The Crystal Mirror

---The Crystal Mirror---

--The Newcomers--
-Confronting the Gate -

No. I can still do something about this. I can’t fail the Princess or Equestria! I need to act fast. “Ok one of you is going to come with me, through the Gate” I said heroically. Everypony looked at me as if I was some crazy psychopath.
“I’ll do it Twi” said Applejack courageously. I was so relieved because, well, I didn’t want to go in alone. Who knows what could be behind that Gate. Applejack broke Rarity’s grasp and slowly started to walk towards me. We both stared at each other until Applejack nodded her head “ok”. Then I ran forward and jumped into the Gate. Shortly after, so did Applejack. Then everything went black.

-Beyond the Gate-

My head was spinning round and round and I was about ready to throw up. But what I saw before me made my whole body just stop. I couldn’t think, I couldn’t blink, heck I could barely breathe. I was in Pony Ville except it wasn’t the same. Don’t get me wrong if I showed you a picture of it you could easily mistake it for the Pony Ville back in, well, I guess I could call it my dimension. You needed to be there to feel this vibe. It didn’t feel right being there, everything had a darker feel to it. Then we saw her. Rainbow Dash was flying through the sky and landed not too far away from us. “Rainbow?” Applejack whispered.

“Oh Celestia you scared me! I totally forgot you were here” replied Twilight.
“It’s fine sugar cube, I almost forgot I was here too. But seriously, who in tarnation is that and why does she look like Rainbow?” Applejack pointed towards the darker version of Rainbow Dash and gave a nervous face. I didn’t have the guts to try and call her over, but, who knows what might have happened if she found us. Lucky me though, I didn’t have to guess for long because somepony found us. “Fluttershy?” we both said in panicked gasps.
“You’re not supposed to be here. Now we know it is time. Say goodbye to you once happy Pony Ville. Now that you’re here, the gate is fully open. The invasion begins. Fluttershy spoke in a dark, deeper, evil tone. Then Fluttershy vanished and in her place stood Rainbow Dash. Her normally moderate cerise eyes were blood red with a pinch of black. Her light cerulean coat was pale and grayish and her mane was lacking 5 colors, which were of course replaced with that same stale gray. We realized she had that similar dark tone of voice when she spoke.

“Welcome to our dimension. Too bad you won’t live long here. In fact the dimensional prison has just been opened and we need new testers. I bet Twilight brought you along with her right AJ? Foolish. And Twilight sweetie, I bet that twat Celestia brought you here. That dumb twat was never smart, sending little fillies like you two to come and stop us! What a laugh! We’ve been trapped in this reject universe for centuries. We have grown strong. You’re twat princess wouldn’t be able to stop anyone of us. Now the chance of revenge has awoken. Soon Black Ashes and Shadowed Eclipse will cross dimensions and lead our people to a new life. Soon the new world, your world, will be all ours. Finally we can leave the Dark Days and enter the Light Life. Well enough talking, BE GONE WITH YOU.” Suddenly a swarm of knights filled the sky and started to attack us. “RUN!” I yelled. “Get help, tell Celestia, just LEAVE!” Applejack looked at me for a minute then ran off back towards the gate. Please Celestia help her. Then a strange voice surrounded me worse than the knights. It was familiar but unrecognizable.

“Silly mare, I am the Celestia of this world. I rather prefer the Sun Queen. I’m like a god to these ponies, promising they will see the sun again. It helps motivate them to invade your dimension. You thought it was night? Oh Magic, you don’t know anything about this place do you? The sun had been locked away since we got here. Now even if your pathetic excuse for Honesty escapes this dimension, she still can’t stop the onslaught that’s about to tear apart your dimension. You know too much. It’s time you see your new prison and our dimension’s power. Goodbye Magic.”

-The Dimensional Prison-

After that everything went black. The Sun Queen, I guess I can call her that, casted a spell that fully blinded me. It had been hours until I was able to see again. Two hours, forty-nine minutes and thirty seconds. Don’t judge me I was really bored. When I starting regaining sight the first thing I saw was me! Well the other dimensions me. Magic? Is that what they called me… her… us? I had a hard time remembering anything; heck I didn’t know my own name until Magic spoke it.

“Sparkle, we’ve been waiting for a while now for you to regain sight” Magic said in a low monotone voice. “Now the fun can begin!” When she spoke this time her voice was more vibrant and shook my whole body. Her devilish grin was full of blood and her sadistic laugh was more than enough to set me overboard the panic train. I couldn’t seem to find my voice, not under all the eerie bloody words Magic smothered me in. I was just about ready to give up until I found the strength deep inside me to talk back.

“Well then, I hope you’re ready for a ride, because I’m not out yet!” I yelled those last words with all of my strength and emotion I was slowly regaining. She laughed again this time sounding more broken and twisted.

“Oh I’m ready for more than just a petty little ride Sparkle. I don’t think you’re ready for the onslaught that is about to wreak havoc on your pathetic little form you call a body.” She sounded more than ready to pounce on me at any given moment, but she withheld herself. She was waiting for something, I knew it. I just could put my hoof on it. Then I struck me, literally, on the back of the head. It was Loyalty. She was standing behind me with that same sly grin Magic was wearing. I started to panic and then got ready to fight. I wasn’t thinking straight but hell, it was either that or die. I lifted my horn and started to make my horn glow showing I was ready. I wasn’t.

Magic just grinned and took a step forward. Loyalty did the same. They mimicked this until they were 5 steps away from me. Then Magic spoke in a low static like tone. “You’re too weak you would never fight back…Heh”.

“That’s what you think!” I said before I conjured up a manticore to help defend me.

“Hah! Don’t make me laugh”. Loyalty then swooped in and grabbed the manticore’s tail and pulled him up in the air. Magic then created a hole under the floor the manticore was being held above. The hole was a dark abyss which looked like a dimension of pain and torture. Then Loyalty flew down super-fast and launched the manticore down the abyss. “Too easy” Both Magic and Loyalty said in unison.

I panicked and quickly thought of what I could do to stay alive. I looked around the room and spotted a small alarm. I instantly focused all my magic to make it sound. Finally something went right for me and my plan was a success. Then in that split second when both Loyalty and Magic realized my plan I charged all my magic to create a powerful blast and knocked both of them into the almost closed abyss.

I fell down on my flank and started to breathe deeply. That last bit of magic I used drained the last bit of energy I had left. I was completely drained and I felt as if I was going to die. I couldn’t believe I was still alive. It was too easy. Maybe I was just lucky. Oh well I’m alive right now and that’s what matters. Now how do I get out of here I thought. I scanned the room this time more carefully not to miss anything. There was no door or window or anything, just a dimly lit bot. I thought about it for a while, Magic got in I guess with magic, maybe she also teleported Loyalty in here. I honestly don’t know what to do to leave. I sat there for a bit to regain my strength. My only option was to try to teleport out. I just didn’t know where to teleport to!

-A New Friend-

After a good hour or so (no I didn’t count the time past this time) I stood up and got ready to get out. I thought about the best possible place I could teleport to. Then it struck me. Not in the back of the head this time. I just defeated Magic so I thought about teleporting to her…my…our house. So I stood in my ready position and started to teleport. I closed my eyes and when I reopened them I was in the tree house/library. The library looked exactly like the one in my dimension. The only difference was the books in the library. “A beginners guide to torture”, “How to inflict as much pain without killing victim, volume 1” and one of my favorites “How to correctly gut and de-bowl your victim”. I felt queasy already. I debated what I could do next I mean I was out of that box. That’s when I heard a faint whisper in the distance.
“You’re not Magic”. It was a raspy masculine voice. “Is-Is she gone?” The voice questioned.
“I threw her into an abyss she created” I said firmly. “And I’m not afraid of you!” To be completely honest, I was horribly afraid. I was lucky to beat both Loyalty and Magic in one shot. I couldn’t see anything to help me defeat anyone else, especially without much magic energy left.

“Good riddance. I was honestly getting tired of watching her until I had a good chance of killing her. The abyss you banished her in will keep her away from us for about one week. Just enough time to save your dimension from its doomsday.” The voice soon became a shadow which became a figure of a unicorn. “The name’s Broken Arrow I’ve been against this “Light Life” movement bullshit. I used to be in a position of power, and then my king got obsessed with power and turned evil. He started the "Light Life" nonsense and stole the Elements of Harmony. After that he gave them to his high priestess and she became Celestia, or Sun Queen whatever I don’t care anymore. I just want revenge. And if you want to save your dimension you’re going to have to trust me and assist me in my quest. Understood?”

I only nodded my head and he fully revealed himself to me. He was a reddish brown color with white bandages on all his hooves. He had brown and purplish mane and tail and a broken horn. “What happened to you horn” I managed to squeak out.

“A fine tale my good mare but alas time is nigh and we must get to the mission, Black Ashes, Shadowed Eclipse and Sun Whore or whatever are still out there. Now if you want to spare your petty dimension, you will come with me.” Broken Arrow spoke in a magnificent old English accent. The sound of his voice was seductive. I had no choice but to do as he wished.
He brought me to this dimension’s Everfree Forest, which is where he lives. He had a little broken down shack in which he lived. He told me how we were going to kill the three main leaders of the war that was going to commence. And lucky me, I’m the key to save my dimension. Curse you Celestia. I’m not strong enough to fight three old warriors that would kill me instantly. I mean come on they all have small squadrons of soldiers at least.

Once again, curse you Celestia.