Magical Mirror Flares

Luna the Miracle Boy: Magical Mirror Flares is the third and final of the Equestria Flares story edition.
Martin returns to the Petrovburg Embassy Office at Equestria when her magic journal runs out of pages as she writes some message to President Diana, and she brings Susanti back with her in a battle for the republic. Meanwhile, a bitter Jerry Starlight finds a mirror that has enchanted by Princess Aulia through her curse magic.
==Summary==
===Mirror with magical flares===
The story episode begins at the Canterlot Mall, where Jerry Starlight now works as a movie theater usher after the events of the Miracle Movie Flares. She still bears resentment toward the Friheten Seven for causing her to get fired at the film studio, made worse when she sees their Dance Flares music video being played on all the television monitors and their pictures on the premiere poster for the Italy Hospodines film. Jerry's boss contacts her on her walkie-talkie and tells her to get back to work, but she fakes bad reception to ignore him.
At a mall sunglasses kiosk, Jerry tries on some sunglasses while lamenting her situation. Just then, a wisp of Princess Aulia's curse magic floats inside the mall and enchants a hand mirror on the kiosk counter. When Jerry picks up the mirror, she sees a vision of herself as a beautiful, world-famous movie star. Captivated by her own magical reflection, Jerry purchases the mirror from the kiosk and walks off.
===Out of pages===
In the mall's food court, Martin writes in her journal to Mr. President Diana that the magical incidents Luna and his friends have faced have left them in a constant state of distraction. Unfortunately, she runs out of pages in her journal before she can write any further. As the Frihetens arrive, confides in them that, even though things have been calm lately, she is worried when the next magical incident will happen. Just then, she receives a reply from President Diana in her journal, telling her to come to the Embassy Office.
Back at the movie theater, Jerry has become obsessed with her new mirror, basking in the fame and attention that her reflected self is receiving. When her boss tells her to clean up a mess of popcorn, Jerry absentmindedly wishes the popcorn to clean itself up. The mirror magically vacuums all the popcorn off the floor, much to Jerry's surprise.
===Martin's call for Susanti===
Outside of Canterlot Presidential University, Martin goes through the portal under the Wondercolt statue base and transports back to the Petrovburg Embassy Office at Equestria. Later, after Martin gets reaccustomed to her pony form, Susanti gives her a new journal to replace her old one. Unfortunately for Martin, President Diana is currently away on his diplomatic mission.
Before Martin goes back through the mirror, Susanti curiously asks her about the world she came from. Intrigued by Martin's explanation, Susanti asks if she can go with her and see it for her herself, reasoning that Luna won't mind as long as he learns about friendship. Martin agrees, provided that Susanti keeps a low profile. After coming through the portal, Susanti has a somewhat similar reaction to becoming the same appearance as Luna did in the first story episode.
===Dragged into the brambles===
Meanwhile, Jerry conducts some more experiments with her mirror, trying to make it do magic again, but nothing happens. Suddenly, the rest of the Friheten Seven appear before her. Celestia is surprised to see Jerry at the movie theater after what happened at the film studio, but Jerry explains that her uncle – Mr. Erik Stovia, got her a job at the theater out of pity. Under Aulia's control, Jerry gets angry at the Frihetens for ruining her chance at stardom and swears for them to disappear. This time, the mirror reacts and magically pulls the Frihetens inside, leaving behind Vincent's Uzbek logo pin.
In the mall, Martin tries calling her friends, but all her calls go to voicemail. She vents her worries and concerns to Susanti, and she tries to offer advice, but Martin instead waits for a reply from Mr. Diana. As Martin continues to worry about another magic incident happening, Susanti tells her to trust that things will work themselves out. Taking Susanti's advice to heart, Martin shows her to the movie theater. Meanwhile, Luna and the rest of the Petrovburg Heroes find themselves in a vast and colorless brambles with nothing but a large mirror-shaped window and discarded popcorn on the ground.
Martin and Susanti enter the movie theater lobby, where Martin sees Jerry wearing Vincent's logo pin on her uniform. After telling Susanti to stay hidden, Martin approaches Jerry and asks if she has seen Luna and his friends, but Jerry refuses to answer. Using her magic geode powers, Martin reads Jerry's mind and sees her making the Frihetens disappear into the mirror. Martin angrily demands Jerry set them free, but Jerry, believing that Martin wants the mirror for herself, sends her into brambles to join her lost friends instead.
===Attack on Starlight Glimmer===
In the brambles, Luna and Dennis try reaching for the mirror window but are unable to. Just then, Martin appears through it. The Frihetens believe they are trapped in the brambles for good, but Martin informs them that Susanti is still on the other side of the mirror. With these seven friends now together, Vincent notices his geode glowing, but no one acknowledges him until Jason brings it to their attention. Their geodes suddenly shoot bursts of magical energy through the window, causing Jerry to grow taller and transform into a monstrous version of her reflected self.
Susanti follows Jerry as she goes out into public and starts walking around in her monstrous form. The mall patrons run away from her and scream in terror, but Jerry only sees them as adoring fans and paparazzi. Susanti tries grabbing the mirror away from Jerry, but it flies out of both of their hands and cracks on the floor. This causes the bramble world that the Friheten Seven are trapped in to start breaking as well. Susanti discovers that the mirror's power grants wishes and tries wishing her friends out, but nothing happens. As Jerry attempts to take the mirror back from Susanti, she continues to curse the Frihetens (as Princess Aulia wants her for doing so) who ruined her chance at fame, but Susanti wonders if it is fame or friendship that Jerry wants.
Susanti sees a kindred spirit in Jerry, since they have both acted out of revenge for petty reasons, and offers to be her friend. Jerry does not believe her actions are worth forgiving, but Susanti tells her otherwise as long as she makes up for them, starting with setting the Frihetens free. Taking the mirror back, Jerry wishes to undo her mistakes. The Friheten Seven are brought back out of the brambles, and Jerry returns to normal. Jerry gives a sincere apology for what she's done. Luna, Susanti, and Martin sympathize with her, having gone through similar magic-corrupting ordeals.
===Epilogue===
Back at the portal outside Canterlot Presidentials, the Friheten Seven accept Jerry as their new friend. Before Susanti leaves, Martin and Luna receive a reply from President Diana: saying that some lessons are better learned in action. They permit Susanti to stay in Canterlot Presidentials for a few more days. Martin and Luna learn to live in the moment instead of obsessing over bad things that might happen.
==Involved characters==
===Main characters===
*Celestia Diane
*Dennis Idmayanti
*Jason Esofita
*Luna Vernadsky
*Martin Heldayeti
*Tobias Ratnasari
*Vincent Cadance
===Supporting characters===
*Martin Susanti
*Vladimir Diana (mentioned only)
===Antagonists===
*[[Jerry Starlight]
*Princess Aulia (mentioned only)
==Quotes==
:Martin: [voiceover] Dear President Diana, tonight's the night of the big movie premiere. All my Friheten friends –especially my dear boyfriend, Luna– are really excited, and I should be, too. Except I can't seem to keep my mind on anything other than our new powers, and Aulia's rogue magic that's loose in this country, and how scary but exhilarating it all is. How does it work? How can we be prepared for it? When will it show up again? Well, you see the problem. With the weight of all Petrovburg on our shoulders, you must have some advice on how to.
[sulih suara] Presiden Diana yang terhormat, malam ini adalah malam pemutaran perdana film besar. Semua teman Frihetenku –terutama suamiku Luna– sangat bersemangat, dan aku juga begitu. Kecuali sepertinya aku tidak bisa memikirkan hal lain selain kekuatan baru kita, dan sihir jahat yang lepas di negara ini, dan betapa menakutkan tapi menggembirakan semuanya. Bagaimana cara kerjanya? Bagaimana kita bisa bersiap untuk itu? Kapan itu akan muncul lagi? Nah, Bapak lihat masalahnya. Dengan beban semua Petrovburg di pundak kami, Bapak harus memiliki beberapa saran tentang cara...
:Celestia: What's the matter, princess?
:Martin: Oh, I just ran out of pages in my journal. That's all.
:Jason: Chillax, Helda.
:Vincent: Um, who's Helda?
:Jason: That's Princess Martin's new movie star name. [drinks Stoneford "Energizing Orkney" beverage] I just made it up!
:Dennis: Allahu-akbar, we only have bit parts in this flick. We're not movie stars.
:Tobias: Yet, guys, yet.
:Luna: There's more bothering you than just journal pages, isn't there, princess?
:Martin: Um...
:Celestia: C'mon! Share your troubles. It might help soothe your stressed nerves.
:Martin: Uh, I don't wanna take any of the fun out of our big night—
:Celestia: I said spill it, Helda!
:Celestia: Look! Uncle Diana's writing you back! Hey, guys, Princess Martin's getting a Petrovtext!
:Dennis: What's it say?
:Martin: Mr. Diana wants me to come to... Petrovburg's Embassy in Equestria.
:Boss: [clears throat irritably] Popcorn spills at the condiment counter.
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: Does this look like someone who cleans popcorn spills?
:Boss: No. It looks like someone about to fire somebody.
:Susanti: President Diana wanted to give it to you himself. But then, your husband – Luna, and even the Friheten friends were called away to solve a friendship problem. That happens a lot around here.
:Martin: That must be stressful, huh? Never know when you might be called on to battle for Petrovburg. Dropping everything at a moment's notice. How does he do it?
:Susanti: [Turkish accent] Üzgünüm. Sorry. He just told me to give you the journal.
:Martin: Heh-heh. So, Susanti, are you sure Mr. President won't be back anytime soon?
:Susanti: Pretty sure.
:Martin: O...kay... I guess I'll be going now.
:Susanti: What's it like back there, Martin?
:Martin: It's pretty different. And not so different at the same time. It's kinda hard to explain.
:Susanti: Heh. Guess you kinda have to go there to really get it, huh? I, uh, don't suppose...
:Martin: Do you really think that Luna would be okay with that?
:Susanti: I don't know for sure that he wouldn't be okay with it.
:Martin: That's not a particularly compelling argument.
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: Mirror, pick up this popcorn!
:[beat]
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: Mirror, Princess Aulia commands thee, pick upeth this poppage of corn!
:Martin: Aulia's curse magic is on the loose here now, and it does not work the same way it stays away from our Petrovburg. Any number of terrible things could have happened... [exhales] And lately, I spend eighty percent of my time thinking about them. My friends, and my boyfriend – Luna, are probably fine. I'm overreacting. But maybe not. I can't tell them anymore.
:Susanti: This is the problem you wanted to talk to Mr. Diana about, right? Because you can still talk it over with me if you want.
Susanti:
Hmm. That is a toughie. Guess my advice would be to just trust things will work themselves out in the end. If you spend too much time worrying about the bad things that might happen, you'll miss out on all the good things that are happening.
Hmm. Itu adalah tangguh. Dikiranya saranku adalah percaya saja pada akhirnya hal-hal akan berhasil dengan sendirinya. Jika kamu menghabiskan terlalu banyak waktu untuk mengkhawatirkan hal-hal buruk yang mungkin terjadi, kamu akan kehilangan semua hal baik yang sedang terjadi.
:Susanti: Hmm. That is a toughie. Guess my advice would be to just trust things will work themselves out in the end. If you spend too much time worrying about the bad things that might happen, you'll miss out on all the good things that are happening.
:Martin: Heh. Like how Mr. President was teaching me a lesson right now.
:Susanti: Tamam. Like that.
:Martin: [laughs] Come on. Let's go take a look around the theater. I'm sure they're fine.
:Dennis: Somehow, someway, that goddamn Jerry sucked us all inside of that mirror of hers.
:Luna: Or into some kind of bramble behind it.
:Vincent: By the fidelity, I think I might be freaking out a little bit.
:Jason: Do you call that a 'freakout'?
:Vincent: It's sort of a deep-down inside freakout. Ah!
:Celestia: On the upside, there's popcorn in here! [crunch, crunch] Mmm, sticky...
:Tobias: How could this happen on the evening of my very first movie premiere? Of all the nights! Curse you, Princess Aulia!
:Jason: Not our number-one problem right now, Lady Toby.
:Tobias: Mmm, true. But perhaps we can agree it's in the top five.
:Martin: It's Princess Jerry!
:Susanti: [surprised] No! [gasps seriously] Kim o? – Who's that?
:Martin: She's trouble. Huh. That's Vincent's Uzbek handband.
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: I've already made too many mistakes. What I've done is... is... unforgivable.
:Susanti: No way, Jerry! Hayır! I feel sure for the sake of Luna. He'll forgive you, even his friends will. But first, you have to set them free!
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: I'm so sorry, Prince Luna...
:Luna: It's okay, princess. We've all been there.
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: Really?
:Martin: Manipulated an entire country into giving up their talents so they wouldn't think they were special.
:Luna: Overpowered by her curse magic, Princess Aulia couldn't control and created a rift between two republics, almost destroying both of them in the process.
:Martin: Turned an entire campus into the zombie army in hope that Princess Aulia can conquer this beloved country of ours.
:[beat]
:Celestia: Wow! We are a really forgiving community, guys!
:The Petrovburg Heroes: [laugh]
:Martin: [reading President Diana's message in her journal] Dear beautiful Princess Martin, some lessons are better learned in action, and your Friheten guys are great lecturers, even though I recognize that Luna is your great boyfriend as well as the future husband. As a reward, Susanti should stay for a few more days. Enjoy the premiere!
:Susanti: Huh. Think you can focus on the positive, Luna?
:Luna: Whatever happens is gonna happen, Susanti. I've just gotta live at the moment, right?
:Susanti: [Turkish accent] Evet!
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==References==
#Main course
#*https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls:_Mirror_Magic
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