Alright, this chapter in particular I've been looking forward to for a while now. This sets up a lot of stuff for the future so make sure to read it if you really wanna keep up with the story. I've put a lot of work into it and I'm really proud of what I've done and I'm sure you guys will like it to.


"Well this isn't going to be easy, but we have to win!" Twilight said determined as she and Lincoln walked side by side over to the school auditorium where the head of the Fall Formel Committee.

"Don't worry, with me on your side, you got this bag." Lincoln couldn't help but brag a bit as he rested his head behind his hands. "Back home I helped Lola win beauty pageants for years, this'll be a peice of cake."

"You really think you can get all those groups to vote for Twilight?" Spike asked as he poked his head out from Twilight's backpack. About a half hour earlier, they joined the human Fluttershy for lunch and Twilight told her about how she was gonna run to be Princess of the Fall Formel.

Fluttershy quickly told the two it was a bad idea and how Sunset Shimmer doesn't take well to having competition. But the two told her they couldn't back down and were determined for Twilight to win. Fluttershy then explained that if she really wanted to win, she would have to get all the different groups of students to vote for her which included the Althetes, the Fashionista's, the eco-friendlys, the rockers, the tech geeks, etc.

"I live with 10 sisters Spike; I know how to get groups of people on my side." Lincoln said confidently, believing in his abilities of persuasion.

Twilight couldn't help but roll her eyes in response, but simply went along with it. Lincoln was the human expert here so if she wanted any chance to try and win, let out fit in, she's gotta trust his judgement and advice. And it's been good so far, though he did make quite the scene with Sunset earlier when they confronted her.

Just then the two started to approach two blue doors and started to open them. "Well Fluttershy said the head of the Fall Formal Committee would be here." Twilight said as they entered what appeared to be a gymnasium.

They looked around and saw tables, chairs, speakers, balloons, streamers and even a disco ball set up. "Well this definitely looks like a place to have a party." Lincoln commented as they saw there were even streamers all over the floor.

And as they were looking around for anybody in the gym, they heard a familiar peppy voice yell. "INCOMING!" The two of them then looked up to see rolls of streamers falling from up above. Twilight and Lincoln quickly hit the ground as the streamers ended up covering them.

When the streamer onslaught was over, they got up and saw the person who were the streamers. Similar to when they first saw Fluttershy, she looked extremely familiar. She had pink skin and darker pink colored hair that was very poofy and resembled cotton candy. Her eyes were a bright blue and she wore a small blue short sleeved jacket over a white shirt with pink highlights and a pink heart on it. She had a purple ribbon around her wait a and a light purple skirt that had Pinkie Pie's Cutie Mark on it.

'Ok, I'd reconize that pinkness anywhere.' Lincoln thought as he watched what was without a doubt Pinkie Pie's human equivilent take one of the balloon marks off her skirt and for it to be an actual balloon as Pinkie started blowing it up.

As she was doing this, Lincoln and Twilight got up and walked over to her and with the former asking. "Excuse me but you wouldn't happen to be Pinkie Pie, the head of the party planning committee?" The Loud boy asked as the human Pinkie let the air out of the balloon causing her cheeks to be pushed back by the air.

She suddenly rushed up to Lincoln and Twilight and gave the both of them a strong and fast handshake. "Yepper-deppers! You two must be new here! It's super-duper nice to meet you two!" Pinkie said with enthusiasm and happiness that could only be rivaled by the other pony Pinkie Pie.

"Hehe, it's very, uh, nice to meet you as well!" Twilight said with awkwardness as, similar with Fluttershy, it was weird having to introduce herself to a person she was already great friends with in another world. "Anyway, Fluttershy said we could find you here."

Just then Pinkie put on an unamused face, something that seemed completely unnatural for the walking pink sugar rush. "Fluttershy huh?" Pinkie said in an annoyed tone as she tied up a yellow balloon she finished blowing up. "Don't let the whole shy thing fool you. She can be a real meanie."

Both Twilight and Lincoln's eyes widened when Pinkie said that as Lincoln said. "Fluttershy and mean in the same sentence. Never thought I'd see the day."

"You two aren't friends?" Twilight asked with a surprise and disbelieving expression.

However, Pinkie seemed to dropped the discussion about the shy girl as she walked backwards towards Twilight while leaning down to look at the purple skinned girl with a giddy smile. "Well your just in time to put your name on the ballot before it closes! The dance is the day after tomorrow!"

But just then Pinkie started looking over Twilight with narrowed eyes and started inspecting the Alicorn turned human and asked. "Hey, you sorta look familar. You wouldn't happen to have a twin sister that lives in the city, looks just like you, has a dog named Spike that looks exactly like that!" Pinkie asked as she pointed to Spike, who was now out of Twilight's backpack, playing with a balloon.

"Uuuuuh." Twilight delayed the answer as she looked to Lincoln for a little help.

"She must mean your own human equivalent in this world. Luckily she doesn't go here so just say yes." Lincoln whispered quickly to Twilight,

"What are we whispering about?" Pinkie suddenly whispered to them as she got in between the two and startling them.

"Uh, yes, yes I do." Twilight quickly answered for Pinkie's previous question.

"Thought so." Pinkie said with a shrug as she put a hand inside her hair and dug around a little bit. "Anyhoo, just need to fill this out and you are officially up for the coveted Princess of the Fall Formal Crown!" Pinke explained as she pulled out a clipboard with a signup sheet on it as well as a pen from her hair.

Twilight looked at the pen with worry. She had no idea how to write with hands! She usally always used her magic to pick up feathers or pencils to write with. Luckily, Lincoln came in for the rescue.

"Uh, I'll sign up her name for her." Lincoln said as he took the pen from Pinkie. "Twilight's having some hand cramps right now."

Pinkie didn't question it and simply gave a happy, "Okie doki loki!" As Lincoln wrote Twilight Sparkle onto the signup sheet.

Pinkie looked at the sheet before giving a wide smile and saying. "Congratulations Twilight Sparkle! You are now in the running for Fall Formal Princess!" The pink skinned girl announced enthusiastically while gesturing her hands to Twilight who smiled nervously in response.

Just then another voice made themselves known as the doors to the gym opened. "Somebody order a dozen cases of fizzy apple cider?" A familiar country accent asked as the 3 of them looked towards the source.

"Ooh Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me Me!" Pinkie said as she quickly ran up to the figure. The figure then came fully to view while carrying a case if apple cider. She had light orange skin with three white freckles on each side of her face. She had green eyes and blond hair tied at the end with a red band. She wore a white shirt that was green at the top with a brown belt with an apple buckle and a blue jean skirt along with brown cowboy boots with pony Applejack's Cutie Mark on them. And on top of her head was a Stetson hat.

'Another familiar face.' Lincoln thought with a smirk as he quickly recognized this girl to most likely be this world's version of Applejack.

The human Applejack wiped some sweat from her forehead as she turned to the still open gym door and asked. "Can you bring in the rest?"

"Eeyup." They heard another familiar voice say as they saw another person coming in carrying 4 containers of apple cider. When he came in, Applejack took the container on the top revealing his face. He had light red skin, orange and also had green eyes. The human version of Big Mac.

As Applejack took the container from Big Mac, she stopped when she saw Lincoln and Twilight looking at her and said. "Hey, I know you two?"

"You do?" Lincoln and Twilight asked in unison with raised brows.

"Yeah, you two are the new guys who gave Sunset Shimmer the what-for today." Applejack explained to them as she took a bottle of cider and opened it up. She then took a drink from it and gestured to Lincoln. "Especially you, I heard you grabbed her wrist tighter than a snake on a rabbit and told her off good."

Lincoln chuckled sheepishly as she rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, I sometimes let my emotions get the better of me."

Applejack simply gave a hearty chuckle as she took a long drink of the cider. Just then Pinkie came up from the side, literally, and told the farm girl. "Twilight here is running against Sunset Shimmer for Princess of the Fall Formal." The pink girl explained as she pointed to Twilight.

Applejacks eyes widened as she did a spit take with the cider she just drank and quickly got up and faced Twilight and Lincoln and warned them. "I'd think twice about that. Oh, sure, she'll probably approach you all friendly-like-" Applejack was saying as Pinkie floating next to her due to the balloon she was blowing up. Applejack then grabbed the heart shaped balloon as Pinkie started blowing up a yellow balloon and started drawing faces on them.

She then raised up the heart balloon and showed that she drew a face of Sunset Shimmer on it and started to do a bad impression of said girl. "I sure am looking forward to some friendly competition." She then raised up the yellow balloon Pinkie just inflated that had a picture of Twilight drawn on it and Applejack did another bad impression of Twilight's voice and acted out, "That's so good to hear."

"But then here comes the backstabbing." Applejack said as she turned around the sunset balloon to show a taped on needle and used it to pop the Twilight balloon. "About the only girl you can trust less than Sunset Shimmer is Rainbow Dash."

"Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked with surprise, especially of Applejack talking negativaly about her.

"There must be a parallel version of everyone here." Lincoln muttered under his breath as he cupped his chin. So far they've seen versions of Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Big Mac, and Celestia and heard of versions of Luna, Rainbow Dash and Twilight.

Just then Pinkie came bouncing on a giant yellow balloon and explained. "She's the captain of, like, every sports team at CHS." Pinkie said before the balloon popped.

"She's also the captain of saying she's gonna do something for you and then turning around and not even bothering to show up." Applejack explained in a slightly bitter tone.

"Don't worry about us Applejack." Lincoln reassured her as her and Twilight walked up to her with the former but his hand on the farm girls shoulder.

Well, suit yourselves." Applejack shrugged before she realized something Lincoln said and asked. "Hey, how did you know my name was Applejack?"

'Crap! Not again!' Lincoln mentally panicked as he made the same mistake with AJ as he did with Fluttershy. Thankfully he was able to think of something quickly. "Oh, uh, we just heard rumors about a girl wearing a Stetson hat and a country accent named Applejack and, well, you kinda fit the bill."

Applejack and Big Mac looked to each other as Twilight and Lincoln sweated nervously. Applejack then looked back at them and shrug. "Guess that makes sense."

Lincoln and Twilight gave a sigh of relief as the former spoke up again. "Well, it was nice to meet you all, but I gotta prepare Twilight to whoop Sunset's butt at the Fall Former." Lincoln said as he started walking away with Twilight and Spike quickly following behind.

"Well, them two were mighty strange." Applejack said with a raised eyebrow while putting her hands to her hips.

"Totally!" Pinkie agreed as she suddenly popped up next to Applejack. "I mean, white hair? They're hiding something!" Applejack chuckled and rolled her eyes at Pinkie pointing Lincoln's hair of all things.

Before she could say anything else, the other set of doors that led into the gym were suddenly pushed open followed by an unfortunately familiar voice yelling. "This looks terrible!" They all looked to see none other than Sunset coming in along with two younger kids behind here. These were the human equivalents to Snips and Snails, also known as Sunset's goons.

Sunset then stomped up to the middle of the gym with Snip and Snails following close behind. "There should be more streamers near the stage and fewer balloons!" Sunset demanded as she used her finger to pop a few balloons right in front of Pinkie.

"Yeah! Streamers!" Snips yelled as he ripped up a streamer her picked up.

"And few balloons!" Snails added in as he tried, and failed, to pop a yellow balloon.

Sunset then picked up a bottle of apple cider and looked at it in disgust. "Fizzy apple cider? Ugh! This is my coronation not a hoedown!" She said as she held it away from her and glared at Applejack and Pinkie Pie.

Applejack then glared back at Sunset and said in an annoyed/angered tone. "Well, now, it ain't necessarily gonna be your coronation this time around!"

Just then Sunset appeared right in front of Applejack's face and glared right into her eyes. "Oh, is that so?!" She yelled before speaking in a mocking tone and turning AJ's hat backwards. "You country folk really aren't that bright. Must be why the other students say such awful things about you." She then covered AJ's face with her hat, causing Applejack's face to go red and steam with anger as the top popped off and showing her rage.

"Obviously it's gonna be my coronation." Sunset said confidently as she walked away from the steaming farmgirl. "I'm running unopposed."

"Not this time!" Pinkie Pie said as she held up the signup sheet. "The new girl just signed up."

"What?" Sunset gasped as Pinkie handed her the signup sheet. On there, Sunset saw there was a name under her own on the signup sheet.

Twilight Sparkle.

Sunset gritted her teeth hard as she tightened her grip on the clipboard as she glared hard at the name. Her! That little princess followed her here! Sunset managed to tear her eyes away from the paper and looked hard at Applejack and Pinkie Pie and demanded to know, "Where...is...she." She said through her teeth as the two she was facing flinched a bit at her incredibly aggressive attitude. Even more aggressive than usual.

However, AJ quickly stood her ground and glared back at the yellow skinned girl. "Like we'd tell you." Applejack retorted before crossing her arms and smiling smugly. "And if ya do find her, she's with that Lincoln fella, you know, the boy that dropped you on your butt earlier today?"

Sunset's anger only grew at the mention of that white-haired boy who had the nerve to threaten her today and even touch her. Her wrist was still sore from that ordeal. Sunset then turned to her goons and said. "Come on, we're going." Sunset told Snips and Snail's with a growl before stomping out of the gym.


Back with Lincoln and Twilight, they were currently walking through the halls together as Lincoln was giving Twilight advice on how she can win the Fall Formel. "Alright Twilight, first is your walk. You wanna leave an impression, so 'To win the day, you must sashay." Lincoln instructed as he was giving Twilight the same teachings he gives his younger sister Lola to prepare her for Beauty Pageants.

"Alright, remember to sashay." Twilight said seriously before turning to Lincoln with a confused look. "What does sashay mean?"

Lincoln groaned in response as he said. "This is gonna take a loooooot of work." He sighed making Twilight smile sheepishly and give an embarrassed blush.

As they continued walking with Lincoln explaining things to Twilights, they suddenly heard the flickering of lights. They looked to see a dark hallway in the school with the lights flickering and a locker door hanging loose.

Lincoln shook his head as he put his hands on his hips. "Budget cuts. Damn shame."

"Can't believe I didn't recognize you earlier." The two suddenly heard. They then looked back to see Sunset Shimmer looking at them while leaning against one of the lockers.

"Well if it isn't Sun-nag herself." Lincoln insulted with a smirk as he crossed his arms.

Sunset glared at Lincoln in response to this, but then looked to Twilight with an even fiercer glare as she crossed her arms and walked up to her. "Should've known Princess Celestia would so her ever prized student to steal my crown." Sunset said before she looked at Spike as he poked his head out of Twilight's backpack. "And her little dog to."

"It's my crown!" Twilight retorted as she and Spike glared back at Sunset.

"Whatever." Sunset said cockily with a shrug. "This is just a minor setback to me. You don't know anything about this place and I already rule it."

"Don't count us out just because of that." Lincoln said as he gave Sunset a smug smile. "She may not know too much about this, but I happen to be full human. I know all the ins and outs of High School and human culture in general."

"Ha, even if that is true," Sunset mocked, not believing Lincoln's claim. "But do either of you know what happens if you bring an Element of Harmony into an alternate world."

Both Lincoln and Twilight were silent as they looked to each other as the former said. "Well she's got me there." Lincoln admitted with Twilight only being able to nod, not knowing the answer herself.

"Seriously? You don't know?" Sunset said in a mocking tone towards Twilight. "And you're supposed to be Princess Celestia's precious star student." When she said the last three words, Lincoln notice Sunset's tone turn for the worst as her words leaked with bitterness.

Twilight frowned a bit as she struggled to keep a strong expression against Sunset as the yellow skinned girl continued. "Then again, what were the chance she'd find someone as bright as me to take under her wing once I decided to leave Equestria." She then got right in Twilight's face and poked her forcefully in the chest. "A bit embarrassing that you were the best she could do."

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Lincoln yelled as he suddenly appeared right in front of Sunset. "Look, I don't know what your beef with Twilight is, but know this. You're not gonna win. I was serious when I said I've dealt with worse than some petty jealous brat. But know this, I know exactly how things work around here and how to deal with people like you. We intend to win that crown, and even if we don't, I can easily take it from you whenever I want. The only reason I don't clobber you right now is because I don't want to start a scene. But know this, there is no scenario where you possibly win this."

Sunset was a bit taken aback by Lincoln words, but managed to glare back and stand her ground and said. "We'll see about that snowball." Sunset insulted back.

Lincoln simply rolled his eyes and said. "Like I've never heard that before."

Sunset growled in response as she pushed Lincoln back and started stomping away. Lincoln glared at Sunset's retreating form. He's dealt with people like her before even without an alien device on his wrist. No doubt she would be stirring up trouble and doing stuff to sabotage them so they couldn't win. So, he made a decision.

"I'm gonna follow her." Lincoln said as he stepped forward and looked around to make sure no one was watching them before rolling down his sleeve and activated the Ultimatrix.

"What, wait?" Twilight and Spike gasped in response.

"I'm gonna follow Sunset around and make sure she doesn't do anything to mess us up. You're gonna have to be on your own for awhile while I do this." Lincoln explained as he scrolled through his aliens.

"What?! But you can't!" Twilight yelled as she walked in front of Lincoln. "I don't completely understand this place! What will I do?!"

"Just find the library and do some research about the student and the various groups here and think of a plan to get them to vote for you and I'll meet up with you later and we can go over it." Lincoln explained as he finally found the alien he was looking for and looked up at Twilight. "You just have to trust me here Twilight."

Twilight and Spike were still very unsure about this. They still had very little knowledge about how most things worked in the human world and Lincoln was their only guide. Without him they had no idea what to do. But, they saw the seriousness in his eyes and reluctantly sighed and nodded their heads. "Alright, thank you." Lincoln said to them as he slammed down the core of the Ultimatrix.

In Lincoln's place now floated a ghost-like creature with pale orangish-white skin with black creases over his body. He also had shackles and chains over him and a single green eye with a black pupil and the Ultimatrix symbol on his chest surrounded by chain.

"Ghostfreak!" He announced in a hollow haunting voice.

Twilight and Spike paled a bit at seeing the ghost, but watched as Ghostfreak slammed down the Ultimatrix core again and causing four prongs to come out of it. And then Ghostfreak started to evolve.

Ghostfreak's body was now an extremely dark purple for the most part with an equally dark orange growth around his neck. He had a fog-like white plumage billowing on his head with some of it covering the left side of his face with the uncovered half showing the same green eye like regular Ghostfreak had. He know had skinny arms and long tatthers hanigng off his shoulder that were the same color as the rest of his body as well as claw-like hands. He had a slight hourglass figure and appeared to be wearing an old, ripped cloak.

"Ultimate Ghostfreak!" The hyper-evolved Ectonurite announced in a deeper and even more haunting voice.

He then turned to look at Twilight and Spike with his single green eye and said. "I'll meet up with you later." And with that, U. Ghostfreak turned invisible and flew off.

Twilight and Spike shivered a bit at seeing the evolved alien, but quickly shook it off and went to look for the Library.


Back with Sunset, she was currently stomping around and look for her stooges and ended up finding them walking out of the gym and completely wrapped up in streamers. She stomped up to them and quickly tore off the streamers causing them to spin around. Sunset grabbed them and caused them to stop before barking orders at them. "I want you to follow her." She said, referring to Twilight. "Give me something I can use just like you did with that last girl who thought she could challenge me."

Snips and Snails gave her a salute as the former said. "You got it Sunset Shimmer!"

Sunset then turned around and held her hands together before speaking menacingly. "When the crown and its power are mine, Twilight Sparkle will be sorry she ever set hoof in this world." She spoke as she could only talk about Twilight with bitterness in her voice. "Not that she would have been much safer if she'd stayed in Equestria."

Snips and Snails then laughed a bit as Snips quoted the girl. "Yeah! In Equestria!"

Sunset then turned to them with an annoyed look. "What are you still doing here? Go!" She ordered. Snips and Snails quickly reacted and ended up running into each other, but quickly recovered as they started running to find Twilight and record embarrassing footage of her.

Once they ran past the corner of the hallway, Snips turned to Snails and asked. "So where do you think this Twilight is?"

"I don't know." Snails answered as he shook his head as a fearful expression came to him. "But we better find her quick or Sunset is gonna-" Suddenly Snips was cut off when suddenly two claw-like hands come out of the wall and covered their mouths before dragging the two boys right through the wall.

A little later, Snips and Snails could be seen tied up in the janitor's closet with duct tape over their mouths, muffling their screams as it was U. Ghostfreak that dragged them right through the walls and tied them up in the closet. "Sorry, nothing personal, just can't have you two causing trouble." U. Ghostfreak told the boys before phasing through the walls again and leaving the boys to their muffled screams.

Once the hyper evolved Ectonurite phased out of the room, he turned invisible again to avoid detection and looked around for one person in particular. Sunset Shimmer. It took a bit of looking around, but eventually he saw the red and yellow haired girl step out of a classroom while the other students made sure to stand out of her way.

U. Ghostfreak narrowed his eye at the bully before flying over and behind here. He then proceeded to fly right into her shadow and merged with it. Susnet's shadow changed to resemble a silhouette of U. Ghostfreak, but the hyper evolved alien quickly shifted his shadowy form to resemble Sunset's regular shadow so no one would get suspicious.


Later into the day, school was closing, and all the students were eagerly leaving the building and heading to their homes. Sunset in particular wore a cocky and confident smirk as she walked out of the high school with all the students she passed quickly running away from her to avoid any sort of wrath of the yellow skinned girl.

But what Sunset was unaware of was that right inside her shadow U. Ghostfreak was still lurking inside the following right behind the Unicorn turned human. And this continued as Sunset walked through the streets of the city. As she was, suddenly her look turned bitter as she took heavy breathes. Her fist tightened as she said through her teeth. "Twilight Sparkle…" She said with nothing but bitterness and hatred. "You'll regret getting in my way. Then and now!"

'What's this chicks deal?' U. Ghostfreak thought as he noticed that Sunset couldn't even speak Twilight's name with nothing but complete bitterness, hatred, and anger.

Just then Sunset approached a two-story apartment building and walked inside with U. Ghostfreak inside the girls shadow the whole time. The girl went up the stairs of the apartment building and made it to the second story of the place and proceeded to walk over to the second door on the left. She took a key out of her backpack and unlocking the door and stepping in.

Sunsets apartment had a few things you'd except to see in an apartment. Mircowave, stove and over, fridge, TV, and bathroom. There were some stairs that led to a bedroom area higher up in the apartment. Under this area was a desk with a few papers on it and she also had a cactus on her windowsill.

Once she was inside, Sunset quickly threw her backpack to the couch and then pulled out her phone. "It won't matter. I'm going to destroy her!" She said in continuation to what she said earlier. She then looked to her phone and said. "Now lets see what those two have sen-"

But as Sunset was talking, she was suddenly completely covered in a void of darkness. When the void faded, Sunset instantly feel on her face, fast asleep. As she snored, U. Ghostfreak appeared behind her with a sphere of dark energy in his hands.

Once the hyper evolved Ectonurite saw she was asleep, he made the dark energy in his hand fade before slamming the Ultimatrix symbol on his chest and turning back to normal Ghostfreak, and then back to his human form. "That should keep you down for a while." Lincoln said as he simply let Sunset sleep on the floor.

Lincoln then looked around the apartment and said. "Well, time to look around for dirt." Lincoln said as he decided to take a page out of Sunset book and try to find something that would embarrass Sunset and discourage students from voting for her.

And so, searching around the girl's apartment he did. He looked around all over the place for anything to use against Sunset. He looked in her drawers, closest, even underneath somethings to find anything. And so far, he couldn't find anything discriminating on her. And Sunset's snoring was started to get annoying.

The only place he hasn't look at so far was Sunset's bedroom area up the stairs. He then went up and began searching the last place of the apartment. He looked at the book drawer, under Sunset's bed and her nightstand. And still nothing.

Lincoln sighed and looked behind him and saw the very last place he has yet to check. A drawer with three small doors on it going from top to bottom. He went over it and opened the top one and saw it was empty. He then opened the second one. Empty. Lincoln groaned as he went to open the third one. If it was empty, his efforts would be completely fruitless. He opened the drawer…but found something.

A diary.

Lincoln's eyes widened as she looked at it. It appeared to be very old with worn out pages and covers. He picked it up and blew on it causing a bunch of dust to be blown off, showing the diary hasn't even been touched in probably years. "Geez this thing is old." Lincoln muttered as he shook the diary to get all the dust off it. The Loud boy then smirked as he looked at it and went down to sit on Sunset's couch as he saw said girl was still fast asleep from Ultimate Ghostfreaks powers. "Well, if there's anything to use against her, it's in her." Lincoln said as he opened it up and began reading in his head.

He noted that the first page had very old and poor handwriting. Like it was written by a child that just begun to learn to write.

Entry 1

I honestly can't believe I'm alive. When I ran away from the orphanage, I didn't think I would survive a week on the streets of Cantorlot. Honestly…it would have been better then spending another second in that place. I had to eat garbage just to survive, nopony would give me any food. Guess the other kids were right. Nopony wanted to waste their time with me. But when I blacked out and expected to die…I said woke up in an informery…and she was there. -n- -l-s-. I don't know why she off all ponies would even give any care about me. But she save me. When I woke up, she asked me a few things and I answered the best I could. She said I could stay at the castle until something was worked out. As long as I don't go back there. Anywhere but the orphanage again.

She also gave me this diary. She said writing out my feelings and experiences would help me feel better. So far…it's not working to well. I don't wanna be thrown away again.

Lincoln was surprised to say at the least at what he read. It was at all what he was expecting. He noted a couple words were scratched away, with the scratches looking more recent then everything else on the page.

He ended up looking to the still sleeping Sunset…with a sympathetic look. He didn't even realize he looked at her that way and looked back at the diary and skipped a couple of pages.

Entry 5

I can't believe it. P-s- -e-t- actually wants me to be her student! I…I don't know why she could possibly want me though. I just couldn't go to sleep last night and ended up going to the library last night. I found some magic books and decided to try out some of the spells just for fun and to hopefully tire myself out. She ended up finding me inside and doing some of the spells written down. I was so scared and thought she would be furious…but she asked to see more.

Not really having much of a choice, I did what she told and just did some random spells in the book. She…she was impressed. She said I was preforming spells a Unicorn my age should be capable off. I didn't think it was anything spectacular. I just did what the book said.

She said I had amazing talent. I didn't know how to respond to that. I rarely, if at all, get compliments. I'm just used to everypony insulting and berating me. But she not only wanted me as a student for her School for Gifted Unicorns…but her personal protégée. I couldn't believe it. Most ponies would kill for something like this, and here I am, a 7-year-old unicorn that just read a book and got offered the opportunity of a lifetime.

Out of impulse, I said yes. I just hope I don't mess this up. I…I really wanna stay here.

Once again, Lincoln saw a couple words were scratched out and could only make out a couple letters.

Lincoln kept reading.

Entry 10

I'm…I'm really not used to all this praise. I've been her student for a little over a week now and I've done everything I'm instructed and told. Everypony keeps saying how talented I am and what a great student I am…but I'm just doing what I'm told, just like everypony else.

Why are they…why are they being…so nice to me? I thought everypony just hated me and thought me as a waste of space. That's what the ponies at the orphanage told me. How no would ever want me. How nothing would change if I was dead. That my birth parents were right when dumping me here when I was a newborn.

Everypony always ask why I never smile. Why I always look scared and sad.

I can't understand…I just…can't understand.

Lincoln was really confused now. This had to be Sunset's Shimmer's diary…but so far it's nothing what he expected.

Lincoln kept reading.

Entry 12

-n- -e-i- said she could watch me today. I was scared, I thought this meant she was getting rid of me. I started crying but she quickly reassured me that she was just busy today. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, she is a very busy pony after all. I'm just used to everypony abandoning me.

She said she would have her niece Cadence foal sit me till she was done. I'm…I'm really scared about meeting her. I'm afraid she'll just hate me like most ponies do. She assured me that Cadence would love me but…old habits die hard.

Entry 13

I spent the day with Cadence today…she was actually…really nice. At first, I would try to avoid her and keep to myself. I was scared the second I started talking and interacting with her, she would start yelling and beating me up. But she kept trying to get me to open up and play.

I've…never really played before. She was confused when I said this and kept trying to talk to me. Eventually I opened up and explained my worries to her. To my surprise, she just wrapped me in a soft warm hug and told me everything would be alright. That we don't have to do anything I'm not comfortable with yet.

I…I really appreciate it. So, we just quietly talked the whole time and got to know each other. I was scared at first, but Cadence turned out to be really nice. When our time was up when the P-s showed up, Cadence said she'd love to see me again. Again? We were doing this again? I'd…I'd actually like to see her again.

I still can't seem to smile though.

Lincoln was only getting more confused. He knew Cadence used to foal sit Sunset. This must have been where it started. But he was learning things about Sunset he didn't expect from the school bully. He was…started to feel bad for her.

Lincoln kept reading.

Entry 24

It's been over 2 years since she took me under her wing. I've honestly never been happier. I finally have a home. I see Cadence about 4 times a week and I enjoy every second we spend together. We always play games, she helps me study, and she even taught me a little dance and song. I even learned she had a crush on a Unicorn named Shining Armor.

Although I can't say I've made a lot of friends outside of Cadence. I want to…I guess I'm still nervous about socializing. I did meet one pony though. Her name is Moondancer. She seems nice and I've had a few conversations with her. Although most of the time she has her muzzle in a book. She's nice though. I guess I should at least try to befriend her.

And then theirs -e—s-. She's no longer feels like a teacher. She…she feels like the - I've never had. I just feel so safe and happy whenever I'm around her. And she always sticks up for me. I finally have a place I can call home.

I can finally smile.

Lincoln then noticed an entire word was scratched out. Rather aggressively to. No letters could be made out.

Lincoln kept reading.

Entry 30

I can't believe it! I can't believe! I can't believe it! I have my Cutie Mark! I actually have it! And it's shining sun! Just like hers! This is the happiest day of my life! I have to show her right away!

Entry 31

That…wasn't what I was expecting. I rushed to her bedroom quickly and told her I got my Cutie Mark. She looked so excited to and eagerly asked to see it. I showed it to her…and she frown. She looked…disappointed.

I asked her what was wrong, and she quickly told me she was just tired from court today. I…I guess that makes sense. I just showed her at the wrong time. She was there all day today so of course she'd be tired.

I'll just show her tomorrow! I'm sure once she's rested up and sees it, she'll be impressed! I'm sure of it!

Entry 32

I don't know what's wrong. I showed her again in the morning…and she still looked disappointed. Even more then last night. Why? What's wrong with it? I thought I did something good to earn it. It's just like hers to…

Isn't she of proud of me.

Lincoln didn't know how to react to this. He expected this diary to be full of secrets, but it seemed to be telling Sunset's life story. Like an autobiography. It started out pretty sad but eventually got happy but now it seems to be turning negative again.

Lincoln kept reading.

Entry 37

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. No matter what I seem to do…she's never impressed anymore. She simply shrugs it off, gives an empty compliment and tells me to continue my studies.

She actually seems annoyed whenever I come up to her now. That's not right though…is it? She used to look forward to the progress I made on my studies but now it seems like she could care less.

What am I doing wrong…I thought she loved me.

Entry 45

I rarely see her now. And when I do she's always with that purple filly. Twilight Sparkle I think her name is. Why? Why doesn't she ever come to see me again?

I rarely see Cadence as well.

Or Moondancer.

Please…

I don't wanna be alone again.

Something was seriously wrong. This couldn't be the diary of what that jealous petty girl he's met today right? Something deeper was going on.

Lincoln kept reading.

Entry 54

Cadence never comes to see me anymore. Whenever I see her it's always through a window or something. And she's always with Twilight Sparkle.

Same with Moondancer. Whenever I see her, she and her own group of friends always seem to be around Twilight Sparkle, even if she's just reading a book and not really paying attention to them.

And -nc- -ia…she seems to bother with me. It's like she's forgotten about me. She's either at work…or with Twilight Sparkle…

Why…

Why...

WHY?! WHAT MAKES THAT FILLY SO SPECIAL?! WHY DOES EVERYONE ALWAYS SEEM TO FAWM OVER HER?!

WHY?!

WHY?!

WHY?!

Why…

Why…

Doesn't anypony love me anymore…

Entry 60

She does remember me! She really does! She told me she had something she wanted to show me! A lesson! An actual lesson! After so many years! I knew she didn't forget about me! I gotta make sure I don't mess this up!

Entry 61

A mirror…that's what she showed me. At first I was a little underwhelmed and disappointed. But then she explained to me what the mirror was and what it could do. I looked into it…and I saw something. Myself…but more. I…I was actually…I was her little princess. Just like I always wanted to be. I wanted to look more, but she stopped me.

I keep asking her about it, but she keeps telling me that I'll know when I'm ready. I don't get it. I…I am ready. I want to be her little princess. I…I just can't wait. I have to figure this mirror out.

Maybe if I do…she'll love me again.

Mirror? She must have met the portal! But…what did she mean by 'Her Little Princess.' There was a lot he didn't understand but he was beginning to fill in a few pieces to this puzzle.

There weren't many pages left.

Lincoln kept reading.

Entry 62

She…she threw me away…

she found out I was reading about the mirror…and had the guards kick me out.

She said I was no longer her student…and to never come back…

She abandoned me…she threw me away…

She promised she'd never do it…

She told me she'd never leave me…

I'm all alone again.

I've been thrown away again.

Twilight Sparkle…

It's her fault…

She took everything away from me.

She took Cadence…she took Moondancer…she took -

SHE TOOK EVERYTHING I'VE EVER HAD! IT'S HER FAULT THEY ALL LEFT ME!

the mirror.

That's it.

I'll go into it and take whatever power it has!

Watch out Twilight Sparkle! You'll regret taking everything and everypony from me!

Well, know Lincoln knew why Sunset came here. At least a little bit. And it seems she has that bitterness towards Twilight because she took everything from Sunset? Lincoln didn't have the full story. The only one who most likely did was sound asleep in front of him.

There seemed to be only one page left.

Lincoln read it.

Entry 63

Date 12-25-2017

I hate today.

I hate this holiday.

Whenever I look outside, I only see families loving and spending time with each other…and I'm all by myself in bed.

I'm cold. No matter what I do…I'm freezing. It's like my veins are made of ice. I can't sleep. I can't stop shivering.

And all I can hear is everyone outside laughing and cheering and being with each other…it's like their taunting me. No matter what I do to try and drown it out…it's always in my head.

Everyone's with each other…and I'm all alone…

Please…

Santa…

I want my mommy.

Lincoln closed the diary. A sadden expression came to his face. This was more then some sort of jealous petty girl. There was something much deeper to this. To Sunset. He still didn't have the full story…but he was determined to find it.

Just then a snore brought Lincoln out of his thoughts. He looked to see Sunset Shimmer sound asleep on the floor. Lincoln got up from the couch and looked at the yellow skinned girl with a sympathetic look and proceeded to pick her up piggyback style.

He then walked up the stairs to Sunset's bedroom area and carefully laid the girl down in her bed. He brought the blankets up to her and tucked her in before giving her a soft pat to the head. Lincoln then took the diary and put it into his hoodie pocket before he quietly went down the stairs and exited the girl's apartment.

Once outside, Lincoln quickly ducked into the nearby alleyway and turned into…

"Big Chill!" After transforming, the Necrofriggian quickly took off into the sky and making himself invisible so no one could see him. He quickly started flying back towards CHS with one thought in his mind. 'There's more to Sunset then being just some stereotypical power-hungry villain. I gotta get to the bottom of this.'

Snapping Big Chill out of his thoughts, the Ultimatrix symbol suddenly started to beep red. "Crap!" Big Chill yelled as he quickly started to dive down towards the ground as the Ultimatrix was started to power down.

He was just a few feet above the ground when, in a flash of red light, Big Chill turned back into Lincoln and ended up falling and rolling on the ground and ultimately landing on his back. "Dang it." The loud boy groaned as he got up and wince. "Guess I drained the battery out staying Ultimate for too long."

As Lincoln got up, he looked up and noticed the sun was being to set. "Better find a place to camp out." Lincoln said as he begun to walk into the small woods surrounding Cantorlot Highschool. Lincoln walked around, trying to find a place in the woods to fall asleep for the night.

And as he was looking around, he ended up finding a place that made him stop and look around. It was a garden. A beautiful garden with a small pond in the middle. There were small plots of land where beds of well-kept flowers and other plants were.

"Wow, this is beautiful." Lincoln commented to himself as he looked all over the garden and just admired how beautiful it was. Whoever took care of this garden was really dedicated to it. "Well, no place better then to catch some Z's."

Lincoln then went over to one of the trees surrounding the garden and sat down and leaned against one. He yawned as he took the diary, he took from Sunset's out of his hoodie pocket and looked to it and sighed. "This is gonna be harder than I thought."

And with saying that, Lincoln put the diary back in his pocket and closed his eyes and started to fall asleep.


THE NEXT MORNING

"U-uh, ex-e-excuse me? Wh-why are y-y-you sl-sleeping in my g-garden? D-Do you mind w-w-w-waking up pl-p-please?"

Lincoln groaned as she started to stir. He opened his eyes and winced at the sunlight that hit, but his eyes quickly started to adjust as he started to open them. The sound of singing birds filled his ears and when he completely opened his eyes…he saw a girl right in front of him.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Lincoln screamed as the sight of the girl startled him when he just woke up.

"AAAAAAAHHH!" The girl screamed back as herself was startled by Lincoln's screaming. "I-I'm sorry! I didn't m-mean to scare you!" The girl stuttered as she calmed herself down.

Lincoln held his heart as he tried to calm himself down. You'd think after years of fighting villains, getting into deadly situation, and living with Lucy that he wouldn't get surprised by things like this. He wasn't. "Its…it's ok…sorry about that." Lincoln said as he slowed his heartrate down.

He then stood up and saw the girl in her entirety. She had light green skin and darker green hair that went to the bottom on her back. She had freckles on her face and brown eyes. She wore a brown sweater with light brown stripes, dull blue jeans, and dark gray shoes with lighter gray stripes and bottoms.

"It's, it's fine." The girl said as an embarrassed blush came to her face. She then asked the question she asked him while he was sleeping again. "So, uh, why w-were you sl-sleeping in my garden?"

"Oh, uuuuh," Lincoln said as he tried to think of an excuse. "I was, um, stargazing! Yeah! I was looking for a place to stargaze and I found this beautiful garden and thought this was the perfect place to lay down and look at the night sky. Guess I ended up falling asleep while I was doing it. My bad, hehe."

"O-oh ok." The girl said, buying the excuse. Just then her eyes widened as she completely registered what Lincoln said. "W-wait, you really think my garden is beautiful?"

"Well, yeah!" Lincoln said as he looked around the garden in the daylight and was able to see it's beauty even better. "If this is your garden then consider me impressed with you, this looks amazing!"

"R-r-really? T-thank you so much!" The girl said as she gave a shy but happy smile. "It's kinda my pride and joy. I've put a lot of hard work into it."

"I can tell." Lincoln commented with a small smile. His eyes then widened a bit as he looked towards the girl and held his hand out. "Oh, sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. I'm new here, my names Lincoln Loud."

The girl softly took Lincoln's hand as her green cheeks turned pink a bit as she shook it. "W-W-W-Wallflower B-Blush." She introduced herself as she quickly retracted her hand from his and backed up a bit. "I-I'm the fo-founder of Cantorlot High's g-gardening club…also the only member of the Cantorlot High Gardening Club."

Lincoln rose and eyebrow as his face turned to one of confusion. "The only member? How come?"

Wallflower looked away as she started fidgeting with her fingers. "W-Well…I k-kinda have a hard time making myself known to o-other people. I guess you could call me invisble."

"Really?" Lincoln asked with a sympathetic tone. "What about your friends?" Wallflower adverted her gaze as lightly grinded her foot against the ground. Lincoln's eyes widened as he quickly figures out what this implied. "You don't have any friends?"

"…Not really." Wallflower answered quietly as she looked down and held her arm. "It's just…no one ever seems to notice me, and when they do, they quickly forget about me. Even when I try to get other's attention, they just don't notice me. And in the rare moments I do get someone's attention, I never know what to say. I just end up awkwardly stutter and can't think of anything to say and I just…runaway."

"Well…you're talking to me right now." Lincoln said softly as Wallflower's eyes widened a bit. Just then the green skinned girl felt a hand on her shoulder, and she looked up to see Lincoln giving her a wide smile. "Well consider yourself no longer friendless."

Wallflowers eyes sparkled a bit as she said. "R-Really?" Lincoln nodded in response as Wallflower said. "Bu-But we h-hardly know each other."

"Well now this gives us a reason to actually get to know each other doesn't it?" Lincoln said with a wink and thumbs up. Wallflower couldn't help it as a small smile came to herself as a happy feeling suddenly came into her. Lincoln then spoke up as he said. "Hey, I have an idea. Why don't I introduce to my friend Twilight? You could actually help us out with something were working on!"

"A-are you sure?" Wallflower said with uncertainty in her voice. "I-I'd hate to be a bo-bother to you two."

"You won't know unless you try." Lincoln encouraged her as Wallflower hummed in response. "Come on, it'll be fun."

Wallflower thought about it for a bit before she finally looked to Lincoln and nodded. "A-Alright! Lead the way!"

"Sweet!" Lincoln cheered with a pumped-up fist. "Let's go!" And with that Lincoln, with Wallflower Blush behind him, went off to go find Twilight.


Now how was that for a chapter? Like I said it sets up a lot of stuffed I've had planned for a long time so make sure to Fav, Follow, and leave a review. In case anyone is wondering, Ultimate Ghostfreak is based off Darkrai from Pokemon.

So stay tuned for the next chapter...

Coming Together