#pit.txt

just. Twilight and Sunset being Celestia’s proteges as fillies. They didn’t call themselves friends, but Twilight’s nickname of “Star Study-Buddies” implied enough. And really, who could blame her? They were the only ones that knew the responsibilities of being their Princess’ pupil. But time passes. Things change. One day, Sunset finds the mirror portal and sees how powerful she could become. She could be an alicorn, why is Celestia wasting her time with something as trivial as friendship lessons? So she tries to advance her studies, tries to sneak into libraries after hours, tries to learn as much magic as she can get her hooves on; but Celestia keeps on holding her back. And in frustration and anger and hurt, Sunset runs away to the human world and doesn’t look back.

Twilight takes the loss hard. They used to spend so much time together, even if most of it was just magic studies. And now her closest peer ran away without saying goodbye to anyone? So Twilight starts to build walls around her heart, so no one nothing can hurt her like that ever again. After a year, the only people she truly talks to are either family or teachers. And she convinces herself it’s all she needs.

But then, there’s the summer sun celebration, and Applejack and Rarity and Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie and real, true friends. and Twilight can’t remember how she lived life without friendship, without them. And even with villians threatening Equestria from time to time, it’s the happiest she’s been in years. And in some ways, it almost feels like being a filly again, with sleepovers and spa days, going to races and parties, and just truly feeling alive.

Later, in what feels like eternity and a blink of an eye, Twilight and her friends are invited to stay at the Crystal Empire. And it’s wonderful. After the long day Twilight goes to bed, warm and content. 

But in the night, there’s tapping of hooves on crystal. There’s a creak of a door and a rustle of a cloak. There’s the faint sound of magic as a crown is swapped out. And twilight jolts awake, sees an intruder leaving her room with the Element of Magic, and gives chase. It’s not long before others wake and start to run after the two. The thief briefly blinds Twilight with their cloak, and she blindly lunges to grab onto the thief. The first thing Twilight sees is her Element fly into a mirror and disappear in it. The second thing she sees is-

“Sunset?”

And they pause, looking at their former friend peer for the first time in what feels like a decade.

Sunset comes to her senses and gallops to the mirror, before turning back. “See you later, Sparkle.” And she jumps into the mirror, leaving nothing but a cloak, a fake crown, and an old knot of purple and orange loose ends tangled with a string of hurt. 

a lot of the songs in the first 9 chapters of the game reference the original NES themes (the main “underworld” theme, the title screen music, the reaper theme) but then after you defeat medusa, many more original themes pop up! that’s when you get hades’ theme, viridi’s theme, the “destroyed skyworld” / chaos kin theme, etc etc!