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// Truth And Shadows 
// Story: Flash Of A Reflection 
// by Moproblems Moharmoney 
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Inky blackness engulfed Twilight, her glowing paws doing little to avert its all-consuming storm. Expecting pain, what she received instead was significantly more perplexing.

Grey. Lots and lots of grey. 

A quick inspection told her she was no longer in the Castle Of The Two Sisters, seemingly teleported to some utterly barren plane. Her mother had said such things were possible, difficult, but possible. Who knew Nightmare Moon's limits?

"Why do you fight me, Twilight Sparkle?" A sinister voice echoed, its tones a blend of the familiar and alien. "We are the same, no?"

"I'm nothing like you!" She snapped, lavender eyes franticly searching for her opponent.

"You wish for respect. To be loved, adored, and acknowledged." The Alicorn coalesced in a plume of ebony smoke, her face lacking the customary grin she'd been sporting, now morose. "I will give you that and so much more...Princess Sparkle."