Harmony's Parallel

by Xutiepops


Well, Hello There: Part 1

As Fluttershy walked back to wherever the library was to report back her findings, she didn't get very far. As she turned a corner, she bumped into the almighty queen herself. And this new queen of evil was Twilight Sparkle.
Fluttershy's mood took a turn for the worst as she saw Twilight, her new lackeys behind her. "No one remembered theirs," she deadpanned at an attempt to not show her hatred. Twilight simply smirked at her.
As Twilight walked passed her, she said, "Don't worry, we figured them out." Fluttershy's jaw dropped as Pinkamena chased after the alicorn.
Applejack stayed back and smiled at her. "Well, we gotta round up everypony. So what'cha did didn't do nothin'," Applejack attempted to comfort her.
Fluttershy tried to not take out her anger on a mare who was trying to be nice to her. She sighed, "Well, what's the plan now?"
"Talk to the princesses 'bout it. Twilight wants to figure out the history of this Equestria anyhow," Applejack said with a smile and started trotting after the two.
As soon as Fluttershy looked back to Twilight, she saw Rainbow fly over to the mare with a bunch of papers falling out of her hooves. Fluttershy was infuriated, she just hoped Twilight wouldn't care. "Great!" She heard Twilight say and she bared her teeth.
She wasn't okay with it, but she was more okay with it without Rarity and The Dragon Lord there. Of course, as soon as she mentally declared that, the two showed up coated in jewelry and smiles. Rarity even had a yellow tint to her fur, but none of it was on her dress.
"It was marvelous! It was exactly what I expected it to be!" Rarity cheered loudly with a jump, the gold jewelry clanking with it.
Twilight looked at the Dragon Lord decked out in gold necklaces and bracelets, he even had a crown. He rolled his eyes, "I'm a Lord, I'm used to this kind of luxury." Twilight just smiled sweetly at him.
"Or you're just doing it to impress your lady friend," Twilight trotted off with a smirk. As much as Fluttershy was happy she wasn't the only one Twilight messed with, she hated the reason she picked on the two.
Fluttershy's anger just grew all over again, scaring Applejack closer to Rainbow Dash than her. She didn't even notice, and if she did, she wouldn't smile with a power rush like before. She was just genuinely pissed off.
With all of them grouped together now, they all headed over to the throne room once again. Everyone was surprised at the lack of guards, but without the need to escort princesses or watch over meetings, they didn't really have a job.
So Pinkamena and Applejack assumed they were in a break room playing poker or something. The trip down the halls was quick, all were more than confused as to how Twilight knew the place so well, but they didn't push.
They came across the huge doors once again, feeling a sense of fear and pride, Twilight pushed open the door. It was nothing special, just a hallway of colors due to the windows. She had tried to analyze them, but gave up on it.
The echo of hoofsteps filled her ears with a higher degree of fear. She loved the feeling, just the anxiety spiking was lovely to her. She'd stolen things she needed or wanted before, but when she wanted this feeling, she'd steal things she threw away once she was behind closed doors!
It came with being stealthy, just to be caught and run away. She always thought the combination was better than a whole stealth mission. But walking through those tall corridors with images of justice staring down at her reminded her of her filly days.
It felt like she was in prison, being escorted to a nuthouse. Sadly, as soon as the feeling grew, she pushed open the second set of doors and it was gone. The sight of the two sleepy princesses made her body take on a new feeling.
Complete and ultimate power.
Her eyes turned to the murky purple-red as she saw the two, ridden of their freedom and magic. They were useless now and she did that. It was all her, and she immobilized two beings of power. She was just as giddy as when she was a filly. Who wouldn't be?
She walked towards the two with a smirk, their heads slowly rising with faces of pure disgust and hatred. "Did you miss us?" She asked, stopping before the two.
Her playful question didn't get a response, just eyes of pure hatred. Of course, she felt a bit guilty, well, she felt a lot of guilt. Almost guilty enough to walk out of the room and use her magic to fix their wings. But the power she felt blocked out those rising thoughts.
Rainbow flew in their faces, as was expected. "The threat still stands. If you don't answer a question, we break your horns." She could barley see the fear in their eyes, she only saw the immense hate standing at the front lines.
Celestia spoke slowly and rudely, "Well, what more do you wish to know? We guessed your were smart enough to answer them on your own."
Before Rainbow could even raise her hoof, Twilight's magic contained it and pulled her back down to the ground. "Do the Elements of Harmony still work?" Twilight asked, already guessing the answer.
There was no hesitation, and definitely no silence. Celestia sighed, "Yes."
"How do they work?" Twilight asked, questioning their honesty.
Celestia's eyes stared daggers at her. "The bearers of those elements come together and the elements will vanquish any evil present."
Twilight smirked, knowing the answer to be correct. "What are the elements?"
Luna answered, knowing Celestia would've lied. "Magic, Laughter, Honesty, Kindness, Loyalty, and Generosity," she answered quickly.
Applejack stood in front of Twilight and asked the two a question that she knew they'd tell the truth to. "Was Nightmare Moon a thing?" She asked, her emerald eyes begging they'd tell the truth so they didn't get hurt anymore. She wanted to let them go, she wanted to go home. Just the sight of them made her wish the whole thing was a dream.
Luna could see the regret in her eyes, and actually thought the mare was sorry for them. "Yes," she sighed. As she glanced at her sister, she could see the mare trying to formulate a plan to get Applejack to set them free.
"And the elements turned you back?" Applejack asked. Everypony started at her, even Twilight didn't expect that correlation from the mare. She thought the earth pony was just an idiot.
Luna sighed again, but nodded anyway.
"Same with Discord?"
Luna sighed, ashamed she was not as talented of a liar as her sister. She guessed her sister would make up some story to fear the seven out of completing the plan. Like saying the elements turned him to stone without the six bearers.
"No, the elements turned him to stone. Once we released him, one of the elements got him to fight for the good of Equestria," she answered.
But she was thankful to tell the truth before her sister could lie. At least then she'd ensure her sisters safety for a question or two.
"Which one of us? Twilight, right?" Fluttershy asked rudely. "Only magic could do that sorta thing."
"Oh shut it, you know good and well which one of us did it," Twilight groaned. Fluttershy ignored her, just staring at the two intently.
Luna and Celestia looked to each other and sighed. "Yes," Luna spoke.
"Ha!" Fluttershy stuck her tongue out at Twilight. "Told ya! There's no way showing kindness to something can take away its evil!"
Twilight just groaned. "Fine, but you're more than disappointed."
"Why would I be? I was right and you were wrong!" Fluttershy gloated. "Guess you gotta take care of the thing!"
As the two argued, Rainbow flew in front of the princesses, ready to ask for something about the most recent informational papers on the castle and the city. But before the words could leave her mouth, her head whipped to the doors as they were slammed open.
The rest of them were scared at the sight, but Twilight couldn't help but smile. "Well, well, well," she said, taking a few steps in front of them. "We finally get to see you! And I thought Daybreaker was a liar!"
Her playful attitude wasn't enough to take the attention from the eight.
It was like they were staring into a mirror. A purple alicorn, white unicorn, yellow and blue pegasi, and pink and orange earth ponies. They all stared at each other with horror and more confusion than imaginable. But the harmonized ponies eyes were glued onto the princesses conditions. Before Flash could think, he dashed towards the two, his loyal subconscious taking over. Of course, he was shot with a beam of magenta magic, slamming him to the wall.
Kindness's wings stood over her mouth as her eyes watered. Laughter's eyes watered along with Generosity's. Loyalty immediately barked at the captors. "What did you do to them?!" Her anger took over as she yelled, she didn't even notice the tears falling down her face. "You're gonna pay! Big time!"
Of course, Twilight twitched at the sight of such faithfulness. Just seeing their princesses in pain struck their hearts personally. She felt awful for them, she agreed to herself that she was mean, but she was nowhere near evil.
But instead of listening to her heart, she listened to her mind. And her mind told her they were too far in this to give up now, so she kept up the act. "I'm sure we are," she said sarcastically as she saw Loyalty's tail be pulled by Honesty.
Of course, no one expected Rarity to burst out in laughter. Twilight rolled her eyes, "What's so funny?"
Rarity couldn't speak, she fell on her back as she attempted to point at whatever she was laughing at. She failed and just kept laughing. But even that couldn't keep their enemy from staring worriedly at the princesses. Once the enemy finally focused on her she was able to speak.
She stood up and wiped her eyes on her hoof. "Ready to tell us yet, princess?" Applejack asked rudely. She nodded and kept chuckling.
She finally pointed at a mess of purple and green scales hiding behind Magic's hind leg. "T-t-that's S-Spike!" She said and fell back into howls of laughter. Once everypony finally realized it, they covered their mouths with hooves and wings. The Dragon Lord just stared at his younger self.
Soon enough, everypony but Twilight was laughing at the baby dragon. Rainbow looked towards the Dragon Lord, "Did you actually look like that?"
The dragon just looked confused, "Uh yeah..."
Rarity stood up beside him, still giggling to herself. "Well, you look much better now," she nuzzled him.
As they all laughed at the baby dragon, everypony from the harmonized Equestria stared in horror at the tall, teenage dragon. Spike stared up at his older self and smiled momentarily. "Cool.." he mumbled to himself.
"He's huge," Honesty muttered, cowered into herself. Her eyes couldn't move away from the sharp teeth complimented by the gold he was wearing. The scales that followed his spine were much sharper and much more rigid. His wings had sharp ends, like bats with the webbing in-between was extremely torn and looked barley functional.
The scales on his body were darker colors due to the amount of soot and ash that covered them. His whole being was covered in scratches, the gold and gems being the cleanest thing on him.
None of them could stand the idea of their dear friend turning into that thing. Generosity swallowed nervously. She looked towards Spike, "Please don't ever become that nasty, viscious thing!"
Magic's eyes locked on him. The dragon she'd raised from birth was going to become a monster, and that thing was only a teenager. Suddenly, she remember how they deducted that they were all changelings. She sighed in relief. She looked up at the dangerous thing, "He's a changeling, remember?"
Everypony from the harmonized Equestria sighed in relief with a smile. But Magic was more than concerned by the confused looks on the enemies faces.
Twilight took another step towards Magic, but Rainbow Dash looked to her allies. "What's a changeling?" The pegasus asked, unnerving everyone on the opposing side.
As Pinkamena thought about it, Applejack tapped her hoof on the ground. "Chrysalis's old army! They can take the form of anythin'!" She stated happily. But before Rainbow could ask how she knew it, the group was questioned.
"Are you stupid? Why keep up the act? We figured you out!" Loyalty accused the seven. She flew closer to them, but not close enough to be a threat to Twilight.
The purple alicorn looked annoyed. "This is what we're against?" She asked, disappointment filled her voice. She rolled her eyes, "How comical." Of course, her statement got her a face full of cyan anger.
"And what's that mean!? 'Cause we're a lot stronger than we seem!" Loyalty shouted at her. "And there's no way you can beat us, we've dealt with changelings before!" And, of course, Loyalty got a face full of magenta magic as she was slammed to the other side of the room.
"Ever heard of personal space?" Twilight asked the mare, but her attention quickly drifted up to Magic. As she stared at herself, she could see everypony else position themselves, ready for battle. But she could finally see and take in her other self, her opposite. "Magic," she muttered, taking in the mare.
The alicorn mirrored her. The lavender coat with the same streaked mane, and the wings were the exact same, down to the feather. There was just one difference, this mare in front of her was terrified. The mare was a mix of faltering confidence, determination, fear, and worry.
Twilight almost felt obligated to help her out of the situation, pick herself back up from the mix of everything. But when she went to comfort herself, Pinkamena jumped in front of her.
As a result of this action, Laughter jumped out in front of Magic, crouched in a pouncing position as she stared at herself. The two tilted their heads, raised their hooves, and moved their ears just to see if the other would copy them. They did the same things in the same order, but they couldn't be more off-sync.
The silly action made Twilight shake her head. She told herself the her in front of her wasn't really her. But even the way the her looked scared was so similar to Twilight's. She hated it. She couldn't imagine how it was for the rest of them. Especially the Dragon Lord, having to see his younger self again. She mentally gagged at the idea.
Pinkamena's bubbly action took a turn for sadness as her ear tilted down along with a slouch. She smiled and looked at herself, "You don't happen to know a Cheese Sandwich, d-do you?" She sounded so scared, even her blue eyes looked like they sparkled with invisible tears.
She didn't even care about how intently Twilight was staring at her, she stopped caring. She just looked at herself as if she was staring into a mirror. She begged that this new her had no idea who he was. She had no idea what she'd do if she did.
Laughter smiled back at her and nodded, "Yep! The party pony made for parties! He's great at throwing parties!"
As she stared at herself, she noticed who she resembled. The mare looked like her younger self never saw a rainboom, like she grew up without ever liking parties. She smiled once she saw the mare crouch down on her stomach, her eyes blanker than white. "Why?" She tilted her head.
Pinkamena didn't reply, she simply stared at herself. She was furious, that happy mare would've made Cheese happier than anything. And Laughter didn't deserve him. He didn't deserve anyone but her, not even if she was in a different world.
While the two pink mares stared at each other, the others took in their counterparts. Rainbow saw Loyalty on the floor, as if the mare was beneath her. She was disgusted, the cyan pegasus was so much like her. And she hated seeing herself in that position, but she could smile at the idea that she was a better her.
Applejack and Honesty matched each others stares, well at least the eye contact. Honesty was furious, ready to pounce the second Magic gave word, while Applejack was curious. Honesty looked so independent, Applejack could never imagine herself like that. She was so confused, was this her raised by Flim and Flam?
Generosity couldn't appreciate the state her other self was in, coated in jewelry. She didn't even realize she had made that dress that Sally Saddles reported was missing. She was just concerned with how close her other self was standing next to the Dragon Lord. It was like the mare was gravitated to the horror.
Sure, she loved her Spikey Wikey, but she couldn't imagine being close to him like those two obviously were. And Rarity just didn't care, she wanted the whole fight to be over with so she could get back to taking over Equestria.
Fluttershy was disgusted with her terrified self. The mare was just pitiful. Never in her life had she been so... pathetic. She wanted to end the girls misery, and she couldn't wait to do it. She saw it as a way to cut out her own bad habits. The mare was herself. And Kindness was too terrified to notice herself and get an impression.
Magic decided to not get to know her changeling self. Her eyebrows furrowed. "You'll regret messing with the Elements of Harmony, no matter how much stronger you are, we'll still defeat you!" She ignored the happy smiles from her mentors and locked eyes with herself.
Twilight looked more than bored. "Sweetie, Chrysalis' army vanquished a millennial ago!" She smiled wickedly at herself, ignoring every itch she got to stop herself from staring at her like that.
The look was either infuriated like she hated her, or it was scared like when she was a filly. She couldn't help but see herself in the alicorn, and she hated it.
Magic didn't look bugged or unnerved at all. "I don't care what you are!" Magic yelled at them, turning everyone's attention to her. "I don't care what you're here for!" She took a step towards Twilight, infuriation and hatred fueling her steps.
"I don't care what you plan to do," she shouted, getting closer and closer to Twilight. Once she was muzzle to muzzle with herself, she spoke. "You won't take Equestria, and you most definitely won't get away with what you did to our princesses," she spat.
Twilight would've shot her away like she did Loyalty, but her magic wouldn't charge up. Her mind wanted to blow the alicorn to smithereens. But her heart just couldn't do it. She tried to keep the fear out of her eyes, but she couldn't.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Pinkamena's scheme unravel. The mare quickly threw her mane into tangles and knots until it poofed up just like her other self. She stuck her tongue out at herself and fell to the floor. "Ooow! Twilight!" The mare cried in a bubbly voice.
Magic's attention shot to the mare, only for her eyes to hit light blue as an orb of the color was shot at her. "Ah!" Magic screamed as she hit the wall. Rarity looked over at the harmonized versions of themselves with a smirk, meeting their angry stares.
Pinkamena bounced up, her hair falling back to it's straight glory. "Hey! I was gonna confuse her!"
Rarity rolled her eyes, "Sweetie... She has a whole group of friends who saw your plan!" Once she was done yelling at the mare, she smiled happily. "Besides, I doubt Twilight needs your weak attempt when she could just have my magic!"
The seven harmonized Equestrians ran over to Magic, worry filling them. Loyalty picked herself up when she heard Magic's scream. "Twilight!" Honesty yelled. Once she got at her friends side and saw that she was okay, she turned to the other seven. Her eyes narrowed with hate as she turned away from her friend. "I think we've done enough talkin'." Her friends got at her side. "Don't y'all agree?"
All her friends nodded, Loyalty ignoring the idea that no one cared for her. She wasn't going to let someone get away with hurting one of her friends, especially Magic. She pushed her hooves together angrily.
Twilight and her colleagues couldn't help but feel a power rush at the sight. Of course, Applejack and Pinkamena were scared, but they still felt on top of the world by the threat.
Twilight smiled with a smirk as the magenta around her horn seemingly electrified. She smiled wickedly with more malice than all of the rulers. "Let the best side win!" She chanted with a wicked power.