Magic Mirror

Twilight felt as if her body was being torn apart and burned as she fell through the darkness. It was a pain that was so real, yet seemed far away. Like she knew the pain was being felt, but her body was choosing not to feel it. It almost felt numb.

"I wonder how Luna was able to suffer so much pain whenever she went through the mirror. Maybe after awhile you just stop feeling it, or maybe, because she is an alicorn, she can't feel the pain. Either way, Twilight was sure that, over a thousand years ago, this world was worth it. Now, she wasn't so sure.

The end of the dark tunnel came and went and she could feel herself falling through the air, the hitting the floor. She landed with a hard thud. The floor was cold and harder than that of her worlds Canterlot palace floors. They were nice and Twilight didn't hit them when she walked through mirrors. Then again, she didn't walk through mirrors often. She came to the realization that she should probably move before Luna-

"OW!" shouted Twilight as the large dark blue alicorn landed on top of her. Luna sat for a few seconds, looking around the room, confused.

"Twilight? Are you here yet?" she ask to the seemingly empty room. She heard a painful moan from below her. She quickly stood up, letting Twilight out from under her. Twilight's head hurt from falling and from being sat on by a princess. She rubbed her head and looked around the dark room, being illuminated by only by Luna magic. They both looked around and couldn't see the mirror. Luna look up slowly, seeing that mirror had been nailed to the ceiling. No normal pony could fly through it. You had to have wings, but only magic could open it. So, you either had to be an alicorn or be a pegasus with a unicorn on your back. Thank heavens they were both alicorns. Luna directed her attention to a big wooden door. The door had a lock that could easily be opened by unicorn magic, but they weren't sure that should go out just yet. If Luna knew Nightmare Moon, and she did, Nightmare Moon would have guards walking around, watching for trespassers. They would definitely tell Nightmare Moon. It was hard to miss two alicorns when the only alicorn is the ruler herself, and, when brought to Nightmare Moon, Luna would be recognized and probably killed.

Luna scanned the room for something to cover their wings with. She spotted a coat rack in the far corner. On it were a few coats and dresses. She walked over to them with Twilight following behind. "We need to hide our wings." she explained. Twilight levitated a winter coat from the rack and a small messenger bag. She put the coat on and bag over it. She looked over at Luna who was still looking for a coat big enough for her. Then she realized something important that they must have over looked.

"Twilight, I may be too big not to draw attention. The other ponies will definitely notice how big I am compared to the rest of them, and I will probably be caught." She said to her purple companion. "I need to use a disguise spell to make myself smaller and fix my hair so that it isn't so..... unnatural."

The spell started small as her light blue aura wrapped around her. It grew brighter and bigger. The color changed from blue to dark green. Her coat color became silver and her mane jet black. The spell finished and she was a completely new mare. She was a smaller alicorn, but her wings weren't needed. She didn't have the capacity for her magic, but she was still powerful. About as powerful as Twilight.

She walked over to the coat rack and picked up a gray coat. She pulled it on and looked over at Twilight. They both had the same idea.

At the same time, they cast an invisibility spell. The guards wouldn't see them and they could sneak through the palace without being caught. The spell was cast, and they were no longer visible to the other ponies. Only they could see each other.

They threw the door open. The two guards positioned outside the door looked over.

"Who's there?" one guard asked to the empty space. Nopony answered.

He walked over and closed the door. "I wonder what cause the door to open." the second wondered aloud.

"Probably the wind. Its been getting windier lately. Blew it open I suppose" he said, shrugging. They dropped the conversation and continued their guarding, unaware of the two alicorns presence. Luna ran and Twilight followed after, not daring to stray far from the moon princess. They stopped outside the exit. Two guards chatted about Nightmare Moon.

"I haven't seen her around her for a few days. I wonder where she is." the first guard said.

"I heard she was planning some attack. Don't know who she would attack though. Not many ponies would put up a fight." they said, laughing nervously. They were scared of her, just as they should be. Still they worked for her, probably to get on her good side. She wasn't a pony you wanted to mess with.

Twilight and Luna ran by them, and into the city. They would need to get far from the palace to remove the spell.

They walked into an alley way and removed their spells. Luna and Twilight sat, thinking about what they should do next. Twilight looked up into the dark night sky. The moon was big and bright, just like the stars. If this wasn't eternal night, it would be beautiful. That's all Nightmare Moon had wanted, right? For people to enjoy her night.

Luna could have thought of a plan faster, but the lack of light was making it hard to think. the only light in this alley came from a flower. A flower? Luna looked over at it. The green stem was darker than usual, but the petals were literally glowing. The little flower was casting a bright pink light. She looked around her. A small tree stood outside the alley. On the tree were small fruits. The fruits were glowing red. The plants had evolved. They were the lights that made the world tolerable. She thought about how, even though the night lasted forever, things could still be beautiful.

"Hey, princess? I thought maybe we could find a train to Ponyville. Its the fasted way to get there." She waited for Luna's comment. "Princess? Luna?" she said turning to look at Luna. She saw here looking down at a small glowing flower.

"Twilight, look at this." she whispered, pointing a hoof at the glowing light. "The plants glow. And the fruits on trees glow, too."

Twilight looked at the tree Luna was talking about. She was right, the fruits were glowing. "So, about the train?" Luna said.

Twilight snapped back into serious mode. "Yes, we should find a train. Its the best way to get there. You know, besides flying." she said.

"Well, we'll have to find one. Besides, we have all night." said Luna. Twilight laughed at her joke.

"Your sense of humor really lightens up the conversation." Twilight joked.

They laughed for a few seconds before returning to serious mode. "Okay, we should start looking now." decided Luna. Twilight nodded, and they were off to find a train, find other Twilight, find the elements, and take down Nightmare Moon.