1 YEAR AGO
On the way to the next land on their list to free and annex from the Storm King’s former domains, the Queen and the Harmony Guard had stopped at a village called Our Town. It had appeared that they residents all sported unnatural looking smiles and had the same Cutie Mark. ”Are you sure, you can’t stay? We think your Harmony Kingdom can learn a lot about friendship through our Equality!” Starlight Glimmer the village’s leader asked with her weird smile to Twilight and Tempest who were more freaked out than anything. Grubber was busy eating a cupcake that he had brought with him from the sky skiff.
”No thank you Starlight, we really need to get going as we have some more Tyrants to dethrone and lands to annex. We thank you and your friends for your hospitality but we hope our lands can remain friends....” Twilight told Starlight with a smile which dropped as she made her way to the airship. Tempest not that far behind her.
”Are you sure we can’t just annex this place and force those creepy smiles off their faces? Something doesn’t seem right.......” Tempest muttered to Twilight thinking the sooner that if the answer was no then she hoped never to return to these unnatural smiles.
”Everypony seems happy with their way of life here, we only dethrone tyrants and we will only annex lands if the residents are being oppressed by their leaders. I can’t say I don’t feel as if something is off but we can leave them to it....” Twilight responded with a shake of her head. In truth she was feeling the same as Tempest, in a hurry to leave as soon as possible.
Starlight gave a mental frown and followed them trying to keep up with their paces. These two unicorns lead a massive empire and she figured if she could get them on her side then she could spread her message of Equality further. However Grubber took one last bite of his cupcake which ended up covering Starlight’s side with frosting.
”Sorry about that, let me fix that for you!” Grubber stated wiping the frosting off Starlight. He then followed Tempest and Twilight to the inside of their skiff and the last of the guards entered. Starlight tried to use a spell to stop them but was too late as the doors closed and they were now air bound.
Starlight gave a mental sigh as she went back to the resident of Our Town. ”Oh well, unfortunately we haven’t made any new friends today....” Starlight told them only to frown physically when they were looking at her all shocked and mouths opening.
”Look, I am sorry that they didn’t learn the Magic of Equality but......” Starlight told them only for their glances to become accusatory and they were pointing to her flank. Starlight glanced at it and her face now had a look of horror when she realised what they were looking at.
Grubber had wiped away her false Equal Signs Cutie Mark and her real one was now clearly visible. Starlight had a sheepish smile as she faced them and muttered “I can explain..........”
Starlight Glimmer fought through the cold using her warming spell to keep her warm in the snow. She had used a tracking spell on a magical signature and she had made it to the Crystal Empire. After they left the residents of Our Town had an argument with her which led them to decide to get their original Cutie Marks back, going into the cave and breaking the jars.
After that they were angry with her and it was clear she was no longer their leader, fumed she decided to leave them be. In her anger she was blaming the so called Queen Twilight and the Harmony Kingdom. It took her quite a while for her to track the queen down since she didn’t settle on a single place for very long.
I will finally catch you and when I see you again, you will regret the day you came to MY TOWN!!!“” Starlight snarled as she kept on going.
Soon enough the ponies got their assignments:
• Shining Armor and Rainbow Dash were doing the jousting
• Fluttershy was taking care of the petting zoo
• Rarity was making hats for the Crystal Ponies
• Applejack was serving refreshments
• Pinkie Pie was doing entertainment
Spike and Cadance were helping Skystar with a stand selling merchandise. Apparently Skystar thought it would help morale to be giving gifts to Crystal Ponies. Apparently the skiffs had merchandise of their ruler Queen Twilight.
Spike sighed looking at the box of plush dolls of her lost friend, the sooner they can meet her again the better. Still if he knew about this stand before, he might have brought his own custom Pony figures to sell there. It was what he made to sell at things like the Summer Wrap Up Festival.
He glanced at one of the plush toys and then picked one up to inspect it closely. He then had a silent gasp when he noticed something.
Cadance was helping Skystar unload the boxes. Skystar was chatting off about which bobble head was the most popular seller or the Harmony Kingdom board game, Cadance was like Spike looking forward to getting to meet her favourite filly again. Even if she was a queen now....
“Hang on a minute, I think whoever made these dolls made a mistake!” Spike shouted bringing one of the plush toys to Skystar. Skystar stared at it before shrugging and asking what was wrong with it and Cadance gasped when she saw what it was.
“Well for starters, Twilight doesn’t have wings. She’s a unicorn and not an Alicorn!” Spike told Skystar who looked confused as Spike was holding the plush toy by the wings.....
looks like she managed to ascend on her own, celestia is going to be kicking herself even harder once she finds out she managed it without her friends.
8925212 I'd have to say, your avatar answers the final message of the chapter quite clearly.
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Well, she was already right next to an alicorn in power to start with so it isn't that surprising she ascended without the elements.
Oh Spike, things have changed.
Twilight became an Alicorn without the elements?
Not bad.
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my theory is when the others betrayed there elements, the power backtracked to the one being who was still connected with theirs and twilight ascended because she became the embodiment of harmony.
I bet when they see Twilight as an alicorn rainbow will lose it and go hun? What? No way? And rarity will do that beatbox thing she always does when she gets stunned. Shining Armor may not recognize her with wings. There is a hint that Equestria may be heading into war against Twilight
Embodiment of Harmony? Princess of Harmony? Anything for that sweet sweet moment of Celestia realizing Twilight was able to ascend without her. lol
Strange how jokes in Equestria are prophetic.
That chapter was too short
... well.... interesting..... please update soon I must see more.
If Starlight tried to go back in time and ruin their friendship, Twilight wouldn't care. I mean, her friends took the fake Cadence's side. I was most shocked to see that RD wasn't being loyal to Twilight. In fact, out of everyone, RD is the only one who sometimes wouldn't act as an Element. Like, for instance, she should've let Fluttershy sit out, but instead, she pressured Fluttershy to help the Pegasus out with a record.
Also, she would've rebuilt the Friendship Kingdom anyway. The Friendship Kingdom would be back, and Starlight wouldn't be able to do a thing.
Well now Starlight’s entered the game.
Wait! Does this mean that Twilight avoid her friends because she became an alicorn? I smell so many delicious possible conflicts in future like:
1. Twilight doesn't believe she deserves her wings.
2. Twilight afraid that her ascension put further rift between her and her friends.
3. Celestia might think that Twilight pull Sunset Shimmer and will blame herself for fall of her another student.
Also I can't wait to see how Twilight got wings. What else different about her. And what role Starlight will play in the story.
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that makes a lot of sense when you think about it.
Nice.
Your writing has improved from the last chapters, and now I just need to-
HOLY MAKERAL IS THAT STARLIGHT GLIMMER COMING TO DO A SOMETHING SOMETHING VILLAIN PROBALY TEAMING UP WITH SOMBRA TO TAKE REVENGE ON TWILIGHT PLOT STORY!??!Nah...she will PROBALY backstab him...or he backstab her, one way or another, one of them is gonna back stabbed...or banished to moon or something...
[Edit]: Sorry, got a bit of plotgasm there.
But still, Twilight Best Queen
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I think so as well, would make the most sense anyways.
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starlight is delusional... it wasn't twilight at all to blame this time... xD unlike last time.
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unless it's season 5 all over again well.....let's what happen in the future...
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I could see the second option being a big yes. Seeing she is an alicorn now, she is cursed with that damned immortality
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That has never been confirmed in canon and I doubt the writers would do something like that considering how many people cried foul when Twilight first became an Alicorn.
I started losing my mind when starlight got treated like a bloody side quest
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In a good follow bad way?
And now I have several more questions!!!