Four mares were in a particular situation that didn’t involve their usual fare of knowledge, magic, kindness, or trickery. In fact they were not even meant to be here.

“Well, this is not what I expected but it is nothing if the Great and Power Trixie can’t handle herself!” The mare who called herself the Great and Powerful Trixie said to herself as she looked around the so-called “room.” In reality and because of the terrifying and unfathomable realms of powerful magic she wasn’t even in the same dimension of the normal world but rather a place that was outside the laws of physics and Euclideanic geometry.

The light blue mare was in a dark space that had a single light shining down upon her. The surface on which she was standing is a deep dark brownish square of mahogany wood. There was nothing around her but the dusty, dry darkness of infinite void. It seems that there is nothing else here. Trixie was hesitant to move. She was just beginning to advance her magic with Starlight and the recent lessons that have been swarming in her mind have come with the caveat of the dangers with wild magic and what could come next. She was hesitant to make the next move.

If Trixie had bothered to look down she would see a single grain of rice placed upon the floor, right between her hooves.

“Well, I certainly can’t wait all day for help,” Trixie muttered to herself. “I’m sure Starlight is going to figure a way out of this mess, speaking of which, where is she? She was next to me when we cast the spell. Starlight?”

There was no response.

“Starlight?” Trixie called out a little louder. “Starlight?!”

Then suddenly a voice rang out “Trixie?”

The voice seems to come out of nowhere yet everywhere. But there was no source for it. Yet it sounds like her best friend Starlight is close by. Trixie lit her horn up. The brief flare of light erupted all around here, penetrating the enclosing darkness. Yet it revealed very little. It only showed three more squares. Two white squares that were white and made of the same wood. They sat on the right of Trixie and in front. There was another square that was the same shade of dark brown that jutted out from the corner.

“Starlight? Where are you? I can’t see you!” Trixie felt herself starting to panic.

As it might seem that Trixie was alone but in truth, she wasn’t. In fact her friend and mare that fell into this mess with her was in a similar situation.

When Starlight woke up, she was laying down on a white square staring up to the sky above. She could see that light was streaming down from a small source that was about a hundred meters above her. Did she fall into a hole? What can cause that? She was trying to teach Trixie the basics of teleporting. Unless Trixie found a way to displace several tons of dirt, soil, and rocks in one go then something else had to happen.

Starlight got up. Finding herself alone in the same darkness that Trixie was in put her on edge. She didn’t like being in an unknowable situation.With no one around her to help, Starlight realized that it was up to her to figure out how to escape. She started by straightening up her mane and rotated her joints to get the blood flowing. Where was Trixie?

“Starlight?” Trixie’s voice came out. “Starlight?!”

“Trixie?” Starlight said out loud.

There was something off about the voice. It was all echoey and disoriented. Starlight looked around. Her sight couldn’t reveal much. She didn’t see much past her small spot the light had given her. Starlight went to make a move and found something that caused her to jump back to the safety of her spot.

Where she was standing was a corner. From bthe back and to her right was nothing but empty space and the same darkness that Trixie found herself in. Starlight didn't want to test how far down of a drop it was from here to the bottom. It seems to be deeper than she expected. She therefore elected to look in the other directions.

Her white square was connected to two black squares that were in the front and to the left. She couldn't see past much because of the difficult gloom that was covering the space around her.

“Starlight? Where are you? I can’t see you!” Trixie’s voice rang out again.

“Trixie, what happened? Where are you at?”

Starlight knew that if she was stuck in such a dangerous situation then chances are Trixie was somehow even in a worse situation.

“Well, I’m on this square that is a -bleh- brown color wood. There is two white squares next to me-”

“Hold up a second, I think you are in the same place I’m in,” Starlight interjected. “Now whatever you do don't look over-”

There was a high pitched scream that pierced the void and rang across the space around them.

“-the edge.” Starlight finished.

Fearing the worst, Starlight made a move, she went down the border hoping to catch Trixie in time. As she came across another square, she found the most peculiar thing. There were grains of rice.

Each square had a small pile of them and they were arranged neatly. They were also getting bigger. As if there was one grain being added to. This caused Starlight to stop and think.

“Oh please, Celestia and Luna, let this be a nightmare.” Trixie's voice came back, a bit more clear this time

“Trixie!” Starlight felt relief flooding into her. “Did you fall off the edge?”

“No, Starlight, I didn't. No thanks to your late warning.”

“Well, at least you are okay.”

“Where do you think we are?”

Well, if I had to guess,” Starlight pause and ponder the situation. “I say that this might be Discord’s doing. I certainly don't remember Twilight having a giant hole in her castle. If only we could find her. She might be able to get us out of here.”

“I hate to be a buzzkill, Starlight.” Trixie said but I still can't see you. So unless you suddenly went invisible, we might be stuck in two different places. The problems have doubled as it were. Besides, what can Twilight do to fix this situation?”

“She is the only one who has a better understanding of magic than I do.” Starlight admitted. She let out a sigh and rubbed her right foreleg. She glanced around.

“Wait a second, I think I know where we might be at. Or at the very least what we might be dealing with.”

“Oh?” Trixie said


And this story would have continued with Fluttershy and Twilight if the author’s computer didn't got disconnected from the wifi!