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Loki and Laufey found themselves following behind Trixie for countless hours with nary a word passed between the three of them except to take note of a new direction the group needed to go. Trixie was using her magic to track the spark, which mixed with her teleportation allowed her to keep right on its tail while Loki and Laufey lumbered behind.
All throughout this though Loki could not help but notice the determined, yet smug, expression on the equine’s face. She certainly seemed much more confident than the nervous wreck he had first encountered while he was locked away in his room.
After seeing her like this long enough, Loki cut the chain of silence and interrupted Trixie’s tireless search.
“You are not acting like yourself.”
Trixie kept searching across the wasteland ahead of him as she returned flippantly.
“You try being trapped in your own mind for who knows, weeks? Months? It is quite irritating! Almost as much as this grim wasteland you have had me stuck in all this time.”
The mare stopped momentarily to poke at the ground absentmindedly, her voice dropping down enough to almost not be heard by Loki.
“I’m just happy to be awake.”
That made sense to Loki...he would be just as energetic if he was given the chance to live again after being comatose for so long. He knew too little about his lover’s protege to really know what was and was not characteristic of her, but he had to admit that he could understand where she was coming from.
Similarly, he had his father pegged. Laufey would do whatever was coldly pragmatic in a situation, though his pride could blind him in some ways...like being double crossed by someone known for double crossing.
With his father in mind, Loki turned back to Laufey with curiosity. He had so much he wanted to ask him, having let go of his hatred of all Frost Giants to some degree. Enough to actually care to ask Laufey about his mother—
Looking back to Laufey revealed to the prince that his father was not even facing the same direction. He was turned around and not moving like all of the others.
Laufey was as itching as Loki to leave this place, so the fact that he was not just marching along stood out to his son, “What has your attention headed the wrong way?”
Laufey snorted before turning back the right way.
“There are two beings following us.”
Loki frowned as he thought about what that could possibly mean. Illidan had disappeared entirely without a trace much like Laufey had appeared, and not even Trixie had picked up a trace of the giant elf’s energy.
Whatever happened to him, he was either far away or out of commission. With no reliable way of tracking him, Loki had begrudgingly went along with the other two. Ikol was squawking on his shoulder about how he did the right thing, but Loki had just been ignoring him. It felt like a betrayal of the Betrayer...
Even if Illidan was one of the ones following them, that still left one other. Was it another of the crazed lost souls searching for the spark? Was it someone hunting them? Loki had no particular inclination to find out by meeting it, so he instead inquired more, “And you know this how?”
“I can hear them. They are coming from the same direction, but one is closer. Neither is particularly large, with each being about your size, Runt.”
That confirmed Loki’s apprehension considering them, “Well then, let us finish this quest before they catch up on the chance they are hostile.”
Laufey smiled for what felt like the first time to himself, “Scared?”
Loki would not let him have the last word before things trailed off into silence once again, “Just smart enough to not fight extraneous battles.”
Laufey left it at that. He could see the small shiver down Loki’s spine.
The mists grew less and less thick during the travel, and with the glow from Trixie’s horn there was truly no issue amongst the three tracking down the sparkling creature. Ahead of the other two, Trixie caught sight of it flittering into the only structure for what had to be kilometers.
Given the seemingly closed nature of the abandoned building, “There it is! It’s trapped itself!”
“Yes, we can tell,” Laufey grunted, nowhere as close to happy as Trixie was. A quick look between Loki and their other companion made Trixie realize something she had not during their lengthy trip.
Still in a more chipper mood, Trixie snickered as the three all rushed towards the building, “Oh, this must be your father, father.”
Loki snorted as he did his best to keep up with her four legged charge, “You are Luna’s, not my own.”
“Close enough.”
That brought another smile to Laufey’s lips, the Frost Giant looking over to his half breed son as they finally reached the open doored building. The structure seemed like an industrial building that one might find on Midgard or in certain areas of Equestria. No windows were noticeable, and from their head on perspective the trio could not notice any other exits.
Laufey briefly stopped to use his magic to form a thick coating of ice over the exit, sealing any from leaving and arriving both. As he did this he could not help but voice the reason for his amusement, “Laying with equines, are we?”
He despised his son, and to hear him stooping to such levels validated that hatred.
Loki regretted being unable to overpower Laufey in this constant flux of power and weakness he was stuck in, and was forced to suffer the indignity while weakly defending himself verbally, “A sentient, intelligent, shapeshifting horse. A very long story I must say, probably enough to fill a series tomes of about ten chapters each.”
Trixie was not about to listen about her princess’s private activities, so she quickly tuned them out, “La la la, I cannot hear you.”
Her words quickly removed Laufey’s smug expression, “I need his aid to leave this place. I do not particularly seek yours, horse, so keep your chatter to a minimum lest I decide that you are better off as sustenance.”
Now inside, the group was met with a series of hallways and corridors. No lights or windows made for a very dark environment, but Laufey and Loki each had experience with traveling in the dark. Trixie’s glowing horn helped alleviate the issue anyways, and Loki always could help contribute if he felt he had the power needed to do so.
Trixie turned around to face Laufey, her face neutral as she lowered her front half to bow. Her voice, however, was anything but neutral as she sarcastically quipped, “Why I would never want to irritate a king such as yourself, though I beg your ear for a moment longer, as I am quite curious as to what Jotunheim is like. I have heard so much about it these past few days, but the word of its king trumps all.”
Laufey could hear her sarcasm, but he replied as if she was actually sincere, “It is colder than a being like you could survive. You need not know anything else.”
Trixie pretended to be taken aback at this, “Is that so? I’m not quite so sure. After all, the Great and Powerful Trixie survived far worse than the cold. Have you ever vanquished an Ursa Major and Minor simultaneously?”
Her statement only annoyed Laufey, who did not take it at its face value, “One cannot destroy a constellation. Not without the Infinity Gauntlet, that is.”
Trixie could see where the disconnect was and quickly went about correcting his lapse in knowledge, “Not the constellation, the animal! Don’t tell me you have never heard of an Ursa Major?”
Laufey found himself taking the bait to show off her ego, genuinely curious about whether or not she was telling the truth at this point, “How large is the creature?”
Her ego now going full force, Trixie sat up and took as much of a refined position as she could. Her horn flickered as she cast a spell to conjure a flat structure a few feet long and wide while also being very thin. This done, images of the Ursa Minor and Major found their way onto it, making the summoned structure act like a television.
“Take any common bear, multiply its size by a hundred, and you have an Ursa Minor. Triple that and you have an Ursa Major!”
Trixie began to play the scene of her killing the beasts, which both helped confirm her story while also making Laufey a bit wary about her.
“And you, a small horse, defeated both of these creatures by yourself?” he questioned. Perhaps he could conquer and use more of these beings if they were so powerful.
Trixie huffed, “Size isn’t everything,” she quickly took an even more indignant pose as she continued on, “And I’m above average height for a pony, thank you very much!”
Looking over the footage being played before him, Laufey found himself slightly impressed. He had no way of knowing if these were fabricated or not, but the way Loki was not contradicting her made him feel as if it had some level of truth.
Laufey turned to Loki as they all resumed searching throughout the darkened corridors, “Runt, it seems your illegitimate child is a more capable combatant than you,” he snorted amusedly as he had another thought, “And is not a runt of her species, like yourself.”
Loki was quick to correct him, “We share no blood, and—”
Trixie cut him off while jabbing a hoof towards a side corridor that had a quick flash go down it, “Quiet, Warp ahead! More important matter to handle!”
While running off towards the brief sighting of light, Trixie had the unfortunate luck of being first. Her charge forward brought her directly into contact with a cobweb, and a shrill yell emitted from her lips as she shivered at stopped her dash.
Laufey shook his head disappointedly, “So easily frightened. And to think you boast of your talents. I doubt you are a tenth of the threat you sell yourself as, even if you do have some arcane talent.”
Feeling a bit humiliated, Trixie gritted her teeth and charged up power in her horn as she turned towards Laufey, “Well, if you need a demonstration…”
Loki could see her new charge directly at Laufey as if it was in slow motion. He wanted to stop it, but was unable to step in the way in time to prevent his allies from tearing one another apart.
Seeing the full frontal attack made Laufey scoff, for he had already prepared a hidden ice blade should he need to fight. He took a swing forward at her just as she entered his reach, “Pathetic—”
The swing of his blade struck through nothing but an illusion, seven more of which split out of it of the same size that quickly surrounded the Frost Giant.
Laufey was unable to tell which one was the real Trixie, and each lunged forward. He felt his legs be taken out from underneath him, while each of the illusions rushed forth with their horn honed in on his abdomen. Just as he managed to comment on the sudden change of events, one horn pierced his abdomen, “What the—”
From behind him the real Trixie growled at Laufey as she dug her horn further into his back, magic glowing off it immensely.
Trixie growled softly as she began to threaten the much larger being. She was not in the mood to deal with threatening monsters again, having had her fair share of those for a lifetime, “I am no murderer, but I have heard you are. One thought and I could kill you, giant. I still have all my powers after all, unlike your son with his floundering abilities.”
On his knees and defeated by a being less than half his size, Laufey growled before spitting out a furious, “Very well.”
Trixie removed her horn before teleporting to be beside Loki, who she quickly leaned on as if she was seeking comfort. Loki granted it to her by not pushing her away and even bringing a hand down to her mane.
Luna had chosen her apprentice well. Basic trickery could go a long way in a fight, so long as talents were used to their fullest capacity.
The blood that was profusely spilling down Laufey’s body did not seem to bother him, and instead he seemed amused by it all. He turned to Loki with this amusement evident on his otherwise cold face, “To think that I would respect a horse more than my own son.”
Loki was quite sure he did not regret slaying Laufey.
With Trixie getting back to being focused on the hunt and Laufey not being the most verbose person, Loki found himself in an uneasy quiet once more. He would normally want to form a plan rather than just keep running on into the unknown, but he had no knowledge of this building and he could not trust Laufey to do anything like split up. He would just take the way out for himself.
Fortunately for Loki, they found themselves into a room where the wisp darted into. The room was not particularly large, but Loki was pleased to see that it had no way out. So long as this being did not activate its teleportation powers, they had it contained.
Laufey froze the room’s one exit shut, and each of the three prepared to approach the floating spark that remained still across from them.
Trixie turned to face Loki with a smile, Luna’s tales of Loki’s talking finesse coming to mind, “You’re up, silver tongue.”
Loki pushed Trixie forward, “You know more about it. I do not wish to misstep and cause it to flee.”
Not happy about being shoved, Trixie rolled her eyes and moved to approach their prize, “Fine, I’ll handle it. I just hope that nickname for you the Princess mentioned once came from your speaking abilities…”
She cleared her throat and spoke to it in as much of a diplomatic voice as she could muster, “Spark known as Warp, heed our request. We—”
A disembodied voice rang through the room, though it was easy to assume that its origin was the floating orb, “Not Sky…who you?”
The broken response made Trixie uneasy, as she was beginning to realize that the creature might not be in the most fit of minds, “Uhhhh…”
Laufey groaned as he watched the equine already bungle things, “Why are you calling it that odd name?”
Trixie did not appreciate the commentary and quickly grew exasperated, “That’s what Hela told me it was! The cold witch could not stop going on and on about it, and to be honest it became irritating that she was explaining to me a way out of this mess while I was unable to do anything about it.”
What she said caught Loki’s attention more than their current situation, “Who is this ‘Hela’?”
Trixie turned away from the floating spark and to Loki with a frown, “Tall, ivory skin like yours, black mane, likes black cloaks, sadistic, shapeshifts to different ages…” she paused before shrugging, “She says you have met and are quite familiar.”
Hela...things began to click in Loki’s mind. He wasn’t sure he wanted them to do so, but they were.
Loki tried to repress the thoughts so that he could focus on the important matter at hand, “We have, only I have known her by the name Lady Death. Go on.”
“Go bots…” the disembodied voice piped up again, its voice weakly trailing off.
“He said go on,” Trixie smugly corrected, “Anyways, she said that this being can teleport and has cross dimensional capabilities now thanks to some meddling a god of chaos like Discord did. He can transport between worlds, like Discord, and is our ticket home.”
Laufey nodded to that, but he wanted more, “And how do we make him take us back to our worlds?”
Trixie shrugged as she tried to remember what she could from her dreams, “He apparently hates bugs with a fiery passion. Tell him that the bugs are at a certain place, and that’s where he’ll go even if he can’t logically do anything!”
This information allowed Loki to take the initiative now, no longer willing to let Trixie fail at speaking to their ticket out of this world, “Wandering spirit not known as Sky, there is an infestation of insects on my realm. I require your aid to seek out and eliminate them, as do my companions.”
The response was less than coherent, “Bug—shell—BOMB—shot—kick...”
Trixie frowned, “Is that a yes?”
Neither Loki or Laufey could give their opinions on the matter in time before the floating electrical ball began to glow a light purple. The purple quickly expanded to the area around the ball as well, and soon it created an aura throughout about half the room in a radius around the odd creature.
Trixie’s eyes lit up at the sight of this happening, which in turn made the others feel more confident about the otherwise alarming event, “There it is! In just a few minutes we’ll be free of this forsaken world!”
As the light slowly grew brighter and brighter Loki felt the air in the room chill immensely. He did not need to turn to know that there was now another being in the room, one whom was not invited but who would do as she pleased anyways.
“You again.”
Loki’s voice was nearly a growl as much as he tried to tone it down. He had just pieced together something that made him feel as if bile was coming up his throat.
No-one seemed to want to speak given the tense look on Loki, but Lady Death approached him from behind with her hood masking her face once again. She stopped just outside the aura, which itself ended right after Loki and Laufey. Laufey gave the two some space, more intent on seeing how this would play out than actually participating.
Loki continued to speak as his thoughts from before began to flood to his mouth, “You travel through time. Bridge worlds together. Have a vendetta against me, as well as the deadweight.”
She nodded to him, though the mute woman made no noise. This only fed Loki’s anger more, and he continued on with his growing description of the woman.
“You can speak in dreams. You can enter dreams, something almost wholly unique to a certain being I know.”
With that, Lady Death reached back and pulled her hood down. Her pearly white skin glowed in the light of the room, though the purple lights from both Trixie and the spark made her appear a light purple herself. This was except for the dark green half mask that covered her face still, its pointed edges giving it a fearsome appearance to match her twisted appearance.
Loki narrowed his eyes to observe her further, finding himself surprised that he did not notice certain things earlier as he looked over her face and neck, “Your magic is dark in color, much like Luna’s in her Nightmare form. It also has a flair of green, much like my own aura.”
“Here you bring together lost souls with questionable moralities and ideals. A world of greyness that is both figurative and literal,” Loki paused again to clear his throat, “I do not know why you do not talk, but I think I know who and what you are now.”
As if to humor him further, Lady Death took a hand to her mask to remove the mask that concealed her important features. She took her time removing it, but when she did it took another moment for both Loki and Trixie to respond at all.
For Trixie it was simply a gasp of shock at seeing a face identical to the one Luna wore in her humanoid form, for Loki it was the shock of having his suspicions confirmed.
“I do not know if you are from my reality originally, but given that you seem to enjoy my torment more than Ikol’s, I can assume as much,” Loki paused again before saying an important name for the first time, “Hela.”
Laufey’s throat rumbled as he shot a death glare at Loki, “Your posturing is quite irritating. The both of you.”
“She despises you as much as me. Why do you think she has been stringing you along all this time?” Loki looked between Hela and Laufey, “Say hello to your possible granddaughter. She is not the kind of person you should be rude to.”
That shut Laufey up quickly.
Loki used the silence to continue his own rant, “Thanos is obsessed with death, and you embody it. The reason he brought me here was that you asked him to using the same method you spoke to Trixie, her dreams. You can talk through them to whomever you please, you just enjoy messing with others more.”
His fists clenched, “It begs the question as to why you did not just kill me yourself, since I assume you can leave this realm on a whim,” Loki brought one hand up to his neck, unfurling it so that he could run it over his neck, “Or why you did not just have him snap my neck instead of dragging me here.”
Trixie cleared her throat to draw attention to herself, “I wasn’t going to mention it, but unlike me…” she averted her eyes as Loki looked to her, “Well, you kinda already are dead.”
Loki’s heart sank figuratively upon hearing that, but he decided to speak aloud his thoughts on it anyways, “That would explain the lack of need for food, and why my wounds are not healing…” he turned back to Hela, whose Luna-esque face remained expressionless and ever impassive, “But I am alive enough to do some things. Undead, maybe. I should research the topic more upon returning to Asgard.”
“But, then again, while I assume you could alter my state, I do believe you want me this way. What possible purpose could this alteration have? Keep me from regaining my magic abilities through rest?”
The woman in black lifted a finger to point at Loki. Out of it shot forth a faded green beam that brought warmth and a feeling of strength to where it touched Loki, revealing another piece of his puzzle.
Loki frowned at her with pursed lips, “You were the one powering me. My my, you are quite the fickle woman. Playing both sides of all my conflicts and letting everyone else involved suffer,” Loki laughed a little as he thought more about the situation he found himself in, “This world makes little logical sense because you are the one in complete control of it, and you are a disturbed being whose sadomasochism is astounding.”
“What was that about not being rude?” Laufey called back.
Before Loki could tell his father to be quiet, Trixie interjected, “Sorry to interrupt you, but I think we’re about to go!”
Indeed, the purple glow around them was almost blinding as it continued to build. Loki brought a hand up to his shoulder where he made sure Ikol still stood, and was pleased to find that his alternate self was as interested in leaving as he was.
Loki could feel his body begin to shift, a feeling that usually was instant when he teleported rather than dragged out. He had no idea if this would kill him, but he had a feeling that it would not matter much given who his future daughter apparently was.
Beside him Trixie was just ecstatic about being able to leave, “Once we get back nothing’s going to stop me from proving myself to be the most powerful Unicorn once I return! Nopony is going to stop me—”
The wall beside them erupted as a powerful burst of magic burst through it. While Loki, Trixie, and Laufey all were surprised and turned to face whatever just busted down the entire wall, Hela only smiled at them before disappearing in a black and green mist.
Loki recognized the body that quickly dashed through the opening, what with its sickly skin and long elf ears. The giant crystal lodged through their chest remained from when Loki first saw the dying, starved elf.
“That being—”
It passed straight through the spark and grabbed Trixie by the face, its palm clenching on her muzzle as the half naked elf screamed madly, “Magic! Power!”
“Damnit, no!”
Loki moved to react to the sudden assault, but a surge of magic knocked him across the room and into the ice Laufey had set up before. As his back slammed against the frozen water, Loki managed to catch sight of Trixie’s own energy surging from her body and into the gripping palm of the assailant.
“Power...overwhelming!” the crazed, pale elf cackled. Loki wished that Illidan was there to prevent this, as he would have seen this coming with his special sight. Loki cursed the taller elf for not being there, but in the split moment it took him to do so the purple in the room faded and everything faded into darkness.
The others were gone, and Loki found himself alone once again.
Now I like this story, I really do. But this dream-world-thing is dragging on a bit too much. It's been going on for ten chapters now and while it was interesting at first I feel it's starting to drag the story down. It could be this was the last chapter of it, but if that's the case it would seem Trixie is lost and Loki's back in the world of the living. I'm hoping that's not the case. I was liking Trixie as Luna's apprentice and now that we finally had her back after so many chapters, she gets attacked again? Really?
The other possibility is that they're simply divided amongst Hela's realm again, but that itself goes back to this dream/death-realm dragging everything down.
Not sure what to think at the moment, honestly...
Sigh....
Again...
Seriously...
The universe or the author really need to give them a break...
Still, looking forward to new chapter and hope it make a bigger progress.
If this was a published book, I'd be skimming to where Loki gets out of this dreamscape/death world. It's boring, though I do like the warcraft characters. I think the author likes it, so I'm not going to complain too much. Just let me know when we get back to Luna and Loki going after Thanos. Then it'll start to pick up.
I guess death worlds are a bit lethargic to some readers...
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I'll say to you what I expect Thunder to, "They'll get a break once they've earned it."
Honestly, he just likes dragging out the torture of characters. But don't tell him I said that.
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Dohoho, I daresay she has provoked some thoughts.
Also:
1. The Crack Elf's in the house!
2. Just... just give us more and get to the part where Luna gets involved again.
3. You weren't kidding when you said your readers increased in the past few chapters o.O
seriosly getting old I liked the whole possibly his daughter thing but really getting tired of him being stuck in the dark. want him to getback to luna soon. i might just startreading the end of the chapters to see if he is out next time.
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Wanna know what's also seriously getting old? The exact same comment It's not cute, not helpful, and not endearing. I was going to have another chapter out tomorrow, but I think I'm going to hold off on it because people think that harping on something too much is a good idea.
I must say that I am sorry you feel that the most lean and short arc thus far is dragging on. I think this is a mixture of a few things, but I am sorry you guys wish it to be over with. This was the last chapter in this arc, and we're moving on from it now that Hela has had her dedicated arc just like Trixie had her own.
I am telling a story and in this story each arc lasts about ten chapters. This chapter was about the tenth, and we are moving into our next arc. This arc was originally going to be about five chapters, but to get content out to you guys on a more regular basis I split the five in half. So what appears to be long to you is actually less than any other section of the story, and would only have amounted to five chapters across a couple months if I did not care to give you guys bits here and there.
I do not mind constructive criticism, but almost none of what has been said is constructive, and I'm sick of hearing you people harp on the same exact thing because the first person who commented decided to bring it up.
I love you all, but understand how your words come across to others. I want to give you guys a good story, but motivation is enough of an issue already that this has seriously made me anything but willing to sit down and work through constructing a story that takes up my free time and is given to you for free on a regular basis.
The morning after I publish a chapter I am always eager to see what everyone's thought, what people noticed, what people liked...but having everyone focus on a single point, a negative one at that, has pretty much killed my day for me. In addition to seeing a like on this story become a dislike, I'm feeling legitimately depressed because I do my best to please and yet people continue to do things like that.
See you all next chapter, and I hope you may enjoy it.
4818613 Precisely. Everything must be earned
Not telling me noted, and that was about the end of the on screen torture, so I have some of a soul
Trixie thinks the whole relationship thing is icky, so she's wanting to use some brain bleach to remove any thoughts about what the Princess and Prince do in their free time.
1. The Crack Elf is in the house indeed. I put him in awhile ago for a reason, specifically this scene Only change I made inbetween then and now was not making the Trixie wakes up-gets attacked thing instant. Before she woke up, would do a hurrah, then get assaulted in the next breath.
2. Next arc is Luna
3. And I have no idea what you mean. I don't see readers on this chapter. I see people who like being mean...
4818823 let me say then I am sorry. I don't know why it just seemed like this was going no where. which I didn't even realize it was only 10 chapters thus i am sorry. I won't lie I love the story it was just the whole stuck in some wierd dimesnion thing was getting a bit boring and i was wanting it to pick up a bit.
4818863 Thank you very much
It's okay, I am just sorry that I split the chapters now. Doubt people would have minded this all as much then.
I intend for things to pick up immediately. Sorry it took this long
4818905 Trixie's back! We'll have to see where that goes, since I'm sure she wants to make up for lost time.
And why the ear plugs?
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I knew you'd say that. So I beat you to it
Clearly, not enough
Or is she?
Never know what might be going on in that mind of hers, after all.
1. See, clearly not enough soul in you. You need some more.
2.
3. Aw, don't mind them. They're just being impatient and want some action.
No, not that kind. The fighting type.
4818961 You know me so well
Just enough, in fact
Nah, the Trixie I have in this story is walking the line of asexual. Thought it'd be more interesting to have a character who is as grossed out and disinterested in that stuff as me, and Trixie won the lottery of being the one to have that. She doesn't need no stinking physical relationships when she is the best Unicorn there is
1. I have a soul It's just buried beneath a belief in irony, such as recovering from a coma only to have your life energy drained from you.
2. Mini-Luna arc with Lorelai, Frigga, and other Asgardians Then comes good ol' Thor The Dark World after a very brief Equestria Games arc.
3. I do mind though
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I'll take pride in that fact
Pff, clearly you've convinced yourself that's true. It really isn't.
Screw you, I have my headcanons
1. Whatever you say, soulless one. I'll believe you for now
2. I haven't seen Guardians of the Galaxy yet, so I don't know much except it contains one of the Infinity Gems, but will they be mentioned here?
3. Well you should try not to. You know just as well as I do that you've got plenty of readers who are patient enough to wait for you to proceed with whatever plan you've got. Just because you're getting mostly negative comments by impatient fools doesn't mean they're all the people you have
4818996 You should have an episode about your pride They do that in MLP apparently.
It so is true, as shown by my Meet the Family story that will be updated this weekend
I have my headcanons too, but I try to keep as many of them out of this story as I can. For example, I think that as the fact's have it right now in the show that Applejack is secretly Apple Bloom's mom, but that's irrelevant to this story so I have not brought it up when Applejack or Bloom is mentioned Similarly, I have paired as few characters as I could so far to not turn off some readers who prefer other pairings. I even do that in Meet the Family, though I do vaguely reference my headcanons in that one just for my own amusement and the amusement of those who find those bits
1. I have enough of a soul to give you all stories
2. Have not seen Guardians of the Galaxy, but it does not matter much at all since I will be incorporating as few things from it as possible.
3. Thank you...still hurts though
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Hey, I take pride in very little. I do not need an episode about me
I'm not Trixie or Rainbow level of pride.
> "updated this weekend"
I now have a reason to look forward to this weekend again.
You think Applejack is secretly Bloom's mother? That's weird. Not unheard of, but weird I can see the plausibility of it all but still.
1. That doesn't prove you have a soul. Not one bit.
2. I'm gonna go see it next weekend. I was supposed to see it this weekend but goddamn friends couldn't make it
3. I know, it can hurt pretty bad. Kinda just saps the motivation right out of you, but you're still giving us chapters even with that and for that you're awesome
4819043 Well, all the more reason to commemorate what pride you do feel
Update either Saturday or Sunday depending on how long certain things go then But definitely this weekend. It's a goal. Also going to be working on a few other projects, so I'm looking forward to the weekend and getting all of this stuff done. Got my Ace Attorney online court case to finish making (for my Gundam RPG, since they are in court there), Meet the Family, Winging It, and my GI Joe story I will be writing for Amazon Worlds.
Why weren't you looking forward to the weekend anymore?
And yeah, AJ is AB's mom to me. AB is not in any of the family pictures that already depict AJ's parents as being gone, meaning she wasn't around then. In addition to AJ's age in those picture being like 8-ish compared to her current 20's, and AB being about 7-8 herself, means the math can work and that it's the most plausible explanation Least to me.
1. Yes it does, because I can make and feel the feelz
2. I'm not going to see it anytime soon, just out of having no interest. Hope you have fun with it though.
3. Thank you again
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Pff, nothing needs commemorating.
You sounds pretty busy. As always. Do you never just do nothing?
> Guardians of the Galaxy.
That does make sense, yeah and if some more thought was put into it, I bet it could be seen and more lines could be drawn but I'll leave it be for now
1. Pff, you haven't made any feels. Not for me, anyway
2. Aw, how come? Thanos will be in it!
3.
4819133 Suuuuuuure
I always try to accomplish things when I can, but there are certainly some hours when I just go into relaxation mode and accomplish nothing. I cannot plan for being in that mode though, and many a time it has pushed back things I want to work on. This, however, is counterbalanced by how I can be very active which makes things happen sooner than I originally thought they would.
Ahhh, that terrible movie
I could draw the lines for you The way Applejack treats Apple Bloom shows a very neurotic-motherly side to the otherwise laid back character. She likely rose her one way or another, but she wouldn't be SO motherly if she had not had to take care of her in place of AJ's parents. Add in the old fashioned practice of raising a child out of wedlock as a "younger sibling", Granny Smith having memory issues that would make her not really know, and Big Mac's usual silence, you have all sorts of fuel to help the idea
1. Yes I have. I bet I could find evidence of you feeling the feels
2. Thanos is barely in it. His agents are in it, and The Other is ingloriously killed off despite frightening Loki. Not looking forward to the movie
3. AJ, shouldn't you be putting AB to bed instead of starring in a youtube video?
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Don't give me that sarcasm, boy
You describe that as if you're bipolar
Judge not what you have not yet laid eyes upon.
AJ's most likely just being like that because Bloom didn't have a mother growing up, I mean, that could've just led her to take on the motherly role for Bloom while she grew up, you never know, though.
1. Go ahead, then. Find me the evidence.
2. Aw, well alright then Be skeptical.
3. You don't tell AJ what to do! She's the mother around here.
4819195 What sarcasm?
I realized that while writing it, but I'm not currently diagnosed with anything like that. I'm not overly manic or hit extreme low points all the time, so it's not debilitating or really an issue so long as I use my productive times and don't waste my relaxation times
I am judging based off of the wikipedia article, online ratings, and all of the tvtropes listings about the movie I know more about the movie than some of the people who have watched it!
We never know, but I kinda want to do a side story one shot thing about it though Go back to Meet the Family to see the set up I did for something like that. I totally destroyed poor Apple Bloom's brain That, and Soarin keeps forgetting that Applejack is "not" Apple Bloom's mom, but rather her "sister".
1. I will begin looking for our next round. You work on replying to this while I search
2. I am skeptical
3. She is! That she is
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The one you're declining the use of
I wouldn't be surprised if you were diagnosed with it, though
Not necessarily a bad thing
Well I still say you can't judge something till you've experienced it for yourself
Well, knowing you, you probably are gonna do a side story for it, aren't you?
1. I'm done
2. Boring :C
3. So be careful or she might put you on a time out
4819238 What's there to decline the use of?
I think my dad has it, but isn't diagnosed because he doesn't like doctors and medicine. Would make sense given my childhood Not exactly a bad thing if I were to be diagnosed, but I don't think it's enough of an issue to confront or look into for me. Yet.
I have experienced it, just in a different format!
Yes, I probably am! Gonna have to put a lot of time into it, since I'm not the first to do it and it's hard to look different in such a niche.
1. Well, so am I. Here we go:
"Yeah, it would seem every idea I get is a feels one"
"Gee, maybe if I start writing and publishing more frequently I'll most likely be the "Feels" guy."
"That picture gives me the feels. I have a strange magnetism towards feels. It's like somewhere deep in my mind, I love torturing myself with feels"
You can find them on one of my stories, and of course you could always delete them, but I wouldn't want you to waste the rest of your comment along with them.
2. Pragmatic
3. I'm a camp counselor, I am the one who puts ten kids in time out at a time, not the one who receives them! That being said, I might fear her if she wore her boots and had a whip. I should probably research more Applejack stuff for the story, since right now she is just best background pony to me...
4819256
Curse you
Don't go turning into a Pinkie Pie. It would be unfortunate seeing as how you despise her
That doesn't count
With enough thought, I'm sure you could pull it off. Most of the stories on it just follow the same thing. It won't be difficult to make something new.
1. Hey, that was to a picture of Trixie. That doesn't count, dammit
2. Also delusional
3. You know, most people would happily load up and fire their cannons full of heated shrapnel at you for that last comment
4819277 Curse is a bad move in Pokemon though. Why would you use it?
I am nowhere near Pinkie Pie. Even my effective times are subdued in terms of expression and emotion (especially in comparison to her). Like I said, doubt I even have a legitimate disorder.
Yes it does. If I know what happens, know all the details about the characters, the heartwarming bits, the sad bits, and everything in between, how can I be said to have not experienced it in some fashion?
I'll see what I can pull together. I really like the idea overall, so it should be interesting to go into
1. It also concerned your own writing, so you can hardly be said to not be effected by feelz.
2. Not wasting money on something you won't like isn't delusional
3. I'd just use the background as cover. Though, that might mean that some of the Applejack fans shrapnel will hit Applejack.
4819314
Because sometimes, bad moves are useful
Yeah you might not have a legitimate disorder but still I think if I were to be diagnosed with anything, it's most likely paranoia
In some fashion, yeah. Not in the best fashion
I await this.
1. We do not bring up my own writing.
2. Hey, Marvel makes good movies and you can't deny that
3. She's a cartoon pony. You are not. She'll make it
Jeez that's a long dialogue with Drgnwolf you got there Thunder.
As for the chapter, though, I think it was pretty cool, though Loki's still not out yet, while Crack Elf and Laufey are out. Hela was an interesting twist, though I have a feeling that Hela is closer to an AU daughter than regular daughter. If she's not, how she got into that position at such a young age has GOT to be an interesting story.
As for Undead Loki, probably would have been bad for him to get out of Limbo as undead. Another good hook for later.
As for this arc "dragging on," I think much of what people were saying was that this arc didn't really have any consistent characters beyond the environment and Loki. Laufey came and went, Trixie sat comatose on Loki's shoulder for a good number of chapters... I liked this arc. It was good. It did not, however, have many consistent characters, and "trek through the fog" can only really be phrased so many ways. It's an important piece of pacing, and it'll likely be a literary 'calm before the storm,' so to speak, I'd guess they feel cheaped because this story as a whole has a higher median/mean of action than this arc, so it could've felt boring.
That said, I am SO looking forward to Trixie bringing the information to Luna, Laufey likely getting murdered or imprisoned and Crack Elf being Crack Elf, but in the land of the living.
Very happy to see Kael'Thas again
4819355 Except for Splash
I'm not a fashionista, so that's fine with me
I await it too
1. Why not? Is it bad?
2. Yes I can in the case of Iron man 2 and 3
3. She'll make it, which is why I will. She would be my shield
4819451 Drgnwolf and I ALWAYS go back and forth like that on pretty much everything. We've gone for entire days before, even to the point that it cuts into writing time It's fun though, so it continues.
Loki's not out yet because the poor guy tried helping Trixie. If only he didn't care about Trixie at all...then he wouldn't have tried to save her, and he wouldn't have been blasted back. Reverse karma for you!
Hela is a fusion of Hela, Lady Death, and the Ghost of Christmas Future. She's not in the normal Marvel universe, and my reason for that will be included in the story if/when she's born Should be easy to get though, given this story's subject and everything about Hela As for her position, one must wonder about what species learns their special talents and what they will do for their lives at a young age...
Normally Loki has a deal with Hela in the comics that makes it so he can't die, so him not being 100% alive is a harkening and foreshadowing of that.
The issue I think for this arc was that to appease people I split the chapters in half. Originally it was going to be five long chapters, but since I split them I added bits here and there I did not originally intend to (like the bits with Luna and Thor). That stuff was going to happen, just not on screen, and that in addition to everything else made this whole part seem longer than it really was. And this arc was meant solely to build up things for future arcs, so I understand how and why some might not enjoy it as much as others, but I am glad you did.
Hahahaha, you think that Trixie can bring information back to Luna Ever wonder what happened to Illidan, who happens to be the strongest non-Thanos character in the story?
Laufey is going to want to gtfo of Asgard if he can, but who knows how that all will go? After all, Thor kind of royally messed things up last we saw of him...
As for Crack Elf, I am sorry to say there will not be much more Crack Elf, though for very good reason!
4819687 The Crack Elf returns Let his reign be glorious and awesome
Wow, for walk to find a transformers spirit things sure wend down hill near the end. The tension and drama in the air alone was so heavy. So now it is official, Trixie is now Loki's/Luna's more or less adopted daughter. I can see the family resemblance. So Lady Death was Hel, I kind of feel stupid for not thinking of that earlier. In the end the whole family minus Luna was present, talk about awkward moments. Not to mention the Loki is an undead to some extent. That and a dead elf attacking Trixie, that would mean that it is Laufey cue to do something useful.
Awesome chapter, this just means that even more hell is going to be raised for Loki next time. Hope to see more soon.
ARRRRRG, cliffhanger is annoying!
But it is nice to see Lauffy likes Trixie in a way.
We'll that was a hella chapter.
4820677
Hey, I never said all bad moves are useful
Pff, you're writing it. You don't have to wait if you really don't wanna.
1. ...Ehhhh Maybe.
2. I actually liked those movies
3. Are you telling me you're about the size of a pony?
4821416 Hehe, Laufey DID mention that two people were following them. Makes you wonder who the second was, but I think it's safe to assume that the Crack Elf was one of them
The reason Trixie is there is specifically because she's their more or less adopted daughter Hela being Loki's daughter (and implied heavily to be Luna's), that would make Trixie her sister, and siblings tend to not like one another (especially concerning her family...) on some level. Hela being deranged, you can only imagine how great the sibling issues must be
As for the resemblence between Trixie and her "parents", I have no idea what you're talking about
And yes, Lady Death was Hela. While learning more about Thanos I realized just how easily I could fuse the characters of Lady Death and Hela (who would otherwise overlap one another), so I did so while throwing in some Ghost of Christmas Future (having been watching the Donald Trump vs Scrooge epic rap battle a lot at the time of the decision).
And yeah, the whole immediate family was present Poor Luna for not learning all this just yet! And poor Loki for being the only one left behind, as well as being partially undead.
Laufey could always do something useful, who knows He kind of hates everyone else in the story.
More Hela is surely to be raised for Loki, but as we cut to Luna you will have to use your imagination on that front
4822196 Sorry, my mind just functions in a very cliffhanger kinda way!
Laufey likes Trixie more than Loki. He likes just about everything more than Loki
4823280 It's about as useful as swords dance against a Quagsire
I am writing it, but I am also writing many other things and working on other projects You DO want your updates for my other stories tomorrow, right?
1. How bad could it possibly be? You seem smart.
2. And I thus retract my smart comment
3. I could duck and be her size.
4823335
If that sword was enchanted to be able to destroy anything, that'd be a pretty useful sword.
Of course I do! Abandon those and I will hunt you
1. I could be fooling you
2. I don't see how my amusement by things is connected to my intelligence.
3. She could buck you away. She's sure as hell stronger than you.
4823348 Quagsire is oblivious, he wouldn't care
I won't be abandoning them, just have been a little lost in the direction
1. Quite possibly
2. Precisely
3. She wouldn't know what was happening
4823359
Maybe, but that wouldn't reduced the effect of an enchanted sword
Glad to hear! It would be a shame for you to wake up strapped to a table or something.
1. I'm very good at fooling people
2. What.
3. You underestimate the mere farmgirl
4823368 Yes it would, because in Pokemon having the ability Oblivious makes that Pokemon ignore all boosts the opponent has
It would be a shame
1. How nice
2. Precisely my point!
3. No need to underestimate AJ. She would be too busy tucking in Apple Bloom to notice anything.
4823385
Honestly, I didn't even know such a move exists and I still doubt it.
A rather big one at that.
1. Do I sense sarcasm?
2. Again, what.
3. Maybe if I just tell her you plan to harm her 'daughter'. That would be fun
4823391 Not a move, an ability
Then don't do it
1. What sarcasm?
2. Thank you for proving my point
3. Ehh, she would sense that you were lying
4823399
Beh, same difference.
If I have to, I will
1. Now you're just screwing with me, as usual.
2. You're welcome. I think
3. Maybe she would, maybe she wouldn't
4818823 You know...
I actually sorta like this story.
A lot.
As in it's F*c*i*n* brilliant.
I find/found this arc extremely interesting, and the regular new content was fantastic. Reading your work was a wonderful experience. I will admit that the content didn't really change to much from chapter to chapter outside of running into increasingly deranged individuals which are cameos from some other Yggdrasil, but hey, the continually expanding mystery of Lady Death/Hela was exceedingly intriguing (Proffeseor Loki Holmes:). The slightly twisted nature of the plot was a nice change to what we'd seen up until then.
And as for Thunder's hater's that are posting nothing but destructive criticism about this arc dragging on.
Go and look in a mirror.
I do believe you will find a sheep staring back at you.
4823428 Here you go : Quagsire
But you won't have to
1. How am I screwing with you?
2. Thank you
3. AJ is good at that though
4823474
Oh. I know the pokemon, just forgot the name
Then I'm glad I won't have to!
1. You're existing.
2. I have nothing to say to you.
3.Well yeah, but she can't detect lies 100% of the time.
4823453 Why thank you Thank you very much.
I do like the sound of Professor Loki Holmes
As for the twistedness, that was the whole point. Everything there is completely messed up
As for the "haters", no need to be mean. I just wanted them to understand that they were not helping anything by repeating the same thing over and over.
4823480 I love Quagsire so much
But you shouldn't anyways
1. Or am I?
2. But you keep saying things to me
3. Still good enough to catch a novice like yourself
4823542
Really?
But I might.
1. You most definitely are.
2. I'm not saying anything to you
3. > Implying I'm a novice.