When the day finally came, Princess Twilight and Rainbow Dash got everything set for their cruise ship vacation. Despite Twilight still worrying over what could happen if something went wrong, she was happy her friends would take care of everything. Once they made it through the portal, Sunset lead them to Rarity’s limo, with the latter already inside waiting for them. Much like Twilight and Starlight before her, Rainbow Dash had a hard time walking on two legs.
“Sunset, are you sure I won’t fall on my face without four legs?” Rainbow Dash said as she tried to keep her balance while climbing into the passenger compartment.
“Don’t worry, you’ll adjust,” Sunset answered. “Just give it some time.”
“Oh, and your shoes are untied darling,” Rarity added.
Rainbow looked at her shoes again and saw that they were indeed. “So… is there a reason why we need shoes?”
“Trust me, it took me time to know everything about the rules of clothing; feet aren’t like hooves back home,” Twilight answered, before turning her attention to Sunset. “So are Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack… other Rainbow and other me there?”
“Yeah, Fluttershy texted me; she and the others just arrived on the boat,” Sunset replied, showing Twilight the message Fluttershy sent.
“I’m actually surprised I get to hang out with them again after so long.”
“What’s the difference between our friends and Sunset’s friends?” Rainbow asked.
“Well you might have a hard time getting into the hobbies they do in this world. Especially your other self,” Sunset commented.
Rainbow Dash was excited about meeting her other self soon, but at the same time, she had to learn the activities in the Mirror World. She knew she had to make a great impression on her other self with the talent and stunts she does in Equestria and vice versa.
Rainbow then remembered. “Hey Sunset, Twilight told me something about ‘ponying up’ in this world so… how do you do that?”
“Sorry to say this, but now really isn’t the time to talk about it. We’re going on a cruise for seven days and your other self might probably explain that to you.” Sunset said while she placed her hand on her forehead, remembering how annoying her friend Rainbow was about them being super heroes.
“No offense Rainbow, but your other self almost ruined our vacation last Spring” Rarity lowered her head as she tried to no upset Rainbow.
Rainbow’s eyes went wide open in shock to think her other self did something that made their last cruise vacation a disaster.
“I think we’ve been thinking about this way too much,” Twilight responded in the stress her friend was starting to deal with at the moment. “Rainbow calm down, everything is going to be fine.”
However Rainbow was starting to feel a little disappointed to find out her other self made some questionable decisions during the last cruise.
They made it to the ship long before it set sail to the ocean. During the time when rest passengers got on board, Sunset took Rainbow to her room while Rarity took Twilight to her’s.
“Here’s your key so you can get in your apartment no problem darling.” Rarity handed the apartment key to Twilight.
“Thanks Rarity,” Twilight replied as she takes the key.
“See you later. I’ll be by the pool.” Rarity waves back as she took her leave. Twilight unlocked the apartment door and entered her room. It had one circle window showing the view of the ocean, two beds and the walls were painted in bright tropical island colors.
Twilight took a seat at the bed that was closest to the window and unpacked her backpack she brought along. Even though there wasn’t a lot of things she brought for this trip she made sure to bring her book from Equestria so she could write to Spike about what she’s been doing during this vacation.
“Well, there’s no turning back. The boat is about to set sail and the only person I can talk to is Spike.” She took a deep breath. “This is going to be a long week for me.”
Then someone who’s also sleeping with Twilight came out of the bathroom, it was Human Twilight. She stopped in place when she saw her pony counterpart for the third time in her life. She slowly walked up to her from behind and placed both of her hands on her counterpart’s eyes.
This surprises the princess when her roommate is having fun with her. “Guess who’s your roommate?” Human Twilight giggled as she let go and went in front of her. “Me!”
“Other me?” Princess Twilight smiled.
Human Twilight sit by her while she helps the princess unpacking her backpack. “I’ve been waiting for you.”
“If you’ve been waiting for me, how come you're not in this room?” Twilight raising her eyebrow.
“Well I was still waiting but I drink water before getting here so I had to use the bathroom badly.” Human Twilight stretching on the back of her head.
“It’s okay, I do that when I get a little thrustly.” The princess laughed at another awkward moment between her other self. With this being the third time she’s having a conversation with herself in this world, she decides to show her one of the things she brought along on the trip.
She takes out the same blue swimsuit she wearied from her time on the beach with her new friends. “Other me, before you left to go on tour for your band, Rarity made a swimsuit for me.” Twilight said as she gives her the swimsuit to other her.
“Wow! This is adorable and I also brought my swimsuit along so maybe sometime during this week we can go swimming together.” Human Twilight offered while placing her hand on Princess Twilight’s shoulder. This moment became more awkward when Princess Twilight blushes more. It’s one thing that a hot boy is placing his hand on a girl’s shoulder but a doppelgänger made it completely odd.
“Um….Twilight are you okay?” Human Twilight asked to which her princess self gets off her bed.
“Yes, it’s just having you touching me feels really creepy then weird.”
This made Human Twilight to roll her eyes. “Okay I get that we’re not on the same page but don’t get caught up with that. Almost everyone on this boat knows there’s two of us.”
“It’s not that I mean I’m happy I’m here just for you but I never spend a whole week in this world.” Princess Twilight looks out the window as she sees the gallons of gallons of water in the distance. Even though she did went on a cruise in the shy, on the ocean makes her nervous since Sunset told her most of the vehicles in this world are not made from magic. What makes her more worried is the fact if there could be consequences like the last yacht vacation had.
“You know something Twilight.” Human Twilight getting attention while her counterpart turns her head around. “I’ve been paranoid at times but not the same situations you were in. And I highly doubt the Storm King’s magic will ever come back since we sealed it into his staff.”
Human Twilight then went to her beg and takes out her phone. She shows her the aftermath of the cruise situation when she and Sunset got everyone back in the Mirror World by Canterlot High. “As of now we haven’t got any situation since we went back and the fact everyone is completely confidence there’s another world AND they agree to stay away from Equestria, I’m sure this vacation is going to normal and exciting for all of us.”
Princess Twilight thinked about her other self’s advice and while she’s still concerned, after looking at the photo of people on the cruise safe and sound she’s thinking of talking to some of the people here. “Thanks for not showing more stress, I guess we always get stress no matter what even though we don’t do it at the same time. Maybe any of the activities we can do can calm me down.”
“That’s also great because I have a map of the entire cruise, a floors, rooms and all. During this week we should look at all the places if you’re interested.”
“Okay I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Great, See you by the pool!” She then makes her way to the outside open where the pool and her other friends are at.
“See you soon other me.” Princess Twilight waved back until her doppleganger popped her head back in the apartment room.
“One more thing, don’t call me that, that really makes everyone more confused. Just call me Twilight and that’s it.”
Princess Twilight nodded while also feel embarrassed when she’s still saying that to Twilight. As twilight leaves the room for real, Princess Twilight rolled her eyes to herself. “I still think we need to find a way to resolve the name similars.”