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Princess Luna was smiling as she entered the small dining area in the palace she shared with her sister. The moon was already rising and set on its course for the evening, the stars had been laid out and were slowly brightening in the darkening skies. Soon she would be traveling through her subjects' dreams again, picking up bits and pieces about the modern Equestria she still hadn't entirely acclimated to.
Her sister, Princess Celestia, was already dining as Luna entered. There was a sizable spread of varying delicious courses set out across the table. The sight and scent of the fresh salads, roasted vegetables, and assorted sweets and confections never failed to impress both of the princesses. The royal kitchens always did seem to overprepare. Celestia greeted her warmly, and together they shared a wonderful dinner, feeling every bit as close as the age-old sisters had ever been.
It wasn't until after most of the plates had been carried away by the staff that the wisp of greenish smoke drifted in through the window and with an audible pop, formed into a pair of scrolls in front of Princess Celestia. Luna smiled at her sister as she immediately opened the first scroll and began to read. Undoubtedly one of her little 'friendship reports' from Twilight Sparkle and another from one of her friends. Celestia always felt the need to read them first, without anypony looking over her shoulder.
The last of the food had been ferried away by their servants before Luna happened to notice the change in Celestia's posture. The pleasant and warm evening had previously shown in Celestia's body language, a deep calm suffusing her features and a relaxed happiness in her body. Now, though, there was a slight tension in her muscles, and even a slight shiver of... fear?
Luna only hesitated a moment or two before turning her head to address the two guardsponies at the door. "If I may have a moment with my sister."
It wasn't a question, and the guards quickly and curtly nodded their understanding before opening the door and stepping out into the corridor. A flash from Luna's horn and all three exits to the room were locked. Princess Celestia calmly set the letter down on the table, though Luna noticed that the scrolls were rolled tightly and re-bound already.
The silence hung in the air for a moment.
Princess Luna was first to speak. She had never been one to mince words or endlessly wait instead of taking action. "Sister, what has happened?"
Celestia closed her eyes, momentarily wishing she had some tea, or some other way of stalling for just a few more seconds. "One of Twilight's friends found the Mirror Pool."
Luna's eyes widened for just a moment. "The pool? Who?"
"Pinkie Pie."
Another silence hung in the air. Pinkie Pie was... difficult to handle in the best of times. Having two of her... "... What happened to the reflection?"
Princess Celestia took a deep breath before speaking, which never meant that anything good was coming next. "Her reflections summoned more. By the end there were dozens. All created with the desire to have fun with Pinkie's friends."
Luna winced. Dozens of copies with the intent to be with her friends would be overwhelming in any possible situation. The fact that the reflections were commonly... lesser than the original did not help. She knew the answer before she even asked the question. "They killed them, didn't they?"
Celestia frowned at the wording, but nodded slowly before speaking in a quiet, calm tone. "Twilight Sparkle found the emergency book in the library, and sent them all back into the pool. I wouldn't know if that was better or worse than killing them."
"It's the same." Luna's cold, detached voice allowed no dissension on this matter.
Princess Celestia stood and walked slowly around the table to sit next to her sister. Luna began to pull away, but as Celestia leaned in and crossed her neck over Luna's, the night princess sighed and allowed it, relaxing in the warmth of equine contact and sisterhood. Several long minutes passed with the two princesses simply resting in one another's company.
When Luna spoke again, her voice was very quiet. "They never allow the reflections enough time to grow into their own bodies and personalities."
"No, they do not."
A beat passed.
Celestia spoke again, her voice still calm though perhaps a bit guarded. "Twilight has sealed the entrance with a stone."
Luna nodded but did not move to break the embrace. Her voice was strained. "It is for the best."
The silence grew again, less comforting this time. Luna had a question on the tip of her tongue, and Celestia could easily read her dear sister. They alone could always tell what the other was thinking, almost without trying. They alone of all living ponies shared the kind of history they shared. After all, there had been a time when Celestia had been the only alicorn in all of the world, and then a long time when she and Luna had been the only two. Only recently had that changed, with Cadance's transformation.
After another few moments of silence, Luna spoke. Her voice was timid and fearful, more than it had been in over a thousand years. A millennium of doubt and uncertainty in her life and her relationship with the one pony closest to her spilled forth in a single question. "... Do you regret not doing the same?"
Celestia only shuffled closer in response, one wing spreading to cover her little sister's back as she pressed herself to her. She allowed the calming warmth of her body to fill Luna's heart before she spoke. "I have never regretted it," Celestia continued, and after only a half-second pause, "No, dear sister, not even then."
Luna's followup question had been answered before she could even pose it, and she could only offer a sad smile in response. After a moment, they both spoke in unison, quietly reciting the short spell that had brought Princess Luna into this world in the first place.
And into her own reflection she stared,
yearning for one whose reflection she shared,
and solemnly sweared,
not to be scared,
at the prospect of being doubly mared.
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Boy, you're gonna get a few people with this one, a very interesting theory. That's the great thing about how vague the MLP setting is, from a fanfic perspective.
Believe it or not this is the second story like this I read, the other one featured a magic mirror that was destroy to make Luna "real". Pretty good for such a short fic still, and interesting use of the mirror pool
Eh, for a story just over 1k words, the "twist" is still fairly obvious about half of the way in. Interesting headcanon/idea, but it's not exactly a story...
Two things, and neither one is intended to bash this one shot, because it is good:
1. Cadence wasn't the first pony to ascend to alicornhood.
2. If Luna was born from the Mirror Pool, than how come she's completely different from Celestia? I know they said it's imperative to let the copies develop their own character, but that doesn't explain why Luna looks completely different from Tia, as well as why she's shorter and has a different voice. I take it this is implying not all the Mirror Pool's abilities were covered in the episode?
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I don't exactly recall the title at the moment, but I read one fic where one of the Pinkie clones managed to escape and develop a separate identity. As this happened, she slowly changed from pink to white and, IIRC, lost her Cutie Mark. Similar headcanon could explain what happened here.
The little twist at the end made the story really sweet.
Also interesting theory, I've never really thought of it like that before. 
I really enjoyed it. 
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.
That.... I don't... You.
I love you for this one.
VERY well done.
~Skeeter The Lurker
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My face when
Fun idea! The story was very minimalist, but it did decently well. I'm not sure the headcannon holds up to much scrutiny here, and I'd sort of like to see it explored a bit more to fill in the holes, but this was an idea story and it did well at that.
The mares have been doubled!
I wouldn't buy the idea, but I think it was well-told. Thumbs-up!
So Celestia created a copy of herself for the purpose of trolling her?
Sorry that's where my head went with that
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Was that the same fic were Twilight accidentally sent the real Pinkie back into the pool? Or am I mistaking it for another fic?
Well this was not at all what I thought it was going to be
. I was pleasantly by this though. I feel that I might be a bit short and maybe just a wee bit of lacking content but hey it was still really good 
. Approved for Twilight's Library my friend.
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Nope. In the fic I'm thinking of, one of the Pinkie clones managed to escape being in the watching-paint-dry test at all, so the real Pinkie was still found out.
2781775 I have a hankering for Mirror Pool stories right now, and I believe I've read the one where the real Pinkie is sent back. If you remember the title or at least some keywords from the story I can search with...
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Found the fic I was talking about! Don't know about the "real Pinkie being sent into the mirror pool" one... oh wait, I think I do know one, but it involves the Pinkie clone "going Pinkamena", if you catch my meaning...
Also, I'm surprised that there doesn't appear to be a group dedicated to mirror pool stories! I think that's something that would warrant a group, wouldn't you think?
2782284 Indeed, there should be a group. And no, the fic I read ended with the most awesome lines. Something like this.
"So.. I passed the test?"
"Yes, Pinkie, you passed. You were the only one who could keep looking at the wall."
"Thank you, Twinkle Shine!"
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Are you sure that wasn't a comic? I'm pretty sure I've read that line or something like it, too, but in a comic, not a fic.
2782312 No, I'm certain it was a fic. If there is a comic of it that is totally awesome.
So Luna is a mirror pool clone of Celestia. I get that, but I thought she was alluding to Nightmare Moon being a mirror clone of Luna and becoming evil, framing real Luna so she went to the moon, Celestia was all like
then sent Nightmare to the moon where the two rejoined into one being and history only wrote down the second occurrence. 
That would explain a little more why Celestia felt guilt sending her sister to the moon. I mean yes, that itself is a good enough reason, but to send your not evil sister to the moon by mistake....
Think about that.
I have to disagree with Zephyrus Scary with the twist being predictable. Or... at least for me it wasn't.
I gotta say I never did read a "clone never going back" story, that likely helped. I definitely gonna read the story he linked though, I'm interested now.
Very cool concept and the ending is really sweet.
Loved it! 
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HAVE ALL OF MY THUMBS! 
That's... that's really all I can say about that. Just... jesus, that's brilliant!
Well, that's a new theory.
I approve of it!
i do wish for more details
...So they were the same mare here? Then why did they fight...?
Great fic, that's a fascinating idea, I actually had to re-read the ending to make sure I got the twist right the first time!
I wrote a review of this story; it can be found here.
¡Oh the feels!
Only 1 episode I cannot rewatch. I believe that you can guess this terrible soul-crushing episode.
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Her Own Pony starts off great, but the author does not know when to end a story, or how to end it either. In less than half it final length, Strand should have got an audience with the Princesses, testified to the genocide, and the Mane 6, as well as those complicit in the genocide should have got a nice Lunar Vacation like the 1 the Mare-In-The-Moon NightMareMoon enjoyed (they could get paroled the next time Equestria needs the Elements of Harmony, as long as they promise not to commit genocide again). Still, it is a good story.
5574688 I disagree. While in this story it could be said that the main six committed murder, they still couldn't have known. They thought they were breaking a spell, getting rid of nonentities, that were simply reflections of Pinkie Pie( a pony that can just barely fit into her own universe without breaking it( imagine if the dozen pinkie pies had all broken the fourth wall at the same time. They'd end up on jay Leno in our world, and then where would any of us be) getting back to the point, however, they can't be blamed for trying to what to us would amount to deconstructing a book shelf.
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The Mane 6 never even tried to determine whether the Pinkies are sentient. Indeed, they are so cavalier that they could have killed the original Miss Pinkamena Diane Pie for sneezing during the test.
6218410 what would you do with 36 pinkie pies?
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I would determine whether they are sentient beings before killing them.
6219290 what do you base something like sentience on? Are they living creatures, yes. Are they their own ponies? No. Did the mane think, or know that sending the duplicates back to the mirror pool would equate to death? No.
I, if anything, would point to the wholesale genocide of the changelings to point out something worth getting mooned for. The changelings were obviously sentient, and it was stated numerous times that their goal was not conquest, but instead to gather food. Crysalis may have gone mad with power, but even at her worst, her only goal was gathering food( in a way that was not lethal.) Not only this, but afterwards not a single hoof was extended to their starving neighbors offering assistance.
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The Mane 6 should have tried to determine whether the pink mares could think and feel. As for the changelings, they attacked ponies. The ponies defended themselves. It is like Godzilla attacking Tokyo:
If the Japanese do not want to have Godzilla attack Tokyo, they should not attack Pearl Harbor:
0) The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1) The US declares war against the Empire of Japan.
2) The US drops nuclear weapons on Japan.
3) The nuclear radiation creates Godzilla.
4) Godzilla attacks Pearl Harbor.
If the Japanese do not want Godzilla to attack Tokyo, it should not attack Pearl Harbor.
If the changelings do not want the ponies to kill them in self-defense, they should not attack Canterlot.
I feel like this was rather badly written in the beginning (seemed more like an excuse to hurry to the main part of the plot), but you have a very interesting headcanon.