Princess Twilight was sleeping soundly in bed. She was having a wonderful re-enactment of her coronation. The choir was singing, her family and friends were watching; everything was perfect. But something was off. She looked around. Everypony was cheering, Shining Armor was crying ‘Liquid Pride’, as was her parents; Night Light and Twilight Velvet. But there was something in the air. It wasn’t chaotic; otherwise it would be Discord. It was just evil. Shrugging it off, she looked up to her former mentor; Princess Celestia.
“Mares and Gentlecolts!” she announced to the crowd. “I am proud to pronounce your newest Princess; Princess Twilight Sparkle!” Twilight stepped onto the balcony and was greeted by a massive crowd of cheering ponies. She smiled. Whatever she had felt before must have been some stupid paranoia. Everything was perfect. Nothing could ruin this moment.
That’s when everything went downhill. The sky suddenly turned red, and a giant vortex opened in the clouds. She felt herself become weightless as she was hoisted up against her will. Looking around; she saw other ponies being lifted into the vortex as well. First to go was a Grey Pegasus Mare she recognized as Derpy Hooves from Ponyville. Second was another Pegasus Mare that she didn’t recognize. Next was a mint-green unicorn she recognized as Lyra Heartstrings from Ponyville.
Then, another thought crossed her head. These ponies (with the exception of Lyra) were all Pegasai; masters off all things flying. How is it that Twilight, who had never flown in her life; was still some-what close to the ground. Looking at her fore-hooves, she saw her friends; the Elements of Harmony, holding her down. Slowly but surely; they began to take off as well. Soon they were well out of range for any Unicorn to pull them down with magic. As the red vortex took over her vision; one more thought crossed her mind.
What the buck were Celestia and Luna doing this entire time?
Twilight awoke with a start. She was sweating like crazy. She looked at the grandfather clock. It was about 3:45 am. She heard something knocking at the door. She looked to her left. Spike was still asleep. Sleepily, she trotted downstairs and opened went to the door. She saw the silhouette of a Stallion with a spiky mane run off. Angrily, she opened the door. “Who-ever is pranking me better know that I’m a princess now!” she yelled into the distance. She looked down and saw a book labeled;
‘The Study of the Multi-verse theory and effects on magical creatures’
Excitedly; she took the book inside. Before closing the door; she heard a certain noise echoing through the town.
Twilight closed the door and dropped the book on her study table. She rushed to the kitchen and made herself a cup of tea mixed with caffeine to wake herself up. Opening the book she began intently reading. After about ten minutes of reading, one article caught her eye.
“The Unicorn known as Starswirl the Bearded made an experimental spell that allowed unicorns and alicorns to bring creatures from other universes to ours. Like his unfinished masterpiece, he never was able to make it function properly, and abandoned it.”
She read over the line that stated the spell and smiled. She charged up her horn… and fell asleep on top of the book. She dreamed of her brother’s wedding with the real Princess Cadence. She stayed asleep until the following morning.
Spike awoke at about 6:15 am and subconsciously got out of bed. Having been Twilight’s assistant for so long; he had a habit of doing his chores before Twilight woke up; even though she was perfectly capable of doing it herself; being the Princess and Element of Magic. Out of instinct; he walked to the kitchen to make breakfast. Ignoring the multiple instant tea packages on the counter he started making pancakes. While the pancakes were cooking, he grabbed the cutlery and plates and walked to the dinner table.
“Good Morning Twilight.” He said, passing the Alicorn; who was reading at her study table. He almost dropped the cutlery and dishes when he thought about that. “Wait, what?” he said. He carefully placed the dishes and utensils on the dining table and walked back to his purple friend. “How long have you been up?” he asked her.
“I woke up at about 3:45 after a bad dream. Somepony was knocking at the door, so I answered it; and found this book on the doorstep.” She said, holding the book out in front of her. “I fell asleep at about 4 o’clock. I woke up about 15 minutes ago. Before I forget, could you put my teacups away?” she gestured to a pile of at least 6 teacups. Spike picket up the pile and carefully placed them in the sink.
“Anything I can help you with?” he asked hopefully.
“Actually, yes.” She said. Spike beamed. He never got a chance to help in important stuff. When Discord took over Ponyville, he was still taking care of the Library. When the Elements were reforming Discord, he was AGAIN taking care of the library. Being allowed to participate in one of her adventures was a big deal to him. “First I need you to gather the other Elements of Harmony. Second, I need you to meet me at Zecora’s with these…” she used her magic and lifted a list of items in front Spike’s face. She sniffed the air. “Is something burning?” she asked. Spike’s eyes went wide. He had forgotten his pancakes.
When Spike arrived at Zecora’s hut in the Everfree forest, all six of the Elements were waiting for him. “Hi… guys…” he said in between gasping breaths. “Twilight… I got... what... you wanted…” He lifted a sack full of the items Twilight had told him to get.
Using her magic, she lifted the baby dragon off his feet and onto her back. Barely awake, he flopped down on top of the purple alicorn. Twilight lifted the bag and used her magic to take everything inside it out. First was a vile of Spectra; the individual colors of Rainbows, then a feather from a white Pegasus; most likely Bulk Biceps, then a plastic bag filled with cloud, then finally a package of red colored powder.
Using her magic, Rarity spread the powder in a pattern shown by Twilight earlier. It was a segment of 4 trapezoids, rounded on the edges to make a circle. After the pattern was done, Twilight placed the different items in the center. Once everything was in order, Twilight and Rarity both charged up their horns with magical power. The items in the center, as well as the pattern itself; started to glow an eerie red. The items disappeared and formed into a swirling vortex of red clouds. A single drop of sweat left Twilight’s body. This vortex was very similar to the one in her dream.
The two ponies stopped using their magic, but the vortex continued to swirl. Before Rainbow Dash could make any smart remarks, they heard screaming emanating from the vortex. All the Elements; with the exception of Fluttershy; who was hiding, and Pinkie; who was laughing for no apparent reason, prepared incase this creature was hostile. What fell out was not what they expected; a dark purple Alicorn.
When this pony fell from the vortex, the Elements; with the help of Zecora and Spike, brought her to the hospital. Taking her unconscious state as a chance; they examined her. She bore a uncanny resemblance to Twilight; but was dark purple instead of violet. Her normally pink mane and tail accents were red, and her cutie mark seemed to be her classic mark mixed with a cross and a jar of yellow contents.
When the Pony started to come to, their attention was drawn to her eyes. Her irises and pupils were tiny, but still the same color as Twilight’s. “Ow… my head…” she said. Her voice seemed to have an echo similar to Queen Chrysalis. “What happened?” She looked up at the six ponies looking at her. “What the hell do you want?”
Twilight and her friends were slightly taken aback by this pony’s use of language. “Um…” said Twilight, “I kind of summoned you from another dimension, sorry about that. Anyway; my name is Twilight Sparkle, and you are?”
At the mention of Twilight’s name, the pony’s heart skipped a beat; as shone on the cardiogram to her left. She shook her head. “I’m Brutalight, Brutalight Sparcake. By the looks of it, I’m an alternate version of you.” Great, she thought, I might want to play along until I can find the other Elements.
Suddenly, Pinkie popped up behind Brutalight, scaring the living daylights out of her. “Ifyou’rethealternateversionofTwilight, isthereanalternateversionofmeandtheothergirls?”
“Yes, Pinkis… I mean Pinkie, there are versions of you in my dimension.” said Brutalight, “Your name is Fluttershout, Pinkis Cupcake, Rainbine, Rarifruit and Applepills.” She gestured to the other six, in order. “Together we form the Elements of Insa… err… Harmony.” Her horn started glowing. “Speaking of which, I can feel the presence of the others, would you be able to help me find them?” She faked a sad face, hoping that would convince them.
“Sure!” said Pinkie Pie. “Nopony should be unhappy because they lost their friends!”
Brutalight smirked. Fools, she thought. Once I’m united with the other Elements, nothing in this world will be able to stop us from taking over. The only issue might be that freak, AssSpike. Oh well, I’ll deal with him when I come to it.
Lighting up her horn again, she scanned the area for her allies. “My readings show that Applepills and her sister; Francie Bloom are at Sweet Apple Acres. We should get going.” The Elements of Harmony nodded and headed out to Applejack’s farm.