Minus

by Minus

Epilogue

Dear Princess Twilight

I am updating you on the Minus situation. As per your suggestions we have let them meet each other, and now 5 out of 7 of them all live together in that one home. It's honestly very confusing being in there. But they're doing surprisingly well, given their situation. We have asked them to keep the story a secret and claim to be septuplets, and the papers are saying the incident was just an act of vandalism using manakins. They have also agreed to let you come down and run some tests.

They've come to adopt nicknames that we were using for them, none of them going by "Minus" anymore. They're now Mondes, Tudous, Wendis, Thurnos, Fridas, and the two still in hospital, Saturnys, and Sunnus. Sadly they still all look the same at the moment. We will proceed with getting them proper paperwork under those names with your permission. We might also need to get them some bigger accomidation, they are living quite cramped at the moment. Now that they've met they refuse to be relocated to seperate homes. They've really come to rely on each other.

The wizards you sent have had a few ideas about fusing all the Minuses into one to make things easier, but I don't think this is a good idea. If you spend time with them you'll see they are all too distinct for something like that, assuming such spells would even work. We now know for certain that they are not magical duplicates, but entirely seperate ponies with similar but different lives. Brothers is the most accurate word I can think of right now.

More analysis has been done on the area above the bridge, and there is an intense, actually toxic amount of magical residue in the air there, but nothing else of note. Thankfully the area is too high up to hurt most ponies, but we have someone to keep watch incase a pegasus flies towards it. But we've not discovered anything else about the area since the 29th. It's been just a long frustration for the ones involved.

The only interesting developments have been from going over the life stories of each Minus and seeing where their history diverges. Some are worth looking into, especially the griffon who started a civil war. Grunwald, who has not done that here, but we could monitor him incase he has plans to. Again, with your permission. There are other similar things like this we've been able to learn about, ordinary ponies who are famous in some histories, but not here. Ponies with untapped talent. And ideas not yet thought up by our versions of inventors. I think you'll find this to be the most interesting part in all of this.

Everything they say is being documented and looked into. They've been very cooperative. However, there is one problem. All but one of them, the 6 that were in relatioships have been asking to see their significant other. Even after being told these aren't the same ones they know, they insist on getting the chance to talk to them. What is your suggestion for this? Take into account that 3 of them were with this sheep Chloe, who doesn't even live in Equestria. I don't know how that would work.

I look forward to updating you next time in person.

Yours sincerely, Investigator Dual Star

Author's Note:

That is the end for now. This was all written on the 28th of August 2017 after I got ill and was lying in bed trying to sleep. I was exhausted but only had nightmares and horrible thoughts. Something forced me up and made me do something that was totally out of character. I began writing. I still had no explanation for this story. I just know I was in a really bad moment and I just had to write it. I've been avoiding coming back to it and giving it a spellcheck as I was honestly scared to. It's a weird story, written in a weird moment. But better late than never, here it is. Share your thoughts and if you were able to follow along, or if it made no sense.

OH! I almost forgot the super important note: Those of you mentioned in this story. Do not think too deep into it. This isn't meant to be canon to your characters or be an indication of how I feel about you. I just needed actors. Also apologies to those that feel left out. This was also written months ago incase anything seems out of date.

Comments

[Silver_Scroll]

Okay, working out what was going on over the course of several chapters like this was utterly fascinating, and I think it was brought to exactly the satisfying conclusion it needed. Even without accounting for the circumstances that produced this story, I am thoroughly impressed.