Mare in The Mirror

" Five, four, three, two, one! Ready er not, here ah come!!" Rang out a young filly's voice. The voice belonged to the tcool pony Applebloom. The red-maned filly glanced around for her friend, scanning the feild in front of a forest just outside of Ponyvile. The Everfree forest. Fortunately for her, her friend Scootaloo, a pegasi filly with extremely small wings, was an easy find. Her violet tail poked out just behind a boulder close to the forest.

" Ah see ya, Scoot."   Applebloom called out.

"Oh yea!? Just where am I!?!" The pegasi called back.

" Her behind the boulder. Ah can see yer tail. " Applebloom stated, looking unenthusiastic. Her orange-furred friend stepped out, grimacing.

" Dangit! How do you do that?" The pegasi said with a whine in her tone. Applebloom face-hoofed.

" Nevermind. Now, ya wanna help me find Sweetie Belle? With two of us, she can't possibly stay hidden forever!" Applebloom said with a smile.

" Haha, yea! We'll find her like a bone finds a dog! Er... Wait..." Scootaloo gave a quizzical look, her tan friend shaking her head.

"C'mom, Scoot."  Applebloom said, trotting a bit towards the Everfree.

The two fillies spent minutes looking for their unicorn friend, searching in thetreess, under rocks, in holes and even in the grass. The white filly often found good hiding places and usually caused Applebloom and Scootaloo to give up. The two girls sighed, glancing at each other. They easily understood each other and turned to call out for Sweetie Belle, admitting their defeat. However, no matter how long they called, the received no answer. The girls started to worry. Applebloom didn't give her friends time to run off and hide in town or even in Fluttershy's cottage. Which could only mean one thing...

Sweetie was in the Everfree...

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The cave was dark and cold. There were spikes of stone all around, on the floor and on the ceiling. However, it didn't scare the young Sweetie Belle. Well, it didn't scare her much. Sure, the silence was only broken by a rather chilling water drip but, hey, what could go wrong? The white unicorn glanced at the entrance, giving a giggle.

"They'll never find me in here!" She exclaimed happily. She turned back to the darkness of the cave, something catching her eye. A very faint light... Maybe it was something cool like an old weapon, an old jewel, or maybe a thing like a... A fork! Yes, a fork!! She excitedly trotted for it, the tempting light. The thought of giving her big sister Rarity a cool doo-dad excited her to the core.

Excited her so much that she smashed into a cold, hard surface.

She shook her head, trying to focus on the thing she smashed into.

"Huh?" Her voice echoed.

In front of her was an old mirror. On the sides, wings extended, as if the mirror was to fly. On the top, a unicorn head with a flowy mane and tears running down it's cheeks. Why was the mirror sad? Sweetie then caught sight of her reflection. It looked the same. However, for some reason, she suddenly felt sad looking at herself. Then... Angry... As if something had made her so mad, she'd buck the mirror. Oh, how much did she-

"Sweetie! Sweetie Belle!!" She heard her name called.

She turned her head to look at the entrance, her friends standing there.

"Sweetie Belle, it's almost dark! We gotta go home!! " Applebloom called. Sweetie nodded, turning quickly and dashing after her friends.

Giggles rang out in the cave...

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" Yer tellin' me that ya started gettin' mad by looking at her reflection?" Applebloom asked her unicorn friend.

" Yea. It was weird... I just wanted to... To... " Sweetie couldn't finish.

" ... Gah! Sweetie, your nose!!" Scootaloo exclaimed. Puzzled, the unicorn raised her hoof to cover her nose then pull it away to look down. Blood. Her nose was bleeding.

" AAAHHHHH! IM GONNA DIIEEEEE!!!"

" YELLIN' WON'T HELP YA NONE."

Giggling. Giggling.

" Sweetie... "

The mirror began to ripple.

" Sweetie Belle... "

A protruding hoof extended.

" Sweetie Belle...!"

Out came the bloody, scratched face of a unicorn...

" SWEETIE!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!"