Dimensions

I'm having some writers block on Pinkamena, so I've decided to go ahead and start on this. Yes it's human-in-Equestria, but hopefully it's better than most others. Enjoy.

The sun shined brightly down on the small town of Ponyville, where life carried out as usual. Very little could ever disturb the peace of the town, and even if something did, the problem would soon be taken care of by the towns "protectors", a group that residents called The Six. The Six represented the Elements of Harmony, and in extension, the diversity of Ponyville. However, on that day, something was about to occur, an event that not even the Six could stop.

The town center bustled with life that day, as many ponies flooded it in an attempt to get to the many market places and street vendors it contained. Twilight Sparkle stood in the center of the chaos, watching in amusement. All this trouble for some supplies she thought merrily. They could at least be more orderly. As Twilight contemplated the many ways she could use her organization skills to help move things along, a small rumbling began. At first, no one noticed it, but then rumbling began to grow, and soon, entire buildings were shaking. The ground cracked as ponies, realizing what danger they were in, ran from the square to safer ground. Twilight was among these ponies when a large white flash filled the square. Turning towards the center of the square, Twilight saw a spinning white orb levitating off the ground. The unicorn felt a large burst of magic fill her, and it took all of her might not to lose conciseness. Falling to her knees, Twilight felt the magical wave reach out in all directions, before suddenly, it was sucked back into the orb, which was getting brighter and brighter. Twilight covered her eyes, and started to back away, when the orb exploded.

The shockwave lifted Twilight off her feet and sent her crashing into a vendors' cart. A blinding white light filled Ponyville, followed by a delayed BANG! Curling up into a ball, Twilight waited until the noise and light had faded, before gingerly getting to her feet. Looking around, she saw the devastation the blast had caused. Some buildings were missing walls, some were completely collapsed, while others were barely scratched. In the center of the town square, directly under where the orb used to be, a smoke filled crater had appeared. Twilight began to approach the crater, but stopped when she put her hoof down and felt a strange sticky substance. Looking down, the unicorn saw many cracks in the ground that led directly to the crater. Each crack was filled with a black goo which seemed to flow into the smoking hole. Twilight could immediately sense that the goo was magical, but it was a magic she had never felt before. This magic was violent and untamed compared to the Equestrian magic she was used to. Shaking her head in confusion, Twilight made her way to the crater. She stared into the hole, trying to see through the smoke. Suddenly, a strange object popped out. Twilight backed up quickly, and watched as the object moved around. From what Twilight could tell, the object looked very similar to the paw of a monkey, except this certain item was hairless and rather pink.

The "paw" or whatever it was planted itself into the ground, and was quickly joined by another. The two "paws" groped around for a bit, before finally grabbing hold of a lamppost that had somehow survived. There was a grunting noise from within the crater, one which sounded deep and frightened Twilight. Backing up slightly, she bumped into another pony, and realized that a crowd had gathered. The crowd watched as the "paws" strained, and a strange being hauled itself to the street. The being wore the tattered remains of what looked like clothes, and was incredibly large. It used the lamppost as a crutch as it propped itself up, and that's when Twilight got a good view of it. The thing resembled a monkey heavily, but there were some major differences, mainly, the fact that it seemed almost hairless, save for a shaggy ling mane that fell from the top of its head to its shoulders, and its size. From what Twilight could tell, her eyes only went up to the .creature's midsection. The thing coughed a couple of times, before opening it's eyes.

The being looked out onto the crowd of ponies, who in return stared back upon him. The thing seemed confused, and looked at the face of each pony, before it saw Twilight. It's gaze froze upon her, and it's mouth slightly dropped. The creature slowly approached Twilight, who was frozen in fear. The thing stopped right in front of her, and dropped to one knee, so it was face to face with her. It studied her features for a second, before it said "Twilight Sparkle?" Twilight simply nodded, dumbfounded at how it knew her name. This seemed to shock the creature. "Well I'll be damned, I'm in Equestria." The creature said, before its eyes rolled back up into it's head, and it collapsed on the ground. Twilight sat there, unsure of what to do. Suddenly, another bright flash occurred, and Princess Celestia appeared. Looking down upon the creature, the Princess muttered a swear, before turning to her pupil. "Twilight Sparkle, run and tell your friend Fluttershy to prepare a bed. She is going to have a patient in a minute." Twilight shook herself out of her daze, before looking at the princess. "Princess.." The princess cut her off. "There will be time for questions later. Right now, we have to save this creature." Twilight nodded, before turning and galloping towards Fluttershy's cottage. "Oh, Twilight!" The princess called, stopping Twilight in her tracks. "Tell Fluttershy she'll need a rather large bed!" Twilight nodded, and resumed her run.

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Princess Celestia carefully lowered the strange creature onto the bed that Fluttershy had prepared. Despite it being her larges bed, it seemed awfully small for the thing. Fluttershy immediately descended onto her new patient, and began to clean and bandage its wounds. "Come Twilight, let us leave them in peace." The two left the room, and walked into the main room of the cottage. "Princess, what in Equestria is going on?" Twilight asked. "Soon, Twilight, soon. First, we must assemble your friends. They're going to need to hear this as well.

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Five ponies, a dragon, and a princess all sat in Fluttershy's cottage, waiting for the shy pegasus to finish washing up after spending roughly an hour working on her "guest". Soon, all of the Six sat in the room, and then Princess Celestia started. "I'm sure you all have questions. Some I will be able to answer, some I wont. Please, feel free to ask." Twilight immediately started. "Princess, what is that thing?" Twilight didn't expect an honest answer, if there would be one at all, but her mentor surprised her. "The creature is a human. A teenage male human to be exact." Still, Twilight wasn't satisfied. "Where does it come from? I'm not a biologist, but I'm certain there are no humans in Equestria!" Again, the Princess from surprisingly blunt. "There aren't any humans in Equestria. They live in different dimension than we do." This time is was Applejack who spoke. "Uh, princess, what is a hoo-man 'r whatever y'all called it doin' here?" Celestia shook her head. "I honestly do not know, Applejack, but whatever the reason it can't be good. Humans aren't capable of traveling between dimensions, at least through the means that this particular one took." "And what means did this one choose, Princess?" Rarity was the asker this time. "Magic, Rarity. This human came here through magical means, which is by far the biggest concern of this event. Now, I suggest we all go get some rest. We will meet back here around 10, to further discuss what has occurred." There was some grumbling from Rainbow Dash, who was obviously itching to do something about the human. It didn't sit well with the cyan pegasus that the strange creature had blown up a large part of Ponyville. The princess paid little mind to her restlessness, and walked briskly from the cottage. Before she could leave, Twilight caught up with her.

"Princess!" Twilight called. "Yes, Twilight Sparkle?" Twilight approached the sun goddess. "That thing…the human. When it came out of the crater, it looked at me as if it recognized me. It knew my name." Princess Celestia seemed slightly shocked at the revelation. "You're sure about this?" Twilight nodded. "It came up to me and said "Twilight Sparkle?" I nodded, and then it said "I'm in Equestria" or something like that. Then it fainted." The princess sighed. "Thank you for telling me this Twilight." Twilight turned to go back inside, but stopped. "Before the human appeared, when there was that levitating orb thing. I felt a surge of magic, but it wasn't like any magic I've ever felt." The princess looked at Twilight strangely. "You felt it too?" The Princess nodded. "It seems your more in touch with magic than I thought Twilight Sparkle. Yes, I felt it too." Twilight smiled a bit at the compliment. "What was it?" The princess turned around, and faced Ponyville. "It was magic from the human's home. I haven't felt that type of magic in a very long time, and never in such a large amount." The princess looked back at Twilight. "Stay with Fluttershy. If the human wakes before we meet again, send for me." A bright flash temporarily blinded Twilight. When the spots had cleared, she looked, and saw that the princess was gone.

Slowly, his senses came back to him. Opening his eyes, he saw that he was in a small, quaint room. There was very little furniture, save for a small bedside table, a chair, and the bed itself, which he just realized was what he was laying on. Groaning, he sat up, and immediately regretted it as a sharp pain shot up his back. He threw off the covers, and saw that his legs and midsection were heavily bandaged, and stained with what looked like blood. Huh. he thought. Don't remember getting hurt. He grabbed a hold of the bed post, and slowly got to his feet. Pain continued to lance up his body, but he ignored it. As he stood, he noticed that the room wasn't just small, it was unnaturally small. The bed was small, the chair was small, everything was small. So…my rescuers are midgets. he thought. He limped over to the chair, and grabbed his jeans, which were hanging over the back. As he put them on, he again noticed something weird. His jeans seemed to be slightly melted. There were massive holes, and the buttons were all mutated looking. However, they still managed to do their job, so he just decided to go with it. Now where the hell's my shirt. He looked all over the room, but it was no where to be found. Damn. Shaking his head, he turned, and realized that he hadn't noticed the window, which was covered up by the blinds. He walked over, and opened them. What he saw made him gasp. It was dark out, but there was still enough light to illuminate some of the outside. What the fuck? Everything seemed different, almost other-worldly. The trees seemed to perfect, the sunset seemed to beautiful, but that wasn't the weirdest part. What truly amazed him was that the place seemed familiar. He couldn't figure it out, but he felt like he had been here.

Deciding that he needed to get out of the room, he walked over to the door, but found that it was locked. However, all it took was a few good jerks, and he was out. He walked outside the bedroom, and found himself in hallway. Just like the bedroom, it was oddly small. He saw a door way, where most of the light was coming from, and decided to go thank his caretakers. He walked towards the doorway, and turned into it. He stopped, and stared. Right in front of him were six ponies and a small purple dragon, who were all looking at him in fear. They stared in silence for what seemed like an eternity, before he finally broke the silence. "Have any of you seen my shirt?" Fluttershy then promptly fainted. He shrugged. "I'll take that as a no."

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The cottage was feeling rather cramped, as now there were nine total occupants in it, and one was much too large for it. When Celestia had arrived, and Fluttershy had been revived, the interrogation began. "What is your name, human?" Celestia asked. "Derek." he responded. "So Derek, how did you manage to get here?" He shrugged. "Honestly, Princess Celestia, I don't have a clue." Applejack gave Derek a confused look. "How'd you know her name? Ah can't recall her givin' it to ya!" Pinkie Pie almost flew off the couch. "OOH! YOUR GOOD AT GUESSING GAMES, RIGHT? Cause I am too, and if you're good at guessing games, then we can guess stuff about each other, and have one big long super ginormous guessing game, which would start now since I'm guessing that you're good at guessing, which is weird because-" "PINKIE PIE!" Rainbow Dash screamed. Derek smiled. "Sorry Pinkie, I know her name because I'm a brony, which is why I know all of your names too." Rainbow Dash flew up to Derek so her face was right up against his. "Oh yeah, well who am I?" Derek gently pushed the pegasus away from his face, before going on. "Well, you're Rainbow Dash, fastest flier in Equestria, who is the only pony that can perform the Sonic Rainboom. Speaking of which, when are you going to audition for the Wonderbolts?" Rainbow Dash looked a bit taken back. "Oh, I don't know, um, I'm not quite sure when auditions are or if their taking anyone new right now."

Twilight shook her head, then asked "You said something, that you were a brony. What's a brony?" Derek opened his mouth to speak, but Celestia cut him off. "A fan." Derek couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes. "So, you know about us. I suppose that means you know where I come from then." The Princess nodded. "You are from the planet you call Earth, which is located in another dimension." Now Derek seemed truly surprised. "Hold on, dimension? You mean I traveled through dimensions?" Celestia nodded again. "How?" "Magic." Derek paused. "Magic? I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I don't think humans can use magic. Or if there even is magic in my dimension." Celestia gave him a hard look. "Oh, there is magic where you come from. In fact, humans used to be able to control and wield it. But that was a long time ago, and they have since lost that ability. Or so I thought." The princess stood up. "I don't believe that Derek purposely came here, so something must have happened in his dimension. Twilight, Derek, come with me. The rest of you, try to get some food ready, we're going to need it." Twilight followed the Celestia with Derek close behind. 'What are we doing, Princess?" She asked. The princess gave a cold smile. "We're going to visit his dimension."