After arriving on the beach, Princess Twilight, Timber and Gloriosa exited their car, and made their way back to the sand.
“I’ll get back to you two later. I should get to my other friends.” Twilight said.
“Okay,” Gloriosa said, as she went her own way to reunite with her friends.
“See you later,” Timber waved, as he trotted back to his post at the lifeguard tower.
After the others left, Twilight returned to the beach, thinking to herself that she should spend some time with the girls named Juniper and Wallflower. She hadn’t yet done anything with them, and thought she would like to see what they were like.
When she arrived on the beach, she found the others in a heated argument with one another. It seemed that Juniper and Wallflower were on one side, and the Shadowbolts on the other.
“You’re exaggerating. Twilight had fun out there!” Sour Sweet yelled.
“That’s not the point! The point is she could of drowned!” Juniper shouted back.
“What’s your problem, lady?! We showed her what to do! She understood all the safety measures!” Indigo retorted.
Twilight was shocked by the sight. However much she enjoyed her time on the water, she never thought it would escalate to something like this.
“Wait. I think I have an idea. She’s an expert on friendship, right? Maybe if you do something with her that’s a little less dangerous, and a little more...nice?” Wallflower meekly suggested.
“Listen here, flower girl!” Sugarcoat said, “Our school isn’t all about friendship. We may have done that in the Friendship Games, and for the music video, but that’s a different story!”
“And if you think that you’re going to spend the time with a Princess who’s only going to stay here for the whole day on the beach, then you need to think of something to show her how much of a friend you are,” Sunny added.
Wallflower would have responded, had she not noticed that Twilight was standing behind of the Shadowbolts. “Ummmm? You might need to turn around,” she said, after stalling.
“For what!?” Sour Sweet said.
It was at that moment that the Shadowbolts turned around and saw Princess Twilight. They were taken completely by surprise, and left speechless.
“What’s going on?” Twilight asked.
Sour Sweet was overcome with guilt and fear. They had only just started making a new friend, and were suddenly in danger of losing her.
“So...you heard that?” Lemon said.
“Yes,” Twilight simply answered.
Though she didn’t know much about friendship, Sour Sweet decided to be honest. Unknowing of how Twilight would react, she knew it was a gamble, but it would be a gamble worth taking. “Twilight. I know this sounds really bad, but we were only trying to make sure you had a good time.”
“Look, I’m not upset with any of you. I had a good time surfing was. What I can’t believe is that all of you are being like this over me. Sunset said you were all reasonable,” Twilight said.
“We are!” the Shadowbolts all responded at once.
“Easy for you to say,” Juniper rolled her eyes.
“Here’s the truth,” Lemon Zest began explaining, “We’re not really complete friends with the Rainbooms. We kind of...well...We’re not enemies, but we keep each other at arm’s length.”
Twilight looked seriously at the Shadowbolts. She had known them for only a short time, but would never have guessed that they were on unfriendly terms with Sunsets friends. On the other hand, she thought she could understand the situation. She learned that the two different schools were always against each other from Sunset. Then, an idea occurred to her. She didn’t know much about Crystal Prep, but had a good idea of who was in charge there.
“Shadowbolts, I want to go to your school,” Twilight said.
“What!?” The Shadowbolts all said at once again.
“But, I thought you were going to hang out with us?” Juniper said.
“Juniper, Wallflower: I’m really sorry. But, this is really important. I promise that I’ll put my full attention on you two later,” Twilight told the other girls.
“But Twilight,” Juniper protested. She was about to walk up to Twilight, but was stopped by Wallflower.
“She told us that she has the whole day to stay. Just relax.” Wallflower said, trying to calm her down.
As much as Juniper wanted to talk to Princess Twilight, she knew Wallflower was right. Juniper silently agreed, as she and Wallflower went back into the water.
“You really want to go to Crystal Prep?” Sunny asked.
“Yes, because I wanted to know if all of your other friends are guilty for what happen in the Friendship Games. I know that you were nice enough to me, but your school sounds so dysfunctional,” Twilight said.
“Our school isn’t messed up,” Sour said. “And I swear, when we get there, nothing bad is going to happen.” She raised her hand out for a handshake.
Twilight shook her hand willingly.
Seeing the gesture, the others were relieved they had a second chance to make a good impression.
“You can hang in my car,” Lemon Zest suggested.
“Okay.” Twilight responded, entering the car, and riding off to Crystal Prep.
The Shadowbolts and Twilight drove into the parking lot of Crystal Prep. Today, students and teachers came to the school so they can get ready for the next year. Crystal Prep was always ahead when it comes to the next school year.
Once Lemon Zest took her keys out of the ignition, Twilight departed the car after Lemon had the music on her speakers too loud.
“Finally!” Twilight moaned. “I’m sorry, Lemon, but do you really need the music that loud?”
“Aww come on, I love music.” Lemon cheered, as she got out of her car.
“I like music too. But, I don’t like loud music.”
“Sorry. Our friend is extreme with music,” Sour Sweet explained from behind.
“So, here we are: Crystal Prep,” Indigo introduced Twilight to the school.
Twilight could see that it was what the Crystal Empire was to Canterlot. It was not as grand as Camp Everfree, but it looked better than Canterlot High to her.
“This school looks promising,” Twilight commented.
“You really think so? On the way to Canterlot we use coach busses, instead of those cheap yellow things,” Sunny said.
“What’s so special about that?”
“We get to watch movies in there,” Sugarcoat said.
“I see,” Twilight answered.
“Hey I would love to have so many conversations but you really need to get back to the beach as quickly as possible,” Sunny said, as she hustled Twilight inside the front gate.
Once they were inside the front door Twilight was met with an unusual sight. The hallways were empty, and all the students nowhere to be seen.
“Where is everyone?” Twilight said.
“They’re all in the cafeteria, signing up for their classes for next year,” Sour Sweet explained. “But, before we go there, we should give you a very long tour in the school.” She wrapped her arm around Twilight as she and her friends started the grand tour.
The tour took around twenty five minutes. They went to the gym, all the major classrooms, the chorus room and even some of the offices. Lucky for them all the teachers went to the auditorium to convene for next year’s plans.
Twilight found the school quite in line with the familiar kingdom. With every wall and ceiling she saw, it reminded her the times she went to the Crystal Empire with the houses made out of crystal. Soon they made it to the dome area.
“Girls, I have to say: this school looks better than I thought,” Twilight commented.
“You really think so?” Lemon Zest said.
“Yeah. And here’s secret,” Twilight said.
Twilight motioned for all the other girls to come closer to her. Once they were all huddled up, she let loose the secret.
“Where I live, this place is actually the Crystal Empire,” Twilight said.
All the girls were confused.
“The Crystal Empire?” Indigo tilted her head.
“It’s a place where my brother and Princess Cadence are the rulers of the land,” Twilight explained.
There was the shocked reaction Twilight was looking for. Everybody liked Dean Cadence far more than the last dean. But, they never held her up to the pedestal of royalty.
“Your telling me that Dean Cadance, the vice principal in this school is actually a princess and ruler in your world!?” Sour squealed in excitement, leaning closer to Twilight.
“Yes! And my brother is her husband! The prince of the land!” Twilight said.
It was such exciting news for them all. In another world, their beloved faculty was royalty.
[“What’s it like there? In the Crystal Empire,” Sunny asked.
“Okay, so the Crystal Empire is a great place to live in,” Twilight said. “Princess Cadance and Shining Armor have a baby, my niece, named Flurry Heart. She’s really cute.”
“Maybe, if it’s possible, we can go to your world and go to the Crystal Empire...Unless there’s a pony Cinch there,” Lemon said.
“Who’s Cinch?” Twilight wondered.
“She’s the principal of this school. And she was the one who caused all the problems in the Friendship Games,” Sugarcoat said.
“And was that the reason why your Twilight got corrupted by magic?”
“Yes. But we kind of blamed her for her interests in the magic at Canterlot High. Long story, but we should get back to Cinch,” Sour explained. “She convinced us to use magic against the Wondercolts, but that didn’t turn out too well. Our point is she’s really aggressive when it comes to the games.”
“Wow, I really feel sorry for you girls,” Twilight replied with her face fallen. “Just to get this out of the way: there is no pony Cinch in the Crystal Empire. So, maybe in the future I’ll take all of you there.”
“Thanks,” Sour Sweet responded. “How about we go to the cafeteria to meet more friends. Then we’ll go back to the beach.”
“Okay let’s go then,” Twilight agreed. In her mind, she was tallying up who she had met.
…. I got nine friends today and I think I’m going to make twenty. Must be a record.”
When they all get into the cafeteria, it was far quieter than the one at Canterlot High. There were only a few people talking to each other while the others were signing up for next year’s classes.
“This cafeteria is peaceful,” Twilight commented, impressed.
“We always have peaceful rooms in this school,” Sour said.
They sat by the table close to the door.
“I would give you something to eat, but this is only for assignments today,” Indigo said, patting her hand on Twilight’s back.
“It’s fine. I mean, maybe if all of you are hungry we can get pizza,” Twilight offered.
“Yeah, pizza is the best thing to have for a friend. Fist pump!” Indigo put her fist out for Twilight, but Twilight didn’t put her fist out. “Oh, you don’t know? I’ll teach you.”
“Indigo, you can fist pump her later,” Sour Sweet argued. “I’m going to get some other friends of mine so they can get to know you.”
Sour left the table and went to talk to Suri Polomare, Trenderhoof and Neon Lights to sit at their table. They found it hard to believe that the Twilight they saw was different than the one they knew. With no glasses and no ponytail, they simply thought that Canterlot High really changed her. They took their seat at the Shadowbolts table as they give the Princess a closer look at her which made Twilight feel uncomfortable.
“Since when did you stop wearing glasses?” Trenderhoof asked.
“And what happen to your ponytail? You usually wear one every day,” Neon Lights added.
“But on the plus side, you look better then before,” Suri Polomare commented.
Twilight was nervous, but at the same time knew she needed to be friendly.
“How about we talk about that later, because I can tell you all the things that happened when I was gone.”
She smiled, but the downside she never knew what her friends did this whole time. Sunset Shimmer only told her the events, which made it hard for Twilight to explain. They only thing she could think of were some parts of Camp Everfree thanks to Timber, while they were driving together.
“Camp Everfree,” Twilight said.
“Camp Everfree? More like camp Boringfree,” Neon Lights rolled his eyes.
“Yeah, you're telling me you went to a camp and not a real field trip?” Trenderhoof retorted.
“No, I’m serious. It’s a beautiful place. And we threw a party at the Crystal Cave,” Twilight said.
“Your serious about the Crystal Cave part?” Suri wondered.
“Yes. In the inside there's geodes and they’re really beautiful.”
“Beautiful! I love beautiful!” Suri got off her chair and hugged Twilight, surprising the princess.
“I thought you were all so serious here,” Twilight said.
“Well ever since we saw you turned into a demon at the games, we changed a little.” Suri said, still hugging Twilight. “I learn….that magic is a bad thing.”
“Suri, magic is not a bad thing,” Twilight replied as she tried to pull Suri off of herself.
“No! After you almost destroyed everything, I’m never going to touch it in my life!”
Sour and the others rolled their eyes after watching Suri’s new behavior.
“What she means is that some of us changed from it,” Sunny recalled.
“Just because magic almost destroyed the games, magic is a big no-no here,” Lemon said.
“But, magic is how I learn,” Twilight said.
Everyone at the table gasped, and turned to Twilight. They all leaned closer to her with buckets of questions they want to ask.
“Is it safe?”
“Is it great for emergencies?”
“Is that the reason why you don’t wear glasses anymore?”
Twilight felt as if she had made the biggest mistake possible.
“Ummmm… I think I need to use the bathroom,” she said, as she slowly got up and made her way out of the cafeteria.
“No problem. We have a lot of questions for you,” Trenderhoof smirked.
The Shadowbolts were a collective bundle of nerves. If they didn’t know this wasn’t the same Twilight as before, they may know now.
“Sunset is never going to talk to us again,” Lemon whispered to Sour.
Sour only nodded in response.
Twilight didn’t go to the bathroom. She ran as far away from the cafeteria as she could, before she drank from the nearest bubbler to calm herself down. But no matter how she tried, the nerves got worse.
“No, no! NO!” Twilight said to herself. “They will talk to me. And I have to protect my world.”
She began pacing in circles to think of a way to fix this problem.
“Okay, so three girls know that I have magic, but they don’t understand that I’m not their Twilight. I wanted to be nice, but I have to do the right thing.”
For all her thinking she found it harder to come up with an idea.
“I think I need a walk.”
Once she turned around, she made her way to the left of the hallway but she ran into Principal Cinch, who was getting her papers. Once Cinch got her eyes on Twilight, she remembered her.
“So, we meet again,” Cinch replied calmly.
Twilight didn’t know what to say. She didn’t want to risk revealing anymore than she had, so she stalled.
“Yeah….. Ummmm….”
“I see that you changed since you got transferred to Canterlot High,” Cinch said, steadying her glasses.
“Yeah, you don't know what girls do in Canter-”
“I don’t want to know,” Chinch interrupted her. “Why are you here?”
“Well, I wanted to meet some old students I miss here. So, I came here for a visit...”
This didn’t convince Cinch at all.
“You never made any friends here before. Why visit now?” Cinch retorted. “Give me a reason why you’re here.”
“Okay. Sour Sweet and her friends drove me here,” Twilight explained.
Cinch didn’t respond at all. She was surprised that her toughest students took her back to the school she used to go to.
“Interesting,” Cinch said, with an unsettling calm.
“What do you mean?” Twilight wondered.
“I want you to come with me.”
“Oh no!”
Cinch took the visiting princess to Twilight’s old room.
“I want you to feel comfortable here. Because. I’m going to get your brother Shining Armor to come for a meeting,” Cinch said.
“What meeting are you talking about?” Twilight asked as Cinch led Twilight inside the room.
“Let’s just say it’s an intervention. An intervention where you could be back here for next year.” Twilight was shocked to her core, as Cinch pushed her inside. “But don’t worry, everything will be back to normal by tonight.”
“To...Ton…. TONIGHT!!!?”
Cinch locked the door, trapping Twilight inside the room.
Twilight was in complete silence. With no hope at all, Twilight sat down on her chair with her head hitting the desk.
“I should’ve stayed in Equestria,” she said.
It had been ten long minutes since Twilight was stuck in the room. She slowly lifted her head up from the desk and checked the room she was in.
“So this must be Twilight’s private room. She really had no friends at all did she?” she said to herself.
Twilight looked at all the photos of her counterpart with her family and her dog. She smiled a little relating to the sight of herself with only Spike in her life.
She heard the door’s lock clicking. She hoped it was her Shadowbolt friends but, instead it was revealed to be the vice principal of Crystal Prep, Dean Cadence.
“Twilight,” she entered the room.
Twilight was surprised, having for the first time met Cadence in this world.
Cadence took a seat.
“I heard from Principal Cinch that some students here brought you for a visit. Why would you ever come back here?” Cadence asked.
Twilight had to think of something to get out of this conversation. “Because you missed me?”
“Well,” Cadence giggled. “I did say you’d be missed her. But, I never thought you would ever come back. Things got better here.”
“How? I mean do you think everyone really changed?” Twilight asked.
“Well, most of them.”
Cadence got off her seat and went to get on Twilight’s computer.
Twilight moved out of the way as the vice principal logged in. She went to the Crystal Prep website where it showed the students back from the Friendship Games.
“After the Friendship Games, everyone felt guilty for what they did, and some of them really wanted you to stay,” Cadence explained.
Twilight was surprised. If only the other Twilight was here.
“Also Cinch didn’t like the idea of having both schools declared as winners,” Cadence continued.
“I guess she’s the only one who isn’t happy with anything,” Twilight commented.
“You should understand. You’ve been here for a long time.”
Twilight had nothing to say, since she was at the extent of her knowledge about the school. To make matters worse, her Shadowbolt friends wouldn’t be able to help her.
“I also want to know. When was the time you stopped wearing glasses?” Cadence wondered.
“After I started eating carrots,” Twilight answered.
“I guess you changed fast since you got transferred,” Cadence answered, as she stood up.
The door opened, revealing Principal Cinch again. She was carrying papers in one hand.
“Dean Cadance, I’ve been looking you for you,” Cinch said.
“Sorry. I was just showing Twilight what happened in the academy when she was gone.”
“Good. As far as I’m concerned, she’s never going back to her new school,” Cinch said, glaring at Twilight.
“Really?” Cadence eyes went wide.
“Of course, it might cause some major changes to her life but things will be back to normal in Crystal Prep.” She smiled.
“Okay so do you want me to call Shining Armor for a transfer meeting?”
“We’re actually having that meeting tonight, when the principals from Canterlot are present.”
“But what about Twilight?”
“You know that she’s very uncomfortable with meetings. Tell them she misses everything and she’s willing to be a student in this school again.”
“Okay. I’ll call her brother.”
“Good choice.”
They all left Twilight’s room. Cinch locked the door behind her, leaving Twilight stuck in her room. Twilight banged her head many times, as if her problems couldn't get any worse.
The Shadowbolts were losing their patience. It had been ten minutes, and the Princess Of Friendship still hadn’t returned. Then Principal Cinch came into the cafeteria to make an announcement.
“Students of next year,” she called to everyone. “You may all remember our former student Twilight Sparkle.”
“What?” Sour Sweet said.
“She’s going to be attended to this school for next year. Her brother will be here for a meeting tonight. I hope you're all excited to meet our best student.” Cinch finished, turned around and left the cafeteria.
“Twilight must of ran into Cinch!” Lemon Zest said.
“What are we going to do? Sunny added.
“We have to think of something!” Indigo added.
“We have to get her out of here!” Sugarcoat added.
“Please don’t pressure me! I’m trying to think of an idea!” Sour shouted at her friends. “If Twilight doesn’t come back to her land by tonight, her friends might find out, and everything will be disaster.”
“Yes. Especially the friends she’s been making,” Sunny reminded.
“That’s not the point! Because if the Rainbooms get back from their tour, two worlds will be in utter chaos! And if that happens, WE’RE ALL GOING TO BE IN UTTER CHAOS!!!” Sour shouted.
Everyone in the cafeteria was suddenly looking at her.
“Ummm, I think we should talk outside,” Sugarcoat whispered.
“Okay.”
The Shadowbolts went outside of the school to continue their conversation, hoping that no one was listening about their secret.
“How are we going to get Twilight out of her counterpart’s room? Cinch always has all the doors in school locked,” Indigo Zap wondered.
“You try to get the keys to unlock the room while we get help. But we’re going to have to tell people that she’s a princess,” Sour said. At this point, sacrificing secrets was the only way to save Twilight.
“Okay, I’ll get some people. I think I can give Twilight a disguise,” Lemon replied.
All the girls put their hands in the middle and raised up to put their plan into effect.
Indigo Zap was the hallways to the teacher’s conference room, while Cinch making speeches to the teachers.
“Okay, here I go,” she said to herself.
Indigo slowly took her steps at the entrance door, where she saw Cinch’s keys on the table. The bad news: the door was in front of Cinch’s view.
When Cinch talked to the other teachers, Indigo quickly took the keys and slowly ran away.
“I am so expelled!” Indigo thought.
The others were in front of Twilight’s room, still locked. Indigo Zap finally made it back with the keys in hand. “Got them. But, if I get expelled, I am so going to hate you!” she said.
“Less talk, more helping,” Sour argued, as she took the keys and unlocked the door. Once the door opened, Twilight lifted her head and saw her Shadowbolt friends.
“Shadowbolts?” she asked.
“Twilight, we’re really sorry for what happened. But, we can get you out of here and go back to the beach,” Sour said.
“But we gotta make sure you don’t get caught. And I need to put these back,” Indigo showed the keys to Twilight.
“Okay. So, what do we have to do?” Twilight asked.
“Your brother is coming in the front, and we should take you to the back. However...that’s where Cinch and the others are at,” Lemon facepalmed herself.
“Which is way I came up with the best idea ever,” Sunny smirked.
She had brought her tool box and opened it. “I’m a pro at makeup. This will take time though.”
Twilight looked at her tool box filled with so many makeup supplies. Sure she did use make up from time to time in Equestria but she never knew what it’s like in this world.
“I don’t know Sunny Flare,” Twilight said.
“So, you want to stay here to start a new life or do you want to go back on the beach?” Sunny asked.
“You’re right. Sorry.”
“Then let’s get started!”
It took forty-five minutes for Sunny to give Twilight a complete makeover to hide herself, while the others looked out the door to make sure they were safe.
“Okay I’m done,” Sunny said.
The others closed the door and checked on the makeover Sunny did. They were surprised, but doubted that it could work since there was one thing Sunny didn’t do.
“So how do I look?” Twilight asked.
“You might need to take a look for yourself,” Sugarcoat commented. She took out a mirror and gave it Twilight.
Once Twilight looked at her reflection, she was shocked. Her purple hair was turned brown, her eyelashes were shortened, she had pink lipstick up and was wearing a Crystal Prep uniform.
“What did you turn me into!?” She reacted.
“Okay, I know it’s not the best makeover, but this is the only way to get you out of here,” Sour explained.
“But, you didn’t even do my skin.”
“That will take so much time!” Lemon shouted. “Can we please get out of here?”
Twilight had no choice but to oblige. “Okay fine.”
“Don’t worry. We will protect you.”
“And I’ll put the keys back,” Indigo added.
They all left the room and went back in the hallways. Lemon, Sunny and Sugarcoat were blocking Twilight while Sour and Indigo led the way. Once they made it to the dome, Indigo split up so she could return the keys.
“So, what are we going to next?” Twilight asked.
“We’re going to the gym. Then there’s one more hallway to the exit from the back,” Lemon answered.
“Okay let's go,” Sunny replied.
Meanwhile Indigo was about to put the keys back where they were but she notice that the whole room is empty.
“Huh? I guess the conference is over,” she said to herself. She put the keys back in the table and just as she was about to find her group, she found Principal Cinch standing right in front of her.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Cinch said.
“Ummm….I was just….”
“I don’t want to hear it! You are in so much trouble.”
“I know…”Indigo lowered her head.
The Shadowbolts made it to the gym. Inside it was completely empty.
“Okay, the exit to the next hallway is over there,” Lemon pointed.
“Let’s keep going,” Twilight said.
They all get to the next hallway, but the door at the opposite end opened up. To their relief, it was a friendly face.
“SHINING ARMOR!!?” The Shadowbolts said.
“Wow!” Armor jumped. “What are you doing here?”
While the girls blocked Twilight, Sour Sweet tried to get out of the situation. “We we’re just warming up for the next Friendship Games.“
“The next Friendship Games isn’t until the next four years,” Shining Armor answered. “If you’re working out, then why are the lights still off? There’s a light switch over there.”
“Ohh! I guess we couldn’t find the switch,” Sour giggled. “Also we like doing it in the dark with the windows opened.”
“Okay, tell me the truth now/ Because I have to meet Principal Cinch about Twi-” Shining Armor cut himself when he saw Twilight hiding behind the girls. “Twilight!?”
Princess Twilight eyes went wide. She slowly got back on to her feet.
“You’re here? And what happened to your hair and eyelashes?” He leaned in to get a closer look oat Twilight. “And you really need your glasses.”
“I…. unnn… errr…” Twilight said.
“Twilight, let’s take you to Cinch,” Shining Armor said.
Twilight nodded with Armor taking her hand.
“I think I’m going to explode before I come back next year!” Sour Sweet said.
“Well, don’t stand there. We still can stop this!” Sunny reminded.
All the girls left the gym as they tried to reach Twilight. However when they get back to the dome of the school, they saw Cinch holding Indigo's arm while she looked at Shining Armor with Twilight by his side.
“Shining Armor? Why is Twilight with you?” Cinch asked.
“I don’t know, she was just in the gym with some girls, I thought she was at home since she’s a Canterlot High student now.”
Cinch refuse to explained her plans for Twilight, but things became more complicated when Suri and the others found Twilight.
“There you are, Twilight. When are you going to tell us about the magic you have?” Suri asked.
“And can you fix my eyesight?” Trenderhoof offered.
“What is going on here?” Shining said.
“Principal Cinch?” Dean Cadance came into the dome. “Why is everyone here? All of you should be in the cafeteria.”
“We’ll discuss this soon. Right now, I have to have a word with Indigo Zap.” Cinch said, before leaving with Indigo Zap.
“No you can’t take her!” Lemon said, grabbing Indigo's other arm.
Soon it became utter chaos with the other students arguing about Twilight having magic powers. Cinch was starting to lose her temper and demanded the Shadowbolts to go to her office. Cadence and Shining were trying to stop the argument, but it got worse.
Meanwhile in the middle of the dome, the Princess Of Friendship was boiling in frustration.
“EVERYONE QUIT FIGHTING!!!!!”
Everyone was surprised and went silent. Even Principal Cinch.
Princess Twilight took very deep breaths to calm herself down. She walked up to Cinch and took Indigo’s hand.
“You cannot take her to the office, nor my friends. The truth is…I’m not what you think I am.” She then turned to the students. “And I’m not going to answer your questions, I’m sorry. Please leave me alone.”
The students obliged but felt disappointed, they left the dome and back to the cafeteria.
“Principal Cinch, Cadance, Shining Armor, we need to talk,” Twilight said.
“Okay fine.” Cinch responded. They all get to the principal’s office, while the Shadowbolts stood in place.
“Is it just me or is Twilight more serious?” Sunny asked.
“I don’t know, but we really should get outside and wait for her.” Sour replied.
With that said, they all left to the field by the school, hoping that everything would turn out fine for them and their Princess friend.
Once Twilight entered the office, she took a seat in front of Cinch’s desk.
Cinch took her seat while Dean and Armor took theirs. Cinch was giving Twilight the look she gave to students who kept their secrets from her.
“What are you doing here, Twilight?” she asked.
Twilight broke her secrets in this world to end her predicament once and for all. “I’m a princess from a different world and not the Twilight I attend to this school.”
“What?”
“What?” Both Cadance and Shining reacted.
“I came here because I was meeting new friends on the beach and the Shadowbolts drove me here so they can give me a tour in Crystal Prep. I was interested in what this school had. And now I finally understand.” She looked in all directions with trophies on the shelves. Before she could continue, Principal Cinch interrupted her.
“I don’t care what you think about this place. Where do you live?”
“I’m from Equestria,” Twilight explained. “That statue in front of Canterlot High is where I come from and I don’t want anyone but my friends to know.”
“But it looks like you told us where you live now.” Cadence commented.
“I had no choice. Things got worse when I meet you three and I need my secret to come out, because I just couldn't take it anymore.” So far with her day, everything was great even her surfing with the Shadowbolts. But her time in Crystal Prep hadn’t been so good.
“Well at least you told us everything.” Cinch responded. “But your still responsible for causing all the trouble.”
“Wait what!?”
“It may be your friends who drove you here, but you walking around in the hallways by yourself isn’t smart of you.”
“Why isn't it smart?” Twilight asked.
“Because I was only protecting you like I did back in the Friendship Games.”
“Protecting me? You locked me in a room for a transfer meeting that I didn’t expect at all!” Cinch, Cadence and Armor were surprised to see Twilight so serious. “My friends told me about you. I may haven’t met you before, but you’re still taking advance of people when they’re not same people.”
“That is not true!” Cinch said. “I know how to run a school way better than Celestia!”
“No you don’t!” Cadence shouted. “You encourage YOUR students to use magic against Canterlot High and that turned into a disaster. You may be a smart teacher but you haven’t learned anything.”
Cinch was becoming furious with everyone while Twilight sees the anger in her face.
“Look at yourself,” Twilight said. “You’re overreacting to something that isn’t going your way. <sign> Look I’m really sorry for the misunderstanding but you don’t have to take advantage of it. I only came here for a visit.”
Cinch slowly calmed down after listening to Twilight. For someone she know from time to time in years, she finally admitted that she messed up.
“Princess Twilight.” She awkwardly said her real name. “You can be excused. Your not going to be here for next year.”
“Thank you.” Twilight said.
Princess Twilight was in the girls bathroom, changing back into her normal clothes. All but the brown hair and makeup. Once she exited the bathroom, Dean Cadence and Shining Armor were waiting for her.
“So if you’re not the Twilight we know then where is she?” Dean asked.
“She’s probably on tour with her friends. I guess I was confused and went along with it because I thought she was sick.” Shining added.
Twilight felt depressed for wasting Shining Armor and Dean Cadence’s time here, even if she was happy to meet them in this world.
“Yeah I’m really sorry for this whole misunderstanding. I think I should leave.” She was about to go outside but Armor grabs her arm.
“Actually, we should talk before you leave because this still confuses us.” Armor said.
As they made it to the front door, Twilight saw Suri and the others waiting. “So your not going to tell us your subjects?” Suri asked sadly.
“Sadly no. But maybe if I have time to come back I’ll talk to you but we really should keep this between the both of us.” Twilight hugged Suri.
“But what about us?” Trenderhoof added.
“You can join. But please don’t tell anyone about this.”
“Don’t worry, we always keep secrets as friends.” Suri smiled.
As they went back in the cafeteria, Twilight went back to talking to the others.
“I know today was unexpected, but I just wanted to know what this place really is.”
“Well, what does your world looks like in this place?” Cadence asked.
“It’s an empire where you two are the rulers.” Twilight said.
Both Shining and Cadence went in complete silence. They never thought they would ever be rulers in a empire.
“You know maybe if you ever come back to this world, you should talk to us about what you do…..sorry I’m still confused.” Cadence said.
“Don’t worry I’ll explain everything when I have the time.” Twilight answered. Just before she got to the front of the door, Shining stopped her.
“And by the way….why are we rulers?”
“Because….you both got married.” Twilight answered.
The awkwardness at the moment lasted for ten seconds with no noise. Dean Cadence had her eyes wide open while Armor is blushing hard. Twilight didn’t saying, instead she went out the front door leaving the two adults alone.
“Shining?” She turned to him. “Do you have a crush on me?”
Armor began to scratch his head, still blushing about the idea. “No...it feels bizarre when I think about it.” He walked away to get back to his car while Cadence is still standing.
“I think my other self must be way different.” She to herself.
Once Twilight finally got outside, she took a deep breath with the fresh air sucking inside her throat. She was happy that she was free from Crystal Prep with her future in place.
She notice that the Shadowbolts were on the soccer field, waiting for her. Twilight walked up to them, feeling empty with her Shadowbolt friends.
“So…. you’ve been here for how long?” Twilight responded.
“Thirty minutes.” Sugarcoat answered.
“I wonder why.......” Twilight didn’t know what to expect from them since they were also on the same page.
“Twilight.” Sour Sweet said. “We’re sorry that you got into trouble.”
“And the thing is, this whole school isn't like Canterlot High. We should of told you that before we got here.” Lemon added.
Twilight understood what they were talking about. In fact she had something to discuss.
“Girls, I think I learned something from not only you, but this school as well,” Twilight said.
The girls blinked their eyes unaware they did something for Twilight.
“In my world, we do have schools. However, we never have games for bragging rights. I didn’t know your school was way different then the ones I had.” She turned around to look at the school again, it was a little similar to Canterlot High in the outside but in the inside, it’s more different and takes her to a environment way off from the Crystal Empire.
“Twilight.” Indigo said. “Do you ever have a time where you compete in competitions.”
“No.” Twilight turned around. “There was an event that happened in the Crystal Empire called the Equestria Games, but I was one of the princesses who watched the whole event.” Twilight lowered her eyes on the grass. “And the Equestria Games isn’t about bragging rights, it’s about ponies from all over the land compete for glory in various athletic pursuits.
The Shadowbolts were surprised to hear what the Crystal Empire had.
“Twilight I don’t know what to say…” Lemon responded.
“Yeah, I know. Both worlds are way different then you think.” Twilight replied. During this moment, Twilight had nothing to say and the tour she got today was nothing but chaos for the most.
Sour Sweet and others were disappointed in themselves for what happened with their princess friend. Their tour, unlike Timber and Gloriosa’s tour didn’t work as planned.
“I think we learned something from all of this. We understand your the princess of friendship. But unlike the girls we meet like the Rainbooms, we never made any friends. We’re only together because we work as a team.” Sour explained.
“During the Friendship Games and the music video we did, we only work together.” Sunny added.
“And we wanted to show that we’re better than Canterlot High.” Indigo added.
“But, now that you know who we really are, I guess we’re not really friends anymore.” Lemon said.
Twilight wasn’t mad at them. Instead she was impressed. Five girls from a different school gave her another inspired idea for friendship. “Girls. I’m really proud in all of you.” She happily said.
“What?” The Shadowbolts reacted.
“All those times you worked together is also a thing in friendship. Sure it’s hard to believe, but you also showed remorse to me. Also, all of you will never go against me, because even if I’m sort of part of Canterlot High I’m still living in a different world.”
Then came to her quote of inspiration of what she’s going to do when she gets back to Equestria.
“In fact, when I get back home, I’m going to teach the students everything about teamwork and I’m going to mention your names.”
“Seriously!?” The Shadowbolts reacted again with Twilight nodded. Sour Sweet and Sunny Flare are impressed of what they did while Lemon came into tears of happiness, rushing up to Twilight for a big hug.
“Your the best friend in my life!” She commented.
“And way better then I thought.” Indigo added with her padding on Twilight’s shoulder.
Twilight became happy again, despite the tour almost changing her life she still love her new friends. “How about we go back to the beach, and stay at the beach. But first let’s go get some pizza.”
“Yeah!” They all cheered.
“But first, we need to get my hair and makeup back to normal.” She retorted.
“Yeah, you right.” Sour said as they all get back to their cars.