As the clones of the Dark Brotherhood members regain consciousness, they take in their surroundings.  They are in a forest that seems very dense and dark, and it doesn't seem like there is anybody around.  When they looked at themselves though, they were in utter shock.  "WE HAVE ALL BECOME PONIES?!" they all shouted in unison.  Gabriella and Babette were the only ones who has a slightly less surprised reaction.  Shadowmere was used to being a horse, so he didn't have any reaction.

As the Dark Brotherhood began to calm down, they took a closer look at each other's new appearance.  Festus, Gabriella, and Babette were all unicorns, while the others were all earth ponies with the exception of Veezara, who sported a pair of bat wings (which would technically make him either a Pegasus or a Thestral), but all of the members of the Dark Brotherhood had some aspects of what they originally looked like.  They all noticed that they had the Black Hand, the symbol of the Dark Brotherhood, on their flanks.  Festus tried using his magic, and it was channeled through his unicorn horn.  

"Hmmm...  Interesting, unicorns appear to be able to channel magic through their horns.  This is helpful to know if we need to use magic."  Gabriella was next to try using her magic, and her horn glowed a dark blue when she cast the spell Candlelight.  Babette spotted a glowing pair of eyes in the distance and sensed that it was hostile.  Babette used her unicorn horn to use her Drain Health spell since she is a vampire, and drained the life force out of the hostile timberwolf.  

Eventually, Astrid spoke up to her Brotherhood and said, "We should exit this forest and see what else this world has to offer."  The Dark Brotherhood agreed with her and they all set out for the edge of the forest.

When the Dark Brotherhood exited the forest, they noticed that it was still daylight out.  Babette was slightly weakened by the sun since she is a vampire, but she was not terribly affected.  Nazir noticed some buildings down a path, and he said, "We should head towards that village, and see what we can learn about this world."  

"Good thinking Nazir," said Astrid, "We shall follow your lead."

As the Dark Brotherhood neared the village, they noticed a sign that said, "welcome to Ponyville."  After they entered the village, they headed toward a tree with a sign saying "Ponyville Library."  When they entered the library, they noticed that it was not like any library in all of Skyrim.  They were greeted by a young purple dragon.  "Welcome to the Ponyville Librar-" he was stunned by the appearance of these new ponies and shouted out, "Hey Twilight!  There's some new ponies in here!"

A young female voice replied, "Coming Spike!"  When the source of the voice came down the stairs, the Dark Brotherhood was greeted by a purple pony.  Astrid noticed that the purple pony was a unicorn, and she had a mark of 6 stars on her flanks.  The purple unicorn had a mane that was a dark shade of purple and a few lines of pink, the same was for the tail.  "How interesting," she thought.

Twilight was staring at nine new but strange ponies. They all had the same cutie mark, and that mark was a black hand.  One of the new ponies was green and had a reptilian look with many horns on his head.  He had slitted eyes.  Next was a red stallion with black around his torso.  He had grey eyes and no tail, "Strange," she thought to herself.  Then there was the filly whose coat was white as snow, but her eyes were solid red with no pupils in them and something about her teeth was off.  Her two front teeth were pointed instead of flat.  Twilight and Spike both felt nervous about the filly, and they were both thinking, "Why are that filly's front teeth pointed instead of flat?  She couldn't be a vampony...  Could she?  No, it must be my imagination!"

"Well hello there!  Welcome to Ponyville!  My name is Twilight Sparkle, and who are you?"  

Astrid was the first to step up and introduce herself.  "Pleasure to meet you Twilight Sparkle, my name is Astrid.  The Family and I are new here to your town of Ponyville.  I hope you don't mind us here."

Twilight replied, "Of course I don't mind you and your family here Astrid.  By the way, who is this with the beard that is standing next to you?"

"I'm Arnbjorn.  You probably should know that Astrid here is my wife.  So if anything happens to Astrid, you better let me know."  

Twilight was mildly surprised to hear that Astrid and Arnbjorn were married, but she decided to hide it away for now.  Twilight's attention was turned to Babette, "And who are you you adorable little girl?"

Babette blushed slightly at being called adorable, but she was used to being told this back in Tamriel.  "I'm Babette.  It's nice to meet you Twilight Sparkle."  

Twilight's attention then turned to the pony who had traits of a lizard.  "And who are you my reptilian friend?"  asked Twilight.  "I am Veezara.  Pleasure to meet you Twilight Sparkle."

Twilight's attention then turned to the pony jester that reminded her of Pinkie Pie.  "And who are you little jester?"  

When Cicero noticed Twilight was talking to him, he said, "Oh hello hello hello!  I am Cicero!  It is a pleasure to meet you Twilight Sparkle!  We are going to be fast friends."

Twilight replied by saying, "It's a pleasure to meet you to Cicero."  

After talking to Cicero, Twilight turned her attention to the hooded pony with a beard.  "And who are you?" Twilight asked.

"I am Nazir.  I come all the way from the desert.  It's nice to meet you Twilight Sparkle."  

Twilight's attention was then turned to the dark blue unicorn who was apparently trying to levitate a book towards herself.  "And who are you my fellow unicorn?" said Twilight.

"I am Gabriella.  It is a pleasure to meet you Twilight Sparkle.  Maybe sometime later we can study up on some of these books together?  I do love to learn a good spell or two."

Twilight Sparkle replied, "I would be honored to study with you Gabriella."

Twilight then turned her attention to the black and red unicorn who was reading a spell book.  "And who are you my good sir?" asked Twilight.

"I am Festus Krex.  I am a mage, and I think we can both learn a few things about magic from each other."

Twilight was excited to know that Festus was a mage and was offering to teach her magic.  "I'll be sure to meet you later so that we can discuss magic Festus Krex."

Finally, Twilight turned her attention to the tall black stallion with blood-red eyes.  Twilight was nervous at first of him, but she managed to say, "And who are you my good sir?"

The black stallion replied by saying, "My name is Shadowmere.  It is a pleasure to meet you Twilight Sparkle."

All of the Dark Brotherhood members simultaneously shouted, "WOAH!  DID SHADOWMERE JUST TALK?!  HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO TALK BACK WHERE WE CAME FROM!  HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?"

Shadowmere replied by saying, "Perhaps by leaving our realm and transporting to this realm has gifted me with the ability of speech.  At any rate, it shall certainly come in handy."

"I think we can agree on that Shadowmere." replied Astrid.

Twilight questioned this by saying, "What do you mean Shadowmere used to never be able to talk?"

Astrid merely said, "I'll tell you about it later once me and the rest of the Family settle in."