• Member Since 8th Mar, 2012
  • offline last seen 1 hour ago

Alaborn


Somewhere in the USA. Probably older than you. And something about MLP:FIM makes me want to write stories. Unfortunately, being gainfully employed cuts into my writing time.

E

Determined to reconnect with her old Canterlot friends, Twilight Sparkle heads to Canterlot. But when she sees what kind of impact she had on Moondancer by skipping her party, she knows just what to do to fix it.

An alternate take on the events of Amending Fences. It is recommended you watch that episode first.

Chapters (1)
Comments ( 35 )

How many more ways could Twilight Sparkle mess things up by using time travel? Post your suggestions in the comments!

wow, this was good

She could send a note to herself to stop being a jerk. I bet she'd go back as far as magic kindergarten.

Ah, timestream-maintaining Minuette. One of my favorite interpretations. And yeah, a lot of the dialogue in that scene did imply that Twilight was contemplating chronomancy. Nicely done all around. (And now I'm contemplating what series of events would be needed for Moondancer to find her way to Starlight's commune...)

6172265 She would also need to explain exactly why she's being a jerk, because I doubt she realized how her actions affected others. Preferably with citations to books the young Twilight Sparkle had read.

6172282 "Are you saying I'd need to give up my passion for reading just to join your commune?"

I don't know exactly what comes next, but it's probably similar to YAKS SMASH!

Good to know I wasn't the only one expecting her to try time travel.

6172608 It was the obvious solution.

Obviously overkill.

Well that was fun! :pinkiehappy:

6172265 On every fanfiction I read, you're somewere in the comments. :trixieshiftright:

6173353 FanOfMostEverything tries as well.

Awesome fic. Don't try to change the past. :pinkiecrazy:

Knowing Twilight, this probably isn't the first time Minuette's had to do this sort of thing, either.

6176416 As she said, 94% of her time is devoted to fixing Twilight Sparkle's screw-ups.

This was an absolute delight to read. I love it!

6176474 Whoops, must have missed that line. :rainbowlaugh:

I love how you incorporated Minuette into this story. (Damn it's going to take a long time to get used to calling her that). She is my favorite pony but I will admit, I like Moondancer quite a bit too.

6176605 In another story, I have her given name as Minuette, but she adopted the name Colgate when she became a dentist.

I imagine some ponies random asking Twilight if she's taller now.

“I don't know. But rest assured, we’ll find her,” Twilight Sparkle said confidently. “If she comes within a hundred meters of me, I’ll know.”

Now I get it.

6179671 "Oh, it must be these new horseshoes I'm wearing."

Nice story, though I felt like Twilight should've explained herself to Moondancer in the mental hospital. :unsuresweetie:

Well, granted, the orderlies might have ended up locking her up too, either for believing herself to be a timetraveler, or for being so insane as to mess with timetravel in such a reckless manner, but still. :twilightoops:

6250923 What? Explain herself, and admit she made a mistake, and magic wasn't the solution she thought it would be? :twilightoops:

It speaks to Twilight's capacity to screw things up that she basically has her own pony dedicated just about exclusively to cleaning up after her timestream mishaps. Minuette's '94%' figure also implies that Twilight is going to continue to screw up the timeline in the future despite the warning Minuette just gave her. Someday, it will turn out that Spike was also trained by Princess Celestia to minimise Twilight's neurosis to an acceptable level. Lesson Zero is the only time he's ever failed :moustache:

The only real issue I have is with Moondancer's home in the revised timeline. She was thrown in the asylum two years ago, yet had pictures of Tirek up? I can't quite see a two year difference between the end of Season 4 and Amending Fences.

“So whatever happened to that Starlight Glimmer pony?” Spike asked.

“I don't know. But rest assured, we’ll find her,” Twilight Sparkle said confidently. “If she comes within a hundred meters of me, I’ll know.”

Said the pony who decided to use time magic to fix friendships :moustache:

6339993

It speaks to Twilight's capacity to screw things up that she basically has her own pony dedicated just about exclusively to cleaning up after her timestream mishaps. Minuette's '94%' figure also implies that Twilight is going to continue to screw up the timeline in the future despite the warning Minuette just gave her. Someday, it will turn out that Spike was also trained by Princess Celestia to minimise Twilight's neurosis to an acceptable level. Lesson Zero is the only time he's ever failed :moustache:

Little did Twilight Sparkle know that her Smarty Pants doll was liberally laced with antipsychotics.

The only real issue I have is with Moondancer's home in the revised timeline. She was thrown in the asylum two years ago, yet had pictures of Tirek up? I can't quite see a two year difference between the end of Season 4 and Amending Fences.

You're right; I'll cut the mention of Tirek. It's possible obsessed Moondancer discovered him in her research, but I think Princess Celestia kept him completely under wraps. Just like every cataclysmic threat to Equestria. :trollestia:

6251033
Give Moondancer an explanation for as to how Twilight could've attended her party when all other evidence pointed to Twilight having already left for Ponyville earlier in the day. :applejackconfused:

Poor Moondancer went insane trying to comprehend that. :pinkiesad2:

A logical explanation might've been a way of giving Moondancer some closure... :fluttershysad:

Even if Twilight planned to overwrite the timeline anyway, that bit felt a bit out of place. :unsuresweetie:
It sort-of makes her come across as having a bit of an "the ponies in this timeline don't matter, since I'll overwrite it anyway"-attitude, which feels off for her. :twilightoops:

Also, one alternate thing Twilight might've tried would have been to approach Moondancer in the past, and then take her to with her to the present. :rainbowderp:

Bam. No nasty changes to Twilight's personal life of fighting evil. No Moondancer in the insane asylum. :twilightsmile:

Bad thing though would be that for Moondancer, she essentially became a "missing pony"-case for a few years. So not so good for her house, possessions, and concerned family-members. :twilightoops:

And Twilight couldn't take her back to the past without wiping her memory of the future or something. :derpyderp2:

6367528 Moondancer comes with Twilight Sparkle to the present.

Someone nearby calls out "Princess!"

"You're a princess now?"

Moondancer gives up. The poor mare can't hope to match Twilight Sparkle.

:rainbowlaugh:Nice knock if of my favorite episode.

The premise is kinda bizarre, it makes the whole thing hilarious.

~Leonzilla

I think the expresion wibbley wobley timei wimey has never been more acurate

The morale of the story: Time Travel sucks.

How would sending a letter a day affect the time c stream Good story

“Moondancer!” Twilight Sparkle called, just before teleporting in front of her. “You've got to give friendship a chance!”

I keep hearing MGR when she said GIVE FRIENDSHIP A CHANCE

No
I REFUSE
narrative breakdown detected
Minnutte: oh and sean
stop jumping to other worlds you'll destroy their stories

Login or register to comment