Author's Note

I hope this chapter is better than the last one. I apologize for the terrible choice of name for this chapter. I...I have no explanation, as to why I did this. Sometimes you just do it.

Chapter 1: Where the plot deepens without creating any plot-holes and hopefully without any more horrible puns

Twilight looked down at her own hands, closing and opening them from time to time. She looked back at her wings, flapping them a little, before looking straight ahead again. That's when she noticed the three girls standing in the room, all looking up at her with various faces. The blue girl had a smile on her face and looked generally excited. She was also shaking in anticipation. The purple girl looked cautious and had taken a few steps back. Finally there was the orange girl, who was smiling smugly, a smile Twilight had seen often on people who used to bully her.

"Who are you?" she asked with power in her voice.

The three sirens looked at each other confused, before their leader spoke up. "Don't you recognize us, Twilight?"

"Recognize?" Twilight echoed. "I have never met any of you." she flew down towards the sirens and stopped in a few feet away.

"What do you mean, never met?!" Sonata exclaimed annoyed. "We-MMM!" Aria clapped a hand in front of Sonata's mouth, before the girl could say anything stupid.

"Maybe our little improvement, did something to your memories." Adagio mused.

"So, you ARE responsible for this." Twilight voiced what she had been thinking this entire time.

"Indeed." Adagio said and knelt down. "My name is Adagio Dazzle." she quickly gestured the sirens to do the same as her. "We're known as the sirens. I humbly apologize for the temporary amnesia we seem to have inflicted upon you, my lady."

"Your lady?" Twilight echoed once again.

"Indeed, you may not remember, but you defeated us once, when we tried to take over the world. Our defeat left us almost without any magic. We had not enough for us alone to enslave this pathetic world, but we were able to do some improvements on you, my lady."

"This is the second time you mentioned those "improvements". I want answers. What exactly did you three do to me and what are you expecting from me?"

This is it. Maybe it's good that she doesn't remember us. She won't hold any grudge against us.

"We provided you with the rest of our magic." Adagio explained. "As for the reason, we want you to be our leader."

"Your leader?" Twilight asked confused. "And you gave me this power?" she couldn't help but smile, when the energy crackled in her hands. It felt wonderful.

"Indeed, we did."

"And judging by your behavior" Twilight looked at the sirens with a devious smile "you want your share of power, once I conquered this world. And Equestria afterwards."

The hopeful look in the sirens' eyes was answer enough for Twilight. It made her laugh.

The sirens once again looked at each other, specifically at Adagio, silently asking: "What's up with her?"

Twilight in the meantime caught herself, and flew up a little, grinning down at the sirens. "I think I understand what happened. You thought I am the Twilight from Equestria, don't you? Well, too bad I am not."

"WHAT?!" All three sirens exclaimed. Aria was the loudest of the bunch.

"Ahahaha!! You didn't know? Equestria is a parallel universe. Every one over there is a human in this universe! You simply mistook me for my counterpart, who visits frequently this world."

From behind, Aria glared at Adagio. She had messed up once again.

"You want to conquer this world? Fine by me. Go ahead and try. I'm sure with your magic such a minor task, shouldn't be a problem. Oh, that's right. I am in possession of your magic now." Twilight grinned and began charging magic into her hand.

The sirens reacted just in time, before the magical, energy bolt could hit them. Instead it hit a lonely chair, which was then turned into a potted plant. Twilight faked a pout, as the sirens ran screaming out of the room. She was just about to chase them, but then thought of how it would only be a waste of time. She didn't know much about those girls, except that she could deduce that they were from Equestria and turned her into Midnight Sparkle again. And without their magic, they didn't really pose any kind of threat to her or her goal, really.

Without further ado, Twilight or rather Midnight, shot a hole in the ceiling and took off into the night.

In the meantime, in a closet in the mansion.

"Sonata?"

"Yes?"

"I take it back. Adagio is the worst."

Midnight easily found her way back to the hill, while flying over her hometown. On foot she would have probably arrived at home at sunrise. Like this it took her only an hour to return to her favorite stargazing spot, gather her equipment and then return back home.

When she landed in front of her house, she was about to step in, when she remembered her current attire. Frowning she used her returned powers to turn her appearance to that of her normal self, complete with glasses and crystal prep outfit. She frowned, looking down at her old school uniform. She had been wearing it out of habit and because she didn't own that many clothes. She looked like the weakling she used to be. And she didn't like it.

Grumbling, Midnight walked into the house and quickly sneaked upstairs, into her room. She smiled, when she found her dog and companion spike, blissfully snoring on her pillow. She made sure not to wake him, as she put away her equipment and turned on her desk lamp. Sitting down, she levitated her block and a pen towards her and started her newest project: The Magic of Friendship

"Friendship is Magic!"

Sunset's voice continued to echo through Midnight's head, as she furiously scribbled down notes. When Twilight first transformed into Midnight, she had been overwhelmed by the power she possessed and was ready to destroy her world as some sort of revenge on her former classmates, before she would go to Equestria, where she would learn everything about magic.

Her mind was so clouded, that she didn't realize that there were a lot of things that needed to be studied in her world. How did it came here in the first place? How was it affecting the environment? What could she possibly learn from Sunset Shimmer, who obviously knew something about magic? There was so much she could learn here, before setting off to Equestria. And then there was the one thing she did not understand at all. Magic of Friendship.

She could quite easily accept that Magic in itself was some sort of energy, a force or something along those lines that existed on its own in a parallel universe and could be manipulated like electricity. But from what her friend Sunset and her counterpart Princess Twilight told her, Friendship was an actual branch of the science of magic.

"...I can't belief I just wrote this down." Midnight mumbled to herself.. "Friendship...science of magic? But how else do I explain the magic coming out of six different people? Hmm...this warrants some experiments!" Midnight's eyes lit up for a second, when she said this.

Rarity had the feeling something was going to happen today. Of course it might have just been the new tea she tried out on behalf of the newest addition of her pool of friends. Twilight Sparkle was quite the timid girl, not as timid as Fluttershy, but definitely introverted. And sometimes a total dork. At her first sleepover at Rarity's place, the girl had wanted to follow the instruction of a book, word for word, including when the stories are supposed to happen, when and exactly how long a pillow fight was supposed to last. It took the girls quite a lot of persuasion, in order to get them to put the book away.

There was also the personal issue Rarity had with the girl. She had such beautiful hair and a beautiful body, but still bound her hair into that horrible old fashioned bun and still wore the crystal prep outfit along with it. Rarity wanted so desperately get the girl some decent clothing, yet the others convinced her not to pressure the girl into anything. She was still recovering from the events a couple of weeks ago. It took Sunset a long time too to recover from the Fall Formal incident, so Rarity could understand. That still didn't help her frustration.

"Sweetie Belle! It's time to get up!" Rarity called her younger sister from downstairs and heard the all too familiar groaning from upstairs. Rarity smiled, knowing that once she had been like her sister, but she had found ways to cope with standing up so early. A healthy sleep schedule, the monthly spa visit and a calming tea before bed.

Rarity placed herself on the kitchen table and read the newspapers, while at the same time carefully taking a bite out of her jelly bread. While mostly interested in the fashion industry, Rarity did keep an eye on the happenings around the world. And the potential danger of the girls being discovered, be it an honest to goodness journalist or a mad person.

Luckily there was nothing about them written in the newspaper, in fact there seemed to be nothing going on at the moment in the world, so she disregarded the entire thing completely and focused on her breakfast. Sweetie Belle arrived just in time, still in her pajamas.

"Good morning, Sweetie."

"Morning." Yawned a still tired Sweetie Belle, who slumped down on her chair and started making herself some cold cocoa of all things. Rarity never found out why her sister drank cocoa with milk out of the refrigerator, but that might just be a little quirk of her sister.

"Did you have fun yesterday?"

"Depends." Sweetie Belle shrugged. "It was fun, but Scootaloo wouldn't stop complaining 'bout our English assignment. Kept saying how it didn't make any sense that we learn about a language we already speak, you know?"

"Oh, almost everyone things that way at the beginning. Later you''ll appreciate the work you put into it now."

"That's what the teachers say." Sweetie Belle pointed out.

The sudden sound of the doorbell ringing, got both of their attention.

"A visitor? This early?" Rarity stood up and walked towards the entrance, which was located at her shop. Her parents watched after the shop, when Rarity was in school. Carousel Boutique was originally founded by her grandma, who sadly passed away last year. Now it was only Rarity providing the clothes. Business went down a little, but her father owned a Gun Company of all things, so money wasn't the problem until Rarity was old enough to open her own business.

Said girl opened the door and revealed: "Twilight! Spike! What a pleasant surprise! Please, do come in." Rarity fully opened the door.

Smiling, both Twilight and Spike entered the boutique.

"Hi Rarity." Twilight or rather Midnight replied, but her friend could not know as of now. "Sorry to barge in like that."

"Oh, it's no problem at all." Rarity bend down and gave Spike a scratch behind his ears, who affectionately rubbed his head against her palm. He already found out that she didn't like being licked, be it hand or any other body part.

"Who is it?" Sweetie Belle's voice came from the kitchen.

"It's Twilight, Sweetie." Rarity replied, before turning towards her friends. "Now then, what brings you here?"

"Oh, nothing major. It's just something that's been bothering me for quite a while." If you can call 6 hours, a while.

"What is it, darling? You haven't suddenly started popping up pony ears too, have you?" Rarity asked with a hint of amusement in her voice.

"No, nothing like that."

"Not yet." Spike added his two cents, earning him a look from Twilight.

"What? I have seen enough movies to know how this ends. You're the very definition of a mad scientist."

Twilight rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to Rarity, who couldn't stifle a giggle.

"I'm sorry, darling. I couldn't help but imagine Spike being the result of a Frankenstein experiment."

"Urgh." Twilight facepalmed.

Spike even got up on two legs and did his best to walk like Igor, Frankenstein's assistant.

After Rarity had a good laugh, Twilight spoke up immediately.

"Anyway, I know you don't normally open your shop so early, but I hoped you might help me pick out a new everyday outfit."

Rarity's mind came to a screeching halt, before her eyes literally began to sparkle. She grabbed her friend's arm and pulled her deeper into the boutique.