Chapters Author's Note
I speak Spanish, I'm sorry if my translation is not entirely accurate.
This story is developed after my fic "Silent Dazzling" but it is not necessary to read it to understand the story.
New Old Faces
A girl stands in front of Canterlot High School, checks her white shirt and blue skirt, adjusts her glasses and takes a deep breath.
"Okay, calm down Twilight, it's just, a school, you just have to go in, collect data, and try not to get anyone's attention" she looks at the floor "... It's not as if that were difficult for you ..."
After a sigh shakes his head and with a determined look enters the school.
"Courage!" Shout to herself "This is your chance, just act normal, avoid anyone who can realize that you are not a student... and stop talking alone..."
The time change bell makes her jump out of the fright, but she calms down as she sees the students leave their classrooms and start flooding the corridors.
"Well Twilight" Speak to herself. "Just, mix between them, it's a school, no one will notice that you are not a student, just, mix."
With that he begins to walk down the hall, the other students do not seem to pay attention to him while they are dedicated to their own subjects.
"So far so good, now, the only question is, where to start looking? The easiest thing would be to check the structure of the place, but to ask someone would give better results, but I can not go around asking everyone, I would make me look suspicious, and the teachers could discover me, I think I better investigate the place, Then I'll see what to do with the students."
"WATCH OUT!!!"
To cause the scream, Twilight and all the students in the aisle flip. You see the mounted Crussaders on your scooter go down the aisle without control.
Each student moves away as fast as he can.
The scream of the girls joins the Twilight when they are about to crash against her.
An instant before the impact someone takes Twilight by the arm and gets her out of the way. The girls go ahead and get lost behind a corner.
"Those girls are going to kill someone one of these days."
The voice of a girl is heard, Twilight looks up, meeting a young woman with the hair of fire.
Sunset turns to find the surprised face of the girl.
"Twilight? What you doing here?"
The girl with the glasses stays static and takes a step back.
"How you know my name?!"
Sunset is surprised, both by the question, and by the tone in her voice.
Is about to speak when she notices certain details.
Glasses, pony tail, different clothing.
Realizing this, an idea comes to his head. She instantly becomes nervous.
"Damn, I screwed up!" Thinks and scolded herself internally.
"... Who are you?"
"I... I..."
The bell rings at that moment.
"Oh the bell I have to go to class see you goodbye!"
She turns and hurried away, Twilight looks at her in disbelief and then looks suspicious.
Sunset turns in a corner and leans against the wall releasing the air contained by the nerves.
"She is ... but ... why? There is already enough with one! And now what am I going to do?"
*Mirage Shimmer*
Later, Sunset manages to find a moment to stay in a corner of the schoolyard.
"I must calm down, this ... is not a bad thing, nor is it a problem, right? I just ... I have to tell the others that the Twilight they don't know is in school ... but ... when did she arrive? I don't remember any notice of a new student coming, I missed something ...?
So deep was the girl in her thoughts, that she did not notice when someone came up to her side.
The person touches Sunset's shoulder slightly, causing her to turn and being received by the image of a tiger that roars with force, with a cry of terror the girl falls to the ground, and when looking up she realizes that the "tiger" , Is in fact a girl with a mask.
"Ha ha ha ha ha you would have seen your face!" Exclaims the girl as she laughs at Sunset's reaction.
"Sun! That's not funny!" Exclaim the former equine.
The joker maintains her laughter while taking off her mask, Sunset sees her own face, reflected in the girl in front of her.
"Speak for you, I had a lot of fun ha ha!"
Sunset exhales a snort and looks away.
"Ha ha, awwww, c'mon little sis, don't be mad"
"... you know that we aren't sisters."
Her human version helps her get up and then puts her arm around her shoulders.
"Are you kidding ?! If we have the same blood, literally, of course, I grew up in a beautiful and laughing field and you next to a sun goddess, but just as we are like family."
"In fact we are the same girl, but different worlds."
"That's what I said."
"Hey wait, what are you doing here ?! Nobody can't see you, if you see that there are two of us-"
"Relax sis, I'm like an expert ninja, nobody saw me coming here I assure you."
"umm, well..."
"Hey, when you introduce me to your pony friends? I want to know them."
"It's not ... so simple ... I don't know how I could explain to them that you're here."
"Why not? They know that you are a magic pony from another world, they must imagine that I exist, and on how I arrived, you just have to say that it was chance, is the true."
"Even so, I'm afraid they may be too surprised, and..."
"what?"
"This morning, I saw the Twilight of this world at school."
"Twi? The princess of friendship?"
"Yes, but ... I don't know what she's doing here, she's not a student at school, and I do not remember nothing about a new student would arrive.
"Well, we'll have to find out what she wants."
"ugh... is a lot of problem."
"Well, if you introduce me to your friends, it will be a problem less to worry about."
"... I suppose so..."
"It's arranged, at the end of your classes we will make our entrance, it will be fun."
"You're ... so lively."
"Life has to live the little sis."
Sunset denies with her head and her double laughs under, when the bell rings that finishes the recess both say goodbye and the student returns to class.
*Mirage Shimmer*
School ends for the day. Five of the six friends meet in their practice room. After a few moments of waiting they were all beginning to wonder about the whereabouts of they equine friend.
"Has anyone seen Sunset?" Asks the young farmer.
"I saw her this morning, but when I greeted her she didn't answer, she seemed worried about something." Responds the dressmaker.
"I had history with her today, but she didn't even pay attention to the class, it's kind of weird, she's usually always applied to it." Comments the sportswoman.
"Oh dear, I hope nothing serious has happened." Says the shy girl with clear concern
The sportswoman frowns at a thought. "Hmm ... Better than the Dazzling are not doing something fun."
They all look at her in surprise. "Do you really think they-?"
"I just know, that we can't trust those three, at any moment they could try something, and when they do, I'll be ready to give them their due."
"We can deal with that later, now maybe we should call Sun-"
Before the farmer can finish her sentence, the door opens and Sunset enters smiling.
"hello my dear friends!" Exclaims very lively
"Sunsie is here!" Exclaims Pinkie just as lively.
"Of course I'm here, I wouldn't miss the afternoon of practice with my dearfriends."
The dressmaker looks closely at the newcomer, and notices that her usual clothes had been replaced by a black skirt and white shirt, in a black hooded sweater and her hair was tied in a ponytail.
"Darling, did you change your look?"
Sunset seems puzzled by the question. "eh? Oh yeah! If you like?"
"Mh, something out of fashion, but, I suppose it's fine."
"Wait a minute!" Says Rainbow suddenly "I saw you in class before and you didn't wear that, when you changed?
"Oh well, I'll tell you a secret. I learned to use my pony magic on my own."
Before all said they are surprised.
"Really?"
"Of course! I can even do a double of myself."
Applejack looks suspicious. "A double of you? Really?"
The pink girl lets see her emotion. "I want to see I want to see I want to see!"
"Very well" She begins to move her hands erratically. "Uwaaaaaaaaaaaah! Mamasasen Mamasama Makusa! Hiya!"
Sunset points to the door, making everyone look over to see... to Sunset... enter.
"Hello" Greets them with one hand.
The Rainbooms look at both of them in surprise and no matter how hard they try, they cann't articulate words. Except Pinkie.
"Wiiiiiiii! Now you have to rain chocolate!"
*Mirage Shimmer*
"As all you can imagine, I am the Sunset of this world, to avoid confusion, call me "Sun"."
"We met by chance the other day and well, you can imagine what happened." Says Sunset watching her double now sitting on a desk.
"so now there are two of you." coment Applejack. "that confused."
"Are you also registered in Canterlot High?" Ask Rarity to the new Sunset.
"No, I don't actually attend any school, I'm a pilgrim."
"Pilgrim? How do those who eat pumpkin salad and dance in rounds?" ask Pinkie smiling.
"Ha ha ha, it means that I am the owner of my destiny."
The girl picks up her guitar and just starts playing.
(Note: "Becoming Popular")
Sun:
Listen carefully
I tell you someting now
This is my story, is my story
And you will to know
Play atention and
You will not get lost
This is my story is my story
And you will to know
In humility (humility) I born
And with joy (and with joy) I grew up
My family was sweet and strong
This is my story is my story
And you will to know
Being older I told myself
That the world had more to observe
To much to see to much to explore
This is my story
And you will know
In distant sea or the high mountains
My mark leave (leave) on my walk
The world had to much to show
This is my story my story
And you already know
This is my story
This is my story
This is my story
And you already know.
The 6 students applauded enthusiastically after the song ended.
"Thank you, thank you, you are a charming audience. "
Applejack takes de word. "So you're a traveler, how do you get money?"
"Oh I work here and there, and every time I can promote the family business."
Rainbow question. "What business is that?"
"We have a ranch that specializes in raising, caring for, attending and training all kinds of animals, as well as the cultivation of herbs and plants that can be used for medicine, cosmetics, decoration, among other things."
"Wow, sounds awesome." Coment Rarity amazed.
"My family has a farm as well, although our specialty is apples."
"Our ranch devotes very little to the food industry, but we also have fruits and vegetables."
"And the guitar?" Question Rainbow.
"A little hobby, you could call it my personal brand."
"Well, that explains why Sunset can play so well."
This comment gains a pinch to the arm of the athlete on the part of the ex-villain.
"Excuse me? What is that supposed to mean?"
"Auh! Auh! Auh! I'm just saying, well, it's that you surprised us a lot when you told us that you could play, I didn't know you had musical talent."
"I was dating with a guitarist, I don't see anything weird."
"Very well" Speaks the twin of the equestrian girl. "I already showed mine, now I want to hear yours, touch something!"
A look and smile is shared among all and then take their positions to start playing.
Without realizing they activate their magic, Sun is filled with surprise and astonishment at seen they, when finishing the music the girl applauds with great enthusiasm.
"Wow I thought you were joking about the pony ears, but now I believe you, awesome!
The six friends smile, happy that their audience will enjoy their music
"Well, after a good moment, little sister, let's get serious."
"Yes, it's true, girls listen, something... strange happened."
Everyone present looks attentively at her friend and she prepares to explain what happened.
*Mirage Shimmer*
A curious-looking puppy sits placidly in his bed when he hears the sound of the door of the house.
"Spike! I'm here!"
The puppy barks excitedly and leaves his bed to greet his mistress, Twilight watches the little boy approach and run around waving his tail.
"Awwww also missed you."
The girl leans over and caresses the puppy, which responds rubbing against the hand of its owner.
"Were you a good guy while I was away?"
The puppy lets out a soft bark and smiles.
Twilight smiles at the little one and then sits down on the sofa in the living room.
"Mmh, I didn't find anything significant today, well, I couldn't wait to discover what happens in a single day, the only thing remarkable was..." She remember herencounter with Sunset. "How did she know my name? Umm..."
The girl gets up and walks followed by her dog, both go down to the basement where the low light leaves hidden much of the elements that lie there, the girl sits in front of a computer and after seeing some files find what she was looking for.
"Sunset, Shimmer, ummm, I think I should investigate a little more about this."
*Mirage Shimmer*
The next morning...
The six friends meet in front of the statue of the school. Taking up the topic said the previous day.
"Well, the Twilight of our world is in school, what's wrong with that?" Questions the athlete.
"I don't say, that it's bad..." The ex-villain answers. "Just, I find it strange, did you hear if there was going to be a new student recently?"
The girls look at each other and deny in unison.
"If Twilight lives in the city, and she did not change schools, what is she doing here?"
"It's certainly strange," says the farmer, "but it does not seem like much to worry about."
"I still want to know what's going on."
"Why do not we ask she?" Suggests the most lively of the group.
Raqinbow supports the idea. "I agree, it's our school after all, it's our right to know what you're doing here."
"But ... it would be bad to go all, you could be scared ..." says the shy girl of the group.
"Umm yeah, and if she gets scared she will not tell us anything, well, then let Sunset go and ask her." Proposes Rainbow.
"What ?! Why me ?!"
"Well he already knew you." Says Rarity
"You'll be the least suspicious." Coincides with Rainbow.
"And you said that you would teach new students the school, you can use that as an excuse to approach you." Adds Applejack.
"…but…"
*Mirage Shimmer*
Later...
Twilight enters the school, her attention on her phone while checking certain information.
"... it is strange, no parents, no relatives, no records of a house before that department, all the information that the school has about it does not coincide with judicial information, there is no real data of it anywhere, it is How, if it did not exist, who is this girl? "
"My name is Sunset, nice to meet you."
"Wah!"
The girl with glasses lifts back and falls to the floor releasing her phone.
Sunset is surprised, but soon reaches the phone and sees his personal information on the screen.
"... wow."
Twilight seeing the situation rushes to speak. "It-it-it-it's not what it looks like! I did not hack the school computer to get your information and know about your life!" She hits her face with her palm. "Why I'm talking?"
"... well, I have a stalker."
"N-n-no! You see, ah, I'll see you-"
Sunset gives a mocking smile "hey if you wanted to know about me, you could invite me to dinner, you did not have to get to this."
Twilight blushed with embarrassment "I'll tell you that's not what I wanted to be ... well ... you'll see ..."
Sunset starts to laugh. "Ha ha ha, calm down and just kidding, let me help you."
He reaches out to help her, Twilight looks at her for a moment and then shakes her hand. Sunset helps her get up and returns her cell phone.
"Well, now the presentations, I'm Sunset Shimmer, although you already know that."
"Am ... I'm Twilight, Twilight Sparkle" responds and then thinks to herself. "Although it seems you already know."
"Well Twilight, welcome to Canterlot, I say it because I realize you're new."
"Oh yeah hehe, I'm ... new here hehehe ..."
"And why did you come to Canterlot? If you would let me ask."
The girl is silent for a moment, as if she were thinking about her answer.
"... this school, it's hiding something."
"hiding?"
"For some time I've detected very strange energy signals, I came to find out that they are."
"Energy? I'm afraid I do not understand."
Twilight is looking for something in her backpack. "A few months ago I detected a very drastic climate change in this area, and when I investigated, I noticed an alteration in the electromagnetic field as well as a seismic reaction on the ground, it did not last long but since then I have noticed certain phenomena."
The girl finally takes out of her backpack some graphics and notes quite diverse, the ex equina approaches to see them with curiosity.
"Small signs of an alteration in the atmospheric fields have been seen here, although none have been significant, they are fairly constant, they almost always occur between 3 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon."
Sunset thinks to herself. "3 and 5 ... are you talking about practices?"
"Finally there was a clear signal, a few weeks ago the atmospheric pressure underwent a change too large, also detected a source of unknown energy emerging from nowhere, I even managed to draw this graph, almost as if the energy acquired, a form."
The scientist shows her companion an image that could be described as a spot of colors with a particular shape.
"I'm still not quite sure of its pattern, but I looked at old astronomy files and noticed that they are similar to nebulous storms of the 19th century, so I have the theory of-"
"Looks like a horse." Comments the ex-equine interrupting her explanation
Twilight is surprised by the interruption and comment. "... a ... how a horse? Where do you get that looks like a horse?"
To answer the question, Sunset takes the graph and turns it to show it to its companion, the scientist notices that the image now of head resembles to a type of equine, which causes a brief silence of its part.
"... well ... if it seems, a ... equine ..."
"I told you, it's interesting, I did not know that these things happened here."
"What ?! You've been studying in this school for years and you never noticed this?"
"Emh, I have other things to worry about, but it's interesting though I doubt you'll find anything, there's sure to be an explanation for all of this."
"That's what I want to find out."
"why?"
"Because I want to know that he is hiding in this school, and I want to know what kind of energy this is, I do not want to give myself much hope but, if it turns out to be an unknown source of energy, and ... if I discover how to control it, Completely the world we know! " He exclaims with emotion. Then lowers the voice. "So finally, I could stand out and be something more than a rare girl who is locked in her basement and speaks alone ..."
Twilight lowers his head and his gaze becomes melancholy, Sunset seeing her puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, take off that long face, come on as you're new I'll show you the school, then we can keep talking about those magical energy things whatever."
"It's not magic, it's just a kind of unknown energy."
"It's the same, come on."
Taking her from the doll Sunset begins to guide the scientist.
The tour runs smoothly, except for the need for Twilight to analyze each room they entered with a strange machine.
"And here-"
His sentence is cut off by the school bell which indicates the current time.
"Oh, time to go to class, what's your classroom? I'll walk you there."
"Ah... my classroom? Ha ha ha, don?t worry, I can get there by myself. You should go to your own class."
"It doesn't bother me to be a little late."
"No way! Education and punctuality are important, I can go it alone from here, thank you for your help, goodbye."
With that she turns around and begins to walk, Sunset observes until losing it of sight.
From a corner appears Sun and approaches Sunset.
"Did you discover anything?"
"Apparently, she came to investigate the manifestations of magic that were in school."
"Like when you became a shedemon and the magic horse?"
"...Yes."
"Would that be a problem?"
"I don't know, this world doesn't understand magic so, I don't know what she could do if she discovers it."
"And what will you do?"
"... if she's as stubborn as the Princess Twilight, she will not stop until she gets what she wants."
"Umm, then maybe you should tell her the truth. "
"The truth ?! You're not serious."
"I think it will be better that way, the only thing that you will achieve is that you go around the school doing your weird things, and don't forget that you have it in your sights, it is a matter of time until you start to investigate the others too, and either Can identify its magic or not, will be somewhat annoying, believe me. "
"... maybe ... you're right."
"I have it ... well ..." she patted her on the back. "Think about that meanwhile I take your place in classes, good luck sis."
Sunset after recovering from the blow rolls her eyes "... we are not sisters."
*Mirage Shimmer*
As was said, during the course of the morning Sunset kept a certain watch on Twilight, while Sun impersonated her during the classes.
There was not much to emphasize during that time, was notorious the fact that the scientist did not achieve anything with their search, going through each room taking extreme care that they did not see it, checked the walls with a kind of meter, from time to time did Some notes but his constant sighs and defeated look indicated his little luck.
"ugh! This doesn't work, whatever causes these anomalies, it is clear that is not in the building, I wonder ... may be that someone belonging to this school, who will have and control that mysterious energy?"
Sunset who watched the girl from behind a corner is slightly altered and by reflection is hidden more.
"if it were so ... agh, I would have to investigate every student teacher and manager of this school, I do not have time for that, there must be something I'm missing, that's it! There must be something that I'm not taking into account" Look at the time on her cell phone. "it's almost time for the class change, I'll go out before someone sees me, I'll go home and review my data, and then...! maybe I can stop talking alone ..."
At a rapid pace the young scientist proceeds to leave the building, while she remains in her thoughts, she passes by the statue and it is then that she notices something, turning her eyes to see that at the base of the statue have begun to grow small purple flowers , Curiously bends down to see them better.
"... are these... Ipomoea Purpureas? But, these plants do not originate from this area ..."
The girl stares at the flowers until the sudden rush of school takes her out of her thoughts.
"I-I'm better off"
With that trot away and is lost sight of, Sunset then leaves the school and goes to the statue, looking for the girl but does not see.
Sighing "what am I supposed to do?"
In that he notices the flowers at the base of the statue and changes his look to one of curiosity.
"those flowers were there earlier?"
Sun stood idly by, staring at her double-pony transformed into a human walking back and forth across the ... roof?
"I don't understand your dismay" finally says "just tell her about your magic, it will be easier that way."
"You don't understand" answers her double of EQuestria. "It's not that simple, if the human Twilight discovers the magic, I don't know what could happen."
"And what could happen? Would ears like you?"
"That's the problem! I. Don't. Know!"
Sun keeps a neutral look as she watches her double defy gravity and keep talking.
"The magic of Equestria does not work the same in this world, I know, I investigated the natural physical fields of this world to try to use magic, so I could... you know ..."
"The devil thing you told me about?"
"I didn't know that it was going to happen, I just knew that putting it on would give me magical power, I did not expect a physiological mutation, I don't know how it happened! At that moment I did not give importance but now that I think I have no explanation for that, I can't explain why the girls have ears and tails when they touch! "
"Right, magic is weird, so what?"
Sunset stops walking and turns to see her. "In this world, the magic of Equestria is unpredictable, if the Twilight of this world gets it, and try something with it, anything could happen, and I mean, ANYTHING."
Emphasized the girl with her head staring at her double of this world.
"... with more reason you should tell her." Responds the human girl.
Sunset looks at her confused "What do you mean ?! And could you stand up? You're making me dizzy."
Sun, who had been lying on the bed all this time with her head back on the edge, acceded to the request and rose to her feet.
"You're trying to tell me is that magic is dangerous, right?"
"Well ... I guess, I mean-"
"There's no way to know what Twilight could do to this world, or even if it came into contact with magic, I understand, but that's precisely why you should talk to it about it."
The human pony could only look at her doubtfully. Her human self continues.
"That girl could be seriously injured if she continues with the idea of discovering magic, so you should go and talk to her, before the worst happens."
Sunset is silent for a moment, and I sigh "I think, that makes sense ..."
"The best thing for that girl, is that you tell her the truth, and you avoid her getting into trouble, we don't want an invasion of things half bees half bears or something, although, it would be cool, but it's bad."
"Hey, tell me, if we're the same girl, how come you're cleverer?"
"The secret, is not to think too much, and only do what must be done, you have cider or something? I'm drier than a sponge in the Sahara"
With that said he goes towards the kitchen.
Sunset sees her double retire and she laughs a little, then her face changes to a more serious one while she sighs.
"... tell the truth ... what other choice do I have?"
***Mirage***
The young scientist walks around the basement with a pensive countenance.
"Well, let's analyze again, the highest points where the presence of energy is captured, coincide with two events of that school, the first, is a formal dance held at the beginning of the semester, the second is shortly thereafter in a... musical competition, or something."
Soft barks pull the girl out of her thoughts, look down to see her puppy looking at her.
"What's up Spike?"
He barks softly and then goes to a table, the girl follows and sees on this an artifact which prints some graphics, she takes the sheet and looks closely.
"Is there a third sign, as I missed it? And it was ... a few weeks ago, what date is this?"
She sits down at the computer and starts checking some things.
"... it was the commemoration, the founding of the school, why?" All high concentrations occurred during particular events, but, what do they have in common? A formal dance, a musical contest, and ... a school play? Something that connects all that!"
The soft sound of her dog makes her turn and sees the little one holding the photograph of Sunset in her mouth.
Twilight takes the photo and looks closely "Do you think Sunset is connected to that?"
A soft bark is the puppy's response.
"... certainly it is someone who draws attention, let's see if there is something that unites these events."
With that the girl starts to check the files of the computer. For a few minutes it keeps comparing data of the girl and the events of the school.
With that the young woman starts to check the files of the computer, for a few minutes keeps comparing data of the girl and the events of the school.
"Umm, Sunset Shimmer, princess of dance three years in a row, but apparently lost the previous one, just the day of the first manifestation of energy. In the musical competition, she had no participation, but the group, "Rainbooms", acept her as a member, and in the play, played the main role, it is rare, at first sight it seems that it is not connected to any fact but... but...
For a moment the girl tries to sort out her ideas, her canine companion looks at her curiously but keeps silence so as not to disturb her.
"Loses the dance ... joins a band ... stars, a school play..."
At that moment something clicks on his head and suddenly rises up in surprise scaring the puppy a little.
"School events! The strongest signs are when all students and board members turn their attention to the same point, the energy... is not in the school, not in a student or teacher, it is in all the members that make up the School system! ... can something like that... be possible? How can a group of students and teachers unleash an energy mass like that? and where did they get it, more importantly... why use it...?
There was another pause which the puppy took to jump up to the chair where his owner was sitting before and watched the computer screen, called the girl's grasp with a bark and pointed to the screen where you still see the image Of Sunset.
"... you're right Spike, even if everyone in that school has access to that energy, there is no way they are aware of it, with so many people there, the voice should have run to one place or another, certainly someone out of The school would already know something about what happens there, there is only one explanation, someone is manipulating the students and the teachers, the safest thing would be to suspect the principal as she is the one in charge, but ... " she looks at the photo of Sunset. "She seems to have more connection, I'm sure she knows something, and I'll find out who she is."
***Mirage Shimmer***
Sunset is in the vicinity of the school wing practicing what she is going to say.
"Well Twilight, you see, that energy you're looking for, it's really magic coming from a parallel universe where all people are ponys... Twilight, I'm not human, I'm an alien from another dimension... you're a sorceress Twilight! Ugh this will not work."
Her human counterpart is about to laugh a little at the attitude of the pony girl.
"Why do not you show her the portal?"
"The portal is closed, and only the Princess Twilight can open it."
"Well, why don't you write and ask her to open it?"
"I don't want to disturb her anymore, she's a princess, she has duties to attend to, and there is no real danger, at least for the moment, I want to try to fix this myself."
"Well, whatever you need, I'll be available, if you want, I'll take your place in school today so you can take the girl to a quieter place to talk."
"… It's not a bad idea."
"That's what we'll do, I'll take care of the books, you'll get the girl, good luck, lil sis."
"We are not- ugh is the same, hey Sun."
"tell me."
"Could you lend me your guitar?"
***Mirage***
Eventually the students begin to arrive, Sun met the others and explained the situation, meanwhile his counterpart pony is hidden behind a tree on the front sidewalk and kept watch awaiting the arrival of the scientist. The wait ends when she sees the girl walking towards the establishment with a thoughtful look on her face.
Sunset sighs and takes the guitar. "Well, let's do this at once."
With that approach to the girl, meanwhile this seems to have a little debate with itself.
"Well, I approach, and I ask you to tell me about the dance, and the music competition, I must make you talk about those nights in detail, but I must not make you see that I want to know, I have to be careful, it's time to put My detective side in operation, I must discover all the secrets of Sunset Shimmer. "
"You start to scare me, you know?"
"Ah!! what are you doing here ?!"
"... um, here I study."
"... ah, yes, of course ... heh ..."
"Hey Twilight, can we talk?"
"Um, of course, what's wrong?"
"Come on, let's find a place where we can talk better" begins to walk.
"Eh?! He-hey" follows her. "and the school?"
"Calm down, I have my class covered, and well, I know you did not transfer."
"Wh-what-how?"
"We can fix that topic later, the truth, I think there's a lot we have to tell ourselves."
***Mirage***
There are no setbacks in they path and they reach the park, Sunset approaches the fountain and looks at her reflection as if waiting for an answer, finally sighs and looks at his companion.
"Twilight, I don't even know how to start so... I'll try to make it slow, you know the theory of the multiverse?"
Twilight is disgraced by the question. "... Andy Nimmo, 1957, parallel universes to ours endowed with different physical laws each linked to the law of possibilities, what with that?"
"It's no longer a theory..." She takes a moment. "I come from another world Twilight."
The girl with glasses looks at Sunset in surprise, but then puts on a suspicious expression.
"I know" Says the equine former. "there's no way you believe me if I don't give you any proof, I'll give it to you, but first listen, about that energy you're looking for, maybe you can imagine it, but it's mostly because I come to this world."
The scientist remained skeptical for a moment before answering. "Well, let's suppose I believe you, tell me then, what exactly is that energy?"
Sunset is silent for a moment as she thinks about the right way to respond. "... it's magic."
".... Magic, you say, that mysterious energy, is magic? what? That of, fairies and goblins?"
"Those really are fantasy... but yes, it's magic, it's very common where I come from."
"You brought me here to distract me from my investigation with that ridiculous excuse?"
"No, I brought you because I want to try... that you understand, how dangerous is this."
"What is dangerous?"
"The magic of my world, it doesn't work the same here Twilight, I had a hard time learning it, I understand what you want, but if you mess with it, there is no way to know the consequences."
Twilight roll her eyes and turn around "I thought this would be serious, maybe I was wrong with you, I better go back to my research."
With that said the girl begins to walk, Sunset hesitates a moment and then speaks.
"Do you want to see it?"
Twilight stop and turns to her "See it?"
"the magic... the energy, I can show you."
"... Really?"
"Yes... but, we should go to a private place."
***Mirage***
Twilight opens the door of her house and after entering lets pass her companion.
"Go ahead, excuse the mess, I haven't had visits since... ... I haven't had visits... "
The former equestrian notes the melancholy face of the girl, but prefers not to say anything and fixes her eyes on the room, on the floor lie papers and wrappers of sweets and other foods, denotes a very soft layer of dust on some furniture, closed windows prevent the entry of air and sunlight, resulting in a faint smell of moisture, yet the furnishings and decoration of the room, denotes a certain aesthetic sense.
"... and your parents?"
"they aren't, and... they will not be back soon, so we shouldn't worry about that."
"I... I see."
Twilight walks to a door "come to the basement."
"... basement?"
Both go down to the underground room and Sunset is a little surprised to see the equipment installed in the place, a soft bark catches their attention and to turn around sees the little dog of Twilight staring at her.
"oh, hello little one, how are you?"
Flexing her knees, she bends down to caress the puppy, which wags its tail and smiles at the gesture, the girl with glasses looks at the scene in a bit of surprise.
"Wow, it's the first time Spike has approached anyone but me."
"Oh, I have good tact with animals. Flutter helped a lot."
"mh, well, are you going to show me that energy source?"
Sunset leave the puppy "yes, it's okay."
The former equine approaches and the scientist lights a computer at the same time prepares what looks like a camera. Sunset takes the guitar of her counterpart and tunes it a bit.
"What is it for?"
"so I can activate my magic-eh ... energy, I have to play music."
"play- ... that's ridiculous."
"Just watch yourself?"
Under the skeptical look of Twilight, Sunset it accommodates instrument in its arms.
Sunset Thinks for herself "it's the first time I try to wake up my magic for myself, I hope nothing strange happens."
With that thought begin to play, Twilight keeps her gaze while the little can look at her curiously.
For a moment nothing happens, but suddenly the guitarist starts to give off a soft glow, this serves to gain the attention of the scientist whose surprise is increasing when she sees the ears of Sunset disappear and reappear above her head with a different shape, and her hair Elongate in a wave of flashy light to give a form of tail.
When finishing of play Sunset looks at her companion and this only shows astonishment in her very open eyes.
"what ... what just happened?"
"... magic."
***Mirage***
The young scientist holds the head of her visit while watching the newly transformed ears.
"You know, you could just ask me to crouch." Says the former equine feeling her head being turned by the girl.
After a few minutes of inspection finally the sole "how is it possible ?! Is it some kind of trick?"
"It's not a trick" Sunset responds calmly. "But unfortunately, I couldn't explain how it happens, since I don't know either, as I told you, magic doesn't work the same in your world as in mine."
The girl with glasses only keeps looking at her with eyes very surprised.
"... there has to be an explanation for this, and I will find out what it is!"
With that he goes to a desk and starts looking inside a drawer.
Sunset looks at her curiously "and, what are you going to do?"
"What science always does"
With that said take a scalpel out of the drawer and smile looking at Sunset.
"Investigate thoroughly."
Sunset is paralyzed by fear and looks at Twilight in terror.
The scientist uses the scalpel to open a plastic package, restores the scalpel and the package removes a pair of rubber gloves which is placed in the hands.
"security first." she says smiling.
Sunset lets out a big sigh and her whole body relaxes.
Twilight then sits her on a chair and rubs her ear with a cotton swab. Make her stirs a little.
"ha ha ha ha it tickles ha ha ha!"
Ignoring her laughter, Twilight pulls out the swab and with a different one repeats the process on Sunset's cheek.
After that, rub both swabs on two different slides and then observe both through a microscope.
"Ummm, both have equal skin particles, no doubt both belong to you."
"Ah yes, the ears are glued to my head, it seems quite obvious to me."
"but it is rare..."
Take a sample and put it in a more powerful-looking microscope.
"Even if they look human ... it's like ... if they were mixed with something else, something... NO human!"
Sunset blinks twice "... oh, yeah, about that... maybe forget to mention that... where I come from, we are ... ponys."
An uncomfortable silence arises, until it is broken by the stomach of Sunset, who blushes for the penalty
"There is forgiveness ... I suppose I'm hungry hehe ..."
The scientist looks at her for a moment and then starts laughing a little, earning an embarrassed blush from her partner, but Twilight's stomach also makes a slight complaint about the lack of food, causing her to blush too.
"Ha ha ha! I guess I ha ha ha ha ..."
Soon both begin to laugh and even Spike with a few barks joins.
***Mirage***
A trip to the kitchen revealed that this did not have much to offer. Both were satisfied with some sandwiches.
"I regret not having more to offer" the young scientist apologized. "I was so focused on research, I forgot to go shopping."
"Don't worry, after all, I came to your house suddenly, I have no right to complain, even if I had it one" Sunset responds as she bites her sanwich.
Silence surrounds them for a moment. Until Twilight speaks.
"So ... you're a magic pony, living in a magical world, that can be transformed using music."
"... um ... something like that."
"I'm supposed to believe that."
"You're supposed. Or you have a better explanation?
"No, but I'm sure I can find it. I refuse to believe this is a "magic thing"."
"um ... why?"
"Magic is just a pathetic excuse used by people of old for what their ignorant minds could not understand."
Sunset speaks very softly. "Auh, that Princess Twilight does not hear you say that."
"Everything that centuries ago was thought to be a cause of magic and spells, today is known to have a scientific and reasonable explanation.
"Are my pony ears the same?"
"Of course! I just have to find the answer of how and why it happens."
"and... if you can't find it?
"I will."
"You're very sure of what I see."
"Of course, science has never failed me, if you dono' tell me it's really that energy you use, then I'll have to figure it out on my own."
"... I already told you, but if is you want..." She sinished her sanwichs. "Thanks for the food."
"it's nothing" She says, wiping her hands. "Later I will go and buy something for dinner... not that I expect someone to come to dinner ..."
The latter was said in a low tone, but Sunset could hear it.
"And... and your parents, your brother, will not come?"
"My parents usually eat out, they're too busy with their work. And after their wedding, my brother doesn't live here anymore."
"oh... I'm sorry..."
"It's fine, I'm used to being alone"
Twilight looks at the floor for a moment but then shakes her head.
"my godness, what am I doing?! I shouldn't say things like that to a stranger! Think what you say Twilight!"
"hey calm down" Says and take softly her shoulder "Don't sully yourself like this."
Twilight sighs.
"Sorry... I guess I don't know how to talk to people."
"je je, I had that problem... twice, just try to open up with the people."
Twilight moves away a little. "As if I had not done that before ..."
Sunset sees her return to the basement, and follows.
"Twilight, are you okay?"
"Yes, I just want to continue the investigation, I'd like to do some small tests, if you'll let me"
***Mirage***
The sun was already falling off the horizon as the moon began to rise to adorn the sky. Sunset arrives in her apartment and after a deep sigh exits.
"Hey Sunny, you finally come back."
Is the greeting that gives her her double.
"Hi Sun, did I miss something?
"nah... the schoole is the school, nothing interesting."
"I see..."
With slow pace and with a "uff" she is dropped into bed "
"How did you do with the problematic nerdy?"
"actually... pretty good, she did't believe a word about magic, but I think, I got along with it."
"Do you try to use the "magic of friendship" thing?"
"quiero que ella sepa lo que es tener amigos. parece... que ella lo necesita..."
Sun seems confused by that sentence, but says nothing about it. Instead she goes into the kitchen leaving the former equine with her thoughts.
***Mirage***
The night finally arrives and in the house of the scientist, this revises data in her computer.
"... equines ... what does this have to do with equines?"
"Sunset: ... where I come from, we are ... ponys."
"magic ponys from another world, yeah of course, I know there is a reasonable explanation for this, I just have to find the common factor."
With that said, she focuses on her research. Her little puppy watches her from a distance, her face seems a little worried.
Studying the... Equimia??
The rain fell that morning, the people tried to move quickly to reach their destinations without getting soaked.
In her apartment, Sunset prepared for another day at school, while Sun watched her sitting on the bed.
"Don't you want me to take your place today?"
Sunset takes an umbrella to leave. "No, I'll have Twilight and the others get to know each other."
"The more people are working the less heavy the burden, right?"
"Not exactly, I just think that would make Twilight more open and good, maybe trust more in others than in me."
"Are you still trying to avoid being obsessed with your magic?"
"Yes, but I will need her to trust me and the others."
"I understand, maybe tomorrow I will also join you to meet the normal version of your pony princess."
"you will not come?"
"Nah, the water that falls from above and I do not get along, I'll stay here and clean your domain a little."
"I hope that by cleaning you do not mean to leave dust and wrappings of sweets everywhere."
"Hey, who do you take me for? I clean myself up."
"Well, we'll see you later then."
"Don't get too wet."
The ex-equine leaves the apartment, her counterpart watches the door for a moment and after seeing that she does not return she gets up and takes the computer, after turning it on she starts to explore the files until she finds what she is looking for.
"I sorry little sis, but I must do a thorough cleaning."
***Mirage***
Already at school the group meets and Sunset explained to them the situation.
"And so, I wanted to get Twilight to... get to know the school and well... maybe to have lunch with us. If that is right with all you."
"We'll finally meet Twily no pony?!" Exclaims the party girl. "I must prepare a welcome party for her!"
"Calm down Pinkie, I think that might scare her, let's reserve the party for another day if?" Suggests the former equine.
"Oki doki! I'll write it down in my calendar of party" she pulls out a calendar and checks it. "Umm, there is a free space at 15th, although I could move the nachos party to next Saturday and better accommodate it there."
While the party girl continues her party planning the farmer asks her equine friend.
"What do you have in mind with that girl sugarcube?"
"I just want to meet new people, it seems that I do not socialize much."
"Sure it's a good idea?" Asks the group's athlete. "I mean, if we must prevent him from seeing our magic, we can not practice. "
"Well, I actually showed her some magic, but she needs Trust others, make friends. "
With a shared smile the plan is agreed.
Shortly after they come closer to the reason for their talk, the others bid farewell to their equestrian friend leaving this to receive the girl with glasses.
"Hi Twilight, good morning, a saying you know."
"Good morning to you too Sunset, I saw you talking to someone, it was the girls of your band?"
"Ah yes, I warned them that we will meet at lunch."
"I see, I hoped we could continue the investigation, it does not matter, I'll check the surroundings for fluctuations and energy reserves."
"Actually, today you will accompany me to class."
"what?"
"Maybe you'll learn something about magic if you live one day at this school."
"... but I'm not a student."
At that moment the bell rings at the beginning of classes and the former equine takes her partner by the wrist.
"Let's go or we'll be late"
Without giving him time to refute the taking of the doll and takes it to school.
"H-hey wait ...!"
***Mirage***
To Twilight's surprise, no one at school seemed surprised to see her.
They almost seemed to know her.
Even the teachers do not seem to mind having it in their classes.
"How come no one is surprised to see me?"
Asks the scientist as she walks along the corridor next to the former equine.
"You said Twilight, weird things happen in this school"
The girl looks around. Unsure of the calm attitude of all.
Somehow, seeing them all so... happy... forms a knot in her chest.
***Mirage***
The morning ends, and midday arrives, again without giving a chance to reply, Sunset takes Twilight to the table that she shares with her friends.
"Well, I'll introduce you. Twilight, they're my friends, Rarity."
"It's a pleasure to meet you darling."
"Applejack."
"Haunted."
"Rainbow Dash."
"waths up?"
"Fluttershy."
"Um, I ... Hello ..."
"And last but not least-"
"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie a pleasure to meet you even though I already knew you well ah ah but to your other me who is a pony princess of a magical world-"
Sunset hurries to cover her mouth. "yes yes Pinkie, had a lot of sugar for you, girls, she's Twilight Sparkle."
"... um ... hello ... a pleasure."
"And tell us dear, what brought you to Canterlot?" Asks the dressmaker.
"Well, actually I came to investigate a very strange source of energy."
"Energy?"
"Yes, a few months ago I could detect an alteration in the energy fields coming from this place, but I still do not know what it could be."
"Oh! Maybe it was when Sunsie became a furious demon and tried to turn everyone in school into zombies to be her personal army."
"… … … … excuse me?"
"Pinkie darling, we'll have to deal with your lack of tact."
"Demon, zombies, army?"
"It's a part of my life that I'm trying to leave behind."
"... if they brought me here to talk about nonsense I'd better follow my research on my own."
"They are not nonsense, really happened, but thanks to the Twilight Princess everything went well." Rainbow emphasizes.
"... princess, what?"
"Well yes, something I have not told you yet, the world where I come, we all have a double."
"You are the princess of friendship!" Exclaims Pinkie, as always cheerful.
Twilight watches them all in silence. "... that it's all."
That said she gets up and leaves.
Sunset gets up to follow her. "Twilight. I know it's hard to believe but-"
"I do not have time for nonsense like this, maybe it was a mistake to focus my research on you, better start over."
"Twilight, you saw what happens, I play the guitar, you know I can control that magic you're after."
Twilight stops his walk "... certainly, I can not deny what I saw."
"You see? It's the test."
"That proves that you have access to an unknown source of energy, but such a thing as another world and horses and magic, are completely ridiculous."
Pinkie appears behind her. "They are not ridiculous."
"Gah!"
"Twilight Princess came to reclaim her magic crown which is a defensive force in her world that Sunsie stole when she was evil, then came made us stop fighting and won the crown at the fall dance but Sunsie managed to steal it and when we Put became a fierce and evil demon that wanted to kill us all but then our friendship with Twilight gave us magic and we became magic ponys and we used that magic to beat Sunsie and make her stop being evil and now she is our best friend."
The girl with galsses stares at her recent narrator until something clicks into her mind.
"Wait did you say they all have that "magic"? Does that mean you can all control it?"
"Yes, and now when we play we grow ears and some very nice tails."
Twilight looks at all of them "I want to see that."
"Well, we always practice after class, if you want you can come and look." Invites Applejack.
"Practice, of course, the music ... well, perfect, I'll need some things to investigate further, I have to go home."
"Hey, you leaving?"
"I'll be back when I have everything I need. I'll need a graham condenser and an electron gauge."
While she leaves the place, she murmurs to herself a list of things.
The six friends see her leave. Applejack is the one who talks first.
"... it came out better than I expected."
"I'll take your dessert" Rainbow says, taking the dessert left by the scientist.
Rarity looks at her equestrian friend. "Sunset, darling, do you agree with all this?"
"That ... I think, well, I think it's better to have her around so she can see what she plans to do."
Rainbow tries to talk to the dessert in her mouth "anf whaf wiff you dof if thifs gef comficafef?
"what?"
"Rainbow, please do not talk with your mouth full." Scold Rarity.
Rainbow swallows her mouthful. "I said, what will you do if things get complicated?"
"Well, I do not know, I'll try to convince her that it's dangerous, that's why I want to gain her confidence, to see that I do this for her sake."
Rarity smiles at him and puts a hand on his shoulder. "We're with you, honey."
Applejack supports it. "It is enough to teach that geniecite a little magic of friendship."
"And who better than us for that.?" Rainbow said before taking another bite of the dessert.
"Thanks girls, you are the best."
***Mirage***
The surprise is not made to wait, because when the six arrive to its room of practices after class, they find it occupied, byTwilight and her puppy.
Working on a series of curious looking artifacts located in various places in the room.
Rainbow is the first to ask. "What the hell happened here?"
"Hello, you're here." Greets the scientist. "I have everything ready for the investigation."
The girl gives her puppy a series of cables and this one gets inside one of those machines.
Rainbow looks around "... I do not remember this being in the contract."
"What is all this?" Asks the farmer looking at one of the machines.
"Just a couple of things I think I might need, a Beta wave detector a neutron catalyst and an advanced static leveler, among other things."
All were confused and a little silence.
"Where did you get all this?"
"From my house, of course."
"How did you bring all this from there, here?" Pinkie asked, gesturing with her hands. "It does not seem physically possible."
Her five friends give him an almost accusing look.
"what?"
"Good enough chat."
The puppy leaves the machine and with his eye gives his owner some latex gloves that this proceeds to be placed.
"The sooner we start, the sooner I will discover the secret of the Equimia."
"The what?"
"How it seems to have some relationship with the equines, I decided to call it so to document my research."
"Why do not you call it magic?"
"I flatly refuse to accept this as something as ridiculous as magic, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for all that you can do."
"and which one is it?"
"That's what I want to find out."
With that said takes Fluttershy of the doll and to great terror of this it takes to the center of the room where it puts a species of helmet to him to a computer.
"Ah ... Twi-Twilight ... what are you going to ... do?"
"I will check your brainwaves to see if there is any significant change."
"Are you sure it's necessary?"
"Calm down there is no danger coffseriuscoff, please start."
The researcher stands in front of her computer and the animal lover looks to her friends for help, Sunset sends a reassuring smile and a gesture to continue.
Still somewhat insecure begins to play her tambourine, and by little the touch is reassuring, immediately her magic makes her wings wing and tail, Twilight is surprised to see it and then begins to write in a notebook, likewise look at the Screen of the computer, her amazement only increases when seeing the circular waves begin to deform until forming a butterfly, the shy girl hits her tambourine and of this they begin to appear several butterflies which begin to fly by the room, the other students look at this With good courage while the researcher remains with mouth and eyes wide open until one of the butterflies lies on her nose.
***Mirage***
With her guitar connected to a machine of the place, the farmer focuses on her music, the scientist reviews the notes that the machine prints but is distracted when the magic begins to produce apples in the place, the scientist looks at the fruits on the ground when a of them falls on her head, she catches it with her hand and looks at it a moment later to take a scalpel and cut a small slice, with some doubt he eats it and smiling takes a bigger piece.
***Mirage***
Rarity watches the sensors glued to her forehead and arms, Twilight gives her a signal to start playing, as she does so and with her active magic, several bright diamonds come off her and fly around the place , The scientist looks astonished and while registering the vital signs of the dressmaker feels one of the diamonds run down her cheek, this causes a very small cut that draws a minimum amount of blood, Twilight checks the cut with her fingers and when she see the Blood she faints.
***Mirage***
With a decibel meter set to the side of her battery, Pinkie Pie begins to play with great enthusiasm, Twilight, now with a Band-Aid on her cheek, watching the sound levels and not noticing the explosion of balloons coming from the instrument until it's very Late, the balloons pass over her leaving her hair with tips.
***Mirage***
Connecting Rainbow's guitar to her computer, Twilight sits on a chair and begins to record the notes and chords played, until the magic of the athlete causes a small and colorful ray in the cable which when arriving at the computer Explodes and pulls the girl with glasses to the ground.
***Mirage***
With a safety helmet on her head Twilight register the changes in Sunset while it touches, the magic of the former equine begins to produce small embers, one of this arrives in the dressing gown of the investigator causing that begins to ignite, alarmed she tries to extinguish The flames but it does not, the entrance door suddenly opens and Pinkie appears next to Spike, both with firemen's helmets and a hose, they open the key and the water springs on the investigator turning off the fire, and leaving it Soaked in the ground.
***Mirage***
"Well, after doing all the tests and comparing the results, I can only come to a conclusion."
The Rainbooms look at their visitor, whose clothes are wet, their hair disheveled, and the black face of the smoke shows a tired expression.
"That I have no idea how the Equimia works ..." falls to the ground.
The Rainbooms looks a little worried to the girl, Sunset approaches and helps her to get up.
"Calm down Twilight, the magic is complicated, no one can understand it in a single day."
The girl is very surprised when the scientist takes it from the collar of the jacket and looks at it from the front
"It's not magic! Stop calling it magic! This is not, magic things! "
"… why not?"
"Beacause!" It moves away. "There is no such thing as magic!" Magic is only an excuse that was used in ancient times when humanity was not advanced enough to understand certain physical and chemical aspects.
"so…"
"SO! there must be an explanation for this of the horse's ears and the one who can create matter and control elements."
"And what would that be?"
"... I don't know! That's what I'm trying to find out!"
"I'll tell you the explanation, magic, that simple. " decalirs Rainbow.
"That is not magic! Magic does not exist!"
"Of course, yes, how else Sunsie and Princess Twilight might have come into our world and fight in a magical battle where Sunsie became a furious demon and Twilight used the magic of friendship to stop her and make her good and gave us To us the magic to transform ourselves into ponies when touching what helped us to conquer the sirens when they tried to turn to all the school in zombies?"
"… … … … what?!"
"long story."
Aaaaaaaaargh! I can't stand it!" She reviews her notes "there has to be something to explain all this! Has to!"
Rarirty tries to talk to you. "Twilight, calm down, there are some things that science can't explain."
"SCIENCE CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING!"
The reaction of the girl takes everyone by surprise, Fluttershy is hidden behind a chair by fear.
"There is no such thing as magic... they are only lies! Science is the truth... the only truth ..."
"Twi ..."
Sunset tries to take Twilight from her shoulder but she pulls away abruptly and looks at the ground with her eyes lost, the little can approaches him and lets out faint groans of sadness.
"Twilight, what's wrong?"
"... I ... just leave me alone ...!"
The girl runs off and is followed by her cub who barks with regret, the six friends stand staring at the door trying to understand what happened.
Fluttershy comes out of his worried hiding place "... we said ... something bad? ... sorry Sunset ..."
Rainbow looks at her equestrian friend. "What happened?"
"I ... I do not know ..."
She exhales a sigh and whispers to herself.
"... I don't think I'm good for this ..."
***Mirage***
The whole event took away the spirit of practicing, so that all returned to their homes.
What was seen, and the doubt of what might come, kept them all pensive. Especially sunset.
***Mirage***
The next day, the last day of the school week, some students are talking about their plans for the weekend, as do five of the Rainbooms when they meet in front of the school shortly before school starts.
"What do you want to do tomorrow?" Rainbow asks. "Let's go to the cinema?"
"Nah, there's nothing good." The farmer responds.
"What if we go shopping?" Suggests the dressmaker.
"No way! the last time you made me load all your things." The athlete complains.
"Do we have a party for bean day?"
"Pinkie darling, that day does not exist."
"Then an impromptu party!"
"No offense Pinks" speaks applejack. "But with all that ah past the past few weeks, I would prefer something quieter, you know, relax."
"Ummm, a little party?"
"Um, how about ... a picnic?" Suggests the shy girl.
"I like that idea."
"Oh, one day outdoors sounds wonderful."
They all agree with that plan, Pinkie Pie looks to the side and greets Sunset and Sun who come to them.
"Hello girls."
"Hola a todas"
"Hi Sunset, what's the plan today?"
"Actually, I don't have any, have you seen Twilight?"
A negative answer comes from all of them, and this earns a sigh from the ex-equine.
"Come on Sunsie! Let's go for a picnic tomorrow, will you?"
"Uh sure, sounds great."
"Sun, you're invited too, if you're free." Invites the dressmaker.
"Freedom is like my girlfriend, of course I will."
"Sunny, do you have a girlfriend?! Why you didn't tell us?! you have to introduce us! I want to meet her!"
"Ha ha ha! Pinkie Pie, I like you, very much."
The seven share a slight laugh.
Pinkie continues to laugh and smile when she asks a question. "What do we laugh at?"
After a few more minutes they proceed to enter the school.
Sunset looks at her double "will you be all alone?"
"Sure, see you at some break or when school is over, good luck."
With a thumb up on Sun's side and a farewell gesture on the part of Sunset both separate, already with the six friends out of sight Sun changes his smile by a more serious gesture and looks at the grounds of the school.
"the girl no pony will not come? ... Well, I guess now it's my turn." She says to herself and smiles.
With that thought the traveler goes to the school statue, looks at this for a moment and then looks at the base, with her hand tapping gently one side and then puts her palm on it.
"Is here, where it happens, but, why? What does this particular school have?"
She looks at the building and after a walk around the monument, she walks away from it.
In the backyard she tilts and gently rubs the ground with his fingers.
"... fertile, but... there's something... strange..."
A soft song of bird makes it turn, sees the small creature in the branch of a tree intoning its soft song, with a smile begins to whistle a similar tune, with that catches the attention of the bird and this flies towards the girl, Sun begins to softly caress his feathers, the bird sings its soft melody and Sun smiles at him
"you are a beautiful bird, if are you?"
A cheerful song is the answer of the winged creature.
"And you, you know what's special about this place, right?"
This time a soft chirp the answer is.
"Would you want to help me?"
***Mirage***
At the end of the class, with almost all the students leaving, the Rainbooms get together and go to their practice room, there they see Sun leaning against the door.
"Hola chicas."
"Sun, were you expecting us?" Ask Sunset with a smile.
"Of course, I haven't seen them play at six together for some time."
After a greeting done by all enter the room and prepare to try rehearsing, the only problem was... the machines that Twilight had brought the previous day.
In silence, they all seem to think what to do with all those things. Pinkie even comes close to touching one.
Fortunately they should not think much, for the young scientist is apprehensive at that moment.
"Twilight!"
They mention all at once, although Pinkie gains an electric shock from part of the machine that causes a laugh and a hairstyle.
"Good afternoon everyone."
"I thought you wouldn't come." Coment Sunset.
"I immersed myself in an investigation, but I came to continue analyzing your Equimia."
"well let's practice anyway, hey! How about if you join?" Proposes Rainbow with good spirit.
"Excuse me?"
"not a bad idea" Agrees Sunset. "maybe you can experience better magi-I mean, the Equimia, if you join the practice."
"No, the music isn't my thing."
Rainbow insists on the idea "try it, maybe you like it"
With that says Rainbow throws a microphone to Twilight, she catches it with a slight exclamation of surprise
"I said no" she leave the microphone on the table "you do your thing, and I will do mine."
It is then that Twilight notices the presence of Sun, this greets with the hand, the scientist sees to Sunset more behind and change the look between both somewhat confused to soon to note something in its book.
"... twins?"
"Not exactly."
"Twilight, right? A pleasure, I am Sunset Shimmer, the one in this world, you can tell me Sun."
"... of this world?"
"Of curse! You know, Sunsie is from Equestria, and I'm from here."
"All you continue with that, just start the musical thing."
Shrugging the six friends begin to play, Sun sits at a desk and Twilight proceeds to sit in a chair to observe them closely.
***Mirage***
With the six playing at the same time its magic becomes more intense, something that does not go unnoticed by the scientist.
"The Equimia responds best when al you play together, it's like a simultaneous feedback process, but, how works...?"
"That is easy!"
Exclaims the party girl appearing behind the scientist and giving him a scare.
"It's the magic of friendship!"
"... friendship?"
"Of course! Friendship is the source of Equestria magic! That's why the friendship we have all gives us magic!"
Twilight remains with a face of disbelief "well, I'm going to ignore that, I still have a lot to analyze."
"heh heh, what's bitter your life, Miss?" Asks the traveler.
"I'm not bitter, just bothers me all you to keep saying those things of parallel magic world, if you don't want to tell me openly about the Equimia is fine, but do not invent such absurd things."
"What's so absurd? I don't understand the subject very well, but I think it makes sense."
"What part of it all makes sense?!"
"they are girls that play music and they gains ears and tails, and can make butterflies, apples and things, if they tell me that they come from a magical world of miniature horses, I believe them."
"Please, there's a perfectly logical explanation to all this, and I am determined to find it."
Sunset approaches the scientist to talk. "listen, Twilight, I know it's hard to understand, but what we tell you is true, our magic comes from friendship, Princess Twilight from Equestria showed us how important friends are, thanks to her we got our magic."
"jum, well, can you prove it?"
"Prove it?"
"Yes, if your whole affair of magic and friendship is true, I suppose you can prove it, to prove in a concrete way that you and your band are beyond the laws of physics."
"well..."
Pinkie takes the word with great joy. "Oh! I know!! The picnic!! Let's take her to our picnic on Saturday! It will be fun!"
"No thanks, I already have plans for this weekend, there are still many things that I must analyze."
"You want to know how our magic works? There you could see it firsthand."
The scientist looks at all of them for a moment, and then sighs.
"Fine, I'll go, but it better be worth it."
The party girl reflects her joy by throwing streamers into the air, a soft laugh is shared among the Rainbooms.
Twilight just turns and ignores the students while reviewing their notes in detail.
Similarly, Sun remains silent as she think watches the girl with glasses.
"someone like her, it can be a problem, fortunately, I know how to deal with her."
The smile on her face goes unnoticed by all...
Saturday.
We found the six friends in the park preparing their picnic.
While Applejack and Rainbow take out the plates and napkins, Rarity ensures that the blanket is perfectly extended.
Pinkie puts her basket on the floor and when the deck is removed, the balloons tied to it rise and take it flying causing a laugh to the already cheerful girl.
Fluttershy and Sunset order the places of each.
"Oh, this will be fun." Says the animal lover.
"Sure, it's a day between friends."
"Where is Sun?" Asks the dressmaker at her friend Equestre.
"She said that she had to bring her guitar to be tuned in. She will come at some point."
With everything prepared, the party girl noticed someone approaching.
"Uh! Uh! Look! It's Twilight! The one who is not a pony princess of a magical world."
"Yeah Pinkie we know Twilight is." Rainbow answers.
Twilight comes to them. Carry a brown wallet on his shoulder.
Sunset smiles welcoming him. "Twilight, thanks for coming."
"Just because I want to continue my research, I hope this is worth it."
Pinkie appears in her back "Of course!"
"GYAH!"
"This will be fun! Spending time with your friends is always super fun!"
"... Yes ... whatever, let's start with this."
With that said the girl takes some things out of her wallet, the other presents observe how she assembles a tripod and places on it a video camera, likewise a weapon a kind of support on which places a laptop, after reviewing the focus of the Camera is placed in front of the laptop and observes the girls, there is a brief silence that is broken by the sportswoman of the group.
"What do you do?"
"I prepare my equip to document what happens, proceed with theirs."
They all look a little confused but shrug their shoulders and sit on the blanket to start their picnic.
Applejack sees the scientist. "Twi, are not you coming?"
"No, I have to stay here to be able to record the changes."
Pinkie chuckles. "You silly! how will you enjoy the picnic from there?!"
"I don't come here to enjoy, I come to investigate."
Sunset laughs a little at his attitude. "Twilight doesn't work like thar, if you want to see how our magic works, you should be here with us."
"I can see them and analyze them perfectly from here."
"It's not something you should analyze, you should feel it."
"Feel it? What logic does it have?"
"Believe me, it's very logical once you feel it yourself ... I know it very well."
Her friends smile at the equine and she returns the smile, Rarity with elegance and precision begins to distribute some sandwiches to all, Sunset takes her plate and looks at the scientist with a smile, this one returns the look and the first makes her a Gesture with the hand so that it approaches, rolling the eyes and with an expression of annoyance Twilight fulfills the order and sits next to them gaining the smile of all, Rarity extends a plate to him and with that they all begin to eat.
***Mirage***
For the next half hour, Twilight sits there, taking a bite of her sandwich from time to time while watching the six girls, ... doing nothing, just chatting and laughing at banal everyday things.
"What do you think Twilight, Chimicherry or Cherrychanga? Chimicherry Cherrychanga! Chimicherry or Cherrychanga"
"Ugh, what's the point of all this ?!"
"It's just dun Twi, relax." Sunset responds with a smile.
"I didn't come to have fun, I came to study the Equimia, you said that if I came I could see it firsthand, because I still don't see anything."
"Well, you see ... how do I explain?"
"It's the Twilight Friendship Magic!" Responds excited the party girl. "Being all together having fun makes it magical!"
Twilight seems to be frustrated. "... I am serious, I'm aware that the Equimia increases when you are together but you have not seen anything like Equimia until now, where does all this take?!"
Sun speaks to her standing right behind her. "That depends on you, Miss."
To the surprise the girl lets out a scream and rises backwards.
"Where did you come from?!"
"Of a passionate and unbridled night of romance, but that's history for another day, hola chicas."
The six friends greet the traveler cheerfully.
"Sorry for the delay, it's so hard to find someone to fit my child like I like."
"Sunny! What do you think sounds better, Chimicherry or Cherrychanga? Chimicherry Cherrychanga! Chimicherry or Cherrychanga!"
"Um, and what's up, chimicherrychanga?"
"You, are, a genius!!"
At this point Twilight was gritting his teeth and shaking with rage as he watched the nonsense of them all.
"ENOUGH! I got sick of this! I demand that you show me how the Equimia works! NOW!"
A faint silence covers them all.
A while. Rainbow is the one who breaks it.
"... you know, the four eyes are right."
They all watch the female athlete check in a bag and stand with a soccer ball in their hands.
"Who's ready for the real action?!"
With a strong kick he sends the ball into the air.
***Mirage***
The ball falls, Applejack stops it with her chest and runs, a clear space of the park serves the girls as a field of play, placing baskets and bags as goal limits, Rainbow is not wasting time and stands in front of Applejack obstructing her Step, the farmer tries to surround it but fails so that it accedes to plan B, kicks the ball and this one is caught by Sunset, from the goal Fluttershy equipped with a helmet and shoulder pads of American football watches with some fear, Sunset sends the ball towards The goal, Fluttershy to see this gives a drowned cry and turns covering, the ball ends up crashing against his back causing another scream.
"Very well done Shy!" Congratulates her chromatic friend.
The shy girl watches the ball at her feet and takes it and then smiles a little.
"Yay."
The game continues with Rainbow receiving the ball and starting to run. From nearby Rarity and Sun watch them play.
"Don't you play Sun?"
"Neh, I'm bad at foot sports, I'm better off using my hands."
Twilight stands in the field with a look of annoyance.
"This is stupid, why am I here?"
Applejack stands in the path of Rainbow and this being unable to advance kicks the ball into the air, both girls jump to reach it and it is the farmer who manages to reach it with a strong blow with her head.
"Twilight attentive!"
The girl with glasses looks up just to see the ball crashing against her head and throwing it to the ground, Rarity blows the whistle that hangs on her neck and raises the hand approaching.
"Foul, free kick for Rainbow's team."
Sunset helps Twilight get up "are you alright Twilight?"
Twilight rubs her face. "Auh, yes ... my glasses?"
Sunset looks at the floor and sees the girl's glasses, after reviewing them and cleaning them a little with her blouse gives her, Twilight puts them on and blinks a few times to clear their eyes.
"The good thing is that I reinforced it."
Rainbow smiles. "Well, if you're okay you can make the shot and score a point for the champions."
Twilight only whines annoying. "Please, this is so absurd."
"C'mon Twi, is fun."
"I'm sorry to differ in that statement, as far as I am concerned this is a great waste of time, you follow your," fun ", I will do my job my way."
With that the scientist begins to move away, a look is shared by all present, Sunset puts a worried expression but it changes it immediately when an idea comes to his mind.
"Well, if you want you can go, after all, it's not like you could do it."
The phrase causes the girl with glasses to stop and turn her head with narrowed eyes and frown.
"What do you say?"
"Well, you'll be good at all of science, but obviously there are things you can not do."
Twilight turns around and crosses her arms "oh, do you think so?"
"Of course, you cann't expect yourself to be a prodigy."
The scientist looks at the ex-equine with a gesture of annoyance while the other keeps a mocking smile, the other girls look confused by the strange conversation, except for Sun who smiles with some grace.
"... with which you think I can't do it."
"Correction, I know you can't, you're not that good."
"You know, that since I was born I have been seen as an intellect far superior to the rest, and thanks to that I can achieve whatever I set out to do, there is nothing that I cann't do."
They both look at each other for a moment until finally Sunset grins her smile and speaks.
"Prove it."
***Mirage***
Twilight looks ahead as Sunset keeps her stance on the goal, looks down at the ball at her feet and adjusting her lenses begins to make calculations in her head.
"lens distance, focus range, wind resistance, lens diameter, responsiveness."
A series of imaginary numbers and equations fill her head as she keeps her gaze fixed on Sunset and the goal.
The others look attentive and somewhat curious.
"um ... do we think we should ... stop them?" ask Fluttershy.
"Maybe, I think they're overdoing it." Says Applejack.
Sun smile at they "quiet, Sunsie knows what she does."
The five friends look at their partner and then turn back to the field.
"what's up? Are you afraid of failing?" Comments Sunset in defiant tone.
"We'll see who fails."
Remembering her work, Rarity takes the whistle and with an aspiration blows it, just to hear the sound Twilight advances towards the ball in a gentle race and with a final mental calculation it is a kick on this one, the ball advances in a straight line towards the goal and Sunset prepares to catch it, but in a moment this makes a slight turn and changes its direction towards the left, Sunset to notice this tries to turn but it does not manage to catch the ball and this happens.
Rarity blows the whistle "annotation, point for the Rainbow team."
"Oh yeah! That's Twi!"
"yay."
Sunset looks surprised but smiling the ball stop a few meters behind her and then turns to hear the celebration of the scientist.
"JA! What did you think of that, huh ?! Oh yeah! you saw it?! There is nothing I can't do."
"hehe, good job Twi."
While the scientist continues to congratulate herself, the athlete approaches her and slaps her on the back to congratulate her, which causes the girl to breathe.
"Good job Twi, I knew that brain yours had to be of some use."
"ugh ... I think you fractured my scapula."
Applejack approaches and looks at all with challenge. "enjoy it, that's all you can do."
"oh yeah? Let's go team!"
With that order she takes the girl with glasses and the shy one and takes them to their positions.
Sun approaches to her counterpart and smiles.
"How did you know it would work?"
"Well, Princess Twilight and I have some things in common, among them is, that if someone told me that I'm not able to do something, I would show him wrong."
"And how she is her counterpart in this world, you assumed it would be the same."
"Well, something like that."
"very clever little sis" she palm her back "good work."
"auh ... I think you broke me something."
"some things in common, no doubt."
***Mirage***
The game finally ends with the victory of the team of Rainbow, after that they sit again to celebrate with a cake of three layers brought by Pinkie, how she could put it in the picnic basket is a mystery that no attempt to question, except the researcher Who desisted from that at the suggestion of all.
"for the victory!" Rainbow yells and takes a big bite out of his slice.
"Rainbow, those manners." He scolded Rarity
"Relax Rar, it's a picnic" speaks Applejack and gives a bite to her cake.
"It's no excuse to miss the manners." Cut a piece of cake with her spoon and eat it.
Sunset smiles at her friends and then looks at the guest of the day. "How's the Cake Twi?"
"Huh ... it's fine, I guess."
"Is it a good way to celebrate the victory, eh girl?" Says Sun with her own slice.
"If you say so."
"Oh, come on!" Sun wraps her arm around Twilight's shoulders. "You sure are happy to have won that game."
"Please, it's just a silly game."
Rainbow laughs almost mockingly. "Says the girl who jumped across the field to score that point."
Twilight blushes with embarrassment. "That's ... It was a hormonal reflex, nothing more"
Sun patted her back. "Of course, although it was a good job"
"Ugh, have you proposed to fracture my vertebrae or what?!"
Pinkie stands with the rest of the cake in her hands "who wants more cake?!"
She prepares to advance, but when she takes a step she slides and the cake falls on Rainbow's face. They all look at the athlete in silence until Pinkie's laugh breaks the silence.
"JA JA JA JA! You are Rainbow Cake! JA JA JA!"
Rainbow looks at the pink girl with annoyance. "Oh with that much laughter"
She takes some of the cake on the floor and throws it into the face of the smiling girl who, when struck, is silent for a moment.
Somehow the pink girl pulls a cake in each hand "CAKE WAR!!!"
The scream serves as a trigger for everyone to start taking pieces of cake and throw them into a lively and sugary battle, even Rarity joins them after Applejack will smear her face with a little meringue, Twilight stays in place seeing in a way Despise them all until her patience ends.
"Enough! All stop!
With that shout they all stop, Pinkie who was in the middle of a jump defies the gravity being suspended in the air a few seconds before falling face down to the ground.
"You're acting like little girls."
Pinkie It's incorporated "but it's fun!"
"yeah sure, filling your face with baked glucose is so stimulating."
Sunset smiles at the girl. "Come on Twi, join the game."
"I would never participate in such a childish and ridiculous activity."
Sunset approaches with a piece of cake in her hand and a mischievous smile. "ooooooooooh, really?"
"Don't, you, dare."
They keep looking at each other for a moment, Sunset makes a gesture of throwing the cake so Twilight covers herself with her arms, Sunset turns and looks as if she looks at something else, Twilight looks at her suspiciously, Sunset pretends to throw the cake and Twilight squats to dodge it, Sunset stands with an innocent smile but Twilight looks at it with contempt.
"Who would have put a piano there?"
The comment causes Twilight to flip and when she returns Sunset takes off her glasses to fill her face cake and put them back, while she starts to laugh, Twilight cleans their eyes and they are full of fury, Sunset continues to laugh until That on her face is crushed a piece of cake, when she opens the eyes she sees Twilight looking at her with a smile of superiority, and with that the cake war is resumed with great encouragement.
***Mirage***
The battle extends to the point where they begin to run from each other through the park gaining some curious glances from passers-by, although no one pays them too much attention and they do not care about them either.
Sunset runs and laughs being followed by Twilight.
"ha ha! You have bad aim Sparkle, you wouldn't give an elephant asleep!"
"oh yeah? Well now you will see!"
The scientist throws a piece of cake that Sunset gets to dodge, but by doing, the cake ends up hitting the shoulder of a girl standing nearby, both watch what happened with nerves, and those of Twilight increase when noticing who hit, the girl in question watches her spotted shoulder and then turns towards the origin of the projectile, to see Twilight raises an eyebrow with intrigue.
"Sparkle?"
"... um... h-hi... Sugar Coat...
The girl who responds to the name Sugar Coat watches for a moment the researcher noting how her whole body is covered with bitumen and cream cake.
"I-I am..."
"... is this one of your rare experiments?"
"n-no I just-
"Or, is it now that you throw food at normal people?"
"... I ...
"I cann't say I'm surprised, about you."
Twilight lowers her head and looks away with an expression of regret and pity, Sunset to see it watches Sugar Coat with a little annoyance.
Sugar Coat takes a handkerchief out of her pocket. "This is what you've been doing. I knew the flu story was a cheap tale."
"n-no! I really felt bad and... well ..."
Sugar Coat use the handkerchief to clean her shoulder. "please, everyone knows you just wanted to skip classes, but hey, it's not that someone really cares."
Twilight's gaze gets wet as he looks down.
"Anyway, I'll leave you to follow your foolishness," she wraps her handkerchief in a wastebasket, "and by the way, the next time you want to blow your classes, just do it, don't make up an excuse, No one cares if you do not go.
"hey! Leave her alone."
Both Sugar and Twilight watch Sunset with their arms folded and a look of annoyance directed at the first.
"I'm sorry, and you are?"
"Sunset Shimmer."
"Shimmer ... no, I'm afraid I've never heard your name."
"I know, I don't attend your school, but I don't like the way you talk to my friend."
"Your... friend? You talk about..." she looks at Twilight and then Sunset "you're kidding, right?"
"Of course not, why would I joke?"
Sugar Coat is silent while looking in detail at Sunset noting how it is also covered with traces of cake.
"What are you looking at?"
"Nothing particular, I just assume that between rare ones are understood."
Without saying more, Sugar Coat turns and walks away, Sunset lets out a snort as she watches her leave.
"how unfriendly."
She turns to see Twilight, and she looks at her in surprise.
"Are you ok Twi?"
"... you... why...?"
"uh? What's up?"
"Why did you say... we're friends?"
Sunset is somewhat puzzled for a moment but then smiles and laughs.
"because we are!"
"... I... we... are we?"
"of course!"
The girl with glasses is surprised and unconsciously grabs her chest feeling a warmth in her body.
Sunset hold her hand. "Come on, let's go back to the others."
With that they both walk back to the picnic spot, where all the others are waiting.
Time passes until they decide to end their picnic, each one keeps their things and with a soft but warm farewell they separate.
Twilight is the last to retire and when she loses sight of all, ahe takes her wallet and retires.
***Mirage***
The puppy Spike greets his owner when she enters the house, the girl caresses her puppy and then goes to the kitchen where she sighs.
She puts her purse on the table and pulls out the camera, opening the screen plays the video and is surprised to see herself laughing.
"... I don't like the way you talk to my friend"
"... because we are!"
"... friends..."
Shaking her head, she shuts the camera and saves it again, but by doing so she feels inside the wallet, letting the camera take the object between his fingers and takes it out, a digital memory.
"... this... is not mine... where did it come from...?"
Several sheets and books lie scattered on the floor, tables, and shelves, the little dog watch with some concern to his mistress who doesn't stop typing her computer with the completely centered look on the screen and the data that in this show, Turns her body to a microscope and after watching in this one writes in a notebook, after that she turns his attention to the monitos.
"The data is ... correct." Speak the scientist for herself "Everything fits, it's not as wild energy as it looks, it can be controlled, everything is here, I can use this data to formulate a test field."
The girl stands and crosses her arms rubbing her chin while thinking aloud.
"Still ... how come ... the Equimia seems to have strange effects on physical rules, almost mocks everything we know of reality, what kind of power is this?"
The barking of her puppy takes her out of her thoughts and this gives her a look of concern.
"I'm fine Spike, I feel like I'm close to discovering the secrets of the Equimia, even though... this doesn't explain what relationship keep Sunset Shimmer and her friends with all this. Why they can use it while they play music? Why their bodies undergo a physiological change? Why they manipulate energy, and matter? Too many questions."
"Twilight!"
The sudden cry shakes her out of her thoughts and looks at the entrance to the basement to find in this a young man dressed in a police uniform and a look of annoyance on his face.
"Shi-Shining Armor? What are you doing here?"
"I should ask you that, Cadence told me you didn't go to school in two days."
"But I submitted a note that I would be absent."
"That was last week."
"eh? Wh-What days is this?"
"Tuesday."
"... oh... oww..."
"Don't tell me you've been here since yesterday."
The girl does not respond but thinks to herself. "Actually, since Saturday night..."
Shining waits for a response from his sister, but when she does not answer, he lets out a sigh.
"Twily... Cadence told me you asked for help for that note."
Twilight looking at the side "...typical."
"You told the whole school that you were sick, and now, you tell me that you didn't attend because you are... what are you doing anyway?"
"... an investigation."
Shining raising an eyebrow. "About what?"
The girl thinks for a minute about what to answer, for a moment she thinks of improvising a lie just to end the conversation, but she instantly realizes that that would not happen and lead to some speech about responsibility.
"Do you remember those rare events that happened last month at Canterlot High School?"
"Canter... that school yes, what happen eith that?"
"I discovered that these events are the result of the manipulation of an unknown energy."
"records say it was only special effects and some technical flaws."
"they just said it to keep the press away, but I was not fooled, I followed the clues and found out a few things."
Shining looking contemptuously "Like what?"
"The Equimia, I call it that, seems to have a kind of effect and alteration against physical laws, I could not say how or why it happens, but now I have a pretty clear idea of how it is controlled-"
The older brother looked away and let the child follow her explanation, although he didn't bother to pay attention because he knew that there was an issue they had to talk about, so after a few seconds he interrupted.
"If I discover its true source, maybe I can analyze it better and-"
"Twilight."
"eh? … what?"
"... Look, whatever you do, you cann't just stop going to school like this, I'm going to assume you've been on this topic since last week, and I don't think it necessary to tell you that what you did was unethical."
Twilight cross her arms. "I know ... but I had to start the tests at that school, besides, it's not like I'm missing something ..."
"The next time you want to blow your classes, just do it, do not make up an excuse, just like no one cares if you do not go."
The memory of those words makes her feel a pressure in the chest, but doesn't change her expression.
"... where are mom and dad?"
"working, I guess."
"Have not you talked to them?"
"As if I could talk to them, they're always away from home."
"Twily-"
"Just leave me! Shining I'm practically an adult, I can make my decisions about what to do with my life."
"... and what would that be?"
"... discover everything about Equimia, and how to use it to change the world."
"Change? Change it in what?
"In anything, a source of energy like this could be used almost in anything, could build habitable bases on the moon, or even travel to other planets, reviving prehistoric beings, okay maybe I'm exaggerating but for what it was possible Analyze, would not be impossible ideas at all."
"... Twilight, sorry to say this but that all sounds... just ridiculous, there's, a lot more you could do if just-"
"Yes, for you it's easy to say, you already have everything you want in life."
"Twily-"
"I'm no longer that girl you had to be caring for Shining, you have a life, and I, I'm looking for mine, MY way, with MY goals, so let me live my life."
With that she turns around and sits down again in front of the computer to investigate further, Shining looks at her for a moment and then releases a heavy sigh, looks at his sister one more time and then turns away from the basement, when he arrives upstairs he listens A soft bark, and sees Spike standing at his feet, the puppy begins to bark and jump.
"What's up Spike?"
The puppy runs around it and then goes to the kitchen table where it barks with more enthusiasm.
"What do you want to tell me?"
Shining notices the wallet on the table and after receiving another bark of the puppy proceeds to review it, takes the video camera and the bark of Spike impels it to review it, his face reflects his surprise to see what is engraved in.
***Mirage***
Wednesday, Sunset maintains a semblance of tiredness and annoyance as she walks toward school, the reason... Sun playing her guitar and song...
"~Sunsie late was woke up. Her homework not end all. In class they will scold her. And in detention will remain.~"
"Are you going to be like this all the way?"
"I don't know, maybe."
"You don't help me."
"It was not me who made you stay up late last night."
"It's not my fault that there are people who can not program their own computers, besides you could wake me up."
"You're already big enough to I have to warn you to go to class."
"At least you could not play a song about how badly my day started."
When they are near the school, both girls see that a police patrol is standing in front of the place, and lying on it with arms crossed, is Shining Armor, he turns his head sideways as if he is looking for someone, and when he sees Sunset, his Look becomes attentive and gets up.
"am ... Sun, are he looking at us? ... Sun?"
When she doesn't receive a reply from her counterpart she turns only to realize that her other self disappeared in the air, with her eyes open in surprise, she turns again and sees the man approaching her with haste, the girl gives a hard drink and her brain orders her Run, but her alteration prevents her from moving, finally the officer stops in front of her and looks at her.
"Are you Sunset Shimmer?"
"... ... that... that depends, who and why asks...?"
The officer removes his cap and after a breath comes.
"My name is Shining Armor, I'm Twilight's brother."
As soon as she heard his name, Sunset could recognize he, the nerves of seeing he in his uniform blocked her mind but now she realized that it was certainly, Twilight's older brother.
"Police... it makes sense"
"Excuse me?"
"Ah ah no, nothing je je... am, yeah, Twiight's brother, um... a-a pleasure to meet you.
"pleasure is mine."
"am ... how can I help you with, Officer Armor."
"You can call me Shining, and well... you see, I wanted to tell you about my sister."
"What-what's wrong with her?"
"You and she, are friends, right?"
"am yes, will you arrest me for that? Je je... I hope not..."
"Oh no, no heh, you see, it's just, ... Twilight got into ... a scientific affair of her."
Sunset thinks for herself. "She must still want to study the magic."
"The last week, she presented at her school a note stating that she was sick, and now, I think she's been locked up in her... lab, since Monday."
"Um... what...?"
"She has not attended class this week, she been focused on a topic... strange, and I'm worried, I try to talk to her, but she doesn't listen to me" he sighs "She's usually very stubborn."
"um, yes... and... what do you want me to do?"
"Well, I saw the video, in the camera, when she were on picnic with you, and... Honestly... I had not seen Twilight act like that, since she was a little girl."
A brief silence appears, Sunset thinks to say something, but in the end wait to Shining will continue talking.
"... I would like to ask you to speak with her."
"speak with her? About what?"
"... I... I don't know... Twilight was not like that... and... I'm worried that this is going to hurt her, in the school she never talks to anyone, I'm afraid she's going to be isolated from everyone, nobody can't live like that."
At the end of that phrase, Sunset feels a strong pressure on her chest, puts a hand on her heart and breathes deeply to calm down.
"you ... are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah ... it's just ... allergies..."
"Um, well, that's fine."
"So... you want me to talk to Twilight, about her attitude, um... unsocial?
"I just want, foe she to go out and have fun, to have a life outside those books and computers, I did everything I could but... I think... I failed... but on that picnic, I was with you and, her other friends, I want her to have a life like that."
"Then what you're asking me..."
"Do you think... can you, help Twilight, relate more to others?"
Sunset stops to analyze a little the situation, since her encountered with the double of the princess of Equestria, she tried that this one did not overtake in her study with the magic so that this does not cause any problem, teach her the magic of friendship Seemed the best option, even seemed to have a good effect by how she had reacted in her last encounter, but had to admit that the attitude of the girl had made the job a little harder than expected, now, her older brother has just ask she to continue doing just that, try to use the magic of friendship with her.
"well, I was already on that project anyway" thinks for herself before respond. "I think, I can try, I know I can't make her quit science, but I'll try to she makes more friends."
Shining smile "thanks, Sunset, I'm glad Twily has found a friend like you."
A distressed laugh leaves the former equine and after a brief farewell, the officer retires and climbs his patrol and then moves away.
Sunset rubs her temples in an attempt to calm her mind, goes on her way and as she passes the statue sees a familiar face hidden behind it.
"Is the boss gone yet?" ask her double.
"um, yeah ... why did you leave me like that?"
"I'm allergic to men in uniform with shiny plates."
"You left me alone there, what if it had been something serious?"
"I'm sorry litle sis, but I've been in prison once, I don't want to risk it."
"and that's why-... wait, how you were in prison?"
"oh it was a while ago, I got into a lawsuit with a guy, and well, let's just say I made a dentist very happy that day."
Sunset rubbed her face uncertain how to react.
"changing the subject, what did he want?"
***Mirage***
"So, what's the plan?" Is the question of Rainbow.
The Rainbooms found themselves in a secluded corner in a school hallway and Sunset told them what Shining Armor had said.
"Well, I was thinking of going to see Twilight after class."
"is that a good idea?"
Ask her double from her position lying in the window from outside the building.
"What are you talking about?"
"As far as I understand, the science girl is getting very obsessed with the matter of magic, if you go there, she might want to experiment with you and who knows what she could do, I mean needles and moorings."
"Was not it you who told me to tell you about magic in the first place?"
"yyyy-yep, but one thing is to be honest, and another is to be an idiot, that girl will be good, but from what I see she could be crazy, it could be dangerous."
Rainbow shrugged "We are accustomed to danger, moreover, it is just a egghead, even if something happened, we could escape before the thing gets ugly."
Applejack nod "And I doubt anything happens, Twi doesn't seem like the "crazy scientist" type."
"It's decided then" declares Rarity "we'll all go see Twilight after class."
Sunset looks to all they. "you no need to come."
"Of course we do!" exclaim the athlete "the Rainbooms are always united."
"I just hope we annoy Twilight if we get there without warn before." says the shy girl.
Pinkie take a cake. "if we bring her a cake she sure will not bother."
Sun laught a littel. "heh, you girls are amazing."
"Sure we are!" Exclaim Rainbow.
Sunset lokks at her double. "what you mean Sun?"
"you hardly know that girl, and yet you try hard to be her friend, is it because she looks like your princess friend?"
"Nah, she really looks like a nice girl." Respond the Farmer
"Besides, we have the magic of friendship" declairs Rainbow. "To distribute it, it's like a job."
Rarity nud and smile. "And as Sunset told us, Twilight really needs a bit of that magic."
Sun smile "... I see, well, I hope that Twilight appreciates such action."
"Sunnie will you come with us?" asks Pinkie to her.
"no, I'm not really aware of the magic of friendship, I think it would be more of a hindrance than a help."
"oh don't talk like that, darling."
"We're all friends here."
Sun smiles and closes her eyes as she is silent for a moment.
"thank you, but really, I don't think I should get into this, at least not for the moment, maybe when it's all calmer and the girl is more open."
"If you're sure."
"I am."
At that moment the bell starts at the beginning of class.
"well, all you have class, I'll look to entertain myself, we'll see you later, lucky."
Saying goodbye to the traveler and the rest, each goes to her respective class.
Sun walks to the front of the school and looks at the building.
"We're all friends here."
"... I wonder if they will still think the same thing after... well, it will be necessary to see."
The little bird she had seen a few days earlier rests on her shoulder making it flip, after a last look at the building she retires.
***Mirage***
The light from the screen is reflected in her galses, her fingers nimble press the keyboard while the monitor shows the data of some type of project.
In addition to the constant click the only sound present is that of the clock that lies high in the room.
With a last click the computer digitizes the data and sends these through a cable connected to an object, a class of dome-shaped machine which lets hear a sound and see a small series of lights when it receives information from the computer .
Twilight turns and sees the dome open by itself allowing to see inside... a crown...
"It's ready."
The scientist takes the crown between her hands and examines it, made of a silvery material, its shape is simple and adorned with an eight-pointed sparkle of a blue mineral. The girl smiles and with the crown in her hand, once more checks the computer.
"According to the data, it should work."
Her gaze turns to the digital memory connected to the computer.
"I still don't know where that memory came from, but the data inside has helped me a lot."
The barking of her puppy makes her flip, the little dog gives her a look of concern, she leans over and slaps him on the head.
"calm down Spike, I have everything under control, this... "crown" should allow me to get in contact with the Equimia."
The little dog lets out a faint canine cry in response and looks with fear at the crown.
"It's ok Spike, I have taken all precautions, if something goes wrong the system will automatically cancel."
Sitting up, the girl looks closely at the crown and after a deep breath prepares to put it on.
Before she does, Spike bites her lab robe and pulls it in an attempt to stop her.
"Spike! Enough!" She takes her robe and pulls it. "don't interrupt me again."
The puppy lowers his ears and looks imploringly at his mistress.
"I already told you that I have everything controlled, I will only test if I can really feel the Equimia for myself, what is the worst that could happen?"
Without further ado Twilight carefully placed the crown in her head, spend some time without moving or react but before she could even change her expression feel something run through her body, the blue spark in the crown lights up slightly and soon her whole body is surrounded by a Soft crystalline brightness.
Twilight looks at herself and her astonishment doesn't make her wait, Spike doesn't share the feeling and instead watches her very worried, the girl doesn't finish getting out of her astonishment before her body starts to levitate, her surprise mixes with Aa little of afraid being seen floating a few inches off the ground, sooner her fear is replaced by emotion and her lips shows a big smile.
"it works, it really works! This is... Equimia, it's... it's amazing..."
The girl keeps watching her body and the energy that starts to come off.
"now I can study the Equimia for myself, imagine what I could do, this energy, this power, will allow me to do everything! So many discoveries! So many new creations! I will finally be recognized, everyone will admire my intellect, everyone will know who I am!"
So focused was she in her image of her future that she does not notice when the magic disperses and begins to affect the objects in the room.
Books, notebooks, pens and everything lying on the tables begins to levitate while surrounded by magic, Spike notices this and barks to catch the attention of her mistress, but this still centered on herself, the magic begins to expand more and Objects now begin to fly erratically.
The magic also affects the computer causing a breakdown in the system, the dog the barking loud, even so the scientist doesn't notice it around, Spike then jumps and takes with his teeth the robe of Twilight to pull it Which finally pulls her out of her reverie and looks at her puppy with a frown.
"Spike! What do you-?!"
Her sentence is cut off as she realizes what is going on around her, the magic has reached all the furniture in the room, her books and smaller machines move around her, soon the tables and larger objects begin to move in the same way.
"o... ok... I think that's enough for now."
SHe tries to take off the crown but doesn't get it, tries to pull harder but this does not yield, her eyes are filled with fear to see how everything in the room now surrounds it and some things begin to collide with each other and against the walls.
"is not good...!"
She continues to try to remove the crown, the spark in it is brightened more intense and from this comes a wave of energy that leaves Twilight immobile, her eyes close tightly and opening them only give off a strong white glow, Spike just can see Twilight and let out a howl.
Spike shivers with fear of seeing his mistress trapped by that strange energy, all the objects around now moving and crashing against everything without control.
His canine ear manages to capture how the furniture in the rest of the house also begin to be trapped by that energy.
In the middle of his lament he manages to see the small window of the basement which faces the backyard, looking at his mistress and arming himself courageously runs to the other end of the room and using all the strength of his legs tries to reach the window, but this is Too high for him to reach.
He goes around looking for something to help him and sees some boxes that now fly in that whirlwind of magic, with fear but determined to help his owner wait the moment and then jump into the whirlpool, manages to land in the box and with Your nails hold as much as you can.
When he gets up, he watches the room twisting and turning, prepares himself, and when he does, he jumps out of the whirlpool and manages to knock and open the window, thus getting out of the basement.
He shakes quickly to release his nerves and after a few barks he runs out of the backyard and walks away from the house for help.
***Mirage***
Not far away, and guided by her friend Equestre, the girls are headed to the house of Twilight.
"They are just a few blocks from here." Clarifies Sunset.
Pinkie shows a cake and her hand. "What do you think you like most about Twilight, chocolate or vanilla?"
Applejack looks at her smiling. "I think they both might like it the same."
"that is!" Crush both cakes with each other, and somehow manage to merge them. "Chocovanilla! Great idea Jackie!"
"That was not ... what I said, but thanks."
The girls laugh a little at the occurrences of their party girl friend, the sooner their smiles fade when they hear a bark, when they see the front they see Spike approach.
"Is that ... Spike?"
The puppy comes up to them and stands in front of Sunset, barking and moaning sadly.
"Flutter do you know what's wrong with him?" Rainbow asks her friend.
"Um, well ... h-he looks scared, for something ... but ..."
The little dog looks at Sunset with melancholy eyes and moans.
"Spike, what's up, boy?"
The puppy barks and looks anxious while trying to say what had happened, Sunset thinks a moment when he realizes that the puppy is alone in the street and as Fluttershy said, he is very shaken and frightened.
"Maybe ... did something happen to Twilight?"
Spike barks with more force as he jumps with his front legs, the others are slightly altered by what has been said.
***Mirage***
Only moments later all arrive until the house of Twilight, great is his surprise to notice a bluish glow in the interior.
Rainbow asks the question that they all have.
"What is that shine?!"
Sunset approaches, managing to distinguish the chaos inside the house.
"is magic..."
"Twilight is there?!" Exclaims with terror Rainbow Dash. "We have to go for it now !!"
The girl rushes to the door, but when she touches the handle, she feels an electric shock running through her hand causing her to let go of the door and a faint cry of pain.
"Rainbow!"
Rainbow shakes her hand "I'm fine, but I can not knock the door."
Applejack is coming "Leave it to me!"
Placing in front of the door, the farmer stands slightly on one side and supporting her weight on one leg, she flexes the other and then kicks the door, a kind of shock wave goes through the door for a moment only to reverse and cause Applejack comes flying in the opposite direction.
"AppleJack!" They shout all together.
"Auh ... wrote down the tractor plate?"
Rarity helps you get up.
Sunset watches the house with fear.
"We can't force entry ..."
The girls begin to worry. Soon the whole house is surrounded by what looks like a tornado of energy, even from outside you can hear the wreckage inside.
Spike barks and catches Sunset's attention to guide her into the backyard where she sees the basement window.
Sunset caresses the little canine. "Good Guy."
As she looks out the window, she notices the silhouette of Twilight in the center of that energy.
The others approach and see Sunset take off his leather jacket and approaches the window.
"Sunset, what you do?"
"I'm going to come in, girls you wait here!"
Does not wait for response and shrinking as much as he can, he gets in and falls on the basement floor.
"We go with you!" Says at Rainbow.
"No! It's very dangerous! And there's almost no room to move, stay there."
"What are you planning to do?!" Is the question of her friend farmer.
"... something will happen to me! Remember that I am an expert in magic!"
"In Equestria! But we do not know how our magic works here!"
"... well, then it is time to find out."
With that, the former horse runs and enters the whirlwind covering the books and notebooks that hit it, is thrown to the ground to dodge the screen of the computer and dragging gets to reach the scientific, and in the zone free of flying objects are He gets up and approaches the other girl.
"Twilight! Twilight can you hear me?!"
There is no response from the scientist but Sunset gets a glimpse of the brightness on his forehead and how it expands to his entire body.
"What is that? Damn! Twilight please reacts!"
Still no answer, Sunset hears the worried cries of her friends and the uproar that occurs in the house, can only imagine what is happening abroad.
"It's useless, she can't hear me, what can I do?"
She focuses his eyes on the brightness and as this travels his body, an idea comes to his mind and after a moment hesitates and approaches the girl's hand.
"Twilight, if you don't come, I'll have to get in, I must be crazy."
The ex-horse soon feels the magic begin to wrap her arms around her and move to her body, closes her eyes in an attempt to push away the fear she feels and clings to her friend's hand to prevent her reflexes from releasing her, Covers completely and his mind is clouded by the magical overload and he feels losing his consciousness.
***Mirage***
Sunset opens her eyes and realizes that she is in the backyard of Twilight, when she looks at the house she sees this in order that makes her smile more quickly erases her smile when realizing that her friends are not, her doubt becomes Surprise to see in the yard a small girl playing with a rag doll.
"Well smartypants, time for the exam, I hope you have studied."
The girl does not seem to notice the presence of Sunset and she looks at the surprised little girl realizing who she really is.
"... Twilight ...?"
Indeed, the girl in front of her looks like a miniature version of the girl with glasses, having these included in her face.
You can not ask anything, before two blurred silhouettes approach. It does not distinguish who they are, but it reaches to notice that they are a man and a woman.
Little Twilight notices these and runs to them with a smile.
The whole place seems to darken slightly and the sounds become barely audible, however the girl could distinguish something from the conversation, there were some apologies, expressions of affection, and a phrase that she could not distinguish, but was said seriously and caused The girl erase her smile.
Sunset failed to analyze what she was seeing before she saw herself in another place,
Sunset is seen in the living room, the phone starts ringing and after a few seconds the door that opens to the basement opens, from it comes Twilight, but it was no longer a girl, had grown, but it is notorious that it does not reach the age When Sunset met her.
As expected Twilight does not notice Sunset in the room and instead only answers the phone.
"Hello? Shining Armor! What good that you call, I have everything ready for our meeting and ... eh? Oh ... I understand ... no, yes, yes, it's okay, I understand. Oh, no, next week I have exams so I will not have time. Yeah, okay, I get it, really, yeah. I also love you brother, say hi to Cadence. Bye…"
With heaviness hangs the phone and stands in front of this for a while, Sunset tries to touch her shoulder but her hand just crosses the other girl causing her impression and some fear, after a moment Twilight turns around and returns to the basement closing the door.
His head starts to ache when he sees another place, with the sun shining he is now seen somewhere in the city, looking to the side sees a large church, and to the opposite end, what looks like a newly married couple.
Twilight enters her field of vision, far removed from the rest, wearing a beautiful and elegant dress, the decorations and makeup on her face note that she contemplated the recent wedding, but far from wearing a smile like the rest of the present, His eyes show melancholy, sadness, and fear.
When the girl turns and makes a slight gesture of wanting to move forward, she is stopped by the voice of her brother who approaches her.
"Twily! Twi ..."
Twilight turns smiling "Hello Shining, congratulations on your wedding."
"Twilight ... you ... are you okay?"
"Of course, why would not I be?"
"It's just ... you're here, alone ..."
"Oh you know I do not like being in the middle of so many people, it bothers me."
"... if ... am ..."
"It was a wonderfull wedding, Cadence looked beautifull, and you finally got dressed."
"Hey, how at finally?"
The child laughs a little which seems to calm her brother.
"I'm happy for you, really, now you can really start a life together."
"Yes, I'm happy, too ... but, Twily, are you sure you'll be fine at home? With Mom and Dad working so hard ..."
"Shining, you know I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
"Yes, but ..."
"I'm not a little girl anymore so you have to worry about me, now you're married and you have a new life to live."
"but-"
"Neglect, you live your life, and I will live mine, I will be well."
"Okay, okay, if you say so, but if you ever need anything, or if you get bored at home or something, you can come with Cadence and me, I'm sure she'll love to see you."
The girl just nods with a smile, the older one says goodbye to her with a hug and returns with the others, at which point the scientist drops her smile and returns to her sad look.
"It's like I was watching the Twilight life ... are these ... your memories ...?"
Sunset asks inwardly as the darkness surrounds her. Soon he sees around him several images, ... screens ... each showing ... some moment in the childhood and early youth of Twilight ...
These "screens" are going away, being lost in the infinity of auqella penumbra. She sees herself again, with nothing around.
She starts to get scared, unsure of what to do ... that ... until she sees a silhouette in the vicinity ...
Insecure, approaches, and distinguishes Twilight, sitting hugging her knees, hiding the face between them.
"... Twilight?"
"... leave me ... I want to be alone ..."
"Twilight, you're trapped in this place, we should get out of here."
"… I do not want…"
"What? ... What are you talking about?"
"I just want to be alone ... I'm better like this ... without being disturbed, please ... leave me."
The image of the girl begins to darken as if the darkness tried to swallow it.
"No ... Twilight you can't stay like this, there are people waiting for you."
"is not true…"
"Yes it is! I met your brother today, he asked me to come and talk to you, he is worried about you, we are all, we are your Twi friends!"
"... I don't have friends ..."
"Yes, you do!"
The girl just stay in silent and her image darkened more, Sunset begins to terrify and after meditating her words speak again.
"Twilight ... I know ... how you feel, I really ... I know."
No respond...
"... there was a time ... when I was not a nice person ... I ... hurt a lot of people, even ... a lot of people who tried to help me ..."
Twilight shows no reaction. She does not listen to her, but still, Sunset continues.
"I felt that I was better than the others, that I deserved to be better than the others, and I decided that everyone around me ... they should see me as their leader ... their ... princess ..."
The emotions behind those words, surely Twilight would not understand them at all ...
But she followed, not just for Twilight, but for herself.
"I stopped at nothing to achieve what I wanted, I felt, that the world owed me respect, obedience, I was ... I was a tyrant ... a demon ..."
One move, she almost did not notice, but Twilight seemed to have raised her head just a little.
"... but the end comes to every tyrant ... one person, he opposed me, and joined others, who together ... ended that evil that I had begun ..."
It sounded like a fantasy story. Indeed it was. But how else could he explain it to her?
"I lost my power, my position, I lost all that day ..."
She was not sure, but she could almost swear that Twilight was reacting to her words.
"... I was left alone ... with nothing ... no friends ... no family ... just ... I was ..."
Twilight raised his head, but his face was still low, an expression of pain and sadness on her face.
"... funny is ... that same person, who took everything ... then became my friend, a very special one, showed me my mistakes, and helped me to continue ... I learned ... what I really was important"
Now Twilight was looking at her, still saddened, she seemed to be curious.
"She showed me, that she could not be alone, that she was either better or worse than the others, there is no reason to alienate others."
The image of Twilight slowly darkens ...
"We can't live alone Twilight, and we do not have to."
Smiles gently, and reaches out his hand.
"Someone showed me the way that time, now ... I want to show it to you"
Kept his smile. Twilight stared at her doubtfully. With fear, she stretches out her hand.
Sunset takes the girl's hand, a soft but firm grip. The whole place is bathed in light.
***Mirage***
The whirlwind of magic begins to calm down, the crown on Twilight's head cracks and breaks falling to the ground, the magic surrounding his body fades, soon all objects that had been affected by magic cease their flight and fall.
Twilight's eyes return to normal and her body falls, fortunately Sunset reacts and holds her, although both end up kneeling on the ground with heavy breaths.
"... Twi ... ar ... are ... alright?"
"... Sunset ... Shimmer ... why ... why are you ... here?"
"... we were worried about you Twi."
"... "we"?"
"The rest are outside, we all came to see you."
"… why…?"
Sunset gives her a soft smile. "Because we're friends."
"Fri ... ends ..."
The scientist is unconscious, Sunset holding her and giving a heavy sigh.
His calmness lasts little when he suddenly feels a severe headache, with one hand touching his forehead, where the pain begins to concentrate.
Her eyes start to cloud over and her ears barely catch the sound of the front door bursting with clamor followed by the screams of her friends.
The last thing that can distinguish their cloudy sight are the silhouettes of their friends approaching and their voices that seem so distant as you see them advance to them, after that everything turns black.
***Mirage***
Opens her eyes softly ... her eyes blurred, and the shadows of the place prevent him from seeing anything.
He knows he's in a bed, the softness and warmth of the blankets betray that fact.
Blinks and rubs his eyes, lightening his sight a little, slightly distinguish his surroundings.
Although dark, he can distinguish that place, it is Rarity's room, the care and elegant touch, added to the "organized chaos", as her friend calls it, evidence that.
With that fixed, the next thing you notice, is the other person lying next to you.
She would have been startled if she had not been so tired.
The silhouette of that person remains hidden by the darkness, but eventually his eyes become clear, and he can see it.
Is Twilight, placidly asleep next to her in bed.
"Okay, it's not uncommon for friends to sleep in the same bed ... but ... what the hell happened?"
She thought as she forced her head to her more recent memories.
Slowly remembering the moment with Shining Armor, going with her friends to the girl's house with glasses, and ... that magic chaos ...
Look at the sleeping, worried girl.
"... then I think I fainted"
Remains silent looking towards the ceiling.
"... where are the others?"
With that thought, he takes off his blankets and sits down on the bed. A slight dizziness causes him to grab his head. Soon surpasses it and stands up.
Walks and activates the lap-ond switch, turning on the lights. After hesitating a moment, decides to wake up his companion of lenses.
"Twilight, Twilight Wake Up"
Shaking it a little, getting her to wake her up. Twilight covers a bit of light, but eventually opens your eyes, although your view is too blurry by not having your glasses on.
Sunset notes that, and sees these on the nightstand, takes them and helps the girl put them on.
"Hey twilight"
"... Sunset Shimmer ... what ... what happened?"
"You ... remember, something?"
Twilight sits on the bed rubbing her head. "remember..."
Then your mind is filled with visions of what happened. At the moment it embraces itself, with fear.
Sunset sits next to her and surrounds her with one arm to help her.
"Hey, it's okay, it's all over, I think we fainted, the girls should have brought us here"
Twilight seems to calm down a bit, turns to Sunset, more let out a scream and recoils at the sight.
"What happen?" asks surprised by her attitude,
"Y-you have ..."
"what? what have I got?
Twilight does not respond, but if he takes a small mirror from the night table, and shows it to him.
Sunset looks confused, but seeing her reflection understands the surprise. On his forehead, is glued what looks like a jewel, with a diamond shape, orange.
She exclaims a cry of astonishment. Only a few seconds pass before the door opens, and the five girls enter a little altered.
Her state changes to confusion when they see her friend from another world standing, crossing her eyes upward in an attempt to see her own forehead, and that jewel, while touching it with her fingers.
"wh-what-what what?!!"
Pinkie Pie approaches and takes the head of the ex horse in his hands, and begins to examine the jewel, close one eye and open the other intensely for a better view, shakes Sunset's head with intensity leaving this dizzy, Covers the gem with his breath and then cleans it with his elbow leaving it so bright and so glittering that the party fanatic is able to be reflected in the four faces.
"Uh, shiny" drops to Sunset "cute ornament, Sunsie."
"o-ornament ... it's not a pinkie ornament! It's ...! ... it's ... I don't know what it is!"
Applejack is the first to put the issue aside and make the question really important.
"Are they both? Sunset, Twilight?"
"Um ... I ... I'm fine ... I think."
"I'm ... I'm fine, alone, that this thing in my head ..."
All observe the new decoration on the head of Sunset, after a while is Rainbow who breaks the silence.
"Meh, it's not the weirdest thing we've seen, talking about weird, what happened?"
Before the question all turn to Twilight waiting for an answer.
The girl with glasses is full of nerves to see the center of attention.
"I-I ... I ..."
"Calm down sugar cube, we're not annoying or anything, we just want to know what happened."
Twilight lets out a sigh "on Saturday, when I returned home, I found among my things, a digital memory, I have no idea where it came from, but in it, there was information, and records about the Equimia, the way it affects the fields Quantum and electromagnetic, even had a plane of an artifact capable of controlling it."
Sunset is very surprised. "Artifact? What kind of artifact?"
"It was like a neural sensor helmet, only it had a shape ... like a tiara, or something like that."
At the mention of the word "crown" the look of Sunset is filled with panic.
"Am ... will ... this?"
The shy girl shows in her hands the two pieces of the crown.
"Yes, it's the artifact I built on the planes."
With some haste Sunset takes the pieces and accommodates them so that they are assembled.
"Darling ... is ..."
"Is a replica ... of the crown ... of the Princess Twilight..."
All are astonished and somewhat frightened at this fact, Twilight feels the increase in tension and unconsciously embraces her legs becoming as small as she can.
"Twilight, where did you get that memory?"
"I ... I don't know where he left alone ... he was in my wallet when I came back from the picnic."
"And where is he now?"
"I ... I suppose it will be in my house and ... oh my God! My house! What happened to my house ?!"
There is a deep silence while the four of the five students look at each other with discomfort looking for a way to respond or in the best case anyone else who did.
"... well ... you'll see ..."
"It's something complicated ... we ..."
"We went to your house because we heard that ... well ..."
"Your brother went to our school to talk to Sunsie because you had got crazy with all the magic thing and he asked Sunsie to help you stop being crazy and go out to have fun so we all went there and we took something Of cake but when we arrived all u house was like "brum! Brumbrumbrumbrumbrum "with that magic thing coming from everywhere and breaking everything inside we wanted to enter but the magic did not leave us so Sunsie got a way to enter through the basement window and came to help you while we were outside and While we waited for the floor to be full of purple flowers and it started to shake and we were like "bruuuu eestoooooo seeeeee moves muuuuuuuchooooooo" but then ended when there was a big "PLOF" and all the magic in your house went away and Applejack kicked the door so we could Enter and we went in and went to where they were but we found the two sleeping on the floor and then we heard police sirens and Rainbow said we had to leave and Rarity asked "why?" To what Applejack said we could not tell anyone What happened and Fluttershy and I nodded like that."
With that he moves the shy girl's head at the same time as his nodding.
There is a faint silence. … a while…
"... My Phaters going to punish me until I finish college, and now they'll never stop treating me like a girl."
Applejack sits next to her "calm sugarcube, everything will be fine."
"Fine?! FINE?! My house is destroyed! I sure lost all my data and my files of this and any previous research! Surely they will also expel me from school and send me to an even stricter one and will not let me continue doing research or projects! I'm going to become just a girl in a lab coat that all she does is look at cells through a microscope and play with beakers with highly volatile chemicals that do not stand out at all from all the other brains with lab coats ! I WILL NEVER BE RECOGNIZED AND I WILL BE JUST IGNORED BY ALL THE REST OF MY LIFE! THAT SEEMS YOU "FINE"?!"
Very large eyes and tightly closed mouths is the only response from all present.
"... I'm sorry, I didn't want to scream" she hugged her knees.
"... no ... no problem, come on, don't be like that."
"How not to be ...? Now ... I lost my only chance to be someone recognized, someone that people admire ... now I will only be the rare four eyes that sits in the front row of the room ... just like always ..."
With her forehead resting on her knees, the girl tries to contain her desire to cry.
They all look at her with much concern, Sunset sits across the girl and looks for the right words to say next.
"... hey ... you know ... for us, you're not one, "rare four eyes"."
Rainbow speaks at that. "Actually, yes you are, but, that's what we like about you."
Twilight looks up a little, his glassy eyes are greeted by soft smiles.
Sunset continue. "I know things ... have been very crazy lately."
Rainbow crin a littel. "you say, since last fall everything has been very rare for us."
The athlete looks with an accomplice smile at the former villain who returns an equal.
After a little laughter shared by all the farmer speaks to the scientist
"But you know one thing? The whole thing, it has helped us to realize something important."
"... sniff ... what thing?"
"that even in the craziest moments, we will always have our friends to help us."
The girl takes off her glasses and wipes her eyes a little.
"... but I ... I don't have ... friends ..."
Pinkie Get up in front of her "you silly!" laughs a little "we all are your friends!"
"... but ... why would they want to be ... my friends ...?"
"I just told you, we like you, we like you the way you are, you're different from Princess Twilight, but that makes it great."
"... the princess ..."
Rarity smile to Twilight. "We may not know you as deep as we'd like, but that's why we want to try, we'd like to meet you and you'll know us."
"but... why ...?"
"Because that's what friendship is all about." respond Sunset.
She did not know why, but the smiles all directed her made her feel something warm in her chest, her mind tried to make sense but failed, it was a feeling he had never experienced.
A bark pulled her out of her thoughts, one she knew perfectly, all eyes turn to the door and the puppy they all know runs in to immediately jump to her mistress throwing her on the bed and give her a series of joyful licking.
"Ha ha ha Spike! It's okay, it's okay, boy, calm down."
Sitting up to sit, she hugs her cub who cheerfully rubs against her wagging his tail.
"I'm glad you're well too."
All the girls smiles at see the scientist with her puppy. A doubt still lashes the mind of the scientist and is forced to ask.
"... you ... really want ... to be my friends?"
Without even a moment of doubt all respond affirmatively.
Twilight mentally wondered how Pinkie's neck did not break when she nodded so hard and fast.
"but ... don't you think I'm ... weird?"
"Yeah, but for the third time, we like that about you, weird people are the best, look at Pinkie."
As if answering the prayer the party girl inflates a large balloon and moves her arms at a speed impossible to catch by the human eye, or pony eye, forming... nothing, the balloon falls to the ground without modifications but the arms of Pinkie are completely scrambled in a knot that should not be able to achieve for someone with bones.
"heh heh! I need to practice more."
After a laugh on the part of her friends and another mental issue registered to try to resolve later on part of Twilight, the farmer takes the word.
"Maybe you're weird, or maybe we're the weird ones."
"But weird or not" continue Rarity "we are friends, nothing will change that."
A smile on the part of Sunset is followed by a hug, soon all, including Pinkie who managed to bare her arms, hug the scientist who with watery eyes, flushed cheeks and a smile she knew herself, had not been embodied in her face in for a long time, allowed himself to be the center of that show of affection.
The moment is softly broken by a sound, Sunset recognizes it as her cell phone signaling a call, the hug is broken and the ex equestrian walks to his jacket to take the device out of his pocket and answer.
"Hello?"
From the other side of the device you hear the voice, of Flash Sentry.
"hey Sunset, is flash, um... where are you now?"
His tone seemed nervous and agitated, and Sunset didn't need to think hard to realize that something was happening to the boy.
"I'm at Rarity's house, why?"
"it's... ... damn... the guys and I... well, to make it short, the guys and I were going around, and we spent close to where you live and... oh my god..."
"Flash whats happen?"
The boy's nervous tone began to infect Sunset, who tries to stay calm.
"the building is ... full of cops, surrounded and ... looks ... they're checking your apartment."
At the statement Sunset's gaze is filled with terror, her throat dries up and her whole body freezes.
***Mirage***
The apartment building where Sunset lives was only a short bus ride away, so they did not take long to get there.
Rarity had given sunset a ribbon for the forehead with which to cover that jewel.
Being in front of the building, could see several patrols by the place, as well as several officers interrogating to the neighbors of the place.
The Sunset department was cordoned off and several officers came and went constantly.
None of the seven knew what to think, or what to do. Sunset was terrified.
"Sunset!"
The shout makes them all flip, see Flash come running to them.
Were not the only ones to hear it, one of the officers turns, and soon sees him, to address them.
"Flash..."
"Sunset, what's going on?"
She does not know what to answer, she has no idea, and she's quite nervous about the whole situation.
"I..."
"Sunset Shimmer!"
Again, a shout makes them all turn, this time they see the officer approaching at a brisk pace, with an extremely serious countenance on his face.
"You are under arrest"
Author's Note
I know, this still needs fixes, I'm not good at this from the translation. I'm really sorry...
Just, I hope you can understand and do not bleed much your eyes.
Author's Note
As I'm mentally retarded I ended up erasing this chapter, and I had to redo it all... I hate my life.
Shadows Appears
Sunset opens her eyes slowly, her vision takes a while to focus on something, the first thing she notices is that she is in a bed, the softness of a mattress and the warmth of a blanket betrayed that fact.
The next thing is that the room where the bed is, is very clean and tidy, with a little bit of elegance, a small mental puzzle makes you realize that it is Rarity's room.
He hears a breath at his side, turning his head, sees the sleeping face of her violete hair friend.
...
It takes a few seconds for her mind to process the information. When that does it her eyes open wide and she jumps almost falling from the bed.
"Wh-What...? WHAT?!!"
He stared at the sleeping girl for a moment if he knew how to react.
"Okay, okay, calm down you Sunset, I SAY CALM DOWN YOU!"
She commands herself in her head.
"Now, think carefully, what was ... what happened?"
Closes his eyes and puts his brain to work. Recent memories soon arrive.
She remembers her encounter with the brother of Twilight, remembers how she and her friends went to her house, and then ... then ...
Her eyes widen at the memory of the magical chaos that enveloped her friend.
Not only that, he also remembered how he had, in some way, entered his mind, and seen what had happened.
Twilight, placidly asleep, oblivious to Sunset's thoughts, whispers quietly in her dreams.
The view makes Sunset smile. He calmly approaches and shakes the girl a little.
"Twilight, Twi, Wake Up"
It takes a moment, but slowly the girl wakes up, her sight clouded by the shadow and the absence of her glasses prevents her from distinguishing anything.
"Who?"
"I'm Twilight, Sunset, are you okay?"
"Sunset ... Sunset Shimmer?"
"Yes, are you okay?"
Twilight sits, checks the bed with her hands.
"... my glasses?"
Sunset is a little surprised, soon looks around, the darkness makes it impossible to see, so it is directed to turn on the light. With the room lit up,noticing lso lenses of the girl on the bedside table next to the bed. He takes them and delivers them to them.
"here"
The scientist takes her glasses and puts them on, adjusting them a little and seeing again.
"... Sunset, what happened?"
The equine formed takes a moment to answer.
"Do you ... remember... something...?"
"remember...?"
At that moment the memories of the or happened through his head. Instinctively hugs herself by wrapping her body in a ball.
Sunset sees her worried, sits next to her and surrounds her with one arm.
"It's fine, Twilight. It's over now, you're safe now."
Twilight looks down at the ground, his expression still showing some fear.
"... where we are?"
"At Rarity's house I think the others should have brought us."
Twilight looks up but seeing Sunset can not help but let out a cry of surprise.
"What ?! What's wrong ?!"
"Y-Y-You ha-hav-have ..."
"... what? What is it?"
Twilight tries to speak but can only stutter, looks around and sees a small mirror on the bedside table, his hands shaking slightly takes it and puts it in front of the face of Sunset, this to see his reflection saber much the Eyes and pupils dilate, right on his forehead is what appears to be a jewel in the shape of an orange rhombus.
The door of the room opens and the 5 girls do not hide their astonishment and curiosity to see her friend ex equina crossing her eyes in an obviously useless attempt to see her own front at the same time her fingers examine the jewel in it.
"what what what what…?"
Pinkie Pie takes the head of the former equine in her hands and begins to examine the jewel, closes one eye and opens the other intensely for a better view, shakes Sunset's head with intensity leaving this dizzy, covers the gem with his Breath and then cleans it with her elbow leaving it so bright and so shiny that the party fanatic can be reflected in the four faces.
"Uh, shining" Drop the girl. "Cute ornament, Sunsie."
"O-ornament ... it's not an ornament, Pinkie! It's ...! ... it's ... I do not know what it is!"
Applejack asks both. "Are they both? Sunset, Twilight?"
"Um ... I ... I'm fine ... I guess."
"I'm ... I'm fine, just... this thing ..."
All observe the new decoration on the head of Sunset, after a while is Rainbow who breaks the silence.
"Meh, it's not the weirdest thing we've seen, talking about weird, what happened? "
Before the question all turn to Twilight waiting for an answer.
The girl with glasses is full of nerves to see the center of attention.
"I... I..."
"Calm down sugar cube, we're not annoying or anything, we just want to know what happened."
Twilight makes a silent moment and then sighs "... on Saturday, when I returned home, I found among my things, a digital memory, I have no idea where it came from, but in it, there was information, and records about the Equimia, The way it affects the quantum and electromagnetic fields, even had a plane of an artifact capable of controlling it. "
Sunset is curious about what is said "artifact? What kind of artifact?"
"It was like a neural sensor helmet, only it had a shape ... like a tiara, or something like that."
At the mention of the word "crown" the look of Sunset is filled with panic.
The shy girl shows in her hands the two pieces of the crown. "Um ... could it be... this??"
"Yes, it's the artifact I built based on the planes. "
With some haste Sunset takes the pieces and accommodates them so that they are assembled.
Rarity gets worried about "Darling ... it's ..."
"Is a replica ... of the crown ... of the Princess Twilight... "
All are astonished and somewhat frightened at this fact, Twilight feels the increase in tension and unconsciously embraces her legs becoming as small as she can.
"Twilight, where did you get that memory?"
"I-I... I don't know where he left alone... it was in my wallet when I came back from the picnic."
"And where is it now?"
"I... I suppose it will be in my house and-... oh my God! My house! What happened to my house ?!"
There is a deep silence while the four of the five students look at each other with discomfort looking for a way to respond or in the best case anyone else who did.
"... well... you'll see..."
"It's something complicated ... we ..."
"We went to your house because we heard that ... well ..."
Pinkie is the one who decides to tell everything. "Your brother went to our school to talk to Sunsie because you had been crazy about the whole magic thing and he asked Sunsie to help you stop being crazy and go out to have fun so We all went there and brought some cake but when we arrived all your house was like "Brum! Brumbrumbrumbrumbrum "with that magic thing coming from everywhere and breaking everything inside we wanted to enter but the magic did not leave us so Sunsie got a way to enter through the basement window and came to help you while we were outside and While we waited for the floor to be full of purple flowers and it started to shake and we were like "bruuuu thiiiiiiiiis mooooooooveeeessss aaaaaaaaaa looooooooooot" but then ended when there was a big "PLOF" and all the magic in your house went away and Applejack kicked the door so we could Enter and we went in and went to where they were but we found the two sleeping on the floor and then we heard police sirens and Rainbow said we had to leave and Rarity asked "why?" To what Applejack said we could not tell anyone What happened and Fluttershy and I nodded like that. "
With that he moves the shy girl's head at the same time as his nodding.
There is a faint silence.
… a while…
"... now my parents are going to punish me until I finish college, and they will never stop treating me like a child."
"Calm sugar cube, everything will be fine."
Fine ?! FINE ?! My house is destroyed! I sure lost all my data and my files of this and any previous research! Surely they will also expel me from school and send me to an even stricter one and will not let me continue doing research or projects! I'm going to become just a girl in a lab coat that all she does is look at cells through a microscope and play with beakers with highly volatile chemicals that do not stand out at all from all the other brains with lab coats ! I WILL NEVER BE RECOGNIZED AND I WILL BE JUST IGNORED BY ALL THE REST OF MY LIFE! Does that sound like "FINE" to you ?! "
Very large eyes and tightly closed mouths is the only response from all present.
"... I'm sorry, I did not want to scream" she hugs her knees. "
"... no ... no problem, come on, do not be like that."
"How could I not be ... now ... I lost my only chance to be someone recognized, someone that people admire ... now I will only be the rare four eyes that sits in the front row of the room ... just like always ..."
With her forehead resting on her knees, the girl tries to contain her desire to cry.
They all look at her with much concern, Sunset sits across the girl and looks for the right words to say next.
Sunset is the first to speak "... hey ... you know ... for us, you are not one," rare four eyes. " "
Rainbow makes a brief interruption. "Actually, if you are, but, that's what we like about you."
Twilight looks up a little, his glassy eyes are greeted by soft smiles.
Sunset continues to say "I know things ... they've been very crazy lately."
"And that you say, since last autumn everything has been very rare for us."
The athlete looks with an accomplice smile at the former villain who returns an equal.
After a little laughter shared by all the farmer speaks to the scientist
"But you know one thing? The whole thing, it has helped us realize something important."
"... sniff ... what thing?"
"That even in the craziest moments, we will always have our friends to help us."
The girl takes off her glasses and wipes her eyes a little.
"... but I... I don't have ... friends ..."
Pinkie sticks her face to hers "Twilight you silly!" Laugh a little "we are your friends!"
"... but ... why would they want to be ... my friends ...?"
"I just told you" Rainbow replies "we like you, we like you the way you are, you're different from Princess Twilight, but that makes it great."
"… the princess…"
Rarity holds hands "Maybe we do not know you as deep as we would like, but that's why we want to try, we'd like to meet you and you'll know us."
"… why…?"
Sunset smiles and puts a hand on his shoulder "because that's what friendship is about."
She did not know why, but the smiles all directed him made her feel something warm in her chest, her mind tried to make sense but failed, it was a feeling he had never experienced.
A bark pulled her out of her thoughts, one she knew perfectly, all eyes turn to the door and the puppy they all know runs in to immediately jump to he mistress throwing her on the bed and give her a series of joyful licking.
"Ha ha ha Spike! Oh what a joy to see you are well!"
Sitting up to sit, she hugs her cub who cheerfully rubs against her wagging her tail.
While caressing your puppy, look back at the group.
"... all of you ... really want ... to be my friends?"
"But ... do not you think I'm ... weird?"
"Yeah, but for the third time, we like that about you, weird people are the best, look at Pinkie."
As if answering the prayer, the party girl inflates a single balloon and blows her arms at a speed impossible to catch by the human eye, or pony eye, forms ... nothing, the balloon falls to the ground without modifications but the arms Of Pinkie are completely scrambled in a knot that should not be able to achieve for someone with bones.
"Heh heh! I need to practice more."
After a laugh on the part of her friends and another mental issue registered to try to resolve later on part of Twilight, the farmer takes the floor.
"Maybe you're weird, or maybe we're the weird ones."
Rarity finishes the phrase "but rare or not, we are friends, nothing will change that."
A smile on the part of Sunset is followed by a hug, soon all, including Pinkie who managed to bare his arms, embrace the scientist who with watery eyes, flushed cheeks and a smile she knew herself, had not been embodied in her face in For a long time, allowed himself to be the center of that show of affection.
The moment is softly broken by a sound, Sunset recognizes it as her cell phone signaling a call, the hug is broken and the ex equestrian walks to his jacket to take the device out of his pocket and answer.
"Hello?"
From the other side of the device you hear the voice of Flash Sentry.
"Hey Sunset, it's flash, um ... where are you now?"
His tone seemed nervous and agitated, and Sunset did not need to think hard to realize that something was happening to the boy.
"I'm at Rarity's house, why?"
"It's ... damn ... the guys and I ... well, to make it short the guys and I were just going around, and we spent close to where you live and ... oh god ..."
"Flash what is happening? You're scaring me"
"The building is ... full of police, surrounded and ... looks ... they're checking your apartment."
At the statement Sunset's gaze is filled with terror, her throat is dry and her whole body freezes, her fingers firmly assert the phone to avoid dropping it.
***Mirage***
The Sunset department was a short bus ride from Rarity's house, so it was not ten minutes to arrive.
As Flash had said, the whole place was full of uniformed officers.
They could be seen entering and exiting the building, interrogating occupants of this and adjacent buildings.
None could believe what they saw.
Sunset was overcast.
An elegant band courtesy of Rarity covered the gem on his forehead, but that was not the point of interest now.
For a moment they just stayed there near the place, not knowing what to do or think
"Sunset!"
All them turn to the call, see Flash approach at a hurry.
An officer close by had heard the shout, and as he turned, he distinguished the group, ... and Sunset ...
"Flash ..." Sunset speaks in a muted tone.
"Sunset what's going on?" He asks the boy full of concern.
"... I-..."
His phrase does not end because another voice is heard.
"Sunset shimmer!"
This time when they turn around, they all notice an officer approaching with a slow but steady pace.
His face only reflects seriousness and coldness.
With a matching voice his face speaks.
"You are under arrest"
***Mirage***
Sunset's hands are carried to her back and her wrists are handcuffed while a pair of officers hold her by both arms.
"What-what-what-is-this has to be a mistake!"
The officer who had spoken to him stood in front of her with the same serious and cold look.
"The only mistake here is to have believed that your lie would go unpunished."
"what are you talking about?!"
Rainbow walks over and looks annoyed at the officer, "hey, who's that ?! I do not care if he's a cop, he can not treat our friend like that."
The other girls and also Flash observe the scene with much confusion, Spike in arms of Fluttershy begins to bark to the officer with annoyance.
"I am Sergeant Silver Shield to you, and you better keep quiet, do not get into police matters."
"I'm going to break your-"
Applejack with help of Flash manage to hold to Rainbow so that it did not commit some madness against the official.
Twlight, timid but willing to help, approaches the sergeant.
"Oh, excuse me, my name is Twilight Sparkle, I'm the sister of Officer Shining Armor, if I may-"
Silver Shield interrupts her "Miss Sparkle, we were looking for her." Turns to see another officer "call them."
"Yes sir" the officer speaks in almost military pose and hurries away.
"Looking for me, what do you mean? And why are they arresting Sunset?"
Silver Shield does not respond but in a few seconds everyone sees a man and a woman running up to them, Twilight recognizes them instantly.
"Mom Dad?"
"Oh my little one!" Shouts the woman embracing the girl "What a relief that you are safe!"
"What are you doing here?"
Her father responds "Shining called us and told us that someone had entered the house, we called the police, but we worried when we did not find you at home."
The mother of Twilight looks at Sunset with an angry gesture.
"You're the delinquent who took my girl?!"
"Delinquent ?! I'm no delinquent!" ... "no longer at least ..." he whispers under.
Rarity approaches calmly, "excuse me madam, but I think this is just a big misunderstanding. "
"And who are all you?"
"They are my friends!" Exclaims twilight breaking the hug of her mother "And Sunset is my friend too! What are they doing ?!"
"My job" replies the sergeant "Sunset Shimmer you are under suspicion of having raided the residence Velvet Night."
"What ?! I did not do such a thing!"
"Do not pretend, we find your footprints in the window that leads to the basement, it is notorious that you entered the house there."
"S-Yeah ... but I did not!"
"As if that were not enough, while we analyzed your profile we discovered something interesting, the records of the lady who responds to the name" Sunset Shimmer ", do not match your own, we compare your prints with the tracks in the records, and they do not match either, you You're not Sunset Shimmer. "
The phrase completely freezes the atmosphere.
Sunset's body freezes and his heart beats with force from his fear, his pupils dilate and no matter how much he tries to speak, he is unable.
The others maintain a similar state.
"Sunset Shimmer"
The sargeant exclaims in a sarcastic tone.
"You are detained for suspicion of burglary, vandalism, damage to private property, and identity theft."
It was the last thing Sunset could understand before her head was completely clouded.
Her mind starts spinning trying to find a way out of this situation but it is impossible.
The screams and calls of her friends are heard as whispers in the distance as she feels as the police officers guide her in the direction of a patrol.
In her mind he sees images of his past in Equestria, and his past in this world.
"... is it the end ...? Will it fit everything for me ...? ... what ... what will happen to me now ...? ... And if they find out who I am and here ... they go To make me ...? They will send me to a laboratory ... and if they find Equestria? ... I will return ... I will put everyone in danger again ... I ... girls ... I am sorry. .. Princess Celestia ... Princess Twilight ... I failed ... I'm sorry ... I'm sorry ... "
"STOP RIGHT THERE!!!"
The sudden scream breaks the mental block of Sunset.
Her attention and that of everyone present is addressed to a person, a man who slowly but steadily approaches the group.
The sudden scream breaks the mental block of Sunset.
Your attention and that of everyone present is addressed to a person. A man dressed in an elegant black suit that seems to melt with the shadows of the place, his eyes, so serious and cold, the same color as the blood, his mere presence seems to cover the place with a haunting aura.
With slow but steady steps he walks towards the sergeant looking at him with a serious countenance, and something to frighten you.
"M-Mister ... Mister Sombra ..."
The sergeant speaks shakily.
"Director Sombra?"
The friendly friends turn to the scientist who seems to recognize the man.
"Director?" Rainbow question filled with doubt.
Rarity opens her eyes and exclaims. "Ah, wait, I've seen it before, yes! It's Alphonse Sombra! Director of Crystal Prep!!"
The man now recognized by all, like Alphonse Sombra, looks at Sunset, and he lifts his gaze to the sergeant.
"Officer, how do I think ah already said, this situation is but a serious misunderstanding, and I personally, I hold myself liable for damages."
"Wha-what?"
"This lady ..."
He turns to see Sunset and this gives him a puzzled look, he only gives a warm and friendly smile.
"Is no delinquent, nor a" thief of identity "is about, my personal protege."
"excuse me?"
The officer is not the only one to be surprised, since all present present a similar state while they look closely at the man.
"Your-your protected? Ho-how is that ...?"
"You can see it yourself."
With that said Shadow gives the sergeant an open notebook that contains certificates, records, legal and judicial records, all referred to Sunset Shimmer.
Among the judicial documents one stands out for the police, a judicial document in which he establishes Shadow as a "Legal Guardian".
"T-then you-"
"If you like you can take these documents to the station to analyze them carefully, but if I can save your work I can assure you that everyone is in perfect order, I am aware of the great coincidence of name and visual kinship, but that is just a great Coincidence, I assure you that there is no crime to resolve here. "
"And-ya ... I see ... it seems ... it seems so."
"Hey a moment!" Exclaims the father of Twilight "That does not explain why burst into our home."
The director's face is covered with guilt and grief.
"Oh, I fear, I must make a very difficult confession, you see, a few days ago, I asked my protege and Miss Sparkle to do a job for me."
All eyes fell on the girl with the glasses who saw the center of attention back a little.
"The details are not important, but due to a mistake completely mine, the situation got out of control, Miss Sparkle ended up in a serious predicament due to my oversight, and I am deeply sorry for it."
The girl's mother looks puzzled. "What ... what do you mean?"
Shadow approaches the couple and with a pen writes on a checkbook ..
"Please accept my apologies, and this small compensation for the damages caused."
He gives the check to the couple and when they see him they open their eyes in surprise.
"Sm ... small ... ?!"
"If your daughter suffers any harm from this problem, let me know immediately, I will take care of the medical bill" turn to Silver "official, would you please let my protege go?"
"S-Sure!"
Sunset breathes deeply as she frees herself and rubbing her wrists, she walks toward her friends, who almost throw themselves into her arms, Sunset just sinks into the embrace trying to calm down.
With Sunset released, the police are quick to dismiss the matter, and withdraw from the scene.
Sunset sighs relieved, although it lasts little, since Alphonse SOmbra approaches her and looks at her with an extremely serious countenance
However the good mood is broken when Sombra approaches and looks closely at the former equine.
Sunset swallows, feeling intimidated by the man's presence.
Sombra extends a piece of paper toward her.
"come and see me when you do not have class, I think there is a lot, we have to tell each other" he remarks to the others girls "bring your friends if you want."
The ex-equine only manages to take the paper and without waiting for an answer on his part the man moves away from the group, goes to a black car parked nearby, a man in a chauffeur uniform opens the door and then enters his puts The driver's seat, the car is moving away from the place.
The sky had somehow clouded over, and a very faint rain began to fall as Sunset watched the road through which the car disappeared from view.
***Mirage***
Later in the evening, Sunset and Twilight settle into the first apartment.
"I do not mind having you as a guest, but do you want to stay here?"
"Yes, I do not feel like being alone tonight"
"I understand"
Twilight sits on the bed and looks down. Sunset sees her worried as she checks through her things.
"Are you ok Twi?"
"Yes ... I'm fine, um, I did not thank you for letting me stay here today, thank you."
"Do not mention it, anything for a friend." She smiles at her.
"… friend…"
He smiled a little at the word.
"Here! Here you are!"
Exclaims Sunset taking her laptop and brings it to the table.
Twilight sees her curious "what are you doing?"
"Ah ... I ... I will not ... I did not tell you this because ... I was afraid of how you would react, but ... the thing is that I have several records and studies that I did myself on the mag-, the Equimia, a long time ago ..."
"Oh oh…"
"I'm sorry I did not tell you but ..."
"You were afraid that ... happened ... what happened ..."
"... something like that..."
Twilight lowers his head again.
"... hey Twi, do not worry about that anymore, yes?"
"I made a stupid mistake ... I should not have gotten into this in the first place ..."
"It was not your fault what happened Twi ..."
Sunset was not sure what to say to encourage her friend ...
Return your attention to your computer, in search of your files related to magic. However ... you do not find them ... check between your documents, your files, but they are not ...
"... and my data ...?"
Check more thoroughly and scan your entire hard drive ...
"Where are my data ...?"
Twilight sees her puzzled as she begins to flinch.
"Are not ... my data ... where are my data?!!!"
***Mirage***
Somewhere, Sun, look at that digital memory. He smiles and caresses the bird on his shoulder.
"Good boy, you did a good job"
The bird alone chirps in response.
***Mirage***
The next morning, Sunset woke up and the first thing she did, was to look at her reflection in the bathroom mirror.
Her face felt tired, the day before had been too exhausting.
Removing the hair from her forehead, she noticed that the strange gem had disappeared. She sighed
"One less thing to worry about ... I hope ..."
After cleaning return to the room. There she sees her latest friend quietly asleep.
To see her so calm helps her to calm herself.
It had happened too much in a short time, she needed a day of rest. She mentally hoped it was that day.
***Mirage***
"Sunset ... I don't think I should be here..."
Not much later, both Sunset and TWilight are in front of the school entrance.
"You will not think of staying in my apartment all day"
"But ... is that..."
"Let's go Twi, after yesterday, we could both use a normal day"
The take of the hand and both go towards the entrance.
Luck was not on her side that day, as soon as they crossed the front door, the sub director Luna is shown in front of them, with her arms crossed and a look that, although neutral, gives off a flash of accusation and doubt.
Twilight could only stand behind Sunset in a failed attempt not to be seen, her partner is not in a better position, only keeps watching the sub director with a clear fear.
"I was expecting you two."
"To ... us?"
"" Us "? ... I ... too ...?"
"Celestia is waiting for us, come on."
Luna does not wait for an answer and just turns around to walk, both girls remain frozen in their position, Sunset shakes his head and follows, it was not appropriate to disobey, Twilight to be alone in the hall quickly catch up with them.
***Mirage***
When arriving at the office of the director, both girls are surprised to see the rest of the group there.
Luna closes the door and leans against it, blocking the only exit.
The seven meet, in their faces is reflected that no one knows what happens.
The school principal maintains a serious, neutral gesture while sitting at her desk with both eyes closed.
Finally after a very uncomfortable silence, the director speaks.
"Very well, who will tell me what happened?"
All the girls look at each other, not very sure of which she was referring, although there were certain ideas in their heads.
Finally Sunset sighs and speaks.
"Sorry Director, it's my fault."
"No!" Twilight interrupts "I was the one who started this!"
"Twilight leave me, the worst thing you can do is expel me"
"But it's my fault."
"it is not mine."
"it's not my fault!" Exclaims the pink hair girl of the group "... wait, what are we talking about?"
"Principal Celestia, I am responsible, I infiltrated the school to get information about the strange energy that is here and ... I just ... I got over ... I had to be careful I ... I'm sorry ..."
"But it's my fault you get to magic in the first place, maybe ... I should have kept quiet ..."
"Do not blame yourself like sugar cube"
"But it's my fault!"
The principal decides to interrupt this strange debate.
"Look girls, I don't really care if it's someone else's fault or not, but after seeing the news, the robbery, the house of ..." look at Twilight "Miss Sparkle, I want to knowwhat really happened."
Another silence comes before Twilight begins to speak.
"I knew there was something in this school, this ... magic, I wanted to know what it was and how it worked, and well ... I built this mechanism that in theory ... I had to allow myself to control it ... but ... I failed in my calculations ... If it were not for Sunset I ... I do not know what had happened..
"But it was by me that you knew the magic"
"I feel fair, I think it's everyone's responsibility." Speak Rainbow.
Applejack nods. "We agreed to show him what we could do."
Sunset follows her sentence. "I just ... I thought if I saw the magic of friendship ... we could control it."
Celestia speaks again. "Like I said, I'm not looking for guilty, but I want to know if whatever happened, will have some sequel that I need to worry about."
"Well ... Twilight ..."
"... I don't think I have what it takes to be able to study and control this, magic, I ... maybe I should just forget my research ..."
The voice and hurt look of the girl worries everyone present.
Rainbow puts on a nervous smile "... well, I know ... there were problems, but really ... none of them affected the school so ... I do not think there's reason to worry so much."
The blow of the principal's hand against her desk and the sudden way she stands up surprises the girls.
"I don't care that it does not affect school!"
As if it were a reflection they all recede and come closer together.
"Do you think I just care about this institution?! Any of you could have seriously hurt yourself! Have you thought about that?!
Silence and looks of grief and confusion is they only answer.
Celestia grabs her forehead and seats her chair a little to sit back.
Luna to see the silence of his sister approaches him and puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Sister, calm down"
"How can I be calm when my students just..."
The group of friends look at their director silently, not sure what to say or do.
The principal rubs her head a moment and then stares at the girls.
"Look girls, I don't know anything about this magic issue, and I'm not your mother, so I don't think it's right that I meddle, but I would like you to realize the situation."
Silence is still present.
"Sunset."
The named stifles a slight cry when the director gives her a fixed and slightly accusing look.
"Your behavior after the autumn dance changed, you managed to make friends and accept the school, just as we have accepted you, but I am surprised that you have decided to do all this on your own, instead of asking your friends for help or if Want to inform me of the situation. "
"I-I'm sorry ... I ..."
Not knowing what to say, the former equine is silent, being scolded by the director made her feel that she was returning to her childhood when Princess Celestia made her see her mistakes, a mixture of guilt and nostalgia fills her chest.
"... I ... I know that it caused a lot of problems, just ... I wanted to do this on my own ... show me that I can do something besides just ... put everyone in danger ..."
Her friends give her a little hug that comforts her a little.
Rarity is the first to speak "you have already done much in school dear, you do not need to prove anything to anyone."
Applejack supports it "it's true, give yourself a little more credit."
Celestia takes back the word "redeem you is good, but you do not have to force yourself to fix things yourself."
"I know, I'm sorry ... I just wanted ... to prove myself."
Twilight is approaching something fearful. "You did it, it was you ... who helped me ..."
"You helped us all!" Exclaims Rainbow. "More than you can imagine."
This time the hug is warmer and their biggest smiles, Sunset invites Twilight to join them and this something fearful but happy accedes.
The principal lets them enjoy a bit of the moment before continuing to talk.
"Twilight."
The girl is separated from the hug and looks at the director with some fear.
"I can understand your motives, but your actions surprise me, I know you are not my student, but if you are so smart to find a way to control an unknown source of energy, you should be smart enough to understand the risks involved."
The scientist just looks down.
"... I know ... I should ... I had to make sure ... I could do it ... I did not think it alone ... I wanted to know what it was ... I wanted to see ... what I could do with that ..."
Twilight felt strange about the situation, Celestia looked so natural at the time of scolding her, she almost felt that she was talking ... with her mother ... or something like that ..
"As for the rest."
All eyes are on Celestia.
"I have kept it until now, but I can not keep quiet, and I can't help feeling that all you see the magic issue as a game, all of you, now carry a power that our world doesn't understand, a power That none of you understand, pushing away the press and security officers has not been easy, and not that I care about the future of this school, I worry about what they can do with all you, what anyone could do with six teenage girls who can become horses, or ponys or whatever, that is something that none of you seems to care, or is that they have not thought about it? What could happen if someone out of school knew?"
None of the present dares to see Celestia and choose to look away to some other point without really paying attention to what they look.
"I know you all take your own precautions to protect everything and everyone from magic, but it doesn't seem like you are protecting yourself, THAT'S, what worries me."
More silence, more looks of guilt, and regret.
The director rises and walks to them.
"I am not your mother, but I am the director of this school, and as such, I worry about my students, I would like to be the one that has to face demons and black magic, but I can't, all I can do is ask you to be careful, will you? "
The director's tone of voice seemed almost pleading, they all looked at each other for a moment and in an apologetic look, shared by all, the answer came through Sunset.
"We're sorry ... Principal Celestia, we will have ... more care from now, we promise."
The principal smiles warmly at everyone and lets out a sigh.
"Well, that reassures me, now, before we retire, is there anything else I should know about this matter?"
Sunset hesitates a moment, but after the recent talk he prefers to let the whole thing out.
"Well ... the other I, that is, the Sunset Shimmer of this world, ah been living with me for a few days."
Both Celestia and Luna are a little surprised by the news.
"Although, I don't know where she is now, it doesn't seem to be a problem either... she's just around here."
Both women are silent, waiting for if there was anything else I would like to say, that it was.
"Also yesterday ... after ... what happened ..."
Celestia's understanding gaze lets her know that she understands what she is talking about.
"The police went to my apartment, and not to make the story so long, I was accused of identity theft, they wanted to arrest me, but this guy came ... how ...?"
"The Director Sombra..."
Both sisters are surprised.
"Sombra?"
"You mean, Alphonse Sombra?"
"Yes, he came and had some documents, where according to him, he said that I was under his care ... or something ... with that the officers let me go."
Both women watched in silence, did not need words to know that they both thought the same.
"Sunset, did he tell you anything in particular?"
"Um ... no ... not much ... but ... he left me a phone ... he said he wanted ... to go talk to him when he could and ... to take my friends, yes wanted to..."
No one talks again, the seven friends see how both directives seem to communicate with their own looks. The director is the one who speaks after a faint silence.
"Girls, whatever you planned for Saturday, cancel it, go talk to Shadow, and see what he want."
A room filled with darkness, only a hint of sunshine through the closed curtains serve as an excuse for illumination.
A person, a girl with platinum hair combed in ponytails, looks at the photograph lying on that desk.
In spite of the precarious light, it manages to distinguish the image.
"I know her, I saw her in the park with Twilight Sparkle a week ago."
Looks up at the man sitting across from the desk.
"Who exactly is her?"
Ask to the man. This one, with a voice as serious as cold, responds.
"That's what I plan to find out, I just know, that she's involved in the events at Canterlot."
"Those classified as technical failures of special effects"
"Indeed, but you, you will know that there must be more than just that"
The girl does not respond, that man speaks again.
"I will meet with this girl today, and it is almost certain that her companions, and the directives of CAnterlot will also come"
"What do I have to see in this matter?"
She asks in a neutral voice. As downplaying the issue.
"Once I get together with her, it will be necessary to do a," thorough investigation. "This is not an ordinary high school girl, this convinced that she hides something"
"I still do not see my involvement in this."
"I will convince this girl to agree to help us, and you, you will be in charge of the investigation."
There is no response from the girl. Not immediate
"What kind of investigation? And why is this girl so important?"
"That's what I want to find out today"
He drops a closed folder in the office, in front of the girl.
"Here you will find everything you need to know about the subject"
The girl stays still for a moment, before opening the folder, and seeing it lightly.
"I can almost assure you, we are facing an important discovery, something the world has never seen."
The girl takes one more look at the folder, then closes it back to the man.
"If this is important, I will need specialized equipment to do what you ask me to do"
"You can take whatever you need from school, that includes supplies, students and teachers, if anyone asks, tell them to come and talk to me."
The girl does not say more, just takes the folder in her hands.
"You are a highly qualified and promising student, I know that I can trust your work, Sugar Coat"
Sugar Coat sees the folder one more moment, then speaks to the man.
"Yes, director Sombra"
***Mirage***
That Saturnday Morning, Sunset goes to school, where she meets with her friends. Celestia and Luna were also there.
No one was sure what to expect. That man, Alphonse Sombra, looked dangerous, and the attitude of Canterlot's directives toward him did not help.
It is not long before a black and yellow bus parked in front of the school.
"It's the transport that Sombra sent us. Let's go girls."
Director Celestia says in almost an order.
None of the six refuses.
***Mirage***
The bus carries the six girls, and the two women to the city. There is not much talk, although the girls try to calm the nerves with a couple of pleasant conversations.
Both women remain silent, immersed in their own thoughts, similar thoughts.
In a moment Celestia stands up and turns to the back seats where her students are.
"I'm really sorry that they have to use their weekend in this matter, but I think it's important that they all be present."
"We would have come anyway" Applejack commented with confidence. "We would not have left our friend alone against that rare type"
All agree with that statement. Sunset just can smile.
"Thank you Girls"
Thank you girls
The group shares smiles.
Rainbow erases hers and looks at the director.
"Director Celestia, excuse the question, but I want to be sure. Where are we going exactly?"
The woman waits a few seconds to answer.
"I think they all know the answer. Let's go to Crystal Prep."
A gemino is shared by the group, except for Sunset who is curious about the reaction of all.
"I knew ... but I hoped it was not there"
Sunset looks at her friends with agreement.
"Um, what is the Crystal Prep?"
"Just the most "prestigious" school of the city "
Rainbow replies with a sarcastic emphasis on the word.
Pinkie also gives her opcinion. "The guys at that school are the meanest, meanest, smartest, and anti-friendly guys in town!"
"That sounds ... bad ...?"
The conversation does not advance much more, because soon they arrive at what Sunset, assumes is the Crystal Prep
The bus stops at the entrance. Sunset does not hide its surprise when seeing the building.
It was much larger than Canterlot, its only aspect was imposing. More than school looked like a palace, the pillars and decorations really seemed to be made of crystal. It was impressive.
Before anyone could ask anything, a very dark woman is seen leaving the building, accompanied by an acquaintance, who makes them all smile.
"Twilight!"
Exclaim all almost instantly and run to her friend. Twilight sees them running towards them, soon they are united in a strong embrace.
Being among friends made the day more bearable.
After salutations and smiles, the dressmaker slightly breaks the mood when seeing the attire of the scientist.
"Darling, what are you wearing? It's so ... serious ..."
"Um, my ... uniform ..."
"uniform?" Rainbow asks. "Uniform of what?"
"From ... the school is, um ..."
"Wait, you attend Class here?"
"I ... I did not tell them ... I ... I'm sorry ..."
"You do not need to apologize Twi" Sunset says watching her put on something fearful
Rainbow frowns at the building.
"At least that explains why you had no friends, the guys here are so annoying, I could never be friends with anyone from this school"
Twilight looks down at the comment. Applejack strikes Rainbow's head.
"Auh!!, Of course!! except for Twilight she's... very well yes!! je, je je..."
Rarity still keeps a frown at the outfit.
"But it's Saturday, why do you wear your uniform?"
"Um ... I felt strange ... coming to school without it ..."
The conversation dies there. The woman who accompanies Twilight approaches the group, just like the directives.
"Good morning, I'm glad they could all come in. Luna, Celestia, it's nice to see you"
The woman smiles amiably. Canterlot's directives return the greeting and the smiles.
The six rather curious friends, look at their most recent companion for answers.
"Who is she?"
"It's Cadence, she's the vice principal of the school ... Also, she was my nanny when I was little."
"It's good to see you too Cadence," greets the youngest of the sisters. "I just want it to be in other circumstances"
"Believe me, the feeling is mutual." Her gaze is headed toward Sunset. "You must be Sunset, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Gives her a friendly smile, full of kindness.
"Uh, yeah ... alike ..."
"I don't want to exert any kind of pressure, but, the director is waiting for us, please follow me"
With that she walks back to the building, Celestia is the first to advance, pointing to the others doing the same.
Upon entering, the astonishment of the six girls of Canterlot is notorious to see the corridors full of uniformed student.
"What the hell ?! Why are there so many brains here?!"
Exclaims with surprise Rainbow Dash.
Sunset distinguishes from the windows of some doors, students in study rooms.
"... does this school teach on Saturdays?"
"Not officially" responds the deputy director of the place. "But students like to come to do independent study, oh attend additional classes on subjects that are not in the program."
Rainbow is silent for a moment. "Classes ... on Saturday ?! It's crazy! What kind of crazy guy goes to classes on Saturdays ?! That's not normal."
Twilight responds shyly. "... well ... I usually do a lot ..."
The silence covers the atmosphere and the athlete wins another bout of the farmer.
***Mirage***
As they advance, Sunset can not help but be astonished by the architecture of the building. Faithful to its name, many parts look really made of crystal, smooth pistos just like the walls, even the lockers have an elegant and distinguished design.
Shee would have continued to wonder, not to feel an intense look on his back.
Turning, he distinguishes in the ditancia, that girl with whom he had spoken the previous Saturday, that was annoying to Twilight.
She makes no gesture or movement, she simply stands, with a very firm pose, looking directly at her.
That look makes her nervous, she turns around and speeds up to reach the rest of the group, trying to forget the girl.
***Mirage***
Cadence leads them all to the principal's office. Once in front of the door, look at all, as if waiting for some doubt or question, but not having it, open the door, letting them in.
Again, Celestia is the first to advance, Luna gestures to the girls to follow, they do.
There is little light in the place, but it allows to distinguish its dimensions.
Extremely large and spacious, perfectly polished and adorned with furniture that although its antiquity is distinguished impeccable.
Stained glass with books, trophies, diplomas and certain framed photographs are dispersed throughout the place.
Each wall is adorned with pictures of some sort.
On the opposite side of the door, sitting on a large desk lies the director.
The younger ones feel a slight intimidation before the man's serious and cold gesture, Canterlot's directives frown and harden their eyes.
Cadence walks to stand on one side of the desk.
"Thank you, for bringing them vice principal Cadenza."
"A pleasure, Director."
Cadence's voice is heard in an almost mechanical tone, something the students notice.
The director makes a soft gesture pointing to the seats in a semicircle in front of him.
One for each, they all sit and look at the director with different expressions and feelings.
With eyes closed and a calm expression, the director takes a glass of wine on his desk and holds it between his fingers as he begins to speak.
"I thank all of you for coming, I must say, that I am a refined but simple man, I like to take things in the simplest way, and I do not like to walk around with an affair."
After a pause to drink his wine, and seeing that nobody has anything to object, he continues.
"I have questions, for all of you, especially for you, Miss Shimmer."
The look that the man directs causes Sunset to swallow with nervousness.
"... what did I get into now ...?"
***Mirage***
The director of Cristal High School keeps a serious look while he looks at his reflection in the window of his office accompanied by the rain that hits the glass.
"Parallel Universes? Magic? You expect me to believe such nonsense?"
None of the present responds immediately.
"I know it sounds crazy ... but it's true, when I came I brought some of the magic of Equestria with me and-"
"enough!"
The scream frightens and makes the girl quiet.
"I do not care if this is the work of goblins or aliens, all I know is that for some years, there have been anomalies in the climate and energy fields in different parts of the world, mainly in Canterlot."
Concern fills the eyes of all Canterlot students, Sunset shrinks in her seat as she looks down.
"I don't need to clarify, that I do not believe any of those excuses that gave the news, that's why I asked them to come, I want to know the truth."
"Well, the girls have told you everything, being honest, I do not quite understand the whole thing about magic."
"Of course, because you have never tried to understand it, as is your custom, you only ignore the complications in search of the comfort of your students."
"Well, forgive me for not directing MY school in YOUR way." The woman comments sarcastically.
"The way you fulfill your role as director is indifferent, now I want to ask, however, how much you know of a group called," Las Dazzlings."
The surprise of all is not made to wait.
"Your reaction confirms my suspicions, what relationship do they have with that group?"
Silence increases the tension in the environment.
Sunset speaks after a sigh. "... the Dazzlings, are also beings of my world, are sirens, beings with the power to bewitch the minds of others with their singing."
The director maintains a neutral look while giving his full attention to the young woman.
"They came to school, and used their magic to charm the students, we had to compete against them in the battle of bands to free them all, we could win, even if they returned, but not to fight."
He pauses briefly to see the director, who keeps his impassive gaze silent.
On the other hand the director and deputy director of Canterlot showed their surprise at what was said.
"When we defeated them, we destroyed their source of magic, but, they needed their magic to feed themselves, they were ... dying of hunger."
The semblants of the directives, including the sub director of glass change to one of confusion and surprise.
"We couldn't let them die, even after what they did. It took a lot of work, but we managed to give them back their magic, since then, well ... we haven't known that they have done something wrong ..."
Celestia looks accusingly at Sunset. "can I know why they did not inform us about that?"
"Huh ... bu-bueno ... it was not something ... to involve the school so ..."
Celestia was going to respond but was interrupted by the director's voice.
"If you say you are, siren, you have not done anything wrong, then you are not aware of facts."
The frse leaves everyone stunned. The director looks at the deputy director.
"Cadenza"
"Yes, Director"
Without saying anything, Cadence takes a remote control from a nearby table, points to the side of the room, lighting a screen in the room.
The image shown, is of a planetsphere, and in this show pointed points, blinking.
Each one of the present ones has different attitudes before the image.
Nobody can ask anything, because Cadence answers the question.
""This diagram, shows the points where there have been recorded, strange incidents, energy anomalies in the environment."
The director adds something to the explanation. "You will be interested to know, that the first event happened a few months ago, precisely, in Canterlot High"
Sunset shrinks in her chair, imagining what that moment means ...
Cadence takes up the word again. "Events that occur from there do not seem to have similarities or a pattern, nor is it possible to affirm or deny a relationship between them."
Luna and Celestia seemed intrigued by the explanation. Twilight was surprised and very curious. The rest of the girls looked rather insecure.
"The second event, happened not long after, in the middle."
"Where your school had an important event, which I suppose is the one you have already mentioned to me"
Sombra spoke in an almost accusing tone.
"Finally, a third event occurred a few weeks ago, and from there, many more emerged in different locations."
A change in the diagram shows many points marked, distributed in multiple sites.
"All of them, coinciding with the places where these," Dazzlings ", have had performances."
Revelation makes them all impact in a way.
The room remains dormant for a while, until broken by the furious cry of Rainbow Dash.
"I knew those harpies were not legit!"
"Do you have any idea what your goal is?"
"Yes, turn all the people into zombies to keep their orders!"
"Am ... I ... I'm not so sure ..."
"What are you talking about, Flutter ?! Obviously that's what they're after."
"But ... is that ..."
Pinkie smiles, forgetting the tension. "Sonnie Arie and Adie are no longer bad, they are friends!"
"Do not be silly Pinkie Pie, those three have not changed, they will never change, I propose that we start and stop them right now."
"You will not go anywhere!" Exclaims the director of Canterlot. "Until we know for sure what is happening, I will not let them put themselves at more risk."
"I hoped this would work out better." The Crystal director stands and frowns. "I will have to take this matter into my hands"
All eyes are on Sombra, this is not disturbed by the attention.
"What are you planning to do Shadow?"
"This "magic ", as all you like to call it, is undoubtedly the source of these alterations. And whoever the Dazzlings are, they are able to use them, either consciously or unconsciously. Way to control it, and use it to our advantage. "
"... well, I'm afraid to disappoint you, but Sunset and her friends are the only ones who can do that"
"Then we'll start there"
"what...?"
"We will analyze the "magic "contained in these girls to discover what they hide"
"Wow wow wow!!" Interrupts Rainbow. "A second there friend! You will not be saying that you're going to turn us into your lab rats!"
"Oh besides ponys we'll also become that ?!" Exclaims Pinkie with joy. "The rats are not very cute but surely we would look adorable!!"
"The correct term, is" test subjects. ""
"You expect us to let you treat us like lab rats like that ?!"
"of course not."
No one noticed the moment Cadence had left, but if they see her put two metal briefcases on the desk.
"I am willing to offer you an accreditation for your help in this matter, and I believe you will find it attractive."
The sub director of glass opens one of the briefcases, the surprise of all is not made wait when they see the interior of the briefcase full of money.
"$ 10,000, I think it's a fair down payment, in exchange for your assistance."
Celestia stands up quickly with an expression of astonishment and accusation.
"What is this Sombra? Give money to some girls so you can make them who knows what with your research ?! That's still low for you!"
"I think you're too upset Celestia."
"For this you wanted us to come? To turn my students into your test objects ?!"
"No, it was to obtain satisfactory answers, but since they could not give them to me I must obtain them myself."
"Don't think that I will let you do such a thing with my students!"
"I am afraid to tell you that this is not your decision; on the other hand, besides the ladies present here, I also have the desire to investigate the field of your institution, in exchange for your permission, I am ready to offer you a sum equal to the first."
To emphasize the point Cadence leaves the briefcase open in the desk and takes the second opening it to show a content equal to the first one.
"Stay with your money Sombra, I will not let you touch my school or my students."
"I certainly can not touch your school without your permission, but on your students, it is their decision."
Applejack is the first to respond.
"Here is my answer, keep your coins because I will not participate in this matter."
"Me neither" Rarity says with an air of rejection. "I am a lady, and I deserve to be treated as such, I refuse to be seen as an experiment, more by a man like you."
The rest of the Rainbooms nodded in agreement to their companions and soon the director is the objective of looks not pleasant.
"Well, if it is your decision, I respect it."
The Canterlot's principal gave one last look of annoyance to the director before turning around and starting to walk followed by his sister.
"Girls, we're leaving."
There was no objection and all rose.
The director takes a closed folder from his desk.
"Miss Shimmer, before you leave, one last thing."
The named turns and sees the man approach and extend the folder, she looks confused.
"In our first meeting, she was about to be arrested because of her lack of legal documentation."
Sunset looks away and a shiver runs through her body at the memory.
"You will remember then, that I delivered to the authorities, documentation corresponding to you, for which reason he was exempt from guilt." "
Now the surprise covers Sunset's gaze as he looks at the director.
The friends and directors of Canterlot observe the scene with curiosity and distrust.
"Here, I have all the documents that certify her as a citizen of this city."
Opening the folder the director lets Sunset see the documents inside, certificates and minutes to the name of Sunset, all signed, sealed and legalized.
"How ... citizen ...?"
"Currently, I am certified as your legal guardian, but you can become independent yourself whenever you want."
Silence is the girl's only response as she looks at the documents.
"More valuable than any monetary sum, these documents, are my offer to you, in exchange for your help in this matter."
Celestia is furious at this point. "It's enough Sombra! You've come too far!"
"Why do you insist on intruding on this Celestia? The answer must come from Miss Shimmer."
"Because he is my student, and I will not let you manipulate her in this way."
"And we will not let you take advantage of our friend." Exclaims Applejack with a gesture more than annoying.
"You're not nice! Don't even think I'll invite you to one of my parties!"
Rainbow approaches her equestrian friend.
"Let's go Sunset, we have nothing else to do here."
All expect an answer from her equestrian friend, but she does not seem to listen to them while she shakes hands with the folder and continues to observe her carefully.
They all observe the former equine with confusion, astonishment, and even fear.
"... director... I accept."
"So ... Are we really going to do this?"
The athlete's question makes all her friends remain silent. Sunset looks down with a little shame.
It's Monday, and on a break from class, the six gathered in their practice room to think about the recent event.
"... I can't deny... I already made the deal with Sombra..."
Says the former equine if ntreverse to look up.
"And we accepted to help Sunset"
The farmer ends, with some resignation.
"... it was not my intention to put them into this girls ..."
"You didn't" the athlete replies. "We accept to help you. Who knows what that guy is up to."
Despite being fearful and worried about the situation, the six friends remain together.
***Mirage***
They are not the only ones concerned about the matter ...
In her office, the school principal is not able to focus on her work.
She looks up as her door opens, and sees her sister enter, carrying a briefcase in her hand.
"Can I know why this was in the dumpster?"
Asks the younger sister with some complaint.
"I do not think you need to ask, you must know perfectly."
The oldest responds.
"If you did not want the money, why did you accept the Sombra's deal?"
"Because I will not allow Sombra to hurt my students.Just accept to be able to keep them watched and make sure that man does not try anything strange"
"And what exactly do you expect to do?"
The older one seems to want to respond, but can not, does not know how.
"I want to protect these girls as much as you, but admit it, Celestia, we have no idea what's going on or why, there's nothing we can do."
"We do not need to understand it, we just have to avoid being put in danger."
"Who says they're in danger? They've faced a furious demon and a trio of singers controls brains, I think they can deal with anything."
"Luna, what do not you understand?
"Not Celestia, I do not understand, nor you either."
The young one approaches and stands in front of her sister.
"This is not like what we live in our youth, you know we have no control over this."
Celestia remains silent, her eyes lowered, not knowing what to say.
Luna sighs. "When you decided to become a school principal, I warned you, there would be things you could not help the young people with, this is not one of them, it's even worse."
"... I know, I know, but ... what am I supposed to do? I sit and let others do the work? That's ridiculous!"
"And what do you intend to do? Lock them in your room? You're not their mother."
Again the director does not have an answer... Luna signs again.
"Anyway, if you don't want this, it will not bother you to use it, the school could use a couple of arrangements, maybe we could even build a small auditorium, you know, not to always use the gym or have to rent one in the middle."
Without waiting for an answer or complaint from her sister, the vice principal leaves the room, leaving the principal alone.
Celestia drops her forehead on her desk, and lets out a frustrated groan.
***Mirage***
The school period passes and ends normally, the Rainbooms leave the school, their attention is captured by a girl standing in the front of the school, what stands out from it is that you wear the uniform of Crystal High.
The girl stands still without noticing the look that some students give her as she passes by her, instead focusing all her attention on the group of friends.
Sunset recognizes her, the girl she saw in the park, and in the Crystal High hallway.
The girl maintains her position and never looks away from the group, the 6 friends after looking at each other decide to advance until reaching it.
"Hey, um, you're a Crystal High student I guess." Rainbow initiates the conversation.
"I think my uniform makes that clear."
The sharp tone of the girl causes a faint silence.
Applejack is the next to speak. "Um, well, can we help you with something?"
Sugar Coat fits the glasses before answering. "I don't know. Sunset Shimmer."
"Ah, ah ... yes?"
"My name is Sugar Coat, the director Sombra asked me to take care of investigating you and your strange energy anomaly. "
"Um, what ... what did he say to you?"
"Very little really, my biggest source of information are records delivered by the director where several events are reported, but that's not important for you, you should know, that I've prepared everything I need for the investigation and I've come to fix With you a convenient schedule to do the work, I hope you appreciate the one that I presented personally considering that you sacrificed several classes today. "
"... um ... thanks?"
"So to those who are interested, dictate the schedule that suits you and I will agree to arrange my own agenda to match your own so we can start."
"Am ... well ... the truth ... I do not know ..."
"My time is valuable, and I've used it a lot to come here, so just dictate the most favorable time for you."
"is that-..."
"Tomorrow, in morning."
All eyes turn towards the origin of the voice, the main vice Moon is coming.
"Vice Principal..."
"They Six will go to high school tomorrow, and the rest of the week."
"Hey, when did you decide that?" Rainbow asked half intrigued.
"two minutes ago."
"But what about school?"
"I take care of that subject, what matters to you is to end this matter of magic."
"Magic?" Sugar Coat asked. "What do you mean by magic?"
"Am, well, the magic, the equimia, the energy you say." Sunset responds with some doubt.
"Magic? Equimia? Odd ways to call it, anyway, starting tomorrow and for the rest of this week, the six will be presented at Crystal High to complete the investigation, eh understood perfectly? She asks herself by telling the older woman.
"So is"
"Very well, I will proceed to arrange my personal agenda, I expect then, at six, at the entrance of Crystal High, tomorrow at 9 o'clock, I value punctuality so do not be late, until then."
Without losing a second after finishing the talk, the glass student turns around and crosses the sidewalk in front where she proceeds to take the bus to the city.
The six friends are a little surprised and a little worried.
Rarity if she directs the woman. "Am, vice principal, are you sure about this?"
"You already agreed to do this, didn't you?"
Fluttershy asks shyly. "And ... Principal Celestia?"
Luna sighs "... Celestia is too affected, feels bad about not being able to help, it's better for her not to know about this, for now."
"Well ... and, what do we do now?" Applejack asks.
"As it is said, this week you focus on Sombra and his students, I take care of your school affairs."
The senior vice does not expect any response or objection and only turns around returning to school, the six friends look at each other with concern.
*** Mirage ***
Sugar Coat stands in front of the high school, his face expressionless and his pose impassible, with closed eyes feel the passage of time.
In a moment he moves his arm to take out a very old-looking chain watch from his pocket, places the watch in front of his face and watches the needles move at a normal pace, finally pointing to 9 o'clock.
Without lowering the clock and now watches the students of Canterlot a few feet from her, she keeps her watch and returns to her usual pose.
"I value, punctuality, thank you" she accommodates her glasses "for respecting it."
***Mirage***
The door opens, the glass student enters the room followed by the six friends, they enter a large room occupied mostly by elongated tables of considerable height, on these, flasks of precipitates with colorful liquids, on one side a pair of Sinks and various cleaning products, the highlight of the big machines placed against the walls.
The attention of the six friends soon moves away from the room to focus on a group of girls on the other side of the room, all dressed in high school uniform, their spontaneous guide stands in front of them and clear their throat.
"The ladies present here are the group that gathered to carry out this investigation, let me make presentations, from left to right, Lemon Zest."
They all watch the girl with long green and yellow hair sitting on the left side, who with her eyes closed and earbuds in her ears moves her head in spirit without noticing what happens, the girl next to him touches the shoulder and It is then when she realizes the presence of the students of Canterlot so that the hearing aids are removed.
"She is an expert in radio signals, microwaves, thermal fields, electromagnetic, everything that can not be seen with the eyes but can be given a value or measurement, she can identify, trace, analyze and even recreate."
Lemon Zest makes a gesture of greeting and a wink accompanied by a smile addressed to the newcomers.
"Sunny Flare."
Next to Lemon Zest, the girl with short violet and pink hair, adorned with a brooch in the form of orange and yellow flower gives a soft and somewhat arrogant smile to the six friends.
"Her specialties are mathematics, physics and chemistry, he has a quick and agile mind, he can mentally calculate equations at large scales and he has a long-term memory capable of recording any fact with a 97.9% accuracy."
Without removing his smile Sunny Flare will straighten his hair and maintain his elegant and presumptuous look.
"Indigo Zap."
To the right of Sunny Blaze, the blue-green haired girl adorned with a pair of gogles crosses her arms and smiles in a confident and defiant manner.
"Specializes in biology, biochemistry, biophysics, medicine, anatomy, botany, and all fields referred to living beings, their growth and development."
Indigo Zap drops into the chair behind her and closes her eyes without removing her smile.
"Last, but not least, Sour Sweet."
On the far right, the purplish haired girl tied in a long ponytail does not pay attention to the others and instead focuses on one of the machines in the place.
"A genius who specializes in mechanics and computer science, dominates any digital system and any electrical component, his hands are as skillful and nimble as his mind."
Sour Sweet finally looks away from the machine and looks at the Rainbooms with a frown.
"I assume you already know me, I am Sugar Coat, my fields include science, history, geology, algebra, quantum physics, among others, I will be in charge of this research, I will advance to some of your questions and I will tell you, Are absolutely safe and do not in any way generate any physical and / or mental risk, so they have nothing to fear. "
The six friends look at each other for a moment, in that Sunset notes a certain fact.
"Am, and Twilight?"
"Twilight Sparkle, what's up with her?"
"Well, should not I be here for the investigation?"
Indigo Zap lets out a laugh. "Hah, that stupid one, why would we have her on our team?"
"Well, she was the first to investigate our magic."
Sunny Flare smiles with mockery. "If, and we know how it all turned out, to destroy your own house, it surpassed itself."
"With some luck, the accident will fix that faulty brain." Sour Sweet comments
Rainbow is coming "hey! It's from my friend they're talking about!"
"Oh, I'm so sorry. ~" She says in a soft, sweet voice. "Do you think I care?!" She exclaims in a sour voice, full of annoyance.
The change of attitude backs the athlete and also her friends.
"What strikes me is that the director decided to cover it" says Indigo Zap "he took too much trouble for that."
Sunny Flare gives a snort. "You already know the principal, you have to protect your best student or the school could lose prestige."
Sour Sweet smiles cheerfully. "Because she's so smart ~ and yet he just does nonsense." Ends with bitterness.
"Enough of you three," Sugar Coat orders. "It's not for us to question the decisions of the director" turning to the Rainbooms "answering your question, Twilight Sparkle is not included in this investigation, the importance of this is too great to risk."
"To risk, to risk what?"
"Well, that's good talk!" Exclaims impatiently Indigo "I did not suspend my studies for this, let's go to the ones we care about, you six!" Point to the Rainbooms "get ready to sweat!" Smiles almost with malice.
***Mirage***
The six friends now wear a black and yellow female sports outfit, consisting of a sleeveless vest that covers her chest exposing her stomach and a somewhat tight, shorts that reaches halfway up her thighs.
Applejack asks everyone's question. "What are these clothes for?"
Indigo Zap responds. "We'll start with a physical exam, check your physical abilities to get a basic idea."
Fluttershy very flushed by shame tries to cover herself "ouh, and ... we have to use this ...?"
"Ugh ... the design and the colors, are so nefarious." Complains Rarity.
"They are special suits, they have micro sensors that will measure your heart and lungs, now, I want all you to trot in your place!" Orders Indigo
Rainbow frowns at her. "Do you really believe-"
The phrase of the athlete is cut by the sound of the whistle of Indigo, which takes everyone by surprise and causes them to begin to trot in their places.
During a time that no one could calculate Indigo kept them exercising, had them do crunches, push ups, stretches, and other exercises.
Rainbow and Applejack kept up the pace, Sunset and Pinkie had some problems, Rarity and Fluttershy were almost unable to sustain themselves during the process.
The screen of one of the computers of the place was filled with data and registries which were seen closely by the rest of the students of Cristal.
After what seemed hours, Indigo blowing her whistle "rest, it's all for now."
As if that statement activated a mechanism, 4 of the six girls lay on the floor as they let out expressions of fatigue and a little pain.
Indigo approaches his colleagues "well, what do we have?"
With his headphones on and her head moving to the rhythm of the music Lemon Zest turns a little and from a printer he pulls out a sheet of paper which he hands over to Indigo.
"Perfect, I finished for now, what's next?"
She does not respond to her question, but Sugar Coat touches Lemon's shoulder, she opens her eyes and looks, Sugar Coat points the Canterlot girls with her finger and immediately Lemon leaps from the chair and walks towards them.
"Very well! Who is ready for the party?"
"party?!" Leaving her tired, Pinkie jumped up "I, I am! I love the partys!"
"great!"
She take a couple of cylinders with cables attached to a machine and deliver them.
"Hold this."
Pinkie takes them and looks at them smiling "uuuuuh, what are they?"
Lemon does not respond but presses a couple of buttons on the machine and through the cylinders sends an electric shock to Pinkie's body which makes her shake and bristles her hair.
Her friends are frightened to see her.
"Pinkie!"
After pressing a button the machine stops and Pinkie is somewhat dazed, shakes her head and begins to laugh.
"Ha ha ha ha! Again!"
The machine is activated again and the body of the skin reacts in the same way.
"What are you doing to her?!"
"Relax, dude, there is no danger."
The download comes to an end and Pinkie continues to laugh.
"Again Again!"
Lemon Zest re-enable the download.
"A tiny shock of electricity, it serves to activate the neurons, to stimulate the nerves, and to enliven the senses, I want to see if it has effect on this magical thing that they have."
This time at the end of the download Pinkie looked rather dizzy and her voice is heard a little slower although her smile is still present.
"Wue je je again."
Sunset speaks in a fearful tone. "I'm not sure that will help anything ..."
"That's what the tests are for!"
With another click activates the machine and Pinkie again feels the download, Lemon Zest focuses on the machine screen and places her headphones.
Rainbow brings her group together and whispers to them. "It's not too late to get rid of this, just let's go and forget about it."
"We can't" spoke Sunset. "I already accepted the deal with Sombra."
"And we agreed to help Sunset on this matter." Second Rarity.
"They treat us like lab rats!"
Applejack hesitates a moment. "If the Dazzlings are really up to something, it may be the best way to confront and stop them."
Fluttershy also doubts. "Um ... do you really believe ... what are you planning something?"
Sunset responds. "Maybe, maybe not, but anyway, we should know how magic works, and it should be as soon as possible."
Lemon continues to watch the screen while Pinkie lies on the floor laughing slowly.
"Well, who's next?"
None volunteers...
*** Mirage ***
After being connected to a screen with cables, to scan them with a pair of apparatuses of curious aspect, to be measured in height and weight, tests of physical force, reaction speed, and even tests of mathematics ... the five students of Cristal began to discuss among themselves comparing results and verifying the data on computers, a local printer ejects a paper which is taken by Sunny Flare.
The six friends wait attentively, and somewhat impatient for whatever the girls of crystal were to say.
Finally, Sugar Coat comes and talks.
"The data don't lie, you six are, normal."
... silence ... ... ... a lot ... ... ...
"What does that mean?"
"It means that you are normal, you are students of common secondary schools, you don't possess qualities beyond the usual and you don't stand out in any aspect".
"Hey how do I not stand out?!" Annoying Rainbow intervenes.
"Did we do all these weird tests just to tell us that?!" Applejack question also annoying.
"We needed to check, if this energy of yours has any effect on you."
"If you really want to know, when we use magic we become ponies."
"Yes! and we get very beautiful ears and tails!" Second pinkie animated.
Indigo raises an eyebrow. "Ponies? What nonsense."
"We were already aware of that fact." Sugar Coat is involved.
"So what was all this for?"
"When they use that energy of theirs, their bodies undergo a radical change, however, according to the evidence we have seen here, they now have no trace of anything different, basically these temporary changes are completely nullified when energy ceases to have effect. "
"And what does all this mean?" "
"That you have no power."
The statement perplexes at six.
"The theory says that energy resides within you, but the truth is that there is nothing to show it, there are no physical or mental alterations, there is no trace of that energy, and there is nothing that shows or signals that you Be able to use it, wherever you look at it, you are just six normal girls that no one would believe can do what they say. "
Rarity looks confused. "And ... what do you mean by that?"
"If I had to make a conclusion on the basis of these data, I can only say that the energy they use does not come from you, their source, is at another point, of course, the data is too superficial to make any conclusion."
"Wow wow magic is ours, it's us who can use it."
"Anyway, after completing the basic tests, we will continue with the ones that remain, I cordially ask you to use your "magic" to study it."
The silence arises while the six friends are looking a little nervous, the glass students watch them undeterred, for a while.
"Well, will they accede to my request?"
Sunset speaks for the group. "Um, yeah, the thing is, we need to play music to transform ourselves."
"And, we did not bring our instruments." Ends Rarity.
"To play, music? Why is that?"
"Um, well, we don't know."
"Our magic is only activated when we play." Explains Applejack in short.
Sunny Flare proposes. "We can get instruments from the music room, the director said we had free access to any means necessary."
"Do they have electric guitars?"
"Uh, and a battery ?!"
"... no, what kind of music do you play?"
"The best, we rocking!"
Lemon Zest is encouraged by that "that sounds radical dude."
"We do not have such instruments in school." Clarifies Sunny.
"I'm sorry, we can not use magic without touching." The farmer mentions.
Sugar Coat is silent for a moment.
"If we can't analyze their energy, then we have nothing else to do here, we will resume research tomorrow at the same time, I will ask them to bring their instruments, until then."
Without saying more, the five high school students begin to sort and store all the items that were used.
The girls of Canterlot to be ignored opt to just retire without drawing attention.
Either way, in the hallway of the school each one expels a sigh that no one knew were containing.
Rainbow is the one who breaks the silence. "Well, that was annoying, a lot."
***Mirage***
The director takes his glass of wine and takes a little sip, his attention is placed on the documents on his desk, so he doesn't bother to turn when the door of his office opens allowing the light to enter.
"Cadenza I told you I would not receive anyone."
"Not even an old mate?"
The voice reacts to the director and immediately raises his face to see in the door four silhouettes that can not be distinguished by the light behind them.
"So busy are you not even answering my calls, I know we have distanced ourselves a lot, but I did not think you would act like this with me, Alphonse."
The tallest figure is approaching, already separated from the light in the background distinguishes its appearance, a woman of very dark skin, and a long blue semi-green hair, dressed in an elegant suit perfectly clean and as white as the snow, her Green eyes, attractive and deep, show indifference while looking at the director.
Behind her, three men of somewhat short stature stand, they skin is as dark as hers, and they white suits, they short hair neatly trimmed, they eyes hidden by dark glasses, and on they faces is not shown no emotion other than seriousness, so similar to each other that they almost seemed to be copies of the same being.
The director keeps his eyes on the woman, his eyes do not show any change but leaves his documents a little aside and crosses his arms on the desk.
"Chrysalis."
"Time without seeing you Alphonse, or, do you prefer that I call you director?"
"what are you doing here?"
" "A pleasure to see Chrysalis ", " How have you been Chrysalis? ", " Sorry for not calling you, I was busy being unfriendly. " "
"Stop fooling around."
"You were always a grump, if you want to know, I came to find out what you are up to now."
"I don't know what are you talking about."
"No? Will you tell me then that you did not ask for a complete documentation order for a teenager who did not exist in the government registry and put her in your name?"
The director gives the woman a venomous look full of annoyance.
"You thought I would not find out? Look Alphonse, save me time, and tell me what are you doing."
"What I do, is none of your business."
"As superintendent of the educational system, it is my duty to know what schools, and their directives, do with the students."
"Yes, I see that you paid much attention to Canterlot on that subject."
"Oh, so this has relation with Canterlot, interesting."
The director sharpens his gaze as if trying to attack the woman with her, this however is not affected.
"I have a tight schedule Alphonse, so tell me what you plan to do with that girl, Sunset Shimer."
"Maybe I'm just trying to give a future to someone who has nothing, you know, to do YOUR job."
"Please, your heart is as black as the night, you would never do anything for anyone else if it is not for some benefit of your own, look, in one way or another I will find out what you intend, so, tell me, or I will have to use measures More serious."
Silence covers both of them as they look at each other.
"You think, you are so powerful, you think that everything you do is right, that no one can do anything against you, you think you have control over everyone else, but you know, this is my school, and that girl, is now my responsability, I do not have to tell you anything, and you can not come to my school and talk to me that way, so big and powerful you believe, you do not know what I'm capable of, now, if you can leave me alone, I have work to do. "
The woman is silent, looking at the director with an expressionless face.
"Very well, it will be as you want then."
Turning around, she begins to walk, the men next to her follow her closely, standing in front of the door she stops and speaks again.
"You know, what's the difference between you and me?"
The director looks at the woman's back and her brow furrows, but he does not say a word.
"You have never been able to achieve your goals by your own means, instead you have always used the power of others as if it were yours, you say that I believe powerful, but you, you seem to believe someone invincible, when the truth, you are nothing but a shadow hiding behind the others, only oppresses and controls others to make you see stronger, you think you are a king, but you are only a child playing to follow the leader."
With that said leaves the room and her companions close the door, the director is watching the door of his office and squeeze the glass in his hand until it breaks.
"Those are the girls? I honestly think you got the whole thing wrong."
Indigo says, leaning back in his chair after the girls leave Canterlot.
Sugar Coat reviews the records.
"They certainly do not match what was described, but I see no reason for the director to give me wrong information."
"The data don’t lie" announces Sunny Flare. "There's nothing remotely interesting about those six."
"Not even on that “Sunset”, who is supposed to be the most important." Speak in protest Sour Sweet.
Lemon Zest shrugs. "Meh, we're not done yet, maybe we'll get some surprise."
"I do not have time for surprises." Protest Indigo. "I want to get this thing done quickly."
Sugar Coat leaves the records and moves away from the rest. "One thing is certain, the energy they use is not something they have with them, no doubt the origin is elsewhere."
Indigo seems to think for a moment.
"So... the only place I can think of could come from the school itself."
"Precisely" she observes the time on her watch "I propose to take advantage of the rest of the day and do a field investigation to Canterlot Secondary."
"Oh I would love to go~” Sour Sweet sweetly speaks "to that stupid school." Changes her voice to a bitter tone.
"Bring your equipment, we'll leave right away."
"If there is no choice..." Indigo says in a defeated tone.
While the five get ready, Sour Sweet thinks of something.
"Twilight Sparkle had already made one, "research" this topic right?"
"Yeah, what with that?"
"Maybe that stupid girl can to be useful."
All present are somewhat curious.
***Mirage***
"Well, something good came out of this thing to study our magic."
The athlete opens her soda can and takes a sip.
"You say that because you're flying classes. "
The farmer responds with some mockery.
"Yeah!!"
After what happened in Crystal Prep, the six friends had decided to walk taking the rest of the afternoon free.
"Sure we should not go back to school?"
Question the shy in the group.
"Sub director Luna gave us the rest of the week off," Sunset responds by drinking her own soda. "We are free of classes and I think it is a good idea to take the time to relax."
"I support you sister."
"It does not feel good to skip classes" says Rarity. "But I must admit that a moment of relaxation is welcome."
Rainbow turns slightly towards the "extra" member of the group.
"What surprises me, is that you're here, you do not look like the kind that skip classes."
Twilight looks down and laughs a little nervous.
"Well ... the truth, I did not feel like being in school ... alone ... and well ... how they came, and ... we're ... friends, right?"
Pinkie jumps up to her. "You Silly! Of course we're friends Twi-Twi!"
"... Twi-Twi?"
Rainbow takes the lead.
"Well, I don't know about you but I'm getting hungry, are we going to get something to eat?"
***Mirage***
The seven walk through the park, their destination a food stall nearby. However as they walk, a curious melody catches their attention, one that sounds familiar...
Sunset in a somewhat hurried way follows the sound until its origin, the others to see it accompany, soon find the source of that melody and a smile is reflected in their faces.
"Sun!"
They six exclaimed joyfully to see they traveling friend sitting on a park bench, eyes closed, smile on his lips and moving her fingers on the strings of her guitar to generate that soft melody.
The guitarist slightly raised a hand in a gesture of greeting but her eyes and smile remain impassive.
"Hola chicas, so long."
"Sunny! Where have you been?! You missed the new cake recipe, the super strawberry chocobole and meringue syrup with nuts! I was going to invite you!"
"Lo lamento Pinks, I had to deal with several things."
Sunset moves forward a little. "You had us worried, why didn't you call or something?"
"Come on girls, you will not expect me to tell you everything I do."
"You could at least tell us that you would be away for a few days." Argues the dressmaker.
Sun does not respond, but her face holds the same smile as he plays her guitar.
"… well…"
"Si?"
"where have you been?" Rainbow questions.
The response of the guitarist takes a little while to arrive as she continues to sing her melody.
"Investigating."
The answer leaves them partially surprised. It is silent that it is broken by Sunset.
"Investigating ... what?"
Once again the guitarist takes a little while to respond, and when she does, she finally looks up and opens her eyes to see them all.
"Magic."
As if repeating the scene, the answer leaves everyone surprised and silent.
"… Magic?"
"Just as your partner eats books, I did my own research on magic and its effects in this world."
"... then ... you ... my notes ..."
Sun puts her hand in her pocket and from this she pulls out a very small object which shows them all, of the seven girls only one recognizes what it is.
"It's that memory!"
They all turn to the scientist who observes the object in Sun's hand with surprise, panic and bewilderment.
"The memory I found in my purse and I had all those facts about magic!"
The statement leaves them all more than surprised and stares at Sun who only smiles with satisfaction and keeps the memory in his pocket. Sunset is the most impacted ...
"but then…"
"That is, double me, I stole all the info you had from magic."
"... but ... Sun ... why ...?"
Sun keeps her guitar in her case.
"After listening, everything you had done with your magic, I had to make sure this thing was safe."
Twilight becomes slightly fearful. "But ... it was you ..."
"Right smart girl, I gave you the info so you could do your experiments, you don't need to thank."
"Sun! How could you do such a thing?" Applejack questioned her. "You cann't imagine what happened-"
"Oh I know perfectly what happened AJ" she interrupts "and after seeing how the house of the four eyes remained, I realize, how dangerous is the magic, and how dangerous are all of you."
"Dangerous? We? What the hell are you talking about ?!" Question Rainbow with annoyance.
Sun takes the sleeve of his guitar by the strap and passes it by her shoulder when he stands, looks at all with a serious expression and his voice becomes cold.
"The She-Demon, the sirens, the girl obsessed with a force she can't control, all results of a handful of silly girls who think life is a game."
"Hey, what's up with the insults ?!"
"You six drew the sirens, and gave them the power they needed to seize this world, if it were not for you, it is certain that those three could never have done anything"
Applejack responds to that.
"Yes but ... we stopped them."
"You stopped a evil that you themselves provoked, moreover, an evil that a presumptuous magician brought here only because he could do nothing to stop it, magic world, sending their problems here, I see that all magicians are the same."
When the last part is said, she looks accusingly at Sunset, who steps back a few steps.
"Sun, what's the matter?" Asked Rarity worried. "You're being very rude."
Pinkie looks hurt. "Yeah, you're our friend, do not be meany."
"Friend? Please, I was never your friend."
The strong impact of all is not made to wait, neither is able to respond to what has been said.
"When you find someone who has the same face you know that something strange happens, and when you discover that that someone is your double dimensional and that ah brought a force that no one can understand, you know that is something bad, so I started to find out What kind of power is this magic of yours."
Twilight still had a question. "But ... why you ..."
"You wanted to study magic, I wanted to know what I was capable of, basically, I used you to make my job easier, and the results are clear, you six and your magic are a threat."
"We are not!" Rainbow exclaims more than annoying.
"Of course, yes, they have access to what is possibly the most powerful force this world has ever seen, and all they do is nonsense, they are stupid girls playing with a power they can't even control."
"We can control it perfectly!"
"Really?" The traveler questions. "Tell me then, how do you transform? Why does your magic only activate when you play? How can you create a magic spectral horse in the middle of the sky ?!
"… well…"
The silence fills them all, Fluttershy with a worried look approaches Sun.
"Sun, I know things are wrong ... but ... no reason to stop being friends."
"You no heard me Fluts? I was never your friend, I had to approach you to understand your magic, and since I no longer need them, I can stop pretending."
"But ... we did so many things together ..."
"What part of that I was not your friend do not understand? I don't need something as silly as friendship, I am a traveler, I have always lived alone, and I like to be."
"But Sun-"
"Understand one thing, silly girl, everything I did with you was just a performance, a way to get close to you and see that it was magic, I don't need them anymore, so blow yourself!"
Sun pushes Fluttershy to fall to the ground, the action leaves astonished to all, and Rainbow soon is filled with anger and approaches.
"No one hurts Fluttershy!"
The athlete runs to Sun and throws a blow, however the traveler moves away and with one hand the grip of the wrist, propels her forward and placing her foot makes her stumble leaving her lying on the ground, before the athlete could get up The traveler places her knee on her back and puts a razor just over her fingers.
"Take it easy Dash, or you will not be able to play a guitar again."
Rainbow watches the blade of the razor graze his fingers and lets out a growl of anger and frustration.
"Sun stop, please!"
The named turns to see them, Rarity and Twilight help Fluttershy, they all give him a look of supplication, with a snort the traveler lets go of the girl and saves his razor.
"Look, "Rainbooms", you aren't bad, you're stupid yes, but not bad, so I suggest you think things over."
Rainbow slowly gets up, Sun gives her a stern look that is answered with an annoyance.
"If you do not take this matter seriously, I will have to intervene personally, and believe me, I will not be afraid to do anything to protect my world."
Without saying more, the girl turns and after adjusting the grip of her guitar, she moves away from the group. Different feelings cover the eyes of all. Anger, sadness, doubt, grief, shame, and even fear, all reflected in his eyes, the silence completely covers the place while some dark clouds cover the sunlight.
With her head down and her gaze lost, Sunset turns and walks heavily. Twilight watches her worried.
"Sunset? Where are you going?"
"… I'm going home…"
With that she just goes on her way, her friends, although worried, can not follow her.
***Mirage***
The five Crystal students arrive at Canterlot School.
Lemon Zest uses a small machine of curious appearance, gently turning the knobs of this moves it a little pointing to different areas of the entrance.
"I detect no signal."
"Look around" pronounced Sugar. "Sunny Blaze, Indigo Zap, keep a visual focus for any possible anomaly."
"How do flowers at the base of the statue?"
Comments Indigo and makes them all turn their eyes towards the plants growing in the said place.
"What's so weird about it?" Sour Sweet asks.
"Ipomoea Purpureas, are not common in this area, besides, they look rather unusual."
The girl approaches the base of the statue, with a small clamp touches a petal of the plant and pulls it to pull it, while doing so however the flower exhales from its center a faint bluish powder that makes the girl back in alarm.
"Did you see that?"
"I do not need to study botany to know that this is not normal."
Indigo realizes that the petal he started now is completely withered, he puts on his goggles and takes out a handkerchief which he puts right on top of the flower, he holds the tweezers and he pulls out a small scissors with which he cuts the stem of the flower, He hears a curious sound, like of gas being expelled, Indigo removes the handkerchief and when turning it notes that it is bathed of that blue dust. None speak, centered and confused apparently. Sugar Coat breaks the silence.
"What we are looking for, must be near here."
***Mirage***
The Principal Celestia and her sister walk down a hallway of the school, the first shows in their attitude a mixture of anger and concern, her sister on the other hand is more calm.
"Luna, I can not believe you did that! Even more, I can not believe you did not inform me!"
"It's not our business, you know perfectly well that you and I still have responsibilities here, it's best to let those girls fix this."
The principal opens the door of her office and both enter
"Luna, We are talking about Sombra! Whatever he want is not good!"
"I agree on that part."
Both directives are surprised at the voice and turn to see three men in white suit behind the desk, they see the director's chair turning and letting Crysalis see her sitting on it with a serious look.
"Crysalis!" Both sisters exclaim in surprise.
"Principal Celestia, Vice Principal Luna, nice to see you."
"What-what are you doing here?" Asks the younger woman nervously.
"I look for answers, and as I see that Sombra's recent activities are no secret to you, that makes things much easier."
"What... are you thinking to do?" The biggest question.
The woman stands and circles the desk to take the lead of both women.
"You must know that my only purpose, is the well-being of the students, if you help me, I could help that student of yours, Sunset Shimmer."
Both directives show glances of bewilderment and fear.
"Will you two collaborate with me?"
***Mirage***
... Later...
With the sun almost set, Twilight is alone in her house, recently repaired and re-furnished, accompanied only by her loyal puppy. Lies on the couch.
"... a person, I would think that after what happened ... parents would care more about their daughter ..."
The soft barking of her dog makes her turn to see him.
"... it's the same ... anyway ... I was always alone ..."
This time Spike barks more intensely, Twilight gets up sitting on the couch. Looks at her cub, and this one rubs on his leg giving another bark.
"Yes Spike, I'm not alone ... I have you." The little one moves the tail. "... and now ... I have ... Sunset ... and the others ... right?"
Spike pulls away and barks at the same time he gives small leaps by wagging his tail.
"... yes... I have... I have friends... I really have friends."
Her smile only makes the canine be happier. His mistress caresses him.
"Spike, how are you so wise being a puppy? "
The good mood of the girl is interrupted by a knock on the door, she curiously walks to this and opens it to where the chain of insurance allows her to see who it is, her surprise does not make her wait.
"Su-Sugar Coat ...!"
On the other side of the door, Sugar Coat, with its characteristic unreadable expression, observes the unimpressive image that the crack in the door reveals.
"What... are you doing here?"
"Twilight Sparkle, we came with a request."
"... "we "?"
Turning slightly the scientist realizes that in addition to Sugar Coat there are four other girls in front of your door.
"Wh-what ...?"
"You know, the director asked me to lead the investigation regarding Sunset Shimmer and her companions, and how you have already participated in a similar investigation, we assume you will have some data saved. "
"Oh ... data from ... the investigation ... yes ... they will see ... you know, my house destroyed and ... well ... I also lost many ... elements ... computers and ... those things ... and ... then, I lost ... everything I had gathered on that subject ... "
"Are you sure you have nothing left?"
"Very sure. Now, I do not want to be a groser, but ... I have to ... cook ... and ... and clean up, before my parents come in. See you at school, goodbye."
In a hurry he closes the door by putting the lock on it. He leans against it and exhales a sigh he did not know was holding back.
"... I felt ... fear ... why ...?"
Spike looks curious at his mistress. His sharp canine ear detects a curious sound. Barks a bit at the attention of Twilight, and then runs to the basement.
"Spike, where are you going?"
As she walks down the stairs to his newly refurbished "lab", he sees his puppy barking under a table.
"Spike what you do?"
The little one begins to grunt softly. That ends up calling her attention, she bends to see the source of the problem, what she sees leaves her amazed.
Beneath the table, lies what looks like a jewel, blue, decorated with eight points, almost looks like a star...
"... that is..."
***Mirage***
After closing the door, practically in their faces, the five students remain a moment in silence.
"Well, I can add, lack of manners to that girl's flaw list."
Comments Sunny Flare with annoyance.
"I told you this was a lost case"
Criticizes Indigo to Sour Sweet. She is about to answer, but Lemon interrupts her.
"I would not say that…"
They all turn their eyes to see the green hair work on their device that shows a kind of signal, the girl walks following this and the others follow, they reach the small window that gives the basement and the signal becomes stronger, With great care about the sight and can distinguish the inhabitant of the house and his pet, in his hand holds a kind of shiny jewel.
Lemon smiles "interesting."
***Mirage***
The next day arrives. Sunset arrives with her friends, and instantly receives hugs and encouragement from all.
Although still decayed by what happened the previous day, the meeting with them manages to animate it.
They all go to high school, this time carrying their instruments. And if Pinkie took her battery, how? It's Pinkie.
Just like the previous day, Sugar Coat waits for them and guides them through the school, this time they arrive in a different room, much larger than the previous one, but much more empty.
The other four girls are inside, Indigo Zap and Sunny Flare work on laptops while Lemon Zest accompanied by Sour Sweet work on a board-looking machine.
"what is this place?" Sunset asks.
"The Musical Arts Hall" answers Sugar Coat. "I asked permission to occupy it today, as they said they needed to play music, I thought it was the best option."
Rainbow looks closely at the place. "Music room? This looks like a recording studio!"
She distinguishes a glass window and on the other side of this what looks like a closed room, with microphones. "IT'S A RECORDING STUDIO! What kind of school is this?!"
Sour Sweet approaches him and speaks to him with a sweet smile. "Oh excuse me, would you be so kind as to stop screaming?! Some of us tried to work!" She ends his question with an angry gesture and his annoying voice.
The shout drives back the athlete, and all. Sugar Coat gives the order.
"If everything is ready, we will begin."
*** Mirage ***
It does not take long for the Rainbooms to fit their instruments in that closed room, designed to let no outside sound pass through. Despite the displeasure of some, they are forced to wear again those outfits for the test, and after a couple of comments begin to play.
The Crystal students remain on the other side and through the window watch attentively, through some speakers listen to the music produced, and Lemon Zest can't help but move his head to the beat.
Different levels of awe are shown in the five girls at the moment the band manages to activate their magic and transform.
"Wow, that was not a joke." Comments Indigo still shaded.
"That's it, radical!" Exclaims with joy Lemon Zest.
"that should not be possible" Sunny Flare speaks in astonishment. "how is it possible?"
"Maybe it's a hoax" Sour Sweet says "what do the readings say?"
For the question the four are put to review the computers. The face of Sugar Coat shows no emotional change, but her gaze seems to intensify as she watches the band, focusing primarily on the guitarist with fire hair.
"that's all, all you can go out and change your normal clothes, thank you for your cooperation."
The Rainbooms leave their instruments and leave this room, don't hesitate to put on their normal clothes and sit side by side while the five researchers compare data and talk to each other.
Indigo Zap Speak out loud "There are no changes in physical or cerebral factors."
Lemon Zest continue "Electromagnetic fields suffered an increase in density, but it doesn't really seem important."
Sunny Flare Follows them "It is assumed that these girls created a mass of energy that condensed into an almost tangible body, but such a phenomenon does not seem possible with the newly acquired data."
Sugar Coat closes her eyes for a moment with a thoughtful attitude, seconds later opens them and walks up to the Canterlot students.
"Despite the evidence, the data are not consistent, how can you control this strange energy and use it to manipulate natural laws?"
The response takes a few seconds to arrive, from Sunset.
"actually... we don't know..."
Rainbow continue. "We just play, magic does the rest. "
"we focus on having fun" coments the farmer.
Sugar Coat raise an eyebrow " "Having fun"? It's some kind of emotional influence?"
Applejack is not sure what to answer. "umm, I guess."
Pinkie exclaims with joy "is the magic of friendship! ... I think it's like the sixth time I say it in this story."
Sugar coat is intrigued by that, although her expression does not prove it. "magic of friendship? Explain yourself"
Sunset take the word. "our magic comes from our friendship, playing together, we show our love and confidence, at least, that's the theory."
Sour sweet is incomforme "Yeah sure, and we must suppose believe that love and trust is capable of generating an infinite source of power?"
"What you six can use to become mutants and break any physiological sense?" continue Indigo.
"and alter the chemical stability of the environment?" coments Sunny.
"And all with just playing music? Radical!" ended Lemon.
The green hair girl receives reproachful glances from her companions.
"It will be incoherent and even irresponsible, but is radical."
Sugar Coat turns to the Rainbooms "your reasoning has no logic."
"It's magic" coments Rainbow. "it doesn't follow logic."
Rarity decides to talk "Twilight thought the same, and now-"
Pinkie interrupts her "is our new best friend!!"
"That was rude Pinkie. But yes, it is."
"Twilight Sparkle?"
"poof! Ha, that silly to have friends?" Indigo mocks.
"She has friends..." Flutershy defends. "we are."
"yeah I do not care about that" Sour Sweet understates the issue. "can we continue the work? I missed my shooting practice yesterday and I will not do it again today, so I want to end this."
"I support that" says Indigo. "I don't want to miss any more training sessions."
Sugar Coat looks at them and speaks almost in scolding. "This is a serious research, our personal needs should not interfere with it."
Sunny Flare joins the complaint "easy to say, but at this stage, it will take too long to get sustainable data to help us reach a conclusion."
"if anyone of you have a more favorable analysis method that says it."
The silence is made among the five crystal students while some of them show signs of annoyance.
"u-um ... I ... have, a suggestion ...?"
All eyes are on the shy girl who, in a gesture of repentance for speaking, tries to shrink in her place.
"u-um... we-can... do... the same... we ... do it with... Twilight... I think... no...?"
The students of Canterlot look at each other and as if mentally agreed they smile at each other.
Sugar Coat asks the question of her companions. "What do you mean by that?"
"Picnic!!!" exclaim Pinkie shoes a basket.
"am, Pinkie, I think that's not exactly what Fluttershy means"
"awwww but I already made the cakes"
To prove her point she opens the basket showing the steaming cupcakes showing that they are freshly baked. The crystal girls watch the scene, very confused.
"... where did you get that?"
Sunset ignores the scene and speaks to the crystal girls. "Um, I think what Fluttershy says, is that we could try ... well ... be friends."
The silence and neutral half-annoyed looks are the joint response of the crystal students, which causes a nervous smile to the former equine.
Applejack support her friends. "I agree, Twilight was able to see firsthand what the magic of friendship does, you can do it too."
"... what exactly do they suggest?"
"just... live with us."
"in a normal way."
"A friendly talk."
"maybe a walk?"
"cakes!!!"
"to be ... kind?"
Once again, silence and stares between neutral and annoying, the atmosphere becomes uncomfortable.
"very well."
"WHAT?!"
***Mirage***
A small table, two chairs, a fearful Fluttershy in one, and a bitter Sour Sweet in the other, some music toned on a tape recorder serves as ambiance, the rest of the present are kept on the opposite side of the room watching.
Sugar Coat explains the next step.
"We will proceed with a socialization experiment, each pair will interact for ten minutes and evaluate if there is any significant reaction."
Sunset try to explain. "um you know, I don¡t think that's useful-"
"will serve to evaluate it, depending on the results will determine the next step. "
The former equine just shrug in defeat, her friends show similar expressions but nobody says anything.
At the table, both girls look at each other, the shy girl tries to say something but just succeeds in stammering, her interlocutor doesn't seem to have intentions of engaging in a conversation, which makes her much more nervous and unable to speak.
"So, Fluttershy, right? Is that your name or a nickname?"
"Is-Is ... m-m-my-na-name..."
"... quite convenient, then, have you ever studied in Canterlot?"
The shy girl just nods nervously.
"including primary?"
Another assent. The crystal girl keeps a serious look and thinks about some topic of talk.
"I saw you play the tambourine, curious instrument since your band says, "rock"."
Fluttershy blushes a little and looks at the ground without knowing what to answer, Sour Sweet looks at her for a moment contemptuously.
"you don't talk much."
The girl's eyes get moistened a little.
"... that pleases me."
The comment takes her by surprise, but after seeing a moment to each other a small smile is reflected in each.
***Mirage***
"And I said "They are beans, jumping"!!"
Lemon Zest ends up stuck with her cake because of the uncontrollable laughter produced by Pinkie.
"JA JA JA JA JA! I don't believe you! Really?!
"very very really."
"ha ha ha ha!! Wow, those parties of yours are a bomb" says and bite the cake "and these things that bake are tasty."
"they are my special secret recipe" she approaches and whispers "the secret is that they have jelly."
A big smile materializes on the party girl and her partner smiles while still enjoying the cake.
"Hey, are you always wearing those hearing aids?"
"mh? Sure! They serve me to escape boredom."
"can you lend it to me?"
"Of course."
Lemon Zest give it to Pinkie, she puts it and Lemon takes the player and turn on. Pinkie's reaction is an exaltation and a powerful shout while removing the headphones, Lemon Zest takes the player and lowers the volume.
"I'm sorry, I like strong music."
"WHAT ?! DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?!"
***Mirage***
"So, you're an athlete." affirms Indigo Zap.
"How do you know?" asks Rainbow Dash.
"for your results in physical tests, it is clear that you keep in good shape, and the best way to do it is with some sport."
"yeah, you got it right, I'm a soccer player."
"interesting, do you plan to play professionally or is it just an extreme hobbie?"
"If you want to know, I plan to become the star player of the Wonder Bolts!" She exclaims with pride.
Indigo Zap shows a slight surprise and then is made to laugh, which earns an annoying look of Rainbow.
"What's so funny ?!"
"ha ha ha, sorry ha ha! It's just that I find it curious that you want to join the Wonder Bolts."
"why? The Wonder Bolts are the best!"
"maybe now, but, once I graduate, they will pass into the background."
"and why would that be?!
"beacause, I plan to create the best and most powerful soccer team the world has ever seen."
"... how's that?"
"I dedicate myself to the biological study to know everything about the physical capacity of the human being, when I graduate I will have gathered enough information to train the strongest athletes in the world, and to take their potential beyond the possible, thus I will create the team, more skillful, strong, talented, and unstoppable than ever, not even the Wonder Bolts can be compared."
"Ha! You already want!"
"do you doubt it?"
"Of course, to begin with, you talk a lot about learning the body's capabilities, but that can not be learned in a book, you must be yourself to measure your strength in the field."
"oh, you think I don't train? Obviously I use my bases in myself to have perfect results, and fearing to sound presumptuous, no one can compare me."
"Oh yeah?"
"Of course."
Rainbow frowns and Indigo Zap shows a confused smile, they both look at each other defiantly.
***Mirage***
Both students looked at each other ferociously, the chairs were overturned to allow them to stand bent over the table and begin a force competition.
Sunny Flare talk to the glasses girl "Do you know that it's been more than ten minutes?"
"Yes, but I want to see the outcome of this situation."
The intense battle between them continues.
***Mirge***
Sunny Flare pauses before following his account "I agreed to go out with him because he did not see any reason not to, but after the second appointment I found out that he was still pretending to be his ex."
Rarity's face reflects astonishment as she listens to her.
"that filled me with indignation so I ended up sending it where it came from."
"oh but, how naughty! Subject so, I see that not even a school like this gets rid of them."
"the good thing is that I found out at that time, if it had been later, besides indignation I would have filled with shame."
"oh darling, the good thing is that it did not interfere with your activities."
"Yeah, I had to focus a little more on my studies after that, but I caught up fast, well. And you've had a love affair?"
"oh my! I told you! I remember when I met Blue Blood at that dance."
"Blue Blood? That rich man who seems to think himself a prince or something."
"the same, I meet with he, and I will tell you, he will believe prince, but he is worse than a-"
***Mirage***
Applejack was somewhat unsure of the look of Sugar Coat.
"So... what do you do for fun?"
"Independent studies to delve into topics that you need to know more."
"... o... k... but, when you go out, you go to the park, or see movies, something?"
"I do not do recreational activities, I should focus all my time on learning."
"um, why?"
"to ensure progress, I have been told that I am able to dedicate myself to astrophysics, neurology, nuclear chemistry, paleontology, among others. My history teacher assures me that being a historian is my best option, although it has not come to No conclusion is better to cover all fields for safety."
"... wow, that sounds awesome, I... I really don't know what I would do if they gave me so many options."
"Have you already decided?"
"I do, I plan to devote myself to running my family's farm."
"a farm, sounds interesting."
"Ever since I was little I worked on the farm, I hope one day to be the official owner."
"and you agree with that?"
"what?"
"You say you've been working there all your life, you've never thought of anything different?"
"Well, when I was little I felt that working on a farm was not for me, I tried to live in Manehattan with my uncles, but then I realized that Sweet Apple Acress is my home, since then I knew that my place is there."
"I see, it's good to see that you found your way at an early age, many spend their lives looking for the right place, I give you my congratulations on reaching such a mature at such a young age."
Applejack get blushed "oh come on, it's just, what happened to me, but thanks, you're very kind."
"I just say what I think."
"Well, thank you for that."
***Mirage***
Sunset sits at the table and looks at Sugar in front of her, the girl maintains the same old expression, but something in her eyes makes the former equine feel uncomfortable.
"Sunset Shimmer."
"um... yes?"
"If you allow me to be honest, you are the member that interests me most in this research, I really hope I can get results from this interaction."
"... ah ... thank you...?"
"So, shall we begin?"
"Of course, um... what would you like to talk about? Which is not related to the investigation..."
"In addition to the school and this band, what activities do you usually do?"
"oh well, I really spend time reading about history, science, or looking for information on technological advances... it's... something nerdy now that think about..."
" "nerdy", a very deformed term in my opinion, I do not see anything strange to be interested in the old or modern advances, after all, they help our development."
"heh, thank you, um, before you said that you specialize in many fields of study, I assume, that's why the director put you in charge of this research."
"I'm afraid I do not have the answer, but I can assume it's due to being the second best student in the school."
"Wow, that's it, really impresive."
"I am grateful for the compliment, although it is not really a subject I am very interested in, I am glad to be me and not a school mascot."
A brief silence appears between both while the former equestrian thinks about a certain subject.
"um ... can I ask you something... maybe a little personal?"
"You can ask what you want, depending on what it is, I will decide if I give an answer or not."
"um yeah... okay, look, I wanted to know... I mean..." As if trying to accommodate her own words, Sunset closes her eyes and concentrates. "Do you have something against Twilight?"
To her surprise, the glass girl's eyes widen dimly, she remains silent for a few seconds until finally she has an answer.
"I'm afraid I'll need you to clarify your question a little more."
Sunset looked for the way to explain herself.
"... is just... the first time I saw you, in that park, you remember?"
"I remember the moment."
"well, you... you were being very... you said things, very hurtful, you hurt her."
"I just said what's true."
Her voice so devoid of emotion began to make conversation uncomfortable. More than it already was.
"You could try to be kinder."
"I don't see the sense in embellishing a real fact with incorrect data."
"But... you hurt her."
Sunset seemed to be despairing...
"If she can't face the reality it's not my fault."
"...and there you are... is like you hate her."
Sugar Coat remained silent, her gaze still as impartial as ever.
"That's incorrect, I have no hatred for Twilight Sparkle. As I said, I just said the truth, does not mean I have something against her."
Sunset did not look convinced.
"but, yesterday, when we asked why she not included in this, you... made mocker of her."
"If you remember, no one "mockery" of any kind came from me, you must talk about that issue with the others, not with me."
"But you said-"
"Isaid, that this research is very important to risk it to Twilight Sparkle affect, and it is true. Twilight Sparkle is the best student at this school, I recognize her intellect and ability, however, the serious problem she has is that she does not know how to measure her actions."
Sunset's confused look makes the girl with glasses continue her explanation.
"Despite being very intelligent, Twilight Sparkle usually hastens her ideas, she doesn't stop to think carefully about the results, and as a consequence, her acts often have serious failures. As I suppose you could have found out for yourself."
Sunset knew what she was talking about, and remembering it made her look down...
"reiterating my answer, personally I have nothing against Twilight Sparkle, although, I can not accept she as scientific because of that defect."
There is no more talk, and the Crystal girl decides to end the interaction prematurely.
"I think this covers the data required by today."
the others Crystal students are surprised.
"what? I thought we were going to do more testing-"
"will not be necessary." she turns to the Rainbooms. "we're done for today, you can retire."
... Surprised in the same way, the six friends taking their instrument withdraw, and soon they retreat, giving crystal students a confused look.
The Five Crystal grils talk to the others.
"well, now what?"
Sugar Coat walk a few steps before turning to see them.
"the evidence is clear, we deal with something unfamiliar, and very promising, but we will not make any progress in this way, we need another approach."
"yeah sure. And I suppose you will have an idea."
Sugar Coat adjusts her glasses. "As a matter of fact, I have it."
The five look at her Intrigued.
***Mirage***
The Director of the school, sitting at his desk maintains his characteristic gaze as he watches his five students stand in front of him.
"So you're telling me, this research is a waste of time."
"In fact" responds Sugar Coat. "these six have no idea how they get or use that power, without the ability to control it, there is no point in continuing to focus research on them."
"what do you suggest then?"
"focus the research to the true source."
The director is silent, his glance becomes colder. "Do you talk about Canterlot?"
"No sir, I have another place in mind."
The director's gaze remains cool but shows some intrigue.
"These girls assert that power comes from another world, a magical world."
"you will not tell me that you believe them."
"no sir, the only idea seems irrational and inconceivable, however... after the seen, and the recent analysis obtained, denote undeniable data."
The girl extends her hand slightly and Sour Sweet take her a bottle with a handkerchief, it still contains a stain of blue powder.
"this is a sample obtained in a visit to Canterlot High, in that place we spotted an abnormal flora, for reasons not clear, the only sample we could get was this strange dust, coming from the interior of the flower."
Indigo Zap take the word "I did an analysis to the sample, its components do not correspond to that of any known plant."
Sunny Flare continue "Moreover, my analysis dictates, that its chemical compound does not correspond to any existing substance, on the planet."
Lemon Zest joins "The place also has a very erratic magnetic frequency, something is interfering with the environment and, oddly enough, it is only on the school grounds."
Sour Sweet add "But I checked the place, nothing in the building or any internal component of it is capable of producing those anomalies, but they are present, they must come from somewhere, one that can not be seen or studied with our current sources."
After the explanation, the man observes the five young girls who remain with neutral expressions waiting for their answer.
"... what is it, what do you suggest?"
Sugar Coat leaves the bottle on the desk
"we've already spoken, we think we have a option."
The girl makes another gesture with her hand and is given a notebook which places on the desk leaving the director to observe the notes.
"is ambitious, and the probability of success is almost zero, but if it turns out, there will be no limits."
The director looks closely at the notepad in his hands, goes through the pages looking at the records and what looks like small planes.
"... what would you need?"
"better equipment, stable and controllable land, effective labor should be no problem, and of course, financing."
The director stands and with the notebook in hand stands in front of five, his face is serious and almost threatening, look at the young girls, but no sign of backwardness, instead keep their semblance impartial, finally the director Return the notebook to the leader of the group.
"it's better, you, do not, fail."
***Mirage***
"Twilight Sparkle."
Twilight who was concentrated in the books of her locker can't help but scream and turn around in surprise, a surprise that increases when she sees the five students behind her.
"oh... it's... it's you... what... what you-...?
"We have a request to make." respond Sugar.
"um... if it's the magic thing... I already told you that I have nothing of my research and-"
"That's not it."
"Ah ...?"
Indigo Zap aproach approaches with an intimidating gesture. "Look glases, we know you have a gem loaded with energy or something, we want you to give it to us."
For the accusation the girl of glasses lean in the lockers with a look of fear.
"I-I don't know... what they're talking about heh... I'm not-"
Sour Sweet talk at her. "we saw you, so don't pretend."
Lemon Zest suppont "When we went to your house, we detected an abnormal signal present inside, and we saw you in the basement holding that shiny gem."
The look of Twilight is filled with despair and unconsciously, she closes her hand tightly in the pocket of her jacket, that action doesn't go unnoticed by Sugar Coat
"I see you're bringing it with you."
With much fear, Twilight looks to the sides in search of an exit but the five girls position themselves so as to cut off any escape route.
"Can I ask what you plan to do with it? Will you follow your individual research?"
"NO!"
She cover her mouth. The answer comes out by reflection.
"... I... I no want to cause more problems... just ... I thought I'd throw it somewhere..."
"Instead, I politely ask you to give it to us."
Sugar says without a trace of doubt[/pre]
"What... what do you plan to do?!
"We have decided that the research regarding Sunset Shimmer and her partners does not give satisfactory results, so we will change tactics."
"... what ... does it mean ...?"
"we will direct our attention directly to the energy in question."
Sunny Blaze aproach and sees the gem. "and for that, we need a sample."
"Twilight begins to shake" ... I... I... no! I don't want... that Sunset and the others have more problems..."
"Then you'd better give it to us." Says Sugar Coat.
"... wh-what ...?"
"If you give us that gem, we can use it as a source and research base, and we will no longer have to depend on Sunset Shimmer and her companions, in short, we would not bother them any more."
Both girls watch closely, Sugar Coat extends her hand slightly and opens it, Twilight hesitates a moment but then quickly takes the object out of his pocket and gives it.
"Fine! Take it! I don't want it! And... whatever you do... I don't want to be part of it...! I want to... forget all this matter of magic, equimia whatever... I don't want to know anything!"
Sugar Coat hold her hand "understood, we will not bother you again."
With that said the girls break the formation that had done and without wasting time, Twilight turns and runs away.
The five see the gem in the hand of Sugar Coat.
"you four start to spread the word, we will start as soon as possible."
All nods and separate, Sugar Coat saves the gem and after closing the door of the Twilight locker pulls out her phone, with a few taps to the keys makes a call.
Soon she receiving reply. Hears Sunset's voice on the other side.
"Hello?"
"Sunset Shimmer, I'm Sugar Coat."
"what ... how did you get my number?"
"That's not important, I call to make an announcement, we no longer require the presence of you or your pals in the investigation."
"what?"
"We have decided to focus our attention on other aspects, we appreciate your cooperation, but are already exempt from presenting tomorrow, we will continue on our own."
"what?! what you talki-?"
Her sentence does not end because Sugar Coat ends the call.
"What happened to Sunset?" Her friends asked with intrigue.
"... it was Sugar Coat ..." she replied uncertainly.
"She said ... she didn't need us to study magic anymore ..."
Neither hid her surprise, nor her nerves... what did that mean...?
***Mirage***
A crowd had gathered in the auditorium of Crystal Prep, it seemed that all the students were in school, on the stage in front of them lay five girls who had a certain fame in school.
Sour Sweet, Lemon Zest, Indigo Zap, Sunny Flare, and Sugar Coat, wait patiently for the students to settle in and pay attention to them, finally the pigtail girl takes a step forward and through a microphone begins to Speak with her characteristic neutral expression.
"I am grateful that you have attended, I know that this meeting has been very sudden, but I think everyone present will be interested in what will be said here."
***Mirage***
The lights of the place light up to reveal a gigantic room, almost seemed to be able to get to the high school inside.
Indigo asks a fair question.
"what kind of school has an underground base?"
Sunny Flare shrugs. "As far as I know, Crystal Prep was built at a time that threatened a war, I guess it's some kind of shelter."
"it still doesn't make sense."
"I think it's radical." Says Lemon admiring the place.
Sugar Coat approaches and takes her role as "leader".
"Stop talking, there's work to do."
Walk downstairs, followed by the others.
***Mirage***
In a matter of time, the Crystals students of the school get to bring tables, mechanisms, computers, chemicals, even slates, a kind of improvised, although at all precarious laboratory begins to take shape.
Sugar coat watches the entire facility, watching the future work in her mind.
***Mirage***
At the next day...
As usual, the Director of the preparatory checked files and documents in the dark and quiet of his office, factors interrupted when the door opened and the sub principal came in with a serious, worried, and somewhat disgusted face.
"Director!"
The man keeps his eyes on his documents. He spoke in a calm and serious voice, showing that he listens to her.
"Cadenza."
"what is this huge amount of money invested in I don't knowing what things and these notes submitted by students adjudicating that they will be free of school activities indefinitely without not to mention the opening of the abandoned shelter-"
"Cadenza, please calm your nerves."
He asks in the same voice.
"... what's happening director?"
Sombra leaves the documents aside "simply, I given the students the opportunity to show not just to the school, but the entire world they capacity."
The answer just confuses her more. "What do you mean director?"
"The issue we've been dealing with is much more complex than we thought at one point, but thanks to that, we can now see all the possibilities."
"... possibilities? Possibilities of what?"
"what has caused all the anomalies that we have identified, seems to originate in a place beyond our imagination, a different world."
Cadence is shocked by the explanation, despite not fully understanding...
"... a... world...?"
"a place that we do not know and where this energy is found naturally, do you have any idea what that means?"
"... I fear... I don't understand director..."
"that means that we must extend our ability, and already the students have found the form."
The man checks between his documents and finds something that could be described as a sketch of blueprints for a machine, he extends the sketch to the sub principal and she examines it for a moment, her face reflects misunderstanding for a few seconds and then to show surprise.
"... this... but, but director... don't you think this is too much for some students?"
"they are the ones who have decided, I just gave them the necessary resources."
"But director, would not it be better to contact a specialized team? It could be too dangerous."
"As I said, they made the decision, and they accepted the risks, which I approve."
"Do you approve? But sir! Do you realize what could happen ?! They are children!
"no sub director Cadenza" he stands "they are the future of this world, a future that is closer than ever.
Cadence starts to fear the situation. "What do you mean?"
Sombra walks to the window "the power they are looking for, could change the world in a way that we did not imagine, I thought this was a threat but it is not, it is an opportunity."
"...opportunity? Oporunidad of what?" Her voice is full of doubt and fear.
"... to create... A NEW WORLD!"
The director opens the curtains letting in the evening light in the room, the sudden luminescent change blinds Cadence a moment and somehow seems to leave the whole room shining crystal clear.
"for centuries, humanity has used the power of nature to its benefit, and through this, has been able to evolve as a society, and as a species, now, a new force is present, one that can give us more power of which we have ever dreamed."
"B-But director... it's still dangerous for some simple students, in that case we should inform someone-"
"no way!"
The director's sharp voice surprises and scaring the woman.
"... director..."
"this power, we discover, this students, this school, and therefore, we must be the ones who show it to the world" He turns to see her "you realize Cadenza, of what we can achieve with this."
"... I... I fear... ..."
"power, fame, glory, recognition, the whole world will advance to a new era, more glorious and magnificent than anyone before, and it will be us, who will lead the world to that future."
"but... but..."
"the school and all in it we will see reflected in the immortality of history, there is no greater pleasure to be venerated by the world through the centuries, that is what I and every student present seeks to achieve, that's why that this project must continue."
Already the eyes of the sub director get accustomed to the brightness and her sight is cleared leaving the room in a normal state. Yet her gaze shows concern and misunderstanding.
"... I... I don't think... favorable for students..."
The man keeps his stance firm and his voice calm. "If it makes you feel uncomfortable you don't need to participate in this matter, but I can assure you, the students are very motivated to continue, and I have no intentions of stopping them, I hope, you don't try either."
The tone of voice change almost sounds threatening to the ears of Cadence.
The conversation dies after a gesture of understanding and the woman's soon withdrawal from the room, the director finding himself alone in his office turns to the window and contemplates the light that in his eyes represents a new future.
***Mirage***
The front doors of the vehicle are opened and these "triplets" come out, two of them are placed at the sides of the vehicle and the third opens the back door, the superintendent stands still for a moment, then takes a folder placed at her Side in the seat and out of the car.
Chrysalis takes off her dark glasses and watches to Canterlot High for a moment, the "triplets" standing behind her lined up in front of the vehicle, she signs with her hand, winning a nod of the three, then walks into the school.
The woman ignores the students' looks and hastily but without pause goes to the principal's office. The soft knock on the door is answered instantly.
"Go ahead."
The voice of Celestia is heard.
Chrysalis open the door and when her enter her go to the principal sitting at her desk, the vice principal Luna standing next to her sister.
There is silence for a moment, until Celestia clears her throat.
"Chrysalis, did you want to tell us something?"
The superintendent looks towards the principal and approaches.
"indeed, I wanted to ask for your assistance in something"
She put the folder that was on the desktop, Celestia opens it and inside only sees a sheet, a document.
Chrysalis proceeds to explain.
"this is a suspension order directive, usually teachers or managers send them to me, in this case, I will send myself one, to summarize, is a request for Alphonse Sombra to be suspended from his position as director for a week."
Celestia looks curious about the explanation "suspended?"
"Why is the idea with that?" Asks Luna with intrigue.
"Upon suspension, Alphonse Sombra will lose access to Crystal Prep and any files or projects within it, so I can easily find out what it is doing."
"It sounds like a dirty maneuver." Mentions the youngest of the sisters with arms crossed.
"sometimes one must get dirty to do the right thing" Responds the woman with dark skin. "especially if it is about the safety and well-being of young people."
The words startle a little at two them,
Celestia finally asks "what do you need from us exactly?"
"For this order to be legalized, I need it signed by three board members, of course I can not sign for myself, that's why I brought it to you, I assumed you two would help me."
Both sisters look at each other and then turn to the document.
***Mirage***
At the next Day...
Twilight was always very intelligent, a mind so brilliant that it excelled in any field, but it did not take that brain power to notice the strange things that happened in high school in the last days.
The students had begun to leave the classes, at first a few, but with the passing of the days were increasing, sometimes some returned for certain subjects and then disappeared again.
Hour to hour day to day, and less was the frequency in which some pupil introduced himself to any class, no matter what it was, until the number one student in the school was the only soul in the whole classroom, in addition to the teacher.
She follows her usual routine, she focuses her attention on taking notes of what the teacher says, yet she occasionally turns to see the empty room with intrigue.
The corridors are also empty, occasionally seen by a student or teacher, but in general, the high school seemed completely deserted.
Twilight orders some books in her locker and takes a moment to think.
"I wonder what's going on? Does this have to do with what Sugar Coat told me? ... I did well ... to give her that jewel ...? Sunset said I did not worry but ..."
The sound of the change of hour takes her out of her thoughts, even with a worried look she closes her locker and goes to her next class...
***Mirage***
"Lemon Zest, report."
It hear the voice of Sugar Coat at some order.
Lemon observes a monitor "... without success, there is no way to open this jewel."
Sugar looks intrigued. "open it?"
"yes, the data is clear, there is a small amount of energy inside it, but I can't release it to analyze it correctly, it's like a locked box."
"what choice do we have?"
Lemon sighs "that's the thing, I don't know, if we can't "open" the jewel to use it, we would have to break it, but I don't recommend it, there must be a way to stimulate the energy to come out by itself."
The girl with glasses is silent thoughtfully. "... keep trying, I'll see what to do."
"sure boss."
Putting on her hearing aids, she returns to work.
Sugar Coat walks away at leisure and in her head is evaluating the experience during the investigation of the girls of Canterlot.
"um, yeah, the thing is, we need to play music to transform ourselves."
"Our magic is only activated when we play."
"we just play, magic does the rest."
"we focus on having fun and having fun."
"it's the magic of friendship!"
"our magic comes from our friendship, playing together, we show our love and confidence, at least, that's the theory."
"Twilight thought the same, and yet-"
"now she's our new best friend!"
"...Twilight Sparkle."
***Mirage***
Classes were over, students had already left school, only a few were engaged in recreational activities in clubs and the like.
Among them, the six friends receive the most recent member of their group.
"Twilight!" They exclaim when she sees her entering her practice room.
"you came" announces Joyful Sunset.
"yeah... well, you asked me to come and ... um ... why did you want me to come?"
Rainbow Dash takes her the shoulders and uses her free arm to point the room. "Come on, choose an instrument, we will teach you to play"
"what?!" She asks exalted "how to play?! what ?!"
"If you're going to be part of the band, you should play or sing something" Announces Rainbow with obviousness.
"Band?!! when I said I would be part of a band?!"
Rarity is the one who replies "you didn't, but you are part of ours"
Twilight is said to be exalted, and although she tries, she can not ask any questions.
"Wath?!!"
"You are part of our band!! later on I will do a "Welcome to the Band" party!!" Announces Pinkie Pie.
The scientist still does not seem to understand the situation. "... since when did I join the band? ... I was not aware..."
"Since you are our friend"
Sunset's response surprises her in more ways than one.
Sunset smiles at her. "Our band is a union of our friendship, you are our friend, so you have earned a space more than deserved it"
The scientist is speechless. Take a moment to assimilate the situation. "... but I..."
Rainbow smiles at her. "Come on egghead, choose an instrument and start rehearsing!"
"Bu-but I didn't touch anything!"
"It's okay," Sunset says and gives her a microphone "you can be a vocalist"
Twilight looks at the microphone in her hand with some fright. "I don't know the songs!"
Fluttershy approaches with her timid attitude. "Um, here ..." she gives her a paper. "I can lend you my notes, I use them when I forget the lyrics."
Twilight looks at the microphone in her left hand and the songs in her right hand. "But... but... but..."
"Time to play!!"
Exclaims with joy the pink girl of the group. The cheerful girl runs to her drum and with a lively smile is ready to play. Each one does the same taking their instruments and getting ready to start.
Twilight is still static by the situation, Sunset extends the hand inviting it to approach.
"Come Twi, let us show you what friendship is."
"... friendship ..."
She sees the smile of all of them, those that she can call friends. Feeling a warmth in her chest and wiping a tear in her eye, smiles.
The folder is thrown on the desk and with the blow opens allowing you to see the document it contains, a sheet of paper of simple appearance, but in its written content highlight the words, "Order of Suspension."
The director of Crystal Prep looks at her with a serious countenance, before looking up at the woman.
"What does this mean Chrysalis?"
The Superintendent stands holding her arms as she looks at the director sitting at his desk.
"You can see for yourself. Alphonse, the ministry of education, has given the order that you be suspended from your position as director for a period of seven days."
Shadow hits his desk. "What are you saying ?!"
"What I say, is that for a week, you will not be able to run this school."
"What is it that you intend?"
"I just do my job, now, I have other matters to attend to, I will ask you to finish this last day and retire, take whatever you want that is not linked to school."
The woman does not wait for an answer and simply turns to leave the office, the three men who accompany her also retire.
The director keeps watching the door and his fists close and his teeth press hard against each other, a strong growl escapes from his mouth while his arm gives a strong blow causing everything on his desk to fall, the sheet of paper slides Slowly to the ground falling right at his feet, his eyes full of hatred observe the document.
***Mirage***
Sugar keeps his signature stance and impassive stare looking at the director sitting at his desk.
Ignoring the slight but notorious disorder surrounding the desk decides to speak.
"Yuou wanted to see me, director?"
"Miss Coat, I need progress on the project, what can you tell me?"
"I am pleased to report that the project is almost ready in full."
"The assembly and configuration are finished."
"Indeed, the most important elements are ready."
"Why have not you started then?" He asks with clear impatience in his voice.
"I'm afraid there are unforeseen difficulties."
"What kind of difficulties?"
The tone of the man is annoyed by the answer.
"Our source seems to be," disabled ", we need a way to activate it and use it."
"Do you have any idea how to do that?"
"Indeed, but I want to do a couple of tests before that."
"do it now."
The order puzzles her, so it takes a few seconds to speak.
"excuse me?"
"You heard me Miss Coat, whatever you going to do, do it today, I want the project to be finished before the day is over."
"Director, if you may me, while the components are ready, there is no way of knowing how efficient the results will be, I would suggest doing a few tests first."
"I did not ask for your opinion, Miss Coat."
His voice is so sharp and serious ...
Both are observed in silence, the director's eyes show seriousness and severity, Sugar Coat does not show any emotion, but keeps the look with the director for a while.
"Yes, director."
***Mirage***
...
In some place...
A gas station located on some desert route.
In this one sees an orange and gold car stopped next to a gasoline dealer.
A person wearing a hooded cloak leaves the wicket after completing the tank, leans on the hood of the vehicle and crosses his arms. He seems to wait for someone.
Inside the gas station there is a grocery store, and in a short time it is seen leaving this one to two other people, also hooded.
The person in the vehicle lifts his head a little, sees the other two with some bags in their hands.
"Are you finished?"
The first person asks. All three have a clearly feminine voice.
"We do, but the service of these places is awfull"
Responds one of them, the other girl speaks in a somewhat laughing voice.
"You're just mad because they did not have lemon ice cream"
"shut up"
Orders in a grunt to which the other laughs.
The girl in the car lets out a frustrated groan before standing up.
"Come up now, I want to get to Canterlot today"
Opens the driver's door and gets on the vehicle.
"shotgun!"
Exclaims the cheerful girl surrounding the vehicle and getting into the front seat. The third climbs back.
The driver lights the car.
"belts"
"... as a nuisance"
The girl sitting behind complains but obeys, the one in front does not object and puts it on. The driver also puts her own and they leave the place.
After a few minutes driving, the girl sitting forward removes the hood, showing her ponytail blue.
From her shopping bag she pulls out a donut with caramel.
"Aria do you want a donnut?"
The girl behind also removes the hood, her purple pigtails are released.
"Pass"
From her own bag he takes out a can of soda and gives a drink.
"Adagio, you want?"
The driver removes her hood, revealing her bulging orange hair.
"Give me one, but no sparks."
The blue haired girl looks in her bag and passes a donut to the driver, she eats it while with her other hand she continues driving
"... at what time do we arrive?"
Asks Aria with some boredom.
"... at the time of arrival"
Says Adagio finishing her donnut.
"... that is not an answer"
The leader ignores the question and focuses on driving.
Sonata, oblivious to the mastic conversation of her dunnut, turns to the window and notices stormy clouds moving through the sky. Swallow his mouthful and speak.
"Hey ... those clouds follow us ...?"
Both, Aria and Adagio look out, noting also that apparent storm...
Adagio is silent for a moment.
"Sonata"
The blue hair girl turns to her leader.
"Get your phone out, if we ever feel anything, call Sunset, and tell her to wait for us."
Obeying the order, she raises her backpack off the ground and from there pulls out a phone.
Aria looks intriguingly at her leader.
"Do you really think they will wait for us?"
"If they want to fix this, they must."
There is no more talk, their faces show different emotions...
They travel that road of asphalt, seeing in the distance a city.
***Mirage***
The sub director of Crystal Prep opens the door of the director's office, but the man is not in the room.
Walk through the corridors, these are completely empty, some teachers to see that no students decide to use their time in other things.
The sub director's intrigue is beginning to turn into concern.
After reviewing the whole school decides against her best judgment, go down to the place where she knows that the students are working on that strange project.
It is not surprising to see that what appears to be the entire student body are there, which if surprising, is the machinery that occupies the center of the place.
From the distance and the height of those stairs can not distinguish that it can be beyond a large metal ring.
After moving the view around she realizes that the director is not among the students, but when she raises it a little she sees from the left side of the place a kind of completely closed observation post, a perfectly transparent glass shows the school director in the Inside, with the arms behind the back and a look so serious and cold that surpasses the usual.
A small balcony at the end leads to spiral staircases protected with a steel net, entering the place, Cadence does not waste time and rises.
"director!" She yells as she opens the door and enters the room.
"Cadenza, I did not expect you, what brings you here?"
The man speaks calmly.
"I was looking you for an affair, it does not matter... what do all the students do here? What are YOU doing here?!"
She asks with demand as she approaches.
"I wanted to see firsthand the great step into a new era."
The man always keeps the view of the bottom, observing as the students continue working.
"New era? First step? What are you talking about?"
"It will be today, Cadenza, when humanity manages to create a new and better future."
Cadence does not seem to understand the answer.
"Today? But ... what will happen ...?"
Sombra takes a few seconds, watching what you see below, before answering.
"That machine, it is a passage, to a world of possibilities, of knowledge, a world full of power."
At no point does he look away from the place, but the tone in his voice causes the young woman to shiver.
"... what ... what do you mean?"
The man did not answer, but Cadence did not notice it because her attention was quickly directed to a small group of students who had just entered the place, in the middle of them was...
"Twilight ...?"
***Mirage***
Twilight walks fearfully forward, followed by four students who look at her with serious, almost aggressive gestures.
She stops her walk when she sees Sugar Coat, who is watching her with her usual countenance.
"Twilight Sparkle, thanks for coming."
"Coming? These guys practically dragged me here!" She complains with annoyance. "Why did you bring me?! I said I do not want to know anything about this!"
"I'm very sorry about the event in question, but I'm afraid we have no choice, we need your help in this."
"No! I don't want to know anything about the Equimia! I've ruined it enough ..."
"I'm aware of that fact, however Twilight Sparkle, I think this may interest you, please follow me."
Without waiting for a response, the girl turns around and walks to the center of the room. Twilight sees her leaving and after receiving a serious look from the students around, she continues to hurry.
Sugar Coat stops a few feet away from a kind of machine, Twilight seeing it is astounded.
It was large, could be described as a metal ring embedded in a holder. Dozens of cables connected to this and several computers of the place.
TWilight does not struggle to hide its astonishment and intrigue.
"… What... is that…?"
She does not finish her question, but Sugar turns and responds.
"Twilight Sparkle, I introduce you, The P.O.R.T.A."
"The ... porta?"
"Passage, oscillating, radial of transport active, in a nutshell ..."
"… a portal?"
"In effect, a generator of temporal space vortex, a portal to other worlds."
The face of Twilight does not try to hide her astonishment, her jaw dropped, big eyes and dilated pupils, her mouth tries to say something but only babble.
"Bah ... bah ... hohoho- ... how was ... ?!"
"It's a prototype, but I'm confident that it will yield satisfying results."
"How did you do it?!"
"With the data obtained in Canterlot Secondary research, and following some theories of both past and contemporary astrophysicists."
"I... I don't know... what to say is... wait! What are you going to do with that?"
"After the research, we realized that the strange energy that the students of Canterlot have, come from a different place."
"a place…?"
"In some way, they are able to bring that energy from an unknown point in the universe, you could say, another world, or another dimension."
Twilight was speechless, he seemed unable to process everything he heard...
"But they do not know how they do it, so continuing to investigate energy from here is a waste of time."
"You will not be saying...!"
"To efficiently analyze this energy, and discover how to manipulate it, we must go to the main source, its point of origin, the world, where it comes from."
"T-that's ... IT'S INSANE!"
Sugar makes a bit of it.
"I am aware that it is an extremist action, but it is the best, we have taken the necessary precautions, the portal should be safe and if necessary have an emergency shutdown system, in addition, we will not send any live form for the moment, we will focus on doing research with camera bots, and testing different inanimate objects and components. "
"That ... that's ..."
"Believe me Twilight Sparkle, we have not left any aspect unresolved."
Both young women look at each other, one with some amazement and fear, the other with an impassive and indecipherable gesture, silence covers them for a moment.
"... I still do not understand ... what I do... what I do here."
The other four students that Twilight recognizes stand behind Sugar Coat.
"For P.O.R.T.A. can work, we need a source of energy to guide the vortex to the place we want to go, a sample, of that energy."
The young woman pauses to make a gesture with her hand, this is answered by the green haired girl who hands her the jewel.
"This jewel that you have given us, has a sample of that energy, however, we are unable to access it."
Before Twilight could ask anything, Sugar Coat throws the jewel towards her and by reflex she catch it, almost instantly the jewel begins to bright.
"My theory is correct, Twilight Sparkle, you are able to unconsciously release the energy contained in this jewel, you can release the passage to a new future."
"… what…?"
"All you have to do, is place the jewel in the scanner that is in front of P.O.R.T.A, and this will take us wherever we want."
***Mirage***
Dark and stormy clouds had spread through the city, the sun had been completely covered, preventing the passage of its light.
At Canterlot School, Sunset couldn't help but glance at the clouds from her classroom spot.
Her friends and almost all the students and teachers didn't ignore the event either.
*** Mirage ***
In the city the pedestrians began to feel the wind blowing, more than a hat threatened to fly flying from the head of its owner.
From the center of the city, Sun looks up at the sky, and with the look follows the displacement of the clouds.
"... that's not normal, is it?"
The little bird on his shoulder gently.
*** Mirage ***
A kind of spiral forms above Crystal Prep, the constant clash between them causes lightning to disperse through the air, one of which falls just above the school causing a blackout throughout the building.
The energy cut goes to the base where the students are, cutting the lights and being replaced by an emergency system that leaves the place dimly lit.
Even so none of the present takes importance of this fact because they attention is still placed on the fearful girl with glasses that still carries in her hands that jewel whose brightness seems to intensify, uncertain if it is because of the lack of light ... or something else.
"No! This... I can't... this is too much for me, I don't want to be a part of this."
"Do you realize Twilight Sparkle, that this is what you've been waiting for? Possibly the greatest discovery in the history."
"N-no! ... no ... I ... would only cause more problems for Sunset and the others."
"and with that?"
"What with that? I don't want to hurt my friends anymore!"
"Friends? Are you going to forget your dream just for an unnecessary emotion? Will you ignore the opportunity of your life for a group that you barely know?" You will deny yourself the opportunity for your future that you have always longed for? "
"I... I... why are you doing this?!"
"You can not deny yourself Twilight Sparkle, this is the opportunity that you, me, and all here we've all been waiting for."
"... you ... all ... what ...?"
Sugar begins to approach, Twilight recoils fearfully.
"We have differences, many of them, but, you must release the passage, you know, and we all know, that there is something in which we are equal."
(Unleash the Magic)
Sugar Coat
your confusion I completly can understand
I know how diferents we are me and you
Our rivalry is real great
But you must be have present
In something all here we are same
The other girls go to Sugar Coat and they approach Twilight around her...
Girls
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Sugar Coat
I know that we have had many mistakes
The differences must be left behind
The future comes to us
And what we can desire
Do not deny it, our goal is the same.
Girls
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Release the passage
Release the passage
If you don't it is a wrong
you have it tried
you alone have failed
togheter we can it do
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Twilight tries to pull away but several students cut her off.
Sugar Coat stands behind her.
Sugar
Call it Equmia call it magic
Losing it will be tragic
Think about what we could achieve.
The world we can change.
What you want you will get.
In the history we must prevail.
Girls
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Twilight tightens the jewel in his hands and desperately seeks an exit.
The girls approach her almost threateningly and push her back.
Girls
Release the passage
Release the passage
About friendship we don't care
What we look for
And you long for
It's glory and triumph to attain
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Oh, wuh-oh-wuh, oh.
Twilight sees all the students move aside leaving free way between her and the machine.
Sugar Coat gets up on the stairs and looks directly at Twilight.
Sugar
What we ask is very simple
We all want to achieve here
Release the passage and you will
Make come true all your dreams
Think about those future people
Generations will remind us
To history we must pass
All Students
Our legacy will come far
Release the passage
Release the passage
The victory will you not lose
The look of anxiety of Twilight is almost crushed by the seriousness in the eyes of Sugar Coat.
Twilight slowly turns his head to see P.O.R.T.A.
Be idolized
Recognized
The world is waiting for you
As if entering a trance Twilight begins to walk, at a slow but steady pace
Release the passage
The world waits for you
Release the passage
The world waits for you
Twilight
Imagine what will be for me...
Release the passage
The world waits for you
Release the passage
The world waits for you
Cadence no longer supports what she sees and runs off the post. Sombra sees her leave but does not bother to do anything, just keeps looking down.
Twilight
The world will recognize me finally...
Release the passage
The world waits for you
Release the passage
The world waits for you
Cadence throws his high-heeled shoes aside and runs as much as he can toward the students.
Sugar Coat stays in place but the other girls are placed in front of the main computers connected to the machine.
Twilight
My name in history will to be...
Release the passage
The world waits for you
Release the passage
The world waits for you
The machine is activated, with the gem near the scanner this begins to form a dark blue vortex that intensifies the closer it is to Twilight and the gem.
Twilight
I want to make real all my dreams.
Cadence passes Sugar Coat and reaches the bottom to see Twilight bring the jewel to the scanner.
Release the passage
The world waits for you
Release the passage
The world waits for-
"Twilight no!!"
US!!!
... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ...
Silence… … …
That's all there is, P.O.R.T.A. Still active, keeping that spiral of dark shine.
It was as if time had stopped, no one in the place moved, the faces of all showed astonishment, doubt, but above all, bewilderment.
The eyes fixed on the girl in front of the portal.
Twilight still holds the jewel in her hands, stopping just millimeters from the scanner, this when feeling an object so close try to read something, so that if it were not a machine it would seem desperate.
The silence remains as everyone tries to assimilate what is happening.
"… … No..."
A brief whisper comes from Twilight, but the silence allows everyone to listen.
The expression of Sugar Coat by first time changes her gesture illegible and allows to see its bewilderment.
"... no... no! I will not...! I WILL NOT DO IT!"
No one understands what is happening, their faces only reflect their doubts.
The director from his observation point slammed his fists and his gaze reflects his inner anger.
"IM NOT GOING TO DO IT!"
"Twilight Sparkle!!!"
Sugar Coat cries angrily.
"what does this mean?!"
Her tone of voice and her expression astonish more than one because she had never seen she in that state.
"I WILL NOT DO IT! I will not let you do what you want with my friends!"
The face of Sugar Coat shows a difficult attempt to remain calm.
"... you do not realize... what can we do with this?!"
"I DON'T CARE!" "I DON'T CARE FOR RECOGNITION! I don't care about fame or glory!
"What are you saying ...? That's your dream, Twilight Sparkle!"
"no more! Now I... I know what it's to have friends! People who really care about you and who you care about! I do not need to be famous or recognized, they ... they give me the happiness I need."
The girl that everyone knew to be serious and devoid of emotions now just shows anger as she goes down the stairs.
"You are going to abandon that for which you and all here we have fought... FOR THOSE ENTITILES ?!"
"YES!!! THAT'S WHAT I GOING TO DO! And I will not let... you... or anyone... hurt them... NO MORE!"
Twilight raises the jewel up and looks down.
Everyone sees it holding their breath, but Lemon Zest is the most terrifying.
"SPARKLE NO!"
... glass breaking ...
It is the way in which that sound would be described.
What once resembled an eight-pointed spark is now countless numbers of broken fragments on the ground.
Again the silence, big eyes in surprise and some fear fill all the students.
Twilight's breathing becomes heavy and tired as she watches those bluish fragments at her feet.
No one can get out of their astonishment before their attention is directed towards P.O.R.T.A.
Twilight flips over and everyone in the room watches as the vortex begins to move quickly and uncontrollably.
What seems like currents of electricity escape from it as the fragments of the gem begin to glow.
The currents leave the vortex and when touching the fragments a strong shock wave leaves the machine and it impacts to all leaving some in the ground.
***Mirage***
The shockwave expands through high school and spreads rapidly throughout the city.
All people feel the impact of the wave.
The electrical systems are out of control, lights in the streets and houses explode.
Canterlot students feel the wave hit and the school lights go off.
Some students end up on the floor, bewildered by what just happened, among them Sunset who in addition to the fall begins to feel a pain in his forehead.
She gets up by clutching his forehead with one hand but before he can say or if he wants to think nothing hears a sound, the ringtone of his phone.
Forgetting for a moment her headache removes the device and sees on the screen a number he had long forgotten, almost afraid he answers the call and puts the phone in his ear, what he hears is a cheerful and cheerful voice, a voice that Knows very well.
Phone: hey Sunsie! This is Sonata.
The doors of Canterlot High open with a clatter and Sunset hurries through them. She stumbles a little on the steps but quickly gets up and runs to the school parking lot.
Her five friends leave the building and follow her, run and see her equine friend take her helmet and get on her motorcycle.
"Sunset awaits!"
"What's going on?!"
"Twilight! Dazzlings! Portal! Phone! Problems! I'm go! Crystal Prep!"
Her answer only confuses them more, but none can ask anything before she gets on her motorcycle and gets lost in the streets.
"Wait! What does all that mean?!"
Her voice can't be heard because the former equine had already moved far from the place.
The five friends are puzzled and somewhat frightened, they feel someone approaching them and when they turn around they meet the directives of the school.
"What's going on here?"
***Mirage***
The crystal students were terrified, the lack of light just allows them to see around them, but the vortex glow is clearly visible as it turns in a stormy way and causes notebooks, pens, pencils, and other small objects to begin to fly Towards its interior.
The loud noise caused by the movement of the vortex forces Indigo to scream very loudly so his voice is heard.
"What the heck is going on!"
Lemon checks the data on the computer while typing desperately.
"The energy in the jewel was released suddenly and affected the stability of P.O.R.T.A.!"
"turn it off!"
"I try it but the controls don't work!"
The girl swiftly moves her fingers around the keyboard trying to access the computer controls.
Twilight still lying on the ground watches as the vortex generated by the machine drags several small objects inside it as it begins to grow.
"Lemon what's going on?!" Sunny asks in terror.
"... a quantum fissure opened between two opposing spaces, both sides can't coexist ...!"
"You mean ..."
Larger objects such as tables and certain devices began to crawl along the ground toward the vortex. Several students feeling fear begin to recede making great distance between them and the machine.
"Lemon turns off that thing!"
"WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M TRY-!"
Before she can finish her sentence, the keyboard and the computers around her begin to fire sparks, the girl goes as far away as she can and covers herself with her arms when the screens explode and throw her to the ground.
Sunny and Indigo hurry up and help her get up.
All eyes are in the vortex when it begins to grow and with that increases its force of attraction making sure some tables and chairs are carried to its interior. Some students begin to run towards the exit, but are stopped when the place begins to shake.
Twilight continues to watch the vortex, his face only shows bewilderment and fear, his body begins to tremble.
"... I ... I ... I didn't want..."
The girl sees as some computers are wildly lifted causing their wires to disconnect or simply break as they are carried into the mouth of the vortex.
"…. I didn't know…"
"of course not…"
Twilight turns his head and sees Sugar Coat standing behind her with a hateful expression.
"You didn't know, you never know anything, you never think about what could happen to your stupid actions, that's why you always ruin everything, BECAUSE YOU NEVER THINK!"
The scream of the girl is on the side when the vortex expels a thunderous sound that causes everyone present to cover their ears.
Cadence covering her ears is close and speaks to all the students. "Ugh! Everyone! Hurry we have to get out of here!"
The students don't expect objection and striving to resist the quake run towards the exit.
"Girls come on!" She shouts at the four girls who had started the investigation.
Lemon recovers and gets up "we can't leave! The vortex will continue to grow and devour everything in its path! We have to find a way to stop it!"
"And how do we do that?!"
Sour Sweet watches the machine for a moment, and closing her eyes tightly makes his brain work.
"... maybe there's a way."
They all turn to see the bipolar girl.
"We can't close the vortex, but if we overload the machine system this will be turned off."
"that sounds good."
"... or ... maybe it explodes..."
"That doesn't sound so good."
Sunny looks around. "We are in an armored shelter, I think it could contain the explosion."
"That's not so much the problem as the one we can get out of here." Argues Indigo.
"I see no other solution."
The four girls look at each other and nod decisively. A soft moan makes them turn their gaze to focus on the missing member on the team.
Sugar Coat manages to stand up and fix her uniform.
"Sugar!"
She accommodates her glasses "I listened to the talk, and I agree." The girl turned to the others, her face had returned to its characteristic expression. "Indigo Zap, we need another computer, you're the fastest, can you go to the computer room and come back with one?"
"Done boss!"
Without waiting more the googles girl runs out of the place.
"Sour Sweet, go with her please, she might need support."
"agree."
Both girls are hurrying away from the place. Sugar turns to the remaining girls.
"Lemon Zest, how can we overload the system of P.O.R.T.A?"
Lemon thinks for a moment. "With the energy released, the port has an output scheme, but if we are programmed to access multiple paths at once, that would unbalance it."
"what do you need?"
"Just something that can give me the access codes to the central systems, and be able to formulate a series of random bases that the machine can accept as valid."
"Sunny Flare I do not think it necessary to ask if you can remember the nuances codes and assist in the calculations."
The look and smile on the part of the elegant girl gives the answer.
"I leave you two then."
Both girls nods and taking a pen and notebook that conveniently passed in front of them, the green girl begins to write data assisted by her partner.
"Sub director Cadenza."
"W-wah, yes?" Responds the woman surprised by the call.
"In the worst case this place could be blown to pieces and/or collapsed, the whole school should be evacuated right now."
"Y-yes ... but ... all of you?"
"we are going to stop, what we start, please do not waste time."
The sub director tries to say something but decides to remain silent and hurries to reach the students.
The pigtail girl watches Twilight, who still lies on the floor hugging her knees.
"... I didn't want this to happen..."
"No one wanted Twilight Sparkle."
The young scientist turns to find that characteristic look.
"But that's no reason to sit there and depress you, you must get out of here."
After saying that the look of the girl goes to the observer of above, without saying nothing begins to trotar towards the place, Twilight to see it rises confused.
"Sugar Coat! Where are you going ?!"
"The director still did not come out!"
***Mirage***
Celestia, standing outside in front of the entrance of the school, ends the call on her cell phone and sighs with dismay.
"There is no case, all the lines are dead." The principal turns to look at the five students. "Do you have any idea what's going on?"
"And where was Sunset?" Asks her sister.
"We don't know, she took her motorcycle and said something about Twilight and Crystal Prep, but it was not clear at all." Applejack responds.
"... Sombra, what did you do this time?"
Rainbow takes a determined look. "Whatever it is we have to go there! Twilight and Sunset could be in trouble!"
"But ... how are we going to go? It's too far." Asks the shy girl.
"I don't think there's transportation with this blackout." Mentions Rarity.
Before they can think of a solution, it arrives, in the form of Flash, with his car.
"Do you need a taxi?"
The smile on the five girls does not wait, they all approach the car, but suddenly Applejack thinks about something.
"Wait! Our instruments! We must take them in case we should use magic!"
The revelation leaves all those who watch the vehicle worried for a moment.
"But we can't take everything in a car."
Once again, a horn beckons and they see another car approaching, they soon recognize the blue-haired girl at the wheel, who despite the state of the day keeps her dark purple glasses on her face, as well as a smile.
*** Mirage ***
The sub director of Crystal is surprised to see the students and teachers standing at the entrance of the school, makes a step between them and observes the outside, realizing the reason why they do not leave.
The darkened sky, lightning sliding through the clouds, and the strong wind that had begun to blow, generated a scene worthy of a horror film.
She turns around realizing that all eyes are on her, clearly waiting for an answer or an order, swallowing saliva and trying to calm her nerves speaks.
"... listen, I want everyone to stay calm, this is sure to be just a storm, the problem in the lower zone is about to be solved so they have nothing to worry about."
Cadence pauses to evaluate the faces of those present, some seem to have calmed down, but others still remain worried and terrified. With a deep breath he continues to speak.
"Now, I want all of us to go in an orderly way to the auditorium, once the storm passes us-"
Her sentence is cut off by the cry of a girl. Everyone turns to the origin of the scream and they move away a little to see as the girl tries to free her ankle of a vine that continues to grow. After a few attempts to break free she ends up falling to the ground, the plant grows by her leg and passes over her waist, as if it were a snake rises to be in front of the face of the girl, this frightened sees as a flower grows in the end , Does not reach to react before the flower opens and exhale of its interior a bluish powder, she ends up inhaling it and in few seconds its eyes close and it is unconscious...
Everyone, students, teachers and the sub director watch the scene with terror.
And that feeling increases as they watch as more plants begin to grow on the floor and walls.
A cry is followed by others and soon all the students begin to run to any direction as far as away.
Cadence tries to call them. "Keep calm, do not... Separate..."
Soon the whole school is filled with screams.
Those creepers keep growing all over the place.
The sub director stands in the same place... alone...
"... ... someone... please... ..."
***Mirage***
what was that?! Indigo asked suddenly.
"they're screaming, what's going on?" Sour talks intrigued.
Both watch the darkness in the hallway as they hear screams, blows and other strange sounds from multiple directions.
"... we have no time for that, we have to hurry."
Both girls turn to follow their path but stop when they notice that on the floor and the lockers begin to grow vines.
"I think we already know what happens." Sour says
"it doesn't matter, plants useless will not frighten me."
With that she starts the race again and Sour Sweet follows she. Soon they arrive in front of the computer room, but they pause a moment to see how the vines had covered the door.
"And now how do we get in?"
"by the door, where else?"
The googles girl runs and jumps a spin in the air, striking a powerful kick in the door and causing it to burst open, passes quickly through the now hanging vines and watches the computers in place, Sour Sweet passes carefully along the vines and joins her.
"Anyone Serves True?
"I suppose so, just take one."
Said and done, they disconnect a laptop from the place and leave the room.
*** Mirage ***
Sugar Coat knocks on the door. "Director, do you listen to me?!"
There is no response coming from the inside, the girl tries to open the door but it was closed, both Sugar Coat and Twilight are worry, although the first does not show in her expression.
"We have to enter!" Exclaims terrified Twilight.
"I'm on it."
Sacrificing one of her pigtails takes a hairpin from her hair, and after folding it slightly inserts it in the lock, a couple of turns serve to open the door.
"director!"
Both enter and see the place, the glass that served as a window of observation had been destroyed, and on the ground lies the man they were looking for.
"director!" Exclaimed both. They approach the man and with a little effort manage to lift it by taking and leaning on one of his arms.
"Director, director wake up!" Says Twilight in alarm.
The man slowly manages to open his eyes but his gaze seems lost.
"Director, is you okay?"
"... where ... what ... happens ...?"
"We have to get him out of here." Orders Sugar.
Both girls strive to take the man out of the place but a few steps a strong tremor is felt all over the place. Both stagger and end up falling to the ground under the weight of the director.
***Mirage***
In the lower area Lemon and Sunny are also affected by the earthquake.
"and now that?!"
Lemon looks at the machine "... the vortex... becomes stronger..."
The whole place shakes hard, the steel walls begin to bend and even some joints made with large and powerful screws begin to break and separate.
*** Mirage ***
At the top of the school, trembling can also be felt by students and teachers, some are promptly trapped by plants and left unconscious by the dust emitted by them.
The walls and floors of the structure begin to crawl in a disturbing way.
The sub director had not moved from her place, she sat on the ground with her eyes low and lost, her mind clouded and full of fear.
She doesn't react when those herbs approach and are about to rise through her body, but she does when she notice a strong light coming from her back and when she turn it just sees and hears a vehicle through the door of the school.
Her mind can't react before that vehicle stops in front of her and her driver takes off her helmet, the fire-haired girl looks at the woman with desperation but determination.
"Cadence! Where's Twilight?!"
***Mirage***
Twilight manages to stand up slightly. "Auh ... Sugar Coat ... are you okay?"
"I do not think it necessary to respond."
Both are forced to drag a little to escape the weight of the man, after doing so they turn and try to lift it.
"director."
"Director responds."
"… What are that…"
"director?"
The man begins to tremble and grabs his arms trying to form sentences.
"I see ... I see ... that is ..."
"... he must have been hit in the head, he is confused." Sugar says when he sees it and hears it.
Both girls try to lift the man but a slight jolt hinders them.
"Agh! Leave us alone for a moment!" Shout Twilight to the ceiling.
"Who are you talking to?"
"To which God or non-existent divine entity wants to torture us!"
Before Sugar Coat could respond to that phrase they hear the sound of the ground cracking ... under their feet ...
Both are observed and then try to move slowly, but with each step that give the ground cracks more.
"Sugar ... t-this ..."
"Twilight silence, just ... move on ..."
One more step causes the ground to begin to sink, both notice this but no matter how they try to think of an exit nothing comes to their minds.
The director looks up, sees the cracks in the floor, turns his eyes and sees the broken glass and his ears catch the sound of the vortex as it grows.
The ground starts to break and Sombra sees the two girls at his side, quickly turns away from them and to the surprise of both pushes them forward. The floor collapses and the man falls, both girls can only see the silhouette of the director disappears in what is now a big hole.
"… director…" Twilight approaches with terror. "... ... not ... it's not ... it's not such a big fall ... he maybe ..."
"Just ... let's go, before ..."
The floor continues to fall to pieces so they both decide to leave the room. The vortex exhales a loud rumble and its absorption strength increases, both girls feel as their body tries to be pulled towards the machine.
"It is getting worse!" Exclaims the purple hair girl
"Yes I noticed it, we have to go back down and wait for the others"
They go to the stairs but before they can enter they crumble and are drawn into the vortex.
Sugar just grunts. "What did I do to deserve this? ... ah, wait ... yes."
***Mirage***
In the lower area, Lemon and Sunny could only watch the vortex destroy parts of the walls and ceiling of the place, bolts, nuts, and steel bars that hold the structure out of place.
Sunny keeps a look so annoying. "We're going to die here, right?"
Lemon just smiles. "I am always optimistic about any situation, yes, we are going to die."
The sound of an engine class caught the attention of both, when they turn to their source they see a motorcycle enter the room and down the stairs, both turn away from the road and the motorcycle stops.
Sunset takes off her helmet and sees them both.
"Sunset Shimmer?!"
"What in the hell happen here?!" Question altered the former equine.
Lemon answers. "To make it short, we built a portal to go to your magical world but Sparkle broke the source of energy and now the portal wants to eat us."
"... ... ... I'm old for these things ..." she looks around "and the others?"
"Indigo and Sour went to look for a computer." Says Sunny.
"for what?"
"We want to deactivate the machine, but it took the ones that were here so we need another one."
"And Twilight?"
Lemon thinks for a moment looking at the place. "The last time I saw her was with Sugar, but I don't know where they went."
"Hey Sunset, what's that on your forehead?"
"My foreheard?" Holding her hand to her forehead she feels something protruding, touching it with her fingers notes zones and tips. "... by any chance, is it some kind of orange gem?"
Both girls nod with curious glances.
"not again..."
"Girls!!"
The look of all goes to the entrance where Indigo Zap and Sour Sweet appear running.
"We have the thing! What do we do-?!"
Her phrase is interrupted by a shake of the place and because the vortex increases its force of attraction, the walls of approach of the place are doubled and some parts are pulled out completely being taken and destroyed in the vortex.
The girls feel their bodies peel off the ground and begin to float, their bodies being carried in the direction of the vortex.
Sunset is terrified and asks everyone. "What now?!"
"The vortex wants to eat us!" Lemon responds as terrified.
"I'm too beatiful to die!" Sunny exclaims in despair.
*** Mirage ***
In the upper area, Twilight and Sugar Coat also looked in the same situation.
Twilight moves her arms trying to push in the opposite direction.
Sugar Coat manages to cling to the handle of the door that gives to the room, with all its force it manages to push inwards, the door takes off of the wall and leaves flying so that the girl quickly releases it and uses the frame to support her body. She pushes herself into the room and manages to find a point where the absorption is less, there she stops to take in air, but her moment of calm is interrupted by the scream of Twilight outside.
"Urg! Sparkle ..."
Sugar manages to move and leans on what remains of the window frame of the place, sees Twilight move desperately in an attempt to move away from the vortex, extend her arm and manages to take the girl's wrist, which looks at her in surprise.
"I have you! Gh ..."
Twilight overcome her surprise and clings to the arm of Sugar Coat, the pigtail girl begins to pull it hard, being close to Twilight is held to the window frame and with an impulse on the part of both manage to enter the room and position in The blind spot of absorption, both breathing in agitated, the pigtail girl notices the surprised look of the other on the purple girl.
"what?!"
"You ... you helped me ... why ...?"
"That I do not like you does not mean that I want to see you debarred by a dimensional vortex."
Twilight keeps her look of surprise for a moment but in the end deflects it and drops to rest.
*** Mirage ***
Sunset can only watch as she and two girls by her side are carried to that dark spiral, in her mind that image resembles the huge mouth of a terrible monster watching her with hunger.
Her thought is interrupted when her ears catch a sound, music, she turns to see a powerful and colorful shine cover the place.
Two silhouettes appear to fly towards her, soon recognizes them.
"Sunset resists!"
"we go for you!"
Both girls, wearing their ears, tails and wings go to her.
"Dash, Flutter!"
The winged girls notice the girls near Sunset, the situation makes them hesitate for a moment.
"Fluttershy go for the sport girl and the shout, I'll take care of the others!"
"But Rainbow-!"
Her complaint remains on deaf ears because the sportswoman has already advanced to her equestrian friend, the shy girl still worried can only approach Indigo who holds the computer hard against her chest, to see Fluttershy extend her hand without hesitation. Sour Sweet clings to Indigo's leg and Fluttershy strives to keep them both apart.
Rainbow reaches the others and takes the hands of Sunset and Lemon, the latter uses her free hand to take Sunny's.
Rainbow flaps forcefully combating the absorption of the vortex, but can't get away from it.
Fluttershy had managed to take Indigo and Sour up the stairs, where Applejack Rarity and Pinkie Pie are, all three with their active magic and protecting them from the vortex, Applejack takes both Crystal girls and holds them by the arm.
"We have them, go help Rainbow and Sunset."
The shy girl just nods and flies to her chromatic friend, Rainbow smiles as she sees her, they soon manage to get Fluttershy holding Sunset's hands and Rainbow uses both hands to pull Lemon.
With some effort they manage to lead the three of them and join the others.
"Girls, I'm so glad to see you." Exclaim Sunset with a big smile.
"Where is Twilight?"
"I do not know. I still don't see her."
"You get out of here I'll look for her." Says Rainbow.
"Don't dream it," Rarity denies. "We'll not leave without you and without Twilight!"
"We can't leave either" Lemon Zest explains. "We must stop the machine, Indigo, did you bring it?"
The googles girl gives the computer and decides to explain the situation.
"The school is a chaos, there are those blue plants everywhere!"
"the dust makes the students unconscious! It's crazy" Finished Sour Sweet.
Sunny Flare is noticeable. "Not crazy... this is a nightmare!"
Lemon programs the computer. "We should go to the base and connect the computer to the machine."
"I don't think that's a good idea." Applejack comments.
"I never said it was."
"Forget the machine just let's go." Rainbow Dash offers them with impatience.
"You don't understand! If we don't turn it off, the vortex will grow and will not stop until it consumes everything on this planet!"
The revelation makes all Rainbooms open their eyes of fear.
"... and ... what do you say the plan is?"
"Just, take us to the machine, Sunny and me will do the rest."
Sour Sweet seems to study the situation by looking at the center of the place. "That will not be possible, the force of attraction is too strong, if you get too close ... and that music?"
They all turn up the stairs, on one side of the entrance they can distinguish Vinyl, their vehicle transformed into their DJ station suddenly put a melody ..
Lemon can't help smiling at the sight. "Hey, nice beats."
"She comes with you?" Sunny Sweet question intrigued.
Applejack responds. "Yes, but what she is...?"
Her question doesn't end because everyone is surprised to see three silhouettes approaching and next to these three beautiful voices are heard singing a song.
Vinyl moves the lights of her station and illuminates the silhouettes, the identity of these surprises them all.
***Mirage***
From its place, Twilight and Sugar Coat when they hear the song appear a little to see.
"They are Sunset, and the others!" Exclaims Twilight with joy. "But who ... are they...?"
Sugar recognizes them. "... the Dazzlings?"
***Mirage***
Adagio, Aria, and Sonata, in all the splendor that characterizes them unite their voices and dance with grace making their gems to shine intensely.
All eyes are on them, and their voices are heard by all the students and teachers who still lie hidden in the school.
The sirens look at the vortex, smiles trusting their faces, their voices and their perfectly synchronized bodies do what they do best.
("Welcome to the Show")
Now is our time
We must to raise
You can see soon
We dazzle more than you
"what are they doing?" Ask the crystal's sportswoman intrigued.
"Nothing good for sure." The Canterlot's sportwoman answers.
The farmer looks at the machine "I would not be so sure, look at that."
She points to the vortex and they all notice how their movement slows down and their intense absorption decreases their force.
"The vortex ... calms down"
All that sorrow
It will soon burn
We go to stop the storm
This is our evolution
The gems on their necks glow with great intensity and the three singers rise on the ground, their bodies are surrounded by a sinister reddish energy, and curiously also you see a flash of bright colors.
The moment is right now
And we will not give up
Yesterday doesn't matter more
There's a morning for us
Ears, tails and wings show their transformation while the three are held high.
And destination
It's a demonstration
There is no way back
At the end of the stanza the vortex had become weak, even its size had diminished and they all noticed how their absorption force had vanished.
All eyes were on the singers. Their leader speaks.
"Whatever you're going to do, do it fast, that thing will not stay quiet for long."
Doubts, there was plenty of it, but that didn't stop Lemon from running down the stairs to the machine. Indigo, Sour and Sunny look at each other for a moment and then run after their partner.
Rainbow looks at Adagio suspiciously. "Why are you here?"
"Do you think we want to be destroyed with your world?"
"How you know where to find us?" Sunset question intrigued.
"We just follow the source of magic." Replies Aria notoriously upset.
Applejack asks the key question. "So, you're here to help?"
Adagio is silent for a moment. "Let's just say, this time, we're on the same side." Smile confidently
The smile of the sirens is transmitted to the six girls.
The smile of all is broken, when from the vortex begin to emerge vines that are filled with bluish flowers.
The Crystal girls look intently at Lemon.
"... ah ... ah, without the force of attraction ... what is on the other side ... could come to this ... I... think ..."
Those vines are thrown towards the girls. Scared, no one can react. A loud and harmonious cry is heard. Adagio intones a scream that produces sound waves that stop the las plants.
"You don't waste time!"
Orders the leading siren, all four give no objection and accelerate the step. Soon more vines appear to emerge and move around the roof and walls.
"I've heard of bad ivy but this is ridiculous," says the farmer.
"Come on, we have to prune the garden!" Rainbow says, asserting her guitar.
They all take their places with their instruments, but Sunset realizes...
"Wait!! I haven't my guitar!!"
Before anyone can say anything, its hear a scream.
"Sunset!!!"
All they turns, Sunset sees a large object fly towards her. She get it, a guitar case...
She looks up, Sun is standing nearby.
"Don't waste time!!"
The traveler orders. Sunset is still surprised, but soon nods. Removing the guitar from the case she looks at her friends, with assent begin to play.
Their magic soon emerges, transforming them and forming a horde of butterflies, diamond rain, balloon blast, lightning storm, torrent of apples and fierce flames, all shining with magical power, prevent the herbs from reaching the girls of Crystal.
"Come on girls, we can't lets the Rainbooms steal our show"
Says Adagio to her sisters and they sing again.
Hears the hard cry
Feel the burning heat
Our Spirit will wake up
Our era will to shine
Accompanied by the choir of her sisters, the song of the leading siren unites the power of her jewels, energy is released and takes the form of three sirens, but unlike the first time, did not look aggressive or ferocious, now had a more elegant and beautiful.
***Mirage***
Although the magic of both groups keeps the ivy and the portal at bay, the two girls trapped in that observer watch closely.
"... you were right"
Twilight is surprised to hear the voice of Sugar Coat. She, without looking away from the battlefield, speaks in her expressionless voice and expression.
"It was absurd to believe that I could control a power like this. I do not possess the abilities, I may never possess them."
"... Sugar Coat ..."
"... I can see ... that you're not the only one who makes those mistakes ..." Twilight fails to respond, she did not know what or how, both just keep looking down.
*** Mirage ***
"Yes!! I've come to the central memory."
Lemon says while typing on the computer, already connected to the machine.
As Sunny watches her in attendance, Indigo and Sour have taken a pair of steel tubes and repel any approaching plant.
"Ou Lemon dear, if it's not too annoying could you hurry up?!! "
"I know I know!! Just... gime me... Sunny give me the command keys!"
The girl gives a couple of clicks, the information is loaded into the computer and passed to the machine. All eyes go to the vortex when it begins to change its shape.
"Is that a good sign?" Restless Indigo asks.
"The portal tries to create several exits" explains Lemon "will soon collapse on itself and ..."
Silence…
"… And?"
"... I don't know, just in case, it will be better to get out of here."
A loud rumble from the vortex makes the whole place shudder. The herbs that had come out of the portal are suddenly and violently returned to its interior.
All eyes are on the vortex which is shaking and moving violently, the vortex begins to compress itself and causes the whole place to tremble and start to collapse.
The four Crystal girls get up and as they can run away, the Dazzlings stay high and their eyes show concern, Vinyl's station begins to give off sparks and expel smoke, which is why the girl moves away and approaches the Rainbooms who desperately look around.
Sunset leaves and runs looks the entire site "Twilight!!! Twi!!!"
"Sunset!!!"
The six friends look at the origin of the cry and sees her friend with glasses in the observer.
"Up here1!! We can't go down!!!"
"Twilight!!!"
The vortex is compressed by decreasing its size, passing through that metal ring of the machine and compressing until it is a tiny point of energy.
Lemon exclaims in terror. "ALL ON THE GROUND!"
They all obey the order, Sugar Coat takes Twilight and pulls her to the ground next to her, only Sunset disobeys and runs towards the observatory for great terror of their friends. The compressed energy at that point is finally released in an explosion.
Sunset continues to run, the gem on her forehead begins to glow...
***Mirage***
A loud crash and a slight sheka is the only thing Flash feels from inside of the Crystal Prep...
"... Sunset ..."
Wait…
Wait…
And wait…
It was the only thing Flash could do, wait for his Canterlot's companions to give any sign of appearing, as he tried to swallow his fear, frustration, and feeling helpless.
"Please, let something happen" he thought to himself. "Anything, just give me a sign."
Almost at the end of his thought, something happens, a loud rumble and a slight tremor is perceived coming from the inside.
"I meant something favorable!" He screams at nothing scary for the event.
The trembling stops, and the clouds that fly over the school calm their movement and the lightning also calms down, Flash looks at the sky, and then around him feeling the calmer climate.
"that's... better...."
He turns his eyes to the school, and with a small boost of security provided by climate change runs inland.
The first thing he notice when entering is the building is that its interior is full of ivy, ivy that with the passing of the second are drying, small flowers grown in them drop a bluish dust as they wither.
Walking to the place sees some students and teachers helping others who lie on the ground, the intrigue leaves him motionless until a woman approaches him.
"Excuse me, you come from Canterlot too?"
He turns to face the woman. "Uh, oh, yes."
"I'm Cadence, the sub director of Crystal Prep."
"I am, Flash Sentry, um... you know, what exactly happens?"
"I was actually going to ask you the same thing, Sunset and her friends, came and went to the underground base, I have no idea what happened."
"Underground... base ...?"
"It seems, things have calmed down, but ... I'm going to go there, do you want to come?"
***Mirage***
The sub director and the young man go towards the entrance of the base, the latter quite surprised that the school has resembled place.
The vision leaves them frozen, the scarce, almost nonexistent light shows the whole place destroyed, the walls that were once covered with a thick and strong metal, now lie shattered, the metal plucked and several holes reveal the earth and rock that there was Behind, the roof had fallen leaving its metallic remains on the damaged floor.
"... what was ...?"
He does not get to finish his question, he is too impacted. Cadence is no better, her look shows despair.
"No ... no! Twilight! Twilight!"
"Sunset! Girls! Someone ...! Can you hear me ?!"
Both watch with fear around, a large pile of debris begins to move and catches their eye, metal, rocks and concrete are banged away when two strange figures rise high. Both look at the silhouettes, creatures rather large, strange and elongated they remain immobile, greater is their astonishment when the silhouettes, begin to shrink.
The silence is promptly broken by a series of murmurs, and moans, followed by voices.
"Ugh ... I think something pointed tipped into my shoulder."
"Iack! I landed in the mouth ..."
Not far from the place, you see a third figure emerging from another cluster, and similarly, it shrinks, before letting out a voice.
"Stop complaining, are you both okay?"
The silhouettes, now of human aspect and female voices, meet, and the light lets them see them. Aria, Adagio and Sonata meet again.
"Yeah yeah."
"I need a soda, but yes."
"Rainbooms, are you all right?"
Takes her eyes to one of the clusters. Another series of voices, the group of friends and the DJ girl stand up helping each other.
"... yes, I think we're in one piece." Rainbow says helping her friends.
The DJ does not respond but looks towards the entrance of the place where his team lies, shattered, the athlete realizes this and approaches her.
"I'm ... sorry about your ... musical, car thing."
The DJ does not respond but shakes her head a little.
"Ah, my clothes! It's totally dirty! This is the, WORST, THING, POSSIBLE!"
"Seriously dirty clothes is the worst?" The farmer questions. "We could have stayed like pancakes."
"Girls!" Exclaims Flash running toward them.
While the boy meets with his classmates, the sub director notes not far, the students of her school get up. Three of them, somewhat dizzy, are already standing.
"WE ARE LIVE!!" Exclaims Lemon, being the last to get up and giving a big smile.
"Define," live "..."
"Girls!" The vice director approaches. "You'ra save, what a relief to see you."
The four are embraced by the woman, to a certain bewilderment of all.
"We are fine vice director Cadenza" Sunny pronounces after the hug.
The joy of everyone when they meet is broken when they notice the absence of some.
"Wait, where's Twilight?"
"And Sunset?"
All are worried, but before anyone can do or say anything, they hear a certain noise.
As they turn, they notice a large piece of metal glittering in a crystalline light, a groan is heard as the metal rises, revealing Sunset Shimmer, who keeps her hands slightly raised towards the metal, almost as if she moved it without touching it, by the darkness of the place it is distinguished the jewel in its front to shine with a flash of the same color.
A soft moan and the girl extends both arms towards the piece of metal, this falls on the opposite side of the girl as if it had pushed.
Sunset breathes with agitation, a closer observation notes that next to her are the two girls with glases.
"how did you do that?" Asks Twilight really intrigued.
Sunset looks at her hands "I ... I have no idea ..."
The Rainbooms, the vice director and the young guitarist run towards the three girls. The latter is the first to arrive and helps Twilight to get up.
"Twilight are you okay?"
"I think so…"
"Sunset?"
"I'm fine."
Flash looks at Sugar "and uh..."
"Sugar Coat" responds she standing up. "And I'm fine, just a few cuts."
"Sugar Coat, that on your arm, is it blood?" Twilight asks.
The mentioned one observes her arm and sees that consequence of a cut in this one some blood had covered its skin.
"Yes, why the question?"
"Because when I see blood I faint, aaaah ..."
Fulfilling her prayer the girl falls unconscious and is caught by the boy.
"... this time I will save comments." Mention Sugar.
Cadence looks at the unconscious girl. "Twilight, is she okay?"
"Yeah, it does not look hurt," Flash replies. "I wish I knew what happened. "
A sigh escapes from Sunset and is followed by several of the present, had been a long afternoon, and still did not finish.
***Mirage***
The danger had passed, the bad weather had subsided, letting the sun go down, but it was still high, and the high school students got out of the building.
Police patrols, ambulances, even the fire department had gone to the scene.
Beyond the city seemed calm, it seemed that no remarkable incident or very worrying had occurred.
The sub director opens the shattered door outside, behind her, the six friends, they scientific companion, colleague DJ, ally guitar player, the five girls of crystal, and the three singers also come out, the latter a little further away.
It highlights the view, which follows a long talk with officials and others, made even more noticeable when the already known, Silver Shield begins to approach.
To everyone's surprise, Cadence walks a few steps ahead to face the officer. "Let me talk to myself, okay?"
"Vice director Cadenza, I suppose." Speak the sergeant.
"official."
"Would there be a possibility that you could tell me what happened here? Students talk about plants in the building, a scientific project, and other oddities that I can not process."
Cadence sighed "you'll see ... how to tell ... what happened is-"
"It is my responsibility."
The abrupt interruption on the part of Sugar Coat catches the attention of all, the girl approaches the officer and with her expression and impassive voice continues speaking.
"The information is correct, I personally started a scientific investigation aimed at finding a new source of energy for humanity, but the research was out of my control, and consequently the whole school was in danger."
The girls of Crystal upon hearing it are alarmed and soon they approach to her.
"Wow wow waits there!" It stops Indigo.
"We all started this research." Announces Sunny Flare.
Sour Sweet speaks in agreement. "Yes, we are as responsible as you are."
"Error" denied Sugar Coat. "While all five of us started this, I was the one in charge and as such, all effects are entirely my responsibility."
"Put it down, you don't have to throwing it all to you." Lemon responds.
"I'm not "throwing "anything, I just assume my responsibility in this matter."
"no way!" Exclaims Indigo. "We were all involved in this, and if you seek to have you arrested, then ... well uh... they will have to arrest us all!"
"You roamed!" Second Lemon.
"Yes!" Supports Sunny. Although later she repents. "… wait what?!"
"Oh jo jo, there is no reason to go so far" sweetly speaks Sour Sweet. "Surely we can solve it in a friendly way, but we will not let you take all the blame."
"You do not have to meddle in this." demand Sugar to they.
"Nonsense, we started together, and we'll finish it like that."
Sugar Coat watches her four companions who only give her a half smile, her expression remains the same as always but a shadow of surprise and bewilderment is reflected in her eyes.
"Girls! Stop!" The vice principal stops. "Please let me handle this."
Twilight approaches with prey and speaks. "Actually ... everything was my fault ... it was me ... who made everything to lose ..."
Silver Shield is a little surprised to see her "Miss Sparkle ...?"
"You did not have anything to do with this Twilight Sparkle." Denied the girl of pigtails.
"Of course, it was because of my stupidity that-"
"You were forced, I was the one who forced you, it is not your responsibility."
"enough!" interrupts Cadence again. "Officer, these girls, just ... they were not to blame for anything!"
The vice director tries to explain what happened but her words remain on deaf ears as the officer's mind works on other things.
In addition to Twilight also realizes the presence of the six other girls he had seen once, and to see Sunset Shimmer a conclusion jumps immediately.
"I see, so that's it."
"That's right, and I'm entirely responsible for these girls."
"That will not be responsible Mrs. Cadenza, I understand that it happened."
"what…?"
"The presence of Miss Sparkle and Miss Shimmer gives me an idea of what happened, it is clear that the director Alphonse Sombra is behind this."
"W-what? ... no, that's not-"
"I'm sorry but that is an error," Sugar Coat mentions again. "As I said, I am the one who led this investigation and as such I am responsible."
"No mistake, I know some students could not have done this without the principal's assistance, am I wrong?"
"... no, you're not wrong, the director gave us the necessary means, but still-"
"That confirms, this time, Alphonse Sombra went very far, where is he now?"
Cadence hesitates a moment. "Well... you see..."
Twilight responds. "He ... fell from ... a high place and ... we don't know what happened to him ... we tried to look for him but ..."
The sergeant speaks through his radio. "Attention, I want a group of search in the building, that a medical team accompany it, Alphonse Sombra must be inside, possibly wounded, I want to be found and brought."
A voice on the other side responds affirmatively and the officer keeps his radio.
Cadence tries to talk to him.
"O-officer, the director ... not that I had bad intentions-"
"It is the intention of the less miss vice director, to destroy a dwelling," I can ", to let it pass, but to manipulate students, to wreak havoc and panic in the city, and to conduct a" scientific "investigation without authorization in educational facilities of the government, , Nor all his influence nor money can help him. "
With a friendly gesture of farewell, the man leaves, leaving the group with various emotional states.
"Cadence!"
Everyone turns. They see Shining Armor run straight towards his wife and when he arrives with her he wraps her in a strong embrace.
"Cadence!"
"Shin ..."
"I was so worried. Twily!" He hugs his sister. "Sister, it's good that you're okay."
"Brother ... suffocate me ..."
While the young officer embraces both, the Rainbooms are reunited with the trio of sirens.
Sunset is the one who asks the question that they all have.
"You ... how did you ... get here?"
After a moment of silence, Adagio replies "We believed that you had realized what was happening, we noticed a magical opening, and we thought it was the portal to Equestria, but it was not so."
Turning her eyes, the leader of the sirens goes to the entrance of the building, notice the girl with the hair of fire tied in a ponytail, leaning against the door.
"What do you mean by what happened?"
The six friends impatiently await a full explanation.
"I guess we'll have to explain, Rainbooms, your world is in grave danger."
***Mirage***
"Not to do the long thing" begins the siren leader "the increase in the presence of magic Equestria, has affected the natural order of this world, this world is not accustomed nor prepared for magic, and that is why things Are getting out of control. "
The siren leader is silent for a moment to see everyone present.
Not only the Rainbooms, but also the crystal students, the directives of both schools, Flash, and Shining Armor were present, all gathered in the Canterlot practice room.
"What does that mean?" Rainbow questions "We've been using magic for a long time and this has never happened."
"Yes, you have used magic for some time, but surely you have noticed, as your current dominance and even more, your potential ah greatly increased."
Through the mind of Sunset pass the memories of when Twilight tried to decipher how their magic worked, when they noticed what Adagio is saying.
"In addition, since we have recovered our magic, we have also been using it, and this has been growing, we are almost as strong as when we face you in the battle of the bands."
"Beware that this is your fault." The athlete mentions in an accusing way.
"Do not want to throw us ahead," the siren with purple hair reproaches. "You are also responsible, especially taking into account the new acquisition of your group."
A slight surprise is shown in all and soon the glances turn to Twilight.
"... I ... I do not ..."
Adagio follows her explanation. "Both, Sunset and Princess Twilight are from Equestria, and as such their presence in this world by itself generates a problem, but this world has been able to withstand it, until now."
Aria continues "with the presence of this, no princess here, it's almost as if there were two Twilights on the same existential plane, and that's a problem."
"Two Twilight ... Then ..."
Sunset whispers and can not help thinking about her counterpart, who had also been close.
Sonata looks to the girls of Crystal. "And that thing, of magical gate arming was also a bad idea."
The five show a gesture of annoyance, but understanding, except for Sugar who only closes her eyes with his normal expression.
Celestia takes a few seconds, then speaks. "Very well, I understand the situation, I think... I really don't care much how or why, but if I want to know, what do we do now?"
Sugar is the one who processes the information and responds. "If both worlds are in what looks like a quantum shock, I must assume, that we must reestablish the normal fields between the two, so that they stabilize."
"Precisely," Adagio replies. "And this is the part that you will not like."
All eyes are on the leader of the singers.
From the outside of the room, leaning against the door, Sun also paid attention, having his eyes closed to focus more on what his ears can hear.
***Mirage***
Things seemed to return to normal as the days went by, the weather was still strange, those weird flowers were still growing around the city, questions were still being asked about what had happened at Crystal Prep, but the mood had calmed down.
This was how Sunset felt it as she lay on her bed, watching in the window the sun rise through the sky on that Saturday morning.
Her mind was calm, leaving aside everything that had happened, and what will happen, for that brief moment allowed herself to think of nothing and just rest.
She kept as much as she could, but eventually she was forced to get up and get ready for the day.
... The day ... that was, it was THE day.
A heavy, sighing sigh escapes her lips.
"... I knew I would arrive but ... I hoped to be ready for it ..."
She shows some sorrow in her gestures while she eats breakfast, grooms, and dresses in a normal way, having a look at her apartment.
"Should I bring something ... ugh ... for what?"
As she turns her eyes around, she linger on an object, a guitar case that rests on her sofa.
She approaches and touches the case, opens it to see the instrument inside, the guitar of her double in this world, almost as if afraid to break it passes her hand on the instrument and touches the strings making them sound.
A hurt look pierces her eyes. She takes the guitar in her case, puts it on her shoulder, and leaves the apartment.
*** Mirage ***
There was no one in the school when she arrived, sat on the stairs at the entrance, and waited ...
His mind reviewed some things happened in the last days ...
Canterlot did not really change, events didn't affect anyone there, so there was no major problem with the school.
Crystal was different, almost all the building had to be repaired, some students seemed still affected by the events, but according to Twilight, there was no greater damage, nobody was injured, physically at least, and under Cadence, the school was leaving Recovering, giving the students time to readjust to their lives.
Speaking of her ... she must have temporarily assumed the role as director, after the strange, mysterious disappearance of Sombra. As she know, a new director would soon be sent, but she didn't have much idea about it.
Crystal's five girls were fine, they didn't seem to be affected much by what happened, choosing instead to forget and follow their lives, Sunset just hoped that the school had no grudge against them.
As for the Dazzlings, she had not seen them since that afternoon, they had promised them that they would not try anything strange, until the day came ... this day ...
She would have followed her thinking, if it had not been because she felt the presence of someone nearby.
Opening her eyes, he saw his newest friend, approaching with a shy smile.
"Um... hello ... Sunset ..."
Seeing her cheers her up a little, makes her smile.
"Hi, Twi"
She stands up, both greet each other with a hug. Cadence and Shining Armor stay a little apart.
The rest of the group soon arrive, greeting everyone with smiles and hugs. They talk among themselves, they allow each other, forget about that moment, why they are there.
Shining and Cadence let them enjoy the moment, choosing to talk to Luna and Celestia, who arrive a little later.
***Mirage***
Flash is the last to arrive, greets everyone and participates slightly in the talks.
Being all assembled, just had to wait ...
...
No one knew how much time passed, but finally, something was seen coming from the base of the statue.
Cadence and Shining Armor were shocked, Celestia and Luna, in spite of knowing these facts, were still a little astonished, is Twilight, who really had interest, especially, to see the person who had become present, from the statue ...
"S -... Sunset ... t-that's ..."
The Princess Twilight shakes a little, a consequence of the journey through the portal, when she regains her senses, she looks at everyone present.
"well, hello to everyone"
The answer is smiles and hugs from her friends, she doesn't hesitate to answer them.
Sunset stays a little behind, watching over her friend with glasses. When the look of her, and the princess meet, there is silence in the place.
Both remain motionless for a moment, until the princess, feeling insecure, decides to approach, and smile, with some nerves.
"Um ... hello, you, must be Twilight ... um ... I'm ... Twilight ... uh ... it's nice to meet you"
She smiles gently and extends her hand, the young scientist still doesn't get out of her astonishment.
Sees with some ... fear, the princess's hand, and then turn to Sunset.
"Twilight is fine, the universe is not going to explode"
Speaking to her with a funny tone, Twilight returns to her double princess, and after another moment of doubt, she shakes hands.
"Um ... pleasure ... Twilight ... I'm ... I ... It's ..."
The nerves make her stir her words, which earns her a certain shame, and a pair of laughter from his double.
The princess notices the presence of Shining Armor and Cadence, who see her just as surprised, she can only give them a smile and a greeting.
Sunset is the only one to approach, and like the others, she receives her friend with a hug.
"I'm glad to see you, princess."
"Like me Sunset, you know you don't need to tell me princess"
"I know but ... there are two of you, help not to do the complicated thing"
The six friends meet with the princess and the scientist, and their friendly talk revives.
*** Mirage ***
It takes about an hour, and that's when a taxi park stops at the place, the Dazzlings come down and meet the whole group.
"Good," the leader begins. "We arrived"
"What delayed you?"
"the stupid of Sonata" answers Aria bitterly.
"I wanted to eat my last tacos !!" She reproaches her with annoyance.
"Well, well, we're here, and the princess?"
"She'll be back in a minute"
Sunset responds by turning the view. The Princess and Flash, are separated from the rest, seemingly engrossed in some personal talk.
No one can hear what they say, but a few minutes later, they see a hurt expression on the face of the boy. She seems to say something to him, he, with the same expression, only gives a nod, they are silent for a moment, then she gives him a soft kiss on the cheek, and followed that, she takes it from him, returning with the group.
Twilight sees the sirens, and although she is insecure, she gives a smile.
"Oh, hello, I'm glad they came. Um ... how have you been?"
"Did you say good-bye to your prince, little pony?"
Aria wonders with some malice. Twilight doesn't respond, but looks down. Aria's smile fades when Adagio gives her a soft blow.
"Ignore her, princess, are we ready for this?"
"Um, I suppose, uh .. Sunset?"
Everyone sees the fire-haired girl, she just looks at the floor. For a few seconds she does not respond, but finally, she looks up at everyone, and nods decisively.
"... Alright then."
They approach the statue, the good spirits that had been the day, slowly dying.
"... there is no other solution?"
Rainbow asked aloud, she knew the answer ... but ...
The princess sighs. "I checked the data after Sunset told me everything, I'm afraid ... that seems to be like this, I don't see any other alternative ..."
More silence and grim looks cover the group.
The shy girl takes the floor.
"It's ... it's just a time ... I mean ... once ... that everything is fixed ... you can come back ... right?"
The mystery leaves everyone waiting, the leader siren is the one who answers.
"Given what happened, after this, the portal of the princess will have to be closed and remain so, this world should return to its normal state, but who knows how long it will be late."
"Maybe, next time the portal opens," the princess theorizes. "After all, it is a natural portal, the magic between both worlds should be able to stabilize at that moment."
"and when will be that?" Rainbow asked almost desperately.
"... in two years ..." is the response from Sunset.
"... is better than nothing" speaks Applejack.
"At least we know we'll see each other again." Try to cheer Rarity.
"Yeah, the next time we see Sunsie and Twilight we'll have the biggest party ever!" Announces cheerfully Pinkie.
A little consolation, that was, was not much, but allows everyone to smile once more.
The four majors standing a little further back can only observe the group, the tension and the halo of sadness can even be felt by them.
"... is what must be done ... right...?" Celestia asks.
"There's nothing we can do ..." her sister replies.
Cadence lies on her husband's shoulder and he hugs her with one arm to comfort her.
Celestia looks at Sunset, and sighs. "I'll miss that girl."
Luna shares her grief. "I think we'll all do it."
The group finally moves and they go towards the front of the statue, the majors to see them approach by reflex.
The stalion stands majestic and powerful in front of all, as a symbol of strength and determination, things that all present ask to have at that moment.
The princess looks at her equine partner. "ready?"
"... yes, just ..." she looks at the guitar in her hands. "this is not mine…"
She hands the instrument to Rainbow who receives it without objection.
The princess sees it and then also looks at the Dazzlings who just nod, the five turn once again to the whole group, more than one tear falls from more than one eye.
Twilight, seems to hesitate for a moment, but in the end runs towards Sunset and hugs her tightly.
"… Thank you…"
Just a whisper that the equestrian girl listens, they embrace for a moment and when they separate they look at each other, before Sunset resumes its step, next to the princess and the Dazzlings
"STOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!"
The scream hits everyone, and even greater is the impact when seeing its source.
Sun, watching them from a distance with folded arms and a look of seriousness.
No one says anything, but it is not necessary because the traveler approaches with a determined step towards her double.
"Sun ...?"
The silence once more takes the moment, while both Sunsets look at each other with different emotions.
"So, is it so? You're going to leave, is it what you want to do? "
"… It is the right thing to do…"
"That's not what I asked!"
Sunset looks shocked at her double who looks at her reproachfully.
"Ask, if you WANT to do it."
"… what I want…"
"Do you want to leave this world, and the people you met?"
"I ... I ..."
"You're going to give up? Really? What happened, with the Sunset I met when all this started? That one that was willing to do everything to fix things, both with the four eyes and with sirens and anything?"
"I…"
The talk between them both causes concern among those present, and even anger on the part of a few.
Sun's gaze softens a little and his tone becomes more serene.
"Are you going to give up everything, just that?"
"you do not understand…"
"Yes I understand, I understand that you want to protect this world, but that doesn't mean that you should continue to sacrifice yourself."
The traveler looks closely at the group of friends, they all look back with curiosity. She sighs.
"It's not that I don't want to have friends ... but I'm a traveler, going from one place to another is what I do. I know new people, just to leave them behind, maybe forever, I do not think the right thing to do friends."
They all look attentively at the traveler.
"When I arrived, you took me as a friend, I did n't understand it, it was nice ... but I knew it would not last. As soon as I decided to go my way, our friendship would break."
"that is not true." The dressmaker refuses.
"Sun, you're our friend, that would not change anything." Supports the animal lover.
"Friendship is something I can't understand," she explains. "But, I realize that there is something very strong that unites them, and that, it's thanks to you, Sunset."
"to me…?"
Sun smiles and looks at the statue for a moment and then heads for Adagio.
"That night, you said that to maintain the balance between the worlds, it was necessary that there is just one Sunset on each side, I am wrong."
"… That's what I said."
Sun smiles "I don't know anything about friendship, but, I know, it's not fair to separate people who love each other so much."
Sunset suddenly alarms "Sun you ... you will not ... you can not ...!"
"Calm little sis, trust your elder sister."
Sunset is too shocked, Sun just smiles, before approaching and giving her a hug. She delays responding, but she does.
"Sun ... I ..."
"Keep it, is fine."
She extends her, the digital memory, that contains the data of the magic. Sunset is surprised at this.
"They may not be the ideal team for these things, but ... I guess there's no one better."
She smiles at her, takes the memory, then turns to Rainbow. She asks for the guitar, and then she extends to her double.
"thanks for helping us"
Sun looks at her precious instrument, stands silent for a few seconds, before smiling, and gently pushing it towards Sunset.
"Keep it, you may need it."
There is no answer, save a surprised face, Sun just smiles again.
There is no more talk. A final farewell in the form of hugs to the princess, a greeting to Sun, even shake hands with the Dazzlings, in a gesture of good luck.
The princess guides the sirens, who are the first to cross the portal.
Sun approaches, the princess can't help but look at her with some concern.
"Are you sure about this? They are at least two years old."
"Two years of living adventures in a completely unknown world? I had not been so sure of anything since I declared myself bisexual! Let's go!"
She doesn't say more or wait for an answer, she simply jumps towards the portal, wins a laugh from the princess. She looks at them for the last time, a gesture of farewell, and also leaves.
...
For a few moments, all remain in their places in silence, as if waiting for some signal to tell them that everything is over.
"... um ... Sunset" the scientist talks. "what now?"
The former equine looks at her friend, then the statue, the guitar, and then ... just smile.
*** Mirage ***
A week later…
The door of that house opens and Sunset is about to leave.
"I'm leaving!"
She tells Celestia that she stands in the doorway and says goodbye to Sunset.
"Have fun, and remember to get there before dinner."
"Sure Celestia."
The woman gives her a reproachful look that makes the girl smile and roll her eyes.
"Sure Mom, I will."
The woman nods smiling and sees the girl get on her motorcycle and walks away, the principal sees her lose in the distance and maintains her smile.
Luna is coming "I still can't believe you adopted her, you always said that you didn't want children so that you could help all in the school."
"Well, that's a special case."
"Sure is. Talking about special cases, I noticed that with her living here we need more space, I thought we should look for a bigger house."
"Always so serious, relax a little Lulu."
"… don't call me like that."
*** Mirage ***
Sunset stops her vehicle and sees her six friends waiting for her, immediately goes down and after securing her motorcycle runs towards them.
Enjoying the calm and the joy next to her best friends, the mind of Sunset does not stop working, for she is unreal, that can be in this place, at this moment, delighting her life with such beautiful moments, no doubt, was Like living in a mirage.
But despite his doubts, Sunset knows, that no matter the past, the present, not even the future, one thing is certain, his friendship is magic.
End...
... for now.
