Celestia swooped down onto the altar atop the mountains, a place she had not visited in over 200 years. Still, she remembered the route, and from there, the path to the field of miracle flowers where she knew Arca would be hiding. Razzle followed suit, touching down in a very fast and very risky landing maneuver. "Jezebel. Have you ever been up here?"
"I...no, but this place is beautiful. He's hiding here?" She paused for a moment, then added, "And please, call me Razzle."
"Very well. And yes, Arca will be here. It's a secret place that only three living ponies know of: Him, Mage Meadowbrook, and myself. Go on in," she gestured to the small mouth of the cave. "But with your background as Arca's apprentice, I recommend you prepare yourself for a shock. I… will not follow you for now. He will not want to see me. Good luck, Je- no, good luck, Razzle."
Razzle turned and nodded to Celestia, adding in a small glare. It spoke volumes more than words could, conveying her determination to help her beloved and her current disdain for the solar alicorn. The succupony took hurried steps down the path, heading into a small cavern… and froze.
"Miracle flowers," she breathed as quietly as possible. She had never seen so many of the flower in one place, which was apparently so rare Arca only 'found' ten every year. And there, in the center of the clearing, was the sleeping form of the orange alicorn she had fallen madly in love for. She slowly moved closer, laying down next to Arca to get a better look. He seemed tired from flying up here, and there were dried tears around his eyes. He stirred as Razzle laid down.
"Ghn...wha? F-five more minutes… I was dreaming 'bout cake mountain…"
"Arca, wake up." Razzle paused for a moment, thinking, then realized what she had to say to get him up. "You have a customer!"
"WELCOME TO ALCHEMIRACLES!" Arca shot straight upright, nearly knocking Razzle off balance. "Wait… this isn't my store! This is- how did I- Razzle?! How the buck did you find this place?"
"Celestia sent me." Upon hearing those words, Arca visibly paled and took a few reckless steps backwards. "Arcie, she's not mad. She wanted to apologize. The town is worried about you, and-"
"The town thinks I'm a freak now! You heard that angry green pony! It's no different than hundreds of years ago, when I had to hide these… these…" He glanced at his wings, staring at them with a mix of disdain, hatred, and sadness. "These… freakish deformities." He sighed, fresh tears welling up. "You remember, right? What I told you all those years ago when you found out? The villagers called me a pretender to the throne and tried to kill me! They led a LYNCH MOB, Razzle! It was only because of Celestia saying it was a temporary side effect of my potions I survived, and she had me cover hide these damn wings to keep the lie! And now I disobeyed her… there's nopony left who likes me!"
A new voice pierced the cavern, and both ponies snapped their heads toward its speaker. "If that's how you feel about yourself, then I have failed you both as a friend and leader."
"Celestia…?"
"I'll cut to the chase. Arca, as princess of Equestria, I hereby pardon you of your perceived transgression of revealing your wings, and as the pony who issued that royal order to you in the first place, I now declare it null and void."
"But everypony in town-"
"Is waiting for their beloved member of the community to come back. The world's changed over a thousand years, Arcane. Both Twilight and Cadence ascended to Alicorn status, and princess Flurry Heart was born. If the public can handle three new alicorns, they can handle the secret fourth one or deal with me."
"See, Arcie-warkie?" Razzle hopped up and down on her hooves. "You're a prince!"
"I'm not a-" Arca was silenced as Razzle, having had enough, looped a hoff around his head and pulled him in for a passionate kiss. After a good ten seconds that felt like a blissful eternity for the succupony, she pulled away.
"You're MY prince."
Arca looked at her with wide eyes. "R-razzle… thank you. Oh my gosh, thank you! You're the best!" Razzle blushed and moved to say something, but Arca continued. "That passionate kiss means you gotta give me that issue of Detective Surehoof!"
Razzle and Celestia facehooved. "Love you too, Arcie, my one and only."
"Well then, Arcane," Celestia began. "Shall we head back and assuage the town's worries? They care about you more than you probably realize."
Arca looked at Celestia, then at Razzle. "Only if you two spot me. I'm not sure I can fly back."
"Absolutely! We'd never abandon a friend like that."
"Okay, then!" Arca stepped forward, and flopped down onto a bed of flowers, closing his eyes and smirking. "But I said five more minutes, and I'm getting my five more minutes!"
[Noises of Anticipatory Excitement]
Death is to good for her, make her work for Arca for years as a potion tester
"Are you all excited?"
YES!!!
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
YEY!!!!!
Did
Glad Arcane is alright. And I'm eager to see what happens to Emerald.
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“As your punishment, you can only operate your business within the Arca limit.”
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To those that may have forgotten.
Emerald uses illegal brainwashing to remove competitors.
That is borderline if not deep black magic.
The guy has his priorities...
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(has a huge snack table set up with a literal mountain of nachos with cheese) who's hungry?
Yes. Yes, yes, yes. This is beautiful. And I am totally hyped for next chapter.
I can't wait for the next chapter.
That was really cute. I am sure was waiting for this all this time.
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Yo, we got nachos?! Hang on, I'll go get me popcorn maker. We'll make this a right party!
Looking back I am surprised no-one has asked Arcane if his hair growth potion affects the body fur like his fur growth potion affects hair.
I always enjoy these stories that you make. Keep up the good work.
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for the next chapter of GOAP? Oh wait. you probably meant potion shop. well either way the animation fits.
We need to see her punishment, sooner than later!!
Punishment:
Alchemiracles gets a permanent potion-tester for the next 10 years and she cannot fight it as it’s a royal decree and she must pay a 25% rental fee to arcane for a space in HIS town.
I just thought of the worst punishment. What if she's forced to work with Arca?
TANK BARREL TIME
Just As a PSA
THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS
DONT BE ASSHOLES, USE THE SPOILER TAG
Dis gonna be gud.
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Celestia: Emerald Essense, you are guilty of being a rotten pony. As such, I hoof you over to the Royal expert in punishment. Nickle, do your worst.
I’m pretty sure you meant ‘hoof’.
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I have a better idea:
Make her take a job as an advertising mascot for Alchemiracles. That's far more painful to her than a madman's experiments will ever be.
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Don't forget the soda to. We're gonna need tons of it.
[Happiness Noise]
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Fair point. I'll talk to Pinkie about some railroad tankers.
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Good call on that. Make it a bakers dozens worth.
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She says she'll have em there.
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Great. Now what else are we missing before the show starts??
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Rotten eggs to throw at Emerald
And here I always thought it would be Blueblood I'd end up handing this to...
Hans ... Get the Panzerkampfwagenwerfer
Boss, You are aware that throwing tanks at her is impossible, Right?
Shut Up HANS and get the goddamm Panzerkampfwagenwerfer
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And the Panzerkampfwagenwerfer
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Throw Hans too
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Look at this one Hans he wants to have you thrown
Well it’s a good idea sir
Hmm... okay.
Wheeeeeeeeeeee
(Sound of a shop burning up and a horse getting hit by a panzer)
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I guess both are ok.
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Hanserwerfer ready for use
cool
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I've been having this possible scenario run through my mind. Arca (and co.) are walking back towards alchamiracles, and in its place is a crater. Arca laughs it off as a normal tuesday, "okay juniper, I admit, it may have needed some renovations, but come on, we need to rebuild."
No response.
*nervous laughter* "okay juniper, funny joke. But come on out now, we got work to do." and that's when he spots a singular green feather in the hole. Wide-eyed, his pupils shrink to pin-pricks as he falls to his knees. Someone walks up, placing an arm over Arca's shoulder and asks "Are you okay?"
Arca simply replies, "No, I'm mad."
I'm still not sure if Arcane's just that off, or if he's artificially loco in the cocoa
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If you're selling, I'll take thirty.
Oh shit! I did not expect that!
Yes