"Alright, is everyone settled?" Twilight asked, looking around the Four Seasons' conference room. It had taken some doing but the newly minted alicorn had been able to get Rarity, Pinkie, Rainbow Dash (who kept muttering about someone named 'Al'), Fluttershy and Big Macintosh (who were cuddling in a corner), Applejack, Applebloom, Granny Smith, Spike (who had received a magical spank on the bottom for abandoning her), Hairy Grabber, and Princess Misty and Wall Breaker (who were only there because they'd overheard everything). The staff of the hotel had set up some coffee and pastries for them and everyone except for Pinkie was enjoying them (Pinkie had taken one look at the pastries and declared them an ‘affront against nature’ since they were store bought).
That, of course, didn’t keep her down for too long.
"Wow, Twilight, this is some theme party!" Pinkie said with glee. "I've never been to a 'Serious Meeting' Party!" Pinkie's hair instantly deflated and she tugged on her chest, ripping her coat away to reveal a fine black suit underneath. She shuffled some papers and gravely said, "Blah blah blah with the budget."
“AAAAAAA!!!” Rarity screamed, batting away the scraps of Pinkie’s coat that had landed on her head.
"This isn't... never mind." Twilight leaned forward, her gaze sweeping over each and every one of them. "I just found out that some pretty big lies have been told to me and I want some answers."
"FOREVER!" Pinkie shouted, only to blush seconds later. "Oh, sorry, I thought she was going to set me up for that."
"I want to truth... now!" Twilight snapped.
"I admit it!" Rarity exclaimed, pressing a foreleg to her forehead. "I'm the one that convinced Joining Lemon to leave the Beatles! I thought he could better use his talents to help the world through abstract music and sleep ins but-"
"Not that," Twilight said, cutting of the overly-dramatic confession. "I am talking about how Fluttershy and Big Macintosh are married and NONE of you mentioned a word of it to me!" She slammed her hoof down on the table. “Three years! Three years we’ve known each other and you never said a word!”
“Like you never mentioned your brother?” Fluttershy asked.
“Just like… shut up.”
Misty leaned over to Wall Breaker. “I can’t wait to kill them all.”
“I can’t wait for Dan Harmon to fix Community,” Wall Breaker stated.
Twilight glared at her friends. “You lied to me… all of you! You lied right to my face!”
“I didn’t!” Spike said. “I just abandoned you!”
Twilight turned to Pinkie. “You can say ‘FOREVER’ now.”
“Meh, I’m not really feeling it,” Pinkie said.
"Well," Applejack said weakly, flashing a reluctant smile, "it’s not like we didn't want to, sugarcube. It’s just them fancy brain doctors said that we had to be careful when dealin' with Fluttershy, lest her amnesia cause brain damage or somethin'. It was mighty hard lyin' too ya, but we all care about Fluttershy and didn't want to set her back."
Applebloom nodded. "And it wasn't like we enjoyed this, Miss Twilight! I missed talkin' to my Aunt Fluttershy and hated pretendin' she was a strange pony we'd only just met!" Fluttershy reached over and gave the filly a hug.
"And then there is the fact that she and Mac are your parents," Granny Smith said to Applebloom.
"No we aren't," Big Mac said in confusion, the others nodding in agreement.
"Granny, ya need to stop listenin' to the Cakes," Applejack said with a snort.
"And let’s face it, Twilight, if we had told ya Fluttershy had been all Forgetshy, you'd have strapped her to one of those crazy machines in your basement and tried to solve the mystery yourself!" Pinkie nodded her head rapidly. "No offense, but when you go on a tear it can get scary!"
Twilight sighed, wings fluttering slightly. There was no use in arguing that point, as they all knew it was true. "Ok, you might have a point. Still, I wish you would have shown a bit of trust in me."
"Ain't nothin' about trust, Miss Twilight!" Applebloom said. "We just had to listen to them fancy doctors."
"Isn't the important thing that I finally remember my wonderful Mac?" FLuttershy said softly, nuzzling her husband. "Now we can get on with our lives!"
"I... suppose so." Her brow twitched slightly. "You... you two aren't Scootaloo's parents, are you?" At the blank stares she got Twilight shrugged. "It isn't the Cakes this time. Derpy had this theory..."
"That wasn't true, Twilight," Spike reminded her. "If it was, then the ninjas that were trying to prevent Scootaloo from getting her parents together would-"
The door of the conference room burst open and a figure dressed all in black rushed in, a pair of sai on her hips and a set of nunchucks on her back.
"Ninja!" Pinkie screamed, flailing her arms. "She's after me lucky charms!"
The ninja blinked and removed her hood, causing Twilight to gasp. "Zecora?!"
"I am sorry if I caused a fright, but I have a costume party later tonight."
"Oh, is that Fleur's party?" Rarity asked excitedly. "I'm going to that too!" She leaned in to Rainbow Dash. "I am going as a peacock."
"Of that we can later speak, but for now it is Misty I seek."
The princess of the capricorns stood up. "Hello, cousin."
"Cousin?" Twilight exclaimed. "Since when is Zecora your cousin?"
"Since always," Misty stated. She turned to the zebra. "You never told them you were the Princess of Zebrica?"
"It seems wrong at a glance, but I simply never had a chance."
Twilight spun around, jabbing her hoof at the others. "Ok, who else is related to each other? Seriously, I want to know NOW!"
"Well, Applejack and I are third cousins," Rarity said. "Pinkie is 5th, if I am correct."
“And Rainbow and I are stepsisters,” Fluttershy said. She shook her head. “That was a strange Los Pegasus trip…”
Pinkie nodded her head happily. "Also, I'm the duchess of Dragixo, but I don't have the paperwork to back that up."
"To interrupt is something I hate, but I must talk to Misty before it’s too late."
"What's the problem?" Misty asked.
"This message my mother asked me to gives... your father isn't dead... he lives!"
Misty blinked in shock. "My... my father is alive?"
"He himself asked... you know what, I'm tried of talking like this." Zecora sat down and helped herself to a cup of coffee, ignoring the stares from the ponies that weren’t away that her rhyming was a choice and not something she always did. "Your father, along with Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadence, as well as Shining Armor and Queen Chrysalis-"
"Who’s Chrysalis?” Twilight asked (and if she had known the changeling queen’s name she would have begun panicing).
"-are all alive. Your father has decreed that the Doomsday Scenerio is to be put on hold."
"As Princess of the Mareatine it is within my power to act in my father's sted. The Doomsday Scenerio is halted."
All the ponies let out a sigh of relief.
"Except for the Canterlot Elite," Zecora said with a slight smirk, taking a sip of coffee. "He stated they are to be eliminated anyway… the sooner the better."
"What?" Twilight screeched. "Why?"
"For shits and giggles," Zecora said with a shrug.
Misty smirked, her tail thrashing back and forth. "Oh, daddy remembered my birthday was coming up!"
"Huh," Wall Breaker said, "I thought we were wrapping up this plotpoint but I guess there is still a bit more to go."
"I'd like to point out that I am just a simple clothing marker, yo" Rarity said nervously, not liking the way Misty was staring at her. She quickly reverted to her Neigh Jersey accent. "I ain't no elite, dawg. Just makin' some bling bling, ya dig?"
The God Squad: Equestria's Most Wanted
Episode 20: Voyage of the Wavechaser
"There," Zeena said to Shining, the telegraph-zebra in front of them finishing up with the final bit of the message, "the message has been sent to Zecora."
"Good," Shining said with a firm nod, double-checking to make sure not a single word had been missent. "Now we can get down to brass tacks."
"I am disappointed that you view me with so little trust. I am a goddess... I gave you my word that I would send the message of Tydal's survival to my Zecora. Why did you insist I do it now and force us to delay action that would aid my herd?"
Shining didn't show the least bit of regret for his decision. "Because I've been on two of these road trips and I know how easily you deities get sidetracked. Some other danger or problem would have come up and instead of sending the message you would have run off to do something else. No... I wanted it sent now so I didn't have the worry about it." The rest of his group had been in firm agreement; even Tydal, who had reminded them all that Zeena had a bad habit of making poor decisions and guessing wrong (such as when she had decided to try an all-cheese diet). "Besides, unless your zebras are facing a horde of capricorns that are going to brutally slaughter them... your problem wasn’t as big as ours."
Zeena led the captain back to the main chambers, shaking her head. A great wooden table had been placed in the center of the room and piled on high were all manner of Zebrican dishes. Different long grass salads and breads lined one side while exotic fruits (to the Equestrians, at least) were on the other side. Servants trotted around the room, offering different platters to the guests.
It was a strange group that had gathered. There were some of Zeena's daughters and sons, each vying to be the certain of attention. A few representatives from the nearby herds (Zeena ruled them all but there were still heads… much like the mayors of cities) chatted with each other, discussing the peace treaties with the lion prides and the hyena packs. Chrysalis was holding court with some zebra shamens, demonstrating her transformation skills while Luna and Celestia greeted Zeena's director of foreign affairs. Cadence was lounging on golden couch, letting an antelope feed her grapes. Tydal was by himself in a corner, a roaring fire going as he cooked his crocodile. The others, though at first wanting to greet the brother of their Lady, now gave him a wide berth as he applied seasoning to the croc.
Shining heard a giggle and watched as the zebra filly that had attached herself to the war god darted out from behind him, gibbering as all young fillies do. Tydal, much to the surprise of many, merely smiled and watched her dance about, stomping his hoof in approval at all the right moments and praising her when she did something she felt was amazing. The party had clearly decided to let him have his own space, giving him a wide berth.
"I fear I've worn out my welcome," Tydal told his older sister as she and Shining approached them. "Your servants and guests have begun to avoid me. It feels like old times."
Zeena smiled weakly. "Brother, they do not avoid you. They know well the misery I felt after your fall and how I longed to see you again, if only for a moment so that I could apologize for all the bad blood between us."
"Some of which was my fault," Tydal stated. "I, at times, was no better than Discord."
"Bite your tongue," Zeena said sternly. "You are nothing like him; your mistakes were merely childish follies, nothing more. I, as the older sibling, should have seen that instead of pushing you away."
Shining shifted awkwardly, feeling like he was intruding on some private moment. Tydal and Zeena continued to talk the way two siblings who had been separated by both time and grudges due. The white stallion leaned down and focused his attention on the zebra filly, making a funny face and earning a peel of laughter from her. He smiled, only to whip his head around when he heard a scoff. He narrowed his eyes, glaring at the servant who walked past, glaring daggers at the filly.
"It isn't Tydal that they have a problem with, is it?" Shining said sternly.
Before Zeena could answer the filly darted forward, running up to the servant that had drifted close to them. She looked up at the zebra mare, flashing a huge smile and holding out her forelegs, wanting one of the treats the mare was carrying. The servant, with a half snarl, lashed out and shoved the filly away, sending the little one tumbling end over end. The filly finally came to a stop against Tydal’s leg.
The next moment the servant found herself slammed into the wall, struggling to breath. A magical glow surrounded her throat and she choked as she struggled to breath. All eyes turned to the one that attacked her, his face clouded over with rage.
"Shining?" Cadence said in shock, leaping from her couch.
The white stallion growled low in his throat, his hair beginning to sizzle as his godly energy was called forth. The ghostly outline of wings could be seen on his back and his eyes blazed with the fires of the rising sun as he glared at the servant. Tydal stood next to him, his focus on the filly who was hugging his leg, trembling in fear. Tydal was fighting every urge to murder all the zebras in the chamber... the only reason he didn't was the knowledge that such an act would frighten the filly. Instead, with an utter gentleness, Tydal leaned down and began to rub his snout against the filly's face, a deep rumble issuing from his chest and soothing the little one. It was only his eyes, darting around the room with a dark, calculating gleam, which alerted anyone that Tydal was still prepared for a sneak attack.
Luna had already darted forward, her trust in her family outweighing the political ramifications. Her horn glowed as she moved to back Tydal up and let him focus on the zebra filly while she watched his flank.
"Captain Armor," Celestia said, old instincts driving her to move and join Luna in standing next to Tydal. Chrysalis and Cadence were next, the mares surrounding Tydal and forming a shield of godly bodies to protect the filly. In ancient times, it would not have been uncommon to see pony mares act in such a way to protect their foals from timberwolves.
Several of the zebra shamans, seeing the aggressive stances of the ponies and fearing this was a sneak attack, took out their staffs and began to twirl them, the ends glowing as they began to summon their magic. Zeena moved to stop them, but still found herself facing a united front. "Tydal," Celestia said, her horn glowing as she prepared a short range teleportation spell, "how is it you couldn't last 5 minutes without causing a fight?"
"It wasn't him," Shining snapped, his magic still holding the struggling servant to the wall.
Zeena let out a long sigh. "Brother..." she turned to Tydal, silently pleading with him to listen.”You know our ways
Tydal raised an eyebrow, then looked down at the little one who had fallen asleep. He used his magic to lift her onto his back while Luna created a dome of magic to protect her. "You still practice it, don't you?"
"Practice what?" Cadence asked in confusion.
Tydal looked at his older sister like she was a piece of rotting meat as he addressed Cadence. "Before I was turned to stone, the biggest argument Zeena and I had was about their practice of passing the sins of the parent onto the child."
"We pass the good and the bad-"
"Shut it," Tydal snapped, any good will he felt for Zeena evaporating like water in the desert. "If one member of a family brings harm to the herd, then the entire family is shunned. The sins of one are passed onto the rest and they are viewed as no different than the one that committed the crime. They are cast out, left to fend for themselves until they find a way to redeem their bloodline. The tribe is encouraged to actively make these shunned ones pay for their imagined crimes. Considering many are quite young..."
Cadence looked at Zeena in disgust, her horn flaring as her own magic joined Shining's. "That is sick."
"It is the way of our kind," Zeena argued, not liking how they were treating her. "When the herd is hurt punishment must be dealt. Unlike you ponies we zebras have led a hard life! Until 200 years ago not a day went by that a lion or a jackal didn't kill us! If the herd is to survive it must be strong... and must be united! We don’t have magic necklaces to protect us… we have only each other and our bond! When that bond is broken by betrayal drastic actions must be taken to ensure the herd survives. No one zebra is greater than the whole!”
"And you unite by making your subjects look over their shoulders in fear?" Celestia asked, her voice as icy cold as an overcast day in December.
“You seek to use fear to keep your herds together, rather than joy. Fear and anger and rage.” Luna shook her head in annoyance.
“Says Nightmare Moon!” a zebra called out.
Luna didn’t rise to the bait. “Yes… says Nightmare Moon… and the most blood thirst capricorn to live. We agree with the goddess of love… that should tell you something.”
"The tribe must be in harmony!" Zeena snapped.
"Harmony?" Shining scoffed. "Pettiness is what I call it."
Zeena glared at him, the ground trembling under his hooves. "Watch how you speak to me, mortal. I have allowed you to make demands of me because I am a good host, but if you take that tone with me again and dare to question my edicts I will seal you within the earth itself."
Cadence's eyes flashed black. "Try it. I will sterilize each and every one of you if you touch my Shiny. No more herd, no more zebras… I will wipe you all out without a care." The zebras shuddered as the most ancient of wisdoms whispered through their minds: beware the nice ones.
"Shining Armor is no mortal," Tydal said darkly, his own eyes flashing. Outside the Nile began to churn. "He is the god of the dawn, captain of the Equestrian army, prince of the Crystal Empire... and my friend." Tydal moved to stand with Shining, ignoring the stallions gob-smacked look at that proclamation. “My family. His enemies are mine. If any of you show him disrespect I will plunge your country into the sea.”
"Darling, might I just say something?" Chrysalis purred, lazily reaching up and flicking her mane over her shoulder. "I am a bug-pony who mind raped a stallion and imprisoned his fiancée in a cave just so I could set up a changeling theme park. I am happily on the chaotic evil side of the flow chart... and even I think this is sick and disgusting." The changeling queen shrugged and used her magic to snare a plate of wheatgrass crackers (she might feed on love but that didn’t mean she couldn’t indulge) . "Food for thought. Continue with your bickering."
"I always wondered if it was wrong of us to not seek you out after Tydal fell," Luna said coldly, her coat darkening as she fought to repress her Nightmare Moon persona. "Thank you... you took a great weight off my shoulders by proving today I was right to ignore you as he did."
"Where is the filly's family?" Tydal said.
"She has none," Zeena said sternly, deciding that, despite her desire to have her brother back she needed to act now as a ruler. It would do no good to give in now; she had to show a strong will if she had any hope of regaining control of the situation. She knew how Tydal felt and should have guessed his family would feel the same way, but in her mind she just knew if they would stop and listen they would see that the zebra-way was the best. "Her father killed her mother."
"So she is made an orphan and your response is to shun her," Celestia said, raising an eyebrow.
"His filthy blood runs through her veins. He murdered a member of the herd… he is banished and the fruit of his loins must work to regain their family’s honor."
"Her only crime is that she was born. It is by no choice of her own who her family is... just as my blood is the same as yours... by no choice of mine." Tydal's horns glowed and he ripped one of the flags that had been so happily waved on his arrival from a pole, wrapping it around the zebra filly like a blanket. "As she has no tribe you will not mind if I take her into mine." He shifted the bundle slightly, the filly letting out a snort as she slept, giggling as the blanket tickled her. “Come on, Giggles.”
"We're leaving," Luna said sternly. "Good luck with whatever you wanted us to deal with, Zeena."
BOOM!
All the guests stumbled back, shielding their faces as the great wooden doors of Zeena's main chamber were reduced to kindling. Through the flaming wreckage strode a bearded zebra dressed in a long blue coat with many buttons and shining bits sewn onto it. His face was lined with scars and for every three hooffalls there was the THWUNK of his wooden peg leg striking the stone floor. Two swords were strapped to his sides and on his back sat a tiny gun turret with a parrot sitting inside, aiming the weapon at the surprised guest. A Motley crew of zebras stormed in, swords in their mouths as they rushed about on dirty hooves. The last two pulled in a strange mechanical device and every zebra, pony, changeling and capricorn in the chamber felt as if their magic had deserted them.
"Ar!" the bearded zebra shouted in an overly exaggerated tone, the dark and dramatic mood that had filled the chamber shoved aside and replaced by the rip-roaring spirit of adventure. Tydal and his family shared a look, wondering how their anger could so easily be wiped away. "I be Mood Whiplash, Cap'ain of The Tropespouter! All ya scurvey dogs are hostages of me and me crew!" He sneered, showing off several gold teeth. He marched towards Zeena, the Lady of Zebrica crinkling her nose as Whiplash's scent (a mixture of rum, body order, and old blood) hit her nose. "And Lady Zeena, don't even think of tryin' any magic on us... our Spell Blocker,” he gestured towards the strange mechanical device that looked like a cross between a lamp and a steam engine, “is strong enough to even neutralize your magic!"
"Meet the problem I wanted you to fix," Zeena said dryly to Tydal as Whiplash leaned back, a cocky smile on his face.
"This can't get any bloody worse," Tydal muttered.
The zebra filly blinked her eyes and looked over at Captain Whiplash. "Dada!"
"...son of a-"
So... this was a different type of chapter, huh?
For the Zebrica arc, I always knew that it would play with the idea of mood whiplashes. In the original notes that I wrote up when i was plotting out The God Squad (back when this arc occurred right before the changeling arc) the story arc was going to see Tydal bond with Giggles the Zebra Filly and have a lot of awww moments as the Squad chased the pirates... only for the pirates to attack and mortally wound Giggles. Tydal would actually abandon the fight and make Shining Armor the new God of War, having him wage battle on the pirates while Tydal went to the underworld and ressurected Giggles.
But, as things change, so do plots. Thus, now the arc is going to see emotions and genres switch rapidly thanks to Captain Whiplash and his special ability: to create mood whiplashes.
Well... that escalated quickly. Great job, for you have indeed set a mood whiplash for this chapter. I laughed, I dawwed, I felt anger... you'd think I was a pregnant woman with a hormonal imbalance. Bravo!
That was different in a good way.
Nice to see Shining step up and for Tydal to declare him family.
I wonder if we could see some Lion King parody in the following chapters.
Well they stopped the doomsday scenario but now they have to get back to Equestria, considering how long it took this squad to reach the land of the changelings I sense a long and extremly funny road trip with tons of sidetracking quests.
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Captain Whiplash, Eh? Is he the zebra version of
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why not just leave? they could easily avoid any more plot point- never mind. that would just end the story...
but still! Zeena is a bitch. so therefore, Zecora is a daughter of a bitch dang-it!
Zecora is good, Zeena, not so much. but i am just going to finish Tydal's sentence for 'im: Son of a bitch
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They can't. Thanks to the Spell Blocker, all the gods just had their magical abilities reduced to zero. Next chapter will reveal that Whiplash is very good at dealing with gods.
3028672 to re-quote Tydal: son of a...
Note to self: NEVER PISS OFF CADENCE!
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The idea with Zeena is I wanted to create a queen and a tribe that is use to harshness. This explains why Zecora can survive the Everfree so easily. It also explains, due to their 'it is us or them' mentality, why zebras aren't well known outside of Zebrica. Finally, Zeena's... coldness... is the reason Zecora took on the ambassador job.
3028708 ah, now i see. so can we stop having a conservation via the reply system?
Part of me want's to murder the Zebra Queen now. Is that normal?
Oh good the apocalypse has been called of.....except for the Canterlot nobles. Hmmmm..
Lord Tydal, will you require decepticon assistance in purging this filth from the world?
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Dear goddess you're right...
Well, that was fairly awesome.
As was that.
Too bad this is rated Teen, I would've wanted to see someone dismembered.
Great
Ow! My neck! Good thing Wall Breaker was busy being in the intro. If he showed up, he would've perpetuated the running gag by explaining what was going on, only to get stabbed in the back by Whiplash, at which point he would have told a heartbreaking story about his childhood dreams, only to break the mood by crapping himself when he died.
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I'm not sure f its deliberate, but one theme I quite like is how ou occasionally remind us of how the God characters are very different from mortals in their morality. But actvely evil but amoral or veiwing things from a slightly odd angle.
Also, you've done the same thing you did with the changeling hive of building up a supposed ended for a while then dropping it quite quickly and anti-climactically. I think you like messing with expectations.
So... quite warm, then?
It's a common mistake, especially made by people living in less-privileged climates, to equate snowing with cold. In reality, it can't snow if it's colder than a few degrees below zero - any colder and the air is too dry to support precipitation. Also, a thick cloud cover traps the infrared radiation at night, preventing heat loss. A very cold day would actually be completely cloudless with very still air, preceded by a cloudless night.
holy fucking shit, that was so intense, considering the whole of this story had been so jovial just seeing that scene where they all got up in arms made my adrenaline rush.
That was amazing
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We've known that since Season 1!
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Alondro's gone?
What doess the Tropespouter run on? The internet? If so, are there pirates in there that just sit at computers watching cat videos?
It seems you got the desired result, Defender. This chapter lives to it's title.
I expected Rarity to mention she forgot to tell the others she saw the gods alive and well.
Zeena should be exiled from the zebras for all the things her family has done.
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An overcast december day, here around the Tropic of Capricorn (unrelated to the capricorns in this story), means you'll be soaked in your sweat all day, with your clothes all stuck to your body. Then, during the last hours of the day, the wind will start and will cover your sweaty body with dust. Then you'll have rain all night and will probably find some fallen trees around the street next morning.
Defender... teach me your ways of the random chaotic story.
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Trust me, the Rarity thing WILL be brought up in the Mid-Season finale coming up (spoiler alert: the God Squad WILL make it back to Canterlot... and hilarity will ensue as the ramifications of everything they did is revealed to Twilight and Co. Some things I have hinted at way back in God Squad will get paid off in jokes).
As for Zeena... the problem is that ALL zebras have this view save a few. Zecora is the odd duck out, the black sheep of the family that is more pony than zebra.
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I am basing this on what December is like in Equestria. It is clear that Equestria is suppose to be an America/Europe hybrid so I figure their months would mimic the Northern Hemisphere.
Kind of glad to see Shining have a bad ass moment.
Feels like he's always getting ragged on, but when the chips are down he seems like the tip of the spear.
God of Bacon indeed.
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While it is easy to make Shining the Butt Monkey, I think the entire Squad does respect him. I mentioned in an earlier chapter that Tydal's mocking is actually a sign of respect (no different than the way cops bond over black humor). This was the perfect chance to show, once again, that Tydal and Shining have each others' backs AND that Shining isn't a pushover, especially now that he got his godly upgrade.
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And that's exactly the sense I get with Shining's character have no fear lol.
Like I said, he gets ragged on a lot because he tries to be the straight man (or pony I guess) to all the divine antics, so that gets him a lot of flak
but like you said, he has great respect from his friends and "when the chips are down" he's the one leading the charge with Tydal running right along with him.
Its just that the story doesn't "get serious" very often, so when it does, it's actually doubly awesome because it's a tone we're not used to seeing and it provides depth to the relationship the God Squad shares.
Great Stuff!
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Its interesting... when I started this story, Luna was the star of the show. But as the stories went on, Shining gradually took over and became the second lead. It alternates between the two and that is something I never expected.
But you are right, when the chips are down Shining usually is the first to charge in, with Luna and Tydal a close second.
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huh, that is interesting..
Maybe it's because Shining's personality and role is such a drastic difference to the others, making him stand out much more in the mind. Every comedy needs a straight man that the reader can hold unto whenever everything else is going bananas. (at least I think thats how it works)
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Misty is such a fun character. She's such a sassy, moody girl... she is Tydal's daughter but also one of the few that can bust his balls
It can Tydal, you just made the universe hates you.
Told ya.
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Wow, my stupid comment got a reply and it's from the author, ! You sir just received +5 points to being cool
And about Misty, yeah, I like how she can do whatever she wants to(well almost whatever since she's not a god)
AND, I think my comment was kinda a result of reading God Squad for three days in a row, finishing up season one and catching up to season two. A little more and I would get a brain damage and would probably had to join this insane familyoh, sweet luna, this was bad
Great new chapter, slightly different change of pace but really liked how Shining takes charge and how Tydal sees Shining as.
Yay! Finally! now I'd love to see LIVID Shiny now, Then The Shining Dawn Guard.. God of the Dawn, Guard to The Day, Protector of The Night and the Mate to She who is of Crystal and Love.
I was re-reading this chapter and, suddenly, Spike saying “I didn’t!” Spike said. “I just abandoned you!” made me shiver. It made me think of Faith and Doubt.
Oh my god this chapter. SO AWESOME! It was different from the others in a spectacularly good way. Even a parody humorfic filled with references needs some serious moments. Shining finally gets to be an actual character and not just the chew toy. He IS God of the Dawn!
This chapter really put the "God" in God Squad. Fear the wrath of the most powerful and badass beings in existance.
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That's what I was expecting when I saw 'lion and hyena' tribes mentioned.
The BUCK?! It got crazy with that intro, then fun with the part then VERY serious and then.....it goes back to humor, you my friend have some raw talent if you can do this without skipping a beat.
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btw why is discord not in this story
So I was re-reading this story and I noticed something:
Season 4 has an episode with Pinkie as fourth cousin twice removed to Applejack
defender2222 confirmed for timelord?
It's almost how badly off Zebrica could be if they anger the pony deities, Cadence can sterilize them all, Celestia can raise the sun forever, scorching the land, Luna can create eternal night freezing them to death, Shining is the God of Dawn, and when his godly powers develop, he can probably make it eternally dawn, but never day or night, making them lose track of time, Tydal can flood them and is the leader of an army of capricons, Chrysalis and her changelings are shapeshifters and can hypnotize you so can easily create chaos and woe betide them if they made Discord angry or worse, all of them...
3172720 hes still stoned
4527970 Actually, this is in-between seasons 3 and 4, so he's free and reformed, doing.... Whatever he does when not on-screen.
3028761 Oh, most indelibly.
That works.
I like how seriously they treat Discord since he was the eldest and seeing him turn evil must have been a hard blow to them, not to mention the guy was able to turn Equestria upside down.
You just bucked up. BADLY.
It's easy to forget that Shining is VERY much a God and when he gets mad, it is NOT pretty.
I have to agree.
Yikes, when Celestia's pissed, it's scary considering she has the full power of the Sun at her disposal...
Bad move!
ThirstY. And she's got a point.
He's actually a God, and he's married to the Goddess of Love, and used to work for the Sun, who is right there, he is a good friend of the Lord Of The Sea, and Chrysalis herself is not only cunning but due to being able to feed off Cadence and Shining's love, she's VERY powerful. AS in, was able to match a blast from Celestia and WIN, true she as just in her 1% form and she wasn't using her full power so as not kill anypony, but still.
Remind me never to make her made.
I wouldn't put it past hi.
She's got a point. While I'd say more chaotic neutral than actually evil right now, she's still right.
Correct.
Talk about Mood Whiplash.
Think he's vaguely related to Wall Breaker? You forget though, that Tydal is a capricorn, and a great warrior even without his magic. And he taught Celestia and Luna how to fight.
You had to say it. YOU HAD TO SAY IT!