A Gypsy's Ball ~ MLP

Realm Walker « 5 »

Rarity is the first to speak up, taking a few hoofsteps towards the multi-coloured duo.
"As much as I hate to say it, I agree. We can not win this war and well... we need a way to escape. This could be our only chance."

Pinkie nods, pointing to a spot on the ground. It was a strange circle with a strange pattern on the inside, drew with a white dust.
"Sit in there. Do not mess up the ash."
Rarity nods, "I wouldn't dream of it. The pattern here is simply divine. I think it's given me inspiration for a new clothing range."
Rarity grins, her mind swirling with ideas as she stares at the perfectly parallel and patterned lines and swirls. She leans over, "-I might borrow you to help design somw dresses~" she whispers.
Pinkie simply smiles slightly and nods her head.

Next is Applejack.
She steps towards them, hesitantly.
"Twilight, Sugarcube. I'm sorry but I honestly think that our best bet is goin' with Pinkie and Dash."

"Step in the circle, but not the center."
AJ takes a spot opposite Rarity and turns around to see and hear their choices.

Fluttershy is on the spot now.

She shivers, sharing rapid glances between Twilight and the other three.
"O-oh I don't know... i think I'll just stay here."

Twilight breathes out a sigh of relief.
"I'm stay-"
"Nevermind!" Fluttershy squeaks as she hears a loud gunshot outside, making her ears swivel on her head. She darts into the circle quicker than you could say bang.

Twilight frowns and nods, "Very well. I will stay and make sure that the princesses are okay... is there anyway that I can contact you across realms, Pinkie?"
"No-yes..." she thinks, "...There is nowhere we can contact each other. The world we're going to. To save time."

Pinkie is hesitant to finish, "We're going to a realm where a minute passes for a year."
Rainbow is hovering above the circle, aiming her wings as not to mess up the dust.
"So we are going to stay for 10 minutes and then come back. The realm belonged to the original founders of Equestria."

Twilight swallows and nods, "I will miss you all."
Each one nods, heading to embrace Twilight with sorrow. Spike looks at his friends sadly.
"Stay safe, dear." Rarity looks at the two, lingering her gaze on spike briefly.
"I'm gonna miss you guys." he pouts. The baby dragon had just sprouted his wings.
"But i have to stay here with Twilight."

The others nods, understandingly.
"Come on everypony."

Pinkie urges everyone back into the circle, tears clouding their eyes.
"Okay, all you guys have to do is clear your minds. Do not think about any location nor creature."

Pinkie trots over to a table and grabs a small green herb, grinding it in her hooves.
Then she takes a very sharp knife.

She goes back to the circle, proceeding towards the middle.
The pink pony grasps the hilt in her jaws and begins to cut a pattern into her soft pink fur, uttering muffled words in a language that nopony - not even Twilight - could understand.

About a minute passed and the draw was complete. Blood stained her coat and dripped down to the floor. Pinkie reached over and dripped a drop of blood to each of the other ponies.

The circle began to glow, followed by a chiming sound that made the ponies' ears ring and sting.
Then a bright flash and they disappeared.
Dash notices Fluttershy squeak just before the flash end and Twilight and Spike are left alone in the basement.

"Come on Spike, we must head for Canterlot."
She leaves without as much as a brief glance back to where her friends were.

This was going to be a long 10 years...

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Much time had passed, though Pinkie could not understand how much. This realm's concept of time passed much faster than theirs.

She creaked open her eyes to be met with the panicked gaze of Applejack and Rainbow.
She breathed out a sigh, "Thank Celestia you're awake. Rarity went prancin' around the castle."

Pinkie looked forward at a snow white castle that glowed with an aura. Gyspy magic was dark. She was unwelcomed here, though her and Rainbow came to the conclusion that they would not be hurt here.
"Come on." Pinkie coughed, stumbling up on to her hooves.
"The portal is this way."
"Portal? If there was a portal, why din't we take that before?"
AJ complains.
"Well, AJ," Pinkie begins to take a few steps to drag herself up, wincing at the sting in her fur. Perhaps she cut it a little too deep.
Her mind suddenly filled with sadistic thoughts of her previous years, but shook them off.

Rainbow was and will continue to be the final pony pulled from that blasted hat for life. She could not perform the deed and so gave up her "cupcake" spree for quite a while.

"The portal to this place does not exist in our world, is why."
Pinkie stumbled to her hooves, before beginning to trot limply to the castle in front of them.
It was quite grand, though she had guessed that a lot of the wings had been blocked off. This was still a residence of this castle and she suspected that the ponies of creation had lived here for a million years.
They were pretty much Gods.

"Come on everypony. We should gather our barings. Rarity is still in there and Fluttershy-"
Pinkie looks around. Where was Fluttershy?
"Has anyone seen her?"

They both glance around them, shaking their heads.
"Uh- no. We should see if she's with Rarity." states Rainbow.

They all agree and continue into the castle, their wits about them. This may be a realm of peace, but there's no telling what could be here, despite the horizontal and flat ground that seemed as hard as diamond . Their hooves echoed as they walked.

Just in half a minute, they had reached the inside of the castle. Indeed, Rarity was bashing at the barriered doorways. The portal stood in the center, swirling and glowing with a very divine purple light.

"Rarity, you barbarian!" AJ called out, clearly joking.
Rarity turned around, glaring at her friend.
"These doors will not open. They cannot be opened by brute force."

Pinkie huffed out a sigh, "Have you seen Fluttershy?"
Rarity shakes her head, scowl now transforming into a frown, "Well I'm afraid not, Darling. She definitely came with us, though I'm not sure where."

"We don't have long. Just a couple of minutes- we have to find her. We can't just leave her here. Pinkie, is there anypony here who can help us?"

Pinkie nods, swallowing her fear. If they stayed here for too long, then the ponies that they knew and loved could be dead.
Of course, that didn't include Twilight but there are still plenty of ways for her to die...

"Well, does anypony else reside here?"
Pinkie nods, "Yes, but we must get through those doors to see them. And they are extremely powerful."

"Well then, Pinkie dear. Do you have any magic that can open it?"
Pinkie thinks for a moment, "Yes, but I don't know if it will work on Celestial magic. I can tr-"

She is cut off by a voice emerging behind her.

"There will be no need."

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