Alternate World Of Opposites
Brand New Path
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"'ello? Anypony home!?" Applebloom knocked on Twilight's, or should I say T's, castle doors loudly. She knocked again and again, it was getting really dark, it suddenly started raining, and she didn't know what would happen in this world. Soon, the door was opened by a yellow pegasus. "What is it, Applebloom?" She asked. "F-Fluttershy???" Applebloom asked, just as surprised as Scootaloo. Fluttershy rolled her eyes. "It's Flutters. Are you stickn' with the same 'story' as Scoots and Sweetie?" Appleboom nodded weakly, and Fluttershy let her in.
Fluttershy led her to the throne room, soon reuniting with the other Crusaders. She sat next to them and listened to what happened next. "Where's mah big sis?" Applebloom whispered to her friends, looking around the room. "I don't know, maybe she couldn't make it." Sweetie Belle whispered back. Twilight slammed her hoof on the table. "Quiet, you three!" "I didn't say anything." Scootaloo mumbled. Twilight turned over to Rainbow. "Your turn, Dash!"
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Those stories were barely scary. Fine, I'll tell a story. In return, I'll stay longer to examine that portal in your library." Twilight pouted and sat down. "Fine! Bring it!" Rainbow sighed and signaled Spike to turn off the lights. She grabbed a flashlight, turned it on, and pointed it towards her face. "Alright, my story is called, The Tale of Yandere Pony."
For some reason, the sound of that wasn't good. The three Crusaders were a little scared this time. Twilight and Fluttershy tried to hide their fear by smirking, but suddenly, a lightning stroke right outside the window, causing the atmosphere to get scarier. Rares showed a lot more fear, and held onto Spike's claw. Spike didn't look scared at all, he looked like a statue.
"You may not have heard this story before, but an old friend of mine told me this," Rainbow whispered creepily and widened her eyes. "Never go near a yandere." Everypony looked around in confusion. "What's a yandada?" Twilight asked, breaking the uncomfortable air. Rainbow grunted. "Yandere, not yandada. It's a pony who's madly in love with somepony, willing to kill those who have a crush on him other than herself."
Everypony looked much more scared after she explained it. If only they had known before. "Now, Yandere Pony used to go to a highschool. She had a crush, called a Senpai, there." Rainbow continued. "Info Pony, an anonymous whom nopony knows her face, helps Yandere Pony for unknown reasons. She helps her by sending letters, giving off information about everypony around her. Yandere Pony started killing everypony who loved her Senpai, one by one."
The story sent a chill down Scootaloo's spine. "M-maybe we should leave....." The other two nodded in agreement. They sneakily left the library, hoping nopony would mind. Twilight saw them, however, and followed after them.
"Phew, I'm glad that's over. Dash's story was scarier than all the others'." Sweetie Belle said as soon as they got out. Scootaloo nodded. "Even scarier than her old story, The Legend Of The Headless Horse." Their small talk was interrupted by a voice from behind. "I know, right? Can't believe it." Twilight said. "OH! U-um....h-hey, Twi-I mean, T." Applebloom nervously said. "What're you doing here?"
"This is mah castle." She reminded them. "Right." The CMC said in sync. "Well, where're you going?" Twilight asked. The three of them were shocked. By now, Twilight would've been at least worried. But that was in their world, not here. "Nothing, we're just going to go home." Applebloom hastily replied. "What about you?" Twilight said, pointing at Rares.
Sweetie Belle froze. Of course, Rarity was in there. "I-I can do fine on my own until she comes back." Sweetie said, starting to trot towards the end of the hallway. "Well, see ya!" Twilight saluted and rushed back to the throne room. The three were relieved and said goodbye to each other. They went home in separate ways, running to avoid the rain.
"I'm home!" Applebloom said, shaking the rain off of her body and slammed the door shut. She rubbed her hooves on the rug, written "WELCOME!" on it. She kind of missed the "Home Sweet Home" rug in Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack was standing next to the pedestal, using Winona as a model for her "Fashionably Pup" line for dogs. "Welcome home, darling!" She said as she stitched a bow unto the back of the dress.
"Hey, sis." Applebloom greeted. "You must be wet from all the rain." Applejack said, scanning the remaining water all over her. "Maybe you should take a nice warm bath." Applebloom nodded and trotted upstairs. She couldn't think of anything to say, Applejack doesn't usually care about those kind of stuff. But it was nice of her to think that way. She entered the bathroom and readied the bathtub.
One bubbly bath later, Applebloom went to her room, wiping her hair with a yellow towel. Looking closely to it, her new towel is not just yellow, it had an elegant design on it. She shrugged it off, even though she was thinking it was nice to have a little design. She sat at the vanity desk and looked around for a minute. Come to think of it, everything looked prettier.
Her bed had a little more design to it compared to the one she had back in the other world. Her closet looked bigger, the floor was a carpet and it was very comfortable, in case you fall. The walls were light blue and had a red design on it. With apples as a design in almost everything, of course. Applebloom put her arms over her head and noticed something was missing. She turned around and looked at herself in the mirror and figured it out:
She wasn't wearing her special bow.
She got up and opened the closet. There was a whole lot of clothes. Looking down, she noticed there were a bunch of bows on the bottom of the closet. She smiled and picked one up. As she closed the closet, Applebloom saw the little, tiny pattern on it. It wasn't plain reddish-pinkish anymore. It had a small elegant design similar to the one on her towel, it had apples printed on it, too. She giggled and put the bow on.
"Applebloom!" AJ called from downstairs. "I made dinner for you!" Applebloom grinned and ran downstairs thinking what kind of food her sister will feed her. She entered the kitchen and saw Big Mac and Granny Smith sitting at the dining table. "Had a good bath, sweetie?" Applejack asked while placing a plate on the table. Applebloom nodded with glee and sat at the table as well.
Applebloom smelled the delicious aroma of the food. It smelled really good, yet classy. It was a good mix! "Today I made some turkey." Applejack said, sitting down. The turkey looked well prepared, complete with rice and some herbs around it. They all started eating, especially Applebloom, who is happily enjoying her first-time classy yet delicious dinner.
Sweetie Belle opened the door and looked around if Rarity was home. But of if she was, she would've passed by her, so Sweetie slowly locked the door and rubbed her hooves on the rug. But then, a sound was coming from somewhere...
rattle rattle
Sweetie paused and didn't say a word. She looked around and slowly walked towards the source of the sound, being careful not to make any sudden moves or a sound.
rattle rattle
There it was again. Yet even louder than last time. It sounded like it came from the kitchen. Sweetie Belle hid behind the wall and peeked into the room. She didn't see anypony. Her sight was blocked by the plant next to the door. She gulped and put on a brave face. Sweetie walked in and examined the room. Nothing was slightly different. She turned around and noticed the vase moving.
rattle rattle
The sound was definitely coming from the vase. Sweetie started sweating as she stepped closer to the vase. The vase was starting to move more intensely, maybe it knew somepony was here. Sweetie raised her hoof, attempting to lightly touch the vase and set it back to its normal position. The hoof was coming so close to the vase, until....
"Opal!? Where are you!? Did you lock yourself in the closet again!?!" A farm-like yet high pitch voice came from the hallway. "Oh, hey there, sugarcube. Have you seen-" She cut her sentence as soon as she knew what was going on. She giggled and carried the vase. "Opalescense, did you get stuck inside the vase again?" Rarity asked, turning the vase upside-down so Opal could crawl or at least jump out. The cat nodded.
Rarity giggled once again as she put the vase down and petted Opal. "Well, that was weird. Why are you home so early?" Sweetie asked. "Well, Spike said he was going to go to Canterlot for some official important business or something, and all I ever went there for was to see hi-I mean, let me prepare you some dinner!" Rarity quickly said, rushing to the kitchen. Sweetie giggled and went up to her room.
She looked around and admired the simpleness. Not too elegant. It was fine for her. She closed the door lightly and sat at her study desk. Sweetie decided to be a good student and finish up her homework. After just a few minutes, she placed her homework in her saddle bag and jumped onto her bed. "Hah, not as comfy as back in Carousel Boutique, but suits me just fine!" She said, rolling around the bed like a dog rolling around in the dirt. She giggled, knowing the other Rarity wouldn't let her make such a mess as she got up and did such a big mess while being caught up in having fun.
"Sweetie Belle, dinner's ready!" Rarity called from outside Sweetie's door. "Okay, I'm coming down in a second!" She replied. She then heard the sounds of Rarity's hoofsteps(which are a bit louder here), slowly going away. Sweetie looked around at her mess and thought of a way to clean it. "Nah, I don't think Rarity would mind." Sweetie shrugged and got up. "I'll just clean up afterwards. I'm hungry!" She rushed downstairs, not wanting to be fed leftovers.
"I made some apple soup for you!" Rarity placed a large pot of apple soup on the middle of the table and two medium-sized bowls on each side. "Help yourself!" Sweetie's grin widened. Rarity would always tell her to "Don't eat too much, or you'll gain lots of weight!" She poured some soup into her bowl and took a sip. It tasted...really good! She started eating a lot. Sweetie always got tired of fancy food, and was happy that she could get to eat some simple, and down-to-earth food. Rarity smiled and ate as much as she could, too.
Scootaloo trotted towards Rainbow's house, trying to see if she came home yet or not. "Rainbow Dash! Are you here?? Please answer me if you are!" She yelled. But there was no reply. Plus, it didn't look like anypony was home. Scootaloo frowned but suddenly remembered that Rainbow actually stayed at the castle to examine the mirror. She ran to the castle, she didn't care if it was raining, she just wanted to see her and get a place to stay.
"Phew, finally. He-" Scootaloo was interrupted when the door swung open by Rainbow. "I had a feeling you'd come." Rainbow pulled her in and slammed the door. Scootaloo shook off the remaining rain on her body and followed Rainbow. "So, did you find anything about the mirror?" "Not yet." Rainbow said. "Well, not exactly, actually. All that I figured out is that that book with a sun has a magical energy, or a power, and it shares that to the mirror for it to work."
"Oh." Scootaloo frowned. She didn't know how to make that of use. "The mirror only appeared here because you guys came. But you guys should decide if you want to stay or not." Rainbow explained. "If you do, I'll let you stay with me." Scootaloo beamed. "Really!!?" "Fine by me. Besides, you don't wanna stay in this castle. I had a sleepover here once. Don't ask what happened." Scootaloo didn't know what Rainbow meant by that, but shrugged it off and followed her.
"Here we are." Rainbow said as she opened the front door to her house. Scootaloo looked around, it was the same as the other Rainbow Dash's house, but it had a lot more books. "Trust me, Scootaloo. There isn't much to look at. Just books. If you want, there are storybooks." Scootaloo nodded and scanned a nearby bookshelf. "What's Narnia: The Manticore, The Unicorn, And The Closet?" Scootaloo read out loud.
"It's a fantasy." Rainbow said, trotting towards the book. Scootaloo tilted her head. "A fantasy. A magical world-themed book." Scootaloo took one quick look at the cover and brought it to a spare room Rainbow didn't use. It looked like a guest room. As soon as Scootaloo hopped on the bed, she got comfortable and started reading in amazement. It was actually an interesting book.
"Scootaloo, do you want some-" Rainbow's stopped talking as soon as she entered the room. Scootaloo had fallen asleep. She was hugging the book tightly. Rainbow made a half-smile, which was unusual for this Rainbow Dash. She took the book off of Scootaloo's hooves and placed it on the end table next to the bed. Rainbow slowly trotted out, closing the door. She left it a little open, just in case. Then she wondered what she was gonna do to all her Rainbow Dash Pie leftovers.
Applebloom yawned as she sat up on her bed. She looked up at the clock and noticed it was 6:00 AM. She got up and tidied her bed, wondering what kind of chores Applejack would make her do. She yawned once again and ran downstairs.
She jumped onto the dining table's chair and waited to see if Applejack would come and give her breakfast, or if she had to do it on her own. Just then, Applejack came trotting in and noticed Applebloom. "Why, look who's an early bird!" Applejack smiled and took the plate on the kitchen counter, placing it right in front of Applebloom. "Well, do I not usually wake up at this time?" Applebloo asked, taking a bite of her breakfast, homemade pancakes. "No, you usually wake up any time you want. But not this early. Is something wrong, dear?" Applejack asked, worriedly.
Applebloom hesitated, but quickly said, "N-no, I'm fine! Just wanted to wake up early to get my chores done earlier for more play time! That's all." Applejack raised an eyebrow. "You don't have any chores."
Applebloom stopped, almost dropping her fork. "W-what?" "You don't have any chores." Applejack repeated with an even more worried look. "I heard you the first time, but..." Applebloom thought for a moment. Applejack in her world would make her do a whole bunch of chores. But here, none at all!?! "Nevermind, what I meant to say was I wanted to have more play time." Applejack was a little worried, but sighed and smiled. "Well, if you say so, darling. If you need anything, simply just ask me!" She trotted out of the kitchen, leaving Applebloom be.
"No chores, huh?" She said, grinning. After she finished her breakfast, she rested for a while to let the food go down, and she went outside to play and do whatever she wanted by her own free will.
"Mornin', sun." Sweetie Belle said as she stretched all of her hooves. She hopped out of bed and looked out the window. It was a bright and sunny day. "Time for chores, I guess." She frowned and made her way over downstairs.
"Good mornin', sugarcube!" Rarity greeted. Sweetie sat at the table where her plate was. It was an omelette, with herbs on the side. There was also a bowl filled with apples in the middle of the table. "Eat all you can!" Rarity grinned as she washed her own plate. Sweetie's grin was even wider as she started eating.
"So, what're my chores?" Sweetie asked, still chewing. Rarity hesitated, but continued washing her dish. "You never have any chores, what're you talkn' about?" Sweetie froze and shook her head. "Nevermind." Rarity shrugged it off and dried her hooves with a towel. "If you need anything, just tell your ol' sis Rarity!" She said as she trotted outside to plow he field.
"I don't get any chores?" Sweetie asked herself. "I.......don't have any......chores?" She asked herself, but smiling this time. She put on a challenging smirk and drank her water. "Today'll be fun." She said as she rushed outside.
Sweetie took a while to admire the refreshing breeze, and jumped up and about. "What to do?" Sweetie asked a nearby bird. The bird tweeted happily, and Sweetie hummed along. She giggled and ran towards the town.
Sweetie stepped in front Rainbow's house and shouted, "Hey, anypony home!?"
Scootaloo rubbed her eyes as she awoke from her long sleep. "Ugh, w-what.....? Where am I?" She sat straight up and remembered, she fell asleep in Rainbow's guest room. She flapped her wings a little, causing her to fly but only got merely and inch off of the bed for a few seconds. She did it again to hop off the bed and trotted outside of the room.
"Morning." Rainbow Dash greeted. "I have leftover Rainbow Dash Pie if you want. Or just eat your bacon and eggs. Whatever you want." Scootaloo gave a small smile and sat at the table. "I'll just eat the pie later. I want bacon and eggs!" Scootaloo exclaimed. "Well, here you go." Rainbow said, placing the plate of bacon and eggs in front of Scootaloo. "Eat up before it gets cold, we're up on the clouds after all." Scootaloo started chowing down, not wanting it to get cold.
"Hey, did you hear something? Or somepony?" Scootaloo asked as she heard a tiny sound from outside. "I'll go check. Stay put." Rainbow said, trotting out.
"Hello!?!" Sweetie Belle shouted from the ground. "Oh, thank goodness! I thought nopony was home and I was standing here for 5 minutes already!" Rainbow flew down and gave Sweetie Belle a book. "Here, read the first passage on page 25." Sweetie looked confused, but opened it anyways. "Cloud Walking?" Sweetie read out loud. "Oooooooh, I get it." She cast the spell by following instructions and suddenly felt a very calming power. Rainbow leaned down to let Sweetie Belle hop on.
Rainbow flew up high and stood outside her home. Sweetie gulped and hopped off. It worked! She was standing on the clouds, it felt very, very soft. It felt like cotton! "Haha, you did it." Rainbow said, impressed. "Why don't you come in and cast some other spells? I'm not a unicorn so I'd love to see the things I read actually happen." Sweetie Belle quickly nodded happily.
"Hey, Scootaloo, Sweetie's here." Rainbow said. "Oh, hey, Sweetie Belle!" Scootaloo grinned, taking another book from the shelf. "Mind if I read some Harry Trotter? I heard it's good." Rainbow nodded lightly and Scootaloo beamed as she ran to the guest room.
"So, what're we gonna do first?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Well, I'm not quite sure, maybe you should chose first." Rainbow replied. Sweetie grinned and happily looked for a book to pick. And for the whole evening, Sweetie Belle helped Rainbow study.
Zap! Pow! Bam!
.........were the sounds of every spell cast on that day.
Sweetie blew on her smoking horn and wiped off her sweat. "I had fun, I learned lots of spells!" Rainbow made a small grin. "I'm gad you liked it." She flew over to the fridge and drank a small can of soda. Sweetie looked out of the window and noticed that the sun was almost down. "Oh no, it's sunset already!? I gotta get home!" She yelled, panicking while pacing back and forth.
"Don't worry, you can get there if you teleport a little." Rainbow said. "You can come back anytime you want." "Thanks!" Sweetie Belle gave Rainbow a warm hug and ran back home, leaving a very fast trail.
Applebloom sighed and knocked on the door. Has it been that late already? It felt like only an hour has passed. "Applejack!? Are you home??? Sis!" She said as she knocked even louder. Applejack opened the door to see the little tired yellow filly. "Why, hello, darling! Back so soon?" She curiously asked as she cleared the way.
"What do you mean?" She trotted her way inside and sat next to the pedestal. "You're usually home later than this." Applejack answered worriedly as she trotted next to Applebloom and continued making a gorgeous outfit. "Are you sure you're okay? You're not sick?" Applebloom was a little irritated, but understood that Applejack was concerned.
"I'm fine." She said. "This is kinda weird. Does that mean the Applebloom here has her own free will to do anything?" Applebloom mumbled to herself as she trotted upstairs to her bedroom. She sat on her bed and made herself comfortable. She fell into deep thought as she wondered what her friends were up to. After a while, she began to drift off to sleep.....
"Hey, Applebloom!" Scootaloo shouted, attempting to wake her up. Applebloom shrieked and sat up immediately, causing Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo to laugh. "Hey, easy there." Sweetie teased. "World's not ending yet." The three of them laughed for a while and started talking again. They all went downstairs continued talking while Applebloom ate her breakfast. Afterwards, they returned to her room.
"This is nice. I mean, we get to do anything we want!" Scootaloo sighed, jumping on Applebloom's bed. "I know, right?" Sweetie said, rolling over on the carpet. "This carpet feels as soft as ever!" Applebloom sat down on her vanity desk and looked at Sweetie Belle in confusion. "You mean, the carpet is the same as yours?" "Well, yeah, but Rarity wouldn't let me roll or even lie down on it." Sweetie frowned and continued rolling. "You mean Rares?" Scootaloo added. The three of them burst into laughter.
When the sun set, the three huddled next to each other on the bed. "Thanks for letting us sleep over." Sweetie said. "I think it's too dark outside to leave on our own." "Yeah, but I think this world's Cutie Mark Crusaders could." Scootaloo said. Sweetie and Applebloom glanced at each other. "What do you mean?" Applebloom asked first. "Well, I mean, they sound like they were doing as much fun as they wanted on their own free will." Scootaloo explained. Sweetie nodded. "I get you." Applebloom smiled and made herself more comfortable. "I think it feels nice."
The other two nodded and said, "Mmhmm!" After a few hours, they finally fell asleep after all the chatting.
When the morning sunshine shone on the room, Scootaloo made a large yawn and rubbed her eyes. "H-hey, you two. G'morning....." She rolled off the bed and crawled to the door. She turned her head around. "Hey, guys." Applebloom and Sweetie Belle finally woke up. "Oh, mornin'." Applebloom stretched her arms and hopped off of her bed. "W-wait, it's morning already?" Sweetie said, trying to get a glimpse of the time on the clock. "I think we were awake until 12."
Applebloom's eyes were wide open. "Wait, 12!? There's no way." "I mean, sure, I'd love to stay awake until then, but Applejack didn't check up on us to see if we were asleep!?!" Scootaloo asked. Sweetie shook her head. "I'd definitely remember if she did." Applebloom grinned. "Well, that proves that we are moving freely here." The three giggled and jumped in happiness. Afterwards, the other two said goodbye to Applebloom as they went home and play.
To be continued...
Author's Note
Okay....so it kinda took me a while to finish this, I'll admit ![]()
But only because I was still planning if I would insert the ending here or on the next chapter. But I figured that I'd name the last chapter differently so I'm just gonna post the last chapter soon ![]()
Also, I thought this chapter would become too long if I did end it here. ![]()
