Tang Ri Shan

My Little Pony Equestria Girls- Seeing Double

(Hello again everyone! You would not believe how long it took me to write this chapter. Seriously, I had to re-write it like, five times!)

CH 4

(Canterlot High- Current)

"Who are you?"

For a few seconds, Sunset Shimmer just stood there, stunned.

Twilight adjusted her glasses and waved her hand in front of Sunset's face. "Hello, are you in there?"

Sunset shook her head, snapping herself out of the shock. "Yeah, sorry." She apologized, looking flustered. "I just wasn't expecting to see you again so quickly."

"Again?" Twilight cocked her head. "But we've never met before" She said, looking confused. "At least, I don;t think we have" She scratched her head. "What's your name again?"

Sunset Shimmer felt her jaw drop. "Twilight, It's me! Sunset Shimmer!" She searched the girl's face eagerly, hoping for some spark of recognition, but saw none. "Did you hit your head coming through the portal, or something?" Sunset reached for Twilight's head, but the girl took a step backwards.

"Portal? What portal?" Twilight asked, her eyes suddenly narrowing. Sunset suddenly felt a feeling of dread rush up her spine. Something was seriously wrong here, and it wasn't the fact that one of her best friends didn't seem to know her. There was an almost hungry look in her eyes.

"HEY SUNSET SHIMMER!" Both girl's jumped at Pinkie Pie's voice. "The soccer game is starting, are you coming or not?" Pinkie Pie, who was peeking around the edge of the building, gave a great gasp. "TWILIGHT! YOU'RE BACK!" She squealed so loud it caused both girls to cover their ears and eyes. When Sunset opened hers again, Pinkie was smothering Twilight in an enormous hug. "Oh it's sooo great to see you again! Oh the others will be so happy to see you again! You look great, Twilight! What are you doing here? Is there more trouble? I mean there hasn't really been any trouble since you defeated the Dazzlers, but then you've only come here from Equestria when there's been trouble so maybe there's some trouble now!"

"Let her breathe Pinkie!" Sunset interrupted, a grin on her face. Though it faded slightly when she saw the confused and uncomfortable look on Twilight's face.

"Come on, come on! Rainbow Dash is just about to whup the butts of the Trottingham soccer team!" She exclaimed, practically bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet, began dragging Twilight towards the soccer field. Sunset hesitated, and shook her head. Maybe I'm just imagining things. She thought to herself. But how could Twilight stand there and not know who I was? It's like this isn't the Twilight I know. Any why didn't she bring Spike with her? She glanced around, searching for the purple dog. She'd figured those two were practically inseparable, yet he was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey Twilight, where's Spike?" Sunset called. Twilight shot Sunset another peculiar look, one that was half surprise, half confusion.

"Umm...I left him at home" She replied, then Pinkie Pie yanked her around the corner before she could say anything else. Sunset felt a smile creep across her face. That explains it! She thought to herself as she began to follow them. Spike probably just couldn't come with her this time. Then she frowned again. That still didn't explain Twilight's new look though. Oh stop worrying! She assured herself. Twilight's here, and everything's gonna be fine! Smiling again, she raced to catch up with her friends.

Sunset found the other girls sprawled up watching the soccer game. Applejack was leaning against the bleachers watching the players run up and down the field. Next to her, Rarity was applying a coat of polish to her already sparkling nails. Next to her, Fluttershy was tapping something on her cell phone. To Sunset's surprise, Rainbow Dash was there as well, bouncing a soccer ball back and forth from one knee to the other.

"Oh girls!" Pinkie Pie sang out. "Look who we found!"

The girls looked up. "TWILIGHT!" They shouted and rushed over and began bombarding her with questions.

"What are you doing back here?"

"It's so great to see you!"

"Where's Spike?"

"Why are you dressed like that?" Sunset shot Rarity a look and the girl shrugged her shoulders as though that was a completely normal question.

"Let her breathe everyone" She said, stepping in front of her. "She's feeling a little woozy after her journey" She spoke in a harder tone and the four girls backed off, nodding.

"No, It's okay. I'm fine" Twilight argued, smiling and stepping around Sunset. "It's great to see all of you. I-I guess I've been so busy lately I've forgotten just about everything. Sorry" She glanced down apologetically.

"Ha, don't worry about it, sugar" Applejack patted Twilight on the shoulder. "At least you remember us!"

"Or does she?" Rainbow suddenly narrowed her eyes and leaned in to look Twilight up and down. "What's my name?" She demanded.

"Uh..." twilight looked confused for a second, then brightened. "You're Rainbow Dash" She announced.

Rainbow Dash nodded, looking satisfied. "Yep, she's the real thing"

But Sunset wasn't so sure. She didn't think that it would take Twilight that long to come up with an answer. Back when she was a 'bad girl', Sunset had learned to read other people's expressions. Since her unicorn magic didn't work here, she'd learned to rely on other sources of power. It was amazing how much people revealed without ever opening their mouths. Body positions, arm and leg posture, movement of the eyes. She had learned to read people's feelings by studying these movements. And right now, she was getting all sots of bad signals from Twilight.

"Hey Rainbow, why aren't you out in the field kicking butt" Pinkie suddenly asked.

"Yeah, why are you hanging out with us 'little people'?" Sunset added, causing everyone except Twilight to chuckle.

Rainbow scoffed as she stared out at the field, watching her blue-and-gold colored teammates run up and down the field with the red-and-black Trottingham players in hot pursuit. "Everyone already know show awesome I am, so I figured, why not let the newbies have their time in the spotlight" Rainbow turned wearing a proud smile to see everyone gaping at her. "What?" She asked, now looking annoyed.

"Can it be?" Fluttershy finally spoke up. "Has Rainbow Dash finally learned humility?" For a few seconds, no one spoke, then everyone started laughing. Rainbow looked annoyed for a second, but then she too burst out laughing.

"Good one Fluttershy!" The pink-haired girl blushed and tilted her head to her bangs covered most of her face, but she was laughing too.

Sunset was about to comment when she felt her backpack begin to vibrate. She frowned. There were only two thing she carried that vibrated, her phone, and the magic book she used to contact Twilight in Equestria, and her phone was in her locker. Sure enough, when she glanced at the book it was vibrating and the cutie mark emblem on the cover was flashing. Someone from Equestria was trying to contact her. But who? Then Sunset's eyes widened. Maybe it was Princess Celestia? Feeling excited now, Sunset slid off to the side, away from the group, who were now chatting with each other. Even Twilight was contributing, even though she still looked uneasy. Satisfied that she wouldn't be disturbed, Sunset opened the book and flipped to a page that was glowing. If it was Princess Celestia, she wanted it to be private. She found a page with glowing words on it, and started reading:

Dear Sunset Shimmer,

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write back to you, but I have been very busy lately. Last evening, a Changeling thief named Imitae broke into my castle and stole a powerful relic, the Star Stone. You may or may not know his, but the Star Stone was a powerful magical artifact belonging to Starswirl the Bearded. It is rumored to still have great powers, which is why Princess Celestia lent it to me for study. We've been searching all night in both the castle and Ponyville, but there has been no trace of her. Of course, with her shape-shifting powers, it's not surprising, She even assumed my appearance and mocked me in front of my pony friends!

So, how is everyone doing at Canterlot High? Once this business with Imitae is concluded, I was thinking of coming for a visit. I could use some peace and quiet.

Your dear friend,

Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship

As Sunset Shimmer read the letter, she could feel her excitement draining out of her like water through a sieve, being replaced by confusion and fear. "This makes no sense. How could Twilight be writing to me from Equestria when she's already here?" She muttered to herself. She read the letter again. Two phrases leapt out at her "Changeling thief" and "assumed my appearance" Her eyes widened. "A changeling?" Sunset had heard rumors about these creatures, but had never seen them. She slowly looked up from the book and glanced in the direction of her friends, who were all in a group hug now, with Twilight in the center. Something inside her head seemed to click and she felt a frown cross her face. No wonder Twilight didn't seem to recognize her. No wonder she seemed confused as to where she was. Maybe this wasn't Twilight at all!

As if homing in on her thoughts 'Twilight' glanced her way and noticed Sunset's frown, her own smile faded. "Hey Sunset, is everything okay?" She called, causing everyone else to look around. Sunset froze. Part of her wanted to confront the impostor right then and there, but no one in this world knew about changelings, and Sunset was worried that the others wouldn't believe her.

So she forced a smile and nodded. "I'll be over in a second. Just gotta finish this homework piece" She said, hiding the book cover from them before opening to a blank page.

"Yeah, I gotta get on the field anyway, looks like the Wonder Colts need me" Rainbow excused herself before jogging over to the coach. As her friends sat down to watch, Sunset caught 'Twilight's' hand sneak into her pocket and she winced, but the girl simply withdrew a phone and began snapping pictures of the game. As she did, Rarity and Fluttershy both put their arms around her. Sunset felt a sudden surge of anger and jealousy. She picked up her pen and began writing a reply.

Well, that's enough for now. What do you all think? Probably not much excitement happening now, I'm sorry, but I'll make it up to you later on. Like I've said before, my stories tend to write themselves. You'll definitely see more action later on.