A chapter that is SO boring that it doesn't deserve a name.

I mean it. Nothing's happening.

It's been a while since Sunset Shimmer had been mentally exhausted. She had gone through a crash course of everything about magic she had missed in the past years and Twilight had been merciless with her. Not that Sunset would have wanted it any other way, but now her brain was burned out. So she had asked Vinyl to borrow her laptop, in order to give her brain a rest by watching a movie.

In the meantime the C-Vinyl was with the P-Vinyl together preparing a gig. They had managed to connect Cs mp3 with Ps equipment, with the help of magic. Of course the human Vinyl couldn't help much with the equipment, not being used to the body she was currently in. But she could handle the music.

She had songs with her from various famous bands in her world as well as a few songs from the Rainbooms. Everypony was excited about tonight and the disco was completely filled within the first half an hour.

Vinyl once again saw a demonstration of how ponies actually danced. She had first seen it Twilight doing it at the Fall Formal and now when she compared it to what she saw now: Twilight totally could NOT dance.

Handling the discs was no different than from home. It turned out they didn't broke as easy as at home, so they could handle the pressure that came from hooves, instead of fingers.

The ponies obviously liked the human music and sometimes they were singing along with it. It didn't sound right with their voices. Except when they sang along with the Rainbooms. After some time Vinyl thought of it like any other gig she had been part of and just enjoyed the music like she normally did.

They partied until the next morning, where she and the other Vinyl had the tedious task of getting the equipment back to Vinyl's place and then the human Vinyl still needed to head to the castle, where she stumbled into her room. She found her laptop on the desk, along with a note from Sunset Shimmer, telling her Sunset recharged the laptop with her magic.

Tired out from the night, Vinyl just collapsed on her bed. She would never get used into sleeping on her bed back at home, that's for sure.

"Why sister, you look like you had a good night." Celestia commented as she saw her sister tired, but happy sitting at breakfast or as for Luna it was pretty much dinner time.

"Oh sister, it was wonderful. Seeing ponies finally enjoying the night as well as the day..." The princess of night let out a relieved sigh. Celestia chuckled and silently listened to Luna's experience the last night. The sun princess just hoped her sibling didn't abandon her duties too much, watching the ponies having fun.

"And when I came back, I found this in my room." Luna levitated up a box with a letter on it.

I'm really, really, REALLY sorry for not being able to party this night for you Princess.

I'll promise the next time, I'll party even harder!

Your most loyal party thrower extraordinaire subject,

Pinkie Pie

"How did she get into my room? It seems my guards have been slacking off. I shall give them the proper punishment later."

Celestia shook her head, laughing. "Don't blame the guards, Lulu. Nopony understands how the mare does what she does. What's inside the box?"

Luna opened it with her magic and smiled wryly. "A cake."

Celestia's head jumped up. The day was already starting very good.

Celestia's day could have continued better, but if everything would work out just right, she wouldn't have to deal with those kind problems anymore in the upcoming future. Two nations had been arguing with each other about some mines, which lay directly at the border of the two nations. Equestria was often called as a neutral party in order to get things settled without a war.

But war will be a thing of the past. And eventually it will be as good as forgotten. I never thought the day would actually come where mother's dream would actually become reality.

Moreover, her old student had finally returned to Equestria. Celestia couldn't wait to introduce her to Luna. A part of her wanted to straight teleport to the castle and spend more time with Sunset Shimmer. Only problem was, her royal duties were holding her back.

So, after taking a sip of her tea, Celestia resumed to her usual paperwork of running the country. A part of her thought about confronting Sunset Shimmer with the paperwork for a week, so she would know what a princess really has to do. But no, that would be a little bit too cruel of a joke and Celestia actually wanted to stay friends with Sunset, an EQUAL friend.

The unicorn didn't understand, but it was simple logic. There was no way Celestia could see Sunset Shimmer as somepony lower. She never did that with anypony anyways, but everypony saw her as somepony more worthy. It gets annoying over the years, but she had to admit, she learned to love the benefits of this kind of situation. Now, the reason Celestia couldn't ever see Sunset Shimmer as somepony below her, was because Sunset would be actually helping in doing something not even she herself was capable off: changing not one, but two worlds deep into their cores.

"Soon..." she mumbled to herself, while signing yet another document "Very soon mother, your dream will come true."

Are you watching us mother, father? Sometimes I wished you would still be here and wouldn't have gone where you did. I hope you will come for the day.

"Sunset my dear friend. I hope you can overcome the past." she mumbled more to herself.

"Spike? Are you seriously eating dog treatments?" Sunset asked in a deadpan tone.

The dragon didn't even try to hide the bag filled with dog treatments. "I can't help it." He complained.

"Ever since I first went through the mirror I find them tasty."

"They're also cheaper than gems." Twilight chuckled as she placed a book she has been reading on a table. The three were down in Twilight's lab, helping Sunset catching up on what she missed. "We're ahead of schedule." Spike told them as he checked the list of things Sunset needed to catch up on.

"Duh, I am the smartest student in Canterlot High. The stuff they're teaching there is nothing compared to how complicated magic can be. My brain is finally getting at its limits again." A low grumble could be heard, making the dragon and the alicorn laugh. "Not only your brain, I think." Twilight snickered as Sunset blushed a little. "Yeah...I guess."

"Alright, let's grab some grub." Spike jumped up.

"You're still hungry?" the two ponies asked in union. Twilight shook her head. By now she should be used to Spike's antics.

As they walked upstairs, they continued talking. "You know...I'm a little afraid that if I continue my studies in magic that I..."

"You won't." Twilight cut Sunset off. "You're a different pony."

"But I still needed to be hit by the elements of harmony." Sunset shuddered without controlling it. "I don't think I would have ever changed any other way."

"Stop now." Twilight wrapped a wing around Sunset. "We won't know now, but I'm sure you weren't a lost cause. Besides, shooting you into the ground so hard that a crater was formed may have been a tad of overkill."

"A tad?" Sunset and Spiked asked at the same time. "I guess I needed to let some steam out as well."

"Remind me to never make you angry again."

Flash was surprised he still felt the same way about Twilight, although he was a complete different species. Well, biology wasn't his best subject. The fact remained he totally had a crush on Twilight Sparkle. There was one problem though. Not the fact that she was actually a pony, that one can be solved pretty easily. Same went for the being from another world thing. The real problem was that she was a real time princess.

Not that Twilight seemed to mind, he wasn't THAT oblivious. The problem was that her people and all those other high up ponies would most likely not accept him. Not to mention from what he remembered about Sunset's presentation there were three more princesses like Twilight, who would probably try to get her thoughts away from him. At least that was what he thought.

That didn't mean he was about to give up. It just meant for him he needed to proof somehow that he was really worth for Twilight, meaning he needed to learn a little about the other princesses. He already knew one of them was Twilight's sister in law. If he could win her over for him, he was sure the rest would be a cakewalk.

Of course then he remembered: sister in law meant Twilight's blood related brother would be another obstacle to overcome. Which was never an easy thing, no matter what you read or watch on TV.

So now, Flash found himself in Twilight's library, using his new flying ability in order to look through the gigantic bookshelves.

"Hey Flash. Looking good with your flying."

"Oh, hey Sunset." Flash greeted her from above. "Yeah, is really cool having those things. Unless you crash into something."

Sunset chuckled. "What are you doing here, anyways? I thought you'd be at the flower shop, trying to decide which flowers you should give to Twilight."

Sunset laughed over his red face. She even could see it all the way down. "Well...I'm just looking around...learning a bit about this place."

"Okay." Sunset shrugged, as she walked over to a shelf with books about advanced magic. "Oops."

Sunset could hear a book crashing down. She turned around and placed it on the next best table for Flash. Curiously she took a peak at the title.

"The Crystal Empire?"

"I...thought it sounds interesting." Sunset got the feeling Flash wasn't telling her everything, but it probably was none of her business. "Twilight told me your counterpart lives there as a guard."

"Really? So...she didn't date him, did she?"

Sunset couldn't hold back her laughter. "She barely spoke to him from what I got. Don't worry lover boy, you still got a chance on her."

Flash blinked. "You're not jealous or anything?" he asked surprised. Sunset frowned. "You know I only really dated you to get more popular, right? That's why you broke up with me in the first place, forgotten?"

"Well, to be honest, I don't think too much about those days."

Sunset sighed. "Wish I could just forget the past and live on like nothing happened. Oh well..." Sunset picked up a book with her magic. "I need to go back to my studies. If I'm good enough I'm gonna have the rest of our trip off. Twilight's one tough teacher, I tell you. Makes me wonder how we're going to handle the Twilight on the other side."

"Oh right, she's gonna be our teacher. Wait, is that even legal? And doesn't someone need to attend classes on this kind of stuff for two or three years or so?" he asked.

Sunset shrugged. "I dunno. I can look it up. Probably another crazy American law."

"Like that one: Not being allowed to beat up your wife in front of a courthouse after 8 AM?" (Somewhere in America this law exists; forgot where)

Dinky was officially freaked out with two mothers having at home. Granted she still could identify her real one by looking at the cutie mark, but keeping the house intact with two clumsy pegasi around was quite the challenge. And the only thing they were actually doing was having some coffee and muffins and looking at some old pictures about Dinky, while comparing stories.

"You delivered newspapers?" P-Derpy asked.

"Yup." The other declared proudly. "I was the fastest deliverer in the whole neighborhood."

"Sounds easier than delivering letters. Somehow the names always get mixed up."

The other Derpy nodded. "Yeah, I always mix up my school books. Though I did ruin my bike, when I drove around and brought the newspapers. I just don't know what went wrong."

Dinky could think of at least a few dozen methods it could have gone wrong. And she was a child. Poor momma. She thought. If only she could do something for her mother about those eyes. Well, she always liked to help her around. It made her feel mature and her mom made the best muffins in two worlds. (Yeah, this entire scene was just added, so I could make this pun)

"Ah, what should I wear, what should I wear?" Rarity asked herself as she skimmed over her closet. "You look beautiful in just anything."

"Aw, thank you Spikey-Wikey. But this isn't something where I can go out in a simple dress. I need something, how do I put this...? Sparkling. We are traveling to the Crystal Empire the day after tomorrow after all. As official royal guests. With all the crystal ponies around, I don't want to look like...a color without sound."

"Uhh...sorry. I don't really get it." Spike scratched his head.

"Umm, maybe I chose the wrong words. I mean, all those ponies are looking so gracious. And now imagine you add some normal color to a picture with lots of glitter."

"Ah, I get it." Spike nodded. "You would stand out, but...it would look uhh cheap?"

"Indeed Spike, you're right. OH, I know. I could wear a dress with lots of gems on it. Oh well that at least decreases the selection about half the dresses I have."

Rarity levitated about half the dresses in her closet out of the way, so she had now all her "sparkling" clothes in view. "Ah, just what should I wear?" Spike could tell this was going to be a long day. Not that he actually minded spending time with Rarity.

His attention suddenly was caught by a new stack of clothes, which looked kinda odd, but at the same time familiar.

"Are those human clothes?" he asked, pointing at them. "Hmm?" Rarity turned her head. "Oh yes. Sunset Shimmer brought me some drawings and measurements from the other me. I couldn't resist. I just had to try something out."

"They look good."

"Aw thank you Spike. But be honest with me. Does the other Rarity make better human clothes?"

Spike took another look at the clothes. "To be honest, I haven't seen that many clothes the other Rarity made. Oh, I know. Twilight and I still got some group photos. I can show them, if you want."

"Oh please do, darling."

Spike skipped out of Rarity's room and headed straight for his own, from where he took the two pictures from his nightstand. He returned a few minutes later, showing Rarity the pictures they took. "Oh my, so this is how humans look. I do say the other Rarity has a sense of fashion. Not that I expected anything else from "me"." she chuckled a little over her own joke.

"Well, she wanted to make me look like a rabbit, after Sunset embarrassed Twilight in front of the entire school." Rarity giggled and took another look at the photos. "Ah that is you. Oh my, you really do look adorable as a dog. Oh and Spike? You're really bad at hiding your dog biscuits."

Rarity laughed at Spike's embarrassed face.

"Right." Twilight finished her checklist. She just finished helping Sunset to catch up with what she missed and Twilight had had a lot of fun teaching her. She finally had found somepony aside from her mentor who could keep up with her.

And tomorrow they would go and visit Canterlot. She just hoped Sunset was ready for it. The mare had practically buried herself in her studies to get her head away from tomorrow. How the time passed. The week was almost over.

Celestia did talk to Sunset Shimmer, but every time Twilight even uttered the name, the yellow pony tensed up. "I guess things like these can't just be settled in one day." she muttered to herself as she walked over to her totally oversized bed. "Wonder how mom and dad are doing? I should make myself some free time to visit them. Let's see..." Twilight levitated over her list and was delighted she could actually muster plenty of time with her parents. If her parents had the time. Well her mother was a writer, so that shouldn't be a problem and her father surely could make some time. Maybe they could even go and visit the crystal empire together.

Somepony knocked at her door. "Come in!" she called. It was Rainbow Dash.

"Hi Rainbow Dash."

"Hey Twi. Got a minute?"

"Sure." Twilight nodded. "Is something wrong?"

"Nah, it's just...do we really HAVE to go to the Grand Galloping Gala?" the cyan maned pegasus whined.

"Well technically you don't have to, but it would look bad."

"But it's so BORING!" Rainbow exclaimed, turning upside down in mid-air and staying like this. Twilight could understand RD. She herself was not looking forward to it. "'Sides, don't you remember that last dance thing you girls forced me to come?"

"Hey, you weren't the only pony who was asked out for marriage. Try looking at the bright side. Since you're on reserve for the Wonderbolts, you should have no problem talking to them this time. Oh and one more thing." Twilight opened a drawer. "I got her six more tickets for your counterparts and Sunset. Celestia told me she found out a spell, where she can temporary turn somepony into a human. That reminds me, I still need to tell them that they'll need to practice for their performance at the gala."

RD's eyes widened. "That sounds....awesome!"