Dear Princess Twilight, for some time now the portal has been showing us images of another world. And it’s always the same. I wonder if you’re experiencing the same thing in Equestria. We are starting to have questions about how the portal works. And if you have any idea what’s happening, I’d like to hear your thoughts on the matter.

Your friend Sunset Shimmer»

This was the message that Princess Twilight had received from Sunset, which only confirmed her doubts. The gate did not derailleÂ. It was perfectly stable (she checked twice) and yet it showed another world.

To deal with this situation, she had called the most important ponies and magicians of the kingdom. The other people that Twilight had gathered were Starlight Glimmer (her friendship student), her friends, princesses Cadences, Luna and Célistia. Shining armor and Fleury heart had come with Cadence, accompanied by Sunburst and Tourbillon star the bearded. Everyone was gathered around the map in the castle of friendship at Ponyville.

"Well," Twilight, "I’ve gathered you all together today to talk about a rather... new problem. Not to say worrying."

"What is it Twilight ?" Princess Celestia asks.

"The easiest thing would be to show you the scenes that Starlight witnessed. Are you ready ?"

"Yes," her student replied. "You can go, Twilight."

The first memory showed Starlight in the library reading a letter from Thorax inviting him to spend a few days in the changelings kingdom to deepen the knowledge of friendship among them. As she was writing her answer, she saw a light emanating from the portal. Preparing to see something coming out of the mirror (thinking it was Sunset), she was surprised that the portal projected a vision of a landscape she did not know.

On the images, there was a huge mechanical installation, like a giant half-destroyed clock that stood in front of a mountain. In the center of the clock, a humanoid being dressed in armor handled a funny object, a small blue and green cube that shined and levitated swirling in all directions.

Under the command of the human in armor, the cube released an immeasurable amount of energy. Starlight saw that time was going backwards. She understood that man himself was going back in time. It didn’t last very long and when the cube completely lost its energy, the image on the mirror went out. Starlight wanted to warn Twilight but she was in the Crystal Empire for an important meeting. She decided to write down everything she had seen in a blank journal and wait for her teacher to return.

The second memory was the scene that appeared this morning in front of the Canterlot high school with the dragons, the red warrior and the 50m demon. When the map went out, everyone was silent for a few moments. The tension in the room became heavy.

"Well," began Sunburst by breaking the silence while adjusting his glasses. "Here’s something really... unprecedented."

"I wanted to get your opinion on the matter. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, would you like to start ?"

"I don’t know what to say," Celestia began hesitantly. "This is the first time we’ve faced such an event."

"If I may," replied Luna. "I want to point out that this world is completely different from the world behind the portal. You’ve seen it before, Twilight, and you know what I mean."

Twilight understood Luna’s words perfectly, remembering the Canterlot high school and the friends she made there.

"And you Starswirl, what’s your point of view ?" asked Twilight.

"I’m impressed, Starswirl replied with a happy face to Twilight. "I am well placed to say that it is possible to travel in time but there are too great risks to undertake such experiments, as paradoxes or loops. But the being in armor managed to reverse its course, completely rewind it. He solved all the problems related to time travel."

"For my part," added Sunburst with enthusiasm, "it is the prowess of combining science and magic that leaves me speechless. Have you seen their underwater ships ? Next to them, our aircraft really look like toys."

Seeing the mines rejoiced of these two magicians made the atmosphere more calm and serene considering the subject.

"I’m glad everyone is taking this topic with enthusiasm," Twilight concludes. "I would like to talk about a project that I think will be beneficial for Equestria."

She began to produce a painting on which there were diagrams presenting the theory of dimensional travel with Equestria and this new world.

"I’ve been thinking about it since Starlight told me about this phenomenon. If there is a way to see through the portal, then we could try to communicate with them. It would be like using a phone."

"Sorry, Twilight," asked appljack. "What’s a phone ?"

Twilight often forgot that most of them didn’t know how the world of Sunset worked.

"Ehm... Twilight," timidly slid Cadence. "It’s not such a good idea."

"I agree with Cadence on this point Twilight," replied Shinning Armor as he gave the bottle to Flurry. "They may be dangerous."

"You described to me what the world of Sunset Shimmer was like," Sunburst started. "It’s just a parallel universe, there’s a human counterpart for every pony in Equestria and the rules are pretty much the same as here, except that their science has replaced our magic. I say this from our point of view at least."

"This new world, on the other hand, is a complete different reality," concludes Starswirl with his silky white beard. "We don’t know what laws they have and how they will react if we come in contact with them."

"Also when we see the damage that their machines can cause," tried Celestia. "It’s just a matter of seeing the state of the island after their confrontation. It makes you want to leave them rather than start the conversation."

Twilight understood the intentions of her guests. But the princess of friendship didn’t want to ignore anyone, either from her world or another.

"I have one last proposal to make." Twilight proposed before telling the rest of the assembly about her plan.

Twilight’s horn began to shine and she could probe the mind of her student. With surgical precision, she extracted the desired memories from Starlight’s memory and passed them to the map so that everyone could view them.

Author's Note

And voilà, a new chapter finished. I'm glad to continue this story with you.

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