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// Chapter 4: Twilight Sparkle 
// Story: Equestria Girls Series; Episode 1: Rainbow Dash 
// by That_G3_Obsessive 
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On the train to the Crystal Empire, Twilight noticed that the sun still wasn't up yet. Maybe Celestia was distracted with the invasion and all. At least, that's what Twilight hoped was the case.

AppleJack was watching Pinkie closely. The ponies still weren't quite sure what Pinkie had been talking about, or who this "RainbowDash526" character was. They had decided never to speak of this again, but Twilight still caught Rarity and Fluttershy stealing glances at her.

"Are you really going through the mirror again, Twilight? Can I come? Because I really want to meet the other me, since I'm the other other me, and then the other other me thinks that the other me is the other other OTHER me, and..." Pinkie broke the icy silence with her crazy rambling. Twilight smiled. Pinkie could make a pony feel good even when the world was ending just by talking. She was glad she had such good friends.

"Pinkie, you know why you can't come," said Spike, who had begged to come with Twilight on the train. He would stick to his friend to the end. "It would unbalance the other world creating complete chaos!"

"But that was when they didn't know we were from another world. They know this time, so we can come!" Pinkie protested.

"Yes, but what about the humans outside of Canterlot High?" Twilight reasoned. "They don't know that there is another world. What would happen if they saw two Pinkie Pies? They would go ka-RAZY!" she through up her hooves to make a point. "Besides, I'm not taking all of the Equestria Girls. Just one."

"What?" Rarity looked confused. "Which one of us?"

Twilight sighed. "None of you. I'm taking Rainbow Dash."

"So let me get this strait," Fluttershy said. "You're taking Rainbow... to rescue Rainbow?" 

"Eeyep."

"And they won't have a problem with ya jus' takin' her away, in all?" AppleJack asked.

"Nope."

"You're sounding like Big Mac," Spike observed.

"Eeyep."

At that, all the ponies laughed, as the train pulled into the Crystal Empire.

Twilight shut up as soon as the train stopped. "We're here," she said, as she stepped into the station and planned how to get Rainbow Dash to rescue her friend.