Magic Mirror

Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna managed to find a map of Canterlot in a garbage can outside of Donut Joe's donut shop. Both of them knew the way around Canterlot in thier world, but here could be completely different, so a map would be useful. Twilight held the map up with her magic and scanned it for a train station. The city looked pretty much the same as her Canterlot, but with some small differences.

"Now that we know where the train is, we should get going. I don't know what time it is here, but it should be open 24 hours. " said Twilight, eager to go to Ponyville.

"Okay, Twilight. The train station should be just a few blocks away. That shouldn't take too long." replied Luna. They ran off in the direction of the train station. Half way there, they started to hear the sounds of the train, like it was pulling up to the station. They sprinted to catch the next train to Ponyville, and they hoped it was the one that was about to leave. They rounded a corner and ran towards the train.

"TRAIN TO PONYVILLE LEAVES IN 5 MINUTES!" yelled the conductor. Twilight and Luna had time to get tickets and make their way onto the train.

"Two... tickets... for Ponyville..." said Luna, gasping for breath. She and Twilight looked like they had run half of a marathon, and they felt like it too. Twilight wished to air out her wings, but she knew why she couldn't do that. The pony behind the glass in the booth slid the tickets under the glass as Luna slid the bits under to the ticket pony. They exchanged the bits for the tickets and walked over to the train.

"Okay, now we get on the train and go to Ponyville. We need to find those elements and the holders." Luna explained. "This worlds Twilight would probably still be in Canterlot, or she would go to Ponyville for another reason other than making friends." Luna decided. "Hopefully she went to find something to stop Nightmare Moon."

Twilight and Luna sat down in a row for three ponies. So far, no other ponies sat next to them. As the train began to leave the station, a blue pony in a gray cloak like outfit joined them in the seat. The hood of the cloak was over her head, so Twilight couldn't see her face. However, Twilight did see her cutie mark.

"Excuse me, but would your name be Trixie?" she asked the blue mare. The pony's hooves grabbed her hood and pulled it down, revealing she is in fact Trixie.

"How did you know?" the pony asked. "Are you psychic?" she said, smiling. Twilight was surprised when the last comment wasn't arrogant or snobby sounding. This world's Trixie didn't seem to be mean at all.

"I guess I am psychic." Twilight laughed. Trixie laughed as well.

"Well, some ponies would know me as the Great and Powerful Trixie, but only when I'm working." she said. Twilight was curious of what job other than show business would use that name. She figured since Trixie didn't seem like the same Trixie, she might not have the same job.

"What work do you do?" Twilight asked, interested in this other Trixie.

"I entertain for school ponies and the elderly at Ponyville retirement home. They get bored when the only cool thing to do there is star gaze. All you have to do is look out your window for that." she said, obviously annoyed by the sky. It never changed. The moon stayed the same and the stars didn't move. After a thousand years that would get boring. Then, Twilight remembered Trixie said she entertained at the retirement home. She might know something about this world's Twilight, but wouldn't she have recogni-

"Don't you live in Ponyville?" asked Trixie. "Aren't you Twilight Sparkle? The pony in charge of the library?" she questioned.

Twilight couldn't say no. Trixie seemed to know this world's Twilight, or at least to a certain extent. She probably has gone to the Ponyville library and seen Twilight there. "Yes. I just wanted to go to Canterlot to..." she looked around, trying to think of something to say. Her eye wondered to Luna. "Oh! I went to Canterlot to get my friend Luna. She wanted to visit me in Ponyville." she lied.

Trixie seemed satisfied with that answer for the time being. Twilight needed to talk to Luna in privacy. "Um... Luna we should go to the bathroom. Don't want to waste time going to the bathroom in Ponyville when I could be showing you around."said Twilight, grabbing Luna's hoof and pulling her to the back of the train. She dragged her along to the bathroom and pushed her through the door.

She locked the door and took a deep breath. "Okay, we need to find me and get her to make friends and find the elements and I need to remember my story so I don't mess up and get caught lying." Twilight rushed the words out. "Then we need to convince Apple Jack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy that they are the elements and that they are meant to be friends so we can stop Nightmare Moon and go home-" Luna put her hand on Twilight's shoulder.

"TWILIGHT! Calm down. It is easier than it sounds. You know these ponies, you are the element of magic for crying out loud! If anypony can do it, its you!" she yelled. Twilight sighed and closed her eyes.

"I know. I'm just nervous about this mission. We have to stop Nightmare Moon, and that's not an easy task." Twilight sighed. She knew deep down that she could do it, but she was always paranoid when it came to things like this.

"I know Twilight, but, if you remember, I was Nightmare Moon. I know how she thinks. You have nothing to worry about." said Luna, smiling. Twilight smiled back, Luna's words reassuring her. Twilight nodded. The walked out of the bathroom and back to their seats. Trixie was sitting sleeping in her window seat, so Twilight wouldn't have to talk to her anymore. She didn't want to risk slipping up and getting caught. So for the rest of the train ride, Twilight and Luna sat in silence, thinking over how difficult this task would actually be, and hoping Trixie didn't wake up.

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Celestia sat in the cavernous room that contained the mirror wondering how her student and sister were doing. She considered going in herself to help them, but she couldn't risk being caught and killed. Her kingdom needed her and she wouldn't get killed doing something her sister and Twilight could do without her. She wouldn't have sent them in if she weren't confident they would be okay. But, as it usually does, curiosity got the better of her. She wanted to see what she looked like in the mirror. She knew it would be something grotesque, considering she was dead there, but maybe she was just a long buried skeleton. She couldn't shake the feeling that the mirror gave her. It seemed to call her over. It said "Come look, gaze into the reflection." its voice was soft and sweet, like how a mother would talk to her child.

She slowly walked over to the mirror. It's voice grew louder and louder until she couldn't wait any longer. She stood in front of the mirror, her image hazy. She wasn't expecting this at all. This couldn't be, it just couldn't.

In the mirror stood Princess Celestia living and breathing reflection.