//------------------------------// // The mystery of the underground cave! // Story: Felicity's adventures! // by Piggynator //------------------------------// Felicity was going about her day when a guard bursts onto the scene “Princess Felicity! It’s urgent!” “Calm yourself ,Strong Rush.” Felicity says. “Now, what might be the matter?” Strong Rush quickly explains the situation. To make a long story short, a cave was found in one of the castle storage rooms. “A cave, eh? Well I’ll be. Rush, could you do me a favour please. Once completed, take the last hour of your shift off.” Rush salutes while trying to hide a smile “What might that be?” “Send for Rocky Road. If I'm exploring a cave, I want my best friend with me.” Felicity is led to the hole in question and sure enough, it has been blocked off with a guard, well, standing guard. He salutes when Felicity approaches. “My Princess. I am glad you came on such abrupt notice.” “Please, don’t worry. My day was free and I was getting bored.” Felicity says. She points to the hole and asks “ What do we have here?” “A cleaner was getting supplies when he hit his head on a low shelf. He hit the floor out of frustration and low and behold, this hole was found. We have used light spells to illuminate it and there is a long tunnel that goes deep.” “I have heard enough. I would prefer to not be spoiled of an adventure. Has Rocky arrived yet?” “Barely!” a familiar shout echos. Everypony turns their heads to see Rocky Road bolting as fast as he can and skidding to a halt. “Wowzers, that's a big ol’ hole!” he says as he takes a peek. Felicity giggles as she quips “Nice to see you too, Rocky!”  “Gah! I almost forgot! Good to see you too, Felicity!” Rocky says as the two hug. They separate as Felicity fills Rocky in. Rocky is already fired up but when he gets a good look at the tunnel, he grins even more. Felicity also has a smirk. A proper adventure! For the first time in years! Rocky slowly heads on in with Felicity close behind. “Rush, if we are not back in two hours at the most, send a search party. No pony will enter until either the two hours are up, or we return.” Rocky and Felicity descend down into the tunnel. From what they can see, it looks natural and pony made at the same time. Felicity uses her magic to light their way while Rocky sticks close. The tunnel winds  like a cork screw until they happen upon… A cliff. A cliff overlooking a large room of lights. Well, in all fairness, the lights are crystals reflecting off of the light of Felicity’s magic. Rocky notices a ladder attached to the cliff. “So much for it being natural.” Rocky says. Felicity lights up the room a bit more “I wouldn’t say that. Look!” Felicity points to a glowing hole on the ground below. Rocky reaches for the ladder and surprisingly, it doesn't shatter into a million pieces. Still though, he doesn't risk it. Felicity senses his doubt of the ladder and uses her magic to levitate him down to the ground as she glides down. They arrive at the hole when they feel a sense of pulling from it. “This feels weird. It feels like it’s drawing me in. Kinda” Rocky says. “Yes, it's a magic I do not recognise.” She says as  she places Rocky down on the floor. “Wait there for a second.” Felicity lands and and gets a large excess section of the ladder that was hanging at the bottom and snaps it off just to where the end was just touching the floor. She then instructs Rocky to find a heavy boulder. While Rocky is taking care of that, Felicity throws one end into the glowing hole and then pulls it out. No breaks. Rocky calls Felicity over and she uses her magic (plus Rocky’s earth pony strength) to move the crystal closer to the hole. The puzzle pieces in Rocky’s head click together and he lifts one side of the crystal up just enough for Felicity to slide an end of the ladder under it. “Secured.” Rocky says while wiping sweat from his head. “What now?” “Now,” Felicity says with nerves “who's first?” The two exchange glances before sighing and agreeing on 3. Rocky wakes up and rubs his head. His head is met with an unfamiliar sensation. Ridges? He opens his eyes to see… Felicity? “Felicity?” “ROCKY?” The two stare at unfamiliar beings. Thin beings with odd clothing. Hooves that have ridges. They look at eachother and back to the digits on their hooves. As if on command, the digits uncurl and they seem to move. They stare at each other some more before saying something “What are you?” “No, what are YOU?”  They simply stare. Since the seem to be the same sort of shape, they decide to recollect themselves before going over the events until Felicity simply says “Another world. WE TRAVELLED TO ANOTHER WORLD!!” She shouts with elation. Rocky couldn’t quite believe it. He looks around until he sees the ladder they threw through earlier still hanging. “I can't believe it” Rocky says “What happened to us?” “I’m not sure, Rocky. And to be quite honest, I don't want to find out right now. This just went from an adventure to a massive political problem. We need to get back.” “You switched tones quickly.” “That was before I fully thought out what happened and the implications. As far as the rest of equestria is concerned, this portal does not exist. It needs to be properly sealed off.” Rocky can't help but agree. He struggles to get up but found trying to stand on two legs felt better than trying on four. Felicity does the same and the two manage to climb the ladder back up and get sucked back in. Felicity and Rocky fly out of the portal and land back in the crystal cave. Felicity is the first to wake up and is delighted to be back as a pony. Rocky also is delighted. The duo pull the ladder back through the portal before making their way quickly back up the cliff and back through the tunnels before reaching the exit. “Princess Felicity!” Strong Rush exclaims “you were gone for an hour and a half! What on equestria happened?” “Many. Things.” She says. “Please arrange for this to be sealed and blocked up. There is no danger but there is foreign magic that I would like to keep there. You and Light Splitter are under strict secrecy now. If any pony asks, it's a massive hole with no end in sight.”  “Ma’am!” They both say with a salute. Rocky goes with Felicity until they reach the throne room. Crystal Bloom gasps as they slowly enter. “My goodness! You two look worn and ragged! What on equestria happened?” They both chuckle as Felicity says “Many things, Mother. Many things” “What kind of things?” “Other- Worldly things. Quite the tale If i may be honest.”  “Well, you can tell me all about it on our way to get you two cleaned up. Rocky dear, you are free to stay the night if you wish.” “That would be great. Thanks Mrs Bloom!”