After hearing her problem, Ben & Rook agreed to help Twilight and took her where they knew she could receive said help.

"Wow!" Twilight said, as she looked over the vastness of space through a spaceship window "isn't this amazing Spike? I never in my wildest dreams ever thought that one day, I'd get to observe space up close."

"Yeah, it's great," Spike replied, as he looked out of the window of the Proto-TRUK at the various stars "I just hope I don't get space sick or something."

"I do not believe such an ailment exists," Rook said helpfully.

"Relax and enjoy the view, we'll be at the Plumbers' base in no time," Ben told him.

"I still don't see how plumbers are going to help us," Spike commented "and why are they in space anyway? There are no pipes up here for them to fix."

"These are a different type of plumber," Rook explained "they are a galactic peacekeeping force tasked with protecting those throughout the universe."

"So, like superheroes then?"

"I wouldn't say they're all like superheroes," Ben replied "well, I am obviously, but the others, not so much."

Eventually, they docked at the Plumber's base, and the large structure, with its' advanced technology, only further incited Twilight's curiosity.

"Whoa, this place is amazing! I've never seen anything like it in Equestria!"

"Thank you, we do our best to keep it up to date, by galactic standards," Rook told her.

"Check all this stuff out Twilight," Spike said in awe "what does it all do?"

"I have absolutely no idea," the young princess admitted "but it certainly looks important. I'm just curious where they get the magic to keep everything running."

The two heroes led their new friends down the hall, though having to stop every so often as Twilight marveled over a piece of machinery or strange alien creature. Eventually, they reached an office and went inside.

"Hello Ben, who are your new friends?" the man behind the desk asked.

"Hey grandpa, this is Twilight Sparkle & her assistant Spike," Ben explained "they got lost here through some weird portal thingy and they're trying to locate their friends. I told them we might be able to help them out."

"Well, welcome Miss Sparkle, and you too Spike."

"Just Twilight is fine, sir."

"All right then, now, tell me everything."

So Twilight explained about the mission she was given, and casting the dimension spell and her friends being separated.

"Twilight, I believe we can help you," Max told her, "just follow me."

He led her and Spike down to a lower part of the base.

"This is our Research & Development area," Max told them "where we create and design whatever we need to help enforce the law in the galaxy. As luck would have it, one of our new inventions may be just what you need."

Max and the two then entered the room, which was littered with a number of high-tech devices. "Blukic, Driba, are you two here? We have company."

Twilight was surprised to see a pair of aliens with large eyes emerge from nearby after Max called them. While the initial shock of meeting aliens had worn off after she arrived here, the tiny creature still intrigued her.

"Of course we're here," Blukic replied "we're here nearly around the clock, putting our brains to work on the latest equipment in the fight against evil."

"Hmm mmm" Driba replied in his gravelly voice "we've been working on a real doozy lately too."

"Ooh, what's this, a winged equine?" Blukic asked, walking around Twilight "let me guess, you want us to study her and learn the inner workings of her physiology?" he added, grabbing her wing and inspecting it.

"Um, excuse me," Twilight said, rather miffed and retracted her wing, causing Blukic to fall to the floor.

"Actually, Miss Sparkle here is a visitor from another world," Max explained "but she lost her friends traveling here and believes they may be scattered in other worlds. I need you to get the Multi-Universal Viewer activated so we can look for them."

"Pfft, is that all?" Blukic asked "that's far too easy for someone of our intelligence."

"Just do it," Max ordered.

The little Galvan said nothing and walked over to what resembled a large computer with a lighter grey frame and a large screen. He activated a small silver hover device and lifted himself up towards the keypad, then typed in a series of keys.

"What is that thing?" an impressed Twilight asked.

"Not too long ago, Ben had to deal with some evil versions of himself from different timelines," Max explained "to make sure they didn't cause any further trouble, we decided to find a way to keep an eye on them. Thus, Blukic & Driba cooked up this little device that allows us to tune into other timelines; of course, I suspect it could be used to look into other worlds as well."

"Oh easily, it's just a matter of adjusting the parameters and modifying the wavelength," Blukic explained.

"What he said," Driba added.

The Galvan made a few adjustments on the control panel "there, that should do it," he said "now, how do we start looking?"

"Program the scanner to search the worlds for any differences or anomalies," Max told him.

"Oh, of course, I should've guessed that," Blukic said, turning a red a dial. The screen on the machine began to shift through a number of different worlds before stopping on New York.

"Ahh, we're picking up something out of the ordinary at this location," Blukic said "could be your friends."

"Okay, so you found them; I don't suppose you have a way for us to actually get them, do you?" Spike asked.

"Well, there is our Inter-Dimensional Portal, but that is in for repairs," Blukic noted.

Max turned to Twilight "you said a spell brought you here, right?" he asked, as she nodded in agreement "then use that spell to travel there."

"Using the spell was what caused all this trouble in the first place!"

"Trust me on this," Max said "it might be the only way."

Twilight sighed "Okay, I'll do it," she said and levitated the scroll from her saddlebag. Concentrating her magic on the scroll, it opened up a swirling purple vortex.

"Well Spike, I guess we have to try again," she said.

"Knowing our luck, we'll end up someplace filled with hungry dragon & pony eating monsters," Spike replied, but he nevertheless followed Twilight into the portal.


In the sewers of New York, the same portal opened and Twilight & Spike emerged, completely unharmed.

"I think we made it!" Twilight said happily "now I just hope that thing was correct."

"I dunno Twilight, I don't like those little guys," Spike said "I don't think we can trust them. I mean, how do we know one of our friends is even here?"

"It seems like a long shot Spike, but I just have this feeling," Twilight told him, looking around "this certainly is a strange looking place; I wonder what sort of creatures live here."

"From the looks of it, I'd guess not friendly ones."

Twilight ignored him and the two made their way down the long winding sewers.

"Oh man, this place smells worse than the time I accidentally ate one of AJ's rotten apples," Spike said.

"Don't remind me," Twilight added, holding her hoof to her snout "I hope Rarity didn't end up here, cause she certainly wouldn't be happy."

"This place seems to go on forever, how are we supposed to find anyone?" Spike asked.

"I guess we just press on," Twilight replied, and the two continued their walk, until Twilight stopped suddenly "Spike, do you hear that?"

"Yeah, sounds like something's up ahead."

"We should check it out," Twilight told him and let him get on her back so she could fly to the source of the noise.

Eventually, she came a large opening and swooped down, retracting her wings and allowing her & Spike to wander inside.

"Whoa, somepony set up a whole living space in here!" an amazed Spike commented.

"Yes, but who? Or what?" Twilight asked.

Twilight got her answer as she and Spike wandered further into the place and saw an amazing sight.

Four human like turtles were sparring with each other as a familiar blue Pegasus sat nearby, watching with interest.

"Oh man, you guys so gotta teach me how to do that!" Rainbow said.

"Rainbow!" Twilight exclaimed and galloped over to nuzzle her friend "thank Celestia I found you."

"Twilight, Spike! Great to see you," Rainbow said, embracing her friends "how'd you guys get here?

"Long story," Twilight told her "are you okay?"

"Are you kidding? It's been awesome! I met these turtles that know karate, and we've been hanging out," Rainbow said "oh, and they introduced me to this great food called pizza; it's basically dough, cheese and vegetables, but man is it tasty! You wanna try some?"

"No time, we have to find the others and stop the spell thief, remember?"

"Oh yeah," Rainbow said, sounding a little sad "well, at least meet the guys."

She walked over to where the turtles had finished their sparring, and they quickly noted the new arrivals.

"Oh great, one colored pony wasn't enough, now we got two of 'em" Raph commented.

"And a mini-alligator, sweet!" Mikey replied.

"Hey, I'm a baby dragon!" Spike protested.

"Ooh, even better; hey, blow some fire, preferably at Raph."

"Shut up Mikey."

"Are they great, or what?" Rainbow asked.

"Yeah…great," Twilight replied, uncertain.

Eventually, introductions were made and stories were exchanged. Twilight found herself amazed by Donatello's technology, and, like Rainbow, Spike found pizza to be to his liking. After all was said and done, the two ponies and dragon decided to leave their new friends.

"It was a pleasure to meet you Miss Sparkle," Splinter said "your friend Rainbow has been the perfect house guest during her stay here."

"Thank you for taking care of her," Twilight said "but now we must find our other friends."

"It was super awesome meeting you guys," Rainbow said "and who knows, maybe I can come back here another time for some training. Ooh, and could I get some of that 'pizza' to go? My pal Pinkie Pie would love the stuff."

"Always happy to spread pizza to others dude," Mikey said.

So, after a goodbye, the two heroines and dragon used the portal and left.


"So, what's the diagnosis Keswick?"

"Her a-a-anatomy appears to be that of a n-n-normal horse, minus the w-w-wings of course," Keswick said.

"That's great!" Dudley said "do you think maybe she could join T.U.F.F?"

"Now hold on Dudley, we'd need to talk with the Chief about that," Kitty pointed out "and didn't she say that she doesn't belong here?"

"Kitty's right, you two have been very nice to me since I came here, but I really can't stay; I'd miss my friends and animals too much," Fluttershy told them.

"W-w-well then we n-n-need to find a w-w-way to get you b-b-back home," Keswick said "I w-w-wonder what I h-h-have in my lab?"

But, before he could find anything, a purple vortex appeared in the room and a pair of winged ponies and dragon emerged.

"Twilight, Rainbow, Spike! You're here!" Fluttershy said, as loudly as her quiet voice would allow.

"Fluttershy, glad to see your safe," Twilight said, embracing her friend, before looking around at the surroundings "um, are these talking animals?"

"Oh yes, this is Dudley, Kitty, & Keswick," Fluttershy introduced.

"Wow, you must have had a ball here," Rainbow commented.

"Yes I did, but I'm glad you found me, because I'm ready to go now," Fluttershy told them.

"Aw! Do you have to?" Dudley asked sadly.

"I'm sorry, but I'll never forget you," Fluttershy told him "and who knows, maybe our paths will cross again," she added, hugging the white dog.

Dudley sniffed as a tear ran down his face "you take good care of yourself."

"I will," Fluttershy said, waving a hoof goodbye before she disappeared into the vortex with the others.

"Okay, I say we all agree that we don't mention any of this to the Chief," Kitty commented.

"A-a-agreed," Keswick added.


Once again the purple vortex appeared, this time in what appeared to be a very lush forest.

"What the? Are we back in the Everfree Forest again?" a confused Rainbow asked.

"It can't be," Twilight told her "it must be a world with a similar appearance."

"Let's hope it doesn't have the same creepy monsters," Spike added nervously.

"Come on everypony, we can do this," Twilight said determinedly, and the four made their way through the plants. As they walked, Twilight could hear what sounded like banjo music.

"Does everypony hear that?"

"Yeah, sounds like Applejack," Rainbow commented.

The ponies, and dragon, headed over to the source of the music. There, in a clearing, they saw Applejack dancing as a strange furry orange thing in a hat played on a banjo; nearby, an odd looking creature, vaguely pony-like in appearance, looked on, her arms crossed in disgust.

"Applejack!" they all said happily, running over to embrace their cowpony friend.

"Well howdy girls, glad ta see ya," Applejack said "how'd y'all get here, anyway?"

"That's not important right now," Twilight told her "we have to go."

"Shucks okay, but can I at least say goodbye to my new friends first?"

"Oh hello there," the furry creature said, stopping his banjo playing and joining the scene "Applejack, I take it these are friends of yours?"

"Yup, this here's Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy & Spike; everypony, this is Wander. He and his pal Sylvia helped me out while I was here, fed me some stew and even treated me to some old fashioned banjo music; made me feel like I was back on the farm."

"Oh, it was nothing, I'm always glad to help any lost travelers," Wander admitted "especially if they like banjo music; Sylvia's not exactly a fan," he added, whispering the last part.

"Well thank you for all your help Mr. Wander," Twilight told him "but we really have to be going."

"Oh, so soon?" Wander asked, "we still have plenty of stew, and you're welcome to stay for more banjo music."

"In that case, we definitely have to be going," Rainbow commented.

"Well then, it was nice meeting you Applejack, and your friends as well," Wander said extending his hand to shake her hoof "I hope our paths will cross again someday."

"I ain't exactly sure that's possible, but hey, I've seen stranger things happen," Applejack replied, waving a hoof before Twilight activated the portal and they disappeared.


Next time, our heroes manage to locate Rarity, Pinkie & Starlight, and, now back at full strength, locate the person who stole the book of spells, and discover it's an old foe of theirs.