Chronicles of the Ponyverse

Twilight opened her eyes. She felt tired, but had been woken by something. She remembered falling and then, just before the crash, she woke up. That was a very weird dream, but she felt that because it related to Rainbow Dash, she really should write to Celestia about it.

Her thoughts caught up to her as she remembered that she wasn't Celestia’s student anymore. She took a deep breath out and yawned, focusing her eyes on her room. The walls were crystal, they sparkled in the sunlight. And she was lying on the floor. She placed her hooves on the floor and noticed how soft it was. She pressed her claws into the tiny bed, and then shot her hands up to her face and stared. ‘Okay, so not a dream then. Great!’

She was a dragon, a baby dragon judging from the size. The colour was purple, so she could be Spike, unless everypony was a dragon. She looked at the door as Pinkie ran in and put her face really close to Twilight’s.

“MORNING, SPIKE!” Pinkie screamed excitedly as Twilight fell out of her bed in shock. She faced a mirror and saw Spike, looking as scared and confused as she felt. Twilight’s mind was racing. ‘Okay, so I’m Spike, I’m in a castle, Pinkie is here possibly with the others, but this castle is different from Canterlot. Note, that means nothing because this is a parallel world. Step one is always to get information, so ask Pinkie non-invasive questions.’

She stood up, trying to maintain her balance in her new bipedal body and using her tail for support like Spike did when he first learned how to walk. She faced Pinkie who was now grinning, waiting for her to reply.

“Good morning, Pinkie. What can I help you with?” Pinkie blinked at that then giggled.

“You’re silly, Spike. Come on, Twilight needs you!” Twilight followed Pinkie and thought.

‘If there is another Twilight here, perhaps I can talk to her about this experiment.’ Then she shook that thought away. If this Twilight wasn't thinking that way before and she told her, then she may start thinking about traveling, and the last thing the Ponyverse needed was that to happen again.

Twilight followed Pinkie quietly through the halls, going as fast as Spike’s legs could carry her. After about five minutes of walking – and in Pinkie’s case, bouncing – they reached a door guarded by two ponies made of crystal. Twilight wondered if all ponies here were crystal; she knew Pinkie wasn’t, but perhaps the ponies that lived here had a magical link to the castle. Her mind was just wondering what this meant for the trade and value of jewels when she crashed into the other Twilight.

“Watch your step, Spike.” Twilight looked at her counterpart and noticed the wings. She looked around and processed the new data as best she could. ‘Okay so Twilight is an Alicorn. Celestia and Luna are, but so is a pink pony I don’t recognise.’ Her mind had a million questions, but focused on the most important. ‘Is Alicorn a rank, or is Twilight in this universe a princess?’ Twilight realised that it wasn't actually important and she wasn’t paying attention to the conversation, so she focused on what was being said rather than her own thoughts.

Celestia spoke up in her calm voice that didn’t demand attention, but simply expected it. “Sunset Shimmer was a former student of mine. She began her studies with me not long before Twilight.”

Twilight looked into her counterpart’s bag and saw the plastic crown. She took it out and held it in front of her as her counterpart spoke up. “She replaced my crown with that one.” Celestia examined it as if to verify that it was indeed fake.

Twilight put the crown back and then asked what she thought was an obvious question. “Sorry if this seems obvious, but how did she sneak in?”

Luna walked to the mirror and looked at her own reflection. “This is no ordinary mirror. It is a portal to another world.”

Pinkie put a hoof through it. “Oooh, sparkly!” Luna rolled her eyes and used her magic to move Pinkie away.

Twilight looked at her counterpart, shocked that she wasn’t asking these questions. But then, maybe she was too enthralled to be in Celestia’s presence to think clearly. Which didn’t make sense, considering she was Celestia’s student and had probably become an alicorn because of her studies. “Did you know the mirror would open?”

The pink alicorn nodded. “It opens once every thirty moons for three nights.”

Twilight was getting annoyed that neither the princesses nor her counterpart thought of what she was about to ask. “Why didn’t you have a pony guard the mirror?” She felt a hoof slap the back of her head. “Oww! What?”

Her counterpart glared at her, using her size to dominate her perception. “Do not ask such unimportant questions, Spike! What matters now is that we get the crown back. Right, Celestia?” Celestia nodded, trying to hide how glad she was that she didn’t have to answer.

Cadence spoke up again. “Twilight, you and Spike must go there and retrieve your crown, before the moon rises to the middle of the sky on the third night. It is of the utmost importance that the crown is returned. Do you understand?”

Rainbow Dash spoke up. “What about us? We need to go to!” Celestia shook her head. “I am sorry Rainbow if all six of you go Equestria willl be undefended.” Dash thought about this but seemed to accept however unwillingly. Twilight didn’t point out that without magic the other elements were useless and her counterpart didn’t seem to know, heck she didn’t actually know for sure. Twilight and her counterpart entered the mirror.

Twilight felt her body being sucked through the portal. She didn’t know for sure, but she imagined that this is what being sucked into a vacuum was like. She saw bright colours speed past her as she felt the magic surrounding her twist the dragon form into strange alien shapes, as if she was being stretched and then morphed into unnatural positions.

As she was about to puke, she realised that the world was no longer spinning, but she was. She fell to the ground, closed her eyes and waited for her head to stop spinning. As she felt less sick, she opened her eyes and stood up on all fours.

Her mind was turning pessimistic again. ‘No no no no no no! Okay, calm down. Did I leap again? I’m a dog, I think, but the mirror is magic, so maybe camouflage? That Twilight can’t get the crown without my help, unless she just made a bad first impression. Which is possible.’

She looked over her new body and took note of the fur, ears and tail. In the span of two seconds or thereabouts, Twilight went from panic to just accepting that things like this were what she should just get used to. Besides, being a dog wasn’t that weird; at least this mission would be easy, unless the crown was heavily guarded by strong magic and possibly guards. But she thought that if that was the case, Sunset Shimmer would of just kept what she had stolen instead of switching it.

After Twilight started to form a plan for a search path that could cover an area of 150 kilometers in about 2 days, she heard a high-pitched wail from behind her. She turned and saw her counterpart screaming her thin spaghetti arms and strange loose fur draping over her dry skin. ‘eww’ Not wanting to draw attention, she ran over and covered her mouth.

“Keep quiet.” Twilight sighed. “We have to find the crown, so we can’t draw attention to ourselves. Understand?” Her counterpart nodded and she removed her paws.

“Where are we, Spike?”

Twilight looked around and saw hideous monsters appearing to be going to a building in the middle of the town. “I think this is a town, probably a parallel to Ponyville, judging by the store names.” She pointed to a shop named Sugar Cube Corner. “We need to search the castle first.” She ran off on all fours and Twilight ran after her.

“They’re bipedal!” Twilight called and watched as her human counterpart stood up. Twilight rolled her eyes and started to walk after her. “And that’s not a castle! It’s either a school or a library! Oh Celestia, it’s gonna be a long day.” She saw someone stare at her. “Woof woof bark grrrr.”

They entered the school and walked down the hall. As Twilight walked beside her counterpart looking for clues, she heard singing. “I've never seen a place that's quite like this.”

Twilight looked around; people were glancing but trying to ignore the singing. “I don't think you should...”

“Everything is turned around this crazy world is upside-down.”

Twilight looked into a classroom. “While I admit that they look a little old to be in school, it's no more strange than anything we've seen...” Twilight saw her counterpart get knocked down by passes by. She ran over to help.

“Getting on my feet, it's the hand that I was dealt.”

Twilight rolled her eyes as they continued walking. “That pun was forced. Also, please stop singing. The natives are getting restless. NO NOT IN THERE… I mean bark!” she yelled as Twilight entered the males’ toilets. A few seconds later she ran out. “Told you!”

“But I don't have much time with them, got to learn all that I can.”

Twilight looked up at her counterpart. “That's gonna take forever. Tell you what, if we have time then we can learn about friendship, okay?”

Her counterpart wasn't listening. “They don't use any magic or fly with any wings.”

Twilight looked around. “Good point! Although I don't think they fly at all, with or without wings. Sorry, that's just pedantic. Uhhh, woof.” They looked into a classroom window.

“I don't get these funny clothes, skinny legs or tiny nose.”

Twilight stared at her for that. “Okay, first, Rarity can make clothes like this – not that she would, they look like they are from the eighties – and second, don't judge these aliens on how they look. That's just mean.”

“Everything's confusing when it seems so new, but I look a little closer and it starts to feel familiar too.”

Twilight smiled at that. “See, there you go. A bright side. Also I don't think they care that you are singing, which is great. You can't even hear me, can you? Woof.”

“What a strange new world, I'm trying to make heads or tails of this strange new world, what a strange new world.”

Twilight jumped up and covered her mouth. “Stop singing and listen.”

They heard whimpering from around the corner and someone yelling. They walked over and stuck their heads around the corner.

“I didn’t know you had dropped it,” said the meek little voice of who was obviously the counterpart of Fluttershy.

“Well, I did, and I was about to get it before you swooped in and ruined everything.” Twilight didn’t know what Sunset Shimmer looked like but she guessed from how much she wanted the crown that this was her. “You shouldn’t pick up things that don’t belong to you!” Shimmer snarled.

“It doesn’t belong to you either.” Twilight was shocked at how none of her friends were helping her, but she didn’t have time to dwell on that. They probably weren’t here, was all.

Her human counterpart yelled at Sunset Shimmer as she walked over to Fluttershy, allowing her to pet her. She found the whole thing rather uncomfortable, but let Fluttershy continue as she seemed to relax. When Sunset Shimmer walked away, her counterpart came back to Fluttershy.

“Are you okay?” Fluttershy nodded, continuing to pet Twilight. “You like my dog?”

Fluttershy beamed. “Yes he is so cute!”

Twilight signaled for her to continue. “You mentioned a crown?”

Fluttershy stood up. “Don’t worry, I gave it to Principal Celestia.”

Her counterpart nodded. “Where is she?”

Fluttershy pointed down a hall. “Third door on your left. Also, better put your dog in your backpack.”

They went outside Celestia’s office. Twilight looked at the bag her counterpart was holding open. “I am not getting in the bag.”

“Sorry, Spike, but you have to. The fact is that pets… animals aren’t allowed in this school.”

Twilight groaned and crawled in. “Fine. Now tell me precisely what you will do.”

Her counterpart groaned and turned her head to face Twilight. “I go in, I ask for the crown, I leave. Okay?”

Twilight sighed and went back into the bag, which was just big enough to be comfortable. She kept her eye on what her counterpart was doing, though. Twilight watched as she bowed, opening the door with her head. Twilight rolled her eyes and whispered, “That’s unnecessary. Stand up straight.” She did so and Twilight listened carefully to what they were saying.

“Can I help you?” Twilight found it odd that the most powerful pony in Equestria was a principal in this world, and giggled at the idea that Mayor Mare outranked Celestia. She was thinking about what this meant, when she realised that it meant nothing. ‘This is simply another parallel like any other place and finding links is simply a coincidence.’ That being said, Twilight was still resentful of the fact that any version of herself would be so easily distracted by status as to not of gotten the crown by now. She peeked out to see what was going on.

“You see, about the crown…” Twilight felt herself get shoved back into the bag and missed the rest of the sentence. She focused and listened to them talk some more. “Princess of the Fall Formal?”

Twilight face-pawed. ‘She’s not going to ask. Princess Twilight Sparkle – a supposedly more badflank version of me with the status and power of a demigoddess – is scared of a principal of a school.’ She felt her bag being swept up, and they were leaving without the crown.

When they turned the corner Twilight stuck her head out of the bag. “Why didn’t you tell her the crown was yours and ask for it back?”

She stopped walking. “I was going to, but imagine if one of them came to Equestria and said they came from a place with fleshy two legged creatures with these?” She waved her arms. “They would think they were crazy.”

“Oh no, these people that I have never met before and will never meet again all think I’m a freak,” Twilight mocked. “Look, it’s not that I hate you. You seem nice enough. I just want to know one little thing, that’s all.”

Her counterpart looked confused and saddened by her friends attitude said, “Nopony said you hated me.”

Twilight sighed. “No, I mustn’t of mentioned it. Listen, did you even think of how you are going to get the crown back?”

Her counterpart exhaled. “Yes of course! All I have to do is make friends, be crowned Fall Formal Princess, get the crown, and then go home. It’s foolproof!”

Twilight just stared at her. “Good thing it’s foolproof, because you are a fool! As intriguing as that plan sounds – and it has ‘make friends’ in it, which I like – I have a better plan.” Twilight took out the fake crown from the bag. “You take this and you either say, ‘I come from a world of candy coloured horses with unicorns and friendship. That is my crown, it’s magic, and I need it back’. Or you lie and say you made that other crown based on this one, and there was a mix up.” Twilight held the crown towards her counterpart.

Her counterpart looked uncertain, however. “I don’t know, Spike. Lying to Celestia won’t be easy, and she won’t believe I’m magic.”

Twilight growled despite herself. “Plan C. We… YOU tell Celestia that YOU didn’t get the crown back because YOU WERE TOO SCARED! And I stop being your assistant, because frankly you are a failure. Woof!” Twilight could hardly believe that she was being this harsh. If it were Fluttershy she would never say or think this, but because it was her – or at least very similar to her – she was being as cruel as she felt angry.

Her counterpart took the crown and turned back. “You’re right, Spike. Mean, but right. I will do that.” Twilight sighed with relief as she saw her go back to Celestia.

Twilight stood on a table, peering through the window as her counterpart talked to Celestia. She hoped that the overly aggressive talk she gave her was at least effective. It looked like this would take a while, so Twilight sat on the table and scratched her ear with her back right paw.

As she waited, she spotted Spike as he appeared in front of her. He stared at her for a few seconds, then shook away whatever his immediate thought was. Instead he opted for something safer. “Hello Twilight, nice collar, very spikey.”

She looked at Spike, who was dressed up for something. “Hello, Spike. Where the heck have you been? I’ve had a really bad day.”

Spike nodded and took out his handheld. “Everfreee was linked to the other world. I’m lucky I got here at all.”

Twilight seemed tired. “I can tell you were really excited, you even got dressed up.”

Spike looked at his suit as if noticing it for the first time. “Oh, right. Well, I was actually on a date, but I came over as soon as I heard we got a link.”

Twilight nodded absent mindedly. “I’m sure Rarity will be disappointed.” Spike shrugged. “I don’t like this Twilight. She seems to be obsessing on fitting in. She would actually sacrifice her own planet to not be called a freak! Can you believe that?”

Spike shrugged again and looked at his screen. “According to Everfree, you won’t be able to leave until all links between this world and the other one are broken.”

It took a while for Twilight to fully grasp the horror of what Spike had just said. Then, when she realised, she panicked. She wished that she could just leave and go back to Equestria and then go somewhere else. She knew that not everypony was as stupid as this Twilight, probably, but she was now Spike so she would have to be with her until they got back. Twilight didn’t know if they measured time the same here as in her world, but if they did, thirty moons meant thirty months. Staying here in the human world for that long was not an option in her mind, so she did what she knew how to do: make lists.

“Okay, Spike, so we have a few things that we know, okay? One, this Twilight is much more needy than me. Her desire to conform means she doesn’t think straight. Two, the portal closes in about two and a half days. Three, if I’m right, Sunset Shimmer doesn’t have much power here – maybe she’s a bully like Babs Seed was. Four, friendship – while amazing – is not necessary here. Five, we need to get Sunset Shimmer home if possible. Six, getting the crown home is top priority; we can not sacrifice our chances to get the crown home for anything.”

Twilight took a deep breath and focused her gaze on Spike as he vanished while trying to speak. The link was lost; Twilight was alone. She sat in the bag and waited, already making new plans.

A few minutes later, Twilight saw the door to Celestia’s office open and heard two voices continue their conversation. “I’m honoured that you wanted to do an art project based on our crown, and I still don’t understand why you didn’t just tell me.”

Her counterpart sighed nervously. “I just got flustered, that’s all. Thank you again, Celestia.” Celestia smiled and slammed the door.

Twilight stuck her head out and snatched the crown away. She looked around carefully and then put it in the bag. “Good job, Twilight. Now do you know what we should do?”

Her counterpart nodded. “Yep, go home. We have the crown – let’s leave.” Twilight sighed and looked at her paws.

“About that… we need to bring Shimmer with us. I know she’s not too dangerous here, but why risk having someone with magical knowledge running around?”

Twilight’s counterpart thought about this carefully for a few seconds. “How do we do that? Should we get help?”

Twilight shook her head. “I don’t think there is any real reason to involve them, especially since we don’t want to risk an interdimensional incident. If we need help, we will, but I think we can handle this ourselves.”

Her counterpart smiled. “You have a plan, then?”

Twilight nodded and began explaining. “Yes, I do. We use the crown as bait. First we find Sunset Shimmer. Then we show her the crown so she chases us. Then we push her into the statue. Our priorities are as follows: first, we return the crown; second, we take Shimmer – if we can’t get her, that’s fine. We will just get her power source out of her reach.”

Her counterpart nodded slowly, thinking. “Just one thing. What happens if Shimmer gets the crown?”

Twilight growled. “Then we fail!”

Twilight hid in her counterpart’s bag, holding the crown close to her and listening carefully. Among the background chatter, she heard a familiar voice growing louder as the owner came closer.

“Watch yer step, Big Mac.”

“Eeyup!” Twilight looked up to see Applejack and her brother walking towards them. Twilight’s counterpart walked up to them and waved. “Hello there, my name is Twilight Sparkle.”

Applejack’s smile grew to be about as big as her face as she shook Twilight’s hand. “Well, howdy there! I’m Applejack and this big lug is my brother Big Macintosh.” She smacked Big Mac hard, making him almost drop the crates of cider. “What can I do for ya?” Twilight stuck her head out and Applejack spotted her. ‘Well, isn’t he just the cutest little thing. Rarity will just adore ya.”

Twilight hid again as her counterpart spoke up. “As much as Spike would love to spend time with Rarity, I actually need to talk to Sunset Shimmer. Do you know where she is?”

Applejack scowled and the atmosphere got colder. “What do ya want to talk to that back wooded, pear eating little sh-”

“APPLEJACK!” Big Mac cut her off and Applejack took a few seconds to control her anger.

“Why do you want to talk to her?” Applejack corrected.

Twilight’s counterpart looked flustered but pressed on. “We-I have something she needs to hear.”

Applejack nodded knowingly. Of course, it was so obvious. Sunset Shimmer clearly did something to upset the poor girl. Twilight needed her help, though, so there was nothing for it. “I was headin’ to the main hall to drop off the cider. She might be there, she really likes to interfere with school affairs.”

Twilight was interested in Applejack’s disdain for Sunset Shimmer, and resolved to help Sunset not be so mean when they got back to Equestria. Then she realised she would leave before she got the chance. She wondered what Sunset’s plan with the crown was. Twilight didn’t know what happens to the crown in another world, but there is no real reason Sunset should know either. Twilight smiled as she realised, despite how much Sunset Shimmer had been built up, she was no more than a bratty teenager reminiscent of Diamond Tiara, and therefore should be relatively easy to deal with.

As they arrive at the hall, Sunset Shimmer could be heard giving someone the once over, pointing out trivial things about the decorations. “This is too pink! It should be red and yellow! And that beverage table should be over there, and what is with all these streamers? Do you want the guests to feel confined?” Sunset Shimmer went on and on until she spotted the four – no, wait, she was in the bag, so – three of them at the table looking at her. “What do you want?”

She glared and Applejack was in the middle of her first syllable when Sunset Shimmer cut her off. “Hey what is that?” Twilight held out the crown and then her counterpart wisely bolted. Sunset Shimmer gave chase and shouted, “She’s got the crown! The new girl has stolen the crown! Stop her!”

Twilight and her counterpart looked behind them as Sunset, Applejack and Pinkie Pie chased them. Twilight’s counterpart burst outside and ran down the football field, past Rainbow Dash and Rarity; Rainbow Dash was on the side line of the football field with Rarity who was Dash’s and presumably the rest of the teams cheerleader.

“Applejack, what the hell?” Rainbow Dash shouted. Applejack stopped as the others ran past.

“Sorry to interrupt whatever you girls were doin’, but we need yer help.”

Applejack took a few deep breaths as Rarity coughed. “We weren’t doing anything yet.”

Rainbow Dash waved at her to keep quiet. “Shh, that’s not important. What happened, AJ?”

Applejack caught her breath. “The new girl stole the crown.”

Rainbow Dash sighed. “Oh is that all?” Rarity hit her and looked shocked at Dash’s dismissal of such an important artifact.

“Dashie! Do not dismiss the crown! It is very important to the school.” Dash shrugged. “And me,” Rarity finished.

And at that Rainbow Dash joined the chase. “Don’t worry I shall return the crown for you, my dear!”

Rarity smirked and ran beside Dash. “I will be right with you all the way!”

Twilight jumped out of the bag and ran beside her counterpart, crown in her mouth trying not to drop it. She didn’t spot them following her anymore so she slowed down.

“That was close come on quickly to the statue.” Her counterpart didn’t question her she just turned to the direction of the statue.

As Twilight approached the statue, she saw it being blocked by the five students – Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Sunset Shimmer. Twilight’s counterpart and Twilight sighed of exhaustion and an overwhelming urge to just give up. “Where’s Fluttershy?”

Twilight was also curious at the absence but Applejack explained. “She’s at the shelter, but if she were here, she would be helping stop you from stealing the crown.”

Twilight jumped into the bag. “Twilight repeat after me.”

Twilight’s counterpart repeated all she heard. “Why are you blocking a statue?”

Pinkie Pie snorted. “Because you are here obviously!”

Twilight smiled, figuring out how to word these questions. “So you think I will run through a statue?”

Applejack tilted her hat up. “No, of course not. That would be silly.”

Twilight’s counterpart nodded when Twilight told her too. “Would you mind clearing a space to the statue so that I can show you something really cool?”

Sunset Shimmer shouted in horror, “No, don’t let her, it’s a trap! You would trust her over me?”

Rainbow Dash pushed her aside and Applejack spoke up. “I don’t even like you. The only reason I’m here is to get the crown.”

Dash smiled holding Shimmer back. “Don’t worry, Shimmer. If she runs, we will just chase her again.”

Rarity sighed. “Please don’t run. I don’t want to run in heels again.”

Dash smiled and kissed her hand. “Don’t worry, my dear, I shall carry you along our merry chase.” Twilight rolled her eyes at the absurdity and her counterpart threw the crown. It flew over their heads, and as they all watched, it hit the statue and vanished. They all were shocked at what they had just seen and turned to Twilight.

Sunset Shimmer grew red hot and snapped, her red and yellow hair appearing to become flame. “You idiot, you ruined EVERYTHING!”

She tackled Twilight’s double as Twilight ran to Applejack. “All that effort, ruined, because you couldn’t mind your own business!” Sunset Shimmer was choking Twilight’s double before rope came forward and pulled Sunset Shimmer off her.

“That’s enough!” Applejack tied up Sunset Shimmer.

“Okay, now. Twilight, explain exactly what is going on, right now!” Rainbow Dash ordered.

Twilight’s counterpart sighed and started explaining. “I am from another world, and the crown is a magical item that I need to return in order to maintain balance. Sunset Shimmer is also from my world; I need to take her back as well.” The group looked at her like she was crazy. “Oh, right. I present Spike, my talking dog, as proof.”

Twilight nodded. “She’s right, I am a talking dog, woof and whatever.”

Suddenly, the earth shook and the wind blew as everyone looked. They saw a yellow and pink blur coming towards them. Fluttershy’s face was uncomfortably close to Twilight’s. “You can talk?” Fluttershy asked with a huge smile.

Twilight looked a little alarmed. “Yes.” Fluttershy squeed and started to ask about a million questions but before she could answer her counterpart interjected.

“We really should go. I’m sorry, Fluttershy.” Twilight’s counterpart grabbed Sunset and pushed her through the portal. “Oh, one thing. Go to the library in town and see if a girl named Twilight is there. She will be shy, so be gentle and see if you can make friends with her.”

Twilight looked at her counterpart. “You are in such a rush, Twilight. We won’t be coming back, so we should say goodbye properly. Geez, I don’t know where she learned her manners from.” Twilight smiled at Fluttershy. “It’s been a pleasure to meet you all, wish I could stay.”

Rainbow Dash was looking at the portal curiously. “Can we go there?”

Twilight’s counterpart shook her head. “No, sorry, against the rules. Besides, you have your lives here, and judging by your friendship with these girls, it’s a good one.”

Rainbow Dash nodded. “Yeah, but magic!”

Rarity coughed. “I can’t go, I have to take care of Sweetie Belle.”

Rainbow Dash sighed. “Fine, I won’t go then! Geez, magic, Rarity. You and your loyalty to your sister, it’s so god damn…”

“Sexy?” Rarity offered with a smirk.

“Annoying was the word I was going to use.” Rarity hit Dash again.

“You two need to cool it.” Applejack said. “If you ever come back, don’t hesitate to visit the farm. We need to get to know each other.”

Twilight’s counterpart smiled and hugged her. “I look forward to it. Come on, Spike, let’s go home.” Twilight ran through the portal as her counterpart followed.

When they arrived, they found themselves face to face with Sunset Shimmer, the remaining five, and the princesses. As Twilight’s counterpart was talking to Celestia, Twilight went to Cadence.

“Can you close the portal now?” Cadence nodded and did so, quietly and unnoticed by the others. In fact, they didn’t notice anything Twilight was doing, until they heard the glass smash. They all turned to face her with shocked looks on their face. “What?”

But Twilight never figured out ‘what’ was as their voices were drained out by rushing wind, and for a moment everything turned black. After a few seconds, she saw that she was somewhere else and thought, ‘What now?’