Shimmer found it harder and harder to concentrate on her school work as she delved into the mystery of her other self. She talked to the other students to find out all she could. Some knew nothing, a lot refused to talk, but a few did talk and a smaller number shared camera footage. Footage that if it had not been so consistent across all the angles; she would have found impossible to believe.

Apparently her other self was some sort of witch that could transform herself into an angelic creature and battle the demon possessed. It was all too much. Shimmer was a girl of logic and reason. She was extremely intelligent, fact based, and atheist. Seeing another her levitate, transform, and do battle with another creature who had also once been a student here, was a bridge too far. But the evidence was right there before her and she couldn't deny it.

She struggled with what this all meant. Form what some of the ones who were there said, portals to other dimensions opened up as well. Some even said to seeing strange creatures, intelligent, horse like creatures. Others said living carnivorous plants came through. Once again Shimmer couldn't believe what she heard, but the evidence was there. She knew she had only one course of action - go into the town and see if could find her other self.

The days passed by more slowly than the days before Christmas do for a child. Each second was a temporal labor to endure. All she wanted was for the Saturday to get here so she could catch a bus into town and see if she could find Sunset. She had looked up the town online and decided the local mall would be the best place to begin.

Eventually when Saturday came around, Shimmer got up extra early. She wanted to waste no more time in getting into town. Her parents had questions of course, but she had been practicing her story all week. She spun her lie to perfection. Academy Award winning actresses didn't deliver lines halfway as believable as Shimmer did. So after she was done, her parents let her leave without much fuss.

Where as during the week, time passed slowly; today it flew by and it was everything else that was in creeper gear. The lines for tickets, ticket seller at the bus station, the bus itself, all moved at a snails pace. At times she felt like just asking the bus driver to pull over and let her run there, it's probably be faster. Eventually she got there though.

The town was nice. Charming but not old fashioned; up scale but not snobbish. It was really quite pretty. She entered the mall's address into her phone and followed the directions to get there. Once she got there she just stopped and looked at it. What would she do if she didn't find Sunset? Or what would she do if one of Sunset's friends saw her? She didn't know but she knew those were risks she was willing to take. She breathed deep and walked inside.

She wandered aimlessly around for hours. Walking into this store and that. She strolled isle ways, peered around corners, even stopped and pretended to wash her hands in the various bathrooms just in case. She was about to give up when someone caught her eye.

It wasn't Sunset, but a beautiful, no, sexy, girl instead. She had thick, curly blond hair that was ridiculously high. It looked like something out of the 1980's (or at least the pictures she'd seen of the hairstyles of the 80's). She was average height but perfectly proportioned. Her hips were wide and full, her waist was narrow and svelte. He butt and breast while not big by any definition were perfectly shaped. This girl was the epitome of what western society considered sexy.

Shimmer gasped in awe of this girl. She looked to be about her age, so maybe she knew Sunset. Not that it mattered. She was determined to meet this perfect creature no matter what.

As she walked over to say something, the other girl saw her. A stream of expressions ran across her face: confusion, understanding and then a happy smirk of recognition. Did this girl know Sunset? Was this a mistake? Who cares; she's hot.

"Uh, hi. I'm . . ."

"Sunset Shimmer! I recognize you. I went to Canterlot High with you briefly. Do you remember me?"

Shimmer blushed. There was a power oozing off of this girl, a charm that seemed to overwhelm her. She also thought about how good it was that she found someone who knew of Sunset yet hadn't probably seen her in a while.

"Sorry, I'm not good with names. Faces, I recognized you. That's why I came over; but names?- sorry." Shimmer didn't need to try to sound awkward, she really was.

The other girls smile broadened and took on an almost seductive appearance. "It's Adagio, Adagio Dazzle."

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Adagio saw her walking up her. At first she was confused. It was undeniably Sunset, yet the hair and clothing style were different. Then she instantly knew who it was - it was this world's Sunset Shimmer! Adagio smiled in delight. This was going to be fun.

She needed fun. She needed something. Every time Adagio wasn't with Sunset, Chrysalis was all over her, demanding she do better and hurry. Adagio quickly made the connection that whatever power Sunset had, it blocked Chrysalis from accessing her mind. It was one of the main reasons she now never wanted to leave Sunset's side. Of course the other reason was she was actually developing true feelings for her.

For centuries Adagio had only loved herself. With Sunset, however; she felt a connection she couldn't describe. Maybe it was love. She didn't know. What she did know was Sunset, aside from unknowingly protecting her from Chrysalis' tortures, also made her feel good. Over the past few days, they had talked, laughed, and shared. Adagio found that more and more, she just wanted Sunset to come home and just sit by her and relax.

Now here was human Sunset. Did she have the same power as Equestria Sunset? She didn't know. But if she did, maybe corrupting (as Chrysalis called it) this Sunset would work just as well. That way she wouldn't have to betray her Sunset.

Earth Sunset started to stammer to Adagio; to which Adagio immediately poured on the charm. She knew this Sunset was playing something. Did she know there was another Sunset? She would have to find out.

"Aw, yes - Adagio. I'm so sorry. I should have remembered." This Sunset was a decent pretender. Not as good as Adagio, but then she had centuries of practice on this girl.

"It's alright. Some are good with names, some aren't. So, what have you been up to?"

"Me? Oh, I, I'm doing ok. How about you?"

"I'm alright. I work here now, part-time. I just started today. My roommate thought it'd be a good idea to get out of the apartment and meet people." Actually, Sunset had suggested she get a job to see if she could notice anything or anyone strange and to help pay the bills. Luckily, Discord got Sunset her and Adagio's papers by Thursday night. Friday morning, she applied for the job, was interviewed on the spot, and hired that day. Today was her first day at any job. She hated it, but with Shimmer showing up, it definitely paid off.

Shimmer shook her head. Apartment? How old was this girl? But then she remembered that she had said she had briefly gone to school with Sunset. Most more than likely she was a few grades ahead of Sunset and had graduated. Older woman, nice! She thought to herself.

"Well it worked. You met me again." Shimmer gave her best false laugh.

"Yes, absolutely. Do you want my number? I'd hate to lose contact with you again."

"Of course!" Shimmer couldn't believe her luck. She came here looking for her twin and met a super hot girl who was actually flirting with her. And it was flirting. Shimmer knew when another girl was doing that with her.

Adagio gave Shimmer her number and Shimmer responded in kind. Once done, the two just looked at each other.

"Well I should get back to work," Adagio said and gave Shimmer a hug. As she was doing so, she seductively whispered into her ear, "I hope to hear from you real soon." She gave Shimmer a quick peck on the cheek, walked off, turned around, and waved.

Shimmer did all she could not to start shaking. Forget her twin, she now only wanted to get to know Adagio.

Author's Notes:

Did a brief time jump. The story was becoming almost real time so I decided to jump ahead a bit. Only a couple days though.