"Really? After all that he went and took a break? What in tarnation was the point of all that buildup?"
"He said it was to "get all his pieces in place." I've read a few books on chess, he's probably working up to his "End Game" strategy. That or he is just lazy."
"Ladies please! Do be kind to the poor dear, he's likely a bit overwhelmed. You girls have seen me take on a few too many things at once. It's fine until your energy depletes, then you begin to feel strained at every action."
"I just want to know what's going on with this Tornado lady! Who the hay does she think she is? I am so gonna kick her flank-"
"Um... girls, I'm sure he'll be back soon, let's just be patient for now."
"Itchy neck... eyeflutter... knee jerk... Girls I think the narration is back!"
Seriously ladies, I have been gone for two whole days what exactly is the problem?
"Um... well while we sort of understand what you're doing maybe it was a little bit of a-"
"Letdown! A huge bucking letdown! You skipped six months and didn't even mention the party we all had when we got back together! Then you promise me a race and leave me hanging in front of that bit-"
"Seriously, and what was that stuff with the party and Doctor Whooves? If you needed me to go with everypony else you could have just asked!"
You... scare me a little, I still have nightmares about those poor fish...
"C'mon, that was a joke! They breathe sand its fine!"
You tried to insert "Cupcakes" into my story! "CUPCAKES" Pinkie!
"Oh hush, you got a couple chuckles out of it be happy!"
Well, okay I guess it was a little funny, but still you totally preempted the dramatic retelling of the War of Chaos vs Harmony-
"Oh like you were going anywhere with that anyway silly-billy! You're no Tolkien you know!"
Adams was always more my taste yes...
"Exactly, stick to what you know! You saw how we botched up Rarity's dress designs when we tried to force our interests on her-"
"Pinkie let us never speak of those... things... again please you are giving me flashbacks!"
"Girls! Look, we can all berate the author when he inevitably fails to live up to everypony's expectations later on. Listen Author, we know you work hard, but my friends and I never got to really meet up again after you forced us all into inexplicable alicornhood for the sake of a laugh or two. So while you're planning out this "Grand Battle Betwixt Good and Evil" we thought we could all take a look back, before you split everypony up into your little training groups to learn how to not kill everypony by mistake? Would that be so much to ask?"
Six puppy dog looks were directed at the Author.
Fine, fine, as if I would deny you girls anything... Here's your party, now if you'll excuse me I have villainy to write...
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Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, and Rarity were in the middle of their most awkward group hug ever.
"Pfft! Rarity your wing is in my mouth! Everypony, it's so good to see you again!"
"I quite agree Twilight, while we did just see each other last Tuesday stress of certain recent events certainly makes that time seem so much longer than tolerable."
"Well shoot, least we're all here together again. We can get past a few extra wings and horns, we'll do it together!"
"Um... girls this is nice and all but maybe we should be worried about why this all happened?"
" 'Shy stop worrying so much, we can fly faster and survive crashes better than ever now! I am so gonna practice the tricks my instructors told me would get me killed someday! I'll show them!"
Pinkie Pie suddenly perked up. "You know what this calls for!"
Rarity sighed. "Pinkie we just left a party, besides that whole affair seemed rather dull, what I can recall in any case."
"Shush! Party commencing in three, two, one..."
Pinkie's horn glowed and suddenly out of nowhere appeared twenty six party cannons blowing out streamers and decorations in rapid succession.
Music began to play from no apparent source. "C'mon everypony! Let's dance!"
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Celestia and Luna watched the friends celebrate.
"They certainly have much energy, We wonder if the change is permanent? T'would be welcome to have six such worthy friends join us in eternity sister."
"I... dare not think of it sister. My heart breaks with every pony I must watch go into the sunset. I would hate to get my hopes up only to have them dashed on the harsh rocks of reality. Until we find out what happened my only concern is ensuring they learn to control what fate has forced upon them."
"Still, tis nice to dream of more companionship, tis it not?"
"Dreams are always good dear sister, for you make them so."
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Thissdens and Cann glared at each other.
"I told you you stubborn mule, Pegusi magic is capable of inducing alicornhood, now admit you were wrong. Also, you can forget about the fifty bits, we never shook on that."
"Fifty? I thought it was five hun- Oh, of course fifty bits right! You were supposed to pay that if she was holding back and that's the only bet we're worried about! Of course I'll forgive you that paltry sum old friend, and I admit I was wrong about your specialty."
Thissdens eyed Cann suspiciously. Five hundred? He was pretty sure it had said fifty in the note. Still, he had gotten what he wanted. "I'll admit I was wrong about unicorns too, clearly they had the potential all along."
"We both kinda dropped the ball on earth ponies though."
"Yeah but who studies that? Seems like a pretty pointless thing to look into."
"Oh? Like a pegasus studying cloud forging for the purposes of a new pair of shoes?"
"Point taken."
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Author's note:
Yeah, all my girls can see the fourth wall. Why? Because it's funny.
ya caught me off guard at the begining
YOU SIR ARE NOW OFFICIALLY 20% COOLER AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK OHY AND FIRST
287917 All instances of italics are my girls going off-script. for the purposes of the narrative their words and actions in italics will have no impact on the storyline. That first scene was mostly for me, I pictured everypony sitting around waiting patiently for the story to continue.
I wonder, did you actually plan to put in that first scene, or did it just come out of your head when you...took a while?
287933 But the story didn't continue! They hugged, Celestia whined, and the professors got greedy. It had nothing to do with the plot!
287958 and thus the word interlude. The story proper will be coming shortly, but some people felt leaving out the reunion scene after building up for 16 chapters was a bit of a mistake, and while I do not regret the decision to skip typing out 6 months of training chapters, the reunion did call for a little fleshing out.
287955 I have given up asking such questions. My brain dictates what the hands type and I just watch it unfold. I do love watching it happen though.
Nice interlude. Good dialogue between Celestia and Luna too.
So, you planning on sending this to EqD once it's complete?
"They certainly have much energy, We wonder if the change is permanent? T'would be welcome to have six such worthy friends join us in eternity sister."
*reads* HHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!! *collapses*
You like pulling that one. Though quite frankly I'm surprised Celestia isn't secretly harboring a wish her student could join her for Eternal......HA!
Sorry had to make that bad stab.
I'm really wondering just what the heck the professors are going on about now. I thought it was the Elements of Harmony that changed the Mane 6, not their inherent magical abilities triggering alicornhood spontaneously and simultaneously among them. They talk about how maybe a strong pegasus or a unicorn may get strong enough to somehow turn into an alicorn which in turn would boost their abilities even further, but so far all they have are the Mane 6. You'd think with their ideas there'd be far more alicorns than just 6 ponies.
I don't know how strong Pinkie's earth pony abilities are compared to her ability to break reality, but Fluttershy is for in no way a strong flyer. I can't see how their theory could work when everything points to the EoH making their host's bodies more powerful to better utilize them. Macintosh seems to be far stronger than AJ, and he's an earth pony still.
Also i can't recall if you mentioned it, but was Luna a pegasi before her transformation?
This story isn't funny and I can't really tell which character is talking in each sentence. it's all quite boring actually... I don't even know what the mane 6 look like now.
:3
Dat hipster Dash
GREAT now we have six Pinkies instead of only one
but it's still random enough to be considered funny
288181 This story or this chapter of the story? I ask because this chapter, with the exception of the beginning, wasn't really designed for laughs so much as to flesh out a moment in time during the time skip. If you really mean the story as a whole, all I can say is thank you, you slogged through 19k words of nonsense hoping for funny and didn't find it. Then left me a comment to let me know it didn't work for you. I am sorry if that's the case. I know it's cliche to keep saying it but this is really my first attempt at fiction, I am tossing every trick I can think of at the wall to see what sticks. The fact you can't tell who is talking tells me some of the characters' word choices are too generic to differentiate them from another of the mane six. Again, thank you for giving me a chance, and all the more for caring enough to comment.
288121 They don't care how it actually came about, it's just about who was right. They expected one pony to possibly go through this naturally, based on natural magical strength. They got six. The six were enhanced unnaturally because of the elements. Pinkie Pie is off the fucking charts. Fluttershy would have in no way been considered a strong anything other than for some reason unusually strong in earth magic, considering pegasus ponies don't normally have any earth magic at all.
288828 I can promise you I won't be having everypony doing this, heck even Pinkie has shown restraint. Well, for Pinkie Pie.
289125 you're absolutely right, it was weak. it's a filler, I've made a filler, good god why did I make a filler? 3 weeks in and already I am a hack. please excuse me.
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That feels better. Folks I do apologize. Sometimes while the author is trying to get his head straight to write out the interesting chapters that people seem to enjoy he gets an idea into his head and puts it down into words. The idea is new, and fresh, and the chapter writes itself. Often this will be completely off the wall, like 6 ponies all being self aware and berating the author for crimes past present and future, he will laugh his ass off at this and somehow think others may wish to see the crime he has committed against fiction. Fear not, your author has not given up despite his tendency to be distracted by shiny things.
to the Author note: Well, can't argue with them logics.
I'm loving the antics for this quick little snippet by the way.
292635 glad you enjoyed it.
293541 think of it this way, if at least two peeps like it, it wasn't a waste of your time. and yes, authors may count themselves too.
293660 oh a few others liked it too, but I openly admit this was a weak chapter, I skipped this whole time period for a reason, storywise... its boring, it advances nothing. You don't, in short, need to know. The real letdown is people checking for me to start in again with Act II and I posted some snippets about a party and 6 4th wall breaking ponies lol.
With great Alicornification, comes great Fourth-Wall breaking power. They seee~ youuu~. Wait. And me, They see me too... Hi Fluttershy! Hi Pinkie! Hi Twilight! Hi Applejack! Hi Rainbow Dash! Hi Rarity! *Waves and smiles like an idiot.*
SPOILER ALERT!!!
"Seriously, and what was that stuff with the party and Doctor Whooves? If you needed me to go with everypony else you could have just asked!"
-Took me this long to realize the interesting implications of the fact that they are now ALL breaking the fourth wall... I thought Pinkie's tricks couldn't be learned by any other pony...
They breathe sand its fine!
-Ah, good to know... I was a bit worried. Figured she hand handled the situation in a non-cruel way, but the specific solution hadn't occurred to me.
again please you are giving me flashbacks!"
-heh...
I am so gonna practice the tricks my instructors told me would get me killed someday!
-This makes a surprising amount of sense. Just as long as she only does them as fast and hard as she could before(or at least with a smaller percentage increase than her power level jump), and doesn't add any embellishments without careful consideration.
Pinkie's horn glowed and suddenly out of nowhere appeared twenty six party cannons blowing out streamers and decorations in rapid succession.
-That works... she already has to use hammerspace for that thing most of the time anyway, 25 more just means she has bigger pockets.
Yeah, all my girls can see the fourth wall. Why? Because it's funny.
-Ah, I see...
287917
-Either you mean "Pan GALACTIC Garble-Blaster" or you mean that Pinkie has created something that is to a mere PGGB what a PGGB is to whiskey and what a tesseract is to a cube (yes, both at the same time). I find the second option more entertaining(including the terrifying sort of entertaining), so let us all assume that is what you meant.
I have NO IDEA what just happened here!
1434262 I had a lot of madness built up in this fic yes. It was one of those stories where, upon getting an idea, I never questioned if it was a good idea, I just rolled with it.
"Dreams are always good dear sister, for you make them so."
That is seriously one of the best lines I've ever seen!
And nice 4rth wall action
1451457 And it's an even better line now that it's actually canon...!
1436335
This is a very Pinkie Pie kinda story and I love it. It just has things happening without really stopping for too long.
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(Spoilered for disturbing imagery.)
In chapter 8, Pinkie tried to liven up a description of a party setup by replacing it with a grimdark scene with the streamers being entrails, the balloons being inflated organs, chairs made of pony skeletons, et cetera.
This is similar to a very notorious story called "Cupcakes" in which Pinkie Pie is a Sweeney Todd-esque serial killer who tortures and murders Rainbow Dash, is said to have murdered dozens of other ponies, and keeps their cutie marks as souveneirs.