An Unexpected Response
Twilight's head was spinning from all that had happened to her that day. First, she switched her friends' cutie marks, fixed that, rewritten a spell by Starswirl the Bearded, gotten a rather nice song by Princess Celestia about how it was time for her destiny to begin.
And now she was an alicorn, apparently. What the friggety?
Her friends were taken it rather well, all things considered. Rainbow had already declared Twilight her "New flying buddy!" Twilight wasn't sure how to respond to that, even if her wings were starting to feel more and more like a natural part of her. Maybe this was normal?
Pinkie had just declared an "Alicorn party!" But one look around the group showed that none of the girls or Spike were really up for a party. Not after all that had happened today.
Fluttershy summed it best, it seemed. "Wow... You look just like a princess!"
"That she does, Fluttershy. But let us ask Twilight herself before we start handing out titles," Princess Celestia said as she calmly flew down to join them. Her pride was evident as she looked at Twilight with a motherly smile.
Twilight blushed under the gaze, but her mentor's statement finally connected to her brain. "What do you mean?"
Celestia walked forward and placed a hoof on her student's shoulder. "You are now an alicorn, and all of what that means is now a part of you. That cannot be taken away, for no magic exists that can undo what you have become. Though several have tried."
Twilight nodded, a part of her unsurprised to hear this. She was morbidly curious as to who would try such a thing, but kept the question to herself for now. But that didn't really answer all of her questions. "And what about me being a princess?" She pointed at one of her wings. "Doesn't this make me one?"
Celestia shook her head. "The title of princess is earned, Twilight. Not because of what you are." She leaned down till she and Twilight were eye to eye, her smile growing. "Since you first came to Ponyville, you've displayed the charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and of course, the leadership of a true of a true princess."
Twilight blushed under the praise she was getting. She really couldn't argue with all of those points. "But what if I do not want to be a princess?"
Her friends gasped in shock, Spike quick to catch Rarity as she fainted at the very idea. Princess Celestia though only chuckled. "And that, my Faithful Student, is what I had hoped you might say."
Twilight blinked in shock, taken aback by what her mentor had just said. "Wait, really?"
Celestia nodded, chuckling. "Indeed. Do you want to be a princess, Twilight?"
Twilight thought about it for a moment, before shaking her head. "No. At least. Not right now. I do not know what I want to do with my life. This is just all so sudden. I am not ready for it."
Celestia giggled as she stood straighter. "Very few who were in your same position have ever truly been ready, Twilight. I myself was not ready. Nor was Luna, or Cadance. No matter what the history books my say about us."
"But you've ruled Equestria so well. You never make mistakes," Spike said, as he rushed to Twilight's side, as did the rest of the girls.
Celestia shook her head sadly, wincing at many painful memories. "I have made many mistakes, Spike. My biggest cost me, my sister, for a thousand years. Despite what some ponies think, I am not omnipotent or omniscient. Nopony is. Any who would say otherwise do not know truly any of us."
"Nopony's perfect. Just never thought I'd hear you say that princess," Applejack replied, while Rarity shot her a scathing glare at daring to talk to the princess like that.
Celestia didn't mind though, as she chuckled. "Indeed, Applejack. I will not make the same mistake here. If Twilight does not wish to be a princess. Then I will not force her to be."
Twilight though was still worried. "But. You said it was time to fulfill my destiny. You had a song and everything!"
Celestia gave her a wink. "I never said what your destiny was, now did I?"
Twilight went to argue that, but then stopped as she thought about it, and looked rather sheepish. "Good point."
Celestia giggled. "That you do not want the title of princess speaks far more than giving it to you ever would, Twilight. If you ever change your mind, you have more than earned it."
Rainbow though still had a question. "So now what, then?"
Celestia looked toward Canterlot. "I must return to Canterlot soon. Luna will want to know what has happened. And I would find a way to make sure that Starswirl's spell is hidden away so that nopony but you, Twilight, can ever get to it. We cannot take that risk."
She leaned down and whispered in Twilight's ear. "And if it is all the same to you, one new alicorn in Equestria is enough, thank you very much. We do not need any more of them. Especially Pinkie Pie or Rainbow Dash."
Twilight giggled. That was a horrifying thought. Anypony who honestly thought making all of her friend's alicorns was a good idea was an idiot. Fluttershy though might have been the safest. But that was something to think about later. "Agreed. But, does this mean I'm no longer your student, Princess Celestia?"
Celestia was quick to pull Twilight into a hug, one Twilight was more than happy to return. "You will always be my student Twilight. That bond never truly goes away. No matter what you decide to do from here on. Just like every student before you. Even when they stopped being my Personal Student, that bond never truly went away."
Twilight sighed in relief, another weight off of her shoulders. "I'm not sure what I want to with my life. But I've got some ideas." She looked back at her wings, suddenly remembering something. "Um. Is there a book on what it means to be an alicorn? I don't know how to use any of this."
Celestia chuckled as she released the hug. "Unfortunately, there is no guide on how to be an alicorn. But there are several things that I can say that will help you. You should be able to feel your magic now. Try it out."
Twilight didn't know what her mentor meant, but closed her eyes and searched for her magic. To her shock, she found that her mana reserves had skyrocketed to a level she had never expected.
Celestia nodded, as she saw Twilight tense. "Your unicorn magic has increased a hundredfold. But there is more. You are now one-third unicorn, one-third Pegasus, and one third earth pony. You now have all the abilities of all three tribes." She smiled at Twilight's friends. "I am sure your friends would be more than happy to help you learn all about them."
Rainbow threw a hoof around Twilight's shoulder and smirked. "Twilight is my new flying buddy. I'm more than happy to teach all of that."
"And I'm more than happy to show her the ropes," Applejack added, giving Twilight a playful shove.
Twilight rolled her eyes at the two of them. "You girls are the best."
Fluttershy though was inspecting Twilight's wings. "Um. I am more than happy to help you learn wing maintenance, Twilight. If you don't mind that is?"
Twilight shook her head and smiled. "Please, Fluttershy. I know you can do it."
Fluttershy blushed at the praise, but Spike was confused as he looked around. "What happened to Rarity and Pinkie?"
"Twilight's wardrobe must be updated darlings! I shall get started on it at once!" Rarity's voice boomed from inside the Golden Oaks Library. "And I believe I saw Pinkie rush off in the direction of Sugarcube Corner. She did say something about an Alicorn Party after all."
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "A party does sound pretty nice though."
The girls chuckled at that. "Are you sure you won't stay, Princess Celestia?" Fluttershy asked.
Princess Celestia shook her head. "I really must return to Canterlot. A party does sound like a fine idea, however. And Twilight," she said, looking at her pupil once more. "There is a Princess Summit in several weeks. While you may not have the title, you are more than welcome to attend. And I doubt Princess Cadance and your brother would not mind seeing you all again."
Twilight smiled, relaxing for the first time tonight it seemed. "It does sound like a good idea. Maybe not the summit. But we don't see each other as much as we should. I probably will come up for that, Princess Celestia."
Celestia nodded, before taking flight and leaving in the direction of Canterlot.
"And besides," Twilight said as the group shared a hug. "What's the worst that can happen?"
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Nice Read.
A few typos here and there and one or two grammatical mistakes but I like the way you describe the conversation and portray the characters :D
Keep it up!
Great work on this.
Where can I read that story?
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It's up under the Popular Stories thing on the main page. Kinda hard to miss.
Most events would happen the same, ponies would still expect leadership out of Twilight just because she's an alicorn. Sunset Shimmer however her plans would be scuttled as it hinges on Twilight's crown, now she won't have it to steal!
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Sunset was after the Element of Magic. Which just so happened to be in the crown. Not the crown itself. So she would still go after it. She seemed to know quite a bit before she stole it in the first film.
It's one of those unsolved questions, since this was never planned to be anymore than a one shot story.
Interesting...now I want to see the opposite one, where Celestia just crowns Twilight instead of dabbling in dangerous magics.
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There's always a chance that when the girls use the Elements to free Discord, all that Twilight's done could have them make her an alicorn, and absolutely nopony saw it coming. Least of all Celestia.
And at that point, she might not have a choice but to crown Twilight. All I got. I won't be doing that story either way.
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I meant Unicorn Twilight.
Now this would have been a much better script. Its nice, its wholesome, and it respects Twilight's personal feelings.
Awesome story love it.
Nice, really nice. I think the characters were spot on, so good work.
However, I personally wouldn't have wanted this to happen in canon unless Twilight would later take her place as a princess, then it would have been perfect in my eyes. I got the feeling it will happen at least.
Without ever taking the Princess title, though, the alicorn transformation really is no more than a power-up for a character that was already one of the strongest in the show, but the rest of the mane 6 didn't get anything.
The rest of the mane 6 deserve better than that.
Famous last words, Twilight
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Makes sense. Twilight never said she wouldn't take the title here either. Just not right now. I feel Celestia has all the things in place for the coronation. But only when Twilight decides to take it.
Unfortunately, ponies are going to look to her for leadership no matter what now. Tends to happen when you're an alicorn, and since Twilight won't be hiding her new look (because I hate the idea that she would do that), she's going to get experience leading tons of ponies.
Whether she's ready for it or not.
This is not that different from canon, since there she was crowned as a princess without any responsibilities or extra rights.
I would prefer your outcome to the Magical Mystery episode, so Twilight would be crowned only once, in the last season.
Also: I do not think the spell would turn anypony else into an alicorn, maybe it would just burn them into ashes. (so it is a good idea to hide it anyway)
Oh, give it time Twilight, odds are your outlook on all this will change rather significantly.
REALLY good job on this one-shot. Yeah, definitely liked how , as aforementioned by other reviewers, Celestia actually respected Twilight's choice to NOT become a Princess right away and made that admission to past mistakes. Of course, Twilight admitted it wasn't completely off the table; she just needs much more time to get ready for it (getting used to the pegasus and earth pony abilities in addition to the increase to her already powerful unicorn magic is only the FIRST step of many). And, yeah, Twilight's outlook on all of her friends eventually ascending will probably change considerably over time. And, yeah, I could see where Fluttershy would probably eventually be not only the safest to ascend, but also the wisest (as SHE is the one mostly keeping Discord in line). :-D
Anyway, really enjoyable one-shot with great exchanges and characterizations.
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Nope. Twilight's opinion on alicorning her friends would never change. Fluttershy is the safest because she would never let the power go to her head, and she could do a lot of good for Equestria for sure. Applejack would probably be a safe bet as well.
The rest? Forget about it. Rarity would attempt to overthrow Celestia and Luna within a week. Rainbow would start bossing ponies around for the sake of bossing ponies around and then attempt to overthrow Celestia and Luna. Because she thinks they're not cool enough. And Pinkie is...
Well, it's Pinkie Pie. I don't think I need to say more.
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Point taken. Given that Pinkie ALREADY has an infamous knack for making the impossible look easy. So, yeah, enough said.
Really good points on the others too.
Twilight. Sparkle.
You do NOT say that.
Ever.
Now you've gone and poked Mr. Murphy, you silly filly.
Which is NEVER a wise thing to do.
Great story, though, and I will DEFINITELY be reading any future sequels to it.
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You seem to have missed the sequel that just came out then. Oh well :b
10654871 *smirks* Actually, no, I didn't.
That was what led me to THIS story, and I went back to read it once I was finished with this one.
I'll go back and leave a comment on it later.
Been a long day, I'm bushed and my bed is calling me.
and funfact, it will only continue to grow from now!
Howdy, we have completed a review for this story over on My Little Reviews & Feedback. I hope you find it helpful.
Sparkle is an idiot. Celestia the Monster
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she can decide to not be one right?🙁
yeah NO!!
Rainbow would selfishly NON STOP BRAGGING OF HOW AWESOME SHE IS!!
Pinkie pie........
Equestria would be doomed.
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Lol, just stop her, dump
Twilight not wanting to be a princess is fine... But what if she doesn't want to be an alicorn? There's no magic in the world that can change her back? She's stuck that way forever? That's terrible!
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Then you write that story. I hate the idea that there is a way to de Alicorn somepony. And what if Twilight does want to stay an alicorn? Nobody seems to ever consider that.
.... You...LITTLE...BI-
As I was planning on saying before I read that last paragraph.
This is how the episode should have ended, Celestia asking if Twilight was truly ready and if she really did want to become a princess instead of forcing it on her.
I love an overpowered Alicorn Twilight Sparkle, but making her a princess instantly after her accession is a bit much. When I heard of the episode and saw it, I became surprised as I realized how little Twilight ever had control over her life, I mean every major plot point in the show from Nightmare Moon to staying with her friends to Discord to Sombra? How much was her own choices actually hers? Sure she Chose to stay with her friends at Ponyville but did Celestia plan for that? How long has Celestia been planning on making her an Alicorn.
But yeah, that episode really made me quastion the entire show and the events leading up to her accession and how many strings she has been pulling just for it all to lead up to this.