Fluttershy vs. the Duplicate

It seems like forever since I built that portal into Equestria. Even though it was a week ago. I remember everyone's reaction. Freaking out because I was some life form they had never seen. It took Twilight to calm them down, saying I was harmless and that she "knew my kind." Whatever the hell that meant. I didn't care. I was just happy no one was freaking out anymore. Just proves everyone listens to royalty.

I got to meet 3 princesses, made 7 friends, and millions were interested in me. Particularly Twilight, who did all these experiments on me. I didn't even know what half of the machines were, which kind of freaked me out. Now that I think about it, all these events happened in just a week. And I'm already the most popular (and only) human in Equestria.

I was heading to Fluttershy's house today. Not because of the animals (the bunny's a pain in the ass), but because she said she wanted to show me something special. I knocked on the door. Fluttershy opened the door. "Oh! You came! Come inside!" she said.

"I've prepared my special tea for this special occasion." She was using the word "special" so much it almost made me uncomfortable. I wasn't really fond of the tea, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I drank it. As I took a sip, she pulled out a chest. It didn't take me long to figure out was what in there. "Is there money in there? Gold? Bits? Whatever you call them in this world?"

"No." she said. "Something better." I tried to think of what could be better than money. All I could think of was Sour Patch. She slowly opened it to reveal.... five necklaces and a crown.

"You wanted me to see some jewelry?" I asked. "My mom's got stuff like this at HER house."

"These aren't just jewelry." she said. "These are the ELEMENTS OF HARMONY!"

"Say what?"

"We use these to defeat villains and spread friendship all around the world." That was probably the most cheesy thing I've ever heard anyone say. And I've spent 12 years with my mom.

She held up one of the necklaces. "This one's mine! The Element of Kindness."

"That makes sense. And I'm in a world filled with talking ponies." I said. Fluttershy chuckled at that.

"Can I see it?" I said.

"Sure!" She handed the butterfly shaped element to me. It was shiny, had words inscribed on the back... Wait. Words inscribed on the back? I turned it over and found some weird ancient spell on the back. Great. Now this world had an ancient language no one would probably be able to pronounce even if they tried. Me, being the curious idiot I was, decided to read it.

"Siht si eht tseb cifnaf ni ecnetsixe dna fi uoy tnod kniht taht uoy era a daehpoop dna ylbaborp evah on efil."

"What's with the alien talk?" Fluttershy asked. I forgot I was reading it out loud. "I found some inscriptions on the back of your element. Some weird ancient language or something."

"Huh? Give me that." She took the element from my hand and saw the inscriptions. She then had a horrified look on her face. "It says 'DON'T READ' on the bottom!"

What? I didn't see that there before. Sure enough it was there. I didn't know if A.) It really wasn't there before, or B.) I was to focused on reading the chicken-scratch I barely noticed. I'm guessing it was B.

The Element then whirled and twirled and swirled and had a bunch of sparkly stuff surround it. I didn't know what was going on, and I could tell Fluttershy didn't either. "Has this happened before?" I asked, starting to fear for my life.

"N-no..." she responded, even more worried than I was. The element then blinded us in a flash of light, and when we could see again, I saw... Fluttershy?

"Fluttershy? Was this all just a prank?"

"Um, Caleb..." Fluttershy said... without her lips moving. That was odd. Then again, seeing what I just witnessed, I'm guessing odd was just the norm here. Did she have psychokinesis?

"I'm over here..." I turned to see... ANOTHER Fluttershy??? "Wait... I... Just... WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON?!" My brain was starting to hurt.

"I think the element just created a duplicate of me." said Fluttershy.

"Sure. I can add that to the list of things that have been downright insane today."

The duplicate then stood there for a couple of seconds, and flew out of the cottage. I was starting to get a huge headache. A clear sign I was thinking too much.

Fluttershy was scared out of her mind. She started to get anxious. "Oh my gosh! We need to tell the rest of my friends!"

I just stood there... In a daze... Thinking about pancakes...

"CALEB!!!" That snapped me out of zombie mode. "Come on, let's get my friends!"

"Do we have to now? It's getting late anyway. We should be off to bed. We can just tell them tomorrow." I said. At that point my goal was to get some sleep. I'd need it after what I just went through.

"But... but..." She started to calm down a little. "I guess you're right. I am a little exhausted." We said our goodbyes, and she prepared for bed. I left the cottage and went into the portal that transported me to a place where things made sense... my house. I buried myself in my blanket and went to sleep.

I kept having weird dreams about Fluttershy's duplicate. One of them involved a tutu. It wasn't pretty.

I woke up the next morning and returned to the place of insanity. After all, I figured things couldn't get any worse (or more mind screwy).

... I was wrong...