Final Fantasy Equestria: New Beginning

Chapter 2

The Princess and The Summoner

“Okay, so let me get this straight. We are in an alternate world that is similar to ours...but is different?” The Warrior asked as she tried to wrap her head around all this information given to her

“How is that even possible? I mean, is that even possible?” Applejack asked as she too was trying to wrap her head around this as well..

“In a way yes.” The summoner said as she along with the others begin to make their way down the street towards Sugarcube Corner.

“And how do you know that this isn’t some kind of trick or something?”

“Well it all started when I first woke up in my alternate self’s castle this morning in a chair made out of crystals....”

[Morning]

(Twilight’s Castle)

Inside Twilight’s home of the Castle of Friendship, a certain alicorn princess finds herself dumbfounded by what she’s seeing sleeping in her crystal chair. Sitting there sound asleep was….well….her. Only she was wearing a green robe with brown leather around her shoulders and gold designs around the bottom part of her robe, her horn was red with gold patterns around the base of it, boots that reached up to her thighs, and her grimoire was sitting right on the chair next to the sleeping look a like. Before she could even say or do anything, Spike enters into the room with a plate of pancakes.

“Hey Twilight. I made some pancakes if you want any-.” The moment he enters into the room, Spike quickly notice the other Twilight sleeping in the crystal chair. “Um….why is there another Twilight sitting there?”

“I….I honestly don’t know. When I walked into the room, I just found her like this.”

“You don’t think she’s from that mirror pool thing do you?”

“I don’t think so…..At least I hope it’s not. We did seal that place up so that we wouldn’t have another incident like Pinkie Pie again.”

“Well….what do we do? Do we send a letter to Princess Celestia?”

“That might be a good idea. But how do I explain how I see another me sleeping in...well….my chair?”

“You could always just bring her here if that’s the case. I mean this is an emergency after all.”

“That sounds like a great idea Twilight.” Spike said as he notice a confused expression on the princess’s face.

“That wasn’t me Spike.”

“No, that would be me.” The summoner said as Twilight and Spike turned their attention at the other Twilight. “You know it's kinda rude to be talking in front of somepony when they’re trying to sleep...or at the very least was knocked out from being teleported to some place else.”

“....Um….sorry?“ Spike said in an awkward tone as he looks over at the Summoner, then back at Twilight. “Did you accidentally make a magical double of yourself in your sleep?”

“That would be possible depending on how much experience she has with that kind of magic. But sadly, that’s not the case.”

“Then mind telling me who you are? You don’t appear to be a changeling seeing how they went into hiding after what happen during my brother’s wedding.” The Princess asked as the Summoner reached for her grimoire.

“What gave it away that I wasn’t a changeling?”

“That magic around you is….something that I’ve never felt before….it’s so...pure.”

“Not to mention the pupils in her eyes are glowing while yours aren't Twilight.” Spike added as the summoner giggled to that part.

“Spot on young wyrm. To answer your question, I am Twilight Sparkle. But I’m pretty sure you knew my name already given how we both are the same only different.”

“Different as in what?” The princess asked.

“Well for starters I’m able to look into your soul via echo much easier then the ponies back in my world.”

“.....I’m sorry what?”

“Oh right. Um...how do I say this without making things difficult.” The Summoner said as she placed a hand on her chin. “Well to start off, have you ever heard of the multiverse theory?”

“The multiverse (or meta-universe) is the hypothetical set of possible universes, including the universe in which we live. Together, these universes comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, energy, and the physical laws and constants that describe them. The various universes within the multiverse are called parallel universes, other universes, or alternate universes.” Spike said which took both alicorns by surprise by his understanding of said theory. “What? I read a lot of comic books involving that.”

“Well I guess I don’t have to explain it so much. But what Spike said pretty much sums it up to some degree.”

“H-How is that even possible? I thought that only applies to the mirror world that I met Sunset in?” The Princess asked as the summoner chuckle.

“I’m just as surprise as you that I along with my friends would find ourselves here in your world. Then again when Sunburst Teleported us away from Bahamut before he almost killed us, it wouldn’t be a surprise to some degree.”

“Sunburst? Who’s that?” The Princess asked, only for her to notice the sudden change in facial expression on her alternate’s face. “I something wrong?”

“N-No. Nothing’s wrong. I’ll tell you about him later. To answer your question about me looking into your soul, it’s something that some ponies are gifted with. We call it, the echo.”

“The echo? Like echolocation?”

“No, the echo is a power gift that most ponies have. We don’t know much about it. But from what we know so far, there are many types of echo. For me, I’m able to transcend both physical and astral plains and able to interact and look into a person’s soul to see their past.”

“That’s….a very interesting magic to have.” The Princess said with a bit of an uncomfortable expression on her face.

“And a bit of an invasion of privacy if you ask me.” Spike added. “You sure she’s telling the truth Twilight?”

“Need proof huh?” The summoner asked as she looked over at her counterpart. “Wanna know what Spike does in his spare time when you’re not around? He used a Rarity plush doll to pretend to-” Before the summoner could finish, an embarrassed blush appeared on Spike’s face as he quickly threw the plate of pancakes at her as she quickly used her magic to stop it from hitting her in the face. “Oh, it’s been awhile since I had pancakes. Thank you Spike.”

“Okay...besides that...have you any other proof then that? As in hard proof that you’re from another world?”

“Ah, hold on for a second.” The summoner opens her book as she begins to write in it. As she begins to write, a magic circle appeared around herself and the crystal chair she’s in. In a matter of two minutes, the magic circle instantly disappeared as she closed her book and summoned a emerald carbuncle onto the crystal map. “There we go.”

“W-What in the wide world of Equestria is that!?” The Princess asked as she quickly rush over to the carbuncle and begins to examine it.

“In Limsa Lominsa, or in this case Manehatten of the Arcanist guild. Arcanists and Summoners are able to summon creatures like this to help aid them in battle when fighting monsters and other beings that want to either hurt you or others. I myself am a Summoner that use to be in the Arcanist Guild for a while.”

“Amazing…this is something that no pony have ever seen before in Equestria.”

“Well in your Equestria to be corrected. But I can see the mistake you made in that.”

“Wait...isn’t your world the same as ours?” Twilight asked as the summoner shook her head no.

“I mean our country is named Equestria, but the layout of the land is different than the one here.” The Summoner opened her book again as she showed Twilight the map of her world. “See the icon with the viking ship on the red flag? That’s Limsa Lominsa. Or as most ponies would say, Manehattan seeing how it rests against the coastlines of the ocean.”

“Fascinating, what about the other places on this map?” Twilight asked as she summoned a piece of paper and a quill pen in hand to write down.

“Well next to it would be La Noscea. That place is pretty much open settlement for almost everypony to live in, so long as they be careful on where they go and all.”

“What about Ponyville? Is that anywhere in La Noscea?”

“No, Ponyville would be in Gridania.” The summoner said as she points over to the flag with the Twin Adders. “More importantly it would be in the Everfree Forest.”

“Ponyville is in the Everfree Forest!?” The princess yelled in surprise. “But that place is the most dangerous place for anypony to go or to live in. Why would you make a town in a place like that?”

“Don’t know. I’m not the one that founded Ponyville and suggested to make a town in there. You’ll have to ask Applejack seeing how she has more knowledge about it then I do.”

“You mean your Applejack, right?”

“Of course my Applejack. Who else would know about it then her. Now as to what I was saying, Ponyville is in Gridania, Appaloosa is in Ul’Dah. If you’re wondering where it is, it’s-”

“The flag with the golden scale holding a flame and a gem, right?” The Princess said as the summoner smiled and nodded. “And I take it that Canterlot is all the way up top?”

“Spot on. You catch on quickly. Ishgard is where Canterlot resides in...though it’s been closed off due to the archbishop’s orders.”

“Archbishop? Who’s that?”

“Don’t know. I’m guessing he’s the one that rules over Ishgard. Celestia and Luna know who the Archbishop is, but they won’t say anything about it, or try to avoid the topic.”

“Huh...that’s weird.”

“Really? And not seeing an alternate version of yourself isn’t?” Spike said as the Princess deadpans at the young dragon. “What? We live in Ponyville. You should expect some weird things happening in this place on a daily basis.”

“He’s not wrong about that.” The summoner added.

“Don’t encourage him please.”

“I’m just agreeing with what he said.”

“Back to the topic at hand. You said that you along with your friends are here in Equestria. I take you mean Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy?”

“Well them along with Celestia, Luna, and Starlight.”

“Wait….your world’s princesses are here...in Equestria!?” The princess asked as the summoner nodded. “Why would they be here!? Aren’t they suppose to be ruling over Equestria!?” There was a moment of silence upon Twilight saying that, that is until the summoner burst out laughing at the alicorns frantic worriness.

“Sorry. I know I shouldn’t be laughing at you, but it would seem that I’ll have to inform you a bit more about the differences between our worlds if you have the time that is?”

“And that’s pretty much what we’ve been doing for the past couple of hours. That is until Applejack’s sister along with her friends came to get Twilight.” The summoner said as she chuckled. “Though I never thought that they would pass out from seeing two Twilights in the same room. It’s kinda funny when you think about it.”

“So not only are you here.” Applejack said as she points to the warrior and summoner. “But your friends are here as well?”

“That would be the case, yes.”

“You think there’s a way to bring us back to our world?” The warrior asked.

“Hard to say really. I’ll have to look into the spell that summoned us here. But for now, we should be more focus on getting everyone here in Ponyville first. Judging by how we came here, it would seem that we would end up near or around our alternate selves in a matter of sense.”

“So if I ended up near this world’s Apple Bloom, and you appeared inside Twilight’s home.”

“Then that means that everyone else would appear near or around their alternate selves in our world.” Twilight finish as the summoner nodded.

“Correct, which I would suggest we send a letter to your friends and to the princesses about this and then meet up here in Sugarcube Corner.”

“You think that’s a good idea?” Spike asked as he along with the other stopped in front of Sugarcube Corner.

“Yes, mostly because.” The summoner moved past the two Applejack’s as she makes her way to the front door of the building. Once near the door of Sugarcube Corner, she pushed the door open to reveal the insides of it being covered in decorations and food. “Both our Pinkie’s have met each other now and are going to be hosting a party here.”

“Hey girls and Spike!” The group turned their attention to the left of the room to a familiar voice. Looking over to the left, they could see one Pinkie Pie working on a mondo size cake. While the other who was wearing a bard’s outfit shooting arrows at the walls to hang up the streamer and balloons.

“You're just in time! We’re about to host a party!” The Bard said as she fired off another arrow to reveal a banner. “It’s called ‘Welcome to Equestria ponies from a different Equestria that look like us but with silly outfits’ Party!” She said as she placed a hand to her chin and hummed. “Though I think we might want to shorten the title a bit. That is a bit of a mouthful to say when you think about it.”

“Maybe we can ask Twilight if she knows what to call it?”

“Which Twilight? Mine or yours?”

“Why not both?” Pinkie Pie said as the bard gasp in surprise.

“Oh my gosh! You’re right! Hey Twilight and other Twilight, which title would suit this party well?”

“......Spike.” The alicorn princess said as Spike began to write down a letter on a sheet of paper before Twilight could give him the order.

“I’m on it. Man, I wonder how the others are doing with their alternate selves?”