Midnight Parallel

Luna galloped into the spa, looking around for Twilight. “We are looking for a unicorn that looketh like Twilight Sparkle without her wings or Cutie Mark. Hast she been here?” She asked Aloe, looking around nervously.

“Why yes,” Aloe said getting up from behind the desk. “Right this way.”

“Good, we must find her as soon as possible.”

Aloe knocked on the steam room door. “We have another visitor!” She called cheerfully. “Give her the full treatment!” She then turned around and ushered Luna inside. “She’s right in here.”

Luna walked in to find exactly who she was looking for. “Twilight, We hast been looking all over for you.” Twilight turned around to reveal a changeling face.

“Why?” It asked, looking up innocently. “Do you need me for something?” She then quickly spat out enough webbing to completely encase Luna. “Huh, I guess it was nothing.” She walked out of the steam room and called to the fake Aloe. “Call the Queen. We got another one!”

Midnight had tried as hard as she could to rally a group of ponies to help her stop Discord, but most of them would not believe that Fluttershy would even try to cheat on him. Those who did believe it was even possible, followed her towards the spot she pointed them to, only to find that there was nothing. They all dismissed it as a bunch of hooey and went back to their normal lives. However, they did wonder why Discord had turned the clouds to cotton candy again, but they figured he was pulling a prank and would turn them back within the hour. Midnight walked along the edge of town, wondering what possibly could have happened, when she stumbled upon a rock farm where more pink clouds than usual were hovering over one pony in particular.

Gold Digger was hitting the rocks half-heartedly, when she heard a voice yell, “Geronimo!” She looked up with a start to find a pile of bricks raining down overhead. Twilight watched as she scattered away, slipping on a banana peel in the process. Looking up, she found Discord and his daughter rolling with laughter. She watched as the purple and white pony turned to her father as he said, “Classic! That’s a classic!”

She begged her father, “Can we make it rain now, Dad?” Bouncing up and down at the same time. “Can we, can we?”

“Already?” He said, mildly surprised.

“Yeah! But I’ve something better than chocolate milk!”

“I don’t know what could be better, but go ahead.”

Midnight heard a snicker and saw a new group of clouds appear out of nowhere, dripping a purple substance onto Gold Digger. With a scream, he ran away from the cloud with his hair quickly turning the same shade of purple. Midnight quickly realized what it was and turned to talk with the two delinquents, only to find them all three of them zapping away. She looked around for them for a couple minutes before giving up hope and walking slowly towards the forest. Then she heard a voice. “Hi!”

Sunset trotted out of the Everfree forest to find Midnight sitting on the ground, looking up at the sky. As she watched, Discord, Screwball and Zany teleported away, leaving Midnight in awe. Sunset hid behind a rock as Midnight began searching the farm for any trace of them. When she finally stopped, she hung her head and started walking back towards the Everfree. “Hi!” She said walking up towards her. “My name is Sunset Shimmer. Perhaps you can help me.”

“Um, okay.” She said, looking around. “My name is Midnight Sparkle.”

“No it’s not.”

“What do you mean?” She said, looking around nervously.

“I know what you are doing here, and more importantly, how to get you home.”

“Really?!”

“Yeah. Until then, you will have to stay Midnight Sparkle though; otherwise people will start wondering why there are two Princesses. Especially if one has no wings or Cutie Mark.”

“Why?”

“Because, we don’t want ponies like Lyra Heartstrings trying to get there.”

“Oh, okay.”

“Wait, what is my name?”

“Why are you asking me that?”

“How do I know we can trust you? You might just be out to hurt me and Spike.”

“Your name is Twilight Sparkle and your pet dragon over there used to be a dog.”

“Okay, you pass.”

They started walking towards the Library.

“How were you able to change your coat like that anyway?”

“What do you mean? Isn’t it natural for everypony to be able to do this?”

“Why in the wide, wide world of Equestria would you think that?”

“Because I’ve never seen any pony who was pink, or any other color for that matter, who hadn’t had its fur dyed in some way.”

“We were all born with these colors; we don’t just get to choose in any color we want.”

“Oh, okay.”

“So, I’ll ask you again. How did you change your coat color?”

“Well, I just sort of concentrated and my magic made it happen. I was just standing in an alley when…”

“Hold on, we’re here.”

They arrived at the Library to find Twilight and her friends galloping away at full speed. “Wait!” Sunset called, trying to get their attention. “Agh! They can’t hear me!” They trotted into the Library, not noticing a certain unicorn carrying an encased Princess Celestia and Princess Luna out the back door.

Colgate trotted out of the Library, levitating the two cocoons behind her as she headed for the train station. “Why did Chrysalis want these ponies taken back to Canterlot?” She mumbled to herself. “It’s not like they’re going anywhere.” With a hypnotic spell on the ticket master and the conductor, she was off. “I guess I’ll just have to find out when I get there.”

Midnight and Sunset began rummaging through the Library for any sign of what the others could be running towards. While they were looking, Midnight asked, “Sunset, do you know who Discord is?”

“Yes…” She said hesitantly. “Why do you ask?”

“Because I saw his wife kissing a mean old stallion from Canterlot.”

“WHAT?!”

“It’s true. In the short time I knew her back at CHS, I never would have thought of her capable of that. Apparently, I was wrong.”

“That can’t be right.”

“What can’t?”

“I was visiting his castle to see if he could find you, but when I got there, he and Fluttershy were having an argument about that very thing. Only, the thing was, Fluttershy had no idea what he was talking about.”

“What is a Discord exactly? He looks like a Zoo, put together into one animal.”

Sunset sighed and turned around. “Discord is a draconaquues, a magical creature that can bend reality. He, being the last of his kind, is the Lord of Chaos and terrorized Equestria three times before Fluttershy married him. Now he uses his magic for good, but only because of Fluttershy. Now that She has left him, or something else that we don’t know about has happened, He will most likely start transforming Equestria once again.”

“So… Not good.”

“Yeah, that’s pretty much sums it up.”