On a lone planet restaurant, a squid had a ramen stand.

Outside of that was a spaceship.

The man from that spaceship was inside, ready to eat.

He had yellow eyes, (no pupils) blue skin, and some sort of uniform on.

"Here you go." The squid said, handing him some ramen.

"Ahh, at last! Time to eat!" The man said.

He started eating the ramen.

"Aren't you on the clock?" The squid asked.

"It's fine." The man said.

"Well..." The squid said, looking at the spaceship.

The man turned around.

There was some sort of pink hydra with a cotton attached to string.

It was in a container.

"That? That's Watagash. It doesn't look it, but it's a diabolical wanted criminal." He said.

"Diabolical!?" The squid asked.

"Don't worry. It's already sealed away. It can't escape." The man said.

It's cotton thing glowed blue and cracked the container.

"This is no time to be taking detours, is it? Just take it to prison already." The squid said.

"Even a super elite gets hungry!" The man retorted.

BOOM!

The lid of the spaceship blew open!

The two looked over to see the pink parasite fly off into space!

...

"Say, pops..." The man said.

"Yeah?" The squid asked.

"Can I say that you forced me to eat ramen against my will...?" The man asked.

"...I'll report you." The squid said.

***

If you know the events of Movie Magic...

You know who's pissed off.

Juniper!

She finds a mirror enchanted with Equestrian magic, and realizes it's potential.

She realizes it could be used for some...

Stuff.

***

Tonight was the premiere of the Daring Do movie!

Everyone was going!

Especially Goten, he thought Daring Do was overrated.

You can just imagine how triggered Rainbow Dash and Twilight got...

Well, you saw it.

Anywho.

The group were in some sort of food court.

Gohan and Goten weren't allowed to order because...

"You eat too much!" Twilight said.

"None of us can afford y'all in here!" Applejack said.

"But I brought money this time!" Gohan said.

"Yeah!" Goten said.

"What? No way." Pinkie said.

Gohan reached into his orange shirt and pulled out money that was once bits.

Needless to say, everyone was shocked.

"Why didn't you bring bits from Equestria in the first place?" Sunset asked, knowing what he did.

"Because it's practically counterfeit, but not really. If I bring too much of it, the economy would probably fall from inflation!" Gohan said.

"Well, Gohan's the science and economics guy. Anything else you can do?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"You'll find my views on many things to be surprising. Anyway! Eating time!" Gohan said, browsing his options.

Goten followed.

"I can never understand him." Applejack said.

"He's like a half of Pinkie." Sunset said.

"Yeah!" Pinkie said.

Well, Sunset sat down at a table while her friends got food.

She wrote to Twilight in her book.

"Dear Princess Twilight, tonight's the night of the big movie premiere. All my friends are really excited, and I should be, too. Well, not Gohan and Goten. We just dragged him and Goten out here. I can't seem to keep my mind on anything other than our new powers, and the rogue magic that's loose in this world, and how scary but exhilarating it all is. I mean, it still stands no chance against the likes of Gohan. But I just found that I can heal people with my touch! How does it work? How can we be prepared for it? When will it show up again? Well, you see the problem. With the weight of all, or a lot of Equestria on your shoulders, you must have some advice on how to-" She wrote until she ran out of paper.

"Oh no!" She said out loud.

"Shoot." She said.

Pinkie put down a tray of burgers.

"What's wrong, Sunset Shimmer?" Pinkie asked.

"You seem a bit stressed." Gohan said, holding bags from eight different restaurants.

Goten only had four!

"Oh, I just ran out of pages in my journal. That's all." Sunset said.

'Obviously that's not all.' Gohan thought.

"Chillax, SunShim." Rainbow Dash said, sitting down at a table with Twilight with her meal.

"'SunShim'?" Gohan asked, sitting down next to Sunset. "It sounds worse than my accidental nickname for her." He said.

'I thought calling her Sunny was a bit weird, but that's just dumb.' He thought.

"Um, who's 'SunShim?'" Fluttershy asked, sitting down with a salad.

"That's Sunset Shimmer's new movie star name." Rainbow Dash said, taking a sip of her drink. "I just made it up!" She said.

"So what, did you make a gazillion names for us, too?" Gohan asked.

"For sweet apples' sake, we only have BIT parts in this flick. We're not movie stars." Applejack said.

"YET. Darling. Yet." Rarity said.

"I wouldn't dream of being a movie star or any stuntman or whatever." Gohan said, taking a bite out of his sandwich.

Before he started gobbling some more.

"But you are..." Goten said, right before he dug in.

***

"I'm gonna be a stuntman for the Great Saiyaman Movie!"

***

'I hope you don't end up becoming a disappointment.' Goku said.

'I hope not either.' Gohan thought as he ate.

'You did a great job acting, I just hope you don't turn into some weird guy. I'd be proud anyway, because I know you'll grow up to be a great hero.' Goku said.

***

Great Saiyaman.

That's it.

No context needed.

***

The other girls were talking about Sunset's book and whatnot, and the two kept talking.

'Thanks, Dad.' Gohan said.

'I just wish I could come out and be there all the time so we can do stuff. Like have a three way fishing competition, now that would be fun!' Goku said.

'What's the restriction?' Gohan asked.

'I'm technically erased out of existence. I don't know how, but I think my soul lived through you.' Goku said.

'That sounds weird... By the way, how did you get erased?' Gohan asked.

'I lost to someone really powerful. Pink, and mutated. His body... Everything was just weird and musclely and bulgy... I don't know how to describe him. No matter what I threw at him, even a Spirit Bomb didn't beat him!' Goku said.

'A-A Spirit Bomb didn't beat this guy!? I have a theory that this monster killed everyone on Earth...' Gohan said.

'Maybe. He said he wanted to exterminate all life in the universe.' Goku said.

'Then I hope I can beat this guy... A few people we beat before somehow came back to fight again.' Gohan said.

'Broly, and who else?' Goku asked.

'Everyone did at one point, because hell's gates were open. I had to beat someone in hell while Goten and the others defended Equestria.' Gohan said.

'Oh. So...?' Goku asked.

'Frieza came back from what I believe to be Namekian dragon balls...' Gohan said.

'Whoa! Really!? What happened?' Goku asked.

'Oh my gosh, he trained for four months and he was super strong! When I fought him, his power was too great for me! I couldn't land the Dragon Fist on him, either.' Gohan said.

'How'd you beat him?' Goku asked.

'I... Tried to self destruct.' Gohan said.

'Oh, I see. I guess you were too powerful for that to actually kill you.' Goku said.

'I lucked out, yeah. I hope this guy isn't as powerful as them, because I really want vengeance for them destroying mom!' Gohan said.

'Chi Chi!?' Goku asked.

'I think she was destroyed with you.' Gohan said.

'O-Oh... I... Oh...' Goku said, clearly distraught.

'Are you okay, Dad?' Gohan asked.

'I-I'll be fine, son. I'm just a bit... Surprised... Also really mad.' Goku said.

'Why do you have to stay in the necklace, though?' Gohan asked, changing the subject.

'I dunno. I guess it's my recharge. I can appear for a while, unless we're fighting because this runs on ki.' Goku said.

'Sounds very counter productive.' Gohan said.

'I don't know what that means either.' Goku said.

'It basically means it doesn't really sound useful.' Gohan said.

'Ohh. Okay.' Goku said.

"Okay, I'm heading to Equestria!" Sunset said.

"Sorry, I wasn't listening- For what purpose?" Gohan asked.

"Princess Twilight wants me to come over and get a journal." Sunset said.

"Oh, okay." Gohan said.

Nearby, in the crevice of pots and unseen spots...

A pink hydra was roaming quietly and unnoticed.

***

Juniper was playing with her new mirror behind the counter of refreshments.

Which reflected a weird reflection...

It was as if she saw a famous version of herself.

"It's like this mirror is the only one around here who gets me." She said.

Then an irritable cleared throat came from behind.

It was the manager, holding a broom.

"Popcorn spill at the condiment counter." The manager said, handing it to her.

"Does this look like someone who cleans popcorn spills?" Juniper asked with sass, showing the mirror to him.

He saw only himself.

"No. It looks like someone about to fire somebody." He said.

***

"Ugh!" Juniper groaned as she went to the popcorn spill.

She sighed angrily.

"This is the worst!" She said, dropping the broom.

Then she had an idea.

Bad one, on paper.

"Hey, I know what will perk me up! A little Mirror Me time!" She said, pulling out her mirror.

It was reflecting her dreams...

Fans wanting autographs, etc.

"That's more like it!" She said, giggling.

"I wish this popcorn would just clean itself up so I could just stare at you all day." She said.

Wish granted.

The mirror glowed and absorbed all the popcorn!

"Whuh? Done already? I'm shocked." The manager said.

Juniper giggled nervously. "You and me both!" She said.

***

Sunset returned to Equestria!

For the second time.

And she was thrown into a pile of books by the portal this time.

A pony, Starlight walked up to her.

"Unh.... Princess Twilight...? Is that you?" Sunset asked as she regained her sight.

"Nope! Starlight Glimmer." Starlight said.

Sunset chuckled nervously before standing on her hindlegs by accident.

"Oops... Heheh..." She said as she tried to walk around.

She was tripping and stuff.

"Uh... Maybe put your forehooves on the ground?" Starlight asked.

"Actually..." Sunset said, starting to just float.

"This is much easier." She said, shocking Starlight.

She noticed her shock and changed the subject.

"You're Twilight's student, right?" Sunset asked.

"Uh-huh. She wanted me to give you these." Starlight said, using her magic to float three magical journals.

One was for Twilight and Sunset, and two were for...

"Why are there three?" Sunset asked.

"There's one for you and Princess Twilight, and one for you and Gohan." Starlight said.

"Oh..." Sunset said.

"Well, here." Starlight said.

She released them, assuming Sunset would take it with her magic, but...

Instead she reached for them with her hoof.

And Starlight dropped it.

The two awkwardly smiled at each other.

Sunset started to rub her hoof all over a book in an attempt to grab it.

It had been way too long...

Starlight pointed at her head as a hint...

"That's right! Gohan's teachings!" Sunset said, not using what Starlight meant.

She used her ki to lift the books into her backpack.

With some strain, but she got it.

Which confused Starlight.

"Gohan's teachings? What do you mean?" Starlight asked.

"He taught me telepathy without magic. And- Oh. That's what you meant... Oh." Sunset said.

"Yeah. Anyway, she wanted to give it to you herself, but then she and her friends were called away to solve a friendship problem. That happens a lot around here." Starlight said.

"Wait, if they were all called, why wasn't Gohan called too?" Sunset asked.

"Apparently his kanji wasn't floating alongside the Cutie marks on the Cutie map." Starlight said, pointing at said map.

Yep.

His Kanji was the only exception.

"Oh. Well, that must be stressful, huh? Never knowing when you might be called on to save the day. Dropping everything at a moment's notice. How does she do it? Wait, how does HE do it!?" Sunset thought.

"What do you- Oh! You mean Gohan... Yeah, that is a good question." Starlight said.

"An alien from space came and he had to beat him... And then a floating planet robot army came." Sunset said.

"And I've seen him take on more monsters than anypony on this planet. Save Princess Celestia." Starlight said.

"Well, anyway..." Sunset said.

"She just told me to give you the journals." Starlight said.

"Heheh... So, are you sure she won't be back anytime soon?" Sunset asked.

"Oo...Kay, I guess I'll be going now." Sunset said, floating to the portal.

But, Starlight had some questions...

"What's it like back there?" She asked.

"It's pretty different. It's a world full of people that look like Gohan, but usually taller and a bit slimmer. And also, they're exact copies of the ponies here. It's kinda hard to explain." Sunset said.

"Heh. Guess you kinda have to go there to really get it, huh? I, uh, don't suppose..." Starlight said, hinting at something clearly obvious.

"You really think Princess Twilight would be okay with that?" Sunset asked.

"She let's Gohan and Goten through whenever they want. I doubt me leaving for a while would make her angry... Besides, I don't know for sure that she wouldn't be okay with it." Starlight said.

"That's not a particularly compelling argument." Sunset said.

"She wants me to learn as much as I can about friendship. And I'm not learning a whole lot just hanging out here in her castle." Starlight said.

"...Well, I haven't ever seen you in that world. So chances are you aren't gonna run into yourself." Sunset said.

"...Is something you don't hear everyday." Starlight said.

"Gohan rams into himself four times at least once a week." Sunset said.

"Why!? How do you even know that?" Starlight asked.

"It's his cloning, silly! And also because he just does it RIGHT in front of us sometimes." Sunset said.

"Plus, we're dating, so I know a lot more about him now." She added.

'More like nearly everything.' She thought.

"You? Him? Seriously?" Starlight asked.

'How come he's been hiding this?' She thought.

He really hadn't.

"Yeah... To be honest, he didn't seem to return the feelings at first, but now he does." Sunset said.

"Wow... I thought he'd be in love with a Saiyan or a Human." Starlight said.

"That's exactly what happens over there. I become a human." Sunset said.

"Really? This sounds interesting..." Starlight said. "How'd you two... Um, fall for each other?" She asked.

"Well, I had this really huge crush on him after he stood up for me when I was framed. Oh my gosh, after that, he was just a lot more charming, cute, and everything in the book. I started to act nervous around him, and I even went to Princess Twilight about it. She was... Well, really excited to see it." Sunset said.

"And what about Gohan...?" Starlight asked.

"Well... You know the phrase, 'What is it called when your crush has a crush on you?'" Sunset asked.

"No." Starlight said.

"Its imagination." Sunset said.

"Oh. Okay... So... He didn't like you back...?" Starlight asked.

"Well, I guess. I told him, and he didn't understand. Once we... Well, kissed, he didn't know that we even kissed until I told him." Sunset said.

"I thought he was smart...?" Starlight said/asked.

"Well, he's super smart, no doubt about it. But he had no clue whatsoever about romance." Sunset said.

"Oh. I can see that happening if his father has two kids yet doesn't even know what kissing is." Starlight said.

"Yeah. Well, he's learning more and more. But now... Well, I don't want to speak for him, but he really likes me in that way." Sunset said.

"Ooh... Have you two...?" Starlight asked with a smirk.

"N-No!" Sunset said, blushing. "He's too innocent!" She retorted.

Starlight giggled. "Okay then... If you really like him, you'll do it eventually." She said.

"N-No! Some pe- po... Okay, some COUPLES don't do that until marriage." Sunset said.

"Pfft. Like who?" Starlight asked.

...

"Okay, you got me. But I'm not going to do that unless he wants to... Which I doubt he will." Sunset said.

"Well, good luck. Tell me more!" Starlight said.

"Later. Anyway, just lay low. Don't draw too much attention to your-" Sunset said, before Starlight scoffed.

"You'll barely even notice I'm there!" Starlight said.

"Introducing you to my friends could be a nice distraction." Sunset said.

"But you'll also totally notice I'm there, and it will keep your mind off of other things that might be bothering you. So? What do you think? Can I go back with you!?" Starlight asked, giving her puppy dog eyes with hearts and sparkles and shit in them.

Well, not actual shit, but- You get the point.

***

The two were on the other side.

Starlight groaned as she got up.

"What happened?" She said, inspecting her hands.

Then she saw the human Sunset.

"It's all pretty weird at first, but try to roll with it." She said, helping the new Starlight up.

Who struggled to stay standing.

"Hi!" Sunset said to a passer by.

Starlight inspected herself even more.

"Are these...!?" She asked.

"Hands." Sunset said.

"And what happened to the rest of my hoo-" "Feet! Those are feet." Sunset interrupted.

"Remember the whole thing where I said you need to lay low? Now would be a good time to play it cool." She said.

"Oh. Right. Heh. Play it cool. Heheh." Starlight said.

Then she started to trot on all fours...

And a few people saw that...

Sunset stood her up.

And a few people passed by with some looks.

"You did say I'd make a good distraction." Starlight said.

"Okay, so, I'll fly you to the movie theatre to my friends, and we'll go from there." Sunset said, grabbing Starlight's hand.

"Okay- AH!" Starlight yelped as they suddenly flew.

***

The hydra creature, Watagash, was roaming behind the counter.

Juniper sighed as she was filling popcorn boxes.

"Stupid... What nut orders 15 orders of popcorn!?" She muttered.

"That would be me." A voice came from behind.

It was Gohan, Goten, and the rest of the Humane 7.

"JUNIPER MONTAGE!?" Pinkie screamed.

Juniper nearly fell over at that booming voice.

"Oh, right." Gohan said.

"How did you even hear me?" Juniper asked.

"What in the blazes are you doin' here?" Applejack asked.

"Were you invited to the Daring Do premiere? Ooh, that's exciting! No, crazy! No, concerning! No! Just-" Pinkie said, before Gohan put his hand over her mouth.

"It's not that bad...! Unless she wants revenge or something." He said.

"It kinda feels that way." Goten said.

"It IS that way! I wasn't invited to the premiere. My uncle Canter Zoom felt bad for firing me, so he pulled some strings and got me this job." Juniper said.

"You work here?" Fluttershy asked.

"As little as possible." Juniper said.

...

"Y'know, if you hadn't tried to sabotage the movie, you could be celebrating with us." Rainbow Dash said.

"Rainbow Dash, don't use hindsight when it's clearly obvious... Unless she doesn't realize it SOMEHOW." Gohan said.

Juniper groaned in anger and went from behind the counter to in front of it.

"Ugh! This should be MY night! I would have found a way to be in the film if YOU all had stayed out of it! I would have been Daring Do! Everyone would've loved me! SEE!?" Juniper asked, showing off the mirror.

There were just a bunch of confused looks.

"What?" Everyone asked.

"I do feel some sort of energy emanating from it." Gohan said.

"She doesn't realize it, Gohan." Goten said.

"Can't you see what's right under your noses? Ugh! I wish-" Juniper said, before...

Suddenly...

Her eyes glowed red for a moment, then she fell on her knees.

"What?" Pinkie asked.

"Are you alright?" Twilight asked.

Juniper slowly stood up with closed eyes.

And she seemed even more angry.

'A rise in power... But how? It's unnatural...' Gohan thought.

***

A spaceship was soaring the cosmos.

It had a radar...

"Planet Equestria!? That's so far away! Ugh. Oh well. Maybe I can make a few pitstops... This is going to take a long time." The man said.

***

"You know..." Juniper said, standing up again.

"Uh..." Everyone said.

She suddenly had an evil grin.

And a pink cotton ball antenna popped out of her head.

Her eyes were completely red.

"I have the sudden feeling that I... Can take on anything!" She yelled, powering up immensely.

She had this red aura.

'What the heck!?' Gohan thought.

She had a few veins bulging out...

She charged through the counter, putting a huge hole in it!

Her blinding speed was too much for the rest of the Humane 7.

She sequentially punched and kicked every single one away.

They all had quite a hard landing, but not enough to create a ton of damage.

Nobody happened to be nearby.

But Gohan and Goten blocked her next attack!

"W-What happened!?" Gohan asked.

"She just got crazy strong!" Goten said.

"I'm gonna tear you apart...!" Juniper said.

The Humane 6 all got themselves up.

"Oh that is it!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

She instantly ponied up.

"Let's play it on difficult!" She yelled, charging at Juniper.

Juniper grinned. "Come at me!" She yelled.

She raised her mirror up. "I WISH YOU'D ALL GO AWAY!" She yelled.

"Uh oh." Gohan said.

A huge gust of magic and wind came from the mirror.

The Humane 6 were all sucked in!

Juniper put the mirror in her view again.

"Hmm. Looks like I may be finally getting the hang of this." She said with a red flash in her eyes.

She picked up Fluttershy's butterfly barrette and put it on her vest.

"You..." Gohan said.

Juniper looked up, looking irritated.

It was only Gohan.

He had a pretty stern face.

"I don't know what happened to you, but that doesn't protect you from my wrath." Gohan said.

Juniper giggled...

"Your wrath? I think I should put you in your place, boy!" She yelled.

Nobody happened to be nearby.

***

What the fuck kind of place is this?

It's... A winter wonderland?

There's no snow, but...

"Uh... Any clue yet where we are or what just happened? Anyone?" Rarity asked.

"I think we're in a mirror...?" Goten asked... Kinda.

"Pinkie Pie's on the case!" Pinkie said.

She first broke the fourth wall by changing the camera angle.

"Nope, no wall over here. Come out, come out, walls, wherever you are!" She said, running away.

Eventually she came back.

Running in the same direction...?

"I don't get this place!" She said.

Gone again.

Oop. She's back.

"There's no walls in here anywhere!" She said.

"You're adding to the nonsense... To be frank." Goten said.

Then there was some sort of portal angled 78 degrees downward at the group.

In the sky...?

"Exit!" Goten said, flying up.

"Somehow, some way, that dang Juniper sucked us all inside of that mirror of hers." Applejack said.

"Or into some kind of limbo behind it." Twilight said.

"I think I might be freaking out a little bit." Fluttershy said.

"You call THAT a freak out?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I am internally... Especially at that." Fluttershy said, pointing at Goten.

Speaking of whom...

"What is going on?" He asked, suddenly teleporting back a few feet as he gets close to the portal thing.

It's like Super Mario 64 with this shit.

You can't access the final boss and if you try it won't work.

Going up those stairs forever unless you get the stars- I'm rambling.

"Uh... So we can't get out...?" Applejack asked.

"I'm trying!" Goten yelled, turning Super Saiyan.

"On the upside, there's popcorn in here!" Pinkie said, throwing that up and eating some.

"Mmm... Sticky..." She said.

"How could this happen on the evening of my very first movie premiere? Of all the nights! Curse you, cruel fate!" Rarity said.

"Not our #1 problem right now, Rarity." Rainbow Dash said.

"Mmm, true. But perhaps we can agree it's in the top five." Rarity said.

Goten just gave up on flying.

"Would blasts work?" He asked, throwing a ki blast.

I...

Pfft...

The...

The blast... It's just...

Teleporting back and going forward in a vicious cycle.

"Ooh! Hypnotic!" Pinkie said.

"I give up. Gohan can get us out, right?" Goten asked, flying down.

As he made it to the others' level...

He fell through the floor...?

"Uh..." Everyone said.

Then he came back out of the sky.

"Now I can't even stand!? What is this place!?" Goten asked.

"Is there really no way out of here?" Applejack asked.

Then fucking almonds came out from the portal, raining down on the seven.

Various 'Ow!'S and 'Ugh!'s and 'Mmm!'s.

The 'Mmm!'s came from Goten and Pinkie.

What a surprise.

Rarity just put up a diamond to defend herself.

"What's that?" She asked.

Goten and Pinkie were playing catch without their hands.

Rainbow Dash just dodged and caught one.

"Chocolate covered almonds?" She asked.

***

"Oh come on! Why!?" Gohan asked, trying to reason with her.

"I'm not listening!" Juniper said as she started sucking up almonds into her mirror.

"I really don't want to solve this with violence, but I have no choice." Gohan said.

***

Sunset and Starlight were in the mall, having ice cream.

Sunset was calling everyone.

"Six cell phones. All straight to voicemail." She said.

"I'm sure they're around. What's the worst that could've happened?" Starlight asked.

"Magic is on the loose here now, and it does not work the same way it does back in Equestria. Any number of terrible things could have happened." Sunset said before exhaling.

"And lately, I spend eighty percent of my time thinking about them. My friends are probably fine. I'm overreacting. But maybe not. I can't tell anymore." She said.

"This is the problem you wanted to talk to Princess Twilight about, right? Because you can still talk it over with me if you want." Starlight said.

...

"Or you could just journal with Princess Twilight or Gohan about it. Whatever works." She added.

"It's just... I know my friends and I have been given special powers for a reason, and I want to be ready for whatever is gonna be thrown at us. Gohan can't always be there for us, and I guess knowing that is making me feel like I could never really relax and let my guard down, so I end up obsessing about it and can't get out of my own head." Sunset said.

"...Hmm... That's a toughie. Guess my advice would be to just trust things will work themselves out in the end. If you spend too much time worrying about the bad things that MIGHT happen, you'll miss out on all the good things that ARE happening." Starlight said.

"You mean correcting Gohan on how to date?" Sunset asked sarcastically.

"You have to do that?" Starlight asked, not realizing sarcasm.

"Well, yeah, but that was a joke. Half the time it goes that way." Sunset said.

"Really? Doesn't sound like the perfect boyfriend to me." Starlight said.

"He's learning. If you saw it the way I see it, you'd understand." Sunset said with a smile.

"Uwah!"

"What was that?" Starlight asked.

Even some bystanders looked around in confusion.

Then, out of nowhere, Gohan was sliding backwards on his feet across the floor.

With a little buffed up Juniper trailing him.

He stopped beside Sunset and Starlight.

"I said let go of my friends!" He yelled, jumping at her.

The two's fists collided with each other.

"It's Juniper Montage!" Sunset said.

"No!" Starlight said dramatically before gasping.

"...Who's that?" She asked seriously.

Gohan just kicked Juniper to the side.

Some people started taking pictures of this... Thing.

"She's trouble. Huh. That's Fluttershy's barrette. Wait here for me." Sunset said, ponying up.

Well, Starlight was just confused at that.

Sunset flew into the brawl.

She rammed herself into the... Sort of heteromorphisation Juniper.

If that's even a thing.

Whatever.

Juniper didn't fall, but was knocked back a bit.

And she smirked. "Sunset Shimmer! I was wondering when you would show up." She said.

"What did you do to my friends!?" Sunset asked.

"I won't tell..." Juniper said.

"She has them captive in that magic mirror. And surprisingly got Goten." Gohan said.

"Juniper, give me my friends back!" Sunset yelled.

"Actually... I was thinking that you should join them!" Juniper yelled, aiming her mirror at the two.

Then there was yet another huge gust of wind and magic.

Gohan had to cover himself with crossed arms.

And Sunset was pulled into the damn mirror.

Starlight gasped, and so did everyone else.

Now Gohan was at full rage mode.

Not full...

Well, let's say 40%?

I mean, if he was at full, he'd go Super Saiyan- I'm rambling.

He gave Juniper the sternest and angriest of looks.

Juniper only giggled as her eyes glowed red for a moment.

"I'm surprised you're still here... But I'm the strongest!" She yelled.

'I think she's possessed or something.' Goku said.

'Oh gee, I never thought of that- Of course I knew that! What is that thing sticking out of her head!?' Gohan thought.

***

Everyone was just hanging around.

Then...

Sunset was hurled out of that portal.

"Sunset Shimmer!" Twilight said.

Everyone was excited to see her!

...

They all helped her up.

"Hooray! We're all together again! Except Gohan." Pinkie said, hugging Sunset.

"How is he doing against her?" Twilight asked.

Fluttershy noticed her pendant glowing.

In fact, everyone's were.

"Um... Everyone...?" She asked.

"Holding back against her for no reason whatsoever." Sunset said as she ponied down.

"Uh... Guys?" Fluttershy asked.

"As to be expected." Goten said.

"And Starlight Glimmer is out there too." Sunset said.

"Girls." Fluttershy said a little more sternly.

"You mean Twilight's student in Equestria?" Rarity asked.

"How would SHE know where- Ohhhh!" Pinkie said, putting her elbow on Sunset's shoulder and giving her a grin.

"...You didn't. She isn't...!" Twilight said.

"Why not?" Goten asked.

"I kinda told her she could come back here with me." Sunset said.

"Everyone, please." Fluttershy said.

Ugh. Nobody's listening to her because I am an evil person.

"You really think Princess Twilight would be okay with that?" Applejack asked.

"I don't know for sure that she wouldn't be okay with it..." Sunset said.

"Which isn't a very compelling argument." Goten said.

"Um, so sorry to interrupt, but-" Fluttershy said, before-

"Whoa! Check out our geodes!" Rainbow Dash said.

And they were glowing.

Fluttershy sighed. "That's what I was trying to say." She said.

"We'll put that as the fact in the book." Goten reassured.

Then there were tremors and glows of lights randomly.

"Something's changed. This wasn't happening before." Twilight said.

"Maybe it's because all seven of us are together now." Sunset said.

"But isn't Gohan a part of our necklace thingy?" Pinkie asked.

"I think we found the substitute..." Rarity said, looking at Goten with fear.

"What?" Goten asked.

As it turns out, he was glowing black.

He looked at his hands, and-

"Oh, crapbaskets." He said.

"Oh. You say that too." Sunset said.

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Applejack asked.

Then everyone's necklaces (Goten had it just blasted from his body) blasted at the portal.

And intensified the portal.

"I'm going with not a good thing!" Rarity said.

"And I was a Super Saiyan!" Goten said, losing the stamina to stay Super Saiyan.

***

Some rainbow came from the mirror and went into Juniper, and she started glowing blue and growing gigantic.

'You have GOT to be KIDDING me. Was Goten a Super Saiyan!?' Gohan thought.

Now she was... Well, transformed.

The pink antenna was on her head, still.

And she had some veins popping out...

And red eyes.

It's her fantasy self, I guess.

Juniper looked into her mirror and herself.

"Now everyone will recognize I'm a REAL star!" She said.

People started screaming and somewhat running.

I mean, it's not everyday you see a nine foot tall behemoth- Oh wait, that was a few weeks ago.

Starlight kinda hid behind a bookshelf.

Some people were taking pictures.

Like fucking dumbasses.

Juniper perceived that as photographers and news reporters and shit.

She saw a boy and a mother, who SEEMED like they liked her, but were terrified as hell.

"Want Mommy to take our picture together?" Juniper asked.

The boy had an ice cream that he dropped.

They got the fuck out of there!

Then Juniper was kneed in the face.

"Don't forget about the enemy in front of you!" He yelled as he punched her again.

He kicked the mirror right out of her hand!

It landed, and cracked a little bit.

***

"So you've already tried flying?" Sunset asked.

Then the weird realm they were in started cracking.

"The mirror is breaking!" She said.

"Brilliant deduction!" Twilight said sarcastically.

"Oh come on, what is taking Gohan so long!?" Goten yelled.

'I really hope you know what you're doing, Gohan!' Sunset thought.

***

Gohan dashed over to the mirror and picked it up.

"Give that back!" Juniper yelled, trying to grab him.

He jumped back.

"No!" Gohan yelled.

And he pulled down the skin under his eye and stuck his tongue out in an attempt to infuriate her.

Which worked!

Juniper tried ramming into Gohan only to ram into the wall.

"I wish my friends and my brother were out of this mirror!" He yelled.

...

He landed on the ground.

'It's not working.' Goku said.

'Oh gee, I didn't realize!' Gohan thought.

'Jeez! What got you so angry?' Goku asked.

'ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW!?' Gohan asked.

"Looks like you can't use it! Hah!" Juniper yelled.

She grabbed a soda machine and hurled it at Gohan!

Gohan sighed as he caught that with one hand and hurled it right back.

He dashed alongside it.

Well, Juniper was obviously confused.

The two rammed into her, right into the wall.

Gohan jumped back and fired a barrage of yellow blasts with one hand!

He jumped back to try again.

"Mirror, I wish that you brought Sunset Shimmer, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Son Goten, Applejack, and Twilight Sparkle back to this world!" He said.

No response.

Juniper yelled as she jumped out of the debris.

"Give it back to me!" She yelled.

"My friends and family are in it!" Gohan yelled.

Then at that exact moment...

A clip of Dance Magic JUST happened to play at that moment.

And that made Juniper angry.

"You and your FRIENDS stole my one chance at being famous!" Juniper yelled.

"Is that what this is about!?" Starlight asked.

The two turned their heads to Starlight.

"Starlight Glimmer...?" Gohan asked.

"Is fame really what you're after? Or is it something else!?" Starlight asked.

Juniper groaned in frustration and grabbed a vending machine.

"LIKE WHAT!?" She screamed, hurling it at her.

Gohan quickly kicked the vending machine aside.

"A friend...!?" Starlight asked.

"Starlight, take this for a moment." Gohan said, handing the mirror over to Starlight.

"Why would I need a friend!? I am at my strongest, and NOBODY CAN STOP ME!" Juniper yelled.

Gohan made his yellow aura flare.

"Okay, Juniper..." He said.

He started running at her.

"If you're at your full power, then maybe you should see mine!" He yelled, suddenly turning Super Saiyan.

And his speed increased dramatically.

"W-What!?" Juniper asked before she was elbowed in the stomach.

She tried responding with a punch downward, but Gohan flew around and rammed into her side.

He threw a barrage of punches, screaming that same thing as his father.

"ATATATATATATA!"

Just a lot more high pitched.

He kicked her up towards the ceiling, but teleported behind her and performed an axe kick on her, sending her to the ground.

But he didn't end it there.

He teleported to the side of where she would land and kicked her to the wall!

And then...

"Kamehameha!" He yelled, firing the immense yet weakened blast.

I mean, he went overboard with Super Saiyan, but...

BOOM!

Explosion!

Well, that died down soon.

Starlight soon walked to Gohan's side.

"You did it!" She said.

"Since when did you get here?" Gohan asked.

"Er... I convinced Sunset Shimmer to take me." Starlight said.

"Oh. Okay." Gohan said.

The smoke finally died down and a very weakened Juniper was there.

Well, the pink antenna was gone.

And so was her transformation.

She was regular old Juniper Montage.

Struggling to stand up.

The two felt bad...

But...

They walked up to her.

She looked up at Gohan with fear and tears.

"I... I-I..." She sobbed repeatedly.

...

"Juniper... Do you understand?" Starlight asked.

"Understand what!?" Juniper sobbed.

"What you really want?" Gohan asked.

"But... B-But who would want to be my friend!?" Juniper sobbed.

"I'll be your friend." Gohan and Starlight both said.

"Why!?" Juniper asked.

"Because I understand you." Starlight said.

"I also know how you feel." Gohan said.

"We've had times in our lives where we wanted revenge." He said.

"You think getting revenge would make you feel better, but it won't. You'll probably murder someone!" Starlight said.

"Like I wanted to!" Gohan said.

"You wanted to?" Starlight asked.

"Who wouldn't?" Gohan asked.

"Fair point." Starlight said.

Juniper pondered.

"I've already made too many mistakes. What I've done is... is... unforgivable." She said, sitting instead of being on her knees.

"No, Juniper. I know they'll forgive you. But first, you have to set them free!" Starlight said, handing the mirror over to Juniper.

Juniper took it.

"It won't matter if you regain that strength. You can control it." Gohan said.

"I..." Juniper said.

"I wish I could make up for my mistakes!" She said.

And like that...

The seven were freed!

And the mirror was a mirror again.

And all the debris and damages were gone.

Everyone got themself up.

"Gohan! You did it!" Sunset said, giving him a big hug.

Starlight giggled.

"Half of it was the fight... The other half being Starlight convincing her." Gohan said.

"And you had to go Super Saiyan?" Goten asked.

"Oh, no. I just wanted to show her how serious I could get." Gohan said.

Then some of the shoppers came back to look.

"So much for laying low..." Starlight said.

"That's mostly my fault for being explosive." Gohan said.

"And your hair." Sunset said, rubbing that weirdly unchanged hair.

"It's not it's natural color, I know." Gohan said.

Then everyone turned to Juniper.

And she had some talking and apologizing to do.

"I'm so sorry..." Juniper said.

"Don't worry. We've all been there." Sunset said.

"Really?" Juniper asked, not buying it.

Starlight raised her hand.

"Manipulated an entire town into giving up their talents so they wouldn't think they were special." She said.

"Overpowered by a magic I couldn't control and created a rift between two worlds, almost destroying both of them in the process." Twilight said.

"Turned an entire school into my own personal zombie army in hopes of conquering a distant pony world." Sunset said.

"Fighting an evil so great that I managed to gain immense power to stop him but I ended up torturing him like a sadist until he realized he could self destruct to destroy the planet, resulting in the sacrifice of my father and everyone wanting to kill me for it." Gohan said.

...

Juniper was just surprised.

"...Yeah, I don't think it counts for you, Gohan." Sunset said.

"It does to me! That hurts me to this day." Gohan said.

'At least I don't care about dying five thousand times!' Goku said.

"Wow! We are a REAAAALLY forgiving group." Pinkie said.

"Except Gohan doesn't need it. He got it from everyone already." Rainbow Dash said.

Everyone just laughed.

***

Hangout in front of the damn portal.

Why can't they just go to the park?

Is that Twilight leaning against the portal but not going on?

Huh?

Well, the more confusing thing was, Gohan and Goten training.

Or Goten really trying to beat the shit out of Gohan with nothing but failure.

Gohan didn't want to do that since he just fought some huge weird evil thing.

But, Goten was a feisty little one.

So...

While Juniper was laughing with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie, she couldn't help but wonder

HOW THE FUCK GOHAN FUNCTIONS.

Sorry.

"What is that kid...? How does he do those blasts and stuff?" Juniper asked.

"Gohan? He's a pretty cool guy." Rainbow Dash said.

"He has super powers because he's a half alien. Or, a whole alien, to be realistic. We can do the blasts too! Watch!" Pinkie said, blasting a pink blast to the sky.

"Oh... Uh... That's weird. And doesn't seem to make any sense..." Juniper said.

"We stopped asking questions a long time ago." Rainbow Dash said.

"What about his yellow hair?" Juniper asked.

"Oh. That's Super Saiyan. Increases every ability of his tens of times over!" Pinkie said.

"He even has Super Saiyan 2 and 4." Rainbow Dash said.

"Then... What happened to 3?" Juniper asked.

It sucks.

Not really, but it's an asspull a little better than Ultra Instinct.

"It's not a thing because Pinkie keeps insisting that it's Super Saiyan 4." Rainbow Dash said.

"Because it's true!" Pinkie said.

"Oh, right. Gohan." Sunset said.

Goten stopped his attacking.

"Yes?" Gohan asked.

"Princess Twilight wanted me to give you this." Sunset said, giving him a book.

It was a journal with Gohan's kanji '飯' and Sunset's cutie mark merged together.

"What is it?" Gohan asked.

"It's the same kind of journal Twilight and I have, but for me and you." Sunset said.

"Oh. I guess that's good. Thanks." Gohan said.

'Kiss! Kiss!' Starlight thought.

That didn't happen.

'Aww!' She thought.

"I'm so sad to leave. I haven't really had the chance to get to know all of you. And to see Gohan be with his marefriend." Starlight said with a smirk.

"What's a marefriend?" Everyone but Gohan, Goten and Sunset asked.

"It's girlfriend over there." Gohan said.

"Oh." Everyone said.

"Maybe you don't have to leave yet." Sunset said, noticing that Twilight left a message.

She opened the book and read it.

"Dear Sunset,

some lessons are better learned in action, and you girls are great teachers. Starlight should stay for a few more days. Enjoy the premiere!"

"Well, I guess that works out. I'm also guessing that you're having a few slumber parties." Gohan said.

"Yeah!" Pinkie said.

"And Juniper's coming!" Fluttershy said.

"Y-Yay!" Juniper said, a bit surprised.

"And, uh... Gohan too, right?" Sunset asked Gohan.

Well...

He didn't really want to today...

"Riiiight?" Sunset asked, nudging him with her elbow.

"Uh... I-I don't know, I'm not really in the mood to sleepover again." Gohan said.

"Oh, come on. It won't hurt!" Sunset said.

"Do it for her." Starlight said with a wink.

"How do you even know- Oh." Gohan said.

"Sorry..." Sunset said.

"I-Its okay, I don't intend to hide it." Gohan said.

"I mean, you don't reveal it. Only I tend to get affectionate." Sunset said.

"Uh... L-Let's just go to the premiere already." Gohan said, changing the subject.

"Don't try to change the subject here, trying to hide it." Sunset said.

"Oh, come on..." Gohan said.

'This is just cute.' Starlight thought.

'What is this?' Juniper thought.

"Fine, I'll stay too." Gohan said.

"Me too." Goten said.

"This has gone way out of turn." Rarity said.

"I like seeing this. I can't wait for the to-" "-NO!" Sunset interrupted Starlight, blushing.

"It's just a joke." Starlight said, giggling.

"What?" Gohan asked.

"Don't ask." Sunset said.

"But wha-" "-I said don't ask!" Sunset interrupted.

"I can't wait to see you two all lovey dovey in the premiere." Starlight said.

"Expect that." Rainbow Dash joked.

"I am beyond confused as to why this is happening." Juniper said.

"Let's just go...!" Gohan said, blushing and crossing his arms.

Everyone laughed.

At his expense, I guess.

But eventually he laughed at himself.

Nearby, Watagash roamed.

He slipped into the sewage.

Uh oh.

We're fucked.