I know this was hard, even for a centuries old mare. A loss of our warriors, i am tired of the face i always put it on. It kept falling off on crucial moments, Luna did the same over course of centuries.
"Apologies for taking this long, but the war was a success and these brave soul have lost their lives on the forces. And put together as a hero who lost their lifes for Equestria." There was more than 200 casket, laid down and being respected by all.
Luna whisper "The dead never will return."
One of the nobles approaching me, "Princess Celestia, may i ask you?"
"Perhaps, what is it?" he look at luna before asking me "Who is this new princess?"
Luna sigh, i am ready for answering. But Luna intertwine "Maybe you have forgotten me, after a thousand years of imprisonment. May i re-introduce myself as the dreamkeeper, Princess Luna."
They instantly bow down before her, i tried to explain this all.
"Princess Celestia, maybe you need a rest after that moments." Snowdrop kindly recommend me, then several nobles were confused.
It was complicated to explain, as several caskets was located up to hero's memorial.
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------[6 hours of memorial have passed]------
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Something familiar and utterly odd was detected, i quickly focus all my attention into it. And to my suprise, it was one of my student Twilight already acsend to alicorn without my consent. "Twilight?!" I said, she look at me and in utter disbelief she was real.
She rush at me crying without tears. "Princess Celestia!" She gave me a dry hug, i ask "How could you be an alicorn?!" It was odd to think about it, because i am born as one.
"I figure out how to break the sky seal." That very moments, it was true. She don't speak lies.
I check the sky again, it was still time locked. "Don't tell me, you came from another universe." She nod and decided to follow me.
It was a rare occurrance of something this very disbelieving, i ask "How can you break the seal?"
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------{RD's POV}------
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'That was a long party i am in, totally worth my time.' As i open my condo's door, i am suprised by more than just a suprise. I gasped, she turned back. It was me.
"Oh, that was interesting. It seems we didn't collide as a same entity, that was good." She said.
"Who are you?" I took a calm stance, her blade was something i should retcon with.
She simply replied "I/ am you."
"How could you make me belief that?!" She give a small giggles, and a sigh.
Race was the thing in my head, she said "Why won't we race? Isn't that what we always hope to do?" It click me "What would happen if i race myself?" That was an interesting question on the first place, but i don't think i can win against her.
"Alright, let's do it."
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------{Veryl's POV}------
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This particular party was out of hoof, can't do anything until Celestia decided to make her way to Canterlot. A happy time for others, not for me.
"Vey, maybe you can tell us about that form you used against Nightmare Moon?" Stardust curious, i hoof her my armor. A total mess for an armor that got melted to nothing, I sigh "Definitely need a new armor."
Stardust frowned, she scan my armor. "What form? It was just me, flowing magic trough my whole body. And why is everypony always said the same thing?! ohh быть." She pause and violently flick her head at my direction, she looks a little off. "What did you just said?"
Intensely look at me, just like seeing miracle. "What? быть?"
I feel she lose her mind over such a simple word, in other words she frezed on place. "Hey, Stardust. Can you help me make something, it might help for your daily knowledge."
She snapped out, back on her senses. "Bet, i can do it faster than you think. But, make sure you don't cause any explosion along the way." I got her agreement, but the air is kind of odd.
"What's wrong, Vey?" Soon i saw two rainbow colured mare, crossing Ponville with a lot of speed.
I can only drop my jaw, "You see what i see?" Stardust also did the same, she drop my molten armor. "Seems like the 2nd phase already start." Stardust stare at me, she have no words to say. "Let's check the mane Six!"
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------{Snowdrop POV}------
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I have help my best at reassembling Princess Celestia's magic core, so far my knowledge just be so little about it. "Why is everypony shocked after my identity reveal?"
Princess Luna speak up "It also the same ways as me, i am only considered as a legends. Gone earlier than i am, thus make you unrecognisable by anypony at all." Her statement make sense, tho i am not the same Snowdrop they know but we share a lot of things even before we separate.
She sigh "I'd like to take my words back, it seems like the dead can come back."
Her statement was clear, so far i am the only one who ever came back from death. "It was true after all." As we went to several places, and i can detect her magic circles was pure and no harm after being defeated.
I can't let my curiousity overtake, but the smell of truth is hard to dismay. "No, no- no. No, no no nope." This get her attention, "What happen?"
"No, nothing. Rejecting my will to ask you, maybe for convenience." Her head tilted, "State it, what would you ask?"
I can't belief i have this chance. "How can you became Nightmare Moon?" She instantly regret her descision, fly away and land on the imperial kitchen.
"Let's cook something." Her smile was something i am afraid of, it was daunting.
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------{3rd POV}------
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Rarity gasped out of her lives, it was an appearance of her "Other self."
"Huh, it is not mine anymore is it?" She began to leave her very Boutique. Rarity went chase her, it was something eerie. "Wait!" The mare stop, she turn back.
She scan Rarity from her sunglass, she see herself in Rarity. "Wait a minute. Are you me?" The mare said, which Rarity nod and welcome her other self inside Boutique. "So, how are you here?" Rarity said
"Passed out, working too hard." She steadily lift her whole glass of caffeine, jug it like it was nothing. Rarity only being her symphatetical self, offer a shelter here. Which her other self accept, thus self partnership begun.
In other part of Ponyville however...
"What should i do, what should i do, what should i do." As she hid behind bush before her house, seeing herself knocking the door.
She gave this eerie look to Fluttershy, she began to move slowly towards where Fluttershy are.
As she move closer to Fluttershy, Fluttershy began to fear the worst. She being stared down by herself with a blade, her movement was silent. The only thing sounds was her blade, everything she wore and even herself was silent exept for that very blade.
This terrify the hell out of Fluttershy, she fainted on the spot out of sheer shock.
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------[10 minutes later]----[Fluttershy's cottage]------
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Now Fluttershy began to concious, inside her log. She saw herself again, petting Angel the bunny of destruction. Her attention was drifted back to her, she don't say a single word. Her silent ways unordinary.
"Who- are you?" Fluttershy said to the mare, the mare sign (i am you) The mare pull out a marker board, she wrote "Odd isn't it?" Then she continue to write the whole paragraph about herself.
"So, you essentially not from here." She nod, continue to write.
It says "Can you tell me things from this world? I am not fully comprehend it exept the animals."
"Well, sure i can tell you. Maybe you should wash yourself up, you smell like steel." She sniff herself then write "Am i? Can't tell."
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------|S.A.A|------
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"Ah, home sweet home. Been decades since, wonder how is this world feels like." The orange mare with her blonde mane, walk steadily to the sweet apple acres.
"If i remember correctly, i'd met another me when-" Her deduction is true, she going to open the door of the barn-like house.
"Hey!" She stop, listen to the very voice she once have.
"You have grown big, Applejack." Applejack startled, she went full agressive. "Who are you?!" She took on full defensive position, ready to pound this mare. "Surely, i mean no harm as a trespasser." She also saw a dog, "That's new, i don't have a dog before."
Applejack paused, she realized something "That voice, is that mine?" This anger Applejack further. "You, copycat prick!" The mare sigh.
It was a simple fight between the two, end in Applejack's defeat.
"You put up a good one, but you shall know it was just in vain." AJ being stubborn as she were, refuse to back down. The mare sigh, she wonder why AJ still stubborn. "You left me no choice."
She knock the concious out of Applejack.
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------|Town Square|------
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Pinkie still on her daily basis, patrolling and searching for a new pony on town. Found somepony eerily familiar. "Oh- oh, oh oh! A cosplayer?!" She immediately dash towards the mare, her face was eerily familiar to hers.
They both stare at each other, the mare stare at her with her emotionless expression. "Maud?" Pinkie assume, the mare replied with while following the flow of Pinkie's gesture of friendliness "Actually, that was my sister." Pinkie gasped, "Are you my long lost twins?!" The mare stare at her with confusion, still emotionless.
"Maybe, you know is there we're hospital nearby?" Odd question, Pinkie decided to stick with her and do a planning.
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------{Veyrl's POV}------
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"WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY 2ND PHASE?!" i can't help it, she ask too much questions. "Rarity's first."
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------|Carousel Boutique|------
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We shouts "Rarity!" Rarity was startled, she we're half dead inside. We spot the same figure as Rarity, covering her eyes. She instantly wore her sunglass. Stardust is equally shocked, "What in the world is happening right now.
"Hey, atleast a little calm can help. Here, she was my other self. She got problem with her eyesight, her eyes cannot be directly hit by light." Her statement was correct, this self-like Rarity have a slit pupil. "Used to dark places i supose." I calm down my demeanor, Stardust barely get the hang of this.
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------[Several moments later]------
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Now it was clear this was Rarity, she can use the elements. But the 2nd wielder isn't always good one, there is a slim chance they are somewhat evil in some way. "Never will be 0%"
We made our way, Sugarcube Corner.
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------|Sugarcube Corner|------
This is where the party planner live, the jester everypony needs ecept me. Bringer of laughter, to everypony and sheer smount of confidence on her way.
"Excuse me, madame Cake. we'd like to check Pinkie, is she home?" She gives a chuckles, then ask pinkie to went down the stairs. Of course she also bring her "Cosplayer fan" Stardust laugh out loud by this tomfoolery.
I honestly suprised this version of Pinkie was barely like her, their physical appearance was just a copy of each other. With a light touch of no emotion.
"So, tell me. What are you gonna do with me?" Pinkie gesture and skillfully pull out a tea kettle out of her hair and several pair of cup. Quite impressive, i underestimated her bad enough based off my bad first impressions. "I inform you two, are the same individual." I point at the darker coated Pinkie "You, came from another universe." As i put my hoof down, Stardust went a little rude as she sip her tea.
All attention got to her, but it quickly fades away. "You say, i hop into this universe?" The darkened pinkie said, her hair naturally dissolve to straight.
Now i began to realized something, she din't act like she knows but she are also not too suprised about things. I felt no feeling from her, unlike our Pinkie. Those heart was cold and tough as steel, the ridgidness of the heart is not detected.
However, she was calm and unthreatening. Empty mind, nothing to read and no panicking.
This speaks a challenge to me, but my time here is no longer a problem. I bid my farewell for their willingness to get this straight, we got Stardust also following. "What is this mess anyway, it kind of like the mirror pool but this isn't the exact copy of her."
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------|Fluttershy's cottage(Again)|------
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"Are you sure?" As we made our way to Fluttershy's house.
"Yes pretty sure, met saw her walks here." I don't understand how She saw that, but i certain Dashie still holding her counterpart. I sense the most of danger from both pegasi counterparts.
We rush open, Fluttershy startled. She instantly went upstairs, but another Fluttershy came out of the suposed bathroom. She dry herself, the difference between the two Fluttershy was barely noticeable on physical appearance.
But this Fluttershy was chill with it, she walk behind the sofa. "Fluttershy?" She doesn't reply.
A blade cam out of nowhere, to our direction but not in hostile manner. She gesture out "It was mine, i am not from here and i definitely not the one you knows." She went upstairs, thus two of the Fluttershy's went down.
"I don't usually accept guest but how am i explain about this?" One of the Fluttershy said while the other was in silent, she gesture "It was only her, i am not." We soon realized the one Fluttershy that was transported from another world was the silent one, Stardust began to enhance her smelling ability "She did smell like steel, but wh- oh. Why, did you do that!?"
Our Fluttershy went confused, thus the other Fluttershy gestures "They ask for it, i don't hesitate as long it was on themself and make them happy." She put on a honest smile on herself, make us a little wierd.
"Okay, it was definitely steel but i am certain you don't came from blacksmith." Fluttershy gestrue out "Guess you got me, but it was just my way. I don't go it if they don't want it."
"A pony without consent but kindness on their mind, is that you?" I said which she gesture with "Yes, i can assure you i don't do such thing."
Such an odd pony with nothing but silence and words and a goose on her lap, she seriously don't speak a single word.
Better not ask her and bid farewell, we left with a little hope about the 2nd wielder.
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------{Alternate Dashie POV}------
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I seriously don't expect that she was slightly better than me, like it doesn't even make sense. We are the same Pony!
We began to slow down, it was exhausting after this long of a competition. Half hour we spend for this race and none of us fall down first, it was just too intense. 19 th lap surely enough, but my wings start getting sore after that long.
"Shit, i can't handle this anymore."
We spin upwards and spot a shivarma, landing safely. But my other self however, "Oai can't sto-" She did slow down but can't entirely stopped, in the end she land flat on the floor. I can only felt the pain, luckily she didn't got any down bad injuries "Yet."
We pick the seat before window, "Tiring much."
"Sure did, i skip sleep just for Summer Sun Celebration." This peek my interest a little, but not enough to pull it all the way.
The waiter and waitress was stunned in place, wonder why they do. "Which of you two is Rainbow Dash?" We both lift up our hoof. "Huh, also what's up with that stain?" I check my suit, it was quite dirty with stain.
"Souds right, that was just a permanent paint stain. Can't remove it, unless a magic." The waiter just shrugs, then take an order.
"I'd like a waffle special egg on it." Used to be my favorites, but it got me no time.
"Nothing but pasta and caffeine."
"Orders on the way."
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[To be continued]