Twilight curled up in her new bed, angry at the fact that the Shining Armor who had saved her wasn’t her brother, but this world’s version. Of course she was happy that he had saved her, but it felt as if it was just another hoof strike from her brother. Didn’t bother checking on her after throwing her out of the wedding, not even when they found out Twilight was right. And now he didn’t even care that she had vanished from Equestria altogether. Of course her logical mind told her that the portal was closed and he may not have found out in time, but her shattered heart was easily overpowering her normally logical mind.

She was alone in this world, everything she had ever known striped from her. Her home world may have well been gone, Sunset was gone, and now the last thing that she had that was hers was stolen from her. Her name was taken as they insisted her memories of Equestria was just some delusions her mind had come up with to help cope with the Tartarus she had been through. No, the Hell she had been through. She had forgotten that she wasn’t supposed to use pony terms as they weren’t real.

Now she was Midnight Sparkle, the sister of this world’s Twilight Sparkle and replacement for a dead baby that they believed that she was switched with. She had made the mistake of bringing it up with Velvet one time and she had broken down so badly that Twilight…that Midnight couldn’t bring herself to fight it anymore. She had given in as she finally decided that she had no other choice. Yet she felt that she had just traded one prison with another as Velvet wasn’t letting her anywhere alone right now.

“Good morning, honey. How are you feeling today?” Velvet asked, slowly coming into the room and flipping the light switch on banishing the remaining darkness lingering in the room thanks to the closed curtains.

“Like I want to go back to sleep.” Midnight moaned, pulling a pillow over her head only to have it gently, but firmly pulled away as Velvet looked sadly down at her while sitting on the edge of the bed.

“Honey, your sister is coming home from Grandma’s today. Don’t you want to get up and meet her?” Velvet asked softly, “We won’t mention what happened to you, I promise. We will be telling her that you were switched at birth and were raised by an older couple.”

‘Yeah, tell her that the emotionally destroyed girl was just raised by a nice older couple.’ Midnight scoffed to herself. Seriously, this world’s Twilight would have to be stupid to believe that.

“Can Sunset come?” Midnight asked, seeing her so called mother’s face harden at the request.

“You know your doctor said it was best that you have no contact with her after what you have been through.” Velvet said, leaning down and kissing her forehead. “Come on sweetie, breakfast will be finished soon and Twily will be home shortly after.”

‘I’m Twily, not her!’ Midnight wanted to cry out, but knew it was useless. This world’s Twilight was Twilight too, and she supposed there really couldn’t be two of them running around. It still wasn’t fair though…

“Sunset isn’t the monster you seem to think she is.” Midnight said as she crawled out of the bed heading to her closet.

“Just drop it, please.” Velvet said, “And please make sure you dress before coming down.”

“Why do you have to keep reminding me about that?” Midnight asked, blushing at the reminder of her blunders the first couple days that she was here. She didn’t know what she was supposed to wear as all she had been allowed to wear since she came here was those little bits of sheer clothing that was provided. She had put those on here thinking it was what she was supposed to wear and Night Light about had a heart attack.

“I’m sorry honey, I’m just making sure you remember.” Velvet said hugging her. “Do you want me to stay and help?”

“I can get it myself.” Midnight sighed, pulling away to go get ready for the day.

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Breakfast was quiet as it had been the last few days with the usual attempts at first by Velvet and Night Light to try and strike up a conversation with her. She just really didn’t feel like opening up to either of them very much after they, along with her doctor, decided she was crazy. Maybe it would have been better to keep quiet about Equestria, but she just wanted to go home and a part of her still held hope that Sunset could be wrong about the portal and it could still be open.

Looking up at Night Light she felt a pain in her heart as she once again caught him giving her such a sad look. As much as she wanted to deny it, he loved her. Both of the older people at the table loved her despite telling them that she really was from another universe. Sure she was upset at being treated like they were crazy, but if she was stuck here then wasn’t this the best place to be. With two people who loved her?

Maybe this wouldn’t be too bad if she just gave in, yet she couldn’t help feeling a little resentment at having the one thing she had left taken from her. She was Twilight Sparkle, not Midnight Sparkle. She was a pony from another world, a world where…

Where she wasn’t wanted.

The realization hit her like a ton of bricks, and despite wanting to see her parents again, would they even care when they had to chose between Shining Armor and her? A small part of her wanted to think that it was a silly notion that her parents back home would even dream about doing that. Then again she never believed her brother, friends and Princess Celestia would turn their backs on her the way they had.

“Can I ask you both a hypothetical question?” Midnight asked, scowling a little as once again thoughts of losing her name flooded her mind. She wasn’t sure she was ready to give up on going home, she was sure she wasn’t ready to give up her name, but maybe staying here wouldn’t be so bad if she didn’t have a choice in the matter.

“Of course you can honey.” Night Light said as he smiled at her.

“Okay, but I want you to listen to what I have to say. I’m not saying this to hurt either of you, but I really want you to listen before you answer me.” Midnight said, swallowing nervously. She really didn’t want to hurt them, but she really wanted to know the answer. After they both nodded slowly, Night Light taking his wife’s hand, Midnight continued. “I know you don’t believe that I came from another world, but let’s say that hypothetically you found out that it was true. That I really was Twilight Sparkle from this other world and I was stuck here. What would you think of me then?”

“Midnight or Twilight, if you were from here or another world, you are still our daughter.” Night Light said slowly, “Don’t think we have taken things lightly, we have talked about this several times. There are anomalies in your blood that can’t be explained, and as much as we believe that you really are Midnight, we would still love you and take care of you if it turned out you weren’t.”

“We love you honey, that’s all there is to it.” Velvet sniffed, her eyes watering as Midnight looked down in thought.

“I’m scared.” Midnight admitted, feeling a wetness on her cheeks even though she didn’t even realize she was crying. “Nearly everyone I have ever loved has turned their backs on me and the only person I had left that I trusted you won’t even let me see.”

“Honey, she used you. She was responsible for making you…” Velvet started, but was stopped with an angry glare from Midnight.

“Will you shut up! You never listen to me! I’ve tried to tell you she was responsible for making sure I followed the rules there because she would be punished if I didn’t. She did everything she could to try and protect me! She was raped and beaten right in front of me because she tried to protect me because I freaked out about eating some cow!” Midnight cried out, standing up and leaning over the table a little, her hands holding her up. “She is my friend!”

“Middy.” Velvet sighed.

“Wait, what do you mean she was raped and beaten in front of you?” Night Light asked, his jaw dropping. He knew those bastards were monsters, but how could they do something like that? He felt as if he was missing something important.

“Honey, please calm down.” Velvet said, though she looked confused a little at Midnight’s claims.

“I mean that they tied me up and forced me to watch her take my punishment for causing trouble.” Midnight sobbed as she dropped back in her chair and buried her face in her arms on the table pushing her plate away from her.

“They doctor never said that.” Velvet gasped, “Caddie never said that.”

“Did Caddie not say that, or did you jump to conclusions honey?” Night Light asked softly earning a glare from his wife as she moved around the table to hold Midnight to try and comfort her.

“Can I just go to my room?” Midnight asked, pulling away from Velvet leaving the older woman looking crushed.

“Of course, honey. Your sister will be home soon though if you would like to meet her.” Night Light said as Midnight got up and started to head to the stairs, but stopped on the other side of the door out of site as she hard them talking.

“Don’t tell me you actually believe that. Honey, they drugged her up, who knows what kind of things she saw or experienced.” Velvet sniffed making Midnight a little angry as it appeared they really didn’t even give the possibility a chance.

“Honey, we talked about this. While it is very unlikely, it is always a possibility. Are you saying you wouldn’t love her and want to protect her if it turned out to be true?” Night Light asked, his voice soft though easily heard from the other room.

“Of course I’d still love her, she’s our daughter.” Velvet said with conviction making Midnight smile a little.

“Good, just remember what your grandfather Sure Lock used to say. When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” Night Light said. “What I want to know is what do you have against this Sunset Shimmer?”

“She’s a…” Velvet started to say making Midnight scowl, but the woman was cut off before she could finish it.

“Unless you intend on calling our daughter that, I advise you to stop right there.” Night Light said, his voice growing even and maybe even a little angry. “That young woman sounds like she was just as much as a victim as Middy.”

“Night.” Velvet sighed, “I don’t know why I’m so upset with her. Caddie said she was responsible for what happened to Middy, what else am I supposed to feel?”

“Maybe you should have listened to the whole story. Vel, I love you more than words can say, but you have a tendency to jump to the wrong conclusions when upset.” Night Light said, “I’m going with you to the case briefing tomorrow and if this Sunset didn’t do anything to Middy, I think we should let the girl visit.”

“We can’t do that! What about what the doctor said?” Velvet cried out.

“Honey, the doctor is an idiot. I told you I didn’t trust the recommendation and we should have taken her to Soothing Voice instead of that quack.” Night Light said, “I love you honey, but until you get your emotions under control and stop blaming what sounds like an innocent girl I’m taking charge of Middy’s care.”

“you can’t do that night, she’s my baby!” Velvet sobbed out.

“She’s our baby, Vel, and if you don’t start taking your meds like you are supposed to then she’s never going to feel at home here.” Night Light said.

“I don’t like taking them.” Velvet sniffed.

“Honey, it’s the medicine or our daughter’s happiness. Why do you think I sent Twily to my mother’s for a vacation?” Night Light said, “Honey, I love you, but you need to think about what’s most important.”

Midnight wiped at her eyes, trying to keep her breathing under control as it sounded like Night Light was completely on her side and both of them did love her. Yet it sounded like something was wrong with Velvet which did worry her as she didn’t want either of them to die.

“Did you hear that?” Night Light asked from right in front of her, giving her a disapproving look. “You do know you shouldn’t eavesdrop?”

“I’m sorry.” Midnight sighed, looking down to feel Night gently put a finger under her chin and tilt her head back up and kiss her on the forehead.

“I’m not mad honey, but I do want what’s best for you. I meant what I told you, that I love you. No matter what, you are my daughter and I’ll kill anyone that threatens you.” Night said pulling her into a hug. “You mean the world to us, don’t ever let anyone tell you different.”

“I don’t know what to say. I know you want me to say I love you, but I can’t.” Midnight sighed.

“It’s okay, I understand.” Night said, his voice sad as he pulled away. “This is a lot to take in, a lot to adjust to. I’m not even going to pretend to know what you are feeling. What you are going through. Know this though, I love you and nothing will change that.”

“Thank you.” Midnight sniffed, hugging him.

“I’m home!” Midnight’s voice called from where she knew the front door to be. Only she knew she didn’t say it which meant Twilight was home.

“Up to meeting your sister?” Night asked giving Midnight a small smile. She couldn’t help nodding slowly, her curiousness all of a sudden getting the better of her. Unlike her, Twilight was wearing an outfit that while covered herself, it also showed off her curves with the only skin showing was her legs between her skirt and socks.

“Okay, what have I told you two about cloning experiments?” Twilight asked, her eyes growing wide when she noticed Midnight standing there looking at her.

Author's Note

Thanks brawny Steed for his advice which I tried to use some in this chapter, but I'm not sure if I managed to actually do much, though hope I did

Also thanks to BiomasterM2 for all of his help