[AiE]And Make It Double

>You catch the stone Twilight flung at you and place it down in the circle with a resounding crack.
>Feeling strangely energized, you wheel around, and get into a catcher's position, grabbing another stone that she throws to you.
>Grinning, you pirouette, and slam it down on the ground.
>The circle is about half-way complete.
>Twilight read about a new spell and immediately decided to try it out.
>What else is new?
>You've been dating for about three months and you've already learned some of her habits.
>Reckless experimentation is apparently one of them.
>*CLACK*
>This is the most complex form of magic the two of you have attempted.
>You look over to your marefriend.
>She's hovering in the air, magic surging through her horn, wings unfurled, eyes closed in concentration.
>You smile as another stone floats your way.
>She's adorable when she throws herself into her work this way.
>The best part?
>She throws herself into you with the same amount of dedication.
>*CLACK*
>You shift yourself to the far end of the circle.
>Twilight levitates another stone and a piece of paper towards you.
>She can't break her concentration.
>Apparently the circle is a huge mana battery meaning it has to be charged for the duration of its entire construction.
>Another reason why she's awesome?
>She's teaching you -magic-!
>You can't cast any spells yourself of course, but apparently there's something about being a big-brained tool user that translates to being really good at magical theory.
>In any case, you were the one who did the calculations for this spell.
>Twilight was so proud of you.
>The two of you made out for hours.
>You feel a slight blush spread over your cheeks.
>And other -things-.
>You still can't quite get over the fact that you're dating outside your species.
>Outside your genus, even.
>Nonetheless you couldn't be happier.
>Your heart speeds up and you contemplate ruining all your hard work just to hug her.

>Thankfully your brain overrides that notion and you place the penultimate rune.
>Twilight floats the last one to you, floats down to the ground, and opens her eyes.
>She's still channeling though.
>"Anon? Are you okay?"
>This mare.
>Holy shit, you love her.
>The ritual called for a "mana sink" on the inside.
>And you're a walking mana void, according to Twilight.
>She even found you scary at first.
>On the plus side, you're practically immune to magic, which is why you're standing in on the proximal end of the runic circle, next to the 'closing' rune.
"Twilight, you're here. I'm always okay when you're next to me."
>She looks at you with those gorgeously purple semi-lidded eyes, and a smile spreads over her face.
>"Anonymous, I-I..."
>A wry grin forms on your face.
>She still occasionally has problems spitting it out, especially when nervous.
>"Iloveyoutoo."
>She blushes, clears her throat, and is all focus now.
>"Well, anyway - are you ready?"
>You stand up straighter, spread your shoulders out, and spread your legs out.
"Ready and willing!"
>She lets out a giggle.
>And then she lets out her magic.
>The room is filled with a coruscating cascade of various shades of purple.
>Ranging from almost black, to blinding violet, to a sizzling heliotrope - you have to squeeze your eyes shut.
>Being magic-null doesn't do squat for your senses.
>Anyway, you feel confident.
>Twilight said that this is an area teleporation spell.
>You, all your clothing, and a couple of other items should reappear outside the library where the marker was placed.
>Twilight said that teleporting feels kinda like a tensing of all your muscles and then a tingle in your bones.
>You're getting none of that.
>Huh.
>You do feel the floor shake.
"Twilight?"
>...
"Twilight?! Are you all right?"
>You hear her grunt in concentration.
>"It's... too big!"
>Uhhhhh.
"Twilight, abort! ABORT!"
>You don't want to hurt herself!
"Twilight, seriously, stop, forget this - just stop please, I don't want-"

KABOOM!
>You feel as though a giant picked you up and smashed you into the wall.
>You get the wind knocked out of you as you collapse, wheezing to the floor.
"*cough-cough* Twi *cough* light? Twili*cough?"
>You can't really see anything.
>That purple light really did a number on your eyes.
>"Anon, I'm okay."
>"Anon, I'm okay."
>What...
>You rub at your eyes, trying to restore vision to them quicker.
>"Huh?"
>The voice... sounds like Twilight.
>But deeper?
"Ughhh... my head. Duskie, what happened?"
>...
>HUH?!
"What the?! What's going on?!"
>"Huh?"
>"Anon?"
"Duskie?"
>Finally you can see again.
>Opposite of you, you see your favorite purple alicorn.
>You shift your gaze to the left.
>...what the FUCK?!
>You see Twilight.
>Except she is a he.
>Uh.
>Very definitely a he.
>His muzzle is more square-like and he looks more solidly built.
>His wings are clenched tightly to his sides.
>Oh no.
>oh no no no no.
>You turn your gaze to the right.
>You lock gazes with a...
>With a...
"A human?!"
"A human?!"
>Hair... skin... buh-wha?
>She looks just as confused as you do.
>The two alicorns survey the situation, facehoof almost simultaneously, and exhale loudly.
>"By Celestia..."
>"By Solaris..."
>Their gazes lock, their eyes widen.
>Twilight's eyes narrow to adorable purple dots.
>Dusk's turn into beady little pinpricks.
>"What did you do?!"
>"What did you do?!"

-END PART I-

>The four of you stare at one another in the ensuing silence.
>You take it upon yourself to break it.
>Because fuck you, that's why.
"Okay, so why don't we take turns talking. Twilight, Duskie, and... m-me."
>Yeah...
>You're still not quite sure what to make of this.
>She's... you.
>Only not.
>You give her a quick appraising glance and notice that she's starting to get up.
>Noting how her center of gravity changes, and how her muscles stretch...
>DANGER!
>You jump to your feet and poise yourself on the balls of your feet.
>She looks at you and mimics the position.
>The two of you would have locked gazes, but both of you have your green masks on.
>Makes it hard to read facial expressions.
>The two alicorns exhange glances and look to their respective...
>Partners.
>Twilight steps closer to you and says "Anon?"
>You see 'Duskie' fly closer to Anon...ina.
>No.
>No that's stupid.
>Femanon.
>Okay, sure.
>Twilight throws a glance back at the suspicious pair and leans closer to you.
>"I don't see what you're all worked up about. That's Dusk Shine."
"Wha?!"
>Both you and Femanon utter the same cry.
>You whisper to Twilight:
"You two met?"
>She blushes, winces and looks away.
>You get a look of horror on your face and Twilight blushes harder.
>"Not like that! Ew! But..."
>She looks sad.
>GOOD GOING ANON!
>You've upset your Twiley.
>"When I was a young mare, I was a bit alone. I couldn't connect to anypony."
>She takes a deep breath and you hear this 'Dusk Shine' speak.
>"So I decided to attempt to find an alternate version of myself. I knew that transdimensional communication is possible."
>The two of them turn to one another, smile and embrace.
>The two of you, however, stare at the scene with slack jaws.
>You pull it off better, you think.
>She just looks stupid.
"So... you've managed to bodily teleport now? Whereas it was just communication before?"

>But you guess looking stupid and being stupid are unrelated.
>You were just thinking that.
>Granted, this meant that she was thinking it too...
>FUCK
>This is like telepathy!
>So you have to think unlike yourself.
>...
>...
>buffering
>How the hay are you going to do that?
>Just think and then do the exact opposite.
>But before you start doing that.
>You start to move closer to Twilight and stop when you see Femanon do the same thing.
>The two of you glare across the circle, refusing to move further.
>Twilight and Dusk Shine groan.
>Ooh, they resonated.
>You start to chuckle - but cut yourself off when you see your counterpart do the same thing.
>Twilight approaches you and beckons for you to kneel down.
>With your peripheral vision you see Dusk Shine do the same thing.
>T:"Honestly Anon, what is wrong with you?"
>D:"Femanon, you're being slightly rude to your counterpart."
>T:"Sure the experiment failed."
>D:"But we finally get to interact in person."
>Right.
>She mentioned the loneliness.
>Fuck Femanon.
>Twilight needs this.
>You kneel down and wrap your arms around your purple mare.
>Squeezing tightly, you hug her.
>She smiles and breathes into your ear.
>But you let Femanon out of your sight.
>Your muscles tense to get up.
>OVERRIDE!
>Remember, do things that -she- won't be able to predict.
>So you keep hugging Twilight.
>In a world full of crazy Chaos gods, nutty ponies, Sun and Moon goddesses, and magic.
>She is your bedrock.
>And your love is your shield.
>You whisper this into her ear.
>Her wings rise slightly and she wraps them around you.
>The two of you remain motionless like this for a couple of moments.

>Finally letting go you straighten up and look at your counterpart as well.
>You definitely feel more relaxed and less wary.
>Judging by her posture she does too.
>Twilight walks behind you and pokes you in the asscheek with her horn.
"Go on! Say hi."
>You notice Dusk Shine do the same thing to Femanon.
>The two of you take a step forward.
>Both of you have your hands to your sides.
>You're not sure about her, but you know all your muscles are tensed.
>You hear the sound of a magical aura activating and see a notepad whizz in the corner of your vision.
>A smile forms on your face.
>Of course.
>Human greeting rituals.
>You Dusk shine trot around the edge of the circle and presumably stand next to Twilight.
>The corners of her mouth also lift.
>You decide to break the silence first.
"Neeeeerrrrrdsssss."
>She gives a laugh which she quickly stifles with a fake cough and covering her mouth.
"Heh. Yeah."
>You give an annoyed shake of your head.
>Taking another step forward, you extend your hand to her.
"Hey, I'm Anon."
>She rubs her forehead momentarily and shakes your hand.
"Yeah. I'm Anon too."
>You take your hand back and rub it over your head.
"So. This is not weird at all."
>She relaxes slightly and shifts most of her weight to one foot.
>Immediately you tense up.
>She could be planning to roundhouse you in the face.
>No no, okay.
>She probably won't.
>Still.
>You eye the masked female.
"But I have to ask - same story? Random transdimensional warp, found by Twil... er, Dusk Shine? Friendly to all ponies, magic resistance?"
>She nods and poses a question in return:
"How about Earth? Siblings? Crazy family?"
>You reminisce momentarily.
"Heh. Definitely. Both younger, sister older than brother?"
>She shakes her head.
"Nope. Younger, but brother older than sister."
"Huh. Cool."

>Suddenly a thought comes through your head and you grin hugely.
"But you are thinking what I'm thinking?"
>You hear her voice change to something more pleasant.
"I think so."
>You move closer to her and raise your voice:
"MY OWN CLONE!"
"NOW NEITHER OF US WILL BE VIRGINS!"
>Momentary silence.
>The two of you -BURST- into laughter.
>Like to the point of wheezing and holding on to your knees.
>This is depressing.
>You're faced with yourself from an alternate universe.
>Who is a GIRL!
>And you both recognized a shitty Sonic edit.
>Which defuses the situation.
>How pathetic is that.
>You glance over at the two purple alicorns.
>They are staring at the two of you with an expression of both amusement and curiosity.
>Twilight is holding her quill at the ready.
"Hey Twi? Let me see that?"
>"All right, but don't edit it or anything."
>You hold a hand to your chest as she levitates it to you.
"Perish the thought."
>Femanon and Dusk Shine look at you funny.
>D:"Wow. That -is- kind of creepy."
"Yeah man. Stole my line."
>You take the notepad and read what it says.
>Huh.
>"Aggressive behavior at first.
>"Seemed to be evaluating other human for danger."
>"Reluctant to touch one another."
>"Used humor and human cultural reference to defuse situation."
>"Noticeable decrease in hostility."
>You show the notepad to Femanon, who skims through it, and nods.
"Seems legit."
>You toss it back to Twilight and look at her pointedly.
"Well, not that I'm so anxious to get our trans-dimensional guests out of here... but I would guess that we have one extra Prince. And his world is missing the Element of Magic."
>Dusk Shine spreads his wings and gives a pony shrug.
>"While technically true, I don't think we have anything major going on. I'd love to spend some time with Twilight Sparkle here and converse in person about the differences between our worlds."
>He raises an eyebrow at you.
>"And presumably you want to do the same with Anon, right?"

>The two of you exchange glances and she nods first.
"Yeah... that might be interesting."
>You give a thumbs up.
"Sounds cool. Should we leave you bookworms here with the books for you to worm on?"
>Twilight giggles, and Dusk Shine gives a smile.
>"Are we that predictable?"
>You and Femanon exchange glances again.
"Uh. Yes. "
"Duh."
>Twilight and Dusk Shine both blush, looking away from the two of you.
>Femanon leans over to you.
"Aren't they adorable when they do that?"
>You give a chuckle.
"Anyway, we'll go up to the guest room."
>Twilight and Dusk Shine are already levitating some of the books out.
>You both move to the stairs.
>You pause and motion for her to go ahead.
"After you."
>She looks at you and cocks her head.
"Tips fedora, much?"
>You groan.
"Hey, I get to do chivalry on a human after 3 years - cut me some slack."
>She gives a brief laugh and starts ascending the stairs.
>You bite your lip.
>You -have- to know.
>Looking up as you start the ascent, you repress a feeling of disgust.
>It's technically your body too.
>WHOAH.
>Damn.
>You have an -amazing- ass.
>And a fine set of legs too.
>Ugh.
>You feel unclean.
>Still though.
>DAMN.
>You wonder how close you adhere to the standards of human good looks after being in Equestria for so long.
>After all you're doing that much more physical activity.
>And the food is so much healthier.
>You might have to pose that question to her.
>Later of course.
>If she's as clever as you are, she might figure out that you were checking her ass out.
>Er.
>Your own ass.
>You proceed into the guestroom.
"I have to say, it's nice that the layout of the place isn't different."
>You grin.
"This actually leads to my question - you know how unfamiliar places have this odd unfamiliar smell?"
>She grins and nods.
"Yes. And no. Not here. Sliiiiightly different, but not enough to be uncomfortable."
>She sits on the bed while you pull up a chair.
"Uhh."
"So."
>The two of you stare awkwardly at one another.

"Okay, masks off? Maybe? It's awkward as hell when I can't read your facial expression."
>She nods slowly.
"Okay. The damn thing is kind of annoying in the first place."
>You chuckle as you start to peel the damn green fabric off your place.
"Do you remember why we started wearing it in the first place?"
>She grins as she takes the mask off her face.
>Whoaaaaaaaaaaah.
>Apparently she feels the same way.
>Her eyes widen and her mouth opens in an 'oh' of surprise.
>It's uncanny as fuck.
>It's like... your features, but more delicate.
>And it's narrower, with higher cheekbones.
>Weeeeird.
>She scrutinizes you carefully.
"Well! This is certainly not weird and freaky at all."
>You grin showing off all your teeth, a face that she reciprocates.
"Yeah, tell me about it. Though I must say... I - er you look, uh.. Well. Pretty good."
>She smiles and winks at you.
"You ain't so bad yourself. After all, you had a nice template to work with."
>You place a hand to your chest.
"Excuse you. I'm the original. You're just an R-sixty-threed version of my glorious self."
>She smirks and crosses her legs.
"Says you. I'm sexier. And more fun."
>Bah.
>The she-witch is probably right.
>Still.
"Well, at least I'm not the one who travelled dimensions more than once."
>She grins.
"Exactly. I'm obviously the hero of this story."
>Curse you and your clever comebacks.
"All right, all right. So. Want to compare notes?"
>She grins.
"Do I!"
>The two of you spend a long-ass time conversing about the differences between Earth and the Equestria.
>The differences are minor.
>Stuff was either directly mirrored, or inverted in a way that made sense.
>But nothing major.
>So like, the USSR still lost the Cold War.
>But in the last election, the other party won.
>It was both cool and weird.
"Soooo... how much unresolved sexual tension do we have left?"
"Ehhhh. Not too much. As long as we don't actually fuck, we're good."
"Technically it'd just be masturbation..."

>She giggles and punches you.
"It -has- been a while for me too."
>She gets a predatory grin on her face.
"Though I gotta say... he's pretty big. Heh."
>You raise an eyebrow and return a grin of your own.
"And Twilight gives the absolute -best- head. No human girl can compare."
>Suddenly, your conversation is interrupted by the sound of an explosion from downstairs.
>The two of you exchange yet another meaningful glance.
"Experimentation?"
"Experimentation."
>The two of you leap out of your respective seats and lunge to the door.
>Peeking downstairs, you see that they're not there.
>You do note a glow coming from the door to the basement and point it out.
>The two of you shimmy down the stairs and press your ears to the door.
>"UNGH! Hnnnng! Oh merciful Celestia!"
>The two of you look at each other and burst into giggles.
"Okay, you're definitely thinking what I'm thinking."
"Yeah, it's just like in that comic."
"Oh wow, the two of you are having sex one?"
"Thaaaat's the one."
"Heh."
"They wouldn't though."
"Pfft, are you kidding me. Can you imagine Duskie trying to come on to himself?"
"Oh Celestia, you're right."
"Spaghetti everywhere."
"I uhm, would be interested in penetrating you for the sole purpose of coitus."
"Oh god, he said coitus too?!"
>The two of you snicker loudly.
"Okay, let's go check it out."
"Right behind you. Me. Whatever."
>You push the door open and walk down to the basement, Femanon right behind you.
>You see the two alicorns surrounded in purple-ish forcefields.
>Both have their wings unfurled and are channeling -massive- amounts of energy through their horns.
>And have huge grins on their faces.
>Turning to you as you descend, they release their magics and stand around looking vaguely sheep-ish.
>"Uhh, Anon! Hey!"
>You walk up to Twilight and start to scratch her head.
>Her knees get wobbly as she presses against you.
>You see Femanon do the same to Dusk Shine.
>His eyes roll back in his head.
>You grin at her.
"Hand five?"

"Hand five!"
>The two of you high-five each other.
>You look down to Twilight.
"So, did the two of you work out how to reverse the spell?"
>The mare is leaning fully against you.
>"Mmmm... what?"
>Dusk Shine pipes up from Femanon.
>"The calculations are on the table. Just... 5 more minutes."
>You grin and see Femanon do the same.
"I gotta say one of the best things about dating a pony-"
"-and having hands is that they go crazy for 'em?"
>Twilight opens her eyes momentarily.
>"Mmmhm. It's funny because it's true."
>Dusk Shine settles for a simple nod and presses himself further into Femanon's hand.
>Eventually, both Twilight and Dusk Shine decide they had enough.
>Simultaneously.
>Which is once again, both weird and cool.
>As you're walking up the stairs, you turn to Dusk Shine.
"Hey dude, so you communicate often?"
>He gives a shake of his head.
>"Not too frequenly. Prince Solaris - er, that's Princess Celestia to you doesn't like it when we abuse the borders between the universes."
>Twilight chimes in:
>"So usually we just stick to set dates. This one was an accident that both him and I should've recognized."
>"Actually, I have a theory."
>Twilight nods.
>"Just had it too. Trans-dimensional resonance."
>"Eeeyup."
"Whoah dude, you sound like Big Mac."
>He grins, while Femanon looks confused.
"Who?"
>"Marcy to you two."
>She 'ohs' in comprehension.
>The four of you stand in front of the circle.
>Dusk Shine turns to Twilight and hugs her with his wings.
>Which she returns.
>HOLYSHITJEALOUSY!
>You see Femanon's face change too.
>Wisely you don't say anything.
>Neither does she.
>D: "You got the spell down?"
>T: "Yes! I've checked it."
>She breaks the hug and looks at the two of you.
>Then she looks at Dusk Shine and they both grin.
>"Think we should give them some work?"
>"I don't see why not."
>The two of you start backing away, but both doors are seized in a telekinetic field and closed.
"Damn..."
"Stupid magic-using coltfriend..."

>Dusk Shine levitates a piece of paper with some thaumic equations in front of you.
>Twilight holds up a quill.
>"Get to it."
>The two of you plop yourself down on the floor and start derivating.
>You're better at the number crunching.
>Probably because of your testicles.
>But she's quicker on the actual directions.
>The two of you get it done like... twice as fast.
>You hold it up proudly to the two alicorns.
>Dusk Shine and Twilight study it for a moment.
>Your respective loved ones pat you two on the heads.
>Fricking hooves.
>"That was quicker than usual."
>"Yes, I must say, I'm quite impressed."
>You roll your eyes while Femanon scoffs.
"Let's just get this ogre with."
>You grin at Femanon, who winks back.
>Dusk Shine and Femanon step into the circle.
>Twilight's horn begins to glow.
>You purse your lips.
"Hey Twilight? Do you think when you next communicate-"
"-do you think we can talk too, Duskie?"
>Twilight smiles, nods, and leans into you.
>Dusk Shine hugs Femanon with his wing.
>"Absolutely."
>"Of course!"
>There is a bright flash of purple light.
>And they're gone.
>You and Twilight look at one another.
>She's breathing heavily.
>She takes a gulping breath and smiles at you.
>"Well, that was a fun little adventure, no? How did you like yourself?"
>You run your hand through your hair.
"I mean, it was weird. Like very weird. But also cool, y'know?"
>She giggles and walks to the couch.
>Plopping herself on it, she raises her wing.
>Immediately you lie down next to her and put your arm around her.
>Her wing covers you as the two of you snuggle next to one another.
>"Mm. I felt the same way. But him and I became close friends, despite the barrier."
>You nod slowly.
"Yeah. I'd like that. "
>You think about today.
>And just how much fun it was.
>Twilight is looking at you with a trumphant smirk.
>"I know what you're going to say next, Anon."
>You give her her a quick kiss.
"Hey! Maybe next time, we can visit them."