“YOU DID WHAT!?”
Luna stared at me across the dream realm and I nodded hesitantly, “It was the only way I could get him to help.”
She slowly let her breath out and moved up to look at me, “We should have turned him to stone when We had the chance. Again.”
She looked furious. Seriously furious. The dream realm seemed to darken around her and her mane moved less like it was in a breeze and more like it was a storm cloud.
I flicked my ears, “...Sorry.”
Luna lowered her head to nuzzle softly before she spoke up again, “How bad?”
Frowning, I shook my head before nuzzling back, “I have no urges to go snacking on pony necks if that’s what you mean,” I told her, “So, that’s good at least. Not sure if he would ever had done that, Fluttershy would have been so mad at him if he did.”
Luna looked thoughtful for a moment, “...I wonder…”
“Huh?”
“Is Discord trying to… play matchmaker?”
“If he is, he needs some practice,” I said dryly and shifted my wings, “And some subtlety classes.”
Not that Fluttershy wasn’t attractive. She had been a model for a very good reason after all but she just wasn’t my type.
Even if she was good looking.
Luna sighed and nuzzled softly as she sat down, slipping her wing around me, “My Page… are you okay?”
“...I don’t know,” I admitted after a moment as I laid down. Luna moved to settle down next to me, slipping her wing across my back before I continued as I leaned softly against her, “Like I said to Sunny, this is like the fourth least strange thing I have been turned into. But… I don’t know. It still feels… strange.”
“We will make him undo it.”
I shook my head, “If you do, he’ll return Tempest Shadow’s horn to it’s broken state too. I promised her I would do what I can to find a way to help her.”
“Page, this can’t possibly be what you meant.”
“...No,” I admitted and nuzzled at her neck, “But I promised. She has her horn now and… I couldn’t do that to her. Taking it away again would be so cruel.”
Luna sighed softly against my ear, “Page…”
“...Besides,” I said softly, “She’s going to live… what, half a century, a century at most? I’m an Alicorn. I can wait. This is not that bad.”
“Fifty years is a decently long time even for an alicorn,” Luna said gently, “I promise you that in fifty years you will be so used to it that going back would be even stranger.”
“I guess you’re right,” I admitted and sighed, “How will ponies react?”
If they knew as much about batponies as Sunny had, this would go over about as well as a cast iron airship.
Luna nuzzled, “Are we going to reveal it?”
“The alternative would be hiding beneath illusions again,” I said and nuzzled back, “That didn’t go that well last time and was really tedious.”
“Might be easier this time,” Luna suggested with a small thoughtful frown, “Thestrals have a natural talent for illusions.”
“...Maybe,” I admitted, “I may have to learn how to do that. I’ll hide beneath normal illusions until we figure out what to do. I may have to visit Fluttershy and see if she can teach me.”
Luna was quiet for a long moment, holding me close with her wing, “So…”
“So?”
“So how does it feel?” she asked after a moment.
I shifted my wings beneath her and flicked my ears, feeling my fangs a bit with my tongue, “...A bit odd,” I admitted, “But a lot less strange than when I woke up as a pony. Or when I gained another set of limbs with my wings. Or even when Discord turned me into a mare for a bit.”
“Really?”
I nodded, “Yeah. Don’t get me wrong, it’s really strange with the wings. They aren’t less sensitive to air or anything than pegasus wings, but they are… quiet. They make a lot less noise when I flap them,” before I sighed and looked to her, “...And I found out that I need to learn how to fly again. As it turns out, feathered wings are a lot different from bat wings in how they work, even if it is mostly magic… and to be completely honest, while the fangs feel a bit odd, I miss having them even if they are way larger than when I was human.”
Luna slowly nodded and gave me a small soft kiss, “I suppose that’s another thing you need to discuss with Lady Fluttershy.”
“Yeah,” I agreed, “I’ll head to Ponyville as soon as you and Sunshine get back,” I said before I smirked as an idea crossed my mind, “Oh, don’t tell her. I want to see how long it'll take before she notices.”
That got a small giggle from her.
lol...should be fun
I think I came across a technical "official" name for a uni-thestral... thestri-corn... whatever you've been calling it in your head till now:
Destrals
No clue about the specifics of any myth concerning them, but it does fit the way that Hasbro came about with the name for "Alicorn." There were no actual myths about Alicorns either, just pegasai and unicorns, but the alchemic name for a unicorn's horn was alicorn, so they just decided to name them that since it sounds similar-but-not the same to "unicorn."
From this point on anytime I don’t see the Green Complete sticker at the bottom each chapter is a gift.
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The world was black and smelt of burlap. Burlap that chaffed at his neck.
He was also bound tightly, each mismatched limb held firm and somehow enchanted to prevent him from using his magic.
An opening of a door caught his attention.
“I demand you let me loose this instant!” He demanded his bewilderment our weighing his fear anger at this point.
“In time.” Came a soft yet feminine voice. A voice he knew.
“Cadance?”
“Yes.”
“What is the meaning of this?” He demanded before a thought came to him. “If this is about Page, we made a deal, fair and square-“
“I am aware of that. In fact it helps with my own plans. But that is why we are here.”
The bag is whipped off his head and he is spun to face a very stern looking Princess if Love.
“Now, I am a reasonable mare, I can take a joke but this...this I cannot stand for.” She hissed.
“...whats that?”
“You messing with my element.”
“...n-“. He began before getting a sharp yank on his goatee.
“DON’T YOU LIE TO ME, YOU SON OF A BITCH!” She roars with the intensity of a hurricane.
In a moment she releases his beard and calms herself.
“Now...Listen here scab.” She says walking away. “Any further matching you try to do stops here and will be handled by me. Understand?”
Discord weighs his options before nodding.
“Good.” She says before giving a nod to someone behind him.
In a moment two Crystal hammer slam down on his knees. Being a spirit he only looks down at the broken legs as they pop back into place, not so much a whimper.
“That didn’t hurt.”
“At this point it’s just procedural.” She says absently.
“How often do you do this?”
“Don’t ask me about my work.”
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The best explanation of "alicorn" that I read, made up several years into the fandom, was that it's a mangling of alarcorn, alar being an old prefix that means "winged".
Sunshine or Fluttershy ?
What he means is: Fluttershy wasn't a villainess, so he's not into her.
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Well, she was for a moment in Bats!
But I don't know if that ever happened in this world
Honestly, if Page tried to make a move on Fluttershy, Discord would probably turn him inside out.
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Discord would float nearby on a chair that is also floating because fluttershy is happy and he's happy and don't project your lower species morality onto him, he's eccentric!
Page: It'll be fine Luna. You know what they say: "Try batwing then you'll never gonna swing!"
*Luna bites Page's ear almost off*
Page: OW OW OW OW OW OW! Sorry! Sorry!
And the lack of preening. Especially the lack of preening! No feathers to molt! Much lower maintenance!
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why not both?
Cadence: *Breaks into Discord's dimension with a manic smile on her muzzle.* "Oh, Discooord, where are you? We shall make great things together, you and I!"
Discord: *Backs away slowly* "I... need an adult?"
Cadence: *Stalks forward while bringing out the shipping board* "I am an adult!"
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Hard to say if she was really a "villain". She certainly wasn't on the same level as villains like Luna, Tempest Shadow, Sunset Shimmer, or Trixie. Shoot, she was more of a victim than a villain.
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You have to wash them like skin though.
Ah, the convenient "Hmm, maybe it was just fated to be this way" moment.
Oh oh oh! the antiupasion is going to kill me!
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Cadance takes her work very seriously.
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"Guys you're never gonna believe what Midnight and I found out in the jungle!" "We kinda need some assistance on this archeological dig, mostly dealing with the local fauna"
"hmm... a jungle excursion for a few months sounds like a great way to get away deal with things.... AMBER, summon the war mages!"
"All three of them?"
"Oh right."
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not really a problem for a former hairless-simian though.
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5-10 Min tops. So not more than brushing the teeth. What i would miss is the Intimacy that is lost by sharing the maintenance with your partner Are batwing not more problematic in winters cold? At least rain soaking the wings and wet feather wings after bathing will not bother him for a time...
As i see it Luna is going to have a lot of fun with her new Page. Wonder what Celestia will think about him..
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All these "Cadance-The-Shipping-Godfather" comments from everybody would make an awesome story in their own right if collected into one place!
In my honest opinion being a thestral alicorn would be the coolest thing ever, even if he wasn't an alicorn I would love it, this just made the story 100X better
PS: DONT YOU DARE MAKE DISCORD REVERSE THIS!!!!
PSS: thestals are the best
So... not only is he the first male alicorn, he's also likely the first thestral male alicorn... That is a lot of firsts. ;]
Besides, this will generate a lot of wonderful chaos for Discord. It makes sense - the more difficulty you go through, the more he gets out of it... but it's mostly at your expense. Once you learn how he operates, he's not that difficult to deal with.
Honestly I had gotten a bit bored because reading like 4 books is a bit boring after a while but this has renewed my interest
“Oh, don’t tell her. I want to see how long it'll take before she notices.”
I think I recall what happens...if this is the right story then he really should have thought better of it
Time for Fluttershy to become a villain!
Angel Bunny will be her right paw minion.
Time to invade Ponyville and rule it with a gentle hoove!
Sooo... Thestral have a longer tongue? Lucky Luna!
After that chapter i would declare Page to unsave to decide things for himself:
Time to breed three foals per Alicorn mare until he is allowed out of the castle.
Maybe by than sanity has returned to him.
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No, it's Cadance who need subtlety lessons. Discord is merely her apprentice in this job.