Mare in the Mirror 6The heavy iron gates creaked upon their hinges, sending chills down Trixie's spine as she pushed them open. Before her lay the asylum, nestled among the windswept mountains outside Hoofswell, isolated and blissfully forgotten by the world around it. A deathly silence hung over the place, so oppressive and complete that Trixie swore she could hear the heartbeats of her friends behind her. She took a step through the gates and looked around with a hint of trepidation."Where is everypony?"Luna followed not far behind. "I have no idea." The princess paused for a second in the gate before continuing down the gravel path towards the looming asy
Mare in the Mirror 5Canterlot drifted by far below as the balloon rose steadily upwards towards the snowy peaks in the distance. It was in the middle of the night before they had managed to take off from Ponyville in Twilight's old balloon. Fluttershy had been first in the balloon, rolling up in the bottom of the basket along with Angel and promptly falling asleep. Rarity and Opal had quietly followed along with Spike, while Luna ensured that they had a basic supply of food.Everything was going well, until Pinkie began to complain that they couldn't leave without Twilight. The pink pony had stubbornly refused to get in the balloon without the purple unicorn. I