Chapter 19: Morning Reflections
Sleep was doggedly evading her. Something she had been so sure of had turned out to be untrue. Powerless to contain her frustration any longer, she prodded the bundle of warmth lying next to her.
“Sweetie?!” Ginny said in a whisper, “are you awake?”
“Gaaaaa? Waaa?” came the reply.
“I asked if you were awake.”
“Whaazup?”
“Sweetie,” Ginny asked, unable to wait for the morning, “why doesn’t Apple Bloom have a horn?”
Sweetie Belle gave as a slurred response. “Earth pony.”
“Oh . . .” Ginny scrunched her nose in thought. “Is Scoots an earth pony too?”
“Pegasus.”
“Oh.” A small pause almost let Sweetie Belle fall back to sleep. “I noticed you’re not wearing your pendant anymore.”
Sweetie Belle had to focus for a few seconds to get an answer out. “Dun need it.” She touched her ring to Ginny’s nose.
“Where’s your necklace now?”
Sweetie Belle pointed. “Top drawer.” She then let her hand drop back onto the bed.
“May I see it?”
“Dun care.” Sweetie Belle rolled over to get some more sleep, barely registering the other girl climbing over her to get out of bed.
Some time later, Sweetie Belle was prodded awake once more. “Huuh? Waaaa?”
“I need some help, please,” came the urgent whisper. “I can’t get this off with my hooves.”
Sweetie Belle hugged the furry form snugly and went back to sleep with a contented smile.
XxX
Alice rose groggily from her new bed. It was much softer than what she was used to, and she had to fight the temptation to crawl back in for another hour or two. She couldn’t afford to, though. There was an innocent man in Azkaban. Forcing him to wait another month because she was too lazy to get up and study was unthinkable. Failing to get him out on the first try was unforgivable.
With no ceremony, she poured herself into a fluffy housecoat and went off to find the kitchen. Right then and there, some tea would do her a great deal of good.
A fruitless search of the ground level yielded no kitchen. “How do they get their tea around here?” she softly asked out loud.
“Dobby be getting tea for new mistress,” a voice behind her said.
Whirling on the spot, Alice beheld a small humanoid with large eyes, dressed in a ratty pillow case. “Is everyone going to sneak up on me from now on?” she asked the house elf as she recognized what it was.
The small figure trembled and cowered away from Alice. “Dobby scare new mistress. Dobby be slamming his ears in oven door as punishment.”
Alice froze where she stood, the feeling of dread appearing in the pit of her stomach. “What?! No!”
“Does new mistress be wanting Dobby to be ironing his own hands instead?”
“What!?!?! No!!!” Alice repeated.
“Dobby is bad elf. Dobby must be punishing himself.”
“No! No! No!” Alice blurted as she ran over to the small form and wrapped it in a fierce hug. “You aren’t a bad elf! Why would you even think I wanted you to harm yourself?”
“Old master wants Dobby to slam ears in stove door if Dobby startles him. Doesn’t new mistress want the same?”
The words of the elf filled Alice with a revulsion so thick that she could have spread it on a piece of toast. Here was one who had suffered daily under the thumb of Lucius. Here was one who had not been offered any way out of his own personal hell. Here was one who had suffered every bit as much as she had, at the hands of the monster. Here was one she had saved, would save, and would do her best to make whole.
A dam gave way to the pressure, as one last crack destroyed its last bit of integrity. Emotions that had been boiling beneath the surface for years now bubbled free. In her soft, fluffy housecoat, Alice sat on the floor hugging the startled and confused elf tightly to herself as her sobs wracked both their frames.
XxX
Professor McGonagall was up early yet again. Albus had not returned to the castle the night before, so it fell to her to take care of the unparalleled circumstances brought about by her first-years. A portion of the quagmire had been held back by having Myrtle stay in the clinic overnight for observation. In reality, it was not much of a delay. It barely gave breathing room until the next morning. Minerva was immensely grateful for the news that Amelia Bones would be talking to a judge in regard to the situation. Otherwise, she would have had to cancel her own classes on just the third day of instruction, something she had never imagined in even her worst nightmare.
Where was Albus when she needed him? Whatever had happened at the Wizengamot yesterday was ill-timed. Candidly, whatever had happened was long past due. It was the first-years who had to work on their timing.
Sighing, Minerva reached for a stack of papers. Filius’ time would be needed to take care of some of the more delicate matters. It was unfair to count on him in such a manner, even with him being the head of the girl’s house. On top of that was the whole state of affairs with a good portion of the Slytherin house. No matter how much the adults may have deserved the punishment, no child should have to go through what they would be. But make no mistake, the fault lay fully at the feet of the former Death Eaters and no one else.
Furthermore, she had yet to talk to Kettleburn about the forest unicorn. It was obvious why she was preoccupied with Ms. Belle, once you knew the secret. That didn’t make the logistics of having a full-grown unicorn in the castle any less cumbersome. How had they even managed to get her in the dorm in the first place? Wait a minute! How had they gotten the boys into the girls’ dorm?
XxX
Harry awoke to the gentle prodding from a young girl.
“Come on, Harry,” she said as he began to focus. “It’s my turn to wake you today. So, get up.”
Smiling, Harry recognized the voice behind the mauve and pink blur. As wakeup calls went, this wasn’t bad. In fact, he could get used to it.
Suddenly, an impatient unicorn grabbed his pajama collar from behind and dragged him bodily from his bed, and he heard Dean shout from the other side of the room over the creak of bedsprings, “Scoots, that’s getting old!”
XxX
Paperwork, first thing in the morning, was not her favorite activity. It couldn’t be helped, though. Amelia was going to have to coordinate with the muggle authorities on this one. That meant paperwork needed to be filled out, and the right muggles had to be contacted. As it was right now, this was going to be a jurisdictional fight. That didn’t matter, as long as justice was served.
“Good morning,” a voice said, and Amelia’s head snapped up, allowing her to see that her visitor chair was now filled.
Recognizing her guest from the descriptions given by both Moody and Judge Brown, Amelia got down to business. “Good morning, Mr. Discord. How may I help you this morning?”
“I’m not entirely sure,” the wizard admitted and wandlessly conjured a cup of American coffee with a snap of his fingers. “One second I was innocently snoozing in my own bed; the next, I was rudely yanked out and tossed here with orders to stop you.”
Amelia frown at the implications; was someone monitoring her office? “Stop me? Stop me from what?”
“I don’t know,” he said, pouring the contents of his cup down his throat. “I was hoping you’d enlighten me.”
Still frowning, Amelia studied her visitor. Reports had shown he had a vested interest in the welfare of children. His annoying habit of showing up unannounced was a quirk, nothing more. There wasn’t anything she was doing that he probably wouldn’t agree with; in fact, he’d more than likely want to help. It would be better to keep him where she could keep an eye on him. Decision made, she slid the paperwork she had been working on over for him to view.
“Oh! My, my, my,” he said after running his eyes over the forms. “This would be exactly what she was so upset over.”
“She found this upsetting?” Amelia’s surprise lit her voice, leaving the head of the DMLE wondering who this “she” was.
“Yes, although I agree with the underlying sentiment, I’m afraid you have the wrong targets.” Discord flipped his empty coffee cup over his shoulder, and it disappeared midflight. “While I would have no issue with this course of action, my newest acquaintance has issues with this sort of thing. You would be better served checking for compulsion spells rather than arresting them.”
Amelia sharply sat back in her chair as the implications hit her. “Looks like it did call in sick again after all,” she muttered.
“Now,” Discord said leaning back in his own chair, “since I appear to have completed my appointed task, I have other matters to attend to.” With another snap of his fingers, he was gone in a flash of light.
Moody had been right; the apparition wards never even took notice of him. Whatever method of travel he employed breached traditional defenses without apparent effort. She was going to have to assume that wherever this Equestria was, they had a force of wizards with the same skill set. Frighteningly, it couldn’t be a coincidence that they were sending students to Hogwarts and announcing their presence to the world at the same time as the Wizengamot upheaval. A connection was more than certain.
Brandishing her wand, Amelia started sweeping her office for monitoring charms. She needed to have another conversation with Judge Brown.
XxX
There was a new addition to the breakfast menu, bacon-wrapped apple fritters with a glistening brown sugar glaze. The platter bearing them was empty before all of the first-years had taken their seats.
“Apple Bloom!” Hermione admonished, “some of the rest of us want one too! And Ron, you have to chew, sometime. Swallowing those whole can’t be good for you.”
“You know,” Parvati commented, reaching over to snatch a fritter from Apple Bloom’s plate, “there’s an ‘eating like a horse’ joke just waiting to be made here.”
“Speaking of horses,” Seamus broke in, “There’s a feed bag here, full of oats too.”
“What’s a feedbag?” Scootaloo asked, making a grab for the treats on Ron’s plate. In response, Seamus stood up and placed a large canvas bag over Magah’s muzzle.
“I’m surprised she let you do that,” Lavender said as a look of contentment crossed Magah’s face.
“I think she’s getting used to us,” Neville said, not even trying for the new treat. “If we can get used to the presence of a unicorn, why shouldn’t she return the favor?”
“Used to a unicorn?” Dean asked. “Are you just ignoring the stares?”
Neville shrugged and went back to his breakfast. He couldn’t help it if the rest of the school was still in awe over Magah.
“Speaking of staring,” Harry asked, “where’s Philomena?”
“I sent here to Twilight with a new spell request,” Sweetie Belle answered.
“More on resurrections?” Seamus asked.
“Nah,” Scootaloo said, finding the bacon-covered apple pastries were to her liking, “we need some help with our next quest objective.”
XxX
“Oh, good morning Philomena.” Twilight said, strolling up to the phoenix. “I see you have a letter for me. Would you like some breakfast while I read it?”
Philomena trilled her acceptance.
“Another letter from the Crusaders?” Spike asked from the doorway to the kitchen, wielding a hot frying pan and wearing an apron. “I hope they aren’t asking for more resurrection spells.”
After giving the letter a once over, Twilight responded, “No, nothing so drastic. They just want a spell to kill large spiders.”
Snickering, Spike turned back to the kitchen, “Fillies can be such wusses over tiny spider. I am surprised that the Crusaders fall in that stereotype though.”
“They did emphasize that they were large spiders!” Twilight rebuked the baby dragon.
Spike rolled his eyes. “Yeah, right.”
XxX
Professor McGonagall stood from her seat at the head table and let a stream of sparks leap from her wand.
“Good morning, students,” she said once she had everyone’s attention. “I have some important announcements this morning.” She paused to make sure all the students were listening. “First of all, under no circumstances are students to resurrect the remaining school ghosts.”
Stunned silence met the declaration, with the exception of a seventh-year Hufflepuff who said, “Wait! Could you repeat that?”
“Yes, Mr. Harris.” Professor McGonagall acknowledged the question. “I said that students were forbidden to resurrect the school ghosts. The Gryffindor house ghost has yet to put in an appearance since the last failed attempt, and the other school ghosts have yet to locate him.”
“Someone killed a ghost?” Robert Hilliard, a prefect from the Ravenclaw table, asked in astonishment.
“We are unsure of the current status of Sir Nicholas,” Professor McGonagall corrected. “It should be sufficient to say that future resurrection attempts shall be punished, unless otherwise instructed by a professor.”
“Does that extend to poltergeists as well?”
“Yes, Mr. Weasley, it most assuredly does,” Professor McGonagall answered; she shuddered to think of the results of the Weasley twins getting their hands on the resurrection spell.
Professor McGonagall let a roll of murmuring wash over the student body before continuing. “On a happier note, Myrtle Warren shall be rejoining the Ravenclaw house as a third-year student.”
Again, silence met her announcement until, from the Ravenclaw table came, “Ouch! Why’d you pinch me?!”
“I wanted to see if I was dreaming.”
“You’re supposed to pinch yourself to do that!”
“That would hurt too much.”
Professor McGonagall let the infraction slide and moved on to the next order of business. “Furthermore, as you can all see, we have two new faces at the faculty table.”
As one, the students turned their attention to the new curiosity. “I would like to introduce Miss Weiss and Mr. Goodman. They have been contracted to be private tutors for some of our students, as such, they will receive all the respect due a sitting professor.” The last was said with an absolute certainty that bode poorly for any student that sought to test the statement.
A round of clapping greeted the new additions to the school, who waved in return.
“The next item is a schedule alteration for today only.” Professor McGonagall continued, “Due to unforeseen circumstances, first-year Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs who were originally slated for double charms this morning shall instead be meeting with Madam Hooch first period for an early introduction to broom riding. Their second period shall be a free period, with the exception of the members of my house who missed their first Herbology class yesterday. They shall be joining their classmates who are due their own first herbology class at this time.”
Some of the first-year Gryffindors winced at the news, but none voiced any protest.
“There is more to discuss,” Professor McGonagall said, “but I’m afraid the morning post has arrived; we shall continue the announcements afterwards.”
On her cue, owls flooded the air.
XxX
“So, are you sending them the spell they asked for?”
“First, I’m going to let the girls know. I don’t want to end up writing on blackboards, all night . . . again.”
“So, you’re going to see Rarity?”
“Yes, did you want to come?” The only response she received was the front door slamming from the slipstream as her assistant made tracks. Sighing, Twilight turned to Philomena, who was sharing a perch with Owlowiscious. “For the record, that question was rhetorical.”
XxX
Within seconds, Apple Bloom was bombarded by a parliament of owls. Seven landed on the table in front of her, while one landed on each of her shoulders. The last, boldest by far, landed on her head.
“What the?” Dean asked moving his plate out of the way of the confusion.
“Mah potions lab!” Apple Bloom cried gleefully as she started collecting packages and stamping payment receipts.
“Should we be worried?” Seamus asked watching the girl collect her prizes.
“Nah,” Scootaloo shook her head, “she’s not Sweetie Belle.”
“Hey!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed as another owl found her, “Oh, hello,” she said, recognizing the order. “Actually, I need you to deliver that to Rarity along with this letter.” With those words, she stamped the owl’s payment receipt and retrieved a letter from her shoulder bag.
“Sweetie!” Percy called from down the table. “You’re going to want to read the ‘Daily Prophet’.”
“Who else is starting to detect a pattern, here?” Harry asked and put down his pumpkin juice.
XxX
Unhurriedly, Twilight walked down the street, waving at the ponies she passed.
She heard Rainbow Dash say from above her, “Going to see Rarity?”
Looking up, Twilight waved. “Yes, how’d you guess?”
“Spike just tore through here.” Rainbow Dash landed next to Twilight with a smirk.
“Ooooo, is he going to see the new present?” Startled, Twilight turned and saw that Pinkie Pie had somehow joined the conversation.
“Present?” Twilight asked, regretting it even as she did so.
“My Pinkie Sense told me somepony was going to receive an extra special present.”
“Really?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Who?”
“I don’t know.” Pinkie Pie bounced up and down in frustration. “Nopony at the market seems to be the lucky one. Daisy said she didn’t receive any packages lately, neither did Roseluck nor Lily for that matter. Applejack said she’s too busy setting up her stall for the day and didn’t have time. Aloe said she’d have to check back at the spa. Heavy Anvil was grunting too hard to make out what he was saying, and Jelly Jar was playing with those huge jars of his . . .”
“Wait a second,” Twilight interrupted. “Did you say Applejack was in the market square?”
“Yeah.” Pinkie Pie nodded her head way faster than was necessary.
“Good, I need to talk to her.” Twilight changed directions midstride. “We’ll just grab her on the way to Rarity’s.”
“Why?” Rainbow Dash fell in step, only her hooves weren’t on the ground. “Is something up?”
“Just a new spell request from the Crusaders.”
“At some point, you’re going to stop using words like ‘just’, ‘only’, and ‘harmless’ when you refer to those three.” Pinkie Pie noted, “Especially, that last one.”
“If she asks ‘what could possibly go wrong?’, I’m calling for backup,” Rainbow Dash agreed.
XxX
“I’m going to have to get my own subscription soon.” Sweetie Belle noted as she stared at the headline dominating the paper's front page.
In front of her were the words, “LEADER OF THE LIGHT CLAIMS HER SEAT! CORRUPTION ROOTED FROM THE HIGHEST OFFICES!” The only other thing on the front page was a large moving picture of Sweetie Belle riding Magah into the Wizengamot chambers. In all, the paper seemed significantly thicker than the previous ones she had seen.
“Aren’t you going to open that?” Hermione asked as she leaned over Sweetie Belle’s shoulder to read.
“I’m afraid to,” Sweetie Belle admitted.
“What exactly did you do at the Wizengamot yesterday?” Parvati whistled, “You weren’t gone that long.”
“I didn’t do anything,” Sweetie Belle insisted. “I swear.”
XxX
Big Macintosh was bucking apples in the north field when the owl arrived. It was the biggest owl he had ever seen. Granted, the only owl he saw with any regularity was the one Twilight had, but this one out massed Owlowiscious, by a factor of at least four. It offered a leg with a message attached. Adding to its peculiarity was the strange harness it wore, holding a bag across its breast.
“Howdy,” Big Macintosh greeted politely. “That for me?”
The owl nodded and continued to hold out its leg.
“Thank you kindly.” The owl had no way of knowing that it had just received the lion share of the large pony’s normal daily word allowance.
Big Macintosh delicately retrieved the letter and began to read.
Dear Big Mac,
Hello, guess what! Turns out, you can owl order owls. Mr. Dylan was kind enough to purchase this owl and outfit him right proper like with a magic pouch. You should find all the things you need for your new pet in the pouch. Mr. Dylan did that for me too. I figured that since Applejack has Winona, you could do with a pet of your own. Besides, owls are real good at delivering things. They do it all the time over here, send stuff out with owls and the owls return with payments. I can’t wait to hear what you name him.
I’m having a great time at school. I made a whole mess of new friends, and we haven’t gotten in too much trouble. There is the possibility that Sweetie Belle has manage to get us a colt in the process, but we aren’t sure if the marriage contract is real or not. Scootaloo has gotten her wings fixed but can’t fly yet. That is, she can’t fly without a broom yet.
I’m getting my own potions lab by owl here soon.
I love you, please say hello to Applejack and Granny for me and let them know I love them too.
Love,
Apple Bloom
Stuffing the letter safely under his harness, Big Macintosh turned to the owl. “You need a name?”
The bird nodded its head.
“Featherduster?”
The bird shook its head no.
“Bigbeak?”
Another shake of the head.
“Lodestone?”
The owl seemed to think it over then nodded his head.
Grunting in satisfaction, Big Macintosh returned to his apple bucking.
XxX
“Won’t you all come in?” Rarity said upon seeing her friends gathered outside her door. “Spike’s in the back getting us some morning tea.”
“Morning, Rarity,” Applejack said, trotting into Rarity’s home and place of business. “Twilight here was about to tell us about the Crusaders’ newest spell request. Sorry to say, Ah don’t have ta time to stop for tea, though.”
“They want another spell already?” Rarity asked as she held the door for Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. “Doesn’t the school they go to have a library full of spells?”
“You know,” Twilight stopped where she was. “Now that you mentioned it, they probably do have access to a large number of books, I wonder why they keep asking me for spells.”
“Pish.” Rainbow Dash waved a dismissive hoof. “That’s easy; they know you know where all your spells are in your library. You’re saving them the trouble of searching through beaucoup books to find their answers.”
“You think they’re using me to cheat at school?” Twilight gasped at the thought.
“Nah, they’re just using your help for their side projects.”
“Speaking of side projects,” Rarity said, “what are they asking after this time?”
“They want a spider killing spell,” Spike said as he carried a tray laden with tea in from the back room
“For extremely large spiders, according to their letter,” Twilight added.
“How large are we talking here?” Applejack asked, “A’ve seen those three corner a big spider just this summer, in the barn. Sucker was as big as a bit, didn’t scare the fillies none.”
“You know, considering we’re talking about a spell to kill spiders,” Pinkie Pie interjected, “I find that I’m real glad that Fluttershy’s not here right now.”
Everypony in the room looked at Pinkie Pie for a second before continuing with their conversation.
“Do you think they have an infestation in their dormitory?” Rarity asked, concerned.
“Ah don’t know,” Applejack said shaking her head, “but the more ah think about it, the more suspicious it sounds.”
“Perhaps, you should write to their teachers and get their input on the matter, before sending the spell,” Rarity suggested.
Twilight was about to agree when Rainbow Dash pointed with her hoof and said, “Look, you got mail.”
“Are you going to say that every time you see a strange owl?” Rarity asked as she watched the bird enter through the open top half of her front door.
“Pretty much,” Rainbow Dash replied
Sighing softly Rarity turned to the owl. “Good morning; I see you have brought me a package, oh, and a letter as well.”
“Hoo!” the owl agreed bobbing its head and offering its leg with the delivery attached.
“Why, thank you very much, darling,” Rarity said, using her magic to retrieve the items. “We were about to have some tea; would you care for some?”
The owl shook its head.
“Well, at least have a biscuit or two,” Rarity insisted. “I made them myself.”
The owl gratefully took a biscuit and left the same way it came.
“Ooh. Ooh. Ooh.” Pinkie Pie oohed and began to bounce around Rarity excitedly. “You got the present. You got the present!”
“Now, now Pinkie,” Twilight said to the bouncing pony, “let her open it before you get excited over it.
“Okay,” Pinkie Pie said as she stopped bouncing, only to visibly vibrate as she contained her excitement.
“Pinkie,” Rainbow Dash observed, “I think you're chipping the floor.”
Rolling her eyes slightly, Rarity opened the package and found that it contained a small model trunk. It was a beautiful piece of art with its main body the same color as her coat and trimmed with wood colored like her mane. It even had her cutie mark proudly displayed on its top. Seeing no way to open it, Rarity turned to the accompanying letter. “Dear Rarity,” she read out loud. “You have always impressed upon me the importance of having good luggage. So, I’ve sent you the best I could find. I’m not going to repeat all the directions in this letter, as I’ve had Mr. Dylan put the instruction manual on your coffee table. This letter only contains the basics for you to get started. The first thing you will want to do is tap it three times with your horn to make it grow.”
Rarity moved the letter off to the side, still in her magical grasp, and studied the miniature chest once more. “Spike, darling, would you mind going to check my coffee table for the rest of the instructions please?” she said. Then, hesitantly, she tapped the small chest against her horn three times. Abruptly the trunk expanded to a more practical size.
“Woah!” Rainbow Dash said as she moved forward to examine the curiosity. “Did you see that?”
“That thar was mighty impressive,” Applejack agreed as she also moved forward for a look.
“The present! The present!” Pinkie Pie bounced in for a closer look as well.
Moving back so that her friends could get a closer look, Rarity brought the letter back and read the next few lines so softly that only Twilight and herself heard, “Secondly, don’t try to open it until you’ve bound it to yourself. Otherwise it might get aggressive.”
Rarity blinked, unable to fully comprehend what she had just read. “Rainbow, darling, I don’t think you should open that just yet,” she warned when she saw her friend’s hoof had found the lid of the chest.
“I just want to take a peek inside.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Rainbow!” Twilight said urgently. “You really should wait!”
“It’s got my tail!”
“Ah’ll save ya!”
“Wheeeeeeee!”
“Look out! Look out!”
“Pinkie watch yourself thar!”
“Aaaaah! It just swallowed Pinkie!”
“Come here ya varmint, Ah’ll show you what’s what.”
“It’s got my tail again!”
“Y’all better give those two back right now, ‘fore ah make you into kindling!”
As suddenly as it started, it stopped. The chest settled back into its original position, once again looking like a harmless, inanimate object.
“Rarity,” Twilight said, staring wide eyed at the wooden horror.
“Yes, darling?”
“Hurry up and read the rest of that letter.”
From inside the trunk came a knocking. “Hello? A little help, please,” said Rainbow Dash’s muffled voice.
“Rainbow, be careful; y’all stepping on my hat!”
“You know,” Pinkie Pie’s voice said, “I can’t shake the feeling that I should have seen that coming.”
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Love that the girls are learning to put more thought into the situation before sending the CMC more spells, the ending was hilarious.
Random thought: Heaven's help the boys of Hogwarts should Fluttershy be asked to make a visit/inspection of the magical animals therein!
And so the madness slows down a little... just a bit, at least. That's a good thing though, I think everyone needs a bit of a breather from that whirlwind of chaos that just rampaged through the UK wizarding world.
I wonder what is in Rarity's trunk? I'm very curious. At least now she'll be able to carry her absurd wardrobe easily.
Seriously, I'm wondering when the Mane Six will make their way to the wizarding world. If they thought a parseltongue was rare... what are they going to think of Fluttershy's ability to speak to _any_ animal? Not only that, I kinda want to watch Fluttershy out-stare a Basilisk.
Sadly we're barely into the first schoolyear. We probably won't be seeing the Chamber of Secrets for quite some time unless some large timeskips happen.
I really want to see Scootaloo absolutely own everyone at broom flying. She still needs to give Severus Snape a hug too.
And I'm curious about Ginny's pony form. I wonder if she was actually a Unicorn, or something else.
Sooo many questions!
Keep up the good work!
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She can't outstare a Basilisk. A Harry Potter Basilisk has an instant death effect attached to its eyes, and if viewed from a reflective surface, has instant petrification, unlike an Equestrian cockatrice.
... ... I don't know who would be more flabbergasted in a meeting between the girls and the centaurs.
This is going to be another one. Fine Spike they are giant monster spiders
Huh so yeah Discord is working with/for other players, unless he's got the worlds best poker face...
I think we can start prepping our doomsday bunkers, or expedition packs depending on whether or not you want to hit the deck or join the fun...
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Yer late ta tha party. He already said last chapter that he was workin' with tha Spirit o' Justice.
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I already pointed that out last chapter actually it was less sure to actually BELIEVE him when he said that, but now that Amelia Bones caught him admitting he wasn't quite sure what brought him for this particular round I am now more inclined to do so.
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Maybe, maybe not. While the basilisk's stair is certainly deadly, it's also easily degraded. A through a ghost, through a reflection (water or mirror), through a camera lens. It takes very little to completely nullify the lethal aspects of the Basilisks gaze. Fluttershy's own stare is effective via reflections... even against herself.
Both are magical in origin, so it comes down to which eye power is stronger than the other. My vote's for Fluttershy.
This story actually makes me a little bit interested in Harry Potter.
Mostly just to learn details about all the stuff Discord is ripping apart.
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In a world where everyone wants to play fair and abide by the rules, maybe. When the rules are suddenly against you after you've kept them the way you wanted after generations (even if they were your own rules)? No, people, especially those used to things going a certain way, are not so logical and fair playing.
Poor Harry, he is learning the terror of the CMCs.
Who could you possibly call for that Rainbow?
Wish we knew Magah better. So far, all that I can tell is that she's taken it upon herself to adopt the strange two-legged unicorn.
Wonder how Magah is going to react when Rarity finally shows up. Also what's going on With Sweetiebelle's worthless parents? have they been on vacation the whole time?
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Forget how Margh going to react to Rarity, how's Rarity going to react to Margh.
bwah.
Quick! To the shenanigans! Dunnanana!
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This reminds me, i really want the school or someone request to meet at least sweetie’s guardian, aka Rarity, if not all three Crusaders guardians, and then read the school’s reaction. It’d be fricken awesome, probably.
Twighlight why?
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Twhylight.
I forgot about how Dobby got his justice much, much sweeter than in the books and films. To top it off, he's not going to be killed by Bellatrix. Nor is Sirius. I love this fic.
Well, these aren't bacon covered fritters but they are bacon apple fritters.
I read the recipe. They seem like they should be illegal or a sin in a category of its own. 
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Gonna make these tomorrow, they look too good NOT to try.
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Thank you for bringing this to our attention good sir/madam!
Yeah, I suppose if you want a spell to kill giant spiders, the go-to pony for that would be Twilight Sparkle.
On the other hoof, if it were giant crabs...definitely time to ask Rarity for that instead.
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Some days I think the 'Rarity fighting a giant crab' meme is the best meme this fandom has ever produced.
That's what you get for not leaving well enough alone.
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Alright then, I have a bit of a backlog, thus: commencing correction comment combo!
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OH NO, Twilight's in for some more punishment, and at this point, bedtime.
Whether Big Mac likes it or not, he has a pet owl.
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In that situation your only recourse for backup is Murphy. Murphy Law.
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Might be nice for him to have a pet that he can talk to. Plus hogwarts owls can sleep day or night and this makes it easier to talk with the girls.
Maple Bacon Apple Fritters
1/3 cup Maple Glaze
1/2 cup Maple Candied Bacon Bits
Combine all ingredients except maple glaze, maple candied bacon bits, and canola oil to make the dough for donuts.Fry donuts in canola oil for 3-4 minutes. When brown and crispy, remove donuts and let them cool on a wire rack or paper towel for a couple minutes.Toss the donuts in maple glaze and candied bacon bits.Once donuts are coated in glaze and bacon, add tiny pinches of rock salt to the batch.
Maple Glaze
Maple Candied Bacon Bits
I swear to Celestia, if this is a reference to you-know-what, I am not going to be a happy camper.
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Two years....I looked for that for two years and you just post it like nothing waaaaaaaaa
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can you post a blog with this, and whichever other recipies you may have?
Heh, Ginny got poned.
Priceless turn of events
Laughing is pretty mutch a common on every chapter.
I love the story ♡
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Twilight specifically in that case...
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The Birds watch the event going on? Would fit the chaos that third part is the one that counts
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Basically good guys take Flak from start to finish. Justice is looking rather poor.
Discord correct that aspect in this Fimfiction Gems (◇.◇)/)
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Magah would make for a awesome main character
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Dawww.. The sleepy snuggels are real
So the trunk is a mimic for security if not bound?
Dawww!
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I love that running joke already.
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Unless a mimick this one is not deadly and digestive.
For those who wants the fritter recipe:
Here you go!
There's a grocery store in my hometown with a bakery. They make bacon sprinkled maple bars. YUMM!!!