> Broken Reflections > by CloverStarshine > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Two Very Opposite Birthdays > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equestria; Morning (Twilight) It was a beautiful day outside, and the skies were clear. Birds chirped and the spring flowers bloomed. Twilight Sparkle awoke and yawned, smiled as she looked at Spike, happy at the sight of him. He was curled up in his bed with the newest comic of 'Power Ponies' opened on top of him. The lavender alicorn chuckled as she walked to the mirror and combed her messy mane. She then trotted downstairs, making her way to the throne room and prepare for breakfast, but was met by darkness, but why? It was morning, right? She lighted her horn, and as she did a party canon exploded, followed by her friends jumping out. "Surprise! Happy birthday Twilight!" said the five mares as they jumped. Twilight leaped a bit but calmed herself down. Which didn't last long due to the overwhelming surprise. "Girls! I can't believe this! You shouldn't have," said Twilight. "Well, of course we have to silly," said Pinkie Pie. "I rule number one of 'Pinkie's Rules of Party Planning' is to always surprise your friends on their birthdays!" "You have rules for planning parties Pinkie?" said Rainbow Dash. "Well duh," replied the pink earth pony. "How do you think I'm so good?" Everyone laughed at Pinkie's randomness. "Well thanks, girls. I don't know what to say," said Twilight with a smile. "Well darling, the fun doesn't stop here," said Rarity. "After breakfast we're going to the Spa. I have a coupon for a free service if it's your birthday." "And then we can have a good ol' race to get your wing muscles going," said Rainbow Dash with a sneer [Do you mean “with a smirk?” A sneer has the risk of sounding too aggressive when used against a friend], knowing well all the times she could beat Twilight. But maybe today she would give her a pass. Just today. "And then we can have some good ol' lunch down at the farm," said Applejack. "Bake ya a great birthday meal." "Then we can relax by the lake, and then maybe take a swim if you like," said Fluttershy timidly. "Then we’ll go down to Sugar Cube Corner and party hard with games and other things till the crack of dawn!," said Pinkie. "Or, maybe till 12:00 A.M since that's when the day ends." "Sounds wonderful, and I sure can't wait," replied Twilight with a smile. The friends came together for a group hug as Spike came in, rubbing his eyes holding his comic book and light blue blanket in his right hand behind him. "Uuggh," said Spike wearily. "What did I miss?" His eyes snapped open as he realized all the party decor. "Wait, is it Twilight's birthday?! Crap! ("Spike what language!," yelled Fluttershy) How could I have forgotten?!" The friends chuckled as Twilight rolled her eyes. "Wait what about Starlight?! Can't she come?!" said Twilight. Starlight was Twilight's pupil, a unicorn mare who little b little was making up for her last mistakes. "Oh darling, she wants to come but has some duties to do around her village," said Rarity. The village Starlight had lived in was governed, once not so long ago, by her. Only that everypony in the village all had their cutie marks stolen, by Starlight, and replaced by equal signs. Now Starlight was trying to make up with the inhabitants by helping around the village with whatever she could. "But she said she would come at around 7:00 to 8:00." "Oh, I can't wait," said Twilight. "Well, I guess we better get to eating our breakfast. Wouldn't want to mess up our schedule." Rainbow Dash coughed out the word 'egghead', then Applejack stomped on her tail. "Ow! What was that for?!," said Rainbow Dash. "Let off the teasing for today, Rainbow," said Applejack. "It's her birthday." The cyan pegasus gave off a chuckle. "Yeah, I suppose," she said. The friends giggled, had breakfast together, and then headed to the spa. Twilight could not believe how lucky she was to have such great friends. Fell Equestria; Morning (Fell Twilight) The sun began to rise over a wasteland of a village, the houses were very much in horrible state with torn roofs and broken windows. The only sight that contained any value, was a castle made out of crystals. A lavender alicorn with pierced wings and ears arose from her bed. Her mane, was spiked, colored blue purple with bright purple and magenta streaks. The tips were dyed in aqua, and she had a spiked purple collar around her neck with a magenta sparkle charm hanging under it. Her ears were pierced with silver sparkles that had sharp tips and the feathers of her wings were pierced with rings that had spikes around them. She had magenta eye shadow on her, and her tail was dyed in black. The alicorn kicked a bed that had a dragon with wings sleeping in. "Spike, stop being a lazy ass and get up!" grunted the alicorn. The dragon arose, having a spiked collar like the alicorn's. His claws, teeth, and scales where sharp and his slit eyes showed only hatred towards anyone. But the dragon was still young and was only the size of the lavender alicorn. "Fuck off, Twilight. Just cause you 'take care of me' doesn't mean I have to follow your shitty orders," said Spike. "Ha! I gave you life, and this is how you repay me?!" yelled Twilight with hatred and rage burned in her as she slammed her hoof on the ground. "Yep. After all, why should I give a damn?" said Spike as he lied back, giving a smirk. Twilight growled as her horn began to pulse with magic to kill the dragon, but she couldn't. He was useful to her, and he made her look even more dangerous. Plus, knowing that she was more powerful than him was what made him kept his in place. Even if he was bratty and selfish. But hey, weren't they all? Twilight teleported downstairs to make herself breakfast, not caring about the prisoner she held in her basement. After all, he didn't really matter, nor did anyone. But today was her birthday, and she would make sure everyone did what she wanted. But knowing that her prisoner, who she had to keep since Fluttershy wasn't free to look out for him, would die of starvation, she opened her basement and began to walk in. After all, if he were to die, they wouldn't be able to use his magic against other foes. Not like he had impressive magic like his sister. But hey, it was fun torturing him. As Twilight entered the basement, she threw the scraps in, not caring a damn about him as she walked back upstairs and slammed the door shut. Spike was found eating the rest of her breakfast, and Twilight stared daggers at the dragon. Spike growled at her, "You know, if it weren't for the fact that I am yet not strong enough to kill you, I would." "Let's just say, I'm prepared for when that happens," said Twilight, sneering. "Now where are my friends?! They have to be here now!" "Do I look like I give a damn?" said Spike, rolling his eyes. More rage built up in the alicorn, and as she blasted Spike towards a wall. He yelped in pain. Twilight stood above him and spread her wings, and the vine tattoos showed on them. "Let me make myself clear, you little shit," said Twilight. "I give you orders and you respond to them! Not only because I'm your superior but as well because I'm a princess! And you follow my command unless you think you can leave with stumps instead of wings.... Understood?" Spike would've shivered in fear, but he was used to this already that now. It just irritated him. He grumbled a yes as the doors opened, and a butter cream colored pegasus came in. The pegasus had ears pierced with black butterflies, she had a tattoo of a demonic looking butterfly on her chest. Her name was dyed dark pink and purple and it was raggedy. She had a red colored eye and teal-colored eye as her hooves were stained with blood, just the way she liked it. "Hello, Twilight," said the pegasus mockingly. "How is your day going?" "Oh peachy," replied Twilight sarcastically. "Just that this fat ass is giving me problems." Her head turned to Spike as her cold eyes stared at the dragon. "Well, too bad you don't have a respective servant like me," said the pegasus with a sneer. "Where is he by the way?" "Basement, chained to the wall," said Twilight. "Also Fluttershy, you do know it's my birthday. So I want everyone to treat me like I deserve, as a supreme. I also want these fucking bitches to get here." "And why should we? You're nothing important," said Fluttershy smirking. "Why I am way better at taking animals and creature and you? Ha! You can't handle a single pathetic dragon! And I can handle a draconequus? You're worthless." Twilight growled as she slammed the pegasus towards a wall and grabbed a knife, cutting her legs [Goodness! Twilight cuts Fluttershy’s legs with a knife? This is getting really violent]. "Never! Call me! Worthless!" Fluttershy chuckled as she slowly got up. "Well sorry for being kind enough to actually try and bend the truth. Now I want to get going your 'highness'." The pegasus laughed as she walked down, wobbling a bit due to her cut legs, to the basement, the whimpers of his fear filling her ears with music Twilight scowled at this. 'I'm not worthless! I’m superior to every pony. Taming a fucking dragon or draconequus means nothing! I'll make sure Fluttershy pays,' thought Twilight, as a smile came upon her face at the thought of making Fluttershy pay. She watched the pegasus pulled the draconequus by a collar, who followed behind as tears streamed down his face. Twilight smiled at seeing him suffer, and then trotted outside with a list of everything she wanted to do. If her stupid friends wouldn't come for her birthday, why should she care? After all, she could just enjoy it for herself. It was more fun > Two Very Opposite Parties > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equestria: 7:00 P.M (Twilight) Twilight was drinking some punch when a knock came at the door. "I got it!!!," piped up Pinkie Pie, as the expert party pony trotted to the door and opened it. "Hey Pinkie," said the pony at the door, Starlight. "Looks like I came just in time." Twilight, at hearing her former student's voice, immediately ran towards her. They hugged, and smiles sparked on their faces.  "You made it!" said Twilight as she pulled away. "How could I miss the birthday of the friend who helped me change my ways?" said Starlight, smiling. "I brought you a treat from Sugar Belle. I asked her to bake you because, I really don't have experience in cooking." The unicorn levitated a small white box towards the alicorn. Twilight opened it to reveal a small cupcake with a magenta sparkle in it, while an orange apple, pink butterfly, red lightning bolt, purple diamond, and a light blue balloon surrounded it. Twilight swore she felt a tear slide down her face from how beautiful it was. "Why, thanks Starlight," said Twilight as she levitated the box next to herself. "Oh, give the credit to Sugar Belle," said Starlight as she traced the floor with her hoof. "I just gave her the idea that's all." "Exactly, which is why it's so wonderful," said Twilight. She hugged Starlight. Then she pulled away and placed the white box on the table where all of her other presents were. She sighed, wishing her Canterlot High friends could had also come. But knowing that it would overthrow the balance of both worlds, she pushed the thought away. Then came the thought of her crush—Flash Sentry. There was a pony version of him in Equestria, but that wasn't him. That wasn't the Flash she knew. Which is why her relationship with him was so troubling to Twilight. She knew they could never be an official couple for a single reason, they were from different worlds. And the only way to reach them was through a mirror. So all the dreams of her and Flash sitting in grassy fields as the watched the sun set, were destroyed by the very reason it would never happen. Twilight looked down, having to face the fact that she didn't and probably wouldn't ever have a special somepony. "Uh, ya okay there sugarcube?" Applejack asked, bringing Twilight back to the present moment "Huh? I'm fine," said Twilight. "Just pondering on things, that's all." "Twilight, it's a party. Your party," said Rainbow Dash as she hovered close to her friend. "You shouldn't be pondering while everyone else has fun." "Yeah, because then you'll miss out and everyone else will have a great time, but you won't have gotten to do anything because you were too busy pondering," Pinkie said Pie quickly. "And, whatever it is, we can help you," Fluttershy said in a timid but cheerful tone. "Fluttershy's right, darling," Rarity said. "You can count on us." "Thanks girls," Twilight pulled all her friends into a group hug. "Well what are we waiting for?!" Pinkie said. "Let's party before we miss out on anything, especially the cakes and cupcakes with creamy frosting..." She began to drool and Fluttershy quickly grabbed a napkin and wiped it off. The others laughed at Pinkie Pie's randomness. Twilight was truly happy, knowing that no one could ever take away her happiness, and her friends. Best of all, a certain draconequus, perhaps hadn't come to ruin the party. I must be the luckiest mare in the world thought Twilight as she followed her friends to a Twister game. Fell Equestria: 7:00 P.M (Twilight) Twilight groaned as Pinkie Pie set down a cake that was a dark magenta, with a pink and a lighter pink layers of frosting. On the stop were three smiling flowers and under was the inscription 'Happy Birthday'. The cake however, gave off an awful smell as the blood that had yet to dry fell through the creaks of the cake. "Pinkie Pie, I said I wasn't in the mood for cake!" yelled Twilight at the pink earth pony. Pinkie Pie had her mane down, the tips dies with the blood from her victims. She wore a dress that held now thirteen cutie marks of thirteen different ponies, which was only long enough to go down and cover only her cutie mark and the begging of her hind legs. Blood still swept down the edges of the dress. She also had a holder strapped around her waist with various knives and her coat was stained with blood. Her hooves had feathers of various pegasi and other winged feathered creatures who had been killed by the inane party planner. "Aww, but Cheerlie worked really hard on it," pouted Pinkie Pie, insanity behind her sky blue eyes. "And do I give a damn fuck?! No!," said Twilight. "Where's everyone else?! And where is my fucking tea that isn't made out of pony blood?!" Suddenly, a draconequus who was beaten up slowly made his way to the alicorn. His goat horn and dear antler were chipped and broken in half, and his face was covered in multiple cuts and bruises. The coat on his head was a light shade of gray but was brittle and bruises all over, and one of his ears had been cut in half. He had a black mane that had gone brittle from all the torture the draconequus had endured. But worse was his back, which was where several scars, cuts, and bruises lay, the fresh ones had blood streaming down. His light blue pegasus wing and bat wing hanged broken and limply behind his back, covered in multiple times and looked as if they would fall off. His limps were all bruised up and the scales of his tail were all broken, a bit of blood still coming out. His white tuff of hair was curled be wavy but like his black mane, had gone brittle. A collar was around his neck that had a ring at the back for him to be chained. Fear was shown in his yellow crimson eye and his yellow and aqua eye as he meekly approached the alicorn on all fours. Twilight snarled at him as she took the tea, placed it on the table, then grabbed the draconequus by his neck with her magic. "What took so long shit face?," snarled the alicorn. The draconequus's ears fell backwards as his body shook in fear. "I-,I-,I-,I'm sorry Q-,Q-,Q-,Q-,Queen Twilight," he said in whimpers. "I-,i-,i-,it was just hard to d-,d-,do it to im-,im-,impress you." "That is no excuse for you to take that long to serve your rightful ruler!," yelled Twilight as her aura tightened around the draconequus's neck, making him choke as tears streamed down his cheeks. Twilight then slammed him to a wall and pinned him there as she stomps towards him with a whip levitated behind her. Pinkie Pie had been watching from behind, eating popcorn that she had pulled out her fallen mane.  The draconequus tried to run but his limbs were too weak to do anything, they always were. The whip came down hard as he yelped in pain. She did the same thing until finally, she stopped. Blood dripped down the back of the draconequus who winced in pain with every breath he took. Twilight then levitated him and slammed him into the wall of her basement, making sure to chain him up. Before she left, she levitated the wounded draconequus towards her. "Listen to me well Discord," snarled Twilight. "Today is my birthday and you ruined it with your fucking excuses! You think you can take all the time you want? Well you're wrong! I'm your princess, your queen! So you better who me some respect! Understand?" Discord gave out a weak nod as more tears streamed down his cheeks as Twilight slammed him to the wall again. "You're weak. No wonder your sister died because of you," said Twilight. "She would've been better to have than you." She knew that those words always had hurt Discord. She left the basement with a skip as she closed the door to her basement. "Aww, couldn't you let me take his wings?" whined Pinkie. "We barely get anyone with a sweet personality to make sweet and delicious pastries!" "Pinkie, for the millionth time, ask Fluttershy for fuck's sake!," snarked Twilight. "Now since the others aren't here, I might as well take this lump of trash back to his rightful owner." Just then Spike had come downstairs, hearing all the commotion as he saw the trails of blood and brown fur on a wall. "Yo Flopple," said Spike. "Mind torturing your subjects in a lower mode. I'm trying to get my sleep." Twilight rolled her eyes. "That's all you ever do pathetic piece of shit." Spike chuckled. "At least I am not overlooked by ponies." With that he went back upstairs. Pinkie had already eaten the cake and began to leave as Twilight collared Discord and forced him to Fluttershy's cottage. No stars showed in the skies, only the blackened cloud that covered any light that dared to enter. > The Switch > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equestria: 12:20 A.M (Twilight) Twilight sighed as she brushed her teeth and walked towards her room. Today had been great, truly on of the best days ever. But now it was over, and the alicorn wanted to get some sleep for the night. Tomorrow, maybe the Cutie Map would have a mission for them. Who knew? She just wished that the princesses could've come. But knowing their duties, she knew that they wouldn't have been able to come. Spike lay curled on his tiny bed, but his blankets had been pushed away. Twilight smiled as she pulled the covers over him with her magic, and then she got under the covers of her own bed. She levitated a book towards her and turned on her nightlight. It had been a book given to her by one of the ponyfolk, who had not put their names on the tag. Curious, Twilight had opened the present and found a book inside. Now she was reading it, but it looked rather strange. There were symbols on the book margin and another one on the cover. The book was a darker shade of lavender and the front page held what looked like a vine. All this puzzled Twilight, even more that the book held no title. What type of book is this?! Twilight thought. She flipped to the first page as some weird citation appeared, probably the dedication. She read: “One like the other, but yet not. Two identicals, who each hold different characteristics. Two of parallel worlds, but one is the fallen one. Only one can remain, but both would make a change if switched. Either the world, or themselves, or someone else.” Okay, what type of citation was this?! Twilight rubbed her head, thinking she would ponder the subject in the morning. She then lay the book on her night table the drifted off to sleep. Fell Equestria: 12:20 A.M Twilight grunted as she walked through the door. Today was supposed to be special, yet no one treated her as so. She was supposed to have respect, yet all she got was literally nothing. Her “friends” hadn't even bothered to show up (save for Pinkie and Fluttershy). She just wanted respect and appreciation. Was that too much to ask? . Spike who had fallen asleep on her bed and used her magic to throw him out. "Jeez, ever heard of the word 'excuse me?' grumbled Spike. "A queen such as me has no need to be the nice to the likes of you," snarled Twilight, narrowing her eyes at the dragon. Spike rolled his eyes and lay on his bed, and Twilight growled. She then slipped into bed, cursing at him, and levitated a book towards her. The book was given to her as a present from a pony who had refused to share their identity. Twilight was about to pin them down and demand answers, but they were gone in the blink of an eye, literally. She wondered what the book was, looking at the strange symbols decorating it. The book was a light normal shade of lavender. It had a sparkle at the top, which made Twilight smile at seeing how she finally got some recognition. She opened it up and found no title, strange. But why would you need a title with the cover it had? Turning the page she found the dedication, thinking it was about her she read: “One like the other, but yet not. Two identicals, who get hold different characteristics. Two of parallel worlds, but one is the fallen one. Only one can remain, but both would make a change if switched. Either the world, or themselves, or someone else.” Okay, what did that even mean? What the hell is this?! This isn't about me! Twilight thought angrily. She slammed the book on the ground and fell asleep, plotting on giving the mysterious pony a piece of her mind. If she found her that is. Mirror-Verse (Equestria Twilight) Twilight woke up in a dark void, with no light or anything anywhere. The lavender alicorn looked around again until she finally found a light to the distance. What is this place? the alicorn thought as she walked toward the light. Once there she found a mirror with the same symbols that the book had. It had a wavy line with four dots, two on each side. There was also a circle with three pointed triangles, and multiple sparkles. On the top was the same quotation that the book had where the dedication should've been. She then looked in the mirror, expecting to see herself. But it proved to be otherwise. The mare in the mirror looked like her, at the same time that it didn't. She had pierced wings, dyed mane of the color aqua, her mane and coat where of a darker shade than hers. The mirror mare had a spiked collar and a pierced ear with magenta eye shadow, and her wings held vine tattoos, one on each. It looked nothing like Twilight's. She then reached out to touch the mirror, the other mare did the same. Then a flash of white light shone as both made disappeared. Mirror-Verse (Fell Twilight) Twilight had found herself in the same situation that the other her did. Where the hell am I? Twilight thought as she walked around. She flapped her wings and tried to fly up, only to keep going deeper into darkness. She flew back down and saw the white light, and decided to walk towards it. However, when she found the mirror, she later no attention to the engraved quotation on the top of the symbols on the sides. Rather at the alicorn in the mirror. She wanted to walk around the mirror but only found darkness. So she went back and looked at the mare, who was looking straight at her. The sight of the alicorn similar to her had a lighter shade of her mane color and coat. She held no piercing and from the looks of it, no vine tattoos. Who the fuck is this? Definitely not me, thought Twilight. She then stretched her hoof out to touch mirror, and so did the other mare. They both touched each other's hoof through the glass. There was a bright white flash, and both mares vanished. Mirror-Verse (???)  From the darkness, a being had been watching the two mares with content. It barely had any fun, knowing it was dead already and could not escape the place. Well, it could, but apparently it couldn't interfere or interact with anything. The being was perfectly fine with that, more or less. But there were two reasons behind this. One, they wanted to have a little fun for once, enjoy the benefits of their new job. And second of all, they wanted to send the mare from the harmonious world to save someone the being loved a lot. Or at least, try to. > Harmony to Fell > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fell Equestria: Morning (Twilight) Twilight woke up and groaned. The dream she had had last night was very weird, and that version of herself looked really scary. She shoo the thought out, her body shuddering as she did as she got up and gasped. The room she was in was nothing like the room she remembered. The crystal walls were black and cracked, the curtains were raggedy and close. Her bookshelves were bare but yet clean. And the bed she was in felt hard and really uncomfortable. "Spike!" called Twilight, her voice trembled when no reply came. What if this wasn't her room? What if she had been ponynapped?! "Spike please, please tell me that you're safe." Twilight heard a groan as a dragon with a slicked collar, sharp claws, scales, and teeth arose. He had green slit eyes that intimidated Twilight, and big wings. "S-,S-,S-,Spike?" asked Twilight. But this couldn't be Spike, this dragon was way taller and meaner-looking than her little Spike. So, who was this? "Yeah, so what the hell do you want?" said the dragon. So this was Spike, Twilight backed away from him. How was this happening, what was this place? "Wait a minute," said the dragon, Spike. "You're not Twilight. But yet you look like her." He cocked an eyebrow as Twilight approached the dragon, trembling in fear but determined to find out what was happening. Yet her hooves struggled to move even more closer than she was. What was wrong with her? She faced a giant centaur who stole magic. And when she was a unicorn she faced a demented alicorn, a Chaos God, a creature who could change into basically anything, and many more creatures like that, and she was scared of a dragon? "Um, Spike," said Twilight. "If that's your name, do you know where we are and . . . I am Twilight. But how do you even know me?" Spike looked at the alicorn. Then he charged at her and pinned her to the ground. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE REAL TWILIGHT?!" yelled the dragon. Twilight managed to teleport out of his grasp. "Listen Spike, I'm the real Twilight, okay?" said the alicorn. "I don't know what's going on, and I really need to get home!" Spike slammed her on a wall then slammed her head on the wall, knocking her out. Twilight awoke quickly, just in time to see the dragon scribble multiple papers, five to be exact, and sent them away with flames. Twilight tried to use her magic to teleport away, but couldn't. Fear filled her as she reached to touch her horn, feeling a magic brace in place. The dragon approached the scared alicorn and grabbed her.. She struggled to get free but wasn't strong enough to escape the dragon's strong grasp. He walked towards a door, on opening it were stairs descending to what appeared to be a basement. Darkness was what filled the room as The dragon used a collar he was apparently holding to tie around Twilight's neck and chain her on the wall. "Spike why are you doing this? What's going on?!," asked Twilight scared. But the dragon gave no response as he walked upstairs and out of the basement. This gave Twilight a chance to look around, and what she saw made her gasp. The walls had stained blood, and there was a mixture of sky blue feathers, brown and light gray fur, and white and black hair. It looked as if someone had been tortured here. And to Twilight, it seemed as if it had been multiple ponies. Had Spike done this? No, there had to be some sort of explanation. But all she could do now was wait. Fell Equestria: Morning (Fell Discord) In the basement of a cottage, Discord lay on the floor, trying his best to get some sleep. He was chained to the wall, and most of his magic had been drained so escape was futile. His cheeks were stained with tears from all the crying he had done the previous night, especially after Twilight had mentioned his sister. Discord still remembered that day as if it were yesterday, when his sister had been killed by the so called, “Elements of Harmony.” What's worse is that his sister had sacrificed herself to save him because he was too weak to do anything, as he always was. And for what? His sister had died to protect him, yet here he was being tortured by the Elements of Harmony. Why? What did he do wrong? Why was everyone so cruel and evil to him? Just because he looked different? Just because he was weak? Just because he didn't like to kill or hurt others? Those thoughts were what made Discord cry even more. "I really miss you sis," he sobbed. He wanted so badly to once again feel her arms wrapping around him as she protected him from the cruel world that wanted nothing more than hurt him. He wanted her to be by his side when he was scared, and for her to comfort him. But Discord knew well that neither he nor anyone else could bring his sister back from the dead. More tears fell down his cheeks as he winced in pain with every single breath he took. He just wanted to die already, to be with his parents and his sister. But the ponies or so called 'Elements of Harmony', as they call themselves, wouldn't let him die. They would just torture him till the end of time. Discord lay his head on his paw and talon, hoping that time would maybe finally be nice to him and let him die. However, his ears perked up as the basement door opened, and light made its way into the cell. Discord tried to back away, but fear had frozen him as his captor, or owner, came towards him. "How's my little pet doing?" asked Fluttershy in a mockingly sweet tone. "I'm f-,f-,f-,fine," lied Discord as tears streamed down his cheeks, fear filling up inside him as the psychotic pegasus approved him. "Well sorry, sweetie, but no breakfast today," said Fluttershy. "You ruined Twilight's birthday yesterday and that was very rude of you!" Discord still could remember the thousands of whips he had gotten the night before, and a whimper escaped from him. "I'm s-,s-,s-,sorry Fl-,Fl-,Fl-, Fluttershy," said Discord. His ears folded backwards. "It's okay, just don't do it again," said Fluttershy as she stroked his head and Discord jerked in fear and disgust. Before his sister's death, Fluttershy had manipulated Discord into thinking that she had feelings for him. And Discord believed it because she had been the only one, besides his family, to have shown him kindness. And for being so stupid his sister had died. "Anyways," continued the pegasus. "I just got a letter from Spike saying that there was an emergency. Now since there is no one to take care of you, you're coming with me, understand? Unless you want to bother Princess Celestia with you being around her castle." No, please not her. Please just let me be, cried Discord on the inside. But he nodded as Fluttershy unhooked his chain, and led him to the ruined and dark castle that towered over Ponyville. > Fell to Harmony > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equestria: Morning (Fell Twilight) "Uggh.." said Twilight as she woke up, arising from her slumber. She looked around and rubbed her head. All Twilight could think of was the strange dream she’d just had, in which she’d met a reflection of herself. That alicorn had looked like her but wasn't. To her, that version of her had looked really wimpy and pathetic. Now she was never going to hear the end of it when she told Spike. She got out of bed, and her eyes widened at the sight around her. Her room had crystal walls that looked delicate and shone in the sunlight, which made Twilight wince since she barely ever saw the sun. She saw a few bookshelves filled with books, and her bed wasn't hard but soft and comfortable. The fuck? thought Twilight as she looked around again. Just then, she heard a familiar moan, only it sounded younger. "Tw-,Tw-, Twilight?" said Spike. Twilight turned, and the two of them stared at each other with wide eyes. "Who are y-,y-,you?" said Spike, shivering in fear. Twilight rolled her eyes. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, you fucking dumbass," she said. Her eyes narrowed at the dragon. "Now tell me, where am I and what did you do with my dragon, you little bitch?!" Spike only stepped back and ran out. Twilight growled and chased him down the halls, inspecting the perfection of the palace. Suddenly, she was stopped and frozen inside a magenta crystal like cube. "Spike, you are right, this looks nothing like Twilight," said a female voice. Twilight could see that the owner of the voice was a unicorn mare. She had a pale pink coat and purplish eyes. Her mane was a bright purple with aqua blue streaks, and it was curled at the bottom. Meanwhile, her cutie mark was two aqua swirls with a magenta four pointed star in the middle. Starlight? thought Twilight. Didn't we kill her after her crimes? Starlight inspected her closely, and then her horn began to glow as she approached. "Who are you and what did you do with Princess Twilight Sparkle?" asked Starlight. "Though, you look a lot like her." Twilight started to use her magic to crack open the crystal and would have escaped had it not been the fact that Starlight strengthened the crystal. "Spike go get the others!" yelled Starlight. The dragon did as he was told and quickly ran to get the others. Equestria: Morning (Starlight) Starlight made sure to strengthen the crystal every time she saw the tiniest crack. She wondered what had happened to her teacher and who this alicorn was that looked similar to her. Why were her wings and ears pierced? What was it with the scary look? Starlight was so lost in her thoughts, she failed to see a crack had once again formed in the crystal. It wasn't until she heard a blast and the strange alicorn running that she broke out of her thoughts. "Hey!" yelled Starlight. She ran after and sent a blast at the alicorn, but she dodged it. Instead of running, Twilight spun and blasted Starlight towards a wall. The unicorn yelped in pain as she got up and fired magic from her horn. She blasted the alicorn, hoping to knock her out. But her opponent teleported behind Starlight and blasted her towards a wall, cracking the crystal wall on impact. Starlight coughed out blood, and was about to get up, until the alicorn levitated her upwards and slammed her on the floor. Then Twilight levitated her back and Starlight was about to kick her but was slammed again on the ground. Having her hoof out in a position for a kick had caused her front right hoof to break and snap. She screamed in pain as Twilight blasted her towards a wall again. Starlight coughed out more blood and her entire body shivered, and she found she was too weak to get up. Oh sweet Celestia, Spike, please hurry! Starlight thought. Twilight neared her and held out a knife that she had created out of her magic as she pinned Starlight towards a wall. The knife made its slow approach towards her throat. Suddenly, Twilight was slammed towards a wall as Rainbow Dash had soared in having tackled the alicorn. "Hey! Leave my friend alone!" said Rainbow Dash, charging the alicorn again. Starlight fell on the ground, and realized that the knife had made a cut on her neck. It wasn't fatal, but it didn't stop it from bleeding a bit. Applejack had ran in and lassoed the alicorn and tied her up. Knowing that a simple earth pony was no match for an alicorn, Starlight gathered all her remaining strength and trapped the alicorn in her crystal cage. Then she collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. Starlight woke up a few hours later on her bed. Her neck was bandaged and so was her hoof, held up by a strap so she wouldn't any weight on it. She got up and looked at the mirror, realizing how messy her mane was. She levitated a comb and realized just how weak her magic had gotten from how much she had to force it. After her mane and tail were tidy, she limped as she went, downstairs, back towards the ponies and dragons who were watching over the still trapped alicorn. How could the spell have lasted that long without me strengthening it? thought Starlight puzzled. "Ya okay, Starlight?" Applejack asked. "Yeah, you took some pretty bad hits, darling," said Rarity. "I'm fine really," said Starlight. "Err... how long was I out for?" "Eight hours," said Rainbow Dash. "And your spell here is pretty strong to have lasted that long. You took up quite the fight, didn't you?" Eight hours? thought Starlight. That's impossible. Unless her magic was strengthening the spell without her knowing it. Was that why her magic was so weak? Why it was hard for her to levitate a single brush? "Anyways, we should let her go, or at least a bit so she can talk," said Starlight. After the approving nods, the unicorn began to melt way some of the crystal so that only the alicorn's eyes and muzzle were free. "Finally, you let me talk, you little bitch," said Twilight with a snarl. "Listen," said Starlight. "All we want to know is where Twilight Sparkle is." "Either tell us, or we'll pound you to dust," snarled Rainbow Dash. "I am Twilight Sparkle, you dumbass!" yelled the alicorn. "Why can’t you idiots see that?" "Because you look nothing like her," said Starlight. "Whoever you are, you're not Twilight. Our Twilight." The alicorn started growling and found that her horn had been freed. Starlight, noticing this, quickly sealed her back in. "This is crazy!" said Spike. "We have to tell Princess Celestia." The ponies nodded in agreement, and Spike wrote down the emergency and sent it to the Princess in a ball of green flames. Starlight collapsed on the floor again as Applejack quickly picked her up, and kept her from falling again. "Goodness," said Fluttershy. "Are you alright?" "Not....really," said Starlight weakly. "See....,I'm using all my....str-,strength just to m-, maintain this.....spell. My magic is....renewing the spell.....every time it begins to.....weaken, meaning I'm left with.....little strength and magic......to use for my own." "Aw, shucks Starlight," said Applejack. "You should've told us before and we all could've helped." "Yes, darling, we appreciate all that you're doing," said Rarity. "But you must understand that you need your rest too." Starlight was about to protest but gave in to her friends' requests. Rainbow Dash carried the weakened unicorn to her room and put her on her bed, and Starlight slowly found herself drifted off to sleep.