Chapter 3: The Meeting

Bloom and Stella groaned and got up from the heap of ponies. "Where…Where are we?" asked Stella.

"I don't know," said Bloom, a hint, well, more than a hint, of worry in her voice. "But it looks like I won't be hearing from Brandon for a while".

"Obviously," Stella said, "But what's below us?"

Slowly, the seven disgruntled ponies got up from their squashed heap.

"Darlings, if you're going to land on top of us, please do it in a more gracious way" said Rarity in a daze.

"Try us, Dickcord" said Rainbow Dash, too dazed from having two teenage fairies fall onto them to realize what was going on, "I say we BLAST you back to stone. That'd be, maybe, 20% cooler".

Twilight Sparkle shook her head as she began to comprehend the situation around her. Two…things had somehow fallen on top of her, and her friends. There were two of them, and looked like…Humans?

"Wait", said Twilight, "Aren't you guys humans?"

"Yeah, we are," said Stella casually, until she turned around and realized something. "YOU TALK!" said screamed, before falling onto the ground, having fainted.

"It's okay," said Bloom. "I, um, guess we're not used to seeing talking horses".

"We aren't horses, we're ponies!" said Pinkie Pie. "I have two VEEEERY important questions. First, who are you? Second, want some cupcakes?" she said, holding up a platter of cupcakes.

"She always like this?" asked Bloom to Twilight.

"Yep, that's Pinkie," said Twilight. "She's the comedy in our lives. We appreciate her for what she is. Is your friend always like that?"

"Well, no," said Bloom. "But she's been through far weirder situations than this."

Sunset Shimmer had got up from the ground and come to her senses. She could see Twilight conversing with a being that appeared to be a human. Another human was present, but appeared to have fainted on the ground.

"Well, anyway, I'm Twilight Sparkle. Welcome to Ponyville," said Twilight in her most hospitable voice. "These are my friends, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Sunset Shimmer".

"Well, I'm Bloom, and my friend there is Stella," said Bloom in an even mor hospitable voice. "I'm from the Magix dimension, but this Washing Spell we tried out sent us here, and…"

"It's okay", Twilight interrupted. "A lot of stuff ends up here. Like Batman, and Pikachu, and that creepy G3.5 thing, and that annoying orange, and Spier-Man, and the Joker, and Iron Man, and Wreck-It Ralph, and.."

"Yeah, I get it", said Bloom. " If I weren't from 2004, I'd probably get all of it. But, how can I get back home?"

"I'm… not sure," said Twilight. "But, my castle does have an extensive library."

"Really?" enquired Bloom excitedly. "What are we waiting for then?" She began to run down the dirt path to the castle, ponies staring at her. One puce mare, Daisy, looked as if she were saying "The horror! The horror!" and then fainted.

"Well, she seems nice enough," said Fluttershy quietly. "We should follow her."

"I guess she's right," said Applejack.

"Okay, then, we'll follow her," said Sunset Shimmer, excited at the thought of an adventure in her new home.

"Yes!" thought Twilight, as she flew off, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy at her side, and Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Sunset Shimmer beneath her. "Time to do one of my favorite things-research!"

As the ponies disappeared down the dirt path, Stella finally rose from the dirt. "Whoa, am I dusty", she said. "Wait, where have Bloom and those talking horses gone ?" she asked, confused by the evets that preceded her fainting. She then got up from the ground and began to run.