Door To Insanity

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?"

A gray earth pony stood silently in front of an old fashioned mirror. Her hair was straight at the top and wavy on the bottom, and the only thing that made her beautiful were her eyes: One, gold as the sun's rays and the wheat that grow from its hypnotizing heat, and the other, as dark though bright as the night's stars shining in the sky. Besides that, her hair was dark gray, and her coat was light gray, as simple as day one would say.

"I think you're taking this a little too far," a beautiful face of an alicorn faded into the mirror, "It's not 'Snow White', you know."

The gray earth pony's nose crinkled at the sound of the magical mirror's silky, elegant voice.

"Whatever," her voice was harsh, "Just answer my question! I haven't got all day!"

"Not you," teased the mirror, "Gray and ugly earth pony? Especially a blank flank?"

The pony's face flushed as she gave a quick glance at her plot. Yes, true, she was a blank flank. Her history was a complicated one. Very...

"That's not my fault! If my sisters haven't left me..."

She paused in the middle of the sentence, not sure to go on. Her sisters, the fantastic, super-smart, royal ones living in Canterlot...while she was left with nothing.

If my sisters haven't left me...

The earth pony felt tears forming in her eyes. Her hooves became wobbly and unstable, and she turned away from the mirror. The mirror...

"What do YOU know!?" Her face turned towards the mirror, "You're just a MIRROR!"

The mirror's face seemed uncertain. "Calm down, okay," the mirror replied, calmly, "Look at yourself. You're a mess."

The face on the mirror faded and she was left alone with a single mirror, so she decided to glance in it herself to take a look to see what had gotten the mirror's face all upset.

Her usually perfectly combed mane was messy and tangled, and her eyes were different then they usually were. Her golden eye was fiery and flaming, while the other was left dark like the shadows and the darkest part of the sky. Both of them showed one thing for sure: evil. And she liked it.

The mirror's face appeared once again, and this time the alicorn's expression was worried.

"I'm worried about you," she began.

"Well duh," the earth pony said, but she couldn't hide the smile growing on her face.

There was an awkward silence. Whenever their eyes met they quickly pulled them away.

"I think I need to think alone to myself," she still seemed to keep her eyes away from the mirror's.

"M--me too," the mirror mumbled, fading.

When the face was gone, the earth pony couldn't help but feel another obnoxious grin growing on her face. It was terrible, but it was worth it. A horrible plan, but she deserved it. She did.

"Be warned, Equestria," she muttered happily to herself, "I'm ruining all your hard work as you did mine..."

She could barely feel the word coming from her mouth, but she spoke it. Kind of choked it, but it was still there, hanging with her other words.

"...Celestia."