//------------------------------// // Studying the... Equimia?? // Story: Mirage Shimmer // by RedPegasus //------------------------------// The rain fell that morning, the people tried to move quickly to reach their destinations without getting soaked. In her apartment, Sunset prepared for another day at school, while Sun watched her sitting on the bed. "Don't you want me to take your place today?" Sunset takes an umbrella to leave. "No, I'll have Twilight and the others get to know each other." "The more people are working the less heavy the burden, right?" "Not exactly, I just think that would make Twilight more open and good, maybe trust more in others than in me." "Are you still trying to avoid being obsessed with your magic?" "Yes, but I will need her to trust me and the others." "I understand, maybe tomorrow I will also join you to meet the normal version of your pony princess." "you will not come?" "Nah, the water that falls from above and I do not get along, I'll stay here and clean your domain a little." "I hope that by cleaning you do not mean to leave dust and wrappings of sweets everywhere." "Hey, who do you take me for? I clean myself up." "Well, we'll see you later then." "Don't get too wet." The ex-equine leaves the apartment, her counterpart watches the door for a moment and after seeing that she does not return she gets up and takes the computer, after turning it on she starts to explore the files until she finds what she is looking for. "I sorry little sis, but I must do a thorough cleaning." ***Mirage*** Already at school the group meets and Sunset explained to them the situation. "And so, I wanted to get Twilight to... get to know the school and well... maybe to have lunch with us. If that is right with all you." "We'll finally meet Twily no pony?!" Exclaims the party girl. "I must prepare a welcome party for her!" "Calm down Pinkie, I think that might scare her, let's reserve the party for another day if?" Suggests the former equine. "Oki doki! I'll write it down in my calendar of party" she pulls out a calendar and checks it. "Umm, there is a free space at 15th, although I could move the nachos party to next Saturday and better accommodate it there." While the party girl continues her party planning the farmer asks her equine friend. "What do you have in mind with that girl sugarcube?" "I just want to meet new people, it seems that I do not socialize much." "Sure it's a good idea?" Asks the group's athlete. "I mean, if we must prevent him from seeing our magic, we can not practice. " "Well, I actually showed her some magic, but she needs Trust others, make friends. " With a shared smile the plan is agreed. Shortly after they come closer to the reason for their talk, the others bid farewell to their equestrian friend leaving this to receive the girl with glasses. "Hi Twilight, good morning, a saying you know." "Good morning to you too Sunset, I saw you talking to someone, it was the girls of your band?" "Ah yes, I warned them that we will meet at lunch." "I see, I hoped we could continue the investigation, it does not matter, I'll check the surroundings for fluctuations and energy reserves." "Actually, today you will accompany me to class." "what?" "Maybe you'll learn something about magic if you live one day at this school." "... but I'm not a student." At that moment the bell rings at the beginning of classes and the former equine takes her partner by the wrist. "Let's go or we'll be late" Without giving him time to refute the taking of the doll and takes it to school. "H-hey wait ...!" ***Mirage*** To Twilight's surprise, no one at school seemed surprised to see her. They almost seemed to know her. Even the teachers do not seem to mind having it in their classes. "How come no one is surprised to see me?" Asks the scientist as she walks along the corridor next to the former equine. "You said Twilight, weird things happen in this school" The girl looks around. Unsure of the calm attitude of all. Somehow, seeing them all so... happy... forms a knot in her chest. ***Mirage*** The morning ends, and midday arrives, again without giving a chance to reply, Sunset takes Twilight to the table that she shares with her friends. "Well, I'll introduce you. Twilight, they're my friends, Rarity." "It's a pleasure to meet you darling." "Applejack." "Haunted." "Rainbow Dash." "waths up?" "Fluttershy." "Um, I ... Hello ..." "And last but not least-" "Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie a pleasure to meet you even though I already knew you well ah ah but to your other me who is a pony princess of a magical world-" Sunset hurries to cover her mouth. "yes yes Pinkie, had a lot of sugar for you, girls, she's Twilight Sparkle." "... um ... hello ... a pleasure." "And tell us dear, what brought you to Canterlot?" Asks the dressmaker. "Well, actually I came to investigate a very strange source of energy." "Energy?" "Yes, a few months ago I could detect an alteration in the energy fields coming from this place, but I still do not know what it could be." "Oh! Maybe it was when Sunsie became a furious demon and tried to turn everyone in school into zombies to be her personal army." "… … … … excuse me?" "Pinkie darling, we'll have to deal with your lack of tact." "Demon, zombies, army?" "It's a part of my life that I'm trying to leave behind." "... if they brought me here to talk about nonsense I'd better follow my research on my own." "They are not nonsense, really happened, but thanks to the Twilight Princess everything went well." Rainbow emphasizes. "... princess, what?" "Well yes, something I have not told you yet, the world where I come, we all have a double." "You are the princess of friendship!" Exclaims Pinkie, as always cheerful. Twilight watches them all in silence. "... that it's all." That said she gets up and leaves. Sunset gets up to follow her. "Twilight. I know it's hard to believe but-" "I do not have time for nonsense like this, maybe it was a mistake to focus my research on you, better start over." "Twilight, you saw what happens, I play the guitar, you know I can control that magic you're after." Twilight stops his walk "... certainly, I can not deny what I saw." "You see? It's the test." "That proves that you have access to an unknown source of energy, but such a thing as another world and horses and magic, are completely ridiculous." Pinkie appears behind her. "They are not ridiculous." "Gah!" "Twilight Princess came to reclaim her magic crown which is a defensive force in her world that Sunsie stole when she was evil, then came made us stop fighting and won the crown at the fall dance but Sunsie managed to steal it and when we Put became a fierce and evil demon that wanted to kill us all but then our friendship with Twilight gave us magic and we became magic ponys and we used that magic to beat Sunsie and make her stop being evil and now she is our best friend." The girl with galsses stares at her recent narrator until something clicks into her mind. "Wait did you say they all have that "magic"? Does that mean you can all control it?" "Yes, and now when we play we grow ears and some very nice tails." Twilight looks at all of them "I want to see that." "Well, we always practice after class, if you want you can come and look." Invites Applejack. "Practice, of course, the music ... well, perfect, I'll need some things to investigate further, I have to go home." "Hey, you leaving?" "I'll be back when I have everything I need. I'll need a graham condenser and an electron gauge." While she leaves the place, she murmurs to herself a list of things. The six friends see her leave. Applejack is the one who talks first. "... it came out better than I expected." "I'll take your dessert" Rainbow says, taking the dessert left by the scientist. Rarity looks at her equestrian friend. "Sunset, darling, do you agree with all this?" "That ... I think, well, I think it's better to have her around so she can see what she plans to do." Rainbow tries to talk to the dessert in her mouth "anf whaf wiff you dof if thifs gef comficafef? "what?" "Rainbow, please do not talk with your mouth full." Scold Rarity. Rainbow swallows her mouthful. "I said, what will you do if things get complicated?" "Well, I do not know, I'll try to convince her that it's dangerous, that's why I want to gain her confidence, to see that I do this for her sake." Rarity smiles at him and puts a hand on his shoulder. "We're with you, honey." Applejack supports it. "It is enough to teach that geniecite a little magic of friendship." "And who better than us for that.?" Rainbow said before taking another bite of the dessert. "Thanks girls, you are the best." ***Mirage*** The surprise is not made to wait, because when the six arrive to its room of practices after class, they find it occupied, byTwilight and her puppy. Working on a series of curious looking artifacts located in various places in the room. Rainbow is the first to ask. "What the hell happened here?" "Hello, you're here." Greets the scientist. "I have everything ready for the investigation." The girl gives her puppy a series of cables and this one gets inside one of those machines. Rainbow looks around "... I do not remember this being in the contract." "What is all this?" Asks the farmer looking at one of the machines. "Just a couple of things I think I might need, a Beta wave detector a neutron catalyst and an advanced static leveler, among other things." All were confused and a little silence. "Where did you get all this?" "From my house, of course." "How did you bring all this from there, here?" Pinkie asked, gesturing with her hands. "It does not seem physically possible." Her five friends give him an almost accusing look. "what?" "Good enough chat." The puppy leaves the machine and with his eye gives his owner some latex gloves that this proceeds to be placed. "The sooner we start, the sooner I will discover the secret of the Equimia." "The what?" "How it seems to have some relationship with the equines, I decided to call it so to document my research." "Why do not you call it magic?" "I flatly refuse to accept this as something as ridiculous as magic, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for all that you can do." "and which one is it?" "That's what I want to find out." With that said takes Fluttershy of the doll and to great terror of this it takes to the center of the room where it puts a species of helmet to him to a computer. "Ah ... Twi-Twilight ... what are you going to ... do?" "I will check your brainwaves to see if there is any significant change." "Are you sure it's necessary?" "Calm down there is no danger coffseriuscoff, please start." The researcher stands in front of her computer and the animal lover looks to her friends for help, Sunset sends a reassuring smile and a gesture to continue. Still somewhat insecure begins to play her tambourine, and by little the touch is reassuring, immediately her magic makes her wings wing and tail, Twilight is surprised to see it and then begins to write in a notebook, likewise look at the Screen of the computer, her amazement only increases when seeing the circular waves begin to deform until forming a butterfly, the shy girl hits her tambourine and of this they begin to appear several butterflies which begin to fly by the room, the other students look at this With good courage while the researcher remains with mouth and eyes wide open until one of the butterflies lies on her nose. ***Mirage*** With her guitar connected to a machine of the place, the farmer focuses on her music, the scientist reviews the notes that the machine prints but is distracted when the magic begins to produce apples in the place, the scientist looks at the fruits on the ground when a of them falls on her head, she catches it with her hand and looks at it a moment later to take a scalpel and cut a small slice, with some doubt he eats it and smiling takes a bigger piece. ***Mirage*** Rarity watches the sensors glued to her forehead and arms, Twilight gives her a signal to start playing, as she does so and with her active magic, several bright diamonds come off her and fly around the place , The scientist looks astonished and while registering the vital signs of the dressmaker feels one of the diamonds run down her cheek, this causes a very small cut that draws a minimum amount of blood, Twilight checks the cut with her fingers and when she see the Blood she faints. ***Mirage*** With a decibel meter set to the side of her battery, Pinkie Pie begins to play with great enthusiasm, Twilight, now with a Band-Aid on her cheek, watching the sound levels and not noticing the explosion of balloons coming from the instrument until it's very Late, the balloons pass over her leaving her hair with tips. ***Mirage*** Connecting Rainbow's guitar to her computer, Twilight sits on a chair and begins to record the notes and chords played, until the magic of the athlete causes a small and colorful ray in the cable which when arriving at the computer Explodes and pulls the girl with glasses to the ground. ***Mirage*** With a safety helmet on her head Twilight register the changes in Sunset while it touches, the magic of the former equine begins to produce small embers, one of this arrives in the dressing gown of the investigator causing that begins to ignite, alarmed she tries to extinguish The flames but it does not, the entrance door suddenly opens and Pinkie appears next to Spike, both with firemen's helmets and a hose, they open the key and the water springs on the investigator turning off the fire, and leaving it Soaked in the ground. ***Mirage*** "Well, after doing all the tests and comparing the results, I can only come to a conclusion." The Rainbooms look at their visitor, whose clothes are wet, their hair disheveled, and the black face of the smoke shows a tired expression. "That I have no idea how the Equimia works ..." falls to the ground. The Rainbooms looks a little worried to the girl, Sunset approaches and helps her to get up. "Calm down Twilight, the magic is complicated, no one can understand it in a single day." The girl is very surprised when the scientist takes it from the collar of the jacket and looks at it from the front "It's not magic! Stop calling it magic! This is not, magic things! " "… why not?" "Beacause!" It moves away. "There is no such thing as magic!" Magic is only an excuse that was used in ancient times when humanity was not advanced enough to understand certain physical and chemical aspects. "so…" "SO! there must be an explanation for this of the horse's ears and the one who can create matter and control elements." "And what would that be?" "... I don't know! That's what I'm trying to find out!" "I'll tell you the explanation, magic, that simple." decalirs Rainbow. "That is not magic! Magic does not exist!" "Of course, yes, how else Sunsie and Princess Twilight might have come into our world and fight in a magical battle where Sunsie became a furious demon and Twilight used the magic of friendship to stop her and make her good and gave us To us the magic to transform ourselves into ponies when touching what helped us to conquer the sirens when they tried to turn to all the school in zombies?" "… … … … what?!" "long story." Aaaaaaaaargh! I can't stand it!" She reviews her notes "there has to be something to explain all this! Has to!" Rarirty tries to talk to you. "Twilight, calm down, there are some things that science can't explain." "SCIENCE CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING!" The reaction of the girl takes everyone by surprise, Fluttershy is hidden behind a chair by fear. "There is no such thing as magic... they are only lies! Science is the truth... the only truth ..." "Twi ..." Sunset tries to take Twilight from her shoulder but she pulls away abruptly and looks at the ground with her eyes lost, the little can approaches him and lets out faint groans of sadness. "Twilight, what's wrong?" "... I ... just leave me alone ...!" The girl runs off and is followed by her cub who barks with regret, the six friends stand staring at the door trying to understand what happened. Fluttershy comes out of his worried hiding place "... we said ... something bad? ... sorry Sunset ..." Rainbow looks at her equestrian friend. "What happened?" "I ... I do not know ..." She exhales a sigh and whispers to herself. "... I don't think I'm good for this ..." ***Mirage*** The whole event took away the spirit of practicing, so that all returned to their homes. What was seen, and the doubt of what might come, kept them all pensive. Especially sunset. ***Mirage*** The next day, the last day of the school week, some students are talking about their plans for the weekend, as do five of the Rainbooms when they meet in front of the school shortly before school starts. "What do you want to do tomorrow?" Rainbow asks. "Let's go to the cinema?" "Nah, there's nothing good." The farmer responds. "What if we go shopping?" Suggests the dressmaker. "No way! the last time you made me load all your things." The athlete complains. "Do we have a party for bean day?" "Pinkie darling, that day does not exist." "Then an impromptu party!" "No offense Pinks" speaks applejack. "But with all that ah past the past few weeks, I would prefer something quieter, you know, relax." "Ummm, a little party?" "Um, how about ... a picnic?" Suggests the shy girl. "I like that idea." "Oh, one day outdoors sounds wonderful." They all agree with that plan, Pinkie Pie looks to the side and greets Sunset and Sun who come to them. "Hello girls." "Hola a todas" "Hi Sunset, what's the plan today?" "Actually, I don't have any, have you seen Twilight?" A negative answer comes from all of them, and this earns a sigh from the ex-equine. "Come on Sunsie! Let's go for a picnic tomorrow, will you?" "Uh sure, sounds great." "Sun, you're invited too, if you're free." Invites the dressmaker. "Freedom is like my girlfriend, of course I will." "Sunny, do you have a girlfriend?! Why you didn't tell us?! you have to introduce us! I want to meet her!" "Ha ha ha! Pinkie Pie, I like you, very much." The seven share a slight laugh. Pinkie continues to laugh and smile when she asks a question. "What do we laugh at?" After a few more minutes they proceed to enter the school. Sunset looks at her double "will you be all alone?" "Sure, see you at some break or when school is over, good luck." With a thumb up on Sun's side and a farewell gesture on the part of Sunset both separate, already with the six friends out of sight Sun changes his smile by a more serious gesture and looks at the grounds of the school. "the girl no pony will not come? ... Well, I guess now it's my turn." She says to herself and smiles. With that thought the traveler goes to the school statue, looks at this for a moment and then looks at the base, with her hand tapping gently one side and then puts her palm on it. "Is here, where it happens, but, why? What does this particular school have?" She looks at the building and after a walk around the monument, she walks away from it. In the backyard she tilts and gently rubs the ground with his fingers. "... fertile, but... there's something... strange..." A soft song of bird makes it turn, sees the small creature in the branch of a tree intoning its soft song, with a smile begins to whistle a similar tune, with that catches the attention of the bird and this flies towards the girl, Sun begins to softly caress his feathers, the bird sings its soft melody and Sun smiles at him "you are a beautiful bird, if are you?" A cheerful song is the answer of the winged creature. "And you, you know what's special about this place, right?" This time a soft chirp the answer is. "Would you want to help me?" ***Mirage*** At the end of the class, with almost all the students leaving, the Rainbooms get together and go to their practice room, there they see Sun leaning against the door. "Hola chicas." "Sun, were you expecting us?" Ask Sunset with a smile. "Of course, I haven't seen them play at six together for some time." After a greeting done by all enter the room and prepare to try rehearsing, the only problem was... the machines that Twilight had brought the previous day. In silence, they all seem to think what to do with all those things. Pinkie even comes close to touching one. Fortunately they should not think much, for the young scientist is apprehensive at that moment. "Twilight!" They mention all at once, although Pinkie gains an electric shock from part of the machine that causes a laugh and a hairstyle. "Good afternoon everyone." "I thought you wouldn't come." Coment Sunset. "I immersed myself in an investigation, but I came to continue analyzing your Equimia." "well let's practice anyway, hey! How about if you join?" Proposes Rainbow with good spirit. "Excuse me?" "not a bad idea" Agrees Sunset. "maybe you can experience better magi-I mean, the Equimia, if you join the practice." "No, the music isn't my thing." Rainbow insists on the idea "try it, maybe you like it" With that says Rainbow throws a microphone to Twilight, she catches it with a slight exclamation of surprise "I said no" she leave the microphone on the table "you do your thing, and I will do mine." It is then that Twilight notices the presence of Sun, this greets with the hand, the scientist sees to Sunset more behind and change the look between both somewhat confused to soon to note something in its book. "... twins?" "Not exactly." "Twilight, right? A pleasure, I am Sunset Shimmer, the one in this world, you can tell me Sun." "... of this world?" "Of curse! You know, Sunsie is from Equestria, and I'm from here." "All you continue with that, just start the musical thing." Shrugging the six friends begin to play, Sun sits at a desk and Twilight proceeds to sit in a chair to observe them closely. ***Mirage*** With the six playing at the same time its magic becomes more intense, something that does not go unnoticed by the scientist. "The Equimia responds best when al you play together, it's like a simultaneous feedback process, but, how works...?" "That is easy!" Exclaims the party girl appearing behind the scientist and giving him a scare. "It's the magic of friendship!" "... friendship?" "Of course! Friendship is the source of Equestria magic! That's why the friendship we have all gives us magic!" Twilight remains with a face of disbelief "well, I'm going to ignore that, I still have a lot to analyze." "heh heh, what's bitter your life, Miss?" Asks the traveler. "I'm not bitter, just bothers me all you to keep saying those things of parallel magic world, if you don't want to tell me openly about the Equimia is fine, but do not invent such absurd things." "What's so absurd? I don't understand the subject very well, but I think it makes sense." "What part of it all makes sense?!" "they are girls that play music and they gains ears and tails, and can make butterflies, apples and things, if they tell me that they come from a magical world of miniature horses, I believe them." "Please, there's a perfectly logical explanation to all this, and I am determined to find it." Sunset approaches the scientist to talk. "listen, Twilight, I know it's hard to understand, but what we tell you is true, our magic comes from friendship, Princess Twilight from Equestria showed us how important friends are, thanks to her we got our magic." "jum, well, can you prove it?" "Prove it?" "Yes, if your whole affair of magic and friendship is true, I suppose you can prove it, to prove in a concrete way that you and your band are beyond the laws of physics." "well..." Pinkie takes the word with great joy. "Oh! I know!! The picnic!! Let's take her to our picnic on Saturday! It will be fun!" "No thanks, I already have plans for this weekend, there are still many things that I must analyze." "You want to know how our magic works? There you could see it firsthand." The scientist looks at all of them for a moment, and then sighs. "Fine, I'll go, but it better be worth it." The party girl reflects her joy by throwing streamers into the air, a soft laugh is shared among the Rainbooms. Twilight just turns and ignores the students while reviewing their notes in detail. Similarly, Sun remains silent as she think watches the girl with glasses. "someone like her, it can be a problem, fortunately, I know how to deal with her." The smile on her face goes unnoticed by all...