I twitched in place, trying to move.

I had little success. My limbs were held draping underneath me, in the same position I had held them as I stepped through. I couldn't even turn my stupid head, but I could very well see exactly what the hell had happened. Twilight had been busy. Stupidly busy.

"Well, that was impressive," Senketsu snarked, rustling around my midsection.

"I don't see you doing any better!" I snapped, trying to keep my voice quiet in my frustration.

The moment I had stepped through the portal, a haze of magic had cropped up around me and Senketsu. I was immediately whipped across the room, stuck between the prongs of some stupidly cartoony horseshoe magnet. Without moving my head, I could barely see some sort of gems were connected to it in some fashion, I had to assume they were pre-charged with either plain magic or a specific magic spell that combined with the magnet in some fashion.

"I can't move, what do you expect me to do?"

"Just... let me think!" I hissed, sagging in my invisible binds.

I knew from the movies that Twilight was somewhere in the city. Somewhere. The fact that Pinkie Pie knew about her beforehand made her reactions a bit suspicious, but maybe she just forgot. I woke up early, intent on just driving around to see if I could spot her walking around. That was when I came across something even better. Shining Armor and Cadance, sitting down to enjoy a breakfast muffin and a cup of coffee at a quaint looking cafe.

I sat down at a table next to them, making sure my back was to them. They didn't take any notice of me, and seemed content to talk among themselves. All the better for me, seeing as I was trying to gain information. They started off with boring shit, their relationship, Shining Armors father and his health, their jobs...

Apparently they were both deans at a school called 'crystal prep', which on top of sounding pretentious was run by an individual neither of them seemed to like all that much. They didn't talk about this 'Mrs Cinch' with the greatest of affection, in any case.

Finally, a bit of actually useful information. They spoke of Twilight. their Twilight. Both of them seemed convinced she was acting oddly as of late, preferring to seclude herself in the lab the school had provided for her. She had been keeping secrets, even from her brother and had been seen talking with strangers neither of them knew. When asked about the strangers, Twilight denied ever speaking to them. When confronted about her lies she had refused to talk to them further.

So that was interesting. Sadly, I then realized it was Sunday. I should have realized this seeing as just yesterday it was Saturday, and I had taken advantage of that to go watch a movie. Plus I was entertaining a guest, but he was entertaining me too.

So I could very well just try to follow Shining and Cadence after they left, but then I came to my senses as I realized something very important. I have a motorcycle.

Motorcycles are effing LOUD. The moment I started her up both of their heads turned to look at me, give me the cursory look. So that was bad. I'd already made an impression on them, and they'd no doubt notice if I trailed around on the cusp of their back bumper.

But that didn't matter. I knew where Twilight would be. I didn't have to corner her at her home, damn, how would that have even gone? 'Hi Twilight I know all about you and there's magic and shit and I've seen you in a movie'? She'd think I was mad before I could even explain myself. 'Also I followed your brother and his girlfriend/fiance/friend with benefits so that I could find you. That's not creepy, right?'

Pfffft.

A quick check on my phone, and I had GPS directions to crystal prep. So I'd try to find her tomorrow. Hopefully she'd be more open at her school, and willing to let me flap my lips for a while.

It was as I was driving around aimlessly that I inevitably came to a stop at a stop light. Wanna guess who was in the lane next to me? Staring at me in disbelief?

Stupid. Friggin. Pinkie Pie's van. I assume it was hers, anyway. She was smiling at me from the drivers seat, whereas Rainbow Dash was trying to decide between confusion and anger in the passenger seat.

Thankfully the light turned green before she managed to gather her wits, but I still heard her yell out 'get back here' as I peeled away.

She must have told Pinkie to follow me, seeing as after that I had gained a blocky, annoying tail. I found myself hard-pressed to lose them, and eventually found myself heading to the school.

I quickly parked my bike in the lot -which, considering the school was closed today, should have been gated off, but I guess they didn't do things like that around here...- and took off on foot.

I ran around the school, eventually doubling back and jumping straight through the portal before Rainbow Dash could see me. Let her search around for me all she liked. I'd be chilling on this side of the portal while she ran around in frustration.

Which brings me back to the present. Stuck in a magic field thingy. Giant, stupid looking magnet.

"Damnit Senketsu, we need to transform! Can you pop the knob?" I asked, straining against the field.

"No. I have no more capability of movement than you at this point in time..." he replied.

"Oh c'mon!" I hissed, a vein bulging in my forehead as I struggled in vain. "Just transform! You can do it, I believe in you!" I stated frantically.

"Your belief in me doesn't change our current predicament. I need your blood, Ryuko. Without it I can do nothing..."

I pondered his words, twitching in place. I needed to give him blood. The easiest way would be to reach down, grab the knob with my mouth, and let the needle in the glove do my work. Seeing as I couldn't move my head however, this option was moot. So what the fuck was I supposed to do? I couldn't just bleed on command...

"Wait," I muttered, opening and closing my mouth repeatedly. I could talk. Regardless of the fact that I couldn't so much as twitch, I could still move my mouth

"Wait what?" Senketsu asked, his tone bored from our inaction.

"I... I think I thought of something," I admitted. "Just give me a second."

"If you have a plan, better make it fast, we have no idea if Twilight is going to be coming to check on her trap or not," Senketsu warned as I shifted in place.

He had a point. We had been hanging here for a good two minutes, and if Twilight was smart she'd have added an alarm to this magnet thing. Maybe not a sound based one, seeing as I hadn't heard one, but maybe just something that immediately alerted her with a ping or something when the trap was sprung.

"NNNG!" I exclaimed, biting down as hard as I could on the corner of my lower lip. You ever accidentally nip the inside of your cheek? What am I talking about, of course you have. Remember how painful that tiny little bite was? I was quickly wondering if I should have just waited for Twilight to come and release my pathetic self.

As I tried to hold back the tears, blood slowly seeped from my mouth. It leaked past my lips, sliding through the fur on my chin and ever downward. I curled my lip outward, trying to make the blood come out easier. I could feel it trickling down my chin, slowly making its way down my neck towards Senketsu.

"Ryuko?" he asked tentatively. "Are you oka- ... oh. Ooooooh. ~OooOOoooooh~" He slowly twisted around me, drawing in every precious little drop he could. I hadn't really payed attention the previous times he had transformed around me, but... it certainly was a spectacle. I could feel him digging deep into my flesh, forming veins that passed back and forth between us. As if he was turning into new flesh on top of me. Our flesh ripped and tore free from itself, thrusting outwards as it reformed. I felt resistance as something from me collided with the magnet, and fragments of a moment later I felt myself drop to the ground in a nerveless heap.

The seconds ticked by, and I gradually regained my senses. I levered myself back to my fee- hooves. Hooves now. I made my way back to my hooves, peering down at the remains of Twilights magnet trap. Senketsu had ripped it into pieces during our transformation, leaving fragments of it sparking on the floor. The gems that had been attached to it slowly lost their glow, petering out until they just looked normal.

"Remind me never to transform right next to someone," I told Senketsu, fighting a shiver at the thought of what might happen if I did. If I could rip apart something metal like the magnet... anyone made of flesh wouldn't stand a chance.

"I hear hooves," he warned. I could hear the echoing clop too, drawing ever closer to this room with each step.

I leaped for the doors, hesitating for a second as they were pushed open by a lavender tinged field of magic.

"Hey, wait who-" Twilight managed to get out a split second before I vaulted over her, using her as a springboard before I gave my wings a heavy flap to speed past her.

"Sorry-about-your-magnet-it-broke-when-I-touched-your-mirror!" I belted out hurriedly over my shoulder as I made my escape.

"Hey wait I'm not mad about that I just want to ask you a few questions!" I heard Twilight squeal out behind me, muffled by the distance I was quick to put between us.

I spotted a window and hopped out, flapping my wings as I arced around, landing on the highest steeple of her crystal castle.

It was a lot easier than it had been under my own power, almost seamless and effortless as I climbed. It had taken less effort than it had previously, anyway.

I wordlessly changed back, a plan hatching in my head. I looked off to my right towards Ponyville, as if I had been trying to keep track of something speeding away.

"Hey! Um... hello..." Came from behind me, drawing my gaze. Just as planned, Twilight hung in the air by me, slowly flapping her oversized wings to keep herself airborne. Interesting to see she was at least moderately competent at flying by this point.

"Hi," I replied in a bored tone. "What'd she break?" I continued, propping myself up on a hoof, giving off an air as bored as I could. I turned back to to peer off towards the direction I had before Twilight came up, shading my eyes with a hoof over my eyes.

"I... she?" she asked, a flash of confusion dancing across her face.

"She," I confirmed, my tone never even so much as shifting a single octave as I tried to keep from laughing uproariously. "My twin sister? Looks exactly like me except she always likes to dress like she's just about to have kinky sex? She's kinda hard to miss. She said she saw something shiny through one of your windows, and just came tearing out seconds ago like she had Cerberus on her tail. I assume she broke something? Especially seeing as you decided to come out and take care of... whatever yourself." I gave a thematic sigh, as if life itself was a drag and could be solved via a bottle of pills. "So what'd she break. I'll make sure dad knows, he'll make her pay for it."

She looked progressively more confused at my statements, having to pump her wings once she had forgotten to. She had a look of helplessness on her, like she had no idea how to respond. Perfect.

"Sister?" she eventually settled on.

"Yes, sister," I parroted back at her, keeping my tone even. "Dresses like she's trying to get every stallion from here to Canterlot to mount her. Went off-" I looked back towards Ponyville, as if I was trying to spot my nonexistent sister. "I don't see her anymore. She shouldn't be too hard to find if you look. Again though, what did she break?" I drilled into her again.

"What? Oh! No, no, it was nothing, nothing worth worrying over," she said, sidestepping the question beautifully.

"Really?" I stated in an amused tone as I widened my eyes for effect. "Huh. First time for everything, Could have sworn what with how she tore out of here... well if you say so."

I returned to my bored demeanor, waiting as the seconds of silence grew comfortable between us.

"What are you doing?" Senketsu demanded frantically. "She's going to figure it out! We should run!"

I ignored him, turning my attention to cloud watching as Twilight tried to think up something to say. It was obvious she still had questions, seeing as she hadn't left yet. So I was just going to make it as uncomfortable for her as I could. Not by being an asshole, I was going more for a 'Maud' detached feel.

"Would you-" She started.

"Aren't you Twilight Sparkle?" I interrupted, pleased at her shocked expression. "I mean yeah, horn and wings, plus you're in Ponyville instead of Canterlot, so it's a safe assumption, right? It's possible you could be the love one, but I heard she was pink," I stated, cocking my head to the side. "Is it true you were chosen to bear the element of magic?"

"I... yes!" she replied, eager to have something she could actually talk about. I was going to have to be careful about that. If she got too comfortable she might start asking me questions. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, bearer of the element of magic."

"And newest princess of Equestria?" I prompted, chuckling as her cheeks turned rosy.

"Y... yes."

"Cool," I stated dully. "So... this is probably gonna sound kinda weird, but I wasn't hanging out on your roof just because this is a totally baller view or to keep a close eye on my sis. That last part is kinda a lost cause at this point. I was actually..." I averted my gaze, playing up my 'timid' act as much as I could. "I mean..."

I slowly leaned towards her, schooling my expression as I did so.

"Uh... pardon?" she asked, slowly looking progressively more worried the closer my muzzle got to hers.

"I mean... it's alright if you say no, I'll understand..." she obviously came to the exact conclusion I wanted her to, if I was to judge based on the crimson red tint that spread its way across her face as she stammered out non words in an attempt to cut me off.

"I just really... really would like it if you...might possibly sign an autograph for me?" I ended, watching as shocked confusion replaced her embarrassment.

"I... what?!" she near belted out, clearly frazzled. "You... autograph?"

"I... okay," I slipped into a tone of resigned disappointment, dipping my head as I looked away. "I guess you get asked that a lot, huh? Probably don't appreciate random pegasi just showing up and messing with your privacy... It's... k. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... I'll just go then..."

I slipped off the steeple, spreading my wings mid dive to glide away. I don't know how I knew how to fly, but I can safely assume the portal used magic. Maaaagic.

"Hey! Wait!" I heard Twilight call out behind me, but I ignored her. Flapping my wings steadily, I landed on a cloud a fair bit away from her castle. After I landed, I slumped into a prone position. I buried my face in the cloud, trying to make it look like I was dejected. I might just look like I was trying to eat the cloud, but oh well.

"Now what?" Senketsu asked. clearly irritated I had ignored him previously.

"Cool your jets," I rebuked him softly. "Now one of two things happens. Either Twilight catches up to us and tries to get to know more about me, or she lost me and I'll just face that again at a later point in time.

"Feh, in my opinion you're taking this far too loosely Ryuko," he continued, the irritation slowly dieing from his voice. "But all right. See what happens. Good a plan as any," he muttered.

I stayed with my face muzzle deep in the cloud for a few minutes, my body tense from the expectation that Twilight would be tapping me on the shoulder at any moment. She actually disappointed me in the fact that I wasn't interrupted from my apparent 'depression'. Maybe I had actually lost her when I took off. I hadn't wanted to make it too easy on her... Whoops.

My face was getting cold, what with being pressed down into a cloud. It was surprisingly comfy, though. I could see why the show portrayed Rainbow Dash as napping a lot. If I could get a cot like this, I'd probably spend a lot of time napping too.

I picked my head up, wiping at my eyes as I did so. That way if anyone had been watching me, they'd probably assume I had been crying. If Twilight had been watching, she'd probably think... wait no, that was a bad plan. If she thought her actions hurt me, she'd most likely run up and try to give me a hug and do her damnedest to fix... which she might already be in the mindset of doing due to me running away.

Senketsu is right, I don't think my plans out well enough. This one was so convoluted I don't think even I knew where I wanted this to go...

Bah. Regrets are for the weak.

I finished wiping at my eyes, blearily looking down at the ground. I didn't see Twilight anywhere when I turned my head on a swivel, or even when I looked up above me. Flying creatures. Always gotta check above you. A peach blond pegasus had been watching me for a few seconds, and then gave me a wave. I returned it stiffly, and they flew away.

So it appeared I was alone for the time being. As long as Pinkie Pie didn't randomly pop up out of nowhere.

I gave another quick look around me, mentally hitting myself for even forming such a thought. She would have been bound to have sensed that. It was like saying 'what could go wrong' and then expecting nothing to happen. Maybe now that I was expecting her to pop up that would negate it? Gah. If I could only preempt the eventual meeting with her, somehow get her to take my presence sedately. I couldn't risk her setting up a party on this side. Maybe I could get her to forget it by claiming to not like parties or something.

Maybe. Didn't help me if I couldn't find her before she found me-

"Twitchy tail! Twitchy tail!" I heard directly below me. I froze in place, making sure none of my bits were hanging over. I was safe. Relatively. What were the odds that Pinkie Pie would be right underneath me right as I was thinking about- Oh. duh. Pinkie Pie. Stupid question.

I pawed at the cloud, making a tiny hole underneath me I could look through.

"What's twitchy tail mean?" I heard a familiar voice ask. Too familiar.

I did a double take, pushing the cloud back into shape so I was only looking down through an eye shaped hole. It wasn't frickin possible. It just wasn't.

"It means somethings about to fall, usually for comedic purposes!" Pinkie Pie spouted, ducking underneath a nearby awning.

The mare that was with her looked slightly confused at Pinkie Pies antics, peering upwards to scan the sky. Her gaze fell on me, quickly moving on to search elsewhere. The mare... it couldn't be. It was me. I was down there, walking alongside Pinkie Pie.

No. It was a mare that looked like me. Exactly. From her hair to her coat color to her wings to the fact that she was wearing Senketsu. It finally clicked.

My jaw, that is, as it fell fully open.

She was the Ryuko of this world. Whether or not she was a 'me' or not remained to be seen. She/he could very well be bullshitting their way through their dialogue with Pinkie Pie. Or she could just be an actual Ryuko baseline, and be completely unconnected to me despite... the fact that I was basically going around besmirching her good name. Oh. Shit.

I'd been here about half an hour. Half an hour too friggin much, if the sight of Twilight trotting towards Pinkie Pie and... other me. I leapt into the air, beating a hasty retreat as I stayed above the clouds to the best of my ability. I could have brought the cloud I had been on with me in order to hide better, but I think that might have drawn more attention than just me flying away. Especially seeing as I didn't really know how to do that. I assume it would be as simple as grabbing the edges and puttering off. Assumptions.

I bet my hasty retreat, confident in my destination. If Twilight was about to discover my fallacies by talking to this worlds version of me, then she couldn't be back in her castle, guarding the mirror. Flying straight in through a window, I quickly made tracks back to the mirror room. Fragments of the magnet still lay strewn in a pile where I had left them, it didn't appear Twilight had time to properly make any new defenses since. Visible ones, anyway.

I leaped back through the mirror, falling into a forward roll on the other side.

"Ryuko," Senketsu started, his voice laced with... concern? "I... who was that? That uniform they were wearing..."

I didn't really know what to tell him. "Uh... well... not really sure? Not for certain, anyway," I stated hesitantly. I made my way back through the parking lot, stopping at my bike. Pinkie Pies van was still parked right next my bike, leaving little room to the speculation that they had maybe left in my absence.

"I'm not trying to be vague, I honestly don't have all the information in this situation. If I'm right, yes. That was another Ryuko, wearing another Senketsu," I explained carefully, "They might be complete copies of us, holding every little bit of information we do. Or they could be baseline... relatively baseline, mixed with pony... They could very well take offense to our appearance if we just showed up, or they could react favorably in finding another person with information they don't have."

Senketsu didn't reply immediately, assaulting me with silence. "Can we go back soon?" he asked in a pleading tone. "Just... just to see if maybe..."

"Yeah," I affirmed, sliding my helmet off my bike and over my head. "Definitely. We'll have to see if you can talk to the other Senketsu. Might finally make for some scintillating conversation, right?"

"Maybe," he stated hopefully.

I tapped up the kickstand, and filled the parking lot with the unfiltered power emanating from my bikes engine. I told you it was loud.

"She's in the parking lot! C'mon Pinkie!" I BARELY heard Rainbow Dash yell out.

Didn't matter. I was gone before they even started up their vans' ignition~

I think I'd go get a bite to eat.

Author's Notes:

Long absence between chapters, I know. Was working on a chapter for The Gamer. Go read it, if you're interested! And leave comments. I love comments. In one of my stories most recent chapters, I got eight hundred views. And only TEN comments. Made me feel really shitty. So c'mon people, comment! It lets me know you care!

Tattered Ribbon asks: Lets keep the train going by asking another question to follow up with your answer to Ilikereadingthisshit... Ryuko. if you did, couldn't Senketsu take it? Life Fibers feed on blood, don't they, or is he picky about where it comes from?

"Uhhhhh... good god you all hate me, don't you? I guess... but isn't it more than just blood? Whats in a period... right? Placends and stuff. Inside of the flesh wall from the... from my... vagina..."

"Blood is blood. If need be, I will simply extract the blood and be rid of the waste."

"But... god Senketsu... thats from inside me."

"All of your blood comes from inside you."

"Thats... you know what I meant!"

Kris664 asks;
Dear Ryuko
How does it feel wearing Senketsu?
And what do you think this thing about five stars is going to change the script?
Dear Senketsu
How does it feel being worn by Ryuko? (Asking because humans could not comprehend the feeling of being clothing)
And how do you think this development with five stars is going to go down?

Probably just make my life all that much more difficult. I shudder to think about any of the three stars suddenly being even MORE powerful. I haven't even fought a two yet! What the hell am I gonna do?!
It's just something we'll have to work though
As for Senketsu... I don't know. It's different than normal clothes... it just...
It just feels right.

Avatar Eddy asks;

I don't know why but I love this story.

Dear Ryuko,

Now that you're a girl, have you tried... 'experimenting' with your new body?

And Senken, if she doesn't answer will you please tell us the truth?

No. I haven't done anything. I'm not gonna do anything you perv, and I never will!

What's he asking? I don't understand, you leaped around and tested your flexibility to the best of your abilities, was that not experimenting?

He's asking me if I tried using my new lady parts you doof!

... like the bathroom? I know I've seen you go a couple times...

I... god, no. He means sexually. As in, trying to make myself feel good through sex or something...

... Like when you were sticking your fingers up-

NO! No no no no no no no! No comment! We have no comment on the subject! End of comments! No more questions!!!

Uh...huh. Welp, leave a question for Ryuko or Senketsu, and I'll be sure they answer them!