10. Two

Darkness.

Sunset opened her eyes; she was on a place oddly smelling like disinfectant the place was moving, she was on an ambulance, the paramedic that was there said.

“Okay, hold your breath, now let go the air.” She felt a sharp pain sensation when the paramedic was pulling the taser prongs, luckily for her, exhaling sort of dulled the pain. Then the paramedic, a woman on her high 20’s acted professional. When both prongs were out, she put them on a metal plate, and applied gauze soaked on Ethyl on the wounds, that made Sunset feel woozy… “ That’s normal, Ethylic Alcohol on your bloodstream can produce same effect as booze, enjoy it, lightweight…”

Slow traffic halted the Ambulance, the driver then connected the horn and the light-arc, the paramedic told Sunset “Keep calm, it’s just for the Traffic, I’m Teresa Tenderheart by the way.”  Sunset Shimmer, presented herself, then tried to shock her the hand but her arm was sore from the fight before and winced in pain.

“Stay still, don’t try to move. Relax, your stretcher is locked by metal bars, isn’t going anywhere…” Sunset felt comforted by Tenderheart’s maternal character.

“I-It’s Twilight Okay?”

“Twilight?” Teresa Tenderheart then noted the name on her rubber glove with a pen. “Thanks, when we left the Canterlot High School she still was unconscious. “We had just the strangest day, first we got general alert after two weirdoes embarked on a Spacecraft and took off to space, I believe they crashed it on an oil refinery… And now this, two teen girls, ducking it out on the campus. Oh yes, Twilight just lost her consciousness, you got her good, don’t think too much about it, but, why were you fighting?”

“Boys.” Replied Sunset

The Driver then answered a radio call then knocked on the separator glass, Teresa Tenderheart moved to the pane and slided it. The driver told her that Twilight, (on other Ambulance), just awoke, she seemed fine.

“Also she explained that the fight was just uhh ‘Filly things about Stallions’. We are checking on her on the Hospital.”

Sunset thought “She’s fine…”

The Ambulance hit a bump and shacked violently. Tenderheart then told the driver to

“Take more care, you aren’t carrying Potatoes, Snails!”

“Sorry.”

The Ambulance then stopped on the Hospital’s admission area, Teresa then, opened the doors, got herself down undid the latches, and when Snails got there, both slide the stretcher down the rails.

When the stretcher released it’s legs, Sunset was now at belt height, Snails then got back in to the Ambulance and took the bottle that was connected to Sunset’s arm, when he put the bottle on the bottle holder on the stretcher , they gone to the admission area, eventually stopping on a corridor, here, you’ll wait here for a moment.

“Teresa, I’ll like to incorporate…”

Teresa approached her, and reached below the stretcher, after moving a lever, a half section of the mattress hinged up to 45 degree “Better?” “Yes, thanks.” “Ok, I’ll go to book you in”

Sunset was then left alone on her own thoughts , she heard her own name on a familiar voice. “Sunset, it’s me! I’m here!”

“T-Twilight! Oh golly! I’m sorry for that of before…”

Twilight then got a hearty laugh. “If I learnt something of friendship, is to let slide those things I got riled too…”

“Then, water under the bridge?”

“Water under the bridge, Sunset! Oh, you can keep the Human Flash, I’ll prefer the pony anyways. Also what’s a CAT? Not the animal I mean.”

“A C.A.T. stands for “Computerized Axial Tomography” it’s a non-invasive method to analyse internal organs for injuries.”

“Non invasive my plot! They want to slice my brain!”

Sunset huffed and face palmed “It’s computerized, it just has an X ray tube that takes repeated pictures and the computer makes a 3D model of it…”

“Oh… then it’s fine I think.”

Sunset then put on a serious face “It’s not that fine, you can’t go around speaking of ‘fillies and Stallions’ here, for two small details, first, implying a sentimental relation with a Stallion can at least get you shunned, here Humans are the only conscious beings, so it’s a Human plus a Human, everything else is frowned upon don’t forget you are a Human now. The point number Two is about they finding you are an Ay Lee eyI Ee eN, then you can kiss your ass goodbye because you’ll get Tomographed without X-ray machine, just a very sharp knife. Point got home?”

Stunned, Twilight just nodded. “Point in home, I can’t let them CAT me. They can find something…”

Sunset then told Twilight to approach her, then she got near her ear and whispered. “We have to do this…”

The doctors got to where Twilight was, still besides Sunset.  “Hi I’m Dr Stable, Did you had a C.A.T. before?”

“Can’t say I did…”

“Please just a yes or not would be necessary.”

“…No Dr Stable”

Dr Stable then gave to Twilight a Document on a black support, also gave her a biro.

The Document had a space for her to type her name, then below were many checkboxes

With many conditions, she filled it like Sunset told her to do, She now was Twilight Sparkal, who had a metal hip, allergic to I.V. Contrast and a lack of tolerance to radiation.

Then she was asked to sit on a wheelchair and pushed on the C.A.T. area, her Document was took back. Twilight stood there waiting, idly twiddling her fingers… Doctor Stable walked to her. “Ms Sparkal, we discussed it, you can’t be scanned, we’ll put you on a bedroom and tomorrow I’ll check on you, I’m also a psychiatrist we’ll got you sorted out in no time…

Twilight then relaxed, she was off the hook until the next day…

When she got out of the C.A.T. waiting room she found Sunset Shimmer standing before a TV watching the news “… then the Shuttle collided with the Space Station Alpha, killing all of the Astronauts there, later it re-entered on the North Sea were it crashed on BP oil rig exploding and killing everybody ecologists are saddened about th…” Sunset powered off the TV… “Twilight! How did it go?”

“Em, they can’t scan me, the metal implant…”

Sunset then puts her arm on Twilight’s shoulder Twilight told Sunset that she was due to spend the night on the hospital and be checked by a psychiatrist the next day. Also she defused the situation with the Police before on the ambulance “So, you’re free to go, but tomorrow I have to try to keep suspictions away…”

“Nah, you would be free to go before dinner. Come with me to this bathroom.”

In the bathroom, after locking the door Sunset starts removing her hair pins “I’ll make your hair so you look like this world’s Twilight”

“But I don’t have glasses…”

“ Meh, you just had your eyes fixed with laser, you don’t need them anymore…”

“Okay then…”

After some minutes, Sunset did Twilight’s hair so she looked like Human Twilight “that was fast…”

“Yep it was, I don’t want to comb mine much either…”

Both came out the Bathroom looking great, Sunset’s hair looked a la Pinkamena while Twilight was a carbon copy of her twin minus the glasses, but now she had it covered.

Twilight got near Sunset’s ear “And now?”

“Now we walk out.”

“Just that easy?”

Sunset smiled, dear Twilight, you still have a lot to learn of this world, you just shut up and keep calm.”

“Nice, I’ll shut up and keep calm”

Both keep on walking, when they are about to leave the hospital, they see a policewoman twisting her hat with her hands. “Hi Sunset, look Twilight talked to me, you were just arguing about boys, I shouldn’t had to tase you I-I’m sorry.”

“That’s water under the bridge Barbara, right Twilight?” Twilight smiled meekly.

The three of them hugged, Barbara then looked at Twilight’s hair “Nice hair Twilight!”

Twilight then blushed furiously while twiddling her feet and looking the particularly interesting floor.

“Thanks, I did it in a moment, it was the bare minimum I can do to compensate her” commented Sunset.

“Wow she looks great, you have to do mine someday.”

Sunset smiled “Try to stop me, just not with the taser.”

Sunset then walked out of hearing distance then commented to Twilight “Ok, now we can go.” Twilight wasn’t there, she was still with Barbara, Sunset turned around and whistled to Twilight, who then walked towards Sunset.

“What do you think? I’m not a dog, look, you need to learn a lot about friendship I can teach you, it’s sort of my think.”

Outside the Hospital, there was the bus station. Sunset told Twilight that that station had a programmed stop for bus #42, that also stopped on the CHS campus.

“Twilight, let’s sit on the bench, our bus is the 42.”

“Sunset, what’s a bus?”

“Twilight, what I told you on the Hospital? Shut up before you put us again in deep shit, it’s a public transport, like a train but no tracks.”

“Oh, sorry and thanks…”

The 42 bus arrived, both stood up, got inside, Sunset then pressed on a pad with her thumb. “There, doing this it scans your fingerprint, knows who are you and charges your trip.”

Twilight then Sheepishly mimics Sunset action, when the machine bleeps Sunset turns around and before she shouts at Twilight looks at the screen. “Cool, same fingerprint as this world’s Twilight. I hope she doesn’t mind on her monthly stipend being reduced by a trip.”

Sunset then stares at Twilight “Don’t do that again, Capicce?”

“Geese, fine…”

Sunset keep on staring, “It’s geez, no geese…”

“I’m ne….” Twilight then remembered on what Sunset said to her about spilling that bean in particular…”

Sunset put on an amazed grin “Knew you could do it, I’ll give you a treat when we get to my room.”

Twilight rolled her eyes at Sunset’s condescendence and mimicked a dog “Arf!”

When Sunset seen the outline of the CHS she stood up for getting out at the next stop, she then found Twilight was up too “I was there, I know how the Canterlot High School looks.”

“He, clever girl.”

They, at the stop, get out the bus, after a walk, they arrive to the Sorority house, Twilight knew it too, on her second trip there she slept there .

“Okay Twilight, I’ll tell you that sleeping facilities are few, so I propose we bloody flip a coin.” She gets a 25 cent one from her wallet. “Heads, I get the bed tails you get the bathtub.”

Twilight quickly corrected Sunset. “The first time I slept on the couch on the low floor… I can still slept there, right?”

“Twilight, but I sleep there…”

“You don’t have a room?”

“Yes, but Lyra, my roomie, is an unbearable Featherbrain, she just stares at her hands and keeps saying ‘dude’ it’s creepy.”

“Pwease, it just would be for a couple of days, do it for me…”

“Ookay… But stop putting those eyes on me, can’t get angry with you… You’re too damn cute.”

Twilight tried to tease on Sunset “I’m cuuuteeee… Don’t forget it you like meeee.”

“Please, I tolerate you…”

“Geez, you’re such a party popper”

“See? ‘geez’,  you can learn”

“I am a smart Monkey…”

Inside the house, there was Pinkie who was acting like a mix of Pinkie and a Squirrel , so the usual Pinkie Pie. “Hi Sunset, hi Alien Twilight…” Sunset then grabbed Pinkie’s collar. “How do you know? You can’t let that slide no more. “She’s obviously an Alien, he body looks Human, but isn’t made with human materials, so, no human, she’s an (looks at Twilight) Small horse?” Twilight corrects “Pony” Pinkie smiled “I knew it.”

“Pinkie, you can’t let it slide again, because if it does and the government notices her, she would be DEAD do you get it.”

A big and teary-eyed Pinkie nods slightly with her mouth plugged with Sunset’s hand “Eww Pinkie stop drooling on my hand!” Then Sunset extricated her hand from Pinkie’s maw.  Liberated now, Pinkie turned towards Twilight. “ Hey Twilight, think fast, how much are one million plus one million?”

“Two million.” Said Twilight in deadpan.

Pinkie then did some additions on her fingers. “Wow you’re fast, also, nice Maud impression.”

“You know? She’s right.” Said the actual Maud Pie who came meet them.

Pinkie kept going on, “Now that there’s two of you, we have to sort you out you can be ‘Twolight’ or did you read ‘Coraline’? You can be ‘The other Twilight’…”

Twilight restrained herself while Sunset approached Pinkie. “What did I say about you spilling the beans?” Sunset then closed her right hand in a fist “…Hold your horses, just Maud heard me, we’re safe…” Sunset then relaxed and her fist opened.

“Okay, I’ll believe you…”

Sunset got herself away of Pinkie’s field of vision. Pinkie took it as a clue to continue her verbal barrage to Twilight. “Hey Twilight! You want to help me make some Cupcakes?” Then produced one from her hair and gave it to Twilight who checked it.

“This is a Cupcake, you seem to make them fine by yourself.”

Pinkie was now giggling wildly. “You’re like a car full of clowns, you keep going on impersonating my sister.” Pinkie then got serious “Eat the fucking Cupcake already!”

Twilight tentatively gave it a nibble, it’s insides were Rainbow coloured it had a tart and insolent taste. But not bad at all “mhh. Not bad at all Pinkie”

“I know…”

Twilight was licking her fingers when Rainbow Dash came to the room they were.

“Hi Pinks, Sunset, Twilight… Hey didn’t you were on Crystal prep?”

Pinkie then commented, ”No silly, she completed her studies and moved to Canterlot. Also this is Twolight, not Twilight.”

Dash then half closed her eyes and inspected Twilight “Twolight? It can slide, I suppose…”

Sunset then interrupted. “Pinkie, she can now, in fact everyone on this home can know after all they had already been exposed to Equestrian magic.”

“So they can’t know and now they can? Cut the cheese Sunset!”

Sunset blushed. “Sorry Pinkie, for the hypocrisy I suppose I got riled up, again…”

“No hard feelings, but I still want cheese, I’m hungry!”

“Okay girls, get on a circle, I’ll have to tell you a delicate topic.”

After an hour of Sunset going on, she concluded. “Did bring Twilight here to brainstorm with Twilight about what happened to my version of this world.” “Dimension.” Corrected Twilight.

“Yes, Dimension, everyone likes to be corrected.”

Rarity who was there asked, “So, Twilight darling, what’s the difference between a world and a Dimension? Aren’t they interchangeable?”

“Not even by a long shot a world is that, a world, that by definition is just a planet, a finite surface. A Dimension on the other hoof is another whole Universe with infinite life sustaining able worlds, there are infinite Dimensions were you could pass your whole life without noticing any difference, while there are Infinite Universes that are mind bogglingly different, even absurd universes were we are Sea Ponies, or live on the stars after our birth world exploded. Things absurd like the Magic on this universe.”

Twilight was cut short by the doorbell ringing. Fluttershy approached to the door looked from the peephole, and nervously turn around

“Um it’s Twilight, quick! Hide The Twilight!”

Twilight then protested “Hey I’m not a sort of time machine on the far past! There’s no need for that!”

Fluttershy kept insisting, “This world version of you is knocking at the door and we’re on the doorway chit-chatting.”

They all then pushed the protesting Twilight in the coat closet, and closed the door, minus Fluttershy who was ready to open the entry, when she got the ready signal she opened the door.

Twilight was greeted by the bad poker face Fluttershy had on.

Fluttershy asked “Umm. Hi… Twilight what bring you here? Umm, doing sciencey stuff?”

“No, but I want to try magic, do you have any?” Twilight now produced a device shaped like a PDA with a couple of rabbit ear antennas, she passed Fluttershy and came inside, the doo-hickey Twilight had emitted constant beeps, they become higher pitched the nearest she was to the coat closet “What do you girls store here?”

“Coats” replied Fluttershy.

“Sure” Twilight then opened the door and stared at herself, her contraption now emitting a constant high-pitched tone. “Nice coat… May I try it?”

Fluttershy, on the brink of crying, left the house, she got to the swing under an oak.

“I’d like to be a tree, life would be simpler then.” She kept on moping until Applejack came out.

“Hey fluttershy here you are! Come inside it’s getting mighty cold out here, we are just talking, even Twilight fixed us some coffee, not bad at all…”

Fluttershy had that meek smile of her.  “Okay but I never liked coffee…” Both entered, Fluttershy heard some words. Complicate stuff.

“So with this we create an Einstein-Rosen Bridge that allows us to travel instantly astronomic distances, but in theory won’t allow us to move between Dimensions… I want to crack this nut.”

Sunset told her. “Ehm, Twilight” Pinkie interrupted “Twolight!” Sunset corrected “Yes, thanks Pinks. We before decided to call you Twolight to avoid confusion, also, when we were coming back to this dimension we sort of lost your activator thing in a black hole”

Astonished, Twolight asked Sunset “You had been on a Black hole? Did you reach the singularity separator? How you escaped this black hole?”

“Thanks to the third button of your activator you were right it came handy, we threw it before it blew on the black hole, it threw us out.”

Fluttershy told “Poor black hole… He was just hungry and alone on the stars…” Both Sunset and Twilight replied at unison “It tried to eat us.” Fluttershy then hid under the table slowly but came back to pick her mug. “Um good coffee.”

Proud, Twolight replied, “Thanks it’s my special blend of Blue Mountains and Taurine… It keeps me going on and on and on… Up to the infinite. I even got some prepared doses bagged on my pocket want some?” Uhh no thanks, said the other six, hey. Where’s Rainbow?

At the south, near Appleoosa, was Rainbow Dash surpassing a high-speed train running on foot “This coffee feels amazing!” She even did Pony up and take off to the sky breaking the sound barrier. Both the Appleoosans and the ‘Buffalo’ tribe reserve heard the sonic boom.