With winter break at its end and students returning, the school was back in session at CHS. In front of the building, teenagers were idly chatting with each other about what they did over the break, or how they think the rest of the year was going to kick off. Some were still reconciling after a particular incident that happened before the break started, trying to mend the friendships that Anon-A-Miss had been used to break. A portion of the students, however, were discussing another topic. Why did Rainbow Dash look like she was dressed as one of those Japanese RPG characters and pulled straight from said game like a living nightmare? It was a strange sight for many, which to be fair if you were to ask them would be an understatement, and a perfect distraction for others, as they watched the familiar rainbow-haired girl stalk the school grounds clad in attire bordering on declaring a belt fetish. She was pointedly ignoring everyone as she searched the school. 'Maybe Rainbow lost a bet or something' was the most common thought of reason attempting to decipher what the heck she was doing. Unless they were on the soccer field playing a quick series of one on one rounds for practice. Then, they were trying to beat their star athlete and keep her from scoring a goal, or were watching from the stands as one half of the soccer team was utterly demolishing the other. The sound of the ball crashing against the net told the story of how well that went. "Aw, yeah! Ten to zero!" Rainbow cheered and threw her arms up, strutting about the field, as her teammates gave her high-fives. The "opposing team," meanwhile, were panting as they rested on their knees. "Okay Rainbow... I think we've had enough practice for one day." Spitfire chuckled as she walked over to her star player. "Why don't we call it quits for now?" "What? No way! I need to make sure I'm at the top of my game!" Rainbow frowned and started juggling the ball with her knees. "You guys can go rest up, but I'm going to keep practicing." Sighing, Spitfire shook her head, shrugging as she walked away. "If you say so." From the bleachers, Three of Rainbow's friends were watching with varying levels of concern as Rainbow kept juggling the ball, and Spitfire peeled Soarin off of the ground. Pippi, in particular, was somewhat high on that spectrum. "Dash, go easy on them, they're your teammates, not Crystal Prep!" Sighing as her prismatic friend ignored her, Pippi sat back down and rubbed her head. "She's going to hurt herself at this rate." Annika snorted a bit as she laughed. "Why would Rainbow do that? She goes this hard on her practicing all the time!" Despite her pink friend's words, Tommy was looking a bit worried while she watched the game. "Um...actually?... She seems to be going harder than normal. Maybe we should talk to her after she's done?" Before any of them could agree on the course of action, Scootaloo ran up the bleachers and looked particularly frantic. "Have... any of you... seen... Rainbow?" "Um... Scootaloo, she's right over there." Pippi jabbed a thumb to the game with a raised eyebrow. "You feeling alright?" The smaller orange girl shook her head after she caught her breath. "No! Not that Rainbow Dash! The other one! The one covered in-" A loud boom interrupted them, and when the looked down at the game again, three of their jaws joined the collection on the ground the soccer team left. Where their friend had been standing, was... well still their friend, but covered in enough belts to make Rarity pull her hair out while shrieking in horror, leg extended through the air, with a small trail of smoke rising from her boot. She was also in the goal across the field, slumped against the net in a daze with a soccer ball resting on her gut. The Rainbow Dash standing in the field lowered her foot and raised a fist at the other. "You know what you did!" She glanced at the stands and spotted Pippi, before waving. "Hey, Pippi. Pinkie Pie says Hi!" Not a word was said as the other Rainbow left the field. As soon as she was gone, everyone rushed over to check on their prismatic friend in the goalie's net. As Annika and Tommy helped her up, Rainbow gave a dazed look to Pippi. "Did someone catch that number of that missile?" "Uh, y-yeah, we did." Pippi gave her a nervous smile and looked at the bruise forming on her friend's stomach for a moment. "Let's... get you to the nurse." "Cool." That was all Rainbow said before she passed out, making Tommy panic and pull both Rainbow and Annika along with her towards the school, despite the cries of surprise from the pink party planner. Meanwhile, Pippi and Scootaloo stood there, wondering what just happened. "So... this is what you meant by the 'other' Rainbow?" "Y-yeah." Scootaloo rubbed the back of her head and winced. "I um... ran into her earlier, and she smacked me upside the head." Pippi was about to ask why, eyes wide in shock, when her bag started to vibrate. Pausing to pull out her journal, she opened to the latest entry. Pippi, by chance, have you seen more than one Rainbow Dash? Confused at the rather short and blunt entry from Pinkie Pie, Pippi took out a pen. Yeah. The new one kind of kicked ours into the goal in the middle of her practice game. Is something going on over there? There was a long pause before Pippi and Scootaloo watched the writing form. Thank you for telling me Pippi. No, nothing's going on, other than the fact I've been trying to make sure none of my friends cross over to your side of the portal. Rainbow, in particular, was rather... angry with what happened in regards to Anon-a-miss and how her counterpart handled it and had been relentlessly trying to get to the portal. So much so, I had to make a fake one in an attempt to hide the original. I'm sorry for any trouble she's caused, even if she got through the portal for only fifteen minutes. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to have many many words with Rainbow, seeing as she thinks I haven't noticed her slip back through just now. Closing her journal, Pippi stored it back in her bag and turned to Scootaloo. "We probably should go check on them." Scootaloo nodded in agreement as the two of them rushed into the school building. When Pippi and Scootaloo arrived at the Nurse's Office, they found Rainbow Dash laying on a cot with a large bag of ice on her stomach, and a smaller ice bag used as a pillow. Tommy was pacing with worry, nearly running over Annika and Nurse Redheart as they tried to calm her down. "Aw C'mon Tommy! Rainbow's fine, see!" Annika zipped over and pointed at the bedridden friend. "So what if she took a soul-stealing super soccer ball to the solar plexus. This is Rainbow Dash we're talking about! She could take seven of those and be okay!" The whimper that came out of Tommy's mouth at the thought of that happening to Rainbow would have made even gods feel horrible and try to soothe her. It also made Nurse Redheart glare at Annika for a moment, making the party girl smile sheepishly. In a quick motion of impressive reflexes, Nurse Redheart finally managed to get in front of the panicked girl and get her to focus on her. "Ms. Shy, please, I've done everything I can as the school's nurse. You need to stop and sit down before I end up having two patients in here. I've already called her parents, and they're on their way to pick her up." "I-I'm sorry but I can't! With how Rainbow got hurt a-and..." Tommy's breaths started to come faster and faster until Annika pulled a paper bag from her hair and handed it to the animal caretaker. Sneaking around the three as Tommy tried to stop hyperventilating, Pippi looked to Rainbow, who was blearily looking up and trying to drown out the noise with the actual pillow the cot customarily used. "So... you feeling okay?" Rainbow's eyes rolled towards Pippi as she started to glare. "I feel like I was hit with a Czar bomb. Does that sound okay?" Rising her hands in defense, Pippi took a step back. "Okay, I'll admit, bad question." "No kidding." Groaning into the fluff, Rainbow Dash let go of the pillow and let it flop next to the ice bag. "I didn't think me from your world would pack so much of a punch. I mean, Pinkie Pie was pretty normal when she showed up right?" Pippi shook a hand in the air as she grimaced. "Well, in her defense, she never attacked anyone, and started off as a unicorn so..." At Rainbow's confused stare, Pippi rubbed her head a bit. "I'll explain later." Peering from around Pippi at her honorary big sister, Scootaloo's eyes shined with worry. "Are you going to be okay Dash?" Putting on a smirk, Rainbow pumped a fist up and looked at the smaller orange girl. "Don't worry about me squirt. If I couldn't tank a shot from myself, it'd be pretty embarrassing, and I'm too cool for that." She winced for a moment and adjusted the ice behind her. "Speaking of, how are you awake right now? Didn't you pass out earlier?" Pippi raised an eyebrow, looking at the ice packs. "Tommy dragging me down the hall and then getting a lot of ice pressed against me fixed that." Rainbow shivered a bit before she perked up at a thought. "Hey, do you think I'll build up that kind of leg strength? That was a pretty mean kick." The fire headed girl could feel the sweat drop crawling down her cheek as she sighed. Yep, she's fine. "Worry about the bruise and possible concussion first Rainbow." Pippi got up and looked to Scootaloo. "Make sure she doesn't hurt herself trying to replicate that." Scootaloo stood stock still and gave a salute. "Yes, Ma'am!" Heading for the door, Pippi glanced over her shoulder. "I'm going to go let Applejack and Rarity know what happened." Rainbow gave her a thumbs up. "Later Pippi." Taking her leave of the Nurse's room, Pippi started down the hallway to try and catch Applejack up on the situation. Glad I have a free period the same time as her. Pulling out her phone, she quickly dialed up her farming friend, letting the phone ring. And ring... And ring some more. When the voicemail message came up, Pippi frowned and glanced at her phone. "Weird. Applejack usually isn't doing anything right now." The tone beeped, and Pippi put the phone to her ear again. "Hey Applejack, It's Pippi. So uh, Rainbow's counterpart came through the portal and might have kicked a soccer ball into her stomach hard enough to leave a rather nasty bruise. I just wanted to let you know she's fine, but please don't try to brawl with her anytime soon. See you when I can." Clicking the call off, she started to fiddle with the phone charm she got from Rarity. Maybe she's in the library? Pippi put her phone away just as her bag started to vibrate again. Oh for the love of Twilight. Stepping into one of the classrooms, the slightly annoyed girl pulled out the journal. Pippi, we have a problem. I got Rainbow under control on my side, but there's something you need to know... Scootaloo stepped out of the Nurses office with her tardy slip in hand, when she found herself getting pulled along down the hallway by her arm. "Scootaloo, I need your help! Magical Emergency! No time to explain!" The orange girl stared at Pippi in surprise as they came to a stop a few yards down the hall, only to keep getting pulled down a different hall. "Do you have any idea where Applejack could be right now?" The tomboy shook her head for a moment to clear it before looking up at the frantic Pippi. "Applebloom said she and her sister were going to the library to study for a bit. Why?" The two skid to a stop as they reached the library, Pippi's hair slowly becoming more frazzled. "Because if what Pinkie Pie got out of her Rainbow is true, then we need to warn them before-" The two orange girls stood in shock at the state of the library. Books and shelves laid knocked over here and there, a table or two sat overturned, and a few of the computers were on the ground. But the most interesting sight was the fact that on the far side of the library, hanging from the second floor, was both Applebloom and Applejack, hogtied, with bars of lye soap sticking out of their mouths. Applejack's signature Stetson was lying on the ground below them, unable to stay on the upside-down girl's head. Also below the both, was another Applejack, only she was dressed like she was ready to go toe to toe with a raging bull in a rodeo, hat included, and planned on coming out on top with perfect certainty. The only other thing absolute about her was the stern stare she gave the two as she frowned. "Now the both y'all think long and hard about what ya did while yer up there." Pippi walked forward, face still frozen in shock as she looked about the destruction. Scootaloo followed shortly behind her, sharing in her surveying of the mess. The larger orange-skinned girl was not focusing on Scoots though. Pippi had a different thought in her head. Somehow... I'm going to get blamed for this. I know it. When two new guests in the room got closer to the three, the Equestrian Applejack looked over and waved. "Hey there! You're Pippi, right?" Pippi just kept staring, counting up how many hours it would take to fix everything and spoke up when her eyes finally locked back onto Applejack. "What did you do!?" Seemingly oblivious, Applejack waved a hand casually. "Just some Apple Family discipline is all. Ah'd stay and chat, but ah gotta farm to run," the farmer's smile slowly started to fall as she headed for the door, "and whatever else that darn map has me doing later... and making sure Bloom gets out of bed... again." From above, Applebloom let out an indignant, yet muffled, protest. When the second Applejack was gone, Pippi rushed to the second floor and started untying the rope. "Scootaloo, catch Applebloom." "On it!" A minute passed before they had the first Apple sibling back on solid ground. As soon as her hands were free, Applebloom ripped the soap bar from her mouth and gagged. "Ah already went through that once, why do ah gotta have that nasty bar in my mouth twice!?" Applejack responded with a plethora of muffled words, even as she got closer to the floor. As she helped catch the farmer girl, Scootaloo looked between the two sisters before raising an eyebrow. "Wait, your grandma put a bar of soap in your mouth?" Applebloom nodded, rubbing her wrists after setting Applejack down. "An' ah think that doppelganger gave me rope burn." Once Applejack was on the ground, Pippi came downstairs and started helping her sit up and pull the soap bar out of her mouth. "Mind explaining' why exactly ah just hogtied myself like a prize rodeo steer?" Pippi pulled out the journal from her bag and knelt down next to Applejack. "So, uh, apparently you and everyone else's counterparts were kinda angry about what happened before the break." Taking a moment to open up the journal, Pippi held it up for her blonde friend to read. Pippi, we have a problem. I got Rainbow under control on my side, but there's something you need to know about right now. According to Spike, shortly after I figured out she had snuck in and went to contact you, the rest of my friends went in while I wasn't looking. For the love of Twilight, please keep them from doing anything too harsh. When you told me what Rainbow Dash had done, I almost had an aneurysm, and I do not want to think about what the other four might do. Please keep them from hurting each other. The sound of crashing down the hallway drew their attention to the doors leading out of the library, and Pippi jumped back to her feet. "Oh come on, can't I catch one of them before they meet!?" She looked at the two youngest girls and pointed to Applejack. "You two get her untied and to the nurse." As Pippi ran off without waiting for a response, the three girls all stared for a second at her retreating form. Only when she was gone, Scootaloo finally spoke up. "Did you really get a soap bar shoved into your mouth after all that?" "Apple Family punishment." Applebloom sighed, bow drooping along with her face. "Ta 'wash the lies off yer tongue' and keep 'em from coming back." "Hey now, Ah'll have you know it works! It kept both Big Mac and me from tellin' any fancy lies when we were younger." Applejack said as she leaned forward. "Now would you two please get to untying these dang ropes? And someone grab my hat!" Pippi charged down the halls, not caring for the angry stares she sometimes pulled from either another student spending their free period chatting at a locker with a friend, or trying to get to someplace quiet to study. The poor girl's hair was becoming more and more unkempt and frazzled as she searched for wherever that crash had come from. She almost started to give up hope when she spotted a specific, young, white-skinned girl with two-toned hair, resting against the corner of the hall, sipping on a juice box. "Sweetie Belle!" The fiery-haired girl rushed over immediately, stopping just next to her. "Sweetie I need your help! Do you know wh-" Sweetie Belle held up a hand, never moving her eyes from where they looked. When Pippi sputtered and blinked in confusion at her rather rude interruption, the abnormally calm young girl used the same had she stopped Pippi with, to point down the hallway. The former unicorn had to do a double-take, as her jaw fell for yet another time that day. Two Rarities stood down the hallway, Circling and glaring at each other with a fire Pippi remembered seeing in the eyes of the Royal Guard during combat training sessions she might have snuck out to watch when younger. However, it was much less entertaining than watching the sweaty stallions fighting. One Rarity was the one most certainly the one from this world, though her outfit had seen better days. Sections of her skirt were torn, her blouse was missing a few buttons, and Pippi swore she saw her hair clip on the ground behind them. Pippi had a few questions for herself, and maybe Rarity, after seeing the Equestrian counterpart of her friend. The Other Rarity was dressed in a very elegant, and very form-fitting white silk Chinese dress, decorated with a plethora of blue diamonds and a green dragon, and a simple light blue border along the edges. High heels adorned her legs, looking like they should have for all intents and purposes made it impossible for her to walk, yet instead made her grace stand out all the more. Her hair, for the most part, was tied back with a set of chopsticks also decorated with blue diamonds, except for her signature bangs, and she had matching charms around each wrist that caught the light every now and again. What ruined the appearance was the tears and scuffs that marred the dress, as well as half of one chopstick having been broken off and laying on the ground next to the first's hair clip. Both Rarities also sported a split lip, as well as some still forming bruising on their faces and arms, along with long matching scratches that came in sets of four. Hesitantly, Pippi leaned over to the smallest audience member of the two, as they continued to circle each other like caged tigers. "Sweetie, what is going on?" Pippi paled after a quick glance between the two fashionistas. Sweetie took a second to pull the straw from her mouth, before leaning towards Pippi. "Well, first the other Rarity showed up when I was about to ask my sister for some help with my homework when we got home. Then they started talking about how my friends and I were guilty for the Anon-a-miss mess, agreeing that Rarity didn't exactly handle her part of the mess very well with how they were treating you." The younger girl winced at the thought. "I'm still really sorry about that." Pippi blinked in confusion for a moment before raising an eyebrow at the two tigers still circling each other. "If that's the case, why are they fighting?" The younger white girl took a sip of her juice before continuing. "I was about to get to that. After they finished talking about that, my sister started commenting on her counterparts' dress and I chimed in on how pretty it is, which her counterpart agreed was pretty in a way that also was one of those backhanded compliments she tends to say on accident." The orange girl winced at the thought, picturing how it devolved into the situation at hand. "And let me guess... Rarity can't take what she dishes out?" Sweetie nodded. "And it devolved into a catfight." Another sip drew the last of the juice out of her box, and the younger girl threw it away in a nearby bin. "To be fair though, the karate lessons Rarity thinks I haven't noticed her taking seem to be sticking with her." Pippi looked back at the other two, with yet another question for her fancy friend, before slowly attempting to get a little bit closer. "Um, Rarity?" The two paused, looking straight at Pippi simultaneously. "Yes, Darling?" The fiery-haired girl stopped and shook her head a bit. "Okay, that was freaky." She walked between the two and looked at each one. "Look, I've already had to deal with Rainbow and Applejack getting beat up by their counterparts." At the Equestrian Rarity gasping slightly, Pippi raised a hand. "Not yours, mine. Your version of them are probably getting lectured by Pinkie Pie, and she was begging me to keep you all from killing yourselves and to get you back into the portal." The Equestrian Rarity nodded politely, "Certainly darling," only for her to go back into her combat stance and look straight at her counterpart, "just give me a moment to finish up our little, dispute." Rarity took a matching stance, a glint in her eyes. "What's the matter? Having trouble keeping up with me in those drabs?" A laugh escaped the Equestrian Rarity's lips that made a shiver to crawl up Pippi's spine when she realized where she was still standing. "Oh darling, you have so far to go before you catch up with me." Pippi barely had enough time to dodge out of the way before the fight ensued once more, insults and claws flying amidst a storm of purple and white. She rested against the wall, panting, before looking towards Sweetie Belle. "You made that comment about their dress on purpose, didn't you?" "Uh huh." Sitting against the wall still, Sweetie pulled out another juice box and stuck a straw in it. "This is getting good." Pippi just groaned and let her head hit against the lockers. "Why?" The young trickster smirked as a few strands of her sister's hair flew by. "This is payback for the twelve dresses she forced me to model for her." The fiery-haired girl deadpanned. "You mean the same ones you modeled for her as punishment for Anon-a-Miss?" "No, I deserved those, and there were only about six dresses that day." Sweetie got a dark glint in her eyes. "This is for the twelve separate fittings that happened at the end of the break, against my will, because Tommy couldn't come over." Pippi was suddenly feeling very afraid of the smaller girl, and at the same time glad that it was Applebloom who masterminded that entire incident. Sweetie Belle might live up to her name most of the time, but it was clear she knew how to manipulate someone almost as well as Pippi did. "W-Well... Could you please convince Rarity's double to uh... Go home?" Sweetie sighed a bit and got up off the wall. "Fine..." Sighing, the orange girl picked herself up off the floor. "Thank you, Sweetie." Pippi started down the halls, looking this way and that for any sign for her last two friends. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Sweetie masterfully breaking up the fight and the fancier Rarity darting down the halls towards the front desk. She could have sworn she heard something about orders piling up. A thought nagged at her though, as she kept looking around. Tommy helps as a dress model for Rarity? I thought she spent most of her time at the animal shelter?... Dang it, now I want to see Tommy in a fancy dress, and I don't know why! Pippi continued to prowl the halls of the school, looking for any sign of the color pink. The course of events the day had taken was starting to wear her down, and it was only second period. Sure, she was missing Math, but she was already acing the class, so a small dent against her wouldn't do too much damage. Besides, Pippi probably could explain what happened to Princes- Principal Twilight and get any deductions waved because of Magic Emergency. "Okay Pippi, just two more of your friends to find and make sure their counterparts don't hurt them. It also helps that it's the least violent of the five. You can do this." The image of Tommy in a dress popped back into her head, and she growled to herself. No, you get out of there! This is NOT the time to be daydreaming! Regardless of her self-berating, the image persisted. Pippi could see it clearly. A long green ball gown, flowers decorating the lower hem. A light blue sash that complimented her eyes, flowing around her waist as it hung from the butterfly brooch that kept the dress from falling off, resting just above her bust. The almost lifelike leaves that flowed around her shoulders, leaving them bare for the world to see. Finally, forest green heels, with decorative straps made to look like vines climbing up her slender legs, disappearing under the dress as they ascended. It was such a vivid image, that when she did spot her friend poking her head out of the bathroom, she could swear she still saw the same dress. "Tommy! There you are!" Her friend jumped at the call, swinging her head to look at the fiery-haired girl that rushed up to her and pulled her into a hug. "You have no idea how glad I found you alone." A blush crawled across the butterscotch girl's face as she stammered. "W-What?" Pippi paused herself and thought about her words and actions, before sporting a similar crimson shade as she released her friend. "Er, okay that came out wrong." Straightening out the dress, Tommy swallowed a bit and smiled nervously. "I-It's okay." Clapping her hands, Pippi snapped her eyes away from her friend's chest. "But anyways, I need your help really fast." The fiery-haired girl started pacing back and forth as her mind raced. "Apparently after Rainbow's counterpart came through the portal, you and the rest of our friend's counterparts came through as well." A few more hairs were starting to spring out and join the rest that had ascended from Pippi's stress levels. "Ever since I ran out of the nurse's office earlier, I've already had to untie Applejack and Applebloom from the library banister and get Sweetie Belle to break up the catfight that the Rarities were having over their choice of clothes." Pippi spun back around and was staring directly into Tommy's eyes, hands clasped together in desperation. "So I really, really would appreciate your help finding your and Annika's counterparts before they cause too much of a scene." Tommy stood there, unblinking for a solid minute before she nervously looked to the side and at something behind Pippi. "Um...about that." Pippi paled and rushed over, grabbing Tommy by the arms and pulling her face closer. "Oh no, did Annika's counterpart find her before we did? Did your counterpart find you? Did she do anything to you!?" "Um, Pippi? Why are you holding, um, me?" The orange girl froze, blinking multiple times before looking behind herself, and seeing her friend standing behind her in her usual clothes, looking both confused and scared. Pippi then turned back to the one she was holding, and let her go with a bashful smile. The Equestrian Tommy cleared her throat and smiled awkwardly through the blush she was sporting. "I-It's nice to meet you Pippi. I'm, um... yeah." The fiery-haired and faced girl spun around and faced her friend. "Tommy I can explain." Tommy deadpanned for a moment and raised an eyebrow. "Pippi she's not even wearing the same outfit. How did you mistake her for me?" Pippi's cheeks grew hotter as she closed her eyes and leaned back a bit. "I had a picture of you in a dress stuck in my head, I'm sorry!" Both Tommy and her counterpart were blushing now, but it was her other that spoke first. "Oh, my... I'm sorry for the confusion. I just wanted to talk with this world's me about what happened." Tommy nodded and smiled a bit. "T-That's alright, but um... why are you wearing a ball gown?" Scratching her cheek a bit as she ducked behind her hair, a move that raised more questions within Pippi's ever-growing list of items she had for herself to answer later, the Equestrian Tommy laughed. "I actually wanted to draw less attention, but everyone kept staring at me when I got out of the portal, so I um, hid in the bathroom until the classes started." Nodding, Tommy and Pippi shared a look before the shy girl gulped. "Y-your not going to hurt me, are you? Like Rainbow's counterpart did to her?" "NO!" The two had to jump back at the outburst before the second shy girl collected herself. "Sorry. I um, I can see where you're coming from with how you behaved and didn't think it would solve anything if I were to hurt you. I mean, I don't think it was the right thing to do, but it'd be rather hypocritical of me to punish you for doing it." Pippi frowned and gestured towards the bench at the end of the hallway. As the three sat down, with Pippi in the middle, she looked over at her friend's counterpart on her left. "You sound like you've been through this before." Tommy gasped and put a hand to her lips. "Oh my, what happened?" Sighing, Equestrian Tommy put her chin in her hands. "It was during a wedding between Pinkie Pie's brother and Princess Cadence. We all got invited to help with the wedding preparations, with Pinkie Pie being the best mare. Pinkie Pie wasn't too happy that she didn't learn about it until then, so when we all got so wrapped up in making sure the wedding was perfect, that when Pinkie Pie found out that Princess Cadence was actually a Changeling Queen in disguise, we ignored her and thought she was overprotective of her brother. It was something she would have found out easily with how much she knew about Cadence personally, but we still didn't listen to her." She pulled her knees up to her chest, making the pressure Pippi felt in her nose grow slightly when she spotted something the act exposed. "It turned out she was right though, and we all ended up captured after Pinkie Pie came back with the real princess. We only got out of that because of the real princess and Pinkie Pie's brother." Pippi took a moment to both think about what Tommy said and let the sudden pressure go down. "Pinkie Pie never told me about that." The Equestrian Tommy frowned more at that. "We've all been trying to talk to her about it, but after a while, she made it clear that she didn't want to, and most of the others decided to just move on instead and try not to make the same mistake." The pink haired girl grimaced a bit as she looked to the doors at the end of the hall, leading back to the front of the school. "With how similar what happened here is to what we did at the wedding, it's probably why Rainbow, um..." "Blew their lid?" the orange girl chimed in, eyebrow raised. At her Equestrian counterpart's nod, Tommy looked forward in thought for a moment before smirking a bit. "I can see her doing that." She looked towards Pippi, fiddling with her thumbs. "But Pippi, I need to say how much I'm still really sorry about how I treated you. It wasn't fair to you in the slightest." Smiling sympathetically, Pippi placed her hand on top of both of Tommy's. "It's okay Tommy. I already forgave you and the girls. It's water under the bridge." The Equestrian Tommy perked up and stood up suddenly. "Oh, that reminds me of something else I wanted to bring up." She turned to look at the two still sitting and smiled. "A lesson that I helped Pinkie Pie and the girls learn is that sometimes, your worst enemy just needs someone to be their friend to make them your greatest ally. I showed my friends that when I accepted the task of reforming Discord. Sure he's had a few hiccups since, but he really is trying his best." Blushing, Tommy scooted a bit closer to Pippi and smiled. "I think Pippi might be my best example of that. If we hadn't given her a chance after the Fall Formal, we might not have ever known how much of a good friend she could be. No, how much of a good friend she is." Pippi started to tear up a bit and gave her friend a hug, which was happily returned. "Thanks, that... that means a lot." Smiling, the standing Tommy nodded. "I'm glad we agree. Which is why if you ever hurt her again I'm sending Discord over to have a word with you." Ice ran through Pippi's veins as she stared up in shock at the figure starting to walk away. "W-What!? But I thought you said you weren't angry!" Calmly looking over her shoulder for a moment, the Equestrian Tommy simply smiled. "Oh no, I'm positively livid. I'm just better at controlling myself than our friends are." She gave them a quick wave before continuing down the hallway "Have a good day Pippi, I'll try and take Annika back if I see her." Shaking where she sat, Tommy leaned towards her friend in an attempt to hide behind her. "Pippi, why was she threatening to send the Janitor over here and why does that scare me? I mean, he's usually a little weird and occasionally substitutes as a teacher when they're sick, but he doesn't seem that mean, just... odd." Gulping, Pippi waved a hand in an attempt to assure either Tommy or herself. She wasn't sure which, honestly. "I... I'll explain later." She took a deep breath and shook herself before getting up. "Let's just find Annika." "R-Right, right." And so the two thoroughly shaken up girls headed down the hallways for what would hopefully be one last search.