Folding Under Pressure
Twilight Sparkle was in her study filling out a rezoning application for her new castle, smiling and humming all the while. Rezoning applications didn’t fill themselves out, and she was more than happy to do it. She then heard a knock at her door.
“Come in,” Twilight said. The door opened to reveal a black alicorn with a purple mane, at which Twilight raised an eyebrow at. She didn’t know of any other alicorns. “Who are you?” she asked, peering more closely at her.
The alicorn cleared her throat. “Hello. I am Neeyar from the Island of Karatasi. I wish to extend my greetings to you.”
Twilight set her quill down and trotted over to the alicorn, examining her closely. Neeyar looked down confusedly at her. “There’s something off about you, but I can’t quite place my hoof on it…”
“What seems to be the matter?” Neeyar asked.
Twilight kept up her examination, then stepped away. “Oh, Discord…”
Neeyar stared cockeyed at Twilight. “What? Who’s Discord?”
Twilight giggled. “Oh, you’re not fooling me that easily. You’re entirely made of paper!”
Neeyar chuckled. “I may appear to be made out of paper, but I assure you that this is my natural physiology!” she said. Twilight’s horn glowed purple as a matching purple glow surrounded Neeyar’s horn. “What are you doing?”
“Why,” Twilight said, “I bet that your horn will just rip off if I tug at it!” Neeyar’s head then was pulled down as Twilight tugged on her horn.
“Could you please not do that, it’ll—” Neeyar started before she screamed as her horn was ripped off, accompanied by a thick crunching sound and blood spraying all over Twilight. Neeyar fell to the floor grasping the fresh wound. “What the hell!? You just ripped off my goddamned horn!”
Twilight grinned sheepishly. “Oh, sorry, I didn’t know it was real…”
“What the hell made you think it wasn’t real!? I’m standing right here talking to you!”
Twilight tittered. “Um, I have a friend who likes playing practical jokes, heh heh...let me see if I can reattach that for you,” she said, looking around the room for something to reattach the horn when her eyes fell upon a stapler. Grinning, she grasped the stapler in her magic and floated it over to her. She then floated the horn over to Neeyar and touched it to the stump, causing Neeyar to suck in a breath. Twilight then opened up the stapler and floated it over to Neeyar, lining it up with the base of the horn and Neeyar’s head.
“Why do I feel metal touching my—”
*CLICK*
“Ow! What the hell! Are you stapling my horn to my—”
*CLICK*
Neeyar screamed and rolled away, blood pooling under her half-stapled horn and dripping off onto the floor. “The hell is wrong with you!”
Neeyar was surrounded in a purple glow as she was held still and the stapler moved back to the base of her horn. “Hold still,” Twilight said as she focused on the bleeding mare, “I have to get this just right.”
*CLICK*
“Oh wood pulp that hurts!” Neeyar screamed as another staple was driven into her head and horn, tears now flowing freely out of her eyes.
“Just...one...more…” Twilight said as she lined up the stapler.
“Oh god oh god oh god—”
*CLICK*
“Oh Bark! Bark bark bark bark!” Neeyar howled as the final staple was driven into her head.
Twilight let go of Neeyar, who immediately grasped where the staples were piercing her head and cried deeply at the pain she had just experienced. Twilight stepped back and admired her handiwork. “There! All better!” she said.
“Hello?" Princess Celestia’s voice said down the hall, “I knocked on the front door and nopony answered, so I hope it’s alright if I let myself in—” and stopped when she entered Twilight’s study, witnessing the scene in front of her, eyes widened in shock.
“Why is everypony covered in blood?" she asked, “ and why is the Karatasi ambassador crying?”
Twilight let out a nervous giggle. “Well,” she said, “there’s a funny story behind that—”
“—funny, nothing!” Neeyar shouted as tears streamed down her face, “this psycho ripped off my horn!”
Celestia looked at Twilight Sparkle. “Is this true, Twilight?”
Twilight grimaced. “Well, I thought she was fake.”
“Fake!? How could you think I was fake when I’m standing right in front of you!?” Neeyar screeched.
Twilight glared at Neeyar. “Well, I’ve never heard a name like Neeyar before! Nor have I seen the Island of Karatasi on any map! I thought you were a creation of Discord.”
“What the hell is a Discord!?”
Celestia looked at Neeyar. “Discord is a spirit of Chaos known for playing pranks. I’m sure you understand.”
“Understand nothing! She ripped off my horn and stapled it back to my head!”
Celestia shut her eyes tightly, then reopened them. “We’ll take you to get you immediate medical attention—”
“You damn well better!”
Celestia sighed. “I swear on my life.” Celestia then turned her head to Twilight. “Don’t you remember the letter I sent you?”
Twilight raised an eyebrow. “What letter?”
Celestia shook her head and sighed. “The letter saying that the Island of the Paper Alicorns was raised from the depths of the ocean recently and that we were meeting at your castle for a diplomatic visit.”
Twilight scratched her head. “I sent Spike on vacation last week.”
Celestia buried her face in her hoof, then lifted it back up. “And you didn’t tell me this why?”
Twilight blushed. “Because I didn’t think you would be sending anything important?”
Celestia groaned. “Great. Just great. You’ve almost caused a diplomatic incident—”
“—almost nothing!” Neeyar cut off with, “as soon as I get my horn reattached, I’m reporting back to Karatasi to tell them all how insane your Royalty is!”
Celestia blinked, then turned to face Twilight. “Do you know how much I am disappointed in you right now, Twilight?”
Twilight gulped. “Yes, Princess Celestia,” she said as she looked upon the disapproving face of her teacher and the crying, bleeding alicorn in her study.
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Best. Idea. Ever.
OMG Syeekoh. You should be named Psyykoh instead.
God damnit.
Have a thumb.
*CV walks away, muttering and shaking his head*
The paper alicorn deserved it.
I mean, really. How do you survive when you're made of paper? Especially when you've been underwater.
Is the pony planet so hospitable that something made of paper can survive?
4737982
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4737989
Eh, they lived in a library which protected them from the environment.
4737993
You don't know what paper ponies live in. Don't hate.
4738000
Well they would be exposed to the environment.
4737982
They can repel prospective predators by giving them paper cuts. Everything in the Everfree knows not to fuck with the papercorns.
4738008 Consider this. You said planet, not a specific area.
The Land of Ooo is much more dangerous than Equestria.
Post-apocalyptic world with magic that runs on radiation > Fantasy world with magic that runs on friendship
I want to play Paper Mario now.
A funny plot twist would have been if, Celestia said she used to be paper too if not for Discord. This so needs a chapter 2.
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Papercorns! Hahaha.
Make this a full story and I'll like fav and wat h you. Make it a full story do it for it do it!
So the alicorbs name is paper and the island is name paper?
Jello welcome to paper island , my name is paper, and this is paper, and this is paper, and that's Tom!
...
-eats apple-
wut?
ooh, flinty preread this.
Neeyar is surprisingly well-developed for a two-dimensional character.
This... wat.
This is awesome
Your story is short and you should feel short!
and with that out of the way, great story. I'm going to read this to my friends. I would love to see a sequel, but this seems pretty complete, no need for a sequel.
After this incident, it will be hard to get the paper Alicorns back in the fold.
Good story.
4742553 I see what you did there
~N
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Also, 4761564, I see what you did there.
EDIT. Fixed.
4806674 Thanks. Fixed.
4806692 this feels like a concept from a game
INFAMOUS SECOND SON mabey
Oh Twilight, you will probably never change. Thank goodness.
Why does that alicorn look like the alicorn on this story? (https://www.fimfiction.net/group/198245/folder/7423/fallout-equestria)
EDIT:Why does that alicorn look ly Nyx from Pen Stroke.