Rainbow Dash stared at Pinkie.
"What?!!"
Pinkie giggled. "Sorry Dashie, I couldn't resist playing along, you're not dreaming."
"Buh... I have to be! I have giant wings!"
Pinkie nodded.
"You have giant pink wings!"
Pinkie nodded more fiercely. "Yeppers!"
"You used magic!"
Pinkie smiled. "I know wasn't it cool?"
"I used magic!"
"Right!"
"How?!"
Pinkie frowned "That's a tough one to explain. Here, it's easier to show you."
Pinkie glanced about. "Ah! See that big fluffy cloud?"
"The cumulus?"
"Sure! Anyway, watch!"
Pinkie looked at the cloud, her horned glowed a soft pink. Soon, the cloud was a huge replica of Gummy.
Dash stared.
Pinkie grinned broadly. "Okay! Now ask me how I did it!"
"How did you do it?"
"No idea!" Pinkie somehow smiled even more widely.
Dash facehoofed. "Pinkie, why would you say it's tough to explain then?"
"Well have you ever tried to explain something you don't understand yourself? Like, how do you stand on clouds? How do you even fly when pegasus wings are so small? Look at the birds, their wings are about the same size as their body! Why is the word kumquat so funny? Why doesn't anypony take my questions seriously?"
Dash mulled that over. "Okay, fair enough. So you don't know how, do you know what you did to make that happen?"
"I told the cloud to make itself look like Gummy!"
"You... just... told it?"
"Uhuh!"
"Like you told me to tell the wind to let me pass through it, and push me along?"
"Yeppers!"
Dash looked up and barked orders to the sky. "Okay clouds, gather up single file!"
Pinkie giggled. "Not like that silly filly! You think real hard about what you want something to do, and it happens!"
Dash looked skeptical. "Sounds kinda nerdy, I've never been a mare who thinks a lot, I'm more about action you know?" She flexed her front legs to show off her muscles.
"Well that's how it works, at least that's how I made it work for me, I look at stuff and think and it happens!"
Dash looked at a nice wispy Cirrus high in the atmosphere. She thought about what she wanted it it do. The words "Rainbow Dash is the best pony!" showed clearly in the sky in mile wide letters.
Pinkie giggled loudly when she saw the words. "See Dashie? Easy!"
Rainbow gaped. "Easy peasy one two threesy..." was just barely audible.
Pinkie grinned again. "So you wanna race again Dashie? I really love flying with you. Or we could go pranking ponies again! Oooooo! I wanna see if I can make a cloud that makes chocolate rain! Hold on a second!"
Pinkie Pie looked at a cloud floating past her. Her horn glowed. The cloud turned dark and started raining frogs.
"Oopsie! I was thinking about the time Twilight was running from a hydra and how the water kinda looked like chocolate milk and all those frogs were there because Fluttershy brought them there to live and MMPHMPHUHMPH" Dash had heard enough and had shoved a hoof in Pinkie's mouth.
"Pinkie you just made frogs fall from the sky, we need to catch them or Fluttershy will be really upset, do you know how hard it is to splint a frog's leg?!"
Pinkie looked down, her horn glowed. A giant fluffy pillow materialized in the middle of town square. The Mayor was going to have a fit.
Dash nodded. "Okay no squashed frogs now, but maybe you could stop the cloud from raining frogs to begin with?"
"Oh yeah!" Pinkie looked at the cloud, it turned white and fluffy and drifted away.
"You sure I'm not dreaming?"
"Well... pretty sure, unless we're in the same dream anyway. That would be fun too! I usually dream about mountains of sugar though, this doesn't look much like my dream, do you want to see my dream Dashie?"
Dash ignored that for the moment, and thought for a bit, it kind of hurt. It was like stretching a muscle that, while healthy enough, did not see much use. She finally found an idea that she liked.
"So, pranking eh?" Dash grinned.
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Celestia was just getting to the good part.
"So using our combined magics we remade the world for the sixteenth time that day, but then Discord sent his hordes of flying monkeys at us, we fended them off for days with our allies-" She broke off when Luna tapped her.
"Sister, I know you're enjoying detailing the War of Chaos versus Harmony, but I've been doing some calculations." She gestured to her abacus. "We have here two elements of Harmony, both newly made Alicorns in the same day. There is a ninety three point three three (repeating of course) percent chance we have four others to concern ourselves with. Now Fluttershy and Rarity hardly strike me as worrisome. Fluttershy is a reserved pony, she will likely be too busy with her animal friends to even concern herself with anything that has happened to her. Rarity on the other hoof, well let's be frank she would be far more concerned with updating her wardrobe to fit her new body shape. That being said, I recall Pinkie and Rainbow Dash as being quite fond of pranks. I think we may have trouble on our hooves if we don't go check on them."
Just then a member of the royal guard knocked, upon entering he addressed the princesses with a panicked look on his face.
"Your majesties, I am uncertain how, but it seems Discord has escaped! His statue remains unchanged, we had that checked when reports came in. However, we have received reports of raining frogs and a giant pillow in Ponyville. Furthermore, the Griffon ambassador reports clouds forming the words "Ponies rule griffons drool!" over their lands, they are most upset. Also there is a giant toothless alligator rampaging in Sweet Apple Acres. Finally the Equestrian mail service has been flooded with what seem to be party invitations addressed to everypony currently alive in Equestria!"
The princesses looked at each other and sighed heavily.
PINKIE IS A BIOTIC GOD.
SHE THINKS THINGS... AND THEY HAPPEN!
Ha! Dash trolled Gilda's entire race
Pinkie is indeed best pony out there 8D
Alicorn pinkie, THE *insert whatever it is that pinkie soes here* HAS BEEN DOUBLED!
And I thought this was going to become a lesser story when you introduced the plot. Then, BAM! Pinkie Pie the goddess! You're invited to her goddessification party! And Dash potentially bringing about a war.
Critique!
...
You forgot some quotation marks.
Thats about it.
We must please our new rulers with a sacrifice! Quick, go get the Wonderbolts!
226530 Damn things keep trying to escape, I found them and nailed em down where they go.
I Liked this chapter
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Thanks! It's been years since I've laughed so hard I nearly lost bladder control
Pinkie alicorn is best alicorn
lol my enjoyment level has risen
OVER 9000!!!!!
keep it up bro
that is all
kthanxbai
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*Bow Chicka Wow Wow*
"I think we may have trouble on our hoofs if we don't go check on them" - hooves
Y U MISS SO MANY COMMAS
AWESOME PINKIE NOOOOO DON"T TAKE MY COMMENT..............................
Pinkie here I hijacked this persons account don't worry though I will be short. Now whenever you see a GIANT, PINK, UMBRELLA......
Oh wait I mean when you see a pink butterfly DO NOT MOVE or it will KILL YOU. Have a good day:)
The multiverse is doomed.
that was almost as funny as last chapter
226476 The parties have been doubled!
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hooves, fixed.
Commas, partly intentional, Pinkie is notorious for run on sentences because she literally doesn't stop to breathe where normal ponies would. Partly its because while I am fairly decent at grammar, nopony is perfect. I try to edit these before I place them out for consumption, but since I am normally writing just before I go to sleep... my sleep deprived brain tends more towards the creative and less towards the detail oriented. I probably should write before sleep, edit after sleep, then publish.
Your characterizations of Pinke and Dash are spot on, and simply hilarious. I also thank you for keeping this story regularly updated.
Prepare for trouble, and make it double, here comes Pinke and Dash, AND they are alicorns!
It's amazing how much I love this story. I think this is about as characteristically accurate as I can imagine the girls reacting to becoming alicorns as you can get.
Ninety three point three three (repeating of course)
I see what you did there.
228271 Let's do this. LEEEEROOOOY! WIIIINGKIIIIINS! (ya know, that pegasus who made 15 barrel rolls in episode 16?)
228065>>228123 Thank you both, I think characterization is very important, you need to know your actors, or actresses as it were. That being said I think going out of character is permissable, but you better establish why it happened. if Dash is suddenly afraid of heights I wanna hear about the horrible crash she had last week to cause it.
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I find the easiest characterization pitfall most authors encounter is not a genuine change or addition to a characterization, but rather caricaturization. Taking and focusing too much on a single aspect of a character's personality or behavior and having the entire characterization revolve around that one exaggerated aspect. It creates a very short-sighted and narrow minded version of the characterization that never sits well with me.
229184 yep, thats why I was careful about the wording when rainbow said she wasn't one to think much, I don't want to imply Dash is stupid, just not accustomed to thinking things through. Performing magic requires concentration, a unicorns "spell" is, when broken down, a set of instructions for how magic should act. It comes down to intent and will, but without any real instruction (if one has the power) will and intent are enough to perform actions. My Pinkie Pie picked this up intuitively, my Applejack did it accidently, and now Rainbow has been "taught" by Pinkie. When I said thinking hurt her I was implying she was using a set of mental muscles she'd never used before. A unicorn flying for instance would not have the muscles to power the wings very well. Pinkie Pie figured out how to compensate for that with magic. She performs magic intuitively, so she's not limited to what she knows is possible.
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Definitely.
Pegasus magic operates almost entirely on instinct and Earth Pony magic operates entirely autonomously.
Unicorn magic is directable so it requires "casting". I doubt that any of the others would have been able to properly use magic if they had just become unicorns, but as alicorns I would guess the magic works on a more intuitive level.
229239 exactly, at least that is how I am treating it. This was why twilight had such trouble, she was attempting unicorn level spells with alicorn level power. Dash and Pinkie have done nothing more than basic telekinesis. Applejack has performed the most high level spell and I attribute that to a naturely high willpower and the intent to "Wish she could see Twilight face to face to give her a piece of her mind."
It all comes down to annular hyperconductive linked lithium-cesium protein crystals, concentrated in their meta carpals(both hooves and wings) and horns.
I wrote it all down in my thesis (still in contention). This is how all magic effects are generated. Oh! Good story. "We are all God, Isn't it obvious?"
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*Dash prods her gently and Pinkie falls over*
he more I read, the bigger my smile gets.
I LOVE YOU.
229295 "There is a ninety three point three three (repeating of course) percent chance" Reminds me of Leeroy Jenkins or the guy in the video.
>Finally the Equestrian mail service has been flooded with what seems to be party invitations addressed to everypony currently alive in Equestria!"
OH GOD MY SIDES AGAIN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
... someone has seen the "Leeroy Jenkins" video...
SPOILER ALERT!!!
"Buh... I have to be! I have giant wings!"
-Of course, that would be the part of the package she would enjoy the most right off the bat... although when she realizes that she can breath in space (or whatever it is that lets her exceed her previous altitude record) that might be enjoyed as well.
-*Notices title* Pranking spree? Well, they have been faithful in little by not pranking Fluttershy, so that shouldn't be TOO disastrous as long as they don't do anything where "do not know there own strength" comes into play.
Pinkie frowned "That's a tough one to explain. Here, it's easier to show you."
-More fourth-wall breaking, or will the explanation remain in-universe?
"The cumulus?"
"Sure! Anyway, watch!"
-For some reason this underlines how the powers DON'T come with a knowledge of the related subjects. Dunno why this should occur to me since it is so self-evident from the beginning. Probably just a random thought.
Pinkie looked at the cloud, her horned glowed a soft pink. Soon, the cloud was a huge replica of Gummy.
-Ah... the literal answer, ignoring the underlying question of "WHY do we have horns"... very Pinkie.
Pinkie grinned broadly. "Okay! Now ask me how I did it!"
-Well, MAYBE she isn't being super-literal.
"No idea!"
-Ok, so there is another dimension to it, but still...
So you don't know how, do you know what you did to make that happen?"
-Err... if Dash really wanted the mechanics... well I wouldn't even be sure if Rarity knows much about the underlying theory of unicorn magic. Twilight, of course, could go on about the subject for hours.
"Sounds kinda nerdy, I've never been a mare who thinks a lot, I'm more about action you know?"
-Well, Pinkie did say "think HARD" not "think DEEPLY" or "think INTRICATELY". Willpower and focus Dash understands.
Dash looked at a nice wispy Stratus high in the atmosphere. She thought about what she wanted it it do. The words "Rainbow Dash is the best pony!" showed clearly in the sky in mile wide letters.
-I have to think that Stratus are either decorative, or what happens when expended clouds drift too high.
"Easy peasy one two threesy..." was just barely audible.
-Which episode is that from? I forget.
I wanna see if I can make a cloud that makes chocolate rain!
-That could REALLY scare some Ponies, especially if the rain is detected falling anywhere near Ponyville. Of course, if it spreads out enough, nopony might notice.
The cloud turned dark and started raining frogs.
-Huh... still needs some work...
I was thinking about the time Twilight was running from a hydra and how the water kinda looked like chocolate milk and all those frogs were there
-Ah... that makes sense.
"Pinkie you just made frogs fall from the sky, we need to catch them or Fluttershy will be really upset, do you know how hard it is to splint a frog's leg?!"
-Good point... time for TK from Pinkie, and super-speed from Dash (ignoring the fact that she would be moving faster relative to the frogs than the ground would... Rainbooms tell the laws of physics to sit down and shut up).
A giant fluffy pillow materialized in the middle of town square.
-I guess that works too!
A giant fluffy pillow materialized in the middle of town square.
-For some reason I thought it was one quick burst. Maybe I am just tired.
do you want to see my dream Dashie?"
-That would be another thing that would be risky in terms of the chance to cause mass panic.
"So, pranking eh?" Dash grinned.
-As I said earlier, that COULD be a major problem, but probably WON'T be.
"So using our combined magics we remade the world for the sixteenth time that day,
-Wow... my versions just throw meteors and concentrated sunlight (think frying ants with a magnifying glass except morally justified, and with a magnifying glass about a few hundred feet to a mile in diameter).
Rarity on the other hoof, well let's be frank she would be far more concerned with updating her wardrobe to fit her new body shape.
-OTOH when she gets done with that she might try to beautify the landscape... same problem as she showed with the preventative tree maintenance in "Look Before You Sleep". As for Alicorn!Fluttershy, well, if one has read far enough in the POV series(on Deviant Art if nowhere else), then that isn't an ENTIRELY innocuous idea.
However, we have received reports of raining frogs and a giant pillow in Ponyville.
-Well, I wouldn't have thought that just that would be enough... I would think they would assume it was Twilight doing an experiment or just some random effect from Everfree.
Also there is a giant toothless alligator rampaging in Sweet Apple Acres.
-Ah... I expect AJ will go see to that before joining the search for the pranksters...
Finally the Equestrian mail service has been flooded with what seems to be party invitations addressed to everypony currently alive in Equestria!
-Nice... the time and location could be informative.
Revenge on Gilda, Gummy on the loose, can Celestia and Luna keep this outbreak under control...
Alicorn Pinkie Pie...
not a chance...
Doom is pink and rainbows.
Is that part about the 93.33 (repeating of course) a reference to Leroy Jenkins? If so then you are even more awesome!
ninety three point three three (repeating of course)
I think we have a WoW player in our midst.
Am I not right Steel Resolve?
"the Mail service has recieved what appear to be Party invitations to everypony currently living in equestria!" blody hell pinkie!
Dammit, Pinkie
YES! YES! YESYES!
I can't stop laughing!
We are all doomed!
1456867meeeh WoW player here and i dont exactly get that
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
PINKIE/RAINBOW BEEN TROLLING
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Pink Apotheose. Epic.
Liked and Faved.
So when does Trollestia join in the fun? They should let Discord out, He'd love this!
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Oh man that would be amazing, although he doesn't like it when he has no more chaos left to cause.
Elsewhere in the world a pink one suddenly cries "LEEEERRRROOOOYYYYYYYY JENNKINNNNNNNNNN"
Yeeeaaahhhh.... those are DEFINITELY Pinkie and Rainbow's doings!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!