LEGO Equestria Girls
Prologue
Things were not looking good for Princess Twilight Sparkle. It had been only a week since her coronation as Equestria’s newest princess, and today was supposed to be the start of her first Princess Summit. Her best friends — Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and number one assistant Spike — had accompanied her to the Crystal Empire to provide support. But it was not the summit that worried the novice pony princess. That had been put on hold due to a major crisis that had unfolded the previous night.
While everypony was asleep, a cloaked pony had snuck into the room Twilight was sleeping in and attempted to steal her crown — which was also the Element of Magic, one of the six Elements of Harmony. The thief would have made a clean getaway had it not been for an ill-timed move that caused her to stumble, walking up Twilight and Spike and allowing them to catch the thief in the act.
The thief had then made a run for it and Twilight, soon joined by her friends, quickly gave chase. After running through many hallways, they managed to stop the thief — by now revealed to be a unicorn mare — in a room that housed little more than a mirror. But in the process, the crown was lost when it fell through the mirror, much to everypony’s surprise. The thief had then taken advantage of their moment of shock to slip away and follow the crown through the strange mirror.
The six ponies and one baby dragon were clueless as to what had occurred before their eyes. Now, it was the morning after those events had happened, and they had just finished explaining to the three other princesses — Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadance — what had happened. They had many questions, but none more important than the identity of the crown thief.
“Sunset Shimmer,” answered Celestia, solemnly. “A former student of mine. She began her studies with me not long before Twilight. But when she did not get what she wanted as quickly as she liked, she turned cruel and dishonest. I tried to help her, but she eventually decided to abandon her studies and pursue her own path. One that has sadly led to her stealing your crown.”
“She replaced Twilight’s with this one,” said Spike, holding up the fake crown that Sunset Shimmer had left behind.
Princess Celestia looked closely at the fake crown. At first glance, it could have easily been mistaken for the real deal, but a closer inspection revealed otherwise. While the real crown had the look of being carefully crafted, this one seemed as if it had been quickly and perfectly shaped from one chunk of material, like it was cast from a mold. The Element of Magic, which was supposed to be a gemstone embedded in the real crown, appeared to be simply painted on. The most striking difference of all was when Celestia held the fake crown in her magical aura and immediately noticed that it was made of a much lighter material than the real one. She then dropped the fake crown, which made a noise very unlike the metallic clanging one would have expected. She said, “I suppose Sunset Shimmer thought you wouldn’t notice right away that this was not yours. And by the time you did, it would be too late to go after your crown and Element of Harmony.” Celestia then began to walk out of the room.
“But I don’t understand. Where did she go? Where did she take the crown?” asked Twilight, following after Celestia.
The Princess of the Sun could not give a definite answer to those questions, so she replied, “You’ll soon know more about this place than even I do.”
Everypony now stood in the room containing the mirror that Sunset Shimmer had vanished through the previous night with Princess Twilight’s crown.
“This is no ordinary mirror,” explained Princess Luna, looking at the mysterious mirror. “It is a gateway to another world. A gateway that opens once every thirty moons.”
“Sparkly!” said Pinkie Pie, unable to resist sticking a hoof through the mirror.
Luna gave an unamused facial expression as she used her magic to pull Pinkie’s hoof away from the mirror. She then continued, “It has always been kept in the throne room of Canterlot Castle. But when Princess Cadance took over the Crystal Empire, we sent it here for her to watch over.”
Standing behind the assembled ponies, Princess Celestia sighed. “I had always hoped that Sunset Shimmer would someday use it to return, to come back to Equestria seeking my guidance,” she admitted. “Obviously, this is not what has happened.”
“Twilight,” said Cadance, worriedly, “you must use the mirror to go into this other world and retrieve your crown. Without it, the other Elements of Harmony have no power and Equestria is left without one of its most important means of defense.”
Twilight’s friends were left speechless. They had used the Elements of Harmony many times before to save Equestria from various threats. To think that the absence of one — let alone the most important one, Magic — would render the rest useless was shocking to them. It made very clear the importance of Princess Twilight’s mission.
“Your crown does not belong in the place Sunset Shimmer now calls home,” continued Princess Luna. “And in her possession, your Element of Harmony will no doubt be used to bring harm to the inhabitants of this other realm. They will not have the power to defend themselves.”
As Twilight walked up to the mirror, Luna grabbed Twilight’s saddle bags and levitated them onto her back, ensuring the newly-crowned princess would be ready for anything.
“You understand the importance of your task?” asked Celestia.
Twilight nodded and said, “Of course.”
“Good. Then you must go at once.”
Twilight sighed before walking towards the mirror. Before she could step through, Rainbow Dash suddenly landed in her way and exclaimed, “Whoa, whoa, whoa! She’s going, we’re going with her. Right, girls?” She and the rest of her friends stood in front of the mirror and smiled in determination. They had been friends with Twilight Sparkle for a long time now, and they were willing to do anything to help her.
“Oooh! I’m so ‘nervicited’!” exclaimed Pinkie Pie with a huge grin on her face.
“You do realize that’s not a real word, right?” Applejack pointed out.
Twilight smiled at this display of friendship, and was more than happy to accept their help.
“I’m afraid I can’t let you go,” said Celestia.
Everypony was shocked to hear such a thing. “What?!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash in anger. “Why not?!”
Celestia understood why Twilight’s friends wanted to go, but she also understood the consequences of doing so. She explained, “Sending all of you could upset the balance of this alternate world, creating havoc that would make it impossible for Twilight to get the crown back from Sunset Shimmer. This is something Princess Twilight must do alone.”
Twilight’s friends were understandably upset that they couldn’t go with their friend, but if what Celestia said was true, then the only way to help Twilight was to not go with her. Reluctantly, they all stepped aside.
“Time is of the essence,” explained Luna. “On the third day, when the Moon reaches its peak in the night sky, the gateway will close. And once it does, it will be another thirty moons before you will be able to use it to return.”
With a look of determination on her face, Princess Twilight Sparkle walked up to the mirror and stuck her hoof through it. She quickly pulled back her hoof and looked back uncertainly to her friends. They all gave her various words of encouragement while Princess Celestia simply nodded. Certain once more of what to do, Twilight turned back to the mirror and stepped through.
Spike suddenly became very worried. After looking around nervously, he made up his mind and charged straight to the mirror after Twilight.
“Spike! NO!” shouted the other ponies, unable to stop him in time. They could hear the screams of terror as both Twilight and Spike were pulled through to the other side, the noise soon fading to silence.
For a while, no one said anything. They had no idea what Spike was thinking going after Twilight like that, but it was already too late to do anything about it. Princess Twilight and Spike were now on their way to another world, and their friends had no choice but to stay behind.
Eventually, Applejack broke the silence by asking, “So, uh… what now?”
Celestia sighed and answered, “There is nothing we can do now, except wait, and hope that Twilight will succeed and return to us safely.”
“How much do you know about this other world?” asked Fluttershy. “If you don’t mind me asking, that is,” she quietly added.
“Next to nothing, I’m afraid,” replied Celestia. “All I know is that it is an alternate world unlike anything we could imagine.”
“Alternate world?” asked Rarity, suspecting that such a description may be intentional.
“It means there are many differences, yet some similarities as well,” continued Celestia. “I believe this means the residents of this alternate world may take on a different form, but their lives and personalities could be very similar to our own. While she is there, Twilight may encounter another Applejack, another Fluttershy, another Rarity, and so on. She may even run the risk of encountering the Twilight Sparkle who lives there. That is why I could not let you go with her. It is dangerous enough that I had to send Twilight alone, but sending all of you would have increased that risk to near certainty.”
“And what’s so bad about that?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“I cannot say for sure,” replied Celestia. “But when we’re talking about the fate of more than one world, I don’t like taking any chances.” The Princess of the Sun turned her attention back to the mirror that served as the gateway between two worlds. “Three days is not a lot of time, but Twilight is resourceful, and I have faith in her. I only hope the differences she will encounter will not overwhelm her too much.”