Rainbow Dash sighed as she moved to lay down in her bed, Tank was already asleep nearby. She gave the tortoise a smile before rolling over and trying to get to sleep. The clouds around her glowed as the reflection of a mirror appeared on all the surfaces. Apathetic eyes appeared through the surfaces as they glowed.

“My Rainbow.” a familiar voice spoke as she opened her eyes seeing a familiar apartment. Sitting up she looked around for the source of the voice.

“Echo?” the fast flier called out as she climbed out of bed. She felt something warm under her feet. Looking down the rainbow maned mare held back a scream at the blood on her floors.

“You gave up trying to go back.” a voice spoke behind her causing her to turn around. There was another Rainbow Dash standing there. “You gave up on your friends.”

“No I didn’t.” the Bearer of Loyalty replied glaring at herself. “I was always searching for Fluttershy so we could go back.”

This earned a raised eyebrow from the other pegasus who began to laugh. “You spent three years amongst the Republic and the Clones.”

“There… the council… the Senate. I couldn’t do anything.” Rainbow began to shake, the words were starting to get to her.

“Yeah, you had no loyalty to them, but you didn’t want to go home either.” the pony told her as she moved around her double. “You had so much going for you here. Yet you were taken away quickly, just as soon as you found your friend you were forced back into your old life.”

“I found Tank, there must be others who were brought back.” countered RD swallowing hard as she looked around to see the source of blood her eyes widened. “No!”

“They brought you back before you found out what happened. This is what blind loyalty brings you.” whispered the Dark Rainbow the voice changing slightly. “It is what happened to your friend, what was forced upon the soldiers you served with, what will happen to you. You foolishly follow the laws and expectations of ponies and of the Tree of Harmony that you don’t know what you are getting yourself into now.”

“Who are you?” Rainbow Dash demanded glaring at the creature across from her. The grey tone pegasus raised an eyebrow before saying. “I am you… but I guess you will get confused all the time like you normally do. I guess you can call me Stormy Shadows, your opposite. You see:

While you believe in the magic of friendship.

Harmony, loyalty and all that bliss,

I sit there and watch as you

pretend to be the boss of

everything around you.”

Stormy flew around Rainbow smacking her hair causing the other to growl. “Hey!”

“While you laugh and play

trying to drive me away

I will always be coming back.”

The fast flier moved towards the door of the apartment trying not to listen anymore. The door was moving fast away from her.

“Loyalty is your thing,

to the point of being blind.

I am the one who has no faith,

I bare my blade for no one but myself.”

‘Stop it.’ Rainbow thought trying not to look back, Stormy Shadows had a point. These were thoughts that she had during her time with the Republic.

“Now I am you and you are me,

we the opposite sides of the same coin.

It is pointless to ignore

The feelings you have stored

So deep inside of you.”

“Stop it!” snapped the weather pony glaring at her double. “There is nothing that I hide.”

“Your fears of not becoming a Wonderbolt, letting your image slide, not being able to fly, betraying your friends, thoughts of being disloyal, liking Soarin but not wanting to say anything because of your relationship with Echo… shall I continue?” Stormy raised an eyebrow and Rainbow Dash froze, those were things that she never admitted to anypony. “So if you want to continue to shove these feelings away, I guess I have to deal with them. Not that I care, I don’t really care about anything you do.”

“But if you are me, then why don’t you care? Isn’t there anything you’re loyal to?” the Bearer of Loyalty questioned crossing her arms in front of her chest. The dark pony scoffed shaking her head as she replied. “Not really, you’re more referring to blind loyalty. Something you do a lot, when corruption settles in and you begin to turn against those you swore loyalty to it takes your friends to bring you back. I don’t need that, I don’t care whose side I am on. I just want to be on the side that wins.”

“Even if it means falling to the darkness or the corruption?” Stormy looked at her other self her magenta eyes shifting to gold.

“Yes. You see, when we first went to the past I gained awareness. The voices you tried to banish had an effect on me. They showed me a different way.” the grey blue of the mirror pony’s coat went dark. “I don’t need you anymore Rainbow Dash.”

A blast of energy sent Rainbow flying and she struggled to get to her feet. ‘I can’t win this.’ she thought, her mind travelled back to what Stormy had told her.

“I won’t fight you.” the Bearer of Loyalty told the dark blue pegasus who looked surprised before lifting her in the air choking the air out of her.

“Rainbow!” a familiar voice shouted as a figure smashed into the monochrome maned pegasus. Rainbow Dash blinked in surprise as she saw a familiar clone trooper.

“Tank?” she asked looking at him and he grinned saying. “It looked like you were having a nightmare so I decided to sleep next to you.”

“Am I glad you are here.” the fast pegasus remarked straightening her back and rubbing her neck. “We have to restrain her, if she gains control she will wreak havoc. If we destroy her I will be left with something missing.”

“Understood.” Tank said pulling out his weapon, Stormy looked between the two before her eyes glowed and she lifted herself in the air without her wings. Lightning began to move between her fingers as she stared at the with a blank expression.

“Try it.” she snarled before sending a blast towards them causing them both to leap out of the way. “I am tired of being locked away! Ignored! Brushed off! You will not keep me down!”

“I’m trying to get you to calm down!” snapped Rainbow flapping her wings before charging towards her at high speed. “You refuse to listen.”

“Just like a Sith.” a voice whispered around them causing them to pause. A dark chuckle was heard as the world around them began to collapse. Stormy Shadows looked towards them before flying through a mirror that appeared behind her. Rainbow Dash tried to go after her but a piece of the ceiling smashed into is causing it break.

“Wake up! if you die in here you will never awaken!” a voice called out it’s tone warped to much that neither could tell who it was.

“Echo?!” the rainbow maned pony called out, Tank grabbed her arm. She looked around one last time before whispering. “I will find you Stormy. I can’t leave you like this.”

Rainbow opened her eyes to see the morning sun shining through her windows as well as a familiar tortoise by her side. “I wonder if I should tell her today.” a familiar voice spoke and the Bearer of Loyalty looked at her hoof seeing a red strand attached to it. She had always assigned red to one individual.

“Echo.” she mumbled seeing it leading to her door, flying forward she opened the door to see Soarin standing there looking shocked.

“Oh hey Rainbow Dash.” he said rubbing the back of his head with a hoof. “I never really congratulated you on becoming one of the Wonderbolt Reserves. So… did you want to… is everything alright?”

Her magenta eyes was locked onto the red string leading to his heart. Tears rose in them as she whispered. “You’re alive.”

“Course I’m alive.” Soarin replied beginning to look nervous. “What’s got you trouble Rainbow?”

“First Tank, now you…” the black maned pony paused when he heard that, he looked to the door to see the tortoise leaning against the frame. “When I came back I thought I would never see any of you again. Then I found out what happened to Anakin, I could have been there for him and….”

Soarin pulled her into a hug whispering into her ear. “Ni kar’tayl gar darasuum.”

“And you said you would never learn Mando’a.” Rainbow laughed pressing her forehead against his.

“Living on a planet with the ghost of a Darth and a Jedi Master, both of whom encouraged us to study our beginnings made that difficult.” replied the Wonderbolt looking at her in the eyes. “Now what do you say about getting breakfast?”

"I’m paying.” the Bearer of Loyalty answered before heading down towards Ponyville with the emerald eyed stallion. Rainbow Dash frowned as she thought about the mirror Stormy Shadows fled through. Somepony let her out of her mind.

Stormy coughed as she collapsed to the ground shards of a mirror surrounding her.

“I never thought that you would have been the first to escape.” Sombra spoke as he approached her, his red eyes staring down at the dark blue mare. “However, this does prove useful as the Bearer you came from does not dwell on dreams.”

“I will not let her lock me away again.” growled the monochromatic maned pegasus as the shards lifted up around her.

“Good.” hissed the corrupted unicorn as he looked around at the other mirrors. “I just hope you can work with the others.”

Author's Notes:

I do not own MLP or anything else in this fanfic. Also translation note:

Ni kar’tayl gar darasuum- I love you (As far as I can tell, the literal translation wasn't said)