Reflections - Quiververse Edition - Part FourChapter Four: Through a Mirror, Darkly

Not too distant from Canterlot, as Sombra spoke with his guests, the Dual Stronghold, once known as the Castle of the Two Sisters, stood near Ponyville. The Everfree Forest had long been cleared away, its inhabitants forced to flee to the four corners of Equestria and take refuge where they could after its owners had returned. Those who escaped were lucky, a scant few remaining as indentured servants.

“Your refreshments?”

Celestia violently claimed her drink, the fawn who’d produced it flinching and inching away as quickly as he could, stone-faced guards watching as he left with a zebra companion. She idly sipped and noted, “Aren’t you curious about Sombra’s new little friends?”

“I’ve seen them about the village, though I’d swear the orange earth pony mare wears a different hat.” Luna considered things from her perch at the organ and noted, “And tha