Sweetie gasped. It was the third time she woke up that night, and that was, um, let's say...weird.She couldn't wait for the morning, to see what Santa Claus had left her. It was to late to go back to sleep, so she decided to go help herself with a glass of milk and cookies, you know, like a midnight raid. She clomped downstairs and suddenly realized that, everything surrounding her was not in the right place. How odd she thought.This doesn't belong to my house. I should've gotten asleep at Applebloom's, but this doesn't belong to her house either!She suddenly ran back to her room, and oh, she was surprised. Around her were a bunch of books spread across the bedroom.The room had the highest ceiling you could imagine, decorated with a beautiful chandelier,now off.She looked at the bed she had woken up at, and she realized that it was almost as majestic as the rest of the bedroom.She was interrupted by a loud snore and a sudden THUMP!The filly peeked at the edge of the bed, just to see a white coated pony laying on the floor, still asleep putting her hoof on her head.The pony let out a groan and, without opening her eyes , she returned to the bed where Sweetie had woke up. Why was Rarity in my bed? Where am I?She thought it was better to leave Rarity alone, and go explore the place.She trotted out the bedroom and into the hallway, and it was pretty much the same decoration as the bedroom, only it had a ton of doors facing east and west. OK, Sweetie, calm down, there must be an exit to this. Oh..She followed the hallway and into some crystal transparent stairs. She had always been scared of heights, and would always be. She closed her eyes and tanted the railing, wishing it to end.
The following hallway had pretty much the same except for a grand entrance in the center, and a bright blue open door in the corner with a happy humming coming out of it.Sweetie felt curious and peeked inside.There she saw Twilight looking at apparently a recipe book and mixing with a spoon held in her magical aura.Whew! thought Sweetie At least somepony awake!
She was about to enter the kitchen when some hoofsteps sounded behind her.She quickly hid behind a drawer and waited.The hoofsteps came from a white coated pony, the same one from the bedroom, but it was not Rarity. The unicorn pony had a long wavy pink and lavender mane and tail.Her eyes were green and on her flank was a fucsia heart shaped musical note with a wavy gray line on the back.The pony stood on the door watching as Twilight hummed until she got bored and knocked with her hind leg."May I come in, Princess?" she said with a grin and without expecting an answer, entered the kitchen.
"Nice breakfast you made, Twilight."she said."I could smell it a mile away." Twilight gasped and turned around, but when she saw the stranger, she calmed down."Ha.Ha. Sweetie Belle.Very-so-not-funny." Sweetie Belle?! Is that me? Sweetie gasped and suddenly realized she was hidden and suposed not to say anything. She listened."Oh, come on, Twili! Admit your face was funny!"The pony, apparently Sweetie Belle,laughed and fell over and accidentally knocked the table with the flour who fell over to Twilight.The following frowned, levitated a tissue and wiped off her face.The stranger laughed even more, and began coughing and sneezing because of the flour.Sweetie laughed at the scene and ended up sneezing and tearing up because of the swirling cloud of flour in the kitchen.Twilight noticed and magically disapeared all of the flour cloud."Who are you? Why are you in my castle?"She said loudly. In fact, the stranger got scared and yelled, hitting herself with the kitchen counter, leaving her unconscious."Who are you?"Twilight repeated."Sw..wee...ttie Bbelle" the filly stammered."Okay, Sweetie Belle, I'm Princess Twilight Spar.."
"Twilight,TWIILIIGHTT!!. Wake up!" The alicorn was in shock. She kept looking to the filly, and to the stranger, then back at Sweetie and then to the stranger. That until Sweetie Belle (the filly) clapped her hooves in her face while shouting. Twilight yelled and immediatly unfolded her wings and flapped, but Sweetie grabbed her hind leg and pulled her back to the ground, which caused her to twist her ankle and for Twilight to hit her head against the counter.A loud GROOAANN!! was echoed all through the castle causing the stranger to wake up. "What the...!?"
"So, let me ask this again;are you sure you are Sweetie Belle?" The filly groaned "For the hundred time, I'm Sweetie Belle!"
The three ponies were gathered around the kitchen counter, the filly sitting on a chair, admiring what had become of Twilight, and herself;the princess had her indigo mane straight and ending with a curl, no dorky bangs hanging besides her horn, but a beautiful wavy sidebang covering her left eye.As for herself, Sweetie had to admit, she was the most beautiful mare she had ever met, without excluding Rarity, of course.With this thought, the filly wondered, if in this alternate universe, there was a Rarity complaining about it.
"Hey, Twilight, what year are we in?"the filly asked."What did you say?" the alicorn replied "Do you want syrup with your pancakes?" The filly sighed "Don't change the subject! As for the pancakes" she grinned "Can I go ask Pinkie Pie for whipped cream?" "Pinkie Pie?!" The pony who had practically slept over the conversation, was alarmed "As in, the Pinkie Pie, the Pinkie Pie!?" "That's what I said" replied the filly, confused. "You mean, there is no Pinkie Pie here!?" "I'm sorry" said the princess "But the only Pinkie Pie I know moved away a long time ago" Her grin turned into a frown "Uh, Sweetie..." The both unicorns turned. "Yes, Twilight?" Twilight doubted "Uh, the filly" "What year do you remember being in yesterday?" Sweetie frowned. "Uh, I don't know, 2015, perhaps?"Sarcasm flowed out of her voice. "C'mon Twilight, I'm not so stupid! I know what year are we in!" "Umm... Sweetie, we are not in 2015"The alicorn looked worried and, boy she was! "Twilight, is this a pop quiz, because I hate them" The third pony, apparently Sweetie Belle, spoke. "Yeah, she's right fellow."Her voice was anguished, but her pride hid that from her face."We ain't in 2015" "We are in 2025"
"So, if you are both Sweetie Belle, then maybe you" she pointed our Sweetie "have to be from the past. Did you do anything strange last week?" "I'm not sure, Twilight" Sweetie sighed "Um, let's see;on Monday I went to school and when I came back I ran to the clubhouse for the crusader's weekly meeting, there we tried getting our cutie marks in hopscotch,swing fixing and exotic cookie making." "Wait," future Sweetie asked "what type of exotic cookie making?" Sweetie cleared her throat "Exotic meaning worms, dirt, stones, moss, lea-" "Yeah, I think we got it Sweetie" Twilight interrupted, looking worried at the other pony. Her face was turning a light green and she was looking a bit dizzy. Okay, a lot dizzy. Twilight turned her attention back on Sweetie. "What else?"
"On Tuesday I came back from school and I decided to go to Sugar Cube Corner for some treats and then went to the gazebo to make my homework.
" Then on Wednesday I came to my house straight from school because it was snowing, and spent the afternoon making puzzle contests with Rarity, even though I won all of them. I think Rarity was only playing with me because the client she was working for had said the order she dismissed had gotten lost on the mail, so he would not be ordering anytime soon. Adults are really weird."
"Okay, so on Thursday after school, Scoots and I went to Rainbow Dash's house so she could teach Scoots a couple snow scooter tricks. While they did that I read the first 2 chapters of "Daring Do and the Sapphire Statue". After that I invited Scoots to a slumber party since Blooms was at Appeloosa with Applejack."
"On Friday, Rarity took us over to pick up Apple Bloom at the train station so we could go to your birthday party" She motioned Twilight and continued."in Canterlot. So there Rarity took us to the hotel so we could unpack our cases and then go eat at a fancy restaurant. After lunch we went to a fancy boutique so we could use a super ellegant dress for your birthday. I picked one with white and black lining, Blooms choosed one with red and white lining, and Scoots one with purple and white lining. After that we went to a DIY fair and I bought a super cute vintage case that had a book shape." Sweetie gasped "That is just like that one!" She pointed to a book shelve, that was about to explode with all those books,in a little corner, a white book with pink and white roses stamped all around it. Future Sweetie followed the movement and levitated it, opening it with a slight Click! revealing it's contents. Inside stood a little chain necklace with a small pendant showing a fucsia musical note with a gray wavy line on the back. Sweetie immediatly realized this was the future Sweetie Belle's cutie mark, and tried to glance at the stranger's flank, but the following noticed, frowned, closed the case and hid her flank from her. She put the case back in the book shelve and headed for the doorway.
"I'm sorry for ruining your breakfast, Twilight. I'll be back with all the ingredients. See you later." She grabbed the door knob in her aura and shut the door with a loud THUMP!
Sweetie jumped and groaned, while remembering her ankle. "Twilight, can you do anything for my ankle? It really hurts!" "Sure, Sweetie. Here..." The alicorn looked away for a second and came back to real life; she held Sweetie's hoof in her magic, and cast a healing spell. Next, she wrapped her ankle in a bandage and said "There, now just be sure not to jump around much, or else it'll wear off" Sweetie smiled "Thanks, Twilight!" The alicorn nodded "No problem" Sweetie's smile faded.
"Hey, Twilight" The princess glared at the filly "Yes, Sweetie?" "What happened between you and me? I mean, you and my future me. What happened? Twilight sighed "She used to be a nice filly, until those girls, Diamond Tiara and Siliver Spoon started teasing her. She was very sad and eventually started failing at school. She was home schooled for the rest of elementary. I tried to help her, but with the sudden death of her sister, she-" Sweetie Belle sobbed "De...ath? So, Rarity,iis, ddeath?" Twilight bit her lip while Sweetie burst into tears.
Both of them had a long silent cry...
