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// Chapter 15: Rainbow Dash 
// Story: Equestria Girls Series; Episode 1: Rainbow Dash 
// by That_G3_Obsessive 
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When Rainbow woke up, she was floating. Not like being lifted in a cage, actually floating, like on thin air.

Suddenly her hooves touched the ground. When she opened her eyes, she was in a magical place, where there was no ground, yet Rainbow felt something under her hooves. She looked around and saw another Rainbow, only she was an It. 

"What happened?" Rainbow-the-It gasped." Then she looked at Rainbow. "You! But you were..." she trailed off. 

Rainbow gulped. But she heard hoof-steps before she could ask what that meant.

"Twilight!" Rainbow-Two. "Where are we?"

"We're in the place where I became a princess," smiled Twilight. She was back to her normal pony body, though Rainbow got the feeling that Rainbow-Two could see her as an It.

"Am I going to become a princess now?" she gasped.

"Not yet," said Twilight. "But you are going to gain some power."

"What do you mean?" asked Rainbow-Two.

"I understand now," the alicorn smiled again. "This was all a part of a great destiny to discover your other selves!"

"What?" Rainbow and Rainbow demanded at the same time. Twilight giggled. Then she began to explain.

"I unlocked my destiny by creating new magic," she said. "You can do that, too, and this adventure was a major part of it. Your natural strengths will increase, along with your Element of Harmony, loyalty."

Rainbow stared into her counterpart's magenta eyes, the exact copy of her own. Suddenly her whole body began to tingle, and she realized that a burst of red light shot out of both of their chests and started to circle around them both, crimson energy drawing then together. Then it centered around her neck, and her Element of Harmony appeared around her throat, the ruby glistening in the energy of loyalty.

And then everything went black. For the second time in like, an hour.


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Rainbow opened her eyes to see a giant red lightning bolt lighting up the night sky. Her counterpart's eyes were just beginning to open, but Rainbow noticed something new about her. A small ruby pendant, in the shape of a lightning bolt, hanging from her neck.

Twilight was standing nearby, back in It-form. Her shining crown sat on top of her head.

Then Rainbow noticed a familiar weight on her neck. She looked down to see a familiar gold necklace glowing on her neck. The ruby was a mirror image of Rainbow-Two's.

Mirror... She looked at Twilight. How had she become an It anyway? The only way was...

"You went through the mirror again," she said to Twilight.

She nodded, gently smiling.

"For me?" Rainbow's voice cracked. She felt a warm, wet streak fall down her face, but she didn't care.

"Of coarse," Twilight replied. "You're my best friend. Why wouldn't I?"

"It's just..." she wiped at the tears now coming in sheets down her face. "I don't know. I didn't think you would go through the mirror for me."

"Oh, Rainbow, I will always be there for you, no matter how far away you may be," she said, wiping away some tears of her own.

"Twilight?" Rainbow-Two groaned. "What happened?"

"Don't worry, Rainbow," Twilight soothed.

"It's night?" she mused. "My mom's going to kill me. I said I'd be back by dinner." Twilight giggled.

"I have to go back to Equestria now," she said. "My Rainbow Dash has some serious injuries and needs help. I might not see you again for a while," she added. 

"I understand," Rainbow said simply, than got to her hind legs and walked away.

"Wait!" Twilight called. The It looked back. "I'll miss you."

Rainbow smiled. "Ditto." Then she walked off and disappeared.

Suddenly all the pain Rainbow had experienced in the last twenty-four hours bit her in the butt. She lay down her head and passed out, knowing that this time, she would be safe.