding their figures grew brighter, to the point where they could not be seen through the luminous onslaught. Then the portal was dark.

In Ponyville
Twilight Sparkle sat on the bench in the town square, and as usual, she was reading a book. She had been sitting there for over an hour, completely engrossed in its pages. "I just can't get my head around this spell book!" She was getting frustrated. It was in some sort of ancient text, and she couldn't decipher it. "I'll go home and see if I can find another book that I can translate this one with. She stood up, and picked up her book and set it inside her saddlebag. She was about to start home, but then a giant flash of light appeared above the everfree. At first she assumed it was Rainbow doing a sonic rainboom, but the light wasn't rainbow colored. It was confirmed that it wasn't Rainbow Dash when a large ball of light fell from the portal and straight into the forest. "The book is gonna have to wait. I have to see what that was." Then she took off running for the Everfree. It did not take her long to locate the impact point. There was a large crater where the ball had impacted. She went to the edge of the hole for a closer look. She couldn't believe what she saw.

Ichigo and the others were in the bottom of the crater, dazed after the glow inside the portal. Ichigo was the first to awaken, and he glanced around. He was in a forest, where, he did not know. But the forest part was the least of his worries. He looked, down, and saw, not feet, but hooves. He freaked out, for at first he thought he was missing his feet, but no, he had transformed. He had become a pony. His coat was a dark red, with a carrot-orange, colored mane, the same as his hair. He also had wings, which he questioned. He freaked out. He no longer had his human form, but at least he was alive. He looked toward his friends, who were beginning to awaken. Orihime had a peach-colored coat, as well as a mane the same color as her hair was. She had a horn. Uryu a pure white coat, as well as a black mane and a horn like Orihime's. Rukia, who had a blue coat, also had had a black mane. She had wings like Ichigo's. Renji had a gray coat, and a red mane, the kind of crimson, only his hair has. He had no special features, just like Chad, who was at least a foot taller than the rest of them, with a dark brown coat, as well as a brown mane. "Is everyone alright?" Ichigo asks. They all nod. They stand to take in their new surroundings, but stumble a bit, having to get used to having four legs. They stand for a few minutes, attempting to comprehend the events unfolding before them.
"What do we do now?" Orihime asks.
"I suggest we start moving. We don't know what might be nearby," Ichigo commanded, then noticed he still had his substitute soul reaper badge. He breathed a sigh of relief. They started to walk, barely managing to do so. They immediately noticed a purple pony, with a horn, like Orihime and Uryu. She was watching them intently, and they just looked at them, seemingly dumbfounded. Orihime was the first to take a step in the unicorn's direction, and she backed up a bit.
"It's okay, we aren't going to hurt you. We just want to know where we are." Orihime tried to reason. The unicorn perked up.
"That's a relief. You are in the Everfree forest, and my name is Twilight Sparkle." The pony said, instantly becoming more welcoming.
"That's not really very helpful. You see, we're not from here."
"Really? But Equestria is the only place with ponies like us." Twilight was getting a little suspicious. Orihime noticed she had made a mistake.
"Darn," She said out loud.
"And how did you survive an impact so strong as to make a crater like this? You should be dead." This pony was becoming a problem. If she kept asking questions, the group would have to explain themselves.
"Magic!" Orihime panic and blurted.
"So you and the other unicorn stopped the fall. Makes sense." She seemed sated, so Orihime relaxed.
"Yeah, we did. With magic. Yeah." Orihime was bombing this, so Uryu stepped in.
"Is there an inn around?" Uryu asked just hoping to get out of here.
"Yeah! If you follow me, I can lead you back to town." Twilight turned around, and began strolling back towards town. The group followed. After a few minutes of walking, Orihime tried to strike up a conversation with Twilight.
"What is that mark on your flank?" She said, eyeing the star-shaped image. She asked. She figured she might as well use the parts of a horse instead of human parts. It seemed logical.
"That's my cutie mark. It represents my love for magic. You're obviously not from here. Where did you come from? You fell out of that portal which means, you came from somewhere. Where are you from?'
"I... can't tell you. Maybe another time." Orihime, thinking she saved it, relaxed.
"Okay then. What's your cutie mark mean? I've never seen anything like it." Orihime turned around, and looked at her cutie mark. It was an image of the pendant in her hair, which she was relieved, came with her, and the six spirits within it near each point.
"Oh, that's... My talent, I... Make pendants?" Orihime said, more like a question than an answer. She didn't want to reveal her abilities.
"Right... Well then, what are your names? I never got them."
"Well I'm Orihime, the red one is Ichigo, the white one is Uryu, the blue one is Rukia, The gray one is Renji, and the really big brown one is Chad."
"Unusual names. I'll figure out where you're from eventually. Anyway, we're here. Welcome to ponyville!" the emerged from the forest to behold the town. It still took them a few minutes to get there, but the views kept them occupied. When the arrived, Twilight directed them to the inn, them started towards her house, but was immediately stopped by a pink pony with a pink mane. She had literally come out of nowhere.
"Who are they, are they your friends? Do we need to throw a party?" The pink pony asked, seemingly with limitless amounts of energy. She was bouncing.
"I don't know if they want a party."
"Don't want to party?!" Then she zoomed off to a bakery on the corner of the street.
"Who was that?" Rukia asked, "And why was she so hyper?"
"That... Was Pinkie Pie. Her real name is Pinkimena Dianne Pie, but prefers Pinkie. She just asked me if throw you wanted to be guest at a party, which she throws for every new arrival in this town. I said you probably wouldn't want one, but she's gonna do it anyway."
"Okay then. Well... Bye." Ichigo waved her off with his hoof. She walked away, but first she noticed the rest of the group's strange cutie marks. Rukia's was of a pillar of ice, which is her zanpakuto's ability. Ichigo's was off his hollow mask, and Renji's was of his bankai. Chad's was of his gloves, and Uryu's was of a Quincy bow.
"You all have really strange cutie marks. Any idea about them?" Twilight was really suspicious.
"Whatmarkgottagobye!" Orihime said, and pulled the others into the inn. "This is getting hard. We're gonna have to explain ourselves soon at this rate." He was right. Twilight was too smart for them. They asked the owner for a room for tonight, and got their reservations. They had no money, but the owner was kind enough to let them stay anyway. They eventually decided that they would wander around and sightsee for a few hours. They left the building, and Renji was immediately tackled by the pink mare from before. Pinkie stood up, dropped six envelopes on their laps. She bolted away without a word.
"What the hell was that? She knocked faster than you can." Renji stated, looking at Ichigo.
"Are we sure she wasn't a soul reaper? That was faster than flashstep." Rukia was staring at the direction she ran off in.
"Something tells me there aren't soul reapers here." That was the first Chad had spoken today.
"That should be a given. Regardless of that fact, what should we do now?" Uryu had on his normally stoic expression on.
"We should just go get some lunch. I'm starving." Ichigo said, rubbing his hoof on his stomach.
"But what about the letter that... I think it was...Pinkie dropped?" Orihime was still a bit curious, and Rukia was still staring in the direction that Pinkie zoomed of in.
"It's only polite to open it." Uryu picked said as he tried to pick the letter up with his hoof, forgetting he no longer had fingers, or hands for that matter. He stared at his hoof, frowning. Orihime picked it up in her mouth, and attempted to open it. She just couldn't open the letter.
"Let me help." Ichigo offered as he bit down on one side of the letter, and Orihime on the other, and they both pulled, attempting to tear the paper off. They succeeded, and they both fell to the ground. The letter lay there.
"I'll read it," Uryu looked down at the paper, and read it. "Make sure you come to the party at Sugarcube corner! All my friends are gonna be there! The party is for newcomers, and you guys are newcomers!"
"I don't think we should go. We aren't used to the customs or habits of these... Ponies. We might end up making a crucial mistake." Chad was becoming uncharacteristically talkative. The rest of the group nodded their approval, and they decided to get some lunch. They wandered around for a bit, trying to find a restaurant themselves, but failed. They resorted to asking passing mare where the nearest eatery was, and she directed them to a store where many delicious-looking pastries and confections were on display. They looked delicious, and the made the unanimous decision to eat there. They tried to go in, but they had to get Orihime away from the cupcakes on display in the window. They told her that she could get one inside, and that got her attention. They walked into the store expecting for a simple visit to the bakery, but they were terribly wrong. The group walked into the store, then immediately noticed the sign to their right. It read: Welcome to Sugarcube Corner!"
"Damn." They all thought at the same time. All of a sudden, six ponies burst out of various hiding spots, two of them being Twilight and Pinkie, damn near giving each of them a heart attack. "Welcome to Ponyville!" They all screamed, except for a yellow mare who sort of squeaked. The orange, white, and cyan mares; however, were much louder.
"This is your welcome party! Do you like it? Have a cupcake!" The mare known as Pinkie was barely understandable when she spoke, changing subjects so rapidly. Ichigo gestured to the others to huddle.
"If we leave now, we'll seem suspicious. We need to stay and try to have fun." Rukia used the word "fun" like it was poison. The rest of the group nodded, then broke apart. Rukia was the first to speak. "Thank you for throwing this party in our honor." She said, bowing her head. The others followed suit. "My name is Rukia. My friend's names are Ichigo, Renji, Chad, Orihime and Uryu. We are pleased to make your acquaintance."
The six mares just stood there, looking at them. Finally Pinkie spoke up. "There's no need to be so formal! It's just a party!" She said this between mouthfuls of cupcake. The group of had just been transformed into ponies, now they had to deal with this? Helluva day. Never the less, they attempted to enjoy the party regardless. All was going well, making small talk now and then. Ichigo eventually struck up a conversation with a cyan mare, who had wings like his. She spoke first.
"So, you're new to ponyville, huh? Where ya from?" The cyan mare already asked the question Ichigo had been dreading.
"Um... The sky?" Ichigo said, immediately feeling like an idiot.
"Well that much could be obvious. You're a pegasus! We live in the clouds. Well except for Fluttershy over there, she live on the ground." She gestured toward the yellow mare as she said this.
Ichigo had to think quick. Apparently pegasi could walk on clouds, which gave him an idea. "I just sleep on whatever cloud there is. By the way, what's your name? I don't think I got it." Ichigo attempted to change the subject, with success.
"I'm Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer in all of Equestria! Which reminds me, are you a strong flyer? It's been awhile since i've had a good race."
Crap. "I'm not bad." Why the hell did i say that!? I have no idea how to use my new wings! "I'm not very fast."
"What? With muscles like those? I bet you could snap a tree in half with one buck!"
Buck? What's a buck? Oh right, crap, I forgot i'm a pony now. "I'm not that strong."
"I'll text you later. I gotta see what you can do." Rainbow said, then trotted over to Pinkie.
What did i just get myself into? Now she's gonna know somethings up, when i crash into a house or something. He experimentally unfolded his wings. They were easier to move than he thought they would be. Meanwhile, Orihime had found herself talking to a white mare, who she had found to be known as Rarity.
"So... You're a dressmaker then?" Orihime asked the white mare.
"Yes. I own the Carousel Boutique. You may have heard of it?" Rarity said in her posh, upper-class voice.
"Nope. I'm pretty new here. I used to live a pretty secluded life with the rest of my friends."
"That's a shame. Where you from?"
"Nowhere in particular. We sort of just camped, well, everywhere. We just decided to settle here." Orihime had decided to omit the part with the fall and the crater.
"So you've never really lived anywhere? Why here? It's a nice town, but there were many other places you could have gone."
"We needed supplies, but we decided we were sick of the travel."
"Well, glad to have you here." the white mare departed to go get some punch. Meanwhile, Chad was just sort of standing there, not knowing what to do. The yellow mare from before was about eight feet away, just staring at him. She seemed stunned by his above average height. It took about five minutes to work up the courage to speak.
"I-I'm Fluttershy. What's your name?"
"My name is Chad. You seem frightened. Don't be. I may be big, but I won't hurt anyone unless given a good reason to." His deep voice sort of hung in the air. Fluttershy seemed to relax a bit, but was still uneasy. "You're still scared?"
"Not of you. I'm just naturally uneasy." She said, sort of looking at the ground.
"Nothing to be ashamed of."
"I'm gonna go get a cupcake. Bye." The mare walked away. Chad still just stood there. Uryu, who was talking to Twilight, who seemed to him to be the only intellectual at the gathering, was frustrated with his new quadruped form. He was trying to pick up a drink with his hooves. As this was impossible, he gave up.
Twilight could see that he was having trouble, and wondered why he just didn't use what all unicorns have. "Why not use your magic?"
Uryu froze. I can use magic? I would, but I have no idea. Have to make up a good excuse! "I took bet from my red friend to not use magic for a day. I've got twenty dollars riding on this." Saved it!
"What's a dollar?" Twilight said, and she was growing ever more suspicious.
Damn. "Just a little thing our group made up." He felt confident in his answer, however dwindling the emotion was.
"So it's a little group thing."
"Yeah, but now that we're here, we have no money."
"Well then, here's a few bits to get you started." her horn glowed a bit, then ten little coins came out of a bag on the table.
The currency here are bits, then. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it." They continued talking, and nearby Rukia had ended up conversing with an orange mare. She had a cowboy hat on, and she had a thick country accent.
"So where y'all from?" the orange mare asked.
"We've been living in the forest for many months now. We decided we needed a change of scenery." Rukia said.
"Well, mighty nice of you to pick ponyville. We're always lookin' for new faces. What's your name, sugarcube?"
"I'm Rukia, you?"
"Applejack. I run the apple farm, At least that's what ma cutie mark says. What does your's mean? I never seen anything like it."
Rukia looked back, not noticing the image if a pillar of ice on her new flank until now. She had gathered by now that they represent a pony's talent. She had to think up a lie, as if she told the mare what it really was, she would give herself away. "I make ice sculptures." She just sort of spit out. She had no idea why she said that. Why did she have to pick something she had no idea how to do?"
"That's pretty nice. Ya' know, if you can't get the ice business started, ya'll could always work on the farm. We're always looking for extra hooves."
"I'll consider it." The conversation was ended, and the both went to different sections of the food stand. Renji had been ensnared by Pinkie's randomness.
"Your mane is a really unique crimson. Where ya from, Renji?" she started giggling.
"Somewhere far away from here. I don't want to talk about it. And what's so funny!"
"It's your names! You all have funny names."
"I'm done here." He didn't want to talk to her any longer than he had to. He trotted off, but tripped, for he was still getting used to his new form. After about three more hours at the party, it finally died down.
"So where are you guys staying?" Twilight asked.
Ichigo took charge, speaking for the group. "We're staying at the inn."
Rarity spoke up, saying "That won't do! You're our guests, the least we can do is provide living arrangements. Right, girls?" the rest of the mares nodded.
"But-" Ichigo tried to refuse, but Twilight wouldn't have it. She was already setting it up.
"Then it's settled. I'll pair you up. Orihime, you go with Rarity. Ichigo, go with Rainbow. Rukia, go with Applejack. Uryu will come with me. Chad, you go with Fluttershy, and Renji, that leaves you with Pinkie."
The group nodded, knowing it would seem suspicious if they refused. All seemed relatively satisfied by their new living arrangement, except for Renji, who found the pink mare to be slightly annoying. They all walked out of the building with their partners, distraught over the fact that they had just been effectively separated. They followed their new friends, unsure of how the night was going to go.
A/N: I know, i'm not very good with character personalities, so Review or PM me with constructive criticism if you have ideas I can use. Goodbye what little readers I have!