//------------------------------// // Through the Looking Glass // Story: Mirror Image // by Colt in the Moon //------------------------------// AN: Edited by Camlio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twilight slowly got on her hooves. She locked eyes with the colt in front of her. He looked exactly like her, say for the gender and for some reason mane style. They both slowly walked around each other, like when dogs sniffed each other. Except they weren't sniffing, they were studying. "Who are you?" Twilight said in a stern voice. "My name's Dusk Shine." replied the colt, "And who are you"? Twilight then stood up proudly. A confident look grew on her face. "Why, I'm Twilight Sparkle, personal student of Princess Celestia". Dusk Shine had a strange look on his face. "Who's Princess Celestia?" he asked. "What?!" snapped Twilight, "Out of all the questions that are to be asked in this situation, you ask the one that has the most obvious answer to"? "It's not obvious!" he snapped back, "I don't know where you come from, but here, our ruler is Prince Solaris". "There you are Twilight!" came a muffled, yet familiar voice. Twilight turned her head and saw Spike with a mouthful of cookies. "Spike!" Twilight yelled. She ran up to the baby dragon and gave him a hug. "Have you met Dusk Shine and Barbara yet?" he asked. "I have met Dusk Shine," she pointed a hoof at the purple colt, "But who is this Barbara"? Twilight then saw a little dragon come out of the room Spike came from. Just like Dusk Shine, she looked exactly like Spike. Except, of course, for the gender. "What the hay is going on here?" she deadpanned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rarity's eyes fluttered open. She sat up and found herself in her own home. A fashion building named Carousel Boutique. "Well it's good to know that I'm in familiar surroundings." she said to herself, as she trotted towards the kitchen. Being sent through a strange portal makes a pony hungry. She stepped into the kitchen. Rarity then gasped. Standing in the kitchen was a unicorn that looked exactly like her. Although he seemed to be a stallion. "Um, excuse me," she said with grace, "But what are you doing in my home"? The white pony looked at her. "Well it's good to see you're up," he said, "But I'm afraid this is my home". The two unicorns looked at each other, not knowing what to say. Then Rarity spoke up. "Well, my name is Rarity. Who might you be, good sir"? "My name is Elusive." replied the stallion, "I must say, I love your mane. It's simply marvelous"! "Oh why thank you," Rarity said as she bounced her mane in her hoofs, "You know it takes forever to style it"! "Don't I know it"! Elusive smiled. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rainbow Dash rubbed her head. She felt like The Wonderbolts had just slammed into her. Slowly she lifted her head. "What the hay?" she said, "I'm back in my house! But then what was with the-ah, never mind. At least I'm back home". Rainbow started to fly towards her room when she heard an angry voice. "Who the buck are you?!" it yelled. Rainbow turned her head and saw, her! Except she was a colt, and his mane and tail seemed more radical. He also appeared to have lightning bolt shaped eyebrows. "Who am I?" she quipped, "Who the buck are you?! And why are you in my house"?! "Your house?!" he snorted, "I'm Rainbow Blitz, and this is MY house"! The two locked eyes with each other. They were trying to study each others minds. Finally Rainbow Dash said "Well I'm Rainbow Dash, the best flyer in all of Equestria"! RB just laughed. "Sorry girly, but that title's mine"! "Oh yeah, well than how 'bout a race? First one to town square wins"! "You're on!" and they took off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pinkie Pie opened her eyes. The split second her eyes opened, she heard the familiar sound of her party canon being fired. But Pinkie wasn't ready. She yelped and shot up to the ceiling. "Don't be scared," giggled a pink pony on the floor, "It's just my party canon"! Pinkie touched the ground. "Wait, YOU have a party canon too?" she gasped. "Of course"! "So do I! My name's Pinkie Pie, what's yours"? The colt across from her stretched out his hoof. "My name's Bubble Berry! I love meeting new ponies"! Pinkie gasped again. "So do I"! The two ponies cheered and talked about everything. Bubble Berry even prepared a party for when Pinkie woke up. Not wanting to waste a second, they instantly started the party. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fluttershy opened her eyes to find herself in her own cottage. "What? How did I get back here? And what happened to the girls? Oh I hope they're alright". Fluttershy then heard a soft whisper. "H-hello?" it called. "Is somepony there?" she asked, nervously. She then saw a colt that she thought looked roughly like her, emerge from behind the couch. "Hello, umm my n-name is B-Butterscotch." he replied, "W-who are you"? "Oh, umm, my name's Fluttershy. May I ask why you're in my house?" she said, hiding her face in her mane. "I'm sorry but this is my house. You appeared in a flash of light and I, well, hid". Butterscotch gave Fluttershy a sheepish look. The two continued to look at each other, awkwardly. Fluttershy then felt the familiar kick of her pet bunny, Angel. She looked down, expecting to see his fuzzy face. There was a rabbit, but not Angel. "Guardian, no! You should know better!" scolded Butterscotch as he flew towards the bunny. "Hey, I have a bunny just like her." smiled Fluttershy, "His name's Angel, I just LOVE little animals". Butterscotch looked up at her. "Really?! Me too"! The two started chatting while Butterscotch got some tea. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ow, mah head. What happened"? Applejack lifted her head to find herself at Sweet Apple Acres. She looked around. Everything seemed just as it always did. "Huh, Ah wonder of Ah got here. Last Ah remember Ah was flyin' through that portal with mah friends". She started to trot towards the barn, when she heard a voice call her. "Excuse me ma'am," said a deep voice, "but who are, if ya don't mind me askin'". Applejack turned and saw a stallion that looked exactly like her. He had the build of her brother Big Macintosh, and even wore his yoke around his neck. "Name's Applejack! Who might you be?" The Earth Pony bucked a tree as hard as he could. "That's funny," he replied, "Mah name's also Apple Jack"! Applejack realized that this wasn't her farm. "Oh horse apples. I gotta get to Twilight, maybe she'll know what's going on".