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Autistic Witch


I specialize in darker and gorier stories because I've seen the real deal, and I need an outlet.

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We've all had this question since Twilight became a princess. Why doesn't she have any guards. It would seem like a smart idea to have them around, even if they're just there to look pretty. Well, Sunset's gonna be the audience stand in for us today.

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We've all had this question since Twilight became a princess. Why doesn't she have any guards.

To be fair, I'm not really sure why Celestia and Luna have guards either.

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My guess would be image.
If you think of it as royalty and royal guards instead of alicorn and pony guards, it makes a little more sense.

Oh, this was adorable. Gold star.

Short and sweet, and it does absolutely make sense. A sentient building can be capable of protecting itself just fine.

Twilight suspect Chrysalis is the reason she got lost and can't think it could be a prank from Discord?

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When did Sunset become royalty?

It makes sense that Sunset would ask this, because she didn't see the Season 4 finale. We don't have that excuse.

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This story takes place years into the future.

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As disorienting as something like that is, it's inconsistent with Discord. There's not enough mayhem.

This is one of those ideas that's so good it should be true. Nice job. My Dungeon Master friend did something like this in Dungeons & Dragons. We thought our favorite shopkeeper was living in a teleporting magic shop, with bouncy walls to keep her safe during experiments... But it turns out she was living in a giant Mimic, which could shrink to fit into her luggage whenever she teleported.

The awkward way we found out was that our wizard hit the Mimic with a bit of an AOE spell. And... Suffice it to say, the gnolls invading that street were never seen again. Every play's jaw hit the floor, mine included.

This is a very plausible idea.

“Twi, even Sparky and I have royal guards, and we live on the other side of the portal, where nobody but our family knows that we are royalty. Granted, our guard only consists of the other girls, but they still act as our elite guard. You live in this world, where everycreature and their dog knows who you are, and you had a fair bit of creatures that would’ve loved to be able to claim that they were the destroyers of the Twilight. I was one of them for a while. You lived here for almost a full year. Why didn’t you ever get any security?”

Wait, how did Sunset and Sci-Twi become royalty?

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This story takes place years into the future. Sunset is an alicorn, and human Twilight married Sunset.

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But she's not "official" royalty in the human world?

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Theoretically, she's still an illegal alien in the most hilariously literal sense.

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Yep, hence why they only need the other girls.

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In one of the fics I wrote, the other Rainbooms debate over whether or not Sunset is technically an alien since she's more accurately described as "extra-dimensional", not "extra-terrestrial."

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Alien in this sense—the original meaning, actually—is a term of law meaning “someone who is not a citizen or a national of the state using the term”. Nuances vary by nation, but generally speaking it is synonymous with the term foreign national. So unless Sunset opted to naturalize as a citizen of the human nation where she went to live, she is in fact, by law, an alien.

. . . Yeah, I did a lot of research on the subject while writing Foreign Nationals of Unusual Importance. :twilightoops:

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Celestia's guards are there to protect anyone crazy enough deciding to attack Celestia... from Celestia.

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Is not enough mayhem to make Twilight lost in her castle as the rooms change position? That seems chaotic enough for him

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And the joke I was making is that she's also from another planet, which makes the use of the term somewhat humorous.

“Twi, even Sparky and I have royal guards, and we live on the other side of the portal, where nobody but our family knows that we are royalty. Granted, our guard only consists of the other girls, but they still act as our elite guard. You live in this world, where everycreature and their dog knows who you are, and you had a fair bit of creatures that would’ve loved to be able to claim that they were the destroyers of the Twilight. I was one of them for a while. You lived here for almost a full year. Why didn’t you ever get any security?”

I'm pretty sure she lived in that castle for a few years not just 1.

“What is going on?”, Twilight said, panicked. Twilight ran up the stairs that led to the residential part of the castle and down the hallway that led to her room. Twilight burst through the door to her bedroom and found herself in the kitchen. Twilight took a moment to calm herself. She walked over to the fridge and got herself the glass of milk that was her original goal. After downing the warm milk, Twilight was left wondering what was going on.

that was actually quite funny ngl.

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I'm basing my timeline on the Summer Sun Celebration. We see three Summer Sun Celebration. So, I'm going with, the series takes place over two years. It's the best timeline I got.

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oh, that makes sense now, though I'm still scratching my head over the part where sunset is a princess in this story.

She walked over to the fridge and got herself the glass of milk that was her original goal. After downing the warm milk

if it was in the fridge it should not be warm.

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The royal guard is just leftover from when Equestria was ruled by normal ponies. The alicorns didn't have the heart to fire anyone, so the positions continue to this day in a purely decorative function. That's why they suck at fighting :trollestia:

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This story with the castle with its defence is funny.

Cool idea, but the execution is a little lacking. It needs an overhaul and a lot more showing than telling.

It has been several years since Princess Twilight Sparkle succeeded Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. In that time, Equestria has been at peace. There haven't been any major crises or threats to public safety. The same couldn’t be said about the human world. More and more Equestrian magic and artifacts have been popping up. This has forced the Rainbooms into more and more battles. The way most of these battles ended was the girls focusing their power through Sunset. Each time that happened, more and more of each of their magic was left inside Sunset. With the bits of alicorn magic each of them received from the Element of magic, the magic of the three tribes inside Sunset eventually reached a level where she transformed into an alicorn, and Princess Sunset Shimmer was born. They weren’t entirely sure what differences resulted in her becoming a true alicorn and not a pseudo-alicorn like Princess Twilight Shimmer, but the current reigning theory is that Twilight Shimmer isn’t a true pony, so she could never be a true alicorn.

I'm guessing this Twilight Shimmer mentioned is supposedly Sci Twi? :unsuresweetie:

Human world drama aside, ruling over Equestria has left Twilight Sparkle little time to visit her old home in Ponyville. She may have only lived in the Castle of Friendship for a few years, but she created so many fond memories in it, and the mirror portal is still kept there. Given that it’s one of only a few ways they have to travel between the worlds and the massive security risk it can pose, Twilight Sparkles has elected to keep it out of Canterlot Castle, which is at much greater risk of being destroyed… again. The public only knows the Castle of Friendship as the princess’ old/vacation home, the secondary meeting place of the Council of Friendship, and the residence of the headmare and vice headmare of the School of Friendship. In other words, it’s not seen as politically important or a place where valuable artifacts would be kept. Even still…

pose, Twilight Sparkle has*

“Hey, Twi.”, Sunset said. It was a rare treat for her to be able to meet with her old friend. With her day job and “superhero work”, as Pinkie calls it, she’s barely had time to socialize outside of her core group. That’s why none of the others were there. They all had work, family, or whatnot that needed their attention more, but they had managed to convince Sunset to take this opportunity to meet with the mare that, in all honesty, saved her life.

Twi," Sunset said.*

“The castle itself acts as its own security.”, Twilight said while gesturing a wide arch with her hoof, as if to show off the castle.

security," Twilight*

“What?”, Sunset asked confusedly.

"What?" Sunset*

“Chrysalis’s changelings took us outside of the castle and read our minds. So, they knew the castle's defenses and how to avoid them. They apparently used a spell similar to the one Starlight used to make the castle think they were us.”

https://m.

“That’s… actually ingenious.”, Sunset said with a little sparkle in her eye. “With the changelings being good now, unless they’re a genius on our level, no one’s getting anywhere important.”

ingenious," Sunset*

“Heheheh, yeah, I know. I love this castle. Wanna hear the story of the first night Spike and I spent here. The castle was still learning who we were, and how to use its abilities.”, Twilight said with a cheesy yet somewhat traumatized smile.

abilities," Twilight*

At least she was in the entryway. She definitely knew how to get from the entryway to her room. Up the stairs, down the hall past seven doors, take a left, past three more doors, and my room is here. Twilight opened what should’ve been her door but found herself in the basement.

Sometimes I question how she got used to the castle and it's many rooms prior to moving back to Canterlot. And this is coming from someone who's bad at directions himself. :applejackconfused:

“Discord! This isn’t funny! Stop your shenanigans this instant!” Twilight paused and looked around for where he’d pop out. “I’ll tell Fluttershy you’re being mean!”, she called out when he didn’t show. Still, even with that threat, there was no draconequus to be seen. There was no way he’d go this long without claiming a prank as his. “So, not him. Who else then?”

mean!" She*
then?* Since Twilight is still taking the " isn't needed at the end of this paragraph.

The only other magic she could think of was Celestia’s spatial manipulation spells, but those were used as security measures in Canterlot Castle and other high security buildings. That’s when it hit her. “This could be this castle’s security. Is that what this is?”

this is?*

“Twilight, what’s all that noise about?”, Spike asked groggily. The small dragon was standing at the door with his blanket in claw, rubbing one of his eyes.

about?" Spike*

“It can wait until the morning, Spike. Go back to bed.”, Twilight said in a calming tone. Hoping she didn’t too badly disrupt his sleep schedule.

bed," Twilight*

I sure wasn't expecting this story to get remastered. I enjoyed it, even if I did notice a mistake that I don't see anyone ever do with commas in a story. Overall, pretty good. :twilightsmile:

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Yeah, when Sci-Twi married Sunset, that would've meant that there were two Princess Twilight Sparkles running around, and the best way they have to distinguish the two in conversation would no longer be effective. So, she took Sunset's name.
As for the commas, the fact that no body else does that is the whole point. I do it in all my stories. It doesn't interfere with the reading, and it acts as a little finger print. I'm hoping to turn this into a career. That's why I do it.

Comment posted by redandready45 deleted Jun 12th, 2023
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