Ever wonder what happened in that altenate Equestria High School Uninverse? I did.

The next day at school in homeroom, Sunset Shimmer looked as pale as a ghost. Twilight spotted her unusual appearance first.

“What’s wrong?”

“Good morning Twilight, we need to talk”

“Okay”

“NO, I mean ALL of us”

Some of the color returned to Sunset. And the rest of the morning went as expected until they all sat down at the lunch table.

‘All’ meant Sunset, Twilight, Applejack, Trixie, Snips, Rarity, Flash, Fluttershy, Snails, Pinky, and Rainbow. As they took over Trixie’s old self-imposed isolationist table, the rest of the cafeteria also seemed to be paying close attention.

Lyra came over and offered her sign language skills, if they wanted to share with everyone in the lunch room. They didn’t but thanked her anyway.

“I have an announcement to make” announced Sunset “My parents got a letter, from me”

“Hugh?”

“The other me in the other dimension” Sunset let the words sink in before continuing “my parents were very upset and confronted me about it”

“I tried explaining it was part of an English literary fiction exercise, but they didn’t go for it. They said it was too real, for example why had I posted it in the mail? And why was it delivered postage due? Hadn’t I just weeks ago been complaining about the new postal rates? Surely I was well aware of the new rates? So them they asked me to quote what I had written as proof that it was mine.

“I didn’t know what to say so I started talking about the world of Equestria. At least that fit the letter, but they wanted more details, details I didn’t know about”

“They are not really your parents, sugar cube”

“I know, but that doesn’t change how I feel about them. You don’t understand, the reason I want to be in this world instead of Equestria, the real reason isn’t about taking over the world. It’s because in this world, I have parents”

“Oh, Sunset”

“I was an orphan foal in that world; my magic brought me a lot of attention. Unwanted attention.”

“Oh, dear”

“Do you mean creepy pedophiles?”

“Pedophiles no, but creepy in that other way”

“Other way?”

“You know how some people look really dangerous?”

“Yeah”

“But not cool, just real creepy, like they eat the monsters that hid under beds and eat the bumps in the night for snacks”

“Yeah, we know”

“No, you don’t, in Equestria there really are those who eat the monsters and bumps. Remember it is a world of magic.”

“Oh”

“They got me a scholarship to the magic academy in Canterlot. That is where I meet Princess Celestia. She became my mentor and my teacher, but I wanted more. Stuff between us went sour, and when I found out about the doorway here, I just had to come. And life was so wonderful, when I got here, my parents, I mean her parents, took me in like I, I mean ‘she’ hadn’t even been away.

“Oh, Sunset we are so sorry” said Twilight “my parents sent me here, because I couldn’t go with them. I miss them so much. I can imagine how wonderful it is for you to have them now, and we’ll do everything to get them back for you.”