It was a perfectly ordinary day. And not "ordinary" in the "ordinary for Ponyville" way, no no. I mean actually ordinary for once. It was absolute purgatory for one Starlight Glimmer. Her friends were off, gallivanting about with random nonsense such as friendship and whatnot. And this was rather unacceptable. Mostly because now she was bored as Tartarus and needed SOMETHING to do to prevent madness from setting in again.

That poor clerk pony didn't sleep for a week.

"I suppose that I could visit Sunset Shimmer." Starlight pondered to herself, laid in bed, alone. Again. Trixie was too busy being all platonic to ravish her in the ways that stallions couldn't.

... Okay maybe a cold shower first.

A plan of action established, Starlight was preparing her belongings to take with her to the human world. For some reason, despite getting clothes (And a freaking BEANIE), the portal never provided her with a backpack to store stuff in. This time, she would be prepared.

"Okay, so there's some books, a photo of Trixie, some flowers for Sunset (Or a quick snack, either or), another photo of Trixie, a kite, some bits, ANOTHER photo of Trixie...

"Hmm, maybe that's a bit too risque for Sunset." Starlight thought aloud again, before placing the inappropriate picture of Trixie in socks (!!!!) back in her drawer before locking it tight. She didn't need another talk with Twilight about "inappropriate imagery."

Poor Spike didn't sleep for two weeks.

Still, most of this garbage stuff she was packing in was mostly to do an experiment with. After all, if she gains a human form when she goes to Canterlot High, would her stuff become "humanified" too?

That and she was bored enough to try it;. Maybe something wacky would happen, like staying as a pony in the human world, or death, or maybe going to a different universe and becoming a foal again.

Or you know, nothing. That could work too. Might as well try. Stepping into the mirror room, the imposing mirror that the room was named after, Starlight shivered a bit. Crystals don't keep heat in well.

The only sounds around were Starlight's heavy breathing and her clopping of her hooves upon the floor. Gave plenty of thinking room for paranoia-filled thoughts. Still better than thinking of Trixie in socks... No, one cold shower is enough for today.

Starlight stared at the mirror portal. It was imposing. Tall. Shiny. Sticking a hoof out to touch it, the portal rippled in response. Taking a deep breath, Starlight trotted in and went to experience the sensation of becoming a different species.

Normally, this would end with Starlight ending up near Canterlot High, as a purple-hued human with a jacket, shirt, jeans and a beanie. Sadly for Starlight, something was wrong with the mirror that day. You see, as a funny prank, Rainbow Dash flipped the book that powers the portal in order to mess with whoever went through the portal next. Of course, everyone knows that messing with dimensional portal books is a bad idea.

Rainbow Dash was never a thinker.

Starlight's body twisted and turned as she transformed back into her biped human form, but something was "off." Not even the fact that her skin wasn't the same shade as her coat, either. The directions she was being twisted in felt different. It was already bad enough the first time she went through the process, now the lurches are new and scary.

Soon enough however, Starlight was dumped off head first and the portal closed behind her, leaving her trapped within this new location.

Several minutes went by, as Starlight recovered from her sudden bout of head trauma, but eventually she managed to get up from the rough stone floor, she took a look around. It was rather barren, with two tunnels with shallow water leading out, with some stairs into it. There was also two boxes. One was some medical supplies, the other had a strange logo on it.

Still, Starlight had saddlebags full of stuff garbage to science with, she might as well check that out. Noting that it had transformed into a ebony backpack bearing her cutiemark, she opened it up using her dainty, white girl hands, she began to dig around to see what else had changed.

The books had remained largely the same, but with certain words being exchanged for others. the flowers was replaced by a bottle of pills (for SOME reason) and the pictures of Trixie...

Oh. Not only were they of Trixie's human counterpart, they were far, far more risque than the one of Trixie in socks ever was. Sweet Celestia, she could be JAILED for this! Quickly placing them back into the bottom of the bag, Starlight made SURE to hide them. You never know when those could come in handy.

Feeling around some more, she touched something metallic and cold. She didn't bring anything that could be metal, so...

Pulling it out revealed a metallic grey object. The design was simplistic, with only a few notches to ensure maximum efficiency in being built.

It was a pistol.

"Huh. I mean, Sunset had one of these, but I don't recall putting in anything like this." Still, she had a way to defend herself in a magicless world. Now to get that medkit before she collapsed. Dragging herself to the kit, she opened it to find various medical goods, such as needles, pills, bandages, and many more things.

Taking a bandage, she placed it around the aching part of her head, ensuring it was wrapped around to ensure it stayed on. Gotta stay safe in this new and scary world. Moving on to the box, she opened it to find various small objects shaped like the ones depicted on the box. Ammunition. Taking a few magazines for her pistol and placing them in her bag, Starlight was finally ready to move on. Taking a look at her two paths, she sighed. There was boot high water all over the damn floor. And the exits were round. She was bad enough at walking as it was, so having a curved, slippery floor was going to be fun. Taking steps toward the water soaked floor, the water shifted to match the current position of her legs.

Looking towards the left, the tunnel went for a few meters before turning. No idea what could be behind there. Looking forward however, showed a nice, straight tunnel leading to some stairs. An exit!

Walking forward, she noted that the pipes that made up this tunnel weren't that old at all. Maybe it was a recent construction? These thoughts occupied her mind before she bumped into someone.

Starlight fell onto her behind, as the man she bumped into turned around. He was wearing some sort of crash helmet with goggles, with a casual jacket around his torso and some combat trousers covering his legs. And for some reason, most of it was a light blue.

The strange man pulled out a shotgun adorned with a pattern of autumn leaves and pointed it towards Starlight.

And she had her pistol in her backpack too. Damn.

Author's Notes:

Guess the map, win a prize. I'll give you a hint: It's not Hightower.

Story will pick up next time.