When Worlds Collide

Cyburst was shocked, but not surprised, with beings from who-knows-where coming, it doesn’t seem that surprising that there is two Mirages.

“Well, t-this is... interesting.” Cyburst stammered. “When did you get here?”

“Who are you?” The other Mirage asked, the voice sounded like what a mare would have, “What happened to the castle?”

“This Mirage happened,” Cyburst said, gesturing behind him “I’m Cyber Burst, but you can call me Cyburst.”

“Who is that?” She asked, pointing her hoof to Mirage, “and why are you calling him by MY name?”

“How about you go over and check.” Cyburst said, “It probably make more sense.”

The identically colored mare trotted over to Mirage slowly, unsure by the whole situation, her hooves clicked on the floor beneath her, when she reached Mirage she poked him with her hoof, like he was some kind of dead animal,

“Huh? what?” Mirage mumbled, his eyes flicked open and met the mare’s, who was studying him like a book, “Well this is interesting...”

“Oh, come on, couldn’t you think of anything better.” Cyburst said. “you stole my line.”

The mare jumped back and narrowed her eyes,

“Who are you?” She asked,

“My name is Mirage” Mirage said,

“But that’s my name!” The mare said,

“No, not many ponies are named ‘Mirage’ and are colored like me” Mirage said,

“We look almost exactly the same!” the mare argued,

“So! that doesn’t mean you can do this”  Mirage said, getting to his feet and sending a bolt of lightning towards the wall,

“How’d you do that?” the mare asked,

“I’m the only one who can do that” Mirage said, smiling triumphantly,

The mare she a bolt of lightning in Mirage’s direction striking him on the flank,

“Fine, everyone’s just going to ignore me” Cyburst said as he sat on the ground.

“Ouch! what the hell?” Mirage said,

“Ha! what now?” The other Mirage said,

“How’d you do that?” Mirage asked, Mirage noticed that they even talked the same,

“None of your business!” The mare shouted,

“What is your name?” Mirage asked,

“Mirage, but my friends call me Mia” She said,

“Alright who is the real Mirage?” Cyburst asked,

“I am!” They shouted at Cyburst in unison,

“No, I am!” Mirage said,

“I am” Mia said,

“I am!”

“I am!”

“I am!”

“You are!” Mia changed,

“You are!” Mirage shouted,

“You are!”

“You are an there is nothing you can say to deny it!” Mirage said, not realizing he’d been tricked,

“Okay, I am” Mia said, turning around and slapping him with her tail, then slowly trotting over to Cyber Burst,

“With everything that’s going on right now,” Cyburst said to the incoming mare, “It isn’t hard to believe that you are BOTH the real Mirage.”

“How about we all go outside and talk to those... things outside.” Cyburst said. “you ready Phoenix?”

“Ready as I’ll ever be.” Phoenix said in response.

“Ok, FIFTY PERCENT, RELEASE!” Cyburst and Phoenix said harmoniously.

Cyburst went through his usual change and flew through the hole he’d gone through on the way in. he hovered outside for the two Mirages

Mirage and Mia both flew through the large hole in the castle and met up with Cyburst,

“Did you just talk to yourself?” Mia asked,

“It’s just his thing” Mirage said,

“I was talking to Phoenix.” Cyburst said, “He’s a Cybeast that is... living with me.”

“Uh... okaaaaay” Mia said, chuckling,

“Where are we going?” Mirage asked,

“To those bozos who did nothing but stare when we were fighting.” Cyburst said.

“Okay then, race you there Mia” Mirage challenged, flapping his wings for good measure,

“I don’t even know where we’re going, but okay” Mia said,

Mirage took off and Mia followed quickly behind, each of them breaking the sound barrier in under two seconds,

“Oh, goodie,” Cyburst said as he caught up to the two, “I’m not the only one.”

Mia’s wings were beginning to tire after a few miles, as were Mirage’s but they began to push themselves to the limit and break the sound barrier yet again, leaving a trail of electricity in their wake, shocking any electrical components they passed,

Mia turned to look to her right, where Mirage was falling behind, she laughed triumphantly, thinking she was going to win.

Mirage got directly behind Mia, absorbing her electrical power trail, charging his body and rejuvenating his wings, letting him speed right by.

Mia was shocked, nopony had ever beaten her except for Spitfire and Soarin, she began to think about the two, what they had done together, the struggles that she had with Spitfire, how Soarin was almost killed.

Mia filled with anger, she hated the landscape around her, it looked war torn and destroyed, she began to wonder how she had gotten in this place, just a few minutes ago she was walking through the doors to meet Celestia, but instead she had met the stallion version of herself.

Mia changed into a Lycan quickly, grabbing Mirage by the tail as they flew at incredible speeds, dragging him into the ground, slamming them into various buildings and obstacles.

“I believe that counts as cheating, Mia.” Cyburst said, pouting.

Mia pinned Mirage to the ground, still in Lycan form, using enough force to break his bones as she pushed his legs into the ground,

“How did I get here?!” Mia growled, her voice becoming deeper and more aggressive,

“Y-you’re a W-werewolf?!” Mirage stammered, baring his fangs and hissing,

“Answer my question!” Mia growled, still crushing him into the ground

Cyburst hauled Mia off of Mirage.

“Okay, stop.” Cybust said when they finally came to a stop. “We don’t know how you got here.”

Mia snarled at Cyburst, baring her large canines at him,

“Then how am I me and he is me?” Mia asked,

“How are you me and I am me?” Mirage asked, trying to recover,

“You’re asking the right questions to the wrong ponies” Cyburst said. “We don’t know!”

“Stop with the quotes Da Vinci!” Mia said, “I’m already sick of both of you!”

“You’re sick of yourself?” Mirage snickered,

“He’s got you there.” Cyburst said as he chuckled.

“Shut up!” Mia yelped, changing back to her original form,

All of the sudden, fire streaked through the sky, lighting it up like the sun was out,

A pony landed in front of the two, his mane and tail was on fire, his eyes burned with a firey orange.

“Aero! thank Celestia you are here!” Mia said,

Cyburst winced at the word Celestia

“Mirage? what happened to your mane? and why would you say ‘Celestia’?” Aero asked,

“What happened to your voice?” Mia asked, “You sound like a stallion!”

“I am a stallion” Aero said, “You sound like a mare”

“Okay this is perfect.” Cyburst said, laughing his head off “Aero, meet Mia, Mirage’s MARE counterpart.”

“And may I ask, how YOU know my name?” Aero asked, his wings flaring up with aggression,

“Two reasons,” Cyburst said, holding up two claws, “One, Mia just called you that, and two, I know all the names of the Elemental Six.”

“Now give me two reasons why I shouldn’t kick your ass, Mia’” Aero said,

Mia held up a hoof, “One, because stallions don’t hit mares” She said, changing hooves, “And two because you couldn’t”

“Bad second reason,” Cyburst said.

“So everyone is gonna stand there and not help me up?” Mirage called from the position he was laying in,

The earth from under Mirage began to shake and he was lifted up by it, revealing a brown and forest green pony,

“Thanks Gaia” Mirage said,

“No problem Mirage” Gaia said,

“Gaia?” Mia said, “Your a mare!”

“You’d think she’d have caught on by now,” Cyburst said.

Mia looked at Gaia then to Aero, then back to Mirage.

“What is this tom foolery?!” She screamed, darting across the sky and going out of sight.

“That was interesting...” Gaia said,

“What is it with ponies and stealing my lines!” Cyburst yelled.

“Well apparently she is from some other world where we are all reverse genders” Mirage said, laughing to himself,

“What do they call that place?” Aero asked, “Crazy town?”

“Well she can replicate my powers, so I don’t think so” Mirage said,

“Why is everyone ignoring me?!” Cyburst yelled, “It’s not like I’m invisible, which I can become.”

Aero began to look around in the air, confusing the others as to what he was looking for.

“What are you doing?” Gaia asked,

“He’s not usually this slow” Aero said, flapping his wings and going up in the sky, checking the sides around him,

“Who are you talking about?” Mirage asked, meeting him in the sky,

“Well, follow me and we can probably meet him halfway” Aero said, taking off from beside Mirage,

Mirage looked down towards Gaia and Cyburst, “Can you two keep up with us?”

“Is that a question?” Cyburst asked “Because I can. Probably could out fly you.”

Cyburst flew to where Aero was and sped up causing a sonic boom.

Mirage looked at Gaia, who nodded and smirked. Just as she got in a flying position the ground beneath her rose quickly and launched her across the sky, passing the other two by hundreds of yards.

Mirage chuckled and flew after the two, struggling to keep up.

“Wait, where am I going?” Cyburst said as he slowed down to meet up with Aero. “Sorry, got caught in the moment.”

“You’ll know when you see him” Aero said, trying to catch up to Gaia, who was doing backflips playfully in the air, giggling as she did.

“You wanna go, sister?” Cyburst asked Gaia “because I’ll beat you in a race.”

Gaia scratched her chin and laughed, “How am I supposed to beat you without wings, silly?”

“how are you flying without wings, silly?” Cyburst asked sarcastically

Gaia pointed at the ground and brought a pillar of rock up at her feet, launching her further into the sky,

“Catapult!” She shouted from the height she was at,

“She’s crazy like that” Aero said, “That’s why I like her so much”

“oooooOOOOOoooooOO! Aero has a crush on Gaia!” Cyburst said as he chuckled.

“Forget crush” Aero said, shooting to the sky towards Gaia,

“How are you gonna land babe?” Aero asked, gesturing to the ground,

Gaia looked down and smiled sheepishly at the fiery stallion,

“Don’t suppose you could catch me could ya?” She asked,

“Fine...” Aero said, acting like he didn’t want to,

Aero latched onto the mare and regained his speed towards his destination. she positioned herself on his back and wrapped her hooves around his neck to hang on.

“Do a barrel roll!” She shouted over the wind,

Aero began to spin sideways in the air, making Gaia laugh like a filly. He finally stopped and smiled at his handiwork, he had always had a good time with the playful mare.

Mirage finally caught up to Cyburst and watched the two continue with their antics.

“I have an idea.” Cyburst said with devilish grin, “Hehehe”

Cyburst immediately went invisible, stealthily flying in front of Aero and Gaia.

“BOO!” Cyburst said as he became visible in front of the two.

Aero and Gaia shrieked in unison, Gaia twisted her arms and sent Aero in a different direction, making him crash into a large Alicorn with a red mane and tail.

“By Luna you two!” The Alicorn said, grabbing the two and holding them in place.

“Oh, hey Night Flash.” Cyburst said to the Element of spirit. “How’s it hanging?”

“Who are you?” Night Flash asked, turning to the pony he had never seen before.

“Oh, that would ruin all the fun if I told you my name.” Cyburst said,

“What fun?” Night Flash asked, seeing Mirage fly up to them.

“The fun of you not knowing my name.” Cyburst said, smiling.

“For once in your lives, could you not leave us behind?” A familiar voice asked, A large Griffin holding a Diamond Dog appeared behind the others, It was Honeydew and Jax.

“No.” Cyburst said, frowning “we like to leave you behind, especially when you don’t help me when Mirage is trying to kill me.”

“Jesus dude, my bad” Honeydew said, “I didn’t think it was that big of a deal”

“Not a big deal?” Cyburst said, getting angry with the Griffin, “HE TRIED TO KILL ME.”

“Well Damn, get over it” he said narrowing his eyes at the pony,

“I don’t even want to talk to you.” Cyburst said, turning away from the tag team of two.

“Then why are you?” Honeydew asked, rolling his eyes at the pony,

“Blah blah blah, I can’t hear you.” Cyburst said as he cupped his claws over his ears.

“Shows how mature you are” Honeydew snickered, “Why can’t the real Cybeast Hunter be here?!” He shouted at the sky.

“BUCK YOU!” Cyburst yelled as he turned towards Honeydew and flipped him off.

“I thought you couldn’t hear me, little pony” Honeydew smirked at his own remark, as did Gaia.

“I’m liking this argument!” Gaia snickered

“huuunnnnnnnggggggg!” Cyburst said as he held his head in frustration, “I give up.”

And with that, Cyburst let himself fall to the ground.

Mirage watched as the pony crashed into the ground and lie there for a few seconds, just before Gaia lifted him up with a pillar of rock.

“Didn’t that hurt?” She asked,

“Not really” Cyburst said with his eyes half open and a frown on his face.

“Oh, well then” She said, watching an electrical beam tear across the sky, “Isn’t that the other Mirage?” she asked, pointing at the beam.

“I Believe so.” Cyburst said as he sat up, “I’m going to see what’s up.”

Cyburst got up and flew to the streak of lightning and found Mia sitting on the edge of a cliff, staring out into the distance.

“So... how do you like it here?” Cyburst said as he sat down next to Mirage’s doppelganger.

Mia took a few seconds to answer, but when she did, tears were in her eyes.

“I bucking hate it!” She shouted, “Look at my home! look at Equestria! it’s a wasteland!”

“But it’s still our home.” Cyburst said, thinking about what he should do.

“No it isn’t, it may be yours, but it isn’t mine” She said, “A few hours ago I was kissing Spitfire goodbye”

Cyburst started to tear up.

“At least you got to say goodbye to your marefriend.” Cyburst whispered, “I didn’t even get to do that.”

Mia narrowed her eyes at the pony, she recognized him from somewhere, he looked almost exactly the same as... Cyber Burst.

She swung her hoof wildly, striking the pony across the face, she stood up quick and took to the sky, getting a few hooves away from him,

“Shut up! you don’t know anything about love! All you do is pry off of other ponies for your own amusement!” She shouted, thinking of Spitfire.

“Oh yeah, say that to Candy Corn.” Cyburst whispered as he cried.

“Buck You! don’t try that crap on me!” She shouted, “I know what you’re trying to do!”

“Oh, you knew that I’ve tried to commit suicide at least a thousand times?” Cyburst yelled at Mia, “Immortality isn’t a blessing, It’s a curse.”

Mia huffed and turned away to fly off, “Too bad it didn’t work” she said, taking off and leaving Cyber Burst alone.

“Too bad it did work.” Cyburst whispered to himself, “I’m never going to see my Candy again.”

Cyburst laid down and looked into the sky, crying his everlasting heart out. He didn’t want to move. He reverted back to himself and cried some more, wishing Mia knew what he was talking about. He let his hair undo itself so that it could hang down like it did when he was a kid.