Alexander groans as he rubs the back of his neck, now sitting down against the wall. Edward was in a similar position next to him but holding his head instead.

"Edward, are you dead..?" Alexander asks, his eyes closed.

"I don't know... Let me check." Edward groans back as he punches Alexander in the shoulder. "Nope, still alive."

"That was me, you idiot! Either we are both dead and this is hell... Or we're still in our regular hell." Alexander blinks his eyes open.

"There is a difference?" Edward queries.

"I sometimes wonder that myself... What the feck happened-" Alexander stops himself suddenly.

In front of the pair where their summoning circle had been drawn now sat Twilight and Starlight. Each groaning and holding their own heads, before Starlight looks up to lock eyes with Alexander.

"What the hay are you?" Starlight asks.

"Edward... Edward... Will you fecking look at this!" Alexander asks, shaking his friend while not taking his eyes off the pony before him.

"It's a talking horse..." Edward observes, his eyes now fixed with Twilights.

"It's a talking pony, but terminology hardly matters... It can talk." Alexander adds.

"They also have hands..." Edward observes again.

"Clothes too..." Alexander struggles to process what he is seeing.

"I think they can hear us..." Edward observes a third time.

"We can hear you..." Twilight states.

"We can also see you if that was going to be your next quandary." Starlight quips.

"They can talk Edward...." Alexander blinks a few times before looking at Edward who is wearing a deadpan expression.

"I don't think I know if I'm alive yet..." Edward states.

"What?! It's a valid observation which perplexes the shit outta me!" Alexander exclaims.

Twilight and Starlight share confused glances at each other before jointly standing up.

"I thought you said it was a summon ritual..?" Starlight asks with a raised eyebrow.

"That's what the book said... It mentioned nothing about trans-dimensional travel." Twilight replies with a frown.

"So, is that warning label significant now?" Starlight places her hands on her hips.

"That smoke suggests that our 'ritual' may have... Exploded? Or at least something to that effect..." Alexander comments.

"Which means campus security..." Edward adds.

"Escape plan Alpha?" Alexander asks as the pair stand up.

"Which one is that?" Edward asks back.

"The invisible cloak one." Alexander answers brushing off his cloak.

"You mean the cloaks we have yet to buy, cause we're poor..." Edward folds his arms.

"Yeah... Oh... Plan Beta then." Alexander adjusts his messenger bag.

"Oh, the one where we hide in the nearest closet and wait for our detection meters to go down? This isn't Unity." Edward deadpans.

"Fuck..." Alexander sighs deeply. "Fine, we'll use the travel powder. You realise this shit is expensive? I had to do a lot of favours for this and we have used so much already." Alexander pulls a pink pouch out of his messenger bag.

"Everything is fecking expensive!" Edward exclaims.

The pair turn to the ponies, who they realise had been staring at them during the whole of their conversation.

"I think it might be best to discuss the 'what the hays' and the 'who the hells', in the relative safety of our dorm room." Alexander states to the mares.

"Given they were here when this happened, it's likely they are involved." Starlight poses to Twilight.

"Then it might be prudent to go with them, at least for now. We shall go with you for the time being so we might figure this out." Twilight nods to Starlight.

The two mares steps closer to the pair as Alexander takes a pinch of the very pink powder from the pouch.

"Pink?" Starlight asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Shaddup... it was the only colour he had left... Do me a favour and don't hold your damn breath." Alexander comments before being stopped by Edward.

"Don't we need a chimney for this?" Edward asks.

"What? No... We just did that a few times for effect, remember? This isn't the damn movies." Alexander sighs deeply.

Throwing the powder between the four of them it erupts into a much larger dust cloud than expected which engulfs them before dissipating.

Twilight pops back into existence landing on a slightly messy bed. Across from her on a similar bed, Starlight pops in on the same smoke. Suddenly a noise is heard from a room across the hall.

"Edward! You left the shower on!" Alexander hisses with annoyance.

"You left the stove on! The room could have burnt down!" Edward replies.

Twilight and Starlight raise their eyebrows at each other. The door of the bedroom opens to a soaking wet Alexander, who grabs a nearby towel and begins to exit the room before stopping.

"Please do make yourselves at home. We will be right with you..." Alexander groans as he shuts the door.

"Are you sure that coming with them was a good idea?" Starlight asks looking around.

"It's literally our only option till we figure out exactly what happened. They seem to have some form of magic here, even I can sense that much." Twilight sighs as she lays back on the bed.

After several minutes of waiting, Alexander and Edward enter the room holding their cloaks. The pair wore matching navy blue uniforms which have blazers. The trim on their uniforms is a mid-tone gold, the same as their ties. The room itself is fairly plain with two beds that have wardrobes against the wall at the end of them. In between the beds, under the window, is a bedside table with a lamp and an alarm clock on it. Alexander puts up their cloaks while Edward is holding a tray of hot chocolate. He places two of the mugs on the bedside table before sitting down with Alexander on two beanbags.

"This night has been a bit more eventful than I'd like..." Alexander states grabbing his mug.

"You think..?" Edward stares at Alexander who shrugs.

"Perhaps we should conduct introductions before going further?" Twilight asks.

"Oh, I don't know. I was thinking thing one and thing two might work for them." Starlight comments with a smirk.

"What would we call you then? Horse one and horse two?" Alexander raises his eyebrow.

"I think it would be pony not horse." Edward interjects.

"Shush you, I got this." Alexander glances at Edward.

"Okay then, smart ass one and two." Starlight glares.

"Jackass one and two." Alexander glares back.

"This is getting us nowhere..." Edward states, sipping his hot chocolate.

"I concur... Would you two get a room and buck already so we might discuss the situation at hand?" Twilight glares at Starlight.

The squabbling pair looked at the other two then back at each other before making the same dissatisfied noise and leaning back in their seats. Starlight picks up her mug and takes a sip.

"Hmm, it's actually really good." Starlight comments.

"Thank you." Alexander states taking his own sip of hot chocolate.

Starlight raises an eyebrow at Alexander. "I meant, it's alright."

Twilight groans before the pair shut up. After clearing her throat she motions to begin.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship in Equestria." Twilight motions for Edward to continue.

Alexander stops mid-sip of his hot chocolate before looking at Edward with 'wtf' eyes. Edward simply shrugs before clearing his throat.

"Edward Meteor, fledgeling magician." Edward looks at Starlight.

"Starlight Glimmer, faithful student to Twilight Sparkle." Starlight glances to Alexander.

"Alexander Night, apprentice magician." Alexander glances back at Starlight.

"Well, with that out of the way... How do we continue from this point?" Twilight asks, sipping her hot chocolate with a satisfied sigh. "This is very good."

"See, someone likes it!" Alexander exclaims.

"I said it's really good!" Starlight replies back.

"You said it was 'alright'." Alexander raises an eyebrow.

"Oh shut up and get on with it." Starlight groans.

"Okay... So, how did you end up in our summon circle?" Edward asks.

"Well, we found a book in the Canterlot castle library called 'Starswirl's Theories of Trans-dimensional Summoning'." Twilight is interrupted.

"I'm sorry... You say what now about whose theories?" Alexander puts down his mug.

Reaching over to his messenger bag he pulls out their book and shows it to Twilight, who gets out her own book and shows it to Alexander.

"'Starswirl's Theories of Trans-dimensional Summoning'..?" Edward muses.

"'Merlin's Theories of Trans-dimensional Summoning'..?" Starlight blinks a few times.

Twilight and Alexander share a look which reads 'it can't be' and open to books to where an image of the author would be printed. In Twilights book sits a portrait of an elderly grey Unicorn with a grey mane, long beard and has light amber eyes. He wears a traditional magician's cloak and hat. Alexander does the same with his book to the same page which shows a portrait of an elderly gentleman wearing the exact same outfit with grey hair, long beard and light amber eyes.

"They look way too similar to not be the same guy..." Alexander struggles to understand the situation.

"So he didn't die! He must have attempted the same ritual we did and ended up here!" Twilight exclaims excitedly.

"Are you telling me that old Unicorn actually ended up stuck in another dimension?" Starlight queries.

"Old? I think 'ancient' would be a more suitable term... He has been long gone in our world for several centuries." Alexander puts the book down.

"He was supposedly alive during the medieval period, right? When magic was being majorly discovered, feared and what not." Edward states.

"You paid attention in 'Magical History'?" Alexander asks, looking surprised at Edward.

"You don't?" Edward folds his arms.

Alexander shrugs looking away. Twilight looks at the two in shock.

"So, he is dead after all?" Twilight's expression drops dramatically.

"I'm afraid so. His crypt is here on the island, it's why the academy was built here. To honour his memory and contributions to the magical arts." Alexander states causing Edward to stare at him. "What? I read in my spare time."

"Yet, you don't pay attention in 'Magical History'?" Edward sighs deeply.

"You say tomato, I say learn where the fecking spa is!" Alexander states, crossing his arms.

"Okay, before this becomes a domestic, did you guys use scented candles?" Starlight asks.

"'Sugar Cookie'..." Edward glares at Alexander.

"Table salt?" Alexander asks.

"It was in the kitchen, closest type at the time." Twilight comments, still looking over the two books.

Starlight begins to walk out of the room.

"I'm so done... Where is your bathroom?" Starlight asks, annoyed.

"Just to the right as you leave here." Alexander gives directions.

Starlight leaves the room as the atmosphere becomes tense.

"So, let's run through this... We are stuck with two mares, who we have technically summoned as our familiar's, but that's bullshit and this is a result of an identical dual spellcasting across the multi-verse. Did I leave anything out?!" Alexander asks looking at Edward.

"Other than that table salt and 'Sugar Cookie' scented candles were both used, not that I can think of." Edward comments.

"We are so boned..." Alexander groans and sinks into his bean bag.

Author's Notes:

This chapter took a bit more to work out, but it was ultimately fun in the end. We hope you continue to enjoy and eagerly await the next chapter.