Celestia smiled, as her two young students played outside in the field together. Two very powerful young unicorns, very alike, yet very different. One, was a little older, and her name was Sunset Shimmer. The young filly had a very light orange-yellow coat, with a bright orange and red mane, that matched her sun shaped cutie mark. The other, though a bit younger, was also very smart, and deep into her studies. Her name, was Twilight Sparkle. She had a light purple coat, with a shaded purple, and pink mane. Her cutie mark, was a pink star.

Both of their cutie marks resembled magic. Sunset Shimmer's aura was blue, while Twilights was pink. "Oh my faithful students.." Celestia muttered to no one. "One day, you shall fulfill your destiny." With that, she walked away from the window.

Both young fillies came inside, and went to their respectful rooms, once the royal bells rang three times. It was now three o'clock, or studying hour. The royal guard would stand outside of their room, incase of an emergency, while the young fillies practiced magic.

Sunset, being more talented at this point, levitated a book from the top shelf of her room, and sat on her bed. Opening it with her magic, she smiled. "Elements of Harmony.." She said. "Maybe, if I get these, Princess will let me be a princess too.. I always wanted to be a princess." She smiled, as she looked at the picture of the elements.

Twilight, while still at a lower level, was still a very impressive student, read over some books on light spells. These were her current favorite at learning, as they allowed her to read in the dark. "Spike.." She trotted over to the newly hatched baby dragon in the carriage. "One day, I'll be a stronger pony, you just wait.." The dragon was sound asleep though, so he didn't do anything.

Before both girls knew it, it was already time to eat supper. Sunset and Twilight raced don the halls, but of course, Sunset was faster. "Sorry Twily, get older first!" She jumped up on a chair. "Ta-Da!" Twilight took her chance and pounced, pushing them both onto the table, sending things flying.

"Uh oh.." They both said, closing there eyes. Nothing happened. When they opened them, there stood Princess Celestia, levitating everything, before placing it back on the table. "Princess.."

"Girls, what have I told you about running in the castle..?" She looked stern.

"Sorry.." They both said together. The princess sighed, but brushed it off.

Twilight looked out her window, her mother had just put her to bed, but she couldn't sleep. "Princess Luna.. I know you're out there somewhere." She smiled. "I know, the moon must be lonely all alone.. If you weren't so bad, maybe we could of been friends. Who knows, maybe we could of gotten along.." She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Sunset Shimmer paced around her room, levitating stuff into her bags. "I will become a princess, a princess of my own world." She said, before levitating the saddle bag on. Not much was inside, a book, a few things, like her teddy bear, and a couple of other things. She trotted out of the house, before running over to twilights house, and sending a little light orb up to the fillies window. Twilight looked out her window.

"Sunny.." She smiled. "It's 11 o'clock, go to sleep."

"Pack your bag Twily, I wanna show you something!" She smiled. "Bring your teddy, and a few other things, come on. It's in the castle!" Twilight liked going to the castle, so she packed as fast as she could, and trotted off to not wake her parents.

The two girls made it to the castle, and inside, after passing a few guards. "See Twilight, this is a special mirror. You can go through it, and it only opens every 30 moons!" Sunset was jumping up and down. "Look." She put her hoof in, and on the other side, was a small hand. "They're called humans Twilight! And I wanna go and check it out!" Twilight instantly backed up.

"Did the princess say we-" She bumped into somepony behind her, and looked up. Seeing it was the princess, she instantly dropped to the ground.

"Sunset Shimmer!" Celestia said. "Step away from there."

"Why should I princess?! I want to be a princess just like you..." She looked at Celestia.

"I understand Sunset, but this is not the way to do so. This proves, that you are not ready. A princess must respect others and-"

"Then why don't you respect me?" Sunset said.

Twilight shook, before looking at Sunset, as she jumped through the mirror. "Sunny!" Twilight said, before the mirror flashed. She ran, and smacked right into it, as the 12 bells rang. It was midnight, and Sunset Shimmer, was gone.