"Not much among the rubble, I'm afraid."
Annabeth groaned at the sound of voices.
"I've never seen wounds like hers before." a bossy voice answered. Annabeth scrunched her eyes at the sound.
"I have." a soft voice whispered. "Animals I rescue from Everfree forest have scratches on them, but no, not that big." She founded frightened.
Annabeth opened an eye and stared at an orange horse with a hat, a yellow Pegasus with pink hair, which if Annabeth thought that was absurd was nothing compared tot he purple unicorn with wings. At first, she just stared at them thinking she was dreaming. Funny dream. She almost smiled until her thoughts turned to Percy, as they always did. But instead of the excited electric feeling she usually had when she thought of him, her heart clenched in fear. She could see his bloodied face inches from hers. Was he dead? The thought shook her to her core and her reaction was instant.
"Percy!" His name left her lips before she could stop them. She fought to get up, buther limbs weren't working right.
"Woah, slow down you're lucky just to be alive." the purple unicorn said as she slowly approached her.
"You must rest." Annabeth was startled when the yellow pegasus said it above her.
"Woah Nelly. We're not going to hurt you." the orange horse said.
Of all the dreams Annabeth had ever had, this one had to take the cake. She knew Percy could talk to horses, but never had one come up and talked to her. She decided to ignore them and kept struggling to stand up. When she finally managed some semblance of standing up, she quickly fell down again.
"You're going to hurt yourself again." the purple unicorn stated.
"Oh, please don't do that. Oh that looks very painful. Wouldn't you rather just rest?" the yellow pegasus whimpered.
Annabeth looked down to see if there was anything wrong with her legs and involuntarily screamed at the sight. "No. It's not possible." she noticed a full sized mirror behind the horses. She forced herself up and made her way on four wobbly legs to the mirror. She shook a hand, the reflection shook a hoof back. She shook her head and watched the reflection shake it's mane back. The horse in the mirror had her curly blond hair and grey eyes, but the body was that of a brown horse. Her legs finally gave out as she fell to the floor. "It's a dream. It's a terrible dream." She began to cry.
"I don't know what all the fuss is about. They healed most of the cuts up, real nice." the orange horse stated.
"I'm not sure that's the problem." the purple unicorn told the orange horse.
"Oh, you poor dear, you must have been through something terrible." She could feel the yellow Pegasus lay next to her with a wing gently laid on her back.
Annabeth looked at the yellow pegasus feeling like shock was taking over her system. "You're not real." she said numbly. She forced herself up on all fours and bit herself. Pain shot through her leg and the yellow pegasus looked at her in horror.
"What did you go and do that for?" the orange horse looked appalled.
"I'm afraid you're not dreaming." the purple unicorn stated flatly.
"There is no such things as purple unicorns or Pegasus with pink hair. Let alone an orange horse with a hat. Not to mention, I am not a horse, nor can I talk to horses." She nearly lost it at the declaration. His name slipped from her lips againd, "Percy! I have to get to him." She started walking toward the nearest door.
"You say you're not a horse, then what are you?" The purple unicorn asked, almost as though she already knew the answer.
Several answers flited through her mind: a demigod, a half-blood, a hero, cursed. But she settled on the one she was sure they were asking for. "Human." She started walking again.
"Just as I thought." the purple unicorn stated proudly. "You're from another world."
That stopped Annabethin her tracks. "What?"
But the purple unciorn was on a roll. "We heard a loud boom, that must have been the forced opening of a portal into our world. You must have fallen through, you and somepony else."
"Percy!" Annabeth identified the other entity.
"And you landed here, leaving the portal open and the creature's that attacked Canterlot to come through."
"Creatures?!" Annabeth was on full aleart now. "They said they wanted to destroy something the gods loved. Salt of the sea." She looked at the purple unicorn. "Percy's blood!" They needed us alive to open the portal and destroy something the gods created." She looked at the orange horse, "Posieden created horses," she looked at the yellow Pegasus, "and is the father of pegusi." "They're going to destroy this world!"
"You let them in?" the orange horse glared at her.
"Don't be ridiculous." Annabeth glared back and was pleased to see the horse wilt slightly under her gaze. "Percy and I were captured and beaten unconscious. We were forced to participate."
"Who. Who forced you? Who is attacking Equestria?" the purple unicorn held her gaze.
"I only saw Thorne, the manticore, and Echidna. But I'm sure they're taking orders from someone else."
"What kind of world do you come from?" the yellow pegasus cowered.
Annabeth eyed the three before her, trying to determine what she could say, before she finally settled on, "A land of gods and monsters. If we are going to battle these monsters, we are going to have to find Percy."
"The second streak." the purple unicorn guessed. "My friends were sent to investigate it. If what you say is true, then they will find him. But he is on the other side of Equestria and Canterlot and these monsters lie between us. The best plan would be to meet up in Canterlot, where the attack first happened."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's get a move on." Annabeth was anxious to find Percy. She hoped that he was alright.
"Hold your horses. Let's get you something to eat first." the orange horse said.
Annabeth was anxious to leave, but she had to admit she was hungry. "Okay," she said reluctantly.
"My name's Apple Jack. This here is Flutter Shy." The orange horse pointed to the yellow pegasus. "And this is Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship."
Annabeth gave her a surprised look. "A unicorn with wings is a princess?"
"Allicorn. I'm an allicorn. Though I wasn't always. I also wasn't always the princess of friendship."
"Huh." was all Annabeth could think to say, as she was led out of the room
"So what's your name?" Twilight wheedled.
"Oh, I'm Annabeth Chase."
"Annabeth Chase." Twilight rolled it around her mouth as though getting a feel for something foreign. "And your friend's name is Percy." she said his name too as though it were something foreign.
"Um, yea."
"Interesting." she said as she sat down at a table.
Not nearly as interesting as your names. Annabeth thought as she tried to navigate sitting at the table as sa horse.
Twilight ordered and Annabeth was surprised when an apple treat was served. Everyone showed down without using hoofs to pick up their food so Annabeth followed suit. When in Rome . . .as the saying goes.
"Delicious! They get their apples from our family orchard." Apple Jack exclaimed.
"Apple Jack has an Apple orchard." Annabeth said thoughtfully. Is that why you have the name Apple?"
"All us Apples are named after an apple." Apple Jack stated matter-of-factly.
"Oh, well it was very good. I was half expecting hay." They stared at her for a moment. "Can we go now?" Annabeth pleaded.