A Rose Blooms in Equestria

   I woke up and found myself in a dark room.  I turned around and saw a mirror.

"Where am I?", I asked.

   I tried to stand up, but for some reason I couldn't.  I looked at my hand.  I was shocked to find that I had no fingers…just a hot pink nub.  I looked into the mirror and saw what happened to me. Im a-a…pony?  I had a hot pink coat with a brown and pink mane, and I had a nub on my head.  I guess Im a unicorn.  I also noticed something weird, I had a tattoo on my flank.  It was a pink jewel surrounded by white sparkles.  I was so shocked that I screamed.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IM A PONY!"

   I looked into the mirror again, and saw my pony form.

"BUT IM SOOOOOO CUTE"

   Another thing about me, I can't resist anything cute.  Suddenly, a bright light surrounded me.  It was coming from a couple of sparkling unicorn stallions wearing silver armor.

"YOU THERE", yelled one of the guards, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TRESPASSING IN THE CASTLE?!"

"Trespassing?", I asked.

   But before I knew it, I was lifted off the ground.  I guess unicorns can use magic.

"PUT ME DOWN", I yelled while struggling.

   They carried me until I was in a giant room surrounded by crystals.  IT WAS SOO SPARKLY!  Suddenly, another pony walked in.  She was a pink pegacorn?  or unicus?  Well she was a unicorn and pegasus.  Anyway, she was pink with a purple and yellow mane.  She also had one of those flank tattoos.  It was a crystal heart.  Why does hers have to be better than mine?

"Do you know why your here?", asked the pink pony.

"No", I replied , "Where am I?"

"Show some respect", ordered one of the guards, "She's the princess"

"Your a p-princess?"

   The pink pony nodded her head.

"I am Princess Mi Amoré Cadenza", introduced the princess

  Oh no!  I JUST DISRESPECTED ROYALTY!  I quickly bowed before her.

"I-Im so sorry, Princess Mi Amoré Caden-", I stammered

"You can just call me Princess Cadence", assured the princess, "Now, why were you trespassing my castle?"

"I didn't mean to.  In fact, Im not even from here"

"Your not from Equestria?"

"Equestria?  No, Im from Earth"

"This is Earth, sweetie"

"Huh?  But Im not from a world full of colorful talking ponies.  Im from the human world"

"Human world?"

"Yeah, I was just walking around, then I tripped and fell into our school statue which brought me here.  Then I woke up and now Im here"

"You went through the crystal mirror?"

"I…ugh I think.  Im not in trouble am I?"

"No.  What just happened was an accident, but we should probably go check on the mirror.  Oh wait, I never got your name"

"Oh, i-it's Rose.  Rose Quartz"

"Such a lovely name"

   Oh my God, a princess just said my name is lovely.  So, we walked back to where the mirror is.  I tried to wall through, but it wouldn't let me.  Instead of magic, it had glass.

"I can't get through", I said.

"Huh?", said Princess Cadence.

   She put her hoof against the glass, and nothing happened.

"We should probably get some help", said Cadence

   Cadence sent a letter to somepony…wait, did I just say somepony?  Ok off topic.  So, she sent a letter to somepony.

"They'll be here in about an hour", said Cadence, "How about we have some tea?"

"Tea would be nice", I replied, "And is it ok if I ask you a couple of questions?"

"I don't mind"

   Cadence ordered one of her servants to make us some tea.  A few minutes later, he returned and we sat down.

"So what did you wanna ask?", asked Cadence sipping her tea.

"Well…um why are some of the ponies sparkly?", I asked.

"Well right now were in The Crystal Empire.  Where everything, even the ponies are sparkly"

"But how come your not sparkly?"

"It's because I wasn't born in the Empire.  I was born in Canterlot"

"Canterlot?"

"It's the capital of Equestria"

"Oh, but what are these flank tattoos?"

"Flank tattoos?  Oh you mean cutie marks?"

"Cutie marks?"

"Yes, they're marks that describe your talent.  My cutie represents my love powers.  I wasn't born with it.  I had to discover it myself"

"Oh, what does mine mean?"

"Im not sure.  I guess you'll have to figure it out yourself"

   I tried grabbing my teacup, but due to the fact that I don't have any fingers, it dropped and spilled on the floor.

"Oh no, I'm so sorry, your majesty", I apologized, "It's hard for me to pick up things without hands"

"It's fine, just use magic", assured Cadence.

"Magic?"

"Yeah, unicorns and alicorns can perform magic like basic levitation spells."

"What's an alicorn?"

"An alicorn is a pony with wings and a horn, like me.  Alicorns are also a bit more powerful than unicorns"

"Oh"

   Suddenly, two alicorn mares walked in.  One was white with a flowing aurora colored mane with a sun as her cutie mark.  The other one was smaller than the white one.  She dark blue with a blue starry mane with a moon as her cutie mark.  I stared mesmorized at their sparkly manes.

"Cadence, we came here as soon as we got your letter", said the white alicorn.

"What seems to be the problem?", asked the blue one.

"This is Rose Quartz", introduced Cadence, "She's from the human world.  She accidently landed here from the crystal mirror, but it won't let her go back."

"Strange", said the white alicorn.

"Um, is she alright?", asked the blue alicorn, "She has more stars in her eyes than in my mane"

"Rose, are you alright?", asked Cadence waving her hoof in front of my face.

"Sorry", I apologized, "It's just that their manes are so sparkly and I love anything that sparkles.  Not to be rude, but who are they?"

"These are my aunts Princess Celestia and Princess Luna."

"PRINCESSES?!  Im so sorry.  I didn't know"

"It's alright", assured Celestia "Now let's check out the mirror."

   We went back to the crystal mirror.  Luna put her hoof, and once again, nothing happened.

"What's wrong with it?", I asked.

"I guess the three days are up", said Luna

"Three days?"

"The crystal mirror works only once a month for three days", explained Celestia.

"How long before it works again?", I asked.

"30 moons", explained Luna

"And how long is that?"

"About 3 years"

"3 YEARS?!"

   I started freaking out a bit.

"I CAN'T STAY HERE FOR 30 YEARS!…I mean not that I don't like it here.  BUT I GOTTA GET HOME!  I have school, my family, Silver's concert…OH NO SILVER!  I FORGOT ABOUT HIS CONCERT"

"And who is this Silver?", asked Celestia.

"He's my best friend from the human world.  He's in a band, and Im always at his concerts.  Im his number one fan.  Isn't there a way to get back without waiting three years?"

"There is one way…", said Luna.

"Really?", I asked, "What is it?"

"You must build a strong bond with friends", explained Celestia.

"Friends?  I don't have any friends", I explained. "But how can friendship get me home?"

"A couple of years ago, a student of mine used the power of friendship to achieve many things", explained Celestia, "And now she's the Princess of Friendship"

"Whoa"

   I guess friendship is powerful…or something.

"You might wanna rest up", said Celestia, "Because tomorrow, were going to Ponyville.