Butterscotch and Fluttershy trudged out of the room the next morning as they got ready for school. It wasn't a good night for either one of them. No one seemed to notice as they hurried around.

" I slept through my alarm!" Applejack yelled as she grabbed her books.

In fact, they all had. They were all so tired from the other night they fell into a deep sleep. Rarity rushed to the bathroom to take care of her hair.

" Rarity, there's no time for that!" Rainbow Dash growled and snatched the comb out of her hand.

" I was using that!" the fashion diva cried.

Butterscotch yawned and stood by the door waiting for the girls. Fluttershy sluggishly checked the time.

" We're only 15 minutes late..."

Pinkie Pie shoved her stuff in her backpack.

" Don't you remember? We have a big test in Algebra! And it's today, right now!!!"

Fluttershy wasn't at all fazed. She was too tired to be. As the girls scrambled out Rarity brushed her sleepy friend's hair to its usual shine. They all practically dragged Fluttershy and Butterscotch along. In a short five minutes they got to the school and burst into the Algebra class. The students jumped at this sudden intrusion. The teacher glared at them.

" Why are all of you late?!"

Sunset Shimmer smiled sheepishly. " We all were having a sleepover and we overslept..."

The teacher wasn't convinced. " Oh, a sleepover. You sure it wasn't that you were trying to skip class and got caught, perhaps?"

" N-No! Not at all, sir," Rarity said. " It really is what we're saying, right, Rainbow?"

The girl nodded. Rainbow Dash turned to Pinkie Pie. " Right?"

Pinkie nodded. " Right, Fluttershy?"

She turned only to see her friend and Butterscotch leaning against the door frame sound asleep.

***

Dusk Shine and his friends all wondered the school in complete silence.

The place Dusk Shine thought he knew was not at all what he thought. Everyone there he and the others recognized...but they were the opposite gender.

" Dusk, are you sure this is the place? You never mentioned that the pony-ish peeps would be the opposite gender," AJ said.

Dusk was too overwhelmed with everything going on.

" This can't be...We must be dreaming!"

Berry Bubble shook his head.

" Nope. Because we were asleep earlier. Then that's when you woke up, saw the position of the sun in the sky, calculated that it was past the time school started, and had us all rush in here to find Butterscotch."

" This is just ridiculous. Why are we roaming the halls when they're empty? Why don't we ask around?" Elusive suggested.

Rainbow Blitz stuck his face in the window of a classroom door.

" Smms lergh ar greed ideer."

"What?" Dusk asked. The blue boy had his face smashed in the window as he scanned the classroom.

" He said 'Sounds like a great idea'!" Berry told him.

The prince nodded. Applejack yanked Rainbow Blitz away from the window.

" You trying to get us in trouble? Why don't we ask instead of mashing our faces in windows?"

The boy frowned and slapped the cowboy's hand away.

" Yeah, yeah..."

The Main Six walked around the halls asking about Butterscotch and for a while, was not having much luck. For a good half hour they didn't find their friend at all.

" See? My idea wasn't a bad one!" Rainbow Blitz grumbled after a while.

Applejack rolled his eyes and continued walking. Suddenly, they heard a door slam and a yelling teacher.

" You all are to go to Study Hall and stay there! Everyone of you has a detention!!"

The boys zipped around the corner to see who it was. They froze at the sight of them.

" Great! Now we can't take the test!" a girl with rainbow colored hair cried.

Another girl with gorgeous purple hair scoffed. " He almost ruined my amazing hair!"

" THAT'S NOT THE POINT!!!!" a pink girl screamed.

" What are you screaming at me for? It's not my fault that we were late! It's Applejack's fault!" the purple haired girl argued.

A cowgirl wearing a hat whipped around with anger.

" My fault?! We wouldn't nearly be this late if some one wasn't trying to be a fashionista and waste almost 30 minutes in the bathroom grooming herself!!"

" She's right, Rarity! If you weren't so obsessed with yourself we would've probably gotten here before the old grouch could realize we were late!" the blue one chimed.

A person with flaming hair jumped in the argument. " Stop arguing! This isn't going to help!"

" Yeah, sure! Says the girl who turned into a demon at the Fall Formal and tried to turn everyone into your personal army and invade Equestria!!" Pinkie yelled.

" Oh you just didn't! OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!!!!!!!" Sunset Shimmer flared.

She put her fists up and got ready to fight.

" You asked for it, Pinkamena Diane Pie! YOU ASKED FOR IT!!!!!!!!"

Sunset Shimmer was getting ready to swing when Applejack and Rainbow Dash held her back.

" Let me go! That immature cupcake-making girl has just pulled the last straw!"

Rarity decided to not make things any better.

" You know what else is a factor in getting us here late? Fluttershy! She sleeps like a TREE!! We had to drag her the whole way! Her and her pony clone, Butterscotch!!!"

At this the boys snapped out of their trance. Butterscotch! They ran towards them.

" Oh don't you try to put others into the fire, Rarity!" Applejack growled. " You know you put them both in an awkward position last night! I bet they didn't even get a lick of sleep! And that's as much your fault as your obsession problem!"

" This is ALL your fault! Everything is leaning towards you!!" Rainbow Dash added.

Dusk Shine couldn't believe what he was seeing. Those girls looked like them, but in so many ways they weren't. He had never known he and his friends to fight so brutally like this before.

" STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Everyone froze and Butterscotch and Fluttershy woke up with a start. They were slumped against the wall. They turned to see who it was and were wide eyed. Applejack and Rainbow Dash let go of Sunset Shimmer, who put her fists down.

" Y-You're..." they whispered.

And just like that they all came from fighting to feeling ashamed. Their other selves had saw them fighting, and saw them fighting the worst fight they had ever had. The girls were all knobby kneed and full of regret. Especially Sunset Shimmer. She knew that the boys knew who she represented in the other dimension and she definitely set a bad taste in their mouths about her other self.

" G-Guys!" Butterscotch cried with glee. He had no idea what had happened while he was asleep.

"...Butterscotch," Dusk Shine mumbled as he stared at the girls.

Fluttershy yawned and sniffed. She sneezed. Cautiously, Rainbow Dash knelt down beside her friend and checked her forehead.

" She's got a fever..."

They all swallowed. Butterscotch went back to Fluttershy and helped her to her feet.

" You all should take her to the nurse."

They nodded slowly and walked her down the hall, glad to escape the eyes of their other selves.

END

Author's Note

Very grim ending, I should say. But it's like that for a reason. The third book story plot is going to be the BEST of this whole series. It's to add more flavor for that one. But don't get a sour taste in your mouth. The second book, everyone is fine and friends again. Make sure you read the epilogue.