Twilight had not expected her first task as princess to be something like this.
"Sugar Rush? I don't think there's even a place like that in Equestria," she commented, flicking through her book of maps. Sure enough, there was not one mention of a place called Sugar Rush.
"Twilight." The new princess looked up at her former mentor, who would forever be her superior in her mind.
"Princess Celestia, I was just about to come find you," Twilight smiled, placing the book back on the ground. She got to her feet and ran to give her a neck-hug, smiling at the comforting touch.
"I thought as much, which is why I came to find you first. Now, as I'm sure you've already discovered, Sugar Rush is not a part of Equestria. It is a part of another universe, and is a world within a world," the princess of the sun explained. "I wouldn't have delegated the task to you if I wasn't positive that you could perform it."
"But are you sure I can?" Twilight worried. "Last time, it was Cadence and Shining Armour who defeated Chrysalis. Even you couldn't defeat her!" That last part was what was worrying her the most.
"And it will again be a royal couple who will ultimately defeat the changeling queen," Celestia informed her, starting off in the direction of the throne room. "However, they will need your help. That will be your task."
"So it'll be just like when I helped Cadence, right?" Twilight figured, finally relaxing. Her wings hadn't been folded against her sides ever since she'd received her task.
"Essentially, yes," Celestia nodded. "However, there is one major difference." She approached a door at the end of the throne room and Twilight followed her through, eager to see more of the castle. Her eyes widened and she gasped as she saw the mirror that took up the length of one long wall.
"Princess, what is this?" she breathed, taking in the sight of what looked like the arcade in Ponyville. There was just one, as Celestia had said, major difference. There were no ponies in the arcade. Rather, they were all the bipeds that Twilight had once read about. Humans.
"This is a portal to another realm," Celestia explained, a golden glow surrounding her horn and the mirror. The view seemed to zoom in on one racing game in particular, with some catchy Japonese song playing. The mirror soon filled with a name that Twilight had seen before. Sugar Rush was spelled out on one of the fields, looking surprisingly like frosting. Her mouth watered at the sight. But then Celestia was nudging her forward. "Good luck, Twilight," she said quietly, and pushed the pupil-turned-princess into the mirror.
Twilight screamed all the way down until she landed in the green field, forgetting her wings in her moment of distress.
"Is everything here made of frosting?" she groaned, reminded of one certain frosting-filled party with Pinkie Pie. It would take forever to get all the frosting out of her fur, not to mention her new wings. Shaking herself off and removing about two-thirds of the frosting with the action, Twilight brought out the scroll that had her instructions on it.
My dear Princess Twilight,
I have not put you on a mission since you were my student, however the current task I require of you is of the utmost important. Somehow, Queen Chrysalis has taken over Sugar Rush and is currently residing in the castle. You must go there and defeat the changeling queen once again before she starts a new reign. I am positive that you can perform this task and still be home for the Equestria Games. I will be watching so if you need my help, just ask.
Your faithful subject,
Princess Celestia
She could see a castle in the distance, so this was where she headed. The Japonese song, she noticed, played constantly. She really hoped that she could defeat Chrysalis as soon as possible.