Partners in Crime

The two ponies that Applejack and Rarity bumped into looked a lot like them. One would easily confuse them as twins, but neither of them had a twin. The one who resembled Rarity looked exactly like her, and the one who resembled Applejack matched her except that her hat was brown rather than black.

Applejack's look-a-like greeted, "Howdy! I'm Applejack and this here is Rarity."

"How can there be two of us?" Applejack asked.

The other Rarity responded, "Applejack and I were in the middle of one of Twilight's magic explosions and got transported to what we think is an alternate universe."

That made sense. The doppelgangers couldn't have been from here. They even said Twilight used magic, but the Twilight in this world hated magic.

The native Applejack asked the alternate versions of herself and Rarity to give them a minute. After they were alone, she whispered to her Rarity, "if we can trick them into being seen by one of the guards, they will be arrested and we will no longer be wanted."

"The princesses know about alternate universes," Rarity pointed out.

"Fair point," Applejack admitted.

"Wait! How did they know we look like them while we are disguised?" Rarity realised.

Both criminals shared shocked expressions. Applejack told the other two they were finished and invited them to the mansion. She had no intentions of harming them. She didn't want to risk anything. They accepted, and the four ponies walked back to the mansion.

"This place looks absolutely gorgeous!" Rarity's alternate self exclaimed. She looked around the front room with starry eyes.

The alternate Applejack paid no attention to the decorations. She was to busy watching Rarity and Applejack suspiciously. She had a feeling that they were up to no good.

"I apologize for causing problems for you," the alternate Rarity said, "We really do not know how we ended up in this universe."

Rarity replied, "It's no problem at all. In fact, this is very interesting. Although I do wish I could help you return home."

The alternate Rarity responded with a grateful smile. The alternate Applejack rolled her eyes. She wanted to get home as bad as the alternate Rarity did, but she wasn't going to trust ponies that look like her and her friends.

It want long before night fell. The guests were given a room to stay in for the night. The alternate Rarity slept soundly, but her friend spent all night staring at the door. She barely knew them, but she already had a bad feeling about them.