Chapter 5

At first everything was pitch black for all of the children, then eventually, one by one their eyes slowly opened, of course because everything was pretty much blurry to them none of the kids could quite make out where they were or who was around them. Tommy was the first to open his eyes.

He yawned loudly. "Whoa… guys, I just had the most messed up dream…"

Mary groaned as she woke up as well. "Me too… their we're talking ponies and teeny, tiny dragon and…"

As soon as their visions cleared their eyes all widened when they saw just exactly where they were. They all appeared to be laying around the floor of a farm house with little blankets over their small bodies. They are even more shocked when they saw the Mane Six, the Apple Family and Spike standing in front of them expectantly and smiling.

Spike waved at them. "Hi!"

"Aw, man!" Paco groaned.

Darla stilled looked at the Pony Gang wide eyed in awe. "Wow! Talking ponies and a talking dragon! This is so amazing!"

"But how? I've said it before and I'll say it again; equines can't talk!" Edwin stated firmly.

"Well… maybe not the ponies in your world…" Twilight mused.

"Your world!?" Everypony besides Twilight and Spike exclaimed in shock.

"Wait a minute! Let me get this straight… these little fellers… are from another world?" Applejack inquired in shock.

Apple Bloom was wide eyed with shock and awe and smiled. "Wow! Real live aliens!"

"Hey! We're not the aliens here!" Paco proclaimed, pointing at the pony gang. "You guys are!"

"No you are!" Rainbow Dash shot back.

"You!" Paco cried.

They two of them kept one pointing at each other and yelling 'You!' till both Mary and Twilight broke them apart.

"Will you two cut it out!?" They shouted annoyed. Both look at each other strangely after this.

"Ok… can we all just calm down for a one second?" Twilight Sparkle offered.

"The talking pony here is right, guys." Mary told the others. The others all exchange glances then all breathe a sigh of relief as they all calmed down.

"Ok, let's start off with… who are you guys?" Tommy questioned.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle.." The purple alicorn started.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle, by the way." Rainbow Dash interjected, Twilight looked at Rainbow angrily, annoyed that she was just interrupted.

"Wow! A real Princess!" Darla exclaimed happily.

"Why didn't to start off by telling us your designation in the first place?" Edwin inquired, he and the others then notice Darla kneeling and bowing to Twilight repeatedly.

"I am not worthy, I am not worthy, I am not worthy." She repeated.

"That is why." Twilight stated.

Paco pulled her up. "Stop bowing already, your totally embarrassing yourself! And more importantly… us."

"Sorry about that Princess, you were saying?" Felix asked.

"Right! These are my friends; Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Spike." Twilight Sparkle told them gesturing to her group of friends. "The other three are Applejack's brother, sister and granny; Big McIntosh, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith."

The rest of the Mane Six, Spike and the Apple family all wave to the children in a friendly manner.

Paco leaned to the others. "Is it me, or do all their names sound like different flavors of ice cream?" he asked. Mary nudges him to be quiet.

"Uh… nice to meet you all, I'm Tommy." The ten-year old said before gesturing to his adopted brothers and sisters. "These are my adopted brothers and sisters; Mary, Felix, Paco, Darla and Edwin."

The other kids also wave to the ponies in a friendly manner, but still looked a bit bewildered by the fact that they were talking to ponies.

"So… can any of you tell us where exactly where we are?" Tommy questioned.

"Why y'all in Equestria, that's where." Applejack replied.

"What's Equestria?" Mary inquired confused.

"The name of this country." Twilight Sparkle explained.

"Yeah, and it's ruled by two awesome Princesses named Celestia and Luna!" Rainbow Dash added.

"Wow! Real Princesses!" Darla exclaimed excited.

"Now that is cool!" Felix added.

"You don't have Princesses in your world?" Fluttershy inquired.

"We do, but they don't exactly 'rule' over anybody." Edwin stated. "They are mainly just figure heads."

"But they are still treated with respect though." Mary added.

"Fascinating… I didn't even know that and I've been to your world!" Twilight said.

"You have?" Felix inquired.

"Really?" Tommy asked interested.

"Yeah, it's kind of a long story though…" Twilight Sparkle admitted.

"Well, why don't you like tell us from the beginning or something?" Paco suggested.

"For once, you have a good idea Paco." Mary agreed.

"Yeah, why don't you start Twi?" Applejack offered.

"Ok… well you see the reason I came to your world in the first place was because my crown was stolen by a former student of the Princess." Twilight Sparkle began.

"What's the big deal about a crown?" Paco wondered.

"Well for one, it's also a magical element and without it the other elements have no power and Equestria is left without one of its most important means of defense." Twilight explained.

The kids were all stunned by this and started to understand just how important her mission was.

"Ok… starting to see what the big deal is." Paco muttered.

"Ditto." Tommy nodded.

"Agreed." Edwin added.

"So what happened next?" Darla inquired eagerly. "Did you get the crown!?"

Twilight nodded. "Indeed I did, and after that I thought the portal between our two worlds would be closed…" she admitted.

"Why do you say that?" Mary questioned.

"Well you see… the portal only opens every thirty moons and stays open for just three days, that's how long I had to get my crown back." Twilight Sparkle explained. "After I came back the portal closed and I was told it would not open again for another thirty moons."

"Say… I think we came through a mirror!" Tommy realized.

"You did?" Twilight asked them surprised.

Mary nodded. "Yeah, did your happen to be lavender with deep magenta gems embedded all around it?" she asked.

"Yes… it was!" Twilight Sparkle realized.

"What does it mean?" Spike asked.

"It means, that the mirror in this world and the mirror in our world are twins." Edwin deduced.

"Then this is a big problem…" Twilight mused concerned.

"Why?" Darla wondered.

"Well like I said before, the portal has already closed, you may have been able to enter Equestria but it will be another thirty moons before you can go home." Twilight Sparkle explained to them, sadness was apparent in her voice.

"Thirty moons? THIRTY MOONS!? Wait… how long is thirty moons again?" Paco questioned, confused.

Felix shrugged. "Beats me."

"Ed?" Tommy asked his older adopted brother.

"Let's see… every month has one full one so that's twelve, times it by two and you get twenty four then add six more months and you get… two years and six months." Edwin clarified.

"Oh." Felix said simply.

It didn't take long for Edwin's calculation on just how long they were gonna be stuck there sunk into it their heads and when it finally did their eyes widen and jaws dropped.

"WHAT!?" They all yelled.

Their exclamation was so loud that every critter outside of it heard it, they all turned their heads towards the cottage concerned and also noticed that all the clouds in the sky were slowly becoming blood red and cracking with lightning.