Twilight was running away from some strange creatures. What these creatures were she didn't know. All she knew was that it was a ginormous red dragon, a yellow thunder creature, and a blue demon. Eventually, she got cornered by the three creatures and all of them prepared to attack.

"This can't be happening. Why are you chasing after me?" Twilight demanded from the creatures for an answer.

"Twilight!" The purple unicorn turned her attention to the voices, which came from Spike and her five friends.

"What's going on?!" Spike wondered. "What are these things?"

"I don't know, Spike. All I know is that these creatures are chasing after me." At this, the creatures turned their attention to the baby dragon and her five friends. "Wait, don't hurt them! Hurt me!" Twilight pleaded with the creatures, hoping that they would listen to her. However, her pleas fell on deaf ears as they attacked and destroyed each of her friends in one powerful blast. "No! Why did you do that?! They were my friends!" the purple unicorn weeped at the loss of her friends.

The three creatures prepared another blast to shoot at Twilight. However, before the blast could hit the mare, she suddenly opened her eyes. She was no longer being confronted by those three ferocious beasts. She was back in her room at the Golden Oaks library. Looking down, she saw Spike sound asleep in his bed, which signaled a sigh of relief from the unicorn.

Taking a moment to think, Twilight's relief turned to worry. While the creatures she encountered were only a part of her dreams, a part of her told her that these creatures would soon appear for real, or at the very least a sign of things that would soon unfold.

The next morning, Spike woke up only to instantly be hugged by Twilight, who had tears in her eyes. "Um, Twilight? Are you okay? Why are you crying?" the young dragon wanted to know out of concern for the unicorn. "Does it have to do with what happened at Cadence and Shining Armor's wedding? Because we already apologized and everything involving the changeling's attack is over."

"No, Spike. It was just a nightmare. Everything's fine," Twilight tried to reassure. However, one look at Twilight's puffy red eyes told the young dragon that she was not fine.

"Would you like to talk about it, Twilight?" Spike asked the unicorn mare. "Maybe talking about it will help you feel better."

Twilight refused to say anything right away. After all, a dream where she lost all of her friends, including him, was a big pill to swallow and she didn't want to burden Spike with it. However, the desire to tell someone about her troubles was too tempting and she decided to give in and tell Spike.

She told Spike everything about her dream, including what happened to him and the girls. When she was finally finished, Spike was left speechless. "Wow." Spike finally said "That is one bad dream. No wonder you were so sad. But don't worry. I'm fine. Your friends are fine, and we all are going to continue to be fine. So don't worry about it. Your dream is not going to happen anytime soon,if at all. Not as long as we can help it."

After Spike finished, Twilight gave a sincere smile to her assistant and friend. "Thanks Spike. I feel a lot better now."

The peace that had developed between the two was interrupted by a knock on the door. Upon opening it, they saw Rainbow Dash who looked worried. "Guys, you need to get to the middle of town, fast! There is something you guys need to see."

The two had a sense of foreboding as they left the tree house with Rainbow Dash, uncertain as to what the trouble was and whether or not they should be worried or not.

When Twilight and Spike arrived in the middle of Ponyville with Rainbow Dash, what they saw was something they were not expecting; a giant piece of stone that had the image of a dragon carved onto it, the Blue Eyes White Dragon. "What is this Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked the cyan mare.

"I don't know. One minute I'm flying through Ponyville being all awesome. The next this giant piece of rock just appeared in the middle of town without any warning," Rainbow Dash explained.

Suddenly, before Rainbow Dash could say anything else, Pinkie Pie popped up between her and Twilight. "So guys, what are you doing here? Oh, are we going to throw a party involving that strange rock in the middle of town? Because that would be so cool!" Pinkie Pie cheered at the idea of throwing a party for her friends.

"I don't think that this is what is going on, Pinkie Pie," Rarity said as she walked towards the growing group. "However, I believe that I could potentially make some interesting outfits back at home based off of it." Rarity said with sparkling eyes as she was getting inspired.

"I heard that there are apparently more of these stone pieces in towns all across Equestria," Applejack said as she approached them, having found this out due to her connections with the rest of the Apple family.

"Yeah, and these stones have even gotten the animals confused," Fluttershy revealed. "Plus, it's kinda terrifying."

"What do you think is going on, Twilight?" Applejack asked the purple mare.

"I don't know. I know as much about this as you do. Maybe the princess knows more about this," Twilight wondered, as Spike belched up a letter from Princess Celestia.

"So, what does the letter say, Twilight?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"It says for all of us to meet Celestia at the castle in Canterlot," Twilight admitted the news to her friends.

It took a few hours, but the group of seven eventually made it to the castle in Canterlot. Upon arriving, Twilight was quick to bombard Celestia with questions. "What are these stone tablets? Why are they showing up now? Are they the work of another villain?"

"Relax, Twilight." Celestia calmed down her faithful student. "I don't think that any villain is the source of these stone tablets. No, I think that these tablets come from another world entirely." At this, the six ponies and one dragon gasped. "You see, in ages past my sister and I used to travel through different worlds through a pair of Dimensional Scissors that allow for travel through different dimensions. I believe that another world may be sending these stone tablets out as a means of getting our attention and perhaps asking for help."

"So, what should we do, Princess? Do we go to the dimension that needs help and give it to them?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I was thinking just that," Celestia agreed. "After all, for all we know the suffering of that dimension could come back to affect ours as well. However, before you all go I need to make something clear. Not many are aware of there being different dimensions outside of a select few different dimensions. Said knowledge would be bad to get out into the public eye as there are those that would attempt to damage the different dimensions for their own purposes. So, for that reason I think that you should avoid tipping off others that there are different dimensions as much as possible. Understood?"

All of the ponies agreed with this, ready to do what was necessary to save the different dimension.

"Good. Now, while most creatures are not aware of other dimensions, there is at least one ally in the dimension you will be going to that knows of the existence of different dimensions. His name is Maximillion Pegasus. He will be sure to help set you on the right path." Celestia got out her pair of Dimensional Scissors and opened a portal. After opening the portal, Celestia proceeded to give the pair of scissors to Twilight to hold onto. "Now, keep in mind, time flows a lot differently in the dimension you are about to go to. One day there can be as small as a few seconds here. The dimensional scissors can remain synced up with both times for a few hours, but after that the difference in time will start to be felt. So, if you want to head back home, you will be able to. Also, this means that even if time does go slower in the other dimension, you will not miss much of anything at home. So, good luck to each of you."

"Don't worry Princess Celestia. You can count on us to save that world that needs our help!" Twilight said in determination. "Right girls?"

"Right!" All of Twilight's friends said at once.

"Are you sure? You all may be gone for a very long time, even if it isn't felt in the time you are absent from this world," Celestia tried to give everyone an out just to be safe.

"We can handle this mission, Princess. Don't worry about a thing," Twilight reassured her teacher.

"Hey, wherever Twilight goes I go," Spike made clear.

"Hey, sometimes heroes need to make sacrifices for the good of many," Rainbow Dash reassured the Princess.

"Yeah, we can't just leave this place to suffer," Rarity said.

"Whatever that world throws at us, we can take it on if we stick together," Applejack said.

"And who knows? Maybe we can have super fun parties with the residents of this new place," Pinkie Pie said optimistically.

"Um, right." Fluttershy agreed.

"Alright then. Take care," Celestia said. At this, the six ponies and dragon entered the portal to a brand new reality.