My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games

Chapter 5

Later, after the Shadowbolts appeared and the other Twilight made herself known, the glasses wearing purple skinned girl was currently exploring, as well as investigating, a seemingly empty part of the school hoping so find some answers to the questions she still had. But every time she turned and went down another hallway she found nothing but lockers everywhere.

“There’s gotta be some kind of clue around here…” Human Twilight muttered as she kept on walking and inspecting all the lockers she passed by.

But before she could go any further, she heard a loud and clearly angry voice call out to her from behind.

“Hold it right there!” Rainbow Dash called out. Twilight’s Human counterpart then stopped and turned around with a calm look on her face as she glanced at the six angry, sad and betrayed looking girls behind her.

“Et tu… Twilight Sparkle!” Rarity accused.

“And... what do you want?” Twilight questioned, a bit annoyed.

Applejack stepped forward. “What do we want? How about an explanation for starters!” she said, angrily.

“How could you join the Shadowbolts!?” Rainbow demanded.

“And why didn’t you tell us you we’re here?” Rarity questioned. “We’ve missed you so much and when you finally do come back you betray us?”

“I thought we were friends…” Fluttershy said, sadly.

The other Twilight listened to their exclamations for a bit with a confused look before finally speaking.  “I’m sorry… who are you?” she asked. It was their turn to look confused now.

“Twilight! It’s me! Pinkie Pie! Don’t you recognize us? We’re your friends!” Pinkie exclaimed, upset. She closed her eyes, trying hard to hold back the tears and silently hoped that Twilight would say her name and acknowledge her.

“What in the world are you all talking about? I don’t know any of you.” Human Twilight said, surprising them. “And why do you girls act like you know me? Because I can assure you; I don’t know any of you.”

“But… darling… we just said goodbye to you a few months ago…” Rarity pointed out.

“That is impossible, I was never here a few months ago” Twilight stated. “Your delusional.”

“What did you say!?” Rainbow questioned, infuriated.

“Sugarcube, why are you acting like this?” Applejack asked. “This isn’t you…”

“What are you talking about?” Human Twilight asked, baffled.

“Darling, are we feeling alright?” Rarity questioned, concerned.

“I’m fine, what are you…” The purple skinned girl began before Fluttershy put a hand on her hand.

“Ooh, maybe she has a fever or…” The shy girl started.

“Hey, stop that!” Twilight suddenly said before she shoved Fluttershy away, obviously uncomfortable and confused by what was going on. Pinkie caught Fluttershy while everyone else stared at her in shock at what she did.

“Twilight! How could you!?” Rarity exclaimed.

“Yeah! How dare you push Fluttershy!” Pinkie added.

“Hey, she shouldn’t have touched me like that in the first place!” Twilight defended. She quickly pushed up her glasses and turned away a bit. “Honestly, has she ever heard of personal space?”

“Huh, that’s what you girls ask me all the time, weird…” Pinkie remarked, while the others stared at her, flatly.

Sunset looked at Twilight closely. Something wasn’t right. The way she looked, the way she acted, it wasn’t like their friend Twilight at all.

Then it hit Sunset. It wasn’t their Twilight! She gasped when she figured it out.

“Alright Twilight, I don’t know what’s going with you but we want some straight answers and we want them now!” Rainbow demanded.

Twilight got close to her, mirroring her narrow eyed expression. “I was just about to say the same thing.”

“Whoa, whoa, easy you guys, she’s not who you think she is.” Sunset told her friends. They all turned to her, surprised.

“What do you mean?” Rainbow inquired.

“Yes, what do you mean?” Twilight added, suspiciously as she adjusted her glasses.

“Uh… we just need to discuss something… alone… now.” Sunset Shimmer stated, firmly.

“Yeah, so… excuse us.” Rainbow told the other Twilight as they all walked a little further away and huddled up together.

“Look, I know this sounds strange, but this isn’t Princess Twilight.” Sunset Shimmer told them.

“It’s not?” Pinkie said, surprised.

Rainbow glanced at her quickly. “It sure looks like her… aside from the nerd glasses…”

“Indeed, ugh, what was she thinking buying those horrid things?” Rarity remarked, disgusted. “I can’t imagine her getting any dates with those.”

“Rarity, what will it take for you to not care about looks?” Applejack asked her, a bit annoyed.

Rarity thought for a bit. “Hmm, I honestly do not know…” she admitted, a bit stunned.

Applejack just face palmed in dismay and groaned.

“So what are you saying?” Rainbow asked Sunset. “That there’s two Twilight’s?”

“That’s exactly what I’m saying, back in Equestria I saw pony versions of you all and if there’s a pony version of Twilight in Equestria then it’s reason enough that she has a counterpart just like all of us.” Sunset reasoned.

“Wow…” Fluttershy said, amazed.

“So… should we tell her about the other Twilight?” Applejack inquired.

“No, she can’t know anything about Equestria or Princess Twilight, ok? It would just… complicate things.” Sunset explained to them quietly. “So please, don’t tell her.”

The others nodded in agreement.

“Don’t worry, we won’t say a word about the other Twilight!” Pinkie promised. She then began to do little motions with her hands. “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!”

As she did so, the Human version of Twilight listened to them as closely as she could without them knowing, she couldn’t hear much due to them talking so quietly but she did pick up on one thing.

“The Other Twilight…?” she echoed, quietly to herself, looking surprised.

“Ok, so until she leaves we just got to act like she’s the only Twilight here and make sure everyone in school understands that as well, understood?” Sunset instructed. They all nodded in confirmation. “Good.”

The other Twilight then piped up, catching their attentions.

“Uh… excuse me? I don’t mean to interrupt but I came here from answers and I want them now.”

“Answers? What kind of answers? We got plenty!” Pinkie Pie said, pulling out a hat and revealing a large amount of paper slips with the words ‘answers’ written on them. Native Twilight just shoved the hat away with an unamused face.

“Uh… sorry about all that confusion, you just… looked like someone else we know…” Sunset said, smiling nervously.

Human Twilight folded her arms. “Uh-huh, then how did you know my name? Does this ‘friend’ of yours, also have the name Twilight?” she asked, suspiciously.

“Oh! Uh… no! She uh… her name is really…” Applejack began.

Pinkie looked up at the skylight above and got an idea. “Skylight!” she blurted out, everyone turned to her, confused. “Um… I mean… Starlight! Yeah… Starlight… Glimmer… the third!”

“And hopefully the last…” Rainbow muttered, under her friend.

“Sure…” Twilight said, slowly, her eyes narrowed. She didn’t seem to be buying it but kept it to herself.

“Any who… sorry about the mix-up, darling.” Rarity apologized.

“Yes, and I hope we can be friends even though we’re competing.” Fluttershy added.

“Of course we can, Fluttershy! Competing in friendly little games is the perfect way to make friends!” Pinkie said, happily.

“She’s right.” Sunset nodded, smiling. The other Twilight just smirked a smug little smirk.

“Hmph. Making friends through competition?” Human Twilight questioned, before she gained a serious look on her face and spoke in a cold and serious tone. “What an absolutely ridiculous statement.”

Even though they now knew that it wasn’t their Twilight who said it, the girls all felt disconcerted and upset hearing Human Twilight say it, since to them it still sounded like the Princess of Friendship herself saying it. Sunset Shimmer’s eyes narrowed as she gained a serious look on her face.

“Competitions exist for one reason; so that two teams can compete for the prize, not to make friends.” Human Twilight Sparkle stated, firmly. “Get the picture?”

“No, your wrong…” Sunset tried to tell her.

“Oh, she’s far from wrong.”

The Wonderbolts turned and looked surprised when they saw Sugarcoat and the rest of the Shadowbolts team approaching from nearby. Twilight just remained serious and calm while they stood by her.

“Yeah, she’s absolutely right!” Sour Sweet added, with a nasty grin.

“And we all agree.” Lemon Zest smiled.

“It’s the one thing we do agree on, actually.” Sunny Flare pointed out.

“The Shadowbolts!” Fluttershy gasped.

“I thought something stunk around here!” Rainbow glared at them.

“Oh, very mature.” Lemon Zest remarked, deadpan.

“So, do you know our new archer; Twilight Sparkle?” Sugarcoat questioned as she put a hand on their new member’s shoulder.

“Yes! …No!” They all said, very quickly confusing the Shadowbolts.

“I don’t get it, do they know her or not?” Sour Sweet asked the others.

“You don’t get a lot of things, did you know that?” Sunny Flare questioned, annoyed.

“Hey!” Sour Sweet protested.

“And you need some more anger management therapy.” Indigo Zap pointed out. “Remember that?”

“Oh, I remember and I also seem to remember you forcing me to go to one!” Sunny Flare said, angrily. “Against my will I might add!”

As they argued Sugarcoat rubbed in-between her eyes. “Ugh, I’m surrounded by buffoons…”

“Tell me about it…” Twilight muttered to her, quietly.

“Nice friends you got there…” Rainbow Dash remarked, sarcastically to Twilight.

“Oh, they aren’t my friends, I have may reasons for joining them and being in this competition.” Human Twilight stated.

“Yeah? And what are they?” Applejack questioned.

“She doesn’t have to answer you.” Lemon Zest told her.

“And she’s right, we’re not friends.” Indigo said, bluntly.

“But we’re certainly good at working together.” Sugarcoat added.

“We have to in order to beat chumps like you.” Sunny said, smugly.

“Yeah, someone has to be the champions of the Friendship Games so it might as well be us.” Sour Sweet arrogantly smirked as she looked at her shiny nails.

“Not this year!” Applejack stated, firmly.

“Yeah! This year we’re gonna kick your…” Rainbow began.

“Dashie!” Pinkie scolded.

“What? I was just gonna say ‘butts’.” Rainbow defended.

“Oh, well that version of it is ok I guess.” Pinkie shrugged, casually.

“Your going to defeat us?” Sugarcoat remarked, baffled and a bit amused.

Sour Sweet just laughed. “You girls sure are funny!”

“Huh? What did we do?” Pinkie asked, not getting it.

“She means that it’s amusing that you actually think your going to win.” Twilight stated, a bit smugly.

“We are!” Sunset insisted.

“Please, I’ve done the math and the chances of you girls winning this competition and defeating the best team around or less then .07%. Get the picture?” Human Twilight told them, bluntly as her eyes narrowed which made them flinch with hurt expressions.

“Yeah, she’s done the math and I understand it all!” Sour Sweet boasted. Sunny Flare just shook her head at them with a flat expression, indicating that she didn’t.

“Come on Twilight, let’s go, we got better things to do then talk to these losers.” Lemon Zest said, smugly.

“What did you say!?” Rainbow snapped, angrily. Pinkie and Applejack had to hold her back before she could do anything.

“You heard us.” Indigo Zap stated. “Face it, you namby-pamby Wondercolts don’t have chance against us.”

“Is that so?” Sunset inquired, seriously.

“Yeah, I mean… your weak, you know?” Sour Sweet told them, bluntly and smugly angering the Wondercolts even more. “Your school has never won against ours, so there’s no chance that making you girls the new team will make any difference.”

“We’ll see about that!” Rainbow Dash stated, firmly.

“Yes, we will.” Sugarcoat nodded. “Let’s go, girls.”

The Shadowbolts then began to turn and walk away, though Sour Sweet gave them a raspberry before running off and Human Twilight glared at them for a little while long before turning and leaving also. Fluttershy began to step forward and tried to call out to her but Applejack put a hand on her shoulder and shook her head, stopping her.

As the Shadowbolts walked away, their Principal; Sombra watched them go while leaning against the wall and smirking before turning to the Wondercolts.

“Well that certainly went well, I trust you’ll all keep this too yourselves won’t you?” Sombra said to them, with a sinister grin. “Wouldn’t want to disturb the peace and ruin your school’s reputation more then you already have, this is a friendly competition after all.”

“Hey! They started it…” Rainbow began.

“I think they would disagree.” Sombra pointed out. “And unless you want me to pull a few strings and have Principal Celestia fired for your aggressions, you’ll cease any hostilities with my Shadowbolts until the games begin, am I clear?”

Rainbow growled in frustration, Principal Sombra practically had them wrapped around his finger and she knew it, and so did the others, and they certainly didn’t want Celestia to be fired because of them so there was only one thing left to do.

Sunset stepped forward and sighed. “Crystal, sir.”

Principal Sombra smiled, pleased. “My favorite word… well, ta-ta! And good luck in the games, it should be most enjoyable,” he mused as he turned and began walking away, leaving the Wondercolts alone.

A little while later, the Wondercolts team were all standing around the horse statue that acted as the portal to their world and Equestria, with smoothies in their hands and depressed and empty looks on their faces. Sunset also held in her hand the book she used to talk to Twilight and pondered what do to. They all looked pretty down on themselves, except for Rainbow who kicked the side of the statue in frustration.

“Ugh! I can’t stand it!” Rainbow exclaimed.

“Calm down, Rainbow.” Applejack urged her.

“Calm down!? Did you hear what those Shadowbolts said to us?” Rainbow questioned, angrily. “I did, and they were dissing us A.J! Big time!”

“Indeed! They acted so… smug! And arrogant!” Rarity huffed, upset. “And it’s infuriating to be insulted in such a manner!”

“Even Twilight brushed us off like we were nothing!” Rainbow added.

“That wasn’t Twilight!” Fluttershy said, loudly.

“She’s right, it was just someone who looked like her, the version of her who lives in this world.” Sunset reminded. “Remember?”

“Yeah… I know… but… it’s still gonna be hard to compete against her, because she looks so much like Twilight… it feels like we’re competing against her!” Fluttershy expressed.

Applejack nodded and scratched her head. “Yeah… I know what you mean, competing against someone with the same face as your friend… sure can mess with your head something fierce!”

“No kidding…” Rainbow agreed, beginning to feel depressed, as she slumped against the wall of the statue and slid down.

Rarity turned to Sunset. “Darling, maybe you could… you know… write to Princess Twilight about this? See if she can help?”

“I… don’t wanna disturb her… she is a Princess and all…” Sunset Shimmer glanced away, looking upset. “Besides, it would get kinda confusing if she came and their we’re suddenly two Twilight’s walking around.”

“Oh… I see your point…” Rarity sighed, while sitting down.

“Man… this stinks!” Pinkie remarked as she sunk down to the ground.

“I hear that…” Applejack agreed as she followed suit.

“Yeah…” Fluttershy added as she joined the others, who all shared a collective sigh of depression.

“Come on you guys! We can’t back down now! The whole school is counting on us!” Sunset Shimmer urged them.

“But… I don’t know if I can compete against Twilight…” Fluttershy said, nervously.

“It’s just her counterpart Fluttershy, nothing more, and to be blunt this Twilight… was never our friend.” Sunset told her.

Rainbow then stood up. “Yeah. She’s right! The Twilight we know helped us, united us! She helped us save the whole freaking world for crying out loud!”

“And she also put me back on the right track and for that, I owe her own.” Sunset added, firmly before looking at her book. “And someday… I’m gonna pay her back.”

Applejack then stood up and put a hand on her shoulder. “We’re all going to!”

“That’s right! Like Rainbow Dash said; Twilight is the one who united us all and we owe it to her to try and help this other version of her see what friendship is all about!” Rarity agreed, as she and the other stood up as well.

“Just like she did for all of us!” Pinkie Pie smiled.

“Exactly.” Fluttershy nodded, also smiling.

“And if we combine our strength, we won’t lose to those guys ever again!” Rainbow Dash declared. “We’re definitely gonna defeat the Shadowbolts win the Games! No doubt about it!”

“Alright girls, who are we?” Sunset Shimmer began, pumped up like the rest of them.

“Canterlot Wondercolts!” They all cheered before pumping their fists into the air, in front of the horse statue. “Yeah!”

As they cheered with joy and hugged, the other Twilight Sparkle watched them from behind the corner. She couldn’t hear what they were saying but her suspicions of them were growing and her eyes slowly narrowed as she continued to spy on them from afar...

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