//------------------------------// // The House on the End of the Street // Story: Mirror Image // by Colt in the Moon //------------------------------// (A.N. Edited by Camlio) "Oh yeah? Just wait until you see what I have planned for the bachelor party". Spike giggled as his pony friends laughed with him. His friends included Pinkie Pie, a party-crazy earth pony, Rainbow Dash, who was the fastest pegasus from Cloudsdale, AppleJack, a hard working farmer, Rarity, who had a knack for style, Fluttershy, a shy pegasus with a love for animals, and his best friend Twilight Sparkle, a bookish pony who was the personal student of Princess Celestia. Princess Celestia was the ruler of their world, Equestria. Fireworks lit up the night sky. DJ Pon-3 was still playing 'Love is in Bloom' while the ponies danced. Twilight watched her brother, Shining Armor, ride away after he was married. It was the happiest moment in Twilight's life. Her dearest brother was married to her old foal-sitter. A now Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. Before the wedding, Twilight had to deal with an army of changelings that were going to take over Equestria. The queen of the changelings, Queen Chrysalis, had taken over the wife. But she used her magic love to literally blow them away. Twilight watched as they rode off into the night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 week later: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Princess Celestia sat in her throne, reading Twilight's latest update on what she learned on friendship. Suddenly a royal guard named ClockWork trotted into the throne room. He took off his helmet and bowed. He had royal blue eyes and an Hourglass Cutie Mark. He was a curiostity due to the way he was known to disapper from time to time. "Your majesty," he said, "We have an update on the house". The princess got a look of shock and worry on her face. She followed the guard to a map room, where a scale model of Ponyville laid out in front of her. Since it was magic, the model changed when something happened. Her eyes scanned the board until she came across the building she was looking for. "I must contact Twilight Sparkle. I hope she doesn't mind the surprise visit." she said grimly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twilight was in her library, doing what she does best: studying. Suddenly, there was a bright flash, then an explosion of light occurred. When she opened her eyes, she saw her mentor standing right in front of her. "Princess!" she gasped. Then she bowed in respect. "My faithful student," nodded Celestia, "I need your help. Me and my guards have nearly cleaned up almost all of the mess Discord made when he was free. But one building could not be fixed. I thought that the spell on it would weaken soon. But when the changelings tried to invade, I knew the time to wait was over. I'm sorry that I must inconvenience you with this matter but, I'm afraid that I still have yet to recover from the injuries I had sustained during the Changeling's invasion." "What do you mean? What kind of spell is it"? The princess sighed. "We don't know, but, recently a scout has reported that the spell has not been weakening. It has instead been gaining strength. I apologize once again for passing this burden onto you." The Solar Monarch said as she hung her head. "Spike," called Twilight, "Round up the others. We have a mission from the princess"! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later that day, Twilight, Spike, Rainbow, AppleJack, Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy stood in front of the building Princess Celestia was talking about. When Twilight told the other ponies that the princess gave them a mission involving Discord, they were all on board. "How do you know this is it?" asked Rainbow. "I can just tell." replied Twilight. "Riiight..." Rainbow Dash said with a roll of her eyes. Indeed the building was a bit out of the ordinary. It was a hall of mirrors not exactly out of place at the old abandoned carnival site. But since nopony had stepped foot near it since Discord attacked, it looked rundown. Giving it an eerie look. The six ponies and dragon crept into the hall of mirrors. The room was soon decorated with their reflections. The room looked even worse from the inside. The wallpaper was ripped, cobwebs were in every nook and cranny. Even some of the mirrors were cracked. Each pony was a little nervous, but Fluttershy looked like she was going to faint. She trailed the back of the group. Then she stopped and looked at her reflection through one of the mirrors. She gave a small scream and ran to catch up with the rest of the group. Half of the time, one of the ponies would bump into a mirror. "Oof!" yelped AppleJack as she slammed into a mirror, "Dang nabbit, what ahre' we supposed to be doin' here anyway"? "We're supposed to be figuring out what the spell on this place is and why it won't go away." replied an annoyed Twilight. Suddenly they came across a door . "W-What do you think's in there?" asked a nervous Fluttershy. Nopony spoke. Twilight used her magic to open the door. Inside was a mirror. A mirror that showed six confused ponies and one dragon. "Big surprise," grunted Rainbow Dash, "It's just another mirror". But something seemed different. Twilight could feel it. She slowly approached the mirror. Then a small green fire came out of the mirror. The group gasped. The fire then surrounded them all, and dragged them toward the mirror. They were then sucked into it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twilight and her friends were sent flying through a strange portal. None of them could move. They all saw each other and mirrors. Mirrors were everywhere. All the ponies screamed in terror as they rocketed through the strange place. "Twilight!" called Spike, "What's going on, where are we"? "I don't know," she replied, "just hold on"! As she fell into the swirl of colors caused by the portal, Twilight heard Discord's evil laugh, and then she blacked out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twilight began to come to. A splitting headache surged through her skull. "Ungh, Spike," she groaned, "Spike where are you"? She then opened her eyes and got quite a surprise. A purple unicorn that looked like somepony attempted to copy her but, got the gender wrong stared at her with wide eyes. "W-Who are you?" Both unicorns said in tandem.