Location: Canterlot Castle, 2 days after Twilight left.
After two days, the wedding preparations had progressed smoothly since Twilight left for the Hoenn Region. Strangely enough, everypony hadn’t really noticed her abrupt absence, since rumors and gossip had been floating around about her exclusion from the ceremonies. She clearly isn’t wanted here, so who cares where she is now. Shining Armor, Princess Celestia, and the rest of the elements were all painfully aware of the groom's sister would not be in attendance, and even still, as the girls were helping Rarity with last minute preparations in the main room, lining chairs and such, there was a dreadful silence in the air, the ponies sharing quick glances at each other while they worked. The wedding had continued to go as planned with the ceremony being held this afternoon at 3. The Mane 5 were still all but ecstatic that the wedding was so close, but there was still that awkwardness that resonated throughout the room, like everypony knew what the other was thinking but, nopony wanted to talk about it. Rarity looked around, tightening a ribbon bow that was tied to a pillar, and decided she would be the proverbial pic to break the ice.
“Oh, just four more hours and the best wedding of the century will start!” Rarity said, everypony turning to her, since the silence had been grading on them for awhile.
“I know right, I can’t wait for the after party! I got DJ Pon-3 to play for us, it’s going to be great!” Pinkie said appearing behind Rarity with a large smile, causing the seamstress the jump. It appeared that enthusiasm for the wedding hadn’t dwindled too much, despite their friends disappearance, especially in Pinkie’s case.. Applejack nodded with a new smile before turning to Fluttershy, glad that the room’s mood had been lifted.
“It’s going to be something alright.” Applejack said.
“I just hope my birds do their best, I’d hate for one of them to be off key again.” Fluttershy added quietly.
“Don’t worry about it Shy, nopony will even worry about the music after my Sonic Rainboom.” Rainbow said in a cocky tone. The girls all rolled their eyes, except Fluttershy, who had a small grin on her face, odd considering the lack of tact in Dash’s statement. Everypony went back to that they were doing, another moment of silence passed, the smiles beginning to slowly fade into the monotony of their work, before one Fluttershy spoke up.
“Umm...girls don’t you think-” “Don’t even ask Shy.” Rainbow said cutting Fluttershy off quickly, not turning to face the pegasus, and with an annoyed expression. “Nopony wants to hear it.”
“But-” “We’ve been over this Fluttershy, Twilight went too far with what she did and now she has to deal with the consequences.” Applejack said in a stern tone, looking at Fluttershy with confidence
“Agreed, she was being too overprotective of her brother and she made Princess Cadenza cry. As far as I’m concerned, she isn’t in the position to feel entitled to come .” Rarity said.
“Seriously, accusing her of being evil over and over and over again and having her run out of the rehearsal was really uncool.” Rainbow said crossing her hooves. Pinkie and Fluttershy both looked at each other and looked down.
“I guess you’re right she was being...pretty unreasonable...but.” Fluttershy said quietly.
“And a party pooper.” Pinkie interrupted, still a little unsure as well. Fluttershy looked down, not sure how to continue.
“Exactly, so I say leave her to think about what she’s done. Maybe this will teach her not to overthink things in the future.” Applejack said with a confident nod. Rainbow and Rarity nodded their heads as well, looking at each other with, before turning to continue their tasks. Fluttershy sighed, and nodded to herself, and her and Pinkie also went to doing what they were doing, unaware that a certain Alpha pokemon was watching them all from a golden portal from the distance.
“Unbelievable.” Arceus said in a disappointed tone, with stern glance. “How could the Elements have chosen such ignorant and distrusting ponies to protect Equestria. I’d sooner choose that Giovanni then these five to protect my world.” Arceus said angrily.
Arceus closed the portal showing the Mane 5 and took a deep breath.
“This can’t go on much longer, I have to warn Celestia.” Arceus said. He then opened another portal showing Celestia standing outside on her balcony. The sun shone before the princess, it almost being the time for her to begin the suns decline into the horizon. She looked deep in thought, something clearly teetering on her mind. Before Arceus stepped through the portal, Celestia began to talk to herself, slowly, and methodically..
“Maybe...I was a bit tough on her, but she was being so paranoid about Cadance.” Celestia then sighed. She looked up, slightly more boldfaced.
“I know she’s my student and I think of her almost like a daughter, but she needs to learn her lesson this time, on her own” She said before turning around, and by the time she did the golden portal had already closed. Arceus had heard all he needed and was borderline pissed at this point.
“I ought to give her a good Dragon Pulse to the face for that.” He said angrily.
“I should just leave them all to their fate…. but I’m not the ruler I once was.” Arceus said to himself, turning somber as he remembered the way he was long ago. “Seeing as how I’d end up attacking them out of anger if I meet them, I should focus on another matter.” Arceus opened another portal revealing ‘Cadance’ getting ready for her big day.
“I know what you are, all I have to know is where she’s hidden the real Princess Cadance.” He then stared at ‘Cadance’ as his eye began to glow red.
“Mind Reader!” Arceus said. Arceus was now seeing what was going on in the ‘Cadence's’ mind. His vision was intruded by a quick flash, and as the blinding effect faded, he soon found himself in the room ‘Cadence’ was in, only this time he was alone. The room seemed cleaner to, any clutter or mess, like the room had just been tidied.
“Why am I here?” Arceus asked himself in his head. He then heard the door open and saw Cadence walking in with a smile on her face. “Hmmmm….Is….is this Cadence real?” Arceus asked. Cadence then laid down on her bed and she pulled her pillow over her face before squealing into it.
“HE PROPOSED! HE PROPOSED HE PROPOSED!” She yelled in pure joy. If Arceus could he would be giving the young princess an amused look. It was raw emotion, the kind nearly impossible to fake, which was recognized wholy by Arceus.
“Yup, that’s Cadance alright.” Arceus said, but something was off. “Hold on, That’s the real Cadance! So was this whole thing really a misunderstanding?” Arceus said in a worried tone, wondering if Twilight was overreacting after all in the very back of his mind .Cadence then pulled the pillow off her and began giggling.
“I can’t believe this is happening, I truly can’t believe this is happening! This is the Best. Day. EVER!” She said happily. Arceus genuinely thought that he had entered the young Alicorns mind, and this made him even more worried about his potential mishap, which seemed impossible, seeing as how he had never been wrong about this kind of thing before.
“I think I may have-” “Oh I can't believe it either, congratulations Princess Cadenza.” Arceus and Cadence turned to the balcony and there, a large black pony with insect wings, holes in her hooves and a misshapen horn stood. Arceus stared at the creature in shock.
“So this is the mind of the fake and this is her true form.” Arceus said relieved that the fake Cadance was real. Cadance quickly got off her bed and got into a defensive position.
“Who are you and how did you get in here?” Cadance asked.
“I am Queen Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings and how I got in here is none of your concern, but why I’m here is.” The Changeling Queen said with a devious smile on her face. Cadance took a step back, but kept her guard up. Arceus continued to watch the scene unfold already knowing what was going to happen.
“Why?” Cadance asked. “I’ve had my eye on you for a while now and when I saw that the Princess of Love had fallen in love with the captain of the royal guard I was so shocked.” The queen said. Arceus glared at Changeling Queen.
“Just like a Changeling to prey on young lovers.” He said.
“It was then I knew I had to have the love you both had for each other….for myself!” Chrysalis said before firing a green laser at Cadance. Cadance quickly put up a light blue defense shield only for it to be shattered in a matter of seconds. Arceus wanted to help her, but quickly remembered that this was nothing more than a memory. Cadance was soon blasted across the room before hitting the wall and groaning in pain.
“That’s gonna hurt tomorrow.” Cadance said struggling to stand up.
“You won’t have to worry about that dearie.” Cadance looked up to see the Changeling Queen slowly walking up to her. “Because you won’t be here to see tomorrow.” Chrysalis said before shapeshifting into Cadance. Cadance’s eyes widened and she began to sweat.
“Y..You can't-” “Yes I can!” Chrysalis said stomping Cadance’s face knocking her out. Arceus’s anger was about to boil over as he watched the changeling laughing at the unconscious alicorn.
“I Swear, this insect will pay!” He said. Chrysalis then surrounds herself and Cadance in a shield made of green flames and began to phase through the floor. Arceus followed the two until they got to a cavern underneath the castle. Chrysalis began to chuckle.
“I hope you'll be comfortable down here Princess Cadenza because you won't be leaving anytime soon.” She said before teleporting back up to the castle. The world around Arceus went black and he found himself back in the present day. Arceus shook his head and looked at ‘Cadance’ still getting ready.
“I see, so that’s what you did to the real Cadance.” He said with a slight growl. “I must find her before the wedding.” Arceus said before closing the portal in front of him. “I do remember Celestia telling me about a maze of tunnels underneath the castle for prisoners, but I thought she was just kidding. I obviously can’t ask Tia to help me find Cadance, she’ll think I’m as crazy as she thinks Twilight is.” Arceus then then began to think before an idea came into his head. “But I know someone who might.” Arceus then opened another portal to reveal a certain dark blue Alicorn looking through a telescope on her balcony.
“Nothing out of the ordinary so far and the wedding is in 3 hours. Whoever made this threat against our home must have reconsidered.” Luna said in a confident tone.
“On the contrary old friend, the threat to your home has already infiltrated the castle.” Luna turned around to see Arceus walking out of the golden portal.
“Lord Arceus!” Luna said before bowing to the Alpha pokemon.
“Rise up Luna, no need to bow to an old friend.” Arceus said with a chuckle. Luna stood back up and hugged Arceus who hugged her back.
“It’s been so long Arceus, how have you been? Last time I saw you, was when we defeated Tirek and we haven’t heard from you since.” Luna said with a smile.
“I’m sorry Luna, I’ve been very busy. My world has been in constant chaos lately and I’ve been watching over a certain someone as well.” Arceus explained.
“I understand, I’m guessing you’re here for the wedding?” Luna asked. Arceus’s expression turned serious and Luna saw this.
“Judging by the look on your face, I’m also guessing you heard about the threat?” She asked.
“Yes and I know who’s behind it.” Arceus said. Luna’s eyes widened.
“You do, who is it and what are they planning?” Luna asked wanting answers.
“Before I answer, let me asked you, have you noticed anything strange about Cadance lately?” Arceus asked. Luna raised an eyebrow at the question.
“Not really, although she has been a bit too demanding when it came to preparing the wedding and she’s been acting like…..like… Blueblood.” Just saying that gave Luna a chill up her spine. Arceus was happy that Luna noticed Cadance’s changes.
“I’m glad you notice, the Cadance in the castle right now is an imposter.” Arceus said. Luna looked the the Alpha pokemon with a shocked look on her face. “She’s ponynapped the real Cadance and left her for dead in the maze underneath the castle.” Arceus said explained. Luna’s face turned right from shocked to anger.
“Thank you for the information Lord Arceus, I have to tell my sister and Bearers of Harmony right away.” Luna said walking off only to be stopped by Arceus.
“I wouldn’t recommend that Luna, unless you also wish to be cast out of the wedding along with young Twilight.” Arceus said in a soft tone. Luna looked at the Alpha pokemon with a confused look on her face.
“What do you mean by that?” She asked. Arceus took a deep breath and told Luna about the events that transpired a two days ago. Once Arceus was done explaining, Luna had a look of shock and disgust on her face.
“What! In! FAUST’S NAME IS WRONG WITH OUR SISTER AND THOSE PEASANTS! THEY SHALL FEEL OUR WRATH ONCE WE GET AHOLD OF THEM!” Luna yelled in the Royal Canterlot Voice. Arceus stared at Luna and took a small step back.
“I’ve forgotten how scary she can be when she’s angry.” He thought.
“FIRST WE TAKE CARE OF THE IMPOSTER, THEN WE ARE GOING TO GIVE OUR SISTER, SHINING ARMOR AND LADY SPARKLE’S ‘FRIENDS’ A PIECE OF OUR MIND!” Luna yelled before spreading her wings and taking off. Arceus flew after her and quickly got in front of her.
“Luna believe me when I say, I want nothing more than to stop the Changeling and put Celestia, Twilight’s brother and her ‘friends’ in their place, but right now we have other priorities. We have to find Cadance, you’re the only other pony I know other than Celestia that possibly knows how to navigate through the maze. Will you please guide me through?” Arceus asked. Luna’s anger was calmed slightly and she nodded.
“Of course, saving Cadance is our first priority. Come with me, the entrance to the maze is in a secret passage in the throne room.” Luna said flying past Arceus who followed behind her.
Location: Throne Room
Luna and Arceus arrived in the Throne room and walked over to one of the stain glass windows that had Discord on it.
“It’s right here.” Luna said before she put her hoof on the wall and once she did a secret entrance opened under the window.
“How did I not know about this?” Arceus asked.
“Well, me and Tia have our secrets too.” Luna said entering the chamber. Arceus shook his head and followed the Alicorn. The two descended down a flight of stairs until they came to the maze.
“This maze is huge, you really sent prisoners into this place?” Arceus asked.
“Yes, but Tia told me she doesn’t use it anymore.” Luna explained.
“I can understand why, if I was trapped in here even for a day I’d probably go mad.” Arceus said.
“Let’s just hope Cadance hasn’t descended into that state.” Luna said in a worried tone.
“Have some faith Luna.” Arceus said. Luna nodded.
“Alright, we better get started. Cadance has to be in here somewhere. Which way should we go?” Arceus asked.
“We should take a left here, there’s a pit hole filled with spikes if we go right.” Luna said turning left. Arceus looked at old friend with a shocked look on his face.
“Why would you-” “It was Tia’s idea, she was a bit….devious back in the day.” Luna said with a sheepish smile. Arceus made a note of that for later, but right now he had to focus.
“So tell me Lord Arceus, what have you been up too these last few centuries?” Luna asked.
“Keeping my world from falling apart for starters. That's mostly been the reason I've been gone so long.” Arceus said with a chuckle.
“I can understand that, I've always wanted to see your world. You've told us all about it and the creatures that you rule over. The humans and the Pokemon, is that right?” Luna asked.
“That is correct, my world in magnificent, it does have its flaws.” Arceus said in a somber tone.
“What do you mean? Luna asked.
“We had a war over one hundred years ago, A man made pokemon clone tried to take over my world and a human tried to throw off the balance of my world by capturing three powerful bird pokemon.” Arceus explained. Luna stopped walking and looked at the Alpha pokemon with a shocked expression on her face.
“So yea, my world isn’t perfect. It’s better now though, the Humans and pokemon are living and working together in peace.” Arceus said reassuring the alicorn. Luna nodded and continued to walking.
“That's good, i don't know what me and my sister would do if Equestria had a war that long…..actually I don’t know what we would do if a war happened at all.” Luna said looking down.
“Hopefully you'll never get to there.” Arceus said. After about 30 minutes of walking, the two had come up with nothing.
“Ugh this is getting irritating, How could we not have found her yet?” Arceus asked.
“I don’t know, we’ve been through half of the maze. I doesn’t make any sense.” Luna said putting a hoof on her head. Arceus shook his head before an idea popped into his head.
“Let me try something.” He said before his eyes turned white. “Foresight!” Arceus said. Luna wondered what was happening.
“Lord Arceus, what are you doing?” She asked.
“It’s a move called Foresight, I’m using it to look for Cadance’s Aura.” Arceus explained. He looked in every direction until he saw a faint pink and blue aura off in the distance. “I think I found her, she’s on the far left side of the maze.” Arceus said as his eyes went back to normal.
“Far left side, that might be a problem.” Luna said.
“Why’s that?” Arceus asked.
“The far left side was the part of the maze that I designed and you could say that…..it’s the most deadly.” Luna said scratching the back of her head. Arceus just looked at the Alicorn and shook his head.
“How deadly are we talking?” He asked.
“I’d rather not say.” Luna said.
“Can you lead us through it without setting off the traps?” Arceus asked.
“Yes, but we have to be careful.” Luna said walking off with Arceus close behind her. They soon arrived to Luna’s self made part of the chamber and they both felt a sudden chill up their spines.
“What was that?” Arceus asked. Luna sighed and looked to Arceus.
“Remember when I said this part of the maze is the most dangerous?” Arceus nodded. “Well, what makes it so dangerous is that I cast a spell that causes all who enter it to face their worst nightmare. The chill we just felt was only the start, it’s supposed to make you feel like something is watching you. Next, the paranoia will overtake you until you start hearing voices that aren't there and start thinking you're going crazy. Then, you start seeing illusions of the ponies telling you that you are nothing and that you are a waste of equestrian blood. Then-” “Ok ok, I get it! Terrible nightmare spell and that fact you made it is really concerning me.” Arceus said not wanting to hear more.
“I was in a very dark place back then, I'll tell you about it some other time.” Luna said in a sad tone.
“Very well, but is this spell is as dangerous as you say, then I'll provide protection for us.” Arceus’s body was then surrounded by a golden aura which also enveloped Luna.
“Safeguard!” The aura soon died down and the chill running up Arceus’s and Luna’s spines were gone. Luna looked at herself then looked to Arceus.
“What did you do?” She asked.
“It's another move called Safeguard, it protects me as well as friends from status moves. So your little spell won't have any effect on us.” Arceus explained.
“You certainly have a lot of tricks , don’t you?” Luna said with a smile.
“Well, I'm not the ruler of my world for nothing.” Arceus said proudly. Luna chuckled and the two continued through the maze. Arceus kept his eyes on the pink and blue aura and noticed that it was slowly fading.
“Something’s wrong, if that is Cadance I’m seeing then we need to hurry.” Arceus said in a panicked tone.
“Why, what’s wrong?” Luna asked.
“Her aura is fading, that mean she her life force is fading as well. Something is causing the life to be sucked out of her.” Arceus explained. Luna went pale and gritted her teeth.
“What are we waiting for then, we have to go NOW!” Luna said galloping off and Arceus followed after her. They soon made a left turn and what they both saw horrified them. They saw Cadance on the ground, her mane a mess, she was covered in dirt and her eyes were red, stained with tears.
“Sweet Faust.” Luna said softly. Arceus had seen many things in Equestria, but never did he see a broken mare and he wished he never did. Luna then went up to her niece.
“Cadance?” She asked only for the young alicorn to jump back in fear.
“STAY AWAY FROM ME!” Cadance screamed covering her muzzle. Luna and Arceus flinched at the pink Alicorn’s outburst.
“She’s under the effect of the Nightmare spell, she’s losing herself.” Luna explained.
“That doesn't explain why her aura is fading.” Arceus said.
“I may hay a theory about that, Cadance is that Princess of Love and Changelings feed off of love. What is the changeling isn’t just feeding off of Shining Armor’s love for Cadance.” Luna said. Arceus thought about this and caught on to what Luna was getting at.
“Are you saying she feeding off of Cadance at well?” He asked.
“Yes, she loves Shining Armor with every fiber of her being and the Princess of Love being in love is like a buffet to a changeling.” Luna explained. Arceus nodded and looked to the trembling alicorn.
“I’m going to see if I can free her from the spell and give her some strength back.” Arceus said walking over to the pink alicorn. “Cadance, please listen to me.” He said getting closer to her.
“GO AWAY!” Cadance screamed. Arceus didn’t stop and once he was in front of her, her placed a hoof and her head and took a deep breath.
“Refresh!” He said in a calm tone. After a few seconds, a green light washed over Cadance and she felt so warm and relaxed. Luna watched what was happening and she hoped that whatever was happening was helping Cadance. “Heal Bell!” Arceus said. Cadance was then covered in a pink light and she felt a sudden surge of magic course through her body causing her to quickly stand up and extend her wings. She then took a deep breath and blinked few times.
“Awwwwww…..headrush.” Cadance said rubbing her head.
“After what you’ve been through, I’m shocked all you got was a headache.” Cadance looked to see the Alpha Pokemon standing in front of her.
“Lord Arceus... is that you?” The Alicorn asked.
“Yes old friend, it’s me.” Arceus answered. Candace was still a bit weak, but she smiled and hugged the Alpha Pokemon.
“It’s so good…. to see you?” Cadance said weakly.
“You as well.” Arceus said hugging her back. Luna was relieved to see her Niece had recovered and she walked over to her.
“Cadenza!” She said. Cadance looked to the dark blue Alicorn walking over to her.
“Aunt Luna!” Candace said as she tried running to her aunt, but she ended up falling to the ground.
“Cadenza!” Luna said helping the young Alicorn up.
“Are you alright?” She asked.
“I’m fine, just a bit wobbly.” Cadance said.
“I can understand why. Come, we need to get out of here before it too late.” Luna said. Arceus then walked up to the two Alicorns.
“She’s right Princess Cadance, we have to stop that Changeling who is impersonating you.” He said.
“What are you talking abou-” Cadance stopped herself and memories of the Changeling that trapped her down her started flowing back. “I remember, that Changeling she...She-” “We know and We’re going to stop her dear Niece.” Luna said rubbing Cadance’s back. Arceus nodded in agreement and began walking.
“Then let’s get a move on, we have a wedding to crash.”
FINALLY!
Beautiful. I can't wait for the scolding that Arceus is gonna give Celestia and the Bearers. No greater scolding than one from the Pokemon equivalent of God.
And yeah, the Author's Notes are accurate: Chrysalis is like a level 40 bug type going against a level 100 Arceus with the flame plate. She can hit him as much as she likes, but all it will take is one solid Judgement attack to end the battle.
I've been waiting for that chapter for like ages! Keep up the good work!
To chrysalis,
YOU DONE GOOFED!
WHOO!!!! Loved this chapter! Definitely looking forward to the next one!
i wonder how cadnace going to react to learning what happen to twilight before she went to pokemon world
The problem I have with these stories is the fact that it ignores the fact that Twilight being right was just dumb luck. She had no proof of her claims and everyone else was right to be mad at her since there were so many better ways to handle the situation than simply demand everyone believe her like a brat. But no, she was right in hindsight so I guess everyone else are assholes and should be punished.
Nice chapter, I bet in the next chapter, the mane five, Celestia and Shining Armor will learn that Twilight was right all along and the real Cadance and the wedding guests are not going to be pleased once they find out that Twilight was betrayed, after been told by Arceus and Luna.
After having some scolding done on Shining, Twilight's friends, and Celestia and apologizing to Twilight for turning their back on her and ask her for her forgiveness which she will hopefully. I'm sure the real wedding reception will have a friendly Pokémon Battle with Ash vs Twilight again with Spike as the referee!
I'll get the popcorn ready the reaction's will be funny
So I'm not the only one psyched to see Arceus toying with Chrysalis in the manner usually done by the bad guy to the good guy right? Personally that would be funny as hell and oh so fitting. Chrysalis is powerful with her stolen power and while she beat Celestia that is because Celestia was basically out of combat practice for possibly a full 1000 years. Note I said possibly. Arceus on the other hand has to deal with at times dealing with rowdy legendaries when others can't handle it, has had to work out problems greater than Chrysalis will ever be and unlike Celestia and Luna who are god-LIKE since though they move the sun and moon respectively it was shown that prior to them unicorns did that as well it just took a lot so all it shows is that they have lots of power and due to their connection to those celestial bodies and their race are at the very least ageless but that doesn't make them goddesses. Arceus is in all description the GOD of pokemon. HUGE difference between god-like and god. God-like implies immense power and difficult to kill but still possible and can be overwhelmed. God implies insane power and HIGHLY difficult to kill or down right impossible without the right tools/spells. And before anyone counters with 'You can capture Arceus in a pokeball, or variant of said ball and beat him' that counts as SEALING a god which in anime, games and fiction has been done a lot and like killing requires the right tools and if your counting making him faint as beating him then your honestly forgetting the fact of in the games is different than anime cause Arceus can literally use every move due to the plates and if all else fails I'm certain that he could manipulate pokemon into not obeying their trainers at the very least. What I'm getting at is that Chrysalis wont have the power, knowledge or items that could be used to help her beat Arceus and we, the author and Arceus knows this.
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There are some stories that cover this, but they look at it from a different perspective.
What if Cadence never was impersonated, BUT just being a horrible pony.
Would her friends side with Twilight or the new and (fancy) stranger who is rude.
Yes. Twilight went about it the wrong way, but even still.... her friends should have sided with her.
Ps: there are actually grounds for disiplinary action towards Shining Armor due to criminal neglect in regards to the safety og the realm/country.
Unless there are someone with a higher rank than him involved with the threat concern.
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I disagree, part of being a good friend is being willing to call them out on their bullshit, not blindly agreeing with what ever they say. They only got so mad because Twilight made her claims during the rehearsal while demanding they believe her without proof and I'm sure they would have forgiven her if she apologized.
As for Shining I still say he wasn't in his right mind. It's the only way it makes sense since he would know cadance as well as if not better than Twilight and would have been the first to notice her acting odd.
I hope that Twilight doesn't forgive her old friends immediately, some fics have her do so with little prompting. There was this one fic where, after being told that she has a real wedding to plan, Twilight says that she was barely given enough time to plan the first one, then she got kicked out, why the hell would she plan another one; I haven't been able to find it, maybe it got deleted.
I hope that they can settle it all out at the end of the day.
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While I agree that a great friend is not the one just blindly following you, but the one that do what is necessary for the better for you. The thing here is what I get stuck on in this case, is that they side with what appears to be an entitled brat of an asshole (who behaves somewhat like Blueblood) instead of the friend they know.
And when they that, they don't call Twilight out on it much. Applejack just tell the others to follow her and check up on Cadance.
As I said in the last comment.... yes, I do agree that Twilight went about it all wrong and behaved more or less like a child.
But what you end up with is the choice of the ''lesser of two evils''.
At the end of the day they should have stood by Twilight, and told her exactly what she did wrong.
The wedding shows that Twilight's friends haven't learned that much from ''Lesson Zero''.
Concerning Shining Armor.... it depends on factors that 'canon' never clarified, so we will probably never really know.
Was he brainwashed, or just lightly manipulated?
Was it in that case before or after the threat was discovered?
And so on.....
so......... (pulls out a timer) how long till the next chapter?
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Twilight had brought the bride to tears with baseless accusations so of course they first wanted to make sure she was OK, it helped that Twilight's actions had angered everyone and they didn't want to deal with her at that moment. Again timing is everything and Twilight chose a poor a moment to bring her accusations to light, the only moment that would have been worse would have been during the actual wedding. Had Twilight not disappeared immediately afterwards her friends would have certainly talked with her about what happened and worked things out. But as far as anyone was concerned Twilight had simply run away after she failed to get her way which ironically is exactly what happened in this story.
It's funny because this all kind of makes Arceus seem like a real idiot since his needless meddling has wound up complicating the hell out of everything.
For the next chapter, since all of Canterlot & Equestria will hear about what happened TWO DAYS PRIOR, I'm speculating on how are THESE GUYS are going to react when they find out, Any idea's?:
Twilight's Parents
Hoity Toity
Fancy Pants
Sapphire Shores
Photo Finish
The Wonderbotls
Scootaloo
Prince Blueblood
Applejack's Cousins
Applebloom
Rarity's Parents
Sweetie Belle
Pinkie's Parents
Rainbow's Parents
Gilda
Trixie
Discord
Flim brothers
more!!!
So, I need to ask. On a scale of 1 to "OH GOD HELP ME!", how incredibly screwed Celestia, the Mane 5 and Shining are?
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With Shining I decided to recheck the scene from the episode, when he is arguing with Cadance his head starts to hurt and it definitely appears he's struggling against something with a very clear look of defiance before she zaps him with the spell so it definitely appears he was being manipulated into being more agreeable.
Even found a clip from the scene in question (it's a fandub).
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In this case, the problem isn't that Twilight was right in the end, its that no one even considered believing her. She knew how Cadence acted normally, it wasn't just a random guess. And Twilight saw her throwout Aj's food, badmouth Pinkie, scowl at her bridesmaids, and eventually saw Cadence cast a spell on Shing with menacing words said afterward. Twilight had literally every reason to be suspicious, but her friends were so cyked and concerned about the wedding, that no one cared what she had to say. They were being jerks, and while Twi overeacted in the end, she had more than enough to go on, and it was only because all her friends ignored before. There is no problem here. Its not a "I'm right, you're wrong thng". It's a "You were complete jerks and turned your back on me when I needed you." And yeah, you need to call your friends out on there bs sometimes, but that is no excuse to not even listen to them.
8661963
I’d say Armageddon
8662366
If you watch the scene though, Twilight is a complete jerk why the hell should her friends have "stood by her" when she was completely in the wrong. It makes no sense, Twilight comes in makes a bunch of baseless accusation all of which are given reasonable explanations and her friends are just supposed to ignore what she did and comfort her?
Like I said they didn't abandon her she just disappeared immediately afterwards and considering the situation that made it look like she ran off because she didn't get her way and it's not like her friends could just disrupt the wedding because of her selfish actions. But no because they didn't stand by her when she was clearly in the wrong they deserve to be punished including Shining armor for some reason despite being a victim himself.
If she hadn't been immediately kidnapped she could have just apologized and explained herself in a more calm matter and all would have been forgiven. Luckily Arceus was around to make the completely mature suggestion of "run away from home to punish everyone you love because you didn't get your way".
8662682
I mean, yeah, she did mess up...kinda. Thats why everyone turned away from her. And it was not baseless. Not at all. She literally saw Shining get affected by magic against his will. How is that baseless. If anything. Twilight was doing the right thing, at the wrong time, and was a little too cavalier. The problem is that no body believed her BEFORE the thing at the rehearsal. Everyone openly said she was wrong, when literally everything Twilight said was evedent of a crappy bride. Twilight did mess up, but she was only driven to that point because her friends were more concerned with a wedding than her, and instead of taking a second to understand her problem and process what she was saying, they just dismiss her. That is crappy, and considering Twilight had literally every reason to intervene when she did because, as previously stated, she had all the evidence in the world (not physical, but still) to say she was, if not evil, a terrible, terrible pony, and also the fact that she knew Cadence beforehand. I don't understand why her crashing the reception was such a big no-no, when she was right, and she was clearly evil. But no, don't trust the super reliable friend/pupil that was saved Equestria 2 times at this point and is incredibly studious and level-headed (on most occasions.)
8663814
It's baseless from their POV. Nobody saw what she saw and the way she explained it made her come across as just a jealous sister, add on to the fact that Shining Armor then gave a bunch of reasonable explanations for Cadance's actions they had zero reason to believe her. Twilight had no evidence and nobody had any reason to believe that Cadance was evil as Twilight claimed. Twilight also has a history of overreacting so freaking out about her brother getting married to someone she doesn't approve of isn't outside the realm of possibility even we the audience were meant to consider the possibility that Twilight was wrong especially since her actions were clearly driven by an overprotective nature towards her brother. Twilight was in the wrong and the fact she turned out to be right about Cadance being "evil" was nothing more than dumb luck.
8663841
Except for the fact she literally saw Cadence be evil right in front of her. She could see Shining struggle and saw Cadence saying clearly evil things. And even if she wasn't evil up to that point, if you saw the person your brother was marrying be a actual jerk, like.....a completely awful person, you would say somethimg. And again, it doesn't matter if she had no tangible proof. Its one thing to blindly go along with something, but they didn't even give her a chance. Not one chance. That, and I dare you anyone to argue this, is being a crappy friend. I guess your problem is that Twilight was lucky in the end, and that everyone else did nothing wrong, but that isn't the case no matter how you spin it. Twilight was in the right, 100%, even though she came on a little strong in the end, which, again, was kinda bad. She saw literally everything, calmly stated her concern multiple times at first, and had perfect reasoning for suspecting Cadence. And the reason she was upset before she met Cadence is because her brother was getting married and she was literally told about a day or two before the ceremony to a pony she had never met, or at least thought she never met. That isn't being overprotective. That being pissed at your brother for being an idiot and a jerk, even if he was mind controled right after he proposed. Its not luck that Twilight was right, and you haven't really said anything to convince people otherwise. You keep saying it was baseless, and I keep telling you it wasn't, because there is proof it wasn't. And btw, it wasn't baseless from there perspective. Rarity saw her be terrible to her bridesmaids, AJ definitely saw the food in the trash, and Pinkie HEARD Cadence say she was childish and the party setup was bad. But nobody cared because they wanted to have fun at a wedding, and Twilight was getting in the way of that. I still don't understand your argument and how Twilight being upset at her friends is a bad thing .
8663974
The only thing Cadance did that was actually suspicious was the spell she cast on Shining and Twilight was the only one who saw it happen and Shining gave a reasonable explanation for it. Twilight witnessing something that is easily explained is not proof. They did hear her out and everything she said was given a reasonable explanation what else were they supposed to do at that point? Re-watch the scene and it is very easy to understand why no one believed her.
(at 2:45)
Yes Cadance turned out to be evil but that doesn't mean her friends were wrong not to believe her. They certainly don't deserve some divine punishment by a moronic God from another universe who honestly believed running away was a reasonable response to what happened to Twilight. Especially Shining Armor who is as much a victim as the real Cadance.
8664025
Ok, whatever, we'll agree to disagree on this. It really doesn't matter, and while what you say has some merit, if only because its open to interpretation, Me and Cosmic feel that her friends were in the wrong. Plus, nowhere was it mentioned anywhere there was any sort of divine punishment, and Arceus may not be 100% omnipotent, but if you thought the only reason he brought Twilight over or was even watching her was because "she was feeling sad and needed to run away" then maybe this isn't as cut and dry as you thought. And for the record, the way we've written it, since "Cadence" didn't immediatley capture her in this, in the aftermath, she felt unwanted. The ponies she cared about most abandoned her and whether she was in the right or not is irrelevant to the fact that she had messed up what she had with Celestia and her friends. So yeah, she wanted to run away and Arceus, for whatever reason, gave her an oppurtunity. Please don't write us off like we don't know what we're doing or that we can't analyze contex correctly. Not trying to be hostile, just trying to be clear.
8664095
Look I'm not trying to say the story is bad, it's not, the pokemon part of the story has been great but I'm just pointing out that some of the wedding stuff isn't all that great. It doesn't ruin the story but I admit this isn't my favourite part of the story so far. But that's just because most Canterlot Weddings stories are quick to victimize Twilight rather than acknowledge that both sides were in the wrong and it wasn't nearly as bad as they make it out to be. So it's admittedly a bit of a pet peeve of mine.
I'm not even against how Arceus is portrayed since this would be the second story I've read where he is portrayed as a shortsighted idiot (as long as the story eventually calls him out on it), I mean seriously:
He honestly thinks that if he, a God from another universe popped into her room and said "Hey I just read the Bride's mind and she's an impostor" that she wouldn't believe him? I'm sorry but that just made me laugh in how stupid it is. Maybe if they were strangers it would make sense but it's been established they know each other.
But again I do like the story and it would take something really dumb to ruin it for me.
Note: as for the divine punishment comment that was more in regards to how other people have commented. I'm giving the story the benefit of the doubt until we get to that point in the story.
8664124
Thank you, that means alot to us. And don't worry, I have pet peeves about certain plotpoints to. I think pretty muchh everyone does. And as for that moment you mentioned with Arceus, that won't go unexplained either.
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8664124
I feel like I should be part of this. should I be worried about this little argument going on?
8664315
nah it's fine, I think the main problem is I didn't make it clear that I was mostly talking about the actual episode rather than this story. But it's been resolved.
As I said I enjoy this story and hold no ill will towards it regardless of my own interpretation of the events from the episode.
8660855
Sorry.
8660866
Yea...She's doomed!
8660897
I will, thanks for the support.
8660904
Oh big time.
8660915
Glad you liked it!
8660933
You'll find out soon.
8661866
Soon I promise.
8661963
I don't think the scale you gave me is high enough
8667268
No no no. i was talking about seeing what happen at the Wedding.
I'm ok with how long it took, not the first time a author kept a reader waiting to he point they tear their hair out in frusation, and weep tears of blood.
8667268
When is the next chapter? I want to see what happens next!
It really feels like a good ol pokemon episode. Like pewdiepie would say. "Very nice".
Ps. Why the hell r her friendos in the pokemon world? Only thing thats bugging me.
Pls continue
8667268
I can't wait to see the next chapter and the karma of the mane five, Celestia and Shining Armor.
I want to see it in my owns eyes, keep up the good work.
8667268
Damn. It's that high, huh?
OK FOLKS, to ready yourself's for the next chapter, I suggest you do the following:
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SELL OUT SOME TICKETS: https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/d4d253303a7d41dc8750b8eadd6e87d44a7f0965/c=5-0-4027-3024&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2017/09/25/Phoenix/Phoenix/636419550476659943-Dbacks.jpg
For the next chapter ahead is about to become SO CHOICE.
I have a feeling that Pikachu isn't going to be nice to the Changelings. Maybe unleash a massive Thunderbolt on them and sending them packing!
Did Acreus said 'Pity' in the sneak peak of the next chapter. I can't wait to see what he's going to do to Chryislis! I bet punish her legendary Pokémon style!
8661296
Which one was that?
8660999
I'll get the snacks. This is going to be glorious.
8687728
Yes, it going to be great when the next chapter comes.
8687728
Yeah as the old saying goes what goes around comes around! Time to show them the mistakes they made!