

Inside, they find several of Star Swirl's original belongings and books, as well as a statue of him and a painting of a young Celestia. In present day, Twilight and company finally find Star Swirl's athenaeum. She mentions a growing worry about her sister Luna and how distant she's becoming, but Star Swirl assures her that they'll help her. In a flashback, a slightly younger Celestia speaks with Star Swirl about his discovery of other universes.

Twilight can barely contain her excitement about walking the very same passageways that Star Swirl the Bearded walked through hundreds of years ago. Twilight tells Spike to stay with Luna and to come get them if something happens. Believing Twilight and her friends capable of navigating the mountain cave systems of Canterlot, Luna entrusts them with finding the library and figuring out where Celestia went.

She leads them to the entrance to Star Swirl the Bearded's personal library, which she believes holds information about the mirror Celestia had gone through. One week later, Princess Luna summons Twilight and her friends to the castle to inform them of Celestia's disappearance. At the same time in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle and Spike are approached by a gray-coated stallion in a black suit and fedora, who simply tells them "there is more than one of everything" before disappearing. Unable to follow, Luna calls out for her sister to return. In the throne room, she sees Princess Celestia disappear into a magical mirror. In Canterlot Castle at nighttime, Princess Luna strolls happily through the castle hallways. I think it was too late to make changes to the covers that were still using it." Īccording to Andy Price, Reflections' "story went through a number of changes, even as we were getting it ready for print". You'll notice it looks different in the comic. after they saw the pencils for the first issue, we got word that we WEREN'T allowed to use the EQ mirror. Katie Cook stated on Mathat she "had an idea that needed a parallel world to tell it, the mirror was a readily available item from the MLP universe" and that Hasbro "approved the initial pitch that explored the possibilities of the EQ mirror. 2.4.2 Elsewhere in alternate Equestria.
