“Shining have you seen your sister today?” Shining Armor and his girlfriend Cadence were eating dinner with his parents after a frustrating day at Crystal Prep when he flinched at his mother’s question.
“Twilight?” He nervously put his fork to his mouth with nothing on it.
“Yes!~ who else would I be referring too? I know something is up with that girl. She hasn’t texted me all day after spending time with you.” Twilight Velvet huffed. “And it’s not like her to forget to feed Spike.”
Shining set down his utensils and took a calming breath as his parents shared a worried look. “She’s been trapped in another world after being sucked through a magical mirror.” He said with complete seriousness.
His parents both laughed as Cadence just guffawed.
“Okay son. That was a good one but where is she?” Night Light asked after catching his breath. When Shining just kept a straight face he began to get worried again. “Son?”
“It wasn’t a joke dad. I can take you guys after dinner.” He took another bite while the three stared at him silently.
Fluttershy’s mother, read her daughter’s note for the third time. They had already called the police which had proved fruitless when they said there was nothing they could do as she was legally an adult and left behind a note. Mr. Shy held his wife closely as their son Zepher remained quiet for the first time in weeks.
Ms. Shy eventually pulled herself together and grabbed her phone to try calling the one person she knew would know where her daughter might be. Her daughter’s friend Pinkie.
“Oh hello Fluttershy’s mom what can I help you with?” She asked bubbly.
“Pinkie we need to talk.” Pinkie had never been more scared of the shy friendly woman.
Rainbow Dash’s note sat untouched upon the kitchen Island of her family’s luxury apartment.
“So what exactly do you thinks we should be doing?” Applejack threw a ball up then caught it. She and Rarity were currently sitting in the warehouse after deciding it would also make a good place to hang out before school.
Rarity looked up from her sketchbook. “Whatever do you mean darling?”
“I mean.” AJ set the ball down and looked at her. “How can we help our friends instead of just sitting on our backsides?”
“At this point I don’t think there’s anything we can do, or at least not until Sunset gets the portal back open.” Rarity sighed then Jumped in her chair when there was a banging on the outside door.
“Rares’, Sunset said only we could find this place right and only we could open the doors thanks to that magic of hers?” Applejack asked, spooked.
“Yes that should be the case.” She answered before another round of banging.
“Girls open up.” Shining yelled through the door as another, female voice asked what they were doing.
Rarity and Applejack shared a look then tentatively opened the door before Shining Armor burst inside followed by another young woman and two adults.
“Shining Armor what are you doing and what is this place?” Velvet asked her son.
“This is where the portal is mom.” He looked around a bit frantically.
“I’m so sorry girls my son is a bit…” Velvet stared to apologize before really noticing the two teenagers who looked like deer in headlights. “Shining you get back here.”
He was already at the portal room door followed by a nervous looking Cadence. She had never seen her fiancée like this.
“You. Applejack I need you to explain I’m not crazy to my parents about where Twilight is.” He had rushed back over and stood in front of her. “Please.”
“Shining! Enough, just be honest about where your sister is already.” Night Light was growing impatient. “No more fantasies about magic mirrors.”
“Um actually sir.” Rarity raised her hand. “That’s exactly where Twilight went along with some of our other friends.”
The whole room went quiet enough to hear a pin drop.
“Ha told you.” Shining donned a smug look.
Applejack sighed. “If you’re all her kin I guess it’s only right we tell ya but just know ya can’t go blabbering to anyone else or she might not be able to come back.” Applejack walked over to the Portal room and unlocked the door using the newer keypad.
Once the door was open she and Rarity waved them over and showed the group the mirror.
“This here mirror leads to a whole other world of magic. We don’t fully understand it as it’s owners had to leave back through it but they left it in our care.” Applejack spoke but without giving Sunset’s or Dusk’s names.
“You must be joking it’s just a…” Velvet tried to touch it but the barrier around it stopped her. “What is this?” She banged on it a few more times.
“Ah yes, that would be it’s protection.” Rarity easily touched the mirror with her hand then withdrew it. “Only friends of the owners may touch it or pass through the barrier similar to how only we or people who have been here before can see the warehouse.” She shot Shining a look and realized that’s how they all found the place. Sunset had figured they might need further assistance in the future but couldn’t add a way to remove people without redoing the entire enchantment.
“So our baby is really gone?” Velvet tearfully asked while pushing on the shimmering shield.
“Afraid so, Our friend said the portal only opens naturally about every two and a half years and it just closed. They’re working on a way to manually open it and we do have a means of communicating with um.” Applejack pointed at a journal that was sitting on a shelf attached to a book chain.
Velvet tried reaching for it but it had a similar enchantment but this one shocked. “Ouch.”
Rarity hissed. “Sorry Madam it’s also enchanted. We could send a message for you though.” Rarity grabbed the book and pen and began writing out a message to Sunset and Twilight.
“We have a lot to talk about you two.” Cadence finally joined the conversation and caused the two to gulp.