Silver woke to a stinging pain across much of his back and head. He cracked open an eye to see a white-furred mare dabbing him with something. Silver wondered for a moment if all nurses were born with white fur before he tried to move, but found his limbs were secured to the bed with thick straps.
"Are you awake?" asked the nurse. "You're alright, but you have to stay still."
"Why am I tied? Did I break something?" asked Silver worriedly.
The nurse shook her head, "All burns, no breaks. You're OK, but you're in a lot of trouble young colt."
Silver shook his head, "I don't remember what happened. I passed the test, then...?"
The nurse lifted her shoulders before resuming her dabbing. Whatever she was putting on Silver's back felt very cool and soothed the stings for the moment she touched but the relief faded almost instantly.
When she was finished, the nurse left quietly, and Silver was alone with his thoughts, trying to puzzle out why he was there. A knock came from the door twice before it swung open with a golden aura, revealing Celestia. She smiled gently, but the expression fell away to careful neutrality. "Are you awake?"
Silver nodded, "Yes, uh, why are you here? What burned me?"
Celestia frowned slightly, "We were hoping you would tell us a little about that. I have been told you were speaking with a professor when you conjured a ball of fire and set everything in the area ablaze, including yourself."
Silver swung his ears back. Being told of the events helped bring them back into focus, "I made the ball, but I didn't throw it! I wouldn't!"
Celestia looked... sad, the sort of expression a mother would offer to a poorly-behaving child, "But you did. Four ponies were hurried away for severe burns, the professor included. The damage to the school is not insignificant." She paused, "One of those caught, another student, may not survive the day."
Silver slumped onto the bed, "Is... I didn't mean..."
Celestia raised a hoof, "It is as much my own fault. You did not hide your ability to weave dangerous magic. You told me directly you could burn my flowers, and you have." She leaned forward, "My precious little ponies, my most beloved flowers."
Silver felt fresh tears build quickly. It was like his world was collapsing around him. "I'm so sorry! I didn't want for anypony to be hurt, not one!"
Celestia gave a slow nod, "I believe you." Silver began to relax a little as she continued, "But that does not change the facts. Murder with war magic is the one of the highest crimes a unicorn can commit. Your future hangs with the survival of that mare." She settled beside the bed, "One thing is quite clear."
Silver directed an ear at her, "What's that?"
"You are no longer welcome in that school," said Celestia, announcing the death blow for Silver's previously bright-looking education. "There are no words save a direct command that would get you back in, and the scorn you would receive would make the effort futile at best. Even if she survives, you are a warlock, a wizard of battle, and you will be feared as such."
Silver pulled against the straps holding him down, "He was holding me still with magic!"
Celestia raised a brow, "And that justifies such destructive power?"
Silver sagged, "No..."
Celestia gave a ghost of a smile, "You may yet prove a good pony." She rose to her hooves, "Pray your mistakes do not cause another to lose their chance at their destiny. I will return, when she is stable, or... beyond us." Celestia departed, steps silent on the tile.
Silver tried to summon his hands, but felt the congestion that implied he had a magic blocker on. This didn't surprise him after he had a moment to consider. He was a magical criminal, of course they blocked his magic. Stupid roleplaying! "Why did I have to make a fireball for my first spell," he groaned to no one.
A fresh knock came from the door before Fast and Night stepped in. Fast closed the door behind them with her magic and they took up positions at either side of his bed. Night looked... upset... She opened her mouth to speak a few times, but no words came out. She eventually looked to Fast.
Fast sighed softly, "Night doesn't know what being a unicorn is like." She reached a hoof and rested it on Silver's ribs, "I almost hurt myself with magic, and you pulled me away from that. I'm sorry I wasn't there to leap on you when you needed it."
Night clopped a hoof on the floor, "How could you?! Why would you use a spell like that in a school?! There's no good reason for it!"
Silver sagged in his restraints, saying nothing at all. What could he say?
Fast continued, "If they kick you out, I'm going with you. We're together now, right?"
Night peered at Fast a moment before she sighed, "I'm not going to be outdone by Fast Change. Silver Lining, tell us what happened."
They sat there, watching Silver say nothing. Fast reached out and began to prod him, "We're not leaving until you start talking." Silver grumbled and groaned, but Fast just kept on prodding until he relented.
"That teacher," started Silver, "he grabbed me in his magic so I couldn't move at all and just kept saying the most hateful things about how he'd make everything I did miserable. The fireball was one of the few spells I had memorized, unless I wanted to use the, uh, spell I passed the test with... I never threw it. I just... passed out."
Night threw her forelegs wide, seated on her hind, "What happens when a fireball isn't held anymore? A bunch of unicorns found out the hard way." She put her forelegs on the ground, "I'll fight for you, Silver, but this is bad, really bad."
Fast hopped up on the bed and looked over Silver, "Stop berating him. I think he knows he goofed up." She reached out and poked his burned back, making Silver wince and wriggle. "At least you're not burned too badly to feel that."
Night rose to her hooves, "I have ponies to see. We'll get through this, somehow." And she was off. Fast curled in next to Silver, and things became quiet.
A soft knock announced the arrival of Silver's next guest, Lyra. "Hey." She trotted up to the bed, "Didn't expect you here, Fast Change. You're looking awful snuggly."
Fast Change raised an ear before she went stiff. Suddenly she was a bright orange pegasus with unfurled wings, "Hey!"
Lyra tilted her head, "Don't change on my account."
Fast shook her head, "You surprised me, and why shouldn't I be here? I'--"
"In his herd?" asked Lyra, pointing at the restrained Silver, "Sorry about all this. He just finished acing the class test too. Those rotten bastards didn't even keep his spell. They threw it in the fireplace without even glancing at it." Lyra grinned slyly, "Which is why I made a copy before I turned it in."
Silver couldn't help but let a giggle escape. Lyra was good for the soul. Lyra hopped up onto the bed beside Fast and poked Silver, "Congratulations on passing school!"
Silver blinked, "What?"
Lyra tilted her head, "You're done, you passed. Nopony in Canterlot can question your ability to do magic. I mean, yeah, you might get your horn chopped off or thrown in jail or banished or whatever, but damn did you pass the hell out of that school."
Fast struck Lyra with one of her wings, which hurt them both about equally. Wings were sensitive instruments. "Don't tease him. I thought you were his friend."
Lyra rubbed her noggin where she had been hit, "What? I am! I'm being serious! The way I hear it, he threw magic that'd do a crown warlock proud. If he hadn't been ground zero for it, it would have been amazing!"
Silver cast his eyes downwards, "And a pony might die for it..."
Lyra wobbled a hoof, "Yeah, that part kinda sucks, seeing as they weren't a big bad monster or something. Well, I just wanted you to know I still think you're awesome, and thanks for the spell." She hopped down from the bed and trotted from the room.
As silence returned, Silver spoke to Fast, "Thanks for sticking around. I'm kind of surprised--"
His words were cut off as the door swung open violently without knocking. Trixie trotted in with a deep frown. She stormed the bed, "You have besmirched the fine name of Trixie! When ponies ask what kind of students Trixie teaches, they will think of dangerous brutes of wizards!" She slapped the bed with a hoof, "She told you... You weren't ready yet!" Her head sunk on the edge of the bed, starting to cry, "Why couldn't you just be a happy little foal for a little longer! Trixie would have taught you better than this..."
Silver opened his mouth with no words. He struggled against his bindings a moment, trying to reach Trixie, "I didn't mean to hurt you, or anyone! Please..."
Trixie looked up at Silver, "It is too late for such apologies. You are beyond Trixie's reach to help." She half-turned for the door, "She is happy to have had the chance, and sorry she failed so completely." With a bright flash, she was gone.
Fast, ignored but still present, gently rested her cheek on Silver's wet one. She held him close as he wept quietly for her.
The door was already open when another set of unicorn ponies arrived. Silver didn't recognize any of them. Fast stepped over Silver, spreading her wings defensively. The mare and stallion sat at the base of the bed, looking at the two quietly a moment.
The stallion spoke first, "She was so happy... She worked so hard to get in, and she was just mastering her first spell."
The mare frowned delicately, "What did she do to you? Why would you take her away from us, and her friends? She..." she sunk against the stallion's shoulders and they both went quiet.
Fast looked perplexed, "Was? Is she...?"
The stallion quickly shook his head, "She's still with us." He directed a hoof at Silver, "No thanks to you."
Silver flinched, but had nowhere to go. He could say sorry, but how much difference would that really make to them? He considered telling them he didn't mean it, but that felt like an insult even in his own head. "I hope she'll be OK..." he settled on.
They sat there for a while, just watching Silver and Fast and saying nothing at all. Eventually, they rose together and walked out into the hallway, the door closing gently behind them with their magic.
Well... yeah... that... happened. It certainly happened.
I would say it's a little hypocritical of Trixie to ditch him over this, but she didn't do war magic per-se, and she was under the influence of an evil artifact when she was removing mouths and enslaving people.
But you'd think that it would make her at least a little more forgiving.
Normally I go straight to editing before I start reviewing, but in this case I'm making an exception. That's because there's a glaring issue that undercuts the entire central premise of this chapter. Specifically, that Silver has diplomatic immunity!
You can arrest a diplomat only if they're in the process of causing imminent harm to someone, and even then they must be released once the immediate danger has passed. Once he's conscious, unless he's directly threatening somepony else, they have to cease restraining him.
No, it doesn't - unless she's referring to banishing him from Equestria, then by her own decree she can't touch him.
Again, that has to come off. He's not a criminal, because he can't be charged with a crime.
I can only presume that Lyra is speaking in ignorance of his current political status, because Silver can't be legally punished for what he's done (notwithstanding being banished to his country of origin).
Yes, his status was granted for purely political purposes, but it was still granted. Celestia herself bestowed it on him, and she did so in front of Luna, Cadance, Shining Armor, Night Watch, and two guards (though one of them was a changeling who is likely in prison now). She should know that she has to abide by the laws of her own realm, which means that this is a major breach of the law on her part. She should have had that horn-blocker off of him the moment she stepped through that door, and the straps too (unless they're medical in nature, but that seems like a stretch).
5761011 There are huge differences between a real life diplomat and whatever Silver is. If Celestia brings down the hammer, what country will be outraged? She'll be sure to inform the only other human what happened. That'll reap quick and swift judgement upon her, surely. Should a diplomat be going through this stuff? By the book, no, but a lot of this is not 'by the book'. It would get him off the hook with just about anypony else, but Celestia... not so much.
Silver took what was given to him by Luna and turned it against Celestia's little ponies. This is one of the few things known to get Celestia ready to kick some flank. It's only Silver's obvious regret that spares him from a more immediate smiting to safeguard her people. Celestia puts up with a lot of things, but outright violence against her ponies does not sit well with her.
Will she calm? Maybe. As she said before she left, a lot rides on the mare Silver burned to a crisp not dying. Celestia is a gentle and kind soul, but there is a limit to anypony's patience.
5761047 Even at her most wrathful, I find it difficult to believe that Celestia wouldn't be able to see the bigger picture. True, Silver has no real country for this to sour relations with, but that's not the sum total of the consequences of her treatment of him here. Luna declared that Silver was an ambassador in front of her court - that makes it public knowledge. If word gets out that Celestia has arrested an ambassador despite his immunity, that will get out to other countries, causing a public loss of confidence in her government. What other ambassadors might she arrest on a whim, unconcerned with the rule of law? What other laws and treaties might she ignore? If the immortal demigoddess decides that she doesn't want to play by her own rules any longer, can any foreign country really put their trust in her - and by extension, Equestria - any longer?
Celestia knows Silver, and would know that what happened wasn't by design. She would therefore know that releasing him would likely not bring further harm to anypony, and thus that she's risking a major loss of face on the world stage in exchange for very little. True, she might be so upset that she'd disregard that, but there's also room to argue that she's been alive long enough to know better.
I suspect we'll need to agree to disagree in this regard, though.
While I'm not justifying what Silver did, context is vital in this case. This is a colt magically held against his will to be berated. Last time he held someone in magic, he got told such actions were illegal, so I'm very curious to see what repercussions this teacher will face. Moving on from that, his reaction to not being able to move his body is to move his magic, and he reached for the first spell he made, one he is admittedly more familiar with. Now, did he actually lose control of his spell, or did the same teacher take control of that spell from him as well? He was magically attacked and knocked out, while holding back a fire spell.
I really hope that teacher gets some serious backlash for instigating that situation, and more than just another one of Celestia's punishments hidden under frills and bows. And on the topic of Celestia, all that coy dancing around his 'potential' of being a good pony is not helping him any. It's just making it worse because he's going to keep trying harder and likely keep messing up when he just misses the mark. In my opinion anyway.
5761069 You assume none of this is happening behind the scenes. Celestia is not there, and Luna has not been shown. The two are certainly going to discuss this, though likely not in Silver's room (the POV of the story most of the time mostly being Silver). Harsh words will be exchanged, but understand may be reached and tempers may come down from their fever pitch.
I don't think I've thrown Celestia under the metaphorical bus in her behavior. She has yet to rain death or violence. She's had him restrained, and even spoke with him, then she left. That's pretty composed, diplomatic affairs aside.
5761010 Trixie never said she hates Silver or cast him out. She's upset and disappointed, but ultimately she said she couldn't help him. No amount of showmareship will dispel this.
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Ah, as in help him get back into school or recover his reputation. Okay, yeah.
interesting chapter, is true of silver actions were excessive, but the teacher is not blameless the use their magic in silver against his will that counts as an attack
the professor also deserves a reprimand
5761124 Even if he is fired, out of a cannon, to the moon, it doesn't really change Silver's situation.
What everyone else is saying makes sense to me.
The way I see it is that Silver panicked and reached for the first spell he could. The fact that it was a war spell isn't lost on me, but still; he panicked. I'm not saying that Silver should get off scot free. He would still be kicked out and have his reputation trashed but he wouldn't be restrained past what would be necessary for treating his injuries. Going onto the ponies that were hurt; yes Silver's to blame but so is the teacher. If Celestia has any experience with crimes -- which she would have to have -- she'd know she must launch an investigation on what happened. Once she does she'll learn that the teacher has just as much blame as Silver in this for knocking him out when he was holding a spell together. Not to mention holding Silver against his will, which EVERYONE knows is rude, inconsiderate of others and their personal space, and one step away from physically hurting someone. I am surprised that someone hadn't stepped up to help Silver right then considering that he helped feed and water them all.
Anyways, sorry for my rant had to get it out. I say put most -- if not all -- of the blame on that bastard that calls himself a teacher.
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5761172 Let's try this a different way.
A teacher RL puts a restraining hand on a student and berates them. The teacher is in the wrong for doing so. The student pulls out a gun and has a finger on the trigger. The teacher quickly subdues the student, but some people get shot, including the teacher.
That student is in soooo much trouble. Is the teacher also in trouble? Probably! Though some might say he deserves a medal for tackling someone with a gun, since whether or not said gun was going to be fired without his interaction is not known, but it sure did get fired. It was locked, loaded, and the teacher took action.
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No, I understand how Trixie has failed, I do. I thought that she left him on his own.
I have been put in my ignorant place with the power of knowledge, though.
5761192 Oops, that wasn't aimed at you, mistake, sorry!
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Radical Dishonesty: 2013-2015.
Caught in the crossfire of polite disagreement on a website featuring Horse Words.
Goodnight, Sweet Prince.
5761184 I'm not trying to justify Silver's actions, just speaking my thoughts on this matter. Like I said; it was a rant. I wasn't trying to think in RL terms, besides, who pulls a gun on a teacher if they aren't trying to hurt them?
Yes, I know: "that's basically what Silver did" I understand he over reacted but that teacher was out of line with how he approached Silver in the first place.
5761082 David, I just realized that I owe you an apology.
I was thinking that Celestia's behavior was wrong to the point where it undercut the verisimilitude of the story, and I was honestly thinking that this chapter should be rewritten.
I was wrong.
I had forgotten that there are no mistakes with regards to writing fiction - there are only missed opportunities.
What's happened here, with Celestia's total disregard for Silver's diplomatic status isn't a mistake, and it isn't a strike against the story. Quite the contrary, this is great! This is a goldmine of potential story ideas!
Celestia has just messed up on the world stage for what's likely the first time in her reign. Yes, it was done gently and nonviolently, but she still committed a major breach of her own laws. Other nations will stand up and take notice. The friendly ones will be uncomfortable at best, and the unfriendly ones (and since a major theme of this fic is that "it's not really as idyllic a world as it seems," there must be unfriendly nations) will use this to their advantage against Equestria. She's going to have some very uncomfortable meetings with other governments in her future, where she has to walk the line between admitting that what she did was wrong, and staying true to herself in regards to protecting her little ponies.
After all, there's already one notable example of an alicorn - a being with massive power, especially since the two sisters control the heavens that affect the entire world - going bad. Celestia was probably able to brush that one off by pointing out that A) no foreign nationals, property, or interests were harmed, and B) that was her sister; Celestia herself did not condone those actions and took steps to remedy them. Now, it's Celestia herself who has committed a major error, and on a foreign national no less. It's already too late to cover it up, so now things are going to happen as a result. After all, the laws are there to protect the less powerful from the most powerful, and no one that we've seen has more power than Celestia (Discord and a few individuals using exceptional circumstances notwithstanding). If she was willing to break her own laws with regards to another pony, how would the griffon kingdom feel? Or the minotaurs? Or the diamond dogs? Celestia has lost status that will take at least a generation to repair.
Things are going to change the world over because of this, and likely not for the better.
Silver is this world's own Franz Ferdinand.
That's just at the international level. This could very well become a wedge issue between the two sisters. After all, Luna may be playing standoffish, but she does still love Silver. Imagine how she feels at his treatment, knowing that it's not lawful - true, she'd be sympathetic to her ponies being hurt too, and she would want justice, but we know her viewpoint is very different from her sister's about a lot of things. This could very well reopen old wounds, especially if Luna goes against Celestia's orders - heck, this might dredge up issues of chain of command; does Luna rule equally with Celestia, or does she answer to her, officially?
My initial reaction to this chapter was way off-base. It isn't making an error; it's laying myriad future plot-seeds!
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this is a little different, a teacher tied to a student who happens?
easy is laid off and depending on the circumstances, could be accused of
public humiliation
attempted kidnapping
and other even more unpleasant things
the professor imposed its magic on silver, against their will and publically humiliated in front of other students, the teacher attacked first
Silver actions were excessive, that is not in discucion, but the teacher does this guilt free
5761297 My point is neither is getting out of this smelling of roses. Easily both could end up in the deep fryer. Both did wrong, but one resulted in the immediate and direct harm of others, while the other would have been likely a civil charge if it hadn't escalated.
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Sorry to bother, but this reminded me of an incident at school my younger sister
a teacher tied to elementary students and covered their mouth with duct tape
5761341 Oh dear. I hope noone was hurt.
5761184 Poor silver, he has made a huge mistake but all the anger directed towards him like he did it on purpose is a bit sad especially when the professor seemed to be getting off scott free.
Being told about the events "helped" bring them back "into" focus.
That should be "the" sort of expression a mother would offer.
Also, "poorly behaving" should be hyphenated.
His previous education was "bright-looking."
He groaned to "no one."
I think she means "point-blank" here.
Trixie "half-turned" for the door.
I'd put an ellipsis after "Is she" and before the question mark.
5761346 My mother discovered this, and other parents were able to prove his crimes and was fired and was sued
but unfortunately some time ago in a day care, an employee put masking tape on an infant of a few months and died asphyxiated
This sort of thing has always bothered me on a personal level,
but I apologize if my attitude was annoying
5761410 I'm pretty hard to annoy past a minute's duration. Sorry for your personal pain though, sounds horrible.
5761407 All fixed! Besides the whole diplomat thing, what thought ye of the pony's portrayals?
5761430 Leaving aside my by-now-obvious bias towards political dramas, what happened here was very heartfelt.
Everypony felt very much in-character; I liked that Night was stern and angry, whereas Fast was gentle and sympathetic. That really did a wonder on contrasting the two, and showed how they complement each other. Night alternating between "how could you do this?!" and "How can I fix this?" showed that she has a very workman-like attitude towards problems - they're something that need to be fixed, both to correct the damage, and make sure they don't happen again. By contrast, Fast was concerned with how Silver was feeling, she knew that sometimes bad things just happen, and that all you can do is try to soothe the hurts as best you can.
As for Celestia...well, I'm still somewhat awed over the fact that you found a way to introduce a flaw into an apparently-flawless character, without changing or misconstruing who she is as a character. Her extremism in defense of her little ponies, even as gentle as it was, showed her fallibility...and yes, I know I'm still obsessing over the whole diplomat issue, but it's really just that good.
I did feel that things were pushing it a little with Lyra and Trixie. I agree with a previous poster who said that Trixie wasn't exactly one to talk, given her own checkered past. That said, I don't think that's a contradiction for how she was acting, but rather that this has caused some major self-doubt for her, both as a teacher and as a mother. Right now, she's probably thinking to herself "Is this my fault? Did this happen because I somehow taught him to make the same mistakes I did?" When your children do something terrible, the parents are the ones who wonder if they somehow contributed to their child turning out that way. This could be a serious issue for Trixie going forward if she and Rough Draft were thinking of having a foal of their own.
Lyra was...amazingly sunny. Perhaps too sunny. When told that a student might die, and her response is "that kinda sucks," it comes across as rather callous, if not depraved in its level of indifference. To be fair, that's how most people react when it comes to a tragedy that doesn't affect them in any way, shape, or form...but this isn't some tragedy in a distant land that you read about in the newspaper. This happened right there, at her place of work, possibly to ponies she knew. There's a reason why, when there's a school shooting, the entire school is offered counseling, even though many (if not most) of the students won't have personally known the shooters or victims. When something happens in a place you know, a place you go to, it can affect you. Lyra's lightheartedness, in that regard, didn't feel like irrepressible optimism...it felt off-putting (at least to me), since I didn't understand how she could be so unconcerned.
First thing first, discipline that professor for messing that up...you don't remove someone's hold of warmagic and restrain others against their will...
Second, I really want to see him becoming a full Warlock...I don't see many Warlocks running around on this site aside from Bucky in The Chase.
P.S. Curse you Typos! You made me edit!
ok this is a huge buck up on silvers part.
but at the back of my mind something is not right about that professor he stinks of bad guy no he reeks of evil.
Harts Fire
How did Lyra escape being burned? Wasn't she standing right next to him?
5773052 Lyra was in the exam room, testing other students, when Silver came out into the hallway and had his fateful encounter.
It's funny. Every time I start to think "do I hate my own characters?", I always come across someone to make me say "well at least I'm not doing THAT to my characters," and that gives me some solace.
But seriously dude. Give the kid a freaking break.
6229294 Sadly, my past self is unable to hear your suggestions, and my current self is still prodding the poor guy right along.
fire is fun especially if your arm is coated with gas. somehow the burns were incredibly minor thankfully and the scars all faded. but yeah be careful around fire. though if i did look worse then maybe i could get my cousin to not be an idiot. never follow my childhood example.
Explosions in schools do not pass by without consequences.
Cool guys don't look at explosions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-7K58e7uvk
6297007 Well, at least Silver can claim that he's ... hot stuff!
6742326 Badum Tssh
Pekay FIRE!
how is forcibly restraining a colt with magic not against the law?!
6931726 That does come up.
I find the mane characters lack of defiance deeply disturbing... Its hard to like him as a character when he just comes across as some broken Edgy Kid that makes some pretty bad decisions when his hand is forced by someone else's equally bad decision. I would love to see his confidence grow to something at least sort of normal.
Also Jokes on Celestia, Hes a Diplomat and as such is immune to the Laws of Equestria.
ps I know this story is finished and theirs another part, but Silver Linings mental status and situation just compounded until I just had to say something! I'm still liking the story though, its well written and does captivate me as a reader so it deserves the like.
(Even if Silver Linings Edgyness drives we up the wall)
6998893 I'm honestly not sure what you mean by 'edginess', but the protag does grow, so please do read on!
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6998893 buy edginess I think you mean indecisiveness because let's face it silver lining is very indecisive he is so incredibly unsure of himself because he is in an alien world with alien beings an alien powers so no wonder he is unsure of himself. ruminate on that for a moment. Rumination over do I think he made mistakes? absolutely Mistakes were made all around by the crown most grievously. Did they make up for their mistakes? no they compounded them and for Silver Lining? He was pushed into a position where he now stands or lies as the case may be. I however do not believe him to be edgy.
just read this. My opinion? That so-called "professor" should have been the most injured, not some innocent student!! ☠💀
May he who wears a yellow pyramid be tortured by pyramid-head!! 🐍
Fuck all this guilt tripping! If that bigoted teacher hadn't rendered him unconscious, this would have never gone down. This whole thing was his fucking fault from start to finish and absolutely NOBODY is blaming that ass hat who is responsible.
This story is getting increasingly more and more annoying
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I completely agree with you three...
and how could Trixie do that to him!. she did not even get his side of the story apparently after all the happened, her reputation is worth more to her than her own gods damned family. if I was silver i would never have wanted to see trixie again after that
TBH i would be surprised if the teacher was even awake yet they were both point-blank in the explosion. silver has plot armor so him being awake I can see
being point-blank also means there is no way anyone else would have been worse off than Silver and the teacher. so the whole guilt trip is completely BS
and what kind of hospital just lets random people/ponies in so they could put stress on their patient
if anyone would have died it would be silver since the explosion was right in his face