She's Me, But A Girl?

"Yes... Finally..." Twilight says, putting the last touches on the small, circular object. "It is complete!!" She does an evil laugh for a few seconds before the voice of her assistant and best friend, Spike, is heard

"Twilight, what the hell are you doing?" Spike asks. The last few years had made him taller and more... the best word is humanoid. His spikes on the top of his head were slicked back, and he was wearing a T-shirt with the logo of Reservoir Colts, his favorite film.

"Hmm? Oh, Spike!" Twilight says, walking up to her best friend. "I'm just putting the finishing touches on a spell. If it works, we may be able to travel across the MULTIVERSE!" An echo emphasizes the last word.

"Which means?" Spike asks, making a 'Go on' gesture with his hands.

"We'll be able to travel through time, space, and even dimensions!" Twilight says. She's bouncing around like Pinkie Pie, except with a more determinable pattern. "Isn't that exciting?"

Spike blinks several times. "Uh... sure. Look, I need to send the princess a letter about whatever the heck it is that you intend to do, and then I'm taking Rarity to the movies."

Twilight looks at him confusedly. "Rarity?" she asks, staring Spike straight in the eyes. "You're taking Rarity-"

"To the movies, yes. But only as a friend. I wish it were more, as you can probably guess." Spike says with a sigh. He perks up again. "Anyway, let's get this show on the road, il mio amico."

"Okay, Spike. I wish you'd tell me where you learn all of these languages." she mutters, walking up to the portal. She starts saying, "A gurgite massa spatium, nos peregrinari ad locus. Tempus, posse mundi, nostri fata potest EXPLICATUS!" after which her horn starts glowing, and the portal is lifted into the air. it starts flashing. Spike starts jotting down several notes about the experiment, including the unnatural liquid mass forming inside the spherical object. Suddenly, the swirling mass explodes outwards. It blasts Spike and Twilight against the walls of the Library. Then, as quickly as it had happened, it ended. They land on the floor and look at each other, then the flaming spot on the floor where the portal once was. The fire was green, similar to Spike's.

"Huh. I thought there'd be an alien or something." Spike says. He walks up to the fire and stamps it out. Suddenly a large flash occurs, blinding Spike for several seconds. When he opens his eyes, he's face-to-face with a purple. feminine face with long, green "hair" made of spikes. He screams, and she does too.

"WHOA! Enough screaming, you fools!" Twilight yells. They stop.

Spike moves his arm to where it's perpendicular to his body. She does too. He cocks his head to the side, and she does too. He steps to the side, and she does too. He taps her on the forehead, and she grabs his hand. "Enough of this! Who are you?" she asks, her voice light and friendly, albeit slightly annoyed.

"I should ask you the same, mademoiselle." Spike says, a boyish smile appearing on his face.

"Oh, sweet Artemis... I'm Spike." She says, still annoyed.

"Well, that makes two of us. I'm Spike too." He says, extending his arm.

"Oh my... this is fascinating. Keep her talking, she may be from another universe." Twilight says, writing something down.

"Wait, who's she? She sounds like my friend Dusk." the female Spike says. She walks over to her. "Looks like him too, except she's a mare. Also, where do you get off on calling yourself Spike?" She walks back to him and pokes him in the gut. He doubles over slightly and gasps.

"I didn't name myself, she did." Spike says, pointing at Twilight.

"What is this, some kinda joke? Dusk named me Spike FIRST, pal! 14 years, two months, four days, and..." she this for a second before being interrupted by Spike

"Six hours. I'm guessing you're not from around here." Spike says, putting his arm on her shoulder. She shrugs it off.

"No, I'm from Equestria." she says. Spike and Twilight look at each other.

"Um... this IS Equestria." Twilight says. "Wait... You're definitely from another universe! A different version of this world, where all of us have had our genders swapped." Spike's eyes shoot open.

"So, in this universe you're a stallion? And Rarity's a... OH LUNA, MY MIND!" Spike says before dropping to the ground on his knees and putting his hands on the sides of his head.

"Wow, you need to get him under control." the female Spike says to Twilight.

"Nah, he's just fragile when it comes to science and magic." Twilight says. Spike looks up at her.

"I am not! All that multiverse mumbo-jumbo makes me confused!" Spike says, getting up.

"I hope I can get back soon. I have to take Elusive to the movies... as a FRIEND for Solaris's sake!" the female Spike says.

"Okay, first off, you're in love with somepony that only treats you as a friend? And you have rulers named Solaris, like a Latin word for sun, and Artemis, Greek god of the moon? Wow, that's an oddly specific alternate universe." Spike says, his perplexed look gone.

"Yeah, our Spike's the exact same way." Twilight says, nodding.

"Huh... Weird. Anyway, can you find a way to get me home?" the female Spike says, looking at the unicorn.

"May take a week or two. In the meantime, Spike can take you around town. Get you associated with our world."

"Crap." say the two Spikes in unison.