The Magical Rift

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Iris followed behind Calla, pulling her hoof back so she could run faster. The two mares arrived at the train station just in time, as the train just arrived

"Come on!" she shouted to Lily, leaping onto the train.

Calla followed suit just as the doors closed. She climbed up to the top of the train and glued her hooves to the top to avoid being thrown off.

"There!" she cried, loosening the glue and leaping off the train, slowing their fall with a spell. The magical wall was barely visible, like heat waves on a hot day, but she could see it. If only she could find the rift...

Iris leaped off the train, landing next to Calla.

"Alright, where to?" she asked, shielding her eyes from the blaring sun. "I assume you will be able to 'see' the rift? Otherwise this will be a heck of a lot harder." she laughed lightly, trying to ease the tension.

"Um," Calla stuttered, "well... no. That's my problem. I know it's here, but I don't know, exactly, where to look, or what to do when we find it. None of my schooling had anything to do with torn force fields, but I'm sure we can try something..."

"ugh. Well isn't that just fantastic." Iris groaned, "what are we supposed to do now?!"

She trudged up and down the magic wall, pacing angrily.

Calla groaned and facehoofed.

"That's why you're here, Iris," she said. "Inspiration. Come up with something. You play a lot of games, went on adventures searching for a stallion, and fly all over Equestria. Surely your creativity well is flowing."

Iris rolled her eyes, "Yeh, but that's adventuring etcetera ectetera. Not magic, I know next to nothing about magic. You're the expert, don'tcha remember? Though, there is one thing."

She flapped her wings and flew up to the edge of the wall, inspecting the magic.

"Look, there," she said, landing lightly next to Calla and pointing at a slightly wavy section of the wall. "See how it's a break in the smoothness? My bet is, it's the crack."

Calla stuck her hoof through the wall and moved sideways, towards the spot where Iris was pointing.

"You're right," she said as her hoof hit the spot, where the magical resistance suddenly cut off. "Fantastic job. Now, to find out how to fix it... I'm not the Princess's favorite person, so I can't rely on any help there, but there must be a way..."

"hmm" Iris thought for a minute, hoof stroking her chin dramatically. "Perhaps with a.....restoration spell? I don't know, I'm not good with spells!" she pointed to her head and the absence of a horn.

"Calla, you're the expert." she repeated, more seriously this time, "you're the one with magic."

"I've explained it multiple times," Calla said, exasperated. "The force fields are complicated magic only Celestia herself knows how to control. Something's going on, and there's nothing I can think of doing to fix it. However..."

Bowing her head, the mate shot a green beam at the rift, and te magic dissolved against the tear.

"That should keep it from getting worse as we try and solve this problem," she said confidently. "Any ideas as who to contact for help?"

"Hmmm, maybe my friend Stargazer? Or perhaps another graduate of Princess Celestia's school." Iris suggested, shrugging.

"I'm not really sure." she said, raising an eyebrow at the spell Calla casted. "What was that spell?"

"It's like magical superglue," Calla explained, pulling out a piece of parchment and starting to write a letter to Stargazer, lot a pin. If you envision magic like a fabric, it pins the ends together do they don't rip any further. Now, what should I ask Stargazer, and where is her current residence?"

"Ah. I get it." Iris said, "right now I'd say out best bet is Canterlot. She always returns there anyways, she'd end up getting it one way or another."

Iris flew up to the "glued" spot and looked curiously at it. She hoped desperately it would hold.

Dearest Stargazer,

I know we have terrible timing, but there is a rather large problem in Ponyville. While you may not prefer to ever set hoof in here again, your magical abilities are requested to help our dire situation. A rift has appeared in the magical forcefield surrounding our town, and, though I have great knowledge of magic, cannot find a way to close it.

If you could RSVP ASAP, your time and efforts will be rewarded.

Sincerely,

McCallum Lily and Iridescent

"Good?" Calla asked, holding the letter in front of Iris's face.

Iris stepped away in shock as the parchment was shoved in front of her face. She regained control and looked closely, reading it.

"Good." she nodded, giving the thumbs up, "Send it, I'm not sure when we should expect a reply though. Could be minutes, could be days."

The purple mare sighed, staring worriedly at the glued rift.

(how do ponies send mail?)

Calla closed her eyes and teleported the letter to Stargazer's doorstep, and it disappeared with a pink pop.

"All we can do is wait, now," she sighed.

(Sorry it's so short)

Iris nodded, sitting her plot down on the ground, head in hoof. She sighed loudly and obnoxiously. "ughhhhhhhh"



"Oh what's this!" Star said, stepping out her door to find a small envelope. She picked it up and took it inside, opening it as she munched on a cracker. The pack of crackers dropped suddenly to the floor as she grabbed a coat and rushed out the door. She levitated a piece of parchment and quill in front of her, writing a letter back.

Dear Calla Lily and Iridescent,

I will be there soon, give me like, five to ten minutes.

Sincerely,
Stargazer

The letter poofed in front of Calla's face, and she grinned.

"See?" she said. "It didn't take that long."

She read the reply and sighed with relief.

"Do you need me to call Amina? She may know more about the rift, being connected with the princess of Saddle Arabia. I could ask."

Iris rolled her eyes, "So, she's coming? And, I don't think we should bother Amina, though if you feel it's necessary, by all means, go ahead."



Star rushed through the streets of Canterlot, pulling her coat on as she went. She hopped onto the train once she arrived.

As she neared Ponyville, she concentrated hard on Iris and Calla, closing her eyes. When she reopened them, she was next to Calla.

"Well hello there."

"Hey, Star," Calla said. "Take a look at this."

She pointed to the rift.

"Do you have any ideas for what to do with this?" she asked.

As if she was telepathic, Amina trotted down the road, singing to herself in Arabian and looking for a pathway to the Whitetail Woods.

"Hmm," Star said as she examined the crack. "Well, clearly it's a tear in the fabric of magic. Though I guess you already know that. Soon, Ponyville will be nothing more than the Everfree forest. What will happen to the ponies, I can't say. But for now, I say keep it at bay. I'll need to look this up in the books." she stepped back from the wall, focusing on her books about Celestia's magic. The large bound book landed with a thump on the ground and Star picked it up, flipping through the pages.


Iris sat back, unneeded, and watched the two unicorns talk about magic this and magic that, bibbity bobbity boo.

Calla pointed her horn and tried something else. A huge needle and thread appeared, and she stitched the rift together, closing the hole but leaving a rather noticeable seam where the rift had once sat.

"Do you have any idea how to make it transparent and intangible, like the rest of the field?" she asked Star.

Star held up her hoof, "just give me a second." She flipped through the book, carefully lifting the delicate pages.

"Here." she finally said, handing the book to Calla, open to a page. It was a page mostly covered in text, stating "the wall was created by the Princess, and can only be taken down by the Princess. Of the wall is to ever tear, break, or rip apart, it is likely there is something wrong with the source of power, or something on the other side." she read it aloud, pointing to the words.

"So what do we do?" Calla asked. "We just need to hide the stitches so nopony can see them. I, um, wasn't supposed to tell you this was here, the wall, and I may need that letter I sent you, Star."