Neither Twilight Velvet, nor Nightlight planned on having any other children. They thought two children were more than enough. Heck, Velvet was expecting to have grandchildren sometime around the next year, since Shining Armor and Cadance, the dean from Crystal Prep were dating. For about a month and a half by the way.
Shining armor knew about this, of course. He also knew that he didn't have a second sister or at least he had been sure of that fact. His parents never mentioned anything. They never argued about a daughter they left at an orphanage for some reason or other. He also didn't remember Twilight building a cloning device, though that was not out of the realm of possibility. Why else would there be a second Twilight standing in Twilight's bedroom, right next to Twilight? Ignoring the wings, the good looking outfit, and the hairdo, it was the spitting image.
Oh wait! Shining Armor's brain chimed in. Maybe it's just one of Twilight's friends dressing up. She has now like...five, six? Hey, wait a minute! What's one of Twilight's friends doing here at eight in the morning?!
The two Twilight's or as Shining Armor's mind translated it as Twily and the friend of Twily looking, looked at him. The winged one had an eyebrow raised, while the one who was fidgeting with her fingers was definitely his little Twily.
"Er..." was all he got out. He wracked his brain on how to approach the situation, but couldn't come up with anything. Instead, the winged Twilight decided to act. She pointed a finger at Shining, which sparkled in a lavender light. Before Shining could question how the girl installed a lightbulb in her finger, he blacked out.
"What did you do?!" Twilight shouted at Midnight. Before her counterpart answered, Shining's body was levitated up and put inside Twilight's closet. All the doors and windows were closed, as well as the curtains.
"I figured we'd need some peace and quiet." Midnight finally answered, smiling at Twilight. A growl near their feet caught the girls attention. Looking down they found Spike quite adorable fletching his teeth at Midnight Sparkle, his growls not stopping.
The winged girl smiled, levitating the dog up, causing him to yelp in surprise. Midnight took the purple dog into her arms and cradled him like a baby.
"Aw, you're quite adorable, even when you're angry." She snuggled the dog with her face. Spike felt a little lost at the moment, looking over to Twilight and then back to Midnight, who actually acted like Twilight when he and the girl first met. "Now you'll be a good boy" she pushed the dog's snout with her index finger, "and I'll treat you those chicken legs you love so much."
"Chicken legs?!" Spike exclaimed, his tiny tail wiggling between Midnight's fingers. Twilight decided then and there to snatch Spike from Midnight and held him away.
"Stop this!" Twilight shouted.
"Killjoy." Midnight crossed her arms and pouted for a second before her expression turned serious. "But I guess this is not the time."
"Er, Twilight?" Spike spoke up. "Shouldn't we...you know...run for our lives?"
Twilight looked down at her dog, unsure how to respond to that. “It’s….complicated.” The girl bit her lip.
Midnight for her own part sighed, as her other self-said those words. Didn’t Twilight just overcome the fear of talking to her friends about what, a couple of days ago? But at the same time, her counterpart had a point.
“Confusing is one way of putting.” the angel said, looking down at her gloved hands. “Although, you have to admit this is fascinating. I mean, think about it. Most of my life I have been nothing more, than pent up emotions hiding inside your subconsciousness. And unless you have a mental condition we are not aware of, the magic you possess somehow not only gave me life, but also a body of my own. This alone goes against the law of conservation of mass and the law of conservation of energy.” Midnight pointed out.
“Wow, she even thinks the same way as you,” Spike commented of handly.
Twilight blinked for a second. Just one second. Then she let out an ear-piercing squeal, pressing the air out of Spike at the same time.
“You’re right!” Twilight exclaimed, jumping into the air. “This is scientifically not possible, yet here you’re in flesh and blood.” The girl stopped herself all of the sudden, her grip slightly loosening on Spike. The dog used the opportunity to wriggle himself free and drop to the ground. And though the impact hurt, the dog was more than happy to be able to breathe again.
“You are here, right? And not just some kind of holo-projection.”
Midnight shrugged. “It feels real, at least.”
“Hmm.” Twilight stepped up and grabbed Midnight’s arm, her fingers slowly trailing over the smooth skin. The angel for her part just waited patiently, letting Twilight do her thing. The girl even took the liberty of checking pulse and heartbeat.
“80 beats per minute,” Twilight muttered. “Not unusual. Hmm, those wings…”
“They don’t look like they should be able to lift me off the ground, right?” Midnight spoke before Twilight could vocal her thoughts.
“Exactly.”
“Okay, that’s it,” Spike announced. “This gotta be a dream.” The dog walked over to his basket and made it himself comfortable inside, before going back to sleep.
Twilight was too focused on staring at the wings, than paying attention to her dog. Midnight’s wings involuntarily twitched, as her other self-touched those.
“Careful.” Midnight giggled. “They’re sensitive.”
“Fascinating. I wonder what purpose they have if they don’t let you- GAH! What am I doing here?!” the normal human shouted all of the sudden, ready to rip her hair of her head. Spike let out a low grumble from the sudden noise and put his head between two cushions.
“This is not the time for this! I need to figure out what to do with you!”
“To do with me?” Midnight echoed. “Could you at least not make it sound like I’m some animal you sneaked into the house?”
“This is not good.” Twilight ignored Midnight, walking up and down. “What do I tell my parents? What do I tell Shining Armor?! Oh my gosh, he has already seen you! Oh no…” her voice turned into nothing more than a whisper. “Wh-what will my friends think? They’ll-”
“Alright, time out!” Midnight shouted. She put her hands on both of Twilight’s cheeks and forced the girl to face her other self.
“Listen to yourself! You’re freaking out about the same thing you did back before the camp trip! You think those girls will abandon you after all, that happened?!” she shouted.Twilight just stared at Midnight, surprise and fear evident in her eyes.
“I may not show it, but I’m just as confused as you are. What do we do in this situation? What can we do is the question. Shining already saw me. I can use my magic to wipe his memory, but that wouldn’t do much, as I have no idea how to turn myself invisible or change my appearance.”
“B-but-” Twilight managed to shake her head free of Midnight’s grasp. “But why not? You...you have so much power. And back then...at the Friendship Games...you...I...we knew how to do what. We understood!”
Midnight shook her head and crossed her arms once again. “I’m afraid none of us understand how magic works, beyond how to channel it. So far all everything you or I did, be it the Friendship Games or back at Camp Everfree was purely instinctual. Even when I knocked Shining Armor out cold, I just thought about what I wanted to happen. I highly doubt this will work every time, given that Sunset studied magic for most of her life.”
The dark angel performed the breathing exercise Cadance showed Twilight when she was a kid, before continuing. “I can try and use the magic, there’s a high chance I might even succeed. However, what then? Am I forced to stay hidden from the world for the rest of my life or until I accidentally bump into someone?”
“I...I…” Twilight trailed off. “I guess you have a point,” she admitted, letting her head hung. “But what are we going to do?”
Midnight lets out another sigh. She had a feeling she would do this much more often today. “Honestly? The only solution I see is to introduce me to the rest of the family.”
“But what are we going to tell them?” Twilight asked, sounding desperate. “That you’re an evil me, which I created over the course of several years of negative experiences and finally came to life with magic that a unicorn from another dimension brought to our dimension?”
“We may want to leave out the unicorn part.” Midnight joked. “But honestly, at this point? I was going with the clone story and yes, I know, I know” the angel held up her arms before Twilight could say anything “the only way to make a clone has been proven inefficient, as the cloned sheep died, due to half of its genetic code missing.”
“Right…sorry. I tend to-”
“-rant, when you get nervous.” Midnight finished. “I am basically you, remember? I just have a different outlook on life.”
“...”
“...”
None of them knew what to say next. Time was running out of them and with the suddenness of the situation, it was a surprise that none of them had gone into a complete state of panic. Both suspected it was due to the supernatural experiences of the past weeks.
Eventually, Midnight had enough and came up with a proposition. “Look, maybe we should tell the girls first before anyone else.”
“B-but they...they might...do something…” Twilight said lamely.
“Wow, you’re worried about me?” Midnight asked genuinely surprised, a smile creeping up her face. “I guess things will go south pretty fast, but that’s the cards we’ve been dealt with.” The angel stepped up and wrapped her arms around Twilight. “But thanks for worrying. My friend.” Midnight chuckled.
“You’re...welcome?” Twilight replied with a nervous giggle.
…
“This is awkward isn’t it?”
“Yesss?”
“But it kind of feels nice too.”
“Yessss?”
“Mind if we stay like this a little longer?”
“Nooooo?”
“Great! Thank you, my friend!”
Just then the door opened a second time today and none other than Dean Cadance of Crystal Prep Academy walked inside, yet stopped only two steps in, upon seeing two Twilight’s hugging each other.
Midnight quickly turned her head around. “Has anyone in this household ever heard of knocking?!” she asked irritated. “We’re having a moment here!”
Can't wait to see where this goes.
Inappropriate use of commas, words misspelled or confused with similar-sounding ones (auto-correct can be more a hindrance than a boon), awkward use of ellipsis... Mate, you need an editor.
Still, I'll stick around. Looks interesting enough.
7616947 I didn't have my program for the second part of the story. At least the commas won't be an issue in a few hours.
I like it!
yes!! a sequel!! now lets see how this goes!
This has so much potential. Great start, I'm glad you're continuing this.
Only thing, Twilight and Shining's father is called Night Light, not Nightland; other than that, nice work!
7617240 Whoops.
7616947 Okay, now it should be at least a little bit better to read. Though you're right, I need an editor. Machines can only do so much after all.
This can go wrong so quickly.
7617280 Yes. BUT! In what way?
7617281 It's like Spike learning that he can talk and Pinkie's acid vision.
put comedy tag because i can sense this is going to be a comedy as well
Can't wait to read the next chapter. This is so exciting.
7617340 Not sure if the following chapters will be funny, really. I certainly didn't laugh writing this. But I guess for now.
Midnight Sparkle can be such a perv.
7617414 I have yet to add the sex tag you know?
So far I have no reason to add it.
It's magic duh.
7617450 It's Twilight.
7617494 Ah, but she did use magic to subconsciously create her.
7617498 Still, how do you think Twilight's mind works? Magic is still an entirely new concept to her. While this is obvious to the reader, she is thrown in a rather peculiar situation.
7617503 As long as she doesn't attempt to create the humanized version of the Want it Need it spell she could refer to Sunset for magical lessons.
7617507 Did you really need to give me this idea? Just give me an excuse for using it and I can make you a chapter.
7617511 I wasn't intending to give you an idea but whatever works.
7616960 Self-cest jokes are now a must.
7616960 I can proofread if you want.
7617422 I'm only stating my opinion mkay.
7617602 That'd be nice, actually. Mind sending me a PM for further discussion? I'm kinda cooking right now^^
Definitely adding this to tracking. Looking forward to this story continuing.
They may want to figure out how to hide those wings before the government shows up.
I'm hooked, can't wait for more!
Great intro and loved the ending, nice work.
A nice start, I'm glad that this story got a sequel, and I can't wait to see what'll happen next. Twilight and Midnight'll definitely have some problems with the situation they're in.
And come on, Cadance, ever heard of knocking?!
pushes up thick rimmed nerd glasses
Well, actually Dolly's 4 "sister clones" are all perfectly healthy. Heres a piece on it from just earlier this year
I will definitely be tracking this one
7618723 I was only aware of the first attempt from 19something or so.
Why do I get a feeling that Midnight might go somewhat sexual or at least senual predator towards Flash Sentry... I acknowledge that I am Flashlight shipper but I highly doubt you plan on including him at all... As in he's nowhere in the story not even in the blood background for a nanosecond... but I am getting that vibe... Oh did I just give you an idea... I really need to make an appointment with Dr. Wolf...
7619195 Shippings are still open. I'm generally not a Flashlight hater, but I personally ship him with the pony princess. Whether he will make an appearance as more than a background character, I'm not sure. Shippings with Midnight? No idea. That's mostly the reason for the lack of a romance tag.
7619289 The proposed Midnight x Flash idea was not implying that Flash was consecting to Midnight... there was a reason I said predator...
Oh sweet Celestia I do need to make an appointment with Dr. Wolf
7619299 oh
BWHAHAHAHA! Oh man that ending though!! <3
I am TOTALLY shipping Twilight x Midnight Sparkle >=)
7619083 Dolly's demise at 6-1/2 years was not contributed to her clone status but a common lung disease in sheep and she was euthanised after she was observed suffering and diagnosed. Thus endeth today's trivia lesson of irrelevant to story fact. Thanks Twilight!
Capital on Armor
adorably flashing (fletching is the feather attachments on an arrow)
? = it
voice or vocalise
Delete 'it' (that's where that it went from above)
That comma needs to go.
Good first chapter, but disappointed no-one fainted at 2 Twi's. JK. A few little quirks to fix and it's perfect.
Interesting start, but you need to proof read or get a good editor for this-there are a lot of punctuation errors, misspelled words, and more. Not bad enough to make me drop the fic, but certainly drags down the quality and breaks immersion from time to time.
I imagine that Sci-Twi would either just say conservation of mass, conservation of energy, or the first law of thermodynamics. They're all the same.
I think you're kind of putting commas in unnecessary places and not really using apostrophes that much, but other than that, it's fine.
Cool story.
Minor technical nitpick: the sheep didn't die because it was a clone, it died because it caught a virus.