Interlude:
The other side of the mirror

Sunset woke up as usual. Like every other morning she made herself a cup of coffee and a plate of oatmeal (sometimes it was difficult to separate from her pony side) as she mentally made her plans for the day. Today it was the due date to hand over her latest paper to her professor. She only slept four hours because of that, but she was okay with it. It was the usual for college students, especially now that she was about to graduate.

Sunset planned to sleep in her card around noon before going to her job, but then she took her first sip of coffee and looked at the morning paper. She almost spitted the precious drink because of the surprise.

Mane-Hattan Tech joins the list of affected universities

Frowning, Sunset opened the paper and started reading. Just as she feared, the Knights of Silence have attacked again.

Last night, right after closing time, the group known as ‘Silence’ broke into the main offices of the Mane-Hattan tech and stole all their documentation. None of the authorities of the university noticed the attack until two hours later after all their thesis, post-grade publications, investigation reports and all the licensed documents were available to download for free in hundreds of sites in the Internet. Most of these links were immediately deleted but as usual, for each deleted page two more appeared. The damage is already done and beyond repair.

Just like the other attacks students from all over the place received an SMS with Silence famous motto ‘Education is for everybody’ along with several links to download the documents they just got. The authorities are unable to track the origin of the massive message. There’s no official declaration from the group Silence except for the message on the official website. Knowledge is for everyone, as long as we exists we won’t allow anyone to monopolize it. Education is for everybody.

As usual they enter and vanish in the shadows. Is like magic, says the police spokesman.

Sunset threw the paper angrily. She could forget about her nap at noon. She had to say a couple of words to certain girl.

Sunset finished her breakfast really quick and went to the university. Luckily for her the professor just received the paper and class ended, so Sunset could sleep a little before facing East Wind.

As usual she was very easy to find. She was always at campus surrounded by a group of students who respectfully bowed before her. How could the authorities be so stupid to notice this was not normal, huh? It didn’t make any sense.

“East Wind! Great Master!!” called Sunset.

Everyone around East Wind turned to the yellow-skinned girl who was walking angrily toward East. Some of them prepared to stop her, but East dismissed them with a single gesture and smiled warmly at Sunset.

“Let me guess! You read the morning paper, right? All I have to say is, education is for everybody. I will not allow anyone to monopolize knowledge.”

“Damn it East! You know that most of us dropped the Order because of this reckless behavior. If you continue like this there would be consequences.”

East Wind sighed. “Believe me, the consequences I could face in this world are nothing with what I faced in Equestria. You have no idea…”

East shivered.

“Still, you know that this world is not ready for magic!” insisted Sunset.

“Maybe not but my magic is ready for this world. And the era of internet have helped me to expand my ideology faster than ever. Admit it Sunset, I am doing more good than wrong with my actions.”

Sunset shook her head. “East, please! You know I am your friend and I’m worried for you! This world is far more violent than Equestria!”

“I’m not sure, you don’t have anything like the seven demons I fought back when I was in Equestria.” said East.

In the end she smiled at Sunset. “Thank you for worrying about me, and your two friends that still are part of the Order. Twilight and Fluttershy are extremely powerful, and they can take care of themselves. But if something happens, I’ll make sure to protect them.”

Sunset just sighed. “You can read souls, tell me what I want to know please.”

East Wind simply smiled at Sunset, and nodded slowly. “Fine, Twilight took part on the attack yesterday. She is the more skilled to break into the firewalls with her magic and she insisted to do it. Fluttershy did not.”

Sunset frowned but sighed. In the end she went to her job, as she looked back at East Wind. The Great Master, what kind of dangers she faced in Equestria that made her that confident and calmed?

In the meantime East Wind went to her class in the other building. She bumped into a girl wearing a pink hoodie that covered her face. But East could see her purple hair with an aquamarine strip.

“You are not safe. They are back and they know you’re alive.”

East Wind froze and turned around but the girl was nowhere to be seen.

“Great Master?” called someone.

“Sorry, I spaced out. Let’s go to class!”

East Wind was scared, there was something horrifyingly familiar about the girl’s aura.

She had to keep her eyes open from now on. She had a feeling that there was a new battle ahead. And probably this would be the final one.

Author's Note

A short chapter, so short that is not a chapter itself but an interlude. So I hope you liked the glance at what is happening at the other side. The human world would play an important part in this saga, hope you liked it and,

Read ya’ later!!