"DO YOU GET IT TWILIGHT!!?? ENEMIES!!!" Mad Mind bellowed as Twilight ran away from the enraged alicorn. Tears were streaming down her cheek as she ran faster and faster. She soon found herself in Princess Celestia's room, where she broke down and cried. She hated herself for what she did. She never meant to make Mad Mind feel badly, she just wanted to make him feel like she did. But what did he mean by she should be thanking him?
'What did he mean by that?'
'He never meant to embarrass you, he just wanted to hear the apology from you.'
'WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?! HE STILL SOUNDED LIKE A JERK WHEN HE SAID IT!'
'He didn't mean to! He just didn't want Celestia to apologize for you! It was to help build character!'
'...I guess that makes sense.'
'That's what he meant! You should be thanking him because he helped you and what did you do?'
'...I hurt him.'
'When he tried to help you. You screwed up big time.'
'Yeah. And now he hates me...'
Twilight sniffled. She only stopped crying because she was out of tears. She slowly got up and got ready to teleport back home. Celestia was sending her home anyway. Soon enough, she found herself standing in the library in Ponyville, tears still stained upon her face. She soon heard the familiar sound of scaly footsteps and was greeted by her number one assistant, Spike. Spike smiled warmly. "Hey Twi! Welcome back! How was Canterlot?" He asked. He then noticed the look of sadness strewn across Twilights face. Spikes warm smile was replaced by a look of concern. "Twilight, is something wrong?"
Twilight ignored her assistant and rushed back upstairs to her room where fresh tears began to flow. She stayed up there for a good twenty minutes until she heard knocking on her door. "Twilight? Please open up darling!" She heard a familiar voice call out. Twilight lifted her head to the sound of Rarity's voice but instantly placed her head back down in her pillow.
"No! Go away!" She shouted, her voice muffled from her pillow, but still audible. She heard a small conversation outside until she heard her door open letting out a small creak as it did so. Twilight lifted her head and saw her five friends make their way towards her. Rainbow decided to speak up. "What's wrong Twi? I've never seen you this sad before." She said as she landed beside the saddened alicorn. Twilight saw the concerned expression upon all of her friends' face's and sighed.
"It's Mad Mind. He-" Twilight was cut off as Applejack stepped in. "Did he hurt ya Twi?" She asked, rage in her eyes.
Twilight shook her head. "No. I mean yes, but no."
'How can I explain this?'
'Give them the full story.'
Twilight silently agreed with herself as she began to recount what happened since their arrival in Canterlot. From their argument, (Which made Rainbows eye's go wide, as if she remembered something) to her apologizing, excluding the parts where Mad Mind poked fun at her about being a rapist, and finally, when Mad Mind explained how they were enemies.
In the end, Twilight was crying again. She stuffed her face back into her pillow and let out tears and sobs. Her friends tried to comfort her, but to no avail. After a couple of minutes, she stopped crying again and glanced at her friends who were still trying to comfort her. Rarity decided to throw in her two cents (Or bits).
"Why don't you just stop thinking about him?" She asked. Twilight glanced up at her friend and sighed.
"That's the thing! I can't! No matter how hard I try I can't get Mad Mind out of my head!" Twilight exclaimed
"What do you mean you 'can't get him out of your head'?" Rarity asked curiously. Twilight sighed.
"It's like he's stuck in my mind! Every time I try to stop thinking about him, he just keeps popping back into my mind!" Twilight said.
Rarity moved to the back of the group and began talking amongst the other girls.
Twilight sat upon her bed, confused for the full minute they discussed until they separated and Rarity spoke up again.
"Twilight... Do you, perhaps,... Like Mad Mind?" She asked curiously.
Time seemed to stop for the lavender alicorn as these words escaped Rarity's lips.
'Me? Like Mad Mind?'
'No way! Mad Mind's a jerk!
'He's super annoying!'
'Not to mention he's kinda cute...'
'... WHAT!?'
'Well, think about it! The colour of his eyes, his personality, even his messy mane! Even that suits him well! Face it: he's cute and you know it.'
'Well...'
'You and I know very well that you like him. There's no denying it.'
... Okay! So I like Mad Mind! You're failing to realize the big picture here!'
'And what's that?'
'Were enemies! He hates me!'
'...Right. Well, this is gonna be interesting now isn't it?'
"Well Twilight?" Rarity asked. The tension was thick in the air as the mares waited for Twilights response. Then, she finally sighed.
"Yes..." She said quietly. The girls,who were capable of hearing this, all gasped in shock, Rainbow looking more surprised than the rest of the mares.
Silence. A large amount of silence entered the room as the mares guffawed at Twilight's revelation, until Rainbow spoke up.
"Umm... Twi? Can we talk alone for a sec?" She asked. A confused expression entered upon Twilight's face, but she reluctantly nodded and the rest of the mares left the room leaving Twilight and Rainbow alone.
"Do you know any soundproofing spells?" Rainbow asked. Twilight tilted her head in question.
"Why?" She asked, which made Rainbow face-hoof. "Because, knowing Rarity, she's gonna try and eavesdrop on our conversation and I don't want her to hear what I'm gonna tell you." She explained.
Twilight obliged and casted the spell, causing a small aura to ripple across the room. She then decided to speak up.
"Umm... Rainbow? What is this about?" Twilight asked the cyan pegasus.
Rainbow let out a small sigh and sat next to Twilight. "Listen Twilight, before Mad Mind arrived in Canterlot, we had a... Conversation, where he explained something to me." Rainbow began, but was cut off by a fearful Twilight.
"Oh no. Does he have feelings for you? Or maybe it's-" Rainbow stuck a hoof into Twilights mouth.
"No. Nothing like that, I can't see myself with Mad Mind to begin with. It's just... He told me something important." Rainbow said nervously. Twilight looked unamused. "Rainbow, what did Mad Mind tell you?" She asked in a serious tone.
Rainbow bit her lower lip and spoke. "Twilight... Mad Mind's not from here." She said. Twilights expression changed to one that said 'are you freaking kidding me?' "Rainbow, Mad Mind said that when he got here that he never came to Ponyville or Canterlot. So you'd have to assume that of course, he wasn't from around here." Twilight deadpanned. Rainbow shook her head.
"No. Not from just Ponyville but like... All Equestria." She explained. Twilights expression didn't change whatsoever.
"Not from Equestria?"
"Yeah."
"Like, from another planet?"
"Exactly!"
"From another universe?"
"Yeah!"
"...Rainbow, that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Twilight said with a bit of an edge in her voice.
"Yeah... Wait, what?" Rainbow glanced up at the lavender alicorn as she spoke again.
"Rainbow, there are no such thing as 'other worlds' let alone other universe's. Ponies have been studying this fact from ancient times. And even if Mad Mind came from another world, how did he get here? It's not like he simply walked through a wooden gate. That would take decades of research and the most powerful magic ever created! Besides: what proof do you have?" Twilight explained with a slightly angered expression.
Rainbow thought for a moment. "Why would the first male alicorn in all five thousand years arrive at this time? Let alone at all?" She asked Twilight.
This actually was surprised at how much sense this fact made, more so that it came from Rainbow. However, she still didn't buy it. "Fair point. But it's not quiet enough to explain-" Twilight was cut off as Rainbow kept giving Twilight more and more proof.
"And don't you find it odd that Mad Mind, despite being an alicorn, doesn't know how to cast spells? Or fly? Both of which are the easiest things a foal could do?"
This shocked Twilight even more, frightened her a little. The logic behind Rainbows contradictions made more sense then she thought it would. And coming from Rainbow, who couldn't understand how clouds disappear after a pegasus bucked them, made this much more shocking. "Okay, I see your point. Anything else you need to tell me about how Mad Mind is from another planet?" Twilight asked, slightly annoyed by how much sense Rainbow's logic made.
She shrugged. "That's all I got." She responded. "And I bet Mad Mind wouldn't tell me it if it wasn't true." She added at the last second.
Twilights face hardened as these words escaped Rainbows lip's. "Actually, he probably would. Considering the fact that, as he stated clearly dozens of times, he still doesn't trust us, he could've been lying about his entire existence up until now. He could've been lying about his personality, maybe he's the most powerful magic user in all Equestria, maybe he was a past Wonderbolt, maybe he was something hidden in secret that nopony knew about in the first place. I'm not sure, but I do know that Mad Mind was not from another planet or universe." Twilight stated harshly.
Rainbow put some thought into these words. "Then if he was lying about who he was... Do you like him all the same?" She asked curiously.
This stopped Twilight's thought process dead in it's tracks. Her eye's went wide in fear. What if she was right? What if Mad Mind wasn't who he said he was? What if he didn't look like what he convinced everypony he looked like? Nopony would've known. He could've been crippled and his leg could still be fine and nopony would've known.
And the worst thing about it? The doctors found no medical history (let alone any history) about Mad Mind whatsoever. Nopony knew who Mad Mind was. Just who he is. Everything she knew about Mad Mind could've been a lie. And, for all she knew, it seemed even more likely that he came from another planet.
She shook her head. These were questions for another time. When Mad Mind calms down a little after his little... Attack. But there was still something she could do.
She uncasted the soundproofing spell and opened the door, causing the mares on the other side, trying to eavesdrop, to come tumbling into the room. Twilight sighed.
"Seriously?" She asked in an unamused tone.
The mares let out an embarrassed laugh and pulled themselves up and allowed Twilight to pass. "Spike!" She called out to her assistant. "Take a letter." She said simply, and the young dragon began to scribble down what Twilight was saying.
Dear Princess Celestia.
I have somethings to tell you about Mad Mind. The first thing is, by his standards, were now officially enemies. I wish to tell you more about what I've learned about our mysterious friend, but I'd prefer to tell you in person, so I will be back in Canterlot in three days.
Your favourite student
Twilight Sparkle.
And, in a wisp of green flame, the letter was sent.