Not our world anymore (IC)

[GalacticWar_Xavier]

Twilight Sparkle felt a raindrop hit her snout and she groggily opened her eyes, she was greeted by blinding sunlight. She jerked one of her front hooves to block the sun's rays as she rolled to her stomach. She felt blades of grass and knew that she was outside, 'Uuugh... What the hay happened?' She squinted to see past her hoof and saw that she was in a small meadow, from the looks of the surroundings, somewhere in Whitetail Wood, 'How in Equestria did I get here!?' Twilight thought, 'The very last thing I remember is... Going to bed?..' She stood up and wavered slightly, letting her eyes adjust before chancing a look at the sky again.

She immediately spotted a few enormous white trails emanating from what looked like a bird, or was it Pegasus? Twilight squinted her eyes to see what it was, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make out details, the shape was flying much too high. She couldn't immediately think of any birds which left huge trails across the sky, but she pushed those thoughts aside, 'First order of business... Where am I?' She began scanning the treeline and the horizon. At last, she just barely spotted a corner of one of Canterlot's highest towers peeking out from behind the mountain it hugged. She at least knew where to head to get back to civilization. She looked around to make sure she wasn't leaving anything behind, she had no saddlebags on, and she might have fainted out here for whatever reason and had forgotten to buckle them on.

[Blue Fox]

Winter Bell opened her eyes slowly letting out a small squeak of a yawn before she pulled herself to her hooves. It was dark...but light at the same time....'why was it so dark?'. Her eyes adjusted slowly as her sleepy haze began to ware off. She glanced around casually realizing she was in some kind of cave. "How the hay did i end up here ?" she muttered to herself as she took a few steps cautiously towards the light. The last thing she remembered was writing down lyrics at her desk back home. She thought she fell asleep there. But waking up here put her in a state of confusion and unease. As she approached the entrance to the small cave, her eyes squinted against the intruding sun contrasting against the darkness she had just emerged from. When her eyes finally adjusted she looked around seeing nothing but trees, grass and the occasional rock. Her brain searched for answer but revealed nothing to her. Making sense of how she got here was not going to be an easy task. After minutes of hard thinking she sighed, resigning herself to the fact that she wasn't going to find out anytime soon and simply trotted from the cave and down a grassy bank . She found herself by a small stream and as she gazed down stream she saw the familiar towers of Canterlot. A small smile curled at the corners of her lips as she at least knew where she was. 'Well while I'm here i guess it wouldn't hurt to visit' she thought as she trotted at a casual pace towards Canterlot.

[GalacticWar_Xavier]

Twilight at last confirmed that she hadn't missed anything because she didn't have anything with her, 'I should get going, I'm okay with eating grass off the ground only if I have to.' She began heading off toward where she thought where Ponyville would be, likely a few hours away. She stopped at the treeline, seeing that there was some sort of roadway heading right by the meadowsong. It seemed like a nice path, although it was way wider than the types of country pathways out this far that she was used to.

Another thing that caught her eye was a peculiar sign near the roadway, diamond in shape, yellow and depicted what looked like a unicorn pony on what looked like the roadway. Twilight gave the sign an odd stare, "What? What's this supposed to mean? Of course there's going to be unicorns on the path... Was someone really thinking that only earth ponies and pegasus ponies would be using the road, and that unicorn ponies would be some sort of event for it? Honestly..." She rolled her eyes and walked onto the road, it was made of a hard rocky substance despite looking smooth and uninterrupted. Walking directly on it would wear on Twilight's bare hooves if she stayed on it too long, which only confused her farther. She looked back at the meadow and saw another pony coming, a unicorn with a dark grey coat, "Hello." Twilight said, still testing out the roadway with her hooves, "Honestly, who made this?" she muttered, thinking about how uncomfortable it'd be to walk on.

A ways down the roadway, a large object seemed to slide along, following the roadway at a rapid pace, all that reached the two ponies to forewarn its approach was a strange noise, like rushing wind you'd hear on a mountain.

[Blue Fox]

Winter had been trotting for a while. She didn't particularly mind trotting but there was only so much green and blue you could take before it just got boring. Not to mention the lack of any pony else meaning she had absolutely nothing to do but walk alongside the stream. She carried on for what felt like ten minutes before the stream eventually ended, arching away and further down the bank in a different direction. It was a good symbol of free will. How it had carved its own way through the land flowing endlessly in its chosen direction....forever. She stood and watched as it cascaded into the distance before continuing on. She thought about what she was going to do when she reached home latter. The thoughts of finishing her song soon filling her mind making her smile. She was on the brink of making a new explosive song that she would present to an audience in a theater. She had performed a few times in various places from Fillydelphia to Ponyvile. She one day hoped she could score a contract and begin her work in Manehatten and Canterlot. But she had yet to pitch her music to higher ponies in the music industry. She also wasn't entirely confident in front of crowds that were too big. Winter was in the midst of imagining how she would cope with an audience the size of Canterlot theater when she heard another pony call out a simple 'Hello'. Her ears shot up as she looked towards the origin of the sound.

She saw a lavender colored Unicorn who seemed a little confused with something. "Um..Hi ?" she said as she approached the Unicorn wondering if she needed some help. As she neared the purple pony her attention moved from her to where she was staring and at the same time her hooves felt uncomfortable on the ground which drew her attention to the floor briefly before she turned to look at the Unicorn. "Whats with this road? ...and what is that ?!" she asked as her eyes focused on the rapid...thing....that was racing towards them.

[GalacticWar_Xavier]

Twilight continued staring at the road, "I'm not sure, it looks like it's made out of some sort of pavement, good for construction material in a town or city but for roa-?..." The sound of rushing wind reached Twilight's ears and her head jolted upward toward it, remembering that the other pony had mentioned something... else. She saw what appeared to be some sort of creature,

'No... The way it moves, it has to be some sort of machine, a vehicle?' Twilight had never seen a vehicle quite like this one, it was moving so fast... right at her! Twilight blinked in surprise when she realized she had been analyzing it too much to think to get out of the way! She quickly coiled her legs to spring to a different part of the roadway near the other unicorn.

The vehicle suddenly started screeching with steam emanating from the wheels as it slowed to avoid hitting the two unicorns, with how sluggishly it reacted, it had obviously been going really fast and was really heavy, bone crushingly heavy. It finally came to a halt a few dozen feet away. It looked like a stage coach, but sleeker, like it had been built for speed. And instead of hitches for ponies to pull it, it merely had a frontal extension which made a rumbling noise, likely an engine. Such things had been attempted with Equestrian engineering, but they had been intensely inefficient and bothersome even to their owners. This was clearly light-years ahead of such ventures. Visible through the front window were... Twilight blinked trying to properly comprehend what she was seeing. Two creatures were leaned over a gap between their individual seats, probably facing passengers in the back, who weren't visible in the darkness of the interior of it. Inside, she could hear them talking,

"Okay, you're okay! Everyone okay!?" One of the creatures said, clearly in a female voice,

"Mommy are the unicorns okay!?" She heard a young female voice call from the darkness,

"Yes, honey. I'm sure the unicorns are fine, spooked, probably, but fine." the elder female voice said, both the visible creatures turned back to face Twilight and Winter through the front window. Their faces weren't as shocking as Twilight expected them to be, but she still found nothing in her mind's eye to relate them to. The lack of a snout and short, stubby noses were the most glaring difference these creatures had from anything else she had seen before. Another was a five-digited hand as the driver pointed at Twilight and Winter,

"Still in the road..." the driver said, this one had a more masculine voice, "And look, some wackjob painted on them while they were sleeping, or something... See, this is why we should move to a nice place like Desmond Falls or something. Farther away from Capital City..."

[Blue Fox]

Winter was pulled away as Twilight began to explain the road. It felt strange, not painful or hurting her hooves but it was rather uncomfortable. She was dragging a hoof over the surface with a slight frown when she snapped up to the fast moving thing a second after Twilight. It was getting bigger and bigger. It certainly didn't look like a chariot of any kind. Not even the Pegasus use whatever that is. As it sped faster and closer she soon realized it wasn't stopping. She panicked, her legs locking as her ears flopped down. As it came to a screeching stop a few meters away Winter had her eyes shut briefly only to re open them when she realized it had stopped. She let out a silent sigh of relief and saw Twilight was staring at something. She looked at the thing herself seeing exactly what she was seeing. And hearing those voices... when the riders of this...oh lets just call it a chariot.....turned to face them, Winter was stunned at their appearance. They weren't anything she had ever seen before and they were definitely not ponies. They had almost flat faces and rounded heads. Their hooves had dangly things which seemed to be used for gripping....like a dragon. A deep voice rang from the car telling us were on the road. Winter raised an eyebrow which turned to a frown when the creature suggested they had been painted. She hesitated at first. But seeing that these creatures weren't already attacking them and that they could speak meant it was safe....or at least a little safe. She took a few steps forward, her hooves clopping loud on the strange road.

"Yes I'm well aware that we are on the road, but the question is why are you on the road with that thing ? some pony could get hurt" she said raising a hoof to point at the car. Her tone of voice was her usual soft voice that even suggested she was a talented vocalist. It gave her a some what charismatic appeal. "Also neither of us are painted...havent you seen a pony before ?" she asked raising an eyebrow. She had more questions but thought it best to let the creature answer first.

[GalacticWar_Xavier]

The faces of the creatures went from ones of mild annoyance to oh's of surprise, and a little shock, "Did... that unicorn just talk... to you?" The feminine creature asked the masculine one. He was at a loss for words at the moment. Meanwhile, Twilight caught her breath and finally fully organized what was going on. She was surprised by how smooth the other unicorn's voice stayed even as her comments seemed to come off as rather hostile, she thought that it sounded a little familiar, but she couldn't truly place where she had heard it before. She quickly returned her attention to the creatures in the car, but the man had managed to find his words before her,

"W-well... I...uhhh... I... Well, I have seen unicorns like you before, but they aren't usually all sorts of colors like you. And they don't normally talk to humans, nevermind... uuh... Use roads." Twilight blinked a moment, 'So they're called humans. I believe that. But non-colorful unicorns and that we don't use roads!? Where did he get that?' She finally spoke, lifting up one of her front hooves as she did, her ears drooping a bit as well in uncertainty, "Well, I at least can say that I'm grateful that you managed to stop, before you... you know... Ran us over... But what do you mean we aren't normally colorful or use roads? We're in Equestria. You can see Canterlot just on that mountain over there."

The man leaned out the window to hear better, "Equestria? Where in the Empire is that?"

[Blue Fox]

It became immediately clear that these 'humans' really didn't talk to ponies, which brought up even more questions inside of Winter. She listened as he stuttered out his words about their colors and basic mannerisms. It confused her a fair bit and she soon found herself wondering on how this could be possible. Maybe they were lost ? Maybe they didn't know they were in Equestria ?. It wasn't until Twilight asked a question that Winter snapped out of her trance. This was another thing. She needed to focus more. Going into these day dream like thoughts wasn't helping anypony. She heard Twilights question and found herself eager to know the answer to it. She looked to the side as Twilight had spoken. She hadn't studied her at first since they were both concentrating on the chariot. But when she took a side glance she noticed she was about the same height and carried herself with what seemed like nervousness but at the same time, a hidden confidence to lead that any pony could stand behind. Winter for a strange reason felt a pang of respect for her. She glanced back towards the strange chariot as the human spoke his reply. "Empire" she said out loud. Her soft voice raising as if prompting a question. She shook her silvery mane as if she was shocked at his reply...which she was. "This" she said stomping a hoof down to add enthuses to her words. "Is Equestria, Its full of ponies like us...surely you have heard of the goddesses of the sun and moon. This land belongs to them !" she said her tone expressing her shock. There was no hostility or anger in her words. Just pure shock at their ignorance.

[GalacticWar_Xavier]

"I think I know what you're both going on about." The female human said, who suddenly seemed a little concerned, "I was an ancient history major in my higher education." Twilight felt a tinge of something come over her as the human mentioned ancient history. The best way she could describe it was mild dread. She felt that she knew what was going to be said, though she likely was going to wish she didn't hear it, "Long ago, and I'm saying like thousands of years ago, 5 at least. Equines like horses, unicorns, and pegasi ruled this land, and it was told that powers did exist which could control forces of nature such as the Sun and Moon. I'm not sure what you've been told, but it's all gone, all records about it are maintained by the Mages College of High Azur-."

Twilight shook her head, "No... You're lying!" She said, narrowing her eyes.

[Blue Fox]

Winter looked like she had been struck by lightening. Her face fell to one of fear. Her ears fell and her legs wobbled slightly before she naturally steadied herself. This didn't go unnoticed by the humans. She wanted to believe that it was a lie and she would stand by the purple mare with her accusation of their lie. She simply didn't want to believe it. She was walking through Fillydelphia no more then two days ago !. This had to be some sort of joke played on them by some pony. These creatures must be some kind of illusion magic cast by some skilled pony. This just couldn't be. She looked to the Purple mare with eyes that begged for this to be some kind of innocent joke. Then she had an idea that may disprove their lie. She stammered a little as she spoke. "B-but we have m-magic. We surely p-prove this" she hesitated "ancient theory is true ?"