Starlight and Twilight stared quietly at the entourage of armored ponies and their dragon leader, who growled deeply.

"Are you two deaf? Get on your feet and put your hands in the air." The black dragon hissed.

"Maybe they are confused by your terminology sir. Even though ponies walk on two legs, we have hooves sir." One of the pony guards to the left of the dragon said.

"I know that!" The dragon shouted lowering his sword and turning to the guard. "It's just a lot easier to say get on your feet than get on your hooves!"

Starlight slowly pulled herself up and gestured for Twilight to follow her as they started slowly sneaking away.

"Is it though? I mean, they have the same amount of syllables." Another guard to the right said.

"Do they?!? Fe-et. Hoo-ves. Fe-et. Hoo-" A female guard in the back shouted before he was interrupted by the dragon.

"SHUT UP!" The dragon commanded before bringing a hand to his face and sighing. "Ok, trying again."

He raised his sword again at Starlight and Twilight. "Get on your hooves you tw-" he started before turning his head to notice that neither of them were there anymore. His mouth fell open as he simply stared at the empty space.

"They got away sir." The guard who started the initial debate said before the dragon brought his hand back and wacked the guard directly in the face slamming him into the guard next to him.

"FIND THEM!" The dragon hissed.

"Yes sir!" The pony guards shouted in salute before quickly splitting up to search the town.

Starlight and Twilight meanwhile watched the preceding events while hiding behind barrels in a nearby alley. "That's weird... Are we in like... the future or something?" Starlight asked.

"I don't think so. The mirror we used to create an interdimensional portal broke and caused a vortex of limbotic energies which drew us into another universe on the polar opposite end of the dimensional flux." Twilight babbled in science-y gibberish.

"E-Equish please?" Starlight asked nervously.

"We are in another universe. Obviously." Twilight said with a sigh, before she smiled. "That does make getting home a lot easier than if we were in the future though. All we need is a mirror."

Starlight cringed a little and sucked in air through clenched teeth. "That's gonna be a problem."

"Why?" Twilight returned.

"Because I outlawed all mirrors in Our Town." Starlight mumbled quietly.

"Why'd you do that?!?" Twilight shouted before clasping her hands over her mouth and turning back to the street. A guard looked in their direction for a couple seconds before shrugging and walking away.

"Because everypony was supposed to be equal. The other ponies were supposed to be your mirror." Starlight said with a deep shame tinging her voice.

"That makes no sense!" Twilight whisper yelled.

"I know." Starlight returned with a sigh. "The only place I can think of where we can reliably get a mirror is my old house."

The two of them peeked out of the alley to see a burnt down house atop a hill at the end of the town street. "Nevermind." Starlight said.

"Nevermind what?" A third voice said. Both Starlight and turned to see a pink mare in a chefs outfit and magenta hair behind them.

The two of them instantly charged up their horns and glared at her. The unicorn mare, Sugar Belle, jumped back and raised her horns. "Woah." She started before she finally got a good look at the two of them

"Princess Twilight? Starlight? Is that you? T-the Emperor said you were dead." Sugar Belle said causing the two fugitives to raise their eyebrows and depower their horns.

"Emperor? What Emperor?" They both asked in unison.

"By order of Emperor Spike the Brave and Glorious," The black dragon shouted from the center of the town. Twilight and Starlight both gasped when they heard the name. "the inhabitants of Our Town will hand over the fugitives known as Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer or we will burn your houses and the ponies within them to ash!"

"E-Emperor Spike?" They both asked, in shock, seconds before they were each shot in the back by paralysis spells.

Sugar Belle grabbed the both of them by the collar of their shirts and started dragging them into the street, tossing them at the feet of the black dragon.

"Here they are, Charcoal sir." Sugar Belle said with a salute.

"Good filly. When a new batch of slaves has finished training you will be the first pony of this town to get one." Charcoal said with a dark smile. He brought his hand up to give her a pat on the shoulder.

Starlight and Twilight could do nothing but stare up at the mare, who beamed in response. "Much obliged, my lord."

Charcoal snapped his fingers alerting two of his nearby guards. "Pick these two up and load them into a cart. We make way to the Crystal City!"

"Yes sir!" The guards shouted in unison.

Emperor Spike sat on his throne, his hands clasped in front of him and anger in his glowing eyes. He was positively steaming.

"What's wrong my Emperor?" Ember asked as she walked towards him from his bed room. She kneeled down at his side and stared up at him with a cocked head.

"C-call me Spike please. Just for now I want to talk to you as a friend, rather than a master." Spike sighed, bringing his hands to his face.

Ember put a hand on his leg and smiled warmly up at him. "Of course Spike."

Spike sighed once more before slightly smiling and placing his gauntleted hand against hers. "I don't think I can face Twilight again..."

"Why not?" Ember asked in confusion. "You did it before..."

"I know, and it took everything I had to do it." Spike said, his head hung low. "As much as I hate the things she did to me, I can't bring myself to hate her."

Ember brought a hand up to his face, gently turning his chin to look into her eyes. "Spike. Twilight treated you as her slave. She used you and was going to throw you away the moment you became two much trouble for her. We both know this, no matter how many times she lied to you. Why do you think she kept you so small."

"Y-yes. She did." Spike said rage dancing across his face. It always made sense when Ember said this. (Mostly because she was just repeating things he had previously said to her.)

"You are better than her. You care for your property. You love them." Ember asked bringing her face closer. "When you became Dragon Lord, I thought you would become no better than her. How wrong I was. You are the perfect dragon, from your spines to your toes."

Spike smiled once more, reinvigorated by her words.

"Not to mention, your the best fuck I've ever had." Ember said licking her lips.

Spike laughed in response before wrapping his arms around her and pulling her onto his laps. He grouped her shapely rear and licked his lips. "Come here you." He growled lovingly before he locked lips with her, their forked tongues dancing with each other inside Ember's mouth.

Garble slammed open the door to the throne room, interrupting them for the second time that day.

Spike growled as he separated from Ember. "One more time..." He hissed below his breath.

"My lord." Garbles started as he smiled darkly. "We have them."

Ya boy is a dirty filthy liar.