It is a bright day in Ponyville. The ponies are going around, doing what they normally prefer to do every day. Princess Twilight Sparkle is inspecting her fellow ponies' works. So far, they are doing fine and are not lazying about.

"Okay, bring it in, ponies, okay!" Rainbow calls out to some weather ponies. Twilight smile as her friend is instructing some ponies who are pushing some clouds in. "Good!"

"Is there going to be rain tomorrow, Rainbow?" Twilight ask Rainbow with a grin.

"Yep; just making sure there's enough for the flowers, grass and apples. Applejack needs some refreshing after her whole age switching scenario."

"Don't I know it; Okay, keep up the good work."

Twilight leaves Rainbow, flying off towards Sweet Apple Acres. The Alicorn stopped as she approaches, checking on Applejack who is bucking the trees with her back hooves. So far, she has recovered well. And there's Romeo, Granny's first love, helping the old mare with some chores.

"Well, no need to check on the Apple Family." Twilight said with a smile, chuckling a bit as she shakes her head. "Applejack is doing what she was meant to do."

Twilight flew over to Fluttershy's home and lands down. The Pegasus pony is busy taking care of the ducklings, speaking to them gently, "Oh, yes, Mr. and Mrs. Quack. Your ducklings are doing mighty fine."

"How's the animals, Fluttershy?"

"Hmm; Oh hey Twilight; Yes, they are doing fine. I have a feeling that Miss Mousey is going through a recovery."

"Good to hear, Fluttershy." Twilight said proudly to her good friend. "I see the animal thing is doing well."

"Hmmm-hmm," Fluttershy said with a nod. "You know, I'm almost glad I fell off those clouds years ago when I was a filly. Otherwise, I would've never have met these animals and be able to learn my true destiny."

"Yeah, good to hear; we all got destinies that we were meant to do...unlike the incident that led me to being a princess."

"Oh, I'm sure that in some other world, we would've done what our cutie marks said differently...if we done them right."

"Well, got to get going. Keep up the good work." Twilight said as she flies off to head back to town. Fluttershy is doing fine. It's hard to believe that not so long ago, she was trying to make ponies laugh.

Twilight went to check on Rarity, checking out her progress. The white unicorn smiles, saying, "Twilight, dear, I know you want to make sure we're doing fine but there's no need for the doubling checking."

"I know...it's just...I want to make sure you are doing a task that you're comfortable with, not like when you tried to control the weather."

"Yes, yes, I know, Twilight. That was horrible. Hay, Rainbow tried to help with animals, Fluttershy with laughing, Pinkie with the farming and Applejack with my tasks; How insanely bizarre. I'm lucky you were able to straighten that mess out."

"Yeah, I know." Twilight said with a slight chuckle. "You know what would be funny?"

"What is?" Rarity asks Twilight, sewing a dress for a client.

"If you girls were able to do the different tasks that you once did right. I mean, with you still controlling weather..."

"Yes, that would be an interesting sight."

"Interesting...like a clown," Pinkie laughs as she appears dressed like a clown, making her two friends yelp. "I am here to be interesting; Honk!"

"Oh, Pinkie! Glad to see you're here!" Twilight laughs a bit after calming down. "As usual, you're in a good mood."

"Yep, yep, yep! That's me, always in a good mood!"

"Pinkie, question: if you were still doing farming work like Applejack did...do you think you would be able to do it right?" Twilight ask Pinkie curiously.

"Hmmm..." Pinkie said thoughtfully, pondering this for a moment. "Wowie, no pony ever asked me that. Never occur to me. I would do it right...if it was my real destiny. But...luckily for me, you fixed the whole wrong cutie mark thing, Twilight! Why you ask?"

"Nothing, really. Just doing some thinking."

"Thinking is crazy, even for me; Gotta go make more ponies laugh!"

Pinkie zips off without her friends even seeing her go. Rarity pauses then chuckles a bit, "Rainbow Dash is correct. That Pinkie Pie is indeed random with a 'R'."

"Don't I know it," Twilight said with a light chuckle. Still, what was said so far entered her mind: would her friends be able to do the tasks that they weren't meant to do differently? And if the destinies were true, would they do them right?

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Twilight came home a while later, doing some thinking. Spike was on the couch, reading through a book when he saw his big sister/mother coming in.

"Hey Twilight! How was the inspection went?" Spike asks Twilight curiously.

"Doing fine, everypony is doing what they're supposed to do so I won't have to worry." Twilight answers Spike. "Say, Spike; All right if I asked you a question?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"Remember the day when I cast that spell from the journal that switched our friends' cutie marks, making them to do different things?"

Spike laughs a bit, taking a gem from a bowl nearby and eating it, "Man, haven't forgotten that. That was a crazy day. Ponyville was almost run amuck until you fixed that problem, becoming a princess afterwards."

"Yes, but I couldn't help but wonder...if our friends were doing them again, but doing them right...what do you supposed would happen?" Twilight ask Spike curiously. The Dragon pauses to think about this.

"Huh. Never occur to me until you brought it up. I mean, our friends were bad at those jobs, no doubt about it. But if by any chance that they are successful....wait, you aren't thinking about switching the cutie marks again, are you?"

"No way, Spike, once is a enough! I am just curious and..."

"As in hoping for an experiment? I doubt our friends would let ya do that. The only way we will see any success at all if we make doubles." Spike remarks with a scoff. He then notices Twilight having a thought on her face, along with an eager smile. "Wait, are you..."

"Oh, Spike, I just got an idea. Okay, get the fly bot ready." Twilight said to Spike eagerly. The baby Dragon looks concerned and a bit doubtful to her. "Come on, Spike. It will just be a little experiment to see if my thoughts are correct."

"Fine; I supposed I will go along with it. As long as nothing goes wrong...which I know would do so."

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Rainbow is at work with Scootaloo, fixing Flare Tiger's computer right after Justin has ran it over.

"Okay, I ain't an expert like Twilight is but Scootaloo is a whiz at putting stuff back together." Rainbow said as Scootaloo is doing fine of putting the computer back together. "Well, almost, but she is doing fine with computers, right Scoots?"

"Right, Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo replied happily.

"Gotta say, Ah done thank you for your help," Flare Tiger said with a smile at her computer being repaired. Some sparks came in. "Well, for fixing most of it."

"Yeah, you should get the rest to a computer expert." Rainbow remarks with a chuckle. Just then the Pegasus pony frowns as a fly buzzes around her, making the pony swat at it. "Hey, go on! Shoo! Go away!"

Rainbow swats at the fly but kept missing. Unknown to her, the bot is 'scanning' her somehow then flies off. The cyan Pegasus sighs in annoyance. What is with that?

The fly buzzes around heading to Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack was drinking apple cider, mumbling, "Dang, Ah was working a bit harder today than usual." The mare just then frowns as the fly buzzes around her, causing the Earth pony to swat at it. "Go on, shoo, lil' fly! Shoo!"

Just like what happened with Rainbow, Applejack kept missing before the fly flew off.

"Dang annoying fly," Applejack mumbles a bit. "Why do they bug horses or ponies anyhow?"

The fly flies back to town then heads into the Carousel Boutique. Rarity was fixing a dress, humming a bit but looks annoyed by the fly intrusion.

"Oh, I loathe flies!" Rarity exclaims as she uses her magic to get a sprayer and spray the fly in hopes to get rid of it. To her surprise, the fly kept on flying around, "Grrr!"

Rarity grabs a fly swatter, swatting at her opponent like crazy. The insect quickly flew out the window.

"And stay out!" Rarity screams out in fury.

The fly heads onto Sugarcube Corner, entering as a customer was leaving while opening the door. Mr. and Mrs. Cake were busy taking customers' orders, not noticing the fly passing by them, going into the kitchen.

Pinkie was humming, making some delicious cupcakes...when she spots the fly landing on one.

"Hey." Pinkie said with a frown as she took out a mallet. "No flies allowed!"

Then Pinkie raised her mallet at the fly, ready to squish it. The fly moves, causing Pinkie to smash the cupcakes. The mare growls as she throws the mallet, hitting a cake after missing.

"Death to the fly," Pinkie exclaims madly as she took out her party cannon and fires like mad, trying to hit the fly.

In the main room, Mrs. Cake cringes as she hears a crash from the kitchen. The owner chuckles sheepishly, "One moment, please."

Mrs. Cake gallops into the kitchen then gasps. The whole kitchen is a huge mess. Pinkie, exhausted, looks around, snapping, "Where are you, fly?!"

"Pinkie Pie," Mrs. Cake exclaims to her employee angrily, making Pinkie turn around with a yelp. "What are you doing?!"

The pink pony stuttered a bit as she said sheepishly, "W-Well, uh... I... I was... Sorry, Mrs. Cake, but... there was a fly here that landed on one of the cupcakes and I... tried to crush it."

Mrs. Cake shakes her head, picking up some treats that weren't destroyed while saying, "Please clean this mess up."

Pinkie sighs as she got to work on cleaning. Mrs. Cake left, failing to see the fly that was causing Pinkie the trouble. Soon it went out the door once it was opened and head outside.

The fly continues on its trek to Fluttershy's cottage and arrives, entering through the window. The mare was doing some knitting, one of her hobbies when she spots the fly.

"Oh, hi there, Mr. Fly," Fluttershy said to the fly happily. "Are you here to see my animal friends?"

The fly buzzed as it flew around Fluttershy, 'scanning' her.

"A silent fly, huh?" Fluttershy asked with a smile. "Oh, it's okay to be shy. I'm shy too. If you wish to keep quiet, I will respect."

The fly buzzes around some more then leaves the house.

"Okay, goodbye, Mr. Fly. My, what a nice insect," Fluttershy remarks happily; Unlike the rest of the Mane Five, this mare didn't give this insect a problem.

The fly heads back into Ponyville, buzzing until it reached its destination: the library. The insect flies right into a window that heads to the basement.

"It's back." Spike said as he and Twilight spots the fly arriving, landing on a table. "So..."

After inspecting the fly, Twilight...opened the top of it, taking out five small vials of fluid that instantly grew from the hatch. The insect was a robot, the one that she spoke of. The Alicorn grinned eagerly.

"The Fly Bot worked! It scanned my friends' DNA to make copies in liquid form." Twilight said proudly. "Got to admit, this is my best work ever."

"And this will work on your idea?" Spike asked, arching an eyebrow as Twilight took the vials to a cauldron nearby.

"Yep; my shrinking spell that I used to bring Nyx's stuff over here has done wonders with the vials to fit into the Fly Bot." Twilight said. She opens the vial and dumps the fluid into the cauldron.

Twilight smirks as she saw tubes coming out of the cauldron, heading into five display cases nearby. Good...

Twilight turns to Spike, asking, "Did you get the shards while the fly was out?"

Spike groans a bit as he holds out a case and opens it, showing some familiar shards, "Yeah, they weren't easy to get though. The Tree was hasty about folks taking bits of the Elements." The Dragon shows himself in bandages and blast marks. "In fact, the only way I got it to cooperate by telling the Tree that we're doing this for science."

"Throw them in, Spike." Twilight orders Spike. The baby Dragon nods as he throws the shards into the cauldron, "Time now for the progress to begin."

"Won't Ben and Nyx be surprised if they knew we were doing this?" Spike asked Twilight in concern. "I mean, they are visiting their grandmother Celestia right now."

"Relax, Spike. If they do find out, I will just tell them the truth." Twilight said to Spike calmly. "Ben and Nyx will understand that what we're doing is helping to prove a point."

"I hope so." Spike mumbles as he watches Twilight going to work on her magic.

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Pinkamena returns to reading after what had happen. Her senses go off as she twitches and lightly bouncing and landed on her chair as the group back away from her. Pinkamena says, "WHOA, that was one heck of a sense!"

Golden Heart asked in concern, "What?"

"Twilight is about to do something really crazy." Pinkamena said to Golden Heart seriously, making him more concerned.

"Well we better find out." Golden Heart said with a nod. May as well see what Twilight is doing now.

"Omega, Havis, stay here and keep watch. Me and Goldie have to get to the Golden Oak." Pinkamena said as she and Golden Heart head off.

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Twilight chants a bit onto the cauldron, causing the stuff and shards to go through the tubes into the display. Spike is amazed. Something is forming right in the cases.

Just then, Golden Heart and Pinkamena came into the lab, the Alicorn demands, "Okay, Twilight. What are you doing?"

"Oh, hey Golden Heart," Twilight said to Golden Heart with a smile. "I'm doing something that could prove a theory."

"Theory," Golden Heart asks, arching an eyebrow.

"Well, remember the Magical Mystery Cure thing when I became a princess?" Twilight asked Golden Heart.

"Yes, I do believe I recall that one." Golden Heart said thoughtfully. "Your friends' cutie marks got switched; they did different tasks but fail to do them right, etc."

"Well, I decided to have an idea...which involves what happens if they were successful." Twilight assures Golden Heart with a grin.

"Say...that does sound crazy...and fun." Pinkamena said to Twilight with a smirk, "Hey, Goldie! Let's not do anything and see how this works out!"

"All right, I'm game." Golden Heart said with a smirk of interest, "Let's see how your new experiment does."

"Good. Now let's not tell the girls this." Twilight said with a smile. "This is going to be a bit of a surprise. Spike; Take our guests upstairs for some snacks."

"Sure, I'm game." Spike remarks with a shrug. As the trio heads upstairs, they unknowingly bumps into a shelf nearby. "Watch it."

Twilight chuckles, shaking her head while looking at the display cases with some figures inside. Oh, is all goes well, Ponyville is about to get interesting indeed.

As Twilight headed upstairs, she failed to see three vials that are labeled 'Celestia', 'Luna', and 'Twilight' tipping over...and they are open!

Some fluids from the three vials fell right into the cauldron, getting into the mix...and that mix heads into a tube that goes around a shelf...and right into a display case that no one, not even Twilight, seemed to realize is there.

The last unknown display case begins to flash as something begins to form in there...

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It was a new morning in Ponyville, Ben, Nyx and Phobos arrives in town, having finished their visit to Celestia.

"Got to say, I enjoyed being back home." Nyx said happily as she trots near her father. "Yeah, Grandma Celestia's home is nice but nothing beats this town."

"Indeed. I am a bit puzzled as to why Chase didn't wish to come. I mean I invited him but he said no." Ben remarks with a light chuckle. "I'm guessing he wasn't interested."

"Ponyville is standing still on its own."

"Right! And the weather is so cool!" Phobos exclaims eagerly. "I feel like singing!"

Phobos hums a bit as he prepares to sing...but suddenly the trio got doused with snow furries that almost buried them. Ben groans as he uses his magic to wipe the snow off of himself and everyone. That was very annoying!

"Okay, very funny, Rainbow Dash." Ben snaps, believing Rainbow to be responsible. "Meeting us with a snow job before Phobos could sing."

"Yeah, what's the big deal?!" Phobos scowls in annoyance. "I should eat your tail like how Courtney did!"

"Oh, sorry about that, darling. There is a miscalculation." A familiar voice spoke up. The trio looks startled as they saw another pony, not Rainbow, getting rid of the snow storm. It looks like Rarity! But she has a bluish tint on her coat and yellow stripes in her mane and tail and she got three snowflakes as a cutie mark. "It was supposed to be sunny. Oh well..."

"Auntie Rarity," Nyx ask in surprise and confusion. "Why are..."

"Are you doing the weather?" Ben asks 'Rarity' in confusion.

"Oh yes, dear sir; Doing quite well," 'Rarity' remarks with a giggle. "Also, my name isn't Rarity. It's Aridity. I am doing what my cutie mark is telling me!"

The trio looks bewildered. Rarity is doing the weather and is calling herself Aridity now? Something's odd not right here.

"Why is Rarity doing the weather?" Phobos asks puzzled. "Is Rainbow not doing her job?"

"And yet, she got a different cutie mark. The last time this happened is during the cutie mark switching thing and..." Ben said thoughtfully. Then he begins to gallop off, "Nyx, Phobos; To the Carousel Boutique!"

The trio gallops over to the Carousel Boutique and arrives. Ben knocks on the door. He remembers how Applejack was doing Rarity's task when this happened. So the cutie mark switching thing is happening. When the door opens, the visitors got a surprise, an unexpecting one.

"Oh, Ben, Nyx, Phobos," Rarity exclaims as she answers them, relieved. "Oh, I'm so glad you're here."

"Rarity," Ben asks Rarity puzzled. "But didn't we..."

"You must come! Applejack...she isn't herself!"

The trio follows Rarity inside and into the working room. Sure enough, there appears what looks like Applejack doing dresses...except unlike when she does it the last time, this mare is doing better. And she has a purple coat, a Magenta mane and tail (both are in pony tails), blue eyes and has a purple sparking gem as a cutie mark.

"Applejack, mind telling Ben and the others why you are doing my job," Rarity demands to the Applejack lookalike.

"Shucks, it's what mah cutie mark is telling me o' course." The lookalike said with a smile. "Oh, an' it isn't Applejack, its Amethyst Lace."

"Ugh! See what I mean?! Not only is she doing my job like when our cutie marks were switched, but Applejack thinks she's somepony else!"

"Weird...it's like how we thought we saw you doing Auntie Dashie's job." Nyx said in bewilderment.

"What?" Rarity asks Nyx puzzled.

"Hmmm...something isn't right here." Ben said in suspicion as he glances at Rarity. She is still the same as she herself always was...not like when the trio saw what they thought was her. "Let's get to Sweet Apple Acres quickly."

The four left Amethyst Lace at the Carousel Boutique, heading on their way to Sweet Apple Acres. Upon arrival, they look around and saw Applejack, as she always was, hitting a tree.

"Applejack, darling," Rarity calls out to Applejack, much to her notice. "Oh, I'm glad you are here...wait, how did you get here? Why are you here?"

"Shucks, Ah always work here, Rarity." Applejack remarks to Rarity, not sure what she's talking about, "Oh, Ben? Thanks fer sending Pinkie here. She did a better job than 'de last time she did farm work."

"Wait, what?" Phobos asks confused by what Applejack just said.

The five turns and saw what appears to be Pinkie fixing up drain pipes then knocks them up better and carefully. What's odd about this is that her mane and tail are flattened like whenever she's sad, there's blue stripes added in, her eyes are violet and her cutie mark is an apple pie baking with two apples on each side of the scent.

"Pinkie Pie," Ben ask the Pinkie lookalike puzzled.

"Oh hey; my name is Apple Sweet." Apple Sweet said happily. "Say, AJ? When's Big Mac coming back? I gotta fix the barn doors."

"He will come when he can, okay?" Applejack asks with a light chuckle. "You git 'ta work on 'de bucking, yew hear?"

"Sure, no prob!"

Apple Sweet zips off to the trees, beginning to buck each one repeatedly. Rarity blinks a bit, saying, "Very odd; Pinkie's here doing your job when somepony that's like you is doing my job. And she got a different name as well."

"Uh, come again?" Applejack asks Rarity, arching an eyebrow. "How could Ah be doing yer job? Ah don't have yer cutie mark like 'de last time it happened."

"Something weird's going on." Nyx said suspiciously. "First, a lookalike of Rarity is doing Auntie Dashie's job, then someone that looks like Auntie AJ is working at Rarity's Carousel Boutique, now a lookalike of Auntie Pinkie Pie?"

"Hmm...Sugarcube Corner!" Ben exclaims. He is starting to see some sort of pattern right here. Different lookalikes of his foal friend's friends are doing different jobs; what if...

Applejack out of curiosity joins the group as they head back to town, arriving at Sugarcube Corner. It was open mike night and the crowd is laughing as they came in. Someone is on stage and she sounds quite familiar to the group.

"And so, the bear said, 'Honey? Sir, I don't even know you'! Squee," The pony squeals, making the crowd laugh. Sure enough, there appears to be a lookalike of Fluttershy who has a dark blue coat, a purple mane and tail, gray eyes, and her cutie mark are two lollipops. "But seriously ponies, thanks for having me Party Thrill."

Party Thrill put on a pair of Groucho Marx glasses, making them spin. The crowd laughs, especially a familiar pink pony who is serving the guests.

"Hee hee; She does this job as good as me and she looks like you Fluttershy!" Pinkie giggles to the real Fluttershy sitting at the table.

"Oh yes...it reminds me of me when I did this when my cutie mark got switched." Fluttershy said with a smile, "Only more successful."

"So it happens here too." Applejack said in amazement as her group came over. "There's a lookalike of Fluttershy but wit' different colors an' a cutie mark."

"Oh yes. She's doing mighty better."

"Wait a minute. Fluttershy, aren't you supposed to be tending to the possums that are migrating through Ponyville?" Rarity asks, remembering a task that Fluttershy is supposed to be doing.

"Oh yes, I was...but Rainbow Dash offered to cover for me." Fluttershy said gently. She has a thought while saying, "Well, somepony who looks like Rainbow Dash..."

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Ben's group, with Pinkie and Fluttershy joining them, heads to the cottage and enters. Sure enough, there's a pony that looks like Rainbow Dash, but the difference here is that she has a light green coat, brown eyes, a red mane and tail and her cutie mark is a butterfly with flowers around it.

"Uh, Miss Dash I presumed?" Ben asks the Rainbow lookalike, making her turn.

"Oh hey there; and my name is Cuddly Tulip." The Rainbow Dash lookalike remarks with a giggle as she brush the possum's fur. "These guys are so cool, Fluttershy. I'm glad that they're here."

"Thank you, Cuddly." Fluttershy remarks with a giggle. "I'm glad you came to help. I don't normally have time for myself."

"Glad to be of service."

The ponies look at each other in concern. Then they went outside. Pinkie said happily, "Wow! It appears that lookalikes of some of us are helping us out."

"Yes. Lookalikes of you five doing the destinies you did bad at when your cutie marks are switched." Ben said thoughtfully and suspiciously. "What has happened while Nyx, Phobos and I were out?"

"Why not ask Rainbow? She's up there." Phobos remarked, pointing a claw upward. The others saw Rainbow on a cloud that is in the sky.

"Hey, Rainbow; Rainbow Dash," Applejack yells out loudly, enough to wake Rainbow. "Git yer flank down here."

"Fine, fine, I'm up, I'm up." Rainbow groans as she flies downward, landing near her friends, "So what...AAAAARGH!"

Rainbow was screaming and for a good reason: Cuddly Tulip is coming out with two saddlebags. She hums happily and passes the originals, Ben, Nyx and Phobos, heading to Ponyville. Seeing what looks like herself except in colors and cutie marks is freaking Rainbow out.

"Girls, guys; Why am I looking at what looks like me except in different colors?" Rainbow asks her friends freaked out. "And why does she have a different cutie mark?"

"You aren't the only one. There are lookalikes of the other aunts doing different jobs like the cutie mark switching incidents." Nyx explains to Rainbow in concern. "I don't know how it happens."

"Let's follow Cuddly. Maybe we shall learn something." Rarity said thoughtfully. Maybe if the mares could follow Cuddly Tulip, it could explain what's going on here.

The originals along with their friends follow Cuddly, moving to avoid being seen. They follow her throughout Ponyville in hopes of finding out what has happened. Soon, Cuddly goes right into a familiar library, not seeing the group watching in hiding.

"Aha, I knew Twilight was involved." Rainbow remarks with a frown. "Unless she got a double of her own."

"But why is Cuddly going inside?" Fluttershy ask Ben puzzled.

"We're about to find out." Ben said, narrowing his eyes as he and the others head to the library. The stallion slams open the door, snapping, "Twilight Sparkle! We need to talk!"

The group saw an amusing sight: there's Cuddly and the rest of the lookalikes, especially Aridity from earlier, having a tea party. Spike was serving while Twilight was reading a book when the gang bursts in, much to her notice.

"Oh Ben; How was your visit to your mother?" Twilight ask with a giggle as she came over to nuzzle Ben. But to her surprise, the stallion backs off, frowning.

"Now's not the time, Twilight." Ben said sternly while glancing at the lookalikes. "Mind explaining what the lookalikes of your friends is doing here?"

"What, you mean the clones?"

"Clones," The Mane Five, Nyx and Phobos gasps in shock and alarm. Ben shakes his head, frowning.

Twilight has a lot of explaining to do.