//------------------------------// // 11:Demon That Lived Inside a Mirror // Story: Mirrorgate MG1 // by RDDash //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle has been sitting on the stairs of Canterlot High School. Surprisingly for her, there was another person who had been sitting next to her, that person was Sunset Shimmer. "What? Are you that surprised to see me, Sparkle!" "No, not really, but I heard that you got kicked out from Vice Principal Luna's office! So then I just thought that you finally decided to go back to Equestria?" "I really don't think that this is how it works Sparkle! Also no way, I am staying here! You can go back to Princess Celestia alone and just, I don't know, keep on dancing, with her playing the violin. You know, you shouldn't have come here in the first place." "What is your problem with Princess Celestia anyway? Why did you run?" All this time Sunset had been looking straight into the ground, she continued to do so even when she continued to speak. "I think I was just tired from everything, but most importantly, I think I was just scared. I was scared of what I saw in a mirror!" Twilight was a bit surprised at hearing this, so far as she understood it there has been only one mirror, the one they found in Crystal Empire. "A mirror? I am afraid I don't understand!" Sunset Shimmer glanced at Twilight, "I thought Princess Celestia collects smart ponies as her students." Twilight glanced back, "I think it's a bit more complicated than you think. I came through as you are aware, through the mirror, yes. However, can you tell me where was that mirror was?" "Of course, it was in a city in the middle of frozen wasteland...." Then something clicked in Sunset Shimmer's mind. "Oh!" Twilight nodded in agreement, "In a manner of speaking! It was a very confusing city that disappeared about thousand years ago. As you can see Equestria likes predictable time measurements. Thousand years of banishment to the Moon. The city returns after thousand years. Probably some ancient evil is going to return thousand years later as well." Sunset Shimmer stopped Twilight by simply raising her hand, "Alright! Alright! I get the idea, you can stop talking now! I will explain, but I am afraid it will take some time. Would you willing to listen?" Twilight nodded her head, "Sure, this is why I am here, I came to this world to understand!" "Well, okay then, this is my story. You see, when I was still a student of Princess Celestia I was a bit, should I say, not a Princess material. I think I still am! I was somepony with a lot of promise, and I guess Princess Celestia would have preferred to keep such individuals like me up close and personal. "So, one day Princess Celestia came to my room, and then called me to come with her. I think we went into some other room with the mirror inside of it. She told me to come and take a look. So, I did as I was told... I wish I didn't." "Why?" "I saw something inside of it, something really sinister. I...I think I saw myself as an Alicorn Princess, only it wasn't me, it was some kind of evil imposter. It might be really funny for you to hear that, considering the fact that I was extremely cruel and selfish as a pony. I was even obsessed. But I feel like it would be a lot crueler for Princess Celestia to show me this stupid mirror and then after sparking my curiosity about it toss it away, and then ordering me to forget it. You do understand, right? You have the same scientific curiosity inside of your eyes!" "I think I do. Okay, carry on, what happened next?" "What do you mean? Princess Celestia never told you about it?" "I am afraid she didn't. You are kind of disappeared, and then nopony knew where you are..." "....And Princess Celestia just decided to bury it, very typical of her!" Sunset Shimmer finished whatever it is Twilight wanted to say. "Well, actually, she is retired! Right now Princess Luna is running a whole show. You do know who she is, don't you?" "Yes! yes, I do!"Sunset quietly muttered, "What a weird question to ask." Then she continued normally, "You do realize that there is a Vice Principal Luna here?" "I am aware, sorry it was a brain fart!" Sunset rolled her eyes, "Right! Well, so long story short we, Princess Celestia and I, started arguing about really strange things. The more questions I tried to ask Princess Celestia about the mirror, the more she became annoyed about it. So we just continued to yell at each other! Guess what I did find out about the mirror? "What?" Twilight was very interested to hear what Sunset has to say. "Well, the mirror is a door to another universe or something like that, it opens it's metaphorical doorways at least every thirty days, and this is it. That's all I managed to figure out before I was forced to escape to here." "Interesting! According to what you just said to me, there are multiple mirrors in Equestria. We were originally trying to figure out what the hay did happen to the citizens of the lost city, but since you so generously pulled us all the way to here." "Sparkle?" "What is it Sunset?" "I just want to sit in silence for now!" "Oh, okay!" "Oh and Sparkle? Please take your crown back, it was not what I was hoping for." Sunset tossed a crown to Twilight. "I was hoping to destroy this portal, however, I don't think I can use this uranium tracer as a bomb." "Thank you for your cooperation, The Equestrian Kingdoms is grateful for returning the government property." Twilight decided to throw the final hook, just to test her own theory. "Equestrian Kingdoms? That's very lame Sparkle!" "Is something wrong Sunny?" Twilight threw her most innocent smile. "It's nothing Sparkle! It's just really lame!" Then she started to laugh, "My Equestria it's just called Equestria, I guess if your Sunset Shimmer went through the mirror, then she is just gone. I think she probably somewhere out there. I think the mirror supposed to take us wherever our heart desires it." "Wait, wait, wait! did you just said that you wanted to bomb the portal?" "Or smash it with a sledgehammer, whichever crazy idea would come to my distressed mind first." "Aha," Twilight tried to sound really disinterested, "this is not how portals work!" Sparkle? "Yeah, Sunny?" "I don't remember us becoming friends, so uh its kind of creepy talking with you so casually!" Sunset and Twilight remained silent for the rest of the lunch break. They continued to do so even after the bell rang and they both stood up and then went each in their own way. "Twilight, you there?" Buzzed a familiar voice in Twilight's ear. "What is it Rainbow? I don't really have time right now. I had to make sure that I am not going to end up late." "I get it, you are very excited to go to alien school, but listen, I have a quick question." "Yeah, what is it?" Twilight turned left and went right into girls restroom. She was hoping that she would have at least five more minutes, before class. "Who the hell is Eris?" "She is the goddess of chaos, I think we briefly went over it while in the mythology class. Why do you ask?" "Well, I was been thinking lately, and I think my old equipment got corrupted. But if you are saying that she is purely fictional, then..." Twilight rolled her eyes, "Congratulations, Rainbow you finally became senile!" "Laugh it up, Twilight! Can we just please move along." "Okay, I'll go somewhere I guess. Listen I heard what Sunset said about the portal." Twilight eyes widened, "You mean you want to help her to destroy it." "Sure, in theory, we can actually do it." "Rainbow, we are not going to bomb it, just forget it." "Not that egghead!" Rainbow' carried a slight hint of annoyance in her voice. "I am talking about complete desynchronization of the portal,q to the point that it stops working. The bad news is that we would be forced to stay here because we are not going to go back home." "Uh, that's a bummer, I am going to miss my niece job of a Princess, I do kind of like it." Twilight thought about that for a second, "Damn it Rainbow, we can't stay here!" Rainbow wasn't fazed, "Well, the alternative is that we cannot come back to here, and the doorway is going to be sealed." Twilight nodded "It would be kind of sad, but I think I like the second plan better. I am willing to sacrifice years of potential study, for the benefit that this world will receive if we aren't going to be involved in it. Sunset is right, this world doesn't have magic, and I just hope that..." "What?" "Twilight Sparkle swallowed, " I am just hoping it's not too late, I would hate to see what else is leaked from our world into theirs "Alright, let us meet tomorrow and then we think of something. Make sure that Sunset Shimmer knows the meeting location too, we would need her help too if we are going to do this." "Sounds good!" Twilight once again flipped receiver on standby, tomorrow is going to be a promising day.