Opposite Sides

by TheFanficFanPony

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Comedy, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Silver Spoon, Adventure, Diamond Tiara, Alternate Universe, Sweetie Belle
Length: 2875

A misshapen spell shows 2 mortal enemies alternate destinies and they learn that to work together to escape.

After a misshapen spell lands Sweetie Belle and Diamond Tiara in an alternate universe. As they try to escape, they learn another story unfold that neither of them could have thought existed.

Can somepony make cover art for this?

Published 2014-09-14 21:20:04 UTC
Last updated 2014-10-17 19:13:54 UTC

Role Reversal

Boom! The 2 fillies landed on the ground as both rubbed their heads.

"Where are we?" Sweetie Belle asked, standing up.

"Like, I have no idea." Diamond Tiara replied, sweat glistening on her fore head as she looked at Sweetie.

Suddenly, both ponies stared at each other. Then they stared at themselves.

"Agh!!!!!!!!" they both screamed. They were both sort of transparent, and Sweetie poked herself, her hoof shaking as she stuck it through herself. She braced herself, but it didn't hurt.

Suddenly, the confused enemies heard a school bell ring, and duck under a near by bush.

A hoard of fillies trotted out of the school house. A filly that looked like Sweetie Belle and a filly that looked like Diamond Tiara trotted out. The hiding fillies' jaws dropped as the impossible unfolded in front of them.

"I can't believe you don't have your cutie mark yet." Other Sweetie said, waving her flank high in the air. On it was a picture of a crown with a bell gem on it.

"What special talent does she have?" Sweetie whispered.

"Honestly, I have no idea about mine either. I mean, like, its just a tiara." Diamond whispered. They were enemies, but in this crazy world, they had to stick together.

"Umm..." Other Dia said shyly, her lavender and white mane falling over her face.

"Of course, and you don't have any friends either." Other Sweetie snickered, another Scootaloo and Apple Bloom coming up behind her.

"I do too!" Other Diamond shouted, trying to be brave.

"Only that Blank Flank Silver Spoon, and she's sick today!" Other Apple taunted, pointing to her own flank. On it was an apple with a little bloom on it.

"Those don't look like the kind of cutie marks we'll have." Sweetie Belle murmured to herself.

"You're still totally invited to my cute ceañera tomorrow night!" Other Sweetie said, trotting in a circle around Other Dia.

The three fillies giggled as they trotted away.

"Give me a break." Other Dia muttered.

The two normal fillies looked at each other, wearing similarly surprised expressions.

"We've gotta help her!" Sweetie Belle said.

"She can't see us though, and besides, why should I listen to you?" Diamond replied.

"We're in a different world, everything makes absolutely no sense at all, and we are the only ponies here who are new here. We should stick together." Sweetie explained.

"Guess that makes sense." Dia reasoned. "But how can we help her if she can't see us?"

"I have a spell Twilight taught me that can let ponies see invisible stuff, but it's really tough." Sweetie offered.

"You hafta try." Dia said.

Sweetie's horn began to glow again, as she focused primarily on Other Diamond as she used the spell.

"Now we have to see if it worked." Sweetie said, as she and Dia trotted towards Other Dia. Hopefully they could help her, and find out how to get back home.

The Other Diamond Tiara looked up as the two fillies trotted over to her.

"Wh-who are you?" Other Dia said as the fillies looked at her.

"Well, it's kinda hard to explain..." Sweetie Belle trailed off.

"I'm Diamond Tiara!" Dia smiled. "And this is Sweetie Belle!"

"No way!" Other Dia said.

Sweetie shyly trotted toward the other Dia, tentative to the other Sweetie being so mean.

"Uh... hi!" Sweetie said.

"Hey, why don't you have your cutie mark?" Other Dia asked.

"I dunno." Sweetie responded.

"I've got mine!!!!" Diamond bragged, waving her cutie mark in the air.

"Wow!" Other Dia smiled, eyes gleaming. "Wait. How'd you get here? I mean, you're just like me and my classmates."

"It's a long story." Sweetie said.

After a short time, Sweetie explained the whole story to Other Diamond. Also, she was getting tired of calling her that.

"What's your name?" Diamond asked.

"Diamond Dust. I'm guessing that's your name too?" Other Dia answered.

"Nope, it's Diamond Tiara, like my cutie mark!" Diamond explained.

"And are you named Beauty Bell?" Dust asked, gesturing to Sweetie Belle.

"Close, I'm Sweetie Belle!" Sweetie replied.

"Cool! So you're from another universe or something?" Dust smiled.

"Ee-yup!" Sweetie smiled.

"You two should come to my house, since you don't have anywhere to stay!" Dust smiled.

"But how will you explain to your family?" Diamond asked.

"Oh, I know how." Dust smiled.

The three new friends trotted to Diamond Dust's house, Diamond Tiara and Sweetie wondered exactly where they would end up next.

Night Owl

"Well, here we are! The Diamond House!" Diamond Dust smiled, waving her hoof in a grand gesture. "I can't wait to introduce you to my Dad!"

"Wait, he won't be able to see us!" Sweetie realized suddenly.

"Why not?" Dust asked.

"We were invisible when we came here, but Sweetie cast a spell that let you see us, but nopony else." Tiara explained.

"Oh, I know just the unicorn for the job!" Dust exclaimed. "Follow me!"

"Where are we going?" Sweetie asked.

"Golden Oak Nightclub. Maybe Night Sparkle can make sense of this." Dust smiled. "But she's probably taking a nap. She's a bit of a night owl."

The three fillies came upon the Golden Oak Nightclub, a large tree-like building with a flickering laser light sign reading Golden Oak Nightclub, and some graffiti on the side reading,"Ragity wuz here".

"Woah. That's a change." was all Sweetie Belle could say. This certainly was different from the calm, refined Golden Oak Library back home.

"Hey Night Sparkle! You here?" Dust shouted, trotting in to see a lavender unicorn sprawled out on the floor.

Night replied with a snore.

"Sorry about her. She's so uncouth sometimes." a low voice apologized.

The girls turned to see a small, dark purple and orange dragon walking towards them, a green bow tie around his neck.

"Who're you?" Sweetie Belle asked the dragon.

"My name is Master Kenbroath Gillspotten Heath Spike, but you may call me Spike." he replied, pushing up his oversized glasses.

"Woah, you must be, like, a million years old!" Diamond Tiara quipped.

"No, I'm just a baby dragon, and caretaker of this slacker here." Spike replied. "Oh, hello, Miss Dust!" he smiled, bowing to Diamond Dust.

"Hey Spike! Can you wake up Night for us?" Dust asked.

"With pleasure." Spike replied. A green flame shot out of his mouth, setting fire to Night's flank.

"Wha.... What?" Night blinked, barely fazed by it at all.

"Diamond Dust has a a question for you." Spike said, tapping his foot.

"I wanna sleep..." Night complained. "I don't feel like teaching anypony today."

"Night Sparkle, it is your duty to help these fillies as an older mare and good role model." Spike chided.

"Oh-Kay, I'll help you , Diamond, Diamond, and Diamond." Night said groggily. The fillies laughed, and Spike face palmed.

"I mean Dust and the two newcomers, sleepyhead!" Spike groaned. Being Night's assistant, he had to deal with this every. single. day. "Can you do a soldization spell on these two young fillies?" he asked, gesturing to Sweetie and Tiara, who he assumed where there.

"I don't wanna." Night complained. "Why'd Luna choose me to be her student?"

"Night, your magical ability surpasses those of the average unicorn." Spike explained. "So please so it."

"Okay, but stop using all those big words." Night said, beginning the spell.

The two fillies were enveloped in a purple light, the same shade of purple as Night's cutie mark, a purple star with a party hat on.

Soon, the two fillies were visible to everypony in the room.

"There. Was that so hard?" Spike asked.

Night replied with a snore. Again.

Ragity's Renovation

The girls trotted to a little store, a rotty looking place designed like a merry go round. Diamond Tiara winced, not wanting clothes from this place.

"Don't let the outside fool you, the outfits Ragity fixes up are awesome!" Dust said, trying to reassure Tiara.

They trotted in, greeted by loud rock music. Tons of clothing scraps lay on the floor, and outfits on racks strew about.

A white coated mare stood in the center, fixing up a yellow and orange dress on a dressing horse. Her purple mane had neon green streaks in it, and was done up in a Mohawk. Her tail was cut short, and she was wearing raggy jeans and a cropped shirt with presumably her cutie mark on it, a patch with a gem on it. Sweetie Belle stifled a giggle.

"Hey, what was Pinkamena's cutie mark?" Tiara whispered to Sweetie.

"A test tube with bubbles coming out of it. They were yellow and blue." Sweetie whispered back. The image of Rag's cutie mark made Dia want to know.

"Hey Ragity!" Dust shouted over the rock music.

"Hi kids, how ya doin'!" Ragity smiled, using her magic to turn off the music. She had an unrefined, Hoof York accent, a stark contrast to Rarity's elegant Manehattenite.

Sweetie Belle stared. Then she burst out laughing.

"Whatcha laughin' 'bout, kid?" Ragity asked.

"Nothing." Sweetie tried to collect herself.

"Hey, could ya renovate some dresses for us for the cute ceañera?" Diamond Dust asked.

"Sure, but I'm kinda crunched for time. There's a big party at Night's tonight, and I'm going, obviously!" Ragity said, trotting over to a box full of old filly dresses, and pulled out three dresses, hoofing them to the respective fillies.

"I'll redo these, so tell me watcha think!" Ragity smiled.

Ragity got to work, fussing over the dresses while humming to the loud music.

Soon, the dresses were done. Diamond Dust's was pink, with little white spots on it. It had a little pink ruffle on the edge and a white ruffles on the neck.

Diamond Tiara's dress was light blue, but otherwise it was identical to Dust's. Sweetie Belle's dress was another version, but was lavender.

"We look like triplets! Thanks, Ragity!" Dust smiled as the girls trotted out.

"Anytime, kids!" Ragity shouted back.

The Party

The girls put the three dresses in a box and brought it to Dust's house.

"So, wanna go to that party at Night Sparkle's club?" Dust asked the new allies.

"Sure!" Diamond smiled, and Sweetie Belle agreed. They decided to leave the dresses at home, because they wanted them to stay nice.

The new friends trotted to the Golden Oak Nightclub, and the sun set over the horizon. Night was coming upon them, and that brought out a more... energetic side of Night Sparkle.

The girls trotted in, and they heard wild music. A disco ball and a chandelier hung from the ceiling. Night Sparkle trotted around, partying and drinking cider. She whooped.

"Hey girls! So you came!" Night shouted, a stark contrast to her earlier sleepiness.

"Yeah!" Dust smiled. "I guess I should introduce you to the others!" she said to the two fillies.

She trotted over to a beautiful cyan pegasus standing by an orange earth pony carrying a frilly parasol.

"This is Rainbow Prance, and this is Apple Tea!" Dust smiled. The pegasus had a cutie mark of a rainbow stretching between two clouds. The earth pony had a cutie mark of a cup of apple tea.

"Why hello, sugar! Who're you're new friends?" Apple Tea asked politely.

The girls introduced themselves, and Sweetie giggled inside her head at this fancy version of Applejack. However, Dash's counterpart was a lot weirder.

"Hello, darling Diamond Dust! Are these your darling little friends?" Rainbow Prance smiled, curtsying.

"Yep!" Dust smiled while Sweetie and Tia stifled giggles. This would be a funny story to tell to Dash. She wouldn't believe it!

"Parrrrrtayyyy!" a high pitched voice called out.

"Fluttershout! Hi!" Dust smiled as a yellow pegasus flew by, blowing their manes.

"Oh, Fluttershout, darlin' you mussed up mah mane!" Apple Tea said unhappily. Rainbow Prance fainted, as Fluttershout had spilt her punch on her.

"Sorry guys! Hey, who are you?" Fluttershout asked Dust, and she introduced them.

An exited looking Night Sparkle trotted over to her.

"Did you know that somepony brought a chandelier?" she said. This must be why she slept all day: to party all night!

"I did, darlings! I wanted to add a touch of class to the party." Rainbow Prance said, regaining consciousness.

"Wanna swing from it?" Ragity said, trotting up to the three party ponies.

"No, that's not why she...." Apple Tea started. But Night was already hanging from the chandelier. Ragity took a swig of her cider.

"Apple Tea, want some?" Ragity asked, levitating the cup over to Apple.

"No thanks, I prefer tea. Just because it's got apples in it doesn't mean I'll drink it." Apple Tea said calmly.

"How 'bout you, Prancy?" Ragity asked.

"Oh, no no no no! You know how much I hate that disgusting stuff, darling!" Rainbow said, backing away from her.

"Oh, Prancy, I'm just messin' with ya! Can't ya take a joke?" Ragity smiled, taking another swig of her cider.

"Fluttershout, ya wanna dance?" Ragity said, hobbling towards Fluttershout. Clearly, she had way too much cider.

"Yeah!" Shout said, nodding towards a gray pony with a Mohawk. She looked very familiar, and Diamond Tiara gasped.

"Is that... Octavia?!?!" she gasped. Sweetie Belle looked at the DJ.

"Yeah, she looks like her!" Sweetie replied.

"That's DJ Oct-3!" Shout chirped happily. "She's the best DJ in Airtseuqe!"

"Hey, isn't that Equestria backwards?" Diamond Tiara whispered to Sweetie Belle.

"Yeah!" Sweetie said. The music started, and the ponies partied all through the night.

Prolougue

Prolougue

"Are you sure about this, sis?" a lavender and pink maned filly asked, an unsure look on her face.

"Ch'ya, like, who'd want to be overseeing a BLANK FLANK'S magic lesson?" a pink filly said, groaning.

"It'll only be a moment, dears." Sweetie Belle's sister, Rarity, said kindly. "Now, do you remember how to teleport things, including yourself?"

"Yep!" Sweetie Belle smiled. She was glad to teleport her enemy away from her. Maybe all the way to the Griffon Kingdom! That would serve her right!

"Like, let's just get this over with. Her blank flank-ness is, like, rubbing off on me." Diamond Tiara complained. Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes at that remark.

"Okay Sweetie, do you remember what to do?" Rarity asked Sweetie Belle.

"Ee'yup!" Sweetie Belle replied, as she started the spell.

Her horn began to glow green, and all looked safe.

But suddenly, a green glow lit up the room. The glow swirled as the spell faltered and grew into a vortex.

"Sweetie! Diamond!" they heard Rarity call as they were swallowed up, swirling into blackness

Meeting the Professor

As the three new friends trotted towards Diamond Dust's house, Sweetie Belle thought about the weird things that had happened since she got there, like Meanie Belle and Twilight Slacker, silly nicknames she'd givin them in her head.

Then her tummy rumbled.

She blushed. "Guess we should get a snack!" she smiled.

"Well, we could go to Sugar Cube Laboratory!" Dust suggested.

"Why would we go to a sciency place to get a snack?" Tiara asked.

"Oh, you'll see. Professor Pinkamena is an excellent cook." Dust smiled.

"Professor Pinkamena?" Diamond Tiara and Sweetie Belle whispered at the same time.

"So, let's get a move on!" Dust smiled as the two former enemies followed.

They came upon a metallic, cake shaped building with a beehive hanging off of a telescope.

A gray pony with a flat pink mane poked her head out of the window near the telescope, pulling down goggles she had up on her head.

"Get off of there, you nuisances! Why must you persist!" she said in a monotone voice, somehow managing to shout in monotone.

She turned around, military boots on her back hooves, and kicked the beehive right off.

"Wow." was all Tiara and Sweetie could say.

"Yay" Professor Pinkamena stated.

"Pinkameeeeeeeenaaaaaa!!!!!" Dust shouted towards the professor.

"Hello, young equine life form. Who are your affiliates?" Pinkamena asked, looking down.

"This is Diamond Tiara, and this is Sweetie Belle." Dust explained, while Tiara and Sweetie stared blankly at Pinkamena.

"Can you make us some cookies?" Dust asked sweetly. "Just not the cupcakes, okay?"

"I will follow through with that request" Pinkamena said, trotting in.

"Sometimes I wonder if she's a robot" Dust whispered to Diamond Tiara, who giggled.

A few seconds later, Pinkamena came out with some cookies.

"Yum! These are good!" Sweetie complimented.

"Thank you. I must leave." Pinkamena said, smiling forcefully and trotted back in.

"Are these cookies made of... broccoli!?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"Yeah! They're actually really good!" Dust smiled.

"Okay,then!" Sweetie Belle said. "But, I have a question, Dusty!"

"Yeah, Sweetie?" Dust answered.

"How could Spike see and here us when we were invisible?"

"Well, since he's a dragon, he could see you because he has powers. Some dragons can see invisible ponies." Dust explained.

"That's weird. But cool anyway!" Tiara smiled.

"Hey, do you want to go see Ragity to get some outfits for the cute ceñara?" Dust asked.

"Sure!" Sweetie asked. "But won't Beauty Bell be there?"

"No, she is going to an expensive boutique in Manehatten! Merry Go Round Second Hoof Store isn't exactly Neighcy's or Sac's" Dust explained.

Sweetie wondered what Rarity would be up to. She couldn't wait to see her sister in this world!