Another Dimension

Chapter 2

AN: Fixed.

"You wanted to see us Princess?"

Twilight's voice echoed in the cavernous hall, bouncing off the marble walls and columns.

She heard the faint sound of walking, and turned around to face the princess. Twilight and her friends all bowed in respect.

"Come this way, please," the princess ordered. She turned swiftly and led the way to a small conference room. There was a long polished oak table, with eight very comfortable looking velvet chairs. Sitting in one of the chairs was the infamous Princess Luna.

"Luna! How are you?" asked Twilight, in an attempt to show the midnight blue alicorn that they were somewhat friends.

"Fine, thank you," she replied back, her voice sounding much softer than the unfortunate mishap back last Nightmare Night.

"Sit, please," said Celestia softly, gesturing to the remaining seats. Everpony grew silent as they stared at the princesses.

Celestia levitated a pile of folders and handed each pony one.

"Humans," she said solemnly, a small smile playing on her lips. She made the folders open at the same time. Nestled in the directories were pictures of strange, two-legged creatures with peachy skin.

"What are these?" gasped Twilight.

"As my sister has said before, they are called humans. They live in the Human World, another dimension only accessible by the use of ancient magic. They have survived for centuries without the use of magic. They are extraordinary, really," said Luna.

"What do these…things have to do with us?" demanded Rainbow.

"Your mission…is to travel to their dimension."

"What?" exclaimed everypony.

Celestia held up a hoof. Everpony grew silent once more.

"I have been observing you over the past few days. I have noticed very important things, and I will list them all. First, the unicorns: Rarity and Twilight. This is something I have noticed in most unicorns: the fact that you are too afraid to get rough and dirty. Unconsciously, you seem to carry yourselves higher than pegasi and earth ponies.

Second, the pegasi: Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. I see this especially in you, Rainbow Dash. Pegasi do not use their brains. They rely fully on brawn. Now Fluttershy, I know you don't, but this is quite common with your breed. Lastly, the earth ponies. Applejack, Pinkie Pie, I'm sorry to say this, but you have no class. I do not mean any disrespect, I honestly don't, but sadly, it's true. Earth ponies do not care about their status or appearance. There are some quite fancy earth ponies, but the majority are just as I described."

Nopony said a word as they digested the information. Applejack looked insulted, and Rainbow had a frown on her face.

Princess Luna smirked.

"What's so funny?" exploded Rainbow.

"Rainbow!" scolded Rarity. "Honestly!"

"No, no, she had reason to snap," said Luna, trying to stifle a giggle. "Go on, Tia, tell them what you plan to do."

Celestia grinned mischievously.

"Like I said before, I plan to send each one of you to the Human World. You will be spilt into three groups based on your breed. I will assign each group to a different country. There, each group will learn to do different things. Unicorns, you learn to work hard and toughen up. Pegasi, you will learn to use your common sense and increase your IQ, and earth ponies, you will learn to be classy and polish your manners and etiquette. This is quite an important mission, and I would appreciate it if you would all accept it."

The main six all stared at their princess.

"Are…you…crazy?" asked Rainbow. "Do you really expect us to just drop everything and leave to another dimension?"

"One day here in one year over there," piped Luna. "We'll need you there for about a couple of Human weeks, so you'll barely be gone a day!"

Twilight looked at her friends' faces. They looked shocked, offended, and nervous.

"Girls? Gather round, please," she said calmly.

Everypony gathered round the purple equine.

"What do you think?" she whispered anxiously.

"Forget this, I want to go home!" whispered Rainbow furiously.

"But it would be fun!" murmured Pinkie.

"I don't fancy it," Rarity spoke softly.

Fluttershy whimpered. "It would be too scary."

"But the princess is counting on us!" hissed Applejack. "What do we do?"

Twilight straightened her back. "Respect my decision, everypony," she said. Turning to the princesses, Twilight said, "Princess, we accept this mission."

Celestia sniggered, a devilish glint in her eyes.

"Excellent."

"Are you ready?" called Celestia as she walked up a giant flight of stairs.

"Yes, princess," Twilight called back.

"We're going to regret this!" Fluttershy squeaked.

"Just think of this as one of our crazy adventures we go on almost every week!" Pinkie put a reassuring hoof on Fluttershy's butter yellow shoulder. "And you'll have Dashie by your side!"

"That's right," said Applejack. "We'll all have each other. That's the important thing."

Celestia walked back to the group. "Follow me."

They followed the tall alicorn into a small, dark, musty room. Celestia unveiled a wide mirror, the blanket upturning the dust that had settled on the relic for a few years, causing everypony to cough.

Celestia touched her horn to the mirror's smeary glass. Her horn began to gleam sunshine, and the mirror's surface turned into a deep blue pool of light. She stepped aside, and cleared her throat.

"Everything has been arranged. I knew you would accept this mission, so I planned ahead. If you could all just sort yourself into your groups and step forward. Unicorns first!" Celestia said.

Twilight gulped, glanced at Rarity, and stepped forward.

Celestia bent down to hug each pony, her neck lingering against Twilight's.

"Stay safe, my faithful student," she whispered. She then handed each pony a small saddlebag. "This contains everything you need to know."

Twilight took a deep breath. Rarity smiled at her.

"Let's go!"

The two unicorns stepped into the glowing light, and were immediately sucked in.

"Will they be safe?" asked Fluttershy.

"I don't now," said Celestia. "But you'll see soon enough. Pegasi, you're next!"