Alexander groans as he rolls over onto his side to look at the alarm clock which reads 8:59 am. The alarm clock then goes off making the man groan even louder before hitting the 'off' button.

"Every fucking morning..." Alexander rolls back over.

"You have a serious problem with waking up just before the alarm goes off..." Edward states getting dressed by his wardrobe.

"Yeah? You have problems getting up so pissing early." Alexander pulls the quilt over his head.

"Well... You're going to have to make breakfast, so get the hell up. I doubt our guests will be happy." Edward comments, adjusting his tie.

"We don't have guests... Oh, shit we do have guests... It wasn't a dream..." Alexander groans harder.

"Yeah, it wasn't. We have two legit equines sleeping in the living room on the pull-out sofa." Edward leaves the room briefly before popping his head back in. "Oh, and no bacon."

"Oh, fuck off!" Alexander sits up and throws a pillow out the door towards Edward, who made a hasty retreat.

Alexander kicks off his quilt cover before getting up and slowly trudging to the wardrobe. Opening the wardrobe, he looks through his many school uniforms.

"Blue, blue, blue-" Alexander is interrupted.

"They are all the same. Just pick one." Edward shouts from the kitchen.

Alexander rolls his eyes and picks out a uniform in the middle before putting it on and adjusts his tie while walking through to the living room. Looking around he can see Twilight and Starlight asleep on the pull out sofa in their underwear. Moving to the kitchen, he hangs up his blazer on a coat rack before rolling up his sleeves.

"Let me handle this, while you wake up those two." Alexander begins pulling many different things out of various cupboards.

"Fine, I guess. You do realise they are in their underwear?" Edward states with a raised eyebrow.

"I've just woken up... I've also been denied bacon... Two equine females with barely any clothes on are not enough to interest me this morning." Alexander states, making some batter and mixing it in a bowl.

Edward crosses his arms and stares at Alexander, who he notices glanced several times at the two females.

"You are so full of shit." Edward shakes his head.

"You're meant to be waking them, remember?" Alexander coughs and goes back to cooking.

Edward slowly makes his way over to the pull-out sofa and leans over to nudge Twilight gently. The mare in question, simply groans and rolls over ignoring the wake-up call.

"Umm... Twilight?" Edward nudges her shoulder more.

"Five more minutes mum..." Twilight sleepily states.

Edward stares at the mare blankly before looking at Alexander and shrugs.

"Try something else." Alexander states pouring the mix into a pan.

"Hmm, how does one even wake up what she is?" Edward asks looking for an exploit.

"Well... Given they are an equine race, both with horns which must be very close to the Unicorns of our world... So, I'd have to wager that a slight, if not distinct discharge to the peak of their magical focus would shock them into an awake state." Alexander states, plating up several stacks of pancakes and drizzling one with syrup.

Edward stands up and glances at the mares and Alexander several times before opening his mouth.

"Do what now with the which part? Also, discharge what?" Edward asks.

"In the simplest form, I can manage." Alexander walks over to the trio.

Rubbing his hands together and muttering a simple incantation, he leans down and taps the top of Twilights horn causing a slight spark. The mare sits upright with wide eyes and a slight 'eep'.

"W-what the buck was that?" Twilight asks looking around.

"Oh... Why didn't you just fecking say use electric magic on the horn?" Edward asks.

"I did. Were you not paying attention?" Alexander asks, looking confused.

Shaking his head he leans down again and grabs the top of Starlight's horn using more electric magic than with Twilight. Starlight shoots up faster compared to Twilight with more of an exasperated gasp.

"Holy buck give me more~" Starlight states quickly before looking around and coughing slightly.

"You used more didn't you..?" Edward asks looking at a slightly shocked Alexander.

"Umm... Just a tad... That was an unexpected reaction..." Alexander is blushing slightly.

"Wait, you shocked me you bucker!" Starlight states with false annoyance.

"Yeah... Breakfast is ready, so if you both want to get dressed... We can eat in the living room." Alexander turns around, blushing more as he walks back to the kitchen.

"Get dressed..? Oh!" Twilight suddenly blushes realising their state.

Edward retreats to the kitchen with Alexander as the mares get up. Twilight wears a light purple shirt with navy blue shorts while Starlight is wearing a lilac shirt and a purple skirt. After a few minutes to let them get dressed and move the coffee table back into place, Alexander brings out the pancakes while Edward gets a bean bag from their room. Alexander sits in the armchair near the sofa. The four begin to eat their pancakes in silence, least before an elevated squeak from Starlight broke it.

"What? These are seriously good. I mean Spike's pancakes are good, but these are addictingly good." Starlight states.

"Your cooking classes are showing again." Edward comments taking a forkful of pancake.

"Feck off... I don't mean it too." Alexander sighs deeply.

"I still fail to see how it's a bad thing now." Edward looks at Alexander.

"I'm not even going to go into this discussion right now with the present company. Plus, it'd spoil the pancakes." Alexander states.

"Fine... By the way, I meant to ask, Twilight. What are you?" Edward asks looking at Twilight.

"I'm an Alicorn, which in Equestria, normally makes you royalty and a Princess." Twilight answers.

"Although there was a reference to an evil Alicorn I can vaguely remember in some extremely old musty tome, but I believe it said she is gone now." Starlight comments.

"So... We did kidnap a princess from another land..? How boned are we going to get for this?" Alexander asks sighing.

"We didn't exactly kidnap them. Technically the two spells cast at the same time did this..." Edward comments.

"Either way you put it, we are now several universes from home and stuck here." Starlight states, with a large mouthful of pancake.

"Our friends are likely to notice very soon and then they can use the book to bring us-" Twilight grimaces a little before looking at her bag.

"Well, I'm sure that plan won't go through." Alexander remarks.

"Least it was an idea... I'm not sure who here could help." Edward ponders.

Alexander finishes his pancakes and takes the plate into the kitchen as a knock is heard on the door.

"Either way... It's not like they are hopelessly stuck here. While Merlin could not find a way back, I'm sure we can... Somehow." Alexander states going to the door and opening it.

Edward stands up and stretches before walking towards the kitchen. He stops as he also sees who is at the door. Standing in front of a pale Alexander is an elderly gentleman wearing a long flowing blue wizard's robe and pointed hat which is slanted.

"Hello boys, it's my understanding that we need to have a serious discussion regarding your situation..." The elderly man states in a calm voice.

"I told you we were boned..." Alexander whimpers to Edward.

The four now stand in an office-like room with a desk in front of them where the elderly man is sitting. Upon closer inspection Twilight can see he has ashen grey hair with fire red eyes and a long beard of the same colour. He strokes his beard deep in thought before turning to the two males.

"When the chancellor came to me last night and inquired if I knew any students who might perform a summoning ritual in the dead of night behind the main school building, do you know what I told him?" The man pauses for a moment.

"No..." Alexander and Edward squeak in unison.

"I told him 'I don't know any student of mine who would be so damn right stupid enough to perform a level five summoning ritual in the dead of night behind the main school building... Do you wanna know what I was really saying inside?" The elderly man stops stroking his beard.

"No... But you'll tell us anyway..." Alexander comments.

"You're damn right I'm going to tell you anyway! How could you two have been so foolish as to perform such an incantation without the proper training, this could have been a lot worse... I always tell you to exercise caution with unknown spells, because you don't know the risks." The man sighs deeply.

"If it's any consolation we think Merlin might have been a pony." Alexander states.

"I mean I've never met such a pair of students who have such disregard for proper education." He continues.

"Grandpa Ignis, he said Merlin was a 'pony'" Edward states.

Both Starlight and Twilight look between the two parties confused.

"They look nothing alike..." Starlight whispers.

"I know, but..." Twilight whispers back.

The elderly man looks at the two ladies making them jump very slightly.

"They are obviously not my actual grandchildren. It's a thing around the dorm, I suppose. Given my nature and how I treat the students under my care, they refer to me as 'Grandpa Ignis'. My full name is Ardentem Ignis, but I prefer Ignis if it's all the same to you. Now, about Merlin..." Ignis stands up.

"Yeah, according to what we can gather from the book these two have and our own. We believe that your Merlin is in fact, our Starswirl the Bearded." Twilight explains.

"Haven't heard that name in a very long time. I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone else to bring that name to my attention." Ignis walks over to the window.

"Wait... Wait a bloody minute! You knew Merlin was an Equestrian pony!" Alexander exclaims.

"Well, yes. I'm surprised it's been such a well-kept secret. Not exactly a guarded one as nobody would really believe such an outrageous thing. Only those in the circle of magi know exactly to be precise. Although, that's not a surprise as Merlin created the circle of magi." Ignis goes on to explain.

"Great Scott..." Edward states.

"This is heavy..." Starlight comments.

"Well, this puts a new perspective on the universe, life and everything we know..." Alexander sighs deeply.

"Really?" Twilight asks.

"Nope, just a serious blow to how I viewed my role model." Alexander sits down on the nearby sofa.

"We should move on to discuss what we will do about you, Princess." Ignis states, sitting down.

"He knows already?!" Edward exclaims.

"Of course, Merlin did explain a great many things about Equestria and its works. We were friends after all." Ignis explains.

"How old are you gramps?" Alexander asks before ducking under a small fireball.

"Old enough to know I'm a sight damn wiser than you two fools. For now, we will go under the guise that these are your otherworldly familiars that you two summoned under my supervision during a controlled experiment." Ignis states.

"Seems like the most sound plan till we can find a way home." Starlight comments.

"Quite. Oh, I'll also be taking that book back you lads 'borrowed' from the forbidden wing." Ignis waves the book at them before putting it away in one of his desk drawers.

"We were going to put it back..." Alexander clears his throat.

"Umm is that everything, Grandpa Ignis?" Edward asks.

"For now, go on before you're late for first period." Ignis states as the four leave the room.

Leaning back in his chair he spins round and stares out the window, deep in thought.

Author's Notes:

Third chapter in and things continue along their rather ridiculous route we have planned for it. We will try hard to keep up with the schedule chapter release plan which should see a new chapter every Friday unless delays happen.