In the human world.

Why did everything have to be so complicated she thought. Sunset was feeling a mix of emotions right now. She cared about Sonata, but Applejack seemed to be giving her mixed signals right now. Sunset was sure that Applejack and Rarity had romantic feelings for each other. They were always connected at the hip lately.

What was more concerning was how absent Princess Twilight's messages were in the journal lately. It was until after the events of the Friendship games that she finally managed to contact Sunset. When she heard the name Starlight Glimmer, her blood started to boil. That was her brother's old friend from when they were younger. She had felt like Starlight was always trying to steal time with her brother. It used to piss her off until Twilight explained what had happened and the whole deal with Time Travel.

Sunset realized that Starlight had more untapped potential then both her and Twilight combined.

Everyone was so excited to get to Camp Everfree. Sunset and the girls had to go get Twilight before they missed the bus that was going to take them there. Apparently in class the other day, their match teacher Cranky Doodle couldn't wait for the next day either. They'd be out of his hair for a week or more, and he could go home to his wife Matilda, and just relax for once in his life. Out of all of his students, there were three girls that just got under his skin for some reason. Thank god they'd be at the camp with their sisters, he thought to himself as he got to his house.

Twilight's house.

"Come on Twi, wake up!", Sunset said as she knocked on the door. The others were close behind her, muttering to themselves about what they'd all do together once they got there. Sunset was about to knock again when the door creaked open. Spike had jumped up and pushed a chair next to the door in order to answer it if Twi wasn't able to get downstairs to answer it in a timely fashion. As soon as they were all through the door, he jumped up into Rarity's open arms for nice scratch behind the ears. He had no idea that his counterpart in the other universe had a crush on Rarity's pony counterpart, but he did get his own sense that he liked her for some odd reason over any of the other girls. As they all finished entering, Sunset turned and shut the door behind them afterwards.

"She's still asleep isn't she", Sunny asked Spike.

"Yes, and she's been having these horrible nightmares lately,", she could tell he sounded really worried with that last part. She wasnt dreaming about Midnight was she? Sunset thought to herself. Their friends had helped defeat her darker half at the Friendship Games. Or so they thought at least. To recap those events was something that Sunset didn't want to remember right now. She also remembered the feeling of wanting to touch one of the portals that had opened up, if only to be taken back home for the briefest moment, and feel the grass beneath her hooves, and the wind blowing through her mane. As much she loved being in this world, she was a pony trapped in a human body after all. The long she stayed here, the more home she had become. After the events here, she decided that after Camp Everfree it was time to return to Equestria and make amends for how she had hurt the one pony that cared for her like a mother.

She walked up the stairs to Twilight's bedroom, with the others trying to keep quiet as they followed behind her. Sunset opened the door and walked over to roust Twi from her sleep. It was easy said then done. She looked kind of peaceful the way she was sprawled out on her bed. Sunset softly smiled about it till she caught Rainbow Dash glaring daggers at her for it. She had forgetten that Dash and Twi had been dating since after the events of the Friendship Games. Apparently Dash was a loud snorer according to Twilight. They had just started talking about maybe getting a place to live together within the last two weeks.

Rainbow stopped glaring when she snapped herself out of it after Sunset came over and said she just thought it was cute the way Twi was sprawled out like that. Dash grinned sheepishly when she said that " Jumped the gun there didn't I?"

"It was an honest mistake to make," Sunset responded.

She didn't hold it against Rainbow for defending her girlfriend like that, Sunny would of done the same if she were in Dash's shoes. Of course her girlfriend probably would of busted down walls, let alone apple trees, if anyone looked at her in that way. Apparently neither of them had gotten around to telling their friends that her and Applejack were seeing each other. It was kind of awkward for both at first. It wasn't until Gym that Rarity found the two of them making out in the girls locker room at Canterlot High. She had entered the locker room after a tennis match to clean up when she heard odd sounds coming from one of the shower stalls. Each was a walk in with a door that locked from the inside in order to allow the girls their privacy. This one wasn't locked very well as she pushed it open to Sunny and AJ in the middle of the passionate kiss she'd ever seen another girl give someone. She also caught AJ glaring at her as stared at them gawking.

It was the 'turned around and dont fucking look back or tell anyone what ya saw' kind of look. And she didn't. At least not at the school. But AJ still found out that she had at least kept in their circle of friends. She wasn't as mad, but was still annoyed that Rarity had told Fluttershy. And apparently just Fluttershy, seeing that around that time, Pinkie had disappeared, and then shortly reappeared, and acted more aloof then usual.

Twilight woke from her dream to see all her friends standing in her bedroom, and to the pleasant sight of Rainbow Dash reaching her hand to her to help her get out of bed and get ready for the bus ride. The bus.. OH SHIT! she thought, today was the day that they all got together to make the bus to Camp Everfree. She grabbed a t-shirt Rainbow Dash handed her from the closet so as to get herself dressed. When she looked in the mirror to start undressing, she watched in horror as two black and purple sets of feathered wings extended from behind her, with an all too familiar face accompanying them.

"You'll never be rid of me Twilight," It hissed at her. Midnight Sparkle.

"But, We defeated you at the Friendship Games, how is this possible?!", she said under her breath.

"You didn't defeat me, you supressed me, that magic you stole from the others is from another world, another you that you've met now. And one that'll be instrumental in my return Twiligiht. You cant get rid of me in the sense your'e thinking of." Midnight wasn't just going to allow herself to be defeated that easily. She was up to something and Twilight was part of her plan. Imagine in the pony world if Twilight had used the Alicorn Amulet instead of Trixie, if she was faced with a situation so dire and that was the only to get out of it. Midnight Sparkle was forced to share the same body with the human Twilight, and that wasn't enough for her anymore. She required a body that was more powerful then that of a human, a body of an Alicorn.

And she had the perfect host in mind. The problem was getting there. Twilight felt a pair of hands start to shake her and turned to see Rainbow Dash standing over. That was when she realized she was lying on the bathroom floor. She had fallen asleep after those feathered Wings appeared. She also realized that Midnight was responsible. She couldn't affecting anything in the real world, but she could affect Twilight's dreams. It was something similar to Princess Luna's Dream Walking ability.

"Sorry i dozed off, " she said sheepishly.

"Eh, it's ok babe, let's just get ready before we miss that bus." Dash said as she turned around to let Twilight finishing changing clothes.

And with that she was dressed and ready to start the best time at camp they'd ever have. And experience something else there, something akin to a waking nightmare. Because Camp Everfree wasn't just a friendly place, it was a place mired in tragedy at one point in its history. Something had happened there about fifty years ago that no one has the courage to speak of, not even Principals Celestia and her sister Luna. They always been told not to venture from the Camp when it was dark out. Especially around midnight. It was said that something lurked in the lake, something that was not to be bothered at all.

They'd learn though. Sunset and her friends would come to hear that same tale when they got to camp after getting on the bus. Twilight and Dash sat together, while the rest of their friends were sitting in the seats in front and behind them. Lyra and Bon Bon were sitting in the seats parallel to them. Twi caught Bon Bon looking at Lyra kind of odd like as Lyra was reciting something with her eyes. Twilight's curiosity got the better of her as reached over and tapped Bon Bon on the shoulder.

"Hey Bon Bon, what is Lyra doing that for?", She asked. To which Bon Bon turned to whisper to her.

"She's convinced there's a creature at the school from some place called Equestria,", and as Bon Bon said this, Sunset picked up on it and started freaking out in her mind. How could that girl Lyra know about Equestria?!?, before calming herself down internally. Little did Twi, or Sunset know, was that the Lyra on the bus wasn't just an ordinary human, she was a pony like Sunset. She had been sneaking into the human world to study them for research back home. And it had all been permitted by Princess Celestia to gauge the progress and possible intent of the humans of this world. Humanity had existed in Equestria at one point but the entire race had disappeared around the time that Discord came to power.

Lyra looked up from her book for a moment and saw Twilight staring at her momentarily. She looked towards and saw SciTwi sitting with her. That was when it finally hit her. The one staring at her was "her" Twilight from Ponyville.

"Oh Hey Twilight,"Lyra said casually,"I didn't know you coming for a visit, i could have met you at your castle."Twilight's left eye twitched for a moment. How did she know about the Castle. That momentary silence was replaced with the epiphany that the girl sitting across from her and Twilight, was from Equestria, and not from the human world.

As if reading Sunset and Twilight's minds, Lyra switched places with Bon Bon so she could move closer to Twilight. "Celestia has me doing research here, she asked me to study the humans of this world and compare them to ones that used to exist back home." Lyra leaned over and hugged Twilight," When we get home we should get some hayburgers, catch up on old times."

In the back of Twilight's mind, she realized she liked that idea. It had been sometime since her and Lyra had hung out after Twilight had moved to Ponyville.

"I'd like that Lyra,", She said, hugging her back. Which for some reason drew a small bit of ire from Bon Bon. Twilight thought about it for a moment before it struck that maybe Bon Bon felt the same way about Lyra in this universe, that her ponyself felt about the mare back home.

It was later revealed that they were so chaotic, he was able to manipulate them into creating so much chaos, that they destroyed their entire race in a global war involving nuclear weapons. Twilight couldn't believe what she had just heard. She retreated back to her seat and turned to see a look of utter shock on Sunset's face.

But now was not the time to worry about that, this was the time to ready for all the fun that awaited them.

Author's Note

Ever since seeing the Legends of Everfree trailer, i got a Friday the Thirteenth vibe from just seeing Camp Everfree. It immediately made me think of Camp Crystal Lake from the Jason movies. Hope someone likes this. It'll get juicer in the later chapters. Right now i have some Lip Syncing to finish on Pinkamena in Source Film Maker.