So, just who is that foal in The Chance? · 12:12pm Oct 26th, 2014
“Lord Bitters, you have some ponies needing to speak to you,” the guard reported.
Bucky scowled, hating the sound of those words. He wondered why Sentinel had not prevented this. He looked around the forge. He was covered in soot and sweat. “I guess I will step outside to see them,” he growled.
Bucky stomped outside and saw three ponies. Correction. Two ponies and one zebra. He couldn’t remember a zebra being on the list of shipwreck survivors. He stared at the zebra, and she shimmered and warped. Bucky had the most troubling sensation that his gaze belonged elsewhere and his brain suggested that he was looking at an earth pony.
He looked around and the guard was gone. He peered at the three ponies and his horn ignited. “What is the meaning of this? If you don’t stop using that aversion spell, I am going to get snippy,” Bucky growled.
“There is no need for that,” the unicorn replied.
“Other ponies might be upset if they saw a zebra,” the earth pony explained.
“And don’t you dare talk to us about “snippy” Buckminster Bitters, son of Buckminster Bitters and Primrose Propers, distant son of Platinum, Founder of Equestria, and blood heir of Sombra, the Lord of Winter,” the zebra warned.
“Yes, “snippy” is a delicate subject for us,” the unicorn said with an equine derisive snort.
“What do you want?” Bucky demanded. He felt a rising panic deep within him and there was a troubling understanding coming up into his memories that these were not ponies at all.
“Sombra’s memories are surfacing,” the earth pony muttered.
“We’ve been discovered,” the zebra announced.
“But does he know our names?” the unicorn questioned.
“That would be needlessly cruel if he did, hopefully Sombra isn’t the horse’s ass in death that he was in life,” the zebra said as she scratched her barrel with a hoof stained a greenish brown.
“I liked Sombra… he shared his seed with me,” the earth pony said.
“What is going on here?” Bucky demanded.
“We came with an offer of unicorn cleverness,” the unicorn said with a wink.
“Just get to the point,” Bucky commanded.
“We wish to make a deal,” the earth pony offered.
“We want you to make us a promise,” the zebra said.
“Just one simple promise and we will give you something you will value in return, but we cannot tell you directly what it is, only that you will know the nature of your reward once you have it,” the unicorn explained.
“I am listening,” Bucky growled.
“We want your solemn oath that you will never become the alicorn of war,” the three ponies all said in unison.
“How do you know about that?” Bucky snarled.
“Never mind how we know!” the unicorn bellowed.
Bucky felt cold fear course through his body and his legs buckled. He nearly fell and he felt the fuzzy fizzy tingle of magic holding up his body. “I don’t want that future,” he admitted in a fearful foalish voice. “I just want to be a father… have lots of hot drunken nookie.”
“That is wise beyond your years Buckminster!” the zebra praised.
“It will not be an arduous promise then, just say the words,” the earth pony coaxed.
“Yes, just say the words, spit on your hoof, and then touch hooves with us… as an extra added bonus, we will make you an offer you can’t refuse,” the unicorn promised in sweet motherly tones as she tried to comfort Bucky, who looked quite afraid.
“You can’t tell me the nature of my reward, only that I will know it once it happens, but you can make me offer?” Bucky asked in a confused voice as he wobbled on his hooves.
“We cannot tell you the exact nature of your reward for making the oath, that would be breaking certain rules. But we can tell you about our little extra incentive. We just want you to say such simple little words, and you don’t want to do it anyway, what is there to lose?” the zebra said in gentle warm tones that made Bucky feel sleepy.
“Well, what is the incentive?” Bucky questioned.
“Make the oath and we can tell you that. Plus, we give you the reward that you so richly deserve,” the earth pony promised.
Bucky licked his lips nervously and he peered at the three equines that were not really equines. He had a nagging suspicion that if he thought about it hard enough, he would know their names.
But knowing their names was folly.
Bucky spat on his hoof and extended it. “I give you my solemn oath that I will never become the alicorn of war,” Bucky vowed.
The three mares each touched his hoof in turn, and Bucky felt an odd warmth in his body. His aches and pains soothed a bit. He felt the presence of deep magic and primal magic all around him. He felt a sense of peace enter his mind.
“As for the nature of our deal, you will never lose a mare in foal birth and your mares will never fail to carry a foal to term,” the earth pony promised.
“That’s… that’s comforting,” Bucky said.
“We also take comfort in your oath,” the three mares said in unison.
“And we must be going, we have other deals to make and other fates to break,” the zebra muttered. She leaned in close to Bucky and kissed him softly just below his eye. “Brandywine, Barley Bitters, Ditzy Doo, Dizzy Doo… remember these names,” she whispered.
She is Buckminster's promised reward for not becoming the alicorn of war. That's all I am saying. Really smart readers who have studied The Chase can probably figure out exactly who she is, if you take enough time and sort through the in story prophesy.
Is she Brandywine?
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None of those foals are born yet. Sorry. Keep track of the timeline. All of them will be born in the spring.
Is the foal Thisel's?
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No, read The Chance again.
Bucky specifically says that Thistle is going to pop any day now. So no, it cannot be Thistle's.
2556024 that's what I get for replying before I wakeup. Hmm I'll have to keep thinking on it. It's in there somewhere.
So the pink foal is the Fate's reward to Bucky?
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Yes.
Does she have any special abilities due to being from the Fates?
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SPOILERS!
Well all righty then!
XP
:D
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Go read this.
Carefully. Oh so carefully. As I have stated, everything has been laid out in The Chase, the answer is already available for those who have paid attention and studied things carefully.
Is the foal Cadence's guardian, a fail-safe against Cadence perishing?
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2556150 okay...
Is the foal leverage against Bucky, incentive from the Fates to ensure he doesn't interfere with their plans? Aka "we gave you a foal, we know you like foals, why would you oppose us now when we have given you so much?"
Manipulation Lex Luthor-style?
Good things for bad reasons?
i am suspicious always about the fates. whether or not they actually have any control of fate is the biggest question. do they control or only see? and do they actually see this world's fate or simply the fates that have occured in other worlds and thus can speculate potential over fact?
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Translation: I don't know, so I am going to muddy the issue with garble.
(I tease...
)
Posted it in The Chance already, but I think:
So either Cadance is going to die and she needs a guardian for her foal. Or she's going to end up as a foal somehow and need a guardian herself, but shouldn't she be a pegasus than? I tend towards the first one. And if Bucky won't become the Alicorn of War, the balance has to be restored by taking his opposing figure away, right? I guess Shining Armor will take care of the empire until she's ready.
It's either Cadance herself or her daughter. He called her Empress and there is only one Empire in all of Equestria.
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Cadance became pregnant at the same time that Derpy and Berry did. From the same spell.
And it hasn't been eleven months at this point.
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Forgot that.
My guess is she is going to be the heir that will take sombras crown. Bucky didn't want to be a prince and you have hinted in the past that if Bucky doesn't ascend then an another will ascend from buckys blood line so my guess is that is the foal that will end up taking sombras throne and becoming the alicorn of war.
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Er... no.
Only one pony can become the alicorn of war.
And if Bucky found another, he'd kill them and do the planet a favour.
Alright, I'm going to go out on an extremely long limb here and say that this foal has something to do with Sombra and the earth pony Fate. If the Fates are somewhat like the Cosmos alicorn, in that they could exist in all of time at once; then that could mean that since Sombra shared his seed with the earth pony Fate (probably a couple times from the memories Bucky has encountered) then the foal could be the daughter of Sombra (the former Emperor of the Crystal Kingdom) and thereby be granted the title Empress. Either that or her name is actually Empress and Kudzu is just messing with us all because Bucky and Clan chose to adopt again.