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// "Why are you here?" 
// Story: Warped Reflections - A series of very short one-shots 
// by abcd_z 
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"Why are you here?" Celestia asked.  

"Um, I'm here because you instructed me to come here."

"No, here here.  Why are you in Equestria?"  

Alarm bells started ringing in my head.  Celestia had plenty of things she could have asked me, but this was the first question she chose to ask.  

It was also, word for word, what Spike had asked me the first time I talked to him.

I said, "You know, princess, it's funny you should ask me that.  You see, when I first arrived at Twilight's library, Spike asked me the same thing.  He used the exact same words and everything.  And then, immediately after I answered his question, it was like a switch was flipped in his subconscious from 'suspicious and paranoid' to 'warm and friendly'.  It was like he was two different people.  Isn't that funny?  And then, over the course of the day, I noticed he was acting weird.  It was nothing I could put my finger on, but it put me on edge just the same.  And now, just now, I figured out what it was."

"I don't see what this has to do with-"

"It was you, princess. You were watching me through his eyes, listening to me through his ears, making him interrogate me and watch me intently.  That's why he was acting like two different people; because he really was two different people."

"That's preposterous!" Celestia yelled.  "How dare you accuse me of such behavior!"

"Preposterous, is it?  Well, your highness, I notice that you don't actually say I'm wrong.  Prove me wrong."

"These are outrageous claims you make!  If you say another word on the subject I'll have you thrown in the dungeon until you've learned to respect your superiors!"

"It's a very simple question, Celestia.  Have you, or have you not, been taking over Spike's body so that you could spy on me?"

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"...and that's how I got thrown in this dungeon," I told the rat who had been listening to my story.  "Any questions?"

*squeak* *squeak*  

"Yes, I'm going to finish my bread!"