XII:
Mirror-mirror, who have their time counted?

Monday, the worse day of the week for mostly everyone. The start of a new tedious week of classes for both students and faculty. But for principal and sub-pricipal of Canterlot Hight, it meant a whole new week of opportunities and experiences. But that Monday in particular they weren’t in a very good mood neither.

That Monday they had to host the Friendship Games and they had to deal with a person that was particularly good in pissing them off. Abacus Cynch. Seriously, dealing with Crystal Hight have turned more tedious each year passed.

“I can’t understand why she haven’t died yet!” whispered vice-principal Luna.

“Sister!” said Celestia.

Luna shrugged with a shrug. “Just kidding.”

Celestia giggled. “But I get what you mean. I wish she retire soon!”

Everyone at Canterlot High made a line in front of the school waiting for the students from Crystal High. They arrived, but only a few students to agree the terms of the next Friendship Games, lead by a couple of faculty members and of course Principal Abacus Cinch.

And as much as Celestia and Luna disliked the woman, they had to agree she was very well preserved. Time didn’t seem to pass through her. She was as strong-willed and firm as always even if she was confined to a wheelchair for the last years.

“Good morning Principal Cinch.” Celestia and Luna greeted politely.

“Good morning. Let’s get this over, okay?” said Cinch indifferently.

“Absolutely, please this way!”

Then the statue at the school entrance started to glow. Cinch’s eyes sparkled with joy, since her humiliating defeat she would not stop until she proved the existence of Magic in Canterlot High. Ironically she was closer as ever to prove it to the world thanks to the Knights of the Silence.

She began to record everything with her phone.

“I knew it! I knew that sooner or later you would try to cheat on the Friendship Games. And now that I have proof you have no choice but give me the victory.”

But Celestia were as confused as everyone else. Why would the other Twilight wanted to show up now that her friends and other self have graduated a few years ago?

Finally, they appeared. It was Twilight Sparkle and her friends… but something looked odd. First none of them seemed to age, second, those red eyes looked strange. And their instincts were warning them that they were dangerous creatures.

Abacus Cinch however did not seemed to notice. She simply approached to them in her wheelchair with a grin of victory on her face.

“You kind of look like one of my former students. Well, I don’t mind. You won’t have the chance to cheat on the Friendship Games since I’ll have this school shut down for good!”

Midnight looked at her with curiosity and she grinned at her.

“I don’t know you, but you look like a jerk who wants to harm a place that is especial to me.”

Abacus Cinch finally noticed that she was no normal teenager.

The faculty members started to move backwards noticing the aura of death coming from the group. But Cinch’s pride wouldn’t let her escape from a teenager.

Midnight grinned, and she took Cinch’s head on her hands, and before she could say anything, Midnight turned her head completely backwards breaking her neck in the process. Finally Midnight threw Cinch’s dead body away from her wheelchair and then stared at the other two faculty members from Crystal High.

“The old hag neck was as thick as a pencil. What about yours?”

That was enough for everyone to run away and calling the police since they just witnessed a murder.

When the were finally alone the Undead Knights walked inside the school.

“Are you sure Sunset Shimmer is a Knight of Silence?” asked Midnight to Gothic and Fleshy Smile.

“Yes, or at least she is close to East Wind. If we find Sunset, we find the other one.”

Midnight nodded and continued walking. They just had to check the school records to find any clue to lead them to Sunset and they could leave. They barely arrived to Celestia and Luna’s office when they heard police cars and sirens approaching to the school.

“POLICE! GET OUT WITH YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEADS!”

“YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR THE MURDER OF ABACUS CINCH!”

The Undeads looked at their leader, who shrugged.

“Keep them busy. But don’t kill them, after all they’re just law enforcement and we are breaking the law. Scare them away.”

“You got it!”

“Pin-Kill-Die, I need your help. You’re really fast when it comes to find documents.”

“Awwwww, I wanted to fight…”

“Later Pin-Kill-Die. The fastest we get over this the fastest you can fight the cops.”

Jack the Reaper, Undash, Gothic and Fleshy Smile walked to face the cops, who aimed their weapons at them

“Hands were we can see them!”

Fleshy Smile laughed.

“Okay, like this?”

She raised her hands, showing a silver object on them.

The nearest cop approached aiming his gun at the monster.

“What’s that?”

She showed him a spoon and before he could say anything, she took out her own eyes with the spoon much to the officer’s horror. Then she regenerated.

“Like it? It’s like a magic trick!”

The cop panicked started to shoot at her on the head twice. She regenerated immediately.

“Ta-da! What do you think?”

The cop continued shooting emptying his gun over the creature, but she regenerated every time.

“Why don’t we show them what we’re capable of?” said Undash as she jumped over another cop and took his gun of his hand.

She then proceeded to put the canon on her temple and began to pull the trigger over and over until the gun was empty. The sidewalk had now the disgusting mix of her blood and brains on it. And to make things worse she regenerated immediately.

“Ahahahahahahaha!”

Some cops started to move backwards horrified, but the others continued shooting not knowing what else to do.

One of them finally shot Gothic on her heart and the creature collapsed.

“To the heart! Aim to the heart!”

The others did as he told and shot the creatures to the heart and they finally laid on the sidewalk not moving.

One of them approached to the creatures carefully. “What are these things?”

Gothic’s hand closed around the officer’s leg.

“Did you actually though it would be that easy?”

The cop screamed in fear and tried to defend himself by hitting her on the head with his club, but Gothic didn’t mind and none of the other undeads who simply got back up and invited the cops to come at them

“Damn it, retreat! Retreat!”

“We need backup!” shouted someone at the patrol’s radio. “I don’t know what’s going on but we need help. Send a swat team or the army! HELP US!”

The school’s door opened letting pass Pin-Kill-Die and Midnight with Sunset Shimmer’s information under her arm.

“Thank you for buying us time girls! We have what we need, if it wasn’t for Pin-Kill-Die I don’t know how long I would spend there.”

“It was under the S! It was under the S!” giggled Pin-Kill-Die.

With that the Undead Knights turned their backs to the police as they walked to the city.

“So, did you harm them?”

“Of course not! We let them do as they pleased with us, and that was it.”

“The look on their face when I emptied their own guns on my head was priceless!”

But then they were stopped by Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna.

“You have something that doesn’t belong to you. Give it back.”

Midnight rolled her eyes, and took one of the clubs the cops left behind and knocked them out.

“Let’s go.”

…

Away from the chaos, in the suburbs, Sci-Twi guided Irish, Spike and her other self to her home.

“I’ve been living with my brother and Cadence since I started college, since their home is closer to campus. I have a part time job pay a small rent, but it is cheaper than living in the dorms, and I have my own space. Sometimes I also have to babysit Flurry but she’s great so is not much of a problem.”

The Equestrian Twilight smiled. “I’m glad you are this close with Shining and his family, wish it was that easy on my side. And what does Shining Armor do on this side of the Mirror?”

Twilight shrugged.

“He’s in the army. He is a colonel, and most of the time he is not home. Cadence used to feel lonely, but her mood improved greatly after I moved.”

“And are you sure she doesn’t mind us staying at your place?” asked Spike, a bit uncomfortable in his dog form.

“No, she already know I’ll have friends staying over.

“And she wouldn’t be weirded out for your ‘twin’?” asked Irish.

“She knows about the other side of the mirror, it’s alright.”

The equestrian visitors nodded as they entered the house. A big purple dog came to receive them waiving his tail.

“Twilight, you’re back! And you brought visitors from Equestria, right?”

The three visitors smiled at him.

“Hey, I’m your other self. Nice to meet you I think.”

“Nice to meet you too. Hey, is it true you’re a fire-breathing dragon on your side of the Mirror?” asked the dog.

“Of course! And part of the High Council of the Knights of the Silence!”

“Wait, are you serious?” asked Sci-Twilight.

“Yes, he is!” said Irish proudly, petting Spike’s head. “I am the Great Master and he is my second in command.”

“Second in command?” asked Sci-Twi.

“Yes, he is more powerful than I am, but he refused the title of Great Master, so here we are!” said Irish with a shrug.

“Cool!” said dog Spike waiving his tail.

“Not so cool if you know the price he had to pay.” said the equestrian Twilight with a frown. “Anyway, thank you for having us tonight.”

Dog Spike smiled as they entered. Twilight noticed the car on the entrance.

“Huh, that’s weird. Shining Armor is not supposed to be home yet.” said Sci-Twi thoughtful.

“You think something happened?” asked her counterpart.

She shrugged and entered the house. Cadence, Shining and Flurry were chatting as they ate some milk and cookies.

“Big brother? What are you doing here so early?” asked Twilight.

Shining just gave her a silent look and aimed at Flurry with his chin. They would talk after she leave. Something was wrong.

But Shining Armor managed to appear calm before his daughter. “Nothing important Twily. Headquarters called me for some business at the city, and since I had time I decided to pick Flurry at school. Isn’t that right dearie?”

“It was a great surprise daddy!” said the little girl as she finished her milk. “Can I go play now?”

“Sure dear! Go on!” said Cadence.

Flurry cheered, and she ran to her room.

When she left Shining and Cadence dropped the façade showing their fear.

“What’s going on here?” asked Sci-Twi.

Shining shivered. “Something dangerous is loose on the city. They sent the police at first, but they couldn’t stop them. I’ve seen the videos, at first I thought it was you and your friends in another magic mishap but then I saw that they looked younger and then… oh God, I don’t know what to do.”

“Can you show me?” asked Sci-Twi.

Shining Armor exchanged a worried look with his wife but ended up nodding. It was all over the internet anyway.

Shining Armor showed her the video of the police shooting at the monsters who only laughed as they regenerated and stabbed each other taking their intestines out and laugh louder at their horror.

“What are those things?” asked Twilight, horrified.

“We don’t know but we were sent to stop them. I’ll be honest with you Twily, I’m scared. I don’t know if I’m gonna make it home tonight.”

“You will.” said Irish entering behind Twilight. “The Undead Knights will not harm you unless you’re a target. If you notice they’ve been attacking each other just to prove they’re invincible and freak out their pursuers.”

They turned to Irish who awkwardly waved a hand.

“Hi, the name is Irish Coffee from Equestria. And yes, those things are coming from our side. They are called Undeads. Do you have those in here?”

Sci-Twi paled. “Are those the enemies the Order fought in your side?”

“And the reason why the Great Master crossed to this side to never be seen again.” sighed Irish. “We knew we only bought some time when we sealed them, now is time to finish this once and for all.”

They looked at Irish, who gave them a sad smile.

“Unlike me, you don’t have nothing to worry about colonel. And Twilight, this is your change to back off. You don’t have to risk your life for nothing.”

“Irish is right!” said her other self. “We’ll take care of the Undead Knights.”

Shining Armor looked at his visitors.

“So you are Knights of Silence? I should know they came from your side.”

“You are not against the us by any chance, right?” asked Knight Spike.

“Of course not, we support the democratization of knowledge in this household, and are aware that Twilight is part of the Order.” said Cadence.

Sci-Twi blushed.

“Well, they give me my space. And they support me no matter what!”

“Good for you.” said Princess Twilight. “Now let’s hope you don’t lose your life for nothing.”

“I don’t think they would harm her, after all she is their counterpart too.” said Knight Spike.

Shining Armor looked at them.

“You have a way to defeat the monsters?”

“We don’t like it but yes we do.”

Shining nodded. “We’re going to make a military cordon around the area surrounding Canterlot High. If you want to sneak through it I’m your man. Just promise me Twilight would be safe.”

“She will, we’ll make sure that the Undead Knights won’t harm anyone again.”

“And I pray Faust that everything goes according to plan.”

Author's Note

This is it, the prelude for the final battle. Finally the Undead Knights would have their meeting with Starlight Glimmer by two.

I hope you liked it, and as always

Read ya’ later!!