Chapter 24
Making Amends with One’s Self
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Twilight tickled Sunset’s belly as she and the girls mild around in the throne room to her new castle.
It had been less than a day since they had defeated Tirek and the castle had grown from the box that came from the Tree of Harmony. Twilight and the others had yet to get her settled into her and the girls’ new home.
Diamond Tiara had almost fainted when she learned she’d be living in a castle until her father returned to Ponyville. Thankfully, she had learned enough to know she shouldn’t rub it in and was simply taking in stride.
Currently they were moving all of what they’d been able to salvage from the remains of the Golden Oaks Library and sorting through them, namely the books.
Spike was sitting on his little throne with Scootaloo in his lap as they read one of his Power Pony comics together.
“Excuse me, Princess?” Twilight looked up from Sunset to the white and lanky Earth Pony pulling a cart full of books. “Where do you want all these books from Princess Celestia?” he asked, indicating to the cart.
Princess Celestia, after seeing Twilight’s library in ruins, had offered to help replace the books she’d lost when Tirek destroyed the library with ones from Canterlot.
“The library,” Twilight stated matter-of-factly, pointing a hoof to her left. “Third door on the left.”
“Even this one that’s glowin’ an’ vibratin’?”
The question caused Twilight and the girls to look to see a book right at the top of the pile in the cart indeed glowing with a pink light and vibrating every two seconds.
Twilight took it in her magic and levitated it over, opening it, taking note of Celestia’s Cutie Mark on the front cover, whilst the stallion decided to make himself scarce and went to put the rest of the books in the library and living the princess and her friends and children to whatever they were doing.
As Twilight opened the book, the others coming closer to learn more, Sunset’s eyes widened at the other side of it that was now within her eyesight. It was her Cutie Mark. Well, the one she had before she became a foal, anyway. What was that doing on this book?
“What is it, Twilight?” Fluttershy asked as Spike came over, putting the Pegasus next to her unicorn sister.
“It looks like... a message to Princess Celestia from my friends at Canterlot High,” Twilight said, her voice filled with shock.
While Scootaloo frowned in confusion, Sunset’s breath caught in her throat. Her mother had told her how she’d been to the human world and met the version of her that came from this one and how, when they’d last spoken, that version of her had learned the error of her ways and promised to be kinder.
But she’d also explained how the world’s were separated. How could a message get through from that world to this one if that was the case? A foal she may now be, but Sunset’s mind was still as active and intent as when she had been older.
“How is that even possible?” Rarity asked, voicing the very question Sunset had just posed to herself.
“I have no idea, but...” Twilight said as she read the message on the pages, “it sounds like they need my help.”
A few minutes later they were all gathered in the castle library, where Twilight informed them how the beings the other Sunset describe sounded like the Sirens and explained their history.
It was shortly after this that Pinkie Pie gave a reasonable explanation... at least that’s what Sunset thought she did, as to how the book was connecting the two worlds.
Twilight had had the mirror moved to her castle as soon as the business with Tirek had been settled, seeing as she intended to visit the human world again when the portal opened, none of the other princesses finding a reason to refuse her.
Within moments, Twilight had constructed a set of machines of sorts around the mirror and, upon placing the book above the mirror, the portal opened.
“Mommy, I wanna go, too!” Sunset cried, realizing she could actually visit her original home world again sooner than she’d thought.
“Me too!” Scootaloo cheered, flying up from the floor, her wings buzzing. “I wanna meet dis hooman Wainbow.”
“What, the pony one ain’t go enough for ya?” Dash joked, and Scootaloo blushed, eliciting Dawws from all present.
“Don’t suppose we could join ya this time around?” Applejack asked one they’d all recovered from the cuteness.
Twilight gave a warm smile. “Better not. It could make things pretty confusing if Canterlot High suddenly had “two” of all of you.”
The other mares all looked at each other, before nodding and murmuring their agreements.
Then Twilight’s expression became firm, yet warm at the same time as she looked to her daughters. “And no, you two can’t come with me.”
“Aww!” they both said, Sunset looking disappointed, Scootaloo angry, the latter replying with, “Why not?”
“If these girls Sunset talk about in her message are indeed the Sirens, I don’t want to risk either of you being hurt,” she explained, coming closer and nuzzling them. “Okay?”
“Okay,” they both replied, Sunset still looking sad about not getting to see her old world again and Scootaloo in angry reluctance.
“But I still get to go, right?” Spike asked, stepping forward. “There isn’t another one of me at Canterlot High and you never know when you’ll need your trusty assistant.” He gave her a hopeful look.
“MmHm,” Twilight nodded, walking towards the girls again.
“Yyyyes!” Spike punched the air.
“Hey! No faiw!” Scootaloo pouted, glaring at the baby drake. “Why’s Spike get t’ go an’ we don’t?!”
Twilight sighed, shaking her head. “Scootaloo, in that world, Spike’s a dog. If the Sirens do pose more of a problem, he will be able to get away a lot easier. If you two come, you’ll both turn into baby humans, losing your wings and Sunset her horn until we returned through the portal.”
Scootaloo’s eyes widened at the thought of losing her wings and wilted, whimpering.
Twilight gave her a reassuring smile and pulled her close, nuzzling her cheek. “I won’t be gone long, I promise. Once the Sirens have been defeated, we’ll be right back.” The Alicorn proceeded to nuzzle Sunset as well, before hugging all her friends, Pinkie holding the hug for a few extra seconds.
Twilight walked back over to Spike and smiled at him. “Ready, Spike?”
The drake cracked his knuckles, then did some leg stretches before getting into a running position like one would in a track team race and saying, “Ready.”
With that, the two ran forward, Spike entering the portal before Twilight.
Sunset waited a few moments, during which the mares conversed, wondering just what kind of dangers Twilight would meet when she arrived in the other world.
Looking at Scootaloo, she noted a firm expression on the Pegasus’ muzzle, before she turned to her and nodded. Sunset was a little surprised, seeing how she’d gotten so anxious about the idea of losing her wings, even if only for a while, but understood what her sister was saying and nodded back.
The two waited until the girls were deep into their conversation, before Sunset lit up her horn, engulfing herself in her aura and Scootaloo buzzed her wings.
Before anypony could stop them, they shot off into the portal, the girls realizing all too late what they’d just allowed to happen and knowing, it could make things more problematic for Twilight, couldn’t go after the mischievous duo.
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All pleasantries aside after the group hug, Twilight said, “And I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news about those new girls.”
The others all lost their happy expressions, for them to be replaced with uncertain ones.
However, before anyone could voice their concerns, Spike noticed the edge of the portal shimmer and pulled Twilight’s leg and pointed.
The confusion of the former pony was shared with the other girls for only a moment, before two things shot out of the portal, crying out in alarm.
Twilight, realizing from the voices at once who they were and cried out, “Catch them!” in a voice suddenly filled with panic.
This sudden change in Twilight’s mood prompted the girls to act, each hurrying to ensure they’d be in the line of fire for what had just come through.
Rainbow caught the orange blur, falling back onto Pinkie and Fluttershy, them dropping onto their butts.
Sunset caught the yellow blur, falling back onto Rarity.
Twilight looked frantically between them all, before sighing with relief, before her expression hardened as she looked at the two new arrivals.
One was an orange-skin girl with a crop of purple mane and purple eyes, wearing a diaper and a yellow shirt.
“What in the world?!” Sunset cried, her eyes wide as she lifted the one she’d caught. She was staring at the yellow-skin baby girl with a mixture of red and yellow hair that made it look like it was aflame, green eyes and wearing a diaper and orange shirt. “This... this is...”
The baby was looking back at Sunset with equal shock, though mixed with a confusion of anger and thankfulness.
“Whoa. What’s with the babies?” Rainbow asked as she got up and held the one she’d caught out, getting a good look at her, before squinting her eyes. “And why does this one look like a baby version of the squirt?”
“Never mind that,” Rarity cried, having gotten up from under the shell shocked Sunset. “Why does this one look like a baby version of Sunset?”
That caused all the others to turn to the flaming haired teenager, only for their eyes to widen as they saw the startling similarities.
“What did I tell you two?!” Twilight almost shouted, glaring from one baby to the other. “It could be dangerous! I told you to wait with the others.”
“But I wan’ed ta see dis wowld’s Wainbow!” the orange baby shouted, wiggling a little in the rainbow-haired girl’s grip, the baby flexing her fingers and wiggling her toes. “Dese’we weiwd.”
Twilight gave an exasperated sigh. “As if explaining these without them here wasn’t going to be hard enough.”
It was then that Rainbow gaped at the lavender girl. “Whoa, Twi. When’d your boobs get so big?”
The other girls all looked to her, even Sunset, who’d been focused on nothing but the baby version of herself in her grasp, all their eyes widening at the sight of Twilight’s chest, Twilight looking slightly surprised herself when she glanced down.
Her chest was about two to three times as big as it had been the last time she’d been at Canterlot High. Her confusion only lasted for a second, however, before she closed eyes, nodding to herself. “Guess it makes sense.”
“Makes sense?” Applejack stared, gobsmacked at the rack Twilight now sported. “How in the hay does that make sense?” she punctuated this with a finger pointed at Twilight’s chest.
“Weww, how ewse could Mama feed us tiw we can dwink fowmuwa?” the orange one said nonchalantly.
There was silence for several moments, before the girls all looked to Twilight, then her chest, then babies, before their eyes widened and all shouted in unison, “MAMA?”
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“And that’s pretty much how I became Scootaloo and Sunny's," whom they all decided to call Sunny instead of Sunset whilst they were there to avoid confusion "mother and how our lives have gone since then,” Twilight finished. They’d found a small corner at Sugarcube Corner to talk without interruption so Twilight could explain her parenthood to the two babies sitting in her lap.
When several kids had asked why Twilight had two babies with her, Rarity had jumped the gun before Twilight could try to explain and had told them she was looking after them for some friends. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon had rudely stated that, if Twilight was being entrusted to look after someone else’s children, even if she’s a princess, she shouldn’t just bring them along to other worlds for visits, before leaving, Applejack having to hold Rainbow back from going after the brats to give them the what for.
Still, Fluttershy was one of the first to be taken by the little ones, cooing and playing with them during the conversation.
“But, how can you possibly be a mother, darling?” Rarity asked, glancing at the babies and animal lover at play. “You’re the same age as us, are you not?”
Twilight’s expression became sheepish and she rubbed her shoulder. “Well, actually, I’m over twenty.”
“What?” everyone aside from the older Sunset Shimmer gasped, their eyes wide.
The other Equestrian turned human shrugged. “Don’t ask her or me to explain it. Despite being more than twenty by Equestrian physics, when we came through the portal, we became a lot younger human wise.”
“So, ya mean yer both really adults?” Applejack asked, her mouth slightly agape.
Sunset nodded. “But that’s only in technical terms. In this world, we’re both just teenagers.”
To change the subject, Twilight talked to them about the other things that had gone on in her life, aside from becoming a mother, like how she was looking after her world’s Diamond Tiara whilst her father was away and how her Tiara had changed for the better.
“Two bad you can’t get ours to ship up,” Applejack commented snorting. “Sometimes that girl really doesn’t know when to keep her trap shut.”
After a bit more discussion, Pinkie informed them about the party for all the contests in the Battle of the Bands and how, since The Dazzles would be there, it’d be the perfect time to get to them without suspicion, Twilight agreeing that it would be the best time to use their magic to stop them once and for all.
Whilst they talk, Sunny and Scootaloo looked at each other. Since becoming sisters, the two had developed a type of communication that, if their mother had tried to figure it out, would have ended up as drained and stressed as when she’d tried to figure out the Pinkie Sense.
It with this type of talking without talking that they spoke with now. It was one that didn’t require words to understand. Sunny could feel something was wrong with their mother’s idea, that something else needed to be done.
However, neither baby was sure how to convey this to the older girls.
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Both babies nodded to each other. Called it.
They were now sitting on the front steps of Canterlot High with the rest of the girls whilst Twilight paced in front of them, wondering out loud why their magic hadn’t worked and defeated The Dazzles, who’d turned their failure back on them, making the whole school turn against them. Now every student competing in the Battle of the Bands had it in for them.
The two babies occupied themselves with investigating their bodies again. Scootaloo was still fascinated by her new body, even if she couldn’t fly anymore and was as grounded as she used to be before she’d become a foal.
Sunny, however, was loving every moment of having a human body again. Sure, she couldn’t use her unicorn magic anymore, but she felt it was a small price to pay to experience this again.
She played with her toes, loving the feeling of having them again. She’d miss them once they returned to Equestria and she regained her hooves, but at least they could come and go when they wanted now.
“Come on,” Twilight’s voice, as well as her arms wrapping around and lifting the two pulled them from their inner thoughts as the lavender girl began heading towards the stairs to the school, Spike right on her heels.
“Where’re you goin’?” Applejack asked, her voice filled with confusion.
Twilight stopped, turning around to face the six girls again. “Well, the last time we were here, Spike and I spent the night in the library. It might be a little uncomfortable for the girls, but I’m sure we’ll manage.”
Pinkie Pie zipped up next to Twilight, startling the babies. Seemed this world’s Pinkie was just as much into suddenly moving at impossible speeds as the pony one. “Are you crazy?” she cried, before pulling them into a hug, squishing the babies against the two girls’ chests. “We’re besties now.” Then, as she somehow lifted Twilight up so the held girl’s legs wiggled in the air behind her, she cheered, “Slumber Party at my house!”
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Sunny was awakened by the sound of the door to Pinkie’s room opening and sat up from the small cot she and Scootaloo had been put into after it was set up in Pinkie’s room.
Both had almost questioned why Pinkie had supplies for babies in this world, before they remembered that their world’s Pinkie usual foalsat the twins for Mr. and Mrs Cake. The same obviously applied for the human Pinkie, who’d not only had diapers and baby powder and cream at hand, but also two cute one-piece snuggy pajamas. Scootaloo got to where a blue one with lightning bolts on it, whilst Sunny got a pink one with, ironically in her opinion, unicorns.
As she opened her eyes and looked towards the door, ingoring the sounds of the girls sleeping, one of them neighing in her sleep and one meowing, Sunny saw the older Sunset walking out hesitantly. Curious, Sunny climbed out of the cot, it really wasn’t that big or high, and crawl out after the other one.
She waited in the hallway for a while, hearing her mother’s voice from the kitchen as well as the older Sunset’s. After some time, and Sunny seeing Pinkie Pie’s sister, Maud’s human self walk by leaving a trail of chips, the older Sunset came back into the hallway. She blinked when she saw the baby waiting in the hallway.
“Sunny?” she asked, before pausing, shaking her head. “This is still weird.”
Sunny nodded, looking up at her older counterpart.
Sunset shifted, scratching behind her neck. “Listen,” she said, kneeling down to Sunny’s level, “I’m... really sorry about... well, taking your whole life away from you.”
Sunny looked down, her expression somber. “When yoo did dat, I was wost in da Ewefwee. I di’na know what was going on ow why I was a pony.”
Sunset sighed, looking away. “I swear, I never thought that spell would cause you to not only end up somewhere other than just the other side of the portal, but also so many years into the future.”
Sunny just sighed, shaking her head. “How did yoo get awong wid my fostew famwy?”
Sunset blushed, looking away again and scratching her head nervously. “We... kind had a falling out and got bumped to the next family. In the end, though, I just set out for myself. I’ve met up with them all that I could and apologized for my actions, but I haven’t gotten any new family to stay with.” She gave a sheepish smile. “I’m usually spending each week at Applejack’s. Her family have a lot of room and, after things with the Fall Formal, not to mentioned every thing else I did were... sort of fixed, they let me stay. Apple Bloom still gives me the cold shoulder, but Granny Smith and Big Mac seem understanding enough about it.”
Sunny nodded, then looked up at Sunset. “I wan’ed ta teww yoo sometin.”
Sunset gulped, bracing for it.
Sunny gave a small, warm smile. “Tank yoo.”
Sunset blinked. “Uh, what? You’re thanking me for taking your life away from you?”
Sunny shook her head. “No. I’m tanking yoo for sending me ta Mommy. I wuv hew. If not fow wha’ yoo did, I wou’na have Mommy ow my sistew.”
Sunny crawled a little forward, struggled to stand on her two feet and hugged Sunset as best she could.
Sunset was taken aback by this, but, after a few moments, let a smile come to her face. She gently pick up the baby, holding her close and went back to Pinkie’s room.
Best chapter yet!
I see the sirens hurting the babies and releasong the mother bear in twilight.
will tell you right now when I saw an update for this I smiled so wide it would have made Joker envies and Pinkie proud and the only thing going through my mind at the time, and now actually since I just finished the chapter, was AWESOME. There were also a good number of d'awwwww moments in there too.
Daaawwww!!! I love this chapter, so much adorableness! I kind of want Sunny and Scootaloo to somehow do a little show on their own, maybe one of the Humane 6 captures them singing along to a movie tune with a cell phone and they win the battle of the bands for Adorable Cutness????
6338283 You mean Alicorn Rapidash Mama Bear Twilight????
6338592 nah this is the human twilight. Maybe like the phoenix from x-men
Nice to see this update again. It is probably my favorite five of yours that I follow.
6338606 This is a Pissed-Off Princess Twilight Sparkle we're talking 'bout. Whatever spell changed her form when she went through the Mirror would most likely shatter in the presence of Mama Alicorn.
A very nice update after all this time.
6339327 hmm true.
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See what almost happened to blueblood? The foals weren't in the room with him, so double her reaction for good measure. And then realise that, this time, Celestia is not there to save you.
6340911 EXACTLY!
Loved the update!
>>Autum Breeze I will put it in Spoiler so that if you do use any ideas that are similar to this, anyone who looks has chosen to see it.
awesome chapter, now for some ideas, it'd be nice to have some time progression. I'm not talking about having time skip months and years ahead but the time that has already passed and how it has affected both scoots and sunny.
I'm not saying you have to devote a chapter to flying and magic like this quick idea below, just the fact that they are beginning to use their abilities, maybe scoots grabs a book from a higher shelf but cant keep aloft with it, making it drop from her hooves and then having Sunset catch it in magic as she struggles to put it down. Once it is down they share a victorious smile FOR THE BOOK DID NOT WIN THIS DAY! (cough cough) Back on topic though, yeah I would just like to see more depth in Scoots and Sunset since from how it feels to me has been at least 3-4 months of time, some of their abilities should be coming along. Since pound and pumpkin are pretty adept for their ages themselves.
Since Sunny has used magic and Scoots has used her wings I just thought it would be nice to have a little bit of that added, even if its an outing to the park with the cake twins again as pound and scootaloo chase each other, scoots still trying to keep off the ground and keep up with him. Then have Sunset using her magic with pumpkin in some kind of game.
My second thought was, lets face it, Pinkie said something pretty foreboding and I want to see an awkward scene where applejack lets it slip by accident... possibly in front of either granny smith/ Applebloom or her knew kids. Just to make it more hilarious.
Then after it have Twilight fret a little about it and see where it goes from there, I would find it funny if they ended up deciding to see where it would lead them, maybe a small play-date for Apple jack and her kids along with Twi, Sunny and scoots.
At this point, have Applejacks kids spill the beans for them to play a prank on there moms, not in malice or anything but for a laugh.
Not meaning for the two to actually have anything done, maybe they have a soda can that gets shaken up too much by pumpkin and sunset and its top comes off, Applejack reacts fast to jump in front of the soda for Twi and they accidental tumble together >> they blush, roll off each other and Applejack asks if Twi is fine, AWKWARDNESS ENSUES!
So yeah, small idea that popped in my head, one of the small ones.... But yeah, the shipping part of it, its not like I don't want them together (I totally do wink wink) but it doesn't have to be all in your face at first, just subtle things for kicks.
Sorry about it being a long paragraph, I just really like this fic, its too friggin adorable eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
(Uncle from Jackies Adventures, EDIT)
"One More thing!"
When I say Awkwardness, awkwardness in my book is probably the most cutest way two people can act when they aren't sure they actually like each other in that way, their reactions just become too good... either that or I'm too sadistic hehe
6342322 ah, a Jackie Chan Adventures reference. I do miss that show.
6342553 It was brilliant wasn't it haha, I use to collect the comics and talismans, so much fun.
If that's their reactions to Twi having a bigger chest, I would love to see their reactions to Equestria AJ showing up with a similar size increase with news that she's a mother.
I'm patiently looking forward to future updates.
perfection
chapter ideas:
1. the incident with the yaks from Sunset and Scoots' point of view.
2. the wedding from Sunset and Scoots' point of view as they are being babysat by... i don't know, Spike?
3. Gilda comes to Ponyville and meets Sunset and Scootaloo, sunset is really eager to meet her but Scoots isn't, and Twilight and Rainbow Dash tell Gilda that if she hurts Twilight's daughters, they will hurt her, badly.
Just some ideas I had this morning (which is weird because usually I have my best ideas after noon) that I wanted to get to you, hope you at least consider some of these. Anyway, love this fic and hope you keep up the good work.
6374347 buzz kill
6374347 I agree but I was thinking more a gun to the spine
6374499 what did i say? this internet does not like the site so i can not see my own comments.
6377444 you said there's no class in blowing someone up and that you would rather use an iron bar or even your bare fists
6378891 yeah. There is little to no skill involved in pressing a button. Plus it kills them. I prefer to put the fear of me in them. I have never killed someone. I was saying people who use explosives like that have no class.
6378900 like I said, a bullet to the back
I've noticed a lack of a certain owl in this story
So love this story
Hmmm, I wonder how Flash will react to this development. Maybe seeing the two little ones will break him out of that little trance of his set by the Sirens.
6540374 my god dude that's probably the best idea I've ever heard. We need to see Flash's reaction to Twilight telling him herself that they're her daughters
this is just an Idea but maybe the Dazzlings can kidnap Scootaloo and Sunny and hold them as hostages
6661356 ...Nah, already been a couple stories like that, how's about...they gain access to some of their equestrian magic and cheer on the group during "Welcome To The Show" after the girls collapse and before Sunset takes the stage?
6665946 I did say that it was an idea, nothing definate
D'awwww!
Really good story so far, keep up the good work.
6540374 maybe
[Story Idea]I need the human government to find out about the two babies and do something about it, ether finding equestra, or taking the kids to find out if they are clones. plus 50 points if discord shows up, 50 points if Derpy Shows up,75 points if human Twilight leads the... how do I say this, clone detection project, and 100 points if Twilight becomes a bad-ass to save her children.
6774469 Ye-no...
I am going to love seeing how this changes how the plot for season 5 plays out. Like will the CMC get their cutie marks? Will Sunny and Scootaloo go out on Nightmare Night? How will Applejack's children react to the Pie family's traditions. How will Twilight"s foals react to the news they are going to get a new cousin. What happened to Blueblood? You know Stuff like that.
6774469 Hell no
6805195 Why not?
6806302 too drastic of a change of pace
6806374 Oh...........Maybe later?
I think you have no choice but do the movie. However when sonata sees the two babies it changes her. And she starts seeing them and in the finale song have sonata using a different magic that boosts the rainbooms magic but you will have to have sunset fall almost. Sonata discovers the light side of love and show her friends it.
It works because love is neither dark or light but both. Love can become sadness when becomes anger that turns into rage and then hate which leads to revenge and that becomes sadness. The dark side of love. However love can make others happy which will bring more love and get this if you put in redemption after hate you are back to the light side.
This story needs reserected. *Electric buzz* clear
good story hope for more
PLEASE continue this story! Don't let it stop abruptly.
Question: Update?
6342553 next few chapters please if u can
6342553 man what's taking so long to update this story I read this story 8 times and I love it so please write more chapters for me please
Now where did I put my update discipline tazer shotgun?
poke the story "um is it still alive or just in a deep coma??"
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About 3/4 chance the second
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