A/N: As a reminder, the story takes place before the events in season 4 of the show. There is a reference to an event that has been resolved in season 4, so don't get confused when you read that part.

Warning:

Mild Language

I spent my time alone in the library thinking to myself about the situation. This was all strange and new to me; I didn't want to follow along with this at all, not one little bit. All of these ponies have their own little individual problems, and it's none of my business to tag along on this, I don't have to be a part of this; I'm getting too far into it.

After a little while, Twilight returned with four other ponies. I made my way down stairs and joined up with the rest of them.

"Alright girls, we've been called to the Canterlot palace to speak with the princesses, the chariots should be here any minute to bring us there."

"Who would just come along and take Pinkie Pie?" said Rainbow Dash; she kept herself a few feet in the air. "It doesn't make any sense."

"RD's right. I mean, no offence, but Pinkie Pie aint somepony any anypony would really WANT to take." said Applejack.

"I know, and the day before a royal guard in canterlot went missing as well." Twilight says.

"This doesn't make much sense, I recon we really should talk to the princess about all of this."

"We are; all of us and Allard are going to speak with the princesses."

"No, I'm not." I finally said.

They all looked at me, looking confused a bit, Twilight most of all.

"What?" Twilight said.

"I said I'm not going."

"But you have to, the princess told me to take everypony."

"None of this is my problem. Everybody has their own little issues, some have more than others. Things happen, get over it."

"Hey! How could you say that?!" Rainbow Dash said as she got aggressive towards what I said. I looked at her blankly. "Two ponies went missing, nopony has a clue where they are, and you're telling us to get over it?!"

"That's exactly what I'm saying. You can all go if you want to, but this is not my problem and I will not be getting involved in it. I really don't care that any'pony' is missing. Where I'm from, hundreds of people go missing a day, even more die every second; thousands are dying in a war this very moment. Why should I give two shits that two ponies went missing in two days, one of which I've never met before and the other I really just don't care about!"

They were all shocked by what I said; Rainbow Dash was noticeably getting angry.

"Why… you… you should…!" Rainbow Dash tried to find words, but couldn't.

"I've never heard of a place so horrible, I can't even think of a place like that to exist!" Applejack says.

"Believe me, it's real. Go chase after a lost cause if you want, I'm not going."

I headed out the front door.

"Allard!" Twilight shouted.

"What… what did he mean by… all that…?" Fluttershy asked very nervously.

"Well… um… It's like this…" Twilight began; she started to explain the whole situation to the ponies, how I'm from another world and how I'm not exactly a pony. I heard the start of it all, but after she started explaining I was too far away to hear anything else.

I trotted down the dirt roads of Ponyville, and then I slowed down to a walking pace. I was tense; I haven't yelled any anybody like that in a long time. They were probably not use to things like this, but it's still not my problem. I began to think about my situation, and then I sighed.

"They probably all hate me now…" I said quietly. I don't care if people, or ponies, hate me, which I can deal with, but how the hell am I going to get home now? If Twilight hates me for what I said then she probably won't help me get home, I'll be stuck here forever. I doubt anyone else would help me.

After a little while, the ponies were walking into the throne room, in there stood Princess Celestia with Princess Luna by her side. Twilight approached them, followed by Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash. Celestia looked at all of them in a confused way, raising an eye brow and thinking of what was missing from the scene.

"Where might your friend Allard be? I believe I requested for him to show up as well." Celestia said with a confused tone.

Twilight sighed, the other ponies also a bit disappointed. "He refused to come with us."

"He refused? Why is that?"

"He said that this isn't his problem, that he won't show up because he doesn't have to get involved."

"Oh dear… that is unfortunate because I believe he is very much involved in what is going on."

"I know… may I ask why, though?"

Celestia nods, Luna glances over at Celestia, then at Twilight before she spoke.

"The balance between the two worlds is breaking apart." Luna says.

"The… balance?" asks Twilight.

"Yes, Twilight," Celestia continues, "There are two different worlds, connected by a line of balance that keeps them alive. This balance is breaking apart."

"Why? What's going on?"

"The two worlds are counterparts of each other, opposites that keep each other alive and reside within two connected realms. There is the Mystic Realm, the one we live in now full of peace and love. Then there is Earth Realm."

"The… Earth Realm?"

"Yes. The Earth realm has absolutely no magic within it at all. It's a baron and lonely realm; within it there are creatures known as humans that live there."

"How can there not be any magic there?"

"That's how it was made to keep its balance. Everything has an opposite to balance it out. Chaos has harmony, love has hate, and life has death. Even balance itself has opposites to it to keep itself balanced. This is represented by the two realms."

"What's happening?"

"Within the two worlds, there is positive balance and negative balance. Positive balance is represented by good deeds and harmony, everything in balance that is generally good. Negative balance is represented by evil doings and chaos. Our world, the Mystic Realm, is made up of positive balance, and the Earth Realm is made up of negative balance."

"Alright, that makes sense, but it still doesn't explain what is going on."

"We'll get to that, but we still need to explain how this balance works."

"Positive and negative balance within two separate realms is not enough." says Luna, "The worlds themselves need amounts of both to keep them balanced. If a world only has positive balance, then life and harmony will go on, but life would be meaningless and the same thing would happen every day as if time is repeating. If a world has only negative balance, chaos and hate would spread through the world, and everything would fight and kill until the world is lifeless and destroyed."

"But… what does this have to do with the disappearance of the royal guard and Pinkie Pie?"

"Listen closely everypony, because to explain all of this, I must tell a long story."

Twilight nods and the others agree, sitting down and beginning to listen to the story.

"Long ago, both worlds were unstable. They were baron worlds; one world was a world of ponies and the other a world of humans. They existed within a single realm, the realm of chaos. The realm of chaos had no harmony in it, and these two worlds were side by side, slowly making their way to their own destruction. They were both helpless to survive; however, from the chaos two creatures were born. One was called the Targawrath; the other was called the Gargarath.

"The Targawrath was a manifestation of positive balance, and the Gargarath was a manifestation of negative balance. The two of them were brothers, and they saw the two worlds that were in need of their help. They combined their power and split the realm of chaos in two between the two worlds, and placed the two worlds in the two new realms, the Mystic Realm and the Earth Realm. The Gargarath settled in the Earth Realm and brought chaos and destruction to it while the Targawrath settled within the Mystic Realm and brought harmony and prosperity. They then combined their power again the connected the two worlds, keeping the two realms tied together and surviving.

"The Targawrath notice something wrong, though. The balance they brought was not enough; his world was repeating situations and nopony cared about anypony or anything else. He looked into the Earth Realm and saw nothing but constant death and destruction, humans who progressed and were constantly creating new weapons to destroy their enemies.

"This concerned the Targawrath because his brother's world, a world his brother was proud of, was going to battle itself to extinction. If that happened, the balance between the two worlds would break and the two realms would become detached and drift apart forever; a lack of balance would eventually destroy the two realms all together.

"Worried of this possibility, the Targawrath proceeded to meet up with his brother and discuss the situation, but his brother didn't believe him. The Gargarath claimed that his world is perfect the way it is and will forever prosper. This displeased the Targawrath and he grew even more worried. The Targawrath proceeded to look for a solution, and found a possible one. Once again he confronted the Gargarath, this time with the solution.

"He said that the two of them must reside within each other's world, their presence in the world will give off just enough of their own form of balance to stabilize the opposite world while at the same time making that world a world of its own balance. The Gargarath dislikes this plan, getting angry and claimed that the Targawrath only wanted to take over his world and keep both worlds for himself, leaving the Gargarath with nothing. The Targawrath tried to convince the Gargarath that this was not true, but the Gargarath did not believe him.

"Soon, they broke out into a massive fight. By the end of the fight, the Targawrath was gravely wounded. Using the last of his strength, he banished the Gargarath to the Mystic Realm, turning him to stone and locking him forever within a hidden temple. The Gargarath could no longer fight, but he had one last trick. Before the Targawrath had a chance to go to the Earth Realm, the Gargarath trapped the Targawrath's soul in a labyrinth before the curse on the Gargarath was complete. They now resided in each other's world, but they were both trapped and locked in.

"The Targawrath's body was lost in the fight, his soul trapped within a labyrinth of unknown location. The Gargarath's own body turned to stone and used as a prison for his own soul. They would continue to reside on each other's world. The presence of their souls on the worlds balanced them out completely and strengthened the connection between the two realms.

"The Earth Realm became a place of negative balance, but positive balance made its residents good people in a violent world. The Mystic Realm became a place of positive balance, but negative balance gave ponies self-thought and emotions, breaking a daily pattern of nothing happening within the world. This balance continues today, keeping both worlds in harmony."

Celestia stopped her story then. The ponies were listening, and Twilight seemed deep in thought, still confused.

"That's a good story and all but… it still doesn't make any sense! How does all this have anything to do with the disappearance of two ponies in two days?"

"Yeah, this was an interesting history lesson, but we're talking about ponies, not balance!" Rainbow Dash then said.

"I understand your confusion in the matter," says Luna, "but there is a very specific connection to these disappearances."

Celestia nods in agreement. "My sister is correct. Curses are permanent things, but a curse cannot exist without a way to break it. This one includes six individual ponies with certain personalities to break the curse."

"Six ponies…?" Twilight said in thought, she was all gathering this information within a small amount of time. "What personality traits are needed?"

"A warrior, a clown, a workman, a prideful pony, a beast, and an emotional pony. These are personality traits that strongly hold negative balance within them. The warrior personality is a pony that easily gets aggravated, one who is willing to fight anywhere and any place. We believe this is the guard who went missing."

"I figure that Pinkie Pie is the clown portion of that then?"

"I suspect so. A personality that is chaotic, uncontrollable and unpredictable, a pony with a personality without much sense or logic to it."

"Yeah… that's definitely Pinkie Pie… what about the other four?"

"A workman, a creator of many objects with progress and gaining experience."

"What does that have to do with negative balance?"

"Chaos is a part of negative balance, and chaos is a moving force as to harmony is a stable one. A workman would make progress with his work with great success, an ability given by chaos."

"Alright… and the others?"

"A prideful pony would be arrogant, self-centered. Thinking she or he is better than anypony else and will put others down to prove it."

"That sounds familiar…" Rarity says to herself.

"Sounds like Trixie." Rainbow Dash says with an irritated voice.

"Alright. What are the last two?"

"A beast would be somepony with a wild, aggressive, and hurtful personality. One that easily loses their temper and will hurt others to get their way."

"And the last one?"

"An emotional pony would be one who freely expresses how they feel. If they feel joyful they'll share that joy with everypony else, everypony will know when they are happy, and when they are feeling down or sad, they might isolate themselves. Emotions are one thing given to ponies by negative balance. These six ponies, if gathered together, have the power to free the Gargarath."

"I suppose that's a bad thing."

"If the Gargarath is released, then he will bring destruction to all of both worlds, destroying everything within both realms. Equestria needs your help again, girls, but this time Equestria isn't the only place in danger. This time, all the worlds within the Mystic Realm and the Earth Realm are counting on you."

"Princess… I feel like this isn't all… I feel like there is something else missing…"

"…You're right… there's something I haven't said yet."

"What is it?"

"A key. Even if all of the ponies representing negative balance were in one place, a key is needed to actually free the Gargarath. Somepony who represents positive balance, the very force that locked the Gargarath in the first place. I believe Allard to be this pony."

"What? Allard? There's no way… his personality is nothing like that of positive balance! If anything, he represents chaos and disorder more than anypony here!"

"I know, but think of it. Coming here was not his doing; he had to have been brought here by an outside source, a source within Equestria."

"You're saying the Gargarath brought him here?"

"I don't know enough to say for sure, but it's a possibility. Girls, I need you all to search for these ponies and bring them here to safety before they go missing. Their personalities will stand out from others, making them key targets."

"Yes princess. I still have a lot of questions but… it's best to save them for later… come on girls, we have to get back to Ponyville."

They began to head out to the chariots. Once they were in, the pegasi took off with them.

"Hey Twilight," Rainbow Dash says, "um… how are we going to find all of these ponies?"

"I… I really don't know… but I'll figure it out."