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[Sometime after the ponies wake up, scrolls and quills suddenly start raining from the sky. Don't worry, its not the ponypocalypse, its just a squadron of flying white ponies dropping them from above.

Once everyone receives one, the scrolls suddenly glow and come to life, its surface revealing the visage of a large white alicorn with rainbow hair and a golden crown, sitting on a large, velvet-upholstered throne. She has a calm, reassuring, regal smile on her face as she speaks, though those who know her better can see the light of worry and concern in her eyes.]

Good afternoon, newponies! I am Princess Celestia.

I've heard of your arrival in Ponyville and of some of the more interesting stories that have come from it. We're...not certain how this phenomenon has occurred, but we here at the royal castle will put our efforts into solving this mystery, and I hope you will help us out as we wish to help you out!

Rest assured, no harm will come to you. Nor, as some of you have worried, are we holding you against your will. On the contrary, you're free to move about Equestria as you please, be it through Ponyville, Los Pegasus or anywhere in between. I only request that you use the scrolls we have provided you to check in from time to time, so that we know where you might be when we figure out the solution to this current situation.

If you have any questions, you are free to ask them of me. If I am not available - and, I will admit, there are times when I can be quite busy - there are many other ponies willing to help you, including the other princesses of Equestria. We are all in this together, after all.

[And then she smiles a little more. Its a much more relaxed smile. The concern is still there, of course.]

But, in the meantime, I'd also like to get to know all of you! I always like to meet new people, after all. I hear we even have a dragon?

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[By this point, either he had figured out or somepony pointed it out to him that this isn't a virus nor the community's doing. Celestia's message confirms it. He's not surprised by the scroll since some people on the community would use magic books. So a magic scroll wasn't unheard of.]

Pleased to meet you, princess. I'm Tails. Do you know if there's a spell or some powerful item that could have cause this? [He wanted to help not only to get home, but also to figure out this mystery.]

[There is a bit of a silence as Celestia mulls it over, frowning in thought.]

There is only one set of items powerful enough to even come close to unleashing the amount of power it would take to bring anypony from other worlds and...other Equestrias.

[Wow. Never thought she'd say that, and it feels weird saying it.]

However, they are in the care of one of the princesses, and there are spells in place to prevent their disappearance or misuse by others.

[He makes a puzzled expression and it changes to a more thoughtful one.] I see. That does sound kinda familiar. Perhaps someone attempted a powerful spell and it backfired somehow? That's all the possible explanations that I can think of.

Its not impossible, as there are some powerful spellcasters in Equestria.

However, its strange that they would try anything so powerful and not come forward about it.

It's possible they didn't believe there would be consequences or at least one so large. May I make a suggestion for you, your highness?

Of course.

I suggest you should speak with all those powerful spellcasters to see if one of them had tried something dangerous, and then gather them all together to see if they can use their magic together to bring us all back home.

[She thinks for a moment, then nods.]

Yes, that is a good idea. It would certainly be a start.

And hopefully it will be the solution we need.

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