America and Canada, after a few tries, got the hang of flying pretty well. America whooped with joy, doing loop-the-hoops and back-flips and other such things, while Canada followed clumsily behind. All of a sudden, a rainbow blur slammed into America, sending both ponies tumbling into the ground. Canada gasped, and flew down to his brother, landing awkwardly.

"Ow! Watch where you're flying, will ya?" The pegasus who crashed into America yelled, untangling herself from America. America scrambled up, getting a good look at her. She was light blue with a rainbow colored mane and tail. The mark on her flank was a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt coming out of it.

"Oh, so I should watch where I'm flying?! I was just wandering around, minding my own business, and you crash into me!" America yelled right back. The blue pegasus stopped.

"Hey, I haven't seen you before. You new around here?" She asked, her anger disappearing to be replaced with curiousness. America nodded.

"Who's your friend?" She asked, gesturing to Canada, who had trotted up to them.

"This is my brother, Canada!" America said proudly, clapping Canada on the back with a hoof. "And I'm America! I'm the hero!" He stated loudly, standing up tall and puffing out his chest. Canada face-hoofed. (LOL) The pegasus grinned at him.

"I'm Rainbow Dash! The fastest flyer in Equestria!" She laughed, shaking each of their hooves in turn.

"Equestria? Is that where we are?" America asked her confusedly. She blinked at him.

"You don't know where you are? Okay then, you're in Equestria, which is ruled over by Princess Celestia!" Rainbow Dash told them. Canada looked around at the forest they had landed in. After a moment, he spotted a house set in a tree. He tapped Rainbow Dash on the shoulder; she and America were quickly becoming friends.

"Who lives there?" He asked her confusedly. Rainbow Dash followed his gaze.

"Oh, that's Fluttershy's house. I think you'll like her, Canada." Rainbow Dash chuckled, throwing her arm around the smaller pegasus' shoulders. Rainbow Dash led them up the cobblestone path. Reaching the door, she raised a hoof and knocked on it.

"Yo, Fluttershy, you home?" She yelled through the door. The door opened a crack, and the most beautiful pegasus Canada had ever seen peeked her head out. He immediately blushed and looked down at his hooves. She was a light, butter yellow color with a long, soft pink mane and tail. Seeing it was Rainbow Dash, she opened the door a bit wider.

"Oh hello, Rainbow Dash." She said, eyeing America and Canada warily. Rainbow Dash laughed.

"Hey Fluttershy! These are America and Canada. They just arrived here, so I thought I'd introduce you!" She said cheerfully, then she turned to America. "I saw the way you were flying back there; pretty sweet stuff, but I bet you can't beat me." America, being the show off that he was, took up the challenge readily.

"Is that an invitation for a race?" He shouted, getting in her face. She smiled.

"You bet it was. Ready, set….go!" She shouted, and both America and herself shot off in the same direction, leaving Fluttershy and Canada wearing identical 'good grief' faces. Fluttershy turned to Canada.

"If your Cutie Mark is a maple leaf, does that mean you're good at making maple syrup?" She asked, looking at the red maple leaf. Canada twisted around to get a better look at it.

"I guess I am…so these are called Cutie Marks? What do they mean?" He asked her politely.

"Oh! A Cutie Mark tells other ponies what your specialty is! You get it when you realize your place in the world." Fluttershy explained cheerfully, showing hers to Canada. "I got mine when I realized that I had a special connection with animals. You know, if it wasn't for Rainbow Dash, I never would have gotten my Cutie Mark." She told him. Canada smiled a bit.

"Who are you?" A small voice asked, and Canada groaned.

"Don't tell me Kumakichi is here too." He murmured, forgetting his bear's name again. Kumajiro poked his head out the door.

"Is this your pet? He and some other strange animals appeared a few moments ago. I know a lot about animals, but I've never seen this kind before." Fluttershy asked. Canada picked Mr. Kumajiro up with his teeth and placed him on his back.

"He's a polar bear. They're quite common where I come from." He explained.

"So you're not from here? Where are you from?" Fluttershy wondered with wide eyes. Canada mentally smacked himself. How was he supposed to explain that he came from himself?

"It's very far away, and very cold. There are only a few ponies there, but lots of wildlife you can't find many other places in the world." He said tentatively. "It may be out of the way, but it's my home and I like it very much." He said morosely, remembering the moose and beavers, and playing hockey on the ice in the winter. He never really noticed how much he missed his home until now, when there was no way to get back.

"Oh, don't be sad! Ponyville is a good place to be if you're feeling lonely." Fluttershy panicked somewhat. Canada nodded, wiping off his glasses.

"Sorry, you're right Fluttershy. And Fluttershy …" He asked, looking at her and smiling. "You can call me Mathieu if you would like to."

England and Japan walked in silence on a dirt road, their hooves clopping on the ground. They didn't speak; nothing needed to be said. Although his face didn't show it, Japan was pretty ticked off about this whole situation. He had some new games on the way, and he was really looking forward to playing them. England was somewhat embarrassed; this was not the first time one of his spells had gone wrong, but it was the first time he had teleported them to another dimension, as ponies nonetheless.

"England-san. Look at that!" Japan stated, looking up ahead. England looked up as well.

"A town?" England murmured, looking at Ponyville from their place on the hilltop. He looked at Japan, raising an eyebrow. "Well? Should we check it out?" He inquired. Japan nodded, and together they ran down to Ponyville. "What does that sign say?" He asked Japan, squinting up at the sign that read 'welcome to Ponyville!'

"I believe it says, 'welcome to…Ponyville?' That must be what this town is known as." Japan noted. England shrugged, which looked weird with his four legs.

"Well, let's go." He said, walking confidently into Ponyville. After a moment Japan followed him, shaking his head in confusion. It was a weird sight for the two former humans. Ponies walked around, minding their business, shopping, playing, at chatting in the streets. A few ponies glanced at them confusedly, then went back to their tasks.

"They must be looking at us because we are strangers." Japan whispered to England.

"Oh." England muttered. He was so engrossed by the pony town that he didn't see the magenta colored unicorn headed in his direction with her head in a book. "Oof!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, sir!" Twilight apologized as her books went flying everywhere, accidentally hitting Japan in the head.

"That's quite alright." England said, somewhat flustered but trying to maintain his gentleman role. Twilight looked at him oddly.

"Hey, I've never seen you in Ponyville before. May I know your names?" She asked politely. England nodded, extending his hoof.

"I am Arthur, and this is my friend, Kiku." He said as Twilight shook his hoof. Japan had little stars circling his head and swirly eyes from when Twilight's book had hit him on the head. "Oh Kiku…" England sighed, shaking his head.

"Well, I'm Twilight Sparkle. I'm the librarian of Ponyville and Princess Celestia's student." She introduced herself. That caught England's attention.

"Librarian you say? A library could be of some use." He said to her, and she jumped up and down in excitement.

"Good! I can take you there, if you'd like. I was just on my way." She explained happily, and her horn started to glow. The scattered books suddenly glowed the same color, and flew into her saddle bags.

"Whoa! How did you do that?" England wondered, looking at her horn with wide eyes.

"It's magic, silly." Twilight giggled. "All unicorns can do it!" She laughed, pointing at England's horn.

"Hmm…all unicorns you say?" England murmured, screwing up his face in concentration. His horn started to glow green, and they were engulfed in a flash of light, suddenly inside the library. England looked around. "Wow! Magic works in this universe too!" He exclaimed happily.

"This universe? You mean to say you're from another dimension?" Twilight gasped, and Japan smacked England upside the head.

"Baka!" He cursed, and England glared.

"What the heck does that even mean?" He shouted, but Japan huffed and turned away, inspecting the books that lined the many shelves. Twilight noticed England's peculiar Cutie Mark.

"That's a strange Cutie Mark! What does it mean?" She asked him, and England turned around.

"So these things are called Cutie Marks? Well, I'm going to guess that the skull is because I used to be a pirate." He explained. Twilight's eyebrows flew up into her mane.

"Pirate? What's that?" She asked confusedly. England's turn to be confused.

"Er…this is kind of embarrassing, but a pirate is someone who was a criminal against his or her own ruler. Pirates were free, able to do anything they wanted whenever they wanted." He said dreamily, reminiscing.

"Wow…being a pirate must've been fun." Twilight said, and England shook his head.

"It was for a while, but you have to remember, most pirates were criminals, and not very popular. I was the most infamous pirate of them all. Most pirates were after treasure or domination. They would burn down villages and kill innocent people for fun. I'm ashamed to say I was one of them, but one day I realized that this was getting me nowhere. I had treasure, sure, but I had no friends. So I quit being a pirate, but some people are still scared of me because of what I used to be." England murmured, looking at his Cutie Mark sadly.

"Oh, that's too bad." Twilight said tentatively, slightly scared of England too now. Still, he didn't seem like a bad pony now, so she decided to extend the hoof of friendship to him and Kiku. "And what about the wands?" She asked curiously, hastily turning her attention to the other feature of his Cutie Mark.

"Oh, those? Those are there because in my universe, I was a first class wizard!" England explained proudly, leaving out the fact that it was his incompetence with magic that got Kiku and him stuck in this situation. "Magic is very rare back home, but I was the best of all! It's wonderful knowing I can still do my magic here!" He laughed. Twilight smiled and turned to Kiku.

"What about your Cutie Mark? I'm kind of lost as to what special talent a sunrise has." She asked politely. Japan glanced back at his flank.

"In my native language, my name means 'Land of the Rising Sun'. It is nice to meet you, miss Sparkle." Japan said, bowing to her. Twilight looked kind of flustered but pleased at the bow, and England leaned over and whispered in her ear.

"In his country it is normal to greet people by bowing." He explained, and Twilight nodded, understanding. She bowed in return, and a small smile appeared on Japan's face as they stood upright.

"Anyway, you said you two were from another dimension? I would like to know more about it!" Twilight asked the colts, and England and Japan exchanged glances. England shrugged after a moment.

"I don't see why we can't explain. Afterwards, perhaps you could find a spell to help us get back home." England said. Twilight nodded, happy she could help them out.

"Would you like some tea while we talk?" She asked, and both England and Japan nodded, England a bit more enthusiastically. "Spike? Could you make our guests some tea?" Twilight called, and a little purple dragon with green spikes walked downstairs, stretching a bit from his nap. Japan stared while England looked bored; he saw fairies and flying bunnies on a daily basis, dragons really came as no surprise to him.

Spike disappeared into the kitchen after being introduced to Arthur and Kiku and returned a few minutes later with three cups of tea, setting down the tray on the table. The three unicorns began to talk as Spike did his chores, wondering why Kiku kept staring at him like that. It was like he had never seen a dragon before.