Chapter 6

By the time the shock had finally worn off on the kids, Mary turned to Tommy seemingly calm, cool and collected.

"My I start?" she offered.

Tommy nodded. "Be my guest," he replied.

Mary then began to scream at the top of her lungs, and pretty soon after all six kids were either running around in circles, standing still or rocking back and forth in a ball inside Fluttershy's cottage screaming their heads off. The Mane Six, Spike and the Apple family just stood there bewildered and unsure of what to do.

When she had finally had enough Twilight used her magic to grab each of them and levitate them into the air to keep them from going anywhere. But they still kept on screaming.

"Whoa, whoa, kids calm down." Big McIntosh told them gently. They quickly headed his words and stopped screaming all together, it is then that they notice that they are floating.

"Whoa!" Mary exclaimed.

"Is this… telekinesis?" Edwin questioned.

Twilight shook her head. "Nope, it's real magic."

"Told you magic exists!" Darla said to Edwin a bit smugly.

Edwin attempted to speak and try to explain what was occurring to them at that moment but all that came out of his mouth was stuttering.

"Huh, you got him speechless!" Paco remarked. "You know how long I've waited for this moment?"

"A… super, duper, terrifically long time?" Pinkie Pie guessed excitedly.

"Bingo." Paco nodded.

"Yes! Nailed it!" Pinkie Pie said in a sing-song voice.

"Speaking of long, it appears that we are all going to be stuck in this world for a pretty long time as well." Mary reminded them.

"More specifically two and a half years." Edwin added.

"Oh no… Mom and Dad are gonna be so worried!" Darla exclaimed.

"You mean your parents?" Twilight Sparkle inquired a bit surprised.

"Sort of…" Felix admitted.

"They are not our parents!" Paco said sternly.

"Paco!" Mary scolded.

"Legally they are." Edwin pointed out. He turned to the Pony gang who were looking at them strangely. "All of us here, except for Darla have no parents, her parents just adopted the rest of us."

"Oh my… you poor things." Fluttershy said sympathetically and sadly. Everypony else looked at them with sad and sympathetic looks as well.

"Oh, it's ok, Darla's parents are really nice." Tommy assured them. "It's just too bad that now we won't be able to see them for two and a half years…"

"It could be worse." Edwin pointed out.

"Yeah, it could be two thousand years." Mary added in agreement.

"Somehow that doesn't make me feel better…" Paco bemoaned.

"Calm down, I'm sure if we tell the Princess she'll think of some way of getting you all back." Twilight told them.

"But… can't we stay a little longer?" Darla questioned innocently.

"Darla, we can't stay here, your parents will be worried sick if we're gone too long!" Felix pointed out.

"He's right, besides I have a feeling our being here is not good for this dimension." Edwin added. "Like Twilight said, the portal was already supposed to be closed."

"Aw, come on guys! Look around you, it's a world full of talking ponies and dragons!" Darla pointed out. "This is like a dream come true for me! Can we please stay longer? Please?"

While Darla continued to beg, Tommy looked out the window and saw something that made his eyes widen a bit.

"Uh… guys? You might want to take a look at this," he told them slowly. Everypony walked over to the window to see what he was seeing and they all gasped when they saw the red clouds covering the sky and yellow lightning flashing uncontrollably.

"Oh my!" Granny Smith remarked in shock.

"Uh… is that supposed to happen around here?" Paco questioned, a bit worried.

"Well the Pegasi ponies usually control the weather but this weather looks…" Rainbow Dash started.

"Wild…" Fluttershy added.

"Not to mention…" Applejack continued.

"Scary looking!" Applebloom cried.

"Eeyup!" Big Mac agreed.

"So in other words…" Tommy began to say.

"No… not at all…" Twilight ended with a grim tone.

The sky continues to flash with yellow lightning and boom with loud thunder all over the area, making the land of Equestria look like a very hazardous place to live. Even from Canterlot Castle, Princesses Celestia and Luna could see the bizarre weather patterns occurring all over the land.

"What is this?" Luna asked her older sister.

"I don't know…" Celestia replied grimly. "I truly do not know…"