Pinkie Pie came with a rather large mirror for Twilight to look in. The mirror’s frame was silver and bronze, with flowers engraved in the sides. The mirror to see you in had not a single scratch and was so clear, it almost felt like you could fall inside and never know how to get back out. On the top of the mirror’s frame stood a small figure of a star painted golden metallic. Standing about six feet high, it was a beauty. All of the five friends gasped as the pink pony came in the bedroom dragging it with difficulty.

“Oh. My. Goodness! Where on Earth did you get such a divine mirror?” Rarity squealed in delight. She rushed to the front of it and started to study herself.

“Easy. It was lying outside in the backyard,” Pinkie Pie responded. Twilight hung her head and her ears flopped down.

“It’s probably someone else’s; we should put it back,” Fluttershy said walking up to the mirror and attempting to push it backward.

“What’s your problem, Fluttershy? It’s just a mirror,” Rainbow Dash chimed in.

“But it’s very valuable looking.”

“True, but hey, it’s ours now!”

Twilight, with her head still bent, spoke up, “Dash, Fluttershy’s right. It is probably someone else’s.”

The rainbow-haired Pegasus put her hooves on her hips. “Weren’t you supposed to be looking in the mirror, or something?”

Twilight shrank back even more. “No.”

“Yes you were, you liar! I was there when Rarity said so!”

The Unicorn was pushed off her bed by Applejack rather roughly. “C’mon, go a lookin’ and see why it’s a horror.”

“No.”

“Yes.”

“No.”

“I said yes, naw you better git!” the Earth Pony scolded pushing her fellow friend toward the dreaded mirror.

Twilight raised her head to fight back when she froze in dread. She had glanced at the mirror and regretted it. “I-I don’t look like – like that, r-right?”

“Yes ya do! Rarity, move ‘side so’s this Mare can see ‘erself better.”

“Fine then,” the designer sniffed. “I will, for Twilight’s sake of course.”

Applejack pushed Rarity aside, agitated. Twilight just plain closed her eyes; she didn’t want to see any more of the punishment she had done to herself.

“Open yer eyes, for goodness sake! Ain’t my fault ya look ta way ya do.”

“No, I don’t want to.” Twilight said tears starting to fall.

She felt a hoof on her shoulder, then a real soothing quiet voice, “It’s alright Twilight. I wan’ ya ta see what ya did so’s ya won’ do it again.”

Twilight opened an eye and asked timidly, “Really, you sure?”

“Darn tootin’ yes!”

“You can do it Twilight!” Rarity said. All of Twilight’s friends nodded in agreement.

The purple pony took a deep breath and opened both eyes and faced the mirror. She saw herself and nearly threw up.

What she saw in the mirror wasn’t pretty, and Twilight herself didn’t know how her friends could stand looking at her.

Her coat was ghastly white, with scratches and deep cuts. She could see her ribcage and it looked like she hadn’t eaten in weeks. Her face a hollow hole with dark, dark circles under her eyes lids and the eyes were blood-shot. Twilight swore she saw her jawbone right under the gut wrenching white coat. Lips chapped and blue looking, it wasn’t nice. The Mane and Tail were all black; it looked like Death had woven them what with the frizzed ends and the horror cut. Moving toward where her Cutie Mark should’ve been she found not a single inch of the white coat but a skull engraved in her skin. The hooves were sliced and charred and the blackest of black.

Twilight screamed like those in Horror Movies who have just seen a ghost or demon.

“How – how could I look like that, it’s not – not possible!” she exclaimed. The Unicorn collapsed onto the ground and did a mix of screaming and weeping. I hate myself so much! Big Macintosh would never ever want me as his Mare. I hate myself!

“What incantation did you use, darling?” Rarity asked looking at her friend.

“I –I don’t know! I didn’t look at the –the title!” Twilight sobbed.

“Oh dear, that is a problem.”

“And ta worse part is, she’s got a date with my brother tomorrow,” Applejack said solemnly.

Rarity’s eyes nearly fell out. “No, no, no, no. This won’t do!”

Twilight curled in a ball, “I wasn’t going to go anyway.”

“Why not sugar cube?” the Earth Pony asked.

“Because – because Spike said – he said that – that…”

“What did Spike say?”

“He said he saw your brother with –with another M-mare. So – so I wasn’t going to go…”

Applejack swore and hit her hoof on the ground hard. “SPIKE!” she yelled facing the doorway finally reaching exploding point.

Spike came rushing in. He had recovered from his cold rather quickly and looked normal. But when he saw Applejack’s furious face, he sensed trouble.

“WHAT THE HAY DID YA TELL TWILIGHT?” the blonde-haired pony shrieked.

“I –I told her a great deal of many things.” He replied innocently.

“I ASKED WHAT THE HAY YA TOL’ TWILIGHT!”

Spike saw Twilight cowering and curled up as small as possible with a different appearance – an ugly appearance. He figured he could change the subject. “Whoa Twilight, what happened?”

“SPIKE! YA GOT A MINUTE TA TELL ME WHAT YA SAID TA MY DEAR HURT FRIEND HERE!” Applejack shouted bringing back the subject.

Spike raised his scaly claws. “What do you want me to say?”

“ABOUT MY BROTHER AN’ WHAT YA TOL’ TWILIGHT ABOUT HIM!”

“Okay, okay. I told Twilight I saw him with another Mare, that’s all. Can I go now?”

“NO YA LIAR! IF THERE’S ONE THING ABOUT MY BROTHER, IT’S THAT ONCE HE FOUND A MARE, IS THAT HE STICKS WITH ‘ER! NOT GO AN’ CHASE OTHERS! SO HOW DARE YOU EVER INSULT TA APPLE FAMILY AND LIE TA TWILIGHT!”

“I’m sorry?” Spike asked backing up because Applejack was breathing heavily and looked ready to leap at him and strangle him to death.

“Git,” said the agitated pony, “Now.”

Spike dashed out the door not hesitating a moment. And when he was gone, Applejack turned to her cringing friend only to find Fluttershy hovering over her.

“Wha’s wrong?” Applejack asked.

“The –the incantation, the spell…” Twilight moaned in pain.

“Where does it hurt?” Fluttershy asked.

“All over… Owe!” came the reply.

Rainbow Dash looked at Twilight’s twitching body. Right before her eyes grew a deep bleeding hole -then another, and another. “Hey guys, you better take a look at this.”

Twilight just sobbed.