Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.
The door opened, and immediately Queen Shindig gasped.
"Apple Jewell!" The alicorn lunged forward, wings spread. She hugged the dainty mare close to her, nearly lifting the Cider Princess off her hooves inside the suites of Shindig's Tower. "Oh, blessed orchards, I thought I lost you!"
"Mmmmm..." Apple Jewell huffed slightly, stepping back out of the hug and straightening her mane. "A thousand pardons, Momma. I woulda gotten yer attention sooner if I wasn't sure how much trouble it would have caused."
"And those ruffians certainly caused trouble, alright," Shindig said with a frown. She nodded towards the guards who had escorted Apple Jewell safely. As the stallions trotted off, she closed the door with her magic and paced back to a plush couch, guiding Apple Jewell along with her. "Flim and Flam told me all about it. That blasted Blue Jay! If she and her band of rogues haven't learned better from all of this trauma and turmoil... I swear by all that is holy..."
"You musn't fret, Momma," Apple Jewell said, stumbling to keep up with the mare. She winced in her heels, clearing her throat in time to say: "They hurt no single hair on my head. They did—however—talk an awful lot of mumbo jumbo and argue to the burstin' point."
"Well, what else can one expect from such barbarians?!" Shindig sat on the couch and folded her wings at her side. "I'm just glad they didn't dirty the prize of Philanthropy..." She raised a hoof up to caress Apple Jewell's freckles. "Oh, you sweet... sweet thing." The Queen smiled. "I honestly don't know what I'd do if they took you from me permanently."
"Reckon yer right." Apple Jewell nodded. She fidgeted, then grasped Shindig's hoof in her own. "Uhm... Momma... 'bout some of the things they were gabbin' about—"
"Goodness! Is it the afternoon already?!" Shindig stammered. "You must begin the beautification process!"
"Hmmm?" Apple Jewell blinked, then blushed. "Oh! The Coronation!"
"Absolutely!"
"It's still happenin' tomorrow?"
Shindig did a double-take at that. "Why, yes! Why wouldn't it be?"
"Well, I just figured—what—with the way things have gotten heated as of late..." Apple Jewell squirmed, avoiding the Queen's gaze. "I mean... you reckon it's entirely safe anymore?"
"My little pony..." Shindig chuckled, her horn aglow. "I know you've been through an awful lot, and it must be terribly taxing—especially on a Princess with such a dainty complexion, but we mustn't let the enemies of peace and order disrupt the plans we've worked so hard to achieve!"
"Well, I know, but—"
"But nothing. Apple Jewell..." Shindig held her chin. "...look at me."
Eventually, Apple Jewell did so, biting her lip.
Shindig smiled lovingly. "You are a treasure. You're going to bring this family to new heights. Our royal glory lives on because of you and through you. There simply is no other way. Do you understand?"
"So..." Apple Jewell blinked. "...does that mean y'all are dependin' on me?"
"Well, in a way, yes! Yes, you can definitely say that!"
"... ... ..."
"As much as I would love to talk further, we really must get you ready." Shindig smiled. "Tomorrow is the greatest day of your life."
"Erm... r-right. I reckon so."
"And—as your first order, being the Glorious Cider Princess of Philanthropy—you can oversee the execution of the Red Rook and his nefarious followers."
Apple Jewell's ears folded back. "Ex... execution...?!"
"Yes, yes... the Blue Jay got away... again." Shindig huffed. " Otherwise, she'd be swinging from the gallows, too. But, there will come a reckoning for her in due time. Perhaps the example we make of her companions will goad her into turning herself in."
"Erm... maybe... but..." Apple Jewell grimaced. "An execution?"
"If they can't learn their lessons, then I don't see what purpose they serve in our kingdom," Shindig remarked. "Your brothers, Flim and Flam, are already seeing to the matter. You needn't worry about the matter."
"It's..." Apple Jewell gulped. "I'm not worried, Momma. I'm just—" She gasped as she felt a strong pair of wings enfolding around her.
"Ohhhhhh..." Shindig shuddered, her eyes moist as she held the Cider Princess close. "I know you must be terribly afraid. Don't worry. You're safe now. Everypony is safe... and everything is as it should be..."
Apple Jewell nodded. With a sigh, she surrendered into the Queen's warm embrace. "Yer right, Momma," she murmured. "...all as it should be."
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Yeah, all is as it should be.
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Ya know what irony is? Irony is all of us demanding that Stu die in the slice of life arc, then wanting Rainbow to save his life after he saved hers in the following action arc.
... This story really has turned on it's head hasn't it.
Y'know, the fact that Apple Jewell--who, we are to believe, is a construct imprisoning the real and full Applejack--seems to possess some degree of autonomy, as well as flickers of the real Applejack's personality, makes the existence of all those broken prototypes all the more horrifying. Any of them might have possessed the same qualities--in mind if not in body--and yet are abandoned, ruined, in a hole in the earth.
In other words, Shindig needs to go down. Hard.
When did this become so emotionally powerful?
Whaaaat? Am I really so lucky?!? JE coming in CLUTCH with a double chapter release! And shindig is blowin it, clearly she wants AJ to be more brutal and to cut her ties and help from the real world, but she should realize how rushed it is and the negative effect it's having on her plans. Unless she's so worried about RD that she has no choice but to rush in for the kill like this? No pun intended.
5779652 Haha, that's so ironic it hurts.
5779667 Down with the
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I learned my lesson with little miss Kera Tin Mejj.
I judged her too harshly in the beginning, and I regret it. It is unlikely I shall make such a mistake again.
Stu Leaves is a good pony. He has always been a good pony. I was a little suspicious because he seemed too good and too nice, but I was wary of allowing an imagined rivalry with Rainbow Dash for Applejack's love to poison me against him.
Now as for Flash Sentry... I just don't care for EQG and I do NOT want to see the canon of EQG conflated with the canon of MLP FIM.
Friendship Games... argh, my eyes.
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A while ago.
Goddamn, Skirts/IC/JE is good at making us hate characters.
And we're all terrible people for wishing death upon Stu...
...
...and now that we like him, he'll turn out to be some kind of supervillain.
That's what you say to the most dependable of ponies.
5779667 Totally agree with you on all of this, darlin'.
And as to this bit of it:
Oh, she's going to, my dear. She's going to.
A certain rainbow-maned Element of Loyalty is going to see to that.
And very soon now, I'm thinking.
Guess what, you selfish, insignificant little bitch? Somepony's getting ready to rock your phony little fantasy world right down to it's fake foundations.
And her name is Rainbow Dash.
5779373 Yep.
Hmmmm, I'd totally forgotten about those not being her real wings.
But, knowing our Dash, she can do anything once she sets her mind to it.
Especially when the life, and soul, of the mare that she loves more than life itself are both on the line.
Oh, yeah. She'll find a way. I know she will.
'Cause the only pony that I know of who's even more stubborn than Applejack herself is Rainbow.
5779689 That's...a bit gruesome, but it just might work.
As to that second one:
Thank you for that.
And that's a very good point.
I kinda hope that she gets a real body (and her age doesn't adversely effect her once in the real world), so that she can be with the ones that she's helped throughout this whole ordeal.
This chapter title brought you by SEELE.
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I know there are still some that would like him out of the picture anyways...just in case.
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RD will play her part, i.imgur.com/caC36mI.gif ;
I bet it will be Applejack that takes down Shindig. And it will all be a dream.
I'm curious how she's being held when Shindig and Sons create the Shell. Will RD have to break the shell by driving a splintered stick through the eye?
5779611
I disagree with you.
5781341 Oh, I know that she will.
Well put.
Wouldn't it be even cooler, though, if they both take her down together?
(Although I would dearly love to see AJ get at least one good, solid, nail her to the wall type buck in on her.)
Oh, yeah, and those two stinkin', worthless sons of hers, too.
Go get 'em, girls!!!
Hmmm, yeah, me, too. They had to have done it somehow, though, while she was still pretty out of it.
Guess we'll just have to wait and see, huh?
As to that...I sure hope not.
5781533
Why not make it the whole group? Stu, Epcot, RD, AJ, Milda, Joe, and Gustave vs Shindig, Flim, and Flam. Constructs taking both sides. A battle that destroys that dream/nightmare from within.
5781541 Hmmmm, that would be epic!
Six against three (two of which are Element Bearers)? Those sound like pretty fair odds to me.
I like the way you think, darlin'..
5781543
We're both terrible readers of the Lemur, aren't we?
5781562 Unfortunately for us, yes, I'm afraid.
5781612
I was thinking that was fortunate for us. As terrible as we are.
5781622 Well, that is true.
Aaaaaaaaaaannnnnndd it's that time again! starting a bit early today (refresh, repeat)
5783146 Don't bother. There was a double update yesterday.
(Technically, there is precisely one update per day in the Florida timezone. Yesterday, one update came shortly before midnight, and the other update came shortly after midnight.)
5783239 Yeah you're right, but hey! I don't have anything better to do! (Jk, I'm heavily procrastinating on some things right now).
5783289 Also, you don't have to hit refresh. Just put this story into a tracking bookshelf with e-mail notification turned on.
5783302 Will do, and maybe, while I'm procrastinating, I'll finally get around to really reading Destinies ehh?
5783314 Might as well. You'll only get another chapter further behind in two days if you don't.
5783239 I love and hate when he double updates, the longer wait can be so frustrating.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK YOU, PEOPLE! Another downvote to infuriate and astound me. I still don't get it, people are like, "it's a shipping story, nearing 500 chapters? Ehh, fuck that, *downvote". Fuck you.
5785095 It's annoying me too, but all I can think is their loss on a fantastic story.
Aint it nice bein' all caught up after that year and a half of only Austraeoh?
Flippin' psychotic pseudo princess...
Shindig can just go die. She sucks.
STOP THIS PART IS FISICALLY HURTING ME NOT, PHYSICALLY, BUT FIZZICALLY......ARGAHMAHA. AND NOW IM TO LAZY TO TURN OFF CAPS LOCKS...
It's funny how for so many chapters I wanted Stu to die and now that possibility is being served up and it tastes bitter.
Stop doing such excellent character growth Skirts, otherwise I can't wish any of them dead!