This 'Earth' is so close, and yet so far from anything Twilight described on the other side of that mirror. How is Rarity going to get back to her home when she can't understand anyponybody? And didn't Twilight say she became human, and humans didn't use magic? Yet clearly some did... and that wasn't even counting all the devices that might as well have been magical, as far as Rarity was concerned.
Who knew one strange little gem could cause so many problems? They'd taken it from her after it'd brought her straight into a lab for study, but... If she ever found it again, she was definitely going to let Spike eat it. As soon as she got home. And by Celestia, she was going to get home!
...Will Rarity ever find her way home? Is the gem that brought her to Earth the key, and is there more to the factions maneuvering around her appearance?
To complicate matters, this is an Earth recovering from its first alien invasion (Rarity being technically the second, then). ...Or does that actually explain things? No, no it doesn't. But it will.
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To go with the Teen rating (or rather to explain it) there is light profanity and violence. I don't believe either are at a level where the warning tags are needed, but I'll mention it at least.
There may be some darker, more explicit moments in flashbacks, but I'll save those for Interludes.
29 Chapters:
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1. Shopping List: Milk and a Marshmallow [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Feb 18th, 2018
3,627
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2. Apples for a Pair [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 15th, 2018
3,733
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3. Stay Awhile and Listen [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 20th, 2018
3,591
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4. Back in the Saddle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Feb 4th, 2018
4,941
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5. Training, Tales, and Travel Plans [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 4th, 2018
3,255
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6. Straight to the Horse's Ear [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Feb 22nd, 2018
3,181
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7. Dinner and a Show and Tell [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 4th, 2018
4,574
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8. Risks Worth Taking [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 4th, 2018
3,351
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9. Storming the Castle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 9th, 2018
6,547
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10. Calm Between the Storm [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 8th, 2018
3,544
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Interlude: For Science, and Magic. [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 23rd, 2018
4,270
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Interlude: Childhood's End [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 24th, 2018
3,746
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11. Back to the Waking World [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 26th, 2018
3,213
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12. Coffee and Contingency Plans [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 31st, 2018
2,844
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Obvious April 1st Chapter is Obvious [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2018
1,230
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13. Family [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 26th, 2018
3,370
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14. Friends [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2018
3,903
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15. Forward Steps [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2018
5,052
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16. On Two Fronts [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Apr 24th, 2018
3,708
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17. On Two Fronts, Part Two [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 31st, 2018
3,047
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18. Allies [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2018
4,041
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19. The Last Day of the War [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 10th, 2018
3,903
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20. Tea Minus One Week? [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 15th, 2018
2,798
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21. Side by Side [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 18th, 2018
2,414
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22. Observer Effect [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 6th, 2018
3,347
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23. The Strongest [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 13th, 2018
5,608
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24. Defend Your Path [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 24th, 2018
5,740
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25. First Last Steps [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 25th, 2018
3,208
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26. Icarus [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 14th, 2018
5,419