Flash Sentry walked into the library at CHS. He passed the main desk and went to some bookshelves in the back. He was thinking deeply about something... He placed his index finger on the spines of the books and traced it along them as he slowly walked down the aisle. He had no classes at that time. For him it would've been gym, but the teacher wasn't there and no substitute was called in. Casually walking about the rows of bookshelves and staring at the words on the covers of books he picked, Flash found that time was passing by slowly.

It wasn't until about thirty sluggish minutes later that Flash came across a girl reading a book feverishly in the corner. Her violet eyes scanned the pages eagerly taking in every word. Her fingers twisted the ends of her long dark blue hair and left it in a slight curl. As she read, she bit her lip and smiled every once in a while at something she read. It was Twilight. She looked rather comfortable sitting there reading. Flash smiled to himself. She was looking very beautiful that day. As quietly as he could, he walked up to her and stood there.

When Twilight didn't notice him hanging over her shoulder he spoke.

"Hello."

The girl jumped up in shock and banged her knee against the underside of the table. She ignored the twang of pain and turned to see him standing there.

"Oh, hi..." she said. "Flash, right?"

Flash felt a bit insulted and hurt by this. Twilight couldn't tell him apart from Brian? It wounded his sense of pride. Seeing as how he didn't answer, Twilight closed her book and smiled sheepishly.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Hi, Brian. I thought you were Flash for a second."

Flash opened his mouth and closed it. Now she's mistaking him for Brian. It was bad enough that she hung around his pony version almost everyday. He wasn't very appreciative to this Brian guy now. He was in the way of him getting closer to Twilight. Flash already has tough competition with Sunset and adding Brian into the mix didn't make it any easier. Twilight closed her book and turned to him. She rubbed her knee and cleared her throat.

"I need to talk to you actually. It's about the contract."

Flash leaned forward. He wanted to know. The information he had gotten from eavesdropping had made him curious and now that he had a chance to learn more, he was going to take it.

"We need to do something about it. We can't just leave this whole situation hanging. Celestia is enslaved by King Sombra and we need to help her."

This sudden burst of information that Flash had not known hit him and it took him a moment to process it. Who was this King Sombra and how was Celestia enslaved by this guy if she was dead? Flash cleared his throat and nodded in agreement to the proposal of helping the deceased Celestia (however that works). Twilight tapped her chin thoughtfully.

"And the only way to free her is if we rip the contract."

"What makes you so sure?" Flash asked out of curiosity.

"Because Celestia herself told me it would. If we tear it up, she'd be free of her servitude to King Sombra and her soul could go on in peace," Twilight said.

"She told you? But how?? She's dead," the boy remarked.

Twilight sighed and nodded.

"It may seem like an impossible thing, but Celestia had contacted me through the portal mirror. It was a day before we left Equestria...Oh you were there, Brian! It was that time I ran into you in the hall and you walked me to the library. After you left, I went searching for my books that I had misplaced and came across the mirror. Without warning, it flashed and Celestia showed up on the glass! She told me that the contract was in her private study."

Twilight seemed very excited and jumpy, trying to prove to him that Celestia had appeared, even though dead. Flash frowned slightly. Most of what she said didn't quite connect in his mind. Mainly because he wasn't Brian. He didn't remember running into her and taking her to the library. And it sounded really crazy that Celestia would even contact her. But what did he know? That happened in Equestria, a world of magical ponies.

A sudden idea came into Twilight's mind. What if she could contact Celestia! Twilight sprang up and grabbed Flash by the wrist.

"Come on!"

She pulled him out the library and raced through the halls out into the school yard. In a hurry, she and Flash came to the statue. But Twilight stopped. There was a long crack in the side of the statue's base. She had forgotten all about that! When she and Brian had arrived, it caused a huge crack in the stone! The girl knelt beside the statue and sighed.

"Oh no..."

Flash glanced at the crack and asked how that happened.

"You see..." she began quietly. "Dimension travelling is a very sensitive business. Going through portals can be dangerous. Because of this, Celestia only allowed one person through the portal and that was me. If more than one person went through a portal at the same time, drastic things could happen. And that's what happened...

"Usually when I pass through the portal, I'm instantly a human. But when we both passed through, we were still ponies. The portal couldn't handle more than one person going through and it went a bit wonky, which could explain why we were ponies still when we came to this world. Our transformation to humans must have drawn power from the portal mirror. The amount of magic that was needed to transform us was doubled since there were two of us, and because the mirror could only handle transforming one..."

Twilight raised a finger to the cracked portal and said," it overloaded and cracked, having used up all its magic."

Flash stood there looking at the statue. It no longer worked...Meaning Twilight and Brian couldn't go back home...The boy felt badly for her, but at the same time glad. Twilight would have to stay there indefinitely. There was no way she could go back home now. Meaning she couldn't leave him.

Twilight slowly got to her feet and looked at Flash with determination.

"We have to rip that contract. Tonight. We must do it tonight. The sooner we help Celestia the better."

Flash nodded to her and she turned back to the statue in thought. A plan was going through Flash's head. He musn't let Brian find out about this. He wanted all the credit in helping Twilight free Celestia's soul. He'd help her rip the contract and she'd feel very grateful to him for it. Flash would make sure Sunset wasn't there when they did it so he could truly have all the credit. Yes...A great plan.

"I'll meet you at Sunset's then at 6?" he asked.

Twilight nodded absentmindedly and the boy went off, feeling better than ever.