How far would you go to save one of those closest to you?
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Twilight Sparkle has ascended to alicornhood and been crowned as the Solarian Empire's fourth alicorn princess. Her friends and family have welcomed this change with open arms. However, not every citizen feels this way.
Twilight Sparkle, having been elevated to a very high spot in Imperial politics in a short amount of time, now faces new enemies, both in the nobility and amongst the average citizens.
When an assassination attempt on Twilight Sparkle fails during her Coronation Banquet, how will the Empire react to this?
The most important question is this: How far will Twilight's friends and family go to save her from a terrible fate?
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This story is divided into three parts, or acts. Act Two is divided into two parts:
Act One: Impact
Act Two, Part One: Expedition to The Black Library
Act Two, Part Two: Chaotic Defense
Act Three: Any Means Necessary
The "Crossover" tagging will become apparent later on, if it isn't already obvious.
Rated Teen for mild gore and mild language.
Note: The events of Seasons 1-5 happen in an entirely different order in this timeline, with some never even occurring.
So this is supposed to be like Julius Caesar, a play by Shakespeare.
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I'll keep my eye on your story! Just message me back once you get to read
this. On how...you feel or somethig...else.
added at 1:44am. Okay i just looked at it and it said anthro...so just ignor this and yoy can delete this if you want to. I rarely read anthro or human. So the hand part just took me by surprisesurpri
Interresting first chapter. Good ratings. Good job.
Life's got me tons upon tons of busy, so I may not b able to read for a LONG time, but description sounds promising! I'm excited!
Suddenly 40K!
No really, I didn't actually get that part until somepony mentioned Primaris Psykers. Didn't help that I didn't look at the future chapter titles, heh.
Well, whatever Blueblood swung there, it probably wasn't an Anathame. I wonder if he'll have anything resembling a rational reason for attacking an Alicorn Princess. Or at least an understandable one.
I have a feeling that the sword had poison on it and it finaly took effec.
Okay, I'm going to stop looking for any little errors in this chapter. But if you guys see any errors, tell me. Thanks!
I have a feeling I'm going to be on Star Swirl's side in all this. I wouldn't, if these two didn't put so much energy into doing the very things justifying a way to kill them.
At least it wasn't just a typical 'noble plot'. Having a few guards in on the thing makes it less one-sided. Also, I'm truly surprised that Blueblood of all ponies ended up with a reason for his deed that wasn't blind and utterly stupid selfishness!
Still, I don't trust Celestia here one bit. Not because of any preexisting Tyrant-Celestia bias, but because she doesn't come across to me as somepony who should be trusted.
I have to agree with Luna on this, that is definately not a reason. That is an excuse. Secondly, really? Really? That's the excuse he decides to risk getting captured for? *facehoof*
Just so I get this straight—Blueblood had already been sentenced to life in prison. But he'd been cooperative and told of others involved in the plot, so Celestia took her time to increase the punishment to execution by firing squad.
In other words, if he'd not been cooperative, he wouldn't have gotten death.
Way to reward doing the right thing, Celestia. I hope this bites you in the ass massively. I won't feel sorry for you one bit.
Addendum: Unless this is all some kind of ploy. Entirely possible with how Halcyon and Celestia acted here. We won't know until we see. It might be interesting for somepony to point out the above problem either way.
This has so many references to skyrim. I love it!
Foreshadowing of death and two big decissions. Boy, this story is SERIOUS. Everyone! Put on your SERIOUS FACES
. Good job. Good job to those who participated. Hey! You! I see you there. Hey... Put on your serious face. Do it with me...
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Now THIS, Justin is just one reason why you always know it's me. Yes?
I wasn't informed about this... Let me read... *casually sips from glass* mm hmmm. mmm hmmm. *spits out water* Um... What? Is this shipping? Twilight is in the spirit realm because Sombra can't escape. They need to meet there, but her subconscious is still in her body, but she didn't give Rainbow the message. Then the... Ya know what,
Chin up! Don't bet on sinking ships because they'll turn your chips to trash!
You've got to set your sights and hopes on setting not to crash!
The truth can seem quite bleak if you don't make your plans unfurl.
But I would not let that mar my opinion of the world!
Stipulations placed before you to get all the things you really need.
Mr. Big may make things hard but you have got to plant your seeds.
Go to war.
Fight more.
Your dreams thrive by competition.
You'll find no one famous ever got there just by flinching at their foes
Cling against the torment, claw with all your might at what you know.
Don't let go!
Just grow!
Don't wait or play to indecision!
If you watched Rainbow Dash presents, you'd know what this is.
And no, I'm not high.
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Let me clear up some things: Twilight's stuck in the Spirit Realm, too. Most of her soul, anyway. Dash got the message, I just left that bit out. Sombra's not evil, but not good. (In case you were wondering.) On the shipping, maybe. I have no idea why I wrote that part, it just happened.
I expect that their effectiveness will haven doubled.”
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Isn't frankfurt a real human city... I know the diary of Anne Frank had quite the reference to... Frankfurt. Wait didn't you say this was anthropology? Does this take place in Equestria or is it EQ Girls?
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Oh, Frankfurt is a real city.
I just ponified it. For more examples, look at Fillydelphia and Manehattan. They're ponified versions of real cities.
The term is anthropomorphic. This means that all the characters are actual ponies that walk around on two feet and wear clothes. Not whatever EQ portrays anthro ponies as. So, in short, the story takes place in Equestria.
Looks good to me so far.
Can't wait to see the rest of the upgraded chapters when they go live!
I like this rewrite so far. Keep up the good work.
The yak is more like an adopted uncle.
This can't bode well for the kingdom.
Grr I HATE cliffhangers!!
7549201 Join the (very large) club on THAT, bro.
Is this story at all related to The Assassination of Twilight Sparkle?
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It gave me the push I needed to start writing this story in the first place.
The original version of this story was partially inspired by it, too.
Looks like the others changed over the years.
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Changed indeed...
Just who made weapons capable of killing an Alicorn?
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Other alicorns. Alicorns figured out very quickly that they are nigh impossible to kill with conventional means and most types of magic, so they developed weapons capable of piercing an alicorn's natural defenses.
7662456 i'm sensing an Immortals reference.
I love it when fanfics make the equestrian royalty be extravagant, fun and actually have lIFES AND A PERSONALITY AND ACTUALLY BE ENDEARING GOD DAMN YOU HASBRO.
....anyways.
I ship it and I need help.