The two humans landed in a bright flash. Tara removed her hands from face, allowing her eyes to adjust to the light of the area. When her sight adjusted she was astonished at the sight. There was lights flashing all around her, bright glowing signs with slogans and logos.

"What is this?" Tara asked, looking at her scientific counterpart.

"The march of progress." Thalia said proudly, "and you're looking at its visionary."

"You mean we did this?"

"Not all of it. You know the term 'progress stands on the shoulders of giants' " Thalia stated, looking up at the skyscrapers. Tara was amazed at the height of each building. She looked at the citizens that walked around; people toyed around with small metal devices, some holding up to their head, and others tapped at the screens.

"What are they doing?" Tara asked looking at the machines.

"It's how we communicate, we can talk to people across the planet with little work. We could also send messages instantly.

"We have to send letters."

"We still do that. It's just not as common." Thalia reassured, grabbing Tara's arm. She showed the sights of the city, including some familiar sites. Tara saw the signs of the city and knew it was the town she resided in, Sugar Cube Confectionaries, Carousel Boutique, and even her library.

"What happened to the library? It was much smaller. Tara looked at the huge building and saw it extend to the sky.

"It's still a library, but on upper floors are the research center, laboratories, and my personal base of operations. Where I keep my inventions." Thalia answered, dragging her other self inside.

"Welcome back Miss Sparkle, and... Miss Sparkle? I guess your cloning machine worked." A secretary greeted happily.

"Hi, can you hold everything? I have something to attend to." Thalia requested, working the glass elevator.

"Yes Miss Sparkle." She said happily, turning her attention to a phone. The two entered inside the elevator; Tara watched the elevator rise, making the workers below seem to shrink.

They reached a certain floor, and Thalia eventually had to pass several security clearances. After five minutes the two finally entered a white empty room. Tara figured this must be her office, and she assumed this mist be where she kept her inventions.

"Where's all the inventions?" Tara asked, turning around slowly. Thalia stayed silent but instead turned to the wall next to the door. She pressed a few buttons before the walls opened and shelves popped out from the walls. There were many devices stored on the walls; Tara tried to grab the nearest one, but her hand was slapped away by Thalia.

"Don't do that." Thalia warned,  looking at the small black colored block.

"What does it do?" Tara asked, resisting the urge to touch it.

"This thing could wipe out this city's power grid!" Thalia explained; Tara looked at herself confused. "It's what makes all the lights turn on. And it powers every technological item we have in this universe."

"Why would you create something that destroys it?"

"A number of reasons, hostile take over from another power, Malfunction in the power grid, unstable inventions. But enough of that, Tara, let me show you something." Thalia requested, grabbing the purple haired girl and directing her back up the elevator.

"What is it?"" Tara asked curiously, looking at the door that needed another security clearance.

"It's a type of machine that could do what most people can't."

"Sounds interesting."

"Interesting, but unstable." Thalia clarified, "this drone will be the salvation or destruction."

"And it's supposed to do what exactly?" Tara asked, feeling slightly nervous.

"Put itself in harms way, I'm pretty sure you know the threats that came up." Thalia answered. "The drones are to stop the losses of the families of soldiers and guards."

"Makes sense , but why is it dangerous."

"I can't exactly get the robots to follow directions all the time." Thalia warned, but after her statement, static rang from the phone.

"That's an understatement," the voice chided metalically. Thalia's face scrunched up to an expression of annoyance.

"Oh shut up," she said Indgnantly into the device.

"What did she mean by that?"

"Nothing special."

"If you call the broken ribs, spines, arms, and legs of scienctists nothing special," the voice snickered.

"Shut up, I'll be in the lab in a bit." Thalia scolded, opening the door to the lab.

"Sup," the girl greeted, looking at the second Thalia with an apathetic look in her eyes. Tara looked at the girl and she instantly recognized who it was. Her short cropped rainbow hair made it an obvious guess.

"Hey Thalia, hey other Thalia," she said uncaringly, walking through the lab.

"Well Tara you met my assistant Rachel." Thalia stated brusquely, putting on a pair of goggles.

"That's mistake number one! Once you name something you grow attached to it." Rachel stated.

"Shut up Rachel, she's not a clone." Thalia protested, handing a pair of safety goggles to her counterpart.

Thalia pressed some buttons and made the walls recede again,  revealing the robot hidden in the room. The robot whirred to life; the eyes of the machine glowed blue. The machine groaned strangely, giving a strange feeling to the three. The drone sparked up and grabbed Thalia, forcing the scientist to struggle against the grasp of he machine. Rachelkicked the drone, causing into stumble backwards and fall out the window.

"Thalia!" Tara screamed; almost leaping after herself.

"Woah! Don't do that!" Rachel warned, restraining the girl.

"But she'll die!" Tara protested.

"She'll be fine, just do what I tell ya."

The rainbow haired assistant pulled out a small pod and handed it to Tara.

"Okay, I want you to jump, count to three, and press this button." Rachel instructed.

"What!? Why!?" Tara asked, worried about her safety.

"These portals work better if you activate them near each other. And if you're anything like Thalia you'll be fine."

"This is nuts!"

"Welcome to the wonderful world of science!" Rachel welcomed smashing a window with her hands. Tara looked down the edge and felt vertigo rush over her; the sudden dizziness forcing her to grip the window. "Nice knowing ya." Rachel pushed the girl out the window, causing her to scream.

"Three....Two... One!" Tara counted, and  she pressed the button without hesitation, forcing her to be at the mercy of all the possible dimensions.

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Tara found herself surrounded by roses, and the thorns that had accompanied them.

"Oh my!" A voice rang from behind her. Tara turned to her side to see a white alicorn with a shocked look on her face. The alicorn's face changed into a sly smile before saying, "It seems a human has invaded my rose garden."