Ellie Pallet walks down the street with her backpack on her shoulders and her school schedule in hand. Her ruby-red hair bouncing softly in the wind with each step, her skin is a pale blue and her eyes are the deepest violet that you've ever seen. She's wearing a purple tank-top, black leather jacket, blue jeans with multi-colored paint splatters on her right thigh, and a pair of knee-high black boots.
As she reaches the front of the school she looks upon the white marble horse statue in front of her. She sighs deeply as she glances between the statue and her schedule, "Another school, great" she says sarcastically, "This is the third school in the course of two years. Dad just HAD to get transferred, again. I wonder how long I'll be here…." She sits down in front of the horse statue. Setting her bag down next to her, she curls up her knees to her chest and her resting her head on her arms.
Her mother died when she was 8, leaving her father to take care of her. Ellie's father works for as a contractor, he got transferred to work in the town of Equestria, causing her and her father to move, resulting in her transferring schools frequently.
Ellie frowns, "I never have any time to make friends. God, I'm lonely…"
Leaning against the base of the statue, the marble ripples and she falls through the magic portal.
"Ahh!" Ellie screams as she falls.
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Princess Twilight walks down the hallway on her way to inspect the magic mirror that Princess Cadence entrusted to her from the Crystal Empire after the incident with Sunset Shimmer and the crown. Twilight stops in her tracks when she sees a bright light appearing inside the room that the mirror was in, she could see the light peck out from cracks around the door. Covering her eyes with her hoof, she shields herself from the light.
After the light subsided, Twilight rushes into the room, the room is a light purple color with three bookcases against the walls, pictures hang from the walls; pictures of her friends and family. Tables lay against one side of the room, test tubes and flasks lay on the surface waiting to be tested by the young princess. The Princess walks over to the mirror that was sitting on the floor across from the tables, she jumps when she finds a strange blue alicorn on the floor in front of the magic mirror; dizzy and confused. This is Ellie, now transformed. Twilight cautiously approaches the alicorn, speaking softly, "Hello, are you okay?"
Ellie shakes her head to clear her mind before looking up at Twilight. She screams as she shrinks back in fear and shock and runs to behind the mirror. "Ahh! Stay back! What are you?" she yells as she crouches down as she looks up at Twilight.
Twilight slowly walks towards her, trying not to freak her out. "My name is Twilight. I'm the princess here. Can I help you? Did you come from the mirror?"
Ellie tilts her head to the side in confusion, "I don't know, I was just at Canterlot High a second ago."
"You're from Canterlot High?" Twilight asks.
"Yes. I was just arriving at school when I stopped to sit down in front of the statue at the entrance, I fell through and I landed up here. Wait-HOW are you talking to me?! You look like a pony."
"You're one also."
Ellie sits up as she looks down at her hooves, she opens her mouth to scream, but is stopped by Twilight's hoof against her muzzle. "Don't scream." She looks at Twilight, slightly worried but she nods slowly and the purple alicorn pulls her hoof away.
Twilight reaches down to helps lift the pony to her hooves as she begins to explain. "You went through a portal between two spatial dimensions that are parallel to each other and the mirror connects them.
"Spatial what?"
"Dimensions, the world that has Canterlot High and this world. The mirror acts as a bridge between them." Ellie nods slowly in understanding.
"You're currently in the Land of Equestria." She says with a small smile and motions to the room, leaning back to yell down the hall, "Spike! I need you!"
The patter of footsteps can be heard before a purple dragon runs into the room. He pants and stops to catch his breath, before speaking, "What...is it... Twilight?"
Twilight's horn begins to glow as her magic picks up a roll of paper and a feather pen, she hands it to the baby dragon. "Spike take a note please." Ellie shifts her gaze to the dragon as she looks amazed by him. Twilight begins speaking as she paces back and forth. "Dear Princess Celestia, There has be-"
"Princess Celestia?" The alicorn starts as her face looks confused. "I thought that it was Principal Celestia."
"In your world, yes. Here, she's the Princess that presides over this country." Twilight explained.
Spike, the little dragon, stepped forward and pointed his feather pen to Ellie, his question directed to the Blue Alicorn, "Who are you?"
Twilight looked at the Alicorn, "Yes, you never mentioned your name."
"I-It's Ellie. Ellie Pallet." Ellie answers noticing the mirror and walks over to look at it more closely.
Ellie steps in front of the mirror and jumps when she sees herself, blue-skinned and four hooves, two wings and a horn on her head. "What am I?"
"You're an alicorn. Which is fascinating because I don't know why you're one. I thought that a pony had to be turned into an Alicorn." Twilight pointed out.
Ellie looks dumbfounded, "I'm an alicorn? How?"
Twilight paces back and forth as she explains, "When you fell into the portal, your Molecular structure changed to be congruent with this universe."
"English, Einstein."
The baby dragon rolls his eyes, "You changed into a pony to fit in with the ponies here."
Ellie nods her head before looking towards the mirror, "That makes more sense, but am I able to go back? I have school to go to, what about my dad?"
The Princess shrugs, "I'm not sure, I didn't even know that the portal was opened again." she starts before turning to Spike. "As I was saying about the letter, Dear Princess Celestia. There has been an incident with the mirror, an Alicorn appeared from Canterlot High was able to get through to Equestria. Her name is Ellie Pallet. It's impertinent that you come here and help with this incident personally. Love your faithful student and follow Princess, Twilight Sparkle."
Spike rolled up the piece of parchment before he blowing fire on it sending the letter off with magic. Meanwhile, Ellie steps closer to the mirror once more and presses her hoof to the cold glass expecting it to pass through, instead it just rests on the glass. She lifts both of her hooves to the glass to push against it, but to no avail as she slips and lands on a face. Her expression changes to one of panic. She looks behind her to Twilight and yelled, "It's closed! I can't get through!"
"Closed, how could it close? It was just opened." Twilight walks over to the mirror and placed her hoof on it. She looks at the mirror carefully before speak, "Could it be that the mirror has a mind of its own and sealed itself away? Maybe it thinks you have a purpose here? And if so, what is that purpose?" She smiles as she taps her front hooves together with a grin. "This is so fascinating!"
They look up as they hear the sound of trumpets, signaling the arrival of Princess Celestia. Twilight motions Ellie and Spike to follow her as she turns to run out of the mirror room and into the larger room which was the throne room. Ellie hides behind the throne with a cloud and rainbow thunderbolt, Rainbow Dash's Throne, on the back top of the chair, she peeks her head out from around the chair to look at Twilight. Spike goes and sits on his throne. Smiling, the purple alicorn princess runs over to her teacher and mentor before giving her a hug.
"I'm glad you called me Twilight, but where is this "alicorn" you spoke of?"
Spike waves to the Princess from where he sat on his own little throne pointing to the back of the throne next to him, "She's over here."
Ellie crouches down so she's almost laying on the floor, stepping back a bit, as Celestia begins to approach her. Celestia stood in front of Ellie, who's has a worried expression and is visibly shaking in fear. Ellie's eyes follow Celestia as she lays down in front of Ellie and spoke softly. "Twilight may have told you about me. I'm Princess Celestia, I rule over Equestria. I would like to welcome you to our world."
Ellie's shaking slowed to a stop as she relaxed, even smiling a bit at the princess' calm voice. Celestia smiles and continues to speak calmly. "That's better. You don't look scared anymore. I think I know the reason why you're here."
"Which would be?"
"What was the last thing you did before coming through the portal?"
Ellie looks down at the floor, as if she's thinking before looking back up at Celestia, "I said that I don't get to have much time to make friends and...and that I'm lonely..." Ellie rubs her hoof against the cold crystal floor, her eyes focusing on her hoof.
Celestia tilted Ellie's head up with her hoof as she smiled, "The mirror heard your wish to make friends and wanted to help you so it brought you here." She turns her head to Twilight, "And I think that this is the perfect job for the Princess of Friendship."
The purple mare smiles, standing proudly, "I won't let you down, Princess."
"I'm sure you won't," Celestia states as she stands up, helping her up also. She starts to head to the door but stops and looks at Ellie. "Don't forget you have magic inside of you just waiting to come out. It might seem difficult but with friends, at your side, I'm sure you'll be able to control it."
"I-I'll remember that. But what about my dad? He'll notice that I'm gone. He'll be worried about me."
Celestia looks down, saddened. "I'm sorry, but I don't know how to get you back through the portal. Even my power isn't enough. I'm sorry."
Twilight's ears perk up as she realizes something. "I'm so stupid. Sunset Shimmer's Book."
Celestia looks to twilight as the purple pony continues, "The journal that you sent me and connects to Sunset's. Ellie can write a letter to her father to make sure that she's safe."
Ellie smiles big, "Can you write for me? I can't write with these," she motions to her hooves.
Spike jumps off his throne, pointing his thumb to himself, "I'm your dragon."
Celestia smiles as she nods to the ponies and dragon, "You seem to have the situation under control, I'll take my leave." And with that, Celestia leaves Ponyville and travels back to her Castle in Canterlot. Leaving Twilight in charge of befriending Ellie and introducing her to new friendships. Even unbeknownst to her is the second set of the Elements of Harmony just waiting to found.
Only when these two sets join forces, they can defeat the evil that is brewing beneath their hooves...