To Wish Upon A Dark Star

By Shadix-FF

Chapter 1: Awkward Glances

An anthropomorphic ferret fiddled with some knobs and adjusted his beanie-hat, "Bentley, You sure this won't end in catastrophic failure, like... A rip in the fabric of space and time or something like that?" The ferret had to ask. "We're really just throwing science at the wall here, not sure what will happen Joesph." Bentley said. "Bad idea..." Joesph said while eying a strange button. Well, what could be the worst thing an unlabeled button could do? Joesph thought to him self. The button made a soft click as he pushed it. The time machine they made came to life and then a small fissure appeared. "JOESPH! What are you do...oh no." Bentley yelled hysterically as he saw Joesph gripping for his life onto the console. "HOW THE HELL DO YOU TURN IT OFF!YOU KNOW THIS JUST SAYS THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO LABEL YOUR BUTTON BENTLEY!" Joesph said but then his hand slipped. "Oh balls..." He uttered before plummeting into the singularity and disappearing in a flash of light.

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"Oh sandwich, you so crazy." A middle aged man said as he chewed on a big bologna sandwich, mentioning the countless meme's regarding sandwiches. His chair started to slide backwards, and a whizzing noise was heard behind him. "What is this? TIME TRAVEL?Will is being set off to another adventure! HUZZAH!" Will said as his head whipped behind him, obviously not taking the situation under any seriousness. The chair then knocked back and Will flew into the portal. "Nuuuuuuuuu...My SANDWICH! I MUST EAT IT FIRST!" Will yelled as he was reaching for the sandwich, but it was useless and he then slid on the ground into the portal. Before it closed, Will said one thing, "Now I'm thinking with portals!".

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A robot just smashed his head on the desk, causing sparks to emit from his metal exterior. His servos jutted from the shock-wave. It blinked it single light tan eye. "How can't I do the simplest thing, like trying to find the DARNED FILE!Come on Grainy, you can do this...I think." His voice was heavily synthesized since he was a robot, but not just any robot, an Aperture Science robot. So it was a low standard. "Search for file , Security mainframe access hardplans." Grainy commanded. He noticed the computer mouse zip back behind him. Then he was, like Will, sucked into the singularity though he was more shocked than joking about it. "WAIT! NO! I DON'T WANT TO GO! I'M SORRY GLADOS! CONFOUND YOU WHEATLEY! YOU DRIVE ME INTO A SINGULARITY!" Grainy yelled as he hanged onto a piece of railing that then broke, making Grainy plummet into the singularity.

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The three of them fell into an infinite space, the place was filled with so many colors, it was pointless to count them. "What is the logical explanation for this? And who are you people?" Grainy interrogated. "We, my good sir, are going on a MAGICAL journey!YAY!" Will joked, "I'm William, founder of the religion of Awesonism, but just call me Will.". "Joesph Long. Interpol recruit." Joesph just stated his name with out saying anything else. "Grainy. Now can someone tell me what is going on around here, if here counts as a place." Grainy asked. Joesph kept his mouth shut in case they wanted to kill him after telling them about the so called "Time Machine".

"Destiny! That's what this is! We are probably gonna end up somewhere random, be praised as gods, and save the day. I've seen it in movies." Will's radical imagination took over. They all stared into a white hole they were falling towards. "I've made a rough calculation that we are in the space between spaces. A dimensional rift if you must." Grainy dweebed. "Or this is Afraid of Monsters and we just got a bad ending. Hopefully not ending 3 or we are all gonna get hanged in our cells." Will put a thought out there, even if it was absolutely stupid. They then fell into the white hole, ending up in a medium height from the ground.

They hit the the grass pretty hard. Will's eyes rolled like crazy. They were laying on the top of one of the few grassy hills overlooking a town, and a cliff-side castle could be seen way out in the distance. "What. The. Hell." Will said as he looked where his hand should be. "It's...a...a.. hoof...Oh no...NO. NO!" Will panicked. "At least I have two eyes now." Grainy lightened the situation. "Karma must be biting my flank today..." Joesph groaned in pain, "Oh, it's just you're arm Will! MOVE!". "Sorry, but...WE'RE BUCKING PONIES! THIS IS MADNESS! What kind of pagan voodoo magic is this? I DEMAND ANWSERS!" Will yelled so that literally everything could here him in the vicinity of five miles.

"This is just embarrassing..." Joesph looked at himself. He was a brownish-tan color and had dark brown circles around his jade green eyes. Thankfully his beanie hat was intact and still on his and the bill facing the right way, it did cover some of eye space however, some of his slightly spiked dark oak mane. He also still had is Interpol agent badge on a chain around his neck. His tail was streamline but spiky at the end. Joesph's cutie-mark was ironically a question mark. "Well I am a curios pony." Joesph said. "Wait what? Pony. PONY. PONY! I can't say pony! GAH!" (He's trying to say person).

"But this is cool! I have wings! Nice." Will said as he inspected his wings but then he saw a marking on his flank. "That describes me perfectly! Long live the Awesome Smilie!". Will said proudly. His cutie-mark was the awesome smilie face. His coat was light gray and his eyes were sky blue, also he had medium length mane that was sort of strutted out that was a tad bit darker than his coat, and it the style of it was that different of a certain competitive pegasus pony, his tail was the same as his mane.

Grainy had two panels on his side open and arms strutted out from them. His cutie-mark was strangely a piano. He was a pearly white color, his eyes a bright tan, and his mane and tail were tranluscent and sort of thick, their style was just simplistic, his mane flopped to one side and his tail slim and sleek. "Still have arms! Hahaha! Suckers." Grainy bragged.

"Don't brag about it solder drinker." Will insulted Grainy. "What ever motormouth." Grainy came-back. "Stop it you two." Joesph said. They heard others coming. "Hide! Oh wait...no bushes...shoot." Will gulped in worry. "Don't worry, I talk to who ever is...coming." Grainy said until he looked right at two other ponies. One was purple and had a horn the other peach with long blonde hair and a cowboy hat. "If they want to eat us just make sure you squeal like a pig so you can check it off your bucket lists..." Will murmured.

"Howdy you three!" The peach one said in a western accent. Joesph looked over and saw her mark was three red apples, the other was one star surrounded by other smaller stars. "Sup." Joesph replied. There was an awkward silence pause. "So, you knew around here?" the purple one asked. "You could say that." Joesph replied while swinging one arm. "Yeah, fresh off the uhh...wagon I guess." Will tried to get around the teleport. "Well I'm Apple Jack. This is Twilight Sparkle." Apple Jack introduced themselves. "Nice names, I'm Joesph. The robotic guy is Grainy. Derp face back there is Will." Joesph introduced themselves back. "Uhh...Grainy is noth'n I've seen in my life before. What you say he was again?" Apple Jack asked Joesph.

"A hyper-optimized mainframe morality core that was set in a ponyoid...my apologies, still getting used to the new forced vocabulary, continuing on. A ponyiod mechanical structure. I was a twin of a more less enhanced intelligence core, named Wheatley." Grainy rambled. Apple Jack and Twilight had a extremely confused look on their faces. "Umm...Sorry but most of that for us was in one ear out the other." Twilight said with a sheepish grin. "He's a smart machine." Joesph rehashed what Grainy said so it could maybe be understandable. "Just go with it. For our head's sakes." Will blurted out before anyone said anything. "Well, okay then. You three are an odd bunch I can tell, specially Grainy, no offense." Apple Jack honestly put out. "None taken." Joesph replied.

"Well we were just taking a stroll, do you want to come to town with us?" Twilight asked the three. "So many ponies are going to stare at us...Sounds like fun!" Will put his upbeat side into the thought. "Sure, honestly still feel lost even on this hill top." Joesph boringly grumbled. "The most logical option to me would be to join the party." Grainy dweebed. "If I get my hooves on a wrench I need to make you stop talking so sophisticated." Will technically threatened.

They then started trotting towards the nearby town, down a kind of steep side of the hill. Will did trip along the way and ended up rolling his way down. "That. Was. Painful...BUT AWESOME!" Will yelled. They then walked into to what looked like the market center of the town. "Welcome to Ponyville!" Apple Jack introduced. "Lot's of activity." Joesph noted. The place was bustling with other ponies shopping and running day to day errands. Will's eyes rolled over to a sweets shop. CANDY! CAKES! JACKPOT! Will thought to himself. Will started darting to the store but was stopped by Grainy sticking out one of his legs. "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT." Grainy scolded.

A cyan colored pony with a lyre mark passed in front of Apple Jack and Joesph. "Oh hey Lyra! How's BonBon?" Apple Jack asked. "She's good A.J. thanks for asking." Lyra responded cheerfully. "You'll probably get to know every filly and colt round here with in the week if you ask me." Apple Jack told Joesph as she pointed at the crowds of ponies doing various things. "That's a stretch I think. But I guess I could." Joesph uneasily answered. A gray coated pegasus pony with blonde hair flew a little too close to their heads. "Whoa nelly! You wanna watch out for that one. Surprising she even knows where she is going being cross-eyed half the time." Apple Jack said in annoyance. "I don't think we should start with the queen of randomness...Twi. What do you think we should do?" Apple Jack asked Twilight. "Introduce them to some ponies!" Twilight obviously stated. "I know but who do we start with." Apple Jack replied to Twilight's redundant remark.

Right on cue, a light blue filly fell from the sky at a controlled speed. The landing wasn't as graceful though, she did almost land on Grain and Will. Her rainbow mane was slightly frizzled and wild from extensive flight. "Hey you two!" the pegasus cheerfully greeted. "Hey Rainbow Dash." Apple Jack said in a sort of dark tone. "Who are these three colts?" Rainbow Dash ask while eying each of them down. "The gray one is Will, the hat is Joesph, and odd one is Grainy." Twilight introduced them to Rainbow Dash. "Sup." Will simply put out. "How well can you fly with them wings?" Rainbow Dash challenged. "Uhhh...hehehehe... I'm no aviator..." Will felt very intimidated.

"Wait. You don't even know how to fly?" Twilight said with wide eyes. "Can we talk where we can rest somewhere about this, been a long day." Joesph asked. "Sure thing." Rainbow Dash said as she grabbed a cloud. They trotted over to a spot where they could sit and explain everything. "Well, we aren't from here. And I mean we don't even come from this world. We don't even normally look and talk like this. A lot of things are new to us. That's why Will doesn't know how to fly, I actually wonder why he got wings in the first place." Joesph explained.

"So let me get this straight, you weren't originally ponies? And you come from somewhere beyond our world?" Twilight said with a confused look, the same face was repeated on Apple Jack's face as well. "I know it sounds insane. But it's true. We barely even know each other let alone why we ended up here." Will said. "But, it can't be argued that the trip here was pretty awesome." . "I'm working on a logical answer and/or calculation to this dilemma. So for right now let's just say it was fate that brought here to this place." Grainy dweebed again. "Seriously. Stop acting so upper-class then us." Will begged. "Reminding me of Rarity." Rainbow Dash said.

Will took a long slurp of the apple juice given to him. "Wow this stuff is epic!" Will complimented the perfect balance of sweetness and sourness. "Glad you like it Will! That's made from the apples that come from my family's orchard!" Apple Jack said with pride. "Ah...Apple Jack and apple farm... Clever." Will put the pieces together. "So, how long you planning on staying?" Twilight asked. "As long as it takes to find a way back home I guess. Not saying we don't like the place. It's actually a very nice place here. It's just that we don't really belong here." Joesph tried not to sound rude. "Yeah, and I'm needed at...home.." Will said as he started to back away from talking about it. "What's the problem?" Rainbow Dash said as she got closer to Will. "I don't really want to talk about it." Will said as he looked down at the table.

"Come on, you tell us." Rainbow Dash insisted. "Dash! He obviously doesn't want to talk about it!" Apple Jack scolded at Rainbow Dash interrogating Will. "Okay fine! Jeez." Rainbow Dash backed away from Will. "It's alright, at least some one actually cares about my problems." Will tried to fix the situation. "Like you talk to darn much?" Joesph teased. Will just shoved the bill of his hat down, covering his eyes. "Where ya'll planning on staying?" Apple Jack changed the subject. "We haven't even seen your houses." Grainy said. "This better for you Will?" . "Very. Thank you." Will responded. "Well we might as well get a head start on that then." Rainbow Dash said. They went to Twilight's Library/House. "Well, here's my home." Twilight said as she looked around the main room. "So. Many. Books!" Grainy said as his jaw was hanging in awe. "Oh this is nothing compared to the library in Canterlot." Twilight bragged. "And I can already tell who's moving in here." Joesph said as he kept looking back at Grainy.

"Twilight!" a small dragon said as he ran up to Twilight. "Hey Spike. What's up?" Twilight asked. "Nothing. Just wanted to say hi." Spike said as he jumped onto Twilight's back. "This is just getting weirder and weirder." Joesph whispered to Will. "Meh, I'm used to it." Will said, referring to his weirdness. "But that is why I'm so awesome." . "Well there isn't much to see here, so do you want to move on?" Twilight asked the group. "Oh! Oh! Let's go to Rarity's shop!" Spike pleaded. "Heard that coming from a mile away." Apple Jack said while rolling her eyes. "Please Twilight?" Spike went all puppy eyes. "Fine." Twilight groaned.

They then trotted their way to Rarity's Boutique. "Judging by the outside, this is going to be FUN." Will said with extreme sarcasm. They stepped into the store and they saw Rarity sewing some fabric. "Oh! Hello Friends! What can I help you with?" Rarity said in a high voice. "Hey Grainy, I think I found the perfect filly for ya, hehehehe." Will teased at both their upper-class acting. "Shut it." Grainy replied to Will. "Oh nothing, just showing some new colts around town." Twilight said. "Wait a min. Where did Rainbow Dash go?" Will said noticing her absence. "I think she doesn't like the place." Joesph made a rough guess. Twilight introduced them, and on natural impulse Rarity had to go on about their manes and clothing, although Joesph was really the only one wearing anything. "Grainy your mane is just...Peculiar." Rarity noted.

"Pretty sure my mane is composed of fiber optics." Grainy said. "Fiber what?" Rarity asked in confusion. "It's electrical stuff." Will said. "And your mane Will is just totally out of line and shape! You actually trot around in that?" Rarity criticized. "I like it wild and loose." Will said in defense. "I must fix it! But first, Joesph, What in Celestia is that thing you're wearing on your head?" Rarity asked in distraction. Will darted for the door trying to open it yelling "GET ME OUT OF HERE!". "It's a beanie-hat, had it since I was a little foal." Joesph said. "And this, necklace?" Rarity inspected. "My Interpol Agent badge. Probably nothing special here." Joesph told Rarity. "And those circles, Oh you must had sleep in days!" Rarity overlooked. "What? No! Those are supposed to be there!" Joesph tried to explain. "Fine. Suit your self. Hmph." Rarity turned back to her sewing machine.

"Well that was...Interest'n." Apple Jack commented. "Let's head over to Flutter Shy's." Twilight suggested. "Let's go Spike." . Spike was just starring at Rarity and basically drooling. "Come on lover boy." Apple Jack said lightly punting him onto Twilight's back. "FREEDOM!" Will yelled when he got outside finally. Half way on their trip over to Flutter Shy's meadow, a certain pony stopped them. "Hey there!" a pink filly jumped out of nowhere and said loudly. "GAH!" most of the group said, except for Will, he just said "Sup.". "Pinkie Pie! You scared me half to death." Apple Jack yelled in shock. "Sorry. But you know me!" Pinkie Pie said in her usual over-cheerful tone. "Hey Will, I found the perfect filly for you." Grainy came back at Will. "Nice job taking my joke, bolt bucket." Will said with a "Are you kidding me" face. "So who are the new ponies?" Pinkie asked. Again, they were introduced.

"So, You guys like cupcakes?" Pinkie Pie asked them frantically. "I like anything that has to do with the word cake except for fruitcakes. Celestia forbid them." Will said. "Meh, I guess." Joesph said. "I'm a machine, I don't eat." Grainy said with a cold face. The sun was starting to set. "Oh will you look at the time! I got muffins to bake! See ya!" Pinkie Pie hastily said before she bolted off. "That was quick." Will said. "Oh don't worry you'll get PLENTY of time to talk to her later tomorrow." Apple Jack. They continued on towards Flutter Shy's meadow.

When they arrived it was sort of dark but plenty of fire flies lit up the place nicely. "Flutter Shy? You home?" Twilight asked. "Yes. Twilight, I'm...uh..." Flutter Shy said in her soft, low tone but was interrupted when she saw Will, Joesph and Grainy, her long pink mane cover half of her face. "Don't be shy, these are some new colts that arrived, we're showing them around." Twilight tried to calm her. Joesph looked at Flutter Shy and was kind of mesmerized by her looks, her yellowish-creamy coat was soft on his eyes. He trotted slowly up to her and introduced himself to her. "I'm Joesph. Nice meeting you." Joesph said holding out a hoof. Flutter Shy lowered a little bit and back up a smidge and made a small little noise.

"Joesph and Flutter Shy, sitt'n in a tree, k-i-s..." Will started singing till Grainy shoved an apple into Wills mouth that he's been holding onto just for this occasion. "Thank you Grainy." Joesph said to Grainy's action to shut Will's trap. "N-Nice to meet you to Joesph." Flutter Shy whispered in shyness. "The other two are Will and Grainy." Will yawned from being tired. "Can we just get on with it already, I want some sleep." Will groaned. "Fine, So let's get to hotels." Apple Jack told them. "Bye Flutter Shy." Joesph said before he went with the group. "Bye." Flutter Shy replied.

They arrived at the hotel that the three of them would be staying in for their stay in Ponyville. "Don't worry about costs. We get a special deal with the manager here. It's a benefit kind of thing. Friends and Family and what not." Twilight said while trying to balance the half-awake Spike on her back. "Well that sure is a nice thing for you guys to do for us, even if we barely know each other for only like a day or so." Joesph told them, trying find the logic of them being this friendly to basically complete strangers. "Well, to me you three look like lost puppies. So we're just lending a helping hand to you. And any ways, you shouldn't look a gift-pony in the mouth." Apple Jack explained to them.

"Well again, thanks a lot for every thing you've been doing for us. We'll try to find a way back as soon as possible, just so we won't be a nuisance." Joesph thanked them again. "Yeah yeah thanks for the place I'm tired let's hit the hay." Will rudely blurted out. "Forget about him. Twilight I'll drop by tomorrow morning to check your library for some information on teleportation and such." Grainy informed Twilight about his plans. "Sounds super." Twilight responded to the idea. "Night everypony." Apple jack said as she trotted back to her orchard. "Night." The rest of the replied.

Twilight, when she got back home and put Spike to bed, Started writing a letter to Princess Celestia.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I might note this isn't a report on what I learned about friendship, I'm just reporting an event that has happened . A small occurrence has happened over here in Ponyville. Three new colts have arrived in town and they say that don't come from our world but another. They are quite friendly, although one of them is obnoxious. If you can, see if you can find certain similar events like this a send them to me so I can study them to find a solution. I also want to have your insight on this event.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle