Chapter 5
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Twilight’s friends glanced at each other with worry. Almost half an hour had gone by since Rarity and the creature calling itself Raven had left for Rarity’s boutique and, since that time, the lavender unicorn had remained completely still, her eyes focused on nothing.
After a few moments of looking from one to another, all eyes turned to Pinkie Pie, who gulped and took several steps closer to the still pony.
“Uh... T-T-Twilight?” she asked, reaching a hoof out to her statue of a friend. “A-are you alright—?”
“What in Equestria just happened?!” Twilight snapped, causing the pink mare to yank who hoof back for fear of losing it.
“Uh, well,” Applejack began uncertainly, “Rarity, uh...”
Twilight blinked, before her eyes widened in horror. “Rarity’s been put under a spell and that creature took her away! Come on!”
“Huh?” the other ponies asked, glancing to each other, before turning to see their unicorn friend galloping away.
“Twi, wait!” Dash cried, flying after her, Pinkie, Applejack and Fluttershy right behind.
Catching up, they found Twilight metres from Rarity’s boutique.
“Rarity, don’t look!” a voice from inside that sounded an awful look like Twilight when she was anxious said.
“Sorry, darling. I forgot.”
That caused the chasing ponies to pause and look to each other in brief confusion. The lavender unicorn, however, conitued til she was at the door and banged her hoof on it.
“Rarity? Rarity, we need to talk!”
“Just a moment,” Rarity’s voice called out, before sounding like she was addressing another. “Just finish changing, darling. I’ll just be outside.”
A few moments later, the door to the boutique open, revealing the alabaster unicorn. She had no more than taken a step out, however, before Twilight yanked her out with her magic, much to the other unicorn’s displeasure.
“Twilight, what in Equestria are you—?” the dressmaker tried to say.
“It’s alright, Rarity,” Twilight firmly cut her off. “We understand that Raven put some kind of spell on you. We’ll help you.”
At once, the annoyed frown the held unicorn was wearing became a scowl. “Twilight Sparkle, you release me at once! I am under no spell and the very idea that you would insinuated that I am and that young Raven would even do such a thing is quite disappointing.”
“Yep,” Dash nodded, folding her forelegs. “No spell. That’s Rarity all the way.”
“But— but you wanted to help that Dark Magic user!” Twilight retorted.
Rarity’s scowl deepened and her voice tightened. “Twilight, let me go. Now!”
A few tense moments passed, before, warily, Twilight lowered Rarity back to the ground and lifted her magical hold.
“So, where is Raven?” Rainbow Dash asked, looking around. “Is she inside, trying on dresses?”
“Not exactly,” Rarity said, glancing to the boutique. “Not a dress, anyway. Besides,” she turned to Twilight with a firm expression, “I feel I have much to tell you all from what I have learned.”
“Other than the fact you’ve a being that uses Dark Magic in your boutique?!”
Rarity’s brow narrowed a bit more. “Twilight, Raven explained to us all that she uses Shadow Magic, similar to Princess Luna. Stop with all the Dark Magic talk, already. If you continue to say so about Raven, then you are also saying the same of Princess Luna!”
Twilight opened her mouth to reply, but paused, her eyes unfocused for a moment. After a pause, she closed them, taking a deep breath.
“Okay, maybe she doesn’t use Dark Magic, but how do we know we can trust her? Yes, she saved yours and Applejack’s lives, but I don’t have any knowledge of a creature like her existing.”
Rarity gave a light titter at that. “Not surprising, darling. The form she has now came from that of a comic book.”
Twilight’s expression became a deadpan. “What?”
“Told you they sound alike,” Dash murmured to Applejack.
Rarity spent a few minutes explaining what she and Raven had discussed during Rarity’s repairing of the leotard and the creation of Raven’s more casual wear.
Once Rarity had finished, Twilight took a deep breath, before looking sternly at her. “And you’re certain she was telling the truth? This does sound very... strange.”
Pinkie Pie hummed, frowning. “I dunno. We live in a world where there’s a being who can warp all space and time and princesses who raise the sun and moon.” She shrugged. “Sounds pretty normal to me.”
All of them glanced at the pink mare, eyebrows raised.
“What?” Pinkie asked, looking around at them. “I’m just saying this won’t be too odd a world for Raven to have her baby.”
Twilight’s eyes widened and she rounded on Rarity. “That’s right! Whoever or whatever this Raven really is, you’ve seen her weirdly positioned teats. They’re huge. If she has so much trouble controlling her own powers, what do you think will happen to a baby with those kinds of powers?!”
Rarity frowned. “Twilight, Raven is not pregnant.”
Twilight’s eyes narrowed. “What? You saw—”
Rarity held up a hoof, cutting the other unicorn off. “Yes, I did. I also made the mistake of assuming the same and even asked her when she was due. The look of horror on her face was as if I’d just told her her family had died.”
“Um... come again?” Twilight hesitated, cocking an eyebrow.
Rarity sighed. “Raven explained that her species... hue-man-oids, she called them, I think, have large teats like that, but that it doesn’t mean they’re pregnant. In fact, she said they can get even bigger when one of her own are with child.”
“I... um... wow,” Dash looked from Rarity to each of their friends, all of whom were blushing. “I... don’t really know what to say to that.”
“Rarity?” a voice called from inside the boutique, startling them all. “I’m not about to get blasted by Twilight the moment I step out just because she thinks I’m using Dark Magic, am I?”
Rarity smirked a little at the annoyed glare Twilight got at that comment. “Yes, dear. I’ve talked it over and you should be fine.”
The door to the boutique open and a figure stepped out, and they all got a good look at Raven and what she was wearing.
She was wearing a dark-blue shirt under a black, long sleeve jacket that stopped a bit before her wrist and only went down to just above her waist, black gloves that didn't cover her fingers, a purplish-black skirt and black boots.
The others all stared at her in shock, whist Raven looked away.
“Fine work, if I do say so, myself,” Rarity said, smiling and closing her eyes. “I never have worked on a biped before and whilst it was a challenge, I feel I succeeded.”
I’ve never worn a skirt before, but, I do have to say, I like it,” Raven agreed, looking to the alabaster mare and giving a small smile. “Thank you, Rarity. It is quite good.” She then looked to Twilight, her arms folded. “So, where do we go from here? You gonna report me to the princesses? Keep me prisoner until it can be proven without a doubt I’m not evil?”
At once, Twilight lit her horn and a bubble or purple magic surrounded Raven.
She looked around, before glaring, her body glowing with that black fire they’d all seen right before she attacked the hydra, yet, when she spoke, her voice was as monotone as it had been since they first met, but also hinted at the anger hidden within, saying through gritted teeth, “I was joking!”
“Maybe,” Twilight said, her eyes narrowed. “But I’ve never heard of an Azarathian before, so I’m not taking my chances. And don’t bother trying to use your powers to get out of there. Not even teleport magic could get through this shield; my brother taught me the spell for it.”
Raven looked blankly at Twilight for a few moments, before a smirk came to her face. Outstretching a hand to her side, she murmured, “Azarath Metrion... Zinthos.”
Suddenly what looked like a black hole of energy (it took Twilight a second to realize it was a portal) opened in front of her outstretched hand and Raven walked right into it, the portal closing soon after. A moment later, another appeared just next to the shield bubble and Raven stepped out of it, temporarily silhouetted before it closed and her appearance was visible again.
Raven just smirk at the open-mouthed unicorn. “I may not be a master of my powers, but I’m still no pushover thanks to Zecora. Now, I believe you were going to contact the princesses about me?”
Poor Twilight
Twilight may very likely evolve into Rapidash here
twilight, give up, the more you struggle, more she teases you
......Do You Seriously Think you got what it takes Twilight to contain Raven?
Keep up the Attitude and you'll just repeat the Wedding and experience another abandonment.
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I might have missed it, but... when is this set in MLP? Like, which season?
You know, if there's one pastime I don't see enough of, it's screwing with Twilight. Now taking bets on how many more chapters we've got until we've got a flaming pony!
i wonder if there is an actual reason behind the paranoia?
like, a fear spell...or actual insanity, thats treatable?
or after so many attacks she'd rather be safe than sorry?
7611512 Anything dark or shadow-y = evil! princess tia say so
Now all we need is an Anodites from ben ten and were set in the bad ass magic users.
Hoping that Raven finds Kruger's token. (The Displaced meet-ups that involve him are some of the better ones, imo)
7611936 The one thing I hate about all displaced fics are the crossovers with other displaced fics. 90% of the displaced stories I've read would be vastly improved if they just stuck to their own story and didn't keep pulling in other authors characters. The constant "'Here is a token that represents me, use it to call me if you need to', 'Cool, I'm gonna pull one of my own out of my ass and do the same for you'" is repetitive, annoying, and usually nothing more than a combined deus ex machina and excuse for gratuitous crossovers. For that same reason any time a displaced story starts doing that I stop reading it, no matter how much I enjoy it otherwise. As you might imagine, I don't read more than a few chapters of any displaced stories I start.
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7612828 There HAVE been a COUPLE of cross-overs that worked well AND added to the stories but other than those very few, you're being to kind. Not to mention those few those that make it work keep bringing in those guys again and again and again and again which ruins the good they did
seriously, LIFE provides more than enough drama to clutter up a good story
Yeah I also always get slightly worried when Pinkie starts making sense...
7612828 Agreed. And them they tend to become pissing contests between various Displaced and all but leave any and all MLP characters as unimportant at best.
I actually remember reading a very good Chrono Trigger Displaced fic in which the author headed that and didn't mix it with other works and the end result was awesome, but now I can't remenber its name...
7615794 No idea about a Chrono Trigger crossover, but there is a story by Lord of Dorkness called 'Horse Feathers' that is a crossover with the Dresden Files and I absolutely love it. It's a little bashie at times but he gets the tone and speech perfect for "Harry" and is an absolute riot in some parts. It is the only displaced I've found (though I don't try reading many of them anymore) that is both well written and doesn't pull in any other displaced characters. Unfortunately it's on hiatus until his other story 'Dark Horse' is finished.
Still, with any luck this story will follow Lord Dorkness' example and we will be able to enjoy reading this to the end.
7612828 If you are looking for a displaced fic that does NOT do any crossovers ( and the author isn't planing any ) then take a look at Hollow Shades. It's a crossover with Evolve just so you know.
7616346 I've thought about looking at it a time or two but I know absolutely nothing about Evolve so I haven't started reading it yet.
7616532 That actually was the same thing that put me off of it myself however I found that what knowledge I was lacking was solved by a couple google searches or explained in the author notes and comments.
7612828 Wow dude, we must be on the exact same wavelength or somthing, that was pretty much word for word what I wrote on a displaced fic a few weeks ago. Got any fav displaced fics that I might have missed? My appetite for fanfiction is never sated and I find my self constantly running out of good ones.
7618085 So far just this one and Horse Feathers. I've tried reading a couple dozen displaced stories but all the ones that have summaries or plots that interest me usually end up bringing in other displaced. There was one other that I found a while back but it stopped updating and now I can't find it.
7618148 The Awakening of a Tactician is another one I like, there is one terrible displaced crossover with two terrible displaced stories in it but its only two chapters long, is universally hated by the comment section and is mostly skippable. Otherwise I found it quite enjoyable.
Don't worry! all you need to do is keep going forth and let determination fill you
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You've been filled with Determination!
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Spike would be very insulted by that rarity
...So, I've noticed a number of typos in the few of your works I've read. And, if it's possible to do on mobile, I'd be willing to act as a proof reader when I have spare time. (Generally too much more often then not) Your worlds interest me, like so many others, so I guess this is a way of myself showing support I guess?
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This comment actually causes me physical pain when i read it.
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me too
Considering raven is the last of her people not surprising that nobody who doesn't know her personally would have heard of them.
Twilight for BUCK SAKE!!!
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I wouldn't take it too hard if I were you she's been screwed over by strange different types of magic before and let's not forget we all know how Twilight gets when she's obsessing over something or has stayed awake for God knows how long honestly I'm surprised she's able to do Shield magic at this point in time