> Mirrorgate  MG1
>  by RDDash
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> 1: Magical Mystery Cure
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"Um, okay, is there something you want?" Twilight met  Discord on the first floor of the library.

"Twilight I was stopping by to meet the pony who was so kind enough to clear my criminal record, so I wanted to return the favor."

"I don't know about kindness but think of it like this, the new department equals the new codes. I am not sure if you want to find out what will happen when you cross the line."

"Uh, well, anyway here is the gift from me to you," Discord gave Twilight a book.

"What is it?" Twilight took the book and looked at it.  Talent Mark Swapper 6000, written and directed by Starssvirl the Bearded." The hay is this Discord I know every single book that he wrote, and this one, not it."

"Well, that's because it's never got published." Discord didn't even raise a brow.

"Of course it isn't, well alright I guess I'll take it." Twilight felt like she doesn't have another choice but to take it, besides it seemed to be interesting to read.

"Well, wonderful, I am glad you agree." Discord did have a wide happy smile on his face. "Right, well, I would love to stay and chat, but I have places to be."

"Huh, what do you do then?" Twilight had been flipping through the book, she waited, never received an answer she then put the book back on the table. "Huh, I guess I am just talking to myself here." She then returned to her desk and continued her day as usual "Oh what the hey, it's going to be one of those boring days once again." She then slowly pulled the book closer to her and started reading.

The grand theory behind the Talent Marks is quite unknown, but it's generally accepted that when the pony reaches a certain age he or she would go through a certain ritual where they would choose a specialty that they will carry with themselves for the rest of their mortal lives. To change it it's quite difficult, so it is advised, that the ponies would think long and hard before they would make the final decision. Despite the popular belief, the Talent Marks does not dictate our lives.
Ponies do not become handicapped because of it, they are simply performing their best at what they do... 

Twilight looked at the back cover "Published in the Crystal Empire. Whats the heck is Crystal Empire? Wait, it couldn't be the same Empire I keep hearing about. That old coot, he told me this book wasn't published. I suppose I can't really stay with him because it isn't technically have been published in the known Equestria. Now, what do we have here?  Hidden digital environment matrix that is programmed to take users and simulate accordingly. I've spent way too many hours dealing with Spike Live out your own adventure in a simulated environment traps. You have to be a complete idiot to not be aware of it when you buy them. It basically printed on the books, which is required by regulations."

This was too easy, Twilight speculated that Discord wasn't so stupid if he thought that I wouldn't fall for it, or perhaps he was genuine. Those digital environment simulators were as much as a controversial topic as love potions, which Twilight shrugged were equivalent to spiked drinks, aka date rape drugs. They were kind of illegal and yet had been taught in the magic schools.

Twilight studied activation matrix, "According to this it originally had been designed to work with at least two ponies, however, it had been modified to accept six preset users, and they are Me, Rarity, Pinkie, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. She looked at six talent mark that had been hardcoded in the code. Well, it's a good thing I caught this then, who knows what could have happened?" Twilight then put the book back on the table and went to the kitchen. "Hm, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to play the game. Hey, Pinkie?"

"You called, Boss?" Pinkie popped her hoof from the sink, and then pulled the lever with cold water on it. After that, she herself exited the pipe like she was made from water.

"First, don't do that again, we have doors for that, also I don't need to tell you how creepy this is. Secondly, please tell the girls that we are going to play a little game."

"But it's fun to break the rules, you should do it more often."

"Not the laws of physics, we never do break laws of physics!"

"But we do break them all the time, with magic."

"Pinkie! Magic is the field of science, based on the scientific principles! Anyway, you've got the message?"

"Yeah, sure thing Twilight. You got a new book, and  you want to test it out the digital environment simulator that came with it."

"Good! I then, let's see  give you a ten-minute warning, and then, well you know whats going to happen next."

"Yeppers! I already read the script!" with that Pinkie saluted and went to the restroom and flushed herself through the toilet.

"Give Gummy my regards!" Twilight was secretly had been terrified of the forty hoofs long alligator that's been living under Ponivile sewers. She then went back to her study room. The truth was the matrix had been already activated, the very moment she opened the book for the first time, and the only thing she could do is to delay the explosion.

Meanwhile in the Rainbow's house Lightning Dust had been visiting for a weekend... "You are sure you want to just give this to a kid?" She gestured at the fifty cal rifle, "Where did you get it anyway?"

"Yep! Have been planning for this for a long time." Rainbow had been sitting on the sofa. "This specific model had been looted from one of my adventures, and after that, it wasn't that difficult to scan it into ships armory, and therefore the ammunition supply isn't really an issue here."

"You mean you found this weapon from the same reality that you found me. " Lightning closed her eyes and then opened them again. "Have you finally lost your mind, mother?"

Rainbow nodded, "I must have been, because from what I remember you and Scootaloo are both adopted, and yet I can't help but think about both of you as my own."

"And I've been grateful to you ever since you freed me from that facility, you know you don't need to remind me of that."

"Hi, Dashie, Hi, Fallout Princess Celestia," Pinkie Pie jumped out from the wardrobe. "Dashie, did you know that you have weapons stashed in the wardrobe?"

Lightning Dash winced "I've told you to not call me by that name. Wait you stashed your weapons where?"

"Well where else you are supposed to put them, It's called WARdrobe, duh. Anyway, Pinkie Pie what brings you here?"

"Oh right, Twilight wanted to inform all six of us that she wants to play a game of  Swap the Talent Mark."


"I assume that's a codeword for we are all bucked? Who gave her that spell Princess Elector Celestia?"

"Nope, Discord did."

Now it was Rainbows turn to wince "What is he playing? Is he about to give her wings?"

"Wings?" Lightning was confused "I am afraid I don't understand?"

"One of the realities that I've seen have Twilight Sparkle becoming an alicorn princess."

Lightning Dash blinked, "Ascended alicorns, but that's impossible! I know so because we tried and failed to do so."

"Failure is a very funny word that been used to describe what we both witnessed, Goddess and her children, or what left of them after Goddess died. You know that they would never fully be accepted by the residents of that reality."

"Rainbow, Whats going to happen now?"

"Right now six of us are going to get our Talent Marks swapped. So I suggest you enjoy the show, we do have ten seconds left to the disaster." Rainbow pulled the display for everyone to see that it started the countdown process.

After the countdown finished Ponyvile had been enveloped in the white light. All six of them lost conscious at the same time, and then woke up at the Ponyvile Library. Applejack was first "All of us remember what happened?"

"Yep, it was a doozy, it's like all of us had been reborn and then we relived our lives from the different point of view!" Pinkie Pie had been jumping around the library. And then Twilight managed to reset the whole world back as it should be."

"Wait, where is Twilight?" Fluttershy woke up from her sleep.

"She should be outside, come on let's go find her."

All of them exited the library and just waited for several minutes. Then there was another smaller flash and with that Twilight appeared in existence, she hovered for a second and then fell on the ground.

Rainbow slowly trotted to her, "Are you going to be okay, egghead?"

"Don't call me egghead, featherbrain, and yes I am fine just give me a minute, I think I have a headache. I will never do this again, not in this reality, not in any other reality."

"Yep, that's our Twilight who we know and love!"

"I hate the mushy stuff, so for your own sake I suggest you quit that before I am forced to kick your flunk."

"Please, stop kidding yourself, you will never achieve my greatness!" Rainbow Dash nudged Twilight and helped her up.

"So, you are the alicorn princess now, congratulations Twilight."

"Thanks, Fluttershy, I just don't think it's a good thing. It's going to be a huge pain from now on."

"Eh, it could have been much worse!" Rainbow Dash stated bluntly.

"Worse how is it could possibly be any worse?" Applejack had been standing nearby.

"Twilight didn't become an alicorn princess, which resulted in the butterfly paradox. Which then resulted in all-out Balefire War with Zebrica, and then many ponies and zebras lost their lives, that was the first corrupted reality. The second corrupted reality involved us fighting in a Dragon Changeling War which also resulted in Balefire War, and all of us died horrible deaths. Should I continue?"

"No Pinkie, there is no need to do so. I think I got the picture."

"What now?"

"I don't know Rarity, but I promise you that we all are going to survive it."





Next morning in Canterlot. Twilight was about to be officially recognized as the Princess of Diplomacy, and with that receive another title to already growing titles. As of today, she had become an Ambassador Princess Elector of the Equestrian Kingdoms & MajorTwilight Sparkle Commanding Officer of The 42nd Clone Rosa Dämonen Company of the Imperium of Ponies.

"Congratulations Twilight, we are so happy for you." Moondancer had been standing with Twilight on the balcony of the Canterlot Castle. "I afraid you are just done it and outpaced us into dust."

"Well, it's not my fault, if you absolutely had to then blame that Chimera, it was all his fault anyway."

Moondancer sighted, "Well, shall we?"

"We shall, it's good to be a princess."

Meanwhile, in the throne room, Princess Elector Luna have been observing today's events. In front of her had been present the new Captain Blood Bite of the Royal Guard. "Any news from the North?"

"Actually yes, your majesty. The lost city had been appeared out of nowhere, and um, well our people don't know what to do."

"Would you care to elaborate on that Captain Blood Bite, It was my imagination that you stated and I quote The lost city of Crystal Empire had been sunk to the cold waters below."

Guard winced, "Well, yes! that's had been the popular belief, so nopony questioned it. Then the city just appeared Ma'am, on the next day our troops had been seen changelings agents sneaking in and out of it. From their various reports, we concluded that the city is a ghost town."

"Ghost town?"

"Yes, Ma'am! that's correct, there is currently no living soul present in the city, except our people. It has been theorized that the citizens might have evacuated via the Gate Mirror, which is currently located there and dormant right now."

"Thank you, Captain, I believe I understand. Please inform our new Princess of her new assignment. That will be all for now, you are dismissed."

"As you with your majesty!"
> 2: Assemble the Crew
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Twilight Sparkle looked at the files of the ponies that she hoof picked to be part of her crew. Well, at least some of them were ponies, and some others weren't. For example, Rainbow Dash pulled that favour that Twilight owed her and therefore Twilight couldn't say no. Thanks to that favour Lightning Dust got a free ticket as well. Rainbow said, meh, why the heck not? Discord, Discord had a funny look when he heard that. However, he was pretty chill about it. Twilight still wasn't sure if it was a good idea to include him. Still, I'd he is going then Chrysalis is going to. Surprisingly Chrysalis is the only person that Discord listened to. That and Chrysalis was an extremely useful person, period. Next were Shining Armor and Moondancer, both of them insisted to go, and Shining said there is no way he would let her go, even if from his point of view Rainbow Dash is the only person that he trusted, her and Moondancer of course, and frankly he was gamma class mage shielder, and that makes him extremely valuable. Moondancer said that Twilight is going to need her people skills. Twilight wasn't completely sure if that statement were true or not.

Meanwhile, the train that they were on already had been moving at full speed, and already had been approaching its final destination. The small train station at the farthest point. In about next hour it will arrive.

"Do you want something, like maybe something to drink or to eat?"

Twilight focused her attention to the new arrival that's been standing in the corridor. "Right now I won't mind an extra hour of sleep, yeah that sounds like a good idea actually."

"Well, I suppose. Tell me what's on your mind?"

"Huh, you would have to explain that. I don't really get it."

"What I mean is, we are about to be part of history, by which I mean that you would be part of the history, not us simple commoners."

"Come on Rainbow you are making yourself look cheap."

"But it's true, we aren't going on some sort of vacation, otherwise you wouldn't even consider taking those two."
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"Oh, you mean them? You know quite well that we can't take my personal fun squad, all two hundred and fifty of them."

"Yeah, probably."

"Probably? What do you mean probably?"

"Oh relax for a second will you!"

"I am relaxed, are you relaxed?" Twilight rolled her eyes.

"I assure you I am many things, I am a hot head, a person who lost her screws long time ago, but right now I am really really relaxed. The point is that we are trying to ha a casual conversation." 

"Uh, sure you are. Rainbow what do you really want from me in the middle of the night?" 

"Well Pinkie and I had been talking, and we discussed how far we could push the teen ratings. We talked and talked, and then I just suggested that we should go full throttle with no restrictions."

"Uh, so then a mature story then!"

"Yeah, now you getting it!" Rainbow moved closer to Twilight. "For example, we even rehearsed a steamy sex scene. But at the last moment Pinkie changed her mind, she said she is not ready."

"Does it starts something like this?" Twilight then leaned to Rainbow and then kissed her on the lips.

Rainbow returned it, "Now you starting to break the rules."

"Are you sure you don't want to convince Pinkie to make this fantasy happen?"

Rainbow Dash then smiled, "Absolutely positive, tell you what I let you sleep on my side, I promise it's going to be soft and comfy."

"Fine!" Twilight pouted, "I guess you win this one."

Ten minutes later Twilight had been soundly sleeping on the Rainbow's back, "Cadence, if I catch you one more time spiking  other people drinks with the love potion, you are going to get it."

"Aw, spoilsport!" Cadence softly giggled. "I can only imagine what the furious Rainbow Dash is going to do to me! Think of this as payback for the wedding! Besides, you are kind of tied up right now."

"Why, aren't you the lucky one. Now, why don't you go back to your Prince Charming."

"Okay, you don't need to tell me what to do, I just about to do it anyway!" With that Princess, Cadence left the cabin. The train still has thirty minutes to its destination.

The train arrived at the station and then stopped, as per regulations it let out two short whistles, and burst of steam. The last one mainly not because was a steam train, but this particular model was fully electric, gaining its power from a small portable magic reactor, and the steam was a small price for the environment. It's not like it was any worse if they used coal or diesel to generate the magical reaction. Coal had small traces of radioactive material which had been a pretty good conductor for magic. Diesel has been great but it was still polluting. Steam from the direct fusion reactor was a clean alternative. There were about a dozen subroutines that carefully ensuring that the reactor has been functioning properly.

Twilight yawned and woked up, "Did we do anything last night?"

"No, Twilight, I assure you we didn't do anything frisky, and FYI It's only been like one hour."

"Well yes, I suppose! Rainbow, will you join me for a breakfast! I think others are waiting for us."

"I'll be glad too!"





"So what you can tell me, corporal." Twilight had been sitting in the tent right in the middle of tundra, just about few miles from the city.

"There is nothing  to tell really, the city had been dormant for quite some time now Princess."

"And the mirror gate"

"Had been dormant too."

"So, can we activate it?Twilight really couldn't believe it that she needs it to say this. "Does anypony actually figure out where is the other end is?"

"We do have all the necessary equipment, we just didn't want to start without you."

Twilight sighed, "Okay, let's just get it over with!"
> 3: Quantum Mirror
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"So, Pinkie?

"Yes, Dashie!"

"Do you remember how you talked about how Equestria went to war, and then everypony died?"

"Yeppers!"

"Could you tell me a story about it then."

"Okay, well, you see there was a country United States of Equestria."

"Okay, I can dig that! What their story?"

"Well, instead of Princesses they elected Presidents and they kind of started first doing it. Like, Princesses became less cool, and well more power to a common pony."

"Aha, and?

And they got rid of gold standard for bits and then started to use paper money. A stuff like that, but it's not important right now. 

"I remember how you talked about it before, they elected a business pony, right, something about building a big beautiful wall, and they will make Changelings pay for it."

"Correctamundo! Only this time there is a conflict with North Cowrea! North Corea started to build nukes, and uh...."

"Let me guess, he is going to build a big beautiful vault and make North Cowrea pay for it!"

"It's not that funny Dashie because that kind of did really happen, well probably, our reality is in the farthest armpit of the multiverse. For example, right now we are spoofing both Stargate and Stargate Atlantis, and the opportunity is just too great to ignore."

"Hey, both of you, I am glad that you had been spending time with each other, but for the love of Faust, I am trying to concentrate here." Twilight had been a bit frustrated at the duo.

"Sorry Twilight!"

''Sorry Twilight!" Echoed to the first  Sorry Twilight!.

"Oh, please do continue to ignore us. We are basically backgrounded characters." Right in front of them had been sitting three mares, Rarity Applejack, and Fluttershy. All three of them had a bone to pick.

Pinkie Pie leaned in,  "I am not saying that all of us have flaws, but there are definitely some, if and only if, we do focus on it. For example, Spike really becomes completely out of character while under pressure. His OOC behaviour is kind of in character since the gods keep insisting on it.  Rarity, you can be sometimes really, uh what's the word I am looking for?"

"Come on, dear, you can say it."

"You are... you can be quite shallow! *Gasp!* I am sorry Rarity I didn't mean to offend you!"

"That's quite an alright darling, we know that is kind of true, I mean everypony can see it."

"Um Rarity, whats the deal with other ponies not recognizing you without your mane. If anything it's them who are guilty of being shallow. " Rainbow Dash pitched in, "And Pinkie what the hey is this beeping."

"Oh it's nothing, it's probably another leak alert. Probably false alarm."

"Pinkie just please relax, just breathe in, and breathe out. There is no leak this week, at least I don't think so."

Thanks, Twilight that's helped a lot." Anyway, where we are? Uh right, Fluttershy, would it kill you if you just didn't push yourself into exhaustion, and then ended up with a terminal illness."

"Uh, Pinkie?" I do kind of get it covered. I didn't actually care about my own health care, simply because my body is disposable, and I can simply grow a new one, no thanks to the recessive genes, there is a pair of them, I think."

"Anything else you want to add sugar cube?" Applejack had been silent and observing what others going to do.

"This! Why are you still keep saying that!"

"What? You mean sugar cube, well this is kind of like my own catchphrase."

"Is this it, is this everything you wanted to complain about? Can we just moved on to the show." Twilight had been wishing that they would just get it over it already.

"Now that you mention it why Attack on Titan so grossly overhyped, I watched season one, it was just I don't know a complete trash."

"I am glad that you did Rainbow, but can we just moved on!"

"Shh! It's okay Twilight we can always give you an unnecessary romantic interest!"

"What romantic interest, Pinkie?" Don't you think I can see that Rainbow has feelings for me and I am already taken? I don't need this to turn this into a quartet."

They continued to argue that's way until the scene faded to black, and  Discord came to the now dark and empty room. "Well, what are you still doing on my private property? Oh, you are looking for ponies, they already moved on."




"Twilight, are you okay?" Rarity voiced her concern.

"Yes, I kind of spaced out it's like all of us shared a fever dream just now! I am okay!"

"Well okay then come on dear, let us just join those wonderful scientists over here, who had been working to solve."

So they did. when they arrived Twilight addressed the head scientist, "so like pretend like I don't know anything about quantum physics and explain it to us with happy simple words."

"Well, okay then, as you aware this is transportation mirror its transports ponies into some sort of different reality."

"You are not sure?"

"Well at first we thought it was like a stargate or something, like a ring-shaped device which works on the same principle but then some of us theorized it might have been a portal into another dimension."

"You consulted with Pinkie Pie, didn't you? She is an expert that came up with the idea of Quantum Mirror."

"Yes! Yes, we did! So do we just activate it or something?"

"Um, yeah sure go ahead, as long as we don't end up in outer space or something." Rainbow Dash had been way too casual about it.

"Right well go ahead then do we have some sort of scouting device?"

"Will that work Twilight, this a bit old, take care of it with kindness." Rainbow pulled a small metal device.

"Is that a metal paraspite?"

"A sprite-bot actually, I think it still has working sensors. Alright, I am too tired for this, call me if you need me.  Also, there is no way I let you go in there alone."

"Who said anything about me going there!"

"Twilight, Princess Luna did! She insisted that the Diplomat Princess would make sure to figure out what happened to the missing crystal pony tribe."

"Oh, so what? I am now the explorer?"

"Meh! You will get used to it." Twilight heard in a reply.

"Well, I suppose that could work?" Head Scientist accepted sprite-bot from Rainbow Dash.

"Trust me, dude, it will work, it may be old but a trustworthy friend. Can I ask you few questions, starting with this question."

"Yes, sure what question would that be, Miss Dash?"

"Dude, whats your name?"

"The name is  Head Scientist, Miss Dash."

"You are kidding me, right?"

"I am afraid not, my parents didn't have much of imagination."

"Eh, You wouldn't happen to employ a pony by the name of Lab Coat?"

"About that, we might as well do have such a pony by that name. Miss Dash"





"Okay, so this is pretty insane, there a city on the other side, And whats this? Is this a school? Kind of looks like a mixture of crystal and plastic." Currently Twilight and the others had been studying a video footage they received from a Sprite-bot, and Twilight was the most puzzled from all of this."And, what is this, an entirely different species from us! Why are they even so different from us? It's supposed to be a mirror world right, then why isn't populated by ponies like us?"

"Well, maybe it's some kind of different string? Or just the gods want to mess with us."

"Gods? Whats the hay are you talking about it Pinkie?" Twilight had been perplexed by Pinkie Pie. 

"You know, Gods! The writers of Hasbro!"

"Eh, I still don't know what  you are talking about?"

"Nevermind, just forget it! I thought you knew considering the library that you have in your head!"

"Okay, let's wrap it up people, I think we are done here for today!"

"Okay! Anypony wants to go for a glass of cider? I do have a few stashed in my trank. Um, It's going to be just us girls, and um boys are also invited, I guess!"

"Are you sure about this Rainbow! I mean I don't want you to get drunk or something."

"That's fine Jackie, I don't really mind! So are we going to do this?"

"you mean getting drunk until we pass out? Eh, why not? I am in."

"That's the spirit, Rarity!"
> 4: Let's go Fishing
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 12:34 am, dark and gloomy room inside of Interdimensional space. 




Two ponies had been sitting in the room. One of them had been casually playing video games on the laptop on the interdimensional internet. Another one was just chilling with her because she has nothing else to do.

"Um, Rainbow? I  am not even sure where to start with."

"Well, why don't you tell me what is on your mind, and then we will see what's on your mind?"

"Okay, Rainbow Dash I've been wondering, am I weird?"

Rainbow Dash closed the laptop, "What exactly give you that idea?"

"Well, do you remember that episode where I was trying to make a school report on my heroes, and well you are my hero."

"Well okay, I still don't see what the issue is?"

Scootaloo took a deep breath "I... I am sorry but I still can't call you mom!"

"That's okay... It will happen when it happens, so um, what exactly is the issue is here?"

Scootaloo nodded "Do you realize  how strange all of those pictures were, some of them were taken at weird angles, and I was wondering if I was a stalker."

Rainbow Dash sighed, "Okay I see what the problem is now! You think that because of your strange, ugh hobby, you are afraid that you are kind of psychopath like our new  dearest friend Starlight Glimmer."

"Well, kind of yeah, I mean I don't really know, I mean I..."

"That's okay, it's okay, " Rainbow Dash flipped a laptop screen and then rotate it, "Scootaloo what did you see?"

"Uhh, a pony of Eastern descent murdering other ponies in a high school environment," Scootaloo tried to guess, "But this is hardly a game or a simulator, it's just an unfinished environment where you get to murder other ponies just for the kicks of it. You can't even finish the game because the creator caught a world builder's disease, and instead of introducing a working prototype of Osana Najimi as early as possible he instead did all of this. I can imagine that the player would just kill everypony out of boredom just because it takes literally forever to introduce a single character."

''Good, that just means I don't need to explain it to you then?"

"Uh, no! Everything is good!"

The door is opened and Pinkie Pie came in, "Whatcha doing?" she asked.

"You are doing Phineas and Ferb impression?" Rainbow Dash blinked, "I loved that show!"

"Oh! But that..."

"A hit classic TV show about two pony cousins, one from Trottingham and another from Ponyvile, and they have a pet platypus who is also a secret agent! Guess who loved that show? It was Fluttershy."

Pinkie facehoofed "uh, yeah sure, they are ponies."

"What brings you here Pinkie?" asked Scootaloo.

"I just wanted to tell you that the main event is about to start."

"Okay cool! I'll see you later, Pinkie!"

"Dashie, are you still thinking about it?"

"What, like someone is trying to reenact Fallout in a real-life scenario?"

"Uh?..."

"Look they have a private company that is trying to shoot for the Martian colony by 2020s. And I thought you know what else would complete the issue if they managed to bomb each other before 2077. Anyway, let's just go back to our main story."





Meanwhile, in Twilight's bedroom, Twilight Sparkle woke up. She thought she heard the noise, and usually, there were two clone guards have been placed to make sure that nopony disturbs her sleep. If they had been slacking off for some reason, then that means that somepony had pulled them out of guard duty. Must have been Dash, or the original Pinkie. The whole question of why only made her curious, Rainbow wouldn't leave the place unguarded if she didn't think the intruder was harmless.

She opened her eyes and then she saw a yellow-red Unicorn who had been looking for something. Twilight didn't want to alert her so she did it as quietly as possible, she chanted a silent charm and pulled her crown from the pocket dimension. Now the only thing that's left is...

"Hey! Are you looking for this?" With that, she tossed it to the intruder. The Unicorn caught it and run outside. Twilight just went back to sleep there was no need to chase after her, the crown thin metal bent had been melted with a small amount of radioactive material also known as uranium. It wasn't enough to damage your health, most likely the user of the crow would die from some other natural causes, but the most important thing is that the crown not only has an identification microchip but also had been visible on right scanners like a heartwarming tree on a heartwarming night. 

Next day Twilight went straight to the clone guard, "Have you seen her?"

"Yes, Major! The individual identified as Sunset Shimmer run straight through the mirror and disappeared on another side."

"You know who she is?"

"Of course Major! It's part of our protocol to know everypony on file, and she never been removed from the files."

"Are you ready to hunt her down!"

"Whatever for, Major?"

"For the crimes of invading my own bed chambers and stealing my own crown."

While talking Twilight and the clone guard had arrived next to the quantum mirror. A group of ponies already had been waiting for her to arrive.

"Are you ready to move out?"

"Yep," Rainbow gave her hooves up "We are using standard arrangement?"

"Yep, one Princess, one Bogeymare, two fairies, and one sniper. You know what to do, right?"

Rainbow nodded, "We are hunting down a pony in a world where we don't belong, right!" With that, she gestured two clone guards to stand right next to her. Scootaloo already had been standing close to her.

"Exactly, so I would like to finish this as fast as possible. Do you think we can accomplish this?"

"Sure, maybe in two-three days tops."

"Well, let's move out then!" With that said the group already crossed the edge. When they exited all of them had been in entirely different bodies and have been wearing the dark green pants black T-shirt, dark green jacket, and black boots. All of them that is except for Twilight! She did have a lab coat on her for some reason and glasses. On their shoulders, Twilight could see a small badge MG1. "How?"

"Preprogrammed, today Head Scientist managed to reprogram the mirror giving us the option of which clothes we would wear. This was still better than defaults."

"Defaults?"

"Yes most of us have duplicates on the other side. This lab coat, for example, it what does your double here wears. Since you are going to do most of the socializing, we decided to let you keep it. It will help you to blend in case some of the locals would recognize you."

"And this place?"

"Completely isolated from the locals if you are wondering, so no one is going to accidentally find this place. If I say any more than we are going to spend our time on telling exposition, so I'd rather not."

"Okay, where should I start?"

"The signal is coming out from that school over there, so uh good luck, we will always be nearby if you need us."
> 5: Crossing into Different World
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Twilight Sparkle had been standing on the corner of Twenty-Fourth Street and the Canterlot's Alley. So far she had been extremely disappointed, Sunset Shimmer had been extremely oblivious to the ponies who were now humanoids and they were watching her every move.

"Are you receiving this?" She asked her squad in a headset.

"Yep, she thinks she is the Queen of the Castle, say, do you want to knock her down?" 

"Rainbow, how would you propose I do that? My double doesn't even go to this school, it would be easier if you do it, since your double already goes to it."

"And here is the problem, we are not supposed to meet with our doubles or people who knew our doubles personally. For how long do you think you could pull the farce trying to pretend someone who you are not? Trust me this Rainbow and me are very different, I would get caught in like seconds."

"You are not that different, I watched, all of the core personality is there."

"It's not the point, the point is that you are a star of the show, not me. Look it's not that difficult, it would be easier for everyone if you advertise yourself as a visitor from Crystal Prep. It's not forbidden for strangers to visit other schools. Anyway, If Princess Celestia was still being in charge then this had been all on you. She would most likely have dropped you Into unfamiliar territory without any backup."

"Okay, okay I get it I am going, you don't have to be so hard about it."





"Am I correct to assume that you Crystal Prep student wish to visit Canterlot High?"

Currently, Twilight Sparkle had been in the office of   Principal Celestia, she needed to sort a few things.

"Well, you see, this is quite embarrassing really." Twilight swallowed, "But the thing is, one of our students Sunset Shimmer is gone native in your school. My school wishes to retrieve her, so they send me as a school representative."

"Unfortunately, as much as I wish to help you out, I simply cannot force the student out of the school just because they went to another school."

"That would be technically true, except that Sunset Shimmer never got transferred, and she never been removed from the old records. It's such a shame, really but in a reality, Sunset Shimmer had always been a Crystal Prep student. So do we have a deal?"

"I am afraid that we do, welcome Canterlot High Ms. Sparkle."

"Excellent! It's been a pleasure working with you Principal Celestia." With that Twilight Sparkle exited office.

"You sure we can trust her?"

Principal Celestia cringed, "I am not sure Luna, you know very well that I do everything I can to keep that monster Principal Cinch under control, every single year she gets more and more senile. If anyone, it's you who got in the good relationship with Dean Cadence."

Vice Principal Luna nodded "I suppose that true, we do spend a lot of time together, of course, she mentioned Twilight Sparkle, but her and that person who was here right now. I can tell you right now this person is not Twilight."

"What do you mean?"

"I've never met Twilight in person but from what I could tell from Cadence her Twilight is shut in nerd, a very smart one I am sure of it but she is lacking social skills, and everyone in Crystal Prep is constantly dissing her for being a Teacher's pet. Frankly, in my days we would have made fun of her too.

"This person, however, is like a politician. No, worse, she is a well-oiled bureaucrat. Not only she has social skills, but she also knew what to say, and she played you like a violin until you said yes."

"Well, would you would like me to do, even if she is not who she says she is we literally know nothing about Sunset Shimmer. I might be wrong, but just maybe this Twilight really did came here to retrieve Sunset "

"Come on, that girl is a troublemaker, but would you really consider it throwing her to the wolves just to get rid of her."

"To the wolves?"

"Yes Celestia those people are really dangerous, don't let the innocent act fool you!"

"What do you mean those people?"

"She didn't come here alone, that's what I am saying there are others!"





Twilight frowned, she just observed Sunset Shimmer bully a mirror version of Fluttershy. 

"I suppose it's time to get to work," she said to herself, she then addressed Fluttershy directly "Um, hi! My name is Twilight Sparkle and I was just wondering how long are you going to take her abuse."

"Well, keep wondering, because I don't really know how is any of this is your business!" She then pushed Twilight out of the way.

"It may not be my business, but how long will it take until you snap, or perhaps you would lose it and then maybe try to end it?" Twilight then jumped right in front of Fluttershy.

"I am really sorry but you have no idea what are you talking about it."She then quickly went away.

Twilight once again connected to her radio receiver "Rainbow, just what the hay just happened?"

"You are being a little bit pushy. I think that did sound like it."

"Yes, and anything else?"

"Well..." Rainbow started to sound a bit evasively.

"Well, what?"

"We may, or may not have a situation, you see about ten minutes after you departed from us, we had been attacked by shadow creatures."

"A shadow creatures," Twilight now honestly thought that Rainbow is running a prank at her expense, "Are you for real?"

"I am real as I can be Twilight, they are literally made from shadows, and they are really lethal. So anyway we managed to hack a local communication network, and..."

"Rainbow you are at the internet cafe aren't you. You are just trying to sound cool."

"Okay! Okay! I and the girls are in the cafe, we just took a few liberties with hacking the system, also I didn't say anything before but you definitely need to use codenames."

"I'll try, so what did you find?"

"So, do you remember our crystal ponies right?  In order to escape the imminent doom they jumped into a different reality from ours, and then they adapted into the creatures that we can observe right now."

"Okay, so what happened next?"

"What they didn't realize is that this world is populated by Nightmare Creatures, that's what they were called here in urban legends. Those Nightmare Creatures prefer to feed on quote-unquote young adults.

"If you go around asking people, they will deny it, adults will pretend like the monsters don't exist, and teenagers will engage in passive-aggressive behavior."

"So, when I foolishly assumed that Fluttershy is being a doormat? Then she was just..."

"Yes, she probably had been playing kick me game where Sunset would just blow off steam,  and Fluttershy would just pretend to be offended. Did you know that the school that you are in right now used to have more students?"

"I thought they just..."

"Got transferred? Got kicked out? There are like at best twenty-thirty students in the whole school, way too low for a school that supposed to accommodate some of the population that goes into Canterlot slash Poniville district. Keep in mind that Crystal Prep houses the school population of Canterlot slash Crystal district."

"So that's why three days limit? By overstaying by more than three days we are endangering ourselves."

"I won't call it like that, but yeah the less we stay here the better!"

"So why don't we just grab her and jump out?"

"I suppose if you want to do it the boring way, then I suppose we could do that, but then there is another issue, she would just go back."

"Seriously, who would want to go back to this hell hole?"

"Apparently she would. Listen, in order to ensure that Sunset Shimmer would actually stay in Equestria, we need to severe everything that is holding her back here."

Twilight Sparkle just entered the school corridor where she found four very specific portraits. "That's the option I suppose! But I have a better idea do you know how they do have an annual competition, where they award a title for the school princess and guess what Sunset had been awarded to be a school princess four times in a row."

"Huh, are you sure she is not secretly me? Because I am pretty sure we just found the person who is more of the egomaniac than me! Would they even let you compete?"

"Well, it doesn't have to be me, we, by which I mean I could just pick the second most popular girl here, and make her into number one, and I think I know where to start."

"..."

Twilight then disconnected the feed and set it into the passive mode. She noticed a certain girl with a purple hair, her job just got a bit more complicated.
> 6 The Second Most Popular Girl
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"is anything wrong dear?" Twilight heard the girl say. So far so good, Twilight thought if she could pull it off, then this is going to be her best performance this high school would have the pleasure to witness.

"It's really nothing, just a lonely girl from another school just sitting melancholically in the school cafeteria." Twilight then looked at the other girl face and noticed the curious look in her direction.

"Was it really that bad? Say are you a transfer student."

"Well not really! I am here just for a few days, and then I will be forced to return back. So then they would just send another student to finish the job," Twilight half lied.

Technically it was true, she would be forced to return home to make a full report. Then It will be out of her hoofs. Chrysalis would just then receive full control of the situation, and just perform traditional swap the pony with a changeling routine. 

Changelings don't really mind for as long as there plenty of empathic energy to feed on, they are willing to stay in any hostile environment, except maybe outer space. There is nothing alive that could live there, so they weren't that enthusiastic about going there either.

"Can I ask you something? How did you manage to figure out that I might be a transfer student?"

"Well, you see, normally our school doesn't have a dress code, and only transfer students would usually wear their old uniforms."

"I have to say that I am guilty of that, but its kind of very stereotypical thing to do!"

"Yeah, I suppose!"

About five minutes  human version of Rainbow Dash came to the table and sat down "Hey Rar, who is your pharmacist friend?"

"That's Twilight Sparkle she came from Crystal Prep to retrieve Sunset Shimmer who apparently gone native in Canterlot High, as much as unbelievable as it sounds."

"They sent a pharmacist to collect her? I am not sure why would they do that."

"Rainbow dear, she is not a pharmacist she is just a student just like us!"

"Okay! Okay! I am just messing with you, I know she is not the pharmacist. She is a mad scientist... Rar please stop glaring at me. She is not mad.... Is she nad?... Ow, stop hitting me... Geez, you can't take a joke!"

Twilight Sparkle sighed, "You are good friends, aren't you?"

"Why of course dear, me and Rainbow, and Pinkie, and Fluttershy, and Applejack are best friends forever. Nothing will change that."

"Rar! Didn't Sunset Shimmer try to mess with our friendship? She kind of like tried everything she could to make us think that each of us has been trash talking about each other..."

"...But then one day she just showed up one day with the broken nose, after that the fake hostility between us disappeared, and everything returned to normal. I believe that was your handiwork, Dash."

"Yep, nobody is going to mess with our friends and get away with it!"

Meanwhile, the static in Twilight's ear burst Ask them about the shadows! Twilight's eyes widened in surprise, she then almost fell from the stool.

"Oh, my! Are you alright?" Rarity asked her.

"Yes, I'll be fine! Just got a bit surprised about something. Say, I couldn't help but notice but didn't Sunset won the competition like four times in a row, what's up with that?"

"I guess that did happen,"  Rarity's voice suddenly became sour, she then switched back around "It doesn't really matter I mean nobody stays in this school for more than four years."

"Because they graduate, right? Not because they are... "

"Yes, yes they do graduate, and then they go into wonders of higher education, and sometimes student debt."Human Rarity interrupted Twilight from saying something she shouldn't, but both of them are aware of what it was.

Twilight decided this is the time to push her luck,"Right!? Well, are you absolutely positively sure that you are okay with her outstanding you in all four years straight?I mean this year is technically the last one for her. But didn't you wished to win at least once." Rarity's reaction was almost immediate.

"Twilight Sparkle was it if this is your real name? I suggest for your own sake for you to drop this topic. You do realize that I already found out at least a few plot holes in your cover story. Somehow I really doubt that someone would really use such ridiculous cover story!"

Twilight just continued like nothing happened, "Oh would it be more believable if I said that our school inserted a mole into your school, and by the time she was about to be extracted, she went completely out of control. "Twilight then went for a final nail, "Because with that rogue running around, I am pretty sure it would be such a shame that your school would lose to our school in the, what it was called,  Friendship Games. You will know where to find me if you change your mind, but as of it now I can't really force you to do anything."

Ten minutes later in the school corridor, Sunset Shimmer confronted Twilight, which would then did put the second one in the vulnerable situation.
"What do you think you are doing?" Sunset Shimmer then spat the next word out. "Princess.

"I would have thought that Princess Celestia would do something like that! She sends somepony else to do her own dirty work!"

Twilight smirked at that, "And what makes you think that a failure is worth her attention? I will give you a bone we didn't even know you are even here until you foolishly decided to reveal yourself. Here is the problem while we don't really care what you do, we cant really allow you to keep running around in another dimension, especially after you bucked up by deciding to. So whats it going to be the easy way or the hard way?"

Sunset Shimmer narrowed her eyes, "I would like to see you try! It's funny because I really think you belong in Crystal Prep, with the rest of them. They only care about winning," she then turned and walked away.

"Well don't get upset when you are going to lose!" Twilight turned one-eighty and started to walk in a different direction.

Meanwhile, at the cafeteria table. Rarity and Rainbow had been deciding what they going to do next.

"Why are you keep insisting on calling her mad scientist?" Rarity addressed Rainbow

"Well, I don't know, I think its kind of fun!"

"You think its kind of fun?'

"Well yeah, the only stereotypes that I know of people wearing lab coats are pharmacists and mad scientists."

Rarity sighed, Rainbow Dash will always be Rainbow Dash nothing will change that. "Fine, you win! I will accept this proposal. I don't really care about the conflict between the two of them, but I just want to see how this going to end!"

"So, you do care then!"

"Yes! Yes! I do care! Now can we just sit here in peace and enjoy it before everything will pretty soon go to Tartarus at some point, in the next several days before the competition."

"Oh yeah sure, sorry about that Rar!"
> 7 The New Girl Please Sign Up
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Twilight Sparkle had been sitting in the corridor of the school. There was nothing else to do but to wait for Rarity to take the bait, and then she wasn't really sure what will happen next. She would have guessed that she would go with the flow. She already saw a few OmegaCo posters on the wall, must be a local company

Rainbow, can we talk for a bit?" Twilight whispered in the headset.

"What like with me or something?"

"Or something! So can we talk or you are busy?"

"Can't say that I am, so what's up?"

Twilight relaxed a bit "it might sound like a silly question but did I met you before?"

"You are right it is a silly question. Don't worry about it, let's just say that I've met you plenty of times. Each time you did have different sexualities."

"Is that so? Well, now I do start to get worried. Who knows maybe you did found a colt version of me and then you hitched a knot, and then you have foals of your own." 

"Nuh uh, you are cute when you are jealous!" Rainbow laughed a bit at her expense.

"What? Why would I be jealous of myself, that's ridiculous!"

Rainbow decided to go with the neutral response, "Well you started it, it's only fair for me to finish it. I suggest that you would prepare yourself because next part is going to be difficult to pull it off. To tell you the truth the girls are still aren't sure if we want to personally drag Sunset back to Equestria"

"I see you are looking for an excuse to ditch your work!"

"Is that working?"

"I cannot say! I mean I cannot confirm it, nor deny it."

"I see!"

"Rainbow, before I cut the signal would you tell me one more thing, there are no shadow creatures are there?"

"No there aren't, I am just saying that because I don't want getting stuck in another dimension which isn't my home."

"Okay, bye!" Twilight flipped the switch and then continued to wait for an hour later the opportunity she was waiting for presented itself in the form of a Pink One "Why is your frown upside down?" She said.

"I don't really know what I am doing sometimes, you know the feeling, right?" Twilight tried to start the conversation.

"Not really sure, the opportunity just never presented itself! So what can I do for you?"

"Well, actually I was waiting for someone, so I don't know if you actually can help me."

"Okay! I suppose if you are waiting for Rarity she would probably have to go through me if she actually wants to get the crown this year! So come on let's go, come with me and Pinke will surely save the day, or destroy it. But I am sure you are aware of it. Pinkie Pie winked at Twilight.

"Well okay, I guess I will go with you as long as you promise to not break the fourth wall. Um well, other people warned me about you. They said Pinkie Pie can sometimes be really strange."

"Oh, I guess they would say that! But don't you worry, I will not blow your cover, you are Twilight's twin sister aren't you? Rainbow Dash has a twin sister as well, and.." Pinke gasped, "That means I myself have many, many sisters!"

"Um Pinkie Pie, you are doing this again!" Twilight tried to stop her.

"Sorry my bad, will not happen again!" Pinkie Pie smiled sheepishly, "Anyway to the School Activities Committee, away." With that, they both went away in the general direction that Pinkie Pie said they were going to go.

"She is fun isn't she, even in this dimension?" Twilight heard a radio static in the ear.

"Yeah, yeah she was," Twilight whispered back.





Twilight went in a relatively large sports hall, which is now served as Pinkie Pie headquarters.

"I see you already here so then this will make things easier. Um, this is Twilight Sparkle but you already know that don't you?"

"We've met" replied Rarity, Rainbow, and surprisingly Fluttershy. 

"I suppose I am the only one who still didn't get introduced to you, the name is Applejack." Applejack decided to introduce herself.

"You wouldn't happen to be an Applejack of a Pear Company would you?"

"Darn tooting I am! Before that my family was an exclusively in an apple farming business, but then my parents decided to jumpstart  a side project with the hipster reputation."

"Well, okay since everyone got introduced to our new newcomer, does anyone wish to sign up for competition. I would really hate Sunset Shimmer run unopposed yet again this year yet again." Pinkie Pie started to probe the girls hoping they would take the initiative."

"I would love to but I don't think even I that popular." Fluttershy just went and summarized what everyone else was thinking.

"What?" Pinkie Pie shouted, she then toned down "But what about you Rarity don't you want to do it?"
.
"I would of, but..." Rarity started but gave up almost immediately.

"What about the new girl? Please sign up." Pinkie Pie did run towards Twilight and tried  to engage her." I am pretty sure, students would vote for the new face to win." Pinkie Pie started to sound desperate.

"Me? But I don't even go to this school! Besides I am from the rival school!"

"You know the new girl has a point, Crystal Prep students aren't exactly welcome here," deadpanned Applejack.

"Nonsense. By some established weird social rules, everyone below the age of twenty-one can apply to it. Besides we all just now interacting with her right now!"

"Well, I guess if that's okay for me to do it..." Twilight started to say, while at the same time looking at everyone else. Everyone else looked back at her with pleading eyes. "What, seriously! Fine! Pinkie would you pass me the pen."

Pinkie did as was asked of her, and therefore Twilight just signed up for the competition which she technically wanted to avoid. 

"Alright, that settles this for today! Canonical events have been restored." Pinkie closed the random book for the dramatic event.

"But?..." Rainbow Dash tried to say but Pinke immediately stopped her.

"I said, canonical events had been restored, we don't need to do anything else  until the next musical number in cafeteria tomorrow! Now then I completely insist that Twilight would spend the night with me!"

"Was that just me or Pinkie starting to get a bit..." Twilight whispered to Rarity.

"Yep!" She simply answered back, "I was hoping that wouldn't actually happen today, but I guess the stress had been getting to her."

"I thought she was joking about me competing, so I went with it."

"Oh no, that part was technically wasn't a joke! Anyway, good luck Twilight, you are going to need it. Because today you are going to spend the night with Pinkie Pie and her sister Maud today!"

"Yep!" Twilight simply whispered back. "We probably should calm her down."

"That's probably a good idea!"
> 8 The Night at Pinkies
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

It was late evening when Twilight Sparkle had arrived at the place where Pinkie Pie and her sister Maud has lived. Even though Twilight would be happier if she could just meet up with her own Rainbow Dash and the mini-commando squad, and then they would just figure out something out for the night this alternative arrangement did work too.

Twilight was sure that Rainbow Dash is going to be okay, in fact, the former personally insured her that it's going to be just fine!

There was another thing that is worth mentioning, turns out that the radio units that they were using were completely different from the human versions, and, therefore, they were completely untraceable from the local authorities. It was really important for Twilight for it to stay it that way.

Right now she was right in front of the door, Pinkie Pie gestured to her to go ahead and push the doorbell because apparently, she forgot her own keys.Twilight shrugged off, apparently, that happens sometimes. She was about to do it when Pinkie Pie suddenly stopped her from doing it and then said that she remembered she had the backup keys after all. Being said those keys were, in fact, was under the doormat. 

Twilight Sparkle expressed her concern at this blatant security issue, but then remembered that nopony in her own dimension don't even bother locking it. She became somewhat self-aware that in her own private castle, RIP the wonderful old timely tree library. The point was Spike and Twilight, as well as all other girls, were the only ones who lived there. Castle guards bah, who needs them, the door wasn't even locked, some days.

"What is it Twilight?"

"It's not important! I guess I always wondered how carefree are people sometimes."

"Aha, well, welcome to my home I guess! Oh hi, Maud! How is your day had been!"

There in the darkness, Maud had been standing, "It's been okay I guess! Who is your new friend?" She droned out with the voice that just sounds like I am really bored! voice.

"Oh that's just our new temporarily roommate, I promise this time It's going to be just only for a few days!"

"Well, okay then I guess I am just going to pretend like I care and stuff." She droned a reply and went away into her room.

"Is she always like that?" Twilight asked curiously.

"Yep, that's just Maud! Don't worry about it that just the way she is! Eventually, she is going to work up to you, or not!" Pinkie Pie replied.

"Are you sure she doesn't mind me being here I just don't want to intrude and I.."

Pinkie Pie decided to do a different tactic today because whatever she wants to do clearly wasn't working. 

"Twilight you are too over the edge, I know what it looks like because I have seen it before and I don't really like it. Do you understand?"

"So, what the plan then?" Twilight slowly accepted her fate, she wondered what Rainbow Dash has been doing?

Pinkie Pie snapped her fingers, "Cake or Pie quickly choose your answer?"

"Pinkie Pie you can't be serious?" 

"Oh yes, I am" Pinkie Pie smiled at Twilight and then continued talking, "what's your favorite movie? There is a good chance that both yours and my dimensions have similar entertainment." Pinkie Pie grinned, "We are going to have so much fun and you can't refuse any of it."




...We are going to have so much fun and you can't refuse any of it. Rainbow Dash switched off her end of the magic radio receiver and sighted, It would seem that Twilight got in way over her head. Still, there is nothing she could do to help her.

In her hands, Rainbow Dash had a wallet with money as well as a driver license issued to Rainbow Dash age sixteen, as well as student ID for Canterlot High School. Rainbow Dash was genuinely impressed at how helpful the mirror was. Before she departed to this dimension she made sure she took a bag of about one hundred bits. Should be more than enough for about three days, right? 

Thanks to the mirrors generosity she now has about one thousand and seven hundred dollars. She then looked at the sample of her elite currency, the brand name changed to some localized brand. Perfect, she thought! She then grinned at the opportunity that she just couldn't resist. 

Unfortunately, the only thing that stopped her was the fact that her double was underage, maybe in several years, maybe not. Rainbow Dash suppressed her greed and then flipped her radio receiver back online, this time calling Scootaloo.

"Care to explain where you are?"

"Would you actually believe me if I said I was with the CMC."

"Actually I would, I didn't train so your body double could just outsmart you in the spy game, so how did you do it?"

"Let's just say they are communicating without speaking to each other. It was actually very easy to play along. Even if I had to make sure that me and my double never met each other, and by that I mean I didn't knock her out or anything"

"Good! I don't want to drag this out this conversation so..."

"I already can tell that you are doing a ton of paperwork, so I guess I wouldn't want to slow you down!"

"I'll see you tomorrow then, don't misbehave!" Rainbow Dash switched off her receiver.

"Oh well! I guess stuff happens!"Rainbow Dash thought that it would be the best to move on. She then switched back to Twilight's channel and then started to listen if anything interesting happening over there. So far it looks like that Pinkie Pie had been planning to keep Twilight awake for the rest of the night.





Morning came and for the first time, Twilight felt refreshed, even if it wasn't her Pinkie Pie she still felt gratitude for providing such a wonderful time to just spend time away from the boring bureaucracy work. Right now she remembered that Rainbow Dash is doing half of the workload that was meant for her, and well she thought that when they go back maybe both of them could spend some time together.

As always, Rainbow Dash reported on the schedule to deliver the morning report as, well as give Twilight her usual pep talk, "Are you ready to show them what you've got?"

"Yes, Dash I am ready to kick their metaphorical asses. Anyway else you would wish to say to me?"

"Nope, have a nice day, oh and wipe that smirk off her face."

"Will do, Dash! Will do! That's the plan anyway!"
> 9 Giant Robots and Cafeteria Singing
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rainbow Dash from Equestria had been having a strange day today. After she did finish speaking with Twilight she then concluded that it would be the best if she could just hang out nearby, in case Twilight would really need any assistance.

Right now it was a bit strange from her perspective that a black and white police car had been following her for the last hour or so. Especially it ticked her off that the driver wasn't just been confused, or something.

Just to experiment with the theory she stopped, when she did so the car stopped too. When she sped up her walking speed, the car sped up too.

 Alright mister you wanna play, you gonna play.

After walking nearly a mile, she tried to choose her next location carefully. It has to be devoid and unpopulated, after all, she didn't want anyone to see her beating down the perverted cop.

Aha, perfect! This will do nicely She stopped and then opened the suitcase, in there she found it. Stainless steel custom made gauntlet armed with twelve 12-gauge MAHEM shotgun shells. She then decided to wear it.

She heard a really loud noise behind her, a lot louder than if it was a regular cop car. She turned around. Oh, this is the bucking giant robot. Of course, it's going to be a bucking giant robot! Prepare to fall! With a scream, she jumped at the wall and ricocheted straight into the robot.





"Somehow, I don't feel too sure about this!" Twilight Sparkle. already saw what Pinkie Pie had planned, and already tried to back out from it.

"Nope, too late for that, we are going to shake our booty, oops silly me! We are going to shake our tails,"  she winked at the invisible audience. " Hey, Brad we would really appreciate it if you could help us to promote this complete stranger to win the school competition."

"Um, okay! I guess I have nothing better to do today!. What the lyrics anyway?"

"Oh, that's easy it's  Get Up Get Down Help this stranger win the crown! , don't forget to include Time to jump! Impossible spinning! March in place and wiggle! Saturday night fever dance! Did you got all of that?"

"Sure, I can do that!"

"Alright, ladies we got a competition to crash!"





Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash pulled herself up from the pile of scrap metal that used to be a police car giant robot. "Wow, Twilight wouldn't believe what just happened! Now let's see where you came from!" 

She then took a suitcase again and took out cybernetic cat ears. Rainbow Dash had been using them for years, she even started to forget she even had them. She took them on and plugged them in into the robot

 Welcome back agent Prism-009-14...  Link to the cybernetic organism established... Heavy caution advised... Chance of unit been compromised is about 66.4%.

"Crap, it's this high. System link terminate immediately."

Link to cybernetic organism has been terminated...Thank you for using Eris for your everyday needs.

"This is starting to get complicated!" Rainbow Dash then flipped the switch, "Girls! I need you to clean up the trash that I left behind, I think it's on the corner of some street I forgot to check, you could just lock on my location or something. I don't know just do something with it. I don't think whatever it is supposed to be here!"

"Yes, sir!" She heard them replying.





Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna had been standing in the corridor listening to the music that is coming out of the cafeteria.

"What are they doing now?" Asked Celestia, " And more importantly what are you doing?"

"Right now they are singing Hey! Hey! Help this stranger win the crown! She is not our little Sunshine! She is different! She is fresh! She is brand new and hot! Please ignore the fact that she goes into completely different school! Her name is Twilight! Twilight is her name! Twilight Sparkle! Yeah! We do promise she is not the vampire! jump up! Jump down!..."

"Luna, please stop being so childish!"

"But I like the song it's kind of catchy and I like it! You know I always wanted to be in the music band!"

"Yeah, I remember! After about several weeks spending in the juvie, you gave up on that idea."

Vice principal Luna blinked,"You don't need to remind me of that, sister. Anyway, why can't just enjoy it?"

"I don't know, I have a nagging feeling that it's going to eventually blow up in our faces. I just don't know how?"

"About that rule, you did it on purpose didn't you?"

"Yep!"

"Is it working?"

"We shall see, we shall see."





"Well, I think this little publicity stunt was a complete success! Only..", Pinkie Pie was so eagerly excited over what they just did, that it was only now she understood what exactly some of it was, "Oh well, I am sure its nothing!"

"Is something wrong Pinkie Pie?"

"Nothing is wrong Rarity, absolutely nothing at all! The perfection requires sacrifices that's all there is to it!"

"I am not sure I understand!"

"We just flashed Twilight all over the Internet that's what! I am pretty sure that some of it ended up on the Internet"

"So what?" asked Rainbow Dash

"Like I said its nothing, but in case you are interested Crystal Prep has to be blind not to notice it!"

"Aha! They do know that she is here right?"

"Is there something you are not telling us Pinkie Pie?"

"Well I, I just..." Pinkie Pie started to sweat, she clearly didn't know how to save the situation without blowing it

Twilight Sparkle sighed, she had to say something to save Pinkie Pie "Girls, I don't know how to say this, but Pinkie Pie is actually covering for me.When I originally said that I was sent by Crystal Prep on the mission to bring Sunset Shimmer back to us," she paused, "I lied."

Everyone gasped at that.

"Aha, I knew it!" shouted Rainbow.

"The truth is, the truth is," Twilight took in the big breath, and then breath it out, "I hate Crystal Prep! I don't want to be there, I just don't. so I asked Principal Celestia if she would be willing to take me in! I asked Pinkie Pie to cover for me because I thought my presence here should be a secret for now. I just know that I can't keep all of this secret forever!" 

Smooth, real smooth she heard on the comlink. 

"Well, I suppose that's fair," Rarity was more than happy to forget the incident that just happened right now!
> 10: You Thought Nobody Would Notice
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Two government agents had been standing in that exact corner where Rainbow Dash smashed the robot up. However, the remains of the robot were still there because Pinkie Pie clones couldn't make it there on time.

"Well, I guess we are just that lucky that all of this mess happened in an isolated area."

"Yep, someone trashed that thing up and left it for us to pick it up to study!"

The first agent looked at the second, "Do we even know what that thing is?"

"The people above our level probably know, our job is, don't ask questions. Alright, people lets clean this mess up!" Those particular people that he was talking about was a team of people in hazmat suits who was just been doing their jobs.

"Do you suppose we, as a government, have memory erasers?"

The second agent looked at the first, "Even if we do, do you think they would tell us? Also, can we please do our jobs? I don't want to hear crackpot theories of what our government do have and doesn't have. This year we have giant robots from outer space, whats next alien ponies from another dimension?"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Meanwhile, at the same time at the Crystal Prep different Twilight Sparkle had been finishing up her homework, and was about to exit her personal lab, aka repurposed closet, she collided with Dean Cadence.

"Oh I am so sorry Dean Cadence, are you alright?" Twilight Sparkle was completely surprised at the sudden Deans appearance.

"Yes, I am quite alright, Twilight, although I am very surprised to see that you are spending your time in another school!"

Twilight looked very surprised at that, "I am not sure what you mean? I've spent all night doing homework? Sometimes I end up so busy I forget the time, so I just set up an alarm in advance."

"Huh, that's weird, because I thought I saw you all over the Internet, I just really hope Principal Cinch wouldn't notice your treachery. I don't think she is that tech-savvy."

"I assure you there must be some kind of mistake!" Twilight once again apologized to Dean Cadence and she was about to go to her classes when she heard her dog barking "Spike I am so sorry! I forgot to feed you!" She ran to the closet and opened it, she took a bag of a dog food and gave some of it to Spike. "Spike, promise me that you would stay here, I don't want you to bother other people!" Spike licked her face, satisfied Twilight quickly took her staff and run away.

"Well, I guess that just leaves you and me, huh!" Said Dean Cadence to Spike.

"Bark! Bark, bark!"Spike run towards Dean Cadence and leaked her face too.

"Okay, okay I know I am pretty too! Now, I guess I have to make sure to distract Cinch from Twilight!" She sighed, "Maybe I should as well ask Luna what is it all of that was about."

Meanwhile at Canterlot High Schooll Pinkie Pie and the others had been sitting in the gym and watching Sunset Shimmer popularity plummet in favor to the new girl.

"Well, it sucks to be Sunny right now! I can die happy now!" Pinkie became instantly became bored because of a short attention span "Um any ideas what we are going to do now?"

Rainbow Dash shrugged, "Well we had thirty minutes to burn, so um, I guess I will just sit quietly playing a video game or something."

"Do you mind if I join?" Applejack was more than interested in playing video games with her.

"Sure, I guess! It would be less boring this way!" Rainbow Dash gave AJ her controller

"Hey, do you think when this all over we could make some sort of club?" Rarity expressed her idea to everyone in the room,

"Meh, I guess we could! let's see how it going to go." Pinkie Pie hair deflated, "Ask me later when I feel a lot more enthusiastic!"

"Not felling yourself again Pinkie!"

"Nope! I have the strangest feeling like if someone just got kicked out from a vice principal office, for a case of really bad photoshop!"

At the same time, Sunset Shimmer is getting booted by Vice Principal Luna, "This is very very sad, I don't know what is sadder you thinking that I could be easily tricked by those mismatched photos, or the fact is that you did this in the first place. I suggest you reconsider your actions miss Shimmer, please have a nice day!"

Back to the gym with Pinkie Pie and the girls "Yep! definitely sounds like someone we know! Hey, Twilight Since you are going to be with us did they gave you your schedule?"

Twilight Sparkle who is a pony Twilight nodded, whatever it takes to keep that lie going, she just don't know for how long. She already received a report from her Rainbow Dash, that this world is populated by giant robots in disguise. Twilight Sparkle looked at human Rainbow. She currently has two options, option one slowly getting confused by the fact that there are two copies of her friends right now somewhere in the multiverse. Option two, trying to finish her mission of studying an alien world.

Pinkie Pies hair puffed back, "Excuse me girls while I will borrow Twilight for a few minutes like I said Excuse me!" She grabbed Twilight and then drugged her to some closet,"This way no one would disturb us!"

"Disturb us from what?"

"Oh its nothing, I just thought I could ask you some questions? Other girls just wouldn't understand, they would think I would sound crazy"

Twilight decided to raise the eyebrow, she then decided to spill some collected information. "What exactly would blow their minds, the magical talking ponies, or the giant robots from outer space!"

"So you do understand!" Pinkie Pie gasped, "I thought I am not the only one who isn't crazy!"

"Pinkie Pie! I am the magical pony from another universe! Sunset Shimmer is a pony too. Pinkie Pie you are not crazy, you are just random!"

"But the robots Twilight! They are real The robots are real! " Pinkie Pie shouted, "Nobody wants to believe me!"

Pinkie Pie pulled the smartphone from her pocket, "Look this thing could be a robot too, I don't know, nobody knows!"

"Is it?"

"Well no!" Pinkie Pie piped down "At least I don't think so! most of them prefer vehicles!"

"Okay, so, what are your questions Pinkie?"

Pinkie Pie blinked, "Oh right, how old is Sunset Shimmer in your world?"

"I really have no idea, I think she is like in her thirties!"

Pinkie Pes eyes widened, "Um okay that's kind of disturbing, wait how old are you?"

"I am twenty-three Pinkie, and just to be clear Pinkie,  all of you are about the same age as me, except for Rainbow Dash, she is older than Princess Celestia! This is quite confusing even for me."

"Wait, why? Is Rainbow Dash in her fifties or something?"

"No, she told me she is over thousand's years old! A bit two hundred years older the Celestia" Twilight decided to clarify which resulted in Pinkie Pie falling from shock.

"I never realized that Rainbow Dash is... oh... she actually looks good for her age! Oh wow, Principal Celestia is also looking good for her age!" Pinkie Pie gasped, "Um, maybe we should just keep them separated because they might end up fighting each other until only one of them remains? We would never know for sure!" 

"Pinkie Pie its nothing like that, I am pretty sure they wouldn't end up fighting each other. Also, Rainbow Dash is only legally a thousand years old, she is only twenty-eight physically. It's a complicated time travel staff."

"Um, okay!" Did Pinkie Pie sound a bit disappointed by that sudden revelation just now?

"Um, Pinkie Pie? I think we should just go to our classes."

Pinkie Pie nodded in agreement, then they both exited the closet and they both went to their classes.
> 11:Demon That Lived Inside a Mirror
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Twilight Sparkle has been sitting on the stairs of Canterlot High School. Surprisingly for her, there was another person who had been sitting next to her, that person was Sunset Shimmer.

"What? Are you that surprised to see me, Sparkle!"

"No, not really, but I heard that you got kicked out from Vice Principal Luna's office! So then I just thought that you finally decided to go back to Equestria?"

"I really don't think that this is how it works Sparkle!  Also no way, I am staying here! You can go back to Princess Celestia alone and just, I don't know, keep on dancing, with her playing the violin. You know, you shouldn't have come here in the first place."

"What is your problem with Princess Celestia anyway? Why did you run?"

All this time Sunset had been looking straight into the ground, she continued to do so even when she continued to speak.

"I think I was just tired from everything, but most importantly, I think I was just scared. I was scared of what I saw in a mirror!" 

Twilight was a bit surprised at hearing this, so far as she understood it there has been only one mirror, the one they found in Crystal Empire.

"A mirror? I am afraid I don't understand!"

Sunset Shimmer  glanced at Twilight, "I thought Princess Celestia collects smart ponies as her students."

Twilight glanced back, "I think it's a bit more complicated than you think. I came through as you are aware, through the mirror, yes. However, can you tell me where was that mirror was?"

"Of course, it was in a city in the middle of frozen wasteland...." Then something clicked in Sunset Shimmer's mind. "Oh!"

Twilight nodded in agreement, "In a manner of speaking! It was a very confusing city that disappeared about thousand years ago. As you can see Equestria likes predictable time measurements. Thousand years of banishment to the Moon. The city returns after thousand years. Probably some ancient evil is going to return thousand years later as well."

Sunset Shimmer stopped Twilight by simply raising her hand, "Alright! Alright! I get the idea, you can stop talking now! I will explain, but I am afraid it will take some time. Would you willing to listen?"

Twilight nodded her head, "Sure, this is why I am here, I came to this world to understand!"

"Well, okay then, this is my story. You see, when I was still a student of Princess Celestia I was a bit, should I say, not a Princess material. I think I still am! I was somepony with a lot of promise, and I guess Princess Celestia would have preferred to keep such individuals like me up close and personal.

"So, one day Princess Celestia came to my room, and then called me to come with her. I think we went into some other room with the mirror inside of it. She told me to come and take a look. So, I did as I was told... I wish I didn't."

"Why?"

"I saw something inside of it, something really sinister. I...I think I saw myself as an Alicorn Princess, only it wasn't me, it was some kind of evil imposter. It might be really funny for you to hear that, considering the fact that I was extremely cruel and selfish as a pony. I was even obsessed. But I feel like it would be a lot crueler for Princess Celestia to show me this stupid mirror and then after sparking my curiosity about it toss it away, and then ordering me to forget it. You do understand, right? You have the same scientific curiosity inside of your eyes!"

"I think I do. Okay, carry on, what happened next?"

"What do you mean? Princess Celestia never told you about it?"

"I am afraid she didn't. You are kind of disappeared, and then nopony knew where you are..."

"....And Princess Celestia just decided to bury it, very typical of her!" Sunset Shimmer finished whatever it is Twilight wanted to say.

"Well, actually, she is retired! Right now Princess Luna is running a whole show. You do know who she is, don't you?"

"Yes! yes, I do!"Sunset quietly muttered, "What a weird question to ask." Then she continued normally, "You do realize that there is a Vice Principal Luna here?"

"I am aware, sorry it was a brain fart!"

Sunset rolled her eyes, "Right! Well, so long story short we, Princess Celestia and I, started arguing about really strange things. The more questions I tried to ask Princess Celestia about the mirror, the more she became annoyed about it.  So we just continued to yell at each other! Guess what I did find out about the mirror?

"What?" Twilight was very interested to hear what Sunset has to say.

"Well, the mirror is a door to another universe or something like that, it opens it's metaphorical doorways at least every thirty days, and this is it. That's all I managed to figure out before I was forced to escape to here."

"Interesting! According to what you just said to me, there are multiple mirrors in Equestria. We were originally trying to figure out what the hay did happen to the citizens of the lost city, but since you so generously pulled us all the way to here."

"Sparkle?"

"What is it Sunset?"

"I just want to sit in silence for now!"

"Oh, okay!"

"Oh and Sparkle? Please take your crown back, it was not what I was hoping for." Sunset tossed a crown to Twilight. "I was hoping to destroy this portal, however, I don't think I can use this uranium tracer as a bomb."

"Thank you for your cooperation, The Equestrian Kingdoms is grateful for returning the government property." Twilight decided to throw the final hook, just to test her own theory.

"Equestrian Kingdoms? That's very lame Sparkle!"

"Is something wrong Sunny?" Twilight threw her most innocent smile.

"It's nothing Sparkle! It's just really lame!" Then she started to laugh, "My Equestria it's just called Equestria, I guess if your Sunset Shimmer went through the mirror, then she is just gone. I think she probably somewhere out there. I think the mirror supposed to take us wherever our heart desires it."

"Wait, wait, wait! did you just said that you wanted to bomb the portal?"

"Or smash it with a sledgehammer, whichever crazy idea would come to my distressed mind first."

"Aha," Twilight tried to sound really disinterested, "this is not how portals work!"

Sparkle?

"Yeah, Sunny?"

"I don't remember us becoming friends, so uh its kind of creepy talking with you so casually!"

Sunset and Twilight remained silent for the rest of the lunch break. They continued to do so even after the bell rang and they both stood up and then went each in their own way.

"Twilight, you there?" Buzzed a familiar voice in Twilight's ear.

"What is it Rainbow? I don't really have time right now. I had to make sure that I am not going to end up late."

"I get it, you are very excited to go to alien school, but listen, I have a quick question."

"Yeah, what is it?" Twilight turned left and went right into girls restroom. She was hoping that she would have at least five more minutes, before class.

"Who the hell is Eris?"

"She is the goddess of chaos, I think we briefly went over it while in the mythology class. Why do you ask?"

"Well, I was been thinking lately, and I think my old equipment got corrupted. But if you are saying that she is purely fictional, then..."

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Congratulations, Rainbow you finally became senile!"

"Laugh it up, Twilight! Can we just please move along."

"Okay, I'll go somewhere I guess. Listen I heard what Sunset said about the portal."

Twilight eyes widened, "You mean you want to help her to destroy it."

"Sure, in theory, we can actually do it."

"Rainbow, we are not going to bomb it, just forget it."

"Not that egghead!" Rainbow' carried a slight hint of annoyance in her voice. "I am talking about complete desynchronization of the portal,q to the point that it stops working. The bad news is that we would be forced to stay here because we are not going to go back home."

"Uh, that's a bummer, I am going to miss my niece job of a Princess, I do kind of like it." Twilight thought about that for a second, "Damn it Rainbow, we can't stay here!"

Rainbow wasn't fazed, "Well, the alternative is that we cannot come back to here, and the doorway is going to be sealed."

Twilight nodded "It would be kind of sad, but I think I like the second plan better. I am willing to sacrifice years of potential study, for the benefit that this world will receive if we aren't going to be involved in it. Sunset is right, this world doesn't have magic, and I just hope that..."

"What?"

"Twilight Sparkle swallowed, " I am just hoping it's not too late, I would hate to see what else is leaked from our world into theirs

"Alright, let us meet tomorrow and then we think of something. Make sure that Sunset Shimmer knows the meeting location too, we would need her help too if we are going to do this."

"Sounds good!" Twilight once again flipped receiver on standby, tomorrow is going to be a promising day.
> 12: We Have to Destroy it
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It was around ten pm in the evening and Twilight Sparkle have been waiting in front of Canterlot High for Sunset Shimmer to come over, after about several minutes or so, she finally saw her.

"Before we actually do this thing, I am just want to say that I am grateful for you to do so, but I have to ask are you completely sure about that?"

Twilight nodded her head, and they both started walking to their destination. "I am completely aware of dangers, to summarize me and my colleagues talked about it, and we agreed that we could technically be stuck here forever." Twilight paused for a second, "You see, not only the doorway to yours Equestria is going to be terminated, there is the small chance that the doorways to all the others are going to be terminated as well. On average it's actually a very good thing, we are doing this world a favor because who really knows what kind of evil is out there!"

"Sorry! Its... Um, just forget it! Or otherwise, you might think that I am getting soft or something."

Twilight stopped walking, It only took them maybe several minutes to reach the statue of the horse where the second portal had been located, "Please don't apologize, all of us agreed that it would be for the best, besides if it just so happens to be that Equestria would be in a such a really big need of saving, then I would have no other choice but to be forced to go back to my Equestria."

Both of them continued to walk in complete silence until Twilight started to speak again.

"What was your plan anyway?"

"What plan?!"

"I am just trying to figure out what did you wanted to accomplish by stealing my crown? Which is like, you know, is a magical dud."

"Um, you might find it really strange but I was kind of hoping that it would have magically transformed me into well into very powerful being, preferably into an alicorn or something."

Twilight thought about it for a second, "I see! I guess it's my turn start apologizing because I am starting to think that's a bit ridiculous! First, you have no bucking idea of what you are actually doing." Once again Twilight paused for a moment to collect her thoughts," You are introducing the completely alien system into a completely alien environment, correct me if I am wrong but this will just backfire in your face, and second of all it's just wouldn't work that way. I mean..."

"Twilight I,..."

"Sunset, please understand that Princess Celestia didn't turn me into Alicorn, Discord did it. I am sure of it that eventually, she would have thought about some sort of trial of great destiny as well. But if you would know Discord the same way as I do, then you would have realized that Discord would just have turned you into Alicorn simply because he would have found it to be more or less amusing."

Twilight! Well, what would you have done differently than? I mean what would you have done differently as Celestia's student?"

Twilight immediately replied, "Well, let's see, I have several options, one of which is like that. I would just patiently wait and bide my time, and because I am extremely obedient girl Princess Celestia completely trusts me, but that would be too boring for you. You are a rebel, right?"

Sunset Shimmer nodded, "You said something about biding time. What does it involves exactly?"

"Can I ask you a question Sunset? Have you heard about the legend of Lunar Knights?"

Sunset blinked, "Well no, I guess I didn't. What is it about?"

Twilight glanced at her wristwatch, My counterpart has a wristwatch? Also why we never figured out how to make hoofwatches? According to the wristwatch they still have at least twenty more minutes, or there is a chance that Rainbow Dash was just getting late. "It's not really important, although I am bit surprised by such a divergence." Twilight shook her head, "let me clarify, have you heard about the mirror pool legend?"

Sunset blinked again, "Its just a legend, right?"

"Nightmare Moon is a legend, the mirror pool isn't. Imagine the possibilities! The infinite number of clones who are just as smart as me, and just as powerful as me, and, all of us pretty much in an agreement that for the most part we want the same thing." Twilight leaned on the base of statue to make herself more comfortable

"I feel so stupid right now! On an off chance that I would have transformed into a psycho demon, I would have probably started to transform the local population into demons too, but your idea seems to be a lot easier."

"Doy!" deadpanned Twilight

They spend the next twenty minutes in complete silence until so-called colleagues have arrived, Rainbow Dash herself and one of the Pinkie Pie clones. Individually both of them came to Sunset and shook her hand. 

"Sup?"

"Heya!"

Sunset politely did the same. Rainbow turned to Twilight and then asked a very simple question. "So, how are we going to do this?"

"Just like we discussed, we are not going to blow it up!"

"I know Twilight, you are the boss after all. I am telling you this right now because I kind of had to as per protocol..." Rainbow Dash took the briefcase from the Pinkie clone and flip it open. She then took out the small device and then attached it to the statue, she pressed a few buttons on the display. The device beeped, which caused the display to switch from red to green.

"Huh, I guess fingers do make this easier!" She then put the device back to the suitcase and then gave it to Pinkie. "So anyway, the eggheads, who are in charge of the project, let me borrow this scrambler! although by now the time borrowed just got expanded indefinitely."

"Wait, what did you do?" Sunset asked.

"I am getting to that!" Rainbow protested and then started fuming.

"Sunset, what she was trying to say is that this really small device just drained all the magic from the portal. This portal, as well as, all the others are now probably, most likely ceased to exist." She then turned to the duo. "You can report to me later."

"As you say, boss!" Both Pinkie and Rainbow have said, Rainbow threw a mocking salute towards Twilight. "So what now?"

"Dunno!"Twilight shrugged off, " It would be really embarrassing for everypony, which also includes us as well if during our absence Equestria would descend into a chaos or something. I am pretty confident, or should I say, I am very optimistic, that's nothing bad will happen."

"Will it?" All of them asked simultaneously.

"No[pe! Somehow all of them would just screw up, and we would be forced to save them! For now, lets just enjoy the extended vacation!"
> 13: Questions Asked Answers Get Answered
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Twilight Sparkle has been invited on the girls night out by Rarity and the other girls. "Well, all six of us are spending our time with each other so what's the occasion?"

"Oh nothing much, just thought we could spend some time before the fall formal, also Rainbow smuggled alcohol!"

"She did, didn't she! Rarity, are you sure this is wise? Alcoholic intoxication I mean!"

Rarity blinked, "Oh it's nothing to worry about, it's just..." She froze up in her own thought.

"It just what Rarity?"

"It just doesn't take long for, Sunset Shimmer to get drunk. It's not that we didn't want her as a friend dearie, it well she is a bit of a lightweight."

Twilight Sparkle had a slight idea of what Rarity was talking about, just about yesterday Twilight introduced Sunset to the rest of the group. She said to just trust her on this as much as it was possible to trust a stranger.

"So she got a bit of drunk, so what, what exactly did she said?"

"She started to talk something about parallel dimensions. She said that you and she is some kind of extraterrestrials. I didn't really get it."

Twilight thought that Rarity would not simply let it slide, so she decided to use a slightly different tactic.

"So, just to make it perfectly clear, was it before or after I found out that you and Applejack are dating."

Everyone else eyes have just widened.

"Or is it at an exact same time when I just happened to walk into you two doing naughty things to each other!"

Everyone eyes widened even more.

"This discussion will never leave this room!"

Twilight smiled, "That what I thought you would say."

Pinkie Pie looked at the whole thing, "Oh since we are collecting dirt on each other, does anyone wants to share their own dirty secrets?" She looked at everyone else, but they remained silent. That is until Twilight started talking.

"Pinkie it's fine you don't need to protect me like Sunset just blabbed about, I am in fact an extraterrestrial from another dimension! "

"And why are you telling us, you are practically admitting it", said Rarity.

"Because I cut myself off from my home for at least a year. I feel like I still need to do something here, I just don't know what!"

"You don't know?"

Twilight shrugged, "Maybe it's going to be some kind of world-ending event, or maybe something else which would be equally disastrous. It's always me who was forced to solve everyone else problems. So this is what I mean when I say that I don't really know. I always ended up doing a hero or something. In fact, I think I solved one of those problems.

"Why don't you start asking me questions and then I will answer what I can."

"Alright Twilight, if that's really your real name. Are you a spy?"

"This thing again? Yes, I probably had been trained in political espionage, but I probably will never tell you that. Next question!"

"What are you? What are you really?"

"Well I am not a human is that what you mean. I am a just a pony. Next question!"

"Alright, just a pony why are you really here?"

Twilight instantly became excited "Why to easily assimilate your planet into our culture!"

"Really?"

"No! but would you actually believed me if I said I came in peace?"

"Well no, we probably wouldn't," everybody else said.

"Exactly That's probably going to very unrealistic situation, extraterrestrials fell from the sky and starts promoting peaceful society.That will never work!  Unless! those extraterrestrials are cute little ponies, then they wouldn't be shot to death the moment the hillbillies of the galaxy would see them like Alright, next question?"

"Hillbillies of the galaxy? are you insulting us?"

Twilight took a glass of cider and started drinking "Oh no no no! Hillbillies are just hillbillies, even our society have hillbillies because agriculture is widespread economy model everywhere in the known galaxy. Its just so happens that if extraterrestrials get dropped anywhere on the planet, they will probably and most likely will land on the farm. No offense Applejack!" Twilight giggled for no reason

"None was taken!"

"Alright girls, I will take some more questions, So?"

"No sorry I have nothing," said Applejack. "I suppose none of us do, we just don't have nothing to say right now! Maybe later!"

"Yes, maybe!" Twilight once again had been holding a glass of cider.





Meanwhile, in the office of Vice Principal Luna, the infamous Vice Principal was about to meet with her guest Dean Cadence.

"Hello, Dean Cadence, I suppose sooner or later I will see you in my office. Um, any issue in particular? Perhaps a student by the name of Twilight Sparkle?"

"Perhaps, I had been troubled by that issue." Dean Cadence took out the smartphone and showed vice principal Luna a video in question. On it, there was a footage of Canterlot students singing an infamous song.  "I was hoping to talk about it since we kind of has an issue here."

"Hm! I guess its true what the say!"

Cadence raised an eyebrow "And what that will be?"

"Oh, it's just a saying I have no idea what they are saying! I just thought I will say the phrase!"

"Right, let me see there are probably two Twilights am I right? In a nutshell. The first Twilight goes to your school and the second Twilight is a doppelganger who cleverly uses the identity of the first one. Did I provide the solution to your problem?" Vice principal Luna had let Dean Cadence speechless.

"How did you?"

"Well, it's just a theory of mine. So let me make you an offer or something. I will let you observe her for twenty-four hours. You see we do have a school event, and it just so happens that everyone can join it. So what do you say! You can observe her and then you can see it for yourself."

"Um, I guess!" Dean Cadence wasn't completely sure, but she liked what she was hearing 

"Good, so um, I guess welcome to Canterlot High, at least temporarily."