Chrysalis stood inside the shield, facing off against the Princess of Fire without flinching. They watched each other from less than three hooves distance, separated only by Shining Armor's shield.
The sun was still high in the sky, but it was getting closer to the horizon.
Cadence and Midnight stood next to Chrysalis, Shining Armor next to Midnight, Cadence next to Chrysalis.
I stood by Chrysalis’ other side. Everypony looked determined.
Well, most everypony. I was mostly annoyed.
“Now, if everypony is done posing, can we get this over with?” I asked, “I haven’t slept for almost twenty four hours and I am about done with everything.”
That got a reaction, Celestia's lips twitched slightly before she looked at me. Midnight facehooved.
Cadence shot me a slightly annoyed look. Chrysalis looked completely unbothered.
Finally Cadance sighed and looked to Celestia again, “We have… come to an agreement,” she said and looked up at the larger alicorn, “Chrysalis has agreed to join Equestria as an ally. Changelings will be required to use their real forms, no hiding as anypony else. And in return for her changelings to be allowed to feed consensually from the love of ponies. They will also be allowed to graze from the love of the crystal heart at the outskirts of the crystal empire to make up any shortfall.”
Which was basically exactly the same agreement we had in my world and which I suggested to begin with.
So exactly what we spent the last night and day doing was beyond me.
Everypony but me is an idiot.
Or I may just be grumpy because I needed a nap. Likely both to be honest.
Celestia frowned slightly at Cadance before she glanced to Chrysalis before looking back at Cadance and Midnight again, “Are you certain of this?”
Midnight nodded, “This is something very similar to what developed in the other world. It worked very well there. I’m not saying it will be easy for anypony or anyling, it will need real effort from all sides”
Cadence shifted her wings before she nodded as well, “It was the best we could come up with,” she admitted and glanced at Chrysalis, “And… it won’t harm the heart.”
Chrysalis slowly smiled at Celestia, “A balance has been struck. You feed us and we help you. A most… harmonious agreement, don’t you say?”
Celestia’s wings rose in annoyance and I facehooved before I turned to her, stomping my hoof,
“Fucking damn it, Chrysalis. Can you stop being yourself for two minutes so we can get this shit done?” I asked and glared up at her, “I want to go sleep!”
The big bug actually cringed slightly before she looked at Celestia again, “The agreement we have come to is… acceptable,” she said and scraped her hoof against the stone beneath her, “We will no longer capture ponies and we will release any already captured. We will build a new hive closer to Canterlot and the f-ponies.”
Cadance nodded, “And will allow regular inspections to show that no ponies are harmed.”
“Or other creatures,” Midnight added.
Chrysalis bared her fangs for a moment before she nodded, “As agreed.”
“And in return Equestria will assist in defending the hive against any that would harm it,” Cadence continued and glanced at Chrysalis, “They will also assist in the defense of Equestria if we are attacked.”
Celestia looked between Midnight and Cadance before looking to Chrysalis again, “I… want to believe you,” she said, “But I know you.”
“As I know you, Princess of Fire,” Chrysalis said as she faced her squarely, “Because you will follow this agreement, my hive will be safe and flourish. None will dare touch us with the might of Equestria behind us.”
“If you move against anypony else, any agreement would be void.”
Chrysalis simply looked at her smuggly, “Why would we need to? We would have all the food we need right here. Why risk a confrontation?”
“If you can ever trust Chrysalis about something,” I said, “Is that she will do what is the best for her hive. And this is too good of a deal for anypony to leave on the table. Safety and a steady access to food? Doesn't get much better.”
Celestia slowly folded her long beautiful wings to regard Chrysalis for a long moment before she spoke up again, “Shining Armor. You may lower the shield.”
Shining Armor lowered his head and the shield went down, fading away into nothing. You felt it in the air, the air suddenly flowing freely once more.
Celestia slowly held one hoof out.
Chrysalis looked at it before extending her own and taking it.
"Also visits from Page are mandatory once a month for reasons. For all princesses and queens."
"Now that I can agree to."
This doesn't quite make sense. The bold bit seems redundant, and I'm not sure where Page is supposed to be standing. Next to Cadence? Between Cadence and Chrysalis? Or is Cadence on the same side as Midnight?
Page | Cadence | Chrysalis | Midnight | Shining
Cadence | Page | Chrysalis | Midnight | Shining
Page | Chrysalis | Cadence | Midnight | Shining
Satisfied with the hoofshake, Blank Page passed out on the spot, fast asleep.
Meanwhile, back at the Hive...
"FOOD, glorious FOOD!"
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-Shining Armor | Midnight | Chrysalis | Cadence
-----------------------------------------------Page ------------------
If i understand it correctly
Page is probably so tired thatt he is halfway laying on Chrysalis plot
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Indeed considering that someone has to knock sense into them every so often. Too bad they can't clone him so they can keep a version of him when he goes home.
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Who says they can't?
I wouldn't be surprised if Celestia had some spells like that hidden in her private archives, only waiting for the right pony to use it on.
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Considering how many times they lost someone due to magic and the answer isn't clone them . Twilight is an alicorn but somehow it okay for her to lose her first and best friends in the world from old age without even an idea of how to handle it.
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I mean, the mirror pool exists...
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Yes, that would be an idea, but there is the risk that it goes out of controll again, and they will end up with hundreds of Pages
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But those weren't alicorn stallions.
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I think the bigger problem would be the traditional clone problem: an exact replica of Page would share his desire to go home, ultimately making the cloning either completely pointless, or very cruel if you force the cloned Page to stay for your own convenience.
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That's a verry good point you have their, and I have no way to counter it.
Thanks for chapter!
The procrastination is to make everyone else look and feel important page :P after all you came up with a too good solution too quickly, taking away everyone else's spotlight.
Also they needed time to think about it to make sure they could not think of any other solution.
It also helps with cooling down rampant emotions and coming to terms with this new reality they suddenly find themselves in where they no longer are enemies!
Have a good day!
Diplomacy two, electric boogaloo is the same plot as the first movie! all they did was blow up the deathstar again, except this one wasn't even finished yet!
Aww I came here too early and beat Windy to the comment section. I'll have to come back later lol
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Can't or Won't or Probably shouldn't be thinking about the numerous artefacts and magical googahs that can accomplish the task, and or weighing the potential curses that come with them
*Suddenly a canon go off* Everycreature tensed up for battle until they noticed the pink maniac giggling in glee. Pinkie Pie was fast firing her line:
"It-is-time-for-a-unification-party!"
'And so they did, until the next day/night'.
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There's always the Xerox Cave.
static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Pinkie_Pies_by_a_lake_188.png
So long as they keep him to just one copy, it shouldn't be a problem.
Page: Good..I created diplomatic peace yet agai--*falls over*
Celestia: Prince Page!
Chrysalis: *monotone voice*.....oh no. Princess of Fire. You should check his pulse or something.
*Celestia rushes over Page*
Celestia: Honestly Chrysalis! If you want this alliance, you should at least pretend to car---ACK!
*Sleepy Page koala hugs a struggling Celestia's leg*
Chrysalis: HA! HA! HA! I was right! The predator really is a bear trap when asleep. HA! HA! HA---AHHH! NO!
*Sleepy Page's tail grabs Chrysalis's leg and drags her closer*
Chrysalis: STOP! I don't want to hug Fire Princess and the Bat! NOooooo!
Midnight: ...and this is how peace begins: with an involuntary group hug.
And after all the drama, Page went into his room and slept for 2 days and found his now Alicorn sized bed full of Alicorns and a Queen.
Page: Why are you all on the bed here?
Celestia: We have also come to an agreement that for the magical power, energy and time to get you back to your dimension we require that you breed us as payment. *The rest nod in agreement*
Page: ...wat?
As it stands, this is just rehashing a plot that's already been used. It's a problem already solved in the original normal timeline.
So far it's a bunch of chapters that effectively establish "Hey so you know Page helped with peace in the normal timeline? Well he can do it again in an alternate universe with essentially identical characters. Who knew!"
Nice
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With as much emphasis as this one is getting, I think the split timeline will continue to be a going concern moving forward.
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but things will diverge in ways like skitter not being currently anything beyond a drone
Wait, that Picture is NEW isn't it? Coool
Kind of a lame ending, it's the same thing that happened in hia world. It would have been better if the talks failed and they killed the changlings and it made things tense between Page and everyone in this world.
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Exactly. The changelings can change with time and patience but it requires ponies to give them an actual chance and not expect them to be like ponies who are entirely different culture. It won't be easy but holding on to the past isn't going to change anything and the changelings are taking the first steps onto a new road in life and that isn't going to be easy for them.
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While I think that it may have happened too fast, I honestly can't find something supporting yout idea/opinion.
On the plus side, this gives place for more entertainment. Like, for example, Chrysalis and Celestia teaming up to troll Page.
So...
Will "Peacemaker" or "Peacekeeper" be his next title to tack on?
I suspect Checkov may have just loaded his gun. Now the question is when and where will it be fired?
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An issue there is that presumably the mirror pool clones are the same biological age as the originals, so they'd just die around the same time. Plus they clearly are individuals of their own (or at least the one Pinkie clone that got away and is seen later has become an individual) and so would probably object to being kept as friend-pet-things.
Quite a few jackboots this chapter, mostly Cadance-related:
Cadance
Cadance
Try not to mix tenses like this. The implication here is that he used to need a nap but no longer does, and is grumpy because he needed a nap in the first place.
Cadance
Cadance continued and glanced at Chrysalis, “They will also assist in the defence of Equestria if we are attacked.”
'Defense' isn't a real word, unlike 'offense' which refers specifically to an insult. The military terms are spelled with a c. Also isn't the Crystal Empire a separate country and thus 'we' doesn't make sense coming from Cadance, not technically being an Equestrian citizen?
Celestia did offer it to her. It would be just rude not to take it. It was a gift of peace after all
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Yes, it is.
Grammarly link.
Also, "Cadence" is correct. "Cadance" is a typo made by Hasbro.
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Since it is a name it can be written in anyway you want and it will be correct.
Names are weird.
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Yup, just ask my friends Ashley and Ashleigh.
I've picked my side of the "Cadence" vs. "Cadance" debate, and I'm sticking to it. Although, I love the explanation in "On the Importance of Spelling."