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Savannah hung up her cell phone and grabbed her purse. "Poor Sunset." But as she walked toward the door she heard something from upstairs. "I left the TV on upstairs again?"

With a slightly irritated walk, she hurried upstairs to turn it off. She had been tuned to a news station that she didn't particularly like and was about to shut if off when she saw a name she recognized—Samuel Swift—onscreen along with a picture. Curious, she turned up the volume.

"Today turned out to be a rather tragic day for the Mount Christopher Police Department, as a three-year veteran officer was declared legally dead. To his friends in the force, Officer Samuel Ford was known as the hero of the infamous Stanford Square shootout. According to anonymous reports from the department, Ford was recently assigned to the case of a girl named Tara Swift who disappeared from a pawn shop."

Savannah tried to imagine the reporter's reaction if she knew what had really happened.

"Eyewitness testimony says that Ford was forcibly abducted by several men just outside the store. No trace of either him or Swift has been found. Our deepest condolences go to the families of both Swift and Ford. This is Katy Shores with your evening newscast, thank you and goodnight."

Savannah shut the TV off. "So he was abducted, huh? By the magic mirror! Whatever that witness saw…he's got to be nuts."

She climbed into her car. "Good grief, don't those policemen have anything better to do than harass me and those girls about Tara?" She shook her head. "Oh well, as long as Sunset doesn't slip up and say anything stupid, she should be fine."

The magical book Sunset Shimmer had given her vibrated on the front passenger seat. Her seat belt halfway on, Savannah paused and picked up the book. A new message from Tara had appeared:

"Dear Savannah,

"I would like to bring you here to Equestria. It doesn't have to be permanent unless you want it to be, but I want you to see where I am now. Ask Applejack and the others to show you where to find the magic portal. Make sure that you have everything you want to bring into Equestria, but don't bring too much. When you come out the other portal in the Crystal Empire, I'll be waiting to greet you.

"Love, Tara."

Savannah couldn't help but smile as she grabbed a pen from the glove compartment. "I'd love to come. But I've got a few loose ends to tie up here first."

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Back in Equestria, I was busy writing a message in the book.

"Dear Savannah,

"I would like to bring you here to Equestria. It doesn't have to be permanent unless you want it to be, but I want you to see where I am now. Ask Applejack and the others to show you where to find the magic portal. Make sure that you have everything you want to bring into Equestria, but don't bring too much. When you come out the other portal in the Crystal Empire, I'll be waiting to greet you.

"Love, Tara."

I put the pen down and leapt up from the chair. "OK Twilight, let's go!"

Twilight looked at me strangely. "Don't you want any breakfast first?"

"Who cares about breakfast? I'm going to get my sister!"

Twilight smiled. "You sound as overjoyed as Celestia when Luna came back."

"Well, shouldn't I be?" I hovered over the floor with my anthro wings. "I'm going to bring my amazing big sister into the world of Equestria and show her everything!"

"Uh, Tara?" Twilight tried to interrupt but I wouldn't let her. "I'll see if I can make her a pony too and if she can meet her pony counterpart and oh! Wouldn't it be crazy if she became a unicorn? I can just imagine how she'd use her magic!"

Twilight sat down. "Tara?"

"I wonder what her cutie mark would be? Maybe a heart? She does show a lot of love to everyone!"

"Tara!" Twilight shouted.

"Huh?"

Suddenly I hit my head on the ceiling. I hadn't realized I was gradually rising higher and higher as I rambled on about my excitement.

"Ouch!" I lowered myself to the floor slowly rubbing the sore spot on my head. Twilight chuckled. "I was trying to warn you that you were about to hit your head on the ceiling like I did adjusting to my wings. Want some healing magic for that?"

"Please," I grunted.

Twilight's horn lit up and after a moment I felt much better. "Thanks, Twilight."

"No problem! Now we'd better get some breakfast and then we can go."

"Uh-uh! Don't think that hitting my head will slow me down!" I dashed for the window. "I'm headed for the Crystal Empire!" And before Twilight could argue, I was outta there.

As I soared through the sky, a brief burst of pink-purple magic next to me revealed Twilight flying swiftly by my side. I raised an eyebrow at her. "Thought you were hungry."

Twilight giggled. "Thought you were still having trouble flying."

"So has Cadence returned to the Empire already?" I asked.

"She and Shining Armor went back last night after that human man showed up."

"His name's Samuel Ford, you know! And was he still asleep when we left?"

"No, I think he actually asked to join Cadence in the Empire this morning. Can't imagine why! He seems terrified of us."

Now THAT was surprising. But I didn't really dwell on that since I was so excited about seeing Savannah again.

The two of us touched down on the balcony of the Crystal Palace and I dashed inside without waiting for Twilight.

The crystal guards approached me and bowed. Dismissively I waved a hand; I wasn't in the mood for formality today. "Where's Princess Cadence?"

"In the throne room, Your Highness—" That was all I heard before I dashed toward the throne room in search of the princess—and the mirror that would bring Savannah here.

Twilight seemed to be taking her sweet time, but I barely noticed. I burst into the throne room and found it empty except for Princess Cadence and—as Twilight had predicted—Samuel Ford, who looked absolutely bewildered.

"Welcome to the Crystal Empire, officer," I greeted him. I waved discreetly at Cadence, who smiled and waved in return.

"Is that what this place is called?" he asked as he stared around himself at the crystal palace.

"Sure is! Isn't it beautiful?"

He opened his mouth but before he could reply, the magic mirror beside Cadence's throne began to swirl and glow. I dashed over and shook with excitement, staring into the purple-pink vortex.

And then a familiar profile took shape in the mirror before stepping out into the palace. Overjoyed, I threw my arms around her. "Savannah!"

Her backpack and purse dropped to the ground—she swept me up in a big bear hug like we had done as children. "Tara!" Both of us were laughing and crying at the same time.

"I can't tell you how glad I am you're okay!" Savannah whispered as she hugged me.

"Boy, have I got a story for you!"

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