Alternate World Of Opposites

Applebloom wiped the sweat off of her head as she pushed the last bucket of apples into the wagon. "That's the last of 'em!" She said, falling to her hooves. She's been working all day, and she never got a chance to play. Applebloom beamed with happiness as Apple Jack came by, checking on her progress. "Thank Celestia you're here! Can I take a little break? Please????" Applebloom said, turning on her puppy eyes. "I'm sorry, sugarcube. But that's not the last batch yet." The orange pony said, pointing at another part of the sanctuary. "Besides, we still have lots of work to do! We've barely even started!"

Applebloom's eye twitched. Barely even started? BARELY EVEN STARTED??? She's done so much already, she didn't think it could get even worse. "Your next chore is to feed the pigs, oh, and don't forget to feed the chickens too!" Applejack gave her a small checklist. But as she unfolded it, it wasn't small at all. Aplebloom was furious, she's never done this much work before! "Why am I doing all this?? I haven't done thi much before and now you're making me do all your work!?"

"Look, it ain't my fault." AJ said, trying to calm her little sister. "Big Mac's forehoof broke, remember? I have to do the chores he can't do and help him with the ones he can! Plus, you're a growing girl, don't you want to learn how I handle the farm?" Applejack trotted off to the barn, getting ready to do her next chore. Applebloom fell to the ground, exhausted.

"I can't believe this! I'm just gonna take a little break." She said. Applebloom then went off to town to look for her comrades.

"I'm back!" Sweetie Belle said, unstrapping her saddlebag. "I delivered them all to the ponies you asked me to, Rarity!" She set the saddlebag on the end table near the door and awaited her sister's reply. "Rarity? Rarity?? RARITY!!!!"

After a couple of seconds, the light grey unicorn finally came running down the stairs, surprisingly messy. "I'm so sorry, darling! I'm just so behind on my orders that I can't clearly focus! I'm so, so, sorry I had to ask you of all this." She said, trying to fix her mane.

"It's fine, I've got nothing to do today anyways." Sweetie Belle said. "So, what do you want me to do next?"

Rarity thought about it for a while, and finally remembered that she already made a list of things to do for her. "Wait right here!" She said, trotting up the stairs. Once she came down, she gave Sweetie a clipboard with loads of papers clipped onto it. Sweetie's mouth was wide open, trying to read some of the things written on the list....

......5. Ask Spike to ~~give Rarity a massage~~ let us borrow some gems and we'll give him more soon......

......17. Deliver Derpy's 'Special Muffin Dress' NOTE: Do NOT eat the muffins off the dress!!!....

........22. Buy fabric.....

....23. ~~Spy on Rainbow Dash to see if she's actually doing anything girly~~Buy even more fabric......

....so on so forth. "Good luck, darling!" Rarity said as she quickly trotted back upstairs to continue making more clothes. Sweetie Belle sighed. "So much for not having anything to do today." She scanned the list once again, looking for a place she could squeeze in a little break. "Well.....I could spend a little time relaxing somewhere when I give back the fashion magazine to Twilight right here at number 6." Sweetie nodded at her plan, also giggling at the fact that Rarity clearly crossed out "how to make cats like you better" to make it look like she didn't borrow such a thing.

Sweetie stopped giggling and followed all her orders and went for a break just like how she planned.

Scootaloo raced on as she was being chased by predators. The breeze she felt before turned into fast wind that hit right into her face. She wiped the sweat off as she ran, but it was no use. She kept sweating and sweating, it felt like she came out of a hot bath and she didn't dry herself yet. Finally, she came to a stop. This could happen any longer. Scootaloo finally allowed herself a moment to breathe. Just then, the sounds of the predators were coming closer and closer. Scootaloo's heart started beating faster and faster. She calmed herself, chanting "I can do it....I can do it..." over and over again. She finally got up and gave it all her might. She spread her wings and flapped them as hard as she could. Then..... finally..... she flew up and zoomed up to the sky, leaving the land predators watching her from below. Scootaloo happily dashed through the sky, glad that she finally flew. For the first time ever in her life.

".....well? Did I do it?"

".....................You've done good, kiddo!"

"Yay!" Scootaloo said, fluttering a little bit. Rainbow Dash chuckled. "You've mastered making fanfiction!"

Rainbow smiled greatly, proud that she was a good teacher. Scootaloo danced almost everywhere, jumping and doing cartwheels. "What's my next lesson? Is it fighting manticores? Or maybe hydras!? OH! OH!! Are you gonna teach me on how to be a Wonderbolt!?!" Rainbow Dash rubbed Scootaloo's head and said, "Of course! I'm going to teach you everything that I've done. You know, cuz these lessons are about how awesome I am!"

Scootaloo smile drooped a little bit. About how awesome she is? Sure, Rainbow Dash is awesome, Scootaloo treated her like a 'big sis'. She interrupted Rainbow as she was making heroic poses and said, "Um....don't you mean on how to become awesome?" Rainbow stopped posing, and patted Scootaloo.

"Oh, right. That." She said, not sounding very convincing. But not wanting to upset her #1 fan, she added, "But of course, I am the definition of 'awesome', so teaching you everything that I do is kinda essential. This is about how to be cool and unstoppable, not just me. Remember that!" Scootaloo saluted as she started taking notes.

"So, back to my other question, what's my next lesson?" Scootaloo said, putting down her quill. Rainbow Dash made a 'mysterious' laugh and said, "Well.....let's see....."

And for the whole afternoon, Scootaloo trained like her life depended on it. As she grew tired, her performance started to drop. Rainbow looked at her with a worried expression and quickly got mad. "What're you doing? You should be kicking those fake dummy ninjas, not poking them!" Scootaloo stopped to catch her breath. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just a little tired. Can I get a break?" Rainbow got even angrier. "What? Break? No!" Then, thinking that would make Scootaloo dislike her, she hastily added, "Well, I'll give you a break for now. But next time, be prepared 'cuz there ain't gonna be no breaks!"

Scootaloo tilted her head in curiosity. "Why?" "Because!" Rainbow said, trying to sound professional. "If you wanna be cool, you have to show off the fact that you're a pro and there's no such thing as taking a break because you're 'too tired' or 'exhausted'." Scootaloo saluted again and said, "Aye aye, ma'am! I promise I won't take any more breaks next time!"

Scootaloo slowly trotted off to town to find someplace to relax, surely there are many places to find relaxation.

"I've gotta find somewhere to hide, I'm sure Applejack's already called the whole Apple Family just to find me." Applebloom said, running from place to place, looking for a place to both hide and relax.

"I'm sure Rarity won't mind me taking a little break. I mean, what's the worse that could happen?" Sweetie Belle said, strutting down the streets of Ponyville. "Unless Rarity gets furious if it gets delayed and chases after me!" Sweetie bit her lip and started running as fast as she could.

"No breaks, huh? Well, in that case, I'll extend this break! I hope Rainbow won't think of this as skipping my lessons. Besides, in lesson 8, to be cool the rules are there are no rules!" She said, running away and finding somewhere that Rainbow won't find. However, she wasn't properly looking at where she was going.....

BAM!!!

The three fillies smacked into each other, making them dizzy. When they snappedout of their dizziness and looked at each other they fell into laughter.

"Well, I guess I'm not the only one running away from something and not looking at where I was going." Applebloom chuckled.

"Yeah....I was just running away from Rarity for a bit. She's making me way too much work." Sweetie Belle admitted.

"Hey, so did I!" Applebloom and Scootaloo said in sync. "Well, except, Rainbow just gave me way too many lessons that I got tired." Scootaloo said.

"I have an idea!" Applebloom said, raising her hoof. "Why don't we all hide together! Then they'll find us together, we get scolded together! So we all won't feel as bad!" The other two looked at each other with glee. That was a perfect idea for the situation! "Yeah!" The three clapped their hooves together with joy.

Sweetie looked around the place for a spot to hide. "So....where do we hide?" The three brainstormed as silence fell into the group. Scootaloo thought of it the most, knowing that Rainbow Dash taught her something about hiding. "Aha!" She screamed out loud. "I know just the place to hide, it won't be impossible for us to be found, but at least it'll be very difficult for them to find us!" Scootaloo awaited her friends' reaction, hoping for a good reply.

"Twilight's Castle?" Applebloom said in confusion. "How is this a hard place to find? It's literally the hugest landmark in Ponyville! Even at night you can see the shining crystal walls of the castle." "Look, this place is huge in the inside, remember?" Scootaloo said with a smug smile. "Since it's got hundreds of rooms, I bet it'll take them hours to find us!"

Sweetie smiled. "You've got to admit, she has a point!" Applebloom thought about it for a moment and finally gave into the logic. "Alright, fine. But if we get lost or something bad happens and nopony finds us, I'm warning you right now." Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle each looked at each other. Applebloom had a point, but they were running out of time. Scootaloo put on a brave look and said, "Don't worry, we'll be fine!"

Scootaloo stepped up onto the stairs first and knocked on the door loudly, just in case Twilight, or perhaps Spike, was too far away to hear her knocking. After a few moments have passed, the door swung open. "Oh, hey there Scootaloo!" Spike said. "What are you three doing here?"

The trio paused for a moment. They din't think this through. Then finally, Sweetie Belle broke the silence and said, "We, uh, left something in here!" Spike looked at them in confusion. "What do you mean? You haven't visited me and Twilight for weeks. Why only tell me now?" The three paused again. This time, they were desperate for an explanation. They can't back out anymore.

"U-um.....just a while ago! See, when I borrowed the gems from you....I...um...left my handkerchief! Yeah! I only remembered while I was hanging out with them, so they came along with me!" Sweetie said hastily. The three of them gave Spike a big, innocent grin to try and convince him. "Sure, come on in. I'm not sure where you dropped it, but you three look for it. I'm kinda busy posing in front of my mirror.....I MEAN-" Spike cut off his sentence and took a deep breath. "What I meant to say was, I'm kinda busy helping Twilight with her.....research! Yeah, research."

Spike quickly ran off back inside, leaving the door open for them. The three giggled at Spike's babbling and continued inside. "Great! Now where do we go?" Applebloom said, looking around the entryway. Scootaloo tried to look brave and stood up straight. "We'll just find a place to hide! Easy! There are plenty of rooms to hide in!" She said, trotting off to a the hallway. The other two followed her.

After what it seemed like forever, The three stopped searching and fell. None of the rooms were useful. Some rooms would be great, but it would be easy to find. Other rooms would be difficult to get to, but it would be very hard to hide inside.

"Ugh, I'm sick of this! Let's just go to the next room we find, then we're done!" Scootaloo stomped her hoof, furiously trotting towards the next room. "Wait!" Sweetie Belle said, putting her hoof on Scootaloo's shoulder. "We shouldn't just give up like that. Maybe there's a castle map in the library. That way, we can easily find the perfect room!" Applebloom facehoofed, thinking of why they didn't think of that in the first place. They all rushed to the library, trying to be very sneaky just in case Twilight comes.

After lots and twists and turns, they finally arrived at the library. They were all relieved that they finally found it, but they still had to find the book. "So, where are we supposed to look?" Applebloom said, looking around the whole room. "Well, I guess we can look for it in where it would most likely be?" Scootaloo suggested.

The group scattered around the library and began their search. While examining the M section, Sweetie Belle knew that she could find something.She picked a certain book, it was very dusty and she couldn't read the title. She thought that maybe this was it. As she trotted away and began searching at the next aisle, she came across a large machine. Out of curiosity, she stepped closer to it, trying to figure out what it was. As she grew even more focused on it, she dropped the book. Sweetie shook her head as she saw a large mirror at the end of the machine. It was kinda creepy to have a random large and sparkly mirror in the middle of a library, so she thought it might not be just any mirror....

.....could it be.....a portal? No, Sweetie Belle shook her head again. Then she noticed that the mirror was connected to the machine. Following all the wires and tubes, she found a book. The mirror was connected to a book. But it wasn't just any book, it looked special. It had a mark on it. A mark of a sun.

Sweetie was very confused. Why is the mirror connected to a book? Did it have a magical power in it? If it didn't, why is it even connected? As she tried to get answers for her own questions, she stepped closer...and closer.........and closer..................

"I found it! Yes! I found it!!! Applebloom! Sweetie Belle! I found the map!" Scootaloo exclaimed, trying not to be too loud. Picking up the map, she ran around the library, looking for her friends. "Applebloom? Sweetie Belle?" "You found it!?" Applebloom shouted, running towards Scootaloo. "Yeah! Now where's Sweetie?" Scootaloo said with a worried expression. The two of them scanned the aisles near them, no Sweetie Belle.

They decided to split up. Scootaloo looked in one half, and Applebloom in the other. While searching, Scootaloo turned around thinking maybe Sweetie was trying to prank them. Walking backwards, she tripped on a book lying on the ground. "Ow!" She screamed. "I better watch it next time......that's part of my lessons......huh?" Scootaloo looked up and shook the dust off her body.

"Sweetie Belle!" She shouted. But she didn't reply. She looked like she was focused on the large mirror in front of her.
"Sweetie!" Scootaloo tried again. But there still wasn't an answer. She picked the book up and threw it at Sweetie to get her attention. But instead, it hit a large lever. "Oops...."

The book on the other end of the machine suddenly started to sparkle. It shot lots of power to the mirror, causing it to shine and shimmer in many different ways. Scootaloo's eyes were opened so wide, she couldn't believe what just happened. Sweetie was so amazed, she decided to go even closer to the mirror.

"No, Sweetie Belle!" Scootaloo yelled as she rushed after her. Applebloom, not knowing what was going on, trotted in and said, "H-hey, what's going on?" But it was too late. The other two already went in. "W-wait!!" Applebloom ran inside, not knowing what else to do.

Applebloom.......

"Hngh....W-where.....?"

Applebloom..............

"W-what......am I.......?"

APPLEBLOOM!!!!

"H-huh!?" Applebloom yelled. She was so dizzy, she could barely see. "Ugh, you're finally awake. We can't hide if you're lying there! C'mon!" Scootaloo said, trying to pull Applebloom up. "Wait....hide?" Applebloom said, still a bit dizzy. "Come on, I think someone's coming!" Sweetie Belle said, trying her best to levitate Applebloom. The two of them, along with Applebloom in the air, rushed to a nearby room they found on the map.

"W-what's going on?" Applebloom said, nearly clearing her gaze. "Don't you remember? We were finding a good hiding spot?" Scootaloo whispered. "Oh yeah....ugh my head hurts.....what happened?" Applebloom whispered, finally able to see clearly. She looked around and noticed that they were inside an empty and dirty room. It looks like nopony's ever even been here.

"Actually, my head hurts a little too. What do you think happened?" Scootaloo said, rubbing her forehead. "I think it's my fault." Sweetie said, lowering her head. "I saw.....a mirror. A big one. I think we all somehow....went in it." Scootaloo and Applebloom each shared a mix of worried and scared faces. "I'm sorry, I was so amazed at the mirror." Sweetie said, trying to force a smile.

"Don't worry, it's not you're fault." Applebloom said, putting her hoof on Sweetie's shoulder. "Yeah, we've all made huge accidents in the past." Sweetie Belle beamed. At least they weren't mad.

"So um, what do you think happened when we went inside the mirror?" Scootaloo asked, looking around. "I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure my big sis told me something about that big mirror." Applebloom said. "She told me that it teleported Twilight into another world! She even became another creature or something in that world.

Everypony looked at each other. Does this mean they're in another world right now? "B-but, we don't look like we've changed a bit, have we?" Scootaloo said, in a worried tone. "Well, if it teleports ponies to different worlds, It doesn't necessarily mean the world Twilight visited, right?" Sweetie Belle suggested. Seeing that there's no use of hiding if they're in a different world, the trio left the room and followed the map to the front door.

"Where do you think you're going?" The three of them froze as they heard a voice calling them from behind. "U-um...." Applebloom shook as she knew who that was. "You ain't gonna leave.....until we party till midnight!" Twilight danced on a messy table. She didn't even look like she was Twilight Sparkle. She had very messy hair, it wasn't brushed. Her personality looked like it changed from studious and responsible to crazy and carefree.

"Huh!?"

To Be Continued...